Summary: The article focuses on Guizhou province's efforts to develop its digital economy, particularly in areas like data labeling, AI, and computing power, following Xi Jinping's directives to seize opportunities in the digital economy. Guizhou aims to build a comprehensive industrial chain ecosystem encompassing data collection, labeling, trading, and application, with a target of exceeding 280 billion yuan in the digital intelligence industry output value by 2025. The province is focused on enhancing computing power infrastructure, promoting the "Eastern Data, Western Computing" project, and fostering the development of high-quality datasets. Guizhou is also implementing the "Artificial Intelligence +" initiative, creating numerous large-scale model application scenarios across various key industries. Guizhou Party Secretary Xu Lin emphasized the importance of developing new productive forces in accordance with local conditions.
Summary: Xi Jinping congratulated To Lam on his re-election as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the successful conclusion of the CPV's 14th National Congress, emphasizing the need for China and Vietnam to maintain their shared socialist path. Xi stressed strengthening exchanges of governance experience, aligning development strategies, and opposing hegemony and bloc confrontation in international affairs. To Lam thanked Xi and the CPC for their congratulations, affirmed Vietnam's commitment to deepening cooperation with China, and reiterated Vietnam's adherence to the One China policy. He expressed support for Xi's concept of a community with a shared future for mankind and the Belt and Road Initiative, advocating for multilateralism and opposing protectionism.
Summary: The All-China Federation of Trade Unions has published "Xi Jinping and Frontline Workers," a collection of 23 interviews documenting Xi Jinping's interactions with workers in various locales from his early career to his central leadership role. The book highlights Xi's concern for workers' lives and encouragement of innovation. Its publication aims to inspire Party cadres to emulate Xi's connection with the working class, mobilizing them to contribute to China's modernization. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Premier Li Qiang convened a symposium with leaders from non-Communist parties and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce to solicit feedback on drafts of the Government Work Report and the 15th Five-Year Plan. Participants offered suggestions on topics including macro-control, domestic market development, new productive forces, reform and opening up, and livelihood improvements. Li acknowledged the contributions of these groups to China's economic and social development under the leadership of Xi Jinping. Li emphasized the need to address domestic economic challenges and uncertainties in the external environment as the 15th Five-Year Plan commences, and requested these groups continue to provide advice. Li was accompanied by Li Ganjie and Wu Zhenglong.
Summary: Politburo Standing Committee member Cai Qi addressed a national social work conference in Beijing, emphasizing adherence to Xi Jinping Thought and the spirit of the 20th Party Congress. He called for strengthening Party building in emerging fields, enhancing grassroots governance, and improving services to the masses to maintain social stability. Cai stressed the importance of implementing the Party's mass line and resolving social conflicts. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: At the National Science and Technology Conference, Ding Xuexiang emphasized the significant achievements in science and technology during the 14th Five-Year Plan, attributing them to Xi Jinping's leadership and the advantages of China's system. He stressed the need to solidify the foundation of science and technology to drive high-quality development and secure a leading position in international competition. Ding outlined key tasks for the 15th Five-Year Plan, including strengthening basic research, enhancing strategic scientific capabilities, promoting integrated development of technology and industry, and fostering talent. He also called for enhanced international cooperation and highlighted the importance of regional innovation centers.
Summary: Vice President Han Zheng met with Secretary-General Taha of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Beijing on January 26th. Han emphasized the long-standing relationship between China and Islamic countries, highlighting that the OIC is an important bridge for developing these relations, and that President Xi Jinping sent a special representative to the 15th OIC summit, marking a new stage in these relations. Han expressed appreciation for the OIC's support on issues related to China's core interests, such as Taiwan and Xinjiang. Taha conveyed the OIC's gratitude for President Xi's leadership in fostering ties and affirmed the OIC's continued support for China on Taiwan and Xinjiang issues.
Summary: The article reports on efforts to stabilize the supply and price of "vegetable basket" products, particularly during the Spring Festival consumption peak. Various regions and departments are implementing measures to improve production, connect producers with distributors, and ensure a stable supply. Increased "South-North Vegetable Transportation" and growing yields of northern greenhouse vegetables will continuously improve vegetable supply security. The article includes a photo of citizens purchasing vegetables in Beijing. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the provided text.
Summary: In 2025, domestic tourism in China saw significant growth, with 6.522 billion trips taken, a 16.2% increase year-on-year. Spending reached 6.3 trillion yuan, a 9.5% increase from the previous year. Urban tourism increased 14.3%, while rural tourism saw a larger increase of 22.6%. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism released these statistics based on sampling surveys.
Summary: In 2025, China's motor vehicle population reached 469 million, with automobiles accounting for 366 million. The number of licensed motor vehicle drivers reached 559 million, including 525 million automobile drivers. New motor vehicle registrations in 2025 totaled 35.35 million, marking the eleventh consecutive year exceeding 30 million. By the end of 2025, new energy vehicles reached 43.97 million, constituting 12.01% of the total vehicle fleet, with pure electric vehicles comprising 68.74% of the new energy vehicle total.
Summary: At a January 26th press conference, Vice Minister of Commerce Yan Dong reported that China's total retail sales exceeded 50 trillion yuan in 2025, a 3.7% increase, driven by policies promoting consumer spending and the "Buy in China" campaign. Wang Zhihua noted that China's foreign trade remained resilient, with total goods trade reaching 45.47 trillion yuan. Wang Ya mentioned that China aims to attract more foreign investment in 2026, treating foreign companies equally in government procurement and bidding. Yan Dong highlighted positive outcomes from Sino-U.S. economic and trade consultations. Yan Dong stated that China will actively participate in WTO affairs, marking the 25th anniversary of its membership.
Summary: In 2025, the added value of the service industry increased by 5.4% year-on-year, with information transmission, software, and information technology services growing by 11.1%. Zhejiang Qianchuan Electric Co., Ltd. upgraded its automated systems with AI technology from Pu Hui Zhizao, improving data utilization and management. The AI-embedded system analyzes production data, identifies potential problems, and optimizes material inventory, leading to significant financial benefits and reduced production risks. This shift from "selling systems" to "selling management value" reflects the evolving software service industry in the AI era, focusing on delivering tangible results for businesses. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article emphasizes the necessity of integrating AI to drive high-quality development in China's manufacturing sector by transforming data into actionable intelligence. It advocates for AI-powered systems that can understand and analyze both structured and unstructured data to move from reactive problem-solving to proactive risk management and trend prediction. The article calls for software service providers to focus on delivering tangible results and improving business processes through AI rather than simply offering functional tools. This shift aims to create a modern management system that enhances operational efficiency and fosters smarter manufacturing in China. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A new shipping route connecting Yantai Port in Shandong province to Dakar Port in Senegal has been inaugurated, with a cargo ship carrying 25,000 tons of vehicles, machinery, and infrastructure materials departing on January 26. This development expands Yantai Port's international routes to over 150, enhancing its global network and its contribution to China's dual circulation strategy. The article does not mention the United States.
Summary: China's Ministry of Finance issued a notice addressing "involution-style" competition in government procurement, specifically targeting abnormally low bids. The notice emphasizes scientific procurement demand management, reasonable price ceilings, and comprehensive life-cycle cost considerations. It mandates stricter management of IT projects and equipment procurement with high consumable usage, forbidding additional fees beyond national regulations. Review committees must document the rationale, opinions, and results of abnormally low bid investigations, facing legal consequences for non-compliance.
Summary: The State Post Bureau issued a plan to ensure postal and express delivery services during the 2026 Spring Festival travel season, aiming to balance public needs with protecting courier rights. The plan focuses on guaranteeing basic delivery services during the holiday, organizing the resumption of operations afterward, and ensuring timely wage payments and rest for couriers, prohibiting forced labor and guaranteeing overtime compensation. The plan also emphasizes strengthening security management within the postal channels, including enforcing real-name registration, inspection, and security checks to prevent dangerous goods from entering the system. There was no mention of the United States in the article.
Summary: According to multiple foreign media reports, China's 2025 economic performance demonstrated resilience and vitality despite complex domestic and international conditions. China's GDP exceeded 140 trillion yuan, achieving a 5.0% growth rate. The country's focus on innovation, particularly in green technologies like electric vehicles and solar panels, has been noted by outlets such as CNN. An article quoted Ford CEO Jim Farley noting that China achieved great innovation at very low costs. China's advancements and manufacturing prowess in these sectors are increasingly appealing in the global south.
Summary: The article accuses Japan of "new militarism" and criticizes its recent export controls, claiming they are a pretext to deflect from Japan's own military expansion. It highlights Japanese leaders' "erroneous" statements on Taiwan and alleged attempts to revise its "non-nuclear" policy as threats to regional stability and the international order. China defends its export restrictions to Japan as necessary for peace and security. The article further asserts that Japan's military buildup is detrimental to its own citizens and that its actions contradict its claims of peaceful dialogue, damaging its international credibility. The article also mentions the US by its criticism of Japan violating international law.
Summary: International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) President Riccardo Busi highlighted the organization's growing relationship with China, noting its increasing membership and the establishment of an office in Jinan. Busi, who has visited China over 20 times, emphasized President Xi Jinping's focus on people-to-people exchanges, which aligns with FIAP's goal of fostering international friendship through photography. He also mentioned the Silk Road countries photography organization international alliance was founded in Qingdao in 2017, and that FIAP is promoting China's resources and strengthening cultural exchange. Busi noted that easier visa policies will allow many photographers to visit China for the first time for FIAP's ninth world photography conference in Hunan and Inner Mongolia. He hopes these images will attract more people to visit China.
Summary: An international friendship event, "Gathering in Huangshan, Welcoming the New Year," took place in Anhui Province's Huangshan City, featuring cultural activities in Nanxinan Village. Foreign children, guided by intangible cultural heritage inheritors, participated in traditional paper-cutting, creating window decorations and zodiac designs. The event aimed to promote the unique charm of Chinese traditional culture. The provided article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Wang Yi met with Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha in Beijing, expressing China's strategic importance in its relationship with Islamic countries and the OIC. Wang appreciated the OIC's support on issues like Xinjiang and Taiwan. Taha reaffirmed the OIC's commitment to the One China principle, praised Xinjiang's development, and opposed external interference in China's internal affairs. Both sides expressed a desire to strengthen their partnership and the OIC praised China's contributions to resolving the Palestinian issue. Wang also stated a desire to oppose the world reverting to "the law of the jungle".
Summary: A Chinese dance competition was held at the Confucius Institute of Higher Education and Research in Eritrea, featuring 41 Eritrean performers showcasing various Chinese ethnic dances. The Confucius Institute, co-established by Guizhou University of Finance and Economics and the Eritrean Higher Education and Research Institute, has over 20,000 registered students and promotes Chinese language and culture. Chinese Director Huang Mingfei stated the event built a bridge for emotional resonance between the people of China and Eritrea as part of the "Sino-African Humanistic Exchange Year." Eritrean official Zememfis Jige noted that the Confucius Institute is becoming a bridge for equality and mutual learning, promoting cooperation between the two countries. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The All-China Journalists Association (ACJA) held a Spring Festival reception for Chinese and foreign journalists in Beijing. ACJA Chairman He Ping delivered a speech, with representatives from People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency, and China Media Group in attendance. Over 200 journalists and foreign embassy officials from countries including the United States, Germany, and Japan participated. Attendees experienced traditional Chinese New Year activities, such as painting on horse figurines. The event aimed to showcase Chinese culture and celebrate the upcoming Year of the Horse.
Summary: The China-Laos Railway has added four new international freight train services to Central Asia, originating from stations including Zhongyicun, Yuxinan, and Yanhe. The first of these trains departed on January 26th. This expansion of rail freight underscores China's broader infrastructure connectivity initiatives.
Summary: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson announced that Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou will conduct a state visit to China from February 1st to 7th at the invitation of President Xi Jinping. The announcement made by the spokesperson suggests deepening ties between China and Uruguay.
Summary: At a Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) meeting on January 26th, Liu Jinguo, Secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and Deputy Secretary of the CCDI, summarized the 2025 campaign to rectify misconduct and corruption affecting the public, while also outlining tasks for 2026. He emphasized the need to continue this effort, focusing on areas like rural collective asset management, medical insurance funds, elder care, and high-standard farmland construction. Liu stressed addressing public complaints, improving assistance to vulnerable groups, and severely punishing petty corruption, while also ensuring the return of misappropriated funds to the people. He also called for strengthening supervision and consolidating the grassroots foundation for long-term governance. The meeting did not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: At a national conference for public security chiefs, Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong stressed the need to modernize public security work under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought, focusing on political development, functional system improvement, and enhanced combat capabilities. He emphasized upholding the "Two Establishes" and resolutely achieving the "Two Safeguards." Wang called for a comprehensive understanding of the current security situation and a commitment to serving the people. He urged comprehensive and strict Party management and governance of the police to establish and practice correct views on political achievements. Wang also instructed officials to ensure a safe and stable environment for the Chinese New Year celebrations.
Summary: This article discusses the rise of "deliberation pavilions" (议事亭) in Chinese villages as a means of improving grassroots governance. Villagers now use these pavilions to discuss issues ranging from minor disputes to collective economic development, promoting a more democratic and collaborative decision-making process. The article emphasizes the importance of practical solutions and shared responsibility in addressing community needs. It contrasts this approach with formalism and bureaucratic arrogance, arguing that genuine engagement with the masses is essential for effective governance. The article did not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Twenty-two central safety production inspection teams, led by officials from the State Council's Safety Committee, completed their 2025 safety inspections of 31 provinces and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, uncovering over 17,000 safety issues and 585 major potential hazards. The inspections revealed issues such as enterprises failing to fulfill their responsibilities and persistent illegal activities, including the installation of inescapable window bars in schools and fraudulent safety inspections. The teams utilized methods such as unannounced visits and exposed safety hazards to the public to improve inspection quality and reduce formalism. The ultimate goal is to promote continuous improvement in safety standards and address underlying issues. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The 2026 Shanghai Yuyuan Folk Art Lantern Festival, themed "Pursue Dreams, Wildflowers in the Wilderness," officially opened on January 26th and will last for over a month. The lantern festival features various themed lantern displays, including a horse-themed lantern display in Yuyuan Mall's central square. The event attracted citizens and tourists to view the displays. No officials were mentioned in the report. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The State Council has removed Li Xu from his positions as Vice Commander of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and Deputy General Manager of China New Construction Group Corp. The announcement was made by Xinhua News Agency on January 26th. No further details regarding replacements or reasons for the dismissal were provided. The article does not reference the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Huainan city's government center introduced an "energy expense trusteeship" model in 2022 to address rising energy costs, where a private company invests in and manages energy-saving renovations, and is paid a fixed annual fee based on pre-renovation energy expenses. This approach has led to significant energy savings, such as a projected 1.7 million kWh reduction in electricity consumption in 2025 compared to 2021. The city is now extending this model to other districts and exploring rooftop solar power projects. Sun Yimin, Party Secretary and Director of the Huainan Municipal Affairs Administration Bureau, stated that they plan to further promote this experience.
Summary: A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck Diebu County in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province. In response, the State Council Earthquake Relief Headquarters and the Ministry of Emergency Management initiated a level-IV emergency response, dispatching a working group to the affected area to guide relief efforts. Initial reports indicate no casualties, but investigations are ongoing. The National Comprehensive Fire and Rescue Team has already been deployed to the epicenter. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck Diebu County in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, prompting the Ministry of Water Resources to initiate its earthquake relief mechanism. The Ministry analyzed the quake's potential impact on water infrastructure and rural water supply, instructing Gansu and Sichuan provinces to assess damage to water projects, including reservoirs and hydropower stations. With minimal rainfall forecast, the Ministry will monitor water conditions and guide local departments to inspect infrastructure using remote sensing and drones, focusing on preventing secondary disasters and ensuring water supply security. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: This article promotes "complementary development" (补位发展) as a key strategy for high-quality development in China, highlighting examples of regional collaboration and technological integration to overcome limitations and create new opportunities. It emphasizes the importance of breaking down barriers through institutional innovation and market unification to foster a "development community" (发展共同体). The author argues that this collaborative approach, facilitated by a unified national market, is essential for achieving high-quality development during the 15th Five-Year Plan period. The article does not mention or allude to the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article reports on China's success in achieving a trade surplus in crop seeds for the second consecutive year in 2025, following the launch of the seed industry revitalization action in 2021. It attributes this success to the country's growing seed competitiveness and the increasing global recognition of Chinese seeds. The article emphasizes the importance of seed security for national security, highlighting efforts in breeding and innovation, supported by the state-led system, talent cultivation, and diverse application scenarios. It claims that China's seed technology innovation has entered the world's first tier. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China is prioritizing the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into manufacturing, with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and seven other departments jointly issuing an "AI + Manufacturing" special action implementation plan. This initiative aims to address challenges such as high costs and the need for improved supply chain stability. The article contrasts this with the United States, noting the prominence of AI devices at the recent International Consumer Electronics Show, reflecting a global trend toward AI in production and manufacturing. To facilitate the deep integration of AI, China is focusing on making AI technology more accessible, affordable, and effectively applicable within the manufacturing sector. Ultimately, this initiative is expected to be a crucial contributor to China's high-quality development in the new era.
Summary: 敦煌 is leveraging its wind and solar resources to develop its energy storage industry and accelerate its green energy transition. By 2025, the city aims to achieve 100% green electricity supply and export electricity on a large scale. The renewable energy resources in this ancient Silk Road city could provide green energy for cultural exchange. The article does not discuss United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A Guangzhou-based service association is helping intellectually disabled youth participate in sports such as marathons, basketball, and soccer to promote social integration. These activities help participants improve their social skills and emotional regulation. Some participants have successfully gained employment with the assistance of related public welfare organizations. The article emphasizes that society should provide trust and support to special groups. It contrasts "dynamic" encouragement with sports and "static" nurturing with emerging art therapies.
Summary: The newly revised Public Security Administration Punishment Law in China now includes student bullying as a punishable offense, removing the excuse of "they're just kids." The law clarifies the definition of student bullying and adjusts the punitive standards for minors, including potential administrative detention for repeat or severe offenses. Schools are now obligated to report and address serious bullying incidents, with accountability for failure to do so. The aim is to ensure effective implementation through collaboration between law enforcement, schools, and families, fostering a sense of responsibility and respect in children. This new law is intended to safeguard children and make schools safer.
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Summary: Chemist Ma Dawei of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry focuses on total synthesis of complex natural products and the development of organic synthesis methodologies. He improved the Ullmann reaction, solving a scientific problem in carbon-heteroatom bond construction, and has also worked to simplify the synthesis of anti-cancer drugs to lower costs for patients. He encourages young researchers to tackle challenging, valuable problems. Ma also established a scholarship at his high school with the prize money he received for his work.
Summary: Ma Dawei, throughout his research career, has focused on tackling medical challenges, optimizing reaction experiments and finding optimal solutions for drug synthesis. He believes scientists have a mission to transform medical problems into scientific research projects, prioritizing people's needs, aiming to reduce drug costs, and making medicine more accessible. His work demonstrates a commitment to addressing significant challenges in the field. The article encourages researchers to focus on major national needs and public health, transforming challenges into research projects.
Summary: The seventh plenary session of the 11th National Committee of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC) convened in Beijing, with CFLAC Chairwoman and NPC Standing Committee Vice Chairperson Tie Ning in attendance. The meeting emphasized the need to adhere to Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and Xi Jinping's Thought on Culture, aiming to contribute to building a strong cultural nation by 2035. The meeting also outlined the strategic deployment for 2026, focusing on creative work and studying new theories. The goal is to prepare for the 12th National Congress of CFLAC. There was no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: A symposium was held in Beijing on January 26th concerning the principle of executive-led governance in Hong Kong and Macau. Xia Baolong, Director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, emphasized that "adhering to and improving executive-led governance" is crucial for Hong Kong and Macau's governance and high-quality development, referencing instructions given by Xi Jinping to the Chief Executives of both regions. Xia stated that executive-led governance is rooted in the PRC Constitution and guarantees "One Country, Two Systems," "Hong Kong people governing Hong Kong," and "Macau people governing Macau." He called on the legislative and judicial bodies to actively support the Chief Executive and SAR government. The symposium included participation from Hong Kong and Macau SAR Chief Executives Lee Ka-chiu and Ho Iat Seng via video link.
Summary: China's national railway system implemented a new train schedule on January 26th, prompting the Ministry of Public Security's Railway Public Security Bureau to enhance security measures. Local railway police departments are coordinating with railway enterprises to monitor passenger flow, assess potential risks, and strengthen emergency response mechanisms. These measures include increased patrols at key stations and the deployment of personnel to major transportation hubs like Beijing Station and Beijing West Station. Railway police are also focusing on newly opened lines and stations to manage potential passenger surges. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: He Linyi, a national-level inheritor of the Naxi Baisha Fine Music, is dedicated to preserving and promoting this traditional Naxi music. He is proficient in various instruments and vocal styles, and has taken his folk band to perform internationally, including at the National Centre for the Performing Arts and Central Conservatory of Music. He is innovating to engage younger audiences and runs training classes to pass on the tradition, ensuring the ancient echoes of Lijiang's ethnic music continue to resonate. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: A press conference held by the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Government reported that in 2025, the per capita disposable income of Tibetan residents grew significantly. Urban residents' per capita disposable income reached 104.1% of the national average, while rural residents reached 94.8%, both showing increased percentages from the previous year. Wages constituted the largest portion of disposable income, further solidifying their dominant role. The income gap between urban and rural residents in Tibet narrowed. The report does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: Fujian province saw a 6.3% year-on-year increase in newly established foreign-invested enterprises in 2025. A Malaysian businessman, Lin Fushan, is investing in a cultural tourism project in Quanzhou, citing strong local government support. A Danish company, Resound, is increasing R&D investment in Xiamen, collaborating with local suppliers to innovate hearing aid technology, with the support of local government. Electrical Glass (Xiamen) Co., Ltd., a Japanese company, has expanded four times since 2014, encouraged by China's large market and the favorable business environment, and the government has been giving them help with the Japanese staff's visa. The article did not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Party Secretary of Detian Village, Guangxi, reports on the village's economic transformation through tourism development centered on the Detian Waterfall, located on the China-Vietnam border. Benefiting from tourism development initiated in 1999, the village established a collective tourism service company in 2012 and has seen a significant increase in villagers' income through employment, hotel ventures, and the development of homestays supported by government initiatives. Villagers have become increasingly aware of the importance of ecological preservation. Plans are underway to celebrate the Spring Festival with Vietnamese border residents, including cultural activities and a non-material cultural heritage parade. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Guangxi's Detian Village has transformed from a poor border village into a prosperous tourist destination by leveraging tourism to drive rural revitalization. The "14th Five-Year Plan" saw Guangxi promoting rural tourism as a key strategy, with numerous villages and towns selected as national key tourism destinations. The region is focused on integrating culture and tourism to improve infrastructure and boost the collective economy. The article advocates for further development of rural tourism to attract capital, talent, and technology to promote comprehensive rural revitalization.
Summary: This article reports on celebrations of the traditional Chinese Laba Festival, which fell on January 26th this year. The festival is marked by the custom of drinking Laba porridge, and various activities took place across the country. The article features a photograph of workers enjoying Laba porridge at a construction site in Xinghua City, Jiangsu Province. The article does not mention any Chinese officials or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The China-Laos 500 kV interconnection project (domestic segment) has been completed, connecting provinces in Laos with Yunnan Province in China. The project, jointly funded by China Southern Power Grid and the Lao National Transmission Network Company, will enable 1.5 million kilowatts of bidirectional power exchange and transmit approximately 3 billion kilowatt-hours of clean energy annually. Construction in ecologically sensitive areas, like rainforests and Asian elephant habitats, was designed to minimize environmental impact. The project reduced construction disturbance, avoiding core areas of forests and biodiversity hotspots. No U.S. or U.S.-China relations were mentioned in the article.
Summary: China's Ministry of Justice has announced the first list of 50 "National Model Cities (Counties, Districts) for Law-Abiding and Law Dissemination," including Beijing's Xicheng District and Tianjin's Binhai New Area. The initiative, launched in November 2022, aims to promote legal awareness and integration of law into daily life and governance at the local level. The three-year program seeks to foster a social environment that respects the rule of law, contracts, and fairness. No mention was made of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Chongqing launched a campaign to build "friendly scenarios" for new employment groups, unveiling 100 service projects aimed at improving their working conditions. The initiative includes improving access to services like skills training, legal aid, and childcare, while also strengthening digital platforms for accessing resources. The city's housing and urban-rural development commission will improve digital access and navigation services, in addition to expanding the network of rest stops and charging stations. The action also aimed to smooth channels that provide feedback from these groups, and to protect their legal rights.
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Summary: The Chinese Academies of Sciences and Engineering announced the top ten science and technology breakthroughs in China and the world for 2025, as voted on by academicians. China's advancements include achievements in areas like "artificial sun" technology, AI development by DeepSeek, thorium-based molten salt reactors, and 6G wireless communication. Wu Zhaohui, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, emphasized the importance of these achievements in driving societal progress and aligning with national needs. Li Zhongping, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, noted the increasing global competition in science and technology. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China's Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), known as the "artificial sun," achieved a new world record by sustaining a high-confinement mode plasma at 100 million degrees Celsius for 1066 seconds, according to Song Yuntao, vice president of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Song stated that this achievement represents a significant breakthrough in controllable nuclear fusion energy research, laying a foundation for clean energy development. The experiment provides crucial data for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) and China's future fusion reactors, and it contributes Chinese expertise to solving energy problems. This breakthrough validates the feasibility of high-confinement mode steady-state operation for fusion reactors, marking a major turning point in fusion research. The research team solved a series of advanced physics and engineering problems through independent research and development.
Summary: A joint team from Peking University and the City University of Hong Kong has developed an ultra-wideband optoelectronic integrated system for 6G communication, enabling full-band, flexible, and tunable high-speed wireless communication. Professor Wang Xingjun of Peking University highlighted that this system creates a "super-wide highway" for 6G, allowing signals to transmit faster with more available channels. The system incorporates AI algorithms for flexible and intelligent wireless networks, enabling real-time data transmission, environmental awareness, and interference avoidance. The collaborative effort between the two universities facilitated efficient progress in this competitive research area. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Beijing Archaeological Research Institute transferred the Liuli Pavilion courtyard, a key component of Beihai Park's "Western Paradise" complex, to the park on January 22nd, allowing for public access to the restored 400-year-old site. Zhang Zhonghua, head of the Institute, highlighted the courtyard's architectural significance as a prime example of Qing Dynasty imperial garden construction. Zhang Lixin, Director of the Beijing Municipal Cultural Heritage Bureau, stated that the bureau will work with the Beijing Municipal Forestry and Parks Bureau to open the Liuli Pavilion courtyard to the public as soon as possible to help with the active inheritance of cultural heritage. Gao Dawei, Director of the Beijing Municipal Forestry and Parks Bureau, introduced that Beijing has completed the relocation of ancient buildings and courtyards in many places in the central axis heritage sites, the old city protection area, and the "Three Mountains and Five Gardens" historical and cultural area, and the cumulative new area for tourism and opening has exceeded 90,000 square meters. Ren Kai, Deputy Director of Beihai Park, mentioned plans for cultural and creative projects related to glazed tile craftsmanship to enhance visitor experience.
Summary: The 2026 "Intangible Cultural Heritage Celebrates the New Year, Exploring the Chinese New Year" themed promotion and Intangible Cultural Heritage New Year Shopping Month launched in Guangzhou on January 26th. The event, co-sponsored by the Cyberspace Administration of China's Bureau of Internet Communication and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's Intangible Cultural Heritage Department, features activities like "Lighting Up Chinese Lanterns" and "Happy Family Food" to promote consumption of intangible cultural heritage goods. Over 130 representative projects from 15 provinces, regions, and cities, including Hong Kong and Macao, are showcased. The shopping month, lasting until March 3rd, aims to make intangible cultural heritage a new driver for consumption. Simultaneously, Guangdong Province's Department of Culture and Tourism is holding the "Guangdong Goods Go Global, Food in Guangdong" series of events.
Summary: The "Pinduoduo Cup" Technology Small Yard Competition concluded in Hainan, focusing on translating agricultural research into practical solutions for rural revitalization. Pinduoduo provides systemic support to Technology Small Yards and promotes agricultural technological breakthroughs and talent cultivation via several competitions. Pinduoduo Senior Vice President Zhu Zheng announced the "100 Billion Support" plan, which allocates funds to cutting-edge competitions to promote the commercial application of agricultural technological achievements. Pinduoduo Vice President Hou Kaidi emphasized international collaboration and the promotion of "China's solutions to the world." In May 2025, students from Peru, Uganda, and Kenya visited the technology small yard in Gusheng Village, Dali, Yunnan to learn advanced agricultural technology and concepts.
Summary: The "Spring Breeze Gains Art - New Year's Intangible Cultural Heritage Art Exhibition" opened in Changsha, Hunan, showcasing over 600 folk art pieces related to the Year of the Horse. The exhibition highlights the symbolism of the horse in Chinese folk art and its connection to festive life and customs. Organized into ten thematic units, the exhibition aims to create an immersive experience of folk art extending from New Year's blessings to seasonal phenomena. The exhibition includes various intangible cultural heritage projects such as woodblock New Year paintings, *masao* opera masks, paper-cutting, and clay sculptures.
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Summary: This article emphasizes Xi Jinping's thought on the integrated approach to law-based governance and morality-based governance, highlighting its significance in modernizing China's governance system. It underscores the importance of drawing on China's historical and cultural traditions of combining legal norms with ethical principles. The author argues that law and morality play distinct but complementary roles in regulating social behavior and maintaining social order, and that integrating them is essential for effective governance. The piece also stresses the need to incorporate socialist core values into the legal system and to address moral failings through legal means. Finally, the article calls on leading cadres to exemplify both adherence to the law and high moral standards, setting an example for the rest of society.
Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of Marxist theory in China's political and social development, highlighting Xi Jinping's directive that Marxism is the fundamental guiding ideology for the Party and the nation. It argues that the discipline of Marxist theory is crucial for theoretical innovation, moral education, and serving the development of the Party and the country. The author stresses the need to deepen the study and interpretation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, embedding it within the educational system and disseminating it to the masses. The article also underscores the role of Marxist theory in guiding Chinese philosophy and social sciences, resisting Western academic dependence, and addressing challenges posed by historical nihilism and neoliberalism in the ideological sphere. The author advocates for using Marxist theory to shape social values and guide public opinion, especially in areas like common prosperity.
Summary: Liaoning Province is implementing an "Action Plan (2026 Edition)" to optimize its business environment, targeting issues like poor service, irregular law enforcement, and rent-seeking behaviors. Measures include sending officials to companies to solve problems on-site and offering "invitation-style" environmental inspections with no punitive consequences unless there is "subjective deliberate" behavior. A case was cited of a resident who waited for 4.5 years to obtain a residence permit, and now it can be obtained in as little as 5 minutes. The province has established dedicated teams within its disciplinary inspection and supervision departments to handle complaints related to the business environment, aiming for a closed-loop management system from discovery to feedback. No statements or actions of the United States or relating to U.S.-China relations were mentioned in this article.
Summary: The Supreme People's Court held a press conference on January 26th, reporting on the effectiveness of "cross-execution" in resolving enforcement difficulties. In 2023, 2.34 million individuals were added to the list of dishonest individuals subject to enforcement (失信名单), while 2.67 million were removed through credit repair. Huang Wenjun, director of the Enforcement Bureau of the Supreme People's Court, stated that the rate of automatic compliance with civil judgments reached 61.01% in 2023, while enforcement authorities completed approximately 2.2 trillion yuan in overdue payments. Since October 2023, courts nationwide have cross-executed 477,000 cases, with progress achieved in 222,500 difficult or long-pending cases.
Summary: In 2023, Chinese prosecution agencies processed 236,000 cases transferred from public security organs related to dangerous driving, a 22.1% year-on-year decrease, and initiated public prosecutions in 211,000 cases, a 17.2% decrease. Despite this decline, dangerous driving remains the most prosecuted crime, accounting for 14.4% of all criminal cases. The report highlights the public's insufficient understanding of drunk driving consequences and emphasizes that even low blood alcohol content combined with factors like evading inspection can lead to prosecution. It also references a specific case involving a drunk driver causing multiple fatalities, who was prosecuted for endangering public safety. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: China's domestically developed Y-20 ("Kunpeng") large transport aircraft marked its 13th anniversary of successful first flight on January 26. The Y-20 has participated in missions ranging from repatriation of remains of Korean War soldiers and domestic disaster relief to international humanitarian aid, serving as a critical "air lifeline." A pilot from a Central Theater Command air force unit, Yuan Bo, stated that the "Kunpeng" family is continuously enriched, providing solid support for safeguarding national interests and world peace. The Y-20's trajectory highlights the Chinese Air Force's strategic transformation.
Summary: Yiyang County in Chongqing is preparing for a spring tourism season with the theme "Shangri-La, Warm Spring Yiyang," featuring cultural and tourism activities. Visitors can expect immersive experiences showcasing local history and culture, including traditional crafts and performances. The county is also leveraging "smart tourism" initiatives, such as digital platforms for reservations and navigation, to enhance the visitor experience and manage tourism efficiently. Yiyang aims to promote all-season tourism by connecting attractions and developing specialty routes. The county hopes that tourism will continue to boost rural industry and increase incomes by selling agricultural products.
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Summary: China's manufacturing sector is seeing significant achievements in digital transformation, with over 35,000 basic-level and 500 "lighthouse" (领航级) smart factories built so far. These factories are demonstrating improvements in production efficiency and reductions in defect rates, driven by the integration of AI in over 70% of their business scenarios. The "lighthouse" factories are not only providing high-end products but also driving collaborative upgrades across more than 1,300 upstream and downstream enterprises, promoting value enhancement throughout the industrial chain. This progress stems from strategic initiatives outlined in both the "13th Five-Year Plan" and the "14th Five-Year Plan," focused on promoting high-end, intelligent, and green manufacturing.
Summary: SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW) has implemented an "island-style" intelligent manufacturing system in its Guangxi Liuzhou plant, enabling flexible and efficient production of multiple car models by using interconnected "intelligent process islands" instead of traditional assembly lines. This system, which utilizes AI and data-driven quality control, has significantly reduced production costs, improved efficiency, and shortened changeover times; for example, logistics costs dropped by over 30 million yuan annually. SGMW has shared its technology with supply chain partners, boosting their manufacturing efficiency. The company became the only carmaker to be included in the first batch of "Pioneer Intelligent Factories" in China. There was no mention of the U.S. in the provided article.
Summary: Chinese banks are experiencing a decline in interest rates on large-denomination certificates of deposit, with some short-term rates falling below 1%. This trend, driven by pressure on banks' net interest margins and regulatory guidance, coincides with approximately 50 trillion yuan in fixed deposits maturing in 2026, prompting concerns about a potential shift in savings behavior. Experts, including Dong Ximiao, suggest that most deposits will remain within the banking system due to customer risk aversion, but some may move to cash management or fixed-income wealth management products. Analysts also note the trend is connected to financial institutions providing support to the real economy.
Summary: Ahead of the Spring Festival, local markets across China have opened, offering citizens and tourists a one-stop-shop for holiday purchases and traditional cultural experiences. These markets are bustling with activity as people sample food and buy goods for the New Year. The article doesn't mention any official statements or actions, nor does it discuss the U.S. or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Starting January 26th, China's national railway implemented a new train schedule, including the inaugural Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei high-speed rail loop. The G8859 train originates from Beijing West, stopping at various stations before terminating at Tianjin West, where it connects to the G8864 train. This new loop, operated by China Railway Beijing Group, connects Beijing, Xiong'an, Tianjin, and other key locations, facilitating commuting and travel within the region. The loop exemplifies the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in the transportation sector. It aims to enhance the feasibility of "cross-city living" and a "same-city effect."
Summary: Nanjing held a press conference on January 26th to introduce its 2026 policy document focused on accelerating the development of "new productive forces" and promoting high-quality development. The policy will focus on key areas such as industry, technology, and consumption, aiming to boost market confidence and improve social expectations. Subsidies will be given to manufacturing innovation centers and enterprises undertaking large-scale technological upgrades, with up to 10 million RMB offered. The city plans to host over 150 promotional events and release a list of 1,000 application scenarios to stimulate innovation and consumption. No U.S. or U.S.-China relations information were mentioned in this article.
Summary: Guangdong province successfully conducted its first market-based bidding process for new energy electricity prices, with 11,588 distributed photovoltaic projects selected at a clearing price of 0.360 yuan/kWh. The bidding, overseen by officials like Xu Yun and Li Dinglin, was conducted within a price range of 0.20-0.40 yuan/kWh and included a "competition effectiveness coefficient" to ensure competitive pricing. The initiative aims to promote efficient consumption of new energy, facilitate the construction of a new power system, and support Guangdong's energy restructuring and carbon reduction goals. Huang Jiajian highlighted the Guangdong Power Grid Corporation's efforts to streamline grid connection services and data interaction for new energy projects. The move signifies a shift from fixed prices and subsidies towards market-driven mechanisms for new energy in Guangdong.
Summary: On January 23rd, silver futures and spot prices in New York and London, respectively, both surpassed $100 per ounce, reaching record highs. International silver prices experienced significant growth in 2025, exceeding 175% for the year, and continued to climb in early 2026. Silver's dual nature as a precious metal and industrial material, particularly in sectors like photovoltaics and AI, combined with long-term structural deficits, supports rising prices. The rising silver price is beginning to pressure cost controls in related industries. Analysts suggest silver's investment value is becoming more apparent alongside rising gold prices, attracting investors seeking alternatives for hedging.
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Summary: Celebrating its 126th anniversary, the tea brand Zhang Yiyuan is innovating to meet consumer demand through product diversification and digitalization of its channels. The company's e-commerce sales increased significantly, with a focus on platforms like Douyin. Zhang Yiyuan is also expanding internationally, with its first shipments heading to North America. The company is focused on upgrading its domestic supply chains to facilitate future growth. There is no explicit mention of U.S.-China relations.
Summary: An article reports on a community assistance program in Xi'an's Beilin district, Shaanxi province, that provided new winter coats to two orphaned brothers, Xiao An and Xiao Yu, who live with their grandmother. The program, "融救联助" (Rongjiu Lianzhu), coordinates government resources, charitable donations, and community efforts to address the needs of impoverished residents, including fulfilling small wishes like new clothing. Community worker Li Yingying identified the brothers' need, and veteran volunteer Chen Xiangfeng secured the coats. Han Hairuo, director of the Beilin District Civil Affairs Bureau, emphasized the program's shift from basic needs to emotional support. The article did not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article highlights a local initiative focused on providing winter clothing to children in need, showcasing the government's role in ensuring basic necessities are met. It emphasizes a shift towards collaborative efforts, involving social organizations and businesses to address not only material needs but also the emotional well-being of children. The approach moves beyond standardized aid to offer personalized support, increasing the recipients' sense of benefit and the contributors' sense of accomplishment. This is framed as an improvement to people's livelihood through innovative methods. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: An AI dispatcher named "Guangming," built upon the State Grid's "Guangming Power Large Model," is being used in Changsha to assist with power grid dispatching, particularly during peak load times. Guangming analyzes data and generates load transfer plans, improving efficiency by automating tasks that previously took human dispatchers much longer. The system is designed to be "explainable," providing the rationale behind its recommendations while maintaining human oversight through safety checks and manual confirmation. The AI is intended to free up dispatchers from repetitive tasks and enhance their ability to manage the increasingly complex power grid, especially with the integration of distributed renewable energy and electric vehicle charging. The system’s developers are continuing to optimize the system's functions to better serve grid operations and ensure reliable power supply.
Summary: The Hezhe ethnic group's oral narrative art of Imakan, once near extinction, has been revitalized through dedicated preservation efforts in Raohe County, Heilongjiang Province. These efforts include creating digital archives, training new performers, and integrating Imakan into school curricula, now boasting over 100 Imakan inheritors. The tradition is being integrated with tourism and agriculture, creating new industry, and drawing domestic attention. The Hezhe people are combining traditional methods with e-commerce to market their unique fish products. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has praised the project for demonstrating how to transform endangered intangible heritage into a vibrant, living tradition.
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Summary: This article discusses Shenzhen's approach to ecological restoration in the context of China's "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" which prioritizes building modern, people-centered cities. Shenzhen is addressing ecological challenges by leveraging market mechanisms to fund restoration projects, such as auctioning off extracted materials from former mining sites to fund land restoration and partnering with enterprise. The city also transformed agricultural land into urban landscapes and promoting public participation in ecological protection. The article references a government-NGO collaboration model to restore mangrove wetlands by removing invasive species and replanting native ones with public participation.
Summary: During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, China invested 606 billion yuan in the Huai River basin, 1.63 times the investment during the 13th Five-Year Plan period, significantly improving water infrastructure. All 38 key projects for the Huai River basin, as determined by the State Council, have commenced, with 17 completed and accepted. The comprehensive management of the Huai River has enhanced flood control, water resource management, and ecological protection. Water loss decreased in the Huai River basin by 4006 square kilometers, with the rate of water and soil conservation increasing to 91.3%. Water consumption was controlled within 72.4 billion cubic meters, and the effective utilization coefficient of farmland irrigation water reached 0.609.
Summary: China's weather forecasting accuracy has improved, with the lead time for severe convective weather warnings reaching a historical high of 48 minutes, a 10-minute increase compared to the 13th Five-Year Plan period. In 2025, the 24-hour typhoon track forecast error decreased to 58 kilometers, maintaining international leadership. These improvements are attributed to advancements in meteorological technology, including the launch of two Fengyun meteorological satellites and the expansion of the observation network with new weather radars and meteorological stations. The Beidou sounding wind measurement accuracy has also improved, and AI forecasting models are being deeply applied to further enhance forecasting capabilities. No mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations found in this article.
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Summary: Chengdu, as one of the first national football development key cities during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, has seen rapid development in its football sector. The city is focused on fostering youth football development through competition platforms and integrating sports with education. Chengdu's approach involves building competition platforms to identify talent, linking youth training centers with schools, and cooperating with international football clubs like Lyon and São Paulo to train young players and provide overseas opportunities. As of 2025, Chengdu has sent 54 players to various national teams. No mentions of the United States or U.S.-China relations were found in the text.
Summary: The article highlights the successes of Chengdu's youth football training program, emphasizing the importance of respecting the inherent laws of football development, including systematic training, infrastructure support, and optimized competition. It also stresses the need to adapt strategies to local conditions, citing the Western region's pilot program integrating sports and education. The article suggests that respecting these principles will broaden the path to revitalizing Chinese football. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article discusses the importance of balancing football training with academic studies for young players in China, emphasizing a collaborative effort between families, schools, and teams. It advocates for scientific planning that considers the individual needs and academic schedules of young athletes. The article highlights Chengdu's approach of integrating football training into after-school programs and utilizing external coaching resources to enhance training effectiveness. It urges coaches to consider players' academic performance, study habits, and mental state alongside athletic performance. The author is the head of the Chengdu Football Association's technical department.
Summary: Chinese tennis player Wang Xinyu lost to American Anisimova in the Australian Open's fourth round, ending her run in the tournament. Despite the loss, this was Wang's best result at the Australian Open, reaching the final 16. The article highlights Wang's improved physical conditioning, technical adjustments, and mental fortitude gained through dedicated winter training and study of sports psychology. Wang and her coach Tosić attribute her recent success to increased mobility, tactical flexibility, and resilience developed through overcoming challenges. Wang aims to continue improving and climbing in the rankings.
Summary: The 2025 Chinese Weiqi League concluded in Hubei, with the Supor Hangzhou team, led by Ding Hao, Li Qincheng, Xie Ke, and Jin Yucheng, securing their eighth league title with an undefeated record. Several changes were implemented this year, including suspending the use of foreign aid. Chengdu team secured second place while Shenzhen team took third. Li Qincheng was named the league's MVP.
Summary: Following the death of a runner at the Chongqing Marathon, concerns have arisen regarding safe exercise practices. Experts suggest some runners may have underlying heart conditions undetectable by standard EKGs, and recommend more comprehensive cardiac screenings. Overtraining, especially for those over 45, can lead to heart strain and arteriosclerosis. The article advises runners to monitor their heart rate and heed warning signs like chest pain, dizziness, and sudden fatigue, adjusting their pace and hydration accordingly.
Summary: Coach Bao Changlin, leading a team composed entirely of high school students from Qiqihar No. 1 Middle School, achieved a best-ever result for Heilongjiang men's volleyball at the National Games, reaching the U18 semifinals. Despite their loss in the semifinals, Bao expressed pride in the team, noting their dedication to balancing rigorous academic studies with intensive volleyball training. Bao, a former Heilongjiang volleyball player, founded the school team in 2005 and has since dedicated himself to nurturing young players, providing not only athletic training but also academic and personal support. He hopes that through volleyball, his students will find further opportunities to develop themselves.
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Summary: China's commercial space sector, with over 600 enterprises, is transitioning from policy to market-driven growth, spurred by state-led initiatives and private sector innovation in reusable rockets. Policy support includes the establishment of a commercial space department within the National Space Administration and venture capital investment. The sector faces challenges in reusable rocket technology, low-orbit constellation capabilities compared to international standards, and commercialization, particularly in application services. The focus is now on building a "terminal-network-cloud-intelligence" ecosystem to integrate hardware and software, and to drive practical applications across various sectors of the domestic economy.
Summary: The article discusses the opportunities and challenges facing China's commercial aerospace sector as it aims to mass produce and launch satellites to meet the demands of a growing space-based infrastructure, including a potential satellite internet. Key to success, according to the article, is innovation in reusable rocket technology to lower launch costs, improved production efficiency like mass satellite production, and a comprehensive support ecosystem. Challenges include a lack of profitability, limited launch resources, and the need for more downstream applications. The article mentions that ZhuQue-3 and ChangZheng-12A rockets failed to achieve recovery upon launch. The piece concludes that greater policy support and the development of commercially viable applications are needed to overcome current obstacles and unlock the sector's full potential.
Summary: China's Hualong One, a domestically developed third-generation nuclear power technology, marked its fifth anniversary of commercial operation at the Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant. According to reactor designer Liu Changwen, the Hualong One demonstrates China's innovation and manufacturing prowess. Operator Zhang Zhanqiang highlighted the reactor's safety record, including a WANO index score, emphasizing China's shift from a follower to a competitor in nuclear technology. The Hualong One is now the most numerous third-generation nuclear power technology in operation and under construction globally. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: A recent IATA report indicates robust growth and profitability for the global aviation industry, projecting record passenger numbers and revenues through 2026. The Asia-Pacific region is expected to lead this growth, driven by increased tourism, a growing middle class, and simplified entry procedures in China. Despite overall growth, the industry faces structural challenges, including achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, with sustainable aviation fuel adoption remaining low. Chinese firms are contributing to sustainable development and supply chain resilience, with approximately 200 Chinese enterprises participating in the Airbus supply chain. The United States is mentioned as a potential challenge to aviation expansion in North America due to domestic market saturation and uncertain trade and immigration policies.
Summary: The Chinese Foreign Ministry, via its "Consular Express," issued a warning on January 26, advising Chinese citizens to avoid travel to Japan during the Spring Festival. The alert cites a deterioration in Japanese public safety, an increase in crimes targeting Chinese citizens, and recent earthquakes with warnings of further seismic activity. Chinese citizens already in Japan are urged to closely monitor local security conditions and disaster warnings, enhancing their personal safety awareness. The warning makes no mention of the United States or US-China relations.
Summary: According to Japanese police, four Chinese citizens were injured in a train-truck collision in Nemuro, Hokkaido. The Chinese Consulate General in Sapporo stated it would provide consular protection and assistance as needed. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The China Railway Bridge Engineering Bureau (CRBB) has completed the main structure of the Luba Cross-Sea Bridge in Sarawak, Malaysia, a key Belt and Road Initiative project slated to open in June. The 4,844-meter bridge, constructed by a Chinese enterprise, will significantly improve transportation infrastructure and reduce commute times in Sarawak. The project overcame considerable construction challenges due to complex geological conditions and strong tidal surges, utilizing innovative "no trestle" over-water construction techniques. According to CRBB project manager Hu Wei, the project team overcame challenges by refining construction plans and introducing specialized equipment. Once completed, the bridge is expected to boost local resource development and tourism.
Summary: Venezuelan interim President Rodriguez stated that the United States should stop issuing orders to Venezuelan officials, arguing that Venezuela should resolve its own internal disputes. Rodriguez called for genuine political dialogue among Venezuelan parties to achieve national unity and peace, prioritizing the maintenance of peace and security for the people. This statement comes after the United States launched a large-scale military operation in Venezuela, seizing President Maduro and his wife. The international community has widely condemned the United States for severely infringing on Venezuelan sovereignty.
Summary: The World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos featured musical performances intended to foster dialogue amidst a tense global landscape. The music aimed to create a shared experience and encourage listening, essential for overcoming increasingly difficult political and economic discourse. Referencing historical perspectives, the article highlights music's role as a "pre-political" language that promotes understanding and acknowledges differences. The WEF, founded during the Cold War, emphasizes the importance of bringing different parties together for constructive exchange, even without immediate solutions. WEF President Børge Brende stressed the need for patience, commitment, and creativity in difficult but indispensable dialogues, implicitly calling for the United States and China to engage in this spirit.
Summary: The 2026 Berlin International Green Week, celebrating its centenary, showcased the latest advancements and sustainable trends in food, agriculture, and horticulture from over 1600 exhibitors across 50 countries and regions. A special centennial exhibition highlighted the evolution of the industry from horse-drawn carriages to digital agriculture. Interactive experiences, such as the "Young Generation Experience Center" based on Germany's dual vocational education system, aimed to attract young talent to the agricultural sector by providing hands-on training. The event served as a platform for exchange and innovation in global sustainable agricultural development.
Summary: The EU's 27 member states have formally approved regulations to gradually ban imports of Russian pipeline and liquified natural gas. A full ban on Russian liquified natural gas imports will take effect in early 2027, followed by a full ban on pipeline natural gas in autumn 2027. The new regulations include measures to strengthen oversight and promote diversification of energy supply. The European Commission can suspend the import ban for up to four weeks if the EU declares an emergency and member states face severe supply threats.
Summary: A U.S. military transport plane landed in Ushuaia, the capital of Argentina's Tierra del Fuego province, causing tension among local residents, prompting condemnation from the provincial government. The Boeing C-40 Clipper, belonging to the U.S. Department of Defense, flew to Ushuaia after a two-day stop in Buenos Aires, and the reason for the landing and the identities of those on board are unknown. The Tierra del Fuego government stated it received no notification from the federal government or the Ministry of Defense and condemned the U.S. military's action, suggesting the U.S. Southern Command intends to control the region. Ushuaia's strategic importance as a logistics and supply hub for Antarctica was also noted.
Summary: The U.S. Department of Defense's 2026 National Defense Strategy prioritizes homeland security and U.S. interests in the Western Hemisphere. The report outlines strategies to secure borders, combat "narco-terrorists" in the Western Hemisphere, and ensure access to key regions, including Greenland, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Panama Canal. It also mentions the development of the "Golden Dome" missile defense system and modernizing nuclear forces. The report downplays the importance of Europe to the U.S., stating NATO allies are capable of handling European defense with "limited support" from the U.S., and addresses the need to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. The report signals a shift towards prioritizing domestic defense over forward-deployed deterrence.
Summary: A Nipah virus outbreak in India's West Bengal has resulted in five confirmed cases, prompting quarantine measures and animal testing. Nepal's Ministry of Health has raised alert levels nationwide, increasing health checks at international airports and border crossings with India to prevent the virus from entering. Thailand's Civil Aviation Authority will implement comprehensive screening for flights originating from West Bengal. The WHO notes the virus has a high mortality rate and can be transmitted through infected animals or their contaminated products, and in rare cases human to human. There are currently no licensed vaccines or treatments available.
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Summary: Lonnie Thompson, an American glaciologist, pioneered ice core research in low and mid-latitude glaciers, including the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, where he initiated collaborative research with Chinese scientists like Yao Tandong in 1984. Thompson introduced solar-powered drilling technology to China, enabling groundbreaking ice core extraction and analysis, with samples shared equally between U.S. and Chinese labs. Thompson emphasized that despite political differences, U.S. and Chinese scientists work towards common goals in climate research. He also observed the advancements of China in climate reserach, mentioning the misunderstanding of Washington politicians and the reality of China's resource investment in the field. He advocates for continued cooperation to address climate change, viewing glacier melt as a warning sign.
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Summary: The article discusses Beijing's Chaoyang district efforts to integrate its 101,000 "new employment group" workers (delivery drivers, ride-hail drivers, etc.) into the community by providing improved housing, rest stops, and opportunities for social engagement. Chaoyang District Party Secretary Wu Xiaojie emphasized strengthening ideological guidance, upgrading service networks, and building integration platforms to enhance belonging, professional pride, and social responsibility among these workers. The district has built over 2000 friendly locations and 14,200 service locations to assist these workers. The article also highlights how these workers contribute to urban governance by reporting issues and participating in community service.
Summary: This article discusses the importance of trust in rural governance in China. It argues that building trust between local officials and villagers is crucial for successful policy implementation. Examples of officials earning trust through familiarity, fulfilling promises, and valuing community input are provided. The article emphasizes the need for officials to genuinely trust the masses and incorporate their perspectives in governance. Ultimately, trust is not achieved through formal means but through consistent, tangible actions that benefit the people.
Summary: The city of Jingzhou is implementing a three-year action plan to promote rural revitalization and grassroots governance through the construction of grassroots Party building zones, according to an unnamed official from the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee Organization Department. Jingzhou is creating four Party building zones and 30 Party building belts, covering 318 villages, to break down barriers and activate overall momentum through organizational integration, with the "He Mei Chu Township" area integrating multiple villages with cultural tourism foundations. Local areas are exploring industrial integration paths based on their own conditions. The goal is to optimize the layout and expand the coverage of Party building zones to strengthen the Party's leadership in the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas. The article does not mention the United States.
Summary: The article discusses the "veteran village chief" program in Lyuliang, Shanxi province, where retired soldiers are recruited and trained to lead rural villages. Lyuliang Party Secretary Sun Dajun stated that these veterans bring valuable experience and dedication to revitalize rural areas facing challenges in leadership and development. These veterans are credited with improving infrastructure, developing industries like eco-tourism and agriculture, and promoting ethical conduct. The efforts are supported by local government initiatives offering training, industrial support, and incentives, according to Lyuliang Municipal Party Standing Committee member and Lyuliang Military Subdistrict Political Commissar Yang Haijiang. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The article discusses the rise of mass writing in China due to increased access to tools and platforms, leading to a new era of "everyone creates, everyone reads." It argues that while this phenomenon enriches the literary landscape by bringing new experiences and perspectives, it also faces challenges such as an overabundance of expression without sufficient dialogue and the potential for algorithmic shaping of aesthetic preferences. The author emphasizes the importance of maintaining standards and the guiding role of professional writing in this evolving ecosystem. The article emphasizes the new found ability for common people to record their experiences. The author touches on the need for public space and the ability of the internet to make the writing world more accessible.
Summary: The article discusses the popularity of a short video account, @祝薪雁, which features simple, everyday scenes accompanied by poignant and relatable text. The author argues that this account demonstrates that the power of text is not diminished in the age of short videos, but rather enhanced when combined with visual media. The account's success comes from the author's ability to find poetry in ordinary life, resonating with viewers through sincere and heartfelt observations.
