Summary: President Xi Jinping met with Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou in Beijing, celebrating 38 years of diplomatic relations and pledging to deepen their comprehensive strategic partnership. Xi emphasized mutual support for core interests, closer cooperation in various sectors including green development and the digital economy, and strengthened people-to-people exchanges. He also voiced support for Uruguay's role in the "Group of 77 and China" and CELAC, advocating for multilateralism and a more equitable global order. Lacalle Pou affirmed Uruguay's commitment to the One China principle and expressed admiration for China's achievements under Xi's leadership, anticipating further opportunities from China's "15th Five-Year Plan" (likely a typo in the Chinese source, referring to the 14th FYP - the 15th FYP will take place from 2026-2030). Wang Yi was present at these events.
Summary: This article outlines China's key priorities and strategies for agricultural and rural development in 2024. The focus is on enhancing agricultural production capacity, promoting rural revitalization, and increasing farmers' income through various measures, including technological innovation, land protection, and rural infrastructure development. It also emphasizes the importance of preventing a return to poverty and providing ongoing support to underdeveloped regions. The document stresses the need for strengthening the Party's leadership in rural areas and improving governance at the grassroots level. No mention is made of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article reports on the release of the Central No. 1 Document, emphasizing the importance of agriculture and rural modernization for China's overall modernization, especially as the 15th Five-Year Plan begins. It highlights the achievements in grain production and poverty alleviation, while underscoring the need to address imbalances between urban and rural development. The document calls for strengthening the agricultural base to counter external uncertainties. It also stresses the importance of integrating urban and rural development to promote comprehensive rural revitalization.
Summary: Premier Li Qiang met with Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou, noting the deepening cooperation since the establishment of their comprehensive strategic partnership in 2023. Li emphasized China's willingness to share development opportunities and strengthen collaboration in areas like technology, green economy, and digital technology, while also increasing imports of Uruguayan products. He affirmed China's support for Uruguay's leadership roles in regional organizations, advocating for multilateralism, free trade, and the safeguarding of developing nations' interests. President Lacalle Pou expressed Uruguay's commitment to the one-China principle and interest in the Belt and Road Initiative, also supporting China's global initiatives and a strengthened multilateral system. Separately, Zhao Leji met with President Lacalle Pou, emphasizing the importance of the bilateral relationship and the exchange of legislative experiences.
Summary: Near the Spring Festival, Yingshan County, Hubei Province, is exploring new methods for cultivating traditional Chinese medicinal materials like *fuling* and *Gastrodia elata* to increase farmers' income. Local enterprises are developing innovative cultivation methods, such as soilless cultivation in greenhouses, to address limitations of land scarcity and long growth cycles. Yingshan County Party Secretary Zheng Guangwen emphasized the importance of increasing the added value of Chinese medicinal materials, noting that the county has 280,000 acres dedicated to their cultivation. Local companies are collaborating with universities to develop value-added products and improve processing techniques, aiming to shift from selling raw materials by the ton to selling processed products by the gram. The focus is on leveraging the county's ecological advantages to benefit the local population through the sale of mountain products.
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of studying *Das Kapital* to understand the truth and practical power of Xi Jinping's economic thought. It suggests that Xi Jinping's economic thought is based on and develops Marxist economic theory, particularly as presented in *Das Kapital*. The article also discusses the role of arts and culture in revitalizing rural areas. There is no reporting in this article on the statements or actions of any official, and it does not discuss the United States.
Summary: Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou conducted a state visit to China at the invitation of President Xi Jinping. The two countries agreed to deepen their comprehensive strategic partnership, expanding cooperation in various fields. Uruguay reaffirmed its commitment to the One China principle and support for China's positions on Hong Kong. Both sides emphasized the importance of the multilateral trading system centered around the WTO. The two leaders also discussed the importance of cooperation within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative and support for the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).
Summary: On February 3rd, President Xi Jinping met with Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou, the first Latin American head of state to visit China this year. The two leaders oversaw the signing of over ten cooperation documents in investment and trade, and released a joint statement on deepening their comprehensive strategic partnership. China-Latin America cooperation, guided by mutual benefit and respect, supports Latin American development without seeking spheres of influence. China's engagement with Latin America stands in contrast to unilateralism and protectionism and offers an alternative model for great power relations with the region. China supports Latin American and Caribbean countries in safeguarding their sovereignty and development interests.
Summary: A Lunar New Year market fair was held in Ma'ao, Zhejiang province, featuring local products and cultural activities such as fish lantern making. The event, titled "Ao Li Township Covenant: Our Village Market," attracted both local citizens and tourists, including foreigners.
Summary: The article discusses the importance of agriculture and rural modernization for China's overall modernization, particularly as the country begins its 15th Five-Year Plan. It highlights the release of the annual "No. 1 Central Document," which focuses on rural revitalization, emphasizing the need to strengthen agriculture to address both domestic development imbalances and international uncertainties. The document stresses the importance of food security and rural development to counter external risks and advance China's modernization goals. It calls for consolidating poverty alleviation achievements and promoting integrated urban-rural development. The article emphasizes the need for practical and effective implementation of central policies to improve rural areas and the lives of farmers.
Summary: Premier Li Qiang met with Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou, noting the deepening cooperation since the establishment of their comprehensive strategic partnership in 2023. Li emphasized China's willingness to share development opportunities, expand trade in areas like AI and green tech, and import more Uruguayan products. He also voiced support for Uruguay's leadership roles in regional organizations and advocated for multilateralism and free trade amid rising unilateralism. President Lacalle Pou affirmed Uruguay's commitment to the One China principle and support for Xi Jinping's global initiatives. Separately, Zhao Leji met with President Lacalle Pou, expressing China's desire to strengthen exchanges between the two countries' legislative bodies.
Summary: Politburo member and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Le Hoai Trung, special envoy of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and CPV Politburo member, in Beijing on February 3rd. Wang congratulated Vietnam on the success of the 14th CPV Congress and referenced the recent phone call between Xi Jinping and To Lam, stating China's willingness to build a China-Vietnam community with a shared future. Le Hoai Trung conveyed Vietnam's gratitude for Xi's congratulatory message and the envoy sent to Vietnam. Vietnam hopes to elevate the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries to a higher level. There was no reported discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Liu Haixing, head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, met with a delegation from the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) led by its chairman Leonid Slutsky in Beijing. They exchanged views on implementing the consensus reached by the heads of state of both countries and strengthening inter-party exchanges. The meeting focused on promoting the development of China-Russia relations.
Summary: Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou laid a wreath at the Monument to the People's Heroes in Tiananmen Square on the afternoon of February 3rd. The report focuses solely on this action, providing no further details about his visit or other activities. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this report.
Summary: The 2026 Central No. 1 Document emphasizes the importance of agriculture, rural areas, and farmers, setting a target of maintaining grain production at 1.4 trillion catties and focusing on improving agricultural productivity and quality. The document outlines plans for normalized, targeted assistance to prevent widespread relapse into poverty, emphasizing precision in identification, assistance, and withdrawal from aid programs. Efforts will be made to increase farmers' income through various channels, including securing employment and promoting rural industries. The document also calls for improving rural infrastructure and public services while promoting cultural and ethical development in rural areas. The document makes no mention of the United States.
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Summary: By 2025, China's average life expectancy reached 79 years, marking an increase of one year or more in each of the last three five-year plans. This places China's main health indicators among the highest in middle- to high-income countries. The increase is attributed to the country's comprehensive healthcare system, multi-layered social security, and targeted care for key demographics like the elderly and children. These improvements in public health are also tied to broader improvements in living standards, infrastructure, and environmental quality. China showcases how developing countries can significantly enhance public health through effective policies and institutions.
Summary: A congratulatory letter from multiple Chinese organizations, including the National Double Support Work Leading Group and the Ministry of Veterans Affairs, extended greetings to model cities and individuals for their contributions to supporting the military and the government. The letter highlighted China's achievements in 2025 under the leadership of the Party Central Committee with Xi Jinping at its core, including commemorating the 80th anniversary of victory in the Anti-Japanese War and establishing Taiwan Retrocession Day. It emphasized the importance of the "Two Establishments" and called for continued efforts in 2026 to strengthen military-civilian unity in order to achieve the goals for the centenary of the PLA's founding. The letter stressed the need to focus on economic and social development, as well as the military's preparedness for combat. It makes no mention of the United States.
Summary: In a Lunar New Year's congratulatory letter, the National Double Support Work Leadership Group, the Ministry of Veterans Affairs, and the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission extended greetings to members of the PLA, PAP, civilian personnel, reservists, militia, families of martyrs, veterans, and other entitled groups. The letter highlighted achievements in 2025 under the leadership of Xi Jinping, including the formulation of the "15th Five-Year Plan," advancements in technology, economic growth, military modernization, and the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. The letter called for unity around the Party Central Committee with Xi Jinping at its core, emphasizing loyalty and dedication to national rejuvenation and military strengthening in the upcoming year, the start of the "15th Five-Year Plan". There is no mention of the United States.
Summary: This article discusses the effectiveness of the "Eight-Point Regulation" in curbing undesirable work styles within the Chinese government and society. It highlights Xi Jinping's leadership in implementing these regulations, which have significantly reduced official extravagance and improved governance. The article attributes the success of the "Eight-Point Regulation" to three key aspects: leading by example from the top, strategically selecting entry points for reform, and persistently addressing issues at their root causes. It also mentions the positive public perception of these changes, with a high percentage of citizens acknowledging the regulation's impact. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: The 2026 Central No. 1 Document emphasizes agricultural and rural modernization as integral to Chinese modernization, focusing on food security and rural revitalization. Key aspects include improving grain yield and quality through technological innovation in seeds, enhancing rural infrastructure like electricity access, and promoting new rural professions to bridge the urban-rural divide. The document aims to consolidate poverty alleviation achievements and prevent large-scale relapse into poverty while facilitating the flow of resources between urban and rural areas. The goal is to achieve agricultural modernization by 2035, ensuring food security and improving rural living standards. This is intended to support China's overall modernization.
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Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of "crossing boundaries" (跨) and "integration" (融) for economic development in China. It highlights examples of companies successfully diversifying into new sectors by leveraging existing expertise, such as car manufacturers building electric ships and food companies entering the smart home market. The piece argues that such cross-sector innovation is crucial for upgrading traditional industries and fostering new productive forces (新质生产力). It also discusses how regional integration, such as the collaboration between Shanghai and Anhui, and cross-border interactions contribute to a more dynamic and interconnected economy. The author suggests that overcoming narrow perspectives and promoting integration are key to unlocking broader development opportunities.
Summary: The article discusses the Chinese U23 men's football team's surprising success in the U23 Asian Cup, where they finished as runners-up. It attributes this progress to football reforms initiated in 2015, focusing on youth development and integration of sports and education. The article also highlights the importance of a healthy mindset among fans and players, as well as the ongoing anti-corruption efforts within Chinese football. These factors, including the elimination of corruption, are presented as crucial for the sustainable development of Chinese football. There is no mention of the United States or of U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China is increasingly emphasizing the deep integration of industry and education to cultivate high-level science and technology talent, especially outstanding engineers. Universities and enterprises are jointly involved in enrollment, teaching, curriculum development, and addressing challenging innovation topics. This new mechanism aims to better align talent cultivation with social needs, including having enterprises participate in expert committees and curriculum design. The Ministry of Education issued standards promoting a council system jointly managed by universities and enterprises to deepen collaboration in education. Challenges remain in aligning academic development with industrial needs and ensuring long-term corporate investment in talent development.
Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of high-quality urban renewal as a key driver for building modern, people-centered cities. It highlights the recent joint announcement by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development regarding measures to support urban renewal initiatives. Several provinces, including Sichuan, Liaoning, Hainan, and Shandong, have already issued related policies since the beginning of the year. The piece suggests that urban renewal will be more effective in promoting investment and consumption. No mention of US or US-China relations.
Summary: As the "drawing horse" trend, a hiking activity using GPS tracking to create horse images, gained popularity ahead of the Lunar New Year, Guangzhou's Dafu Mountain Forest Park initially closed a dangerous, unofficial route popular among hikers. The park then introduced a safer, officially sanctioned "drawing horse" route. This shift from "wild horse" routes to "official horse" routes reflects a shift from a restrictive administrative approach to a more service-oriented governance model, balancing safety with public enjoyment. The article cites examples of other cities in China that have adopted similar approaches, such as Chongqing's "tidal stall zones" and Shanghai's lenient policies toward first-time minor offenses by businesses. This approach is seen as a way to meet the needs of the people while maintaining order.
Summary: The article highlights the significance of new high-speed railways in revitalizing revolutionary base areas, exemplified by the Xi'an-Yan'an and Rizhao-Linyi high-speed railways. These railways aim to overcome geographical barriers and promote economic development by facilitating the flow of resources, people, and information. The improved transportation infrastructure has boosted tourism to revolutionary sites and facilitated the growth of local industries. The article emphasizes the importance of investing in both infrastructure and people to achieve common prosperity and modernize China. These railway lines also serve to promote cultural and historical awareness of the revolutionary past.
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Summary: This article outlines China's strategic priorities for rural development and agricultural modernization, focusing on the upcoming "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period. Key objectives include bolstering agricultural production capacity, promoting rural revitalization, and increasing farmer incomes through various support mechanisms like subsidies and insurance. The plan emphasizes technological innovation in agriculture, improved infrastructure, and enhanced public services in rural areas. It also calls for strengthening the Party's leadership in rural affairs and ensuring stable employment for rural workers. No mention of the U.S. or U.S.-China relations was found in the article.
Summary: The 2026 academic conference of the Xi Jinping Thought on Culture Research Center was held in Beijing on February 3rd. Experts at the conference stated that Xi Jinping Thought on Culture provides guidance for promoting cultural prosperity and building a strong cultural nation. They emphasized the need to draw innovative elements from Chinese civilization and adapt to technological advancements while learning from global achievements. Discussions also centered on deepening the interpretation of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture by focusing on its key concepts and promoting international academic exchange to integrate it into the Chinese philosophy and social science system. Over one hundred experts and scholars from research institutions and universities attended the conference. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: At the jointly hosted KMT-CCP think tank forum in Beijing, CCP Central Taiwan Work Office Director Song Tao stated that both parties must adhere to the "1992 Consensus" and oppose "Taiwan independence." Song also emphasized the CCP's firm stance against "Taiwan independence" separatists and external forces attempting to contain China with Taiwan ("以台遏华"). KMT Vice Chairman Hsiao Hsu-tsen echoed the need for cooperation and communication between the two sides based on the "1992 Consensus," adding that Taiwan hopes for maintaining communication channels between the two sides. The forum, attended by over 100 representatives from both sides, focused on cross-strait cooperation in tourism, industry, and sustainable development.
Summary: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Kuomintang (KMT) held a joint think tank forum in Beijing, marking a resumption of formalized exchanges after 10 years. CCP Taiwan Affairs Office Director Song Tao stated that the forum was to implement the spirit of congratulatory messages between the leaders of both parties, referencing Xi Jinping's message to KMT Chairwoman Cheng Li-wen affirming the "1992 Consensus" and opposition to Taiwan independence. Participants discussed promoting cross-strait cooperation in tourism, industry, environmental sustainability, and disaster prevention. The forum concluded with a joint statement outlining goals for normalizing cross-strait exchanges, strengthening cooperation in emerging industries, exploring healthcare collaborations, deepening environmental cooperation, and enhancing disaster reduction efforts, with participants criticizing the ruling DPP in Taiwan for hindering cross-strait interactions.
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Summary: The "Modernized Capital Metropolitan Area Spatial Coordination Plan (2023-2035)" has been approved, outlining a blueprint for the capital metropolitan area with a "one core, two wings, twin cities, multiple points, twin corridors, multiple circles" spatial layout. The plan defines the strategic positioning as "four districts and one engine" and emphasizes optimizing the capital's functions, serving as an engine for world-class city clusters, and promoting regional collaborative governance. The plan also highlights the construction of the Beijing-Tianjin and Beijing-Xiong'an corridors to foster innovation and high-quality development. It focuses on six key areas: industry, transportation, ecology, public services, culture and tourism, and safety and resilience. The plan aims to establish the basic framework of a modernized capital metropolitan area by 2035.
Summary: China's State Council Work Safety Committee Office issued an urgent notice on February 3rd, calling for strengthened safety measures before and after the Spring Festival to prevent major accidents. The notice emphasizes risk control across various sectors, including fire hazards in elderly residences and commercial buildings. Special attention will be paid to the safety management of fireworks and hazardous chemicals, including production, sales, transportation and use. The notice also highlights safety measures for transportation and large-scale gatherings during the Spring Festival to ensure public safety. The notice does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The National Office for Water Conservation has released the "Preferential Policy Guidance for the Water Conservation Industry (2025 Edition)," a policy handbook compiled by the Water Conservation Promotion Center of the Ministry of Water Resources. The guide consolidates 189 national and local preferential policies across seven categories, including financial support, tax incentives, and green finance. It covers key water conservation areas like agriculture, industry, urban life, and unconventional water sources. The aim is to help businesses in the water conservation industry fully utilize existing preferential policies. The document has been published on the Ministry of Water Resources website and will soon be published.
Summary: Li Yaxue, a disabled artist from Bazhong, Sichuan Province, overcame physical limitations to become a master of Bashan paper-cutting, a Sichuan provincial intangible cultural heritage. Inspired by a trip to Yunnan, she dedicated herself to paper-cutting, studying traditional techniques and innovating with modern themes like cartoon pandas to appeal to younger audiences. She has won awards at domestic and international competitions, and has been recognized as a Sichuan provincial arts and crafts master. Li has also established a company and training school to teach paper-cutting to other disabled individuals, providing them with income-generating opportunities and helping over 70 people find employment.
Summary: Ahead of the Spring Festival, JIngmen City's Dongbao District is undertaking a "Welcome Home" series of activities, including policy briefings, skills training, and entrepreneurship matchmaking. These efforts aim to encourage returning workers to contribute to the development of their hometowns and inject vitality into rural areas. As part of these activities, Party member volunteers in Huawuchang Village are taking family photos for returning migrant worker families. The initiatives seek to promote local development. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: In Inner Mongolia's Alxa League, the Tengger Green Beach Ecological Herders Cooperative, under the leadership of party branch secretary Zuo Mengke Bateer and with key contributions from a returned college graduate named Aruhan, has transformed wild shallots into a profitable processed food product sold across China. Aruhan expanded sales through online and offline channels, including e-commerce platforms and over 60 agents in cities like Hohhot and Chengdu. This initiative, supported by local government funding and a "Party branch +" model, has significantly increased local herders' incomes, with some earning 15,000 to 20,000 yuan per month, and has led to the diversification of the local economy. Zhang Xiuyu, Secretary of the Party Working Committee and Director of the Management Committee of the Luanjingtan Ecological Immigration Demonstration Zone, stated that the region is promoting the large-scale, standardized, and branded development of characteristic industries based on its ecological resources.
Summary: The Ministry of Natural Resources held a meeting to promote "efficient handling of one matter" for real estate registration, aiming to streamline property transfer and financing for businesses. By the end of 2026, the goal is to achieve "one-window" integrated services for enterprise-related registration and tax payment in all cities and counties nationwide, and one-stop processing for loan approvals, mortgage registrations, and transfer registrations in prefecture-level cities. Key initiatives include simplifying procedures, promoting inter-departmental collaboration via digital transformation, and expanding "transferring ownership with existing mortgages" services to businesses. The effort is in response to a State Council directive to improve the ease of doing business, and makes use of AI and big data.
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Summary: An interview with Li Yiping, a researcher at the Beijing Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, discusses the continued relevance of *Das Kapital* and its influence on Xi Jinping's economic thought. Li emphasizes that *Das Kapital* reveals the inherent contradictions of capitalism and its eventual replacement by socialism, and that its methodology remains relevant today. He further argues that Xi Jinping Economic Thought builds upon the core principles of *Das Kapital*, particularly in areas like the socialist market economy, innovation, the importance of the real economy, and common prosperity. Li claims that Xi Jinping Economic Thought addresses issues not covered by classical Marxism or Western economic theories, thereby enriching and developing Marxist political economy in the Chinese context. He also points to economic achievements during the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" as evidence of the power and insight of this thought.
Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of constructing "good houses" (安全舒适绿色智慧的“好房子”) to meet the people's aspirations for a better life and promote high-quality development, focusing on safety, comfort, green technology, and intelligence. It calls for improvements in structural safety, facilities, environmental comfort, and the use of eco-friendly materials through technological innovation and policy support. The article advocates for establishing relevant institutional foundations, promoting technological innovation, creating demonstration projects, and fostering collaboration among government, enterprises, and society to improve both new and old housing. The article did not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A recent visit to Shouguang, Shandong, known as "China's Vegetable Township," reveals advancements in its vegetable industry, driven by technological upgrades and a focus on quality. The adoption of AI and smart infrastructure in greenhouses has significantly increased productivity and efficiency. Local farmers are focusing on improving the taste and health aspects of vegetables, supported by a new quality evaluation system. Shouguang is also expanding its reach globally, with enterprises establishing over 300 planting zones in more than 40 countries and regions, exporting not just vegetables but also agricultural expertise and technology. The article did not mention any specifics about the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The revised Civil Aviation Law, passed on December 27, 2025, and effective July 1, 2026, aims to modernize and upgrade the civil aviation industry. According to the Director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, the revisions prioritize safety, promote high-quality development, and strengthen passenger rights. The updated law emphasizes national security, technological self-reliance, and international cooperation. It also seeks to address issues such as unmanned aerial vehicles, low-altitude economy development, and improved handling of flight delays, while increasing penalties for violations. The revised law, as the Director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China stated, is expected to bolster China's role in global aviation.
Summary: During the winter vacation, "cold resources" across China are being transformed into a "hot economy," with various regions offering diverse and creative experiences that attract large numbers of visitors and ignite consumer enthusiasm. This trend indicates a successful effort to capitalize on winter tourism and stimulate local economies. The article highlights the transformation of previously untapped resources into profitable ventures. The economic impact is demonstrated by increased consumer spending and heightened regional appeal.
Summary: The Southern Power Grid plans to invest over 8.5 billion yuan in Guizhou's power grid infrastructure this year, including projects like the Hunan-Guizhou power interconnection and several 500kV substations. This investment aims to enhance power supply reliability for major projects and strategic industries such as big data and new energy materials. He Hongyan, General Manager of the Strategic Planning Department of Guizhou Power Grid, stated that these efforts will optimize the electricity production layout and contribute to Guizhou's "six major industrial clusters". Guizhou Power Grid is also providing dedicated service teams to address power needs for key projects, ensuring stable electricity supply for social production and living. One example is the support given to Guizhou Liupanshui Shuangyuan Aluminum, which led to early power supply and increased production.
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Summary: The article discusses how local legislative contact points in China are working to make the legislative process more accessible and responsive to the needs of the people. It highlights specific examples from Jilin, Fujian, and Chongqing, detailing initiatives such as bringing legislative discussions to rural villages, simplifying procedures for accessing housing repair funds, and using digital platforms to gather public input on draft laws. In Jilin, villagers were able to contribute to the National Park Law. In Chongqing, a digital platform called "Sha Ci Min Yi Ting" was used to collect opinions on the ecological environment code (draft). These efforts aim to promote whole-process people's democracy by ensuring that public opinion is incorporated into the legislative process.
Summary: This article discusses Guangzhou's efforts to create a more welcoming and supportive environment for young people, exemplified by the popularity of the song "Jiahewanggang" about a Guangzhou metro station. Guangzhou Mayor Sun Zhiyang invited attendees at a Guangzhou delegation event to visit Guangzhou and experience the cultural phenomenon. The city has responded to the song's popularity with supportive messages in the metro station. These efforts include policies like the "Guangzhou Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Promotion Regulations" providing support for housing and entrepreneurship and the "Public Opinion Code" platform for addressing citizens' concerns. The article argues that these initiatives demonstrate a shift towards a more service-oriented and compassionate approach to urban governance.
Summary: Chinese authorities successfully extradited Chen Moumou from South Africa for alleged illegal currency exchange involving 49 million RMB and South African Rand. Chen was accused of illegally exchanging currency for profit and was initially arrested in 2020 and later in South Africa in 2023. The extradition marks the first successful case under the extradition treaty between China and South Africa. A representative from the Ministry of Public Security emphasized the case as a milestone for strengthening bilateral judicial and law enforcement cooperation. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Five foreign nationals from Russia, Algeria, Brazil, the UK, and South Korea were invited to observe the opening of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress. The individuals, representing various fields like education, trade, and investment promotion, later attended a symposium with Zhou Guangzhi, Deputy Director of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee. Participants praised Jiangsu's business environment and expressed interest in further cooperation, particularly in trade, education, and investment. One individual from Brazil expressed interest in investment from Chinese high-end equipment and new energy companies. Zhou Guangzhi thanked the foreign guests for their suggestions and pledged to communicate their concerns to relevant departments.
Summary: The town of Dianxia in Jiangxi Province held a rural New Year's fair in Chigang Village on February 1st, featuring local products, food, folk customs, and New Year's traditions. The event aimed to create a one-stop consumer experience for citizens and tourists, allowing them to enjoy the festive atmosphere of the countryside. The fair included garden tours, sales of local mountain products, and folk performances. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region launched its 2026 "Spring Breeze Action" and Employment Assistance Season in Yulin City, aiming to boost employment for key demographics like the unemployed, rural workers, and returning migrant workers. The initiative combines offline job fairs with online recruitment via livestreaming. The event attracted over 3,000 job seekers and garnered significant online viewership, resulting in hundreds of preliminary job agreements. Guangxi's human resources and social security departments will collaborate to provide targeted recruitment and job placement services, focusing on matching labor supply with enterprise demands. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the text.
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Summary: An article in *People's Daily* discusses the role of art and culture ("文艺") in revitalizing rural China, highlighting efforts to enrich rural cultural products and services as outlined in the recent No. 1 Central Document. It profiles figures like Li Ziqi and artisans preserving traditional crafts like Qiang embroidery and Cao Gai mask-making, emphasizing how these activities boost local economies and cultural confidence. The article uses Sichuan's Pingwu County as an example, detailing how local cultural heritage has been transformed into tourist attractions. The high-speed railway that opened in September of 2025, and Liziqi's vidoes in 2024 increased interest in the area. The article emphasizes the link between cultural preservation, economic development, and the creation of a more vibrant and confident rural society.
Summary: The article discusses the role of art in revitalizing rural China, emphasizing a shift from supply-driven to demand-driven approaches, integrating art into rural settings, and fostering collaboration to transform villages. It highlights the importance of art in not just aesthetic improvements but also in driving economic development and fostering a sense of community. The piece advocates for leveraging art to empower villagers and build sustainable rural ecosystems. It cites Tsinghua University's art programs in Pinggu as an example of successful rural revitalization through art and collaboration with other universities.
Summary: The "Flags and Drums Stir Youyan: Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Temple Fair Culture Exhibition" opened at the Capital Museum in Beijing. The exhibition showcases the historical context and vibrant atmosphere of temple fairs in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region through over 260 artifacts, folk props, and art treasures. Organized thematically around performances and merchandise, the exhibition features items from multiple museums and aims to provide an immersive experience for visitors. The exhibition will run until April 5th.
Summary: The 13th Tianshan North and South Celebrate the New Year Intangible Cultural Heritage Folk Customs Exhibition series has begun in Xinjiang, featuring 282 online and offline activities. The main venue is the Xinjiang Art Museum. The events, themed "Intangible Cultural Heritage Celebrates the New Year, Seeking the Taste of the Chinese New Year," aim to promote intangible cultural heritage through interactive experiences. The exhibition integrates intangible cultural heritage projects into tourist attractions and commercial spaces, aiming to stimulate winter tourism. There is no mention of the U.S. or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: The article discusses the revival of Xuan inkstones (宣砚), a traditional art form from Anhui province that had largely disappeared since the Qing dynasty. After the rediscovery of the raw materials in 2010, local artisans have been working to restore the traditional production methods, while also incorporating modern designs and materials to appeal to younger consumers. JIngde County has been officially recognized for its promotion of Xuan inkstones, having been named the "Home of Chinese Xuan Inkstones" in 2014. The local government is also supporting talent cultivation and international promotion efforts to further develop the industry. There is no mention of the United States in this article.
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Summary: Nanning, Guangxi is expanding its "grand mediation" mechanism to protect the labor rights of the growing number of flexible workers, focusing on resolving disputes in new employment sectors. A new AI mediation platform will soon launch, streamlining the dispute resolution process with features like intelligent assistance and document generation. The city is simplifying the process for workers to file complaints and establishing specialized mediation organizations, offering a "rights protection + employment" dual service model. Through interdepartmental coordination, Nanning aims to quickly resolve disputes, exemplified by the swift resolution of wage arrears for a group of delivery drivers. The measures include requiring courier companies to implement direct payment methods.
Summary: Luqiao Elementary School in Taizhou, Zhejiang, has been operating the "Yiwen Post" since 2020, providing leftover lunches to sanitation workers and low-income residents. The initiative, conceived by school Party Secretary Xu Junli, has distributed over 30,000 meals. The "Post" has expanded to include other charitable activities, such as providing umbrellas and clothing. Students participate as volunteers, fostering a sense of sharing and respect.
Summary: A meeting was held in Beijing on February 2nd to promote the high-quality development of social organizations and commend outstanding entities. 286 social groups, service organizations, and foundations were awarded the title of "National Advanced Social Organization." The meeting emphasized the role of social organizations in promoting new productive forces, economic development, social governance, and international exchange. It stressed the importance of balancing development and security while adhering to the Chinese approach to social organization development. The meeting also focused on strengthening Party building within social organizations and improving regulatory systems.
Summary: Dazhu County in Sichuan Province has initiated the "Community More Warm, City More Civilized" campaign to improve grassroots governance, focusing on resolving immediate public concerns. The initiative emphasizes a closed-loop service model where the public makes requests, the government responds, and society evaluates the outcomes. This includes improving living conditions in old residential areas, providing meal services for the elderly, and enhancing community infrastructure. Through Party building and technological empowerment, the county aims to create a replicable model for modernizing grassroots governance at the county level.
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Summary: A science and technology center in Nagqu, Tibet, is researching methods to restore degraded grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau, focusing on identifying and cultivating native grass species. Researchers are experimenting with different planting techniques and grazing methods, such as rotational grazing, to balance ecological preservation with livestock production. The center also works to educate local herders on sustainable grassland management practices, promoting new technologies for the benefit of both production and ecological value. The goal is to train more talent to serve local development through technology. The center is supported by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
Summary: This article explains the significance of "Lichun" (立春), the Beginning of Spring, as the first of the 24 solar terms and a crucial time for agricultural activities. Lichun marks the beginning of spring in the seasonal sense, distinct from the Lunar New Year, which represents the start of the lunar year. The article details the astronomical basis for Lichun and its traditional associations with nature's awakening. It emphasizes Lichun as a symbol of hope and a new start for the Chinese people. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Ministry of Natural Resources has released a compilation of 22 exemplary cases of underground space development and utilization across 17 provinces, aiming to guide and standardize practices in the field. These cases, selected for their innovative approaches in areas like integrated planning, property rights management, and technological advancements, showcase a shift from viewing underground space as merely supplementary to actively empowering urban development. Examples include Shenzhen's integrated transportation hub and Yinchuan's innovative parking management. The Ministry hopes that these practices can be replicated and promoted to support high-quality economic and social development.
Summary: Zhangye City in Gansu Province is increasing efforts to protect the Heihe River wetland ecosystem. These efforts have created a favorable environment for migrating swans, leading to a growing number wintering there. The swans' presence enhances the vitality of the Zhangye National Wetland Park. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The China Meteorological Administration released its annual public report on wind and solar energy resources for 2025, marking the 12th consecutive year of publication. The report indicates that 2025 will be a normal year for wind energy resources nationwide, with particularly rich resources in northern China, the Northeast, the eastern part of the Northwest, the Tibetan Plateau, and parts of the ocean. Solar energy resources nationwide are projected to be slightly below average, with the Tibetan Plateau, western Inner Mongolia, and eastern Xinjiang exhibiting the richest resources. The report did not mention the U.S. or U.S. - China relations.
Summary: Beijing reports its wetland area has reached 61,200 hectares with a protection rate of 83.15%, forming a wetland protection system based on nature reserves and wetland parks. During the "14th Five-Year Plan," Beijing strengthened wetland protection and restoration, establishing six local standards. The city has released two batches of municipal wetland lists, totaling 47 wetlands covering 27,000 hectares, 44% of the city's wetland area. During the "15th Five-Year Plan," Beijing will continue to improve wetland restoration, prioritizing areas with severely degraded ecological functions, and focus on integrated ecological restoration.
Summary: Tianjin announced its 2026 public welfare projects, including the construction of 50 new "pocket parks," continuing a five-year trend. These small, accessible green spaces, ranging from 400 to 10,000 square meters, aim to increase green spaces within the city. The city will also focus on improving overall urban landscaping and opening three new parks, including Yuanbaodao Park, some of which will emphasize water features or traditional garden design.
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Summary: The 57th Cairo International Book Fair, the largest in the Middle East, concluded on February 3rd, featuring over a hundred Chinese books presented by China National Publications Import & Export (Group) Co., Ltd. and Hikmat Culture Group. Arabic translations of Xi Jinping's works were prominently displayed, offering insights into China's governance. Chinese and Egyptian writers participated in forums, discussing literature and cultural exchange, with Egyptian readers expressing a growing interest in understanding China's societal changes and development. Egyptians are increasingly looking to China's development experience for solutions to their own challenges, particularly in infrastructure, rural development, and manufacturing.
Summary: Southern European countries (Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Italy) have experienced strong economic recovery from 2021-2024, exceeding the Eurozone average, driven by tourism, EU recovery funds, and structural reforms. However, medium to long-term growth is threatened by declining tourism contributions, the conclusion of EU recovery funds in 2026, high public debt, and limited progress in green and digital transitions. Structural issues like administrative inefficiency, labor market rigidity, and an aging population also persist. External pressures, including new tariffs, further limit export and transformation opportunities, especially impacting Italy.
Summary: The People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Aerobatic Team participated in the Singapore Airshow. A poll in Denmark indicated that 60% of respondents view the United States as a competitor. French authorities searched the French offices of the social media platform X, owned by American entrepreneur Elon Musk. An Iranian political advisor stated that Iran has no intention of transferring enriched uranium abroad, while reiterating the peaceful nature of its nuclear program. The advisor also suggested the possibility of lowering the enrichment level from 60% to 20% if there is reciprocation.
Summary: The head of policy for South Korea's ruling Democratic Party, Han Jung-ae, expressed regret over the U.S.'s potential unilateral tariff increase on South Korean goods, citing a violation of agreed-upon terms. This followed trade talks in the U.S. led by Trade Minister Kim Jung-gwan, which ended without resolving core differences. The U.S. President previously announced a tariff hike on South Korean goods due to the South Korean parliament's failure to ratify a trade agreement. South Korea's presidential office convened a meeting to discuss the situation and review the "Special Act on Investment in the U.S." The U.S.'s unilateral actions have drawn criticism in South Korea for undermining international norms and pressuring allies.
Summary: Tanzania's Forest Service reported a 10.8% increase in honey production to 35,000 tons in 2025, with honey exports reaching 1,713 tons and beeswax exports projected to exceed 680 tons. Backed by governmental policies and international collaborations (including with the EU on standards), Tanzania aims to further develop its beekeeping industry, which supports rural economies and contributes to forest conservation. Forest Service representative Hussein Msuya stated plans to continue investment in the industry, including building new processing centers and upgrading the technology promotion system, to steadily increase honey production and export scale. The global honey market presents favorable export conditions for Tanzania. The official made no mention of the United States.
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Summary: Following the official launch of Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) on December 18, 2025, Haikou convened a study session on December 20th to consolidate efforts in building the FTP's core leading area and create "six cities." Haikou aims to further embrace the world by building a "free, convenient, and open city" and has implemented a "first-line liberalization, second-line control" regulatory model. By the end of 2025, Haikou's foreign trade import and export volume reached 93.29 billion yuan, an increase of 8.5% over the previous year, and actual utilization of foreign capital reached 11.288 billion yuan, a substantial increase of 40.8% over the previous year. Haikou is also focusing on people's well-being, implementing projects, investing resources, and innovating mechanisms to promote equitable access to basic public services.
Summary: In early 2026, experts analyzed the growing influence of the Global South as a force for peace and development amidst increasing global instability and unilateralism. They emphasized the Global South's shared historical experience of resisting colonialism and advocating for sovereignty, non-interference, and diverse civilizations, now translating into actions promoting trade fairness and rejecting external interference. The experts highlighted China's role in supporting the Global South through initiatives like the Global Development Initiative, advocating for increased representation in international organizations and promoting alternative development models. They contrasted this with Western approaches, pointing to the Global South's emphasis on peaceful resolutions, as seen in efforts to mediate the Ukraine crisis. The experts noted that China's engagement doesn't seek to impose a new "center-periphery" structure, but to promote a more inclusive and open global environment.
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Summary: During the 24th collective study session of the CPC Central Political Bureau, Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of cultivating future industries for technological and industrial dominance, developing new productive forces, and improving people's lives. Experts highlighted the challenges of selecting appropriate technological routes for future industries, such as quantum computing, and advocated for a collaborative approach involving scientists, entrepreneurs, and investors to identify promising technologies. Guo Guoping, director of the Anhui Quantum Computing Engineering Research Center, stated that quantum computing is critical for China's industrial development and core competitiveness. Li Chenwei from the Jiangxi Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology highlighted the importance of government support and international cooperation in science and technology innovation for the development of future industries. Tong Bo from the Bank of Communications discussed the need for financial institutions to adapt to the unique characteristics of future industries by focusing on future potential rather than past performance.
Summary: China's emerging future industries, like intelligent robots and commercial spaceflight, are demonstrating strong momentum with technological breakthroughs and increased production capacity. These advancements are seen as crucial for seizing technological and industrial heights and constructing a modern industrial system. The integration of these future industries with the real economy is deepening, moving from single-point applications to comprehensive empowerment of entire industrial chains. The article emphasizes the need to support enterprises, leverage comparative advantages, and increase financial and policy support for long-term development. Overcoming challenges in core technologies and infrastructure are also identified as important for sustainable progress.
Summary: A "crying horse" plush toy with an inverted mouth has become a popular consumer product, reflecting the rise of "pleasing oneself" consumption (悦己消费) driven by emotional value. This trend signifies a shift in consumer behavior towards prioritizing emotional satisfaction over mere functionality, with China's "emotional economy" market expected to reach 4.5 trillion yuan by 2029. Local governments are beginning to incorporate emotional consumption into their economic plans. The trend extends beyond toys to encompass a wide range of personalized and emotionally resonant products and experiences. To ensure sustainability, industry stakeholders need to focus on cultivating long-term value beyond fleeting emotional triggers.
Summary: Chinese-made slippers are experiencing a surge in global popularity, driven by innovation in materials and design, rapid supply chain responses, and the rise of cross-border e-commerce. Towns like Jinjiang and Yiwu are key manufacturing and export hubs, with companies like Zhendong Shoes and Tena Shoes expanding into markets including Southeast Asia and Japan. Manufacturers are focusing on technological advancements, such as using aerospace technology for temperature regulation and antibacterial materials, alongside digital transformation to enable flexible manufacturing. Chinese slipper companies are also emphasizing brand building and cultural resonance, including collaborations with foreign brands and incorporating Chinese cultural elements into designs, to increase product value and market share.
Summary: Jingtailan, a traditional Chinese cloisonné enamel art form with a 600-year history, is experiencing a resurgence through innovative applications. Originally a court-dominated craft, Jingtailan is now being incorporated into affordable and trendy cultural products like jewelry, phone cases, and refrigerator magnets. Designers are blending modern aesthetics with traditional motifs, using techniques like 3D printing and laser cutting to enhance production and design. This reinvention aims to attract younger generations and promote appreciation for this ancient art. The Ningxia Guyuan Museum emphasizes that innovation is key to Jingtailan's continued development, focusing on both artistic value and practical, accessible products.
Summary: The article discusses the origin and significance of Dongpo Lake in Meishan, named after the renowned poet Su Dongpo. It details how the lake's water source, the Minjiang River, originates from pristine glacial meltwater, reflecting the purity valued by the local people. The author recounts a period of industrial pollution that threatened the lake's water quality. The article also mentions the hope that the clean water will flow through the Yangtze River to places where Su Dongpo once lived. There is no mention of the United States in the article.
Summary: This article discusses the dangers of relying solely on personal experience, especially in specialized fields like medicine and agriculture. The author recounts a personal anecdote of misdiagnosing a nasal condition based on online information, highlighting the importance of professional expertise. The piece further illustrates this point with the example of blindly adopting fruit tree planting techniques from other regions without considering local conditions. It emphasizes that while experience is valuable, it should not lead to complacency or the dismissal of new information and expert knowledge, as exemplified by a leader who sought clarification on the concept of "orchard grassing" in a research report rather than assuming a mistake.
Summary: This article is a personal reflection on the author's connection with a younger relative, nicknamed "Baogulao," who lives in rural Shaoyang, Hunan. The author observes and admires his relative's resilience and optimistic spirit as he makes a living selling local mountain products. "Baogulao" shares his daily life through humorous videos on social media, showcasing his hard work and positive attitude despite facing challenges. The author notes his relative's growing success and plans for improving his home. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the provided text.
Summary: This article is an elegy, or mourning poem, for a woman from the Tianshan region of Xinjiang, likely a member of a traditionally nomadic group, who died in a fall from a horse. The poem describes the grief and loss felt by the community, using imagery of the Tianshan mountains, the Ili River, horses, eagles, and snowy landscapes. The poem suggests the deceased has gone to a heavenly realm, leaving behind memories of her life and work. There is no discussion of politics, the United States, or U.S.-China relations in the provided text.
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Summary: This article describes the process of making Rose Thousand-Layer Cake, a local specialty in Yongdeng County, Lanzhou. It highlights the unique qualities of the "bitter rose" grown in the region, adapted to the dry climate, and details the intricate process of making the cake. The recipe includes rose paste and five other ingredients, each with symbolic meaning. The process of baking involves careful layering and steaming. The cake is a symbol of local identity, often given as a gift or used to celebrate gatherings. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article describes celebrating the arrival of spring with family traditions. The author recounts customs like posting spring pictures, "driving" the spring ox, and making spring rolls with seasonal vegetables. The children, especially a daughter named Xiaoyu who was born in spring, are dressed in spring-themed clothing and observe the awakening of nature. The family enjoys the spring rolls, highlighting the connection between food and the arrival of spring. No U.S. or U.S.-China relations topics were found.
Summary: This blurb is an announcement from the People's Daily soliciting original, unpublished submissions from readers. The email address for submissions is provided. The announcement emphasizes that submissions should not be sent to multiple publications simultaneously. The article does not mention any officials or their activities. The article contains no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 3 (Reporter Dong Xue) On the morning of February 3, President Xi Jinping (习近平) of the People's Republic of China held talks with Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou (路易斯·拉卡列·波乌), who was in China for a state visit, at the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂) in Beijing (北京).
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that although China and Uruguay are separated by vast oceans, the two sides share similar ideals and have a profound friendship. Today, 38 years ago, China and Uruguay established diplomatic relations. Over the past 38 years, no matter how the international situation has changed, the two countries have always adhered to the way of mutual respect and mutually beneficial cooperation. Under the new situation, the two sides should inherit the tradition, deepen the comprehensive strategic partnership, and make the tree of friendship between the two countries more luxuriant.
Xi Jinping (习近平) stressed that China and Uruguay should continue to firmly support each other's core interests and major concerns, strengthen friendly exchanges at all levels and in all directions, strengthen exchanges of experience in governance, and continuously deepen strategic mutual trust. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee adopted the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal, which outlines a blueprint for China's economic and social development in the next five years, and also provides more opportunities for all countries, including Uruguay. The two sides should strengthen the alignment of development strategies, deepen cooperation in economy and trade, finance, agriculture and animal husbandry, infrastructure construction, and information and communication, tap the potential for cooperation in emerging fields such as green development, digital economy, artificial intelligence, and clean energy, and promote the transformation and upgrading of economic growth. The Chinese and Uruguayan people have a natural sense of closeness, and the two sides should continue to deepen exchanges in culture, education, sports, media, and local areas, facilitate personnel exchanges, and promote people-to-people connectivity.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that the world today is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century. The international situation is intertwined with changes and chaos, and unilateral bullying is intensifying. China supports Uruguay in taking over as the rotating chair of the "Group of 77 and China" and is willing to strengthen solidarity and cooperation with Uruguay in the Global South to jointly promote an equal and orderly multipolar world and an inclusive economic globalization that benefits all, work together for common development, and make greater contributions to building a community with a shared future for mankind. China always attaches importance to China-Latin America relations, supports Latin American and Caribbean countries in safeguarding their own sovereignty, security, and development interests, supports Uruguay in taking over as the rotating chair of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and the Southern Common Market, and is willing to work with Uruguay and regional countries to promote the building of a China-Latin America community with a shared future to go deeper and more solid.
President Luis Lacalle Pou (路易斯·拉卡列·波乌) said that China has made great achievements under the leadership of President Xi Jinping (习近平), which is admirable. He looks forward to the "15th Five-Year Plan" bringing greater opportunities to the world. Today marks the 38th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Uruguay and China, and the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries is at its best historical period. China is an important partner of Uruguay, providing selfless assistance for Uruguay's economic and social development. Developing relations with China has become a national policy of Uruguay and has received unanimous support from all parties and all sectors of society. Uruguay firmly supports the one-China principle and supports the "one country, two systems" policy. Uruguay looks forward to deepening the comprehensive strategic partnership with China and upgrading bilateral cooperation to a higher level. The two sides should strengthen the alignment of development strategies, deepen cooperation in trade, investment, science and technology, poverty reduction, green economy, and digital economy, promote cultural exchanges in education, sports, and tourism, inject stronger impetus into bilateral relations, and bring more benefits to the people of the two countries. Uruguay highly appreciates the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind put forward by President Xi Jinping (习近平). Facing the challenging international and regional situation, Uruguay is willing to work with China to respect the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, adhere to multilateralism, safeguard the international trade system, promote the continuous development of Latin America-China relations, and safeguard the common interests of the Global South.
After the talks, the two heads of state jointly witnessed the signing of more than 10 cooperation documents in the fields of investment promotion and trade.
Before the talks, Xi Jinping (习近平) held a welcome ceremony for President Luis Lacalle Pou (路易斯·拉卡列·波乌) in the North Hall of the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂).
When President Luis Lacalle Pou (路易斯·拉卡列·波乌) arrived, the honor guard lined up to salute. The heads of state of the two countries ascended the reviewing stand, the military band played the national anthems of China and Uruguay, and 21 salute shots were fired at Tiananmen Square (天安门广场). Accompanied by Xi Jinping (习近平), President Luis Lacalle Pou (路易斯·拉卡列·波乌) reviewed the guard of honor of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军) and watched the march-past.
At noon that day, Xi Jinping (习近平) held a welcome banquet for President Luis Lacalle Pou (路易斯·拉卡列·波乌) in the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂).
Wang Yi (王毅) participated in the above activities.
During the visit, the two sides issued the "Joint Statement between the People's Republic of China and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay on Deepening the China-Uruguay Comprehensive Strategic Partnership."
Return to TopAgriculture and rural modernization is related to the overall situation and quality of Chinese-style modernization. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the comprehensive agricultural production capacity reached a new level, the results of poverty alleviation were consolidated and expanded, the living standards of farmers were significantly improved, and comprehensive rural revitalization made significant progress. The "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a critical period for laying the foundation and fully developing the basic realization of socialist modernization. It is necessary to accelerate the efforts to make up for the outstanding shortcomings in the agricultural and rural areas and accelerate the construction of a strong agricultural country. The year 2026 is the first year of the "15th Five-Year Plan," and it is crucial to do a good job in "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers." It is necessary to adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, 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, conscientiously implement the deployment of the Fourth Plenary Session, fully implement General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平)'s important expositions and instructions on the work of "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers," adhere to the principle of giving top priority to solving the problems of "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" in the work of the entire Party, adhere to and strengthen the Party's comprehensive leadership over the work of "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers," fully and accurately implement the new development concept, adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, adhere to the priority development of agriculture and rural areas, adhere to the integrated development of urban and rural areas, focus on agricultural and rural modernization, take the promotion of comprehensive rural revitalization as the overall starting point, take the experience of the "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" Project (千万工程 (qiān wàn gōng chéng - "thousands of projects," a rural revitalization strategy)) as the lead, take reform and innovation as the fundamental driving force, improve the effectiveness of policies to strengthen agriculture, benefit agriculture, and enrich farmers, firmly hold the bottom line of national food security, continue to consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation, improve the level of rural industrial development, rural construction, and rural governance, and strive to build agriculture into a modern large industry, make rural areas basically have modern living conditions, and make farmers' lives more prosperous and beautiful, so as to provide a basic support for promoting Chinese-style modernization.
1. Improving the Comprehensive Agricultural Production Capacity and Quality Efficiency
(1) Stabilizing the Development of Grain and Oil Production. Grain output will be stabilized at around 1.4 trillion catties. Adhere to the simultaneous efforts in output and capacity, production and ecology, and increased production and income, increase the implementation of a new round of action to increase grain production capacity by 100 billion catties, promote the integrated efficiency of good fields, good seeds, good machines, and good methods, and promote the large-scale increase in yield per unit area of grain and oil crops. Optimize the agricultural production structure and regional layout according to local conditions, promote the breeding and quality improvement of grain varieties, implement projects to improve the quality and efficiency of grain circulation, and promote marketable, high-quality, and good prices. Consolidate and improve soybean production capacity and do a good job in production and sales coordination. Expand the production space for rapeseed, peanuts, and camellia, and expand the diversified supply of oil crops. Promote the stable development of cotton, sugar, and natural rubber industries. Deepen the action to conserve grain and combat food waste.
(2) Promoting the Improvement of Quality and Efficiency of the "Vegetable Basket" Industry. Adhere to the simultaneous development of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery, and promote the construction of a diversified food supply system. Strengthen the comprehensive regulation and control of pig production capacity, consolidate the results of helping the beef cattle and dairy cattle industries out of difficulties, and promote balanced supply and demand and healthy development. Take multiple measures to promote the consumption of dairy products. Support the development of silage corn, alfalfa, and other feed production, and promote the transformation and upgrading of grassland animal husbandry. Support the upgrading and transformation of facility agriculture, stabilize the development of vegetable production, promote deep-sea aquaculture and modern distant-water fishing, and actively develop forest food and bio-agriculture. Strictly implement the food safety responsibility system, strengthen multi-departmental coordination and whole-chain supervision, and severely investigate and punish illegal additions and excessive pesticide and veterinary drug residues.
(3) Strengthening the Protection and Quality Improvement of Cultivated Land. Strictly abide by the red line of cultivated land, coordinate the optimization of agricultural land layout, strictly manage the balance of cultivated land occupation and compensation, standardize the quality acceptance of supplemented cultivated land, and formulate a special plan for cultivated land protection. Resolutely crack down on all kinds of illegal acts that destroy cultivated land, solidly promote the rectification of illegal construction of houses on cultivated land in rural areas, and strictly prevent the rebound of problems such as "greenhouse housing." Focusing on protecting the cultivated layer and grain production capacity, optimize the rules for cultivated land surveys, improve the management system for facility agricultural land, and steadily and orderly carry out the rectification of "non-grain" cultivated land and the restoration and utilization of abandoned land. Promote the construction of high-standard farmland with high quality by zone and category, improve the mechanisms for project establishment, construction, acceptance, and management, strengthen fund supervision, and increase efforts in soil improvement and fertility enhancement. Promote the modernization and transformation of large and medium-sized irrigation areas, and strengthen the connection between high-standard farmland canal systems and backbone irrigation area projects. Improve the management mechanism for permanent basic farmland to prioritize the superior and eliminate the inferior. Implement a new round of black soil protection projects, and solidly promote the comprehensive utilization of saline-alkali land and the treatment of acidified cultivated land. On the premise of ensuring that the task of cultivated land protection within the province is not reduced, steadily and orderly withdraw unstable cultivated land in river and lake areas that affect flood safety.
(4) Improving the Effectiveness of Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation. Coordinate the construction of science and technology innovation platform bases, strengthen the tackling of key and core technologies in agriculture and the efficient transformation and application of scientific and technological achievements, and cultivate and strengthen leading science and technology enterprises in the agricultural field. Deeply implement the seed industry revitalization action, accelerate the selection, breeding, and promotion of breakthrough varieties, and promote the industrialization of biological breeding. Accelerate the research and application of high-end intelligent agricultural machinery and equipment suitable for hilly and mountainous areas, and strengthen the research, development, promotion, and application of forestry and grassland machinery and equipment. Develop new quality productive forces in agriculture according to local conditions, promote the integration of artificial intelligence and agricultural development, expand the application scenarios of drones, the Internet of Things, robots, etc., and accelerate the innovation of key technologies in agricultural bio-manufacturing. Deepen the reform of agricultural research institutes. Promote the reform and construction of the grassroots agricultural technology extension system, and promote the entry of agricultural scientific and technological achievements into villages and households. Deepen the reform of education and teaching in agricultural universities, accelerate the construction of new agricultural sciences oriented by needs, and promote the targeted training of professional talents in agriculture.
(5) Strengthening the Construction of Agricultural Disaster Prevention and Mitigation System. Carry out a general survey and zoning of agricultural climate resources, strengthen the monitoring, forecasting, and early warning of meteorological, hydrological, and geological disasters, and improve the ability to respond to extreme weather. Promote the construction of key hubs, levee standards improvement, and flood storage and detention areas in major rivers, strengthen the reinforcement of dangerous reservoirs and large and medium-sized dangerous sluices, strengthen the repair and整治 of farmland ditches, the management of small and medium-sized rivers and plain waterlogged areas, improve the risk management and flood control capacity of mountain torrent ditches, and do a good job in the restoration and reconstruction of disaster-damaged facilities. Strengthen the construction of flood control and drainage systems in northern regions, and appropriately raise the standards for engineering construction. Strengthen the construction of drought-resistant emergency water source projects and farmland drainage facilities, and improve the allocation of disaster relief machinery and emergency call mechanisms. Strengthen the unified prevention and control of plant diseases and insect pests, and promote the joint prevention and control of major animal epidemics. Promote the construction of farmland shelterbelts and strengthen forest and grassland fire prevention and control.
(6) Promoting the Coordination of Agricultural Product Trade and Production. Promote the diversification of agricultural product imports. Cultivate agricultural enterprises with international competitiveness. Support the expansion of exports of advantageous and characteristic agricultural products. Crack down on agricultural product smuggling according to law. Actively participate in international food and agriculture governance.
2. Implementing Regularized and Precise Assistance
(7) Improving the Regularized Assistance Policy System. Implement regularized assistance responsibilities, steadily improve the level of "three guarantees" and drinking water safety guarantees, and firmly hold the bottom line of preventing large-scale return to poverty. Incorporate regularized assistance into the overall implementation of the rural revitalization strategy, and maintain the overall stability of policies in terms of financial investment, financial support, and resource element allocation. Strengthen development-oriented assistance, enhance endogenous motivation, give play to the role of social assistance to ensure the bottom line, and promote the coordinated integration of assistance policies. Maintain the scale of central financial regularized assistance funds and the scale of funds invested by provinces and cities, and counties can reasonably arrange funds according to assistance tasks.
(8) Improving the Accuracy and Timeliness of Monitoring and Assistance. Reasonably determine the identification standards for preventing return to poverty, and standardize the standard adjustment mechanism. Solidly do a good job in regularized monitoring at the village and township levels, improve the precise identification and rapid response mechanism, and ensure early detection, early intervention, and early assistance. Coordinate the monitoring and identification of objects to prevent return to poverty and rural social assistance objects, standardize the caliber of income and expenditure accounting, and strengthen data sharing. Do a good job in precise assistance and dynamic adjustment of objects to prevent return to poverty. Comprehensively assess the family economic situation and self-development ability of the original registered and card-holding poverty-stricken population, and those who meet the conditions for withdrawal will withdraw from assistance in an orderly manner, and those who are at risk of returning to poverty after leaving the assistance policy will continue to implement assistance.
(9) Improving the Effectiveness of Industrial and Employment Assistance. Optimize the methods of industrial assistance, promote the consolidation, upgrading, revitalization, and adjustment of existing industries by category, and develop assistance industries with market competitiveness. The proportion of central financial regularized assistance funds used for industrial development should remain basically stable at the provincial level, and differentiated requirements can be implemented at the county level. Improve the household reward and subsidy policy for industrial assistance, and support the operation and income increase of objects to prevent return to poverty. Compact the responsibility for regularized supervision of assistance project assets, classify them into the state-owned assets or rural collective asset supervision system, and strengthen the revitalization and utilization of inefficient and idle assets. Strengthen employment assistance, do a good job in organized labor export, and make good use of employment channels such as employment assistance workshops and rural public welfare posts. Continue to do a good job in follow-up support for relocation from other places.
(10) Providing Tiered and Categorized Assistance to Underdeveloped Areas. Determine the key assistance counties for national and provincial rural revitalization respectively, improve support policies and incentive and restraint mechanisms, and improve the statistical monitoring system for development status. Promote the construction of regional and trans-regional major infrastructure. Deeply carry out "group-style" assistance for medical, educational, cadre, and talent, and the selection and dispatch of science and technology special teams. Expand the field of east-west cooperation, adjust and optimize the pairing relationship of central units' fixed-point assistance, and improve the assessment and evaluation methods. Carry out regularized stationing village assistance, and optimize the selection and management mechanism of the first secretary and work team stationed in the village.
3. Actively Promoting the Steady Increase of Farmers' Income
(11) Protecting and Mobilizing Farmers' Enthusiasm for Farming and Growing Grain. Strengthen the policy support and coordination of prices, subsidies, and insurance, and improve the income guarantee mechanism for grain farmers. Strengthen the market monitoring, early warning, and information release of agricultural products, coordinate the market-oriented purchase and policy-oriented purchase and storage, and promote the price of grain and other important agricultural products to remain at a reasonable level. Reasonably determine the minimum purchase price of rice and wheat, and improve the target price policy for cotton. Stabilize the implementation of the cultivated land fertility protection subsidy, the corn and soybean producer subsidy, and the rice subsidy policy. Implement the agricultural machinery purchase and application subsidy policy well, promote the subsidy of superior machines, and strengthen the whole-chain regularized supervision. Strengthen the insurance guarantee for rice, wheat, corn, and soybeans, support the development of local characteristic agricultural product insurance, and improve the efficiency of insurance claims. Strengthen the construction of the agricultural product futures market. Encourage local governments to carry out pilot projects of special loan interest subsidies for grain and oil planting. Guide agricultural enterprises to coordinate the layout of processing capacity in major grain-producing areas. Implement the inter-provincial horizontal interest compensation policy for grain production and marketing areas, and support major grain-producing areas to supplement financial resources and develop the grain industry.
(12) Cultivating and Strengthening County-Based Industries to Enrich the People. Coordinate the development of scientific and technological agriculture, green agriculture, quality agriculture, and brand agriculture, develop multiple functions of agriculture, and promote the deep integration of the primary, secondary, and tertiary industries in rural areas. Support the development of green and efficient planting and breeding, promote the intensive processing of agricultural products, cultivate high-quality agricultural brands, and promote the development of the entire industrial chain. Implement the high-quality development project of rural e-commerce, promote the sinking and empowerment of e-commerce platforms, and strengthen the construction of facilities such as pre-cooling, warehousing, preservation, sorting, and processing in the place of origin. Standardize live streaming of agricultural products. Deepen the integration of agriculture, culture, and tourism, promote the upgrading of rural tourism, and develop "small and beautiful" cultural and tourism formats. Actively develop the forestry and grassland industry, and cultivate and strengthen formats such as the under-forest economy and forest health care. Optimize the regional layout of the silk industry. Develop county economies with distinctive characteristics, cultivate characteristic industrial clusters of small and medium-sized enterprises, and promote the integrated development of industry revitalization, county strengthening, and people enrichment. Expand the channels and methods for farmers to participate in industrial development, improve the mechanism for fair sharing of industrial development benefits, and guide new agricultural business entities to drive farmers to increase income and become rich. Strengthen the overall planning and scientific demonstration of industrial projects, and avoid 一哄而上 (yī hòng ér shàng - "swarm up," to act in a disorderly crowd) and large ups and downs. Improve the provincial agricultural and related industry statistical evaluation system.
(13) Promoting the Stable Employment of Migrant Workers. Implement the support policies for the stable employment of migrant workers, and support key industries and enterprises to reduce burdens and expand posts. Implement large-scale vocational skills training, and promote the precise matching of training projects and job needs. Coordinate the service guarantee for migrant workers going out for work and the support for returning home for employment and entrepreneurship, and strengthen the care and assistance for older migrant workers. Strengthen the guarantee of wage payment for migrant workers, and increase the efforts to rectify wage arrears. Promote the cultivation project of rural craftsmen. Expand the coverage, construction fields, and labor remuneration distribution scale of work-for-relief projects, and encourage the adoption of flexible contracting methods for rural grassroots to independently implement projects. Promote flexible employment personnel to participate in the basic urban employee pension insurance, and expand the pilot project of occupational injury protection for new employment forms.
(14) Taking Multiple Measures to Expand Rural Consumption. Support the expansion and upgrading of rural consumption, improve consumption facilities and service levels, and cultivate new consumption formats, models, and scenarios such as harvest markets, intangible cultural heritage workshops, and leisure camping. Support the construction and upgrading of county and village circulation infrastructure, and promote the reduction of costs and efficiency in commercial circulation in rural and remote areas. Support new energy vehicles, smart home appliances, and green building materials to go to the countryside, and improve the recycling system for renewable resources such as waste home appliances and furniture in rural areas. Crack down on the production and sale of fake and shoddy goods in rural areas according to law.
4. Promoting the Construction of Livable, Workable, and Beautiful Villages According to Local Conditions
(15) Coordinating and Optimizing the Layout of Rural Land Space. Adapt to the trend of population change, based on the main functional positioning, combined with natural disaster prevention, coordinate and optimize the layout of villages and towns, improve the quality and effectiveness of village planning, and reasonably determine the focus and priority of construction. Improve the implementation mechanism of rural construction according to local conditions, promote rural revitalization in a classified, orderly, and area-based manner, gradually improve the completeness of rural infrastructure, the convenience of public services, and the comfort of the living environment, accelerate the efforts to make up for the shortcomings of modern living conditions in rural areas, and create high-quality living spaces in rural areas. Coordinate and promote the governance of county land space, and on the premise that the quantity of cultivated land is not reduced, the quality is improved, and the ecology is improved, steadily carry out comprehensive land consolidation in the whole area, improve the level of land conservation and intensive use, and classify and guarantee the land for rural development. Support the construction of towns and villages in border areas.
(16) Strengthening the Construction, Management, and Maintenance of Rural Infrastructure. Support the construction of small-scale water diversion projects, improve the level of rural water supply guarantee by category, and promote the county-level unified management and professional management and maintenance of rural water supply where conditions permit. Improve the power supply guarantee and comprehensive carrying capacity of rural power grids, and expand the coverage of rural charging facilities. Promote the transformation of old rural roads, the widening of narrow roads, and the upgrading of secondary and poor road sections, and strengthen the construction of safety protection facilities. Support the joint construction and sharing of rural postal and logistics facilities, promote the integrated development of rural passenger, freight, and postal services, promote joint distribution, and deepen the entry of express delivery into villages. Improve the guarantee mechanism for the stable operation of rural passenger transport. Continue to implement the renovation of dilapidated rural houses and promote the construction of modern and livable rural houses. Implement the high-quality development action of digital villages and improve the level of network coverage in rural and remote areas. Strengthen the infrastructure construction in forest areas, reclamation areas, and pastoral areas. Promote the integrated planning, construction, management, and maintenance of county infrastructure, and improve the long-term mechanism for the management and maintenance of rural infrastructure.
(17) Strengthening the Overall Planning of Basic Public Service Supply in Counties. Steadily and prudently optimize the layout of rural primary and secondary schools and kindergartens, retain and run necessary small-scale rural schools and kindergartens, and implement the action plan for the revitalization of ordinary high schools in counties. Promote the construction of urban-rural school communities, strengthen the overall allocation of teachers in counties, and promote the online sharing of high-quality classrooms in urban and rural schools. Take comprehensive measures to increase the efforts to prevent students from dropping out of school in rural areas. Implement the medical and health foundation strengthening project, promote the quality improvement and upgrading of county hospitals and key central township health centers, and strengthen the operational guarantee of county and grassroots medical institutions. Support the close-knit county medical community to improve its comprehensive service capacity, and reasonably expand the scope of drug procurement, allocation, and use of grassroots medical and health institutions. Consolidate and expand the results of rural residents' medical insurance participation, improve the incentive and restraint mechanism for continuous participation, and steadily increase the proportion of medical insurance funds used in county and village medical and health institutions. Implement the special plan for college student village doctors. Based on home-based elderly care, encourage places with conditions to develop elderly care services such as meal assistance, day care, and rehabilitation care. Develop inclusive childcare services in counties and townships. Improve the mechanism for determining and dynamically adjusting the rural minimum living standard, optimize the system for providing assistance to people in extreme poverty, and improve the timeliness and accessibility of temporary assistance. Take measures such as cadre pairing, volunteer services, and the development of rural public welfare posts to strengthen the visits and care for rural elderly living alone, left-behind children, children in difficult circumstances, disabled people, and people with mental disorders, and help solve practical difficulties in a timely manner.
(XVIII) Promoting the integrated ecological protection and restoration of rural areas. Continue to rectify and improve the rural living environment, solve problems such as toilet renovation and garbage surrounding villages with a **钉钉子精神** (dīng dīng zi jīng shén - "nailing spirit," perseverance and determination to solve problems thoroughly), improve the socialized management and maintenance service system for rural toilets, improve the appearance of villages, and build beautiful villages. Choose rural domestic sewage treatment models according to local conditions, optimize and adjust inefficient and ineffective sewage treatment facilities, and accelerate the elimination of black and odorous water bodies in rural areas. Promote the reduction of rural domestic waste at the source, and improve the normalized operation and guarantee mechanism for collection, transportation, and disposal. Promote green production and water-saving irrigation technologies, and develop ecological and low-carbon agriculture. Promote the prevention and control of agricultural and rural pollution, strengthen the systematic management of areas with prominent agricultural non-point source pollution, promote the tracing, remediation, and safe utilization of soil heavy metal pollution and contaminated cultivated land, and strengthen the comprehensive management of livestock and poultry breeding manure and marine aquaculture ecological environment problems. Enhance the comprehensive utilization capacity of straw. Strengthen the systematic management and ecological protection of important rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, and promote the comprehensive management of soil and water loss in key river basins and regions. Firmly implement the ten-year fishing ban on the Yangtze River (长江). Strengthen the quarantine of imported animals and plants and the prevention and control of invasive alien species. Comprehensively promote the "Three-North" Shelterbelt Project, promote the implementation of projects such as work-for-relief, and consolidate and expand the achievements in desertification prevention and control. Improve the fourth round of grassland ecological protection subsidy and reward policies.
(XIX) Implementing the project of building civilized rural customs in depth. Strengthen ideological and political work in rural areas, promote and practice the core socialist values, and widely carry out mass publicity and education activities. Coordinate the promotion of civilized cultivation, civilized practice, and civilized creation to promote the formation of an upward and virtuous rural moral atmosphere. Promote "literary and artistic empowerment of beautiful villages" and enrich the supply of rural cultural products and services. Promote the systematic protection of rural cultural heritage, strengthen the investigation and protection of rural cultural relics, traditional villages, and intangible cultural heritage, and establish a protection and implementation mechanism with villagers as the main body. Continue to promote the transformation of customs and habits in rural areas, give play to the leading role of party members and cadres and the guiding role of village rules and regulations, and promote the comprehensive management of outstanding problems by combining dredging and blocking, and treating both the symptoms and the root causes. Continue to rectify high bride prices in rural areas and strengthen joint governance in inter-provincial adjacent areas. Guide the establishment of correct views on love, marriage, childbirth, and family, and cultivate simple and civilized marriage customs. Improve the rural funeral public service system, and promote the construction and standardized management of rural public welfare cemeteries.
(XX) Building a safe and law-based countryside. Adhere to and develop the "Fengqiao Experience" (枫桥经验) in the new era and promote the resolution of conflicts and disputes at the grassroots level. Strengthen the overall prevention and control of social security in rural areas, carry out regular anti-crime and anti-evil campaigns, and resolutely curb the breeding and spread of "village bullies" and family clan evil forces. Improve the management system for ancestral hall activities. Deepen the crackdown on various illegal and criminal activities in rural areas, such as gambling, drugs, infringement of the rights and interests of women and children and the personal rights of persons with disabilities, telecommunications network fraud, and illegal financial activities. Strengthen the prevention and governance of juvenile delinquency. Strengthen the management of rural religious affairs. Establish and improve the legal and regulatory system for agriculture and rural areas, and strengthen legal publicity and education in rural areas. Thoroughly implement the Rural Revitalization Promotion Law. Coordinate the investigation and management of rural disaster risk hazards, prevent and resolve safety risks in key areas such as road traffic, limited spaces, gas, fire protection, and housing, and strengthen safety protection and emergency rescue capabilities for drowning and other dangerous situations. Carry out special rectification of safety production of marine fishing vessels.
V. Strengthening Institutional and Mechanism Innovation
(XXI) Accelerating the improvement of the modern agricultural management system. Comprehensively carry out the second round of pilot projects for extending land contracts for another thirty years after expiration in entire provinces, properly resolve the contradictions and disputes in the extension of contracts, and ensure that the original contracted land of the vast majority of farmers remains stable and the extension of contracts is smooth. Standardize the transfer of land management rights and strengthen the monitoring and early warning of risks in long-term and large-scale land transfer. Enhance the production and management capabilities of family farms, improve the development quality of farmers' cooperatives, give play to the role of modern agricultural comprehensive service centers, improve the convenient and efficient agricultural socialized service system, develop moderate-scale agricultural management, and promote the organic connection between small farmers and modern agricultural development. Deepen the reform of the rural collective property rights system, support the development of new rural collective economies, and strictly control new village-level debts. Promote the comprehensive reform of supply and marketing cooperatives, accelerate the rationalization of the relationship between cooperatives and enterprises, and strengthen the function of serving agriculture. Improve the regulatory system for state-owned agricultural reclamation assets and resources.
(XXII) Standardizing and orderly revitalizing and utilizing various rural resources. Orderly promote the listing of rural collective commercial construction land, support the use of listed land primarily for the development of the collective economy and rural industries, and strictly prohibit its use for the construction of commercial housing. Strengthen the approval and management of rural homesteads and farmers' housing construction, and strictly investigate and prevent illegal purchases of rural housing homesteads. Revitalize and utilize idle land and houses in accordance with the law, and strengthen the management of lease contracts. Guide the healthy development of rural property rights transfer and trading markets. Deepen the rectification of outstanding problems in the management of rural collective funds, assets, and resources, and strengthen the standardized management of village-level labor employment. Continue to deepen the reform of the collective forest tenure system.
(XXIII) Innovating the investment and financing mechanism for rural revitalization. Prioritize ensuring the input of general public budget in the field of agriculture and rural areas, and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of fiscal policies and funds for supporting agriculture. Make full use of special bonds and ultra-long-term special treasury bonds to support the construction of major agricultural and rural projects that meet the conditions. Improve the fiscal and financial collaborative support mechanism for agriculture, give full play to the incentive role of policies such as re-lending for agriculture and small businesses, and re-lending for technological innovation and technological transformation, and promote financial institutions to increase their investment in the field of agriculture and rural areas. Increase support for the extension and renewal of loans to agricultural enterprises and farmers. Promote the construction of a rural credit system and strengthen the collection and sharing of agricultural information. Guide and standardize social investment in the field of agriculture and rural areas, and improve the risk prevention mechanism. Strengthen the whole-process supervision of agricultural funds and projects, and severely investigate and deal with problems such as falsification, favoritism, "plucking feathers from passing geese," and misappropriation.
(XXIV) Promoting the two-way flow of urban and rural factors. Scientifically and orderly promote the urbanization of agricultural transfer population, implement policies that link transfer payments, new construction land indicators, and infrastructure construction investment with the urbanization of agricultural transfer population, and implement a system of providing basic public services by registering household registration in the place of permanent residence. Protect the land contract rights, homestead use rights, and collective income distribution rights of farmers who have settled in cities in accordance with the law, and explore the establishment of a voluntary and compensated withdrawal method. Develop and strengthen the rural talent team, and encourage all kinds of talents to go to the countryside to serve and start businesses and find employment. Strengthen the cultivation of rural industry leaders and rural governance talents, and cultivate agricultural innovators according to local conditions. Implement a new round of the "Three Supports and One Assistance" program for college graduates. Promote the Rural Women's Dream Chasing Program, the College Student Volunteer Service Western Program, and the Rural Revitalization Youth Contribution Action.
VI. Strengthening the Party's Overall Leadership over "San Nong" Work
(XXV) Strengthening the implementation of the rural revitalization responsibility system. Adhere to the five-level Party secretaries grasping rural revitalization, and improve the system and mechanism for the Party to lead rural work. Give better play to the coordinating role of the Party Committee's Office for Rural Work. Increase the education and training of "San Nong" cadres, carry out in-depth special training to promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, and improve the ability of Party and government cadres at all levels to grasp "San Nong" work.
(XXVI) Strengthening the construction of rural grassroots party organizations. Do a good job in the election of rural grassroots organizations, select and equip the township leadership team, optimize the village "two committees" team, especially the leading team, and continue to rectify weak and lax village party organizations. Strengthen the daily education and management of rural party members, and implement a centralized training plan for rural party members. Replenish and stabilize the strength of the rural grassroots front line, and the civil servant recruitment plan should be tilted towards county and township grassroots organs, and in principle, staff should not be borrowed from counties and townships. Implement the basic remuneration guarantee for village cadres, and do a good job in the cultivation and reserve of reserve forces. Improve the village-level deliberation and consultation mechanism procedures and broaden the channels for farmers to participate in rural governance. Strictly supervise and manage rural grassroots cadres, and continue to deepen the inspection of village party organizations.
(XXVII) Improving the way and method of rural work. Establish and practice the correct view of political achievements, proceed from reality, adapt to local conditions, and consciously act in accordance with the laws. Carry out in-depth rectification of formalism to reduce the burden on the grassroots, make good use of the list of matters for townships (streets) to perform their duties, improve the access system for village (community) work matters, strengthen the data sharing and innovative application of "one form pass," and clean up and integrate government mobile Internet applications for the grassroots. Carry out the fourth national agricultural census in a solid manner. Optimize the performance evaluation of the rural revitalization strategy, focus on key tasks, improve the evaluation methods, and improve the pertinence and scientificity of the evaluation. Comprehensively implement the "Four Down to the Grassroots" system, proceed from the actual situation in rural areas, fully respect the wishes of farmers, and avoid "one-size-fits-all" and layer-by-layer escalation in policy implementation. Adhere to problem-oriented, integrity and innovation, adhere to both policy support and reform and innovation, encourage the grassroots to boldly explore in combination with reality, and fully stimulate the vitality of doing business and starting a business. Deepen the rectification of corruption and style problems in the field of rural revitalization, consolidate and expand the learning and education achievements of thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation, and promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside with excellent style.
We must unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) as the core, anchor the goal, forge ahead, promote new progress in the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, and bring the modernization of agriculture and rural areas to a new level, and move steadily towards the goal of building a strong agricultural country.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), February 3)
Return to TopAgricultural and rural modernization is related to the overall situation and quality of Chinese-style modernization. This year is the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan," and it is crucial to do a good job in "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" (三农).
On February 3, the CPC Central Committee (中共中央) and the State Council (国务院) publicly released the "Opinions on Anchoring Agricultural and Rural Modernization and Solidly Promoting the Comprehensive Revitalization of the Countryside." This is the fourteenth No. 1 central document issued continuously since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (党的十八大) to guide the work of "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers," and it is also the No. 1 central document issued at the beginning of the "15th Five-Year Plan," further releasing a strong signal of adhering to the priority development of agriculture and rural areas, and providing action guidance for doing a good job in this year's "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" work. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Party committees and governments at all levels must adhere to solving the 'agriculture, rural areas, and farmers' problem as the top priority, adhere to the five-level Party secretaries grasping rural revitalization, strive to make progress, do practical work, and strive to build agriculture into a modern large industry, make rural areas basically have modern living conditions, and make farmers' lives more prosperous and beautiful." We must implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee with a high sense of responsibility, urgency, and mission.
If "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" are doing well, the overall situation will be proactive. In 2025, China's grain production overcame the impact of natural disasters and other factors, and the output reached a new historical high, reaching 1,429.8 billion catties, and has been stable at more than 1.4 trillion catties for two consecutive years; the results of poverty alleviation have been continuously consolidated and expanded, and the bottom line of preventing large-scale return to poverty has been firmly guarded; learning and applying the experience of the "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" Project (千万工程) has gone deeper and more solid, the construction of livable, workable, and beautiful villages has been steadily promoted, and the per capita disposable income of rural residents has reached 24,456 yuan. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, agricultural and rural modernization construction has made positive progress, and comprehensive rural revitalization has achieved new results, providing a basic support for promoting high-quality economic and social development and winning strategic initiative for promoting Chinese-style modernization. Stepping into the "15th Five-Year Plan," with a global perspective, shouldering heavy burdens, and striving for progress, we will surely be able to better promote the construction of Chinese-style modernization by accelerating agricultural and rural modernization.
From the perspective of coordinating the two overall situations, domestic and international, stabilizing the basic agricultural plate and guarding the foundation of "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" is the "ballast stone" for responding to changes and opening up new situations. At present, the international environment is complex and severe, and China's development faces more uncertain and unpredictable factors. The more we respond to risks and challenges, the more we must consolidate the foundation of "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" work, respond to the uncertainty of the external environment with the certainty of domestic stable production and supply, and respond to various unstable factors with the stable development of agriculture and rural areas. The No. 1 central document makes deployments around stabilizing the development of grain and oil production, strengthening the protection and quality improvement of cultivated land, and improving the effectiveness of agricultural science and technology innovation. We must keep in mind that food security is a "major issue of the country" (国之大者 - guó zhī dà zhě - "the most important matter of the country," refers to matters of utmost importance to the nation), resolutely shoulder the responsibility of ensuring national food security, unremittingly grasp grain production, ensure the stable and safe supply of grain and other important agricultural products, and jointly hold the rice bowl more firmly.
From the perspective of the overall situation of Chinese-style modernization, without agricultural and rural modernization, there would be no modernization of the entire country; to expand the space for modernization development, agriculture and rural areas are a vast world with great potential. The imbalance between urban and rural development and the inadequacy of rural development in China are still important manifestations of the main social contradictions. We must anchor the overall goal of agricultural and rural modernization without wavering, focus our efforts on comprehensive rural revitalization, and improve the level of rural industrial development, rural construction, and rural governance. This year is the first year of entering normalized assistance, and normalized assistance should be incorporated into the overall implementation of the rural revitalization strategy, enhance the endogenous development momentum with effective development-oriented assistance, give play to the role of social assistance in guaranteeing the bottom line, and ensure that large-scale return to poverty does not occur.
From the perspective of the "15th Five-Year Plan" strategic planning, entering the "critical period" of basically realizing socialist modernization, "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" is not only a shortcoming and weakness that needs to be addressed to "consolidate the foundation," but also a key and difficult point that needs to be tackled to "fully exert efforts." Further consolidating the foundation for the development of "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers," adhering to the integrated development of urban and rural areas is an inevitable requirement. From cultivating and strengthening the county's industries to enrich the people, to strengthening the overall planning of basic public service supply in the county, and then to promoting the two-way flow of urban and rural elements... Promoting the integrated development of industry revitalization, strengthening the county, and enriching the people, and promoting urban-rural integration and regional linkage will surely drive the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside with urban-rural integrated development.
Once it is decided, it must be implemented, and the key to implementation lies in seeking truth and being pragmatic. We must unify our thoughts and actions with General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions and important instructions on the work of "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers," comprehensively, deeply, and accurately understand and grasp the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee on the work of "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers," and continuously improve our work skills and policy level. We must establish and practice a correct view of political achievements, adhere to creating political achievements for the people and creating political achievements through hard work, consciously act in accordance with the laws, combine with reality, adapt to local conditions, creatively grasp the implementation of policies, grasp the promotion of work, and promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside with excellent work style.
The journey is long and the task is heavy. Unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平同志) at its core, anchor the goal, and work steadily, we will surely be able to promote the development of "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" to a new level, so that the vast number of farmers can better share the fruits of development, and turn the grand goal of building a strong agricultural country into reality step by step.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 3rd (Xinhua) On the afternoon of February 3rd, Premier of the State Council Li Qiang (李强) met with Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou (奥尔西) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing (北京), who was in China for a state visit.
Li Qiang (李强) stated that since the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Uruguay (乌拉圭) in 2023, cooperation between the two sides in various fields has accelerated, achieving a series of fruitful results. This morning, President Xi Jinping (习近平) held talks with the President, reaching important consensus on further deepening China-Uruguay (中乌) relations. China (中方) is willing to work with Uruguay (乌方) to follow the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, firmly support each other on issues involving each other's core interests, actively share opportunities on the road to promoting common development, promote the deepening and consolidation of mutually beneficial cooperation, and better benefit the people of both countries.