Summary: The article discusses a growing trend of elderly writers in China joining online literature platforms, driven by user-friendly technology and a desire for self-expression after retirement. These "silver-hair" authors focus on realistic themes like historical changes, social ethics, and local memories, enriching the online literary landscape. While their works may not generate significant commercial success, they offer personal fulfillment and a sense of connection with readers. This trend reflects a broader integration of the "silver economy" with cultural and internet services, representing a new avenue for older adults to participate in society and find value in their later years. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses the film *The Aeronauts*, adapted from Shuang Xuetao's novella, highlighting its blend of genre elements with a realistic portrayal of Northeast China's socio-economic changes. Director Peng Fei's adaptation focuses on an individual's pursuit of dreams amidst factory reforms and societal shifts, employing a "warm realism" that emphasizes hope and perseverance. This approach reflects a trend in Chinese cinema where genre films incorporate realistic themes to resonate with audiences and offer a message of resilience. The author argues that Chinese films are increasingly blending artistic vision with commercial viability, showcasing a growing cultural confidence among young filmmakers. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article reviews a dance adaptation of the novel "Snowy Mountain Land," a winner of the Mao Dun Literature Prize. The dance focuses on the novel's most moving plot points, like establishing schools and hospitals, streamlining the narrative to highlight the relationship between Han Chinese aid workers and Tibetan people. The reviewer praised the dance's conveyance of emotion through movement and the incorporation of Tibetan cultural elements in the music, but noted some segments lacked clear narrative purpose. The reviewer was impressed by the overall quality of this production from a local troupe. The U.S. and U.S.-China relations are not mentioned in this article.
Summary: The second installment of the animated anthology *Chinese Odd Tales* has been released, but has not yet achieved the widespread popularity of the first season, despite fan-driven content creation. While the new season maintains a core of Chinese aesthetics and traditional culture, its slow burn may be due to its more complex and ambiguous storytelling. The new season expands the multi-faceted nature of the stories, inherits Chinese aesthetics, and creates new digital assets. The series aims to establish new classic characters within a broader "Chinese animation universe" and continues to emphasize localized and diverse aesthetic paradigms. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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By: 本报记者 马跃峰 苏 滨
How can intelligent driving cars quickly identify lane lines? The answer lies in "Bainiaohe Digital Town" (百鸟河数字小镇).
In the town's data labeling enterprises, real road images are labeled into high-quality datasets, providing "nourishment" for the training of intelligent driving systems. As Guizhou Province's first county-level big data industrial park, "Bainiaohe Digital Town" (百鸟河数字小镇) is expected to achieve an annual output value of 450 million yuan and cultivate over 3,000 digital talents by 2025. Currently, it is making every effort to improve its technological level and enhance its resource aggregation and radiation-driving capabilities.
Taking the data labeling industry as a breakthrough point, Guizhou is accelerating the construction of a complete industrial chain ecosystem covering data collection, labeling, trading, and application. By 2025, the output value of Guizhou's digital intelligence industry will exceed 280 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of over 16% during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.
In March 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized during his inspection in Guizhou, "Strengthen and optimize the digital economy, new energy, and other industries." In February 2021, on the eve of the Spring Festival, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) visited and extended greetings to cadres and the masses of all ethnic groups in Guizhou, hoping that Guizhou would "seize new opportunities in implementing the digital economy strategy."
Guizhou adheres to the linkage of computing power, data, applications, and industries, strengthens the digital intelligence industry cluster, and steadily promotes the construction of a digital economy development innovation zone. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, Guizhou will focus on intelligent computing to develop the computing power industry, deeply implement the "Eastern Data and Western Computing" project; focus on building high-quality datasets to develop the data industry, and develop and strengthen the data labeling industry; focus on industry large models to develop the artificial intelligence industry, and better empower thousands of industries.
Consolidate the foundation of computing power and release the value of computing power—
Walking into the National Integrated Computing Power Network National (Guizhou) Hub Node Scheduling Platform of Guizhou Big Data Group (贵州大数据集团), various data can be seen jumping on the big screen, and computing power scheduling and circulation are visually presented.
Integrate resources, promote efficient matching between supply and demand, and enable computing power to achieve centralized and efficient scheduling across regions, businesses, and platforms. As of the end of 2025, the cumulative transaction volume recorded on the scheduling platform reached 25.85 billion yuan.
Currently, Guizhou has 50 data centers under construction and in operation, with a computing power scale of 160 billion billion calculations per second, of which intelligent computing accounts for more than 98%.
Including 31 projects with an investment of over 100 million yuan in the computing power center project library, and implementing "one-to-one" precise services for computing power projects under construction; planning to continue issuing computing power coupons every year to reduce the cost of computing power usage for enterprises. Guizhou is accelerating the construction of a computing power security base for the whole country.
Seize the data track and cultivate the industrial ecology—
In Guanshanhu District (观山湖区) of Guiyang City (贵阳市), the Xiaolanshan Data Labeling Base (小兰山数据标注基地) focuses on cutting-edge fields such as autonomous driving and large model training, and plans to introduce nearly 100 enterprises to create the brand "Do Labeling in Guiyang" (做标注到贵阳).
The concentration of data centers and the abundance of digital talents are the comparative advantages of Guizhou's development of the digital economy. 253 colleges and universities offer big data-related majors, with more than 53,000 graduates each year.
"We will focus on cultivating a group of enterprises that deeply cultivate data labeling, promote the precise connection between data labeling enterprises and human resources, financial services, and other institutions, and cultivate a good industrial ecology," said Zhu Zongyao (朱宗尧), Director of the Guizhou Provincial Big Data Bureau (贵州省大数据局).
Deepen digital intelligence empowerment and develop application scenarios—
After years of construction, Guizhou has now achieved direct network connection with 42 major domestic cities and built and put into operation the world's first 400G computing power channel.
Relying on data and computing power advantages, Guizhou is fully implementing the "Artificial Intelligence +" action, launching the "Hundred Models and Thousand Scenarios" plan, and has formed more than 110 large model application scenarios in 24 key industrial fields, with the core artificial intelligence industry reaching a scale of 24 billion yuan.
Coal trains enter the track, accurately positioning the carriages; unmanned loading and unloading devices open the warehouse gate and quantitatively load coal... Located in Gui'an New District (贵安新区), open the intelligent dispatching platform of China Science & Technology Innovation (Guizhou) Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. (中科富创（贵州）智能技术有限公司), and the operation of the Lutie Intelligent Logistics Industrial Park in Changzhi, Shanxi (山西长治潞铁智慧物流产业园), more than 1,000 kilometers away, is fully visible.
"We have built an artificial intelligence large model for park management to achieve cross-departmental collaboration, help the park double its production capacity, increase the vehicle-cargo matching rate by 20%, and improve the comprehensive operating efficiency by 30%," introduced Liu Lei (刘磊), Deputy General Manager of China Science & Technology Innovation (Guizhou) Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. (中科富创（贵州）智能技术有限公司).
In the future, Guizhou will create more than 1,000 application scenarios and seize new tracks for high-quality dataset construction, industrial ecology cultivation, and artificial intelligence empowerment.
"Bearing in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's earnest entrustment, Guizhou must thoroughly implement the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, develop new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, promote the digital economy to become stronger and better, lead and support the construction of 'Digital Intelligence Guizhou' (数智贵州), and strive to achieve a good start to the '15th Five-Year Plan'," said Xu Lin (徐麟), Secretary of the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee (贵州省委书记).
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 26th. On the afternoon of January 26th, Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央), and President of the People's Republic of China (国家主席), spoke on the phone with To Lam (苏林), General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (越共中央).
Xi Jinping (习近平) congratulated the successful holding of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (越共十四大) and To Lam's (苏林) re-election as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (越共中央), expressing his belief that under the leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (越共中央) headed by General Secretary To Lam (苏林), Vietnam will surely complete the various goals and tasks set forth by the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (越共十四大) and achieve Vietnam's "two centennial goals" at an early date. China and Vietnam should adhere to their unchanged principles and unwavering aspirations, unite and cooperate to promote development, and work together towards a better future.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that China is currently moving towards building a strong socialist modern country in all respects and realizing the second centennial goal, and Vietnam has also embarked on a new era of national development. We must strengthen our beliefs, uphold fundamental principles and break new ground, prevent and resolve various risks and challenges, jointly defend the socialist cause, and maintain the political character of China-Vietnam relations forever. The two sides should continue to strengthen the exchange of experience in governing the party and the country, make good use of mechanisms such as high-level meetings, theoretical seminars, and cadre training, and continuously improve the party's governing level and national governance capabilities. The two sides should strengthen the alignment of development strategies, deepen high-level mutually beneficial cooperation, bring more benefits to the people of the two countries, and jointly move towards socialist modernization. The two sides should strengthen coordination and cooperation in international and regional affairs, jointly oppose hegemonism and camp confrontation, and work together to promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
To Lam (苏林) thanked the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央) for sending a congratulatory message on the successful convening of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (越共十四大), and thanked General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) for his good wishes on his re-election as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (越共中央). He focused on introducing the main achievements of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (越共十四大), and said that Vietnam is willing to join hands with China on the new journey, in accordance with the requirements of "six more", to continuously deepen the friendly cooperation between socialist neighbors. China's development has always provided inspiration and valuable experience for Vietnam's development. Vietnam will adhere to the one-China policy, continue to support the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind and the "Belt and Road" initiative proposed by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), as well as the four major global initiatives, and is willing to strengthen political mutual trust with China, promote cooperation in diplomacy, national defense and public security, deepen pragmatic cooperation in various fields, cultivate the friendly feelings of the two peoples, strengthen coordination in the complex and volatile international situation, advocate multilateralism, oppose protectionism, and promote the building of a Vietnam-China community with a shared future.
Xi Jinping (习近平) and To Lam (苏林) also exchanged New Year greetings, wishing the people of both countries happiness and good health.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 26th. "Xi Jinping and Frontline Workers," compiled by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (中华全国总工会), has recently been published by the China Workers' Publishing House (中国工人出版社) and is being distributed nationwide.
The book, through 23 interview records, tells the touching stories of Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) engaging sincerely with frontline workers in construction sites, factories, mines, and ports in Hebei Zhengding (河北正定), Fujian (福建), Zhejiang (浙江), Shanghai (上海), and since working in the central government. It recounts his care and concern for the workers' production and lives, and his encouragement for them to continuously innovate and create. The publication of this book will help the vast number of Party members and cadres to better understand Comrade Xi Jinping's people-centered feelings of always thinking and working together with the vast number of workers, and to unite and mobilize hundreds of millions of workers to contribute their wisdom and strength to comprehensively building a modern socialist country and comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), January 26th. Li Qiang (李强), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Premier of the State Council, presided over a symposium on the afternoon of January 26th with the heads of the central committees of various democratic parties, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (全国工商联), and representatives of non-party affiliated individuals, to listen to opinions and suggestions on the two drafts for comments: the "Government Work Report" and the "15th Five-Year Plan Outline (Draft)."
At the symposium, Zheng Jianbang (郑建邦), Chairman of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang Central Committee, Ding Zhongli (丁仲礼), Chairman of the China Democratic League Central Committee, Sun Dongsheng (孙东生), Vice Chairman of the China National Democratic Construction Association Central Committee, Cai Dafeng (蔡达峰), Chairman of the China Association for Promoting Democracy Central Committee, He Wei (何维), Chairman of the Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party Central Committee, Jiang Zuojun (蒋作君), Chairman of the China Zhi Gong Party Central Committee, Wu Weihua (武维华), Chairman of the Jiusan Society Central Committee, Su Hui (苏辉), Chairman of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League Central Committee, Gao Yunlong (高云龙), Chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (全国工商联), and Zhuang Yumin (庄毓敏), representative of non-party affiliated individuals, spoke successively. They believed that in the past year, facing profound and complex changes in the domestic and international situation, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core united and led the people of the whole country to overcome difficulties and work hard, and the main goals and tasks of economic and social development were successfully completed. The "14th Five-Year Plan" came to a successful conclusion, and Chinese-style modernization took new and solid steps. These achievements did not come easily. Focusing on doing a good job in economic and social development this year and during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, they put forward opinions and suggestions on innovating and improving macro-control, building a strong domestic market, developing new quality productive forces, deepening reform and opening up, and guaranteeing and improving people's livelihoods.
After listening carefully to everyone's speeches, Li Qiang (李强) said that everyone's opinions and suggestions are very helpful for revising the "Government Work Report" and the "15th Five-Year Plan Outline (Draft)" and doing a good job in the government's work. He pointed out that the achievements made in China's economic and social development last year and during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period were the result of the united struggle of the people of the whole country under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, which also embodies the hard work of the democratic parties, the Federation of Industry and Commerce, and non-party affiliated individuals. Based on their own functions, everyone actively played a role in various industries and fields, carried out in-depth investigations and research, and put forward a large number of valuable and weighty opinions and suggestions. He expressed his gratitude for everyone's strong support for the government's work.
Li Qiang (李强) emphasized that this year is the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan," and the uncertainty of the external environment is increasing, and the risks and challenges facing economic development are still numerous. It is necessary to scientifically and accurately grasp the changes in the situation, face the difficulties squarely, strengthen confidence, concentrate on doing our own things well, implement more proactive and effective macro policies, strengthen the coordination between reform measures and macro policies, and promote the effective improvement of the quality and the reasonable growth of the quantity of the economy. Li Qiang (李强) expressed the hope that the democratic parties, the Federation of Industry and Commerce, and non-party affiliated individuals will focus on deepening research on key issues in economic and social operation, actively offer suggestions and suggestions, and help the government solve the outstanding contradictions faced in the process of development. At the same time, strengthen communication and communication with various fields, do more to gather people's hearts and boost confidence, and gather more wisdom and strength for promoting high-quality economic and social development.
Li Ganjie (李干杰), Wu Zhenglong (吴政隆), Shao Hong (邵鸿), He Baoxiang (何报翔), Wang Guangqian (王光谦), Zhu Yongxin (朱永新), Yang Zhen (杨震) and others attended the symposium.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on January 26th (Reporter Zhang Yang (张洋)) - The National Social Work Ministers Conference was held in Beijing (北京) on the 26th. Cai Qi (蔡奇), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. He emphasized the need to adhere to Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as guidance, thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Plenary Sessions of the 20th CPC Central Committee, earnestly implement the deployment of the Fourth Plenary Session, fully implement General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平)'s important expositions and instructions on social work, profoundly understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments," strengthen the "Four Consciousnesses," strengthen the "Four Confidences," and achieve the "Two Safeguards." It is also important to unswervingly follow the path of socialist social governance with Chinese characteristics, improve the social governance system, improve the social work system and mechanism, strengthen Party building in emerging fields, strengthen Party building to lead grassroots governance and grassroots political power construction, strengthen the work of uniting and serving the masses, stimulate social vitality, maintain social stability, and promote the high-quality development of social work, so as to provide strong support for achieving a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan."
Cai Qi (蔡奇) pointed out that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has placed social work in an important position in governing the country, and General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has made a series of important instructions, leading and promoting social work to achieve important achievements. It is necessary to deeply study and implement, profoundly grasp the new situation and new tasks, enhance the sense of responsibility and mission to do a good job in social work, and earnestly fulfill the duties and missions.
Cai Qi (蔡奇) emphasized the need to expand and deepen Party building in emerging fields, continuously strengthen ideological and political guidance, unremittingly promote the coverage of Party organizations and work, strengthen Party building in new economic organizations, new social organizations, and new employment groups, and continuously enhance the Party's appeal, cohesion, and influence in emerging fields. It is also important to strengthen the service and management of various social groups, promote the extension of social governance work mechanisms to the municipal and county levels, focus on safeguarding legitimate rights and interests, effectively prevent and resolve conflicts and risks, and consolidate the mass base of social governance. It is important to strengthen Party building to lead grassroots governance and grassroots political power construction, earnestly grasp the election of village (community) "two committees" (村（社区）“两委”), strengthen rural and community governance, consolidate and expand the achievements in solving the problem of "small horses pulling big carts" (小马拉大车 (xiǎo mǎ lā dà chē - "small horse pulling a big cart," a situation where limited resources are used for an overwhelming task)) in grassroots governance, continue to reduce the burden and empower the grassroots, and build a dynamic and efficient grassroots governance system. It is important to practice the Party's mass line in the new era, deeply promote the legalization of petition work, increase the efforts to resolve petition conflicts, do a good job in collecting people's suggestions, promote the high-quality development of volunteer service, and refine and solidify the work of uniting and serving the masses. Party committees (Party groups) at all levels should strengthen organizational leadership, strengthen overall coordination and work planning, strengthen the self-construction of social work departments, and continuously improve the overall effectiveness of social work.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), January 26th. The National Science and Technology Work Conference was held in Beijing (北京) on the 26th. Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Central Science and Technology Commission, attended the meeting and delivered a speech.
Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) pointed out that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's (中国) science and technology undertakings have made remarkable achievements, and scientific and technological innovation has comprehensively empowered high-quality development, giving full play to the strategic support role for the construction of Chinese-style modernization. The fundamental reason for these achievements lies in the leadership and direction of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, benefiting from the consistent high regard and strategic guidance of the Party and the state since the new era, demonstrating the great advantages of the new type of national system, and condensing the hard work and sweat of the vast number of science and technology workers. It is necessary to deeply understand the decisive significance of the "two establishments" from this, enhance the "four consciousnesses," strengthen the "four self-confidences," achieve the "two safeguards," accelerate the construction of a strong country in science and technology, and achieve a high level of scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement.
Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) said that the more Chinese-style modernization moves forward, the more it is necessary to consolidate the foundation of scientific and technological support and accelerate the cultivation of new momentum for high-quality development. The more deeply the scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation develop, the more it is necessary to strive to seize the commanding heights of international competition and firmly grasp the initiative in scientific and technological competition. The more progress science and technology work makes, the more it is necessary to maintain a clear head and promote the steady and long-term development of science and technology undertakings.
Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) emphasized that the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee proposed the strategic goal of significantly improving the level of scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period. It is necessary to adhere to the strategic guidance of "four orientations," systematically plan and deploy science and technology work, adhere to planning guidance and project-driven approaches, strengthen basic research, and improve the ability to independently guarantee basic research conditions. Build and use national strategic scientific and technological forces well, optimize the functional positioning of various scientific and technological forces, deepen international scientific and technological cooperation, and enhance the overall effectiveness of the national innovation system. Promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, strengthen the dominant position of enterprises in innovation, accelerate the construction of a science and technology financial system, and better lead the development of new quality productive forces. Promote the integrated development of education, science and technology, and talent, strengthen the ranks of science and engineering talents, and vigorously cultivate scientists and outstanding engineers. Strengthen the construction of international science and technology innovation centers, give play to the radiating and driving role of regional science and technology innovation centers, and achieve development that is adapted to local conditions, complementary advantages, and common development.
Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) emphasized that leading cadres at all levels on the science and technology front should establish and practice a correct view of performance, and do more work that is conducive to laying the foundation and benefiting the long term. The science and technology community should inherit and promote the spirit of scientists, support more outstanding young talents to take the lead and play the leading role, and create a clean and upright scientific research environment. All regions and departments should unify their thinking and actions with the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee to ensure a good start and a good step for the "15th Five-Year Plan" science and technology work.
Responsible comrades in charge of science and technology work from provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团), relevant departments and units of the Central and State organs, and representatives from the science and technology community attended the meeting.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 26th. On January 26th, Vice President Han Zheng (韩正) met with Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (伊斯兰合作组织) Taha (塔哈) in Beijing (北京).
Han Zheng (韩正) stated that China's relations with Islamic countries have a long history, and Chinese civilization and Islamic civilization have a long history of exchange and mutual learning. The OIC is an important bridge for China to develop relations with Islamic countries. In 2024, President Xi Jinping (习近平) for the first time appointed a special representative to attend the 15th OIC Summit and sent a congratulatory message to the conference, leading the development of China's relations with the OIC into a new stage. China appreciates the OIC and Secretary-General's emphasis on developing relations with China, and hopes that Islamic countries will continue to firmly support China on issues involving China's core interests such as Taiwan and Xinjiang.
Taha (塔哈) said that the OIC sincerely thanks President Xi Jinping (习近平) for attaching great importance to and leading the in-depth development of friendly relations between China and Islamic countries. China's development has set an example for the Global South. The OIC is willing to deepen all-round pragmatic cooperation with China and will continue to firmly support China on Taiwan and Xinjiang-related issues.
Return to TopThe period around the Spring Festival is the peak season for the consumption of "vegetable basket" products. Various regions and relevant departments have taken multiple measures to ensure production and supply, strengthen the connection between production and sales, and earnestly ensure the stable production and supply of "vegetable basket" products. With the increase in the quantity of "South vegetables transported to the North," and the gradual increase in the market supply of facility vegetables in the North, the vegetable supply guarantee capacity will continue to increase.
The picture shows citizens selecting vegetables at the Sanyuanli Market (三源里市场) in Beijing (北京市) on January 24.
Photo by Jiang Yushi (蒋雨师), reporter of this newspaper.
Return to TopBeijing, January 26 (People's Daily reporter Wang Ke (王珂) and Zheng Haiou (郑海鸥)) - The reporter learned on January 26 from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部) that, according to sampling surveys of domestic residents' travel, in 2025, the number of domestic tourist trips was 6.522 billion, an increase of 907 million over the same period of the previous year, a year-on-year increase of 16.2%. Among them, the number of domestic tourist trips by urban residents was 4.996 billion, a year-on-year increase of 14.3%; the number of domestic tourist trips by rural residents was 1.526 billion, a year-on-year increase of 22.6%.
In 2025, domestic tourist spending was 6.30 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.5%. Among them, urban residents' travel spending was 5.30 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.5%; rural residents' travel spending was 1.00 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 21.4%.
Return to TopBeijing, January 26th (Reported by Zhang Tianpei (张天培)) According to the Ministry of Public Security (公安部) on January 26th, in 2025, the number of motor vehicles nationwide reached 469 million, including 366 million cars; the number of motor vehicle drivers reached 559 million, including 525 million car drivers. In 2025, 35.35 million new motor vehicles were registered nationwide, exceeding 30 million for 11 consecutive years.
By the end of 2025, the number of new energy vehicles nationwide reached 43.97 million, accounting for 12.01% of the total number of cars; among them, the number of pure electric vehicles was 30.22 million, accounting for 68.74% of the number of new energy vehicles.
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On January 26th, the State Council Information Office (国务院新闻办) held a press conference to introduce the business performance and operations in 2025 and to deploy measures for boosting consumption and expanding two-way investment in 2026.
"The past year of 2025 was an extraordinary year. We faced challenges head-on and worked hard, and the development of commerce was generally stable and progressing steadily," said Yan Dong (鄢东), Vice Minister of Commerce, at the meeting.
Improving the supply level of cultural entertainment, tourism and leisure, catering and accommodation, sports events, and medical health sectors.
Yan Dong (鄢东) introduced that in 2025, the Ministry of Commerce adhered to the close combination of benefiting people's livelihoods and promoting consumption, driven by the "policy + activity" dual engines, creating the "Buy in China" brand, releasing consumption vitality. The total retail sales of social consumer goods for the year exceeded 50 trillion yuan for the first time, reaching 50.1 trillion yuan, an increase of 3.7% year-on-year, and the contribution rate of consumption to economic growth increased by 5 percentage points to 52%.
In terms of commodity consumption, the scope and quality of trade-in for consumer goods were expanded and improved, with sales of automobiles, home appliances, mobile phones and other related products reaching 2.61 trillion yuan, benefiting 366 million people. In terms of service consumption, the action of improving the quality and benefiting the people in service consumption was carried out, with the retail sales of services increasing by 5.5% year-on-year, and the retail sales of services such as cultural, sports and leisure, tourism consulting and leasing, and transportation maintained double-digit growth. In terms of innovative consumption scenarios, a pilot project for the construction of an internationalized consumption environment was carried out, the offshore tax refund policy was optimized, and the sales of offshore tax refund goods increased by nearly one time. In the year since the implementation of the 240-hour transit visa-free policy, the number of foreigners entering the country visa-free has increased by nearly 30%.
In 2026, how to further promote consumption? Yang Mu (杨沐), Director-General of the Department of Market Operation and Consumption Promotion of the Ministry of Commerce, introduced that work will be carried out around three aspects: issuing policies, organizing activities, and optimizing scenarios.
Issuing policies to increase benefits for the people. Optimize the implementation of trade-in for consumer goods to promote the consumption of large durable goods such as automobiles, home appliances, digital and smart products. Carry out pilot reforms in automobile circulation and consumption to further release the potential of automobile consumption. Promote the introduction of a number of pragmatic and effective policy measures to promote the first-release economy.
Organize activities to create a consumption atmosphere. Focusing on the three major themes of commodity consumption, service consumption and consumption scenarios, more than 20 "Buy in China" special events will be organized this year, 15 pilot cities with internationalized consumption environments will be organized to hold "city special" events, and support will be given to local areas to hold "local station" events.
Optimize scenarios to improve the consumption environment. Accelerate the cultivation and construction of international consumption center cities, promote the pilot project for the construction of an internationalized consumption environment and the pilot work for new formats, new models and new scenarios of consumption, and create a number of new consumption scenarios with a wide range of influence and high visibility.
Service consumption has the characteristics of high consumption frequency, strong multiplier effect, and sustainable growth, and plays an important role in expanding domestic demand and improving people's well-being. In 2025, the per capita service consumption expenditure of residents increased by 4.5% year-on-year, accounting for 46.1% of the per capita consumption expenditure of residents. In the next step, the Ministry of Commerce will continue to implement the action of improving the quality and benefiting the people in service consumption, and will work with relevant departments to promote the improvement of the supply level of cultural entertainment, tourism and leisure, catering and accommodation, sports events, and medical health sectors.
Treat foreign-funded enterprises equally and support them to participate in activities such as boosting consumption, government procurement, and bidding.
Foreign trade maintains resilience. Effectively respond to external shocks and challenges, and coordinate the development of the "three pillars" of goods, services, and digital trade. The scale reached a record high, with total imports and exports of goods for the year reaching 45.47 trillion yuan, an increase of 3.8% year-on-year; imports and exports of services in the first 11 months reached 7.2 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.1% year-on-year. Enterprises are becoming more active, with more than 780,000 operating entities with import and export records, of which private enterprises accounted for 57.3% of the total foreign trade.
The space for two-way investment continues to expand. Attract and utilize foreign investment with greater efforts, orderly expand the autonomous opening up of the service sector, continue to polish the "Invest in China" brand, with more than 70,000 new foreign-funded enterprises established throughout the year, an increase of 19.1% year-on-year, and the absorption of foreign investment of 747.69 billion yuan, of which the proportion of foreign investment in high-tech industries was 32.3%. Improve the overseas comprehensive service system, with non-financial direct investment abroad of 1 trillion yuan for the year, an increase of 1.6%, and the value of newly signed contracts for foreign contracted projects was 2.1 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.5%.
"In 2025, China's foreign trade moved forward under pressure and maintained stability and improved quality, driving the common prosperity of trading partners with its own development," said Wang Zhihua (王志华), Director-General of the Department of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Commerce. Thanks to the complete and efficient production and supply chain system and continuous innovation, Chinese goods have been comprehensively improved in terms of design, technology, quality, efficiency, and service, providing more choices for consumers in various countries and meeting the consumption needs of different fields and different levels. China is deeply involved in the global industrial division of labor and cooperation, providing stable and reliable Chinese intermediate goods and capital goods, making important contributions to promoting the industrial development and industrialization process of various countries, especially developing countries.
In 2026, what other measures will be taken to polish the "Invest in China" brand? Wang Ya (王亚), head of the Department of Foreign Investment Administration of the Ministry of Commerce, introduced that market access and opening-up fields will be expanded with the service industry as the focus. Optimize foreign investment support policies, and treat foreign-funded enterprises equally and support them to participate in activities such as boosting consumption, government procurement, and bidding. Improve the foreign investment service guarantee system, continue to carry out the "service guarantee into foreign enterprises" work, and turn the enterprise "demand list" into a "service list." Create open highlands with diverse forms, and steadily optimize and adjust the regional layout of free trade pilot zones.
Participate in the work of the World Trade Organization with a more active and open attitude.
Significant results have been achieved in multilateral and bilateral cooperation. Positive results have been achieved in Sino-US economic and trade consultations, which has given the world economy a "reassurance pill"; at present, China has signed 24 free trade agreements with 31 countries and regions, and free trade partners account for 45% of the total value of trade in goods. China announced that it would not seek new special and differential treatment in the current and future negotiations of the World Trade Organization, and promoted the achievement of pragmatic economic and trade development results by a number of United Nations agencies, APEC, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, BRICS countries, and the G20. More than 20 countries and international organizations have participated in the "Green Mineral International Economic and Trade Cooperation Initiative" released by China to promote win-win cooperation.
Economic and trade cooperation under the "Belt and Road" initiative has been deepened and solid. In 2025, China's trade in goods with co-construction countries reached 23.6 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.3% year-on-year, 2.5 percentage points faster than the overall trade growth rate, and the proportion increased to 51.9%. The theme activity of "Silk Road E-commerce Benefits the World" was held, attracting more than 100 countries to participate, and more than 240 cooperation results were achieved, helping more high-quality products from co-construction countries enter the Chinese market. In 2025, China's non-financial direct investment in co-construction countries was 283.36 billion yuan, an increase of 18% year-on-year. The field of cooperation has been continuously broadened, and 18 new cooperation documents on production and supply chain cooperation, digital economy, and green minerals have been signed with co-construction countries. More than 20,000 China-Europe freight trains were operated throughout the year, and more than 700 assistance projects of various types, including landmark projects and "small and beautiful" livelihood projects, were organized and implemented.
2026 marks the 25th anniversary of China's accession to the World Trade Organization, and China will participate in the work of the World Trade Organization with a more active and open attitude. Yan Dong (鄢东) said that China will deepen cooperation with countries in the Global South, provide more global public goods, continue to support the Trade Facilitation Roundtable Initiative, make contributions within its capacity under the South-South cooperation framework, and enhance the ability of developing members to participate in international economic and trade negotiations, so as to better benefit from the multilateral trading system.
■Reporter's Notes
Linking the world in expanding opening up
More than 780,000 operating entities with import and export records, more than 70,000 new foreign-funded enterprises established throughout the year, and 24 free trade agreements signed with 31 countries and regions... A series of outward-oriented economic data outline the clear trajectory of China's opening up to the outside world from following to leading.
Looking at the actions through the data, China is shaping new advantages in international competition with the courage to actively connect with international high-standard economic and trade rules. The China-ASEAN Free Trade Area 3.0 upgraded protocol was signed, incorporating emerging rules such as digital economy, green economy, supply chain, and standard cooperation; the Ministry of Commerce, together with relevant departments, issued a work plan to support Beijing (北京) in taking the lead in piloting the WTO "E-commerce Agreement," and China became the first member to implement the WTO "E-commerce Agreement"; the "Green Mineral International Economic and Trade Cooperation Initiative" released by China has been participated in by more than 20 countries and international organizations...
From a world factory to a world market and an innovation source, from the flow of goods and factors to institutional opening up such as rules, regulations, management, and standards, the level of China's opening up to the outside world is constantly deepening. When more than 20,000 China-Europe freight trains are operated throughout the year, when free trade partners cover 45% of the total value of trade in goods, and when the number of "Silk Road E-commerce" partner countries continues to expand, China is linking the world in expanding opening up, so that the fruits of opening up benefit the world.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 窦瀚洋
11.1% In 2025, the added value of the service industry increased by 5.4% year-on-year. Among them, the added value of information transmission, software and information technology services increased by 11.1% year-on-year.
Approaching the Spring Festival, in the production workshop of Zhejiang Qianchuan Electric Co., Ltd. in Shangyu District (上虞区), Shaoxing (绍兴), Zhejiang (浙江), the staff is busy, but everything is in good order.
"In the past, the workshop was always chaotic. Material clerks ran around checking paper documents, team leaders shouted to coordinate processes, and operators repeatedly emphasized that there was no problem with their processes..." said Qian Shanzhang (钱善璋), general manager of the company. Even with the use of automated management and scheduling systems, the situation did not improve much.
Technician Xu Xiyang (徐钖洋) deeply felt, "The data flow aggregated from different departments becomes hundreds or thousands of spreadsheet files. Once cross-table correlation analysis is needed, multiple tables have to be manually linked, and complex function formulas have to be written, which is very troublesome."
Clearly, automated systems are in place, so why can't the data "run"?
After communicating with peers, it was found that this is a common problem in the industry. "Many companies tried digital transformation early on, but the results were not ideal, and the data utilization rate was less than 50%," said Qian Shanzhang (钱善璋). Many service providers have only completed the first step, which is "getting on the system and storing data."
Taking material reserves as an example, in order to cope with urgent orders, the company used to maintain high inventory levels for a long time, which occupied a lot of funds and increased the management burden, but the situation of material shortage and work stoppage was still difficult to avoid. "Traditional solutions can only achieve data visualization. How much to stock still depends on manual experience," said Qian Shanzhang (钱善璋).
More than a year ago, Qianchuan Electric (前川电机) planned to carry out an intelligent transformation of the automation system. With the ability to mine data applications, Puhui Zhizao Technology Co., Ltd. (蒲惠智造科技股份有限公司), which has experience serving thousands of enterprises, won this order.
The project manager of Puhui Zhizao (蒲惠智造) said that traditional intelligent systems mainly solve the problem of "whether there is data," and it is still difficult to overcome deeper management problems such as "whether the data is true, where the problem is, and how to improve it."
What to do? Wang Kefei (王克飞), chairman of Puhui Zhizao (蒲惠智造), introduced that by embedding AI (artificial intelligence) technology into the system, understanding the logic behind the business, letting the data "tell the truth," and the process "truly land," the data can truly serve business operations and management decisions.
For example, in the production reporting scenario, the system continuously improves its ability to automatically identify and judge data by analyzing the uniformity of the reporting time distribution through AI; using AI to analyze the historical behavior data of the entire production process, training it to identify or warn of potential problems in the production process in advance, and clearly inform the management.
Regarding the low data utilization rate previously reflected by Qian Shanzhang (钱善璋), the intelligent system launched by Puhui Zhizao (蒲惠智造) automatically calculates and dynamically adjusts the "safe inventory range" of each material by dynamically analyzing historical order patterns, production cycles, and delivery rhythms. Once the inventory touches the warning line, a replenishment reminder is automatically triggered. "After using the system, this item alone has revitalized at least 2 million yuan of working capital, greatly reducing the risk of production stoppages caused by material shortages," said Qian Shanzhang (钱善璋).
In the production process, the intelligent scheduling capability of the system plays a greater role. Yan Guotu (严国兔), Minister of the Production Department of Qianchuan Electric (前川电机), demonstrated in front of the computer: entering a new order for 500 A motors, the system automatically decomposes and issues tasks based on existing semi-finished product inventory, order priority, and production resources. "For example, if there are 150 pieces of a certain accessory in stock, the system will only generate corresponding manufacturing instructions for 350 pieces to the downstream process," said Yan Guotu (严国兔). The system accurately matches to avoid overproduction, missed production, and miscommunication, and can also automatically optimize production according to the order delivery date, eliminating delays, errors, and omissions.
From digitization to intelligence, the two transformations are five or six years apart, reflecting the development of the software service industry. How to continue to explore growth points?
"AI makes basic development work such as writing code and making processes easier, and system functions are no longer scarce," Wang Kefei (王克飞) admitted that in the AI era, the technical threshold of the software industry has rapidly decreased, bringing challenges to software companies. The opportunity lies in upgrading from "selling systems" to "selling management value." "The value of software services is shifting from 'providing tool functions' to 'delivering management results.'" In the future, software service providers will help customer companies achieve "real-time online business, visible and controllable processes, traceable responsibilities, and predictable results."
This issue is coordinated by: Lü Li (吕莉)
Return to TopBy: 袁 哲
The deep integration of digital technology and the real economy is the only way for high-quality development of manufacturing. However, in the wave of digital transformation, many companies have accumulated a large amount of data in their servers, but key decisions are still driven by experience.
The key to solving this problem lies in breaking the traditional path dependence and using artificial intelligence as an engine to promote the transformation of software services from simple tool support to deep intelligent driving, so that data can "speak" and truly "live".
AI empowerment allows the system to transform from data recording to a knowledgeable expert. Data is an important asset of an enterprise, but data that is divorced from business logic loses its ability to create value. The key to introducing AI technology is to give the system the ability to understand. After the system truly "understands" the business, it can not only process structured reports, but also deeply analyze unstructured data such as process documents and maintenance logs, making tacit experience more executable.
AI-driven management transforms from reactive "firefighting" to proactive intervention. The application of AI technology can significantly advance the time point of management intervention. Through comprehensive analysis of historical data and real-time status, combined with the analysis of unstructured information such as market sentiment and front-line feedback, trend prediction and risk warning can be carried out. Whether it is intelligent regulation of inventory or dynamic optimization of production scheduling, the application of AI technology can qualitatively change operational efficiency.
Taking value as the foundation, promote software service providers to complete the service upgrade from "selling functions" to "delivering results." Manufacturing companies introduce software services to solve actual management pain points, which forces software service providers to abandon the simple product-selling mindset, use AI technology to empower the business chain, build a modern management system with transparent business processes, controllable production processes, and measurable operating results, and transform technological dividends into corporate management and development dividends.
From "on the system" to "use data" is not only a technological upgrade, but also a revolution in management thinking. Make good use of AI as a key increment, awaken the "digital brain" of manufacturing enterprises, accelerate on the track of digital transformation, and inject intelligent momentum into Made in China.
(The author is a researcher at the Financial Research Institute of Zhejiang University (浙江大学金融研究院), compiled by Dou Hanyang (窦瀚洋), a reporter from this newspaper)
Return to TopOn January 26th, with a cargo ship carrying 25,000 tons of vehicles, machinery, and infrastructure materials setting sail from Yantai Port (烟台港) in Shandong Port (山东港口) bound for Senegal (塞内加尔), the "Yantai Port (烟台港) - Dakar Port (达喀尔港), Senegal (塞内加尔)" route was officially launched.
Currently, Yantai Port (烟台港) has increased its international routes to more than 150, further improving its global route layout and further enhancing its ability to serve the domestic and international dual circulation.
Tang Ke (唐克) photographed (Image China (影像中国)).
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on January 26th (Reporter Qu Zhehan (曲哲涵)) To rectify the "involution-style" (内卷式) competition in the field of government procurement, the Ministry of Finance (财政部) recently issued a notice putting forward clear requirements for promoting the resolution of abnormally low-price problems in government procurement.
In strengthening the management of government procurement needs, the Ministry of Finance (财政部) requires that purchasers, based on work needs, form scientific, complete, and clear procurement needs, reasonably set the highest price limit, and provide a basis for suppliers to competitively quote prices; they must comprehensively consider technology, cost-effectiveness, promotion of competition, and other factors, and reasonably set procurement packages according to professional types and professional fields; they can introduce the concept of full life cycle cost, and require suppliers to quote prices for operation, maintenance, upgrades, special consumables, disposal and scrapping, and other expenses within the agreed period in the procurement documents.
Purchasers should focus on strengthening the management of information technology construction projects and the procurement projects of copying, printing, experimental, medical, and other equipment with large consumption of consumables. For information technology construction projects, during the system operation process, suppliers must not charge fees to relevant service objects in any name other than those stipulated by the state and agreed in the contract.
The notice clarifies several situations in which the review committee should initiate the review procedure for abnormally low-price bids (responses). It requires that the reasons for initiating the review of abnormally low-price bids (responses), review opinions, and review results be recorded in the review report, and archived together with the relevant written explanations and supporting materials provided by the supplier, as well as the review committee's relevant Internet browsing and search history. If the financial departments find that the review committee has not conducted a review of abnormally low prices as required in complaint handling and supervision and inspection, they shall correct it according to law and hold the review experts legally responsible.
The notice requires strengthening the management of government procurement performance acceptance. For suppliers who win the bid (transaction) after the quotation triggers the abnormally low-price bid (response) review procedure, the purchaser should focus on their performance commitments and actual performance. For procurement projects that can be implemented in stages, phased assessment, phased acceptance, and phased payment should be implemented to keep track of the supplier's performance progress in a timely manner. If the supplier fails to perform the contract or fails to perform the contract as agreed, resulting in unqualified acceptance, the purchaser shall pursue its liability for breach of contract in accordance with the law.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on January 26th (Reporter Han Xin (韩鑫)): Recently, the State Post Bureau (国家邮政局) issued the "2026 Spring Festival Transportation Period Postal Service Guarantee Work Plan," emphasizing the need to coordinate and meet the postal needs of the people and protect the legitimate rights and interests of couriers, and to earnestly do a good job in guaranteeing postal services during the 2026 Spring Festival Transportation period.
The plan proposes to effectively guarantee the basic postal service needs during the Spring Festival holiday and to orderly organize the resumption of production and operation of the industry after the holiday. Postal enterprises and express delivery companies should focus on meeting the needs of the people to purchase New Year's goods before the festival, promptly collect and provide postal services as agreed. China Post Group Co., Ltd. (中国邮政集团有限公司) must ensure the continuous provision of universal postal services. All express delivery companies should scientifically predict changes in business volume, reasonably formulate operational plans for the Spring Festival holiday, and publicize/announce service hours and service areas to the public in advance, and strictly provide services in accordance with the publicized/announced information to meet the basic postal service needs during the Spring Festival holiday.
The plan clarifies that the legitimate rights of couriers, such as rest and vacation during the Spring Festival Transportation period, must be guaranteed, employees' wages must be paid on time, a sound mechanism for couriers to reflect their demands must be established, and the legitimate rights and interests of couriers must be effectively protected. Postal enterprises and express delivery companies should implement staggered holidays and compensatory time off based on changes in business volume and the personal wishes of couriers. It is not allowed to force couriers to stay on duty or return to work after the holiday in the form of security deposits, withheld fees, or assessment returns. Overtime wages and holiday subsidies should be paid in a timely and full amount to couriers who stay on duty during the Spring Festival holiday, and services such as catering, accommodation, and medical care should be actively provided to employees who stay at their posts for the New Year. Labor remuneration for couriers should be settled in a timely manner, wage arrears and delivery fee defaults should be eliminated, and couriers' labor income should be legally protected.
The plan emphasizes the need to strengthen the safety management of postal channels, carry out safety production hazard investigations, fully guarantee the stability of the terminal network, and resolutely maintain the safety and stability of the industry. Postal enterprises and express delivery companies must strictly implement the "three systems" of real-name collection, inspection of items upon receipt, and security inspection by X-ray machines, strictly prevent flammable and explosive materials, dangerous chemicals, firearms and explosives, etc., from entering the postal channels, and strictly prohibit illegal acts of sending fireworks and firecrackers.
Return to TopIn recent days, the 2025 China Economic Annual Report was released, drawing widespread attention from the international community. Multiple foreign media outlets published reports stating that, in the face of complex and changing domestic and international economic environments, the Chinese economy has demonstrated a steady and progressive trend, a vitality towards innovation and optimization, and a resilience to withstand pressure. China's economic volume remains the second largest in the world, and its growth rate ranks among the top of the world's major economies, continuing to play the role of a global economic engine, bringing more impetus to global economic growth through high-quality development and high-level openness.
"Demonstrates resilience in growth when facing complex domestic and international environments"
The added value of industrial enterprises above a designated size increased by 5.9% year-on-year, the total value of imports and exports of goods increased by 3.8% year-on-year, the contribution rate of final consumption expenditure to economic growth exceeded 50%, and the actual increase in per capita disposable income of residents was 5.0%, in sync with economic growth... In 2025, the Chinese economy achieved a series of remarkable results.
"Facing a complex and severe international situation, China's economic targets for 2025 have been successfully achieved, thanks to a series of economic stimulus measures taken by the Chinese government," reported the Associated Press of Pakistan. In 2025, the Chinese government launched trade-in policies covering consumer goods such as home appliances, automobiles, and smartphones, driving the growth of total retail sales of consumer goods and bringing more high-efficiency home appliances and smart homes into households.
The Serbian newspaper *Politika* published an article on its website stating that in 2025, China's gross domestic product exceeded the 140 trillion yuan (人民币) mark for the first time, with a year-on-year increase of 5.0%, successfully completing the annual economic growth target. Currently, domestic consumption in China has made a significant contribution to the economy, indicating that the balance and resilience of China's economic structure are stronger. China's foreign trade has also made an important contribution to economic growth.
"The Chinese economy has demonstrated resilience in growth when facing complex domestic and international environments," reported Prensa Latina of Cuba. "During the 14th Five-Year Plan period (十四五时期), China's total economic volume successively exceeded 110 trillion yuan (人民币), 120 trillion yuan (人民币), 130 trillion yuan (人民币), and 140 trillion yuan (人民币), with continuous increases in exports and investment in strategic emerging industries." The report quoted analysts as saying that "at a time when global trade and global finance are facing challenges, China remains an important engine of global economic growth."
RIA Novosti reported that China's gross domestic product has crossed the 140 trillion yuan (人民币) mark for the first time, marking a new milestone in China's economic development. China is firmly implementing the innovation-driven development strategy, relying on the development and growth of new quality productive forces to promote high-quality economic development, with continuous improvement in productivity and continuous improvement in the technological content of manufacturing. China's contribution to world economic growth, technological change, and global governance is becoming increasingly significant.
The English-language Pakistani newspaper *Pakistan Today* reported that multiple international organizations and institutions, including the International Monetary Fund, have raised their expectations for China's economic growth. A series of economic stimulus measures taken by the Chinese government have effectively promoted domestic demand and boosted confidence in the national economy.
"China's success is well-founded"
In 2025, the Chinese economy exhibited a distinct characteristic of "moving towards innovation": the intensity of R&D investment reached 2.8%, an increase of 0.11 percentage points over the previous year, exceeding the average level of OECD countries for the first time; data from the World Intellectual Property Organization showed that China's innovation index ranking entered the top ten globally for the first time; China achieved frequent successes in cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence, quantum technology, and brain-computer interfaces, with a number of major scientific research achievements emerging in succession, and green electricity, green energy, and the green economy flourishing...
The Spanish newspaper *El País* reported that as the locomotive of world manufacturing, China is maintaining strong momentum and continuously exploring new areas of growth. In 2025, China continued to be committed to enhancing its position in the global value chain, especially with the prominent growth in the production of products related to advanced technologies, such as civilian drones (up 37.3%), 3D printing equipment (up 52.5%), industrial robots (up 28.0%), and new energy vehicles (up 25.1%).
CNN reported that China is rapidly developing in green technology fields such as electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries, and solar panels, and is continuously enhancing its strength in large-scale manufacturing machinery and technological products. China's position as a global manufacturing center is becoming increasingly solid.
Independent Media of South Africa recently published an article analyzing the development of China's artificial intelligence industry. The article pointed out that China is accelerating the layout of the development and application of artificial intelligence technology, effectively combining artificial intelligence with the digital economy, urban management, medical assistance, and other fields, promoting the digitalization and intelligentization of manufacturing, and continuously improving the level of public services.
The UK's "Dialogue Earth" website published an article entitled "China's Clean Tech Charm Offensive Wins Hearts in the Global South," arguing that solar panels, ubiquitous on rooftops in Islamabad (伊斯兰堡), Nairobi (内罗毕), or São Paulo (圣保罗), are a sight to behold; due to the shift from fuel vehicles to electric vehicles, air quality and traffic noise problems in Kathmandu (加德满都) have recently improved significantly. In recent years, solar panels and electric vehicles have become the choice of more and more people in countries at different stages of economic development. The article quoted Ford CEO Jim Farley (吉姆·法利) as saying: "China's success is well-founded. It has achieved tremendous innovation at extremely low cost." From July to September 2025, the website partnered with "Global Opinion Research Company" to survey 32,000 people in 33 countries. The results showed that about half of the people would consider buying solar panels or electric vehicles made in China.
"Moving forward with confidence in a clear direction and with clear goals"
Looking at the world, China's economic growth rate ranks among the top of major economies, and it is the most stable and reliable source of power for global economic growth, with a contribution rate to world economic growth expected to reach about 30%. Multiple foreign media outlets published articles deeply analyzing the underlying reasons behind China's impressive economic performance and development achievements.
The UK's "Daily Business Magazine" website published an article stating that the political leadership of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) and its long-term planning for national development have created a series of remarkable advantages. China not only occupies an important position in technology fields such as wind turbines, electric vehicles, and battery manufacturing, but also makes progress in multiple fields such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and medical technology through vigorously investing in basic scientific research.
Irish economist David McWilliams (戴维·麦克威廉姆斯) said in a podcast program that China's success stems from its governance system. China's governance system prioritizes cohesion, order, and long-term planning. China "focuses inward," steadily consolidating its economic foundation and promoting the continuous improvement of its economic strength.
The Uruguayan newspaper *La República* published an article on its website saying that China has made great progress in technology and innovation, accelerating its transformation from a "world factory" to a strong country in science and technology innovation. This is due to the vigorous investment in R&D and the continuous support for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. China is not only committed to developing cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology, but also applying it to solve practical problems, such as logistics, transportation, trade, medical care, and public management. For Latin America, this pragmatic logic is worth learning from.
Tahir Farooq (塔希尔·法鲁克), editor-in-chief of the Pakistani newspaper *Daily Solidarity*, recently visited China to learn about China's development in the fields of cultural heritage protection, innovation, and environmental protection. He wrote in *Daily Solidarity* that China's development path is based on cultural confidence, technological progress, and a people-centered development philosophy. "China is moving forward with confidence in a clear direction and with clear goals, adhering to an open attitude to welcome global exchanges and cooperation, and providing resonant experiences for countries pursuing sustainable development."
(Reported by Dai Kairan (戴楷然), Zhao Yipu (赵益普), Xie Yahong (谢亚宏), Shi Yuanhao (时元皓), and Yang Yi (杨一) from Johannesburg, Islamabad, Rome, Rio de Janeiro, and Bangkok on January 26. Intern Hou Tianze (侯天泽) also contributed to this article.)
Return to TopJapan's "new militarism" is no longer just a dangerous sign, but a real threat, which must arouse high vigilance from all peace-loving international forces of justice. The measures taken by China are legitimate and necessary to defend peace and security.
The Japanese side recently smeared China's strengthening of export controls on dual-use items to Japan in accordance with the law to safeguard national security interests as "economic coercion." This kind of black-and-white rhetoric precisely exposes the Japanese side's stubborn position of refusing to reflect on its own mistakes and insisting on going further and further down a dangerous road. The Japanese side knows the fundamental reason why China has taken relevant measures. Its acts of arbitrarily labeling and blaming others cannot divert the international community's widespread concerns about Japan's departure from the path of peaceful development and the revival of militarism.
Implementing export controls on dual-use items is a common international practice, which reflects the shared responsibility of maintaining international peace and security, and is also a necessary measure to fulfill international obligations such as non-proliferation. As a responsible major country, China's listing of relevant items in accordance with the law reflects its consistent position of firmly safeguarding world peace and regional stability. The Japanese side distorts this legitimate and compliant sovereign act as "coercion," and its intention is obvious: to divert international attention and cover up its continuous damage to the international order and regional peace.
Japan's "new militarism" is no longer just a dangerous sign, but a real threat, which must arouse high vigilance from all peace-loving international forces of justice. Japanese leaders have made erroneous remarks on the Taiwan issue, openly issued military threats to China, grossly interfered in China's internal affairs, and seriously violated international law and the basic norms of international relations. Its nature and impact are extremely bad. The Japanese right wing has intensified its challenges to the post-war international order, damaged regional peace and stability, and endangered world peace and security. According to Japanese media reports, the Japanese side recently claimed that it would promote the revision of the "Three Security Documents" within the year, reflecting that Japan is accelerating the process of re-militarization. What is particularly alarming is Japan's nuclear ambitions. For some time, the Japanese side has been constantly promoting the revision of the "Three Non-Nuclear Principles," and its politicians have repeatedly made public pro-nuclear remarks. This is not only a serious challenge to the international nuclear non-proliferation system, but also a complete departure from Japan's self-proclaimed commitment to "follow the path of peaceful development," which has aroused strong opposition and condemnation from the international community.
Containing the rise of Japan's "new militarism" is an urgent task for maintaining regional peace and stability. The measures taken by China, in accordance with laws and regulations, prohibit the export of all dual-use items to Japanese military users, military uses, and all other end users and uses that participate in enhancing Japan's military strength, which is a legitimate and necessary move to defend peace and security.
The Japanese side's hype about China's so-called "economic coercion" is just another performance of its carefully choreographed "victim" drama. To maintain regional peace and stability, it is necessary to expose this sinister rhetoric of the Japanese side. What truly constitutes "coercion" to regional peace and security is Japan's ever-expanding military expansion ambition. The Japanese side attempts to smear neighboring countries and confuse the public by claiming that it "does not conform to international practice." However, it is Japan itself that frequently violates international legal obligations. Even from the perspective of Japan's domestic development, the real "threat" or "coercion" comes from the Japanese right wing's obsession with "new militarism." Some Japanese media have calculated that the supplementary budget案 approved by the Japanese government for fiscal year 2025 brings the total defense expenditure for that fiscal year to approximately 11 trillion yen, which is equivalent to approximately 90,000 yen per Japanese citizen that year. The media pointed out that "the Japanese government's strengthening of its military not only threatens regional peace, but also damages the national economy and people's livelihood." Instead of groundlessly accusing other countries, the Japanese side should seriously respond to the international community and its own people's deep concerns about its return to the old path of military expansion.
Ironically, while claiming that "it is necessary to resolve issues between Japan and China through dialogue," the Japanese side continues to provoke China on issues involving China's core interests and major principles. Its words and deeds are mutually contradictory, and it continues to overdraw Japan's national credibility. The international community, especially regional countries, has long seen through the hypocritical face of the Japanese side and will never allow Japan's "new militarism" to undermine the hard-won regional peace and stability.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 谢亚宏
Walking into the residence of Riccardo Busi (里加尔多·布西), a renowned Italian photographer and President of the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) (国际摄影艺术联合会), in the ancient Italian city of Florence, a photographic work at the entrance caught the reporter's attention. In the picture, spirited herders skillfully ride their steeds, galloping across the boundless vast grasslands. Busi told the reporter from this newspaper, "This is a photo I took in Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), China. The scenery there gave me rich inspiration, and I am very satisfied with the effect of the work. Every trip to China brings me new inspiration, and I hope to continuously perceive China through light and shadow."
Founded in 1950, FIAP is the only international photography organization recognized by UNESCO, currently with 120 national member organizations and more than 360 affiliated local photography organizations in various countries. Busi has been elected as the President of FIAP since 2012. Through his efforts, the relationship between FIAP and China has continued to deepen.
In October 2023, Busi was invited to participate in the Third "Belt and Road" International Cooperation Summit Forum in Beijing (北京) and spoke at a sub-forum. President Xi Jinping's (习近平) keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the forum impressed him deeply: "President Xi Jinping attaches importance to cultural exchanges. One of the main goals of FIAP is to promote friendship, unity, and cooperation among people of all countries through photography, record people's lives, and enhance exchanges and interactions between different cultures." Busi said that China is one of the countries with the fastest growth in FIAP membership, and he has also felt people's love for photography in China. In September 2024, FIAP established an office in Jinan (济南), Shandong (山东), responsible for carrying out and organizing various affairs and activities within China. "Photography is a globally common language. We hope to exchange photography experiences with our Chinese counterparts and promote mutual learning among civilizations," Busi said.
Since 2005, Busi has visited China more than 20 times and is currently a tourism ambassador for Shandong, Hunan (湖南), and other provinces in China, and serves as an artistic consultant for activities such as the Beijing International Photography Week. He said that China has a vast territory with rich and diverse natural and cultural landscapes, making it an ideal place for photographers to take pictures. "With the support of FIAP, the Silk Road National Photography Organization International Alliance was officially established in Qingdao (青岛) in 2017. As the honorary chairman of the alliance, I am committed to promoting China's photography resources and strengthening cultural exchanges and international cooperation."
From the end of August to the beginning of September 2025, the 9th World Photography Congress hosted by FIAP will be held in Hunan and Inner Mongolia, with more than 350 photographers from around the world traveling to the two places for field trips. "With the continuous expansion of China's 'visa-free circle of friends' and the implementation of policies such as extending the visa-free stay period, it is very convenient for foreign photographers to reach China. This is the first time many photographers have visited China," Busi told reporters that the artists witnessed China's increasingly open image during their journey. In Chinese cities, they witnessed the good city appearance and experienced convenient life. In rural areas of China, they saw the efforts of all parties to protect traditional culture and improve people's livelihoods. "The artists recorded what they saw and felt with their cameras. I believe that these real and vivid images will touch the people of more countries and attract them to take a walk and see China," Busi said.
Return to TopOn January 24th, the "Gathering in Huangshan, Welcoming the New Year" international friendship event was held in Nanxi Nan Village (南溪南村), Tunxi District (屯溪区), Huangshan City (黄山市), Anhui Province (安徽省). At the event, foreign children, under the guidance of representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage, cut out window decorations and zodiac patterns full of childlike fun, experiencing the unique charm of outstanding Chinese traditional culture.
Photo by Shi Yalei (施亚磊) (People's Vision)
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 26 (Reporter Lu Junyu (陆君钰)) - Wang Yi (王毅), a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (伊合组织) Taha (塔哈) in Beijing (北京) on January 26.
Wang Yi (王毅) stated that China has always attached great importance to developing relations with Islamic countries and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (伊合组织) from a strategic perspective. China appreciates the Islamic side's firm support on issues involving Xinjiang (新疆) and Taiwan (台湾), and is willing to work with Islamic countries to jointly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of developing countries and oppose the world's regression to the "law of the jungle."
Taha (塔哈) stated that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (伊合组织) adheres to the one-China principle, appreciates the tremendous development achievements in Xinjiang (新疆), opposes external forces interfering in China's internal affairs, and is willing to unswervingly consolidate and deepen its partnership with China. He also expressed appreciation for China's positive contributions to promoting a comprehensive, lasting, and just resolution of the Palestinian issue.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 沈小晓
On the stage, Erin (艾琳) and her companions, dressed in long skirts, slowly stretched their arms following the rhythm of the drums. Fingertips raised, shoulders slightly shrugged, imitating peacocks playing by the stream... The beautiful, light, and spiritually rich dance moves won rounds of applause from the audience.
Recently, the Confucius Institute at the Eritrean Ministry of Higher Education and Research (厄立特里亚高等教育与研究院) held a Chinese dance competition. 41 Eritrean contestants performed Mongolian dance, Dai dance, Miao dance, Xinjiang dance, etc., leading the audience to appreciate the unique charm of Chinese dance art.
Erin (艾琳), 22 years old, is a student at the School of Liberal Arts of Asmara University (阿斯马拉大学) in Eritrea. She has been studying at the Confucius Institute for 4 years and specifically chose Dai dance for this competition. "Dai dance reminds people of the beauty and elegance of peacocks," said Erin (艾琳). Learning Chinese, calligraphy, dance, and other courses has opened a window for her to understand Chinese culture. "I pay close attention to information related to China and have always dreamed of visiting China."
The dance competition's instructor, Rahel (拉赫尔), is a local teacher who teaches at the Confucius Institute. In 2016, Rahel (拉赫尔) went to Guizhou University of Finance and Economics (贵州财经大学) to participate in cultural exchange activities and has since become connected with Chinese folk dance. "The students love Chinese culture, and their progress is amazing," she said with emotion. Rahel (拉赫尔) often takes her students to perform on stage, conveying the beauty of Chinese dance to more Eritrean audiences.
Huang Mingfei (黄鸣飞), the Chinese Director of the Confucius Institute, said that the contestants "used dance as a medium" and not only demonstrated their enthusiasm and achievements in learning Chinese culture but also built a bridge of emotional resonance between the Chinese and Eritrean people with their lively dance moves. "This year is the 'Year of China-Africa People-to-People Exchange,' and we will hold rich cultural activities to further promote mutual learning between Chinese and Eritrean civilizations and promote understanding between the two peoples."
The Confucius Institute was jointly established by Guizhou University of Finance and Economics (贵州财经大学) and the Eritrean Ministry of Higher Education and Research (厄立特里亚高等教育与研究院) in 2013, offering Chinese language courses and cultural courses such as Chinese calligraphy, songs, dance, and Tai Chi. Since its establishment, the Confucius Institute has registered more than 20,000 students, becoming the largest language teaching institution in the local area. Since November 2019, the Confucius Institute has cooperated with the largest local hotel to promote the integration of Chinese language and vocational skills education, training approximately 100 people and cultivating a group of professionals proficient in Chinese for the local area.
In June 2025, the new teaching building of the Confucius Institute, constructed by a Chinese enterprise, was officially completed and put into use. The new building can accommodate approximately 600 students at the same time and has multiple classrooms, activity rooms, and rest areas. It has a multi-functional auditorium that can accommodate more than 150 people and is equipped with advanced audio-visual and lighting equipment, suitable for holding various performances and activities.
Zemhret Zeggai (泽孟菲斯·济革), Director-General of Higher Education and International Relations at the Eritrean Ministry of Higher Education and Research (厄立特里亚高等教育与研究院), said that the Confucius Institute is committed to promoting Eritrean-Chinese cultural exchanges. "On the basis of doing a good job in Chinese language teaching, the Confucius Institute is gradually becoming a bridge for the people of Eritrea and China to treat each other equally and learn from each other, and it will continue to contribute to deepening friendly cooperation between the two countries."
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) January 26th dispatch (Reporter He Siqi (何思琦)) As the Lunar New Year of the Horse approaches, the All-China Journalists Association (中国记协) held the 2026 Spring Festival Reception for Chinese and Foreign Journalists in Beijing (北京) on the 26th. He Ping (何平), Chairman of the All-China Journalists Association (中国记协), attended and delivered a speech. Heads of member organizations of the All-China Journalists Association (中国记协), such as People's Daily (人民日报社), Xinhua News Agency (新华社), and China Media Group (中央广播电视总台), attended. More than 200 journalists and foreign embassy officials from China (中国), the United States (美国), Germany (德国), Greece (希腊), Belgium (比利时), Japan (日本), South Korea (韩国), Vietnam (越南), and other countries participated in the event.
The atmosphere at the reception was warm and lively. Red lanterns, red ribbons, and Chinese knots created a strong festive atmosphere. Traditional snacks such as Aiwowo, pea flour cakes, and lotus酥 showcased the charm of Chinese traditional cuisine. Many foreign journalists experienced "painting horses" on-site, immersing themselves in the profound heritage of outstanding Chinese traditional culture, injecting a fresh atmosphere into the upcoming Lunar New Year of the Horse.
Return to TopAccording to the Kunming Railway Bureau of China State Railway Group (国铁昆明局) news: From 00:00 on January 26, the China-Laos Railway added 4 new China-Central Asia international freight trains, which departed in an orderly manner from stations such as Zhongyicun Station (中谊村站), Yuxi South Station (玉溪南站), and Yanhe Station (研和站). The first train has already departed on the same day.
Return to TopBeijing, January 26 (Reporter Chen Xirui (陈熙芮)) A Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced on January 26: At the invitation of President Xi Jinping (习近平), President Orsi (奥尔西) of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay will pay a state visit to China (中国) from February 1 to 7.
Return to TopThis newspaper Beijing (北京) January 26th (Reporter Zhao Cheng (赵成)) On January 26th, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission (中央纪委国家监委) convened a meeting to summarize the focused governance of irregularities and corruption problems around the masses in 2025, commend advanced units and individuals, and arrange tasks for 2026. Liu Jinguo (刘金国), Secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央), and Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, attended the meeting and delivered a speech, emphasizing the need to deeply study and implement the decision-making arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the spirit of the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), and with deep feelings for the people, continue to vigorously promote the focused governance to achieve greater practical results.
Liu Jinguo (刘金国) pointed out that after the joint efforts of all parties, the focused governance has achieved obvious results, but the task is still very arduous. Discipline inspection and supervision organs should grasp it with greater determination and strength, and promote all localities and departments to implement responsibilities, clarify priorities, and form synergy. Focus on rectifying outstanding problems in areas such as the management of rural collective "three assets," medical insurance fund management, elderly care services, and the construction of high-standard farmland, and do a good job in major livelihood matters such as the centralized governance of letters and visits in the field of people's livelihood and the correction of inadequate assistance to people in difficulty. Increase the efforts in handling cases, severely punish "flies and ants corruption" (蝇贪蚁腐), and promptly return the property involved in the case that has been eaten, taken, or embezzled to the hands of the masses. Promote consolidation of strengths and remedy weaknesses, strengthen supervision and regulation, consolidate the foundation at the grassroots level, and promote regular and long-term governance. Establish and practice a correct view of performance, seek truth from facts and 因地制宜 (yīn dì zhì yí - "adapt to local conditions," to take practical measures appropriate to local conditions) to do a good job in rectification.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on January 26th (Reporter Zhang Tianpei (张天培)) -- Wang Xiaohong (王小洪), Secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Public Security, emphasized at the National Public Security Bureau Directors Conference on the 26th that it is necessary to take Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as guidance, thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Plenary Sessions of the 20th CPC Central Committee, earnestly implement the deployments of the Fourth Plenary Session, firmly uphold the "Two Establishments" and resolutely achieve the "Two Safeguards," adhere to the people-centered approach, better coordinate development and security, unswervingly implement the overall national security concept, take political construction as the lead, take improving the functional system of public security organs as the key, take promoting the new quality combat effectiveness improvement project of public security organs as the traction, take the construction of a rule-of-law public security as the support, and take the construction of a highly qualified team as the guarantee, faithfully perform duties, take responsibility and work hard, strive to promote the modernization of public security work, and contribute public security forces to achieving a good start for the "15th Five-Year Plan."
Wang Xiaohong (王小洪) requested that the public security work of the past year and the "14th Five-Year Plan" period be carefully summarized to further strengthen confidence and determination. Accurately grasp the current security and stability situation and enhance the sense of responsibility and urgency in work. Comprehensively grasp the key tasks of public security work this year to better ensure security and promote development. Promote comprehensive and strict governance of the Party and police with higher standards and more practical measures, and establish and practice a correct view of performance. Do a good job in the work at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, and create a safe and stable political and social environment for the people to celebrate the Spring Festival.
Return to TopBy: 宋传超
A new pavilion has been built at the entrance of my hometown village. In the past, villagers each spoke their own mind and argued endlessly when encountering problems. Now, they move a small stool and sit in the pavilion, and they can discuss things clearly with each other. From mediation of family disputes to planning the development of the village's collective economy, this inconspicuous pavilion has become the village's "deliberation pavilion" and also contains a grand strategy for grassroots governance.
Currently, people's living needs are diverse, and their demands for interests are varied. Grassroots governance often requires solving "multivariate equations." The best solution is, "Everyone discusses and handles everyone's affairs."
For thousands of years, the Chinese nation has relied on this wisdom to resolve many problems and contradictions. Today, we integrate it into grassroots governance and transform it into a process of collective wisdom and democratic decision-making. By understanding the liveliness, efficiency, and normalization in the "deliberation pavilion," we can promote "handling affairs well through consultation" with "good consultation," and better advance the "China's Governance (中国之治)."
Consultation is "letting the people be the masters," with the warmth of "openly accepting opinions," so deliberation is lively.
In the past, our village also experienced dissatisfaction among villagers caused by a few cadres making decisions. Now, village cadres will first post the topics for discussion on the pavilion's bulletin board, inviting villagers to discuss them. Last time, when planning a rural tourism project, some elderly people suggested retaining nostalgic elements such as old millstones, and some young people suggested connecting to live broadcast platforms for promotion. These opinions were all incorporated into the final plan.
The source of vitality for grassroots governance is mass participation. In recent years, "small courtyard deliberation halls," "courtyard meetings," and "community deliberation halls" have emerged one after another. This is not only a concrete practice of whole-process people's democracy, but also a presentation of a simple truth: the wisdom of the masses is as inexhaustible as rivers and seas. With the support of the masses, even the most difficult things become easier. Even if there are some things that the masses cannot see clearly or understand for a while, it doesn't matter. Help them "brighten their eyes" and "get their thoughts across" in the discussion, and it is good to do things after reaching a consensus.
Seeking common ground through consultation is for the sake of achieving things through coordination, with the strength of "seeking truth and being pragmatic," so handling affairs is efficient.
The discussions in the pavilion never involve empty talk or clichés. Every topic goes straight to the core of the problem, and every resolution clarifies the responsible person and the completion deadline. The village's irrigation canal has been in disrepair for many years. After the villagers raised it in the deliberation pavilion, a solution of "village cadres taking the lead, villagers contributing labor, and the collective contributing funds" was immediately determined, and the repairs were completed in less than half a month.
Grassroots governance should be underpinned by "practicality." Looking at some places,座谈会、听证会开了，批评意见、质疑声音听了，可真正干起来，还是“你有千条计，我有老主意”. Formalistic window-dressing is the arrogance of bureaucracy. Without the cooperation of the masses, either things will not go smoothly, or they will become historical legacy issues. Reduce the "window-dressing" and treat "getting things done" for the masses as a "must-answer question" for performing duties, so that governance can be effective.
Consultation is constantly new, with the depth of "joint construction with one heart," so co-governance can be normalized.
Today's deliberation pavilion is not only a place for discussing things, but also a platform for working together with one heart. During the slack farming season, everyone exchanges planting techniques; during festivals, they plan cultural and sports activities together; when encountering difficulties, they help each other. From "each sweeping the snow from their own doorstep" to "jointly protecting a piece of sky," the deliberation pavilion brings the hearts of the villagers closer and their hands tighter.
Grassroots governance is complex and diverse, and the diversity of mass demands and the limited nature of governance resources are a prominent contradiction. Many demands cannot be solved by the government playing a "solo show." It is necessary to let the masses change from "bystanders who raise questions" to "co-governors who solve problems." More consultation and frequent consultation, finding new ideas and new methods in joint consultation, and forming new experiences and new models in co-governance.
Adhering to the principle that the masses widely propose what to do, the masses fully discuss who will do it, the masses jointly decide how to do it, and the masses openly evaluate how well it is done, every corner of the grassroots will be full of warmth and vitality.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘温馨
Recently, 22 central work safety assessment and inspection teams, led by responsible comrades from relevant member units of the State Council Work Safety Committee, have completed the 2025 central work safety assessment and inspection of 31 provinces and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团), as well as 40 member units of the State Council Work Safety Committee, according to plan, achieving significant results.
More than 17,000 potential problems and hazards were identified.
In 2025, the national-level work safety "annual examination" was upgraded to the "Central Work Safety Assessment and Inspection" for the first time, with higher specifications, greater intensity, and stronger deterrent power. It focused on in-depth verification of prominent problems in key industries and fields, and made every effort to build a solid defense line for work safety. Relevant officials from the Ministry of Emergency Management (应急管理部) stated that the assessment and inspection revealed some common problems and deep-seated contradictions.
The main responsibility of enterprises is not implemented – "Can you operate the fire alarm controller? Have you obtained a fire protection facility operator certificate?" In a nursing home in Luzhou District (潞州区), Changzhi City (长治市), Shanxi Province (山西省), the assessment and inspection team found that some employees were working without certificates. In a hotel in Wuxiang County (武乡县), Changzhi City (长治市), it was found that new employees had not received fire safety training when they joined the company, and old employees lacked regular retraining and practical exercises.
The phenomenon of "superficial compliance and substantial loss of control" reflects that some principal leaders of enterprises are unaware of safety risks and are completely ignorant of the standards for determining major accident hazards. Some work safety management personnel and employees know very little about the risks of their positions and lack the necessary work safety skills, hazard identification capabilities, and emergency response capabilities.
Illegal and criminal acts are repeatedly prohibited but not stopped – In January 2024, a particularly serious fire accident occurred in Xinyu City (新余市), Jiangxi Province (江西省), causing 39 deaths. One of the reasons for the expansion of casualties was that the windows of the training classroom were installed with anti-theft nets that could not be opened. During this assessment and inspection, the inspection team found that some student dormitory windows in two middle schools in Ji'an City (吉安市), Jiangxi Province (江西省) still had iron railings outside and could not be opened from the inside, which constituted a major accident hazard.
"Some enterprises and units knowingly violate the law and disregard safety," said Wang Chongxian (汪崇鲜), Director-General of the Work Safety Comprehensive Coordination Department of the Ministry of Emergency Management (应急管理部). During the assessment and inspection period, a number of violations were investigated and dealt with, including selling substandard gas appliances, blocking fire exits, charging electric bicycles indoors, falsifying safety testing and inspection, stealing mineral resources, illegal construction, and concealing accidents.
According to preliminary statistics, more than 17,000 potential problems and hazards were identified throughout 2025, including 585 major accident hazards. More than 13,000 clues of problems and hazards reported by the public and employees were verified and dealt with in conjunction with local authorities.
The assessment and inspection methods are more scientific.
Since 2025, more than 80% of the major road traffic accidents that have occurred in Sichuan (四川) have involved trucks. Illegal modification and assembly, overloading, and exceeding limits are important causes of accidents. In Bazhong City (巴中市), Sichuan Province (四川省), the assessment and inspection team conducted unannounced visits and investigations into the relevant situation.
"Can modified and assembled trucks pass the inspection?" The assessment and inspection team called the customer service number of a motor vehicle inspection center, and the customer service clearly replied "No." However, after several twists and turns, the assessment and inspection team contacted an "agency intermediary," who claimed: "It can be done. It costs 300 yuan for every 10 centimeters the side panel is raised, and it can pass the inspection on the same day." Further investigation revealed that the so-called "intermediary" was actually an employee of the inspection center.
Focusing on tackling "tough nuts to crack" and eliminating "long-standing and difficult" problems, the assessment and inspection team not only focused on improving the quality and efficiency of the assessment and inspection, but also focused on rectifying formalism and reducing the burden on the grassroots, and ran "more notifications, more urging letters, more unannounced visits, and more shooting of hazard scenes" throughout the entire process.
A clue that "a health center in Wuzhou City (梧州市), Guangxi (广西) has fire safety hazards" attracted the attention of the assessment and inspection team. An on-site inspection revealed that the second floor of a multi-story building in the hospital was used as a restaurant, but the kitchen, which used open flames, and the front desk area were simply separated by glass windows without fire-resistant partitions. In the fire control room, the fire alarm controller showed that there was a fire alarm message last month, but the control cabinet operation record sheet lacked corresponding records.
"Strictly investigating important problem and hazard clues reported by the public and employees is one of the important focuses of this assessment and inspection work," said Wang Chongxian (汪崇鲜). Relevant work has taken multiple measures, "point-to-point" feedback on problems and hazards, public exposure of hazard scenes, continuous follow-up on rectification to form a closed loop, and working with relevant departments to promote the solution of root causes from the aspects of laws, regulations, systems, and responsibilities.
Continuously promote the dynamic clearing of major hazards.
"The purpose of the inspection is not only to find specific hazards, but also to see the essence through the phenomenon, truly find weak links, and promote the improvement of the overall safety level," said an expert from the assessment and inspection team.
By peeling away the layers, identifying the crux of the problem, drawing inferences about other cases from one instance, and rectifying each item one by one, all regions and departments took the assessment and inspection as an opportunity to further consolidate work safety responsibilities, continuously promote the dynamic clearing of major hazards, and effectively improve the level of intrinsic safety.
On the one hand, "immediate rectification" of obvious hazards found in the assessment and inspection was carried out to block the transmission of risks at the fastest speed. "We immediately ordered the relevant workshops to stop production and fully cooperate with the rectification." After the inspection, a food company in Henan (河南) immediately held a special rectification meeting, formulated a transformation plan, and completely moved the gas pressure regulating device originally set in the fully enclosed workshop to a safe area with good outdoor ventilation, and standardized the installation of vent pipes.
On the other hand, for problems that have been repeatedly prohibited and have not been cured for a long time, emphasis was placed on improving systems and norms and exploring a full-chain supervision model. "The major accident hazard of 'life jacket equipment not meeting the standard requirements' has been rectified, and the relevant enterprises and their principal leaders have been implemented with 'double punishment for one case'." Sanming City (三明市), Fujian (福建) established a rectification work leading group, simultaneously investigated the life jacket equipment of its affiliated ships, implemented the equipment of ship life-saving facilities in accordance with the standard requirements, clarified the responsibilities for water transportation safety supervision, and pursued accountability for relevant responsible units and responsible persons in accordance with the prescribed procedures.
Wang Chongxian (汪崇鲜) said that the Office of the State Council Work Safety Committee (国务院安委会办公室) will next closely follow up on the rectification of problems and hazards to form a closed loop and the responsibility investigation of transferred typical cases, carefully organize and implement the 2026 Central Work Safety Assessment and Inspection, and make every effort to maintain the continuous stability of the safety situation.
Return to TopOn the evening of January 26th, the 2026 Shanghai Yu Garden Folk Art Lantern Festival, themed "Pursue Dreams with Horses, Let Wild Flowers Bloom," officially opened, and related activities will last for more than a month. The picture shows the Year of the Horse themed lantern display on the central square of Yu Garden Mall (豫园商城) on the same day, attracting citizens and tourists to stop and admire.
Xinhua News Agency (新华社) reporter Liu Ying (刘颖) photographed.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 26th (Xinhua) -- The State Council has appointed and removed national personnel.
Li Xu (李旭) is removed from the posts of Deputy Commander of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团) and Deputy General Manager of China Xinjian Group Corporation (中国新建集团公司).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李俊杰
As soon as the vehicle entered, the overhead lights near the garage entrance turned on. As the vehicle drove deeper, the lights near the entrance gradually dimmed, returning to a low-power standby state.
This scene of "lights on when a car comes, lights off when a car leaves" takes place in the underground garage of the Huainan Municipal Government Affairs Center (淮南市政务中心) in Anhui (安徽). The LED radar sensor lights, which automatically adjust their brightness, are the result of the local exploration of a new energy-saving model for public institutions.
A few years ago, this concentrated office area, with a building area of 148,500 square meters and approximately 4,000 permanent residents, faced an energy-saving dilemma: an aging lighting system, high air conditioning energy consumption, and constantly increasing electricity bills. According to convention, solving this type of problem requires applying for financial funds for renovation, but the investment of several million yuan made the local finances difficult.
"Not only is the approval process long, but also the later operation and maintenance require someone to be responsible, which is another considerable expense," said Sun Yuhui (孙于惠), head of the Public Institution Energy Conservation Section of the Huainan Municipal Government Affairs Administration (淮南市机关事务管理局).
Huainan (淮南) began to consider a different path. In 2022, after repeated research and demonstration, the Huainan Municipal Government Affairs Center (淮南市政务中心) introduced the "energy cost trusteeship" model: through public bidding, a professional energy-saving service company was introduced. The company fully invested in the energy-saving renovation of old equipment and was responsible for later operation and maintenance. The government paid the company a fixed amount each year during the contract period, referring to the average annual energy cost before the renovation, and the energy-saving difference was the company's profit.
This model turned the company from a "short-term service provider" into a "long-term partner." As soon as the winning company entered the site, it came up with a customized renovation plan: all 28-watt ordinary light bulbs in the garage were replaced with LED radar sensor lights, which consumed only 18 watts in the always-on state and dropped to 3 watts when no one was present, achieving an energy saving rate of 70%; 10,000 fluorescent lamps in the office building were upgraded to 16-watt LED lamps, which provided softer and brighter light and significantly reduced energy consumption; a remote communication module was installed on the ground source heat pump air conditioning unit, the circulating water pump was replaced with a variable frequency device, and a smart energy management platform covering 7 buildings was launched simultaneously.
"In the past, the heat pump air conditioning unit ran at full load all day in winter. Now, the smart platform monitors the indoor temperature in real time and can intelligently adjust the operating status of the unit. In addition, three time points are set to centrally turn off the air conditioning to avoid the waste caused by 人走机不停 (rén zǒu jī bù tíng - "people leave, machine doesn't stop," to continue running equipment even when it's not needed)," Sun Yuhui (孙于惠) introduced.
Refined management brought immediate results: in May 2023, the renovation was completed, and electricity and cost savings were achieved that year. Taking 2025 as an example, it saved approximately 1.708 million kilowatt-hours of electricity and 1.2127 million yuan in electricity costs compared to the baseline year of 2021.
"We made a one-time investment of 3.6225 million yuan at the beginning of the project, and the contract period is 8 years," said Shao Longbin (邵龙斌), the operation and maintenance负责人 of the winning company. The original plan was to recover the cost in 5 years, but according to the current situation, it is expected to be achieved ahead of schedule. "We are also constantly exploring new energy-saving measures to continuously improve the energy-saving effect."
"Behind the new changes is mechanism innovation." In Sun Yuhui's (孙于惠) view, the company has achieved profits through refined operation and optimization of technology; the government has gotten rid of the dual pressure of funds and operation and maintenance, and focused on supervision and management; and cadres and employees have also developed energy-saving habits imperceptibly, achieving a win-win situation for the government and enterprises.
After initial success, the Huainan Municipal Government Affairs Center (淮南市政务中心) turned its energy-saving focus to the idle roof space - the roofs of the 7 buildings, which add up to several thousand square meters. The government attracted corporate investment to build distributed photovoltaic power generation projects on the roof. The Huainan Municipal Government Affairs Center (淮南市政务中心) purchased green electricity at a price lower than the city's electricity price, and the excess electricity was connected to the State Grid (国家电网).
In early 2024, the rooftop photovoltaic project was officially connected to the grid for power generation, with an annual power generation of 1.62 million kilowatt-hours. "We can save another 60,000 yuan a year," Sun Yuhui (孙于惠) introduced.
"Currently, we have promoted this model in Fengtai County (凤台县) and other counties and districts," said Sun Yimin (孙亦民), Party Secretary and Director of the Huainan Municipal Government Affairs Administration (淮南市机关事务管理局). He said that the next step is to further promote experience. It is expected that as the smart energy management platform accumulates more data, more energy-saving potential will be discovered in the future.
Return to TopBeijing, January 26th (Reporter Liu Wenxin (刘温馨)) At 14:56 on January 26th, a 5.5 magnitude earthquake occurred in Diebu County (迭部县), Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (甘南藏族自治州), Gansu (甘肃) (34.06 degrees north latitude, 103.25 degrees east longitude), with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.
After the earthquake, relevant officials from the State Council Earthquake Relief Headquarters (国务院抗震救灾指挥部) and the Ministry of Emergency Management (应急管理部) immediately made arrangements, requiring the rapid verification of the earthquake and disaster situation, and making every effort to prepare for disaster investigation, risk assessment, and rescue work. The Office of the State Council Earthquake Relief Headquarters (国务院抗震救灾指挥部办公室) and the Ministry of Emergency Management (应急管理部) have initiated a Level IV emergency response for national earthquake disasters and dispatched a working group to the affected area to guide earthquake relief work.
The advance forces of the national comprehensive fire and rescue team have arrived at the epicenter to conduct investigations. As of now, no casualties have been reported, and the disaster situation is still being further verified.
Return to TopBeijing, January 26th (Reporter Wang Hao (王浩)) At 14:56 on January 26th, a 5.5 magnitude earthquake occurred in Diebu County (迭部县), Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (甘南藏族自治州), Gansu Province (甘肃省), with a focal depth of 10 kilometers. The Ministry of Water Resources (水利部) immediately activated the water conservancy earthquake relief dispatch and command mechanism, convened a special consultation meeting to analyze the impact of the earthquake on water conservancy projects and rural water supply, assess the rainfall situation in the affected area, and arrange and deploy water conservancy earthquake relief work.
Based on the national "Water Conservancy One Map," the Ministry of Water Resources (水利部) quickly investigated the distribution of rivers and water conservancy projects such as reservoirs, hydropower stations, dikes, rural water supply projects, sluices, and hydrological stations in the earthquake-stricken area, and promptly notified the water resources departments of Gansu (甘肃省) and Sichuan (四川省) Provinces, urging local water resources departments to comprehensively assess the earthquake damage to water conservancy projects.
According to forecasts, there will be basically no rain in the earthquake-stricken area today and in the next three days. The Ministry of Water Resources (水利部) will closely monitor the rainfall, water conditions, and operation of water conservancy projects in the earthquake-stricken area, guide local water resources departments to continue to use satellite remote sensing, drones, and other means to conduct earthquake damage investigations of water conservancy projects in the earthquake-stricken area, strictly prevent secondary disasters from occurring, and simultaneously prepare temporary water use security plans for the masses to ensure the safety of drinking water for the masses.
Return to TopBy: 李洪兴
When development needs and technological strengths continuously break through their respective boundaries and integrate into more fields across boundaries, the seemingly gap-filling development will actually breed more new growth points and stimulate more market opportunities.
What makes people excited is not necessarily a big scene, but perhaps a small moment.
Not long ago, a video of a children's basketball performance went viral. A child's basketball accidentally rolled away. In order not to affect the formation, he did not run to pick up the ball, but continued to "perform without objects." During this time, his teammates cooperated tacitly. Afterwards, the children in the front row found the right time and kicked the ball back. With impromptu response and perfect rescue, everyone successfully completed the performance and won warm applause.
Some people commented that mistakes are a test of the scene, and tacit understanding is the answer of unity. The children, with the spirit of teamwork, interpreted the "imperfect perfection," which resonated both inside and outside the venue, online and offline.
From this, people can see that collective projects need to stimulate the power of unity, the confidence of perseverance, and the spirit of mutual assistance. From this, we can further realize that only by enhancing the awareness of filling gaps and strengthening collaborative responsibility can we better turn crises into opportunities and promote high-quality development.
The green computing power of Anshun (安顺), Guizhou (贵州), reaches the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区) through a direct network link, supporting the 3D animation rendering services of Guangzhou (广州) enterprises, reducing the processing time from several days to the time it takes to drink a cup of coffee; in the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle (成渝地区双城经济圈), intelligent connected vehicles realize research and development in Chongqing (重庆), testing in Chengdu (成都), and battery power provided by Yibin (宜宾)... Crossing spatial separation, realizing the meshing of the industrial chain, and amplifying the multiplier effect of coordinated development. Practice has repeatedly proven a truth: development creates exciting and beautiful sounds in ensemble, and progress completes leaps in complementarity.
Filling gaps on the chain is cooperation, and filling gaps in the mechanism requires breaking down barriers. This is a kind of governance ability, and it also reflects innovative awareness. In Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东), the list of convenient practice recognition for overseas professional qualifications has been updated to "Version 4.0." Hong Kong and Macao doctors can "practice in multiple locations" in Shenzhen, Hong Kong crew members can work on Shenzhen ships after changing their certificates, and Macao architectural designers can directly practice in Hengqin (横琴) through the record recognition mechanism... Mechanism innovation and management liberalization, the more convenient and open, the more effectively attract high-quality overseas professional talents, and the more conducive to injecting vitality into regional innovation and development. Breaking down rules drives talent to break circles, and institutional gap-filling promotes the accumulation of momentum. Isn't this a kind of gap-filling development with an open color?
There is also a higher-level form of gap-filling development, that is, technology empowerment and boundary dissolution. Looking at practice, smart agriculture is accelerating its development. Relying on networks, sensors, etc., staff remotely control and manage, realizing "farming while sitting in the office"; digital education is being popularized. Students in rural Gansu (甘肃) are sitting around multimedia teaching all-in-one machines, learning English with teachers at the far end of the screen. "Remote tutoring" effectively makes up for teaching shortcomings; the industrial Internet helps enterprises upgrade, realizing personalized customization, remote sampling inspection, and dynamic control, which improves quality and reduces costs...
Technology application and platform cooperation are no longer the old narrative of "who depends on whom," but a new paradigm of mutual achievement. "Your needs" are precisely "my subject." When development needs and technological strengths continuously break through their respective boundaries and integrate into more fields across boundaries, the seemingly gap-filling development will actually breed more new growth points and stimulate more market opportunities.
Looking further, no matter how to fill gaps or how to cooperate, there is a key word behind it—a community of development. Behind mutual achievement, there is also a strong support—a unified national market.
In fact, gap-filling development is not a puzzle-like filling of vacancies, but a "precision welding" of rules, elements, supervision, credit, etc. For example, the "Market Access Negative List (2025 Edition)" strengthens the authority of the "national unified list" and achieves "one list for all, no list outside the list"; for example, relying on the national small and medium-sized micro enterprise capital flow credit information sharing platform, enterprises have "credit portraits," and financing improves quality and efficiency. From the perspective of a unified national market, gap-filling development is a common choice and collective action driven by a sense of community, and it also requires various entities to break the mindset of “各扫门前雪” (gè sǎo mén qián xuě - "each sweeps the snow from his own doorstep," minding one's own business and not interfering in others' affairs) with the consciousness of filling gaps, and to weave the development warp and weft of "mountains and rivers with the same pulse" with the wisdom of filling gaps.
To promote development, "we cannot build a stage here and tear it down there, but should complement each other and have one good show after another." Forward development is like a great river rushing, with the left bank accumulating momentum, the right bank supporting, and the middle stream surging, none of which is indispensable. With precise positioning, practical work in place, and ingenious gap-filling, the high-quality development of the "15th Five-Year Plan" period will surely reach a new high.
Return to TopBy: 王 浩
The revitalization of the seed industry is inseparable from innovation, inspiring our ambition and confidence. Each seed will grow into fruitful achievements in agricultural modernization.
According to the latest data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部), China's seed exports in 2025 reached 62,000 tons, achieving a trade surplus of 7.5 million US dollars. Building on the first-time export value exceeding import value in 2024, the country has achieved a trade surplus in crop seeds for two consecutive years. The seed industry revitalization action, launched in 2021, has now delivered an excellent "mid-term report card."
How should we view the two consecutive years of "surplus"? This means that China's seed industry is expanding and accelerating its external cooperation, with more good seeds from China being recognized by the global market, enriching the world's dining table. It also means that the competitiveness of China's seed sources is continuously enhanced, and the trend of "Chinese grain" mainly using "Chinese seeds" is more stable.
From urging to "effectively grasp the seed industry revitalization action and firmly hold the varieties that run the household in our own hands" to emphasizing "seizing the two key points of seeds and arable land," General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), standing at the strategic height of national security, personally planned, personally deployed, and personally promoted the seed industry revitalization action.
In the past 5 years, the whole country has worked as one, with concerted efforts from top to bottom, to fight a turnaround battle in the seed industry. From breakthroughs in basic and cutting-edge research to the breeding of a number of major varieties urgently needed for production, and then to cultivating and strengthening seed enterprises, using Chinese seeds to ensure China's food security, the "ballast stone" of "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" is more solid. From this, we can better grasp the three advantages of independent innovation.
Looking at the institutional advantages, behind the improved varieties is the solid support of a new type of national system. The establishment of a number of national and regional seed industry innovation platforms represented by Yazhou Bay National Laboratory (崖州湾国家实验室), the implementation of key core technology research on seed sources, major projects in biological breeding, national key research and development plans, and joint breeding efforts, innovation forces are constantly gathering, uniting to overcome difficulties. Building a national seed enterprise formation, promoting enterprise-led integration of industry, academia, and research, and optimizing the allocation of innovation resources.
Good seeds cannot be separated from a good innovation ecosystem. All regions give full play to their strengths, based on the overall planning; enterprises play a major role in scientific and technological research, and play a leading role in the transformation of results. The government and the market cooperate closely to cultivate fertile ground for innovation.
Looking at the talent advantages, a continuous stream of intellectual resources empowers the seed industry to strengthen its "core." The domestic egg-laying hen variety "Jingfen No. 6" (京粉6号) took the lead in achieving "500 eggs in 700 days," which is inseparable from the continuous research of Wu Guiqin (吴桂琴)'s team for more than 20 years. The independently bred Huaxi cattle (华西牛) broke the situation of heavy reliance on imports for core beef cattle germplasm, behind which is a relay from the national superior breeding team. In the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River wheat area, in order to combat wheat scab, researchers from the Jiangsu Lixiahe Area Agricultural Science Institute (江苏里下河地区农业科学研究所) "installed" disease-resistant genes into seeds.
The strong scientific research talent team has promoted the overall level of scientific and technological innovation in China's seed industry to enter the world's first echelon. Looking at the overall situation from the seed industry, more than 220 million skilled workers and more than 72 million highly skilled talents provide solid talent support for promoting high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and building a modern industrial system, and the talent advantage continues to be transformed into a development advantage.
Looking at the scene advantages, the revitalization of the seed industry is rooted in rich application scenarios. Grain output has stood firmly at the 1.4 trillion jin (700 million tons) level for two consecutive years. The output of grains, meat, peanuts, vegetables, tea, fruits, etc. ranks first in the world. China's diverse agricultural types and ultra-large-scale market advantages provide more test sites for the transformation of seed industry scientific and technological achievements. Similarly, the vast world of the seed industry is also an application scenario for new technologies such as artificial intelligence and biotechnology. Looking beyond the seed industry, the large market for consumption upgrades has rich application scenarios, driving supply with demand, promoting the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, and turning more samples into products and products into industries.
The revitalization of the seed industry is inseparable from innovation, inspiring our ambition and confidence. Each seed will grow into fruitful achievements in agricultural modernization.
Return to TopBy: 韩 鑫
At the beginning of the new year, artificial intelligence has once again become a hot topic.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) and eight other departments recently jointly issued the "Special Action Implementation Opinions on 'Artificial Intelligence + Manufacturing'," pressing the "fast forward button" for the deep integration of artificial intelligence technology into the manufacturing industry. In the United States, the 2026 International Consumer Electronics Show is in full swing, with various artificial intelligence devices replacing large models to become the "center of attention."
The two scenes on both sides of the ocean clearly point to the same trend: artificial intelligence has been deeply integrated into production and manufacturing.
The "two-way rush" between artificial intelligence and manufacturing is inevitable. From a technical point of view, as the core technology of the new round of technological revolution, artificial intelligence has been accumulating momentum for a long time and urgently needs a strong breakthrough. The manufacturing industry has a large scale, many categories, and wide scenarios, providing an excellent stage for the application of artificial intelligence.
From an industrial point of view, as the "basic plate" of the real economy, the manufacturing industry, especially traditional industries, has thin profits and is difficult to transform. To strengthen the real economy, it is crucial to reconstruct the five elements of "human, machine, material, method, and environment" with artificial intelligence to open up the imagination space for industrial development.
In the research and development stage, artificial intelligence-assisted design significantly shortens the research and development cycle of new products in fields such as ships and aerospace through simulation and parameter optimization; entering the manufacturing stage, humanoid robots are implemented in scenarios such as automobile assembly and logistics sorting, effectively improving production and operation efficiency; transitioning to the operation and maintenance stage, intelligent vision systems dynamically monitor product defects, better improving management accuracy... Artificial intelligence and manufacturing empower each other, powerfully driving the industrial system to achieve changes in quality, efficiency, and power.
It should also be seen that the deep integration of artificial intelligence technology with thousands of industries is difficult to achieve overnight. From "bonsai" to "forest," from rising momentum to forming a trend, it is still necessary to clear blockages and work persistently.
Breakthroughs towards "usability" require addressing shortcomings to go further. The complex scenarios of manufacturing put strict demands on artificial intelligence. In factory workshops, artificial intelligence not only needs to have logical reasoning ability, but also high precision and strong stability, which requires the "alignment" of chip and algorithm model software and hardware. Aiming at technical pain points, promoting the coordinated development of intelligent chip software and hardware will effectively reduce the technical threshold for the implementation of artificial intelligence and ensure the stability and reliability of the industrial chain and supply chain.
Advancing towards "affordability" requires cost reduction to have broad space. The high cost of computing power and the high threshold for training are key pain points for the implementation of industrial artificial intelligence, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises, where "unaffordable and unusable" are still the main obstacles. Focusing on application pain points, "computing power coupons" have been popularized in many provinces across the country, providing financial support to eligible enterprises. Looking to the future, it is still necessary to enrich policy tools, effectively reduce the cost of using artificial intelligence for enterprises, and stimulate the initiative of enterprises to carry out intelligent transformation.
Starting from "good usability," cultivating an ecosystem will run faster. As an emerging cutting-edge technology, in the process of artificial intelligence deeply entering manufacturing scenarios, there is often a dilemma of "unclear demand and mismatched supply." Addressing transformation pain points and striving to form an industrial echelon led by leading enterprises, coordinated by small and medium-sized enterprises, and supplemented by specialized and innovative enterprises can better solve the development problem of how manufacturing enterprises apply and who to find for transformation, making supply and demand docking efficient and smooth.
Promoting the deep integration of artificial intelligence technological innovation and industrial innovation is timely and the trend is established. Today's China, with its strong infrastructure, complete industrial system, and massive data resources, jointly constitute the advantages of artificial intelligence accelerating. The innovative and ever-changing Chinese intelligent manufacturing will surely become a shining name card for China's high-quality development in the new era.
Return to TopDunhuang (敦煌), Gansu Province, is not only famous at home and abroad for the Mogao Grottoes, but also rich in wind and solar resources. In recent years, it has been continuously "chasing the wind and pursuing the light," vigorously developing the energy storage industry, and accelerating the pace of green and low-carbon energy transformation.
In 2025, Dunhuang (敦煌) will achieve 100% green electricity supply throughout the year and on a large scale for the first time, and will send it out on a large scale. The wind, solar, water and other renewable energy sources of this ancient Silk Road city inject strong green momentum into cultural exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations.
This is precisely:
The ancient city controls geographical advantages,
Wind and light are transformed into electric current.
The energy transformation of one region,
Splendor spreads all over China.
By Xu Zhiwen (徐 之文)
Return to TopBy: 巩育华
【Keywords】"Special" Runners
【Event】4 hours and 26 minutes – this is the time achieved by Ni Zhuojun (倪卓君), a girl with intellectual disabilities, in the Guangzhou Marathon (广州马拉松) in Guangdong (广东). Since 2016, the Guangzhou Xin You Intellectual Disability Service Association (广州市心友心智障碍者服务协会), in conjunction with volunteers, has accompanied a large group of young people with intellectual disabilities to measure the distance of marathon after marathon with their feet. Now, this regular physical training has expanded to include basketball, football, and table tennis. This group of "special" young people are slowly moving from the sports field to society, opening up a wider door to life.
【Commentary】
On the sports field, every finish line is a challenge to the limit, but for young people with intellectual disabilities, it is more of a "breakthrough" in the reshaping of life. The challenge of 42.195 kilometers would daunt most able-bodied people, but with the help of public welfare organizations, one "special" runner after another has completed the challenge, broken through themselves, and run their own wonderful race. The smiles on the track are filled with vigorous vitality and the warmth of mutual help and support.
The running figures allow us to truly appreciate the power of sports. Often, the obstacle for people with intellectual disabilities to integrate into society is not their intellectual level, but their inability to understand rules and control emotions well.
From the initial 3 kilometers and 5 kilometers to half marathons and full marathons, Ni Zhuojun (倪卓君), who used to have great social obstacles, now often chats with her running friends. The football team composed of people with intellectual disabilities understands the boundaries of rules from the whistle blowing offside and fouls, and learns how to unite and cooperate from the passing, stopping, dribbling, and shooting coordination. Sports are like a bridge, helping them gradually establish connections with society and public spaces.
Among the 12 players who represented the Guangdong (广东) team in the football competition at the National Games for Persons with Disabilities last year, 6 have successfully found employment with the help of relevant public welfare organizations, entering video editing companies, supermarkets, car washes, factories, and other jobs. From integrating into the sports field to integrating into society, sports not only help people with intellectual disabilities improve their physical fitness and social emotions, but also give them the "key" to open up a wider world.
"Every young person with intellectual disabilities has their own shining point," "Every child is unwilling to admit defeat and is not afraid of being tired"... The warm words of volunteers not only encourage young people with intellectual disabilities time and time again, but also change the prejudices of more people, allowing people to see the inspirational spirit and infinite possibilities in special groups. From sports fields to work positions, many special groups have proven with their actions that as long as society gives enough trust and support, they can also bloom with the brilliance of life.
Now, with the development of the economy and the progress of social civilization, the ways to care for special groups are becoming more and more diverse and personalized. If sports are a "dynamic" encouragement, then the art healing that has emerged in recent years is a "static" nourishment.
In Guangzhou (广州), a community has opened a pottery healing workshop for people with intellectual disabilities, guiding them to stimulate their sensory vitality by touching clay; in Shanghai (上海), a rehabilitation institution has launched a sign language drama healing project to help hearing-impaired children open their hearts and increase their confidence... Different attempts lead to the same goal, all looking for a medium that transcends language to provide special groups with channels to express themselves and realize themselves, so that they can find dignity, happiness, and a sense of belonging in life.
The level of social civilization is often manifested in the care for vulnerable groups. In recent years, people's material and spiritual lives have become increasingly rich, and they have higher expectations for social governance and public welfare services. Caring for special groups requires not only the warmth of "bottom-line security," but also the wisdom of "lifting up." In addition to traditional family care and special education, there is a vast space to explore.
Humanistic care has no end, only continuous new beginnings. Promote the virtues of helping the disabled, convey warmth with actions, and unite strength with love, we will surely be able to support a brighter sky for special groups.
By: 曲 征
The newly revised "Law of the People's Republic of China on Penalties for Administration of Public Security" includes student bullying within the scope of penalties for administration of public security, and "he is still a child" is no longer a shield for student bullying.
In the past, the governance of student bullying has always faced "three difficulties": ambiguous definition, weak handling, and virtualized responsibility. "He is still a child" was once an excuse that chilled the hearts of countless victims. The implementation of the new law is aimed at these pain points.
It first clarifies the legal boundaries of student bullying: behaviors implemented through means such as beating, insulting, and intimidating, and possessing the characteristics of specific subjects, subjective intent, and harmful consequences, are no longer "jokes between children," but illegal behaviors that public security organs should intervene in and handle in accordance with the law. This definition gives student bullying a rigid constraint of external supervision.
More importantly, the new law adjusts the standards for punishing minors: those between the ages of 14 and 16 who violate the administration of public security more than twice within a year, and those between the ages of 14 and 18 who violate the administration of public security for the first time but the circumstances are serious and the impact is bad, will be subject to administrative detention in accordance with the law. This is not "harshness" towards minors, but a clear signal conveyed by the rules: "The law cannot yield to illegality."
The role of schools has also changed accordingly. In the past, some schools concealed bullying incidents for fear of taking responsibility, falling into the dilemma of "being afraid of accidents if managing severely, and having no effect if managing lightly." The new law clarifies that if schools "fail to report or deal with" serious bullying, relevant personnel will be held accountable. This will shift schools from passively responding to actively preventing, not only to deal with bullying that has already occurred in a timely manner, but also to establish a long-term mechanism for early warning, psychological counseling, and home-school collaboration.
The vitality of the law lies in its execution. From "paper provisions" to "real-world protection," public security organs, schools, and families need to form a joint force for implementation. Public security organs need to grasp the accuracy of law enforcement and cannot be "superficial"; schools must abandon the mentality of "appeasing people" and weave a dense protection network with systems; parents need to get out of the misunderstanding of "protecting their own children" and teach their children respect and awe. Only in this way will "he is still a child" no longer be an excuse for harm, and minors can be free from fear and understand responsibility under the sunshine of the rule of law.
Student bullying being included in the law is to protect growth. Let the law escort campus safety, and let the rules become the standard of behavior, so that children can learn to be responsible for themselves and others in a clear sense of boundaries. This may be the more profound meaning of the new law.
(Excerpted from *Guangxi Daily (广西日报)*, originally titled "'He is Still a Child' is No Longer a Shield")
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 黄晓慧
Ma Dawei (马大为), born in 1963 in Sheqi, Henan (河南社旗), is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a researcher at the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (上海有机化学研究所) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He mainly engages in the total synthesis and structure-activity relationship of complex natural products, organic synthesis methodology, and its application in the synthesis of bioactive molecules. His improved Ullmann reaction has solved the scientific problem of constructing carbon-heteroatom bonds, and the results have been widely used in new drug research and development and new material development. He has won the second prize of the National Natural Science Award, the Third National Innovation and Competition Award, and the Shanghai Science and Technology Meritorious Service Award.
At the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (上海有机化学研究所) (hereinafter referred to as "the Institute of Organic Chemistry"), when mentioning Ma Dawei (马大为), many people give a thumbs up. His research is evaluated by some international peers as "one of the most commonly used methods in modern drug discovery." Facing the praise of his peers, Ma Dawei (马大为) said: "I didn't do anything. I'm just an ordinary scientific researcher."
"Don't give up easily, always have the courage to find answers to difficult problems"
Even today, Ma Dawei (马大为) still remembers what his supervisor, Professor Lu Xiyan (陆熙炎), said when he was a graduate student at the Institute of Organic Chemistry: "Young people should bravely jump out of their comfort zone, explore no-man's land, and find real problems in interdisciplinary research."
In 1989, Ma Dawei (马大为) graduated from the Institute of Organic Chemistry with a doctorate and obtained a government-sponsored study abroad opportunity. A teacher in the institute suggested that Ma Dawei (马大为) adjust his research direction, so he made a "bold" decision: to turn to the field of drug synthesis research that intersects organic chemistry and life sciences, which was still blank in China at that time.
In 1994, after finishing his postdoctoral research abroad, Ma Dawei (马大为) chose to return to work at the Institute of Organic Chemistry. "The needs of the country are the direction of my efforts." Ma Dawei (马大为) recalled that at that time, there was a shortage of scientific researchers engaged in drug synthesis research in the institute, and there was not even a decent laboratory. He started from finding research funding and building a laboratory to carry out drug synthesis research.
Time passed quickly in the laboratory. Ma Dawei (马大为) focused on anti-tumor drug synthesis experiments, constantly repeating the experimental process every day. In the summer of 1998, he accidentally discovered a class of amino acid molecules in the experiment of synthesizing protein kinase inhibitors, which can improve the efficiency of the Ullmann reaction.
The Ullmann reaction was discovered by a German scientist in 1901. The reaction uses equivalent copper as a catalyst and can construct carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom coupling reactions needed in chemical and pharmaceutical engineering. However, the harsh reaction conditions make very few compounds suitable for this reaction. In 1995, American scientists discovered the palladium catalysis method, which has been widely used in the synthesis of pharmaceutical and pesticide molecules, but palladium metal is expensive and costly.
"The newly discovered amino acid molecules can be used as catalysts to significantly improve the coupling reaction efficiency of carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bonds," said Ma Dawei (马大为). This breakthrough achievement overcame a problem in the field of organic chemistry, allowing the young Ma Dawei (马大为) to emerge in the academic world with this research.
Ma Dawei (马大为) said: "Scientific exploration is a combination of targeted persistence and accidental discovery." Behind the success is long-term persistence. In order to find ligands with higher catalytic efficiency than amino acid molecules, Ma Dawei (马大为) worked hard for another 10 years. Until 2015, his team found oxalyl diamine ligands and realized the efficient carbon-heteroatom bond coupling reaction of aryl chlorides for the first time. This achievement is called the "Ullmann-Ma" reaction and has now been widely used in new drug research and development and new material creation.
Today, Ma Dawei (马大为) is still persistently looking for the next generation of "more efficient and cheaper" ligands, "Even if I look for another 10 years, maybe I won't be able to find it in this lifetime, but I can't give up easily, I must always have the courage to find answers to difficult problems," he said.
"Every simplification of a synthesis step can reduce the cost of drug manufacturing and allow patients to buy cheaper drugs"
In addition to conducting catalytic coupling reaction research, Ma Dawei (马大为) also spends a lot of time on total synthesis of natural products (i.e., naturally occurring chemical components) and medicinal chemistry research. Hu Jinbo (胡金波), director of the Institute of Organic Chemistry, said: "From organic synthesis methodology to total synthesis of terpenoids and alkaloids, to the discovery of small molecule modulators of special targets and apoptosis, Academician Ma (马院士) is widely involved."
There are many synthetic routes for natural products, but they all lead to the same goal. The competition is about who has the shortest and most cost-effective route. The anti-cancer drug trabectedin has a complex structure, and the conventional synthetic route requires more than 40 steps. It is known as one of the most difficult anti-cancer drug molecules to synthesize in the world, so it is expensive.
Drug innovation is a process of constant trial and error. "Be prepared to work hard for 10 years to get results, or even work for seven or eight years and fail, and everything goes back to zero," said Ma Dawei (马大为). But he is not afraid of difficulties, and all he thinks about is how to find cheap and good drugs for patients: "We must strive to find the optimal solution for drug synthesis. Every simplification of a synthesis step can reduce the cost of drug manufacturing and allow patients to buy cheaper drugs."
After years of efforts, Ma Dawei's (马大为) team has found the simplest synthetic route for trabectedin to date. "Our new route only requires 26 steps, which is 1/3 shorter than the original route." This research result has been successfully put into production, and China has become the world's largest supplier of trabectedin raw materials, benefiting tens of thousands of patients worldwide.
In more than 40 years of scientific research, Ma Dawei (马大为) has completed the efficient total synthesis of more than 70 complex active natural products, nearly half of which were the first total synthesis, making important contributions to the development of synthetic chemistry in China.
After each successful process improvement, Ma Dawei (马大为) asks his students to calculate how many steps have been streamlined, how much cost has been saved, and how much money can be saved for patients. It is this kind of feeling that closely combines scientific ideals with social responsibility that has influenced more and more young people.
"Studying real problems is worth persistent investment"
During the interview, the reporter found that Ma Dawei (马大为) walks very fast, as if he always wants to save a little more time. It is under the impetus of this fast-paced state that the State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry has achieved a number of research results and has become an internationally renowned organic synthesis research center, training nearly 100 graduate students and postdocs, more than 20 of whom have served as professors in well-known universities at home and abroad.
Ding Ke (丁克), a researcher at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, said that after returning to China in 2006, he was once unable to determine the direction of scientific research and was a little confused. However, under the guidance and inspiration of Ma Dawei (马大为), he found his research direction and focused on protein kinase research until today. "My office is next to Professor Ma's (马老师) office. His door is always open. No matter who encounters doubts in their work, they can go to him for advice," said Ding Ke (丁克).
Zuo Zhiwei (左智伟), who is now the group leader of the Institute of Organic Chemistry, studied under Ma Dawei (马大为) during his doctoral studies. He said that Professor Ma (马老师) always encourages everyone to challenge cutting-edge topics. Although it is hard to do scientific research with Professor Ma (马老师), every harvest is great. Now, Zuo Zhiwei (左智伟) has also begun to lead students to do projects, and has a deeper understanding of "what is truly valuable scientific research": "Professor Ma (马老师) once said, 'Studying real problems is worth persistent investment.'"
In 2018, after Ma Dawei (马大为) won the Future Science Prize in Physical Science, he took out the 3 million yuan prize money and established the "Future Scholarship" at his alma mater, Sheqi No. 1 High School (社旗第一高中) in Henan (河南). "I hope the children can find interest in learning, discover problems, and challenge themselves." Ma Dawei (马大为) expressed his original intention, "Young people can determine the future of science."
On days when he is not on business trips, Ma Dawei (马大为) often works in the office for 10-12 hours. He feels that traveling between his home in Pudong (浦东) and the laboratory on Lingling Road (零陵路) in Xuhui District (徐汇区) will waste time, so he simply rents a small apartment next to the Institute of Organic Chemistry. "I have to read new literature every day and keep up with research results in a timely manner to feel at ease," he said with a smile.
Today, in the laboratory, another group of young researchers, under the guidance of Ma Dawei (马大为), continue their journey of exploring the molecular world. The jumping molecules in those flasks seem to be telling the story of a scientist about persistence and love.
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Looking at Ma Dawei's (马大为) research career, from optimizing reaction experiments to finding the optimal solution for drug synthesis, he has been grappling with medical challenges. In his view, turning medical challenges into scientific research topics is a mission that scientists must undertake.
Scientific research is not a tree without roots; basing oneself on reality can better find the direction of research. In the process of conducting numerous synthesis experiments, Ma Dawei (马大为) has always put the needs of the people first, taking "reducing pharmaceutical costs so that patients can buy cheaper medicines" as his goal, constantly exploring and never giving up easily, achieving one result after another.
Scientific research requires facing difficulties head-on and studying real problems. Behind every medical challenge lies the life and health of many people. Ma Dawei (马大为) dares to launch challenges to the unknown, unafraid of the thorns on the road of scientific research, with the perseverance of 板凳甘坐十年冷 (bǎn dèng gān zuò shí nián lěng - "willing to sit on a bench for ten years in the cold," enduring hardship and dedicating oneself to research), constantly advancing towards the forefront of science. It is hoped that more scientific researchers will face the major needs of the country and the life and health of the people, turn more problems into topics, and bloom more scientific research flowers in continuous exploration and continuous innovation.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 26th. The 7th Plenary Session of the 11th National Committee of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (中国文联) was held in Beijing (北京) on the 26th. Tie Ning (铁凝), Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Chairperson of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (中国文联), attended the meeting.
The meeting emphasized the need to adhere to Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as guidance, deeply study and earnestly implement Xi Jinping's (习近平) cultural thought, anchor the strategic goal of building a strong cultural country by 2035, closely focus on the phased historical tasks of the "15th Five-Year Plan," grasp the historical orientation and responsibilities and missions of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (中国文联), and unite and lead the vast number of literary and art workers to contribute literary and artistic strength to the construction of a strong country and the rejuvenation of the nation.