Li Qiang (李强) pointed out that China (中方) is willing to continue to adhere to openness and win-win cooperation with Uruguay (乌方), strengthen the alignment of development strategies and market connectivity, deeply tap the potential for cooperation in various fields, further leverage complementary advantages, and create more practical results. The two sides should make good use of mechanisms such as the Economic and Trade Mixed Committee and the Science and Technology Cooperation Mixed Committee to promote the expansion and optimization of bilateral trade, jointly promote scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, expand cooperation in fields such as artificial intelligence, green economy, digital technology, and biomedicine, and cultivate and strengthen new drivers of development. China (中方) is willing to import more high-quality Uruguayan products, encourage capable Chinese enterprises to invest in Uruguay (乌), and hopes that Uruguay (乌方) will continue to provide a good business environment for enterprises. The two sides should also strengthen cooperation in culture, sports, youth, local areas, tourism, and other fields, and continuously enhance mutual understanding and friendship. Currently, the world has entered a new period of turbulence and change, and unilateralism and protectionism are rampant. China (中方) fully supports Uruguay (乌拉圭) in holding the rotating presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (拉美和加勒比国家共同体), the Southern Common Market (南方共同市场), and the "Group of 77 and China" ("77国集团和中国"), and is willing to strengthen multilateral communication and coordination with Uruguay (乌方) to promote the upgrading of China-Latin America (中拉) cooperation, China's cooperation with the Southern Common Market (南方共同市场), and South-South cooperation, maintain multilateralism and free trade, safeguard international order and fairness and justice, and defend the common interests of the Global South.
Orsi (奥尔西) said that this morning he had a fruitful meeting with President Xi Jinping (习近平), and they agreed to further deepen the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries. China (中国) is a key partner for Uruguay's (乌拉圭) sustainable development, and the development of Uruguay-China (乌中) relations is strong, and has become a model for relations between countries. Uruguay (乌方) firmly adheres to the one-China principle (一个中国原则), looks forward to close high-level exchanges and dialogue at all levels with China (中方), actively participates in the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" ("一带一路"), deepens exchanges and cooperation in various fields, and better benefits the people of both countries. He welcomes Chinese enterprises to invest and do business in Uruguay (乌). Uruguay (乌方) firmly supports the series of global initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平), and is willing to strengthen multilateral coordination with China (中方), jointly defend multilateralism, safeguard the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, and support the multilateral trading system with the WTO as its core. Uruguay (乌方) is willing to play an active role in promoting cooperation between the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (拉共体) and the Southern Common Market (南方共同市场) with China (华).
Wu Zhenglong (吴政隆) attended the meeting.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 3rd (Xinhua) Zhao Leji (赵乐际), Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, met with Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou (奥尔西) in Beijing (北京) on the afternoon of February 3rd.
Zhao Leji (赵乐际) said that China (中方) has always regarded Uruguay (乌拉圭) as a trustworthy good friend and good partner. This morning, President Xi Jinping (习近平) held talks with President Orsi (奥尔西) to jointly plan the development blueprint of the China-Uruguay (中乌) comprehensive strategic partnership, which is of milestone significance in the history of bilateral relations. China (中方) is willing to work with Uruguay (乌方) to follow the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, promote more achievements in China-Uruguay (中乌) cooperation, and better benefit the people of both countries. The National People's Congress of China (中国全国人大) is willing to strengthen exchanges and mutual learning with the Uruguayan Parliament (乌拉圭国会) on legislation, supervision, and governance experience, and provide a good legal environment for deepening practical cooperation.
Orsi (奥尔西) said that on the basis of mutual respect, Uruguay-China (乌中) relations are developing healthily and steadily. He hopes to deepen cooperation in various fields such as economy and trade, investment, environment, and culture, strengthen friendly exchanges between legislative bodies, learn from each other's legislative experience, and continuously promote the development of Uruguay-China (乌中) relations.
Cai Dafeng (蔡达峰) attended the meeting.
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As the Spring Festival approaches, Wang Zaiping (王再萍), a villager from Tiantang Village (天堂村), Shitouzu Town (石头咀镇), Yingshan County (英山县), Hubei (湖北) Province, known as the "Town of Medicinal Materials," is busy. On a sunny hillside, she and her husband are busy "turning over" pine wood, neatly stacking pine wood about 40 centimeters long and the thickness of a fist. "When cracks appear at both ends, they need to be 'placed in the cellar.' We rely entirely on this to grow Poria cocos, so we must take good 'care' of it," Wang Zaiping (王再萍) said.
Looking closer, the bark has been shaved off the wood, leaving a strip three to five centimeters wide from top to bottom. "This is called 'shaving the bark and leaving the veins'," Wang Zaiping (王再萍) said. Poria cocos grows on gentle slopes under the forest and needs the local Masson pine as a source of nutrients. Around Grain Rain, the fungal spores are inoculated and buried in the soil, called "placing in the cellar."
"One mu (亩) of land can grow more than 1,000 cellars, earning several thousand yuan. In recent years, growing Poria cocos and Tianma (Gastrodia elata) has yielded good returns," Wang Zaiping (王再萍) said.
"Although the benefits are good, it will be difficult to continue increasing income," said Yang Zonglin (杨宗林), Secretary of the Party Committee of Shitouzu Town (石头咀镇), taking over the conversation.
"Why?"
"The root cause is the small amount of land and the long cycle. It takes at least 5 months for Poria cocos to grow and be harvested, and the land needs to rest for 3 to 5 years; it takes 2 years to harvest Tianma, and the land also needs to rest after planting a crop, for a short period of 3 years or a long period of 10 years. The old methods cannot change the fact that we are 靠天吃饭 (kào tiān chī fàn - "rely on the heavens for food," dependent on good weather for a successful harvest)." Yang Zonglin (杨宗林) said.
"Listening to this, is there a new method?" the reporter asked.
"You really guessed it!" Yang Zonglin (杨宗林) laughed, "There are capable people in the town who are exploring new methods, let me take you to see."
Down the mountain, at Hubei Senrong Chinese Herbal Medicine Development Co., Ltd. (湖北省森荣中药材开发有限公司), villager Shen Guoxian (沈国献) poured corn, wood chips, and other materials into a mixer, then lightly pressed a button. The evenly mixed culture medium was orderly transmitted to the bagging machine with the conveyor belt.
"This is making Poria cocos spores, which can produce more than 4,000 bags per hour. Last year, we sold as many as 5 million bags," said Liu Xi (刘喜), the company's head. "There is also a Tianma production line over there, which can produce 600,000 bottles per year."
"How is this used? Are the raw materials and spores buried in the soil?"
"No, no," Liu Xi (刘喜) waved his hand with a smile, "Put them in baskets, place them in greenhouses, no soil is needed, and there is no need to go up the mountain."
The greenhouse is next door – at Hubei Chukan Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (湖北楚康药业有限公司), which is downstream of Senrong Company's products.
Zhou Dezhi (周德智), Secretary of the Party Branch of Tiantang Village (天堂村) and General Manager of Chukan Company, and his staff are busy stacking baskets, laying film cloth, laying spores, and covering with ash. The greenhouse is warm as spring.
"This shed grows Tianma. The bacteria were cultivated in October last year, and it can be harvested in May this year," Zhou Dezhi (周德智) said, flipping through the wood chips in the basket. "These are the spores bought from next door. After use, they can also be sold as fuel and biological particles, which is environmentally friendly and saves money."
Tiantang Village (天堂村) leverages its resource advantages to grow Chinese medicinal materials, creating an annual economic benefit of more than 15 million yuan. "As a Party member and cadre, it is my responsibility to lead the villagers to become rich," Zhou Dezhi (周德智) said.
Nowadays, with developed transportation, it is not difficult for good products to leave the mountains, but the difficulty lies in how to leave the mountains with a higher value. "In the past, many authentic medicinal materials were exported to foreign countries, where they were used for deep processing, earning the bulk of the profits, while we could only 'sell by the ton' and earn a small amount," said Zheng Guangwen (郑光文), Secretary of the Yingshan County (英山县) Party Committee. "Yingshan (英山) has 280,000 mu (亩) of Chinese medicinal materials planted, and increasing the added value is the key."
Overcoming the technical problem that Poria cocos polysaccharides are insoluble in water, Jili Chinese Herbal Medicine Company (吉利中药材公司) and Huazhong Agricultural University (华中农业大学) jointly developed more than 50 kinds of "medicine and food homology" products, realizing "selling by the gram"; in the preparation workshop of Chenmei Chinese Medicine Company (辰美中药公司), various medicinal material raw materials are steamed, purified, and other processes to become instant-drink formula granules, increasing the added value by 5 to 10 times...
During the interview, the reporter saw that many of the village houses along the way were two-story buildings built against the mountains. As local cadres said: "Yingshan's (英山) advantage is ecology, and development must rely on ecology. The county's industrial base is relatively weak, but mountain goods leaving the mountains and consumption entering the mountains can still benefit the people."
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Return to TopI. At the invitation of President Xi Jinping (习近平) of the People's Republic of China, President Luis Lacalle Pou (亚曼杜·奥尔西) of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay paid a state visit to China from February 1 to 7, 2026.
II. This meeting between the two heads of state continued the tradition formed over the 38 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Uruguay. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations, the heads of state of the two countries have held meetings and achieved positive results. Both sides agreed to deepen the China-Uruguay comprehensive strategic partnership, continuously strengthen exchanges, expand new areas of cooperation, and raise the level of bilateral relations.
III. During the visit, President Xi Jinping (习近平) held productive talks with President Luis Lacalle Pou (亚曼杜·奥尔西), exchanging views on bilateral relations, China-Latin America relations, and international and regional issues of common concern. Premier Li Qiang (李强) of the State Council of China and Chairman Zhao Leji (赵乐际) of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress met with President Luis Lacalle Pou (亚曼杜·奥尔西) respectively. China and Uruguay reaffirmed that sincere friendship and solid political mutual trust based on equal treatment and mutual benefit and win-win results are the consensus of the two countries.
IV. The two sides emphasized the multidimensional nature of bilateral relations, and agreed to expand and deepen pragmatic cooperation, strengthen cultural and people-to-people exchanges, enhance mutual understanding between the two peoples, and strengthen cooperation within the framework of international organizations and multilateral mechanisms, continuously demonstrating the strategic value and long-term nature of China-Uruguay relations. Both sides agreed that China-Uruguay relations are a model for cooperation between countries with different land areas, population sizes, and economic volumes.
V. The two heads of state reviewed and reaffirmed the consensus reached in the "Joint Statement between the People's Republic of China and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay on Establishing a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership" issued in November 2023, which established a roadmap for the two countries to implement the comprehensive strategic partnership over the past two years. This statement will update and consolidate this roadmap. Both sides reaffirmed that the implementation of the China-Uruguay comprehensive strategic partnership reflects the solid foundation of the two countries' relations, the fruitful results of bilateral relations development, the continuous deepening of political mutual trust, and the willingness to move towards a common future. The 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 2028 is of great significance, and the two sides decided to celebrate it together at that time.
VI. China and Uruguay have a tradition of friendship, respecting each other's national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and understanding and supporting each other's core interests and major concerns. The Uruguayan side reiterated its adherence to the one-China principle, recognizing that the government of the People's Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China, and that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory. The Uruguayan side opposes any form of "Taiwan independence," which violates the one-China principle, and supports the Chinese government's efforts to achieve national reunification. The Uruguayan side reiterated its support for China's legitimate position on Hong Kong-related and other core interest issues, and supports China's efforts to safeguard national sovereignty and security.
VII. The Uruguayan side highly praised the major achievements made in China's development under the leadership of President Xi Jinping (习近平), and believes that the "15th Five-Year Plan" will promote the construction of Chinese-style modernization and provide more certainty, stability, and new opportunities for the development of all countries, including Uruguay. The Uruguayan side appreciates China's comprehensive promotion of the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization, and believes that Chinese-style modernization provides a new path and new choices for mankind to achieve modernization.
VIII. Exchanges between legislative bodies are an important part of China-Uruguay relations and an important channel for enhancing mutual understanding and friendship between the two peoples. The Chinese side congratulated the Uruguayan Parliament on the establishment of the new Uruguay-China Parliamentary Friendship Group. Both sides support the deepening of exchanges at all levels between the legislative bodies of the two countries and the strengthening of experience exchange and mutual learning.
IX. The two sides will continue to maintain high-level exchanges and promote exchanges between various ministries and agencies. The two sides held the 12th political consultation between the Chinese and Uruguayan Foreign Ministries in 2025, and will continue to strengthen cooperation between the two foreign ministries through this mechanism, maintain channels of communication and coordination, and continue to expand consensus and consolidate political mutual trust on bilateral relations and other global issues of common concern.
X. The two sides recalled the "Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay on Jointly Promoting the Construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road," and agreed to continue to deepen the implementation of the "Cooperation Plan between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay on Jointly Promoting the 'Belt and Road' Construction" signed in November 2023, emphasizing the high synergy of the two sides' development strategies and the high complementarity of the two sides' economies.
The two sides expressed their willingness to promote cooperation projects in the fields of industry and investment, energy and energy transition, agricultural product processing industry and food security, manufacturing, water conservancy infrastructure, sustainable mining, emergency management, taxation, customs, logistics, maritime transportation and ports, information and communication technology, artificial intelligence, digital economy, railway infrastructure, and joint research laboratories. At the same time, both sides agreed that Uruguay's location advantage as a logistics hub in the South Atlantic should be used to focus on promoting production linkages, technological innovation, and improving service supply.
The Uruguayan side reiterated its principle of technological neutrality, recognized the participation of Chinese companies in the construction of Uruguay's 5G network, and expressed its willingness to continue to evaluate various technological solutions based on open international standards and the principles of efficiency, security, and competitiveness.
XI. Both sides recognized the high complementarity of the two countries' economies and the importance of China as Uruguay's main trading partner, congratulated each other on the continuous growth of bilateral trade in goods and services, and both hoped to further expand the scale of trade. Both sides agreed that trade diversification, including processed agricultural products and manufactured products, should be promoted, and the growth of trade in services should be promoted. Both sides positively evaluated the role of the Joint Economic and Trade Commission as a core mechanism for promoting trade and investment, and held the 22nd meeting of the commission in 2026. Both sides emphasized the progress made on trade facilitation issues during the visit, and agreed to continue to strengthen the exchange of information on bilateral investment policies and projects within the framework of jointly building the "Belt and Road," and to widely publicize opportunities in infrastructure, logistics, clean energy, digital economy, agricultural product processing industry, and global service industries. Both sides appreciated the signing of the "Memorandum of Understanding on Promoting Industrial Investment and Cooperation" between China and Uruguay, and continuously improved the level of industrial investment and cooperation. In order to improve the legal framework for two-way investment, both sides welcomed the current negotiations on updating and improving the "Agreement on Mutual Promotion and Protection of Investment" signed in 1993, so as to accelerate the modernization of the legal framework for two-way investment and provide predictability and legal certainty for economic entities.
XII. Both sides reaffirmed their support for the multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organization as the core and based on rules, and are committed to promoting reforms to strengthen the role of the World Trade Organization. Both sides emphasized the importance of achieving more substantial and pragmatic results at the 14th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization to be held in Cameroon in March 2026. Both sides reaffirmed their willingness to continue to promote multi-dimensional trade cooperation. Therefore, both sides emphasized the hope to start negotiations on a free trade agreement between China and the Southern Common Market as soon as possible.
XIII. Both sides emphasized the importance of financial cooperation. The Chinese side reiterated its support for Uruguay's cooperation with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank as an extra-regional member. Both sides expressed their willingness to continue to strengthen dialogue on financing in the fields of sustainable infrastructure, clean energy, interconnection and interoperability, and production development, explore new projects of common interest, and consolidate long-term economic cooperation.
XIV. Both sides emphasized that cooperation in the field of food security and sustainable utilization of food resources is of great strategic significance. Both sides welcomed the first technical meeting between experts from the two countries to exchange experiences on issues such as post-harvest loss reduction, technological innovation, and demonstration and promotion. Both sides recognized the common challenges faced in terms of sanitary and phytosanitary standards, and expressed their willingness to strengthen technical dialogue channels between competent authorities, including the establishment of a cooperation mechanism within the framework of the "Belt and Road" initiative. At the same time, the Chinese side supports the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) "Food Security, Nutrition and Hunger Eradication Plan" (CELAC 2030 Food Security Plan).
XV. Both sides highly appreciated the important role of scientific and technological innovation cooperation in the development of bilateral relations, and emphasized the positive results achieved in cooperation in the field of agricultural scientific research; both sides are willing to jointly implement the consensus of the fifth meeting of the China-Uruguay Intergovernmental Science and Technology Cooperation Mixed Committee, deepen cooperation through joint construction of joint laboratories, joint research, exchanges of scientific and technological personnel, and technology transfer, strengthen joint research in jointly identified priority areas, continue to promote the construction of joint laboratories for soybeans, bio-nanopharmaceutical preparations, etc., and establish a China-Uruguay Young Scientists Exchange Program.
XVI. Both sides reaffirmed the importance of South-South cooperation in promoting sustainable development, and welcomed the signing of the "Memorandum of Understanding on Promoting the Implementation of the Global Development Initiative." The Uruguayan side attaches great importance to carrying out development cooperation with China in various fields, and especially thanked China for the assistance provided in May 2025. In view of this, both sides will promote close exchanges between the competent authorities for development cooperation of the two countries and implement relevant cooperation projects.
XVII. Both sides emphasized the important role of the agricultural cooperation mechanism in addressing the concerns of both sides, and are willing to further deepen cooperation in agricultural, animal husbandry, and fishery fields such as germplasm resources, biotechnology, and aquatic product processing.
XVIII. Both sides reaffirmed their commitment to sustainable development and ecological environmental protection, called for the comprehensive, complete, and effective implementation of the "United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change" and its "Kyoto Protocol" and "Paris Agreement," strengthened global collective action to address climate change in accordance with the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, and agreed that it is essential to continue to carry out cooperation in these areas. Both sides reaffirmed their willingness to further strengthen cooperation in the fields of renewable energy, energy transition, and energy efficiency on the basis of existing cooperation.
XIX. Both sides agreed to continue to promote cooperation in the geological and mining fields, and welcomed the China Mining Association and the National Directorate of Mining and Geology of Uruguay to hold investment seminars. Both sides are committed to building and maintaining a mutually beneficial and win-win, safe and stable industrial chain and supply chain, so as to better benefit the two peoples and help the global energy transition.
XX. Both sides agreed to expand educational cooperation, strengthen exchanges in teacher training and artificial intelligence, jointly promote the application of new technologies in education, and promote Chinese language teaching in Uruguay. The Chinese side welcomes more outstanding Uruguayan students to study in China.
XXI. Both sides agreed to deepen cooperation in the fields of education, technological innovation, culture, tourism, and health, strengthen ties between media, artists, and youth organizations, and increase student exchanges, so as to continuously enhance mutual understanding and friendship between the two peoples. The Uruguayan side thanked the Chinese side for providing visa-free policies for short-term visits to China by Uruguayan citizens. Both sides reaffirmed their decision to convene a new session of the China-Uruguay Antarctic Cooperation Committee to promote Antarctic cooperation.
XXII. In the field of defense, both sides emphasized that cooperation and mutual support in peacekeeping operations should be strengthened in accordance with their respective advantages and based on their common commitment to the United Nations peacekeeping system, including increasing international peacekeeping training exchanges.
XXIII. Both sides reaffirmed the importance of sports cooperation and are committed to strengthening communication and coordination in international sports affairs. In view of this, both sides agreed that it is essential to continuously deepen sports cooperation between the two countries.
XXIV. Both sides welcomed the entry into force of the "Treaty between the People's Republic of China and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay on Criminal Justice Assistance" on November 13, 2025, and are willing to further strengthen police and judicial cooperation between the two countries.
XXV. Both sides have common interests in many international and regional affairs. In view of this, both sides reiterated their firm support for the international system with the United Nations as the core and the multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organization as the core. China and Uruguay carry out cooperation within the framework of developing countries, and reaffirmed the importance of maintaining dialogue and carrying out cooperation within multilateral forums.
XXVI. In accordance with the basic principles of establishing deep friendship and political mutual trust between the two sides, both sides reaffirmed that it is essential to jointly safeguard the common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy, and freedom for all mankind.
The Uruguayan side highly appreciated the Global Development Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平). Both sides will strengthen pragmatic cooperation within the framework of the Global Development Initiative, and help implement the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by actively participating in various activities of the "Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative." The Uruguayan side reiterated its appreciation for the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative. Both sides are willing to work together to practice the spirit of the Global Security Initiative and strengthen cooperation around promoting regional and global peace and stability. The Uruguayan side appreciates the Global Governance Initiative proposed by the Chinese side, and agrees with the initiative's explanation of adhering to sovereign equality, abiding by international rule of law, upholding multilateralism, advocating people-centeredness, and emphasizing action-orientedness.
XXVII. The Chinese side supports the "Peace Promoter" initiative proposed by Uruguay, emphasized the importance of building global synergy in this regard, and especially reiterated China's support for the status of the Zone of Peace in Latin America and the Caribbean. At the same time, the Chinese side congratulated Uruguay on taking over the rotating presidency of the "Group of 77 and China," and is willing to cooperate around the relevant agenda during Uruguay's term, especially development issues and the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
XXVIII. The Uruguayan side appreciates the "Global Artificial Intelligence Governance Initiative" proposed by the Chinese side, and is willing to work with the Chinese side to jointly implement the UN General Assembly resolution on "Strengthening International Cooperation in Artificial Intelligence Capacity Building" and the "Inclusive Plan for Artificial Intelligence Capacity Building." Both sides reaffirmed their willingness to strengthen dialogue and cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence.
XXIX. The Uruguayan side welcomes China's initiative to establish the International Mediation Institute, and is willing to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the field of mediation and promote the International Mediation Institute to play a positive role in the peaceful settlement of disputes and the promotion of friendly cooperation among countries.
XXX. Both sides welcomed the adoption of the "United Nations Convention against Cybercrime" by the United Nations General Assembly. As one of the first signatories to the "Convention," both sides are willing to promote the early entry into force of the "Convention," strengthen international cooperation in combating cybercrime, and maintain communication in the follow-up process of the "Convention."
XXXI. At the regional level, both sides are committed to continuing to coordinate actions and enhance the vitality of the China-Latin America Forum. The Chinese side congratulated Uruguay on taking over the rotating presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States in March 2026. The Uruguayan side highly appreciated the third "Policy Paper on China's Policy towards Latin America and the Caribbean," and is willing to work with the Chinese side to implement the "Five Major Projects" of solidarity, development, civilization, peace, and people's hearts, and jointly build a China-Latin America community with a shared future. During its term as the rotating presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, the Uruguayan side will maintain close cooperation with China on the basis of the consensus reached at the fourth Ministerial Conference of the China-Latin America Forum to promote the development of bilateral relations. The forum, themed "Seeking Common Development and Revitalization, and Building a China-Latin America Community with a Shared Future," was held in Beijing in May 2025. Both sides will also promote the implementation of the "China-CELAC Joint Action Plan for Cooperation in Key Areas (2025-2027)."
XXXII. Under the joint witness of the two heads of state, the two sides signed 19 cooperation agreements in various fields such as trade and investment promotion.
XXXIII. President Luis Lacalle Pou (亚曼杜·奥尔西) thanked the Chinese government and people for their warm hospitality, and emphasized his willingness to continue to develop the friendship between the two governments and peoples, and further enhance the level of the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries. To this end, President Luis Lacalle Pou (亚曼杜·奥尔西) once again invited President Xi Jinping (习近平) to visit Uruguay at a time convenient for both sides.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 3)
Return to TopThe friendly interactions between China and Uruguay are like a window, reflecting a vivid picture of China's exchanges with Latin American and Caribbean countries.
On February 3, President Xi Jinping (习近平) held talks with Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou (路易斯·拉卡列·波乌), who was in China for a state visit. President Lacalle Pou is the sixth foreign leader to visit China since the beginning of this year, and also the first head of state from a Latin American country to visit China this year. Under the current turbulent international situation, the close, multi-level, and all-round friendly exchanges between China and Uruguay will help promote the in-depth and solid development of the China-Latin America community with a shared future, and contribute more to maintaining world peace and stability and reforming and improving global governance.
Although China and Uruguay are separated by vast oceans, the two sides have similar ideas and deep friendship. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations 38 years ago, no matter how the international situation changes, the two countries have always adhered to the way of mutual respect and mutually beneficial cooperation, and the tree of friendship has become more and more luxuriant. Uruguay's El Observador website recently reported that President Lacalle Pou's accompanying business delegation to China is the largest in recent years, hoping to promote a "qualitative leap" in bilateral relations through this visit. During the visit, the two heads of state jointly witnessed the signing of more than 10 cooperation documents in the fields of investment promotion and trade. The two sides issued a joint statement on deepening the China-Uruguay comprehensive strategic partnership, further adding bricks to the edifice of friendly bilateral relations. Under the new situation, strengthening the alignment of development strategies and deepening pragmatic cooperation in various fields will inject stronger impetus into the China-Uruguay comprehensive strategic partnership and bring more benefits to the people of both countries.
The friendly interactions between China and Uruguay are like a window, reflecting a vivid picture of China's exchanges with Latin American and Caribbean countries. In recent years, under the strategic guidance of head-of-state diplomacy, China-Latin America relations have entered a new stage of equality, mutual benefit, innovation, openness, and benefit to the people, setting a model for South-South cooperation. China's exchanges and cooperation with Latin American countries have always adhered to the principles of equal treatment and mutual benefit and win-win results, never seeking spheres of influence, nor targeting any party, which has been widely recognized by Latin American and Caribbean countries, and provides useful enlightenment on how major countries should handle relations with Latin America.
China-Latin America cooperation has always been anchored to local development needs, truly empowering the modernization process of Latin American countries. As Chilean President Gabriel Boric (加夫列尔·博里奇) said, China's development will never pose a threat to other countries, and China is an important partner. China is the fastest-growing country in foreign investment in Latin America, with a stock of investment in Latin America exceeding 600 billion US dollars. From Uruguay's power transmission and transformation projects to Brazil's photovoltaic power stations, from Chile's cloud data center to Peru's smart transportation system, the fruitful results of high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" are slowly unfolding in Latin America, injecting strong impetus into Latin America's energy transition and new industrialization. In the face of unilateralism and protectionism, China and Latin America jointly create a trans-Pacific super-scale large market with a population of 2 billion, which not only provides an inexhaustible driving force for their respective development and revitalization, but also enhances confidence in resisting external risks. China's "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal, which outlines a blueprint for China's economic and social development in the next five years, will also provide more opportunities for Latin American and Caribbean countries.
Today's world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century, the international situation is intertwined with changes and chaos, and unilateral bullying is intensifying. In the face of risks and challenges, China firmly supports Latin American and Caribbean countries in safeguarding their own sovereignty, security, and development interests, and jointly safeguarding international fairness and justice. China and Latin America are both important members of the Global South. Strengthening cooperation between China and Latin America will send a strong message of solidarity and self-reliance in the Global South, which will not only inject new connotations into the development of China-Latin America relations, but also contribute to promoting the development of the international order in a more just and reasonable direction. Not long ago, Uruguay took over as the chairman of the "Group of 77 and China" in 2026, and will also serve as the rotating presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and the rotating presidency of the Southern Common Market this year. China is willing to work with Uruguay and regional countries to strengthen solidarity and cooperation in the Global South, jointly promote an equal and orderly world multi-polarization and an inclusive economic globalization, work together and seek common development, and make greater contributions to building a community with a shared future for mankind.
China and Latin America uphold the spirit of cooperation and win-win results, which not only promotes the steady and long-term development of China-Latin America relations, but also provides practical guidance for addressing global challenges and improving global governance. China is willing to always be a good friend and good partner of Latin American and Caribbean countries, and work together on the road to modernization, jointly writing a new chapter in building a China-Latin America community with a shared future.
Return to TopOn February 1st, the 2026 Millennium Ma'ao (马岙) New Year Goods Fair, themed "Ao Li (岙里) Village Covenant: Our Village Market," was held at the Ma'ao (马岙) Wenlang (文廊) Market in Dinghai District (定海区), Zhoushan City (舟山市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), attracting many citizens and tourists. The picture shows foreign tourists experiencing fish lantern making at the event.
Chen Yongjian (陈永建) photographed (Image China).
Return to TopAgricultural and rural modernization is related to the overall situation and quality of Chinese-style modernization. This year is the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan," and it is crucial to do a good job in "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" (三农).
On February 3, the "Opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Anchoring Agricultural and Rural Modernization and Solidly Promoting the Comprehensive Revitalization of the Countryside" was publicly released. This is the fourteenth No. 1 central document issued continuously since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China to guide the work of "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers," and it is also the No. 1 central document issued at the beginning of the "15th Five-Year Plan." It further releases a strong signal of adhering to the priority development of agriculture and rural areas, and provides action guidelines for doing a good job in this year's work of "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Party committees and governments at all levels must adhere to solving the problems of 'agriculture, rural areas, and farmers' as the top priority, adhere to the five-level Party secretaries grasping rural revitalization, strive to make progress, do practical work, and strive to build agriculture into a modern large industry, make rural areas basically have modern living conditions, and make farmers' lives more prosperous and beautiful." We must implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee with a high sense of responsibility, urgency, and mission.
When "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" are doing well, the overall situation is proactive. In 2025, China's grain production overcame the impact of natural disasters and other factors, and the output reached a new historical high of 1,429.8 billion jin, stabilizing at more than 1.4 trillion jin for two consecutive years; the achievements of poverty alleviation have been continuously consolidated and expanded, and the bottom line of preventing large-scale return to poverty has been firmly guarded; the experience of the "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" (千万工程) has been deeply and practically applied, the construction of livable, workable, and beautiful villages has been steadily promoted, and the per capita disposable income of rural residents has reached 24,456 yuan. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, positive progress has been made in the construction of agricultural and rural modernization, and new achievements have been made in the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, providing a basic support for promoting high-quality economic and social development and winning strategic initiative for promoting Chinese-style modernization. Stepping into the "15th Five-Year Plan," with a global perspective, shouldering heavy burdens, and striving for progress, we will surely be able to better promote the construction of Chinese-style modernization by accelerating agricultural and rural modernization.
From the perspective of coordinating the two overall situations, domestic and international, stabilizing the basic agricultural plate and guarding the foundation of "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" is the "ballast stone" for responding to changes and opening up new situations. At present, the international environment is complex and severe, and China's development is facing more uncertain and unpredictable factors. The more we respond to risks and challenges, the more we must consolidate the foundation of the work of "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers," use the certainty of domestic stable production and supply to cope with the uncertainty of the external environment, and use the stable development of agriculture and rural areas to cope with various unstable factors. The No. 1 central document makes deployments around stabilizing the development of grain and oil production, strengthening the protection and quality improvement of cultivated land, and improving the effectiveness of agricultural science and technology innovation. We must keep in mind that food security is a "major national issue" (国之大者) (guó zhī dà zhě - "the most important thing for the country," refers to matters of utmost importance to the nation), resolutely shoulder the responsibility of ensuring national food security, unremittingly grasp grain production, ensure the stable and safe supply of grain and other important agricultural products, and jointly hold the rice bowl more firmly.
From the perspective of the overall situation of Chinese-style modernization, without agricultural and rural modernization, there would be no modernization of the entire country; to expand the space for modernization development, agriculture and rural areas are a vast world with great potential. The imbalance between urban and rural development and the inadequacy of rural development in China are still important manifestations of the main social contradictions. We must anchor the overall goal of agricultural and rural modernization without wavering, focus our efforts on the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, and improve the level of rural industrial development, rural construction, and rural governance. This year is the first year of entering normalized assistance, and normalized assistance should be incorporated into the overall implementation of the rural revitalization strategy, enhance the endogenous development momentum with effective development-oriented assistance, give play to the role of social assistance in guaranteeing the bottom line, and ensure that no large-scale return to poverty occurs.
From the perspective of the "15th Five-Year Plan" strategic planning, entering the "critical period" of basically realizing socialist modernization, "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" is not only a shortcoming and weakness that needs to be addressed to "consolidate the foundation," but also a key and difficult point that needs to be tackled with "full force." Further consolidating the foundation for the development of "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" and adhering to integrated urban-rural development is an inevitable requirement. From cultivating and strengthening county-level industries that enrich the people, to strengthening the overall planning of basic public service supply in counties, to promoting the two-way flow of urban and rural elements... Promoting the integrated development of industry revitalization, county strengthening, and people enrichment, and promoting urban-rural integration and regional linkage, will surely drive the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside with urban-rural integrated development.
Once something is decided, it must be implemented, and the key to implementation lies in seeking truth and being pragmatic. We must unify our thoughts and actions with General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions and important instructions on the work of "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers," comprehensively, deeply, and accurately understand and grasp the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee on the work of "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers," and continuously improve our work skills and policy level. We must establish and practice a correct view of performance, adhere to achieving performance for the people and achieving performance through hard work, consciously act in accordance with the laws, combine with reality, adapt to local conditions, creatively grasp the implementation of policies, grasp the promotion of work, and promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside with excellent work style.
The journey is long and the task is heavy. Unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, anchor the goals, and work steadily, we will surely be able to promote the development of "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" to a new level, so that the vast number of farmers can better share the fruits of development, and turn the grand goal of building a strong agricultural country into reality step by step.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 3rd (Xinhua) On the afternoon of February 3rd, Premier of the State Council Li Qiang (李强) met with Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou (奥尔西) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing (北京), who was in China for a state visit.
Li Qiang (李强) stated that since the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Uruguay (乌拉圭) in 2023, cooperation between the two sides in various fields has accelerated, achieving a series of fruitful results. This morning, President Xi Jinping (习近平) held talks with the President and reached important consensus on further deepening China-Uruguay (中乌) relations. China (中方) is willing to work with Uruguay (乌方) to follow the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, firmly support each other on issues involving each other's core interests, actively share opportunities on the road to promoting common development, promote mutually beneficial cooperation to go deeper and more solid, and better benefit the people of both countries.
Li Qiang (李强) pointed out that China (中方) is willing to continue to adhere to openness and win-win cooperation with Uruguay (乌方), strengthen the alignment of development strategies and market connectivity, deeply explore the potential for cooperation in various fields, further leverage complementary advantages, and create more practical results. The two sides should make good use of mechanisms such as the Economic and Trade Mixed Committee and the Science and Technology Cooperation Mixed Committee to promote the expansion of bilateral trade in scale and optimize its structure, jointly promote scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, expand cooperation in fields such as artificial intelligence, green economy, digital technology, and biomedicine, and cultivate and strengthen new drivers of development. China (中方) is willing to import more high-quality Uruguayan products, encourage capable Chinese enterprises to invest in Uruguay (乌), and hopes that Uruguay (乌方) will continue to provide a good business environment for enterprises. The two sides should also strengthen cooperation in culture, sports, youth, local areas, tourism and other fields, and continuously enhance mutual understanding and friendship. At present, the world has entered a new period of turbulence and change, and unilateralism and protectionism are rampant. China (中方) fully supports Uruguay (乌拉圭) in holding the rotating presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, the Southern Common Market, and the "Group of 77 and China," and is willing to strengthen multilateral communication and coordination with Uruguay (乌方) to promote the improvement of China-Latin America (中拉) cooperation, China's (中国) cooperation with the Southern Common Market, and South-South cooperation, maintain multilateralism and free trade, safeguard international order and fairness and justice, and defend the common interests of the Global South.
Orsi (奥尔西) said that this morning he had a fruitful meeting with President Xi Jinping (习近平), and they agreed to further deepen the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries. China (中国) is a key partner for Uruguay's (乌拉圭) sustainable development, and the development of Uruguay-China (乌中) relations is strong and has become a model for relations between countries. Uruguay (乌方) firmly adheres to the one-China principle and looks forward to close high-level exchanges and dialogues at all levels with China (中方), actively participating in the joint construction of the "Belt and Road," deepening exchanges and cooperation in various fields, and better benefiting the people of both countries. Chinese enterprises are welcome to invest and do business in Uruguay (乌). Uruguay (乌方) firmly supports the series of global initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平), and is willing to strengthen multilateral coordination with China (中方), jointly defend multilateralism, safeguard the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, and support the multilateral trading system with the WTO as its core. Uruguay (乌方) is willing to play an active role in promoting cooperation between the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and the Southern Common Market with China (对华合作).
Wu Zhenglong (吴政隆) attended the meeting.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 3rd (Xinhua) Zhao Leji (赵乐际), Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, met with Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou (奥尔西) in Beijing (北京) on the afternoon of February 3rd.
Zhao Leji (赵乐际) said that China (中方) has always regarded Uruguay (乌拉圭) as a trustworthy good friend and good partner. This morning, President Xi Jinping (习近平) held talks with President Orsi (奥尔西) to jointly plan the development blueprint for the China-Uruguay (中乌) comprehensive strategic partnership, which is a milestone in the history of bilateral relations. China (中方) is willing to work with Uruguay (乌方) to follow the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, promote China-Uruguay (中乌) cooperation to achieve more results, and better benefit the people of both countries. The National People's Congress of China (中国全国人大) is willing to strengthen exchanges and mutual learning with the Uruguayan Parliament on legislation, supervision, and governance experience, and provide a good legal environment for deepening practical cooperation.
Orsi (奥尔西) said that on the basis of mutual respect, Uruguay-China (乌中) relations have developed in a healthy and stable manner. It is hoped that cooperation in various fields such as economy and trade, investment, environment, and culture will be deepened, friendly exchanges between legislative bodies will be strengthened, legislative experience will be learned from each other, and the development of Uruguay-China (乌中) relations will be continuously promoted.
Cai Dafeng (蔡达峰) attended the meeting.
Return to TopThe newspaper reported from Beijing on February 3rd (Reporter Cheng Shijie (程是颉)) Wang Yi (王毅), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with Le Hoai Trung (黎怀忠), Special Envoy of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, and Minister of Foreign Affairs, in Beijing (北京) on the 3rd.
Wang Yi (王毅) congratulated the successful holding of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, and said that General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) and General Secretary To Lam (苏林) recently had a phone call, 擘画宏伟蓝图 (bò huà hóng wěi lán tú - "draw a grand blueprint," to make a grand plan) for deepening the construction of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future of strategic significance. China is willing to work with Vietnam to take the important consensus of the top leaders of the two parties and countries as a guide to continuously promote the construction of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future.
Le Hoai Trung (黎怀忠) briefed on the main achievements of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, and said that the Party and people of Vietnam sincerely thank General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) for sending a congratulatory letter to General Secretary To Lam (苏林) and sending a special envoy to Vietnam to express congratulations. Vietnam looks forward to raising the Vietnam-China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership to a higher level.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 3rd (Xinhua) On February 3rd, Liu Haixing (刘海星), Minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央对外联络部), met in Beijing with a delegation from the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (俄自民党) led by its Chairman, Leonid Slutsky (斯卢茨基). The two sides exchanged views on jointly implementing the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, strengthening inter-party exchanges, and promoting the development of China-Russia relations.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 3rd. On the afternoon of February 3rd, Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou (路易斯·拉卡列·波乌) went to Tiananmen Square (天安门广场) and laid a wreath at the Monument to the People's Heroes (人民英雄纪念碑).
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Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, emphasized: "Party committees and governments at all levels must adhere to prioritizing the resolution of 'San Nong' (三农) issues, uphold the five-level Party secretaries grasping rural revitalization, strive forward, work diligently and practically, and endeavor to build agriculture into a modern major industry, make rural areas basically equipped with modern living conditions, and allow farmers to live a more prosperous and beautiful life."
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council publicly released the "Opinions on Anchoring the Modernization of Agriculture and Rural Areas and Solidly Promoting the Comprehensive Revitalization of the Countryside." This is the fourteenth Central Document No. 1 guiding "San Nong" work since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, making a comprehensive deployment for the 2026 "San Nong" work, fully embodying the great importance attached to "San Nong" work by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core.
2026 is the opening year of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan," and doing a good job in "San Nong" work is extremely important. How to improve the comprehensive agricultural production capacity and quality benefits? Entering the first year of the normalized assistance phase, how to implement precise assistance? How to promote stable income growth for farmers? How to promote the construction of beautiful and livable villages suitable for business? Around hot issues, our reporter invited members of the drafting group of the Central Document No. 1 to interpret it.
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Grain Output Stabilized at Around 1.4 Trillion Jin
Improving Comprehensive Agricultural Production Capacity and Quality Benefits
Our Reporter Yu Jingxian (郁静娴)
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that it is necessary to grasp grain production without relaxation, promote the integrated increase in efficiency of good fields, good seeds, good machines, and good methods, and improve the comprehensive agricultural production capacity and quality benefits.
In 2025, China's grain production overcame multiple adverse weather impacts, and the output reached a new historical high, remaining stable at over 1.4 trillion jin for two consecutive years.