The meeting pointed out that in 2026, the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (中国文联) must comprehensively, profoundly, and accurately implement the strategic deployment of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, continue to deeply study the Party's innovative theories, closely focus on the main line of "grasping creation" work, deeply connect "the work of cultivating people" and "promoting literary and artistic creation," strive to promote a high-quality start to the "15th Five-Year Plan," and greet the 12th National Congress of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (中国文联) with outstanding achievements.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), January 26th (Reporter Zhao Bo (赵博)) The Chinese Association of Hong Kong & Macao Studies (全国港澳研究会) held a special seminar in Beijing (北京) on the morning of January 26th, titled "Adhering to and Improving Executive-led Governance to Promote Good Governance in Special Administrative Regions." Responsible comrades from relevant central departments, experts and scholars from the mainland, Hong Kong (香港), and Macao (澳门), and relevant individuals attended the seminar.
Xia Baolong (夏宝龙), Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央港澳工作办公室) and the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council (国务院港澳事务办公室), delivered a speech at the seminar, stating that President Xi Jinping (习近平), when listening to the work reports of the Chief Executives of the Hong Kong (香港) and Macao (澳门) Special Administrative Regions, put forward clear requirements for the Hong Kong (香港) and Macao (澳门) Special Administrative Region governments to "adhere to and improve executive-led governance," which points out the direction for the Special Administrative Regions to implement executive-led governance, improve governance effectiveness, and promote high-quality development, and has strong practical relevance and far-reaching historical significance. Executive-led governance, as an important principle of the Basic Law (基本法) in designing the political system of the Special Administrative Regions, is rooted in the Constitution of the People's Republic of China (《中华人民共和国宪法》) and is an institutional guarantee for comprehensively and accurately implementing the "One Country, Two Systems" policy. Implementing executive-led governance is a necessary requirement for safeguarding the constitutional order of the Special Administrative Regions, a necessary requirement for ensuring "Hong Kong people governing Hong Kong" ("港人治港") and "Macao people governing Macao" ("澳人治澳") with a high degree of autonomy, and a necessary requirement for achieving efficient governance of the Special Administrative Regions based on the actual situation in Hong Kong (香港) and Macao (澳门). The executive-led system has been successfully practiced in the Hong Kong (香港) and Macao (澳门) Special Administrative Regions, demonstrating strong vitality and superiority. To adhere to and improve executive-led governance, the key is that the Chief Executives and the Special Administrative Region governments must strengthen their awareness as masters of Hong Kong (香港) and Macao (澳门), and earnestly shoulder the responsibility of being the first person responsible for governing Hong Kong (香港) and Macao (澳门); it requires the active support and cooperation of the legislative and judicial organs to form a strong governance synergy; and it cannot be separated from the support and participation of all sectors of society to jointly create a good social atmosphere for implementing executive-led governance. The new Legislative Council (立法会) should fulfill its duties and responsibilities to demonstrate a new image, fully support and cooperate with the Chief Executive and the Special Administrative Region government in administering according to law, and jointly build a better home for Hong Kong (香港) and Macao (澳门). Members of the Legislative Council (立法会议员) should cultivate a deep sense of national identity and patriotism, dare to take responsibility, enthusiastically serve the citizens, diligently participate in politics and deliberation, and establish a good image.
The participating experts and scholars unanimously agreed that adhering to and improving executive-led governance is of great significance for implementing the "One Country, Two Systems" policy, maintaining long-term prosperity and stability in Hong Kong (香港) and Macao (澳门), safeguarding the interests and well-being of Hong Kong (香港) and Macao (澳门) compatriots, and promoting good governance in Hong Kong (香港) and Macao (澳门). The Special Administrative Regions should more consciously and deeply implement executive-led governance and promote the steady and long-term practice of "One Country, Two Systems."
Branch venues for the seminar were set up in Hong Kong (香港) and Macao (澳门). Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region John Lee Ka-chiu (李家超), Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region Ho Iat Seng (岑浩辉), and heads of central agencies stationed in Hong Kong (香港) and Macao (澳门) participated in the seminar via video link.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on January 26th (Reported by Zhang Tianpei (张天培), Lü Xianghui (吕向蕙), and Liang Xizheng (梁西征)): Starting from 00:00 on January 26th, the national railway implemented a new train operation schedule. A reporter learned from the Railway Public Security Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security (公安部铁路公安局): National railway public security organs refined measures and strengthened inspections to ensure the safe and stable operation of the "new schedule."
Railway public security organs in various regions have strengthened contact with railway enterprises to keep abreast of train operation conditions. Combining this with the actual situation, they analyzed peak passenger flows and moments of large passenger flows at stations under the "new schedule," researched and judged potential risks, strengthened contact with stations and local public security, transportation, and other units, and improved joint emergency response mechanisms. They also rationally allocated police force, strengthened the grid management of station areas, and increased the intensity of patrol inspections in key stations, key areas, and key times. During this period, the Beijing Railway Public Security Department (北京铁路公安处) dispatched personnel to reside in six major passenger stations, including Beijing Station (北京站) and Beijing West Station (北京西站), to supervise the implementation of response measures for the "new schedule." The Taiyuan Railway Public Security Department (太原铁路公安处) organized four groups to carefully investigate changes in the stopping of trains and the operation of freight trains at 43 passenger stations under its jurisdiction, implementing a "one station, one security plan." The Lanzhou (兰州), Baotou (包头), Yinchuan (银川), and other railway public security departments closely monitored the passenger flow of newly opened lines and stations through on-site monitoring and video patrols, and responded to peak passenger flows in a timely and effective manner. The Changzhou Station Police Station (常州站派出所) of the Nanjing Railway Public Security Department (南京铁路公安处) coordinated the police force of the Changzhou (常州), Changzhou North (常州北), and Qishuyan (戚墅堰) three passenger stations under its jurisdiction to ensure a safe and seamless connection between the "old and new schedules."
In response to newly opened passenger trains and those with increased or changed stopping stations, railway public security bureaus in various regions visited the railway public security departments and station police stations where the passenger trains stopped in advance to understand the security situation and implement police information notification and support response mechanisms. They also scientifically adjusted the duty arrangements for trains, selected experienced train police officers to serve on newly opened trains, strengthened contact with train attendants, car inspectors, and other staff, and weaved a prevention network for safe trains.
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He Lin'yi (和凛毅) is a national-level representative inheritor of the Naxi Baisha Fine Music (纳西族白沙细乐) national intangible cultural heritage project. He is not only well-versed in Baisha Fine Music but also has an in-depth understanding of Naxi folk songs such as "Dongba Chanting." In terms of musical instrument performance, He Lin'yi (和凛毅) is not only proficient in playing the flute but also able to play other instruments in Baisha Fine Music, such as su gudu, reed pipe, and huqin. He has formed a folk band and been invited to perform in many countries such as Hungary. He has also participated in exchange and performance activities in units such as the National Centre for the Performing Arts and the Central Conservatory of Music.
In the early morning, the sun dyes the peaks of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (玉龙雪山) red and shines into a simple Naxi courtyard in Changshui Village (长水村), Huangshan Town (黄山镇), Yulong Naxi Autonomous County (玉龙纳西族自治县), Lijiang City (丽江市), Yunnan Province (云南省). This is both the home of He Lin'yi (和凛毅) (pictured, photo by Ma Dengke (马登科)), the national-level representative inheritor of the Naxi Baisha Fine Music (纳西族白沙细乐) national intangible cultural heritage project, and a well-known Baisha Fine Music (白沙细乐) research center.
Naxi Baisha Fine Music (纳西族白沙细乐) is a classical music suite created by the ancestors of the Naxi people, combining instrumental music, vocal music, and dance. The melody is lyrical, and the melody is euphemistic and smooth, with a long history. In 2011, Naxi Baisha Fine Music (纳西族白沙细乐) was included in the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
"I fell asleep in Baisha Fine Music (白沙细乐) and woke up in Baisha Fine Music (白沙细乐). When I was a child, I sat by the fire and listened to my father playing the flute." He Lin'yi (和凛毅) was born into a family of Naxi Baisha Fine Music (纳西族白沙细乐) inheritors. From the time he could remember, the sound of musical instruments by the fire was the most familiar "lullaby" of his childhood, and the melodious melody mixed with the crackling of firewood became his warmest memory of childhood.
Early exposure to music allowed the melody to be engraved in his mind early on. At the age of 12, he formally became a student of his father and began to systematically study the flute. His father did not immediately teach him complex pieces but took out an old flute and told him: "The root of Baisha Fine Music (白沙细乐) lies in 'listening' and 'practicing.' For the core piece 'Du,' you must listen for three years first and then practice for three years. If you don't practice thoroughly, you won't be considered to have entered the door."
Since then, He Lin'yi's (和凛毅) life has been filled with listening to music and practicing the flute. Before dawn, he would hold the flute and run to the hillside behind the village to practice breathing and ventilation facing the snow mountain; when his father played at night, he would sit aside and record the melody section by section, not letting go of any detail. Over time, He Lin'yi (和凛毅) not only mastered the flute playing skillfully but also slowly understood the singing and playing of the entire set of Baisha Fine Music (白沙细乐) tunes, gradually forming his own performance style.
Baisha Fine Music (白沙细乐) is sad and mournful, lingering and affectionate, and mainly consists of 8 movements such as "Du" and "A Letter." Among them, the "Du" movement has extremely high requirements for performers. He Lin'yi (和凛毅) picked up a flute and demonstrated it on the spot. He saw his left ring finger, middle finger, and index finger pressing on the flute holes at the same time, his wrist sinking slightly, and the airflow slowly sending out, and a melody with a unique vibrato flowed out: "You see, this is called 'three-finger linkage.' There are more than a dozen such fingerings in 'Du.' If it is a little bit off, the timbre will be wrong."
"Adhering to tradition does not mean 故步自封 (gù bù zì fēng - "stay in place self seal," to be conservative and resistant to change), we must let more people hear Baisha Fine Music (白沙细乐)." While He Lin'yi (和凛毅) is rooted in tradition, guarding the original melody, he is constantly exploring innovation, allowing ancient music to dialogue with modern life.
In the past 20 years, he has formed a folk band for Baisha Fine Music (白沙细乐) and led the band to exchange performances in units such as the National Centre for the Performing Arts and the Central Conservatory of Music, and even brought this Naxi voice to the world, allowing international audiences to feel the charm of Chinese intangible cultural heritage.
On the stage of a music festival, he cooperated with a Mongolian singer, the flute and horse-head fiddle melodies intertwined, and the pipa and guitar played together, and the young people in the audience applauded and cheered. "Letting young people fall in love with Baisha Fine Music (白沙细乐) is the best inheritance," he said with a smile.
Not only playing the flute, He Lin'yi (和凛毅) is also a "multi-faceted player" who plays su gudu, reed pipe, huqin and other instruments. "Baisha Fine Music (白沙细乐) is ensemble music. It's not enough to just play the flute. You have to understand the characteristics of other instruments to make the band's timbre more harmonious," said He Lin'yi (和凛毅). His versatile skills have also won him more recognition.
In recent years, He Lin'yi (和凛毅) has also started a Baisha Fine Music (白沙细乐) inheritance training class in his own small courtyard, and also held courtyard concerts for tourists who come here admiringly. Tourists listen to Baisha Fine Music (白沙细乐) and learn more about Naxi culture; band members can obtain a stable income through performances and can concentrate on studying their skills more at ease.
In the evening, the small courtyard gradually became lively. He Lin'yi (和凛毅) picked up the flute and played with his family. The melodious and lingering melody floated towards the distant snow-capped mountains and into the hearts of the audience in the courtyard. "Baisha Fine Music (白沙细乐) has been passed down from generation to generation. When it comes to me, I have to continue to carry it forward and let more people hear the ancient echoes of Lijiang (丽江) ethnic music," said He Lin'yi (和凛毅).
Return to TopThis newspaper Lhasa (拉萨) January 26th (Reporter Xu Yuyao (徐驭尧)) - It was learned from a press conference held by the People's Government of the Tibet Autonomous Region (西藏自治区人民政府): In 2025, the per capita disposable income of Tibetan residents was 33,600 yuan, an increase of 7.2% year-on-year; the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 58,794 yuan, an increase of 6.0% year-on-year; and the per capita disposable income of rural residents was 23,184 yuan, an increase of 7.4% year-on-year.
From the perspective of income structure, among the per capita disposable income of residents, wage income increased by 7.0%, net operating income increased by 6.9%, net property income increased by 7.6%, and net transfer income increased by 7.8%. The proportions of the four types of income of residents are 54.1%, 22.5%, 6.0%, and 17.3% respectively, and the dominant position of wage income has been further consolidated. In addition, the quality of income growth for residents in Tibet (西藏) has steadily improved. The per capita disposable income of urban residents reached 104.1% of the national average, an increase of 1.8 percentage points over the previous year. The per capita disposable income of rural residents reached 94.8% of the national average, an increase of 1.5 percentage points over the previous year, further narrowing the gap with the national average. The ratio of urban to rural residents' income decreased from 2.57 in the previous year to 2.54, further narrowing the income gap between urban and rural areas.
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A cultural tourism project, why does it connect the century-old homesickness of overseas Chinese businessmen? A hearing aid the size of a soybean pod, what kind of confidence does it condense from Danish investors? How does a half-millimeter-thick LCD glass substrate carry the firm determination of foreign companies to increase investment and expand production four times?
In 2025, Fujian Province newly established 4,342 foreign-invested enterprises, a year-on-year increase of 6.3%; the actual use of foreign capital was 22.35 billion yuan, of which the introduction of foreign investment in high-tech industries performed prominently, and the proportion of foreign investment in manufacturing industries increased significantly.
Recently, reporters walked into a number of foreign-funded enterprises in Fujian to explore the stories of these enterprises investing, settling, and cultivating deeply here.
Optimistic about the Prospects of the Cultural Tourism Industry
Overseas Chinese Businessmen Return to Their Hometowns to Build Tourist Blocks
"I am willing to do it myself when I invest in my hometown." Lin Fushan (林福山), the 69-year-old President of the Federation of Fujian Associations of Malaysia and Rotating Chairman of the Federation of ASEAN Fujian Associations, has to fly to Quanzhou almost every month recently to pay attention to the progress of the cultural tourism project he invested in.
"More than 100 years ago, my grandfather went from Anxi (安溪), Quanzhou (泉州) to Malaysia (马来西亚) to make a living. Although I was born and raised in Malaysia, I have been learning Chinese culture since I was a child, and I feel particularly close to my old home in Fujian." Lin Fushan said that since the 1990s, he has begun to return to Fujian to visit relatives and worship his ancestors, participate in activities such as the China Overseas Chinese Wisdom Development Conference, the World Minshang Conference, and the World Federation of Overseas Chinese Associations of Fujian Origin, and promote a number of cross-border investments in port logistics, food processing, and other fields.
At present, there are about 20 million overseas Chinese of Fujian origin in the world. Among them, Quanzhou, a famous hometown of overseas Chinese, has about 10 million overseas Chinese, spread over more than 170 countries and regions in the world. Based on its resource advantages, Quanzhou has built investment promotion platforms such as the Overseas Chinese Businessmen Conference, relied on node visits and association linkages, and taken multiple measures to strive for overseas Chinese to return to their hometowns to invest, and established a "signing-settlement-production" full-chain closed-loop service mechanism to solve problems such as land supply, policy implementation, and element guarantee for overseas Chinese businessmen. Since 2023, Quanzhou has signed a total of 864 overseas Chinese-funded projects.
"The development of Quanzhou in recent years is remarkable, and more and more tourists come here to appreciate the natural and cultural landscape." Lin Fushan said that he is optimistic about the development prospects of Quanzhou's cultural tourism industry, and he has the idea of investing. In 2024, he decided to build a Southeast Asian-style block in the ancient city area of Licheng District (鲤城区), Quanzhou City (泉州市), planning to introduce characteristic catering, art space, resort courtyards, cultural experience and other formats, and build the Quanzhou Malacca (马六甲) Cultural Exchange Exhibition Hall.
Registering companies, inspecting plots, project filing... There are many things to worry about when investing and settling down. "Fortunately, the government service is very good and provides us with a lot of help." Lin Fushan said.
Since April 2024, Lin Hongtao (林洪涛), Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Kaiyuan Street (开元街道), Licheng District (鲤城区), has led the Lin Fushan team to inspect old houses, old factories, vacant plots and other project carriers one by one. After many on-the-spot investigations, the Lin Fushan team initially selected suitable locations.
Someone also needs to run the project implementation. "We connected with the resources of the New Social Stratum Association and recommended suitable talents to handle registration, filing and other matters for the enterprise." Lin Hongtao introduced that Yunsen (Fujian) Cultural Tourism Co., Ltd. (云森（福建）文旅有限公司), which is responsible for the construction and operation of the project, has established a local project operation team and formed a design plan after its registration and establishment.
"The Chinese market has business opportunities, the government services are efficient, and we dare to invest, are willing to invest, and are assured to invest." Lin Fushan said that his overseas Chinese business friends also plan to return to their hometowns to invest and share market development opportunities.
Deepen Local Innovation and Cooperation
Danish Companies Increase Investment in Scientific Research
"This hearing aid is small in size and uses artificial intelligence technology, so users can clearly identify speech even in noisy environments." Resound Hearing Technology (China) Co., Ltd.'s (瑞声达听力技术（中国）有限公司) new hearing equipment launched in the Chinese market has been well received. In the eyes of the company's general manager, Jacek Latanik, this is inseparable from the in-depth participation of the local Xiamen (厦门) team.
Resound is the first wholly-owned subsidiary of the Danish GN Group (丹麦大北集团). It was founded in Xiamen in 1989 and specializes in the research and development and manufacture of hearing equipment. Five years ago, Jacek went to Xiamen to serve as general manager. Efficient collaboration is his deep feeling about local operations.
"We have a professional R&D and engineering team in Xiamen. They are familiar with the local production environment and technical characteristics, and can put forward practical and feasible improvement plans in links such as component selection and production process optimization." Jacek said that the R&D cycle of hearing equipment usually takes 2 to 3 years, and the size and performance requirements of components are extremely high. It is very important to establish a long-term and stable cooperative relationship with suppliers. Therefore, the company actively invites local suppliers to participate in research and development in the early stage of project design to jointly promote the technological iteration of components.
In the cooperation, Jacek deeply felt the significant advantages of Chinese enterprises in technological innovation and cost reduction and efficiency improvement. Resound recently cooperated with a Chinese supplier to develop a high-precision laser welding equipment that realizes automatic calibration of the welding position through artificial intelligence technology, which can meet the extremely stringent welding accuracy requirements in the production of hearing equipment. "We put forward clear technical standards and quality requirements, and suppliers develop special technologies or components accordingly. These achievements can also be applied to other fields after adjustment, truly achieving mutual benefit and win-win results." Jacek said.
In September 2025, the "Implementation Plan for Stabilizing Foreign Investment in Fujian Province" was released, proposing 17 specific measures from four aspects: deepening the opening up of key areas, increasing investment promotion efforts, giving play to the functions of carrier platforms, and improving the level of foreign investment services. In the same year, Resound's Phase II factory construction project was officially launched in Xiamen, aiming to build a modern industrial base integrating R&D, intelligent manufacturing, and pilot testing.
"It only took 38 days for Resound's expansion project from submitting the application to issuing the review opinion." Hu Deming (胡德明), a construction service specialist at the Investment Promotion Service Center Co., Ltd. of Xiamen Torch High-tech Zone (厦门火炬高新区), who is responsible for project docking, introduced that for the needs of foreign-funded enterprises in production and operation and increasing investment and expanding production, Xiamen Torch High-tech Zone has established a sound tracking service mechanism to assist enterprises in handling project filing, planning permits, construction permits and other procedures one-on-one, improve the efficiency of approval and handling, coordinate and solve relevant difficulties and problems, and promote the implementation of preferential policies for enterprises.
"We are promoting a number of exciting projects, including the construction of the Phase II factory, new technology research and development, and the launch of new products. The company will usher in broader development opportunities." Jacek is full of confidence in the future.
Strengthen the Support of Development Factors
Foreign Enterprise Employees Work and Live with Peace of Mind
In the production workshop of Electric Glass Glass (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. (电气硝子玻璃（厦门）有限公司), a 10.5-generation LCD glass substrate with an area of nearly 10 square meters and a thickness of only 0.5 mm is being produced at full speed.
"This LCD glass substrate is mainly used for display panels of TVs and other equipment. In recent years, the market demand has become larger and larger. The company has built and put into production the fifth phase of the project, which has greatly improved the product processing capacity." Fujii Takafusa (藤居孝英), general manager of the company, introduced that the company has completed 4 capital increases and production expansions since it settled in Xiamen in 2014, with a total investment of more than 8 billion yuan, and has also become the largest overseas investment and the most complete production process factory of Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (日本电气硝子株式会社). "More than half of the world's monitors and panels are produced in China, and we are optimistic about the potential and opportunities of the Chinese market."
Development opportunities come from the super-large-scale market and also benefit from the development environment with complete elements.
Fujii Takafusa introduced that the company currently has 40 Japanese employees. "Xiamen's urban environment is clean and beautiful, and public facilities such as parks and trails for people to relax are also very complete. We work and live here very comfortably." Xiamen's livability impressed Fujii Takafusa, and he also praised the business environment created by considerate government services.
"Japanese employees who are assigned to Xiamen usually need to serve for 4 to 5 years. The entry and exit department has provided a lot of help for the families of the company's employees to come to visit relatives, which facilitates the reunion of employees and their families and makes them more at ease in their work and development." Fujii Takafusa introduced.
A few years ago, when a typhoon landed in Xiamen, the company could only rely on its own generators to generate electricity for production, but the fuel reserves were limited. The local authorities urgently coordinated and contacted the oil supply points and transportation vehicles respectively, which solved the company's urgent need. "The government departments are very efficient and helped us get through the difficulties." Fujii Takafusa said.
In June 2025, the "Several Measures of Xiamen City to Further Optimize the Foreign Investment Environment and Attract and Utilize Foreign Investment with Greater Efforts" was released, proposing to strengthen the support of development factors and improve the convenience of investment and operation, including strengthening the all-round guarantee of investment factors such as employment, project construction, finance, cross-border data flow, foreign-related funds and personnel exchanges, and further ensuring the deep cultivation and development of foreign-funded enterprises in Xiamen.
"We will continue to smooth the channels for communication and exchange between the government and enterprises, effectively guarantee the national treatment of foreign-funded enterprises in terms of access to factors, qualification permits, standard formulation, government procurement, etc., promote foreign-funded enterprises to accelerate local production and cooperation, and let foreign-funded enterprises invest in Fujian with peace of mind, reassurance, and confidence." The relevant person in charge of the Foreign Investment Department of the Fujian Provincial Department of Commerce said.
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Every morning when I arrive at the village Party branch, I first climb onto the second-floor balcony. Watching the bustling crowds of tourists at the Detian Waterfall (德天瀑布) scenic area not far away, and seeing various small trucks carrying renovation materials for homestays and restaurants coming and going, I feel especially at ease.
Our village is called Detian Village (德天村), located on the Sino-Vietnamese border in Daxin County (大新县), Chongzuo City (崇左市), Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区), right next to the Guichun River (归春河) and Detian Waterfall (德天瀑布), a waterfall connecting two countries. As soon as you enter the village, you can feel how prosperous this small village is. The exterior walls of the new homestays have just been painted, and the yards are piled with wood and stone. Villagers selling local specialties and running restaurants are busy attracting passing tourists. In 2025, Detian Waterfall (德天瀑布) received over 2 million tourists, more than double the number in 2019.
If you had asked 20 years ago, no one would have imagined that this remote little village would be so lively and busy.
Back then, Detian Village (德天村) was truly poor. The villagers lived on the mountainside, and most of their houses were mud-brick structures that leaked when it rained heavily. There was only a narrow, two-meter-wide dirt road leading out, and it was impossible to leave when it rained heavily. The average annual income was only a few hundred yuan. Young people couldn't be retained, and outsiders were unwilling to come.
In 1999, tourism development began at Detian Waterfall (德天瀑布), and the county prioritized arranging for villagers to participate in the construction and operation of the scenic area. That year, the villagers had a stable income at their doorstep for the first time. They realized that they could rely on this beautiful landscape to make a living from tourism and live a good life.
In 2012, the villagers had accumulated some savings, and the village Party branch took the lead in establishing a collective village tourism service company. 112 villagers invested, raising more than 10 million yuan in registered capital. To be honest, this decision was risky, but everyone trusted us and believed in this path to prosperity. Since its establishment, the company has been doing better and better. Especially three years ago, we leased out 49 small wooden houses as a whole, with a fixed annual rent of 2 million yuan, giving us more confidence to develop the village's collective economy.
The biggest change is still in the lives of the villagers. The scenic area and surrounding areas have provided employment for 258 villagers, with an average monthly income of over 3,000 yuan. During the peak tourist season, they can earn 7,000 to 8,000 yuan a month. In addition, some villagers have partnered to run hotels, some have opened specialty restaurants, and some have renovated their own houses to run homestays. Five years ago, there were only 8 homestays in the village; now, there are 50. The government provides support in overall planning, decoration style, and facade design, and also provides low-interest loans and interest subsidies. The cultural and tourism department invites advanced homestay service teams to the village to train everyone at least twice a year. From 2020 to 2025, the villagers' average annual income has increased significantly.
What's even more gratifying is that the villagers' awareness of ecological protection is getting stronger and stronger. Everyone often says: "If the waterfall water is clear, our rice bowls will be stable." Villagers working in the scenic area carry clips and bags with them, picking up floating debris immediately when they see it. The village organizes everyone to patrol the mountains every day, clearing garbage, monitoring pollution, and not slacking off even in wind and rain. Everyone knows that if the mountains are green and the water is clear, tourists will come often.
As life gets better and better, the village's cultural life is also becoming more lively. Basketball courts and Party building cultural activity rooms have been built and put into use one after another. Every year on the "March 3rd" festival, we also sing folk songs to each other across the river and throw embroidered balls, which is very lively. This year during the Spring Festival, our village plans to hold a spring welcoming garden party to celebrate the New Year with Vietnamese border residents. The Detian Waterfall (德天瀑布) scenic area also plans to hold a series of activities such as a Sino-Vietnamese intangible cultural heritage parade to celebrate the New Year. Everyone is looking forward to it!
Looking up at the rushing water of Detian Waterfall (德天瀑布) and then looking back at the well-arranged homestays in the village, I am very moved. Detian Village (德天村) can be what it is today because of this beautiful landscape, but even more so because of the good times and good policies. Recently, the villagers are spontaneously forming groups to go out for inspections and studies. We also want to improve the quality of our homestays, complete the public cultural facilities, and protect the green waters and lush mountains even better, attracting more tourists to visit and making the village even more prosperous.
(The author is the Party branch secretary of Detian Village (德天村), Daxin County (大新县), Chongzuo City (崇左市), Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区). This article was compiled and edited by Li Weijun (李维俊), a reporter from this newspaper.)
(Related new media reports can be found on the People's Daily National Party Media Information Public Platform "Big Country Small Village" Communication Cloud Platform, the Farmer's Daily official public account, and the "Xuexi Qiangguo" (学习强国) learning platform under the same name.)
Return to TopBy: 刘民坤
From a once impoverished border village where "mud-brick houses leaked rain and muddy roads were difficult to travel," to a now tourism-rich village attracting Chinese and foreign tourists, Detian Village (德天村) in Guangxi (广西) has explored a typical path of driving rural revitalization through tourism—achieving a leap from "being poor despite beautiful scenery" to "becoming rich by relying on the scenery" through scenic area employment, catering and homestays, and specialty businesses.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Guangxi (广西) has taken rural tourism as an important starting point for promoting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, with 47 villages selected as national key rural tourism villages and 6 towns selected as national key rural tourism towns. By implementing the "stringing beads into a chain" project, Guangxi (广西) has created a number of "culture and tourism + rural" integrated demonstration points, promoting infrastructure improvement, public service enhancement, and collective economic growth, truly achieving village revitalization and people's prosperity through tourism.
Rural tourism-driven development is an efficient path to optimize rural governance. The key to the current development of rural tourism lies in promoting the aggregation of factors such as capital, labor, and public services to the countryside through industrial embedding and institutional coordination. In the process of tourism development, Detian Village (德天村) has not only attracted local young people to return home to start businesses, but also driven social capital to invest in new business formats such as homestays, travel photography, and cross-border experiences, activating the endogenous power of the countryside.
Looking forward to the "15th Five-Year Plan," new rural tourism products, new business formats, and new scenarios are constantly enriching, promoting the expansion and quality improvement of cultural and tourism consumption. We must give full play to the "attraction field" role of rural tourism in factor aggregation, guide more factors such as funds, talents, technology, and information to flow to the countryside, and promote more "Detian Villages (德天村)" to achieve comprehensive rural revitalization.
(The author is a professor at the Guangxi University (广西大学) School of Business Administration, interviewed and compiled by Li Weijun (李维俊), a reporter from this newspaper.)
Return to TopAs the saying goes, "Once you've passed the Laba Festival, the New Year is just around the corner." January 26th this year marks the traditional Chinese Laba Festival, a day when people have the custom of drinking Laba porridge, and diverse activities are held across the country to welcome this festival.
The picture shows a construction site in Xinghua City (兴化市), Jiangsu Province (江苏省), where workers are enjoying Laba porridge.
Photo by Zhou Shegen (周社根) (Xinhua News Agency (新华社) Photo)
Return to Top(Kunming) Electric Power News, January 26 (Reporter: Ye Chuanzeng (叶传增)) The China-Laos 500 kV Interconnection Project (domestic section) has recently achieved full-line connectivity. The project connects Oudomxay Province and Luang Namtha Province in Laos with Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture (西双版纳傣族自治州) in Yunnan Province (云南省), China. It is divided into a 145-kilometer domestic section and a 32.5-kilometer Lao section, which are invested and constructed by China Southern Power Grid Company (中国南方电网公司) and Electricite Du Laos (老挝国家输电网公司) respectively. After the project is put into operation, it will form a 1.5 million kilowatt bidirectional power mutual assistance capacity, with an annual transmission of about 3 billion kilowatt-hours of clean energy.
The construction area of the project crosses tropical rainforest protected areas and ecologically sensitive areas such as the only Asian elephant habitat in China. The power grid company's infrastructure team has adopted a number of innovative measures. The project construction has reduced the erection of 15 cableways and more than 80,000 square meters of temporary land occupation, avoided the felling of more than 30,000 trees, and reduced construction disturbance in the protected area by more than 90%, effectively avoiding the core area of the forest area and biodiversity-rich areas, ensuring that the project minimizes disturbance to the ecology.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on January 26th (Reporter Zhang Cong (张璁)) Recently, the Ministry of Justice (司法部) announced the first list of "National Model Cities (Counties, Districts) for Law-Abiding and Law Popularization," including 50 regions such as Xicheng District (西城区) in Beijing (北京市) and Binhai New Area (滨海新区) in Tianjin (天津市).
It is reported that in November 2022, the Ministry of Justice (司法部) deployed and launched the "National Model Cities (Counties, Districts) for Law-Abiding and Law Popularization" creation activity. According to relevant plans, following the principles of objectivity, fairness, openness, transparency, practicality, and reducing the burden on grassroots levels, and after procedures such as voluntary application, preliminary provincial review, expert evaluation, social survey, and public announcement, and after careful study, the Ministry of Justice (司法部) decided to name the first batch of "National Model Cities (Counties, Districts) for Law-Abiding and Law Popularization."
The Ministry of Justice (司法部) organizes and carries out the "National Model Cities (Counties, Districts) for Law-Abiding and Law Popularization" creation activity, with each creation cycle lasting for 3 years, aiming to promote all regions to take demonstration creation as a starting point, take advanced models as benchmarks, implement the Law on Publicity and Education on the Legal System, integrate publicity and education on the legal system into legal practice, grassroots governance, and daily life, and create a good environment in the whole society that advocates the rule of law, abides by rules, respects contracts, and safeguards justice.
Return to TopChongqing (重庆), January 26th (People's Daily reporter Liu Xinwu (刘新吾)) On the 25th, the "New Strength · New Future" Chongqing (重庆) City Deepening and Expanding New Employment Group Friendly Scene Co-construction Activity was held. Relevant municipal departments released 100 friendly service projects for new employment groups and simultaneously launched a co-construction action for friendly scenes for new employment groups.
The co-construction action includes four items: Yu New Leading (渝新领航), Yu New Warm Heart (渝新暖心), Yu New Integration and Governance (渝新融治), and Yu New Intelligent Protection (渝新智护). It will unblock channels for reflecting demands, help new employment groups safeguard their legitimate rights and interests, release 100 "small and beautiful" care service measures such as skills training, legal aid, and childcare, release opportunity lists for grassroots governance, industry governance, and network governance, strengthen the "Emerging Field Smart Party Building" platform, and optimize applications such as "Little Brother is Here" to help new employment groups obtain more service resources with one click.
The Chongqing (重庆) Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development will promote the full opening of service applications and the full posting of friendly maps to achieve full-domain blind-spot-free digital access and navigation services; continue to densify the layout of warm new corners and centralized pick-up and delivery points, improve the quality of supporting services such as rest, drinking water, and charging, and create a "15-minute warm new service circle."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 吴月辉
On January 26, the 2025 China Top Ten Science and Technology Progress News and World Top Ten Science and Technology Progress News, sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院) and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (中国工程院), and voted by academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院院士) and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (中国工程院院士), were announced in Beijing (北京). The selected scientific and technological advances span a wide range, cover a broad scope, and have multiple levels. Many of the achievements can be quickly industrialized or laid out for the future. These iconic advances not only record today's breakthroughs, but also nurture the possibilities of tomorrow, and continue to promote human society towards a better future.
-- Editor
What noteworthy technological breakthroughs occurred in the past year of 2025? What changes will they bring to the world?
On January 26, the 2025 China Top Ten Science and Technology Progress News and World Top Ten Science and Technology Progress News, sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院) and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (中国工程院), and voted by academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院院士) and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (中国工程院院士), were announced in Beijing (北京).
The 2025 China Top Ten Science and Technology Progress News are: China's "artificial sun" EAST (EAST) creates a world record of "100 million degrees for 1,000 seconds"; DeepSeek (深度求索) Company launches Chinese AI with a different approach; Thorium-based molten salt reactor is built, and China's nuclear energy technology achieves a new breakthrough; China's liver cancer prediction system is on the cover of "Nature" magazine, serving the world; "Beinao-1 (北脑一号)" completes the first batch of wireless human full implantation; "From 0 to 1" discovers original innovative targets and candidate new drugs for Parkinson's disease; Superconducting quantum computing prototype machine "Zu Chongzhi-3 (祖冲之三号)" is launched; Chinese scientists successfully develop new hydrogen production technology; "Black Soil Granary (黑土粮仓)" science and technology campaign achieves major breakthroughs in the protection technology of the entire black soil area; Chinese scientists have made new breakthroughs in the field of 6G wireless communication.
The 2025 World Top Ten Science and Technology Progress News are: Brain-computer interface allows patients to speak and sing emotionally for the first time, and can convert thoughts into language in real time; "Electron-photon-quantum" integrated chip system is born; The largest black hole merger event in history is detected, challenging the black hole formation model; Scientists discover the highest energy neutrino to date, 20 times higher than previous detections; The first visible "time crystal" is launched; Genetically modified pig organ transplantation sets a survival time record; Ground-based telescopes detect cosmic signals from 13 billion years ago for the first time; The largest cosmic map to date is released; The largest brain "map" in history describes a large number of neurons and their activities in detail; "DeepMind" announces that artificial intelligence test scores reach the level of a gold medal in the International Mathematical Olympiad.
According to Jiang Ming (姜明), a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协委员) and director of the Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院东北地理与农业生态研究所), the China Top Ten Science and Technology Progress News selected this time presents three major characteristics: First, it faces the forefront of world science and technology, such as the "artificial sun" EAST (EAST) creating a world record of "100 million degrees for 1,000 seconds," and DeepSeek (深度求索) launching Chinese AI; Second, it faces major national needs, such as the "Black Soil Granary (黑土粮仓)" science and technology campaign achieving breakthroughs in the protection technology of the entire black soil area, and the construction of 6G wireless communication; Third, it faces the people's life and health, such as the development of candidate new drugs for Parkinson's disease and the research and development of China's liver cancer prediction system. These news are hot topics of common concern to the public and the scientific and technological community.
Ma Ding (马丁), academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院院士) and professor at Peking University (北京大学), believes that this "double top ten" achievement spans a wide range, covers a broad scope, and has multiple levels, and many achievements can be quickly industrialized or laid out for the future. The selection highlights two major characteristics: original breakthroughs and closeness to the national economy and people's livelihood, that is, "new" and "useful." "After years of efforts, China's science and technology has shown a vigorous development trend, with breakthroughs in basic research and frequent good news from large scientific installations, showing a strong momentum. The development of science and technology is becoming more and more closely integrated with national needs and people's well-being," said Ma Ding (马丁).
The activity of selecting the annual China/World Top Ten Science and Technology Progress News by academicians of the two academies has been held for 32 times. After the selection results are reported by news media, the public further understands the development trends of science and technology at home and abroad, which plays a positive role in popularizing cutting-edge scientific knowledge.
"Science and technology is an important force driving the wheels of history forward and reshaping the development pattern. The release of the 'double top ten' selection results in previous years will have a wide and profound impact," said Wu Chaohui (吴朝晖), vice president and deputy secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院副院长、党组副书记). Focusing on China, we use exquisite skills to manipulate the most fundamental structural information units of matter; we bravely break into restricted areas and create extreme environments on Earth that nurture the energy of stars; we integrate and connect, allowing computational science to have in-depth dialogue with the code of life, and empowering the Internet of Everything with intelligent technology. Looking at the world, technological progress is constantly breaking through the boundaries of imagination: life sciences continue the hope of healing, human understanding of the universe is moving to a deeper dimension, and the era of intelligence and quantum is accelerating. "These iconic advances not only record today's breakthroughs, but also nurture the possibilities of tomorrow, and continue to promote human society towards a better future," said Wu Chaohui (吴朝晖).
Li Zhongping (李仲平), member of the Party Leadership Group and vice president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (中国工程院党组成员、副院长), said that the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation is accelerating, the global innovation landscape is undergoing profound adjustments, and technological competition is becoming increasingly fierce. Facing new situations, new opportunities, and new challenges, we must not only aim at the forefront of world science and technology and bravely enter the "no man's land," but also closely focus on major national needs, overcome key problems, and respond to people's concerns and make up for development shortcomings.
"'Double Top Ten' selection and release activities not only open a window for the public to gain insight into global cutting-edge technology, but also inspire more young talents to embrace the forefront of science and technology and devote themselves to the wave of innovation. I firmly believe that all sectors will work together and forge ahead hand in hand, and China's science and technology cause will continue to write a new chapter of leapfrog development, injecting a continuous stream of scientific and technological impetus into the advancement of Chinese-style modernization," said Li Zhongping (李仲平).
Return to TopOn January 20, 2025, China's Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), known as the "artificial sun," successfully sustained high-quality and stable operation of plasma at an extremely high temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius for 1066 seconds, setting a new world record.
"This is an important breakthrough in the field of controlled nuclear fusion energy research, laying a key technological foundation for the future development of clean and efficient nuclear fusion energy," said Song Yuntao (宋云涛), Vice President of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院合肥物质科学研究院).
In recent years, EAST has continuously created and broken world records. Compared with previous achievements, this "100 million degrees for a thousand seconds" record not only achieved the dual challenge of extremely high temperature and ultra-long-time steady-state operation, but also made significant progress in high-confinement mode plasma control.
High-confinement mode operation is the basic mode for steady-state operation of future fusion experimental reactors and engineering reactors because of its high efficiency and strong economy. However, it is challenging and difficult to achieve long-pulse steady-state high-confinement mode on experimental devices.
"The biggest challenge lies in how to simultaneously achieve the coordinated control of three extreme conditions: 'extremely high temperature,' 'thousand-second duration,' and 'high-confinement mode'," Song Yuntao (宋云涛) said. "This achievement embodies decades of continuous research and collective wisdom of Chinese researchers." In this process, the research team, through independent research and development, solved a series of cutting-edge physical and engineering technical problems such as the physical integration of the plasma core and boundary, and the interaction between plasma and the wall.
The realization of the 100 million degree thousand-second level steady-state high-confinement mode fully verifies the feasibility of steady-state operation of the high-confinement mode of the fusion reactor. It is a major turning point in the fusion research from basic scientific research to engineering practice, and it has moved the research and development process of fusion energy forward a big step.
"The experiment provides key data for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) and the construction and operation of China's (中国) future fusion reactors, and contributes Chinese wisdom to the final solution of energy problems," said Song Yuntao (宋云涛).
Magnetic confinement fusion research is like a marathon. Not only must you run fast, but you must also run far. Next, the team will aim at the commercial application of future fusion energy in all aspects such as plasma density and plasma temperature, and conduct further research.
Return to TopThe "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal suggests proactively planning for future industries, exploring diverse technological routes, typical application scenarios, feasible business models, and market regulatory rules, promoting quantum technology, bio-manufacturing, hydrogen energy and nuclear fusion energy, brain-computer interfaces, embodied intelligence, and sixth-generation mobile communication to become new economic growth points.
As the next generation of wireless communication networks, 6G needs to meet the high-speed transmission of wireless signals in various frequency bands under diversified scenarios. However, traditional electronics hardware is only suitable for a single frequency band, and devices in different frequency bands have different designs, structures, and materials, making it difficult to achieve cross-frequency band or full-frequency band range operation.
In response, the joint team composed of Professor Wang Xingjun (王兴军), Researcher Shu Haowen (舒浩文) of Peking University (北京大学), and Professor Wang Cheng (王骋) of City University of Hong Kong (香港城市大学) has successfully developed an ultra-wideband optoelectronic integrated system for 6G communication, realizing high-speed wireless communication with full-frequency band and flexible tunability for the first time, providing a guarantee for more smooth and reliable 6G wireless communication in the future.
Wang Xingjun (王兴军), Vice Dean and Professor of the School of Electronics of Peking University (北京大学电子学院), said: "This is like 6G communication having an ultra-wide high-speed highway. In the past, signals could only squeeze into one or two lanes, but now there are more lanes to choose from, and they can run faster."
The preparation of ultra-high frequency optoelectronic integrated chips is a research hotspot at home and abroad. Many teams around the world are carrying out work at the same time, launching an offensive against this technology. Facing the competition, the research teams of Peking University (北京大学) and City University of Hong Kong (香港城市大学), even though separated by thousands of miles, trust and support each other, and have achieved efficient cooperation.
"By implanting AI algorithms, the new system will give rise to more flexible and intelligent AI wireless networks, which can not only be applied in a variety of complex scenarios, simultaneously realize real-time data transmission and accurate environmental perception, but also automatically avoid interference signals, making network signal transmission safer and smoother," said Wang Xingjun (王兴军).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 施 芳
On the shore of Beihai, glazed tiles gleam. On January 22nd, the Liuli Pavilion Courtyard was officially handed over to Beihai Park (北海公园) by the Beijing Archaeological Research Institute (北京市考古研究院). The "Western Paradise of the Buddhist Realm" (西天梵境) in Beihai, with a history of over 400 years, has been restored to its complete appearance and will be open to the public in the future.
Zhang Zhonghua (张中华), Director of the Beijing Archaeological Research Institute (北京市考古研究院), introduced that the Liuli Pavilion Courtyard is an important part of the "Western Paradise of the Buddhist Realm" (西天梵境) architectural complex in Beihai, belonging to its third courtyard. The buildings are, in order, the Huayan Qingjie Hall (华严清界殿) with double-eaved hip roof, the Seven Buddha Pagoda Pavilion (七佛塔亭) with double-eaved pointed roof, and the Liuli Pavilion (琉璃阁) with triple-eaved hip roof. The ingeniously designed Liuli Pavilion Courtyard showcases the superb skills and engineering wisdom of ancient Chinese architecture. It is a model of royal garden architecture construction in the mid-Qing Dynasty and an important symbol of the unity and cultural integration of the Chinese nation.
Since 1955, the Liuli Pavilion Courtyard has been used as the office and cultural relic storage place of the Beijing cultural relic archaeological institution for more than 70 years. "The entire courtyard covers an area of more than 4,000 square meters, with an actual usable area of more than 1,700 square meters," Zhang Zhonghua (张中华) introduced. Although the office space was very cramped, the three ancient buildings were not used as office space, thus preserving the original appearance of the cultural relics to the greatest extent. Some necessary facilities added to the courtyard also adopted reversible principles, basically without changing the original state of the cultural relics.
Over the past 70 years, while doing a good job in daily monitoring, several generations of archaeologists have carried out multiple maintenance and repairs on the Liuli Pavilion Courtyard, including weeding and soil consolidation, checking and repairing rain leaks, and replacing tiles, guarding this cultural treasure. "The principle of minimal intervention was followed during the renovation process, and every brick and tile to be replaced had to undergo careful evaluation," said Li Weiwei (李卫伟), a researcher at the Beijing Archaeological Research Institute (北京市考古研究院).
After the successful application for the Beijing Central Axis (北京中轴线) to become a World Heritage Site, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Heritage (北京市文物局) took the initiative to apply for the evacuation of the Liuli Pavilion Courtyard, making it a landmark achievement of the second batch of cultural relic evacuation, protection, and utilization projects in the core area of the capital's function. "After 70 years of being together day and night, we are full of reluctance for this site that is soaked with the hard work and feelings of archaeologists, but we know even more deeply that letting it return to the public eye is not only a responsible act that takes the overall situation into account, but also a pragmatic move to make cultural relics 'come alive'," Zhang Zhonghua (张中华) said.
Zhang Lixin (张立新), Director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Heritage (北京市文物局), said that the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Heritage (北京市文物局) will work with the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Parks and Green Spaces (北京市园林绿化局) to strive to open the Liuli Pavilion Courtyard to the public as soon as possible, helping to preserve and pass on cultural heritage in a living state.
Gao Dawei (高大伟), Director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Parks and Green Spaces (北京市园林绿化局), introduced that historical famous gardens and their existing cultural relics and ancient buildings are cultural symbols of the ancient city of Beijing (北京). In recent years, Beijing (北京) has completed the evacuation of many ancient buildings and courtyards in the heritage sites of the Central Axis (中轴线), the old city protection area, and the "Three Hills and Five Gardens" (三山五园) historical and cultural area, adding more than 90,000 square meters of tourist open area, and the integrity and authenticity of historical famous gardens have been significantly restored. "After this handover, relevant departments will do a good job in the inspection and preventive protection of ancient buildings, the overall improvement of the environment around cultural relics, and the revitalization and utilization under the premise of protection, guarding the symbiotic relationship between ancient buildings, landscapes, and the city," Gao Dawei (高大伟) said.
Ren Kai (任凯), Deputy Director of Beihai Park (北海公园), introduced that before the opening of the Liuli Pavilion Courtyard, a series of tasks such as the renovation of cultural relics, the construction of supporting facilities, and the planning of tourist routes will be carried out. "The Liuli Pavilion (琉璃阁) is a rare masterpiece among the existing glazed buildings. We are considering developing some glazed handmade cultural and creative and experience projects to better revitalize and utilize the courtyard. At the same time, we will deeply explore the historical connotation of the Liuli Pavilion (琉璃阁), hold exhibitions, and allow more people to feel the unique charm of glazed architecture up close."
Return to TopThis newspaper's Guangzhou (广州) dispatch on January 26th (Reporter: Li Zong (李纵)) The 2026 "Intangible Cultural Heritage Celebrates the New Year: Discovering the Taste of the Chinese New Year" theme promotion and Intangible Cultural Heritage New Year Shopping Month was launched on the 26th in Guangzhou (广州), Guangdong Province (广东省).
Various regions will focus on themes such as "Lighting Up Chinese Lanterns," "Gourmet Family Reunion," and "Celebrating the New Year in Intangible Cultural Heritage Museums," and will carry out a series of characteristic activities during the Spring Festival to create new consumption scenarios for experiencing intangible cultural heritage and create a warm, peaceful, and joyful festive atmosphere. The "Intangible Cultural Heritage Celebrates the New Year: The Strongest New Year Flavor in My Hometown" video live broadcast event, co-sponsored by the Bureau of Internet Communication of the Central Cyberspace Administration (中央网信办网络传播局) and the Intangible Cultural Heritage Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部非物质文化遗产司), was launched simultaneously.
This event promotes good Intangible Cultural Heritage products from various regions and releases measures to benefit the people. The Intangible Cultural Heritage Trendy Market sets up exhibition areas for "Discovering the Taste of the Chinese New Year," "Renewing Appearance with Chinese Clothing," and "Trendy National Style Good Products." More than 130 representative Intangible Cultural Heritage projects from 15 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities, as well as Hong Kong (香港) and Macau (澳门), will be displayed and sold on-site. Representative inheritors of Intangible Cultural Heritage will enter the live broadcast room to promote and sell characteristic Intangible Cultural Heritage products and tell stories of protection and inheritance. The Intangible Cultural Heritage New Year Shopping Month will last until March 3rd. Various regions will launch a batch of Intangible Cultural Heritage products, tourism routes, and experience services suitable for consumption during the Spring Festival, promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage to become a new hotspot and new driving force for innovative consumption scenarios and stimulating consumption vitality.
During the same period, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism (广东省文化和旅游厅) held a series of activities throughout the province called "Guangdong Goods Travel the World, Gourmet Food in Guangdong (广东)."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 孙海天
The "Pinduoduo Cup" Third Science and Technology Backyard Competition recently concluded in Sanya (三亚), Hainan Province (海南省). With the theme of "Solving People's Livelihood, Pursuing Academic Inquiry," the competition, held for the third time since 2020, has cumulatively driven nearly 5,000 agricultural graduate students to transform classroom theory into innovative results that solve practical problems, contributing to the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas and the construction of a strong agricultural country.
"The purchase price of ordinary wheat is 1.2 yuan per pound, while the price of our high-quality wheat can be increased by 15%. If it is processed into high-quality flour, the added value will be greatly improved." At the finals, the "Wheat to the Future" team from the China Agricultural University (中国农业大学) Hebei Quzhou Liuzhuang Science and Technology Backyard (河北曲周刘庄科技小院), which won first prize, calculated the accounts: through e-commerce platforms and live streaming, cumulative sales exceeded 20,000 pieces.
"This bamboo shoot is developed and cultivated by ourselves, try it!" At the finals, the players from the Southwest University of Science and Technology (西南科技大学) Sichuan "Ebian Bamboo for Shoots" Science and Technology Backyard (四川“峨边笋用竹”科技小院), who also won first prize, enthusiastically greeted the passing audience. The team's various bamboo shoot products, such as Longxu bamboo shoots, dried bamboo shoots, and cold-eaten bamboo shoots, are being sold to various places through e-commerce platforms.
"The competition provides a practical platform for young talents to innovate and start businesses, and exercises their comprehensive abilities," said Zhang Fushuo (张福锁), academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (中国工程院).
Donating 2 million yuan to support the research and development of special fertilizer for the "Green Ton and a Half Grain" in the Quzhou County Science and Technology Backyard (曲周县科技小院) in Handan City (邯郸市), Hebei Province (河北省); supporting the government and universities in building the "Digital Commerce Revitalizing Agriculture Science and Technology Backyard" in Gusheng Village (古生村), Dali (大理), Yunnan (云南), focusing on cultivating "new farmers" who understand both technology and the market; exploring facility agriculture, future agriculture, and cutting-edge agricultural technology... In recent years, Pinduoduo (拼多多) has provided systematic support for science and technology backyards. At the same time, it uses multiple competitions as a bridge to promote agriculture from technological breakthroughs to talent rooting, and continues to explore new paths for science and technology to help agriculture.
"By building a high-level development platform, we are constantly attracting innovative enterprises and talents to participate in agricultural technology innovation," said Zhu Zheng (朱政), Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer of Pinduoduo Group (拼多多集团). The company launched the "100 Billion Support" plan, which clearly allocates special funds for cutting-edge competitions to accelerate the transformation of agricultural scientific and technological achievements from the laboratory to commercial applications. At the same time, it jointly held the "Global Agri-Entrepreneurship Competition" with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (联合国粮农组织) and other institutions to create a resource integration platform for start-ups and agricultural technology entrepreneurs. The ideas of the winners can be widely disseminated through international forums.
In May 2025, students from Peru (秘鲁), Uganda (乌干达), Kenya (肯尼亚) and other countries entered the science and technology backyard in Gusheng Village (古生村), Dali (大理), Yunnan (云南) to learn advanced agricultural technologies and concepts, and through sharing sessions, exchanged agricultural development experiences and innovative practices in their respective countries.
"We hope to introduce global wisdom through international cooperation and promote Chinese solutions to the world," said Hou Kaidi (侯凯笛), Vice President of Pinduoduo (拼多多). This two-way dialogue not only allowed international youth to see the details of Chinese rural practices, but also gave the local "backyard experience" a global perspective.
From laboratories, fields to the international stage, with competitions as a fulcrum, Pinduoduo (拼多多) strives to explore agricultural assistance practices covering technology, talent, market and global cooperation.
Hou Kaidi (侯凯笛) said: "In the next three years, the company will rely on the '100 Billion Support' plan to further leverage the resource advantages of the digital platform, help global agricultural talent training, agricultural research and technology innovation, let the fields bear technological fruits, and inject impetus into the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas."
Return to TopThis newspaper Changsha (长沙), January 26th (Reporter Yang Xun (杨迅)) "Spring Breeze Gains Art - Horse Year Welcomes New Non-material Cultural Heritage Art Exhibition" recently opened at the Meixihu (梅溪湖) Art Museum in Changsha (长沙), Hunan (湖南).
The exhibition takes the Year of the Horse and folk art as its theme, showcasing over 600 works from various regions. It brings together various intangible cultural heritage projects such as woodblock New Year paintings, Mashe (马勺) facial masks, paper-cutting, and clay sculptures, systematically presenting the symbolic meaning of "horse" in Chinese folk art and its cultural connection with festive life and seasonal customs.
The exhibition is divided into 10 thematic units, including "Opening Doors to Welcome Fortune," "Shehuo (社火) Celebrates Spring," and "Joyful Children's Faces," outlining a folk art landscape that extends from New Year's blessings to the myriad aspects of the seasons. It transforms folk art into an immersive experience space that can be walked through and felt.
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Both law and morality play a role in regulating social behavior and maintaining social order. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized, "To govern a country and society, we must grasp the rule of law and the rule of virtue with both hands," and "A distinct characteristic of the path of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics is the adherence to the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue, emphasizing that the rule of law and the rule of virtue must be grasped with both hands and both must be strong." As an important component of Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on the rule of law, adhering to the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue is a brilliant example of adhering to the "two combinations," especially the "second combination." Based on summarizing historical experience and grasping the laws of governing the country, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) combined Marxist legal theory with China's specific reality and with China's outstanding traditional legal culture, profoundly elucidating the dialectical relationship between law and morality, the rule of law and the rule of virtue, and profoundly answering major theoretical and practical questions such as what is the combination of adhering to governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue, why should we adhere to the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue, and how to adhere to the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue. This not only expands our party's understanding of the laws of governing the country, but also enriches and develops Marxist legal theory, providing a clear direction and fundamental guidance for unswervingly following the path of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics. We must deeply understand the original contributions contained in adhering to the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue, and continuously improve our ability to combine governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue in the process of studying, thinking, and practicing Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on the rule of law.
Excavating and inheriting the essence of China's outstanding traditional legal culture of combining virtue and law to provide rich cultural nourishment for adhering to the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized, "To govern China well today, we need to have an in-depth understanding of our country's history and traditional culture, and we also need to actively summarize the explorations and wisdom of our ancient governance." Marxism believes that law and morality both belong to the category of the superstructure, are determined by the economic base, reflect and serve specific relations of production, and have both differences and connections, and interact with each other. In the long historical process, China has formed a unique Chinese legal system in the history of world legal systems, accumulated a profound legal culture, and created a unique Chinese legal civilization. Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on the rule of law always dialectically views Chinese legal civilization with a Marxist materialist historical view, profoundly grasps the essential characteristics of ancient Chinese rule of law and rule of virtue, adheres to the "two combinations" to continuously promote the creative transformation and innovative development of the tradition of combining virtue and law in the practice of building a rule of law China in the new era, endowing Chinese legal civilization with new era connotations, and providing rich cultural nourishment for adhering to the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue.