Faced with the complex and severe situation of intensified competition among major powers and increasing uncertain and unpredictable factors, it is necessary to adhere to grasping output capacity, production ecology, increased production, and increased income together to ensure that China's rice bowl is always firmly held. This year's Central Document No. 1 places the improvement of comprehensive agricultural production capacity and quality benefits in the primary position, making a series of specific deployments around stabilizing the development of grain and oil production and promoting the quality and efficiency of the "vegetable basket" industry.
Ensuring food security is always the top priority. The Central Document No. 1 puts forward a clear goal for this year's total grain output, which is to stabilize it at around 1.4 trillion jin.
Area is the basis of output, and it is necessary to maintain the stability of the annual grain planting area. Yield per unit area is the main direction for increasing production, and it is necessary to intensify the implementation of a new round of action to increase grain production capacity by 100 billion jin, and promote the large-scale increase in yield per unit area of grain and oil crops. To adapt to the new changes in the structural supply and demand, it is necessary to optimize the agricultural production structure and regional layout according to local conditions, promote the breeding and quality improvement of grain varieties, implement a project to improve the quality and efficiency of grain circulation, and promote the sale of suitable, high-quality, and high-priced products. At present, soybeans are still a prominent shortcoming in China's grain supply, and it is necessary to continue to consolidate and improve soybean production capacity and expand the production space for rapeseed, peanuts, and camellia oleifera.
Improving the ability to resist disasters and seize bumper harvests is an important aspect of multi-pronged efforts to improve grain production capacity. The Central Document No. 1 specifically proposes to strengthen the construction of an agricultural disaster prevention and mitigation system, carry out a general survey and zoning of agricultural climate resources, strengthen the monitoring, forecasting, and early warning of meteorological, hydrological, and geological disasters, and improve the ability to respond to extreme weather. At the same time, it is also necessary to strengthen the repair and renovation of farmland ditches, the management of small and medium-sized rivers and plain waterlogging areas, promote the construction of drought-resistant emergency water source projects and farmland drainage facilities, and improve the configuration of disaster relief machinery and emergency deployment mechanisms.
To enhance the resilience of grain production in response to extreme climate, it is still necessary to adhere to the implementation of the strategy of storing grain on the land and storing grain in technology.
Cultivated land is the "lifeline" of grain production. It is necessary to continue to strengthen the protection and quality improvement of cultivated land. Strictly abide by the red line of cultivated land, coordinate the optimization of agricultural land layout, and strictly manage the balance of cultivated land occupation and compensation. Promote the construction of high-standard farmland with high quality in different zones and categories, and improve the management mechanism of superior and inferior permanent basic farmland. Implement a new round of black soil protection projects, and solidly promote the comprehensive utilization of saline-alkali land and the management of acidified cultivated land.
The fundamental solution to the problem of eating lies in science and technology. It is necessary to vigorously develop scientific and technological agriculture, develop new quality productive forces in agriculture according to local conditions, promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, strengthen the tackling of key core technologies in agriculture and the efficient transformation and application of scientific and technological achievements, accelerate the selection and promotion of breakthrough varieties, promote the industrialization of biological breeding, accelerate the research and application of high-end intelligent agricultural machinery and equipment suitable for hilly and mountainous areas, expand the application scenarios of drones, the Internet of Things, robots, etc., and accelerate the innovation of key technologies in agricultural bio-manufacturing.
It should also be seen that "eating" is not just about consuming grain. Building a diversified food supply system is an objective requirement and an important measure to ensure a stable and safe supply of important agricultural products such as grain. It is necessary to adhere to the concept of large agriculture and large food, strengthen the comprehensive regulation and control of pig production capacity, consolidate the results of the meat cattle and dairy cattle industry, promote dairy product consumption through multiple measures, support the development of silage corn, alfalfa, and other feed production, and promote deep-sea aquaculture and modern distant-water fishing.
With the expansion of opening up, changes in agricultural production, and the upgrading of residents' consumption, the factors affecting the operation of the agricultural product market are becoming more complex, and the difficulty of regulation and control is increasing. In this regard, the Central Document No. 1 clearly proposes to promote the coordination of agricultural product trade and production.
To efficiently coordinate the two markets and two resources at home and abroad, it is necessary to strengthen departmental coordination and linkage regulation and control based on the entire agricultural industry chain, enhance the timeliness, intensity, and effectiveness of regulation and control, and promote the stable operation of the market and the healthy development of the industry. China is a major importer of agricultural products, and it is necessary to continue to promote the diversification of agricultural product imports, cultivate agricultural enterprises with international competitiveness, and continuously enhance the stability of the agricultural product supply chain; it is also necessary to give full play to China's comparative advantages of diversified agricultural resource endowments, do a good job in the article of "local specialties," and support the expansion of exports of advantageous and characteristic agricultural products.
Absolutely No Turning the Page Mentality or Relaxing Tendency
Implementing Normalized Precise Assistance
Our Reporter Deng Jianyang (邓剑洋)
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that it is necessary to continuously consolidate and expand the achievements in poverty alleviation, incorporate normalized assistance into the overall implementation of the rural revitalization strategy, and firmly hold the bottom line of preventing large-scale return to poverty.
The five-year transition period for consolidating and expanding the achievements in poverty alleviation and effectively linking them with rural revitalization has been successfully completed. After continuous efforts, the achievements in poverty alleviation have become more substantial and sustainable. Although the transition period has ended, the assistance task has not ended, and there must be absolutely no turning the page mentality or relaxing tendency. It is necessary to continue to tighten and solidify work responsibilities, establish a normalized mechanism to prevent return to poverty, incorporate normalized assistance into the overall implementation of the rural revitalization strategy, and continuously consolidate and expand the achievements in poverty alleviation.
This year's Central Document No. 1 makes arrangements for "implementing normalized precise assistance" and proposes to improve the normalized assistance policy system. Entering the stage of normalized assistance, it is necessary to adhere to seeking progress while maintaining stability, establishing before abolishing, maintaining the overall stability of policies such as fiscal investment, financial support, and resource allocation, and not engage in sudden turns or sudden brakes. In particular, it is necessary to maintain the scale of normalized assistance funds from the central government and the scale of funds invested by provinces and cities, and counties can reasonably arrange funds according to the assistance tasks.
At the same time, adapt to the needs of normalized assistance, optimize and improve the current assistance policies, and continuously improve the effectiveness of assistance. By promoting the orderly connection and smooth transition of policies, the bottom line of preventing large-scale return to poverty will be firmly held for a long time.
Normalized assistance should be precise, and the precise strategy must be implemented throughout the entire process of monitoring and assistance, and the current monitoring and assistance system should be optimized and improved. The Central Document No. 1 makes specific arrangements for "improving the accuracy and timeliness of monitoring and assistance."
Adhere to precise identification. Reasonably determine the identification standards for preventing return to poverty, standardize the standard adjustment mechanism, and respond quickly to farmers who have risks of returning to poverty due to unexpected factors such as illness and disasters to ensure early detection, early intervention, and early assistance to eliminate potential risks in a timely manner.
Adhere to precise assistance. Implement precise assistance measures according to the actual difficulties, degree, type, and conditions of those at risk of returning to poverty. For those who have the ability to work, the focus is on the overall implementation of development-oriented assistance to improve the effectiveness of industrial assistance and employment assistance; for those who do not have the ability to work, the focus is on guaranteeing their basic living through comprehensive social security measures.
Adhere to precise exit. Strengthen the dynamic management of those at risk of returning to poverty, include those who need assistance in a timely manner, and orderly exit those who have stably eliminated the risk. For the original registered and card-holding poverty-stricken population, implement classified management based on a comprehensive assessment of the family's economic situation and self-development ability, and orderly exit assistance for those who meet the exit conditions, and continue to implement assistance for those who have a risk of returning to poverty if they leave the assistance policy.
The Central Document No. 1 proposes to improve the effectiveness of industrial and employment assistance. On the one hand, optimize the methods of industrial assistance, promote the consolidation, upgrading, revitalization, and adjustment of existing industries in categories, improve the policy of awarding and subsidizing industrial assistance to households, so that the industry can truly take root and become a "golden key" to help farmers increase their income. On the other hand, it is necessary to strengthen employment assistance measures, improve the labor cooperation mechanism, strengthen organized labor export, and make good use of employment assistance workshops, rural public welfare posts, and other employment channels to stabilize the employment scale and income of the assisted population.
For underdeveloped areas, the Central Document No. 1 proposes "hierarchical and classified assistance." Take the key assistance counties for rural revitalization as the assistance unit for underdeveloped areas, determine the key assistance counties for national and provincial rural revitalization respectively, and continue to provide centralized support from finance, finance, land, talent, infrastructure construction, and public services. At the same time, establish and improve the incentive and restraint mechanism for key assistance counties for rural revitalization to prevent simply "waiting, relying, and asking." Continue to implement the effective working mechanisms such as the five-level party secretaries grasping, east-west cooperation and targeted assistance, and the selection of resident first secretaries and work teams to help underdeveloped areas accelerate development and narrow the development gap.
Expanding Income-Increasing and Wealth-Creating Channels
Actively Promoting Stable Income Growth for Farmers
Our Reporters Zhu Jun (朱隽) and Chang Qin (常钦)
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that it is necessary to adhere to increasing farmers' income as the central task of "San Nong" work and do everything possible to expand channels for farmers to increase income and become rich.
In 2025, the per capita disposable income of rural residents in China was 24,456 yuan, a nominal increase of 5.8% over the previous year, and an actual increase of 6.0% after deducting price factors; the nominal and actual growth rates of rural residents' income were 1.5 and 1.8 percentage points faster than those of urban residents, respectively, and the ratio of urban and rural residents' income decreased from 2.34 in the previous year to 2.31, and the relative gap between urban and rural residents' income narrowed.
It should be seen that at present and for a period of time to come, China's development environment is facing profound and complex changes, and promoting stable income growth for farmers is of great significance for achieving common prosperity, expanding domestic demand, maintaining social stability, and effectively responding to various risks and challenges. This year's Central Document No. 1 aims at the goals and tasks of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" proposal, focuses on the difficulties and problems faced by farmers' income growth, makes special arrangements for "actively promoting stable income growth for farmers," and proposes a series of measures such as protecting and mobilizing farmers' enthusiasm for farming and growing grain, cultivating and strengthening county-level industries that enrich the people, and promoting the stable employment of migrant workers, doing everything possible to expand channels for farmers to increase income, and stabilizing the momentum of continuous income growth for farmers.
Farmers' income is composed of operating income, wage income, transfer income, and property income. Farming income is the basic foundation of farmers' income. To protect and mobilize farmers' enthusiasm for farming and growing grain, it is necessary to improve the income guarantee mechanism for grain farmers, play a good "combination punch" of policies, and strengthen policy support and coordination such as prices, subsidies, and insurance. Stabilizing the price of agricultural products is the basis for increasing farming income. It is necessary to strengthen the monitoring, early warning, and information release of the agricultural product market, coordinate the market-oriented purchase and policy-oriented storage, promote the price of important agricultural products such as grain to remain at a reasonable level, and prevent "low grain prices hurting farmers." Extending the grain industry chain and enhancing the value chain is an important way to increase the income of grain farmers. It is necessary to guide agricultural enterprises to coordinate the layout of processing capacity in major grain-producing areas.
Wage income is the main source of farmers' income. If the employment of nearly 300 million migrant workers is stabilized, the foundation for farmers' income growth will be consolidated. The Central Document No. 1 proposes to coordinate the service guarantee for migrant workers and the support for returning home to start businesses. In cities and towns, continue to implement policies to support the stable employment of migrant workers and support key industries and enterprises to reduce burdens and expand jobs; in rural areas, do a good job in providing basic employment and entrepreneurship services, and expand the coverage of work-for-relief projects, construction fields, and the scale of labor remuneration.
County-level industries that enrich the people are an important carrier for farmers to increase their income locally. It is necessary to expand the channels and methods for farmers to participate in industrial development through order purchases, equity dividends, and nearby employment, fairly share the benefits of industrial development, and achieve a virtuous cycle of strong industries and rich farmers. The Central Document No. 1 proposes to strengthen the overall planning and scientific argumentation of industrial projects and avoid rushing into action and ups and downs.
Land is a key production factor for farmers. The Central Document No. 1 proposes to fully carry out the second round of pilot projects for extending land contracts for another 30 years after the expiration of the contract period. It is necessary to strictly implement the requirements of "large stability and small adjustments" to ensure that the original contracted land of the vast majority of farmers remains stable and the extension is smooth. For the reasonable demands and contradictions and disputes of farmers in the extension, it is necessary to give play to the wisdom of grass-roots cadres and farmers under the leadership of party committees and governments at all levels and properly resolve them in light of actual conditions.
Appropriate scale management of agriculture is conducive to improving production efficiency and is the direction of modern agricultural development. How to regulate the transfer of contracted land management rights? The Central Document No. 1 proposes to strengthen the monitoring and early warning of the risks of long-term and large-scale land transfer. It is necessary to grasp the degree of land management rights transfer, concentration, and scale management, and not promote it by setting targets and tasks, let alone forcibly transfer farmers' land by administrative means.
In response to the idle land and houses that have appeared in some rural areas in recent years, the Central Document No. 1 proposes to "legally revitalize and make good use of them," allowing farmers to use legally owned housing through leasing, shareholding, cooperation, and other methods, and giving farmers more adequate property rights.
Establishing and Practicing a Correct View of Political Achievements
Building Beautiful and Harmonious Villages According to Local Conditions
Our Reporters Wang Hao (王浩) and Li Xiaoqing (李晓晴)
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that it is necessary to learn from and apply the experience of the "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" project, promote the construction of livable, workable, beautiful, and harmonious villages according to local conditions, and improve the level of rural governance and the construction of civilized rural customs.
This year's Central Document No. 1 focuses on solving the urgent and difficult problems of farmers and makes arrangements for gradually improving the completeness of rural infrastructure, the convenience of public services, and the comfort of the living environment.
At this stage, the flow of urban and rural populations is still accelerating and changing. In the future, the total rural population will continue to decline, and the pattern of villages will further evolve and differentiate. Faced with new trends, how to build more scientific and beautiful villages?
The Central Document No. 1 adheres to problem orientation, follows the laws of development, and proposes to coordinate and optimize the spatial layout of rural land. The purpose of making this deployment is to rationally allocate public resources and avoid ineffective investment and waste of resources. It is necessary to adhere to planning guidance, comprehensively consider rural land use, industrial development, facility construction, and ecological protection, and reasonably determine construction priorities. In particular, it is necessary to respect the wishes of farmers, explore the path of promoting rural revitalization in a block-based manner according to local conditions, unify planning, coordinate policies, integrate resources, and promote the coordinated development of blocks, but not simply impose targets, engage in "uniform pace" and "**一刀切**" (yī dāo qiē - "one knife cut," to impose a single solution indiscriminately) regardless of reality.
At present, rural living conditions have been greatly improved, but there are still shortcomings and weaknesses. How to more accurately make up for the shortcomings?
The Central Document No. 1 makes arrangements according to the principle of "what is lacking, make up for what is lacking." This year, all localities should proceed from reality, strengthen the construction of infrastructure such as village roads, water supply and drainage, charging facilities, postal logistics, and rural housing, solve problems such as rural toilet renovation and garbage surrounding villages in the spirit of **钉钉子** (dīng dīng zi - "nailing nails," to work steadily and persistently), and continue to improve the appearance of villages so that farmers can feel it and get benefits. It is necessary to manage well after building well, and places with conditions can use market-oriented mechanisms to introduce professional forces to promote the integrated planning, construction, management, and maintenance of county infrastructure.
The No. 1 Central Document makes deployments according to the principle of "supplementing what is lacking." This year, all localities should proceed from reality, strengthen the construction of infrastructure such as village roads, water supply and drainage, charging facilities, postal logistics, and rural housing, and use a nail-nailing spirit to solve problems such as rural toilet renovation and garbage surrounding villages, and continuously improve the appearance of villages, so that farmers can feel and benefit from it. It is necessary not only to build well but also to manage well. Where conditions permit, market-oriented mechanisms can be used to introduce professional forces to promote the integrated planning, construction, management, and maintenance of county infrastructure.
The No. 1 Central Document focuses on solving the livelihood demands of farmers, such as education, medical care, and elderly care, and proposes a series of practical measures. All localities should optimize the allocation of urban and rural education resources, retain and run necessary small-scale rural schools; promote the construction of close-knit county medical communities; and improve the urban and rural elderly care service network. The key is to comprehensively consider the real needs of farmers and the sustainability of financial resources, adhere to doing what is possible and acting according to one's ability, and prevent raising standards and spreading out too thinly.
Rural revitalization requires both shaping and casting the soul. In some places, problems such as high betrothal gifts, comparison of relationships, and extravagant handling of affairs still exist in rural areas. How to further promote changing customs and habits?
The No. 1 Central Document proposes to deepen the implementation of the civilized rural style construction project and build a safe and law-based countryside. It is necessary to give play to the leading role of party members and cadres and the guiding role of village rules and regulations, combine dredging and blocking, and treat both the symptoms and root causes to promote the comprehensive management of outstanding problems, and gradually eliminate the soil for the breeding and spread of outdated customs and bad habits in rural areas. It is necessary to strengthen the investigation and protection of rural cultural relics, traditional villages, and intangible cultural heritage, enrich the supply of rural cultural products and services, and boost the spirit of farmers. It is necessary to adhere to and develop the "Fengqiao Experience" in the new era, and severely crack down on "village tyrants," underworld forces, rural gambling, drugs, telecommunications network fraud, etc. according to law.
The Party's management of rural work is our fine tradition and the fundamental guarantee for accelerating the completion of outstanding shortcomings in the agricultural and rural fields and accelerating the construction of a strong agricultural country during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period.
Some people think that the proportion of the primary industry is decreasing and the proportion of the rural population is decreasing, so is "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" not so important? The No. 1 Central Document proposes to adhere to the five-level Party secretaries grasping rural revitalization, and makes deployments to strengthen the implementation of the rural revitalization responsibility system, which is to guide party and government leading cadres at all levels to implement the leading responsibility for rural revitalization in detail, and transform the Party's political advantages and organizational advantages into action advantages.
Doing a good job in "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" does not allow for any falsehood. Entering the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, the new situations and new problems facing "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" are more complex, and higher requirements are put forward for improving work style and grasping the effectiveness of work. It is necessary to establish and practice a correct view of performance, combine with reality, adapt to local conditions, consciously act according to the laws, and promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside with an excellent work style.
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In 2025, China's average life expectancy reached 79 years, achieving an increase of more than one year in each of the three consecutive five-year plans. From a global perspective, this marks that China's main health indicators have jumped to the forefront of middle- and high-income countries. International experience shows that when a country's average life expectancy reaches a relatively high level of 75 years or more, the growth rate usually slows down significantly, and it takes several times the effort to increase it by even a little. However, China has achieved another leap on a higher base, reflecting a comprehensive, continuous, and systematic improvement in the life and health of more than 1.4 billion people. The achievement is a vivid illustration of China's adherence to a people-centered approach, ensuring and improving people's livelihoods in development, and promoting the high-quality development of social undertakings such as health, social security, and elderly care and childcare. It is also a true reflection of advancing Chinese-style modernization with the people at the center.
The one-year increase relies on the solid support of the world's largest medical and health service system. Average life expectancy is directly related to the level of social medical and health services. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China adhered to prevention first, improved the public health system, strengthened the prevention and control of key infectious diseases, promoted early screening, early diagnosis, and early treatment of major chronic diseases, enhanced the ability to respond to new and emerging infectious diseases, and provided free vaccination services for 15 types of diseases to residents. The incidence of major infectious diseases remained at a low epidemic level, and the premature mortality rate of major chronic diseases fell below 15%. At the same time, China focused on "major illnesses not leaving the province, general illnesses being resolved in cities and counties, and daily illnesses being resolved at the grassroots level," strengthened the construction of national and provincial regional medical centers, implemented the basic medical and health strengthening project, accelerated the construction of a hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system, and promoted the expansion of high-quality medical resources to the central and western regions, extended to areas with large populations, and sunk to the county and grassroots levels. By the end of 2025, more than 90% of residents can reach the nearest medical service point within 15 minutes, and high-quality medical resources benefit more people.
The one-year increase relies on the strong support of a multi-level social security system. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, a more sound multi-level social security system covering the whole population, coordinating urban and rural areas, being fair and unified, safe and standardized, and sustainable was established. Inclusive, basic, and bottom-line livelihood construction was continuously strengthened, providing life-cycle support and protection for people's lives. Old-age insurance and long-term care security were steadily promoted. By the end of 2025, the number of people participating in basic old-age insurance reached 1.076 billion, and the scale of fund investment and operation was 2.98 trillion yuan; the long-term care insurance system was gradually implemented, with approximately 190 million people participating in long-term care insurance, and the long-term care problems of disabled people were properly resolved. Unemployment insurance and work-related injury insurance were further improved. By the end of 2025, the number of participants reached 249 million and 305 million respectively, promoting the pilot project of occupational injury protection for new employment forms, and adopting innovative methods such as daily participation and single billing to provide more powerful protection for flexible employment groups. The medical security network continued to be consolidated. The number of residents covered by basic medical insurance nationwide remained above 1.3 billion. From 2021 to 2024, a cumulative total of nearly 20 billion visits enjoyed medical insurance reimbursement, and the burden of medical expenses for the masses was significantly reduced.
The one-year increase relies on the precise care for key groups such as the elderly and children. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China focused on meeting the needs of the elderly and children, striving to take good care of the "old" and care for the "young." In terms of elderly care, 2.24 million special elderly households with difficulties were renovated to be suitable for aging, and the total number of elderly care institutions and facilities nationwide was approximately 400,000, with the proportion of nursing beds increasing to 67.5%, better meeting the diverse needs of multi-level elderly care services. In terms of maternity and childcare, the maternal mortality rate and infant mortality rate decreased from 16.9/100,000 and 5.4‰ in 2020 to 14.3/100,000 and 4.0‰ in 2024, respectively, reaching the best level in history. The number of childcare slots per thousand people increased from 1.8 in 2020 to 4.73 in 2025, an increase of 163%, better meeting the childcare service needs of the masses. In terms of adolescents, the "Student Physical Fitness Enhancement Program," "Myopia Prevention and Control Bright Action," and "Student Mental Health Work Special Action Plan" were vigorously implemented, and the physical and mental health level of students steadily improved.
The one-year increase also means a comprehensive improvement in people's well-being. People's livelihood is in daily necessities. The Chinese people's dining table needs have evolved from "eating enough" to "eating well" and then to "eating healthy." The complete infrastructure system has upgraded the hardship of "half-day journey to the city" to the ease of "returning north and south in one day." The progress in public security has made life more stable and comfortable. People's livelihood is also in spiritual and cultural life. Sanxingdui (三星堆), Yin Ruins (殷墟), and Hanwei Luoyang City (汉魏洛阳城) stretch along the long river of years. "Village Super League" ("村超") and "Village BA" ("村BA") are in full swing, and spiritual and cultural life is more rich, colorful, and accessible. People's livelihood is even more in green waters and green mountains. Today's China has bluer skies, greener land, and clearer waters. Air quality is optimized year by year. City parks and rural green corridors can be seen everywhere. Visible ecological improvement has become the most inclusive people's livelihood and well-being, escorting the physical and mental health of the masses.
Peace and health are the greatest happiness. China has proved with solid development achievements that, with effective institutional arrangements and policy support, developing countries can also achieve significant improvements in the health and well-being of their people. This one year is the best footnote to the gold content of China's economic and social development.
Return to TopThe National Double Support Work Leadership Group, the Ministry of Veterans Affairs (退役军人事务部), and the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission extended festive greetings and sincere blessings to the Party committees and governments, military organs, and the vast military and civilians of the National Model Cities (Counties) for Supporting the Army and Giving Preferential Treatment to Families of Servicemen and Veterans, and expressed heartfelt thanks and high respect to the model units and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the work of supporting the army and giving preferential treatment to families of servicemen and veterans and supporting the government and cherishing the people.
The letter of condolences stated that the year 2025, which has just passed in the long river of time, was very extraordinary and unforgettable. Facing the severe challenges brought about by the domestic and international situation, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core united and led the entire Party, the entire army, and the people of all ethnic groups across the country to overcome difficulties and strive forward, unswervingly implement the new development concept, promote high-quality development, coordinate the overall domestic and international situations, and the great cause of Chinese-style modernization has opened a new chapter in forging ahead, grasped the initiative in moving forward against pressure, and moved steadily and far in inheriting the past and opening up the future. This fully demonstrates the decisive significance of the "two establishments" and strengthens our composure and confidence in pursuing our dreams under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee. This year, we solemnly commemorated the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, and established the Taiwan Retrocession Day, jointly remembering the great historical victory of working together to defend national independence and uniting to resist foreign aggression, and inspiring the Chinese people to remember history, cherish the memory of martyrs, cherish peace, and create the future. This year, the entire army thoroughly implemented Xi Jinping's (习近平) thinking on strengthening the army, adhered to the Party's absolute leadership over the people's army, focused on key areas of tackling tough problems, deepened reform and innovation, strengthened political guarantees, vigorously implemented work, and went all out to fight the tough battle to achieve the centennial goal of the army, fully demonstrating the new achievements and new outlook of the modernization of national defense and the army.
The letter of condolences pointed out that on the new journey of striding forward to pursue dreams, hundreds of millions of soldiers and civilians have not forgotten their original aspirations and have worked together to forge ahead, and the unity between the military and the government and between the military and the people has always been 坚如磐石 (jiān rú pán shí - "as solid as a rock," extremely firm and unbreakable). This year, the new National Model Cities (Counties) for Supporting the Army and Giving Preferential Treatment to Families of Servicemen and Veterans naming conference was grandly held. Before the conference, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) made important instructions on the work of supporting the army and giving preferential treatment to families of servicemen and veterans, pointing out the direction of efforts and providing fundamental guidelines for the work of supporting the army and giving preferential treatment to families of servicemen and veterans in the new era and on the new journey. The Model Cities (Counties) for Supporting the Army and Giving Preferential Treatment to Families of Servicemen and Veterans cherish their honor, make persistent efforts, vigorously support the construction, reform, and development of the army, actively serve the troops' training and preparation for war, and carefully solve the urgent needs and concerns of the military and civilians, and the work of supporting the army and giving preferential treatment to families of servicemen and veterans has continuously innovated and developed, opening a new chapter. The model units and individuals for supporting the army and giving preferential treatment to families of servicemen and veterans inherit the fine traditions and give full play to their own advantages, taking the lead in the hot practice of supporting the army and giving preferential treatment to families of servicemen and veterans. The new "Most Beautiful People Supporting the Army" shine brightly, leading and driving all sectors of society to support the army and participate in supporting the army, jointly continuing to write a new chapter in the era of loving our people and loving our army.
The letter of condolences pointed out that those who start sharply must plan for their end, and those who succeed must first plan for their beginning. 2026 is the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), the first year of the "15th Five-Year Plan," and a crucial year for fighting the tough battle to achieve the centennial goal of the army. The National Model Cities (Counties) for Supporting the Army and Giving Preferential Treatment to Families of Servicemen and Veterans, and the model units and individuals for supporting the army and giving preferential treatment to families of servicemen and veterans, must unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, guided by Xi Jinping's (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Party and the Plenary Sessions of the 20th Central Committee, conscientiously implement the deployment of the Fourth Plenary Session, anchor the overall situation of economic and social development and the goals and tasks of the troops' preparation for war, strengthen confidence, take advantage of the momentum, work together with one heart, and be pragmatic and responsible, do a thorough and solid job in the work of supporting the army and giving preferential treatment to families of servicemen and veterans in the new era and on the new journey, consolidate and develop the 坚如磐石 (jiān rú pán shí - "as solid as a rock," extremely firm and unbreakable) unity between the military and the government and between the military and the people, and gather the mighty force to comprehensively promote the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on February 3rd (Reporter Li Longyi (李龙伊)) As the Spring Festival approaches, the National Double Support Work Leadership Group, the Ministry of Veterans Affairs (退役军人事务部), and the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission (中央军委政治工作部) extended letters of sympathy to the officers and soldiers of the People's Liberation Army, officers and soldiers of the Armed Police Force, civilian personnel of the army, reserve personnel, militiamen, families of martyrs and soldiers, veterans, and other preferential treatment recipients, extending sincere greetings and best wishes to them.
The letter of sympathy stated that time is the most faithful recorder. The extraordinary and unforgettable year of 2025 has left a deep mark in the long river of time. Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, the entire party, the entire army, and the people of all ethnic groups across the country have worked hard, strived for progress, cultivated, and dedicated themselves, taking steady steps on the new journey of Chinese-style modernization. This year, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) reviewed and approved the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划) proposal, drawing a grand blueprint for China's development in the next five years; the commemoration activities for the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War inherited and promoted the great spirit of the War of Resistance, inspiring the hearts of the party, the military, and the people. Facing the trials and tribulations, we have responded to various uncertainties with the certainty of high-quality development. The total economic volume has continuously crossed new thresholds, grain production has once again achieved high-level growth, new quality productive forces have flourished, people's livelihood guarantees have become more effective, people's living standards have continued to improve, and the pace of Chinese sons and daughters towards a happy and beautiful life is unstoppable. Over the past year, the research and application of artificial intelligence large models have been catching up with each other, the "artificial sun" has ignited the hope of future energy, "Tianwen-2" (天问二号) has opened a new journey of interplanetary exploration, the first electromagnetic catapult-type aircraft carrier has been officially commissioned, and the land of China is bursting with surging momentum towards new and better directions. Under the guidance of Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on strengthening the military, the People's Army has firmly defended its political character, deeply promoted military struggle preparation, comprehensively improved training level and winning ability, comprehensively strengthened military governance, resolutely completed the various tasks entrusted by the Party and the people, and created a new situation in strengthening the army and revitalizing the military. Hundreds of millions of soldiers and civilians have worked together to promote the ship of rejuvenation to ride the waves and move forward, writing a prosperous chapter of China.
The letter of sympathy pointed out that looking back on the past year, the officers and soldiers of the People's Liberation Army, the officers and soldiers of the Armed Police Force, the civilian personnel of the army, the reserve personnel, and the militiamen have strengthened their political loyalty, fought hard in the battle of overcoming difficulties, focused on training and preparing for war, dedicated themselves to guarding the border and consolidating defense, climbed to the peak of scientific research, stepped forward in rescue and disaster relief, and actively acted to benefit the people. With loyalty, faith, and struggle, they have proved that the People's Army is always a heroic army that the Party and the people can completely trust. The families of martyrs and soldiers are resilient, self-reliant, and self-improving, and veterans and other preferential treatment recipients are concerned about their families and countries, adhering to their original colors, and dedicating themselves to their respective posts. Like small streams and starlight, they jointly gather into a powerful force to promote the continuous progress of the cause of strengthening the country and the military.
The letter of sympathy said, with dreams as horses, live up to the good times. 2026 is the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) and the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划), and a new call to action has been sounded. On this new era of the Long March, which is full of hope and challenges, let us unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, adhere to Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era as our guide, deeply understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments," strengthen the "Four Consciousnesses," strengthen the "Four Confidences," and achieve the "Two Safeguards," full of confidence, forge ahead, work together for dreams, work hard for happiness, and jointly write a new chapter of the Chinese miracle that is even more brilliant!
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Once, when I went to a restaurant, I became one of the last customers. The owner was very welcoming, so we started chatting. When asked about how business had been in the past two years, the most memorable thing he said was, "Fewer officials are coming, and there are no more IOUs on the books these years. I don't have to worry about chasing debts." The disappearance of IOUs means healthy cash flow, and it also reflects the effectiveness of the Central Eight-Point Regulation.
Looking back, how could those short 600-plus words have solved the problem of "**老虎吃天不知从哪儿下口**" (lǎo hǔ chī tiān bù zhī cóng nǎr xià kǒu - "a tiger trying to eat the sky doesn't know where to start," facing a daunting task with no clear starting point) and ended the chaos of "**几百个文件管不住一张嘴**" (jǐ bǎi gè wén jiàn guǎn bù zhù yī zhāng zuǐ - "hundreds of documents can't control a single mouth," a situation where regulations are ineffective in curbing excessive spending or corruption)? From this, we can glean a triple wisdom of governance.
Leading by example and focusing on the "critical few" is a leadership method.
Traveling with minimal entourage, having "four dishes and one soup" during inspections, and conducting research by going deep among the people... President Xi Jinping (习近平) took the lead in strictly implementing the Central Eight-Point Regulation and its implementation details, leading the entire society to continuously fill with a clean and upright atmosphere.
Foreign media once commented: "At the time, few people foresaw that the 'long-standing and difficult' problems of official extravagance, excessive meetings, and document proliferation in the Chinese bureaucracy would see such significant improvement." The key lies in resolutely curbing unhealthy tendencies that were previously thought to be unstoppable and eliminating deeply ingrained problems that were once considered commonplace, from top to bottom, layer by layer.
"The typical itself is a kind of political power." The "critical few" lead by example, doing what they require others to do first, and refraining from doing what they require others not to do, thereby stimulating the "goose flock vitality" with the "leading goose effect."
Selecting the right entry point, achieving breadth while pursuing precision, is a way of thinking.
As the saying goes, find the right thread, and everything will unravel smoothly. Being good at "making a cut," focusing on breakthroughs can often drive overall progress.
For example, revising the "Regulations on Practicing Economy and Opposing Waste by Party and Government Organs" and targeting key matters such as fund management, official reception, and official vehicles, the institutional bolts for "living a tight life" can be tightened even further. Another example is entering "one door" and resolving "thousands of knots." The social security comprehensive management center will achieve full coverage of county-level administrative divisions by 2025, promoting the "Fengqiao Experience" of the new era to take root at the grassroots level.
Actively studying and applying the Party's innovative theories, and using ideological innovation to lead practical innovation, can leverage the leverage effect. How to transform "passive response" into "active governance"? The Beijing (北京) 12345 hotline responds to the urgent needs and concerns of the people by accepting and handling cases immediately. Can "at most one trip" be upgraded to "no trips at all"? Zhejiang (浙江) has set up a "cannot be done" backstop window. "Upgrading" thinking and adapting to local conditions can uncover support points and leverage development and renewal.
Grasping the "constant" and "long-term," moving from the surface to the inside, is a working method.
Perseverance can not only eliminate the mentality of taking chances and cure the disease of slackness, but also help break down hidden barriers at a deeper level, shaping customs and removing root causes.
For example, illegal eating and drinking. "Failing to guard my own bottom line brought a circle of things and harmed a circle of people." Li Xianlin's (李献林) repentance in the television special "Never Stop, Never Retreat Half a Step" is a wake-up call, and it also confirms that the Central Eight-Point Regulation is not a 5-year or 10-year regulation, but a long-term effective iron rule and hard constraint.
Another example is "high bride price." The Central No. 1 Document has named it for many years in a row, and multiple departments have been focusing on the problem, and many places have set binding norms and advocacy standards through village rules and regulations. Today, the proportion of "low bride price" and "zero bride price" families continues to increase, the burden of social obligations on the masses has been greatly reduced, and the results are remarkable.
A 2025 survey by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that 95.5% of respondents affirmed the effectiveness of implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation. By unremittingly implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation, using excellent work styles to unite people's hearts and minds and start businesses, and drawing wisdom and understanding methods from it, we will continue to witness the influence of the "Iron Eight Articles."
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The fields are nurturing new vitality, and the 2026 Central No. 1 Document, carrying the expectations of hundreds of millions of farmers, has arrived as scheduled.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Chinese-style modernization cannot be separated from the modernization of agriculture and rural areas."
In Yuanhe Family Farm in Liubao Town, Wudi County, Shandong (山东无棣县柳堡镇源赫家庭农场), grain grower Wang Ruizhen (王瑞珍) is inspecting sprinkler irrigation equipment to prepare for watering the wheat to help it "return to green"; at the New Year's market in Guoyuan Town, Changsha County, Hunan (湖南长沙县果园镇), local specialties are selling well both online and offline, achieving sales of approximately 8 million yuan.
These two scenes, one in the north and one in the south, reflect the steady progress and quality improvement of agricultural and rural development in China.
Looking out from the historical coordinates of building a strong country and national rejuvenation, a strong country must first have a strong agriculture, and only a strong agriculture can lead to a strong country.
Looking back at the "14th Five-Year Plan," the total grain output in the past two years has been stable at over 1.4 trillion catties, and the rice bowls of more than 1.4 billion people have been held more firmly; the results of poverty alleviation have been continuously consolidated and expanded, and the bottom line of preventing large-scale return to poverty has been firmly guarded; the income gap between urban and rural residents has continued to narrow, and farmers' lives have become more prosperous and affluent... The "ballast stone" of "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" has consolidated the foundation for the Chinese economy to ride the wind and waves.
"Adhering to solving the problems of 'agriculture, rural areas, and farmers' as the top priority of the entire party's work," the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made special arrangements for "accelerating the modernization of agriculture and rural areas, and solidly promoting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside."
Looking forward to the "15th Five-Year Plan," anchoring the overall goal of agricultural and rural modernization, striving to build agriculture into a modern large industry, making rural areas basically equipped with modern living conditions, and making farmers' lives more prosperous and beautiful, winning the initiative for the overall situation with the positive development of "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers," and stirring up the power of striving in the fertile fields.
New Quality Productive Forces in a Seed
Food security is a matter of national importance. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "The rice bowls of the Chinese people must be firmly held in their own hands, so we must firmly hold the seeds in our own hands."
China has a population of more than 1.4 billion, and food security must be guaranteed by ourselves. The rice bowls of the Chinese people should mainly be filled with Chinese grain. Standing at a new starting point of 1.4 trillion catties, facing changes in the external environment and frequent extreme weather, to hold the Chinese rice bowl steady and firm, we must not only stabilize output but also improve quality and efficiency.
How can Chinese agriculture reach a new level? Seeds full of "scientific and technological content" reveal the answer.
In Zhongyuan Agricultural Valley (中原农谷), the experimental fields of the Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (河南新乡市农业科学院) in Xinxiang City, Henan Province, are full of green wheat seedlings, and "Xinmai 65" (新麦65) is growing vigorously. As a new variety that passed the national review in 2025, it refreshes cognition with a set of hardcore indicators: a bulk density of 815 grams per liter and a protein content of 15.7%, its quality indicators exceed those of imported wheat; it has a high yield potential of 615.4 kilograms per mu and strong resistance to cold and disease, achieving a synergistic breakthrough in high yield and high quality.
"Having both fish and bear's paw" comes from the iterative innovation of breeding technology. Jiang Zhikai (蒋志凯), director of the Wheat Research Institute of the Xinxiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, led his team to use molecular marker-assisted selection, gene tracking and aggregation, and other methods to accurately lock in key traits such as quality, high yield, and disease resistance on the "gene map." From "Xinmai 26" replacing imports to "Xinmai 45" being short-stalked and lodging-resistant, and then to "Xinmai 65" achieving both quality and yield, each "new release" of the "Xinmai family" corresponds to an increase in agricultural scientific and technological innovation capabilities.
Farmers have the most say in whether seeds are good or not. "I grow all 'golden seeds' of the Xinmai series, and each catty of wheat sells for at least 0.1 yuan to 0.3 yuan more than ordinary wheat." Ma Youyong (马有永), a large grain grower in Xinxiang County, has cooperated with the Xinxiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences for 24 years and has planted all the land he has transferred into high-value seed fields, tasting the sweetness brought by good seeds.
Data confirms the effectiveness: "Xinmai 26" has been promoted to more than 100 million mu nationwide, creating economic benefits of 12.6 billion yuan.
The key to agricultural modernization is the modernization of agricultural science and technology. The improvement of comprehensive agricultural production capacity cannot be separated from the deep integration of good fields, good seeds, good machines, and good methods, and cannot be separated from the support of a modern agricultural innovation system.
In 2025, the contribution rate of agricultural scientific and technological progress in China exceeded 64%, and the area of independently selected crop varieties accounted for more than 95%. The situation that "Chinese grain" is mainly used with "Chinese seeds" is more solid.
In Zhongyuan Agricultural Valley (中原农谷), the Shennong Seed Industry Laboratory is tackling cutting-edge technologies such as molecular breeding and gene editing; in high-standard farmland, "smart poles" monitor soil moisture, seedling conditions, and other data in real time; drones and intelligent agricultural machinery shuttle back and forth, making field management more precise and efficient. Zhongyuan Agricultural Valley gathers 102 seed industry enterprises, and the supply of winter wheat seeds accounts for 50% of the country.
We must also be soberly aware that China's tight balance between grain production and demand has not changed, and the difficulty and requirements for continuous stable production and increased production on a high base point are even higher.