Clarify that both the rule of law and the rule of virtue are important means of governing the country. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that law and morality "both have their place and function in national governance," "Throughout history, the rule of law and the rule of virtue have been indispensable and important means of governing the country," and "Our country has a very rich history of emphasizing both ritual and law, and the idea of combining virtue and law." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) adhered to and applied the Marxist worldview and methodology, comprehensively summarized the wisdom and experience of ancient China in governing the country, and profoundly discussed the important status and role of the two means of governing the country, the rule of law and the rule of virtue, in our history. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) quoted ancient sayings such as "If those who uphold the law are strong, the country is strong; if those who uphold the law are weak, the country is weak" and "If laws and orders are implemented, the country is governed; if laws and orders are relaxed, the country is chaotic," clarifying the fundamental role of the rule of law in ancient Chinese national governance, and creatively transforming and innovatively developing the ideological essence into theoretical expressions with era value, emphasizing that "Law is an important tool for governing the country, and the rule of law is an important support for the national governance system and governance capacity" and "Governance according to law is the most reliable and stable governance," etc.; drawing on ancient Chinese virtue governance wisdom such as "Governing with virtue is like the North Star, residing in its place while all the stars revolve around it" and "Guiding them with virtue, regulating them with ritual, they will have a sense of shame and be upright," he explained the important role of virtue governance in political life and the normative and educational role of morality on citizens' behavior, and put forward the important requirements of "clarifying great virtue, abiding by public virtue, and strictly observing private virtue." These important discussions corrected the historical nihilism and cultural nihilism's disregard and distortion of China's outstanding traditional legal culture, demonstrating the profound foundation of adhering to the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue.
In-depth excavation of the ideological essence of the combination of virtue and law in ancient China. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "In ancient China, it was advocated that the people are the foundation of the country, and those who gain the people gain the country; that ritual and law should be combined, and virtue should be the main and punishment should be supplementary; that the most important thing in governing is to obtain talent, and the first thing in governing a country is to govern officials; that governing with virtue means rectifying oneself and cultivating oneself; that one should be mindful of danger in times of peace and change and reform, etc., all of which can give people important inspiration." Emphasizing both ritual and law, and combining virtue and law, is a governance concept that has been practiced in ancient China for a long time, and it is also a distinct feature of the Chinese legal system. The "ritual" in ancient China was a comprehensive system covering political systems, social norms, and cultural rituals, aimed at ensuring social stability, maintaining hierarchical order, and promoting moral education. It had both the attributes of "law" and was a carrier of "virtue." During the pre-Qin period, the Legalists proposed the governance proposition of "governing the country according to law," and the Confucians proposed "governing with virtue" and "emphasizing ritual and valuing law"; the Tang Dynasty formed a pattern of combining virtue and law, with "virtue and ritual as the foundation of politics and education, and punishment as the use of politics and education," strengthening inner guidance with morality and restricting behavior with law; thereafter, the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties basically continued the tradition of combining virtue and law. Combining virtue and law demonstrates the profound foundation of Chinese legal civilization and is also a great creation of the Chinese nation in national governance. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) deeply excavated the ideological essence of the combination of virtue and law in ancient China, and summarized the conclusion that "Although the ancients had different understandings of the status and role of virtue and law, the vast majority advocated the use of both virtue and law," laying a solid historical and cultural foundation for adhering to the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue.
Scientific evaluation of the governance effect of combining the rule of law and the rule of virtue. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Looking at the ancient history of our country, periods when the rule of law and the rule of virtue were used properly were mostly able to achieve better governance and development." In Chinese history, the Zhou Dynasty, which emphasized ritual governance, gradually formed the governance concept of controlling punishment with virtue and guiding political orders with virtue. The imbalance between "ritual" and "punishment" led to "the collapse of ritual and the ruin of music," exposing the governance loopholes of the absence of law; the Qin Dynasty, which emphasized "governing according to law," achieved great unification, but also quickly perished due to tyranny and harsh laws, "benevolence and righteousness were not implemented, and the situation of attack and defense was different." In comparison, periods when ritual and law were emphasized together, and virtue and law were combined, were mostly periods of good governance, such as the Reign of Wen and Jing, the Reign of Zhenguan, and the Reign of Kaiyuan. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) not only conducted in-depth investigations into the rise and fall of dynasties in our country with a far-reaching historical perspective, but also carefully distinguished the practical experience of foreign rule of law and rule of virtue with a broad world vision. On the basis of summarizing the successes and failures of ancient Chinese rule of law and rule of virtue, and pointing out that "In our history, there have also been propositions of purely relying on the rule of law and purely relying on moral education, but they are often difficult to implement to the end in practice," he profoundly pointed out that "The same is true in foreign countries. All countries with relatively effective governance pay attention to the rule of law and also pay attention to using morality to regulate people's behavior. Purely isolated virtue governance or rule of law cannot govern the country well," profoundly grasping the historical logic of adhering to the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue.
Scientifically revealing the dialectical relationship between law and morality, the rule of law and the rule of virtue from the height of national governance modernization, and consolidating the theoretical foundation for adhering to the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue.
Adhering to the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue is not only the inheritance and development of China's outstanding traditional legal culture, but also a profound grasp of the laws of governing the country. Since the reform and opening up, our party has continuously explored and promoted the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue. Comrade Deng Xiaoping (邓小平) proposed "We must develop socialist democracy and strengthen the socialist legal system" and "Build socialist spiritual civilization." Comrade Jiang Zemin (江泽民) proposed "Adhere to grasping both material civilization and spiritual civilization, and implement the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue." Comrade Hu Jintao (胡锦涛) proposed "We must adhere to the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue, vigorously carry out ideal and belief education, and earnestly strengthen ideological and moral construction."
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has positioned the rule of law, planned the rule of law, and strictly enforced the rule of law from the overall and strategic height of adhering to and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics, and has determined that adhering to the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue is one of the important principles that must be adhered to in order to achieve the overall goal of comprehensively promoting the rule of law, which is to build a socialist rule of law system with Chinese characteristics and build a socialist rule of law country. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) grasped the general trend of history and the trend of the times, and profoundly explained the dialectical unity relationship between law and morality from the height of the "two combinations," deeply expounding the internal logic and scientific methods of combining the rule of law and the rule of virtue, and consolidating the theoretical foundation for adhering to the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue.
Scientifically explain the differences and connections between law and morality in terms of scope of adjustment. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Law is written morality, and morality is inner law," "**法安天下，德润人心** (fǎ ān tiān xià, dé rùn rén xīn - "law secures the country, virtue enriches the people's hearts," law ensures stability and morality nurtures the people)," "Law is a standard, which must be followed at all times; morality is a cornerstone, which must not be ignored at any time." These important discussions clearly indicate the differences and connections between law and morality in terms of scope of adjustment. Law, as a "standard," is a normative system formulated by the state and guaranteed by the state's coercive force, adjusting the behavior of social members and maintaining social order. It has the characteristics of rigid constraints, but it does not directly regulate people's thoughts and concepts. Morality is expressed as self-disciplinary social norms, exists in people's thoughts and concepts and social public opinion, can regulate almost all social relations, and can shape social civilization through education, but lacks rigid enforcement means. From the perspective of regulating the behavior of social members and adjusting social relations, morality is the foundation of law, and law is the guarantee of morality; morality can play a role in areas where law is difficult to regulate; and law can punish behaviors that morality is powerless to restrain.
Deeply reveal the functional advantages of law and morality and their complementary relationship. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Both law and morality have the functions of regulating social behavior, adjusting social relations, and maintaining social order, and both have their place and function in national governance," "Law regulates people's behavior and can forcibly punish illegal behavior, but it cannot replace solving people's ideological and moral problems," "Law is heteronomy, and morality is self-discipline, and the two need to be used together." Law and morality are both behavioral norms of human society and important means of national governance, and both take maintaining fairness and justice and safeguarding the interests of the people as their value orientation, and are the unity of institutional rationality and value rationality. At the same time, the attributes of law and morality are different, and their functions are also different. Law has the functional advantages of compulsory enforcement, maintaining order, and stabilizing society; morality has the functional advantages of flexible education, guiding towards goodness, and warming people's hearts. This functional difference means that the two are both independent and irreplaceable, and complementary and inseparable. Without the external hard constraints of law, morality will not be effectively guaranteed; without the internal soft constraints of morality, law will not be consciously followed. The rule of law and the rule of virtue are inseparable and indispensable, and national governance requires the synergy of law and morality.
Systematically summarize the internal logic and scientific methods of combining the rule of law and the rule of virtue. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Under the new historical conditions, we must implement the basic strategy of governing the country according to law and the basic method of governing by law, and build a rule of law China well. We must adhere to the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue, so that the rule of law and the rule of virtue can complement each other, promote each other, and achieve mutual benefit in national governance." The complementarity of law and morality in terms of function and role determines that the rule of law and the rule of virtue are inseparable and indispensable, and inevitably requires adhering to the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue in national governance, so that the two complement each other. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) innovatively applied the dialectical unity relationship between law and morality to the practice of promoting the modernization of national governance, scientifically revealing the necessity and inevitability of adhering to the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue for promoting the modernization of national governance. On this basis, he deeply grasped the focus of combining the rule of law and the rule of virtue, and further elaborated on the scientific methods of achieving mutual complementation and mutual promotion between the two. On the one hand, he emphasized that "Using the rule of law to carry moral concepts, morality has reliable institutional support," requiring the integration of moral requirements into the construction of the rule of law, using the power of the rule of law to guide the whole society to advocate virtue and goodness, giving play to the function of punishing evil and promoting good, and promoting the improvement of the moral quality of the whole society; on the other hand, he emphasized that "No matter how many and how good laws are, they must be transformed into people's inner consciousness before they can be truly followed by people," requiring the nourishment of the spirit of the rule of law with morality and strengthening the supporting role of morality on the culture of the rule of law. This profoundly shows that people's recognition of the law is fundamentally the recognition of the morality it contains; people's compliance with the law must stem from the improvement of moral consciousness. Only by adhering to the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue can we promote the combination of the two at a higher level and in a deeper level, and in a better form.
Accurately grasp the practical requirements of adhering to the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue, and promote the construction of a socialist rule of law country to a higher level.
The "Suggestions" of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China clarified the main goals of economic and social development during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, including "the construction of a socialist rule of law country reaching a higher level." Adhering to the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue provides important assistance for promoting the construction of a socialist rule of law country to a higher level. We must take Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on the rule of law as a guide, deeply understand, adhere to, and apply the scientific methods of the "two combinations," deepen the understanding of the laws of adhering to the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue, better grasp its practical requirements, and continuously integrate the experience and wisdom of China's outstanding traditional legal culture into the practice of comprehensively governing the country according to law, and strive to achieve **法安天下，德润人心** (fǎ ān tiān xià, dé rùn rén xīn - "law secures the country, virtue enriches the people's hearts," law ensures stability and morality nurtures the people).
Make socialist rule of law a good law and good governance. Based on the vivid practice of building a rule of law China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) deeply investigated the internal laws of the development of the rule of law in contemporary China, and clearly pointed out that "Accelerating the improvement of the socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics, promoting development with good laws and ensuring good governance" and "Making socialist rule of law a good law and good governance," profoundly indicating that socialist rule of law takes good law and good governance as its direction. To this end, first of all, we must establish good laws, improve the quality of legislation, and ensure that the formulated laws and regulations must establish a clear moral orientation, promote virtues and righteous deeds, and must conform to the will of the people and reflect fairness and justice. On this basis, we must seek good governance and give full play to the synergistic role of the rule of law and the rule of virtue. We must adhere to strict law enforcement and impartial justice to enhance the credibility of the law, and we must also encourage and guide the people to establish faith in the rule of law and enhance their awareness of the rule of law, laying a solid mass foundation for strictly enforcing the rule of law, and better transforming the advantages of the socialist rule of law into the effectiveness of national governance.
Integrate socialist core values into the construction of the rule of law. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Core values are actually a kind of virtue, which is not only the virtue of individuals, but also a great virtue, which is the virtue of the country and the virtue of society." Socialist core values are a powerful force for uniting people's hearts and gathering people's strength, and they are the soul of the construction of the socialist rule of law. The "virtue" advocated in contemporary China is mainly reflected in socialist core values. Integrating socialist core values into the construction of the rule of law is an inevitable requirement for adhering to the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue. My country's constitution stipulates that "The state advocates socialist core values," providing the highest legal basis for integrating socialist core values into the construction of the rule of law. We must integrate socialist core values into all aspects of the entire process of comprehensively governing the country according to law, adhere to scientific legislation, and promote the integration of socialist core values into legislation; adhere to strict law enforcement, promote truth, goodness, and beauty, and combat falsehood, evil, and ugliness, and use the power of the rule of law to maintain morality and unite people's hearts; adhere to impartial justice, give play to the function of judicial adjudication in resolving disputes and punishing evil and promoting good; and in accordance with the basic requirements of socialist core values, improve the rules and regulations of all walks of life, improve citizens' conventions, village regulations and folk agreements, student codes of conduct, and other behavioral guidelines, promote socialist core values to become the basic guidelines for people's daily work and life, and promote universal law-abiding.
Reflecting the requirements of the rule of law in the moral system and highlighting the legal connotations in moral education. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "For the law to play its role, the whole society must first believe in the law; for morality to be observed, the moral quality of all the people must be improved." The whole society's respect for the law, learning the law, abiding by the law, and using the law must be based on the people's recognition of the moral standards and values contained in the law. Moral education is a process of persuading people to be kind and promoting beauty, and morality provides broad value guidance and deep cultural support for the rule of law. On the one hand, it is necessary to promote the connection, coordination, and mutual promotion of the moral system and legal norms. For example, the "Implementation Outline for the Construction of Civic Morality in the New Era" issued in 2019 requires grasping the moral construction of cyberspace, cultivating civilized and self-disciplined online behavior, and maintaining the order of online morality, which is in the same direction as the legal provisions of the Cybersecurity Law implemented in 2017 regarding "the state advocates honest, trustworthy, healthy, and civilized online behavior," and jointly promotes the creation of a clear and upright cyberspace. On the other hand, it is necessary to highlight the legal connotations in moral education, continuously improve people's legal literacy through moral education, combine legal norms and moral norms, promote social morality and professional ethics construction, carry out in-depth family virtues and personal ethics education, and enhance the moral foundation of the rule of law.
Using the rule of law to solve outstanding problems in the moral field. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "It is necessary to strengthen the rectification of immoral behaviors that the masses strongly reflect in accordance with the law." Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, significant achievements have been made in the construction of civic morality, and people's ideological awareness, moral standards, and civilization literacy have been continuously improved, and the moral field has shown a positive, healthy, and upward trend. At the same time, it must also be seen that the level of civic morality construction is still somewhat unadapted and uncoordinated with the requirements of economic and social development, and it is necessary to carry out in-depth special governance of outstanding problems in the moral field, and vigorously punish behaviors that violate morality and break through the bottom line of morality in accordance with the law. It is necessary to strengthen relevant legislative work and clarify the punitive measures for immoral behavior. Punish serious immoral and untrustworthy behaviors with strict law enforcement. For immoral and untrustworthy behaviors such as food and drug safety, infringement and counterfeiting, which infringe on the lives and health of the people and the legitimate rights and interests of consumers, which are strongly reflected by the society, improve the reward mechanism for law-abiding integrity and the joint punishment mechanism for illegal and untrustworthy behaviors, so that those who violate morality and violate the law will be sanctioned by law. It is necessary to punish serious immoral and untrustworthy behaviors with impartial justice, combine governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue into judicial concepts, judicial systems, and judicial practices, and strive to make those who abide by the law and rules stand tall and make those who violate the law and morality find it difficult to move forward.
Give play to the key role of leading cadres. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Leading cadres should not only be important organizers and promoters of comprehensively governing the country according to law, but also be active advocates and demonstrators of moral construction." Whether leading cadres can lead by example and set an example is crucial to creating a good legal environment and moral atmosphere. To adhere to the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue, we must seize the "key minority" of leading cadres, realize the "key minority" driving the "vast majority," and effectively promote the coordinated efforts of the rule of law and the rule of virtue. To this end, on the one hand, it is necessary to promote leading cadres to be models of respecting the law, learning the law, abiding by the law, and using the law, take the lead in respecting the rule of law and awe of the law, take the lead in handling affairs in accordance with the law, and improve the ability to use legal thinking and legal methods to deepen reform, promote development, resolve contradictions, and maintain stability. On the other hand, it is necessary to promote leading cadres to strive to become moral models for the whole society, take the lead in practicing socialist core values, emphasize party spirit, value character, and set an example, take the lead in paying attention to family, family education, and family style, always maintain the noble character and integrity of Communists, and use their own practical actions to drive the whole society to promote virtue and goodness, respect the law and abide by the law.
(The author is a member of the Social Construction Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大社会建设委员会委员))
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General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Marxism is the fundamental guiding ideology for us to establish our party and our country, and to make our party and our country prosperous." The Marxist theory discipline takes Marxism as the research object and integrates theoretical research, discipline leadership, and educational functions. Since the new era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has attached great importance to the research and construction of Marxist theory. The strategic position of the Marxist theory discipline has become increasingly prominent, playing an important role in promoting theoretical innovation, implementing the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, and serving the development of the Party and the country. On the new journey, we must continuously deepen the construction of Marxist theory discipline, lead the development of philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics, guide the direction of social values, consolidate the common ideological foundation for the unity and struggle of the entire party and the people of all ethnic groups, and provide strong spiritual strength for building a strong country and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
The Marxist theory discipline embodies the true spirit and theoretical characteristics of Marxism, and is constantly improved and developed with the Sinicization and modernization of Marxism. Since its establishment, the Marxist theory discipline has firmly grasped Marxism as the fundamental line, adhered to the unity of theory and practice, the unity of history and reality, and the unity of teaching and educating people. It has systematically studied the Marxist scientific world outlook and methodology, the history of the development and evolution of Marxism and its Sinicization and modernization, foreign Marxist trends of thought, the laws of ideological and moral formation and development education, and the history and laws of the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics, demonstrating Chinese characteristics, Chinese style, and Chinese spirit. The Marxist theory discipline systematically expounds the Marxist scientific theoretical system from the aspects of Marxist philosophy, political economy, and scientific socialism, and clarifies the principles, theories, and philosophies for realizing human liberation and the free and all-round development of people. The Marxist theory discipline highlights the critical and revolutionary characteristics of Marxism, transforms the weapon of criticism into a material force, and shapes and guides the new era spirit with the power of Marxist truth.
The Marxist theory discipline focuses on classical Marxist theory and takes the historical experience and latest achievements of the Sinicization and modernization of Marxism as the research object, and constantly promotes the systematic, theoretical, and rational interpretation of the Party's innovative theories. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Marxist theory discipline has continued to deepen the systematic, theoretical, and rational research on Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. For example, in terms of the Marxist world outlook and methodology, it systematically expounds the world outlook and methodology of Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and its theoretical innovation. For another example, a series of iconic concepts, principled achievements, and original contributions such as "Chinese-style modernization," "new quality productive forces," "whole-process people's democracy," and "the Party's self-revolution" are fully, timely, and accurately reflected in the Marxist theory textbook system and knowledge system. Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is an open and constantly developing theoretical system, which requires the Marxist theory discipline to continuously update and develop, based on the general trend of the times and local practice, and focus on innovation, cutting-edge, and pertinence, so as to better serve the Party's innovative theoretical system, theoretical and rational interpretation, Marxist theory education and teaching, national governance and social development.
Lead the development of philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Adhering to Marxism as the guidance is the fundamental symbol that distinguishes contemporary Chinese philosophy and social sciences from other philosophy and social sciences, and it must be adhered to with a clear-cut stand." Marxism is the science of the laws of development of nature, human society, and human thinking. It is a powerful ideological weapon for us to understand the world, grasp the laws, and transform the world. Only by adhering to Marxism as the guidance and adhering to the "two combinations" can we gain a firm foothold in the collision of world cultures, get rid of our dependence on Western academia and Western theories, and build an independent knowledge system of Chinese philosophy and social sciences. In the discipline system, academic system, and discourse system, the discipline system plays a fundamental role, supporting the development of the academic system and discourse system, not only providing a knowledge accumulation and inheritance platform for academic research, but also providing theoretical support and communication channels for discourse construction. We must adhere to the principle of running Marxist theory through the entire process of research and teaching in China's philosophy and social sciences, extract new viewpoints and construct new theories from the social changes and practical innovations we are experiencing, and focus on answering and solving major problems facing economic and social development.
The world outlook and methodology of researchers largely affect the development process of philosophy and social sciences. To guide and lead China's philosophy and social sciences with Marxist theory, we must effectively solve the problems of truly learning, truly understanding, truly believing, and truly using. The Marxist theory discipline embodies not only the thoughts of classical Marxist writers, but also the Party's innovative theoretical achievements that keep pace with the times. As far as the former is concerned, we must strengthen the research on the basic principles of Marxism, delve into classical Marxist works, and draw on the power of Marxist truth. As far as the latter is concerned, we must strengthen the research on the theoretical and practical achievements of the Sinicization and modernization of Marxism, comprehensively, systematically, scientifically, and accurately study and comprehend the core essence, spiritual essence, rich connotation, practical requirements, and the position, viewpoints, and methods that run through the Party's innovative theories, especially Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and then internalize them into clear theoretical consciousness, firm political beliefs, and scientific thinking methods.
Lead the direction of social values. The Marxist theory discipline is a science of science and a science of morality. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The ideals and beliefs of Chinese Communists are based on the scientific truth of Marxism, on the laws of human social development revealed by Marxism, and on the lofty values of seeking the interests of the broadest masses of the people." The formation of a good social value ethos cannot be separated from scientific value coordinates. With its firm value position, scientific theoretical character, and correct practical orientation, Marxist theory provides a fundamental value basis for social value judgment. The Marxist theory discipline shoulders the important mission of implementing the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education. It is necessary to profoundly explain the basic principle that the people are the creators of history, and to run through the theoretical research and teaching the value pursuit of seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, guide young students to establish a people-centered value orientation, and focus on cultivating new people of the era who can shoulder the great responsibility of national rejuvenation. China's reform and development practice is magnificent. The Marxist theory discipline should strengthen the systematic research, theoretical interpretation, and popularization of Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and use language that the people can understand to interpret the value logic behind national development strategies and social hot issues, such as around the topic of common prosperity, explain the value pursuit of common development, fairness, and justice it contains, and guide people to better use the Party's innovative theories to arm their minds, guide practice, and promote work.
In the process of modernization, with the development of economic globalization, cultural diversification, and social informatization, the situation in the field of values is intricate and complex. Some of them are manifested as the contradiction between the social value ideals, value norms, and value orientations and the individual's value expectations, value identity, and value orientations. In the face of erroneous trends of thought such as historical nihilism and neoliberalism, the Marxist theory discipline must play a leading role, profoundly explain the historical inevitability and value rationality of the Chinese path through systematic research on the history of the Party, the history of New China, the history of reform and opening up, and the history of socialist development, guide people to improve their value judgment, enhance their emotional identity and behavioral adherence to the core socialist values, and effectively use Marxism to guide diversified social trends of thought and guide diversified social life of value orientation.
(The author is the Deputy Director of the Institute of Philosophy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘成友 郝迎灿 胡婧怡
"Resolutely rectify actions that undermine the business environment with **雷霆手段** (léi tíng shǒu duàn - "thunderbolt means," swift and decisive measures), ensuring a significant and fundamental improvement in the short term." At the first meeting of the new year in 2026, Liaoning Province (辽宁省) focused on the business environment, addressing prominent issues raised by enterprises and the public. Starting with eight key aspects, including "resolutely rectifying weak service awareness," "resolutely rectifying irregular inspections and law enforcement," and "resolutely rectifying extortion and rent-seeking," the sense of gain of enterprises and the public was taken as the yardstick for evaluating the business environment, and a tough stance was adopted to **亮剑** (liàng jiàn - "unsheathe the sword," to take a firm stand) against stubborn maladies.
At the meeting, the "Liaoning Province Action Plan for Vigorously Optimizing the Business Environment (2026 Edition)" was officially released, proposing to accelerate the construction of a comprehensive and optimal policy environment, a fair and orderly market environment, an efficient and convenient government affairs environment, a just and transparent rule of law environment, and a pro-business and business-friendly human environment.
What measures have already given the public a sense of gain? Recently, reporters visited some enterprises and people in Liaoning (辽宁), looking at the beginning, changes, and trends from three small things.
The Story of a "Retired" Suitcase
From Enterprises Finding Policies to Policies Finding Enterprises
Zhang Na (张娜), an employee of the Human Resources Department of Northeast Pharmaceutical of Fangda Group (方大集团东北制药), is responsible for handling retirement matters for the company's employees. Recently, she handled the "retirement" of two "veteran employees" in her office.
These two "employees" are actually two large suitcases. "Over the years, the two large suitcases, filled with thick files, have followed me to handle business, and have made great contributions," Zhang Na (张娜) said.
Northeast Pharmaceutical (东北制药) has about 300 retirees every year. In the past, Zhang Na (张娜) had to go to the Shenyang (沈阳) Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (沈阳市人力资源和社会保障局) four or five times a month, and could only take seven or eight people's materials at a time. Handling retirement matters involves multiple processes such as file review, retirement approval, and pension calculation and verification. When handling at the window, it is often necessary to travel back and forth and repeatedly supplement documents due to missing materials or inconsistent file information. "Without these two suitcases, it would be really inconvenient," Zhang Na (张娜) said.
Not long ago, a group of staff members from the Shenyang (沈阳) Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (沈阳市人力资源和社会保障局) entered Northeast Pharmaceutical (东北制药) to carry out on-site retirement approval and symposium activities. Aiming at common bottlenecks in retirement processing, such as inconsistencies between the date of birth in the file and the ID card information, and missing transfer materials, the approval staff provided on-site policy interpretation and solved them one by one. "The human resources department provides on-site service, solves problems on the spot, and handles business at one time, which truly saves time and effort for the enterprise," Zhang Na (张娜) said with emotion.
For enterprises like Northeast Pharmaceutical (东北制药) with a large volume of retirement business, the Shenyang (沈阳) Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (沈阳市人力资源和社会保障局) plans to conduct on-site office work in enterprises once every quarter. "The 'sinking' of staff to work is not only a convenient service for enterprises, but also a policy entry into enterprises, effectively opening up the 'last mile' of policy implementation," said Qi Weijun (齐卫军), Deputy Director of the Enterprise Pension Insurance Department of the Shenyang (沈阳) Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (沈阳市人力资源和社会保障局).
Good policies need to be implemented accurately and efficiently. In terms of policy formulation, Liaoning (辽宁) strives for conciseness, ease of understanding, and strong pertinence; in terms of policy implementation, the standards, time limits, paths, and other conditions for fulfilling preferential policies for enterprises are clarified simultaneously, so that "exemption from application and immediate enjoyment" and "direct and fast enjoyment" cover more scenarios; in terms of policy publicity, a series of activities such as "face-to-face between government and enterprises, zero-distance policy" and "department directors and division chiefs explain policies" are carried out on a regular basis... Pain points and blockages are dug out one by one, and a series of measures are taken to address the problems, from "enterprises finding policies" to "policies finding enterprises," turning policy dividends into the driving force for enterprise development.
The Story of an Environmental Law Enforcement Physical Examination Invitation
From Post-Event Punishment to Pre-Event Prevention
Upon receiving the notice from the Liaoning Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment (辽宁省生态环境厅) to carry out "invitation-style" law enforcement physical examination services in the field of automatic monitoring of pollution sources, Li Shengui (李圣贵), Safety Director of Sinopec Catalyst Dalian Co., Ltd. (中石化催化剂大连有限公司), was both excited and worried: "Enterprises voluntarily apply, and law enforcement experts provide on-site guidance. This is a rare opportunity to find gaps and fill loopholes, but what if problems are found? Isn't this asking for trouble?"
Sinopec Catalyst Dalian Co., Ltd. (中石化催化剂大连有限公司) produces all kinds of hydrotreating catalysts, which are widely used in the field of petroleum refining. Its products not only occupy a certain share in the domestic market, but are also sold overseas. "Every time I accept environmental law enforcement inspections, I feel a lot of pressure," Li Shengui (李圣贵) admitted frankly, "Sometimes problems occur not because of subjective intention, but because of deviations in the understanding of standards and requirements."
After carefully studying the notice, it was clarified that the results of the "invitation-style" law enforcement physical examination would not be used as the conclusion of law enforcement inspections, nor as the basis for subsequent law enforcement. Li Shengui (李圣贵) was relieved and immediately submitted an invitation application.
"The experts first carefully reviewed the acceptance, networking, and third-party operation and maintenance qualification materials in the conference room, and then climbed onto a 30-meter-high platform on site to inspect the instruments, monitoring equipment, and other conditions in the operation and maintenance cabin," Li Shengui (李圣贵) praised the entire law enforcement physical examination process, "The personnel are professional, not perfunctory, and not only help us find problems, but also share environmental management experience with us."
"The ultimate goal of law enforcement is not punishment, but to guard the bottom line of environmental safety," said the relevant person in charge of the Inspection and Monitoring Law Enforcement Brigade of the Dalian (大连) Municipal Ecological Environment Protection Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement Team. For subjective and intentional, serious violations, "hard constraints" should be imposed. For the actual difficulties of enterprises in environmental technology application, management standardization implementation, and policy standard understanding, "soft services" should be provided to promote the transformation of law enforcement models from "post-event punishment" to "pre-event prevention," effectively stimulating the endogenous power of enterprises to independently control pollution and actively comply with regulations.
Behind the "invitation-style" law enforcement physical examination is Liaoning's (辽宁) accelerated construction of a just and transparent rule of law environment. Liaoning (辽宁) strictly regulates administrative inspections involving enterprises, implements "scan code to enter enterprises" inspections, and vigorously rectifies problems such as random inspections and **“吃拿卡要”** (chī ná kǎ yào - "eat, take, squeeze, demand," extortion and rent-seeking); promotes non-on-site law enforcement inspection models through intelligent means such as remote supervision and Internet of Things perception, and carries out "one comprehensive inspection" joint inspections; promotes inclusive and prudent supervision and flexible law enforcement, and institutionalizes the promotion of administrative punishment "proportionality between offense and penalty."
The Story of Accelerated Residence Permit Processing
From Shifting Responsibility and Delaying to Efficient Collaboration
Recently, Liaoning (辽宁) publicly disclosed a typical case of undermining the business environment. In this case, a person from another place bought a house in Dandong (丹东) City, and it took four and a half years to obtain a residence permit.
"After the masses submitted the materials, the police officer involved made two consecutive misoperations in the system. Instead of reflecting on themselves and correcting the problem, they were dissatisfied with the masses' repeated inquiries, and used reasons such as 'being processed' and 'waiting for notification' to prevaricate, and even fabricated the statement that they could only be processed together when enough people were gathered," introduced Yang Xiao (杨笑), a case handler at the Dandong (丹东) Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision.
In addition to this extreme individual case, is there room for improvement in residence permit processing? A province-wide government convenience reform of "residence permits available immediately" was subsequently implemented.
In the past, the application for a residence permit required procedures such as submitting materials, review, provincial certificate production, and issuance, which took 7 to 15 working days. "The key difficulty in 'residence permits available immediately' is not to print quickly, but to verify quickly," said Liu Zhijun (刘智军), Deputy Chief of the Public Security Corps of the Liaoning Provincial Public Security Department (辽宁省公安厅). The province's public security system immediately carried out warning education, and completed the entire chain of optimization of power decentralization, technology upgrades, and process reengineering within 20 days. "Through the province's unified residence permit management system, data sharing and business collaboration are realized in various places. At the same time, the authority to produce physical residence permits has been decentralized from the certificate production center to the window of each household registration police station for on-site production, and the processing time has been reduced to 5 to 20 minutes," Liu Zhijun (刘智军) introduced. Only 3 days after the implementation of the "residence permits available immediately" policy, 15,000 "residence permits available immediately" were issued throughout the province.
Resolutely rectify the problem of weak service awareness and prominent bureaucratic thinking; resolutely rectify the problem of low administrative efficiency and procrastination; resolutely rectify the problem of **“吃拿卡要”** (chī ná kǎ yào - "eat, take, squeeze, demand," extortion and rent-seeking) and using power for personal gain... Focusing on prominent problems that undermine the business environment, Liaoning (辽宁) is attacking key problems with an iron fist and carrying them through to the end. The province and cities have established special work teams led by discipline inspection and supervision departments to accept complaints about business environment problems, establish a closed-loop management mechanism of "discovery-verification-rectification-feedback," handle cases immediately upon receipt, and directly reach the grassroots level, leading to the formation of a good development environment with a clean and upright political ecology.
"Continuously optimizing the business environment is a strategic move to promote high-quality development and achieve comprehensive revitalization. We must firmly grasp this key, be determined to make up for this lesson, and vigorously support Liaoning's (辽宁) courage to be the first and write a new chapter with the increasing improvement of the business environment," said Xu Kunlin (许昆林), Secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee (辽宁省委书记).
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on January 26th (Reporter Wei Zhezhe (魏哲哲)) - The Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院) held a press conference on the 26th to introduce how the people's courts, guided by cross-execution, effectively solve the problem of enforcement difficulties. In 2025, 2,339,800 people were newly added to the list of dishonest individuals, while 2,669,600 people returned to the market through credit repair. The number of credit repairs has exceeded the number of newly added dishonest individuals for seven consecutive quarters; a cumulative total of 18,651,800 judgment debtors have proactively fulfilled their obligations under the pressure of dishonesty penalties; 4,461 people were prosecuted for the crime of refusing to execute judgments or rulings, maintaining a high-pressure stance against dishonest behavior.
Huang Wenjun (黄文俊), Director of the Enforcement Bureau of the Supreme People's Court (最高法), introduced that in 2025, the automatic fulfillment rate of civil judgments reached 61.01%, an increase of 2.7 percentage points year-on-year. With a year-on-year increase of 15.43% in the number of enforcement cases, the enforcement rate reached 50.59%, the completion rate was 39.29%, and the amount of funds enforced was approximately 2.2 trillion yuan.
The people's courts focused on "tough cases," "difficult cases," and "long-term unresolved cases" that the people are concerned about, and comprehensively promoted the implementation of cross-execution. Since October 2023, courts nationwide have cross-executed 477,000 cases, and substantial progress has been made or resolved in 222,500 difficult and backlog cases.
Return to TopThis newspaper Beijing (北京) January 26th (Reporter Ni Yi (倪弋)) The reporter learned on the 26th from the Supreme People's Procuratorate (最高人民检察院): From January to November 2025, national procuratorial organs accepted 236,000 cases of dangerous driving transferred by public security organs, a year-on-year decrease of 22.1%; 211,000 prosecutions were filed, a year-on-year decrease of 17.2%. Dangerous driving cases have decreased significantly for two consecutive years. At the same time, the crime of dangerous driving is still the most common crime accepted by procuratorial organs, accounting for 14.4% of the total number of criminal cases accepted.
Procuratorial case handling revealed that some people lack an accurate understanding of the harmful consequences of drunk driving, and major and serious accidents still occur occasionally. Drunk driving may not only constitute the crime of dangerous driving (with a maximum sentence of 6 months of detention and a fine), but also, if the behavior is egregious and the consequences are serious, it may also constitute more serious crimes such as the crime of causing a traffic accident (with a maximum sentence of 15 years of imprisonment) or the crime of endangering public safety by dangerous means (with a maximum penalty of death), facing heavier penalties. For example, in the case of Du Moumou (杜某某) endangering public safety by dangerous means handled by the procuratorial organ, Du Moumou (杜某某) drove a motor vehicle at night while intoxicated, repeatedly scraping and hitting passing vehicles and pedestrians, causing 8 deaths and 4 injuries. The procuratorial organ approved his arrest in accordance with the law and filed a public prosecution against him on suspicion of endangering public safety by dangerous means.
In addition, some people do not fully understand the new regulations on drunk driving and take chances, thus violating the law and aggravating the circumstances. The new regulations adopt the basic standard of determining guilt and punishment based on "degree of intoxication + other circumstances." Some people mistakenly believe that moving a car a short distance or handing over a vehicle after drinking does not constitute a crime, but they ignore the fact that if there are aggravating circumstances such as causing an accident, it still constitutes a crime. Some people have a relatively low blood alcohol content when driving under the influence, but when they are investigated, they choose to evade, obstruct inspection, or find someone to take the blame or bribe law enforcement officers. Because of the aggravating circumstances, they are found guilty, and serious behavior may also constitute crimes such as obstructing official duties or assaulting the police.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on January 26th (Reporters Li Longyi (李龙伊) and Ren Tongtong (任彤彤)) On January 26th, the Y-20 large transport aircraft ("Kunpeng" (鲲鹏), codename), independently developed by China, celebrated the 13th anniversary of its successful maiden flight. Over the past 13 years, as China's first independently developed large military transport aircraft, the Y-20 has repeatedly welcomed the remains of Chinese People's Volunteer Army martyrs back home, flown over towering mountains to carry out earthquake relief and disaster relief delivery, and traveled to many countries to carry out international humanitarian rescue missions, becoming a reliable "air lifeline."
From domestic emergency response to international assistance, from joint exercises to strategic delivery, the Y-20's flight path outlines a magnificent picture of the strategic transformation of the Chinese Air Force. On the road to strengthening the military, "Kunpeng" lives up to its heavy trust, flying to the places where the motherland and the people need it. Yuan Bo (袁博), a pilot from a certain unit of the Central Theater Command Air Force, said: "The 'Kunpeng' family is constantly enriching its systemic connotation, providing solid support for safeguarding national interests and world peace. We will 牢记使命 (láo jì shǐ mìng - "firmly remember mission," to bear one's mission in mind) and 砥砺奋飞 (dǐ lì fèn fēi - "sharpen resolve strive fly," to encourage oneself to forge ahead with determination), and become the backbone of building a first-class air force."
Return to TopIn the hinterland of the Wuling Mountains (武陵山) in southeastern Chongqing (重庆), the tens of thousands of acres of peach blossoms in Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County (酉阳土家族苗族自治县) are quietly awaiting the day when spring warms and flowers bloom. In the first quarter of this year, Youyang County (酉阳县) will focus on the theme of "Shangri-La·Spring Warm Youyang (世外桃源·春暖酉阳)," carefully preparing a series of cultural and tourism activities to welcome visitors from all directions to Youyang (酉阳) to experience the beautiful spring scenery.
Adding Historical and Cultural Connotation, New Ideas for Tourist Experience
Walking into the Youyang Peach Blossom Land (酉阳桃花源), a national 5A tourist attraction, the bluestone slab road winds forward, and the Qin and Jin style buildings with white walls and black tiles are hidden among the peach groves. The gurgling stream flows through, creating a Peach Blossom Land artistic conception of "the land is flat and wide, and the houses are well-arranged." This spring, the scenic area will deeply explore the historical and cultural connotations and launch a series of immersive experience projects. Tourists can wear ancient costumes and participate in characteristic farming, handicraft production and other activities to feel the profound cultural accumulation.
In the intangible cultural heritage workshops along the Peach Blossom Stream (桃花溪) and in Youzhou Ancient City (酉州古城), the inheritors of Tujia brocade Xilankapu (土家族织锦西兰卡普) skillfully weave the bright peach blossoms into gorgeous brocade. Tourists can not only watch and learn, but also experience making peach-themed crafts under the guidance of the inheritors, and take home the spring memories of Youyang (酉阳). Youyang County (酉阳县) has always been committed to promoting the creative transformation and innovative development of excellent traditional Chinese culture. Through carefully designed immersive experience projects and intangible cultural heritage workshops, it transforms cultural resources into vivid experiences that tourists can perceive, participate in, and take away.
Smart Tourism Increases Momentum, Service Quality Upgrades Again
In Youyang County (酉阳县), the construction of smart tourism makes modern technology and natural ecology complement each other. Through digital platforms such as the "Youyang Tourism (酉阳旅游)" WeChat official account, tourists can enjoy full-process services such as ticket booking, intelligent navigation, and route planning. Stepping into Youyang Peach Blossom Land (酉阳桃花源), high-speed network covers the scenic area, and digital navigation responds in real time. The scenic area is rejuvenated with the empowerment of modern technology. During peak tourist seasons, the scenic area relies on big data to achieve precise scheduling of passenger flow, and intelligent parking and smart service facilities effectively improve operating efficiency and tourist comfort, ensuring that tourists enjoy a convenient and comfortable journey.
All-Area Tourism Shows New Look, Industrial Revitalization Has Sufficient Power
Youyang County (酉阳县) adheres to shaping tourism with culture and highlighting culture with tourism, promoting the all-area development of the cultural and tourism industry and making the county accessible for tourism in all seasons. Starting from Youyang Peach Blossom Land (酉阳桃花源), you can go east to Gongtan Ancient Town (龚滩古镇), a historic and scenic town, to experience the stilted building style and intangible cultural heritage charm on the Wujiang River (乌江); to the north, you can reach the Die Shi Hua Gu Scenic Area (叠石花谷景区) to admire the unique karst stacked stone landscape. Tourist scenic roads string scattered attractions into a chain, forming an all-season tourism pattern of "flower viewing in spring, summer heat escape, autumn fruit picking, and winter folk customs."
The integrated development of culture and tourism injects momentum into the revitalization of rural industries. In recent years, the county's tourism market has continued to heat up, and the number of tourists received during key holidays has steadily increased. This booming trend has effectively driven the development of rural industries, allowing many villagers to achieve employment and income growth at their doorsteps by operating homestays, farmhouses, and selling specialty agricultural products, truly sharing the dividends of tourism development.
A Variety of Activities Celebrate the New Year, Youyang Sincerely Invites Guests from All Directions
In the first quarter of this year, Youyang (酉阳) has specially planned a variety of cultural and tourism activities, waiting for tourists to arrive:
Peach Blossom Season Theme Activities: Focusing on spring outings and flower viewing, cultural experience activities such as photography, poetry gatherings, and intangible cultural heritage exhibitions will be carried out.
Spring Study Tour Season: Relying on Taigu Cave (太古洞), national intangible cultural heritage and other resources, themed study courses such as nature observation, geological exploration, and intangible cultural heritage handcrafting will be launched.
Featured Tourist Routes: Carefully crafted "Peach Blossom Land Mystery One-Day Tour," "Ancient Town Style Two-Day Tour," "Ecological Health Multi-Day Tour" and other boutique routes to meet the diverse needs of tourists.
With the increasing improvement of the transportation network, the time from the central urban area of Chongqing (重庆) to Youyang County (酉阳县) has been greatly shortened, making the Peach Blossom Land trip easier and more convenient. Youyang County (酉阳县) will continue to optimize the entire chain of services from online booking to offline experience, so that every tourist's "poetry and distance" can receive a warm response here.
At present, Youyang (酉阳) is a blend of tradition and modernity, where nature and humanity coexist. Here, there are not only picturesque Peach Blossom Land scenic spots, but also hospitable Tujia (土家族) and Miao (苗族) compatriots, as well as constantly improving and warm services.
Youyang (酉阳) sincerely invites you to come to Youyang (酉阳) in the first quarter when the spring is just right, stroll through the sea of peach blossoms, and feel the flow of thousands of years of cultural heritage; experience folk customs and taste authentic rural delicacies. Here, what you will gain is not only a wonderful travel memory, but also a spiritual rest and nourishment. Youyang (酉阳) looks forward to meeting you this spring.
Data source: Publicity Department of the CPC Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County Committee (中共酉阳土家族苗族自治县委宣传部)
Return to TopBy: 刘温馨
The performance of the digital and intelligent transformation of manufacturing is remarkable in the 2025 industrial economic report card.
Data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) shows that, to date, China has cumulatively built over 35,000 basic-level, over 8,200 advanced-level, and over 500 excellent-level smart factories, and cultivated 15 leading smart factories.
Selecting the best from the best, what do leading smart factories "look" like? These days, the "Foundation for a Strong Nation – Achievement Exhibition of China's Manufacturing '14th Five-Year Plan'" is being held at the National Museum (国家博物馆). At the exhibition, the sand table of the Gree Electric (格力电器) leading smart factory presents the collaborative operation scenarios of five major smart workshops: sheet metal, controller, injection molding, two-machine, and final assembly – production scheduling is accurately issued to the machine tools at the operation site, key processes such as helium leak detection, welding, and vacuum filling are unmanned, and finished products realize fully automated warehousing through unmanned forklifts and intelligent algorithms... According to reports, compared with traditional factories, the production efficiency of the Gree Electric (格力电器) leading smart factory has achieved a direct increase of 200%, and the digital coverage rate has reached 100%. Smart workshops release a "multiplier effect," driving enterprises to climb to the high end of the value chain.
Cultivating leading smart factories is one of China's strategic measures to seize the opportunities of industrial intelligent development and build future manufacturing competitive advantages.
The core value of smart factories lies in restructuring production logic and activating industrial momentum. From automobile factories realizing flexible mixed-flow production of multiple models, to petrochemical factories relying on digital twins for autonomous operation, to optical cable factories overcoming the extreme manufacturing process of ultra-large-size preforms, high efficiency, high precision, high flexibility, and high quality, leading smart factories are constantly exploring new manufacturing models in practice, setting transformation benchmarks for their respective industries.
As technology continues to innovate and break through, the speed of smart manufacturing evolution is also accelerating. Data shows that artificial intelligence has penetrated more than 70% of the business scenarios of leading smart factories, precipitated over 6,000 vertical field models, driven the large-scale application of more than 1,700 key intelligent manufacturing equipment and industrial software, and formed a number of industrial intelligent bodies with perception, decision-making, and execution capabilities. Smart manufacturing is moving from the passively responsive "automation" to a new stage of actively adaptive and autonomously optimized "autonomation."
It is worth noting that the value of smart factories continues to spill over, and innovative achievements are accelerated to spread, take root, and gradually transform into industrial collaborative advantages. The 15 leading smart factories not only provide high-end products, but also transform into comprehensive providers of "products + services + solutions," leading the overall transformation of the industry. Currently, they have driven more than 1,300 upstream and downstream enterprises to upgrade collaboratively. From single-point breakthroughs to system empowerment, the collaborative efforts of leading smart factories across subjects and links promote the value enhancement of the entire industrial chain, providing important support for the construction of a manufacturing powerhouse.
How effective is the construction of smart factories? Data is an objective proof: the 15 leading smart factories have achieved an average increase in production efficiency of 29% and a reduction in product defect rate of 47%.
This "high score answer sheet" was not achieved overnight, but stems from a consistent adherence.
Looking back. The "13th Five-Year Plan" (十三五规划) proposed to "promote the development of manufacturing towards high-end, intelligent, green, and service-oriented directions, and cultivate new competitive advantages in manufacturing." The "14th Five-Year Plan" (十四五规划) proposed to "deeply implement intelligent manufacturing and green manufacturing projects."
Today, the manufacturing powerhouse strategy is being implemented in depth, and the achievements of the integrated development of the new generation of information technology and manufacturing technology have exceeded expectations.
Looking to the future, with innovation as the core production factor, strengthening the foundation through gradient cultivation, and breaking down barriers through ecological collaboration, the next decade, smart factories will bring us more surprises.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 祝佳祺
Automobile production can occur not on assembly lines, but on "islands."
In Liuzhou, Guangxi (广西柳州), stepping into the SAIC-GM-Wuling (上汽通用五菱) intelligent island manufacturing system's body shop, each "intelligent process island" is both independent and interconnected, with three major island clusters achieving mixed and efficient production of 24 vehicle models.
"Now, through intelligent inter-island scheduling, a changeover that would take a traditional factory at least two days can be completed in two hours," said Yuan Yuzhu (袁玉柱), senior manager of the general assembly shop, pointing to a digital screen. "Equipment overall efficiency has increased by 20%, and model introduction costs have decreased by 35%. Behind these numbers is a shift in manufacturing logic."
This automotive island-style intelligent factory, based on process decoupling and production line reconstruction, has made SAIC-GM-Wuling (上汽通用五菱) the only automotive company in this batch to be selected for the first national list of "Pioneer-Level Intelligent Factories."
Entering the general assembly island of the intelligent factory, technologies such as module switching allow different models to share the same assembly platform. "Previously, each model required a dedicated set of equipment, but now one platform can handle six models," said process engineer Cai Lin (蔡林). "Traditional assembly lines are like one-way streets; once set, they are difficult to change. The intelligent island manufacturing system makes automobile production as flexible as building blocks, reducing equipment investment by 40%. When market demand changes, we can quickly adjust production plans."
What does an intelligent factory look like? "We want to create an intelligent factory that can think and evolve," said He Weidong (何伟东), general manager of the Intelligent Manufacturing Department of SAIC-GM-Wuling (上汽通用五菱), pointing to the busy robots in the workshop.
How to make a factory think and evolve? The answer lies in artificial intelligence. SAIC-GM-Wuling's (上汽通用五菱) self-developed artificial intelligence operation model enables efficient coordination of resources across the entire industrial chain, including scheduling, warehousing, and material distribution, with an intelligent level of 75%.
"Traditional workshops rely on manual material handling. Now, through the in-vehicle parts carrying model, intelligent mobile equipment can simultaneously carry the body-in-white and parts, reducing the average material delivery distance alongside the line by 80%," said Liang Dezhong (梁德重), senior manager of the logistics department, calculating the savings. "Based on an annual output of 600,000 vehicles, we can save over 30 million yuan in logistics costs annually."
While reducing costs and increasing speed, it is also necessary to ensure quality control. On the quality island, a nearby electronic screen displays real-time data such as the measured point gap and surface difference of assembled vehicles. The data can be accurate to 0.1 millimeters, and behind this precision is "3D laser scanning + AI algorithm." "Previously, we relied on manual sampling inspections. Now, every vehicle undergoes a comprehensive scan of over 2,000 data points, and dimensional deviations are automatically alerted," said Liao Xin (廖鑫), senior manager of the quality department, displaying real-time detection data. "The first-time pass rate can be increased to 99.5%."
Seeking power from innovation and promoting efficiency improvement. After the island-style intelligent factory was completed at the end of 2023, manufacturing efficiency increased by 30%, the changeover time in the body shop was reduced by 67%, and the manufacturing investment in new products was reduced by 30%. In 2025, SAIC-GM-Wuling's (上汽通用五菱) output value once again exceeded 100 billion yuan, an increase of 24% year-on-year; the annual sales of new energy vehicles exceeded 1 million for the first time, an increase of 31.9% year-on-year.
"We also open and share technical standards with supply chain partners," said Wei Xiaowen (韦晓文), comprehensive planning manager. "After Liuzhou Saike Technology Development Co., Ltd. (柳州赛克科技发展有限公司) applied the intelligent island manufacturing system model, manufacturing efficiency increased by 30%."
Currently, the intelligent island manufacturing system has been gradually expanded to enterprises in the fields of body manufacturing and core components of the three electric systems such as batteries and electric drives, and has achieved successful application.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 吴秋余
Since the beginning of this year, as bank deposit rates continue to decline, the interest rates on large certificates of deposit, once deeply loved by depositors, have also fallen. Since the beginning of the year, the first products released by over 40 banks show that interest rates for terms of less than one year have generally fallen below 1%, those for three-year terms are mostly below 2%, and those for five-year terms have almost disappeared. The interest rates on large certificates of deposit, which once easily exceeded 3% and in some cases even broke through 5%, have now fallen to a relatively low level. In contrast, according to calculations by several securities firms, 2026 will be a critical juncture when approximately 50 trillion yuan of fixed deposits with terms of three years or more will mature and be repriced, and these deposits will face interest rate renegotiation. In a low-interest-rate environment, where to put money has become a "matter of concern" for many residents.
How are the returns on large certificates of deposit? Since the beginning of this year, commercial bank deposit rates have continued to decline. Currently, the annual interest rates for one-month and three-month large certificates of deposit sold by major state-owned banks such as the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (工商银行), Agricultural Bank of China (农业银行), Bank of China (中国银行), and China Construction Bank (建设银行) have been uniformly anchored at 0.9%.
The decline in returns on long-term certificates of deposit is also very significant. Three years ago, the interest rates on bank large certificates of deposit were generally above 3%, while currently, the three-year large certificate of deposit interest rate products of the six major banks are generally only around 1.55%. The product interest rates of small and medium-sized banks have also significantly converged. The interest rates of three-month products recently issued by several rural commercial banks in Yunnan (云南) have fallen to the range of 0.93% to 0.95%.
Dong Ximiao (董希淼), Deputy Director of the Shanghai Finance and Development Laboratory (上海金融与发展实验室) and Chief Researcher at Zhaolian, believes that the recent drop in interest rates on short-term large certificates of deposit at some banks to below 1% is a measure taken by banks to actively control liability costs under operating pressure and regulatory guidance.
Data from the National Financial Regulatory Administration (国家金融监督管理总局) shows that as of the end of the third quarter of 2025, the net interest margin of commercial banks had narrowed to a historical low of 1.42%, with large banks at only 1.31%. The net interest margin is the ratio of a bank's net interest income to its total interest-earning assets. As the comprehensive financing costs of China's real economy have continued to decline in recent years, bank net interest margins have fallen to their lowest level in 20 years.
Lou Feipeng (娄飞鹏), a researcher at the China Postal Savings Bank (中国邮政储蓄银行), said that banks are facing continued downward pressure on net interest margins, and reducing high-cost liabilities such as large certificates of deposit is "significantly effective" in stabilizing interest margins. At a deeper level, this adjustment is in line with the policy context of the financial sector benefiting the real economy.
Will there be a large-scale "relocation" of deposits? While deposit rates continue to decline, the concentrated maturity of a large number of deposits this year has also attracted market attention.
Huatai Securities (华泰证券) estimates that the maturity scale of fixed deposits with terms of one year or more in 2026 will be around 50 trillion yuan. Guoxin Securities (国信证券) estimates based on relevant data that the scale of fixed deposits maturing in 2026 is about 57 trillion yuan, with the main maturity period being at the beginning of the year. These deposits will face the problem of interest rate repricing upon maturity.
On one hand, deposit rates are falling, and on the other hand, a large number of past high-interest-rate deposits are about to mature. Whether this will trigger a "relocation" effect of deposits has become a hot topic of discussion among many residents and market institutions.
"The maturity of deposits does not naturally equate to the relocation of deposits. Depositors of fixed deposits pursue stable returns and have a relatively low-risk appetite. Therefore, most of the maturing deposits will continue to remain within the banking system, especially those depositors with extremely low-risk preferences and pursuing absolute safety, who will still choose to renew or convert to demand deposits." Dong Ximiao (董希淼) analyzed that a significant portion of the fixed deposits maturing this year come from the diversion of wealth management products since 2022. Therefore, cash management and fixed-income wealth management products with relatively stable returns and generally controllable risks will be the main recipients of these fixed deposits.
A CICC (中金公司) report also believes that due to the stability of residents' risk preferences and the need for liquidity management, the vast majority of deposits will remain within the banking system. Calculations show that the deposit retention rate of banks has been above 90% in most years, and the deposit retention rate in 2025 is still at a high level of 96%.
Chen Guowang (陈国汪), Dean of the Banking Research Institute of Financial World, believes that the repricing of deposits this year is an important opportunity for the transformation and upgrading of the banking industry. Financial institutions need to actively seize the opportunities in the wealth management market while effectively preventing various risks such as liquidity and compliant operation, achieving a balance between business development and risk prevention, better matching the needs of economic and social development, and providing strong financial support for the development of the real economy during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period.
Return to TopAs the Spring Festival approaches, New Year's markets and specialty fairs have sprung up in various places, providing citizens and tourists with a one-stop shop for New Year's goods and traditional New Year's experiences. People taste delicacies and buy New Year's goods, creating a vibrant scene of brisk buying and selling at the markets.
Return to TopThe national railway implemented a new train schedule starting from 00:00 on January 26, according to a report from our Beijing (北京) office on January 26 (Reporter Li Xinping (李心萍)), and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) Ring Railway high-speed train began its first run.