The Central No. 1 Document proposes to "improve the comprehensive agricultural production capacity and quality and efficiency" and "stabilize the development of grain and oil production." Implementing "storing grain in the land and storing grain in technology," increasing efforts to implement a new round of action to increase grain production capacity by 100 billion catties, improving the effectiveness of agricultural scientific and technological innovation, and allowing scientific and technological forces to run through every link from breeding to the table to meet people's new needs for eating enough, eating well, and eating healthily.
A High-Quality Rural Living Space in One Kilowatt-Hour of Electricity
To promote Chinese-style modernization, the most arduous and onerous task is in the countryside, and the most extensive and profound foundation is also in the countryside.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "After winning the victory in poverty alleviation, we must comprehensively promote rural revitalization. This is a historic shift in the focus of 'agriculture, rural areas, and farmers' work."
As night falls, satellites overlook China. The area west of the "Hu Line" (胡焕庸线), once regarded as lagging behind in development, has seen its night lights grow from points to patches, becoming increasingly bright. The constantly extending bright light belt is a vivid portrayal of the increasingly improved infrastructure and the continuous bursting of development vitality in poverty-stricken areas.
The light and shadow reflect countless stories of "tremendous changes in the mountains and villages," and the changes in Motuo County (墨脱县), Linzhi, Tibet (西藏林芝墨脱县) are particularly representative. Motuo (墨脱) was once known as the "plateau isolated island" because of the difficulty of traveling and the lack of electricity. "Small hydropower depends on the weather, and single lines are afraid of disasters." Unstable voltage restricts industrial development. Deji Zhuoga (德吉卓嘎), general manager of Motuo Tea Industry Co., Ltd., recalled that in the past, the tea factory did not dare to expand production due to concerns about power outages, and live streaming was even more of a luxury.
The turning point came from the upgrading of the power grid. In 2024, Zhang Huacheng (张华成), a cadre from State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power (国网江苏电力) aiding Tibet, led hundreds of builders to advance the construction of the project in the snow-capped mountains and canyons; at the end of the same year, the entire line of the 110 kV transmission and transformation project in Motuo (墨脱) was completed. Stable current was injected, the tea production line operated continuously, and the live broadcast room also became lively. In 2025, the output value of the tea industry in Motuo County (墨脱县) exceeded 100 million yuan, and the live broadcast sales of Motuo Tea Industry Co., Ltd. exceeded 700,000 yuan in a single session.
This "kilowatt-hour of electricity" illuminates not only the factory buildings but also a high-quality living space that is livable and workable. In Yigongbai Village (易贡白村), Dexing Township (德兴乡), Motuo County (墨脱县), the village-based cadres and the village committee promoted the implementation of the housing project, upgrading wooden houses into bright new houses, hardening roads to the entrance of the village, and continuously updating living facilities such as 5G networks and solar street lights, and a new village rose from the ground.
The 5 years of the "14th Five-Year Plan" period were also the 5 years of the transition period for consolidating and expanding the results of poverty alleviation and effectively connecting with rural revitalization. During the 5 years, the country has cumulatively identified and assisted more than 7 million monitored objects to steadily eliminate the risk of returning to poverty, and the scale of employment of the lifted-out-of-poverty population has remained stable at more than 30 million people, stabilizing more than 2/3 of the income of lifted-out-of-poverty families.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" period is the first 5 years after the transition period, and in 2026, the work of preventing the return to poverty will enter a new stage of normalized assistance. The Central No. 1 Document emphasizes accelerating the efforts to make up for the shortcomings of modern living conditions in rural areas and creating high-quality rural living spaces. We must continue to consolidate and expand the results of poverty alleviation, incorporate normalized assistance into the overall implementation of the rural revitalization strategy, and firmly guard the bottom line of preventing large-scale return to poverty.
From the extension of the night lights west of the "Hu Line" (胡焕庸线), we see the powerful pulse of Chinese-style modernization in the vast countryside. Learning from and applying the experience of the "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" project, promoting the construction of livable, workable, and beautiful villages in accordance with local conditions, and improving the level of rural governance and the construction of civilized rural customs, the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security will be more substantial and sustainable.
Comprehensive Rural Revitalization in a New Job
The relationship between urban and rural areas is a basic relationship in economic and social development. In the grand game of Chinese-style modernization, the integrated development of urban and rural areas is of great significance.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Only by achieving coordinated development between urban and rural areas and regions can the space for domestic circulation be broader and the quality be better."
The emergence of new rural occupations is a window to observe the integrated development of urban and rural areas.
In Bairuopu Town (白箬铺镇), Xiangjiang New District (湘江新区), Hunan (湖南), a "pig slaughtering" rural banquet turned the atmosphere into "real money" - local specialties became "hot-selling goods," with daily sales exceeding 100,000 yuan. This activity initiated by villagers, under the planning of the young entrepreneur Liao Hong's (廖红) team, integrates agricultural product sales with blind dates, live streaming, agricultural tourism experiences, and other activities, and rural resources are suddenly revitalized.
In the past, rural areas lacked talents like Liao Hong (廖红) who understood the market and were good at management; now, new occupational groups such as homestay managers, rural planners, and agricultural digital technicians bring new ideas, new technologies, and new opportunities to rural areas.
New occupations are the "introduction," and behind them is the "substance" of institutional and mechanism innovation. In Bairuopu Town (白箬铺镇), the boundaries of the village area have been broken, and Liao Hong's (廖红) team is leading 11 village collectives to jointly develop, integrating the resources of the entire town to create a regional public brand.
Data confirms the vitality brought by the two-way flow and smooth circulation of resource elements between urban and rural areas. As of the end of 2025, the cumulative number of various types of returnees starting businesses nationwide exceeded 15.1 million. The accelerated integration of the primary, secondary, and tertiary industries in rural areas allows farmers to share more of the added value of the industry. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the income of rural residents grew rapidly, and the ratio of urban to rural residents' income narrowed from 2.56:1 in 2020 to 2.31:1 in 2025.
The integrated development of urban and rural areas is not about turning the countryside into a city, but about making the countryside have modern living conditions while retaining its unique rural value. How to do it in the next stage to improve the system and mechanism for the integrated development of urban and rural areas? The Central No. 1 Document emphasizes "strengthening institutional and mechanism innovation" and "promoting the two-way flow of urban and rural elements."
Make the "land" more active. The comprehensive launch of the 30-year extension pilot project for the second round of land contracting after its expiration gives hundreds of millions of farmers a **定心丸** (dìng xīn wán - "heart-stabilizing pill," something that reassures people). Revitalize and use idle land and houses, deepen the reform of the rural collective property rights system, and turn rural resources into development capital.
Make the "roads" more numerous. Promote the construction of new urbanization with county towns as important carriers, and promote the balanced allocation of public resources and the free flow of production factors between urban and rural areas. Not only coordinate the construction of urban and rural infrastructure, promote the integrated development of industry revitalization, county strengthening, and people's prosperity, but also strengthen vocational skills training, cultivate more new farmers who adapt to rural industries, and make rural characteristic industries more competitive.
Those who start with sharpness must plan for the end, and those who succeed must first plan at the beginning. Achieving agricultural and rural modernization is a systematic project and a strategic task, which requires both long-term efforts and seizing the day.
This year is the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan." Anchoring the grand goal of basically achieving agricultural modernization by 2035 and basically having modern living conditions in rural areas, let us unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) as the core, implement the deployment of the Central No. 1 Document, and do everything possible to promote agricultural efficiency, increase farmers' income, and increase rural vitality, consolidate the "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" foundation of Chinese-style modernization, and accumulate more surging momentum for Chinese-style modernization.
Return to TopBy: 崔 妍
"Crossing" means that perspectives, ideas, and actions must transcend the "one-third of an acre," and "integration" creates a broader territory with surging vitality.
Several news items are quite interesting to read.
A well-known car company has crossed over into shipbuilding, not only reducing costs but also building the first domestic inland electric ship certified by the China Classification Society (中国船级社).
A company whose main business is seasonings has successfully entered the field of intelligent terminals based on its deep understanding of family dining scenarios, offering a healthy "feast" for smart living.
An animation company can make animations and also "perform" surgeries, using motion capture technology as a "bridge" to become a "polymath" spanning the two fields of entertainment and medicine.
From small cars to large ships, from small ingredients to "feasts," from small animations to big health, cross-border development in the wave of intelligent transformation contains the code of entrusting "small materials" with "big uses."
The base point of crossing borders is "family assets." Cars run on the road, and ships sail on the water. They seem to be "going their own way," but the foundation of development "leads to the same goal by different routes"—both use batteries as their heart. The battery packs of electric ships are prone to thermal runaway, and safety becomes a weak link. However, the battery technology of new energy vehicles is more complete and the route is more mature. Solid "family assets" allow companies to adapt to "amphibious" and broaden their roads across borders.
Similarly, animation companies "approaching" the operating table are also based on their old business to explore new scenarios, form comparative advantages, and unlock new tracks. Transformation and upgrading do not necessarily have to start from scratch. "Family assets" themselves are the key to unlocking new development.
The key to cross-border success lies in finding the "fit point." The reason why "small materials are used for big purposes" works is because one's own strengths and the needs of the industry "hit it off." Insufficient water transportation capacity prompts car companies to take active actions to fill market gaps. The human body is difficult to see through, and animation twin technology can improve the "vision" of diagnosis and treatment.
The essence of crossing borders lies in seeking solutions by jumping out of problems and using other mountains' stones to attack jade. To release the effect of "1+1>2," one cannot be satisfied with simple superposition but should promote the deep embedding and integration of advantages and reality. Being good at using a connected perspective for analysis, knowing oneself, knowing the other, and also recognizing the situation, can create "links" between different fields and unlock new development paths.
In addition to corporate transformation, cross-border also brings enlightenment for industrial upgrading. The opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan" focuses on building on the past, consolidating the foundation, expanding advantages, and breaking through bottlenecks. What lessons can cross-border thinking learn from this?
Using the old to nurture the new, old brands can also cross over into emerging fields. Coal is made into oil to solve the problem of scarce aerospace fuel, helping rockets to fly into the sky with green and clean power; it is refined into silk to unlock higher performance, pulling giant ships with "a single hair"; it can also be turned into lunch boxes and toys. Coal is reborn in thousands of industries, which is a vivid interpretation of "transforming and upgrading traditional industries can also develop new quality productive forces."
Developing new quality productive forces focuses on adapting to local conditions. "Adapting to local conditions" means deeply rooting, and "adapting" means stretching new buds. Solid "old family assets" and adapting to "new tracks" can ensure the smooth connection and coordinated development of different industries, so as to move steadily in the direction of intelligence, greening, and integration.
It is necessary to "cross," but also to "integrate," "melt" boundaries, and "integrate" divisions. "Enhancing the consistency and effectiveness of macroeconomic policy orientation" requires opening up the overall vision and regional perspective; "developing county economies with distinctive characteristics" promotes urban-rural integration and allows the smooth flow of production and living factors; Shanghai Zhangjiang (上海张江) and Anhui Hefei (安徽合肥) "co-create with two hearts," and the large aircraft industry cluster "takes off" across regions. The Yangtze River Delta (长三角) cross-regional collaboration promotes the integration of the three chains... Integration leads to smoothness, and smoothness leads to success. From the 50,000-kilometer high-speed rail network bridging the "development time difference" to the "steel camel team" guiding the hinterland to become the frontier, breaking through geographical barriers and departmental divisions can unleash the soaring power of leapfrogging. Therefore, "crossing" means that perspectives, ideas, and actions must transcend the "one-third of an acre," and "integration" creates a broader territory with surging vitality.
Platform companies enter the manufacturing industry, and the deep integration of the entire chain from intelligent manufacturing to intelligent driving allows new energy vehicles to continuously enter new realms; members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (政协委员) contribute their wisdom to the "second sector," focusing on the overall situation and having broader ideas, and "cross-border intelligence introduction" improves the quality of suggestions; Xiaohongshu (小红书) transforms into a "ledger," and in-depth cross-border exchanges are carried out, making the amiable, respectable, and lovely image of China more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people... Crossing borders creates new prospects and new atmospheres in various fields.
Behind the "small materials" becoming "big uses" is the strategic sobriety to dare to struggle and the tactical planning to be brave in innovation. Standing up from the comfort zone and facing difficulties in unfamiliar areas will surely create a successful and active situation with a creative atmosphere of ten thousand horses galloping.
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On the field, have the ambition to improve; off the field, maintain a normal state of mind. By examining the development of this undertaking with a long-term perspective, Chinese football can truly emerge from the trough and achieve excellent results.
When the score was finalized under the night sky of Jeddah (吉达), Saudi Arabia (沙特), the Chinese team won the runner-up position in the U23 Asian Cup. The red sea in the stands was silent for a moment, followed by sustained applause.
Looking back at the Chinese team's journey in the U23 Asian Cup, they achieved three clean sheets in the group stage, eliminated the Uzbekistan (乌兹别克斯坦) team in a penalty shootout, and defeated the Vietnam (越南) team 3-0 in the semi-finals... Before the competition, they were listed as one of the weakest teams, but they made a comeback all the way to the final. This team, with an average age of less than 22, created the best historical record, ending the embarrassing situation of the national men's football team failing to reach the final of a continental event for 22 years. The General Administration of Sport of China (国家体育总局) sent a congratulatory letter: "The experience is valuable, and the style is commendable."
Admittedly, the final exposed the gap between us and the top Asian level, both in terms of technical finesse and game control. However, for Chinese football, which has been lingering in a trough for a long time, this precious silver medal carries a long-lost hope.
Hope comes from the accumulated football reforms.
In 2015, the "Overall Plan for the Reform and Development of Chinese Football" (《中国足球改革发展总体方案》) was issued, and the development of campus football and the cultivation of youth football talents were elevated to an important level. In 2024, the "Implementation Opinions on the Reform and Development of Chinese Youth Football" (《中国青少年足球改革发展实施意见》) was introduced, and the path of integration between sports and education became clearer. After years of deep cultivation, the number of registered youth players has continued to increase, the five-level youth training center system has gradually taken shape, and batches of young players have grown under more scientific training models.
This U23 team, standing under the spotlight of the Asian arena, is undoubtedly a microcosm of the effectiveness of the reform. Midfielder Xu Bin (徐彬) started from the club's football school, was selected for the national youth team many times, and became the "metronome" of the team's offensive and defensive transition; winger Baihelamu (拜合拉木) comes from Yining (伊宁), Xinjiang (新疆), and showed extraordinary talent at the age of 11. After youth training and professional league experience, he has gradually grown into a sharp knife on the front line; forward Wang Yudong (王钰栋) began his football enlightenment at the age of 7, entered the national youth team through the Chinese Football Association (中国足协) "Elite Training Camp," and continued to hone in the youth training system... The emergence of young football talents relies on respect for the laws of development and adherence to reform.
Hope comes from an increasingly calm football mentality.
The development of football requires a mature environment and a healthy mindset. This time, from "cherish while watching" in the group stage, to "plans have changed, prepare to win the championship" in the semi-finals, to "you have already made history" after the final, there was expectation in the jokes, and comfort in the regrets. Fans had less hostility and more rationality.
The players tried their best on the field, and in post-match interviews, there were no excuses or shifting of responsibility, but rather frank admissions of "recognizing the gap and continuing to work hard" and "our dreams will not always be in the trough." On the field, have the ambition to improve; off the field, maintain a normal state of mind. By examining the development of this undertaking with a long-term perspective, Chinese football can truly emerge from the trough and achieve excellent results.
Hope comes from the painful detoxification of football anti-corruption.
For a time, football corruption grew insidiously, seriously poisoning the football environment. In recent years, the anti-corruption storm in football has continued to deepen. Chen Xuyuan (陈戌源), the former chairman of the Chinese Football Association, and Li Tie (李铁), the former head coach of the national team, have been sentenced, and many middle and senior-level cadres of the Chinese Football Association have been dismissed... A group of moths have been eliminated, the "three no's" (不敢腐、不能腐、不想腐) are being promoted in an integrated manner, and the unhealthy trend of "eating football by football" has been severely curbed.
Without a clean and upright atmosphere, even the best youth training plans will be distorted, and even the most resources invested may be wasted. Putting power in the cage of the system and letting the rules truly have the final say is the best "cultivation and consolidation" for Chinese football. Persisting unremittingly, and comprehensively governing corruption, the ecology of the green field continues to be renewed.
After 22 years of waiting, we ushered in the highlight of returning to the final stage. As long as we persevere, the next goal, no matter how distant, will eventually be reached. When young players shed sweat on the field, and when countless children chase football on campus green fields, the hope of Chinese football comes from this patience and determination of "long-termism."
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Deep integration of industry and education has quietly become an important cultivation model for high-level science and technology talents, especially outstanding engineers.
Li Jiaxing (李家兴), a 2025 graduate of North China Electric Power University (华北电力大学) and a specially-trained graduate student in a university-enterprise joint program, has had a significantly different academic experience compared to previous students, spending more than half of his three years of graduate studies in enterprise practice. During his studies, he began exploring and developing a self-powered micro-detection device for new energy plants in the production scenarios of China Datang Corporation (中国大唐集团). Today, the related results have been successfully tested and verified in two hydropower stations. He also passed his graduation defense with this practical achievement and joined China Datang Corporation (中国大唐集团).
Joint enrollment by universities and enterprises, shared faculty, co-construction of courses, jointly facing the challenging innovation topics proposed by enterprises and the market, and sharing of results... In recent years, in the field of engineering education, new mechanisms for integrated promotion of education, science and technology, and talent development have emerged and gradually improved, making talent cultivation more in line with the laws of growth and more in line with social needs.
The cultivation of outstanding engineers is an important intersection of education, science and technology, and talent. Guided by solving complex practical problems, it naturally requires dynamic alignment of teaching content with industrial needs, and is an important support for implementing and deepening the integration of industry and education.
Data shows that since the launch of the reform program for engineering master's and doctoral students more than three years ago, universities and enterprises have jointly enrolled and trained nearly 26,000 engineering master's and doctoral students, of whom more than 2,000 have graduated and taken up jobs, realizing the organized, systematic, and large-scale joint training of engineering master's and doctoral students by universities and enterprises. The first batch of engineering master's graduates achieved more than 2,500 innovative results, most of which were transformed locally.
The achievements are remarkable, but the innovation and breakthroughs behind these changes are more worthy of attention. The disciplinary and departmental training model has gradually been broken, and education and scientific research are more closely aligned with industrial needs. For example, at the National Institute of Excellent Engineers of East China University of Science and Technology (华东理工大学), the admissions interview expert group is jointly formed by universities and enterprises, with enterprise experts accounting for 70%, and the group leader is usually from the enterprise side; universities and enterprises jointly develop courses, and enterprise experts participate deeply from the stage of the training program. From enrollment requirements and curriculum design to training programs and evaluation methods, the investment and attention of enterprises are increasing, and the problem of "hot universities and cold enterprises" is being broken.
At the end of last year, the Ministry of Education (教育部) issued the "Certification Standards for Excellent Engineer Education," explicitly proposing that the Excellent Engineer College "implement a council system jointly responsible by universities and enterprises," directly pointing to the core mechanism of industry-education integration, which will help further promote collaborative education to go deeper and more solid. At Huazhong University of Science and Technology (华中科技大学), the National Institute of Excellent Engineers has established a "dual chairman system" of universities and enterprises, with an expert committee set up to optimize training programs around the forefront of industrial dynamics and conduct "industrial suitability" argumentation for courses. Universities and enterprises, with strategic synchronization and shared responsibility, can better cultivate engineering talents that meet market needs.
It is also important to be soberly aware that the transformation of the talent cultivation model cannot be achieved overnight, and even if the enthusiasm of schools and enterprises is mobilized simultaneously, there are still many thorny problems.
From the current university-enterprise connection, universities pay more attention to the development of disciplines, and the response to industrial needs is relatively lagging; enterprises can make up for this shortcoming, but lack planning and experience in long-cycle talent cultivation. How to optimize the mechanism, leverage strengths and avoid weaknesses, and avoid disconnection in the training process still needs further exploration. In the long run, it is also necessary to strengthen policy support and form a closed loop of "cultivating talents - enterprise development - feeding back education" so that enterprises can benefit from it and are willing to invest more time and resources.
Scientists discover the existing world, and engineers create the non-existent world. Solidly improving engineering education, promoting the continuous improvement of the industry-education integration talent cultivation model, letting education take root in the fertile ground of industrial innovation, letting talents devote themselves to real production scenarios, and letting science and technology target the bullseye of economic and social development, the three forces twisted into one rope will surely accelerate the formation of new quality productive forces and release the infinite potential of innovative China.
Return to TopConducting high-quality urban renewal is an important means of promoting the construction of a modern people's city. Not long ago, the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部) and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (住房城乡建设部) jointly issued the "Notice on Several Measures to Further Support Urban Renewal Actions." Since the beginning of the year, provinces such as Sichuan (四川), Liaoning (辽宁), Hainan (海南), and Shandong (山东) have successively introduced relevant policies. In the future, the effectiveness of urban renewal will be further enhanced, and it will better play a comprehensive role in stabilizing investment and promoting consumption.
This is precisely:
New winds caress old alleys,
The marketplace prospers with a hundred trades.
Solidify the foundation of people's livelihood,
The momentum of development is strong.
Xu Zhiwen (徐之文)
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It is reported that, nearing the Lunar Year of the Horse, an activity called "horse drawing" has emerged on social media platforms, in which hikers use the track recording function of sports software to walk along specific routes, eventually outlining the shape of a horse. In Dafu Mountain Forest Park (大夫山森林公园) in Panyu (番禺), Guangzhou (广州), Guangdong (广东), a route explored by tourists themselves has become popular among many netizens because the "horse" drawn is very realistic, and many people go there to check in.
However, this route, most of which is in undeveloped areas, has risks of falling rocks, nearly 80-degree steep slopes, and narrow paths next to cliffs, as well as signal blind spots. Tourists "drawing" such "wild horses" are risking their own safety and also posing risks to the park's ecological environment. Soon, Dafu Mountain Forest Park (大夫山森林公园) closed the route. Two days later, a brand-new "horse drawing" route explored by a professional team was released. The "official horse" balances safety and wildness in its design, so that both ordinary tourists and hiking enthusiasts can "draw" happily and "draw" safely.
The public is interested in "horse drawing," firstly because they hope to get a good omen in the New Year, and secondly because it stems from the inner desire to explore the unknown and challenge themselves. In this case, blocking the route is not enough to fundamentally eliminate the risk. For example, some hiking enthusiasts may therefore open up other "wild routes," or try to avoid supervision and break into the blockade area to continue "drawing wild horses." Introducing alternative routes provides people with new options to achieve their wishes, achieving a win-win situation of increasing well-being and protecting safety.
From "wild horse" to "official horse," what is reflected is the management wisdom of the local cultural and tourism departments and the park. Facing new phenomena and new demands, the authorities did not regard it as a trouble and simply ban it, but instead went with the trend and broadened their thinking, improving the tourist experience while also successfully catching the heat and traffic brought by "horse drawing." This wisdom reflects the government's role positioning shifting from "administrator" to "server." As the government's functions accelerate their transformation, simple and mechanical prohibitions and controls are being replaced by more refined and effective governance and services.
For example, in Nanchuan District (南川区) in Chongqing (重庆), facing the problem that "one-size-fits-all" is difficult to solve the management of mobile vendors and is prone to causing emotional opposition between residents, vendors, and management departments, the local government has launched "tidal stall areas" with limited areas and times, and law enforcement officers have transformed into stall area managers, so that the "face" of urban development and the "inside" of people's livelihood needs are taken into account. In Shanghai (上海), Sichuan (四川), Hunan (湖南) and other places, government departments have introduced a list of non-punishment for the first violation or minor violation of individual business operators or enterprises, and implement flexible means such as education, guidance and suggestions. By doing so, not only will those who commit "unintentional mistakes" not be discouraged by being punished, but also promote the formation of a virtuous circle of "rectification, compliance, and development" in urban governance.
Doing a good job in urban work and realizing the people's yearning for a better life is the starting point and the end point. Facing the differentiated needs of different groups of people, while adhering to the bottom line of the rule of law and safety, the governors must, on the one hand, have more active and meticulous actions, and on the other hand, stimulate the vitality of all parties with an inclusive and open attitude, and strive to gather more co-governance forces. Only in this way can urban governance find a better solution in complex tests time and time again.
(Excerpted from "Workers' Daily," originally titled "From 'Wild Horse' to 'Official Horse,' What is Drawn is the Wisdom of Urban Governance")
Return to TopBy: 梁 虹
By the end of 2025, the Xi'an-Yan'an High-Speed Railway in Shaanxi Province will be open. Crossing ridges and gullies, the Fuxing bullet train will arrive at the foot of Pagoda Hill, and the old revolutionary base area in northern Shaanxi will enter the "high-speed rail era."
This reminds us of the Lunan mountain area, where the Rizhao-Linyi-Heze High-Speed Railway crosses Mengshan Mountain and Yishui River, and the familiar tune of "Yimeng Mountain Ballad" echoes along the way, offering a panoramic view of the new era of revitalization and development in the old revolutionary base area.
Two high-speed railways reflect an original aspiration. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized, "Always keep the development of old revolutionary areas and the improvement of the lives of people in old revolutionary areas in mind, increase investment and support, and accelerate the pace of development in old revolutionary areas." These new high-speed rail lines carry the hope of "allowing the people in old revolutionary areas to live a happy and fulfilling life" and continue to write a new chapter in development where "no one is left behind on the road to common prosperity."
One of the main reasons why some old revolutionary base areas have lagged behind in development is the poor geographical conditions and backward transportation infrastructure. Taking the Yimeng old revolutionary base area as an example, it is characterized by mountains upon mountains, and was once described as "impassable, with no access for boats or vehicles." During the revolutionary war years, it could only rely on small pushcarts to deliver water and food.
This is a road to break geographical barriers and help the flow of resources and factors on a larger scale. The Rizhao-Linyi-Heze High-Speed Railway runs through east and west, and the China-Europe freight train runs smoothly inside and outside, which not only activates the flow of people, logistics, and information in Linyi (临沂), located in the heart of the old revolutionary base area, but also spawns a strong new driving force for the "hub economy."
"With high-speed rail to our doorstep, big cherries are sold to the Greater Bay Area." This story of smooth roads and thriving industries is also reflected in the specialties of Yimeng green tea, Mengyin yellow peaches, Linyi pancakes, and Lanling vegetables. More than 6 million kinds of goods flow from here to all parts of the country, and Linyi has developed into one of the largest commercial and logistics bases in northern China.
By leveraging advantages and making up for shortcomings, old revolutionary base areas are transforming from remote areas in terms of regional location into regional nodes that integrate into the new development pattern and serve the unified national market, and the red land is becoming a fertile ground for development.
This is a road to break down barriers to thinking, bringing incremental factors and revitalizing existing resources. The Huadong Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery (华东革命烈士陵园), the Yimeng Revolutionary Memorial Hall (沂蒙革命纪念馆), the Menglianggu Battle Site (孟良崮战役遗址), and the former site of the Eighth Route Army 115th Division Headquarters (八路军115师司令部旧址)... The opening of the high-speed rail has attracted a large number of tourists. Data shows that in 2025, the volume of passenger arrivals and departures at Linyi North Station increased nearly 20 times compared with the initial opening in 2019, and the number of visitors received by red scenic spots and tourist attractions in the Linyi area increased by 20 million.
No matter how far we go or how fast we run, we must not forget why we started. The old revolutionary areas have accumulated a strong red gene and stand as spiritual monuments of fine traditions, which are valuable assets for promoting development. How is the new high-speed rail line not a road of cultural inheritance and a road of spiritual sowing?
Viewing the overall situation from a corner. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's high-speed rail operating mileage increased by more than 30%, and 128 counties ended their history of not having high-speed rail. One iron artery after another extends to old revolutionary areas, ethnic areas, and border areas, injecting strong momentum into high-quality development.
The Central Economic Work Conference proposed that "we must adhere to the close combination of investment in things and investment in people." From this perspective, we can better understand why China in the new era is committed to cherishing the nostalgia in the green mountains and clear waters, planting street trees in the streets and alleys, and retaining the slow trains in the depths of the mountains. From "electricity for every household" to "broadband for every village" to "safe water" flowing into millions of homes... The values behind the development achievements are consistent. Where people are, development points to. The Chinese path to modernization pays more attention to meeting people's expectations, serving people's needs, and promoting people's development.
Mengshan Mountain is high, and Yishui River is long. Walking into the waiting hall of Linyi North Station, a mural called "Ten Thousand Mountains in Red" comes into view. "Seeing **万山红遍** (wàn shān hóng biàn - "ten thousand mountains red all over," describes a scene of vibrant autumn foliage covering the mountains; also used metaphorically to describe a revolutionary or prosperous scene), layers of forests are dyed; the river is clear, and hundreds of boats compete," this is a portrayal of the tenacious struggle of the military and civilians in the revolutionary era, and it is also a footnote to the new journey of the Yimeng people in the new era. A new road to development connecting the red land leads to the distance and to the future.
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Return to TopAgriculture and rural modernization are related to the overall situation and quality of Chinese-style modernization. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the comprehensive agricultural production capacity reached a new level, the achievements in poverty alleviation were consolidated and expanded, the living standards of farmers were significantly improved, and significant progress was made in the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside. The "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a critical period for laying the foundation and fully exerting efforts to basically achieve socialist modernization. It is necessary to accelerate the efforts to address the prominent shortcomings in the agricultural and rural areas and accelerate the construction of a strong agricultural country. The year 2026 is the first year of the "15th Five-Year Plan," and it is crucial to do a good job in "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" (三农). It is necessary to adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Plenary Sessions of the 20th Central Committee, conscientiously implement the deployment of the Fourth Plenary Session, fully implement General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平)'s important expositions and instructions on "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" work, adhere to the principle of giving top priority to solving the problems related to "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" in the work of the entire Party, adhere to and strengthen the Party's comprehensive leadership over the work related to "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers," fully and accurately implement the new development concept, adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, adhere to the priority development of agriculture and rural areas, adhere to the integrated development of urban and rural areas, focus on agricultural and rural modernization, take the comprehensive promotion of rural revitalization as the overall starting point, take the experience of the "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" (千万工程) (qiān wàn gōng chéng - "Thousand Villages Project," a rural revitalization strategy) as the guide, take reform and innovation as the fundamental driving force, improve the effectiveness of policies to strengthen agriculture, benefit farmers, and enrich farmers, firmly adhere to the bottom line of national food security, continue to consolidate and expand the achievements in poverty alleviation, improve the level of rural industrial development, rural construction, and rural governance, and strive to build agriculture into a modern large industry, make rural areas basically have modern living conditions, and make farmers' lives more prosperous and beautiful, so as to provide a basic support for promoting Chinese-style modernization.
I. Enhancing Comprehensive Agricultural Production Capacity and Quality Efficiency
(1) Stabilizing the Development of Grain and Oil Production. The grain output should be stabilized at around 1.4 trillion catties. Adhere to the simultaneous focus on output capacity, production ecology, increased production, and increased income, intensify the implementation of a new round of action to increase grain production capacity by 100 billion catties, promote the integrated efficiency of good fields, good seeds, good machines, and good methods, and promote the large-scale increase in yield per unit area of grain and oil crops. Optimize the agricultural production structure and regional layout according to local conditions, promote the breeding and quality improvement of grain varieties, implement projects to improve the quality and efficiency of grain circulation, and promote the sale of suitable and high-quality products at good prices. Consolidate and enhance soybean production capacity and do a good job in connecting production and sales. Expand the production space for rapeseed, peanuts, camellia, and other oil crops, and expand the diversified supply of oil materials. Promote the stable development of cotton, sugar, natural rubber, and other industries. Deepen the action to conserve grain and combat food waste.
(2) Promoting the Quality Improvement and Efficiency Enhancement of the "Vegetable Basket" Industry. Adhere to the simultaneous development of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery, and promote the construction of a diversified food supply system. Strengthen the comprehensive regulation and control of pig production capacity, consolidate the results of helping the beef cattle and dairy cattle industries out of difficulties, and promote balanced supply and demand and healthy development. Take multiple measures to promote the consumption of dairy products. Support the development of silage corn, alfalfa, and other feed production, and promote the transformation and upgrading of grassland animal husbandry. Support the upgrading and transformation of facility agriculture, stabilize the development of vegetable production, promote deep-sea aquaculture and modern ocean fishing, and actively develop forest food and bio-agriculture. Strictly implement the food safety responsibility system, strengthen multi-departmental coordination and whole-chain supervision, and strictly investigate and punish illegal additions and excessive pesticide and veterinary drug residues.
(3) Strengthening the Protection and Quality Improvement of Cultivated Land. Strictly adhere to the red line of cultivated land, coordinate the optimization of agricultural land layout, strictly manage the balance of cultivated land occupation and compensation, standardize the quality acceptance of supplemented cultivated land, and formulate a special plan for cultivated land protection. Resolutely crack down on all kinds of illegal activities that destroy cultivated land, solidly promote the rectification of illegal construction of houses on cultivated land in rural areas, and strictly prevent the rebound of problems such as "greenhouse houses." Focusing on protecting the cultivated layer and grain production capacity, optimize the rules for cultivated land surveys, improve the management system for facility agricultural land, and steadily and orderly rectify the "non-grain" use of cultivated land and the reclamation and utilization of abandoned land. Promote the construction of high-standard farmland with high quality by region and category, improve the establishment, construction, acceptance, and management mechanisms, strengthen fund supervision, and increase soil improvement and fertility enhancement efforts. Promote the modernization and transformation of large and medium-sized irrigation areas, strengthen the connection between high-standard farmland canal systems and the backbone projects of irrigation areas. Improve the management mechanism for the superior and inferior entry and exit of permanent basic farmland. Implement a new round of black soil protection projects, and solidly promote the comprehensive utilization of saline-alkali land and the treatment of acidified cultivated land. On the premise of ensuring that the task of cultivated land protection within the province is not reduced, steadily and orderly withdraw unstable cultivated land in river and lake areas that affects flood safety.
(4) Enhancing the Effectiveness of Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation. Coordinate the construction of science and technology innovation platform bases, strengthen the tackling of key core technologies in agriculture and the efficient transformation and application of scientific and technological achievements, and cultivate and strengthen leading science and technology enterprises in the agricultural field. Deepen the implementation of the seed industry revitalization action, accelerate the selection and promotion of breakthrough varieties, and promote the industrialization of biological breeding. Accelerate the research and development and application of high-end intelligent agricultural machinery and equipment suitable for hilly and mountainous areas, and strengthen the research and development and promotion of forestry and grassland machinery and equipment. Develop new quality productive forces in agriculture according to local conditions, promote the combination of artificial intelligence and agricultural development, expand the application scenarios of drones, the Internet of Things, robots, and other technologies, and accelerate the innovation of key technologies in agricultural bio-manufacturing. Deepen the reform of agricultural research institutes. Promote the reform and construction of the grass-roots agricultural technology extension system, and promote the entry of agricultural scientific and technological achievements into villages and households. Deepen the reform of education and teaching in agricultural colleges and universities, accelerate the construction of new agricultural sciences oriented by needs, and promote the targeted training of professional talents in agriculture-related fields.
(5) Strengthening the Construction of Agricultural Disaster Prevention and Mitigation System. Carry out a general survey and zoning of agricultural climate resources, strengthen the monitoring, forecasting, and early warning of meteorological, hydrological, and geological disasters, and improve the ability to respond to extreme weather. Promote the construction of key control hubs of major rivers, standard improvement of dikes, and construction of flood storage and detention areas, strengthen the reinforcement of dangerous reservoirs and large and medium-sized dangerous sluices, strengthen the repair and整治 of farmland ditches, the treatment of small and medium-sized rivers and plain waterlogged areas, improve the risk management and flood control capacity of mountain torrent ditches, and do a good job in the restoration and reconstruction of disaster-damaged facilities. Strengthen the construction of flood control and drainage systems in northern regions, and appropriately raise the standards for engineering construction. Strengthen the construction of drought-resistant emergency water source projects and farmland drainage facilities, and improve the allocation of disaster relief machinery and emergency call mechanisms. Strengthen the unified prevention and control of plant diseases and insect pests, and promote the joint prevention and control of major animal epidemics. Promote the construction of farmland shelterbelts, and strengthen forest and grassland fire prevention and control.
(6) Promoting the Coordination between Agricultural Product Trade and Production. Promote the diversification of agricultural product imports. Cultivate agricultural enterprises with international competitiveness. Support the expansion of exports of advantageous and characteristic agricultural products. Crack down on agricultural product smuggling in accordance with the law. Actively participate in international food and agriculture governance.
II. Implementing Regular and Precise Assistance
(7) Improving the Regular Assistance Policy System. Implement regular assistance responsibilities, steadily improve the level of "three guarantees" and drinking water safety guarantees, and firmly adhere to the bottom line of preventing large-scale return to poverty. Incorporate regular assistance into the overall implementation of the rural revitalization strategy, and maintain the overall stability of policies in terms of fiscal investment, financial support, and resource element allocation. Strengthen development-oriented assistance, enhance endogenous动力, and give play to the role of social assistance in guaranteeing the bottom line, and promote the coordinated integration of assistance policies. Maintain the scale of regular assistance funds from the central government and the scale of investment funds from the provincial and municipal levels, and counties can reasonably arrange funds according to the assistance tasks.
(8) Improving the Accuracy and Timeliness of Monitoring and Assistance. Reasonably determine the identification standards for preventing the return to poverty, and standardize the standard adjustment mechanism. Solidly do a good job in regular monitoring at the village and township levels, improve the accurate identification and rapid response mechanism, and ensure early detection, early intervention, and early assistance. Coordinate the monitoring and identification of objects to prevent the return to poverty and rural social assistance objects, standardize the caliber of income and expenditure accounting, and strengthen data sharing. Do a good job in the precise assistance and dynamic adjustment of objects to prevent the return to poverty. Comprehensively assess the family economic situation and self-development ability of the original registered poor population, and those who meet the exit conditions should withdraw from assistance in an orderly manner, and those who are at risk of returning to poverty after leaving the assistance policy should continue to implement assistance.
(9) Improving the Effectiveness of Industrial and Employment Assistance. Optimize the methods of industrial assistance, promote the consolidation, upgrading, revitalization, and adjustment of existing industries by category, and develop assistance industries with market competitiveness. The proportion of regular assistance funds from the central government used for industrial development should remain basically stable at the provincial level, and differentiated requirements can be implemented at the county level. Improve the household reward and subsidy policy for industrial assistance, and support the increase in income for objects to prevent the return to poverty. Compact the responsibility for the regular supervision of assistance project assets, classify them into the state-owned assets or rural collective asset supervision system, and strengthen the revitalization and utilization of inefficient and idle assets. Strengthen employment assistance, do a good job in organized labor export, and make good use of employment assistance workshops, rural public welfare posts, and other employment channels. Continue to do a good job in follow-up support for relocation from other places.
(10) Providing Layered and Classified Assistance to Underdeveloped Areas. Determine the key assistance counties for national and provincial rural revitalization respectively, improve support policies and incentive and restraint mechanisms, and improve the statistical monitoring system for development status. Promote the construction of regional and inter-regional major infrastructure. Deepen the "group-style" assistance of medical, educational cadres and talents and the selection and dispatch of science and technology special teams. Expand the field of East-West cooperation, adjust and optimize the pairing relationship of fixed-point assistance by central units, and improve the assessment and evaluation methods. Carry out regular resident village assistance, and optimize the selection and management mechanism of the first secretary and work team stationed in the village.
III. Actively Promoting the Steady Increase of Farmers' Income
(11) Protecting and Mobilizing Farmers' Enthusiasm for Farming and Growing Grain. Strengthen the policy support and coordination of prices, subsidies, and insurance, and improve the income guarantee mechanism for grain farmers. Strengthen the market monitoring, early warning, and information release of agricultural products, coordinate the market-oriented purchase and policy-oriented purchase and storage, and promote the price of grain and other important agricultural products to remain at a reasonable level. Reasonably determine the minimum purchase price of rice and wheat, and improve the target price policy for cotton. Stabilize the implementation of the arable land fertility protection subsidy, the corn and soybean producer subsidy, and the rice subsidy policy. Implement the agricultural machinery purchase and application subsidy policy well, promote the subsidy for superior machines, and strengthen the whole-chain regular supervision. Strengthen the insurance guarantee for rice, wheat, corn, and soybeans, support the development of local characteristic agricultural product insurance, and improve the efficiency of insurance claims. Strengthen the construction of the agricultural product futures market. Encourage local governments to carry out special loan interest subsidy pilots for grain and oil planting. Guide agricultural enterprises to coordinate the layout of processing capacity in the main grain producing areas. Implement the inter-provincial horizontal interest compensation policy for grain producing and marketing areas, and support the main grain producing areas to supplement financial resources and develop the grain industry.