It is reported that the G8859 train departs from Beijing West Railway Station (北京西站), stops successively at Baoding East Railway Station (保定东站) and Baiyangdian Railway Station (白洋淀站), and terminates at Tianjin West Railway Station (天津西站). Subsequently, the G8864 train departs from Tianjin West Railway Station (天津西站), stops at Daxing Airport Station (大兴机场站), and terminates at Beijing West Railway Station (北京西站). This is the first time that China Railway Beijing Group Co., Ltd. (国铁北京局) has operated a Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) Ring Railway high-speed EMU train, running via the Beijing-Guangzhou High-Speed Railway (京广高铁), Ba-Xu Railway (霸徐线), Tianjin-Baoding Passenger Dedicated Line (津霸客专), Tianjin-Xinglong City Railway (津兴城际), and Beijing-Xiong'an Intercity Railway (京雄城际).
The opening of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) Ring Railway is a new practice of the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) in the dimension of transportation. For the first time, high-speed EMU trains will close and connect important nodes such as Beijing (北京), Xiong'an (雄安), Tianjin (天津), and Baoding (保定), Daxing Airport (大兴机场) along the way, forming an efficient high-speed railway ring. Commuting, business, and family visits among the three places will be more convenient, and "cross-city life" and "same-city effect" will become more feasible.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Nanjing (南京) dispatch on January 26th (Reporter Bai Guangdi (白光迪)) - Nanjing (南京) City, Jiangsu Province (江苏省), held a press conference on the 26th to introduce the overall situation of the "Several Policies on Accelerating the Cultivation of New Productive Forces and Promoting High-Quality Development (2026 Edition)". The policies focus on key areas such as industry, technology, and consumption, aiming to further boost market confidence and improve social expectations.
The document clarifies that supporting funds will be provided to newly recognized national and provincial manufacturing innovation centers, with a cumulative amount of over 100 million yuan; enterprises implementing large-scale technological transformations will receive a maximum of 10 million yuan in financial rewards; and projects for the research, development, innovation, and application of intelligent bodies and intelligent terminal products will receive a maximum subsidy of 2 million yuan.
It is understood that Nanjing (南京) will organize more than 150 "Ninggong Product Promotion" activities this year, release a list of 1,000 application scenarios, opportunities, capabilities, and cases, vigorously develop the first-release economy, and promote the high-quality development of service consumption.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 程远州
"0.360 yuan/kWh, success!" On December 12, 2025, Xu Yun (徐云), a staff member of the Transaction Organization Department of the Guangdong Electric Power Trading Center (广东电力交易中心), shouted while staring at the red number popping up on the big screen. This was the first market bidding for new energy on-grid electricity prices in Guangdong Province (广东省). Tens of thousands of distributed photovoltaic projects across the province participated, and ultimately 11,588 projects were selected, with a total registered capacity of 5.24 million kilowatts, all of which will be cleared at a price of 0.360 yuan/kWh.
According to the Guangdong Province (广东省) new energy on-grid electricity price market-oriented reform policy requirements, this bidding was carried out within the price range of "upper limit 0.40 yuan/kWh, lower limit 0.20 yuan/kWh." The upper limit of the bidding price was determined by comprehensively considering reasonable cost returns, green value, and other factors. "The final price reflects the fierce competition in the Guangdong (广东) distributed photovoltaic market, effectively ensuring the cost recovery of incremental new energy projects," said Li Dinglin (李鼎林), Deputy Manager of the Price and Cost Department of the Planning and Finance Department of China Southern Power Grid Guangdong Power Grid Co., Ltd. (南方电网广东电网公司).
As of the end of October 2025, the installed capacity of wind and solar new energy in Guangdong Province (广东省) reached 78 million kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 46%, making it the largest power source type in Guangdong (广东) in terms of installed capacity. At the same time, the scale of new energy participating in the market exceeded 25 million kilowatts. The huge scale of new energy and the sound foundation of the electricity market have given Guangdong (广东) the confidence to fully promote the market-oriented reform of new energy on-grid electricity prices. According to the policy, all incremental new energy projects connected to the grid after June 1, 2025, must lock in revenue through mechanism bidding.
"This bidding introduces a competition effectiveness coefficient to promote effective competition and price discovery in mechanism bidding," Xu Yun (徐云) explained. The competition effectiveness coefficient is set at 1.2. If the declared electricity is small, the clearing scale is adjusted to the declared electricity divided by 1.2, thereby reflecting the real market demand. Li Dinglin (李鼎林) believes that the implementation of the bidding mechanism will promote the Guangdong (广东) new energy industry chain to continue to develop in the direction of higher technical level and better cost structure.
"During holidays, photovoltaic power generation is high at noon, and negative electricity prices (referring to the phenomenon in the electricity market where the market settlement price is negative due to supply exceeding demand) can encourage units to adjust deeply, users to use electricity during off-peak hours, and promote the efficient consumption of new energy; in the evening, when electricity prices are high, it encourages energy storage power plants, virtual power plants, and other entities to respond quickly," Xu Yun (徐云) said. The spot market price of electricity is the "signal light" of the electricity market. The increased price fluctuation allows gas-fired units and entities such as energy storage and virtual power plants that can start and stop quickly and adjust flexibly to obtain greater profit margins, thereby enhancing the adjustment capacity of the entire power system and promoting the construction of a new type of power system.
Huang Jiajian (黄嘉健), Manager of the Marketing Department of China Southern Power Grid Guangdong Power Grid Co., Ltd. (南方电网广东电网公司), introduced that in this bidding activity, Guangdong Power Grid Co., Ltd. (广东电网公司) simultaneously promoted grid connection services, measurement support, settlement coordination, and system transformation, simplified grid connection service processes, and opened up online interaction of the entire chain of data for electricity bill settlement of new energy power generation projects.
The transaction bidding platform constructed by the Guangdong Electric Power Trading Center (广东电力交易中心) can support the registration, declaration, and market clearing of new energy projects, providing a key platform guarantee and market service for the smooth implementation of the bidding mechanism. From "fixed price" to "winning bid through bidding," Guangdong (广东) is maintaining market competition order while also helping enterprises better adapt to the new mechanism through meticulous services.
From receiving subsidies to grabbing electricity prices, and then to earning price differences, Guangdong (广东) continues to promote the full participation of new energy in various electricity market mechanisms, guiding the scientific layout and orderly construction of new energy, and helping to optimize the energy structure and steadily achieve the "dual carbon" goals.
(Ouyang Yixue (欧阳逸雪) participated in writing)
Return to TopThis newspaper Beijing (北京), January 26th (Reporter Ge Mengchao (葛孟超)) - On the 23rd, silver futures prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange in the United States and spot silver prices in London both broke through the $100 per ounce mark, reaching new historical highs.
In 2025, international silver prices started the year at less than $30 per ounce, and on December 28th, they broke through $80 per ounce for the first time, with an annual increase of over 175% at one point. In early 2026, silver prices have risen by more than 40% in less than a month, exceeding the gains of gold, which has also performed strongly during the same period.
Silver has dual attributes of both precious metal and industrial raw material, and is widely used in photovoltaic products, artificial intelligence and other fields. In addition, silver has been in structural shortage for many years, and its industrial attributes support the rise in silver prices. At present, the high silver prices have put some pressure on the cost control of related industries and enterprises. Market analysts believe that as gold prices rise, the investment value of silver has gradually become prominent, and investors are turning their attention to increasing their allocation of silver, with funds seeking safe haven using it as an alternative to gold.
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Return to TopAt the start of the spring tide, set sail and forge ahead. As the Spring Festival approaches, a cup of fragrant and mellow Zhang Yiyuan Jasmine Tea (张一元茉莉花茶) on a clean and elegant tea table carries the taste memories of generations and reflects the renewed brilliance of time-honored Chinese brands in the new era. Founded 126 years ago, Zhang Yiyuan (张一元) has upheld its commitment to quality craftsmanship through the years and bravely shouldered the mission of innovation in the tide of the times. This time-honored brand, which has weathered a century of trials, established Beijing Zhang Yiyuan Tea Company (北京市张一元茶叶公司) in 1992 and was restructured into Beijing Zhang Yiyuan Tea Co., Ltd. (北京张一元茶叶有限责任公司) in 1999. Adhering to the corporate tenet of "professionalism first, action-oriented, upholding integrity and innovation, establishing before breaking," it is breaking through development boundaries with diversified innovation, upgrading the consumer experience with digital intelligence, and playing a strong development note of "renewal of all things" in the New Year's overture of "**一元复始**" (yī yuán fù shǐ - "the beginning of a new year," everything takes on a completely new look), bringing consumers a new tea-drinking experience that combines traditional charm and modern vitality.
Innovative Development Builds Brands, Leading the Industry to Write New Chapters
A brand is the soul of an enterprise and the cornerstone of consumer trust. Zhang Yiyuan (张一元) has always placed brand building in a primary position, and while adhering to the traditional skills of national intangible cultural heritage, it continues to give the brand new contemporary connotations, achieving a dual leap in brand value and market influence.
In recent years, Zhang Yiyuan's (张一元) brand strength has continued to lead the industry. With its excellent market performance and profound brand accumulation, it has entered the forefront of the "2025 China Tea Enterprise Brand TOP50," and its brand value has steadily increased to 5.512 billion yuan, becoming a model for brand value growth in the tea industry. This recognition stems from the ultimate pursuit of quality: Zhang Yiyuan (张一元) won the "JD Gold Award · 2025 Annual Famous Tea Quality Gold Award" with "hard-core quality + super high word-of-mouth," canned jasmine Maojian (茉莉毛尖) was named "2025 Tea E-commerce (JD) Word-of-Mouth Single Product," and the Yanjing Jasmine (燕京茉香) series of products was selected into the 2025 "Beijing Gift" Global Cultural and Creative Competition award list; Zhang Yiyuan Long Hao (张一元龙毫), a high-quality jasmine tea benchmark product that has been on the market for ten years, has achieved a new high in annual sales of more than 1.5 million barrels. Each honor is a strong proof of product quality.
Intangible cultural heritage inheritance is the core competitiveness of the Zhang Yiyuan (张一元) brand. Zhang Yiyuan (张一元) was awarded the first batch of intangible cultural heritage workshops in Beijing, and Chairman Huo Wenbin (霍文斌) became the "Beijing Intangible Cultural Heritage Skills Inheritor," deeply integrating intangible cultural heritage skills into the entire process of production and operation. From the persistent adherence to the traditional craftsmanship of Beijing-style jasmine tea to the strict control of modern production standards, Zhang Yiyuan (张一元) allows intangible cultural heritage skills to innovate in inheritance and develop in innovation, which not only preserves the "root" and "soul" of the time-honored brand, but also allows traditional tea culture to radiate new vitality in the contemporary era, becoming "good quality tea" in the hearts of consumers.
Product Iteration Changes Appearance, Diversified Supply Benefits People's Livelihood
Products are the bridge connecting brands and consumers. Zhang Yiyuan (张一元) always takes consumer demand as the guidance, continuously optimizes product structure, innovates product forms, allows the century-old tea brand to keep up with the pace of the times, and meets the diversified consumption needs of different groups.
In the face of market changes brought about by the rise of young consumer groups, Zhang Yiyuan (张一元) boldly explored the transformation of the brand to become younger and successfully created the sub-brand "Yuan Lai Shi Cha" (元来是茶). The first store became a popular check-in place for young consumers as soon as it opened. This innovation not only enriches the product matrix, but also enhances Zhang Yiyuan's (张一元) brand awareness and taste recognition among young people through special tea drinks, achieving an efficient connection between "old brands" and "new audiences."
In terms of product matrix construction, Zhang Yiyuan's (张一元) jasmine tea "5+3 star products" continue to sell well. At the same time, closely following market trends and consumption scenarios, 35 new products of various types have been launched. In response to the small-packaged products that have been favored by consumers in recent years, Zhang Yiyuan (张一元) has accelerated the upgrading of the production line, with a daily output increased to 100,000 bags and an annual production capacity of 25 million bags, which not only meets the consumer's drinking needs of "small amount and multiple times," but also optimizes production costs, allowing high-quality tea drinks to enter more people's homes.
Quality is the lifeline of products. Zhang Yiyuan (张一元) Testing Center successfully completed the expansion and re-evaluation of the China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (CNAS) laboratory. 159 testing parameters and 27 product standards were approved, fully covering various products of the company. In 2025, a total of 4,093 inspection reports of various types were completed, forming a full-chain quality control system from raw material procurement to finished product delivery. The person in charge of the enterprise led the business team to go deep into the production area base to guide the work and optimize the procurement process, truly achieving "improving quality without increasing prices," so that consumers can enjoy real "high quality and affordable prices."
Channel Upgrade Improves Quality and Efficiency, Digital Intelligence Empowerment is More Convenient
In the wave of consumption upgrading and digital transformation, Zhang Yiyuan (张一元) actively promotes channel upgrading and digital intelligence construction, opens up online and offline consumption scenarios, and makes it more convenient and better for consumers to buy tea.
Digital intelligence transformation is a key measure for Zhang Yiyuan (张一元) to improve operational efficiency and consumer experience. Zhang Yiyuan (张一元) has fully deployed the BIP system, successfully opened up data barriers in the entire business process of procurement management, sales operation, human resources, etc., and realized the integrated collaboration and data sharing of online and offline marketing channels. The WeChat applet has completed function optimization and interface iteration, and added the "instant delivery" service, with the existing self-pickup in stores and national distribution services, building a convenient distribution network of "instant delivery + off-site delivery," allowing consumers to buy their favorite tea anytime and anywhere.
Store image upgrade is an important starting point for improving the consumer experience. Zhang Yiyuan (张一元) has completed the compilation of the store image SI standardization manual and launched a 5-year brand store image upgrade and transformation project. By updating service facilities, optimizing store layout, and innovating product display, it creates a physical consumption scenario that combines cultural experience and consumption functions, allowing consumers to feel the charm of traditional culture and experience the comfort and convenience of modern consumption in the process of buying tea.
The vigorous development of e-commerce channels provides consumers with more choices. In 2025, Zhang Yiyuan (张一元) E-commerce Company achieved a year-on-year increase of 16.79% in sales, of which the flagship store on the Douyin (抖音) platform achieved a year-on-year increase of 31.6% in sales. During the 618 shopping festival, it won the "Excellent Brand Award" on the Douyin (抖音) platform, and during the "Double 11" shopping festival, it achieved excellent results, ranking first in the Tmall (天猫) herbal tea industry and sixth in the tea industry.
Based on Long-term Development, Expand New Layouts, Strengthen the Foundation with Internal and External Cultivation
Zhang Yiyuan's (张一元) innovative development is not only reflected in the upgrading and iteration of products and channels, but also in the long-term strategic layout and the continuous enhancement of endogenous power.
While continuing to cultivate the domestic market, Zhang Yiyuan (张一元) actively expands its international business and established Beijing Zhang Yiyuan Cha Mai International Trade Co., Ltd. (北京张一元茶脉国际贸易有限公司). The first batch of goods is about to land in the North American market, marking the brand's official entry into a new stage of international development. This strategic layout can not only allow overseas Chinese to relive the taste of their hometown, but also allow global consumers to feel the unique charm of Chinese tea culture, allowing the century-old national brand to shine on the international stage.
In terms of domestic supply chain construction, Beijing Zhang Yiyuan Jinqiao Tea Co., Ltd. (北京张一元金桥茶叶有限公司) has achieved a substantial increase in production capacity through technological transformation and innovation empowerment. The maximum daily production capacity is 15 tons, and the daily outbound volume is 158,000 pieces, providing strong support for meeting market supply.
A New Journey Begins with the Renewal of Everything
Standing at the historical node of the "15th Five-Year Plan" start, Zhang Yiyuan (张一元) takes the 126-year brand accumulation as the foundation and innovative development as the engine, and has delivered a bright answer sheet of re-innovating business performance, continuously climbing brand value, and continuously expanding the development pattern. In 2025, the annual sales of Zhang Yiyuan (张一元) main store exceeded 360 million yuan, interpreting the innovative vitality of the time-honored brand with solid development results.
The achievement of these results is not only the result of Zhang Yiyuan's (张一元) adherence to quality and courage to innovate, but also inseparable from the guidance of national policies. At present, China is focusing on promoting high-quality development, accelerating the construction of a modern economic system, and promoting the upgrading of consumption quality, which provides broad space for the development of time-honored Chinese brands. Zhang Yiyuan (张一元) actively implements the strategy of expanding domestic demand, closely follows the "three-tea coordination" corporate strategy of tea culture, tea industry, and tea technology, deeply integrates corporate development into the overall development situation, inherits and promotes outstanding traditional Chinese culture, and strives to meet the people's growing needs for a better life, becoming a vivid example of the high-quality development of time-honored brands.
In the new year, Zhang Yiyuan (张一元) will continue to adhere to the corporate tenet, deepen digital intelligence transformation, optimize products and services, expand development space, and let the century-old brand shine more brilliantly in the new era.
On the occasion of the upcoming Spring Festival, Zhang Yiyuan (张一元) wishes consumers across the country a happy Spring Festival, a happy family, and all the best! May a cup of good tea accompany you to start a new journey of health and good luck in the year!
Data source: Beijing Zhang Yiyuan Tea Co., Ltd. (北京张一元茶叶有限责任公司)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 贾丰丰
After a winter snowfall, the temperature in Xi'an (西安), Shaanxi Province (陕西省) plummeted below freezing. At 7 a.m., in an old apartment building in Baimiao Community (白庙社区), Beilin District (碑林区), a boy named Xiao An hurriedly ate breakfast, put on his down jacket, and went to school with his younger brother, Xiao Yu. Xiao An's brand-new black short down jacket was a gift he had just received this winter.
Xiao An and Xiao Yu lost their parents early, and the two brothers depended on their maternal grandmother for survival. The elderly woman had a monthly pension of more than 2,000 yuan, and each of the two children received a basic living allowance of 2,200 yuan per month, but the cost of food, clothing, medicine for the elderly, and expenses for the children weighed heavily on them, making life not easy. On December 1, 2025, Beilin District fully launched a special campaign to help people in need. Relying on the district's "Integrated Assistance" working mechanism, community workers took the initiative to visit homes to understand needs, the Civil Affairs Bureau coordinated various resources, and with the timely assistance of caring people, brand-new down jackets were delivered to Xiao An and Xiao Yu before the cold wave arrived.
A Visit to Understand a Child's Wish
Due to their special family circumstances, Xiao An and Xiao Yu have always been the focus of attention for Li Yingying (李盈盈), the children's director of Baimiao Community. One weekend morning, Li Yingying came to their home again.
"The New Year is coming soon. Is there anything special you want? You can tell Auntie secretly," she asked the brothers.
Xiao An lowered his head and didn't say anything. Xiao Yu said in a low voice, "If... if we could have new down jackets, that would be great."
Li Yingying noticed that the brothers' old down jackets were still quite thick, but they had been washed a bit faded, and the cuffs were a bit frayed. She asked the children, "Do you like short or long ones? What color?" "Short!" "Black!" This time, the brothers spoke in unison. Li Yingying readily agreed, "Don't worry, Auntie will definitely get you new clothes that fit."
The confidence in this promise stems from the "Integrated Assistance" working mechanism established in Beilin District. In June 2023, Beilin District integrated 53 assistance policies from 17 government departments to provide basic guarantees for people in need within the scope of the policies. At the same time, the mechanism actively connects with various social forces for "joint assistance," organizes a list of social resources, and provides flexible and diverse support for residents who, although not meeting the standards for policy assistance, do have difficulties in life, or who have already enjoyed policy assistance but still have other needs.
"In short, it is to fully mobilize, coordinate, and connect government, market, and social resources by sorting out the needs of people in need, and to meet the actual needs of the masses in an all-round and precise manner," Li Yingying said. "Taking this special assistance campaign as an example, children in difficult situations are one of the key protection targets. The Civil Affairs Bureau, with the community as a unit, widely solicits children's 'micro-wishes,' mobilizes social charitable forces to adopt them, and helps them realize their dreams."
A Relay to Build a Bridge of Love
Back at the community office, Li Yingying immediately logged into the "Qin Rongzhu (秦融助)" mini-program to enter the demand: "De facto orphaned children Xiao An and Xiao Yu need two black short down jackets, one size 165 and one size 170..." After the information was submitted, the data entered the district-level "Integrated Assistance" database, waiting for resource matching.
"'Qin Rongzhu' platform is like a bridge of love," Li Yingying introduced. The community will regularly analyze these collected needs every month, and classify them according to the urgency of the matter and the type of resources required. "For winter high-demand materials such as cold-proof clothing, we will prioritize connecting with charitable resources for matching."
Soon after the information was released, Chen Xiangfeng (陈向锋), the deputy captain of the Beilin District Veterans Volunteer Service Team, took the initiative to contact the community: "I will be responsible for solving the down jackets for these two children."
Chen Xiangfeng has been active in public welfare services for many years. The veterans volunteer service team he leads is an important force on the social resource list of "Integrated Assistance" in Beilin District.
"Many of our team members once wore military uniforms. Although we have retired, the responsibility on our shoulders and the feelings in our hearts have never changed. Now, through the 'Integrated Assistance' platform, our strength can be more accurately delivered to the places where it is most needed," Chen Xiangfeng said. In the past, when carrying out public welfare activities, they would occasionally face the problem of information asymmetry, and it was difficult to find the most suitable target even if they wanted to help. Now, with the help of the "Qin Rongzhu" online platform and the community offline network, real needs are clearly visible, and the resources of social forces can be accurately connected. "This allows us to see the practical effect of every effort we make, and we feel more at ease and more motivated to act," Chen Xiangfeng said.
"The two children are particularly sensible and never take the initiative to ask for things. They have been wearing the old down jackets for 3 years, and the cuffs are frayed, but they are reluctant to change them," Li Yingying said, looking through her work notes. "They always say they don't need to buy new ones, because they are afraid of adding burden to their grandmother. In the middle of winter, and the New Year is coming soon, which child doesn't want to have a thick new coat?"
The children's clothes must be warm, practical, fit, and durable. In the following days, Chen Xiangfeng used his rest time to visit many shopping malls. He repeatedly selected, carefully compared the feel of the fabrics, checked the amount of filling, and consulted the shop assistants about which styles were more wear-resistant and more suitable for children's daily activities...
A Ray of Light Illuminates More Winters
On the day of the Winter Solstice, Li Yingying and Chen Xiangfeng knocked on Xiao An's door again with handbags containing down jackets and school supplies: "Warm winter gifts are here!"
Chen Xiangfeng took out two brand-new black short down jackets, and Xiao An and Xiao Yu couldn't hide their surprise. The clothes fit perfectly. Xiao An put his hands in his pockets and smiled on his face: "It's so warm! Thank you, Uncle! Thank you, Auntie!"
"Thank you for always remembering us..." The grandmother held Li Yingying's hand tightly, "Contacting caring enterprises to help the children see a dentist, finding volunteers to tutor them, and taking the children out to visit and learn..." She felt warm in her heart when she thought of the previous events one by one. Li Yingying straightened Xiao An's collar and said with a smile, "Don't think about anything after putting on new clothes, just concentrate on studying hard, and tell us if you have any difficulties!"
"Our policy assistance funds, the primary task is to ensure the basic life of children in difficult situations, and to hold the 'bottom line'. But above this 'safety net', children also have 'higher' needs that belong to their age and yearn for a better life—a new piece of clothing, a set of stationery, a good book. These may be 'micro-wishes' in the eyes of adults, but for children, they also mean emotional comfort," said Han Hairuo (韩海若), director of the Beilin District Civil Affairs Bureau. Responding to these needs demonstrates the extension of social assistance from "survival guarantee" to "development care."
The transmission of love continues: by linking up with professional rehabilitation institutions in the jurisdiction to provide rehabilitation training for children with language barriers; connecting with the public welfare project resources of the District Women's Federation to equip children with necessary furniture and learning and living supplies; organizing a volunteer team of qualified psychological counselors to provide psychological support and guidance for children and their families in need... While routinely implementing policy guarantees such as education assistance and medical assistance, Beilin District is filling the gaps in emotional care and developmental needs beyond the policies through more and more social forces "joint assistance."
"We are also working hard to create a better learning and living environment for the children. In the home of Xiao He (小禾) (pseudonym) in Xinghua Lane (兴化巷), Beilin District, in addition to basic assistance, community workers also helped the family paint the yellowed walls, replaced the aging electrical outlets, and equipped them with desks, chairs, wardrobes, etc.," said Han Hairuo.
Since the "Integrated Assistance" working mechanism has been in operation, Beilin District has collected and realized more than 400 wishes of people in need (including children in difficult situations) through activities such as "micro-wish" adoption; successfully connected with more than 180 caring enterprises, volunteer service organizations, and other social resources; and benefited nearly 1,200 people in need of various types.
"Next, we plan to establish a resource coordination and dispatch center at the street level to systematically integrate and uniformly allocate service institutions, volunteer teams, caring enterprises, and other forces in the jurisdiction, and strive to maximize the efficiency of resource utilization," Han Hairuo said. "At the same time, we will continue to promote the precision and personalization of assistance services, and provide targeted support in multiple dimensions such as life care, health care, and capacity building."
Return to TopBy: 程 晨
A down jacket warmed a child's winter. A seemingly ordinary little thing, but it shows the meticulousness and warmth of grassroots people's livelihood work.
The concept is new. Assistance focuses on "safety net" (兜底), ensuring basic food and clothing. In addition to routine policy guarantees, the joint assistance of social forces fills the gap in emotional care and developmental needs beyond policy. The work extends forward, not only caring about eating and staying warm, but also paying attention to psychological well-being. A well-fitting new dress protects not only the warmth of the body, but also the child's inner feelings and trust in society.
The approach is clever. From one-way delivery to social collaboration, the government builds a platform to connect social resources, and the goodwill of caring enterprises and caring people more accurately becomes the down jackets, stationery, and furniture that children need. Beyond "standardized supply," "personalized response" allows needs to be met more accurately, those being helped have a greater sense of gain, and those helping also have a greater sense of accomplishment.
The temperature of people's livelihood is improved in the extension of goals and the breakthrough of methods.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 颜 珂 人民网记者 林洛頫
At just under 7 p.m., in the State Grid Changsha Power Supply Company (国网长沙供电公司) power dispatch hall, the real-time load on the large screen continued to climb, with data on equipment operating status, distribution transformer load, and overload risk jumping synchronously. As night falls, residential electricity load is high, while industrial parks and hospitals have higher requirements for power supply stability.
At this time, the artificial intelligence dispatcher "Guangming" is helping the power grid operation achieve "unnoticeable power supply guarantee." The power grid dispatch welcomes an "intelligent partner," so how is it different from the past?
In the past, during peak electricity consumption, power grid dispatchers had to 打起十二分精神 (dǎ qǐ shí èr fēn jīng shén - "rouse 120% of spirit," to brace oneself and concentrate fully): first, they would investigate and find high-load lines, and then calculate the load transfer plan. Now, the artificial intelligence dispatcher "Guangming" can automatically complete the analysis in a few minutes, replacing the manual investigation that used to take tens of minutes.
The system issued a warning: "Shengfu Substation (省府变) 338 Yujing II Line (338御景Ⅱ线), the load is approaching the 80% warning threshold." "Guangming" quickly locked the risk section, generated a variety of load transfer schemes in seconds and recommended the optimal solution, clearly marking the transfer path, load changes, and the impact on important users. After the dispatcher reviewed and confirmed, the background automatically completed the circuit switching. Throughout the process, the lights in residents' homes were stable, the electric heaters operated as usual, and the power supply adjustment was hardly noticed.
"Guangming" is based on the State Grid's (国家电网) "Guangming Power Big Model" (光明电力大模型), which is the first "explainable" artificial intelligence large model in the national power dispatch field, and was officially put into use at the end of 2024. Zhang Ya (张亚), the project technical leader from the State Grid Changsha Power Supply Company (国网长沙供电公司), introduced that "Guangming" will explain the basis, risks, and impacts of each suggestion, making the decision-making process transparent and controllable.
The model adopts a collaborative architecture of "big model + mechanism model + rule base": the big model is responsible for comprehensive reasoning and scheme generation, the mechanism model performs electrical calculations and feasibility verification, and the rule base ensures operational compliance. Zhang Ya (张亚) compared it to "seeing a doctor, the mechanism model does the 'examination,' the rule base does the 'medical record analysis,' the big model does the 'diagnosis,' and the 'prescription' is ultimately written by the doctor—that is, the dispatcher."
With the increase in urban load density, the access of distributed new energy, electric vehicle charging, energy storage regulation, and other factors, China's power system is transitioning from "supply-driven demand" to "source-grid-load-storage interaction," making dispatch decisions more complex. "In the past, we supplied as much electricity as we generated, but now we need real-time matching and dynamic adjustment," said dispatcher Zeng Yun (曾赟).
The research and development team introduced that "Guangming" is not intended to replace dispatchers, but to liberate them from repetitive labor. In order to ensure safety and reliability, the system also set up two checkpoints of "safety verification" and "manual confirmation" to ensure that people are in a key position in decision-making.
"In the past, the work was to stare at the map, check data, and calculate plans, but now it is to look at plans, judge risks, and make decisions," said dispatcher Chen Ming (陈明). Now, the adoption rate of "Guangming's" recommended plans has exceeded 90%.
During the recent cold wave electricity consumption peak in Changsha (长沙市), "Guangming" quickly handled more than 20 distribution network abnormal events and automatically generated 3 substation transfer pre-plans, which greatly improved the dispatcher's efficiency in dealing with sudden load changes. "From emergency response to normal operation, 'Guangming' is still constantly evolving," said Zhang Ya (张亚). The research and development team is continuing to promote the functional optimization and scenario expansion of "Guangming," and constantly improve the system's practicality and refinement level, so that intelligent dispatch can better serve power grid operation and people's livelihood electricity security.
Return to TopAs the morning light penetrates the thin mist and spills onto the surface of the Ussuri River, on the riverside square of Sipai Hezhe Ethnic Township (四排赫哲族乡), Raohe County (饶河县), Shuangyashan City (双鸭山市), Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省), a representative inheritor of the national-level intangible cultural heritage Hezhe Imakan (赫哲族伊玛堪) is dressed in a traditional fish-skin gown, performing a classic excerpt from "Hilda Lumo Rigen (希尔达鲁莫日根)." This Hezhe storytelling art, which was once on the verge of being lost, has now been transferred from the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Having experienced the long river of years, it is deeply integrated into the roots of the ethnic culture.
Ethnic Roots: A Thousand-Year Heritage on the Black Earth
On the black soil of the Sanjiang Plain (三江平原), Imakan is a cultural imprint engraved in the Hezhe people's bloodline, forming a cultural memory of the "fishing and hunting nation" together with fish skin making skills, birch bark boat building techniques, and the whole fish banquet custom. Hezhe Imakan is an oral narrative art combining storytelling and singing, divided into "large singing" and "small singing," carrying the core of advocating justice and awe of nature. It is the Hezhe people's praise for heaven, earth, and all things.
In the past, the Hezhe people had a language but no written script, and the survival wisdom of their ancestors was passed down orally through Imakan. The stories of the Mörgen (莫日根) heroes bravely fighting fierce beasts and the mutual assistance of the clansmen are the spiritual code passed down from generation to generation by the Hezhe people, and also the cultural foundation for ethnic integration in Raohe County (饶河县). In the river breeze and fishing fire, the Imakan singing is a moving melody on the banks of the Ussuri River, accompanying the Hezhe people through thousands of years.
Passing on the Flame: Decades of Guardianship
Since the 1980s, with the continuous changes in social production methods and the accelerated integration of urban and rural areas, more and more young people have left the fishing villages, and the usage rate of the Hezhe language has gradually decreased. Only five inheritors who can completely sing Imakan remain, and this traditional art faces the difficulty of inheritance.
Fortunately, a "root guardianship action" spanning decades has brought a turning point for the inheritance of Imakan. Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省) launched rescue archive collection in the 1980s. In 2011, the "Intangible Cultural Heritage Law of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国非物质文化遗产法)" was promulgated and implemented, establishing institutional guarantees. A systematic protection led by the state, driven by local governments, and participated by communities has been fully launched in Raohe County (饶河县). The Raohe County Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center (饶河县非遗保护中心) formed a professional team to conduct a "carpet-like" search in the Hezhe settlements, collecting more than 200 hours of video data, sorting out hundreds of thousands of words of singing scripts and oral history, and establishing a complete digital archive of Imakan, equipping this cultural heritage with a "digital amulet."
The inheritors took the initiative to shoulder the responsibility, sorting out the content passed down orally by their ancestors and transforming it into written publications. They also created a musical notation method to make the obscure singing easier to understand. Raohe County (饶河县) has built seven inheritance centers, offering fixed inheritance classes every week, with students ranging from 6-year-old children to 70-year-old elderly people. In addition, Raohe County (饶河县) promoted "Hezhe language into primary schools," compiling exclusive textbooks to allow the ethnic language to take root and sprout in the classroom. As of now, there are more than 100 Imakan inheritors at all levels in Raohe County (饶河县), and the once endangered Imakan has achieved a gorgeous transformation of orderly inheritance.
Innovative Blooming: Cultural and Industrial Integration and Rebirth
The vitality of inheritance lies in resonating with the times. Raohe County (饶河县) strives to integrate traditional culture into industrial development, allowing culture and industry to be reborn. In the field of fishing, the Hezhe people practice the concept of "ecological priority," strictly abide by the fishing ban regulations, and fish in a way that combines tradition and modernity. Special fish and traditional delicacies such as fish floss and Talaha (塔拉哈) are sold to the whole country through e-commerce. In the field of modern agriculture, Sipai Hezhe Ethnic Township (四排赫哲族乡) relies on the advantages of black soil to develop green planting, create Hezhe cultural theme 3D rice paddy art, and package the harvested rice into "Imakan Cultural Rice (伊玛堪文化米)," printed with ethnic stories, which enhances the added value of agricultural products.
The innovation of young inheritors makes Imakan more dynamic. The "post-90s" inheritors integrate Imakan singing with electronic music and Jew's harp rhythms, produce videos and release them on social media, attracting a large number of young people's attention. A single video has exceeded one million views. The deep integration of "intangible cultural heritage + cultural tourism" has achieved remarkable results. Every year at the Kaikaijiang Festival (开江节), Imakan storytelling and singing are complemented by shaman dances, fish skin skill displays, and whole fish banquet tasting. Intangible cultural heritage workshops have developed more than 30 kinds of cultural and creative products incorporating Imakan elements, with annual sales exceeding one million yuan. The Imakan Art Troupe performs thousands of shows every year, driving the rise of fishing homestays and B&B clusters. In addition, the Raohe County Intangible Cultural Heritage Digital Museum (饶河县非物质文化遗产数字馆) uses 5G+VR technology to restore the fishing and hunting scene, and inheritors go abroad to carry out cultural exchanges, allowing Imakan to go to the world.
Today, Raohe's (饶河) integration path of "culture + ecology + industry" is getting wider and wider. In 2025, the collective economic income of Sipai Hezhe Ethnic Village (四排赫哲族村) reached 3,828,600 yuan, and the per capita income of villagers was 36,000 yuan. The village's collective economic income target for 2026 is anchored at 5 million yuan. UNESCO praised the Imakan protection project for "demonstrating how to transform extremely endangered intangible cultural heritage into a vibrant living tradition." The river flows, the singing continues, and Imakan, this thousand-year-old pearl, shines brightly in the symbiosis of tradition and modernity, guarding the cultural roots of the Hezhe people and writing a chapter of inheritance for the unity of the diverse Chinese nation.
Data source: Publicity Department of the CPC Raohe County Committee (中共饶河县委宣传部)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 吕绍刚
The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal suggests building modern people's cities that are innovative, livable, beautiful, resilient, civilized, and intelligent.
Adhering to the intrinsic development of cities and promoting green transformation are closely related to ecological governance. Starting today, this edition launches a series of reports titled "Beautiful China: Focusing on Local Ecological Governance" to see how various regions are leveraging their subjective initiative to integrate ecological protection and restoration into high-quality development, polish their green image, and build beautiful, low-carbon green cities.
——Editor
Guangdong (广东) Shenzhen (深圳), the morning light is just beginning to appear. In the urban area, the slopes of abandoned stone quarries are covered in green, the logistics park at the foot of the mountain is taking shape, and thousands of acres of farmland are set against the backdrop of building complexes; on the coastal mudflats, volunteers are bending over to clear invasive species such as *Sonneratia apetala* seedlings...
On one side are the historical "scars" left behind that urgently need to be addressed, and on the other is the limited space for new green areas. Facing the challenge of ecological restoration in a megacity, Shenzhen (深圳) is revitalizing the three major elements of "people, money, and land," weaving together ecological wilderness and modern urban life under the constraints of limited resources, and writing a vivid story of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature.
"Waste" Can Be Auctioned, Innovative Models Support Ecological Restoration
The Tantou Quarry (潭头石场), located in Songgang Subdistrict (松岗街道), Bao'an District (宝安区), Shenzhen (深圳), originally showed large areas of gray and bare slopes in satellite images, but now it is covered with layers of green.
"This used to be an abandoned quarry for more than 10 years, located relatively close to the highway," said Xie Lin (谢林), Deputy Director of the Comprehensive Affairs Center of Songgang Subdistrict (松岗街道综合事务中心). "If left unmanaged, long-term rainwater erosion could lead to soil erosion and even the risk of landslides and collapses, threatening surrounding roads and the safety of residents."
In 2020, the remediation project was launched. For the steep slopes on the east side, the slopes were reduced, and graded reinforcement was carried out. During the construction process, a lot of excess earth and stone were produced.
How should these earth and stone be handled? In traditional understanding, they are engineering "waste" that needs to be cleared and disposed of at a cost. Xie Lin (谢林) did a simple calculation: external transportation and disposal would cost about 10 million yuan, plus the value of the earth and stone is nearly 18 million yuan, "directly disposing of it is equivalent to losing nearly 30 million yuan."
Inspired by the Ministry of Natural Resources' (自然资源部) "Opinions on Exploring the Use of Market-Based Methods to Promote Mine Ecological Restoration," the remediation project quickly adjusted its thinking and adopted a market-oriented restoration approach—treating the stone as a resource, conducting professional surveys and assessments, clearly marking the price, and listing it on the market.
In April 2022, this batch of stone underwent fierce bidding at the Shenzhen Public Resource Trading Center (深圳市公共资源交易中心) and was finally sold for 17,886,800 yuan, with the proceeds from the auction supporting Bao'an District (宝安区), which is responsible for ecological restoration.
The success of the auction opened up new ideas.
On the west side of the Tantou Quarry (潭头石场), there is a mine about four stories high, and the adjacent mine pit is more than ten meters deep, with accumulated silt and broken terrain. This plot of land is planned as industrial land for a logistics park, and the government needs to complete the land leveling work before development.
"If the traditional funding model is used, the land leveling, stone clearing, and other work would cost about 150 million yuan, and different units would work in overlapping areas during construction, which would be time-consuming and costly," said Pan Mingwei (潘名伟), the main person in charge of the Urban Construction Office of Songgang Subdistrict (松岗街道城市建设办公室).
Bao'an District (宝安区) innovated the "mine-land coordinated" development model, bundling the auction of stone resources with the land leveling task, and implementing it integrally by the winning enterprise. While exploiting resources, the enterprise is responsible for completing the land leveling work according to standards. In November 2022, the earth and stone resources of the west plot were auctioned for 72,857,300 yuan.
The "mine-land coordinated" development model has changed the "negative expenditure" approach of pure investment without return. "It has changed from negative expenditure to positive income, and efficiency has also improved," said Pan Mingwei (潘名伟). Low-value stone is backfilled into the mine pit on-site, reducing disposal costs and accelerating the restoration process. Integrated implementation also avoids the coordination problems of multi-party construction and can efficiently coordinate and shorten the construction period.
Today, the restored mountain is full of green vitality, and the bougainvillea planted as embellishments are in full bloom, forming an urban landscape with the adjacent Wuzhiba Sports Theme Park (五指耙体育主题公园). At the foot of the mountain, the logistics park has been capped and will soon be put into operation.
"Patches" Become Scenery, Urban Pastoral Attracts Public Experience
In the city center, you can cycle through the continuous rice fields, and look up to see the modern buildings of Shenzhen Guangming Science City (深圳光明科学城).
In Guangming District (光明区), Shenzhen (深圳), there is a pastoral area that "grows" in the city center: in spring, you can see seas of rapeseed flowers, in summer, you can enjoy golden sunflowers and phoenix lotuses, in autumn, there are rice waves in the wind, and in winter, you can enjoy the fragrance of orchards. This is one of the few large-scale basic farmlands preserved in Shenzhen (深圳).
"In the past, this farmland was cultivated by individual households, the irrigation methods were extensive, and groundwater was extracted at will, like 'patches' that were extremely inconsistent with the urban landscape," recalled Niu Jin (牛津), Deputy Director of the Planning and Planning Center of Shenzhen Guangming Group Co., Ltd. (深圳市光明集团有限公司策划规划中心).
Since 2018, after the relevant land has been gradually regularized, large-scale cultivation and operation have been carried out in the form of leases, and ecological restoration work has begun: ditches have been reorganized, roads have been connected, irrigation has been upgraded, and field ridges have been beautified... One "patch field" after another has gradually formed into a continuous area, and thousands of acres of rapeseed flower seas have appeared, attracting a large number of citizens and tourists.
Farmland is gradually taking on the function of an urban landscape. However, how to maintain its attractiveness during the off-season?
"We rotate planting landscape crops, taking into account both ornamental and economic value," said Chen Yongfeng (陈永峰), General Manager of the Urban Pastoral Operation and Management Branch of the Group. Colorful rice and multi-colored lotus flowers appear in turn, and farmland no longer only produces grain, but also "produces" scenery and "produces" experience.
What really makes the land "live" is the participation of people.
Rows of verdant seedlings are rooted in fertile soil, and exclusive signs are erected in front of each paddy field. In Guangming Happy Pastoral (光明欢乐田园), many citizens have experienced "shared agriculture" through the "adopt an acre of land" program.
Sowing, transplanting, harvesting, threshing... Citizens experience farming throughout the process and can also harvest custom-packaged rice. Every year, more than 2 million people visit here, making this field a "natural school" without walls.
Today, as Guangming Science City (光明科学城) is gradually being built and improved, this pastoral area is even more precious. Modern technologies such as sprinkler irrigation and physical pest control are widely used, and intelligent picking vehicles and exoskeleton equipment are being tested in the fields, making the pastoral area a vivid site for scientific and technological practice.
"Farmland, as an indispensable part of the ecological landscape system, has multiple attributes of farmland production, green ecology, landscape aesthetics, and educational culture, and also carries the historical memory of the area," said Niu Jin (牛津). In the future, it will combine the resources of the Science City to explore a development path of "agriculture + technology + cultural tourism" to make agriculture profitable, cultural tourism distinctive, and operations sustainable.
Mudflats are Reborn, Multi-Party Collaboration Strengthens Management and Monitoring
At the estuary of the Shenzhen River (深圳河), this wetland is an important stopover on the migratory bird flyway.
Once, it was in an ecological predicament: starting in the 1990s, in order to restore and rebuild mangroves, plants such as *Sonneratia apetala* were introduced. However, these alien plants have strong adaptability, rapid growth and reproduction, and continue to expand and encroach on the mudflats, suppressing the growth of native mangrove plants, leading to ecological system degradation and biodiversity decline.
"'Full of green' does not equal a good ecology," said a volunteer who is clearing alien invasive plants on the mudflats. "The unbridled growth of alien invasive plants will destroy biodiversity."
Faced with challenges, how to manage it? Starting in 2015, the Shenzhen Futian District Government (深圳福田区政府) cooperated with the Shenzhen Mangrove Wetlands Conservation Foundation (深圳市红树林湿地保护基金会) to leverage its experience, technology, personnel, and social fundraising advantages in ecological protection and science education to carry out mangrove wetland protection and restoration, exploring a new path of "government supervision and guidance + public organization operation + public participation."
After a successful pilot in a 5-hectare area, in 2020, the mangrove wetland ecological restoration at the estuary of the Shenzhen River (深圳河) was officially launched, managing alien *Sonneratia* mangrove plants and appropriately "leaving blank space" to preserve open mudflats for migratory birds to forage, while artificially replanting native mangroves in 1.08 hectares of wetlands to accelerate the positive succession of the ecosystem.
Xie Kaiqi (谢恺琪), Senior Conservation Manager of the Shenzhen Mangrove Wetlands Conservation Foundation (深圳市红树林湿地保护基金会), said that long-term restoration, management, and monitoring require stable human resources, financial resources, and social recognition support.
Government departments strengthen policy guarantees and full supervision, scientific research institutions provide technical support and ecological monitoring, and the goodwill of caring enterprises, institutions, and the public converges, raising a total of 6,259,000 yuan for ecological protection.
On the front line of governance, professional volunteer teams have gradually grown, playing their strengths in ecological interpretation, habitat restoration, and field monitoring; in schools, mangrove science education courses are included in school-based curricula, and public welfare classes cover more than 70 schools and tens of thousands of teachers and students in Shenzhen (深圳); in enterprises, employees go down to the mudflats and dig tidal ditches, experiencing mudflat protection in practice.
Ecological dividends continue to be released: the number of regional bird species has increased from 92 to 167, the maximum number of waterbirds recorded in a single survey has increased from 871 to 6,593, and the critically endangered yellow-breasted bunting has stopped here... Not long ago, the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部) announced the second batch of typical cases of social capital participating in territorial space ecological protection and restoration, and the project was successfully selected for its innovative model of "government supervision and guidance + public organization operation + public participation."
Return to Top(People's Daily, Beijing, January 26th) (Reported by Wang Hao (王浩)) The reporter learned from the Huai River Conservancy Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources (水利部淮河水利委员会): During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's cumulative investment in harnessing the Huai River reached 606 billion yuan, which is 1.63 times that of the "13th Five-Year Plan" period. The construction of water conservancy infrastructure has been fully accelerated, and the basin's capabilities in flood and drought disaster prevention, water resource conservation and intensive utilization and optimal allocation, river and lake ecological protection and management, and unified governance and management have been significantly improved.
By the end of the "14th Five-Year Plan," all 38 projects for further harnessing the Huai River determined by the State Council (国务院) have commenced, of which 17 have been completed and accepted. The three-year action plan for achieving the standard of important dikes along the main stream of the Huai River has been fully completed. The basin's new reservoir capacity has increased by 2.5 billion cubic meters, and the flood control capacity has increased by 1.09 billion cubic meters. The basin's flood control project system has been continuously improved, and the rainwater and water situation monitoring and forecasting system and the flood and drought disaster prevention work system have been accelerated.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the Huai River basin's river and lake health assessment was fully completed, the revitalization goals of 9 mother rivers were fully achieved, 125 basin-level happy rivers and lakes, more than 2,200 provincial, municipal, and county-level happy rivers and lakes, and 8 national-level water conservancy scenic spots were built. The prevention, supervision, comprehensive management, and dynamic monitoring of soil erosion were comprehensively strengthened. The area of soil erosion in the basin decreased by 4,006 square kilometers, and the soil and water conservation rate increased to 91.3%. The compliance rate of ecological flow targets for key rivers and lakes remained above 90%, and the river and lake ecological protection and management system was accelerated.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the water allocation work for 15 important trans-provincial rivers and lakes in the Huai River basin was fully completed, and the total water consumption continued to be controlled within 72.4 billion cubic meters. The amount of groundwater extraction and use decreased by more than 15% compared with the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan" period. The effective utilization coefficient of farmland irrigation water reached 0.609, and the water consumption per 10,000 yuan of GDP and the water consumption per 10,000 yuan of industrial added value were 33.5 cubic meters and 12.3 cubic meters respectively, which are significantly better than the national average level, and the rigid constraint system for water resources has been accelerated.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on January 26th (Reporter Li Hongmei (李红梅)): The reporter learned from the 2026 National Meteorological Work Conference that the accuracy rate of weather forecasts in China has further improved, and the lead time for severe convective weather warnings has reached a new historical high, averaging 48 minutes, which is 10 minutes longer than during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period. In 2025, the 24-hour typhoon path forecast error was reduced to 58 kilometers, maintaining an international leading position.
In 2025, meteorological departments accelerated the modernization of meteorological science and technology capabilities, supporting a steady increase in the accuracy of forecasts. The observation network continued to improve, with the launch of 2 Fengyun meteorological satellites (风云气象卫星), the construction of 296 new weather radars, 150 ship meteorological stations, and more than 50 drifting buoys. Nine atmospheric background stations were put into operational trial runs, and the average spacing of national automatic weather stations was reduced to 9.8 kilometers. The quality of observation operations steadily improved, and the wind measurement accuracy of BeiDou radiosondes (北斗探空) increased to 0.3 meters per second. The Earth system forecasting development strategy was released, and artificial intelligence forecasting models were deeply applied, further enhancing forecasting capabilities.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 宋豪新
Professional football is developing steadily, amateur football has a hot atmosphere, and the reputation of the "Golden Ball Market" is well-known... As one of the first national football development key cities during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Chengdu (成都), Sichuan (四川) has seen a booming development of its football industry in recent years. In 2025, Chengdu (成都) has cumulatively transported 54 players to national teams at all levels. Hu Hetao (胡荷韬), a player from the Chengdu Rongcheng Football Club (成都蓉城足球俱乐部), performed brilliantly in the recent U23 Asian Cup... These fruitful results are inseparable from solid football youth training. What are the clever tricks of this key city for football development? How to let more children bloom their football dreams? Our reporter conducted research.
Building a competitive platform to help good seedlings constantly "grow the ball"
Running, passing, defending, scoring... In the U7 group final of the 16th National Children's Football Invitational Tournament Chengdu (成都) Division, multiple representative teams from Chengdu (成都) and surrounding areas competed, with very smooth offensive and defensive transitions. On the sidelines, the coaches of the Chengdu Football Association (成都市足球协会) focused their eyes, looking for potential new stars.
"We always adhere to taking competitions as a link, continuously carrying out popular events, improvement events, youth training camps and other activities to build a broad competitive stage for young football players," said Fan Fangyuan (范方源), Secretary-General of the Chengdu Football Association (成都市足协). The Football Association builds a competition platform to discover talents, allowing young people to improve their skills in competition and allowing good seedlings to stand out on the field.
In 2025, Chengdu (成都) held a total of 17 municipal youth football events, with 2,068 participating teams and more than 25,000 players participating in 5,739 matches. At the same time, relying on the city's 23 district (city, county) level football associations, a city social football competition system covering all age groups of old, middle-aged, young, and children has also been gradually built.
The rich supply of events creates a "prairie" for "Thoroughbreds" to gallop, and allows young people to gain growth and ignite their love in repeated competitions.
"Participating in various competitions has greatly improved my skills. I will continue to work hard and strive to become a professional player. My dream is to enter the national team," said Yan Qi (彦淇), a student at Chengdu (成都) Liewu Middle School (列五中学). He has been playing football with his father since he was a child. In the fourth grade of elementary school, he was recommended to enter the Chengdu Football Association (成都市足协) Youth Training Camp for professional training due to his outstanding performance in campus football games.
"In the training camp, each student's various physical indicators, speed, reaction, explosive power and other information will be uploaded to the database for summary and analysis. We use scientific and technological means to help young players continue to scientifically 'grow the ball'," said Zheng Tao (郑涛), head of the Technology Department of the Chengdu Football Association (成都市足协).
Promoting the integration of sports and education to continuously expand the base of the football population
In the process of growing up, many young players face the contradiction between learning and training. How to both continue the children's enthusiasm for football and lay a good foundation for their academic studies?
The answer lies in the close cooperation between the youth training center, schools, and parents - Chengdu (成都) uses the integration of sports and education as a link, uses precise cooperation to solve the contradiction between learning and training, and paves a two-way channel for football seedlings to "have a way out for playing football and have a guarantee for further education."
In the evening, the afterglow of the setting sun洒落在绿茵场上. In the Wenjiang (温江) Training Base of the Chengdu Football Association (成都市足协), young players are in intensive training, and shouts rise and fall. "Pay attention to running positions! Pay attention to controlling the ball!" The children run on the field, and coach Wang Dandan (王丹丹) reminds and guides them from time to time.
"The first time I played football, I fell in love with the feeling of chasing the wind on the green field," said Song Yuhao (宋雨浩), who studies at Jitian Primary School (籍田小学) in Sichuan Tianfu New District (四川天府新区). However, this love made her family once feel difficult. "We were afraid that she would train too much and take up study time," Song Yuhao's (宋雨浩) father admitted frankly. The coach introduced the school's learning and training plan, and the family felt they could give it a try. After a period of observation, Song Yuhao (宋雨浩) not only played better and better, but also did not fall behind in his studies. Only then did the family feel relieved and let her continue to practice football.
The anxiety of Song Yuhao's (宋雨浩) family is not an isolated case. This is also the main reason why many young players "retire at the age of 12." Many children have to give up playing football at the node of further education.
In recent years, Chengdu (成都) has taken the initiative to break down the barriers between competition and learning, and insisted on "walking on two legs": on the one hand, it has laid out high-level football reserve teams in primary and secondary schools throughout the city to select good seedlings on a large scale; on the other hand, it sends the selected potential players to football-designated schools such as Chengdu Tanghu Foreign Language School (成都棠湖外国语学校) and Chengdu Liewu Middle School (成都列五中学) to achieve "academic + training" double guarantee.
Under this model, students follow the rhythm of "normal classes during the week, professional training after class, and intensive improvement during holidays," so that they do not leave campus life and can receive systematic training. In 2024, after Chengdu (成都) was named the first batch of national youth campus football high-level comprehensive reform pilot zones, it further launched the "631" integrated training system - with 6 primary schools, 3 junior high schools, and 1 high school as pilot projects to achieve integrated training from primary school to high school. "Competition and learning are not a multiple-choice question," Wang Dandan (王丹丹) said with great feeling.
Linking international resources to broaden the growth channel for players
The vigorous development of campus football has screened out batches of good seedlings with both talent and enthusiasm for Chengdu's (成都) youth training. From good seedlings to technically proficient professional players, they also need to be carefully cultivated through a scientific system. The local area actively links high-quality international resources through methods such as "going out" and "bringing in" to provide young football players with more opportunities to temper and grow.
"On the basis of cooperation with clubs such as Lyon (里昂) in France (法国), we actively carry out exchanges and cooperation with clubs in football powers such as Brazil (巴西). The overseas competitive youth training layout is gradually improving, and multiple clubs are helping us train excellent young players," said Wang Xinke (王昕轲), head of the Training Center of the Chengdu Football Association (成都市足协).
In January 2025, the Chengdu (成都) U15 elite echelon went to Brazil (巴西) and carried out about a month of professional training at the Sao Paulo (圣保罗) club. In addition to systematic technical polishing and physical training, the team also participated in many exchange matches locally and won a championship with a record of 3 wins.
Two months later, the name of a Chinese (中国) teenager appeared for the first time on the trial list of the U11 elite A team of the Spanish (西班牙) La Liga Vallecano (巴列卡诺) club - Lin Zifan (林子凡) and Zhang Hansheng (张涵生) from Xindu District (新都区), Chengdu (成都), stood out from hundreds of peers from all over the world and were successfully selected.
International resource empowerment provides more and more possibilities for Chengdu (成都) football players to go to the international arena. Jian Tao (蹇韬) and Hu Hetao (胡荷韬) were selected for the national team to participate in international competitions; Li Moyu (李漠雨), Liao Rongxiang (廖荣祥), Shuai Weihao (帅惟浩) and other young players were also selected for national teams at all levels.
"We insist on connecting with the national team 'upward' and linking with the international arena 'outward' to build an all-round growth channel for players," said Fan Fangyuan (范方源). "In recent years, the cooperation between the Chengdu (成都) Youth Training Center and international clubs has continued to deepen. It is very important for the long-term development of young people to be exposed to an international football environment during the critical period of their growth."
This issue is coordinated by: Shi Zhe (史哲)
Return to TopBy: 程 焕
After years of exploration and practice, Chengdu's football youth training has yielded results, making people feel that two respects are indispensable.
Respect for the laws of football development is indispensable. Promoting the development of football, especially youth training, has objective laws and requires the coordinated efforts of youth training system guarantees, venue facility support, and optimized competition supply. As a "pioneer" of football youth training in China, key football development cities such as Beijing (北京), Shanghai (上海), and Chengdu (成都) rely on good football resources and mass base, respect the laws in terms of system reform, sports and education integration, and competition system, and conduct in-depth exploration to form a batch of replicable and scalable innovative achievements, providing a vivid sample for the development of youth training.
Respect for local realities is indispensable. To accelerate the training of football talents with international competitiveness, it is also necessary to encourage various regions to adapt to local conditions and explore new paths of differentiated development. With the launch of the pilot project for the construction of a sports and education integrated football youth training system in the western region, a group of western cities and counties have taken action to make up for shortcomings through "one city, one policy," and a new landscape of 百花齐放 (bǎi huā qí fàng - "letting a hundred flowers bloom," a metaphor for encouraging diverse ideas and approaches) is being drawn.
Football youth training is a systematic project and a long-term undertaking. Taking the construction of the national youth training system as a strategic breakthrough, respecting the laws of football development, and respecting local realities, I believe that the road to the revitalization of Chinese football will become wider and wider.
Return to TopBy: 郑 涛
Achieving a two-way commitment between football training and cultural learning, scientific planning is key, which requires the joint efforts of families, schools, and teams.
Parents need to provide strong support both materially and spiritually, helping children to relieve the dual pressure of training and academics; schools need to play the role of the main educational front, formulating flexible timetables and personalized academic tutoring programs; teams must adhere to the concept of scientific training, reasonably planning training intensity and cycles based on the physical and mental characteristics and academic rhythm of young people. Only when the three parties have the same goals and consistent steps can they better promote the healthy growth of young football players.
Taking Chengdu (成都) as an example, many schools use after-school extended services to integrate football training into the after-school education system. By integrating high-quality coaching resources and designing systematic and tiered training content, young people can improve their football skills while ensuring that normal teaching order is not disrupted.
In order to improve training effectiveness, it is also necessary to make good use of "foreign aid." Many schools choose to cooperate with youth training institutions or hire high-level coaches to organize professional training and improve the overall strength of the school team. Some elite players also choose off-campus youth training institutions for specialized training to improve their individual abilities.
Regardless of which model is chosen, overall planning must be carried out, and the direction and focus must be accurately identified based on factors such as each child's age, personality, and growth and development level.
In addition, youth football coaches should also break through the traditional perception of "only focusing on the field." Coaches should not only pay attention to the competitive state of young players, but also incorporate players' cultural learning efficiency, learning habits, and even psychological state into the comprehensive evaluation system. By dynamically adjusting training time, flexibly controlling training intensity, and timely correcting behavioral deviations, the training arrangements can be precisely matched with the academic progress.
(The author is the head of the Technical Department of the Chengdu Football Association (成都市足协), and this article was compiled by Song Haoxin (宋豪新), a reporter from this newspaper.)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李 硕
The sunshine in Melbourne Park is as intense as ever. On January 26th, in the fourth round of the 2026 Australian Open Women's Singles, Chinese player Wang Xinyu (王欣瑜) (pictured, Xinhua News Agency reporter Ma Ping (马平) photo) lost to No. 4 seed, American player Anisimova, 6-7 (4), 4-6, missing the Australian Open Women's Singles quarterfinals.
After the match, Wang Xinyu (王欣瑜) waved goodbye to the audience with a smile, with regret, but more of a relief for the results and expectations for the future. This is the first time in her career that she has entered the top 16 of the Australian Open Women's Singles. The sunshine in Melbourne witnessed Wang Xinyu's (王欣瑜) transformation.
From a young and inexperienced girl who first entered the Grand Slam main draw at the age of 16 in 2018, to a mature player who can now calmly deal with various situations on the court, 24-year-old Wang Xinyu (王欣瑜) "knows more clearly how she wants to play and what style of player she wants to become."
Transformation is never achieved 一蹴而就 (yī cù ér jiù - "reach with one step," to accomplish something in one step; to achieve success quickly), but rather stems from gradual accumulation. "I have to praise myself for always maintaining an open mind to change and not being afraid to try," Wang Xinyu (王欣瑜) did not deny herself because of this loss, but saw her growth and progress after winter training.
At the start of the 2026 season, Wang Xinyu (王欣瑜) won the women's singles runner-up at the WTA250 Auckland Station. At that time, she attributed her good form to more targeted systematic winter training. The protective gear that had been wrapped around her right elbow for a long time disappeared, which is not only a physical improvement, but also a psychological "lighten the load." In addition, she has also improved technically. In the serve, Wang Xinyu (王欣瑜) no longer simply pursues extreme speed, but painstakingly hones the accuracy of the landing point. In the 4 games of the Australian Open, she accumulated 27 ACE balls (direct serve scores). In terms of backhand technique, her take-back is more concise, which can better adapt to fast-paced confrontation. She has also incorporated delicate backhand small balls into her tactical reserves as a secret weapon to break the deadlock.
More important than the upgrade of skills and tactics is the reshaping of the mentality. This winter, she consciously learned about nutrition and sports psychology. Appropriately withdrawing from tennis in life has made her more positive and focused on the court - only thinking about what to do in the next point, and not dwelling on the good or bad of the previous point.
At the Australian Open, people saw a more resilient and stable Wang Xinyu (王欣瑜). In the second round against Latvian player Ostapenko, Wang Xinyu (王欣瑜) remained calm and patient after losing the first set, achieving a reversal. In the third round against Czech player Noskova, she showed amazing patience and adjustment ability on key points, winning in straight sets. Even if she lost to Anisimova in the fourth round, Wang Xinyu (王欣瑜) only lost one serve, and the game was full of effort.
Regarding Wang Xinyu's (王欣瑜) recent progress on the court, coach Tosic pointed out the reason: "The improvement in physical fitness allows her to cover a larger area, the technical changes make tactical response more abundant, and continuous difficult tests have built confidence for Wang Xinyu (王欣瑜). She no longer passively adapts to the game, but actively shapes her own style."
From 2018 to 2026, Wang Xinyu's (王欣瑜) Australian Open trajectory is a growth curve that shifts from external expectations to internal drive. Talking about new goals, Wang Xinyu (王欣瑜) said: "Continue to break through to a higher level and maintain stability, and move towards a higher ranking step by step."
When Wang Xinyu (王欣瑜) bid farewell to the 2026 Australian Open, what she left behind was not only the top 16 result, but also a brand new self.
Return to TopThe 2025 Three Kingdoms Chibi Ancient Battlefield Cup Chinese Weiqi League concluded on January 26 in Chibi, Hubei (湖北赤壁), according to a report in this newspaper. (Reporter Zheng Yi (郑轶)) The defending champion, Supor Hangzhou Team (苏泊尔杭州队), won its eighth league title with an undefeated record of 9 wins and 6 draws.
The 2025 Chinese Weiqi League opened in May of last year, with a total of 16 teams participating. This year's league made several adjustments, including suspending the introduction of foreign aid, canceling the main player system and rapid chess games, and adopting a 15-round single round-robin system.
After fierce competition, the Supor Hangzhou Team (苏泊尔杭州队), led by Ding Hao (丁浩), Li Qincheng (李钦诚), Xie Ke (谢科), and Jin Yucheng (金禹丞), performed well and secured the championship one round in advance. Chengdu Team (成都队) and Shenzhen Nie Dao Houshi Team (深圳聂道厚势队) both scored 21 points. Chengdu Team (成都队) won the second place with the advantage of 2 winning games, and Shenzhen Nie Dao Houshi Team (深圳聂道厚势队) won the third place. Henan Fengbo Team (河南丰博队) and Fujian Citong Chess Academy Team (福建刺桐棋院队) were relegated to League B.
In terms of individual awards, Li Qincheng (李钦诚) won the league's Most Valuable Player award. Li Qincheng (李钦诚), Tan Xiao (檀啸), Yang Dingxin (杨鼎新), Dang Yifei (党毅飞), and Li Weiqing (李维清) all achieved a record of 13 wins and 2 losses, winning the most wins award.
Return to TopRecently, a runner in the Chongqing Marathon (重庆马拉松) collapsed near the finish line and died after being sent to the hospital for emergency treatment. This news has sparked widespread concern about "how to exercise safely."
Why do even well-trained and high-achieving runners have a risk of sudden death? Xu Shunlin (徐顺霖), chief physician of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Peking University Third Hospital (北京大学第三医院), said that some runners may have underlying heart problems. Routine static electrocardiograms can only capture instantaneous electrical activity of the heart and cannot easily detect hidden diseases. Therefore, it is recommended that runners in need undergo 24-hour or longer dynamic electrocardiograms, cardiac ultrasound, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing for a comprehensive screening of potential risks. Among them, cardiopulmonary exercise testing can not only measure maximum oxygen uptake but also assess the functional status of the heart and lungs.
Many people believe that the more you run, the better your health. However, from the perspective of cardiac exercise and cardiology, excessive exercise can cause myocardial strain, arteriosclerosis, and other problems. Especially for runners over 45 years old, excessive exercise is more likely to cause arteriosclerosis or produce arterial plaques.
When exercising, it is important to understand the "alarms" sent by the body. Pay attention to heart rate and keep it within an appropriate and safe range. You must stop running when the following danger signals appear: a sudden and uncontrolled surge in heart rate, abnormal pressure or pain in the chest, shoulders, back, or gums, dizziness, nausea, blurred vision, sudden extreme fatigue, cold sweats, palpitations, loss of coordination, unstable gait, etc.
Runners should dynamically adjust their race goals based on their physical feeling and condition on the day, and not stick to a fixed pace. Replenish frequently in small amounts, including water, sports drinks, carbohydrates, fruits, etc., and supplement electrolytes in hot weather. When approaching the finish line, the body is very tired, so sprinting should be done within your capabilities.
(Organized by Zeng Huafeng (曾华锋), reporter of this newspaper)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 郭晓龙
What is it like to compete in the National Games with a "pure student army"?
As an opponent's powerful spike landed, the score was fixed at 1:3. Bao Changlin (包长林), the coach of the Heilongjiang (黑龙江) team, couldn't bear to see his players' disappointment. He quickly walked onto the court, gathered them together, and loudly comforted them: "It's okay, it's okay!" In the semi-finals of the 15th National Games Men's Volleyball U18 group, the Heilongjiang (黑龙江) team stopped in the top four, but this had already created the best result for Heilongjiang (黑龙江) men's volleyball team in the National Games. What surprised many people was that this was a team entirely composed of students from Qiqihar (齐齐哈尔) No. 1 Middle School.
"I feel proud and sorry for the children." After the game, Bao Changlin (包长林), with his gray hair, did not show any frustration from the loss, because they had already exceeded their goal of "entering the top eight." Most of the players are senior high school students who have to prepare for the college entrance examination in the morning, train in the volleyball hall in the afternoon, and continue with tutoring in the evening. "It's not easy to achieve such results by squeezing in time for training," said Bao Changlin (包长林).
Rewinding to 2005, Bao Changlin (包长林), who had just retired from the Heilongjiang (黑龙江) volleyball team, couldn't bear to part with the sport. Thinking that many children in Qiqihar (齐齐哈尔) liked volleyball but didn't have a professional coach to guide them, he took the initiative to contact Qiqihar (齐齐哈尔) No. 1 Middle School and formed a school men's volleyball team. "Relying on love, I shoulder the responsibility," said Bao Changlin (包长林).
Bao Changlin (包长林) engraved the word "diligence" into the daily training: if the players' movements were not in place, he demonstrated the footwork in slow motion; if the spiking power was insufficient, he meticulously refined the movements hand-by-hand; if loopholes appeared in the coordination, he immediately paused the training to explain. With diligent feet, hands, eyes, and mouth, his exemplary actions benefited the children.
Player Wang Yueda (王跃达) recalled that when he graduated from elementary school, Bao Changlin (包长林) came to the school to select players and spotted him at a glance because of his tall stature. "At that time, I didn't even understand the rules of volleyball. Coach Bao (包) taught me little by little, starting from bumping and passing." Now that he can stand on the National Games arena, Wang Yueda (王跃达) frankly said, "I never dared to think about it before."
On the court, Bao Changlin (包长林) is strict and awe-inspiring, but off the court, he is like a "big family head." Some players come from rural areas with difficult economic conditions. Bao Changlin (包长林) not only subsidizes training equipment out of his own pocket but also cares about their daily lives. If some players are delayed in their studies due to training, he will contact teachers to help them with tutoring. In his opinion, these children step onto the court not only to win games but also to have more opportunities for development.
More than 20 years of cultivation have yielded fruitful results. Bao Changlin (包长林) can rattle off a string of graduates' destinations: "China University of Political Science and Law (中国政法大学), Northwestern Polytechnical University (西北工业大学), Xidian University (西安电子科技大学)... and several have stayed in universities as coaches." Whenever he talks about these, the corners of his mouth always can't help but turn up. Those children who once sweated in the volleyball hall are now shining in different life tracks, which makes him more satisfied than any trophy.
After the National Games semi-final, Bao Changlin (包长林) watched the players pack their luggage and said softly, "I hope you all have a good destination." This simple expectation hides his feelings for the children. From obscurity to leading the team to create history, Bao Changlin (包长林) has proven with love and perseverance that in the arena of life, every effort is the best answer to dreams. And he will continue to stand in the volleyball hall, lighting the way forward for more children.
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Return to TopBy: 盛英华
Commercial aerospace is an important force in cultivating new quality productive forces and building a strong aerospace nation. By the end of 2025, China's commercial aerospace enterprises have exceeded 600, covering the entire industrial chain of rockets, satellites, measurement and control, and terminals. Faced with the increasingly fierce global commercial aerospace competition, China's commercial aerospace urgently needs to promote the industry's transition from "policy-driven" to "market-driven" and activate endogenous power.
Currently, China's commercial aerospace is accelerating its transformation from technology verification to large-scale applications. State-owned platforms fully play a leading role, responsible for top-level design and demand integration; state-owned enterprises accelerate transformation and upgrading to consolidate the industrial foundation; private enterprises are active in innovation, and many enterprises have carried out reusable rocket flight tests, becoming a new force in innovation.
The enabling role of policies and capital is prominent. Commercial aerospace has been included in the key tasks of the "Government Work Report" for two consecutive years; in November last year, the China National Space Administration (国家航天局) officially established the Commercial Aerospace Department, realizing integrated management of launch approval, frequency orbit resources, and safety supervision. At the same time, the capital market actively responded, and the fifth set of standards of the Science and Technology Innovation Board expanded to commercial aerospace, and national and local venture capital funds jointly supported it.
The development of commercial aerospace cannot be separated from the mutual support of "hard conditions" and "soft conditions." The so-called "hard conditions" refer to four sets of hardware: satellites, launch vehicles, launch measurement and control, and ground terminals; "soft conditions" refer to four major systems: frequency orbit resources, business licenses, application services, and organizational coordination. In recent years, China has made important progress in these two aspects. In terms of "hard conditions," China's low-orbit constellation networking has entered a fast lane, and China Satellite Network (中国星网), Qianfan Constellation (千帆星座), and others have launched more than 200 satellites in total; multiple types of reusable rockets have made significant progress; commercial launch measurement and control capabilities have been significantly enhanced; and ground terminals are rapidly evolving towards miniaturization and low cost. In terms of "soft conditions," China has continuously improved its frequency orbit resource guarantee, application services have accelerated their extension to the people's livelihood, and the entire process management of spectrum application, launch plan coordination, and safety supervision has become increasingly smooth.
In today's constantly expanding global commercial aerospace landscape, we still face some challenges, such as the need to continue to tackle key technologies for reusable rockets, the gap between low-orbit constellations and international advanced levels in core indicators, and the need to improve commercial operation capabilities. The problem of industrial chain collaboration still exists, such as the inconsistent interface standards of the four sets of hardware "satellite, rocket, ground, and measurement"; in the industrial chain, the manufacturing and application links are obviously top-heavy, and the problem of "satellites being difficult to launch and even more difficult to land" is still prominent.
To enable commercial aerospace to better cultivate new quality productive forces, it is necessary to break through the traditional development model and build a "terminal-network-cloud-intelligence" collaborative ecosystem with systematic thinking to achieve a shift from single-point breakthroughs to system capabilities. Focus on accelerating the iteration of rockets, satellites, and terminals, and make every effort to overcome reusable rocket technology to promote the normalization of recovery and reuse; build a multi-level collaborative network, support leading enterprises to take the lead in building unified industry technical standards, reduce system interconnection costs, and improve the entire chain of supporting services such as launch guarantees and on-orbit insurance; give full play to the role of space computing power and AI platforms, build a "cloud" hub for real-time processing, intelligent analysis, and collaborative decision-making of massive data, and promote the transformation of data into intelligent resources; transform data intelligence into cross-industry practical value, form intelligent solutions for scenarios such as agricultural monitoring, transportation and logistics, and emergency management, promote the deep embedding of aerospace data into key areas of the national economy, and truly release commercial value and social benefits.
2026 will be a critical year for the development of China's commercial aerospace, and we look forward to the arrival of important milestones such as the official commercial use of low-orbit constellations. In this process, through the mutual support of "hard conditions" and "soft conditions" and the continuous maturity of ecological collaboration, China's commercial aerospace can accelerate the realization of a profound transformation from a major country project to a "commercial closed loop," open up a trillion-yuan market space, and inject strong momentum into building a strong aerospace nation.
(Author's affiliation: China Aerospace Science and Technology Group Commercial Rocket Co., Ltd. (中国航天科技集团商业火箭有限公司))
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘诗瑶 王昊男
"When one day humans have factories on the moon, and I take a rocket for a business trip, returning after 7 days, this may become commonplace. Going to the other side of the ocean for a meeting, taking a rocket, arriving in an hour or two, this may also become a reality." Not long ago, Yang Yiqiang (杨毅强), founder and chairman of the commercial rocket company CAS Space (中科宇航), described this scenario to reporters.
Recently, China has applied for satellite network data with a total scale of over 200,000 satellites. According to the international rule of "first application, first launch, first occupancy," a certain proportion of satellites must be launched into space within a certain period, otherwise the applied number will be reduced or even invalidated. Under this urgent situation, if the application is successful, China's rocket carrying capacity, satellite production capacity, and recyclable technology urgently need to achieve iterative upgrades.
China's commercial aerospace development has reached its tenth year, with opportunities and challenges coexisting, and momentum and resistance existing simultaneously. When will reusable rockets truly be realized? How can a low-cost, high-frequency, and scaled development path truly be achieved?
The Key to Success: Building Triple Guarantees of Technology, Efficiency, and Ecology
In 2025, China's commercial launch vehicles launched 25 times, with 311 commercial satellites entering orbit throughout the year, accounting for 84% of the total number of satellites entering orbit in China throughout the year, and challenging two truly reusable rocket missions.
In this industry race, what makes companies stand out is the triple guarantee built by technology, efficiency, and ecology.
Technological innovation is the foundation of development.
The huge satellite layout has spawned continuous and large-scale rocket launch demands. The traditional disposable rocket carrying capacity is costly, and improving the cost-effectiveness of rocket carrying capacity and developing reusable technology have become key to solving the problem.
In July 2023, the Zhuque-2 (朱雀二号) rocket developed by LandSpace (蓝箭航天) took the lead in achieving the world's first liquid oxygen methane rocket to enter orbit. Two years later, this company once again launched an impact on reusable rocket technology. The Zhuque-3 (朱雀三号) successfully entered orbit, although it was not successfully recovered, it was a commendable attempt.
"The Zhuque series of rockets has overcome key core technologies of liquid oxygen methane engines and solved the coking problem of kerosene engines, which is one of the best paths to achieve reusable rockets," said Zhang Changwu (张昌武), founder of LandSpace (蓝箭航天).
Space Transportation (天兵科技) took the lead in carrying out the "one rocket 36 satellites" launch technology research; CAS Space (中科宇航) developed high-performance, lightweight liquid oxygen kerosene engines; GalaxySpace (银河航天) completed the launch and orbit of the world's first large-scale fully flexible solar wing satellite; MinoSpace (微纳星空) achieved independent research and development of a variety of core payloads represented by sub-meter high-resolution optical cameras; the space computing constellation "Triton Computing Constellation" officially entered the networking stage... Many companies with key core technologies are at the forefront of the industry, each showing their abilities.
Efficiency improvement is the focus of competition.
Experts estimate that according to the current total number of satellites declared in China, we need to successfully launch more than 25,000 satellites into space in the next 9 years, and cumulatively launch more than 120,000 satellites in the next 12 years.
How to catch the "huge" satellite orders? "Mass-producing satellites like mass-producing cars and mobile phones" has become the consensus of the industry.
China's industrial base advantages and digital technology integration advantages continue to exert their strength. On January 19, 2026, a group of satellite Internet low-orbit satellites undertaken by GalaxySpace (银河航天) were successfully launched, realizing the first batch production through the entire process of digital technology, and the efficiency was greatly improved.
"Mass 'star-making' is just around the corner!" Cheng Nan (程楠), Deputy General Manager of MinoSpace (微纳星空), introduced that the company's intelligent production line has greatly shortened the single-satellite assembly and testing cycle from the traditional 3-4 months to 1-1.5 months, and the fastest can reach 20-25 days. At the same time, the intelligent production line can save a lot of assembly resources and can build 150 200-500 kg satellites every year.
This efficiency revolution is steadily expanding. In China Aerospace Science and Technology Group Commercial Satellite Company (中国航天科技集团商业卫星公司), 500 kg satellites can be ready for delivery in 20 days, and core components such as flexible solar wings have achieved large-scale production.
Stackable satellites are a new trend. "The flat-configuration satellites we build allow multiple satellites to be stacked together like books, launching more satellites into space at once, greatly improving the efficiency of rockets," said Lin Guangrong (林广荣), constellation communication system architect of GalaxySpace (银河航天).
Ecosystem improvement is an important support.
Oriental Spaceport (东方航天港), located in Haiyang (海阳), Shandong (山东), has created a full commercial aerospace industry chain of "stars in the sky, rockets on land, ships at sea, and networks in the air," covering satellite manufacturing, rocket launch, and telemetry services. "After our rockets are born in the general assembly plant, they can be transported to the vertical plant in just 5 kilometers, and after vertical assembly, they can be smoothly moved onto the launch ship," said Bu Xiangwei (布向伟), co-founder of Eastern Space (东方空间). A series of supporting processes reduce collaboration costs and form a virtuous circle of accelerated innovation.
"Beijing (北京) is the city with the most complete commercial aerospace industry chain in China, gathering more than 70% of the country's commercial rocket whole-rocket companies and more than 50% of the top 100 commercial aerospace companies, forming a 'South Rocket North Star' pattern, realizing a closed loop from 'making rockets' to 'using satellites' here," said Xu Jian (徐剑), Director of the Material Manufacturing Division of the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission and the Zhongguancun Management Committee (北京市科委、中关村管委会材制处).
Development Dilemma: Profit Model Not Yet Formed, Resources Limited
Is commercial aerospace profitable?
Returning to the essence of commercial aerospace, it is a market-oriented aerospace activity with the purpose of making profits. At present, there are more than 600 commercial aerospace companies in China. According to industry insiders, most companies are still burning money for the "future," and it is difficult to sustain only by launching missions, highly dependent on financing, and insufficient market development. A small number of companies with leading technology or already in the mass production stage have achieved breakthroughs in profitability, and there are differences in the profit margins of companies in different positions in the industrial chain.
Experts analyze that rocket launch costs are the core factor restricting the development of commercial aerospace.
There are many ways to reduce costs and increase efficiency. Yang Yiqiang (杨毅强) introduced: "The Lijian-1 (力箭一号) adopts a modular and universal design concept, and systematically integrates and optimizes the overall rocket and key subsystems, which significantly reduces the development and launch costs." "Flexible offshore launches can reduce the loss of carrying capacity caused by orbital avoidance, which is also an important way to reduce costs and increase efficiency," said Bu Xiangwei (布向伟).
However, reducing costs and increasing efficiency largely depends on reusable rocket technology.
Experts have calculated an account: the "big head" of rocket costs is the engine and the rocket body, and the cost of the first-stage rocket body accounts for more than 70%. Once the reusable technology is broken through, allowing the rocket body and engine to be recycled and reused, the total rocket launch cost can be reduced by 40%-60%.
The "hard bone" is difficult to chew. On December 3, 2025, the Zhuque-3 (朱雀三号) was successfully launched; 20 days later, the Long March 12A (长十二号甲), a commercial aerospace rocket of the "national team," was successfully launched. Unfortunately, neither mission achieved recovery, but both obtained key engineering data of the rocket in its real flight state, laying an important foundation for subsequent launches and reliable recovery of the sub-stage.
Experts especially remind that recyclable technology is very difficult, and it can reduce costs in the long run, but it may not meet expectations in the short term. Experts explained that rocket reuse needs to increase the recovery structure and reserve propellant, which leads to a 30%-60% reduction in carrying efficiency, which directly offsets the cost amortization benefits brought by reuse. Rocket recovery must provide sufficient carrying capacity while reserving return fuel, otherwise the economics of the rocket will be greatly reduced. "It can be seen that reuse is only a way to reduce costs, not the ultimate goal, and its technological application must be combined with high carrying efficiency and strong production capacity," experts suggested.
In the interview, there is also a common problem that plagues commercial aerospace companies: limited resources.
"To achieve high frequency, we must have the opportunity to launch, but now we do not have enough opportunities to launch, and we need to strive for limited workstation usage resources," one practitioner bluntly said.
At present, China has 4 launch sites and 1 offshore launch base, with a total of about 20 launch workstations. Interviewed companies said that launch workstation resources are tight, which restricts the frequency of commercial launches.
"It is necessary to establish a regulatory system adapted to 'flight-based launches,' promote the transformation of airspace use and frequency application to 'aviation-style management,' and realize normalized approval of efficient turnover and rapid launch," one industry insider suggested that without high-frequency attempts, there can be no real maturity of technology.
Breaking the Shackles: Accelerating Demand Traction and Precise Support
The huge traction of the downstream application end of the industrial chain is the source of sustainable development of commercial aerospace.
In other words, the number of satellites declared is not a real demand, and the number of satellites in orbit is not a real demand. To achieve a complete commercial closed loop in the space economy industry, the key lies in the last link: application scenarios. This is the real industry demand.
Experts said that satellite Internet is a space base station in the 6G era. Once mobile phones are directly connected to satellites, even if people are in remote mountainous areas, at sea, and other places with poor signals, they can also achieve smooth communication through satellites. Commercial remote sensing satellites obtain a large amount of accurate geographic information data, which efficiently helps disaster early warning, emergency rescue, and other work; satellite communication, navigation, and remote sensing integrated services accelerate the support of smart city development. "The future of commercial aerospace mainly relies on space-air data services to obtain profits," experts analyzed.
In order to solve the dilemma of "good but not popular" in the application demand of satellite Internet, the country is making efforts.
At the end of November 2025, the General Office of the State Council (国务院办公厅) issued the "Implementation Opinions on Accelerating Scenario Cultivation and Opening Up to Promote Large-scale Application of New Scenarios," encouraging the expansion of satellite service application scenarios and promoting the integrated application of space and earth.
Experts suggest that it is necessary to use the policy "east wind" and take the release of scenario construction as the entry point to promote relevant entities to increase the procurement of commercial satellite services in emergency rescue, natural resource monitoring, and other aspects, and deeply explore applications in mobile phone direct satellite communication, insurance claims, and other fields.
The bottleneck problems such as "limited resources" and "insufficient funds" fed back by many companies are also receiving attention and response from all sectors of society.
"We look forward to a model driven by national development, providing demand-oriented services to the market, and companies competing equally for procurement services," said Cao Meng (曹梦), Vice President of Beijing Aerospace Control Technology Co., Ltd. (北京航天驭星科技股份有限公司).
Major policy benefits are being introduced intensively——
In November 2025, the China National Space Administration (国家航天局) issued the "Action Plan for the China National Space Administration to Promote the High-quality and Safe Development of Commercial Aerospace (2025-2027)," incorporating commercial aerospace into the overall layout of national aerospace development, accelerating the formation of new aerospace productive forces, realizing the overall improvement of aerospace development efficiency, and strongly supporting the construction of a strong aerospace country; further opening up national missions and publicly bidding for procurement for private commercial aerospace; introducing patient capital and tolerating the trial and error costs in the innovation process...
"We are greatly encouraged to see that national policies are further tilting towards commercial aerospace. We hope to introduce more specific supporting measures as soon as possible, explore more diversified safety supervision, and improve the tolerance of the industry," one practitioner said.
In 2026, a large number of commercial rockets such as Lijian-2 (力箭二号) and Tianlong-3 (天龙三号) are planned to be launched, and more attempts to launch and recover reusable rockets will further narrow the technological gap with foreign countries.
We look forward to the arrival of a truly great year for commercial aerospace.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 谷业凯
On January 30, 2021, the world's first "Hualong One" reactor – China National Nuclear Corporation (中核集团)'s Fuqing Nuclear Power (福清核电) Unit 5 – was put into commercial operation, marking China's true mastery of independent third-generation nuclear power technology and placing it among the world's leaders in this field.
Currently, "Hualong One" has become the third-generation nuclear power technology with the largest number of units in operation and under construction worldwide, driving nearly 6,000 upstream and downstream enterprises to form a complete industrial chain supply system.
Nuclear energy is a clean energy source for the future and an important measure of hard power in science and technology industries. "Hualong One" shines with the brilliance of Chinese manufacturing and Chinese intelligent manufacturing, and sparkles with Chinese wisdom in the history of world nuclear power development. From blueprint to reality, the most important leap was the moment when the first "Hualong One" reactor was connected to the grid for power generation. The team overcame difficulties, facing a series of challenges such as the highest international standards, complex system coupling, and equipment localization, turning drawings into national heavyweights, and declaring the birth of China's independent third-generation nuclear power technology to the world with surging current.
--Liu Changwen (刘昌文), Chief Designer of "Hualong One" Reactor and Primary Loop
Five years ago, I witnessed the moment when the world's first "Hualong One" reactor was put into commercial operation; for the past five years, we have safeguarded the unit's safety with precise control without any difference. The unit has been operating safely for more than 1250 consecutive days, and has obtained a full score in the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) comprehensive index, proving the reliability of "Hualong One" technology with solid operating data. Experiencing the leap of China's nuclear power from following to running in parallel, I feel extremely proud and honored. We will continue to uphold a rigorous, careful, meticulous, and practical work style, and escort this "national business card" to go steadily and far.
--Zhang Zhanqiang (张占强), Shift Supervisor of the Fourth Shift of China National Nuclear Corporation (中核集团)'s Fuqing Nuclear Power (福清核电) Unit 5, the world's first "Hualong One" reactor.
By: 本报记者 尚凯元
Known as the "Forest Garden Airport," Singapore Changi Airport (新加坡樟宜国际机场) will welcome a historic peak in 2025, with nearly 70 million passenger trips throughout the year. The terminals are brightly lit and bustling with people, operating at high density for a long time. The busy scene at Singapore Changi Airport (新加坡樟宜国际机场) is a microcosm of the continued release of global air travel demand last year.
A recent report released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) indicates that global air passenger transport is currently showing stronger stability and adaptability. Willie Walsh, Director General of IATA, pointed out that the aviation industry's performance is commendable despite multiple headwinds such as supply chain bottlenecks, geopolitical conflicts, and weak global trade. "Airlines have successfully built a strong resilience to cope with shocks and achieve stable profitability." Global air transport demand is expected to continue to grow in 2026, and the industry's profitability is expected to remain in a relatively sustainable range.
Asia-Pacific Leads Air Passenger Growth
IATA's latest report shows that global air passenger traffic is estimated to reach 4.98 billion in 2025 and is expected to reach 5.2 billion in 2026, an increase of 4.4% year-on-year, which will be a record high. Global airline industry revenue is expected to reach $1.053 trillion in 2026, up 4.5% from $1.008 trillion in 2025. Net profit is expected to reach $41 billion in 2026, up from $39.5 billion in 2025.
From a regional perspective, the Asia-Pacific region remains an important engine for global aviation demand growth. It is estimated that the net profit of the aviation industry in the Asia-Pacific region will be approximately US$6.2 billion in 2025, and this figure is expected to reach US$6.6 billion in 2026. According to statistics from the aviation travel data analysis platform OAG, among the 10 busiest routes in the world in December 2025, 7 are Asian routes. In 2026, passenger demand in the Asia-Pacific region is expected to increase by 7.3%, significantly higher than the global average growth level.
The Asia-Pacific region will continue to lead the growth of the aviation industry, mainly due to the continued recovery of tourism activities in the region, the expansion of the middle-income group, and the long-term release of air travel demand. China's policies to simplify entry procedures for foreign tourists will further stimulate aviation demand in the region. IATA expects the average passenger load factor in the Asia-Pacific region to reach 84.4% in 2026, a record high.
The European aviation industry continues to maintain a solid financial performance with the expansion of low-cost airlines and the support of the internal leisure market. Taking Hungary as an example, Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (布达佩斯李斯特国际机场), the capital of the country, has just passed its busiest year, with an annual passenger throughput of 19 million, a record high. Hungary has announced the systematic upgrade of Debrecen International Airport (德布勒森国际机场), the second largest airport located in the east, and plans to expand runways, terminals and logistics facilities to divert passenger flow from the capital, attract more international flights and strengthen regional hub functions.
At the same time, the Middle East continues to maintain high profit margins in the aviation industry by relying on hub strategies and continuous investment in infrastructure. The Latin American region has seen strong growth in air passenger traffic, driven by improved regional connectivity and accelerated economic recovery in some countries. North America, on the other hand, faces challenges such as the saturation of the domestic market, uncertainty in tariff policies, and tightening immigration policies, which limit the expansion space of the aviation industry.
Air Cargo Outperforms Trade Growth
Against the backdrop of rising protectionism and the reconstruction of global supply chains, global air cargo has shown strong resilience. The latest data from IATA shows that since 2025, the growth rate of global air trade has significantly outpaced the overall growth rate of global trade. In particular, from January to August 2025, global air trade increased by 25% year-on-year, of which the year-on-year increase in March was as high as 43%. Air cargo volume is expected to reach 71.6 million tons in 2026, an increase of 2.4% year-on-year. Industry analysts believe that China's export growth to Europe, Asia and other emerging markets has effectively offset the decline in exports to the United States. "Asia, the Middle East to Europe, and Europe to Asia routes have all achieved strong double-digit growth," said Willie Walsh.
FedEx pointed out in its "2026 Air Cargo Outlook" that Asia-Europe routes and intra-Asia-Pacific routes have become the most active corridors for global air cargo growth. At present, the Asia-Pacific region accounts for approximately 40% of the total global air cargo volume, significantly higher than North America and Europe, and is gradually becoming a key hub in the global trade network. Global air cargo companies are continuously adjusting their network layout and actively adapting to the rebalancing of the trade pattern by adding and encrypting routes.
IATA expects that the growth rate of global trade in goods will slow to about 0.5% throughout 2026, but air cargo demand is expected to increase by 2.6% year-on-year. On the one hand, the rapid development of cross-border e-commerce has become one of the most certain drivers of global air transport growth in the past two years. FedEx industry observers believe that the focus of air cargo is no longer limited to terminal packages, but more reflected in the bulk replenishment and inventory allocation of e-commerce platforms and brands. In order to meet the consumer expectation of "3 to 7 days delivery" for international orders, an efficient air transport supply chain has become the infrastructure to ensure sufficient inventory and fulfillment capabilities. On the other hand, the continuous growth of investment related to artificial intelligence has driven the cross-border flow of high-value goods such as semiconductors, servers, and communication equipment. Such goods have extremely high requirements for safety, timeliness, and professional operation capabilities. In terms of comprehensive efficiency and risk control, air transport has higher adaptability.
Strengthen Response to Structural Challenges
While embracing more development opportunities, the global aviation industry also faces some structural challenges. The global aviation industry has pledged to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. The application of sustainable aviation fuel is one of the important measures for the current civil aviation transportation industry to cope with climate warming and reduce carbon emissions. IATA expects that by the end of 2026, the proportion of sustainable aviation fuel in aviation fuel consumption will still be less than 1%, reflecting the current lack of policy incentives and the immaturity of market mechanisms. The decarbonization process of the aviation industry will still face realistic constraints.
Chinese companies are actively contributing to sustainable development. Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (中国商飞) stated that both the C909 and C919 aircraft have completed flight tests with a maximum of 50% sustainable aviation fuel blending ratio. The application and promotion of sustainable aviation fuel has completed two phases of pilot projects and has achieved normalized refueling of flights at 4 airports. At present, there are 5 sustainable aviation fuel refineries in China that have completed airworthiness certification, with a total annual production capacity exceeding 1 million tons. The unit cost of sustainable aviation fuel has dropped from approximately 30,000 yuan/ton in 2022 to less than 20,000 yuan/ton.
In the next few years, supply chain bottlenecks will continue to limit the expansion of aviation capacity. Even if aircraft deliveries are expected to improve in 2026, the growth rate of new orders is still higher than production capacity. IATA estimates that the cumulative shortfall in global aircraft deliveries in the past 5 years is at least 5,300 aircraft. The current global backlog of aircraft orders exceeds 17,000, which is equivalent to approximately 60% of the current active fleet size, and it will take approximately 12 years to digest based on existing production capacity. The average age of the global fleet has risen to more than 15 years, which limits the space for airlines to expand capacity, improve service quality and promote fleet renewal.
The Chinese supply chain is becoming an important force in enhancing the resilience of the global aviation industry chain. At present, approximately 200 Chinese companies are participating in the Airbus civil aircraft supply system, covering the entire chain from upstream materials to system assembly, so that all Airbus models contain parts manufactured in China. Xu Gang (徐岗), CEO of Airbus China (空客中国), said: "Airbus's cooperation with China has been upgraded from simple aircraft sales to deeper industrial cooperation."
(Reported by our Paris (巴黎) correspondent on January 26)
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency (新华社) Beijing (北京) January 26th report: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (外交部) "Consular Express" (领事直通车) released a message on January 26th, reminding Chinese citizens to avoid traveling to Japan (日本) during the Spring Festival.
According to reports, in recent times, public security in Japanese society has been unstable, and there have been frequent cases of crimes committed against Chinese citizens. Earthquakes have occurred continuously in some areas, causing injuries, and the Japanese government has issued warnings regarding subsequent earthquakes. Chinese citizens in Japan (日本) face serious security threats.
As the Lunar New Year approaches, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外交部) and the Chinese Embassy and Consulates in Japan (中国驻日本使领馆) remind Chinese citizens to avoid traveling to Japan (日本) recently, and remind Chinese citizens already in Japan (日本) to pay close attention to the local public security situation, as well as earthquake and secondary disaster warning information, raise awareness of safety precautions, and strengthen self-protection. In case of emergency, please call the police in a timely manner and contact the embassy and consulates in Japan (驻日使领馆) for assistance.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Tokyo, January 26 (Reporters Chen Ze'an (陈泽安) and Li Ziyue (李子越)) According to Japanese police sources, four Chinese citizens were injured in a train-truck collision that occurred in Nemuro (根室市), Hokkaido (北海道), Japan, on the morning of January 26. The Chinese Consulate General in Sapporo (札幌) stated that it will provide consular protection and assistance as needed by the parties involved.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Kuala Lumpur, January 26th (Reporter Wang Jiawei (王嘉伟)) The Luba Sea-Crossing Bridge, the largest single bridge project under construction in Malaysia undertaken by a Chinese enterprise, was successfully closed on the 26th and is expected to officially open to traffic in June this year.
As a "Belt and Road" project jointly built by China and Malaysia, the Luba Sea-Crossing Bridge project is located in Sarawak (沙捞越州), Malaysia, and is undertaken by China Railway Bridge Engineering Bureau (中铁大桥局). The project is 4,844 meters long and consists of a south approach bridge, a main channel bridge, and a north approach bridge. The offshore construction volume of the project accounts for 90% of the overall project. The construction team adopted a "full-water, no-trestle construction" scheme in accordance with local conditions, relying on flat barges and self-developed water mixing vessels to carry out operations.
The terrain where the bridge is located is a funnel-shaped estuary, and the construction is difficult due to factors such as strong surge tides and complex geological conditions. The project team scientifically allocated human and equipment resources, introduced ultra-large piling vessels, and developed, manufactured, and improved hydraulic equipment in accordance with local conditions, successfully overcoming a number of construction problems and promoting the steady progress of the project construction.
Hu Wei (胡伟), project manager of the China Railway Bridge Engineering Bureau (中铁大桥局) Luba Sea-Crossing Bridge project, said that the project's technical team repeatedly verified calculations for several months, continuously optimized the construction plan, and worked with the construction team to overcome construction problems one by one.
It is reported that after the completion of the Luba Sea-Crossing Bridge, it will significantly improve the coastal transportation pattern of Sarawak (沙捞越州), greatly shorten regional commuting time, end the history of residents on both sides relying on ferries for a long time, and inject new impetus into the development of local oil and gas, agriculture and other resources, and tourism.
Return to TopCaracas, January 25 (Xinhua) -- (Reporter Tian Rui (田睿)) Venezuelan acting President Rodriguez (罗德里格斯) said on the 25th that the United States should stop giving orders to Venezuelan officials.
Rodriguez (罗德里格斯) said in a speech broadcast on Venezuelan state television that day that the United States has given enough orders to Venezuelan officials, and Venezuela should resolve its own internal differences and conflicts. Rodriguez (罗德里格斯) called on all parties in the country on the 24th to engage in genuine political dialogue in order to achieve national unity and peace. She said that the top priority is to maintain peace and ensure the people's tranquility.
Earlier this month, the United States launched a large-scale military operation against Venezuela, raiding the Venezuelan capital Caracas (加拉加斯) and other places, forcibly taking control of Venezuelan President Maduro (马杜罗) and his wife and taking them to the United States. The international community widely condemned the United States for seriously infringing on Venezuelan sovereignty.
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Davos never lacks words. This year's World Economic Forum Annual Meeting was full of "firepower" in its viewpoints. Inside the conference hall, issues such as regional conflicts, technological divides, and energy transitions intertwined and collided; during coffee breaks, greetings, lobbying, and probing of positions never stopped. However, when the music rose, the venue instantly shed its labels and had a brief but pure synchronous experience. This may not solve disagreements, but it adds to the possibility of dialogue.
At the opening ceremony of the annual meeting, after a brief welcome speech, the lights dimmed, and a low string melody came from the center of the stage, with the melody unfolding along with the slowly flowing images. In the first half, the sense of order in classical music flowed in the dynamic vision generated by artificial intelligence. The musicians who then appeared used jazz and pop music to lead the rhythm in a more free direction. Seemingly different musical languages produced harmonious resonance through dialogue with each other.
"Music is a language that does not require translation, allowing people from different backgrounds to enter the same dialogue atmosphere," World Economic Forum Managing Director Mürgenthaler told me. This simple sentiment becomes more thought-provoking in the context of a grand era: in today's world, the language of politics and economics is becoming increasingly obscure, and dialogue itself is becoming a difficult thing. At a time when words are becoming increasingly fierce and dialogue is becoming increasingly weak, the music ringing in Davos reminds us that dialogue first means listening.
In the history of human thought, music and art have often been regarded as a "pre-political" language. Ancient Greek thinkers firmly believed that music has a powerful moral force that can cultivate sentiments, cultivate the character of citizens, and shape the overall temperament of the city-state. Immanuel Kant presupposed "common sense" as the basis for aesthetic judgment to be possible in *Critique of Judgment*. This commonality does not require a consistent position, but rather means understanding others and recognizing the rationality of differences.
During the interlude between movements, many participants took the initiative to communicate with their neighbors in low voices, expressing their appreciation for the musicians. Music did not provide a cooperation plan, but created a rare "moment of coexistence," reminding people that cooperation begins with sharing an experience and acknowledging that they are in the same world. Disagreements have not disappeared, but the existence of disagreements does not mean that commonality has nowhere to be placed.
The World Economic Forum was born under the shadow of the Cold War. Founder Klaus Schwab (克劳斯·施瓦布) has repeatedly emphasized that the significance of the forum lies not in providing answers, but in making all parties willing to sit at the same table. The theme of this year's annual meeting is "The Spirit of Dialogue," which is to call on the international community to rebuild trust through constructive exchanges in the face of a complex and volatile international situation. The noise and arguments that occurred from time to time inside and outside the venue this year made the participating guests more convinced that a rapidly changing world needs more dialogue and cooperation to deal with common challenges.
At the close of the forum, discussions on various topics were still intense, and differences in positions had not disappeared. But a concert, like a pebble thrown into the water, quietly spread ripples. It reminds people in a poetic form that true dialogue requires not only a rational framework, but also an open mind. In a turbulent world, starting a dialogue is the first step towards solving problems. As World Economic Forum President Børge Brende (布伦德) said: "True dialogue is never easy, it requires patience, commitment and creativity, but it is indispensable."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘仲华
The 2026 Berlin International Green Week concluded on January 25th at the Berlin Exhibition Center. Founded in 1926, the exhibition celebrated its centenary this year, attracting over 1,600 exhibitors from more than 50 countries and regions, showcasing the latest achievements and sustainable agricultural development trends in the fields of food, agriculture, and horticulture.
This year's Green Week featured a special centenary memorial exhibition area, displaying the evolution of the industry from horse-drawn carriages and early tractors in 1926 to today's digital agricultural equipment and intelligent machines, using historical objects and image data. The exhibition also integrated the development history of centenary horticultural education, introducing vegetable and fruit planting methods and horticultural techniques from different historical stages, such as early open-air planting relying on manual experience and simple greenhouse cultivation, to today's efficient production through precision irrigation, environmental monitoring, and automated management, allowing visitors to intuitively understand the evolution of crop cultivation methods and the application of modern agricultural technology.
To allow the public to more intuitively understand the concept of sustainable agriculture, this year's Berlin International Green Week actively innovated interactive experience sessions. The "Young Generation Experience Center" provided practical operations in industries such as agricultural machinery, landscape design, hotel catering, and logistics. The center is designed based on Germany's "dual system" vocational education system, aiming to allow young people to perceive the connection between school education and career development through hands-on operations, attracting more young talents to the agricultural industry chain. Staff stated that through hands-on operations, young people can more intuitively understand the characteristics of modern agriculture and service industries, and recognize the practical significance of sustainable development. Jonas, an eighth-grade student from the Ernst-Schering-Schule (恩斯特·谢林学校) in Berlin (柏林), said after the experience: "These activities made me realize that sustainable development is not just about planting trees; it exists in every aspect of construction, catering, and logistics. This opens up new horizons for my future studies." Regina, a staff member from the landscape design company Naturzaun (自然之苑), said that she hopes to attract more young people to pay attention to and participate in the development of the agricultural field through rich displays and experiences.
The combination of historical experience and innovative practice makes Green Week an important window for gaining insight into global agricultural development trends. Mario Tobias (马里奥·托比亚斯), CEO of Berlin Exhibition Company (柏林展览公司), said that Green Week provides an important space for all sectors to exchange, innovate, and dialogue, promoting the implementation of the global sustainable agricultural development concept. As one of the world's oldest and largest agricultural and food exhibitions, the exhibition not only allows people to examine the development of agriculture but also triggers public and industry professionals to think about future food production, resource utilization, and sustainable development.
(Reported from Berlin (柏林) on January 26th by Zhao Hongsheng (赵宏笙), intern)
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, Brussels, January 26 (Reporters Kang Yi (康逸) and Ding Yinghua (丁英华)) The 27 member states of the European Union (欧盟) formally adopted regulations on January 26 regarding the gradual prohibition of imports of pipeline natural gas and liquefied natural gas from Russia. According to the regulations, a comprehensive ban on imports of liquefied natural gas from Russia will take effect in early 2027, and a comprehensive ban on imports of pipeline natural gas will take effect in the autumn of 2027. The new rules also include measures to strengthen effective supervision and promote the diversification of energy supply.
The regulations also stipulate that in the event that the European Union declares a state of emergency and one or more European Union countries face a serious supply threat, the European Commission (欧盟委员会) may suspend the implementation of the import ban for a maximum period of four weeks. By March 1, 2026, each member state must formulate a national plan to achieve diversification of natural gas supply.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Buenos Aires, January 25 (Reporters Zhang Duo (张铎) and Wang Zhongyi (王钟毅)) A U.S. military transport plane landed in Ushuaia (乌斯怀亚市), the capital of Tierra del Fuego Province (火地岛省), Argentina (阿根廷) on the 25th, causing tension among local residents. The Tierra del Fuego Provincial Government (火地岛省政府) condemned the U.S. military's action.
According to the Argentine news agency, the Boeing C-40 "Clipper" transport plane belonging to the U.S. Department of Defense (美国国防部) flew to Ushuaia (乌斯怀亚市) on the 25th after staying in Buenos Aires (布宜诺斯艾利斯), the capital of Argentina (阿根廷), for two days. The reason for the plane's landing and the identity of the people on board are currently unknown.
The Tierra del Fuego Provincial Government (火地岛省政府) stated that it had not received any notification from the Argentine Federal Government (阿根廷联邦政府) or the Argentine Ministry of Defense (阿国防部). The Tierra del Fuego Provincial Government (火地岛省政府) condemned this action by the U.S. military, believing that the U.S. Southern Command (美国南方司令部) intends to control the region.
Ushuaia (乌斯怀亚) is about 800 kilometers from Antarctica (南极) and is a logistics and supply hub for Antarctica (南极), with important strategic significance.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李志伟
The U.S. Department of Defense recently released the 2026 National Defense Strategy report, explicitly prioritizing the security of the U.S. homeland and U.S. interests in the Western Hemisphere. Analysts believe that, compared to previous administrations, this report highlights a "major shift" in the U.S. defense strategic posture.
The U.S. National Defense Strategy report is authorized by Congress and released every four years. It is an important guiding document used by the U.S. military to plan and deploy global forces and implement leadership strategic priorities. According to the 34-page report, the U.S. Department of Defense will ensure border security, combat "narco-terrorists" in the Western Hemisphere, and ensure control over key areas of the Western Hemisphere, enabling U.S. military and commercial entities to access key areas from the Arctic to South America, especially "Greenland, the Gulf of America, and the Panama Canal." The U.S. Department of Defense will prioritize the development of the "Golden Dome" missile defense system, develop and deploy capabilities and systems to counter drone systems, modernize and adapt U.S. nuclear forces, and strengthen cyber defense of U.S. military targets and certain civilian targets.
Observers believe that the "key areas" in the report refer to areas critical to U.S. military operations, commercial interests, and power projection. Judging from the wording, the "key areas" that the United States wants to control are not limited to Greenland, the Panama Canal, and the Gulf of Mexico mentioned in the report, but are strategic layouts for the United States to compete for global power. As for the "Golden Dome" missile defense system, according to *USA Today*, U.S. President Donald Trump (特朗普) announced shortly after taking office in January 2025 that he would build the "Golden Dome" system, and in May of the same year, he announced a \$175 billion development plan for the missile defense system. The U.S. Congressional Budget Office said that this project may eventually cost more than \$800 billion over the next 20 years. From excessive costs to questionable technical feasibility to the risk of triggering an arms race, the project has been controversial and questioned.
The report believes that Europe's importance to the United States has decreased, stating that "while Europe remains important, its share of the global economy is shrinking and continuing to decline." The report calls Russia a "manageable threat," noting that NATO allies are fully capable of assuming primary responsibility for Europe's conventional defense, with the United States providing "critical but more limited support." U.S. Secretary of Defense Heger Seth (赫格塞思) said in the report: "We recognize that the United States has neither the obligation nor the need to shoulder global operational responsibilities alone, nor will it pay for security gaps caused by the irresponsible decisions of allied leaders themselves. Instead, the Department of Defense will prioritize addressing those threats that pose the most significant, critical, and severe threats to U.S. interests." The report emphasizes that Iran must never be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons. The United States will support Israel (以色列) in strengthening its defense capabilities and deepen cooperation with Gulf Arab countries to enable regional allies and partners to assume primary responsibility for deterring and defending against Iran (伊朗).
Kremidas-Courtney (克雷米达斯—考特尼), a senior researcher at the European Policy Center, believes that the new U.S. defense strategy report no longer emphasizes dealing with multiple challenges simultaneously, but clearly divides threat levels and task priorities. "Defending the U.S. homeland is the top priority, and everything else, including Europe, is secondary." Kremidas-Courtney believes that the "American Fortress" concept has taken shape, and "overseas forward deterrence is no longer the default option for U.S. security strategy; territorial defense is."
Return to TopKathmandu, January 26 (Reported by Li Mo (李墨) from this newspaper) According to Indian media reports, a Nipah virus outbreak has recently occurred in West Bengal (西孟加拉邦) in eastern India. Currently, 5 cases of infection have been confirmed, including medical staff.
The report stated that the local government is taking measures to curb the spread of the virus. Nearly a hundred people have been asked to self-quarantine, and monitoring and screening for symptoms such as fever, headache, and respiratory diseases have been strengthened. Since the virus is usually transmitted from bats to humans, West Bengal (西孟加拉邦) has requested several zoos in the state to sample and test captive bats.
To prevent the virus from entering the country, the Nepalese Ministry of Health has announced an increase in the alert level nationwide, strengthening health checks on inbound personnel at international airports and border crossings between Nepal and India. The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand announced that, starting from the 26th, comprehensive screening will be implemented for flights from West Bengal (西孟加拉邦), India.
According to the World Health Organization (世界卫生组织), the Nipah virus is a zoonotic virus that can be transmitted to humans through infected animals or food contaminated by the saliva, urine, and excrement of these infected animals. In rare cases, it can also be transmitted from person to person. The Nipah virus can attack the lungs and brain of humans. Symptoms of human infection include acute respiratory infection and fatal encephalitis, with a mortality rate usually above 40%. The incubation period from infection to the appearance of symptoms is generally 4 to 14 days, with a maximum of 45 days. Currently, there are no licensed vaccines or specific drugs.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 张博岚 王骁波
Inside the campus of Ohio State University in the United States, there is an underground "Glacier Bank." There, tens of thousands of shiny silver tubes are neatly arranged on steel frames, preserving the Earth's richest ice core "archives," recording the past 700,000 years of Earth's climate change.
The head of the "Glacier Bank" is Lonnie Thompson, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and a professor at the School of Earth Sciences at Ohio State University. This scientist, with silver-rimmed glasses, is tall and thin, and treats people with courtesy. When talking about glaciers, he is always eloquent and 如数家珍 (rú shǔ jiā zhēn - "enumerate treasures," to be very familiar with something, as if counting one's family valuables).
More than 40 years ago, when most glaciologists were focusing on the North and South Poles, Thompson recognized the importance of mid- and low-latitude glaciers with great foresight. He led 50 expeditions to remote highlands in nearly 20 countries, collecting and analyzing ice core samples, and drawing a map of global past climate patterns. Thompson is therefore known as the founder of mid- and low-latitude alpine paleoclimatology.
Thompson was also the first American glaciologist to conduct scientific expeditions on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原), and the first paleoclimatologist to drill into glaciers in the Himalayas (喜马拉雅山). Since 1984, he has visited the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原) 29 times for scientific expeditions, and is known by his Chinese counterparts as the "guide" and "collaborator" of Chinese glacier scientific expeditions.
The First to Introduce High-Altitude Ice Core Drilling Technology to China
Can glacier research also be conducted in mid- and low-latitudes?
For glaciologists before the 1970s, this was an impossible task—the areas where large glaciers form in mid- and low-latitudes are too high in altitude, unsuitable for human work, and there were no suitable drilling technologies, equipment, or transportation methods to transport the glaciers to the laboratory. Therefore, for a long time, glaciologists' research objects were concentrated in the Earth's North and South Poles.
While studying for a doctorate in geology at Ohio State University, Thompson realized that there were too many people doing research on polar glaciers, and to make a breakthrough, he had to start with mid- and low-latitude glaciers. After continuous attempts, he successfully developed ice core drilling equipment for low-latitude, high-altitude regions—a solar-powered drill—and obtained funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation to conduct glacier scientific expeditions in mid- and low-latitude regions such as Quelccaya in Peru. Since then, he and his colleagues have dragged 6 tons of equipment to South America, Africa, Asia, and Europe, extracting long, cylindrical ice samples—ice cores—from long-formed glaciers.