(12) Cultivating and Strengthening County-Based Industries to Enrich the People. Coordinate the development of scientific and technological agriculture, green agriculture, quality agriculture, and brand agriculture, develop multiple functions of agriculture, and promote the deep integration of the primary, secondary, and tertiary industries in rural areas. Support the development of green and efficient planting and breeding, promote the intensive processing of agricultural products, cultivate high-quality agricultural brands, and promote the development of the entire industrial chain. Implement the high-quality development project of rural e-commerce, promote the sinking and empowerment of e-commerce platforms, and strengthen the construction of facilities such as pre-cooling, warehousing and preservation, sorting and processing at the place of origin. Standardize agricultural product live streaming. Deepen the integration of agriculture, culture, and tourism, promote the upgrading of rural tourism, and develop "small and beautiful" cultural and tourism formats. Actively develop the forestry and grass industry, and cultivate and strengthen formats such as the under-forest economy and forest health care. Optimize the regional layout of the silk industry. Develop county economies with distinctive characteristics, cultivate characteristic industrial clusters of small and medium-sized enterprises, and promote the integrated development of industry revitalization, county strengthening, and people enrichment. Expand the channels and methods for farmers to participate in industrial development, improve the mechanism for fair sharing of industrial development benefits, and guide new agricultural business entities to drive farmers to increase income and become rich. Strengthen the overall planning and scientific demonstration of industrial projects, and avoid rushing into action and large ups and downs. Improve the provincial agricultural and related industrial statistical evaluation system.
(13) Promoting the Stable Employment of Migrant Workers. Implement the support policies for the stable employment of migrant workers, and support key industries and enterprises to reduce burdens and expand jobs. Implement large-scale vocational skills training to promote the precise matching of training projects and job needs. Coordinate the service guarantee for migrant workers going out for work and the support for returning home for employment and entrepreneurship, and strengthen the care and assistance for older migrant workers. Strengthen the guarantee of wage payment for migrant workers, and increase the efforts to rectify wage arrears. Promote the cultivation project of rural craftsmen. Expand the coverage of work-for-relief projects, construction fields, and the scale of labor remuneration, and encourage the adoption of flexible contracting methods for rural grass-roots organizations to independently implement projects. Promote flexible employment personnel to participate in the basic urban employee pension insurance, and expand the pilot project of occupational injury protection for new employment forms.
(14) Taking Multiple Measures to Expand Rural Consumption. Support the expansion and upgrading of rural consumption, improve consumption facilities and service levels, and cultivate new consumption formats, models, and scenarios such as harvest markets, intangible cultural heritage workshops, and leisure camping. Support the construction and upgrading of county and village circulation infrastructure, and promote the reduction of costs and efficiency in commercial circulation in rural and remote areas. Support new energy vehicles, smart home appliances, and green building materials to go to the countryside, and improve the recycling system for renewable resources such as waste home appliances and furniture in rural areas. Crack down on the production and sale of fake and shoddy goods in rural areas in accordance with the law.
IV. Promoting the Construction of Livable, Workable, and Beautiful Villages According to Local Conditions
(15) Coordinating and Optimizing the Layout of Rural Land Space. Adapt to the trend of population change, based on the positioning of the main functional areas, combined with natural disaster prevention, coordinate and optimize the layout of villages and towns, improve the quality and effectiveness of village planning, and reasonably determine the focus and priority of construction. Improve the implementation mechanism of rural construction according to local conditions, promote rural revitalization in a classified and orderly manner and in areas, and gradually improve the completeness of rural infrastructure, the convenience of public services, and the comfort of the living environment, accelerate the efforts to make up for the shortcomings of modern living conditions in rural areas, and create high-quality living spaces in rural areas. Coordinate and promote the governance of county land space, and on the premise that the quantity of cultivated land is not reduced, the quality is improved, and the ecology is improved, steadily carry out comprehensive land consolidation in the whole area, improve the level of land conservation and intensive use, and classify and guarantee the land for rural development. Support the construction of towns and villages in border areas.
(16) Strengthening the Construction and Management of Rural Infrastructure. Support the construction of small-scale water diversion projects, improve the level of rural water supply guarantee by category, and promote the county-level unified management and professional management of rural water supply where conditions permit. Improve the power supply guarantee and comprehensive carrying capacity of rural power grids, and expand the coverage of rural charging facilities. Promote the renovation of old rural roads, the widening of narrow roads, and the upgrading of secondary and poor road sections, and strengthen the construction of safety protection facilities. Support the joint construction and sharing of rural postal and logistics facilities, promote the integrated development of rural passenger, freight, and postal services, promote joint distribution, and deepen the entry of express delivery into villages. Improve the stable operation guarantee mechanism for rural passenger transport. Continue to implement the renovation of dilapidated rural houses and promote the construction of modern and livable rural houses. Implement the high-quality development action of digital villages, and improve the level of network coverage in rural and remote areas. Strengthen the infrastructure construction in forest areas, reclamation areas, and pastoral areas. Promote the integrated planning, construction, and management of county infrastructure, and improve the long-term management mechanism of rural infrastructure.
(17) Strengthening the Overall Planning of Basic Public Service Supply in Counties. Steadily and prudently optimize the layout of rural primary and secondary schools and kindergartens, retain and run the necessary small-scale rural schools and kindergartens, and implement the revitalization action plan for county ordinary high schools. Promote the construction of urban-rural school communities, strengthen the overall allocation of teachers in counties, and promote the online sharing of high-quality classrooms in urban and rural schools. Take comprehensive measures to increase the efforts to prevent students from dropping out of school in rural areas. Implement the basic medical and health strengthening project, promote the quality improvement and upgrading of county hospitals and key central township health centers, and strengthen the operation guarantee of county and grass-roots medical institutions. Support the close-knit county medical community to improve its comprehensive service capacity, and reasonably expand the scope of drug procurement, allocation, and use by grass-roots medical and health institutions. Consolidate and expand the achievements of rural residents' medical insurance participation, improve the incentive and restraint mechanism for continuous participation in insurance, and steadily increase the proportion of medical insurance funds used in county and village medical and health institutions. Implement the special plan for college student village doctors. Based on home-based elderly care, encourage places with conditions to develop elderly care services such as meal assistance, day care, and rehabilitation care. Develop inclusive childcare services in counties and townships. Improve the mechanism for determining and dynamically adjusting the rural minimum living standard, optimize the system for providing assistance and support to people in extreme poverty, and improve the timeliness and accessibility of temporary assistance. Take measures such as cadre pairing, volunteer services, and the development of rural public welfare posts to strengthen the visits and care for rural elderly people living alone, left-behind children, children in difficult situations, disabled people, people with mental disorders, etc., and help solve practical difficulties in a timely manner.
(XVIII) Promote the integrated ecological protection and restoration of rural areas. Continue to rectify and improve the rural living environment, solve problems such as rural toilet renovation and garbage surrounding villages with a 钉钉子精神 (dīng dīng zi jīng shén - "nailing spirit," perseverance and determination to solve problems thoroughly), improve the socialized management and maintenance service system for rural toilets, improve the appearance of villages, and build beautiful villages. Choose rural domestic sewage treatment models according to local conditions, optimize and adjust inefficient and ineffective sewage treatment facilities, and accelerate the elimination of black and odorous water bodies in rural areas. Promote the reduction of rural domestic waste at the source, and improve the normalized operation and guarantee mechanism for collection, transportation, and disposal. Promote green production and water-saving irrigation technologies, and develop ecological and low-carbon agriculture. Promote the prevention and control of agricultural and rural pollution, strengthen the systematic management of areas with prominent agricultural non-point source pollution, promote the tracing, remediation, and safe utilization of soil heavy metal pollution and contaminated arable land, and strengthen the comprehensive management of livestock and poultry breeding manure and marine aquaculture ecological environment problems. Enhance the comprehensive utilization capacity of straw. Strengthen the systematic management and ecological protection of important rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, and promote the comprehensive management of soil and water loss in key basins and regions. Firmly implement the ten-year fishing ban on the Yangtze River (长江). Strengthen the quarantine of imported animals and plants and the prevention and control of invasive alien species. Comprehensively promote the "Three-North" Shelterbelt Project (三北防护林体系建设工程), promote the implementation of projects such as work-for-relief, and consolidate and expand the achievements in desertification prevention and control. Improve the fourth round of grassland ecological protection subsidy and reward policies.
(XIX) Deeply implement the construction project of civilized rural customs. Strengthen ideological and political work in rural areas, promote and practice the core socialist values, and widely carry out mass publicity and education activities. Coordinate the promotion of civilized cultivation, civilized practice, and civilized creation, and promote the formation of an upward and virtuous rural moral customs. Promote "literary and artistic empowerment of beautiful villages," and enrich the supply of rural cultural products and services. Promote the systematic protection of rural cultural heritage, strengthen the investigation and protection of rural cultural relics, traditional villages, and intangible cultural heritage, and establish a protection and implementation mechanism with villagers as the main body. Continue to promote the transformation of customs and habits in rural areas, give play to the leading role of party members and cadres and the guiding role of village regulations and folk conventions, and promote the comprehensive management of outstanding problems by combining dredging and blocking, and treating both the symptoms and the root causes. Continue to rectify high bride prices in rural areas, and strengthen joint governance in inter-provincial adjacent areas. Guide the establishment of correct views on marriage, love, childbearing, and family, and cultivate simple and civilized marriage customs. Improve the rural funeral public service system, and promote the construction and standardized management of rural public welfare cemeteries.
(XX) Build a safe and law-based countryside. Adhere to and develop the "Fengqiao Experience" (枫桥经验) in the new era, and promote the resolution of conflicts and disputes at the grassroots level. Strengthen the overall prevention and control of social security in rural areas, carry out regular anti-crime and anti-evil campaigns, and resolutely curb the breeding and spread of "village bullies" and family clan evil forces. Improve the management system for ancestral hall activities. Deeply crack down on various illegal and criminal activities in rural areas, such as gambling, drugs, infringement of the rights and interests of women and children and the personal rights of disabled people, telecommunications network fraud, and illegal financial activities. Strengthen the prevention and governance of juvenile delinquency. Strengthen the management of rural religious affairs. Establish and improve the legal and regulatory system for agriculture and rural areas, and strengthen legal publicity and education in rural areas. Deeply implement the Rural Revitalization Promotion Law (乡村振兴促进法). Coordinate the investigation and management of rural disaster risk hazards, prevent and resolve safety risks in key areas such as road traffic, limited spaces, gas, fire protection, and housing, and strengthen safety protection and emergency rescue capabilities for drowning and other dangerous situations. Carry out special rectification of safety production of marine fishing vessels.
V. Strengthen Institutional and Mechanism Innovation
(XXI) Accelerate the improvement of the modern agricultural management system. Comprehensively carry out the second round of provincial-level pilot projects to extend land contracts for another 30 years after expiration, properly resolve conflicts and disputes in the extension of contracts, and ensure that the original contracted land of the vast majority of farmers remains stable and the extension of contracts proceeds smoothly. Standardize the transfer of contracted land management rights, and strengthen risk monitoring and early warning of long-term and large-scale land transfer. Enhance the production and management capabilities of family farms, improve the development quality of farmers' cooperatives, give play to the role of modern agricultural comprehensive service centers, improve the convenient and efficient agricultural socialization service system, develop moderate-scale agricultural management, and promote the organic connection between small farmers and modern agricultural development. Deepen the reform of the rural collective property rights system, support the development of new types of rural collective economy, and strictly control the increase of village-level debt. Promote the comprehensive reform of supply and marketing cooperatives, accelerate the streamlining of the relationship between cooperatives and enterprises, and strengthen the function of serving agriculture. Improve the regulatory system for state-owned assets and resources of state farms.
(XXII) Standardize and orderly revitalize and utilize various types of rural resources. Orderly promote the listing of rural collective commercial construction land, support the use of listed land primarily for the development of the collective economy and rural industries, and strictly prohibit its use for the construction of commercial housing. Strengthen the approval and management of rural homesteads and farmers' housing construction, and strictly investigate and prevent illegal purchases of rural housing homesteads. Revitalize and utilize idle land and houses in accordance with the law, and strengthen the management of lease contracts. Guide the healthy development of rural property rights transfer and trading markets. Deeply rectify outstanding problems in the management of rural collective funds, assets, and resources, and strengthen the standardized management of village-level labor employment. Continue to deepen the reform of the collective forest tenure system.
(XXIII) Innovate the investment and financing mechanism for rural revitalization. Give priority to ensuring the input of general public budget in the field of agriculture and rural areas, and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of financial policies and funds for supporting agriculture. Make full use of special bonds and ultra-long-term special treasury bonds to support the construction of major agricultural and rural projects that meet the conditions. Improve the financial and financial coordinated support for agriculture investment mechanism, give full play to the policy incentives of re-lending for supporting agriculture and small businesses, technological innovation and technological transformation, and promote financial institutions to increase capital investment in the field of agriculture and rural areas. Increase support for loan extensions and renewals for agricultural enterprises and farmers. Promote the construction of a rural credit system and strengthen the collection and sharing of agricultural information. Guide and standardize social investment in the field of agriculture and rural areas, and improve the risk prevention mechanism. Strengthen the whole-process supervision of agricultural funds and projects, and severely investigate and deal with problems such as falsification, favoritism, "plucking feathers from passing geese," and misappropriation.
(XXIV) Promote the two-way flow of urban and rural factors. Scientifically and orderly promote the urbanization of agricultural transfer population, implement policies that link transfer payments, new construction land indicators, and infrastructure construction investment with the urbanization of agricultural transfer population, and implement a system of providing basic public services by registering household registration in the place of residence. Protect the land contract rights, homestead use rights, and collective income distribution rights of farmers who have settled in cities in accordance with the law, and explore the establishment of a voluntary and compensated exit method. Develop and strengthen the rural talent team, and encourage all types of talents to go to the countryside to serve and start businesses and find employment. Strengthen the cultivation of rural industry leaders and rural governance talents, and cultivate agricultural innovators according to local conditions. Implement a new round of the "Three Supports and One Assistance" program for college graduates. Promote the Rural Women's Dream Chasing Program, the College Student Volunteer Service Western Program, and the Rural Revitalization Youth Contribution Action.
VI. Strengthen the Party's Overall Leadership over "San Nong" Work
(XXV) Strengthen the implementation of the rural revitalization responsibility system. Adhere to the five-level party secretaries grasping rural revitalization, and improve the system and mechanism for the Party to lead rural work. Give better play to the overall coordination role of the Party Committee's Office for Rural Work. Increase the education and training of "San Nong" cadres, deeply carry out special training to promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, and improve the ability of party and government cadres at all levels to grasp "San Nong" work.
(XXVI) Strengthen the construction of rural grassroots party organizations. Do a good job in the election of rural grassroots organizations, select and equip township leadership teams, optimize the village "two committees" teams, especially the leading team, and continue to rectify weak and lax village party organizations. Strengthen the daily education and management of rural party members, and implement a centralized rotational training plan for rural party members. Replenish and stabilize the strength of the rural grassroots front line, and the civil servant recruitment plan should be tilted towards county and township grassroots organs, and in principle, staff should not be borrowed from counties and townships. Implement the basic remuneration guarantee for village cadres, and do a good job in cultivating and reserving reserve forces. Improve the village-level deliberation and consultation mechanism and procedures, and broaden the channels for farmers to participate in rural governance. Strictly supervise and manage rural grassroots cadres, and continue to deepen the inspection of village party organizations.
(XXVII) Improve the methods and methods of rural work. Establish and practice a correct view of performance, proceed from reality, adapt to local conditions, and consciously act in accordance with the laws. Deeply carry out the work of rectifying formalism and reducing the burden on the grassroots, make good use of the list of matters for townships (streets) to perform their duties, improve the access system for village (community) work matters, strengthen the data sharing and innovative application of "one form pass," and clean up and integrate government mobile Internet applications for the grassroots. Solidly carry out the fourth national agricultural census. Optimize the performance appraisal of the rural revitalization strategy, focus on key tasks, improve the appraisal methods, and improve the pertinence and scientific nature of the appraisal. Comprehensively implement the "Four Down to the Grassroots" system, proceed from the actual situation in rural areas, fully respect the wishes of farmers, and avoid "one-size-fits-all" and layer-by-layer escalation of policy implementation. Adhere to problem orientation, uphold integrity and innovation, adhere to both policy support and reform and innovation, encourage the grassroots to explore boldly in combination with reality, and fully stimulate the vitality of doing business and starting a business. Deepen the rectification of corruption and style problems in the field of rural revitalization, consolidate and expand the learning and education achievements of deeply implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation, and promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside with excellent style.
We must unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) as the core, anchor the goal, forge ahead, promote new progress in the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, and bring agricultural and rural modernization to a new level, and move steadily towards the goal of building a strong agricultural country.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), February 3)
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 3rd (Xinhua) On February 3rd, the 2026 Academic Annual Meeting of the Xi Jinping Thought on Culture Research Center (习近平文化思想研究中心) was held in Beijing (北京).
Experts attending the meeting stated that Xi Jinping Thought on Culture (习近平文化思想) is a rich development of Marxist cultural theory and a theoretical summary of contemporary Chinese cultural practice. It provides a powerful ideological weapon and scientific action guide for carrying out propaganda, ideological, and cultural work, promoting cultural prosperity, and building a strong cultural nation in the new era and on the new journey. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (党的二十届四中全会) proposed the strategic task of "stimulating the cultural innovation and creativity of the whole nation and promoting the prosperity and development of socialist culture." It is imperative to take Xi Jinping Thought on Culture (习近平文化思想) as a guide, adhere to the "two integrations," especially the "second integration," explore innovative elements from the broad and profound Chinese civilization, base ourselves on the vivid practice of cultural construction in the new era, conform to the development trend of information technology, learn from all the achievements of human civilization, gather the powerful impetus for cultural development, and promote cultural prosperity.
Experts attending the meeting believe that to further deepen the research and interpretation of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture (习近平文化思想), it is necessary to focus on its iconic concepts, follow the laws of academic research, utilize multidisciplinary academic resources, create a positive and healthy academic atmosphere, strengthen international academic exchange and cooperation, promote the transformation of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture (习近平文化思想) into the core academic elements of related disciplines, and lead the construction of an independent knowledge system of Chinese philosophy and social sciences.
More than one hundred experts and scholars from social science research institutions, universities, and other organizations attended the meeting.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on February 3rd (Reporter Zhang Shuo (张烁)) The Kuomintang-Communist Party (KMT-CPC) Think Tank Forum, jointly organized by the Cross-Strait Relations Research Center of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee and the National Policy Research Foundation of the Chinese Kuomintang, was held in Beijing (北京) on the 3rd. With the theme of "Prospects for Cross-Strait Exchange and Cooperation," more than 100 people attended the forum, including think tank personnel from the KMT and the CPC, as well as representatives, experts, and scholars from cross-strait tourism, industry, technology, medical care, environmental protection, and other fields.
Song Tao (宋涛), Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee, said in his opening speech that General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) congratulatory message to Eric Chu (朱立倫) on his election as Chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang (中国国民党) pointed out the direction for the development of relations between the two parties and across the Taiwan Strait. Holding the KMT-CPC Think Tank Forum is a concrete measure to implement the spirit of the congratulatory messages between the leaders of the two parties. The two parties must unswervingly adhere to the "1992 Consensus" and the common political foundation of opposing "Taiwan independence," and lead the correct direction of cross-strait relations; deepen integrated development and promote cross-strait exchange and cooperation; adhere to a people-oriented approach, enhance the well-being of compatriots, and enable all Chinese people, including Taiwan (台湾) compatriots, to live a better life; and resolutely oppose "Taiwan independence" and safeguard peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. Song Tao (宋涛) emphasized that we will never be soft on cracking down on stubborn "Taiwan independence" elements and their henchmen, and we will never tolerate external forces attempting to "contain China with Taiwan." Compatriots on both sides of the strait should bravely shoulder the great cause of national righteousness, be participants, contributors, and beneficiaries of national reunification and national rejuvenation, share the fruits of development, and jointly create a glorious era.
Hsiao Hsu-tsen (萧旭岑), Vice Chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang (中国国民党), said in his speech that both sides of the strait belong to the Chinese nation and are descendants of Yan and Huang, and should help each other and work together to revitalize China. The true public opinion in Taiwan (台湾) is not only reflected in the desire to know the mainland better and have more practical contact with the mainland, but also includes the expectation that communication channels can be maintained between the two sides of the strait. This forum is a cross-strait communication platform for speaking out for the people and promoting the interests of the people. It is hoped that the two sides of the strait will adhere to the common political foundation of the "1992 Consensus" and opposition to "Taiwan independence," harmonize and integrate, benefit each other and prosper together, and develop peacefully, so that the Chinese nation can hold its head high in front of the world.
Yao Ta-kuang (姚大光), Founding Chairman of the Taiwan Strait Tourism Development Association, Xu Shan (许珊), Director of the International Development Department of the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, Chen Yung-feng (陈永丰), former Chairman of the Taichung City Precision Machinery Park Manufacturers Association, and Zhao Yongqiang (赵勇强), Director of the Renewable Energy Center of the Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, made special speeches at the forum.
The participants conducted in-depth discussions on three topics: cross-strait tourism exchange and cooperation, industrial exchange and cooperation, and environmental and sustainable development exchange and cooperation, and put forward 15 common opinions in five aspects. The participants highly affirmed the positive significance and important role of holding the KMT-CPC Think Tank Forum, and believed that maintaining positive interaction between the KMT and the CPC is conducive to deepening cross-strait exchange and cooperation and benefiting the people on both sides of the strait. They called on all sectors on both sides of the strait to work together to promote the peaceful development of cross-strait relations, remove obstacles, and create conditions for deepening cross-strait exchange and cooperation in various fields.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 张 烁
At the beginning of the New Year, we gather across the sea. The biting cold wind cannot stop the warmth in the venue.
"General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) sent a congratulatory message to Eric Chu (朱立倫) on his election as Chairman of the Kuomintang (中国国民党), affirming the positive results achieved by the two parties over the years in adhering to the '1992 Consensus,' opposing 'Taiwan independence' on the common political basis, promoting cross-strait exchanges and cooperation, striving to maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, and enhancing the well-being of compatriots on both sides of the strait. He also put forward expectations for the future development of the two parties and cross-strait relations, pointing out the direction for the development of party-to-party relations and cross-strait relations." On February 3, Song Tao (宋涛), Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央台办) and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council (国务院台办), said at the opening ceremony of the Kuomintang-Communist Party Think Tank Forum, "Holding the Kuomintang-Communist Party Think Tank Forum is a concrete measure to implement the spirit of the congratulatory messages between the leaders of the two parties."
After 10 years, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China resumed institutionalized exchanges, which has attracted much attention and expectations from both sides of the strait. On February 3, the Cross-Strait Relations Research Center of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央台办海峡两岸关系研究中心) and the National Policy Foundation of the Kuomintang (中国国民党国政研究基金会) jointly hosted the Kuomintang-Communist Party Think Tank Forum in Beijing (北京) with the theme of "Prospects for Cross-Strait Exchanges and Cooperation," and reached a "common opinion."
Adhering to the "1992 Consensus" and opposing "Taiwan independence" will improve and develop cross-strait relations.
"At present, the situation in the Taiwan Strait is complex and severe, and compatriots on both sides of the strait are full of expectations for stabilizing the situation in the Taiwan Strait and improving cross-strait relations... This forum can be said to be timely, in line with public opinion, and of great significance." At the opening ceremony of the forum, Song Tao's (宋涛) speech resonated with people from both sides of the strait.
Looking back, from 2008 to 2016, on the common political basis of adhering to the "1992 Consensus" and opposing "Taiwan independence," the two sides signed 23 agreements, which promoted exchanges and cooperation in various fields across the strait. However, after the Democratic Progressive Party (民进党) came to power in 2016, it stubbornly adhered to the "Taiwan independence" separatist position, denied the "1992 Consensus," and obstructed and restricted normal cross-strait exchanges and personnel exchanges, and the Kuomintang-Communist Party Forum stagnated for 10 years.
"On September 12, 2016, 30,000 employees in Taiwan's tourism industry took to Ketagalan Boulevard (凯达格兰大道) to express their most basic demands: to work and to survive. Behind this are nearly 2 million related employees and families." At the forum, Yao Daguang (姚大光), founding chairman of the Taiwan Strait Travel Development Association (台湾海峡两岸旅行发展协会), talked about the past when mentioning "the significant reduction in the scale of cross-strait tourism exchanges in the past 10 years."
The history of cross-strait relations has repeatedly proven that recognizing the "1992 Consensus" and adhering to the one-China principle will improve and develop cross-strait relations, and Taiwan compatriots will benefit; denying the "1992 Consensus" and deviating from the one-China principle will lead to tension and turbulence in cross-strait relations, and the interests of Taiwan compatriots will be harmed.
In his speech at the opening ceremony of the forum, Hsiao Hsu-tsen (萧旭岑), Vice Chairman of the Kuomintang (中国国民党), reviewed the achievements of the Kuomintang-Communist Party Forum and said with emotion: "This is the result of both sides' commitment to replacing confrontation with dialogue, replacing conflict with reconciliation, and jointly adhering to the '1992 Consensus' and opposing 'Taiwan independence.' Without a common political foundation, without a firm belief in cross-strait peace, and without the ideal of common development and growth of the Chinese nation, none of this would be possible."
Participants enthusiastically exchanged ideas and offered suggestions for deepening cross-strait exchanges and cooperation.
At present, the international situation is intertwined with changes and chaos, and the situation in the Taiwan Strait is complex and severe. Facing new situations, new opportunities, and new challenges, the forum focused on cross-strait tourism exchange and cooperation, industrial exchange and cooperation, and environmental and sustainable development exchange and cooperation.
"I stand from the perspective of people's livelihood industries, practical experience, and long-term development, hoping to provide some reference for policy thinking." "The academic circles on both sides of the strait can cooperate with the industrial circles to integrate high-quality corpora in both traditional and simplified Chinese, and jointly develop a general-purpose large model for the global Chinese community"... At the forum, more than 100 people, including think tank personnel from the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China, representatives from the tourism, industrial, technological, medical, and environmental protection sectors on both sides of the strait, and experts and scholars, enthusiastically exchanged ideas and offered suggestions for deepening cross-strait exchanges and cooperation.
Jointly discuss the major plan for the development of cross-strait relations and jointly seek the well-being of compatriots on both sides of the strait.
In his special speech, Yao Daguang (姚大光) presented statistical tables of Taiwan compatriots traveling to the mainland and mainland residents traveling to Taiwan, using data to speak. "After receiving the notice to attend the forum, the Taiwan Travel Business Association General Association invited the chairmen of various travel associations, hotel associations, tour bus associations, and tour guide associations to discuss together." Yao Daguang (姚大光) showed everyone the "Taiwan tourism industry's commitment to reopening cross-strait tourism," "Let all tourists come to Taiwan happily and return safely and happily."
Gao Mengtan (高孟潭), a specially appointed expert at the Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake Administration (中国地震局地球物理研究所), told reporters, "The mainland has built the world's largest earthquake early warning network, which has the ability to quickly report intensity at the minute level. Taiwan colleagues are very interested in these, and we can also learn from Taiwan's new methods and new progress to improve the level of exchange and cooperation in disaster prevention and mitigation."
"I am very happy to be able to participate in the forum. At present, Taiwan is facing the risks of supply chain 'disconnection' and industrial hollowing out. Some are laying off employees, and some are working three days and resting four days a week. Facing the Sino-US trade friction and the impact of the epidemic, cross-strait economic and trade relations have shown irreplaceable resilience. We look forward to strengthening cross-strait cooperation to break through these difficulties," said Chen Yongfeng (陈永丰), former chairman of the Taichung City Precision Machinery Park Manufacturers Association (台中市精密机械园区厂商协进会).
The forum released a "common opinion" to promote common development and benefit the people on both sides of the strait.
"Compatriots on both sides of the strait belong to the Chinese nation and are all descendants of Yan and Huang. We should help each other and strive to revitalize China." Hsiao Hsu-tsen (萧旭岑) said that he hopes that on the common political basis of adhering to the "1992 Consensus" and opposing "Taiwan independence," the two sides of the strait will harmoniously blend, mutually benefit and prosper, and develop peacefully, so that the Chinese nation can hold its head high in front of the world.
Both sides of the strait belong to one China, and compatriots on both sides of the strait are one family. Family affairs should and can only be discussed and handled by family members.
"Support the institutionalized exchanges between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China and support the peaceful development of cross-strait relations." "The Democratic Progressive Party (民进党) authorities are intimidating and obstructing cross-strait exchanges and cooperation, creating a 'chilling effect,' because they are afraid of the two sides of the strait getting closer." "All sectors and industries in Taiwan are eagerly looking forward to the normalization of cross-strait exchanges and the normalization of cooperation"... Participants believe that maintaining positive interaction between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China is conducive to deepening cross-strait exchanges and cooperation, promoting common development, and benefiting the people on both sides of the strait.
At the closing of the forum, the "Common Opinion of the Kuomintang-Communist Party Think Tank Forum: Prospects for Cross-Strait Exchanges and Cooperation" was released, covering five aspects: promoting the normalization of personnel exchanges between the two sides of the strait; strengthening cooperation in emerging industrial fields across the strait; exploring new paths for medical and health cooperation across the strait; deepening exchanges and cooperation in the environmental protection field across the strait; and strengthening cooperation in disaster prevention and mitigation across the strait.
When cross-strait relations are good, Taiwan will be good.
"The Democratic Progressive Party (民进党) authorities refuse to recognize the '1992 Consensus' that both sides of the strait belong to one China, and continue to restrict and obstruct exchanges in various fields across the strait, while the mainstream public opinion in Taiwan supports cross-strait exchanges, cooperation, and peaceful development." Zheng Zhenqing (郑振清), Vice President of the Taiwan Research Institute of Tsinghua University (清华大学台湾研究院), said that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China are in line with the public opinion on both sides of the strait, adhere to the "1992 Consensus," adhere to exchanges and dialogue, and hold this forum from the perspective of promoting the well-being of compatriots on both sides of the strait, which is of great significance.
"The resumption of institutionalized exchanges between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China shows that the peaceful development of cross-strait relations is the general trend and the aspiration of the people. Starting from solving the practical problems of concern to the people on both sides of the strait reflects the pragmatic attitude of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China, and will surely bring new hope for the peaceful development of cross-strait relations and the enhancement of the well-being of compatriots on both sides of the strait," said Li Zhenguang (李振广), Dean of the Taiwan Research Institute of Beijing Union University (北京联合大学台湾研究院).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 胡 健 潘俊强
On January 22nd, the "Modernized Capital Metropolitan Area Spatial Coordination Plan (2023-2035)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan") was officially approved. This is the first metropolitan area plan in the country approved by the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and also another capital plan approved by the Party Central Committee and the State Council after more than 5 years.
The blueprint for the metropolitan area with the capital as its core has been drawn. Standing at a new starting point for the coordinated development of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北), Beijing Municipality (北京市), Tianjin Municipality (天津市), and Hebei Province (河北省) will closely focus on optimizing and upgrading the functions of the capital and serving its security, unswervingly promote high-quality development, adhere to drawing a blueprint to the end, and strive to build the capital metropolitan area into a world-class metropolitan area with the capital as its core, a leading demonstration area for Chinese-style modernization, and strive to write a new chapter in Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) in promoting Chinese-style modernization.
Clear Positioning
Three Places Compile a Plan Together
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) as the core, all parties have worked together with one heart and one mind, and the coordinated development of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) has achieved remarkable results. The main framework of a world-class urban agglomeration with the capital as its core has basically taken shape, and the "four beams and eight pillars" of the capital planning system have been established and improved.
Facing the era mission of "a pioneer area and demonstration area for Chinese-style modernization construction" and the era topic of "what kind of capital to build and how to build the capital," Beijing Municipality (北京市), Tianjin Municipality (天津市), and Hebei Province (河北省) jointly compiled the "Plan."
What is the capital metropolitan area? The "Plan" scientifically delineates a planning entity scope of approximately 42,000 square kilometers, and proposes to build a spatial pattern of "one core, two wings, dual cities and multiple points, dual corridors and multiple circles." Among them, "one core and two wings" play a leading and supporting role, orderly promoting the relocation of non-capital functions from Beijing (北京), and enhancing the region's ability to serve and guarantee the functions of the capital. At the same time, around the twin cities of Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津) and multiple node cities, promote the coordinated development of large, medium, and small cities and towns, and optimize the formation of a division of labor, cooperation, and functional urbanization spatial pattern. In addition, it is also necessary to rely on the Beijing (北京)-Tianjin (天津) and Beijing (北京)-Xiong'an (雄安) corridors and multiple circles to form a development structure for regional coordinated high-quality development and improved spatial governance capabilities.
"Four Zones and One Engine" is the strategic positioning clarified in the "Plan." The capital metropolitan area should be built into an important area for optimizing and upgrading and serving the functions of the capital, the main engine for the construction of a world-class urban agglomeration, an important area for the inheritance and development of Chinese civilization, a leading area for regional collaborative governance, and a pioneer area for the construction of a beautiful China.
The compilation and implementation of the "Plan" is a major measure to further promote the coordinated development strategy of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) at a new starting point. It is of great significance for further optimizing and upgrading the functions of the capital, creating a growth pole for regional high-quality development, and promoting Chinese-style modernization, and has a demonstration role for spatial coordination work in other metropolitan areas across the country.
Li Guoping (李国平), Dean of the Capital Development Research Institute of Peking University (北京大学) and Professor of the School of Government Management, believes that the "Plan," as a programmatic document and action guide for the development of the capital metropolitan area in the next stage, plays a "first move" role in the future coordinated development of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北). Gao Guoli (高国力), Director and Researcher of the China Center for Urban and Small Town Reform and Development, said that the "Plan" constructs a regional economic layout and territorial spatial system of complementary advantages and high-quality development, and is a leading practice and model demonstration for promoting the development of metropolitan areas.
Nested Linkage
Delineate Three Major Spatial Circles
The "Plan" depicts three clear spatial circles, forming a nested and linked development pattern.
The commuting circle, as the name suggests, focuses on the coordination of work and residence. Taking into account the proportion of cross-border commuting population and the accessibility of comprehensive transportation, the commuting circle delineated in the "Plan" includes the entire area of Beijing (北京) and 12 districts and counties around Beijing (北京), with an area of approximately 27,000 square kilometers. "The commuting circle not only reflects the daily flow of population between different cities and regions, but also profoundly affects employment choices, residential distribution, public service allocation, and industrial spatial layout," said Ye Tanglin (叶堂林), Executive Dean and Professor of the Institute of Economic and Social Development of Megacities at the Capital University of Economics and Business (首都经济贸易大学).
According to the "Plan," a functional ladder layout of Beijing (北京) Central City - Beijing (北京) Urban Sub-center - Beijing (北京) Plain New City - Beijing (北京) Ecological Conservation Area - Cross-border Area will be formed within the commuting circle to promote integrated development. Among them, the Beijing (北京) Urban Sub-center will play a leading role in regional development, with administrative office, business services, cultural tourism, and technological innovation as its leading functions, orderly undertaking the relocation of functions from the central city that are in line with the positioning of the urban sub-center, and building a new growth pole for the capital's development.
The functional circle focuses on relocation and upgrading, including Beijing Municipality (北京市), Tianjin Municipality (天津市), Hebei Xiong'an New Area (河北雄安新区), and some districts and counties in Langfang City (廊坊市), Baoding City (保定市), and Zhangjiakou City (张家口市), with an area of approximately 42,000 square kilometers. This is also the core area for the development of the capital metropolitan area. The "Plan" clarifies that it is necessary to focus on promoting the combination of the main and auxiliary functions of the Beijing (北京) Central City and the Urban Sub-center, the coordinated development of the "Jincheng" and "Bincheng" in Tianjin (天津), and the linked development of Hebei Xiong'an New Area (河北雄安新区) and Baoding (保定) Central City, cultivate the Beijing (北京)-Tianjin (天津)-Xiong'an (雄安) innovation triangle, and enhance the core competitiveness of the capital metropolitan area.
Building the Beijing (北京)-Tianjin (天津) and Beijing (北京)-Xiong'an (雄安) corridors, and developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions is an important layout of the "Plan." The Beijing (北京)-Tianjin (天津) corridor starts from Beijing (北京) Huairou Science City (怀柔科学城) in the north and ends at Tianjin Port (天津港) in the south, with a total length of approximately 220 kilometers. It will be built into a comprehensive innovation corridor with intensive intellectual resources, high-level opening to the outside world, and connecting domestic and international dual circulation; the Beijing (北京)-Xiong'an (雄安) corridor also starts from Beijing (北京) Huairou Science City (怀柔科学城) in the north and ends at Hebei Xiong'an New Area (河北雄安新区) and Baoding (保定) Central City in the south, with a total length of approximately 240 kilometers. It will be built into a high-quality development corridor for functional relocation and undertaking, technological innovation, and institutional innovation.
The industrial synergy circle is an open area radiated by the development of the capital metropolitan area. The three places will promote the mutual promotion and linked development of the advantages of each node city, give play to the radiating and driving role of key industrial cooperation platforms, coordinate and promote the integrated development of urban and rural areas, promote the two-way flow of factors, and build a multi-level coordinated and open pattern facing the whole country and even the world.
"The 'Plan' proposes a spatial circle division model for the capital metropolitan area with distinct levels and functional linkages. The three mutually nested circles are in line with the actual regional development and achieve the flexibility and accuracy of spatial governance," said Yang Kaizhong (杨开忠), member of the Academic Division of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Dean of the School of Applied Economics of the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
Multi-planning Integration
Focus on Six Key Areas
The "Plan" is not only a spatial plan, but also a coordinated development plan. It integrates the coordinated measures in the six key areas of industry, transportation, ecology, public services, culture and tourism, and safety and resilience into a single spatial base map, further consolidating and enhancing the role of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) as a high-quality development power source. The three places also simultaneously compiled implementation work plans to achieve one plan, one plan, and integrated implementation.
——In the industrial field, accelerate the construction of the Beijing (北京) (Beijing (北京)-Tianjin (天津)-Hebei (河北)) International Science and Technology Innovation Center, and promote the deep integration of the innovation chain, industrial chain, capital chain, and talent chain; around the "two corridors and four belts," especially the Beijing (北京)-Tianjin (天津) and Beijing (北京)-Xiong'an (雄安) corridors, improve industrial functional nodes, cultivate and upgrade advanced manufacturing clusters, promote the coordinated layout and implementation of the industrial chain, and create a source of new quality productive forces.
——In the transportation field, build an "eight corridors and two rings" transportation main corridor to support the optimization of the internal spatial pattern of the capital metropolitan area. Among them, the inner ring mainly improves the efficiency of transportation connections within the Beijing (北京) area, and the outer ring diverts transit passenger and freight traffic, releasing existing railway resources to provide services for commuters within the capital metropolitan area. Strengthen the linkage of seaports, land ports, and airports.
——In the ecological field, adhere to the overall land and sea planning, strengthen the integrated protection and systematic governance of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, and grasslands, build a regional ecological spatial pattern of "one screen, three rings, three belts, multiple corridors, and multiple nodes," further improve the regional biodiversity protection spatial system, and achieve harmonious coexistence between humans and nature.
——In the public service field, reasonably optimize the allocation of regional education and medical and health resources, continue to promote the connection and cooperation of elderly care services, and improve the convenience of social security services.
——In the field of culture and tourism, comprehensively and systematically protect and inherit cultural heritage, and promote the mutual integration and overall protection of natural landscapes and historical and cultural spaces.
——In the field of safety and resilience, with the security of the capital as the core, collaboratively build a resilient spatial pattern, and enhance the ability to respond to natural disasters such as floods and the connection and security capabilities of cross-regional lifeline corridors.
In the view of Lin Jian (林坚), Professor of the School of Urban and Environmental Sciences of Peking University (北京大学), the "Plan" is a major achievement of central-local linkage and three-place collaboration, providing new experience and a new paradigm for the compilation and implementation of cross-administrative region spatial plans. The "Plan" achievement research absorbed more than 800 opinions and suggestions from member units of the Capital Planning and Construction Committee, relevant departments and units of the central and state organs, and more than 100 commissions, offices, bureaus, and local governments in the three provinces and cities, and made more than 1,200 revisions and improvements to the text content, maximizing the consensus on the coordinated development of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北).
By 2035, the framework of a modernized capital metropolitan area will be basically formed; by 2050, a modernized capital metropolitan area will be fully built, becoming a world-class metropolitan area with the capital as its core and a leading demonstration area for Chinese-style modernization.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on February 3rd (Reporter Liu Wenxin (刘温馨)) On the 3rd, the Safety Committee of the State Council issued an emergency notice, deploying all regions, relevant departments, and central enterprises to earnestly carry out safety production work before and after the Spring Festival, strengthen the prevention and control of major risks, and resolutely prevent and curb mass casualties, especially major and extraordinarily serious production safety accidents.