Ice cores are known as "wordless environmental password archives," carrying the "historical materials" left by thousands or even millions of years of climate and environmental changes. Ice cores not only record information on natural changes in past climate and environment, but also record the impact of past human activities on the climate and environment.
For those who can interpret the mysteries of ice layers, each ice core preserves a unique and fascinating historical story. Through the Quelccaya Ice Cap in southern Peru, Thompson's team learned about the droughts and floods that led to the collapse of the pre-Inca civilization; in the ice cores extracted from the Irian Jaya Glacier in Papua Province, Indonesia, they discovered the impact of the El Niño phenomenon on rising sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific region, and reconstructed the climate in the tropical Pacific region from around 1964 to 2010... Various information is bound into volumes by nature and sealed in the extremely high places rarely visited by humans. Each layer of the ice core contains subtle changes in dust, volcanic ash, and water chemistry, and occasionally frozen insects—these together form a record of climate and geological changes that can be extracted, preserved, and interpreted, much like the annual rings of trees.
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原) is a scientific expedition mecca that many glaciologists dream of in their lifetime, but for a considerable period of time, human knowledge of the glaciers on this land was extremely limited.
Thompson read about the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原) glaciers in academic journals when he was in college. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原) has the largest glacier group in the world's mid- and low-latitude regions, with more than 40,000 independent glaciers, covering an area of about 49,000 square kilometers. As the source of the Asian monsoon-plateau monsoon, the information it contains is of great significance for studying the past and predicting future climate and environmental changes in Asia and the world.
In order to realize his idea of conducting glacier scientific expeditions on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原), Thompson wrote to Shi Yafeng (施雅风), the founder of Chinese glaciology and then director of the Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院兰州冰川冻土沙漠研究所), to discuss the possibility of drilling on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原) ice sheet.
In 1984, Thompson came to China for the first time to carry out scientific expedition work, thus kicking off a 40-year-long glacier scientific expedition journey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原). For his first visit to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原), Thompson stayed for three months. Due to language barriers and a lack of accurate maps, he spent six weeks trekking through the mountains of the Qilian Mountains (祁连山脉) on the northeastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原).
"At that time, Sino-U.S. relations had normalized, and both sides were full of curiosity about each other's development in various fields. I was invited to China for scientific expeditions, hoping to work with my Chinese counterparts to study the characteristics of global climate change on this snow-covered plateau," Thompson recalled. During this visit, he met Yao Tandong (姚檀栋), who later became an important partner. Yao Tandong (姚檀栋) is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院) and former director of the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院青藏高原研究所) (hereinafter referred to as "Tibetan Plateau Institute"), who was still a graduate student at the time, studying water resources in the Qilian Mountains (祁连山) area.
"We walked a long way together every day, discussing glaciers, climate, science, and the future. Living in an extreme climate environment with thin air, cold, and wind, you can see more clearly what a person's 'core' is like, and the friendship established is deep and the trust is solid." In this way, Thompson and Yao Tandong (姚檀栋) became lifelong friends. Since then, he and Yao Tandong (姚檀栋) and many Chinese counterparts have explored, discovered, and deciphered the glacier code of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原).
"The solar drills and other key equipment and ice core analysis technology provided by Thompson's team laid the foundation for Chinese glaciological research," Yao Tandong (姚檀栋) recalled. "At that time, Chinese glaciology was still in its infancy, and the United States was already relatively advanced in equipment and technology. Thompson was the first person to introduce high-altitude ice core drilling technology to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原), and his role in Chinese glacier scientific expeditions can be described as a 'guide' and 'collaborator'."
Scientists from Both Countries Jointly Create Many "Firsts"
The mountain passes above 5,500 meters on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原) are ravaged by wind and snow, and the figures of scientific expedition members often appear on this ice and snow road. A short rest every ten steps, a long rest every hundred steps... The scientific expedition members climbed ice and lay in the snow, scanning the vast snowfield like a carpet, searching for clues about climate change locked under the ice layer.
Every step on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原) can be felt as a heavy burden on the heart and lungs. The wind and snow in the high mountains are heavy and fierce, and the flying snow does not fall from the sky, but is blown up from the ground. Any work carried out in the wind and snow is more difficult. When one person digs a pit to collect snow samples, several people have to stand by the pit to protect it from the wind and snow, otherwise both the person and the pit will be buried under the snow in an instant.
In order to ensure that the ice core does not melt, the work of drilling the ice core is usually completed at night, and the best time is from 8 pm in summer to 8 am the next morning. "Best" means low temperature, and the scientific expedition members will use their breath to determine the start time: if they can exhale "white air," the temperature is below zero degrees Celsius. Working at night in low temperatures, the team members need to wear 3 kilograms of heavy work clothes, and every movement is like resisting the solidified cold air, and even the simplest equipment operation and putting on and taking off gloves are slow and laborious.
Lack of oxygen, low temperature, little sleep, high mental stress... The process of glacier scientific expedition is a process of fighting against these difficulties. Thompson said that glacier research requires wisdom, but in the process of drilling ice cores, what is especially indispensable is a good physique and a spirit of not fearing difficulties.
There are also many dazzling and romantic moments. Under the blue sky, the ice peaks sparkle with silver light, and the ice tongues that seem to flow but do not flow extend in all directions, and the ice lakes are embedded in the distant mountains. Before dinner in the evening, everyone gathers at the entrance of the tent, looking east, the sky is full of stars, and looking west, there is still the lake and mountain scenery under the afterglow of the setting sun.
"In the ice mountains and snowfields, we turn everything that seems impossible into possible," Thompson said with emotion.
On this snow-covered plateau closest to the sky, decades of hard work and persistence have yielded many heavy results—
In 1987, Thompson and Yao Tandong (姚檀栋) and other Chinese and American scientists cooperated to complete the first deep-hole ice core drilling work in China on the Dunde Ice Cap (敦德冰帽) in the Qilian Mountains (祁连山). In 1989, the relevant research results were published in the world's top academic journal *Science*, causing a huge sensation in the academic circles at home and abroad;
In 1992, Chinese and American scientists climbed the Guliya Ice Cap (古里雅冰帽) in the West Kunlun Mountains (西昆仑山) and drilled the longest ice core in the mid- and low-latitude regions at that time and the longest ice core recorded to date—308.6 meters long, spanning more than 700,000 years, and detailed recovery of climate and environmental changes on various time scales since the last interglacial period;
In 1997, on Shishapangma Peak (希夏邦马峰), the Sino-U.S. joint scientific expedition team obtained three Dasuopu (达索普) ice cores with a total length of 480 meters and a total weight of 5 tons, creating a world record for the highest altitude (7,200 meters) of sampling points in the world's ice core research community;
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The ice core samples were sent to laboratories in China and the United States, and many "firsts" were successively born. For example, it was first confirmed that there is a dry snow zone on mid-latitude alpine glaciers—indicating that mid-latitude alpine glaciers also have snow that does not melt in summer, which is conducive to the preservation of records inside the ice core and enhances the research value of mid- and low-latitude ice cores.
"The ice cores we bring back from the field have always been half for China and half for the United States," said Wu Guangjian (邬光剑), a researcher at the Tibetan Plateau Institute (青藏所). "Over the years, we have reached a consensus that the cooperation between the two sides must be equal."
Closely Connected by the Common Destiny of Mankind
In cooperation with Yao Tandong (姚檀栋) and other Chinese scientists, Thompson also confirmed one thing: "Even in extreme climate environments, American and Chinese scientists are working towards a common goal. Science has no borders, and sooner or later, people all over the world will unite to jointly address the challenges of climate change."
"Thanks to the regional glacier research program led by the Tibetan Plateau Institute (青藏所), the prospects for 'Third Pole' glacier research are encouraging. The institute is working with counterparts in neighboring Central Asian countries to help Tajikistan, Nepal, and Pakistan build new research stations," the American journal *Science* commented in an article entitled "Glacier Research on the 'Third Pole' Receives Strong Support from China."
Since the establishment of the Tibetan Plateau Institute (青藏所) in December 2003, Thompson has served as the academic deputy director, directly participating in the determination of the institute's academic direction and the construction planning of field stations, and using remote video technology to teach paleoclimatology courses to Chinese graduate students and students from countries jointly building the "Belt and Road" initiative.
Due to the time difference, Thompson's class often started at 9 pm Beijing time, but the students were very enthusiastic and had a strong curiosity and desire to explore many issues. Over the years, Thompson has taught more than 200 students.
"More than 40 years ago, Yao Tandong (姚檀栋) and I were eating ramen noodles in a small restaurant lit by kerosene lamps in Lanzhou, Gansu, discussing the possibility of establishing the Tibetan Plateau Institute (青藏所). Now this idea has not only become a reality, but is also going further and further," Thompson said. "The most important work we have done in recent years is to jointly train young glaciologists, and I think this is a win-win choice."
From the late 1980s, Thompson used his research funding as a scholarship to invite Chinese scientists to visit and study at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center (伯德极地与气候研究中心) where he was located. Over the years, Thompson and Chinese researchers have jointly published more than 30 articles in internationally influential academic journals such as *Nature*, which has greatly improved the international academic influence of Chinese scientists in this field.
Deji (德吉), a Chinese Tibetan female scientist, once visited and studied at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center (伯德极地与气候研究中心). There, she learned innovative methods in "ice core isotope and climate signal correlation analysis," and these experiences were later directly applied to glacier research after returning to China. The analysis software used in the class is still her core tool for verifying the repeatability of ice core records.
Thompson once participated in a essay contest organized by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院) and wrote a submission of up to 6 pages. He wrote: "We have worked together in both good and bad conditions, and in the process, I have always believed in the beauty and greatness of the human spirit. Although we live in different places and have different cultures and spiritual beliefs, we are closely connected by the common destiny of mankind."
Chinese Glacier Research Achieves a Historic Leap
In 2024, Chinese scientists successfully drilled a 324-meter-long ice core at an altitude of 6,100 meters on the Puruogangri Icefield (普若岗日冰原) using domestically produced drilling equipment, which is the longest ice core drilled in the world's mid- and low-latitude glaciers; Chinese scientists proposed that the synergistic effect of the westerly monsoon is an important mechanism driving regional differences in glacier changes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原), and the *Third Pole Environment Science Assessment Report* written by them was released by the United Nations Environment Programme; Chinese scientists participated in the formulation of scientific plans for 5 programmatic documents of the United Nations Decade of Cryosphere Science Action Plan, and the theme of Asian Water Tower Glacier Protection and Development proposed by them has become an important part of the United Nations Decade of Cryosphere Science Action Plan...
After decades of accumulation, especially in recent years through the implementation of the second Qinghai-Tibet scientific expedition national major science and technology task and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院) "Silk Road Environment" Class A strategic pilot project, Chinese scientists' research on glaciers on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原) has entered the international advanced ranks, and has achieved a series of world-original achievements, realizing a historic leap from following to running alongside and then to leading in some fields.
Thompson has witnessed the tremendous changes taking place in China and has seen the Chinese government's investment in the training of young scientific research talents and scientific equipment. "The equipment in Chinese ice core research laboratories is becoming more and more advanced, and new scientific research parks have been built in Lhasa, Tibet (西藏拉萨) and Beijing (北京). I see that China is investing real resources in governing the climate system and the environmental system. Politicians in Washington often have a misunderstanding that the Chinese government and people do not care about environmental issues, but the opposite is true," Thompson said.
2024 is the 40th anniversary of the Sino-U.S. joint glacier scientific expedition, and Thompson, who is already 76 years old, revisited the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原). Looking at the places he drilled in the early days of his career, he sighed: "It was not easy to come here at that time. The road was very muddy, the truck was full of equipment, and we had to lay road mats to prevent the vehicle from getting stuck in the mud. We spent **九牛二虎之力** (jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì - "the strength of nine oxen and two tigers," tremendous effort) pushing and pulling to barely reach our destination. The situation is completely different now. The whole road is asphalt, the hotel is brand new, and the research base is fully equipped."
Today, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原) has become a new arena for international ice core research after the North and South Poles.
Thompson is still committed to promoting scientific and technological cooperation between China and the United States in the field of glaciers, and helping Chinese glacier research quickly integrate into the international scientific community. In order to promote the "Third Pole Environment" International Program (TPE) initiated by Chinese scientists to gain more support from other countries internationally, Thompson used his influence to establish the TPE U.S. Sub-center at Ohio State University, actively participated in the Third Pole Environment Senior Expert Seminar, and called on Third Pole Earth scientists to unite their strengths and jointly address the challenges of climate change. In addition, he also introduced *The New York Times* and other media to visit the Tibetan Plateau Institute (青藏所) and report on it, so that the world can better understand Chinese glaciology and the development of Tibet (西藏).
Thompson often compares the glaciers on the plateau to canaries in a coal mine. "When the canary stops chirping, the miners know it's time to leave the mine. Like canaries, glaciers are warning us of the dangerous accumulation of greenhouse gases," he said. "Glacier melting does not stop because of national borders. Every time I go on the ice, I am racing against time, racing against the speed of glacier melting. I look forward to working with Chinese scientists to write more exciting scientific expedition stories on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原) and jointly protect our planet."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王昊男 吴储岐
"After running around all morning, I'm a bit tired and need to rest." Around 1 p.m., crowdsourcing rider Kong Dexiao (孔德霄) opened the "Friendly Chaoyang (友好朝阳)" mini-program and found the nearest 24-hour station. He pushed the door open, got a cup of hot water, plugged in his phone to charge, and half-reclined, closing his eyes to rest. "In the past, I could only lie down in a convenience store for a while, but now I can find a 24-hour station nearby, which is like a gas station for me," said Kong Dexiao (孔德霄).
China's social structure is undergoing profound changes, especially with the rapid development of emerging fields, the large-scale emergence of new economic organizations and new social organizations, and the continuous expansion of the new employment group. Social work is facing new situations and new tasks, and must demonstrate new responsibilities and new actions.
In Chaoyang District (朝阳区), Beijing (北京市), there are approximately 101,000 new employment group members like Kong Dexiao (孔德霄), including couriers, food delivery riders, and online car-hailing drivers. In recent years, Chaoyang District (朝阳区) has been deeply promoting the construction of "Friendly Chaoyang, Shared Beautiful (友好朝阳·共朝美好)," and continuously exploring the integration path of service guarantee for new employment groups and grassroots governance. "Based on the construction of a friendly Chaoyang (友好朝阳) with 'networks available at all times, homes everywhere, and love for everyone,' we focus on organizations following, services being brought in, and governance being integrated, strengthening ideological guidance, upgrading service networks, and building a platform for integrating into governance, effectively enhancing the organizational sense of belonging, professional honor, and social responsibility of the new employment group," said Wu Xiaojie (吴小杰), Secretary of the Chaoyang District (朝阳区) Party Committee.
From "A Place to Rest" to "Settling Down"
Late at night, the chill gradually deepens. In the Yi She Apartment (怡舍公寓) in Qingfeng Community (庆丰社区), Shuangjing Subdistrict (双井街道), a warm light is on. Taobao Flash Sale rider Wang Zhiqiang (王志强) finishes a day of running around, taking off his helmet and coat.
"We arrived almost at the same time, are you hungry? Want to get something from the kitchen?" Meituan rider Xu Guoying (徐国营), his roommate, greeted him. "I'm full, I'll tidy up and go to sleep, and keep working tomorrow!" Wang Zhiqiang (王志强) replied with a smile.
Not long ago, such nights meant they had to ride more than ten kilometers back to their rented houses in the distant suburbs. Now, it only takes 5 to 7 minutes to return to the Yi She Apartment (怡舍公寓) from the delivery area they usually work in, and the monthly rent is only 700 yuan.
In Yi She (怡舍), the shared kitchen is often filled with the aroma of food, and the washing machines in the laundry room are happily spinning. The most lively place is the shared living room, where the walls are covered with wish cards: "Work hard to earn money and give my family a better life," "Want to learn how to make short videos"... Each stroke writes down the expectation of settling down in the city, which is also recorded in the hearts of the subdistrict and community staff.
"There are cakes for birthdays, mooncakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and hot dumplings for the Beginning of Winter," Wang Zhiqiang (王志强) recounted these warm moments.
"Our research found that an important factor affecting the long-term stable work of the new employment group is the housing problem," said Li Hua (李桦), Secretary of the Shuangjing Subdistrict (双井街道) Working Committee. To this end, the subdistrict has linked district-level departments, enterprises in the jurisdiction, and other parties to implement the Yi She (怡舍) project in the core business district.
From "a place to rest" to "settling down," the new employment group is gradually changing from being passers-by in the city to being members of the community. From providing a bed to settling a heart, behind this is a change in the governance concept of megacities.
Chaoyang District (朝阳区) regards housing security as an important starting point for the new employment group to integrate into the city, and strives to build a multi-level security system of "a bed, a room." At present, it has provided more than 10,000 affordable beds for the new employment group, with monthly rents controlled between 600 and 1,200 yuan.
Not only can they live there, but they must also rest well. In the past, "eating casually, parking is difficult to find, charging requires queuing, and there is no place to rest when tired" was the daily life of online car-hailing driver Wang Jun (王军).
"Now, this is our temporary home." Speaking of the "Driver's Home" (司机之家) in Liulitun Subdistrict (六里屯街道), Wang Jun's (王军) tone is light and cheerful.
"Parking and charging are very convenient." Wang Jun (王军) counted on his fingers, "There are more than 50 parking spaces, and you can park for free for 1 hour on weekdays, and charging can be free for 2 hours. Basically, there is no need to queue, and the electricity price is also affordable, which saves a lot compared to outside."
What makes him even more satisfied is the rest area, with massage chairs, air conditioning, and TV, "It's much more comfortable than curling up in the car." Wang Jun (王军) said that the problem of eating is also solved, and you can eat a meat dish, a vegetable dish, and a staple food for 15 yuan.
A mouthful of "mom's taste" brought tears to the eyes of Meituan deliveryman Yang Baozhong (杨宝忠). Every traditional festival, the "Mom's Canteen" (妈妈食堂) in Anzhen Subdistrict (安贞街道) is open on time. Old Party member Auntie Zhu (朱阿姨) and her old sisters cook several home-cooked dishes for the busy "little brothers."
"What we provide is far more than just a meal." Zhang Zhonghua (张中华), Secretary of the Anzhen Subdistrict (安贞街道) Working Committee, introduced that the subdistrict also regularly solicits "micro-wishes" from the new employment group, and through the Party building coordination mechanism, integrates the resources of units and volunteers in the jurisdiction to implement these wishes one by one.
"Solving seemingly trivial things such as 'difficulty in resting' and 'difficulty in charging' is an important step for the new employment group to perceive the warmth of the city," said Xu Hongzhen (徐宏桢), Minister of the Social Work Department of the Chaoyang District (朝阳区) Party Committee and Secretary of the "Two New" Working Committee of the District Party Committee. Relying on the country's first "Guiding Principles for the Construction of Friendly Scenarios for New Employment Groups," Chaoyang District (朝阳区) systematically builds a "15-minute friendly service circle for new employment groups," and has built a total of 23,600 battery swap cabinet interfaces, 254,900 charging interfaces, and 791 24-hour stations.
From "Respecting Their Work" to "Promoting Growth"
As night falls, the Sanlitun (三里屯) business district is crowded with people. Under the overpass on the south side of Taikoo Li West (太古里西区), a station with simple lines and avant-garde design is particularly eye-catching. This is a friendly business district service base for new employment groups.
The upgraded station is divided into a rider rest area, a service corridor, and a multi-functional activity area, with all the basic supplies. The real change is reflected in the detailed design that is "rider-centered."
How should the station be renovated? The riders have the final say. The subdistrict working committee held many rider symposiums to solicit opinions on spatial layout and facility configuration: high stools are convenient for short breaks, small sofas are suitable for stretching the body, long benches are convenient for communication, folding chairs are for peak hours, and charging interfaces are reserved next to each seat. Being listened to and adopted makes the riders feel truly respected.
Now, the activity calendar is full of health consultations, intangible cultural heritage handicrafts, legal consultations, and safety publicity. The three business district party committees take turns on duty, widely linking enterprises and volunteer resources. Since June 2024, nearly 200 activities have been carried out here, serving more than 5,000 riders.
More importantly, it is value leadership. In the multi-functional activity area, a bright red Party flag is particularly eye-catching. The Sanlitun (三里屯) New Employment Group Temporary Party Branch launched the initiative of "Practicing Civilized New Customs and Striving to Be Warm-hearted People in the City," with Party members taking the lead in standardizing riding and civilized delivery, and driving more riders to jointly maintain the order of the business district. "We are not only people who run orders, but also members of the business district," said Zhang Yan (张岩), secretary of the temporary Party branch.
In Donghu Subdistrict (东湖街道), Gao Feng (高丰), a national model worker and one of the first "Chaoyang Beautiful Knights (朝阳美好骑士)," regularly conducts policy publicity and cordial exchanges to help riders learn policies. In Tuanjiehu Subdistrict (团结湖街道), the "Red Station Classroom (红驿课堂)" sends learning materials to the riders, and Party affairs workers form "help pairs" with rider Party members and applicants for Party membership. The district-level continues to promote the construction of pioneer rider studios, so that the new employment group has role models to learn from and directions to work towards.
Today, Chaoyang District (朝阳区) actively integrates resources from departments, enterprises, and universities to improve the learning platform and course supply. It has carried out more than 3,000 various learning and growth activities, benefiting more than 60,000 people, helping 207 people improve their education through the National Open University, and broadening the channels for career development for the new employment group.
From "Being Warmed" to "Shining"
One day, Taobao Flash Sale rider Xu Zhenjian (徐振建) was traveling through the streets and alleys of the business district as usual. On the way to deliver an order, he found a hidden danger of a road collapse. He immediately took out his mobile phone, opened the "Friendly Chaoyang (友好朝阳)" mini-program, took a photo, located it, and uploaded it.
In less than 10 minutes, the emergency team of Shuangjing Subdistrict (双井街道) arrived at the scene and quickly set up warning fences. Six hours later, Xu Zhenjian (徐振建) received another push from the mini-program: the road surface has been repaired. At the same time, his account had 2 more points, which could be used to redeem services such as laundry and haircuts.
"We feel a lot of care and love, and we also hope to do something for this city." When he received the pennant jointly presented by the subdistrict and the business district, Xu Zhenjian (徐振建) said with emotion.
The "Take a Photo at Will (随手拍)" used by Xu Zhenjian (徐振建) is the online governance platform that Chaoyang District (朝阳区) is focusing on promoting. Relying on this, the new employment group is transformed into the city's "mobile grid members" in their daily travels, reporting problems such as traffic light failures, road potholes, and fallen trees as soon as possible, helping relevant departments to respond quickly and efficiently. At the same time, Chaoyang District (朝阳区) relies on the "double station chief," "double point chief," and "double building chief" mechanisms to build a platform for deep integration of communities, stations, and riders.
"They have high-frequency mobility and wide coverage, and are 'natural sensors' in the operation of the city," said Xu Hongzhen (徐宏桢). "Building a good platform and designing a good mechanism can transform this advantage into governance effectiveness."
In recent years, Chaoyang District (朝阳区) has carried out more than 800 publicity activities, covering more than 40,000 members of the new employment group, and nearly 10,000 riders have participated in convenient public welfare and service along the way. For the good people and good deeds that emerge, subdistricts and communities promptly carry out activities such as sending family letters, sending letters of thanks, and sending good news, using visible incentives to strengthen positive guidance.
When the riders shuttling through the streets and alleys become the messengers of the city's stories, warmth takes root in daily life.
On Chaowai Street (朝外大街), the "Bookstore That Doesn't Sell Books (不卖书书店)" has quietly become popular this winter. There is no cashier here, only the agreement of "exchanging books for oranges and sharing sweetness." The books come from residents' donations, and the oranges come from the riders' hometowns, only exchanged and not sold.
"The starting point of the warm-hearted idea was that an aunt wanted to send out idle children's books, and our couriers were worried about the slow sales of oranges in their hometowns," said Zhang Lei (张磊), station manager of Zhongtong Yabaolu (中通雅宝路) business station. Chaowai Subdistrict (朝外街道) mobilized units in the jurisdiction to purchase oranges from the little brothers' hometowns, and the residents sent idle books. "Riders can flip through them when they are waiting for orders, or they can register and take them back for their children to read."
A book and an orange exchange items and convey warmth. In the two-way rush, more and more new employment groups are actively participating in grassroots governance. Some food delivery riders deliver medicine and purchase goods for elderly people living alone while delivering meals; some couriers use their skills to provide free haircuts and repair small household appliances; some online car-hailing drivers participate in night patrols to protect community safety... In one "take a photo at will" and "**顺手帮** (shùn shǒu bāng - "lend a hand," to do something as a convenience)," they are not only treated gently by the city, but also respond to this trust with their actions.
Looking from Chaoyang (朝阳) to the entire Beijing (北京). Continuously deepen the three actions of "diversified friendliness, comprehensive improvement, and deep integration," formulate the "Friendly Scenario Construction Standards" and the "Ten Guidelines for the Construction of Urban Stations," and vigorously promote the construction of a "friendly city"... As of now, Beijing (北京) has built a total of more than 2,000 friendly scenarios in 8 categories, promoted the construction of 200 municipal demonstration points, and opened 14,200 service positions to the new employment group.
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During an interview some time ago, I listened to a township cadre chatting about their promotion of land consolidation, where the Party committee and government paid for land leveling, which was originally a good thing. But when it came time to sign the transfer, the villagers looked at each other, and no one was willing to be the first to put pen to paper. Later, the construction team needed to borrow a path along the edge of a family's field, and that family stubbornly refused to let them pass. The village cadres talked until they were blue in the face, but it was no use. Finally, they found a childhood friend of the family—a cadre from a neighboring town—to do the work. And the result? Not only was the road allowed to be used, but the family took the initiative to sign the agreement the next day.
The matter was still the same matter, the policy was still the same policy, but the effect was different when someone else spoke. What exactly was the difference?
"The difference is trust." This township cadre used an analogy: "Trust is like a bridge pier. If the pier is not firmly built, no matter how beautiful the bridge deck is paved, people can't cross it." This statement is both simple and profound. Grassroots governance, to a large extent, is about dealing with the masses and doing mass work. With trust, cooperation is possible, and things can be accomplished; without trust, even simple things become difficult.
Where does trust come from?
As the old saying goes, "Familiarity is a treasure." The story of Huang Wenxiu (黄文秀) is widely known. When she first arrived at Baini Village (百坭村) in Leye County (乐业县), Guangxi (广西), the villagers were wary of her because she was a young woman. The old Party secretary told her: "Walk around often, and when the villagers become familiar with you, they will naturally accept you." So, Huang Wenxiu rolled up her trouser legs and ran to the fields, helping this family pick fruit and that family transplant rice seedlings, throwing herself into the midst of the masses. Before long, she became the "Sister Wenxiu (文秀阿姐)" that the villagers affectionately called her.
Just being "familiar" is not enough; what's more crucial is "doing what you say." In the 1960s, Huang Dafa (黄大发) vowed to build a canal to divert water for Caowangba Village (草王坝村) in Zunyi (遵义), Guizhou (贵州), which was suffering from water shortages. He failed. Many years later, he stood up again and said he wanted to build the canal. Without a word, the villagers borrowed money and sold off their belongings, managing to scrape together 13,000 yuan for the planning deposit. Having experienced failure, why did the villagers still trust him? It wasn't because his words were so moving, but because everyone had personally seen him running around, learning water conservancy technology, his feet worn with calluses, and his face thin and sallow. Everyone knew in their hearts that this man had poured his heart and soul into this canal.
Trust is always mutual. If we want to win the trust of the masses, we must first sincerely trust the masses. When planning major and minor matters, we might as well squat down and listen to what everyone thinks. Just like the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposals solicited opinions online, and the relevant departments sorted out more than 1,500 suggestions from more than 3 million messages. Doesn't this work become more grounded and confident? When encountering conflicts and disputes, we might as well ask the masses what to do. The reason why the "Fengqiao Experience (枫桥经验)" is enduring is that the secret lies in each and every people's mediator and "legal明白人," relying on the masses, trusting the masses, and letting the masses become the protagonists of social governance.
In the end, trust is not written in documents, nor is it shouted out in meetings. It lies in the day-to-day interactions, in the sense of accomplishment when promised things are truly done. This trust is the "bridge pier" that the township cadre spoke of. With a solid "bridge pier," the road of grassroots governance can be traveled smoothly, steadily, and far.
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"Secretary Cai (蔡书记), the initial investment of 5.2 million yuan is in place. How are we going to upgrade the village's cultural tourism?" The voice on the other end of the phone belonged to Zhang Wanxin (张万新), an entrepreneur doing business elsewhere. "In the past, it was mostly 'one-day tours,' and tourists didn't stay long. Now that we've been included in the 'Harmonious and Beautiful Chu Village (和美楚乡)' agricultural and cultural tourism area, we must develop together!" Cai Qibing (蔡其兵), Party Branch Secretary of Caiqiao Village (蔡桥村), Mashan Town (马山镇), Jingzhou District (荆州区), Jingzhou City (荆州市), Hubei Province (湖北省), said, awakening Zhang Wanxin (张万新), who had been determined to "only invest in this village."
Going it alone is weak, and developing together can create strength. Since 2025, Jingzhou City (荆州市) has implemented a three-year action plan to promote rural revitalization and enhance grassroots governance through the construction of grassroots Party building areas and belts, creating 4 Party building areas and 30 Party building belts covering 318 villages (communities) based on resource endowments and industrial foundations. "The construction of areas and belts is to break down barriers through organizational integration and activate the entire region's momentum through resource integration," said the relevant person in charge of the Organization Department of the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee (荆州市委组织部).
Jingzhou District (荆州区) uses tourism highways as an axis to divide more than 10 villages with cultural tourism foundations into the "Harmonious and Beautiful Chu Village (和美楚乡)" area, establishing a "joint Party branch construction, joint management of Party members, and joint deliberation of affairs" mechanism to coordinate industrial development and improve people's livelihoods. Now, projects such as the "Town BA" basketball game, the Jingchu Ancient Road cross-country race, and the water town fishing competition are becoming more and more numerous.
Various regions are exploring industrial integration paths in accordance with local conditions. Songzi City (松滋市) Weweishui Town (洈水镇) established a temporary Party committee in the Xizhai (西斋) agricultural industry area, integrating land, agricultural machinery, and technical resources from 13 grain and oil planting villages, and forming a Party member professional service team, covering an area of over 30,000 mu. Gongan County (公安县), focusing on the crayfish industry, overcame the localization breeding problem through joint Party building, radiating to 20,000 mu of industrial upgrading, with per capita income exceeding 30,000 yuan; Honghu City (洪湖市) promoted the pairing of 123 processing enterprises with more than 200 administrative villages, driving the planting of 225,000 mu of lotus root, with a brand value of 25.861 billion yuan.
"We will continue to deepen the construction of Party building areas and belts, optimize the layout of the areas, expand the scope of coverage, and make the momentum of Party building leading the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside stronger and the effectiveness better," said the relevant person in charge of the Organization Department of the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee (荆州市委组织部).
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Yonghong Village (永红村), once a remote and little-known mountain village, is now a key Shanxi (山西) provincial-level village for rural tourism. In recent years, veteran Liang Yongyong (梁永永) returned to Yonghong Village (永红村), Xinyi Town (信义镇), Lishi District (离石区), Lüliang City (吕梁市), and served as the village Party branch secretary. He led the villagers to revitalize abandoned land, improve the village's appearance, develop ecological sightseeing agriculture, and quadruple the village's collective income in three years. The villagers praised him: "Our 'soldier secretary' is truly outstanding!"
In recent years, Lüliang City (吕梁市) has innovatively implemented the "Veteran Village Chief" project, focusing on vigorously cultivating grassroots Party organization leaders in rural areas from outstanding veterans. "Some rural Party organizations are weak, and it is difficult to select leaders. Veterans have been tempered by the military, are politically firm, and are willing to dedicate themselves, making them a valuable resource for rural leaders," said Sun Dajun (孙大军), Secretary of the Lüliang Municipal Party Committee (吕梁市委). Currently, there are 225 veterans serving as heads of village Party organizations and 565 serving as members of the village "two committees" in the city. They are charging again on the "battlefield" of comprehensive rural revitalization, allowing the majority of villagers to gain more and more sense of accomplishment in industrial development and homeland construction.
In Zhangjiagou Village (张家沟村), Zhike Town (枝柯镇), Zhongyang County (中阳县), Lüliang City (吕梁市), the villagers are very familiar with the camouflage uniform of Chen Nengliang (陈能亮), the village Party branch secretary. At the beginning of his tenure, he faced a village with a serious outflow of population and a weak industrial base. "The key to change lies in the Party organization and Party members." Based on the actual situation of the village groups, he formulated differentiated development plans, and Party members took the lead in implementing them; the entire village was divided into several grids, with Party members and veterans serving as grid members, providing front-line services to the masses; he maintained close contact with outstanding young Party members outside the village, guiding them to participate in village-level governance... Now, the village roads have been repaired, the environment has become more beautiful, and industries such as photovoltaic and baked buns have developed.
In recent years, Xiyuan Village (西垣村), Chenjiawan Town (陈家湾镇), Liulin County (柳林县), Lüliang City (吕梁市) planned to develop ecological pig farming, but some villagers were hesitant. "I'll take the lead, and everyone can see the results." Liu Yongming (刘永明), the village Party branch secretary, invested his savings over the years and took the lead in building an ecological pig farming cooperative. From site selection to learning epidemic prevention knowledge, he took the lead in everything and provided careful assistance to the villagers. One villager said with emotion: "I didn't understand anything before, and the pigs I raised often got sick. Yongming came to my house to help, and now the pigs are fat and strong, and my income is much higher than before!" More and more villagers have participated, and the cooperative has driven the employment of hundreds of people.
The changes are also reflected in the improvement of rural civilization. They integrate the military's discipline, organization, and dedication to the people into rural governance, stimulating the villagers' internal motivation to build a better home together. In front of a cave dwelling in Nanjie Community (南街社区), Ningxiang Town (宁乡镇), Zhongyang County (中阳县), Yang Yong (杨勇), the community Party committee secretary, took the stage to tell the story of the revolutionary predecessors' advocacy of integrity and frugality, guiding everyone to build a civilized rural atmosphere together. In recent years, Yang Yong (杨勇) has done a lot of practical things in the community: if garbage is piled up in public areas, he cleans it up with everyone, persuading the masses to take care of public health; a few villagers in high-lying areas missed the centralized heating construction period and could not use heating, so he raised funds and coordinated with various parties, and the heating pipes were finally laid to the villagers' homes.
"In order to give them direction and motivation, we have established a series of working mechanisms such as training empowerment, industrial support, and incentive guarantees," said Yang Haijiang (羊海江), member of the Standing Committee of the Lüliang Municipal Party Committee (吕梁市委常委) and Political Commissar of the Lüliang Military Sub-district (吕梁军分区政委). "We must continue to improve, deepen, and solidify these mechanisms, and continuously improve the ability of outstanding veterans to help build organizations, help change concepts, help strengthen skills, and lead to prosperity, and create a 'never retired' fresh force for comprehensive rural revitalization."
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Everyone creates, everyone reads – a vivid picture of new mass literature under the conditions of the Internet. It proves that mass writing is not a marginal part of literature, but the basic soil of the literary ecology.
In recent years, I and a group of friends have founded writing platforms, launched magazine books, and filmed documentary films about amateur writers. We have two important pursuits: one is to restore dignity to serious writing, and the other is to encourage non-professional writers to express themselves. In the summer of 2025, I wrote a promotional slogan for the trial issue of the magazine book: "Everyone creates, everyone reads."
What is "everyone"? It does not refer to "every individual" in the statistical sense, but a structural judgment – in this era, people increasingly enjoy equal rights and opportunities in expression and reading. "Everyone" is a stance: standing on the side of ordinary people, on the side of experiences, cognitions, and emotions that have not yet been named or written.
"Everyone" is also a naming of the changes of the times. The first is the decentralization of expression tools. For a long time, writing meant professional training, publication thresholds, and scarce opportunities. Today, mobile phones, platforms, and AI tools have made writing no longer a monopolized skill. The second is the socialization and platformization of publication channels. Publication no longer depends on journals, publishers, or a few institutions. People can directly face readers in more open spaces. The third is the change in reading habits. Today's reading is often fragmented, but it is also high-frequency. People read faster and more diversely, but not necessarily less attentively. Reading has changed from a ritual to a frequent daily behavior in life.
Why tie creation and reading together? Because once writing lacks the process of being read, understood, and responded to, it cannot confirm whether it has been heard, and thus cannot be corrected, deepened, or enter the public eye. Ultimately, it can only accumulate without settling. In the current literary scene, what is more worthy of concern than "who can write" and "who writes a lot" is whether these creations can still be read, understood, and discussed seriously? Without the response of reading, creation will quickly wither. Conversely, if there is only reading without feedback to creation, reading will degenerate into consumption, literature and art will degenerate into one-way supply, and public culture will not be able to self-renew.
Everyone creates, everyone reads – a vivid picture of new mass literature under the conditions of the Internet. On the one hand, it should be seen that the writing of a large number of ordinary people brings new experiences, emotions, and perspectives, allowing literature and art to re-approach life; on the other hand, the popularization of writing does not automatically equate to the improvement of literature and art. What is important is whether this writing can change the mode of literary production and realize experience sharing, ideological exchange, and value resonance in a more open co-creation. New mass literature is not about abolishing standards, but about re-establishing standards; it is not about rejecting professionalism, but about allowing professionalism to play a guiding and reference role in a broader public space.
The vigorous emergence of mass writing and amateur writing is causing positive changes in the literary ecology, but there are also some trends that need to be seriously discussed.
For example, there is an excess of expression but a lack of dialogue. Today, more and more works are being published, but the number of works that are truly read and discussed seriously has not increased accordingly. When the speed of expression is far faster than the speed of understanding, writing can easily become a one-way output. Works are constantly being generated, but there is a lack of response; voices are constantly being superimposed, but it is difficult to form a dialogue. Especially in an environment where communities and circles are becoming increasingly segmented, writing often only circulates among "acquaintances" or "like-minded people," confined to their respective echo chambers, losing a broader space for public discussion. There is a lack of listening between different positions and a lack of collision between different experiences, which weakens the function of literature and art as a mechanism for public dialogue. When writing loses its publicness, it is difficult to assume the meaning of transcending individual experience.
Another example is the algorithmic aesthetic co-optation. In a data-driven environment, expression is easily shaped by algorithms. Click-through rates, completion rates, and forwarding volumes are gradually becoming important variables affecting creation. Over time, themes tend to converge, narrative patterns are repeated, emotions are templated, and the boundaries of expression are quietly narrowed. This does not mean that creators lack sincerity, but that when a certain mode of expression is constantly verified as "effective," other possibilities will be systematically compressed. Literature and art therefore face a paradox: the quantity of expression is increasing, but the diversity of expression is decreasing.
Of course, from the perception I have gained in writing practice, the positive significance of "everyone creates, everyone reads" far outweighs the problems. It proves that mass writing is not a marginal part of literature, but the basic soil of the literary ecology. In the upsurge of mass writing, professional writing will not disappear, and its existence will become a "higher-density reference system."
What is the use of literature? This is a question that is almost re-asked in every era.
In the summer of 2025, we went to Dongguan (东莞), Guangdong (广东) Province, and held seminars with ordinary writers from all walks of life. Subsequently, we launched a series of documentaries on "Finding Amateur Writers" in order to bring literature back to the human world from the desk. In Dongguan, we saw a possibility, a literature that grows out of labor, gravel, and fireworks. Wen Xiongzhen (温雄珍), who runs a clothing store during the day and works at a barbecue stall at night, said that writing poetry is not "I want to become a poet and then become famous," but "I must record, because if I don't record, I will be completely swallowed by this day." Tang Chunyuan (唐春元), a poet who delivers gas cylinders, said: "My relationship with poetry is like the relationship between gas and flame."
More and more people are writing, not to become famous, publish, or enter a certain system, but to record their own experiences, establish connections with others, and confirm "I am here, I have experienced it." In addition to the day-to-day labor, literature gives them the opportunity to be heard and understood. Those spontaneous, ordinary writings, completely without royalty contracts, are their way of reconciling with the world.
Every ordinary person's life can withstand the test and deserves the light. In this sense, mass writing and amateur writing do not answer literary propositions, but philosophical propositions: "Why should we live this life?" Not because they have answers, but because they give this question a new warmth.
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In the era of short videos, has the power of words diminished? After watching the short video account of this 56-year-old aunt, you might have an answer.
Recently, the short video account @祝薪雁 (Zhu Xin Yan) became popular, receiving nearly ten million likes and moving countless people. Her short video images are not exquisite, there are no cool editing techniques, and there is no sophisticated photography equipment. Most of them are just ordinary daily scenes of the stove, window, streets, and alleys taken casually. What touches millions of netizens is the text she adds to the videos.
She films fried tofu: "Chopsticks turn the tofu, the burnt marks spread, like unspoken words growing spots."
She films eating dumplings: "The dumplings are neatly arranged, the longing is long, and the mother is nagging."
Filming herself boiling eggs, she says: "A broken eggshell doesn't mean the egg is ruined. On the contrary, it has one less layer of restraint and can be integrated into the soup or porridge more quickly, living out another flavor."
Filming a village feast, one line of her words made people's eyes red: "People are all together, it looks lively, but the heart is empty. This meal is for you."
The aunt's words are always just a few strokes of plain description, but they carry the precipitation of time, revealing the texture and warmth of life, and are written into the hearts of countless people. Netizens have left messages under the videos: "Aunt, you are so good at writing, tears are streaming down," "It's like my neighbor, every word and phrase is full of human warmth," "True literature comes from life."
In the era of short videos, the power of words has not only not diminished, but has become even more prominent. Some people believe that videos carry far more information than words, and in an era where everyone is watching short videos, the power of words is disappearing. However, @祝薪雁's (Zhu Xin Yan) videos tell us that this is not the case. "A broken eggshell doesn't mean the egg is ruined... Small accidents in life are never the end, as long as the core is still there, it can always boil out its own temperature." Clearly, it's just a broken boiled egg taken with a mobile phone, not only not beautiful, but even a bit rough, but when she adds such words, she extracts a philosophy of life from the trivialities of life, which is thought-provoking. On short video platforms, exquisite pictures and special effects are dazzling, and various "popular short video techniques" emerge one after another, but sometimes, just a few dozen words can convey profound thoughts and rich emotions, making people's eyes light up and their eyes red.
No matter what form of media is used, what is always moving is a sincere heart. There is no distinction between high and low in media forms such as videos, pictures, and words, because the form is changing, but the true feelings remain the same. What moves millions of netizens is not superb literary skills, but the poetry in ordinary life. The aunt said that she gave herself the online name "祝薪雁 (Zhu Xin Yan)" because "祝 (zhu) is a prayer, 薪 (xin) is the passing on of the flame, and 雁 (yan) is the return of the wild goose," meaning "to inherit the flame of the family, to cherish the heart of the wild goose, to be blessed throughout life, and to always think of returning home when traveling far." Her short videos have no "exciting plots" or "reversals," only a bowl of noodles from her mother, a broken boiled egg, a few children on their way home from school, and a group of villagers sitting around a fire. She just observes, feels, and peacefully presents the texture of life itself, allowing you to see that every seemingly insignificant moment is worth being solemnly recorded and deeply loved. The poetry of life is never in the distance, but in this very moment, in the daily trivialities.
In the era of short videos, the power of words is still surging; in the era of short videos, we must still believe in the power of words. We don't have to become writers, nor do we have to become professional short video shooters, but we can learn from Aunt @祝薪雁 (Zhu Xin Yan), take every moment in life seriously, turn firewood, rice, oil, and salt into a song, and write daily trivialities into a poem.
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In his 70s, Shen Dongsheng (沈东生) often taps away at his keyboard late at night, updating his Shanghainese novel "Shanghai People Eating Rice Porridge" (上海人吃泡饭). He used to be a senior makeup artist at the Shanghai Film Studio (上海电影制片厂), and after retirement, he poured decades of life observations into his writing. His words range from the taste bud memories of a bowl of rice porridge to the joys, sorrows, and life stories in the alleyways, combined with authentic Shanghainese dialect, a vivid panorama of Shanghai citizens unfolds slowly in the online space.
Zhang Xutao (张旭涛), in his 60s, comes from Wuhan (武汉), Hubei (湖北). He is committed to creating a "Hankou (汉口) Urban Story Collection" online. His 500,000-word online novel "The Gigolo King of Hankou" (汉口的拆白大王) uses Wuhan dialect and integrates urban cultural elements to outline local customs and human relationships.
Feiyang (飞扬), who is of retirement age, has worked as a worker, washed dishes, and experienced the ups and downs of marriage. She found a spiritual outlet in online literature, devoting herself to creating a female hero who can fly over walls and help the weak and the poor, using the imagination of helping those in need to make up for the regrets of real life.
In recent years, with the entry of many elderly creators, online literature platforms have set off a wave of "silver-haired writing." Among the signed authors of Tomato Novel (番茄小说) alone, there are nearly 10,000 creators aged 50 and above. The works of silver-haired online authors are light on fantasy and heavy on realism, rooted in solid life soil, and more involved in historical changes, industry aspects, human ethics, and rural memories, adding a lot of weight to the imaginative online literature.
There are multiple factors behind the silver-haired group's involvement in online literature creation. On the one hand, the "age-appropriate" transformation of smartphones and internet applications makes basic online writing operations such as typing, posting chapters, and commenting and interacting no longer insurmountable obstacles for the elderly. On the other hand, after retirement, many elderly people have a lot of free time and are still ambitious, with a strong interest-driven and expressive desire. Many authors were "literary youths" in their early years, switching to the internet and picking up their pens again to continue their literary dreams and realize the value pursuit of expressing themselves and sharing life experiences.
Compared with those born in the 95s and 00s, the works of silver-haired online authors have not yet become the focus of traffic and have limited commercial benefits, but they have unique significance. Their "value needs" are greater than "survival needs," and they value the spiritual satisfaction of the creative process itself and the spiritual resonance with readers. Their creation is a new path for the elderly to participate in social life in a flexible way and realize their self-worth. At a time when China has entered a stage of moderate aging, the "silver-haired writing wave" is also a vivid microcosm of meeting the cultural needs of the elderly market and a new form of integrated development of the "silver-haired economy" and the cultural, entertainment, and internet information service industries.
"Aging" meets "digitalization," on the one hand, it realizes the self-worth of elderly authors, allowing them to enjoy their old age; on the other hand, it enriches the social participation dimension of the digital age, allowing them to be active in their old age. The popularization of digital technology and the changes in population structure have formed a profound interaction here. This interaction will also bring new vitality and new surprises.
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In the winter of 2020, at Director Pengfei's (鹏飞) studio, I first heard him talk about adapting Shuang Xuetao's (双雪涛) short story "The Aviator." Shuang Xuetao's works mostly use his hometown of Northeast China as the backdrop, weaving together the fates of many characters with a stern tone and compassionate heart, possessing strong literary qualities. In fact, the stronger the literary quality, the greater the difficulty in adapting it into film and television works. At that time, I had already read Xuetao's (雪涛) story and frankly told Director Pengfei (鹏飞) that the adaptation would be extremely difficult. He agreed with my judgment but also said that no matter how difficult it was, he would continue to work hard.
A few days ago, I saw Li Mingqi (李明奇), carrying his flying device, drawing clumsy but firm arcs through the fog in the city's sky on the big screen, and I was moved to tears, both for the protagonist's courage to fight against fate and because Director Pengfei (鹏飞), through tireless efforts, allowed the movie "The Aviator" to complete a wonderful narrative ascent.
The creation of the movie "The Aviator" has two distinct characteristics. One is the fusion of genres. The original novel is realistic. Director Pengfei (鹏飞) and the screenwriters—including the original author Shuang Xuetao (双雪涛) himself—made bold adaptations and selections to the original work, achieving a fusion of genre films and realistic narratives. The film changed the original's narrative form of a family epic interwoven with three generations of time and space, narrowing the narrative focus to Li Mingqi's (李明奇) personal dream-chasing history. This kind of selection is more in line with the rules of genre film narratives, lowers the threshold for appreciation, and allows more audiences to clearly receive the creative intentions. At the same time, the adaptation did not make the film's expression superficial, nor did it avoid reflecting on history, but rather reflected the texture of the times through the folds of individual destiny. The creators integrated the idealistic enthusiasm of people in the early days of reform and opening up, the process of factory restructuring in the 1990s, the population flow in small northeastern cities, and the warmth and coldness of human relationships during the social transition period at the turn of the century into Li Mingqi's (李明奇) three flights, hidden in the oily dirt of Li Mingqi's (李明奇) polishing of parts and his wife Gao Yafeng's (高雅风) concerns.
This "genre + reality" fusion strategy is also one of the trends in domestic film creation in recent years. For example, films such as "Chasing the Wind and Shadow" and "No More Bets" combine suspense genres with realistic issues, wrapping social thinking in strong plots; animated works such as "Ne Zha" and "Lang Lang Mountain Little Monster" also incorporate realistic cores, reflecting real life through fantasy settings. The fusion of genre and reality not only enhances the market competitiveness of the works but also broadens the expressive boundaries of realism.
In terms of specific genre modes, the film combines the dream-chasing narrative of personal growth with Northeast comedy and fantasy narratives. This fusion of different levels can gently pluck the heartstrings of the audience, making them laugh one minute and moved to tears the next.
The second characteristic of the film, which distinguishes it from the common narrative tone of Northeast-themed film and television works, is the adoption of a "warmly watching" value expression, highlighting the power of individual perseverance in factory restructuring and constructing a value core of "seeing hope in adversity."
"Warm realism" has become the mainstream value orientation of domestic films in recent years. It is not a compromise to reality but a profound understanding of the essence of realism—telling the past difficulties is certainly important, but creators cannot stop there and must sincerely convey the power of perseverance and kindness to the audience. Those films that have achieved commercial success have also proved that audiences expect to gain hope from watching movies and to gain spiritual comfort and the motivation to overcome difficulties and pursue a better life through stories and characters. At the end of the film, the creators changed the open ending of the original work, allowing the protagonist to complete a successful flight, illuminating the spiritual altitude of ordinary people, filling the audience's regrets, and giving people the power to continue pursuing their dreams.
With the improvement of the creative environment and the upgrading of industrial levels, the "authorship" and "commerciality" of domestic films are further integrated. More and more young creators are emerging, the "youth perspective" in films is rising, focusing more on the real life and spiritual demands of Generation Z; the cultural confidence of young creators is increasing day by day, and they are combining Chinese traditional stories and regional stories with common human emotions to achieve cross-cultural communication. Just as Li Mingqi's (李明奇) aircraft in "The Aviator" finally took off, domestic realistic films are also constantly breaking boundaries, finding a balance between "being down-to-earth to gain popularity" and "high-quality to pass on cultural heritage," and becoming a solid cornerstone of the Chinese film industry.
(The author is a screenwriter and director)
Return to TopThe Mao Dun Literature Prize-winning novel "Snowy Mountain Land" is nearly 600,000 words long, so I was curious how it would be adapted into a dance drama of less than 2 hours. After watching the entire performance, I found that the branches and vines of the novel had been pruned away, and only the most touching plots, such as the establishment of schools and hospitals, were selected, focusing on key figures, and the plot was explained very clearly. The friendship between the aid-Tibet cadres and the Tibetan compatriots is entirely conveyed through the dancers' physical movements—the trust when holding hands, the firmness when standing side by side, and the reluctance when parting, each posture is full of deep affection. The musical arrangement incorporates a large number of Tibetan cultural elements, and the music maintains continuity during stage transitions, creating a sense of immersion. The only shortcoming is that some dance sections do not express enough meaning, only setting off the atmosphere, and are somewhat detached from the narrative subject, which could be appropriately streamlined. Looking through the promotional materials, I discovered that this is a stage production by a local troupe, and the degree of completion is good, which is indeed a pleasant surprise.
(Beijing (北京市) Chaoyang District (朝阳区) Jiang Yuhong (蒋雨宏))
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Recently, the animated short film collection "Tales of Chinese Mysteries 2" (中国奇谭2) has released 5 episodes, sparking secondary creation among many "domestic animation" fans, but discussions in the public sphere are rare. Some viewers are beginning to worry: can this work, which continues the core of Chinese aesthetics and traditional culture, reproduce the popularity of the first part three years ago?
The heat has not yet broken through the circle, the reasons are complex, but the "cold and hot juxtaposition" of the communication effect may not be a bad thing. Because from the perspective of artistic quality, this season does have three breakthroughs, and these breakthroughs may not quickly trigger heated discussions.
It expands the polysemy of the story. Viewers' doubts mainly focus on the episode "How to Become Three Dragons" (如何成为三条龙), which is somewhat similar to the previous season's "Little Pig Demon's Summer" (小妖怪的夏天). In fact, the safest way for a sequel to "break the circle" is nothing more than anchoring the social emotions that once resonated and telling the verified story again. However, "Three Dragons" makes trade-offs in a seemingly detached manner: although the perspective is once again aimed at ordinary individuals, the story space shifts from Langlang Mountain (浪浪山), which symbolizes the old home, to villages and wastelands that can be seen everywhere. The connection between these spaces and the audience becomes weaker, no longer responsible for emotional substitution, but carrying richer artistic connotations. Here, the interrelationship between gods, humans, and demons in classical mythology unfolds in sequence, and in the second half of the story, it is nested with the self-transcendence of the little snake demon and the contradictory psychology of the people towards gods and demons, and other multi-dimensional narratives. "How to Become Three Dragons" abandons the emotional "straight-giving" of "Little Pig Demon's Summer", returns to the Chinese fable tradition, and allows the audience to substitute, think, and discover from different angles in a complex, polysemous, and profound context. Between "telling a story that the audience likes" and "letting the audience who likes it see multiple stories," the creators chose the latter—this is the advantage of fables, and it is also a common feature of good stories that are worth chewing on repeatedly.
It inherits the Chinese aesthetic view. Three years ago, the visual style of "Goose Goose Goose" (鹅鹅鹅) caused some parents to worry about "whether it would scare children," but this season's "Man in the Ear" (耳中人), which also draws on "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" (聊斋) and continues this style, has not caused controversy. This shows from the side that the unique Chinese aesthetic is being accepted by the public. In the following episodes, "Today's Zoo" (今日动物园) replicates the old taste of animation, and the barrage "it tastes right when changed to blurry 360P quality" is amusing; "Little Snow" (小雪) uses felt stop-motion animation, inviting the audience to feel "touch" with their eyes; "Xingtian" (刑天) integrates three-dimensional digital technology and hand-painted texture, refreshing the audience's visual experience... This is the advantage of short film collections, not only telling different stories, but also unifying the diverse expressions into the aesthetic paradigm of "localization + diversity." This is the consistent persistence of "Tales of Chinese Mysteries" (中国奇谭): only by forming different schools can there be grandeur.
It creates new digital assets. For the animation industry, the degree of content dissemination is certainly important, but it is also necessary to take into account the continuity of the IP, the possibility of cross-media development, and the value of digital assets. "Tales of Chinese Mysteries 2" (中国奇谭2) reflects the creative consciousness of adding new classic images to the "Chinese Animation Universe." After the fox-masked scholar and the "Journey to the West Quartet" (取经四人组) became popular, the "Three Little Snakes" (三小蛇), scholar, and little bear in the second season are also given more emotional experience and aesthetic meaning in terms of image shaping, reflecting the awareness of long-term and serialized IP management.
Admittedly, "Tales of Chinese Mysteries 2" (中国奇谭2) still has immature aspects: some reversals are slightly abrupt, the character motivations and arcs are relatively simple, and some allegories are relatively obscure, etc., but the "desire to express" in literary and artistic works is not only about what story to tell, but also what to tell through the story. "Tales of Chinese Mysteries 2" (中国奇谭2) has not lost the context of "China" and the grammar of "mysteries." If it abandons self-expression in order to cater to the temporary communication effect, it is likely to be counterproductive. A good work can also be a treasure, waiting to be discovered in the sedimentation of time. The surprise it leaves to the audience may lie in the repeated rereading in the future.
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