The notice pointed out that before and after the Spring Festival, some production and business units rush to increase output and catch up with construction periods, some stop production and work, and some resume work and production in a concentrated manner. During the Spring Festival travel season, transportation is operating at a high level, safety risks in densely populated places are gathering, and severe weather such as low temperatures, rain, snow, ice, and freezing occur frequently. Various risks and hidden dangers are intertwined and superimposed, and safety production cannot be relaxed for a moment.
The notice requires that we should highlight problem orientation and strengthen the investigation and rectification of fire hazards. Strengthen the investigation and rectification of fire safety hazards in places where the elderly live in concentrated communities, and regularly organize fire emergency drills to resolutely prevent and curb the occurrence of fire accidents; continue to promote the investigation and rectification of major fire risk hazards in high-rise buildings, "shops below and residences above," and "three-in-one" and "multi-in-one" commercial self-built houses.
The notice emphasized that we should focus on strengthening safety precautions for fireworks and dangerous chemicals. Take targeted measures to strengthen safety supervision of the entire chain of production, operation, transportation, delivery, and setting off; further increase the investigation and rectification of substandard and prohibited products, and severely investigate and deal with illegal and irregular acts such as selling display shells and other professional display products to individuals, producing and operating substandard and prohibited products, and labeling professional display products as personal display products.
The notice requires that we should draw inferences about other key industries and fields to strengthen safety supervision. Attach great importance to safety precautions in industrial and trade industries such as steel, and strengthen safety management of dangerous operations such as high-altitude, hot work, inspection, maintenance, and limited spaces; comprehensively study and judge the risk characteristics of the transportation industry during the Spring Festival travel season, closely monitor key transportation enterprises, key vehicles (ships), key personnel, key road sections, and key waters to ensure the safety of people's travel; strengthen the maintenance of safety order at large-scale mass activities such as Spring Festival lantern festivals, temple fairs, fireworks displays, and promotional celebrations, strengthen crowd monitoring and control, and strictly prevent risks such as crowding and trampling.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on February 3rd (Reporter Wang Hao (王浩)) - The reporter learned from the Ministry of Water Resources (水利部): The National Office for Water Conservation (全国节约用水办公室) organized the Water Conservation Promotion Center of the Ministry of Water Resources (水利部节约用水促进中心) to systematically review relevant policies at the national and local levels, and compiled a policy handbook entitled "Guidance on Preferential Policies for the Water Conservation Industry (2025 Edition)" 《节水产业优惠政策指引（2025年版）》. The guidance has now been officially released on the official website of the Ministry of Water Resources (水利部官网), and publication and distribution are planned for the near future.
The guidance systematically reviews 189 preferential policies for the water conservation industry issued by the state, various provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government) (各省（自治区、直辖市）), and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团), covering seven categories including financial support, special policies, tax incentives, green financial services, water price policies, government procurement, and commendation, covering key water conservation areas such as agriculture, industry, urban life, and unconventional water, helping relevant business entities in the water conservation industry to fully utilize existing preferential policies.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李凯旋
In Tongjiang County (通江县), Bazhong City (巴中市), Sichuan Province (四川省), the Xiaotongjiang River (小通江河) flows swiftly, and Li Yaxue's (李亚雪) paper-cutting studio is located on a covered bridge spanning the river. With a piece of colored paper in hand, the scissors twirl and cut, and with a few snips, the basic shape of a cartoon panda emerges.
"I've loved paper-cutting since I was a child, and it's one of the few things I can do to my heart's content." Born in 1966, Li Yaxue (李亚雪) contracted polio at the age of 3, resulting in paralysis of her lower limbs, forcing her to rely on crutches and a wheelchair for mobility. The Daba Mountains (大巴山) area has a traditional folk custom of paper-cutting, and she learned from her grandmother from a young age, cutting butterflies and peonies, the beautiful patterns of which fascinated her.
In her youth, Li Yaxue (李亚雪) set up street stalls, sold clothing, and opened a billiard hall, trying her hand at many industries. In 2002, while traveling in Yunnan (云南), she happened to meet an elderly Bai (白族) woman selling embroidered aprons. "The embroidery was exquisite, somewhat similar to the paper-cut patterns I had seen." Li Yaxue (李亚雪) had a flash of inspiration and simply stayed at the old woman's home to learn the local traditional pattern drawing methods, and then turned them into paper-cut works. "I rediscovered the joy of learning paper-cutting as a child, and it felt like opening the door to a new world." After returning to Bazhong (巴中), Li Yaxue (李亚雪) stopped her current business and decided to devote all her energy to studying paper-cutting.
Turning a hobby into a career is not easy. Li Yaxue (李亚雪) worked hard to improve her drawing and cutting skills, while embarking on a journey of learning. Despite her physical limitations, she traveled to Beijing (北京), Shaanxi (陕西), Guangdong (广东), and other places to seek out paper-cutting artists, and integrated paper-cutting techniques such as multi-layered paper carving, color matching, and dyeing, constantly creating and enriching her "material library."
Li Yaxue's (李亚雪) imagination is boundless. The flowers, birds, landscapes in Chinese paintings, the scenery of Bazhong (巴中) in photos, and the red stories in history books can all be uniquely expressed by her with a pair of scissors and a stack of paper. "To attract young people to fall in love with paper-cutting, we need to 'catch up with the trend' more." Li Yaxue (李亚雪) often finds inspiration from animation works, and the "Panda's Travels" cartoon paper-cut series has already more than 30 works.
Persisting in honing her skills, Li Yaxue (李亚雪) became a representative inheritor of Bashan (巴山) paper-cutting, a Sichuan Province (四川省) intangible cultural heritage, and has won many honorary titles such as Sichuan Province (四川省) Arts and Crafts Master, and still insists on participating in various domestic and international paper-cutting competitions and cultural exhibitions every year. "I am often the only contestant in a wheelchair on the field." Li Yaxue (李亚雪) said with a smile, "I want more people to see that people with disabilities can also do a skill well and refine it."
Motivating more disabled friends to become self-reliant and prosperous has always been Li Yaxue's (李亚雪) wish. Local disabled persons' federations and other units have implemented reward and subsidy policies, connected financing channels, and helped her establish a handicraft company and a vocational training school, providing free paper-cutting skills training to disabled people and other disadvantaged groups.
"Paper-cutting does not require much physical strength and is suitable for people with disabilities. After learning, they can earn money by doing paper-cutting work according to the company's orders without leaving their homes." Li Yaxue (李亚雪) introduced that during the peak season of festivals, some of her trainees have increased their income by more than 4,000 yuan per month through paper-cutting. At present, she has helped more than 70 disabled people increase their income and employment, and the team provides more than 2,000 free trainings every year.
Under the leadership of Li Yaxue (李亚雪), more and more disabled people have improved their lives through paper-cutting, and some have grown into independent craftsmen. Participating in competitions, creating innovative works, and bringing public welfare training into schools and villages, Li Yaxue's (李亚雪) life is fulfilling and busy. "Holding a pair of scissors well can also cut out a wonderful life," Li Yaxue (李亚雪) said.
Return to TopIn Huawuchang Village (花屋场村), Lixi Town (栗溪镇), Dongbao District (东宝区), Jingmen City (荆门市), Hubei Province (湖北省), Party member volunteers take family photos for returning migrant worker families, capturing warm moments.
As the Spring Festival approaches, the local area is carrying out a series of activities called "Welcome You Home: Homecoming Season," guiding returning personnel to invest in the construction of their hometown through diversified services such as policy publicity, skills training, and entrepreneurship docking, injecting vitality into rural development.
Photo by Zhao Ping (赵平) (Image China)
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The weather is cold in the Luanjingtan Ecological Immigration Demonstration Zone (孪井滩生态移民示范区) in Alxa League (阿拉善盟), Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), but the *Allium mongolicum* processing workshop in Temu'ula Gacha (特莫乌拉嘎查) is bustling. Workers are busy turning refrigerated *Allium mongolicum* into pickled vegetable products.
*Allium mongolicum*, a wild grass commonly found in sandy areas, has now become a specialty product, taking advantage of the Spring Festival shopping rush and being shipped to supermarket shelves in Beijing (北京), Shanghai (上海), and other places.
"Everyone knows that *Allium mongolicum* is nutritious, but to have good sales, you need ideas and technology," said Mengkebayier (孟克巴雅尔), a 55-year-old herder.
Fourteen years ago, Mengkebayier (孟克巴雅尔), who had worked outside for many years, returned to his hometown and, seeing the advantages of the green and natural *Allium mongolicum*, had the idea of developing the *Allium mongolicum* industry. He tried pickling *Allium mongolicum* using traditional herder methods, made it into pickled vegetables, and sent it to surrounding merchants for trial sales. Unexpectedly, it quickly sold out. However, problems such as the difficulty of storing fresh goods, insufficient deep processing technology, and blocked sales channels urgently needed to be solved for the development of the industry.
Zuo Mengkebateer (左孟克巴特尔), the Party Branch Secretary of Temu'ula Gacha (特莫乌拉嘎查), was also worried about finding a wealth-generating industry. Hearing about Mengkebayier's (孟克巴雅尔) idea, he took the initiative to connect with him and secured special industrial support funds. With the efforts of all parties, the Tengger Green Beach Ecological Herders Professional Cooperative (腾格里绿滩生态牧民专业合作社) in the "Party Branch +" model was officially established.
Mengkebayier (孟克巴雅尔) is responsible for controlling the quality of *Allium mongolicum* harvesting and processing, but what really made the cooperative "hot" was his daughter Aruhan (阿如瀚). After graduating from university, Aruhan (阿如瀚) took the initiative to return to her hometown and join the cooperative.
"Controlling quality is the foundation, and market thinking is essential to open up sales channels." Seeing the single *Allium mongolicum* product and limited sales channels, Aruhan (阿如瀚) regularly went to Hohhot (呼和浩特) and other places to study. She not only brought back multi-flavor pickling recipes, but also invited experts to optimize the processing technology, extending the shelf life of *Allium mongolicum* pickled vegetables from 1 month to 12 months. Today, the *Allium mongolicum* pickled vegetables produced by the cooperative are available in both individual small packages and gift boxes with different flavors, suitable for different consumption scenarios.
In addition, Aruhan (阿如瀚) also opened up dual channels of "offline agents + online e-commerce," developing more than 60 agents in Hohhot (呼和浩特), Hangzhou (杭州), Chongqing (重庆), Chengdu (成都), and other places, and opening special New Year shopping stores on e-commerce platforms, selling *Allium mongolicum* products all over the country.
"In the past, we lived by raising sheep, and we were panicked in dry years. Now, working in the workshop, our couple's monthly income can be 15,000 to 20,000 yuan, and life is much more stable!" said the herder Mengkechulu (孟克础鲁). In 2025, the cooperative's sales of *Allium mongolicum* products reached more than 200,000 jin, with a net profit of more than 2 million yuan, driving the income of 14 herder households.
Based on local resources, the demonstration zone is deeply involved in the specialty industry track: promoting Wulanhada Gacha (乌兰哈达嘎查) to upgrade its collective management organization based on the high-quality resources of the Tonghu Scenic Area (通湖景区), driving more than 200 herder households to invest in the tourism industry, and realizing cooperative dividends of more than 550,000 yuan; cultivating specialty formats such as "fishing and farming fields" and courtyard economy, transforming 117 greenhouses to develop modern agriculture, and promoting the annual collective economic income of each Gacha to exceed 100,000 yuan.
The strong momentum of industrial quality improvement and efficiency cannot be separated from the solid guarantee of the Party building leadership system in the demonstration zone. "We are based on the regional ecological endowment, promote the specialty industry to move towards scale, standardization, and branding, deepen the synergistic symbiosis of ecological protection and industrial development, and strive to draw a new picture of a livable, workable, and beautiful countryside," said Zhang Xiuyu (张修瑜), Secretary of the Party Working Committee and Director of the Management Committee of the Luanjingtan Ecological Immigration Demonstration Zone (孪井滩生态移民示范区).
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on February 3rd (Reporter Chang Qin (常钦)) Land and houses are not only the production and office spaces for enterprises but also important fixed assets. How can we make the transfer of real estate smoother and financing more convenient for enterprises when purchasing real estate? The Ministry of Natural Resources held a mobilization and deployment meeting on "Efficiently Handling One Matter" for real estate registration, jointly with the General Office of the State Council, the Office of Government Affairs, and departments such as public security, taxation, market supervision, and financial supervision, proposing to strive to achieve "one-window handling and integrated services" for enterprise-related registration and tax payment businesses in all cities and counties across the country by the end of 2026. Cities at the prefecture level and above should achieve one-stop handling of loan approval, mortgage registration, and transfer registration.
In January of this year, the General Office of the State Council included the transfer registration of real estate purchased by enterprises in the first batch of key items for 2026, requiring a focus on the concerns of business entities and the public, and accelerating the transition from "can be handled" to "easy to handle and easy to handle." The Ministry of Natural Resources has clarified the direction of the task. The primary task is to further reduce procedures, accelerate the upgrading of comprehensive windows to "integrated windows," promote a unified set of materials and multiple forms into one, and strive to achieve real estate registration within one working day after enterprises complete tax payment in areas with favorable conditions. The second is to strengthen departmental linkage and digital transformation, use AI and big data to achieve "intelligent guidance," vigorously promote the application of electronic licenses and electronic seals, and promote "full online handling" to be as convenient as online shopping. In terms of policy innovation, the meeting emphasized the need to expand the "transfer of ownership with existing mortgages" service from individuals to enterprises and from residential to industrial and commercial properties, and to fully promote advance notice registration to assist bank loan approvals, effectively reducing the burden of bridge funds for enterprises.
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Xi Jinping Economic Thought is a major theoretical achievement formed by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) using the basic principles of Marxist political economy to guide the practice of economic development in the new era. It is a sharp ideological weapon for guiding China's high-quality economic development, scientifically responding to major risks and challenges, and comprehensively building a modern socialist country. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Some people think that Marxist political economy is outdated, and *Das Kapital* is outdated. This assertion is arbitrary and wrong." As a representative work of Marxist political economy, the scientific theories and methods of *Das Kapital* still shine with the light of truth after the passage of time. After the international financial crisis, many Western scholars also re-studied Marxist political economy and *Das Kapital* to reflect on the drawbacks of capitalism. In this issue of "Interviews," we invited Li Yiping (李义平), a researcher at the Beijing (北京市) Research Center for Xi Jinping's (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, to exchange and discuss how to deeply understand the light of truth in *Das Kapital* and how to deeply understand the power of truth and practical power of Xi Jinping (习近平) Economic Thought.
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*Das Kapital* Still Shines with the Light of Truth Today
Reporter: What economic movement processes and socio-economic development laws does *Das Kapital* reveal?
Li Yiping (李义平): *Das Kapital* is Marx's most profound and richest work, and is known as the "Bible of the working class." *Das Kapital* has three volumes. The first volume studies the production process of capital, and elaborates on the labor theory of value, the theory of surplus value, etc. The second volume studies the circulation process of capital, and discusses the cycle of capital, the turnover of capital, and the theory of reproduction of total social capital, etc. The third volume discusses the total process of capitalist production, and discusses the equalization of profits, the transformation of surplus value into profits, the transformation of value into production prices, bank capital, the joint-stock system, land rent, etc. Through the study of the capitalist production relations system and its development, *Das Kapital* not only discusses the historical progressive role of capitalism, but also reveals the inherent contradictions of the capitalist economy that cannot be overcome, especially the inherent basic contradiction between the socialization of production and capitalist private ownership, and reveals the objective laws of the emergence, development, decline, and eventual replacement of capitalist society by socialist society.
At the same time, it is necessary to see that Marx analyzed the development process of human society and predicted the future society based on the situation in Britain in the 19th century. In the more than 200 years since Marx's death, capitalist countries have made partial adjustments and reconciliations, which have extended the life of capitalism to a certain extent, but cannot completely solve the basic contradictions of capitalist society, let alone save the historical fate of capitalism's inevitable demise. The era we are in today has undergone tremendous and profound changes compared with the era Marx was in, but from the grand perspective of 500 years of world socialism, we are still in the historical era pointed out by Marxism. For socialist China, under the guidance of the basic principles of Marxist political economy, it is necessary to promote the better adaptation of production relations and productive forces, the superstructure and the economic base through reform, continuously liberate and develop social productive forces, boost our economy, and comprehensively build a modern socialist country.
Reporter: Do the research methods and ideological methods of *Das Kapital* still have important enlightening significance today?
Li Yiping (李义平): Yes. *Das Kapital* not only has a clear problem orientation and fully utilizes the ideological methods of dialectical materialism and historical materialism, but also clearly points out the research methods of political economy, emphasizing that "in the analysis of economic forms, neither microscopes nor chemical reagents can be used. Both must be replaced by the power of abstraction." The abstraction here is to remove the false and retain the true, remove the superficial and retain the essential from the large amount of data collected and observed, and form basic theoretical elements through repeated thinking, processing, and manufacturing, and then form a theoretical system through induction, deduction, and reasoning. It is through scientific abstraction that Marx clarified the differences and connections between value and exchange value, exchange value and use value, and proposed the dual nature of labor, making epoch-making contributions to the labor theory of value. Abstraction provides preconditions for judgment and reasoning. Borrowing the ability of abstraction in work can more deeply, correctly, and completely reflect objective things.
In general, *Das Kapital* is the main theoretical achievement of Marx's economics and an important symbol of the formation of Marxist political economy. Engels said that the "entire theory" of the proletarian party "comes from the study of political economy." In practice, Lenin regarded political economy as the "most profound, most comprehensive, and most detailed proof and application" of Marxist theory. Today, we re-read *Das Kapital* not only to more deeply understand the drawbacks of capitalism and deeply appreciate the great superiority of socialism with Chinese characteristics in sharp contrast, but also to learn from scientific ideological methods and research methods to promote the construction of China's independent knowledge system of economics.
Our Party Has Always Attached Importance to the Study, Research, and Application of *Das Kapital*
Reporter: How does our party use the research results of *Das Kapital* to guide socialist economic construction?
Li Yiping (李义平): Comrade Mao Zedong (毛泽东) repeatedly studied *Das Kapital* intensively, emphasizing that "studying political economy issues has great theoretical and practical significance," and creatively proposed the New Democracy economic program during the New Democracy period, and put forward original views on developing China's economy in the process of exploring the road of socialist construction. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party, our party combined the basic principles of Marxist political economy with the new practice of reform and opening up, and carried out in-depth exploration and practice on a series of major issues in socialist economic construction, forming many important theoretical achievements, guiding China to achieve a historic breakthrough from a relatively backward state of productive forces to the second largest economy in the world.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has emphasized "the need to study and use political economy well" and has mentioned *Das Kapital* many times. For example, at the special seminar for leading cadres at the provincial and ministerial level to study and implement the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Party, he pointed out: "Marx and Engels elaborated in detail on world trade, the world market, and world history in works such as *The German Ideology*, *The Communist Manifesto*, *Economic Manuscripts of 1857-1858*, and *Das Kapital*"; at the symposium on philosophy and social sciences, he pointed out: "After the international financial crisis, many Western scholars also re-studied Marxist political economy and *Das Kapital* to reflect on the drawbacks of capitalism"; at the fifth collective study of the Political Bureau of the 19th CPC Central Committee, he pointed out that since the international financial crisis, "the study of *The Communist Manifesto*, *Das Kapital*, etc. has become popular again"; at the meeting commemorating the 200th anniversary of Marx's birth, he pointed out: "Engels, combined with a series of propositions put forward by Marx in *The Communist Manifesto*, *Critique of the Gotha Program*, *Das Kapital* and other works, clarified that under socialist conditions, society should 'provide healthy and beneficial work for all people, provide abundant material life and leisure time for all people, and provide real and full freedom for all people'"; and so on. The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee has conducted special collective studies on the basic principles and methodology of Marxist political economy. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) put forward a series of new concepts, new ideas, and new strategies on economic development, forming Xi Jinping (习近平) Economic Thought, which contains the basic positions, viewpoints, and methods of Marxist political economy represented by *Das Kapital*.
*Das Kapital*, as a Classic Work of Marxist Political Economy, is an Important Theoretical Source of Xi Jinping (习近平) Economic Thought
Reporter: Which core principles in *Das Kapital* has Xi Jinping (习近平) Economic Thought inherited, innovated, and developed?
Li Yiping (李义平): *Das Kapital* is a classic work of Marxist political economy. Based on the reality of China in the new era, Xi Jinping (习近平) Economic Thought has inherited, innovated, and developed the core principles of *Das Kapital*, and has opened up a new realm of Marxist political economy while guiding and promoting economic work.
First, improve the socialist market economy system. In *Das Kapital*, Marx put forward a market theory including the law of value, the law of value appreciation of capital, etc., and his analysis of the laws of the capitalist market economy contains the general laws of the market economy. The socialist market economy system is a unique creation of our party. In the past, people thought that there was only one model of market economy, but now everyone has fully realized that socialist countries can also engage in market economy. Since the new era, Xi Jinping (习近平) Economic Thought has further deepened the understanding of the socialist market economy, requiring accelerating the construction of a high-level socialist market economy system and forming an economic order that is both "vibrant" and "well-managed." This has powerfully guided China's economic development practice, and has also promoted China's economic development to achieve historic achievements and undergo historic changes, and promoted the continuous enhancement of the driving force for high-quality development.
Second, promote socio-economic development through innovation. In *Das Kapital*, Marx described how the economy and society develop under the conditions of a capitalist market economy. First, individual enterprises take the lead in obtaining excess surplus value through innovation, breaking the existing equilibrium. On this basis, other enterprises break the new equilibrium and obtain excess surplus value, thereby promoting the socio-economic technology to reach a new level. In this infinite cycle, innovation and elimination coexist, and the socio-economy can develop and progress. Although this is a study of the capitalist market economy, it also contains some general laws of market economy operation, which is enlightening for us to deeply promote supply-side structural reform and promote industrial innovation through scientific and technological innovation. Since the new era, under the guidance of Xi Jinping (习近平) Economic Thought, we have firmly seized the opportunities of the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, given full play to the innovative role of enterprises, promoted industrial innovation through scientific and technological innovation, met effective demand with high-quality and efficient supply, and created and led new demand with new industries, new models, and new business forms, continuing to write new chapters in the two major miracles of rapid economic development and long-term social stability.
Third, unswervingly grasp the real economy. Marx wrote at the beginning of the first volume of *Das Kapital*: "Regardless of the social form of wealth, use value always constitutes the material content of wealth." The use value Marx is talking about here is the actual product and the actual wealth. Starting from this, Marx believed that only labor that produces material wealth is productive labor, such as agriculture and manufacturing, and other labor is non-productive labor. Agriculture mainly involves the question of who will feed us, and manufacturing involves the question of who will equip us. In Marx's writing, commercial capital and financial capital are subordinate to industrial capital. Xi Jinping (习近平) Economic Thought has always insisted on focusing on the real economy in developing the economy, placing the development of new quality productive forces in a more prominent strategic position, accelerating the development of advanced manufacturing and building a modern industrial system through further comprehensive and deepened reform; at the same time, adhering to storing grain in the land and storing grain in technology, requiring that the Chinese people's rice bowl be firmly held in their own hands.
Fourth, steadily promote common prosperity. In *Das Kapital*, Marx believed that future communism is a society of common prosperity. An important reason why capitalist society is bound to perish is that due to the objective existence of the basic contradictions of capitalist society, capitalism cannot fundamentally and completely solve the many social problems such as polarization brought about by the capitalist mode of production. Common prosperity is an essential requirement of socialism with Chinese characteristics. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Focus on promoting common prosperity for all people and resolutely prevent polarization." Under the guidance of Xi Jinping (习近平) Economic Thought, we firmly adhere to the fundamental position of putting the people at the center in deploying economic work, formulating economic policies, and promoting economic development, and steadily promote common prosperity for all people.
Reporter: What creative applications has Xi Jinping (习近平) Economic Thought made to the methodology of Marxist political economy?
Li Yiping (李义平): Marx promoted theoretical innovation by thinking about and answering the questions of the times in the process of writing *Das Kapital*. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "In the face of the complex and volatile domestic and international economic situation, and in the face of various economic phenomena, learning and understanding the basic principles and methodology of Marxist political economy is conducive to our mastery of scientific economic analysis methods, understanding the process of economic movement, grasping the laws of economic development, improving the ability to manage the socialist market economy, and accurately answering the theoretical and practical problems of China's economic development." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) used the basic principles of Marxist political economy, inherited the methodology of Marxist political economy, discovered problems, analyzed problems, and solved problems in the practice of socialist economic construction in the new era, providing a scientific guide for action for doing a good job in China's economic work in the new era.
First, adhere to the use of materialist dialectics to analyze the practice of economic construction. For example, at the macro level, we not only recognize the present and plan for the future based on the objective basis that China is still in and will remain in the primary stage of socialism for a long time, but also adapt to changes in the international and domestic environment, dialectically analyze the stage characteristics of China's economic development, and determine the working policy according to the actual situation; at the meso level, we propose the dialectics of promoting coordinated regional development in China, emphasizing that we cannot simply require all regions to reach the same level in economic development, but should follow the path of rational division of labor and optimized development according to the conditions of each region, and promote relative balance in development. Using materialist dialectics to enhance dialectical thinking and strategic thinking ability, and grasping the relationship between phenomena and essence, form and content, cause and effect, accident and necessity, possibility and reality, internal and external causes, commonality and individuality in practical work can make economic work better.
Second, adhere to the combination of goal orientation and problem orientation. Goals are the direction of struggle, and problems are the voice of the times. Xi Jinping (习近平) Economic Thought requires both focusing on goals, working hard on overall planning and top-level design, and focusing on problems, and continuing to work hard on making up for shortcomings and strengthening weaknesses. For example, paying attention to the counter-cyclical and cross-cyclical adjustment of macro policies, intervening quickly to stabilize the economic situation when the economy experiences short-term fluctuations, and improving the stability, foresight, and sustainability of policies by formulating long-term development plans and policy systems. The two cooperate with each other to ensure that short-term policy adjustments can be coordinated with long-term development goals, forming a scientific and effective macro-control system.
Third, adhere to the concept of system. Marx pointed out in *Das Kapital*: "The present society is not a solid crystal, but an organism that can change and is often in the process of change." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) regards the concept of system as a basic ideology and working method, and applies it to all fields and the entire process of governing the country. For example, at the second plenary meeting of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee, he required "all regions and departments to adhere to the concept of system, consciously act under the overall situation, and play a good game of chess across the country," etc. To adhere to the concept of system, it is necessary to have a global vision, firmly establish the idea of a national game of chess, and at the same time, based on its own stage of development, explore differentiated and characteristic development paths.
Xi Jinping (习近平) Economic Thought is Contemporary Chinese Marxist Political Economy and 21st Century Marxist Political Economy
Reporter: Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, what original contributions has General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) made to Marxist political economy?
Li Yiping (李义平): General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) adheres to and applies the basic principles and methods of Marxist political economy, analyzes and grasps the basic characteristics and laws of China's economic development in the new era and new stage, and has formed a series of theoretical achievements with distinct characteristics of the times and creativity in adapting to the new situation, solving new problems, and responding to new challenges, which concentrates the profound insights of our party into the laws of economic development, especially the laws of socialist economic construction.
For example, he creatively put forward the major theoretical viewpoint of strengthening the Party's comprehensive leadership over economic work, profoundly expounded the dialectical relationship between the high unity of economy and politics under socialist conditions, and enriched and developed the Marxist political economy theory on the relationship between economy and politics; he creatively put forward the new development concept of innovation, coordination, green, openness, and sharing, profoundly expounded the major political issues such as the political stance, value orientation, development model, and development path of development, and enriched and developed the Marxist political economy theory on the principles of economic development; he creatively put forward the construction of a new development pattern, made a new interpretation around realizing the smooth circulation of China's economy, profoundly expounded the dialectical relationship between independence and openness, development and security, domestic economic circulation and international economic circulation, and enriched and developed the Marxist political economy theory on social reproduction; he creatively proposed developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, emphasizing promoting industrial innovation with technological innovation, and adhering to the simultaneous promotion of the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries and the opening of new tracks for strategic emerging industries and future industries, enriching and developing the Marxist theory of productive forces; he creatively proposed organically combining the implementation of the strategy of expanding domestic demand with deepening supply-side structural reform, enhancing the adaptability and balance between supply and demand, leading new supply with new demand, and creating new demand with new supply, enriching and developing the Marxist economic structure theory; and so on.
Xi Jinping's (习近平) Economic Thought adheres to using the "arrow" of Marxist political economy to shoot the "target" of China's economic development in the new era, profoundly answering many major theoretical and practical problems that Marxist classical writers did not talk about, our predecessors never encountered, and Western economic theory has always been unable to solve, and has opened up a new realm of socialist political economy with Chinese characteristics.
Reporter: Under the guidance of Xi Jinping's (习近平) Economic Thought, what achievements has China's economic development in the new era made?
Li Yiping (李义平): Xi Jinping's (习近平) Economic Thought focuses on the unbalanced and insufficient development problems in our country, focuses on the profound and complex changes in the international and domestic environment and the risks and challenges facing China's economic operation, profoundly answers a series of major practical problems concerning China's economic development in the new era, and provides action guidelines for solving development problems, enhancing development momentum, accumulating development advantages, and promoting high-quality economic development. Under the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping's (习近平) Economic Thought, major achievements have been made in China's economic construction during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the balance, coordination, and sustainability of development have been significantly enhanced, and it has embarked on a path of higher quality, more efficiency, greater fairness, more sustainability, and greater security, fully demonstrating the truth power and practical great power of Xi Jinping's (习近平) Economic Thought.
For example, economic strength has been significantly enhanced. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's total economic volume achieved a "four-level jump," exceeding 140 trillion yuan, with an average annual growth of 5.4%, far exceeding the world average level, and is the main engine of world economic growth; people's livelihood security is solid and stable, and the average annual actual growth of national per capita disposable income is 5.4%, which is synchronized with economic growth, and the income growth rate of rural residents continues to be higher than that of urban residents. This fully reflects the people's position in *Das Kapital*, and is also a vivid practice of Xi Jinping's (习近平) Economic Thought adhering to the people-centered development thought. For another example, scientific and technological strength has been significantly enhanced. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the investment in R&D expenditure of the whole society increased by an average of 10% annually, and the intensity of R&D expenditure reached 2.8% in 2025, exceeding the average level of OECD countries for the first time; scientific and technological innovation has driven the continuous transformation and upgrading of industries to the medium and high end, and many fields are accelerating the transformation from quantitative change to qualitative change, from the low and medium end to the medium and high end, and from followers to leaders. This is precisely the vivid practice of implementing Xi Jinping's (习近平) Economic Thought on the important thesis that "Chinese-style modernization must rely on scientific and technological modernization for support," and it also confirms the profound insights of *Das Kapital* on the laws of economic development from a realistic dimension.
There is no smooth road in science, and only those who climb the steep mountain road tirelessly can hope to reach the glorious peak. Rereading the classics is not only for reviewing the past, but also for knowing the new. Xi Jinping's (习近平) Economic Thought is a model of mastering the basic principles of Marxist political economy and the position, viewpoint, and method running through it, and constantly innovating and developing in combination with specific practices and contemporary issues. We must study and apply this contemporary Chinese Marxist political economy and 21st-century Marxist political economy well, and promote the achievement of significant results in high-quality development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period.
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Housing is of vital importance to people's livelihood, embodying the ardent expectations of hundreds of millions of people for a better life. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Urban construction must prioritize making cities livable and suitable for residence." The "Suggestions" of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed: "Build safe, comfortable, green, and intelligent 'good houses'." We must deeply study and implement the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) and the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party, focus on key issues such as the structural safety of houses, waterproofing, mold prevention, disaster prevention, and risk prevention, and earnestly grasp key tasks such as optimizing spatial layout, improving supporting facilities, improving the comfort of sound, light, electricity, and heat environments, and applying environmentally friendly building materials. We must increase the supply of safe, comfortable, green, and intelligent "good houses" to meet the needs of the people for improving the quality of housing.
Building safe, comfortable, green, and intelligent "good houses" concerns the well-being of the people, the future of the industry, and high-quality development. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "The people's yearning for a better life is our goal." Building "good houses" is an important measure to meet the people's yearning for a better life and improve the quality of people's lives. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our country has basically solved the problem of housing shortage through vigorously developing the commercial housing market and continuously improving the housing security system. The housing supply has shifted from a total shortage to a basic balance in total volume and a structural shortage in supply. Residents' housing needs have shifted from "having a place to live" to "living in a suitable place." Adapting to the upgrading of demand with the supply of safe, comfortable, green, and intelligent "good houses" is an important way to enhance people's well-being. The construction of "good houses" is guided by the new development concept, anchoring the residential attributes of housing, and promoting the upgrading of the entire chain of standards, design, construction, materials, and operation and maintenance through optimizing the allocation of elements, comprehensively improving the quality of housing supply, and promoting the transformation of real estate from extensive development to intensive development. Vigorously promoting the construction of "good houses" is conducive to releasing the potential of housing consumption, enhancing the endogenous动力 (dònglì - "driving force," internal power) for the long-term development of the housing market, driving the coordinated upgrading of upstream and downstream industries, and promoting the effective improvement of the quality and the reasonable growth of the quantity of the economy. The construction of "good houses" requires coordinated promotion and sustained efforts, focusing on institutional norms, technological empowerment, demonstration leadership, and multi-party collaboration to transform the beautiful vision into reality.
Consolidate the foundation for the construction of "good houses" by improving the system. Promoting the upgrading of the system construction can provide a more powerful guarantee for the construction of "good houses" and improve the long-term safety and reliability of housing. It is necessary to accelerate the establishment of a basic system adapted to the new model of real estate development and systematically improve the institutional norms for the construction of "good houses." Improve the supporting system for spot sales, and promote real estate companies to shift from simply pursuing scale expansion to focusing on product quality and service improvement. Accelerate the establishment of a housing safety inspection, housing safety management fund, and housing quality safety insurance system to improve the safety management system for the entire life cycle of houses. Strengthen the construction of "good houses" led by national standards, strictly implement mandatory standards for engineering construction such as the "Residential Project Code," reasonably arrange the supply scale, structure, and layout of residential land, improve local standards or technical guidelines that meet regional characteristics and people's needs, and guide enterprises to shift from passive compliance to active quality improvement, and upgrade housing quality from "qualified" to "high-quality," and accurately develop "good houses" with different areas and prices that are suitable for rigid demand and improvement demand. For example, the "Qingdao 'Good House' Construction Standard System" released by Qingdao (青岛), Shandong Province (山东省) combines the requirements for the construction of "good houses," adheres to the concept of the entire life cycle, focuses on the concerns of the masses, and covers the standard norms for the entire process from design to operation and maintenance, providing a useful reference for local practice.
Empower the quality of "good houses" to leapfrog with technological innovation. The construction of "good houses" is inseparable from technological support. Strengthening technological empowerment in standards, design, construction, materials, and operation and maintenance helps to transform "good houses" from concept to reality. Strengthen the deep integration of industry, academia, and research led by enterprises, and strengthen basic research and key core technology research. Accelerate the application of new green building materials such as high-performance concrete, thermal insulation materials, and lightweight sound insulation materials; promote advanced construction methods such as prefabricated construction, prefabricated decoration, and intelligent construction on a larger scale; strengthen the application of BIM (Building Information Modeling) technology in the entire life cycle of construction engineering projects, promote the large-scale development of ultra-low energy consumption buildings, and promote the integrated construction of building photovoltaics, and actively use new technologies to empower the construction of "good houses." Accelerate the cultivation of a number of specialized and new enterprises, improve the standardization and serialization level of building components and parts, form a modern industrial cluster in the field of "good houses," and continuously improve the quality competitiveness of Chinese construction.
Lead the implementation of "good house" projects with demonstration models. Creating demonstration models is the key focus to unblocking the "last mile" of standard implementation and technology transformation. It is necessary to accelerate the summarization of the experience and practices of "good houses" construction in various places, and focus on creating a batch of "good houses" demonstration models that are technologically leading, functionally complete, reasonably laid out, of excellent quality, satisfactory to the masses, and marketable, and incorporate the renovation of old houses into the "good houses" demonstration scope. Some places are actively building "good houses" models to form a demonstration effect. For example, Fuzhou (福州市), Xiamen (厦门), and other places in Fujian Province (福建省) are accelerating the improvement of supporting policies and selecting some guaranteed housing projects as pilot projects for "good houses." For another example, Yinzhou District (鄞州区) in Ningbo City (宁波市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省) innovatively applies prefabricated decoration, environmentally friendly building materials, etc. to renovate old houses, which greatly shortens the overall construction period compared with traditional decoration and greatly reduces carbon emissions, turning old houses into "good houses." By carrying out experience exchanges, organizing on-site observation, and other methods, summarize the replicable experience of demonstration models in structural safety improvement, residential experience optimization, low-carbon energy conservation practice, and intelligent service empowerment, and promote them to accelerate the quality improvement and expansion of "good houses" construction.
Gather the joint force of "good houses" construction with multi-party collaboration. The construction of "good houses" is a systematic project, involving multiple fields such as policy, market, society, and technology, and requires the joint participation of the government, enterprises, and social forces. It is necessary to guide enterprises to improve product quality and supervise enterprises to adhere to the safety bottom line and quality baseline by establishing a high-quality and high-price market mechanism, innovating and using policy tools such as floor area ratio incentives, and strengthening the whole-process supervision, and build all kinds of new houses into "good houses." It is necessary to encourage local governments to explore residents' independent renovation of old houses through policy guidance and mechanism innovation, and rely on the strength of all parties to transform more old houses into "good houses." In addition, it is also necessary to allocate and improve public service supplies for the elderly and children, such as community elderly care and childcare, as well as municipal supporting facilities such as parking and charging, according to local conditions. Implement the quality improvement action of property services, promote property service enterprises to provide high-quality services in accordance with the contract, and explore a new model of coordinated operation of the neighborhood committee, owners committee, and property service enterprise under the leadership of the community party organization to support the long-term and sound operation of "good houses."
(The author is the Dean of the China Housing and Real Estate Research Institute of Zhejiang University of Technology (浙江工业大学))
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This year's No. 1 Central Document proposed, "Promote the quality and efficiency improvement of the 'vegetable basket' industry" and "Promote the integration of artificial intelligence and agricultural development." As the "Hometown of Chinese Vegetables," Shouguang (寿光), Shandong (山东) sells an average of more than 17,000 kilograms of vegetables to various places every minute. This "vegetable basket" base not only "buys from and sells to the whole country" but also establishes a complete industrial chain system "from a seed to a plate of good dishes." Recently, reporters revisited Shouguang (寿光) to see the new changes in the Shouguang (寿光) vegetable industry and the intelligent transformation of facility agriculture from the changes in the business methods of two generations of vegetable farmers.
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After three and a half years, revisiting Shouguang (寿光), Weifang (潍坊), Shandong (山东), the reporter met Zheng Jingqu (郑景渠) again in front of the greenhouse where they first met. At first glance, he hasn't changed: slightly fat, dressed in black clothes and pants, with still some mud stains on his trouser legs.
It seems that everything is still the same as in memory, but a deep dive reveals a different feeling: this familiar land has ushered in a new atmosphere—
Zheng Jingqu (郑景渠), a post-85s "greenhouse second generation," is already a well-known "General Manager Zheng (郑总)" in the local area. The greenhouse behind him and the days under his feet have long been transformed; the baskets of vegetables in the greenhouse are now on the fast track of development, going abroad and selling overseas.
The popularization rate of intelligent equipment in new greenhouses exceeds 85%——
Agricultural infrastructure is upgraded, and greenhouses have more technological features
Opening the greenhouse, Zheng Jingqu (郑景渠) stepped aside to lead the way. The greenery in front of him is as always, but the difference is that there is an intelligent monitoring screen on the wall, which clearly displays data. Outside the greenhouse, the logistics warehouse is bustling with traffic. An old man with white hair—his father, Zheng Yuxing (郑玉兴), is tiptoeing to check the delivery list.
A vegetable greenhouse contains the cultivation of two generations and hides the new changes in the continuous upgrading of the Shouguang (寿光) vegetable industry.
In 1990, Zheng Yuxing (郑玉兴) picked up a hoe and built an 8-meter-wide and 2.2-meter-high "earth shed." "At that time, being able to let the greenhouse overwinter and serve a basket of fresh cucumbers during the Spring Festival was enough to be in the limelight in the village for a while," he recalled.
In 2017, Zheng Jingqu (郑景渠), who had been working outside, returned to his hometown to start a business and prepared to build 12 high-standard greenhouses. The conflict between the father and son broke out instantly. "The investment is so large, when will we be able to recover the cost? Are there so many laborers?" Zheng Yuxing (郑玉兴) was full of questions.
Zheng Jingqu (郑景渠) has a tenacity in his bones. He built the Ruijing Family Farm (瑞景家庭农场) under pressure, and rows of intelligent equipment entered the greenhouse, quietly changing the traditional way of working. What really changed Zheng Yuxing's (郑玉兴) attitude was the real contrast in benefits: the annual output value per mu used to be only 10,000 yuan; now, the annual output value per mu can reach 80,000 yuan.
At the end of 2022, Zheng Jingqu (郑景渠) invested 40 million yuan to build a second farm. This time, Zheng Yuxing (郑玉兴) took the initiative to help. The new greenhouse is fifteen or sixteen meters wide and one hundred fifty or sixty meters long, with an open roof, radiating and driving about 500 farmers in the surrounding area, which is completely different from the "earth shed" of that year. The last time we met, Zheng Jingqu (郑景渠) was still manually operating the equipment; now the greenhouse is more intelligent, with six more element sensors, and the planting data is transmitted to the screen in real time. The AI algorithm has become the "vegetable growing manager." "Take the automatic rolling shutter as an example. In the past, it was fully opened and fully closed with one button. Now it can 'stare' at the light, temperature and other conditions, and flexibly adjust the rolling shutter amplitude," Zheng Jingqu (郑景渠) said.
Behind this is Shouguang's (寿光) determination to transform agriculture with the thinking of the industrial Internet. In recent years, the Shouguang (寿光) Municipal Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau has united with the State Grid Shouguang (寿光) Power Supply Company to continuously deepen the transformation and upgrading of agricultural infrastructure and industrial equipment. The popularization rate of intelligent equipment, the application rate of the Internet of Things, and the promotion rate of standardized production in new greenhouses all exceed 85%, the labor productivity has increased by 30% to 50%, and the average yield per mu has reached 3 to 5 times that before the transformation.
The technological features in the greenhouse are becoming more and more sufficient, and Zheng Jingqu's (郑景渠) vision is also becoming wider and wider. "In the past, although there were many new types of business entities, they were scattered and small in scale, making it difficult to form a joint force." Zhang Linlin (张林林), deputy director of the Vegetable Industry Development Center of the Shouguang (寿光) Municipal Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau, said that Shouguang (寿光) organizes training for new agricultural business entities on a regular basis to bring together a group of young people who understand technology and are good at management. It was at such an exchange meeting that Zheng Jingqu (郑景渠) met Ma Tai Ting (马太艇), a peer who focuses on supermarket supply chains, and the two joined forces to try a new model of "direct purchase and direct supply."
The vegetables from Ruijing Family Farm (瑞景家庭农场) skip the layers of middlemen and are directly sent from the fields to the shelves of Jingdong (京东), Yonghui (永辉), and Hema Xiansheng (盒马鲜生). The supply chain has been shortened, and the economic benefits have risen. In 2025, the farm's scale expanded from more than 100 mu at the beginning to 400 mu, and a complete industrial chain covering logistics, transportation, market terminals, and brand operation gradually took shape in Zheng Jingqu's (郑景渠) hands.
"Today, more than 200 tons of vegetables were sent out." Zheng Yuxing (郑玉兴) flipped through his mobile phone, and the father and son smiled at each other. The previous differences had long since disappeared.
Build a quality evaluation system around 4 dimensions——
Evaluate and grade vegetables, and include "delicious" and "healthy" in the core indicators
The technological innovation in greenhouses is in full swing, and another "quality revolution" about vegetables themselves is also quietly taking place in Shouguang (寿光)—
In the vegetable workshop of Ruijing Family Farm (瑞景家庭农场), tomatoes are lining up to "break through" on the intelligent sorting line. A seemingly ordinary device can accurately "see through" the internal sugar content without breaking the skin. It turns out that in order to measure the taste of tomatoes, Zheng Jingqu (郑景渠) has newly purchased this non-destructive sugar meter. "We can't just grow more, we have to grow sweeter and 'look beautiful'," he said.
The change stems from market pressure.
In 2024, the coldness of the vegetable market once made Zheng Jingqu (郑景渠) frown. "In previous years, we focused on output, and there were many common vegetables in the greenhouse. However, more and more greenhouses were built everywhere, and vegetable prices fell sharply."
When quantity is no longer scarce, where does the future of Shouguang (寿光) vegetables point? In the process of exploration and practice, the answer gradually became clear: to seek competitiveness from quality and taste, and to grow healthy and delicious good vegetables.
Grasping the "chip" of the seed industry is the only way to produce good vegetables, but now this road has to "take a turn."
Researchers no longer only focus on disease resistance and yield, but also include "delicious" and "healthy" in the core indicators, and the promotion volume of varieties is increasing. "For example, the 'Baolufuqiang (宝禄富强)' pink tomato independently developed by Sanmu Seedling Co., Ltd. (三木种苗有限公司) in Shouguang (寿光) City, Shandong (山东) Province, has both high-quality, multi-resistant, and marketable domestic varieties, and is gradually replacing the imported seeds that were once popular in the market," Zhang Linlin (张林林) said.
"For farmers, it used to be **矬子里拔将军** (cuó zi lǐ bá jiāng jūn - "choosing a general from dwarfs," choosing the best from a mediocre lot), but now there are more good seedlings, and it is 'choosing the best from a pile of generals.' But how to choose the best seedlings that are most suitable for their own soil and market from the dazzling array of new varieties?" Zheng Jingqu (郑景渠) was once confused by this. With questions, the reporter came to the National Vegetable Quality Standard Center (全国蔬菜质量标准中心).
"Defining 'delicious' does not rely on feeling but on data." Gao Juexiao (高珏晓), head of the certification section, introduced that the center has established a scientific vegetable quality evaluation system around four dimensions: appearance, taste, flavor, and texture. It has also joined hands with the Institute of Vegetables and Flowers of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (中国农科院蔬菜花卉研究所) to develop industry standards for vegetable quality evaluation; and launched the delicious vegetable certification work, dividing sensory quality into three levels: A, AA, and AAA, so that quality can be seen, touched, and quantified.
Establish more than 300 planting parks in more than 40 countries and regions——
From "selling globally" to "growing globally," the "Shouguang Model (寿光模式)" is renewed and exported
On the wall of Zheng Jingqu's (郑景渠) office, three maps are hung side by side, spelling out the trajectory of his career: in the first few years of starting a business, he stared at the Shandong (山东) map to find a way out; when the road became wider, he pondered the national market; after 2015, the world map was always at hand.
In the past two years, Zheng Jingqu's (郑景渠) overseas business has become larger and larger, with an annual export volume of more than 1,000 tons. "Good vegetables are very valuable overseas." Zheng Jingqu (郑景渠) calculated an account, "The same car of colored peppers costs 5 yuan per kilogram in China; if exported to Russia, it can be sold for 33 yuan per kilogram. A car can transport 22 tons of vegetables, and the transportation cost per car is 17,000 yuan. After calculation, the profit doubles."
From covering the whole country to connecting the world, this leap is far more than just "selling vegetables."
Zheng Jingqu (郑景渠) has an old acquaintance—Wang Shoubo (王守波), chairman of Shandong Lisente Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. (山东利森特农业科技有限公司), who leads his team from "building sheds in China" to "reclaiming land globally" and building greenhouses in more than 40 countries.
After just sending off a group of German customers, Wang Shoubo (王守波) was finally able to sit down and take a breath. When talking about the "Shouguang Model (寿光模式)," he opened the conversation. "Some people think that exporting the 'Shouguang Model (寿光模式)' is to build greenhouses abroad." Wang Shoubo (王守波) shook his head, "The climate and soil in various countries are very different. The key is to export the experience we have accumulated, the logic of planting, and the agricultural wisdom behind it—in the final analysis, it is the export of 'soft and hard power'."
In the summer of 2025, the company signed a 3-year order with a Belarusian customer to jointly build 100 hectares of modern greenhouses within 3 years. "This order is different from the previous ones. This time, we directly participate in the investment, extending to cover agricultural park planning, greenhouse park construction, international business, material production, and planting facility equipment production. We also need to train planting personnel according to local conditions," Wang Shoubo (王守波) said.
Faced with a huge system engineering project, what is needed is to unite and work together. In the Belarusian project, the seedling stage requires professional "helpers," and Wang Shoubo (王守波) found Wang Wenkai (王文凯), the general manager of Haier Seeds Co., Ltd. (海而思种苗公司), a post-90s new farmer. The cooperation of the younger generation has become a new landscape for the export of the "Shouguang Model (寿光模式)."
"One person walks fast, but a group of people can walk far and steadily." Zhang Linlin (张林林) smiled and said, "More and more young people are twisting into a rope, just wanting the 'Shouguang Model (寿光模式)' to truly take root and sprout overseas, and drive the high-quality development of global agriculture—this is the original intention of model output." At present, Shouguang (寿光) has more than 30 enterprises and cooperatives carrying out business overseas, establishing more than 300 planting parks in more than 40 countries and regions. From January to October 2025, the export value of vegetables and their products reached 320 million yuan, accounting for 21.5% of the export value of agricultural products.
In the overseas greenhouses reached by Shouguang (寿光) farmers, there is a popular saying—Shouguang (寿光) dialect has become "agricultural Mandarin." "This makes us firmly believe that in this hometown of vegetables, what is nurtured is not only a planting model, but also the confidence of Chinese agriculture to go to the world," Zhang Linlin (张林林) said.
By: 宋志勇
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that the civil aviation industry is an important strategic industry, and it is necessary to always adhere to safety first, strictly manage the industry, strengthen technological support, focus on improving transportation quality and international competitiveness, better serve national development strategies, and better meet the needs of the broad masses of the people.
On December 27, 2025, the "Civil Aviation Law of the People's Republic of China" (中华人民共和国民用航空法) (hereinafter referred to as the "Civil Aviation Law") was revised and adopted at the 19th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会常务委员会), and will be implemented on July 1, 2026. The revision of the Civil Aviation Law is an important measure to implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions and instructions and the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee (党中央), and has opened a new situation of high-level safety and high-quality development of civil aviation.
The development achievements of China's civil aviation industry in all aspects are obvious to all.
The Civil Aviation Law was promulgated in 1995. As the basic law comprehensively regulating China's civil aviation activities, it has witnessed the development process of the civil aviation industry from small to large and from weak to strong. Over the past 30 years, with the Civil Aviation Law as the leader, the civil aviation regulatory system composed of 12 administrative regulations and 105 civil aviation regulations has been continuously improved, laying a legal foundation for establishing a new civil aviation management system that adapts to the socialist market economy, conforms to the laws of industry development, and is in line with international standards.
The Civil Aviation Law has strongly promoted the high-quality development of the civil aviation industry and the modernization and upgrading of the civil aviation governance system and governance capabilities, leading China's civil aviation industry to achieve remarkable development achievements in all aspects. Over the past 30 years, China's civil aviation safety foundation has been continuously consolidated, the safety control system has been comprehensively strengthened, the safety supervision mechanism has been continuously improved, the airworthiness certification and maintenance capabilities have been continuously improved, and the comprehensive safety guarantee capability has been among the world's leading ranks.
In terms of total transportation volume, the three major transportation indicators of civil aviation, namely, total annual transportation turnover, passenger transportation volume, and cargo and mail transportation volume, have jumped from 7.1 billion ton-kilometers, 51.17 million passengers, and 1.01 million tons in 1995 to 164.08 billion ton-kilometers, 770 million passengers, and 10.172 million tons, respectively. The on-time flight rate exceeds 90%, and paperless travel for domestic flights has been basically fully realized in airports across the country.
In terms of coverage, aviation services cover more than 90% of prefecture-level administrative units and population in the country. The civil aviation industry is integrated with regional economic development, actively serving major national regional strategies such as the coordinated development of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津) and Hebei (河北), the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta (长三角), and the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区), and the proportion of domestically produced civil aircraft in the civil aviation fleet continues to increase.
In terms of the level of openness, as of now, China has signed bilateral air transport agreements with 132 countries and maintains regular passenger and cargo flights with 83 countries. China continues to participate deeply in the international civil aviation governance system, has been elected as a Class I Council Member of the International Civil Aviation Organization (国际民航组织) for eight consecutive times, and has proposed Chinese solutions in strengthening global civil aviation safety and strengthening aviation security, and its international status and influence have been significantly enhanced.
Revising the Civil Aviation Law is a realistic need to promote high-level safety and high-quality development of the industry.
After 30 years of changes, the civil aviation industry has entered a new stage of development. Comprehensively revising and improving the current Civil Aviation Law will systematically, comprehensively, and accurately transform the core essence and practical requirements of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions and instructions on civil aviation work and the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee (党中央) into legal provisions, establish its guiding position at the legal level, and point out the correct direction for the civil aviation industry in the new era, which is of great significance and far-reaching impact on achieving high-level safety and high-quality development of civil aviation.
Revising the Civil Aviation Law is an inevitable requirement for implementing the overall national security concept. Civil aviation safety is an important part of the national security system and the modernization of security capabilities. At present, there are still weak links in the safety supervision of some areas of the civil aviation industry, and new technologies such as unmanned aerial vehicles bring a series of safety challenges, which affect the safety of air transportation. It is urgent to systematically revise the Civil Aviation Law to prevent and resolve safety risks from the legal level, consolidate the bottom line of safe development of the industry, form a high-standard, full-coverage, and modern civil aviation safety governance system, and effectively serve the overall national security situation.
Revising the Civil Aviation Law is a realistic need to promote high-quality development of the industry. With the in-depth evolution of a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, the structure of the aviation market is becoming increasingly diverse, the operating environment is becoming more complex, and passenger demand is showing characteristics of pursuing quality and personalization. The civil aviation industry is in a critical period where opportunities and challenges coexist, and motivation and pressure coexist. The newly revised Civil Aviation Law strengthens top-level design from multiple dimensions such as improving industry governance, improving service quality, and promoting industrial development, promotes high-quality development of the industry, and better meets the people's growing needs for a better aviation travel experience.
Promote the transformation of institutional advantages into industry governance effectiveness.
The revised Civil Aviation Law adheres to the Party's comprehensive leadership over civil aviation work, firmly establishes the concept of safe development, adheres to the industry's purpose of "people's aviation for the people," comprehensively summarizes the development practice since the implementation of the Civil Aviation Law, strengthens the overall connection with other laws and relevant international conventions, and makes more comprehensive revisions and improvements to the current law.
Adhere to safety first and strengthen civil aviation safety management. The revised Civil Aviation Law correctly handles the relationship between safety and development, safety and efficiency, and compresses and consolidates the main responsibility of civil aviation production and operation units for work safety, and improves the safety level of civil aviation activities. In response to the safety risks of key systems of civil aircraft, further improve airworthiness management, standardize the design, production, maintenance and supporting management requirements of aircraft, clarify the qualification requirements and administrative licensing matters of civil aircraft airworthiness-related entities, and consolidate the safety foundation of aircraft. In response to the weak links in the safety of civil aviation activities, clarify the main responsibility of operating units such as airlines, air traffic management agencies, and airports for work safety; legally delineate the controlled airspace for unmanned aerial vehicles, delineate and strictly protect the airport's clear airspace and electromagnetic environmental protection zone, and prohibit behaviors that endanger flight safety; improve the types and scope of aviation personnel, and clarify the requirements for personnel license management and training institutions. In response to the complex and severe air defense security situation, a special chapter on "Civil Aviation Security" is added, which makes specific provisions on civil aviation security inspections, security protection plans, security background checks, etc., and punishes behaviors that disrupt civil aviation transportation safety and order such as "aircraft disturbances" in accordance with the law.
Implement the new development concept and promote the development of the civil aviation industry. The revised Civil Aviation Law combines the new characteristics and new trends of industry development in the new era, and makes systematic planning and forward-looking layout for industry transformation and upgrading and high-quality development. Focusing on the urgent need to open up new tracks for general aviation and the low-altitude economy, simplify market access and approval processes, cultivate the general aviation market, optimize the allocation of low-altitude airspace resources, encourage technological innovation and application expansion in the low-altitude economy field, and promote the development of the low-altitude economy. Focusing on the realistic needs of the industry's technological self-reliance and industrial upgrading, a special chapter on "Development Promotion" is added, which makes institutional arrangements for the development of civil aviation manufacturing, the research and development of key core technologies, the airworthiness certification of civil aircraft, the construction of civil aviation hubs, the optimization of route networks, the training of professional talents, and international exchanges and cooperation.
Respond to the new expectations of the people and increase the protection of passenger rights. The revised Civil Aviation Law takes realizing, safeguarding, and developing the fundamental interests of the people as the starting point and foothold, and strives to improve the quality of industry services. Focusing on the urgent and difficult problems of the majority of passengers, further strengthen the protection of passenger rights, clearly require airlines to improve the terms of passenger transportation contracts, strengthen the protection of personal information, optimize the handling process of flight delays or cancellations, properly handle information notification, passenger accommodation arrangements, complaint handling and other follow-up service guarantees, and focus on improving the passenger travel experience. Focusing on the "dual-track system" of aviation transportation compensation liability, adjust the liability of aviation transportation carriers in line with international rules, and clarify that airlines apply the same compensation liability limits in domestic and international air transportation. Focusing on the issue of passenger rights protection after accidents, airlines, airports and other relevant units are required to establish a collaborative working mechanism for civil aircraft accident family assistance to protect the legitimate rights and interests of victims and their families.
Improve law-based supervision methods and improve industry supervision effectiveness. The revised Civil Aviation Law properly handles major relationships such as government and market, efficiency and fairness, and development and safety, and comprehensively improves the modernization level of the industry governance system. In response to the shortcomings and weaknesses in the supervision of civil aviation activities, encourage the innovation of intelligent supervision methods, implement classified and graded supervision, continuously improve the effectiveness of industry supervision, and promote the formation of a modern civil aviation supervision and management system with clear powers and responsibilities, effective measures, and efficient operation. In response to the problem that some illegal and irregular behaviors are repeatedly prohibited, severely punish behaviors that endanger aviation safety and passenger rights, increase the amount of fines for some illegal behaviors, expand the scope of application of penalty types, and effectively enhance the deterrent and rigid constraints of the law.
The law opens a new journey, and it is time to forge ahead. The entire civil aviation industry will thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions and instructions on civil aviation work, go all out to promote the construction of a higher-level rule-of-law civil aviation, and transform the guarantee role of the rule of law in consolidating the foundation, stabilizing expectations, and benefiting the long-term into the practical results of the civil aviation industry's strong safety, promotion of development, improvement of efficiency, and revitalization of reform, so as to provide a more solid legal guarantee for writing a new chapter in the construction of a transportation power.
(The author is the Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (中国民用航空局))
Return to TopDuring the winter vacation, the "cold resources" in various parts of China are being transformed into a "hot economy." Many places are seeing a surge of diverse and creative experiences, attracting a large influx of visitors and igniting people's enthusiasm for consumption.
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"After five days and nights of hard work, the hidden dangers were successfully eliminated, and the regional power supply is more guaranteed before the Spring Festival!" On January 11, the Guiyang Power Supply Bureau (贵阳供电局) of Guizhou Power Grid Co., Ltd. (贵州电网公司) of China Southern Power Grid (南方电网) completed the treatment of hidden dangers in the busbar clamp interval of the 220 kV Zhudong Substation (筑东变电站) Ⅱ group, completing the equipment renewal and transformation of this substation that has been in operation for 43 years. This renovation of old equipment benefits important transportation hubs such as Guiyang Longdongbao Airport (贵阳龙洞堡机场) and more than 300,000 households, further improving the reliability of power supply, ensuring residents' electricity consumption during the Spring Festival, and consolidating the foundation of urban and rural electricity consumption.
In the first quarter of this year, China Southern Power Grid (南方电网) plans to complete an investment of 3 billion yuan in Guizhou (贵州), an increase of more than 90% year-on-year, setting a new high in investment in the same period in recent years. At present, Guizhou Power Grid Co., Ltd. (贵州电网公司) of China Southern Power Grid (南方电网) is making every effort to tackle the construction of the main grid, vigorously implementing the distribution network improvement action, actively cultivating new growth points, and solidly promoting equipment renewal and digital transformation, accelerating the implementation of the investment plan.
At the construction site of the 500 kV Renyi to Dushan (仁义至独山) second back-feeding transmission line project, concrete pump trucks continuously transport the evenly mixed concrete to the foundation pit for pouring, presenting a busy construction scene. "In the past, when manual construction was used, the progress was slow when encountering hard soil layers or rocks, and a foundation pit often took several workers several days. Manual pouring of concrete is not only inefficient, but also difficult to ensure the compactness and uniformity of pouring, and it is easy to produce quality defects such as honeycomb and pitted surfaces." Gao Pan (高攀), project manager of the Guizhou Power Grid Construction Branch (贵州电网建设分公司) of China Southern Power Grid (南方电网), introduced that with the investment of mechanized equipment on the construction site, the workload that originally took several days can now be completed in a few hours, which greatly improves the construction quality and efficiency, and effectively reduces the safety risks caused by manual high-altitude and heavy-load construction.
The 500 kV Renyi to Dushan (仁义至独山) second back-feeding transmission line project has a total length of about 236 kilometers, passing through 7 counties in 3 cities (prefectures) in Guizhou (贵州), and is currently the transmission line that crosses the most administrative regions in Guizhou (贵州). After the project is completed and put into operation, it will further enhance the power transmission capacity of the southern channel of the Guizhou Power Grid (贵州电网), and provide strong support for the green transformation of energy and the realization of the "dual carbon" goal.
He Hongyan (贺红艳), general manager of the Strategic Planning Department of Guizhou Power Grid Co., Ltd. (贵州电网公司) of China Southern Power Grid (南方电网), introduced that this year, China Southern Power Grid (南方电网) is expected to invest more than 8.5 billion yuan in Guizhou (贵州) for power grid infrastructure construction, and will start the construction of key projects such as the Hunan to Guizhou Power Flexible Interconnection Project (Hunan section AC project) (湖南至贵州电力灵活互济工程（贵州段交流工程）) and the 500 kV Guanling Transmission and Transformation Project (500千伏关岭输变电工程), and promote the completion and commissioning of a number of key projects such as the 500 kV Machang Transmission and Transformation Project (500千伏马场输变电工程) and the 500 kV Wuchuan Transmission and Transformation Project (500千伏务川输变电工程), so as to inject power into the good start of the "15th Five-Year Plan" with effective investment.
In response to the electricity demand of provincial major engineering projects and strategic emerging industries such as big data, new energy batteries and materials, Guizhou Power Grid Co., Ltd. (贵州电网公司) of China Southern Power Grid (南方电网) has formed a special service team to visit and connect with production and technological transformation electricity demand, tailor exclusive power supply solutions, and carry out policy publicity and precise services at the same time, so as to maximize the reliability of power supply and provide sufficient and stable power supply for social production and life.
"Thanks to the power supply bureau for sending a special team to provide on-site services, helping us solve more than 50 key technical problems such as line crossing construction and equipment debugging, allowing the project to be put into operation two months ahead of schedule, and also carefully interpreting the market-oriented transaction electricity price policy." Tang Songfang (唐送芳), director of Guizhou Liupanshui Shuangyuan Aluminum Industry (贵州六盘水双元铝业), said with emotion, "With stable power supply and policy support, we are more confident in full-load production in the first quarter." At present, the first batch of 126 electrolytic cells of the second phase of Guizhou Liupanshui Shuangyuan Aluminum Industry (贵州六盘水双元铝业) have been successfully put into operation, and it is expected that all 222 electrolytic cells will be put into operation in the first quarter, when the electricity consumption will reach 1.176 billion kWh, an increase of 76.26% year-on-year, driving the addition of more than 2,000 new jobs in the local upstream and downstream industrial chains.
"We actively devote ourselves to optimizing the layout of electricity productivity and serving Guizhou (贵州) to build a new comprehensive energy base, moderately strengthen power grid construction ahead of schedule, and continue to empower Guizhou's (贵州) 'six major industrial clusters' and contribute to a good start and a good step for the '15th Five-Year Plan'," said He Hongyan (贺红艳).
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From fields and villages to urban communities, grassroots legislative outreach offices are combining their own characteristics to explore methods that are popular with the masses, continuously broadening channels for reflecting public opinion, promoting legislative work that is more grounded, gathers more wisdom, and benefits people's livelihoods, making whole-process people's democracy more tangible and accessible. Recently, our reporter walked into grassroots legislative outreach offices in various places to record the vivid stories of legislative suggestions being transformed into laws and regulations, allowing people's livelihood expectations to be realized.
Jilin Hunchun (吉林珲春) Implements the "Family-Station Integration" Work Model -
Legislative "Through Train" Drives into Townships and Villages
Fine snow flutters, reeds sway. In Jiushaping Village (九沙坪村), Jingxin Town (敬信镇), Hunchun City (珲春市), Jilin Province (吉林省), Lin Kui (林魁), a representative of the Hunchun City People's Congress, sits on the heated kang with the villagers, holding the National Park Law, which came into effect on January 1 this year, reading it word by word.
"In the past, I felt that legislative work was far away from us, but now I find that our suggestions can really become legal provisions!" Lin Kui (林魁) said that in September 2024, the draft National Park Law was submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for the first time for deliberation. As a grassroots legislative outreach office of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the Standing Committee of the Hunchun City People's Congress drove the legislative "through train" into townships and villages to conduct in-depth opinion solicitation work.
"The boundaries of national parks need to be further clarified," "The compensation mechanism and early warning mechanism should be improved"... Now, the villagers sit around the kang, their fingers sliding over the legal provisions, finding their own "contributions."
In recent years, Hunchun City (珲春市) has actively explored the "family-station integration" work model of People's Congress representative homes and stations and grassroots legislative liaison stations, establishing 20 information collection stations, 30 legislative liaison stations, 40 opinion solicitation stations, and 15 opinion consultation units, making the "neural network" of People's Congress representatives connecting with the grassroots spread to the forefront of all fields in the city.
Hunchun (珲春) is located in the hinterland of the Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park (东北虎豹国家公园). Wildlife protection is a key task in Hunchun's (珲春) ecological civilization construction, but many villagers did not understand it before. After the increase in wildlife activities, villagers privately called the geese that feed on rice "big annoyances."
How to resolve the contradiction between villagers and wildlife? After the launch of the grassroots legislative outreach office of the Hunchun City (珲春市) People's Congress, it created characteristic models such as "Tiger and Leopard Township Discussing Ecology" targeting the unique location and ecological characteristics of Jingxin Town (敬信镇), promoting the transformation of the people from legislative "onlookers" to "participants."
"Thinking about problems from a legislative perspective, many ideas have changed." Xiao Jianhua (萧建华), a villager in Jiushaping Village (九沙坪村) and a member of the bird protection team, said that now everyone realizes that protecting wildlife and guarding green waters and green mountains is also developing Jinshan Yinshan (金山银山). During the recent bird migration season, the village's bird protection team patrolled and publicized day and night.
In addition to collecting public opinion, grassroots legislative outreach offices also play a social function of popularizing legal knowledge and effectively solving the urgent needs and anxieties of the masses.
"In the process of communication, many people put forward many valuable suggestions, such as using birdwatching tourists to develop the tourism industry and using migratory bird droppings to develop ecological agriculture." The relevant person in charge of Jingxin Town (敬信镇) introduced that after the summary and refinement of the grassroots legislative outreach office, the relevant suggestions have been supported by the Hunchun (珲春) Municipal Government.
In recent years, the local "Tiger and Leopard Township" agricultural product public brand has been successfully registered, tourism supporting facilities have been continuously improved, and the construction of high-standard farmland has been continuously strengthened. "We have found a good way to live in harmony with wildlife." Xiao Jianhua (萧建华) said that now Jiushaping Village (九沙坪村) relies on migratory bird resources to carry out "goose rice" ecological planting to improve the competitiveness of agricultural products. The number of photography enthusiasts who come to photograph migratory birds has increased year by year, and many villagers have started catering, accommodation and other projects, and their income has increased a lot.
Fujian Fuzhou (福建福州) Strengthens the Construction of a Team of Legislative Information Officers -
Using "Legal Language" to Help Solve Practical Matters for People's Livelihood
"The outer walls of the building are peeling off, which poses a great safety hazard." In October 2025, Bian Meiqin (卞美琴), a resident of Binjiang Community (滨江社区), Ganzhe Street (甘蔗街道), Minhou County (闽侯县), Fuzhou City (福州市), Fujian Province (福建省), found that the outer walls of her building were peeling off, and she was worried all day long. "Contacting the property management company, the maintenance cost is about 16,000 yuan, but applying for special housing maintenance funds is not so fast."
"To apply for special housing maintenance funds, it must be voted on by owners whose exclusive parts account for more than 2/3 of the total building area and more than 2/3 of the total number of owners." Cheng Yuqing (程宇清), secretary of the general branch of the Binjiang Community (滨江社区) Party Committee and director of the neighborhood committee, said that it is not easy to obtain the consent of most owners. Some owners believe that it will not affect them, and some are worried that they will have to pay more money after the funds are used up.
In November 2025, the outer walls of the building where Bian Meiqin (卞美琴) lived peeled off again, but this time, it only took 10 days from applying for funds to completing the repairs.
Rapid repairs must start with a regulation. On November 1, 2025, the "Fuzhou City Housing Special Maintenance Fund Management Measures" (福州市住宅专项维修资金管理办法) (hereinafter referred to as the "Measures") officially came into effect, stipulating the procedures and methods for applying for the use of special housing maintenance funds in emergency situations. "The community organized owner representatives and professionals to verify the site, and the owners submitted relevant materials to the housing and construction department through the property management company, which completed the application." Bian Meiqin (卞美琴) said.
The suggestion for the relevant provisions in the "Measures" came from the Fuzhou Whole-Process People's Democracy Practice Center (福州全过程人民民主实践中心) (hereinafter referred to as the "Practice Center") located in Ganzhe Street (甘蔗街道) - it has been designated as a grassroots legislative outreach office by the Standing Committee of the Fuzhou City People's Congress and the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial People's Congress.
"Many people reflect that the application process for special housing maintenance funds is cumbersome. Can the maintenance matters related to community safety be simplified?" On May 12, 2025, during the representative day activity carried out by the Practice Center, Cheng Yuqing (程宇清), a representative of the Fuzhou City People's Congress and a legislative information officer, spoke out about the concerns of many residents.
At that time, the Legislative Affairs Working Committee of the Standing Committee of the Fuzhou City People's Congress was soliciting opinions and suggestions on the "Measures (Draft)." Three days later, the Practice Center held a legislative consultation meeting.
"It is recommended to add provisions for applying for the use of special housing maintenance funds in emergency situations." At the beginning of the consultation meeting, Cheng Yuqing (程宇清) and representatives of owners and property management companies put forward their ideas.
"It is also necessary to propose specific application procedures in emergency situations." Legislative information officer Hong Ruixin (洪瑞心) is a staff member of the Property Management Section of the Minhou County (闽侯县) Housing and Construction Bureau, and is responsible for the approval of special housing maintenance funds on a daily basis. According to relevant regulations, she drafted a proposal for the process of applying for maintenance funds in emergency situations.
After the meeting, the Practice Center sorted out the meeting content and submitted feedback on opinions and suggestions. After the "Measures" were passed, the Fuzhou City People's Congress gave feedback to the Practice Center that the suggestions put forward by everyone were written into the legal text.
"Legislative information officers are highly professional and can effectively transform public opinions into 'legal language'." Lin Ling (林玲), the person in charge of the grassroots legislative outreach office of the Practice Center, introduced that currently, the grassroots legislative outreach office has 21 legislative information officers, most of whom come from departments and units such as courts, procuratorates, and judicial bureaus. Since its establishment in 2023, the outreach office has collected 75 opinions on 6 laws of Fuzhou City (福州市), and 5 of them have been transformed into legal provisions.
Huang Ying (黄颖), director of the Legislative Affairs Division of the Legislative Affairs Working Committee of the Standing Committee of the Fuzhou City People's Congress, introduced that the Standing Committee of the Fuzhou City People's Congress regularly conducts professional training for the persons in charge of grassroots legislative outreach offices and legislative information officers, goes down to the outreach offices every month to collect opinions, and regularly reports on the contact situation to improve the quality of the legislative information officer team.
Chongqing Shapingba District (重庆沙坪坝区) Expands Channels for Soliciting Public Opinion Through Digital Means -
Cloud Legislative Point is "Open" 24 Hours a Day
In the classroom of Chongqing University of Electronic Science and Technology (重庆电子科技职业大学), a legislative opinion solicitation meeting on the Ecological Environment Code (Draft) is being held. Young students spoke freely and uploaded their opinions on the draft to the "Shaci People's Discussion Hall" (沙磁民议厅) applet on their mobile phones.
"In the past, legislative information officers went door-to-door to collect opinions, relying on 'iron feet'. Now, a small applet allows everyone's opinions to reach the legislative body directly." Huang Xueli (黄雪莉), a legislative information officer at the Shapingba (沙坪坝) grassroots legislative outreach office, introduced, "In the applet, you can easily view the draft text, drafting instructions, and research outline. It is very convenient to fill in your thoughts at any time."
The legislative work from "paper" to "fingertips" stems from the adoption of a suggestion from the Shapingba (沙坪坝) grassroots legislative outreach office.
Time goes back to April 2023, when the Company Law (Revised Draft for Second Review) was soliciting opinions. Huang Xueli (黄雪莉), as a legislative information officer, sorted out online and offline opinions and formed a report of nearly 10,000 words, which took a month. "Checking information and writing reports is time-consuming and labor-intensive. Can there be an applet to make soliciting opinions more convenient?" Huang Xueli (黄雪莉) thought.
After the meeting, she immediately contacted the Shapingba (沙坪坝) grassroots legislative outreach office. The outreach office accepted Huang Xueli's (黄雪莉) suggestion and quickly started the design of the legislative consultation applet. Huang Xueli (黄雪莉) was invited to become the first batch of users. In this legislative opinion solicitation meeting on the Ecological Environment Code (Draft), Huang Xueli (黄雪莉) took the initiative to promote the applet and encouraged more young students to join the "cloud legislative point."
"How do you know if your opinion has been adopted?" a student asked.
"If the opinion put forward is adopted, a 'good news' will be pushed to the suggester, and an electronic trophy for the adoption of the legislative suggestion will also be lit up." Huang Xueli (黄雪莉) said.
In order to improve interactivity, the Shapingba (沙坪坝) grassroots legislative outreach office added a "solicitation reward" module to the applet, encouraging suggesters through "good news" and electronic trophies, and also displaying the overall legislative adoption situation and honorary achievements of the outreach office. In order to further encourage the general public to participate in legislative suggestions, the outreach office has established a points mechanism, jointly with towns and streets and in conjunction with service outlets such as shopping malls, catering, and cultural entertainment in the jurisdiction, to convert the points obtained from participating in legislative opinion solicitation into consumer benefits.
"In the past, the number of people participating in collecting opinions was limited, and young people rarely participated in seminars, and it was also difficult to feel legislative democracy." Huang Xueli (黄雪莉) said, "Now everyone can participate in legislation by moving their fingers, and express their opinions and suggestions anytime and anywhere, making legislative work open 24 hours a day."
Since its establishment in July 2021, the Shapingba (沙坪坝) grassroots legislative outreach office of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress has continued to expand channels for soliciting public opinion, implement a hierarchical and classified management mechanism of "demonstration points, incubation points, and popularization points," cultivate 7 demonstration points, 9 incubation points, form 6 cooperation zones, sign cooperation agreements with 5 universities, build 194 information collection stations in the district to achieve full regional coverage, and also form a team of 1,200 legislative information officers. "The Shapingba (沙坪坝) grassroots legislative outreach office fully uses digital empowerment to efficiently integrate legislative consultation and the handling of representative suggestions into the applet, adding new momentum to the grassroots practice of whole-process people's democracy." Lai Mingcai (赖明才), director of the Standing Committee of the Shapingba District (沙坪坝区) People's Congress, said.
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City governance can focus on efficiency and order while also possessing depth and warmth, allowing every striver to find their own position and value in the city they are working hard in, and grow together with it.
"Next stop is the final stop of this train - Jiahewanggang (嘉禾望岗)."
For many "Guang Piao" (广漂) youth, this subway announcement is all too familiar. As a major passenger station on the Guangzhou (广州) subway, many people gather and part here. The Jiahewanggang (嘉禾望岗) station has been given special meaning in the hearts of many. Recently, with the popularity of the song "Jiahewanggang (嘉禾望岗)" on the Internet, Jiahewanggang (嘉禾望岗) station has quickly become a popular spot for internet users to check in.
Faced with the influx of tourists and increased attention, Guangzhou Metro (广州地铁) did not let the popularity remain online, but immediately "picked up the thread" and made a warm response - arranging a series of heartwarming billboards in the station: "When it comes to matters of the heart, the subway is silent; when it comes to matters of the future, the subway blesses you." These statements, intertwined with the melodies of songs played regularly in the station, have moved many netizens.
The popularity of "Jiahewanggang (嘉禾望岗)" has also been transmitted from mobile phone screens to the Guangdong (广东省) Provincial People's Congress. During the open group activity of the Guangzhou (广州) delegation, Sun Zhiyang (孙志洋), the mayor of Guangzhou (广州), extended a special invitation to the participants: "Come to Guangzhou (广州), take a look at the 'Greater Bay Chicken' (大湾鸡), and listen to 'Jiahewanggang (嘉禾望岗)'." This song, which carries the emotions of countless "Guang Piao" (广漂) youth, has transformed from a cultural hotspot into a warm and solemn footnote in the official narrative.
In recent years, from the nationwide co-creation of the "Greater Bay Chicken" (大湾鸡) mascot to the playful response of the "Sleepy Lion" (睡不醒醒狮) lantern group in Yuexiu Park (越秀公园) with its "On Duty Declaration" (上岗宣言), this relaxed and inclusive interaction between the official and the public clearly conveys a signal - the governance model of a mega-city is undergoing a profound and warm transformation, from management to service.
Of course, the warmth of a city cannot only remain at the level of emotional resonance, but also requires solid and reliable institutional support. The implementation of the "Guangzhou (广州) Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Promotion Regulations" (广州市青年创新创业促进条例) has constructed a full-cycle support system from "a bed" to "a dream." Whether it is providing newcomers with up to 30 days of free transitional accommodation, or providing entrepreneurs with three-dimensional empowerment from start-up capital, rental subsidies to financing docking and competition platforms, this set of combined punches accurately captures the key pain points of young people from settling down to starting a business. This may be the most powerful and warmest response to the emotions entrusted to "Jiahewanggang (嘉禾望岗)," allowing more people to choose to stay at the crossroads of life with more confidence and head to the next life coordinate.
The warmth of the city also needs to permeate the subtle aspects of daily governance and be reflected in the respect and response to individual voices. Guangzhou (广州) took the lead in launching the "People's Opinion on the Code" (民意码上说) platform in the country, transforming hundreds of National People's Congress (人大代表) liaison stations in the city into 24-hour online public opinion receivers. Citizens scan the code and reflect "on the code"; representatives "take orders" and promote handling. From the failure of community street lights to the installation of elevators in old residential areas, small matters concerning people's livelihoods can enter a fast solution channel. This refined social governance brings a sense of belonging and trust, which is the most weighty and eye-catching "warm heart project" of a city.
A song, a code, a series of policies... These seemingly small carriers together weave a dense and resilient emotional network in a mega-city. This also inspires us that city governance can focus on efficiency and order while also possessing depth and warmth, allowing every striver to find their own position and value in the city they are working hard in, and grow together with it.
(The author is a reporter from the Guangdong (广东) branch of this newspaper)
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This newspaper reported from Beijing on February 3rd (Reporter Zhang Tianpei (张天培)) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Public Security (公安部): Recently, with the strong assistance of relevant departments, the Chinese Embassy in South Africa, and relevant South African law enforcement agencies, the public security organs of China extradited suspect Chen Moumou (陈某某), who is suspected of illegal business operations, back to China from South Africa. This case is the first successful extradition case since the entry into force of the "Extradition Treaty between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of South Africa."
The criminal suspect Chen Moumou (陈某某), with the purpose of illegal profit-making, illegally engaged in the exchange business between RMB and South African Rand, involving an amount of more than 49 million yuan. In June 2020, the People's Procuratorate of Chongming District (崇明区), Shanghai (上海) approved the arrest of Chen Moumou (陈某某) in accordance with the law on suspicion of illegal business operations. In July 2025, the South African police arrested Chen Moumou (陈某某), and then the Chinese side made an extradition request; in December of the same year, the South African court ruled to extradite Chen Moumou (陈某某) to the Chinese side.
The relevant person in charge of the Economic Crime Investigation Bureau (经侦局) of the Ministry of Public Security (公安部) stated that this successful extradition demonstrates the firm determination of China and South Africa to jointly combat crime, and has milestone significance for consolidating and deepening bilateral judicial and law enforcement cooperation.
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On February 3rd, the Fifth Session of the 14th Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress opened. Five foreign friends from five countries—Russia, Algeria, Brazil, the United Kingdom, and South Korea—were invited to attend the opening meeting as observers. Fluent in Chinese, they listened to the Jiangsu Provincial Government Work Report.
Some of the five foreign friends are studying in Jiangsu Province (江苏省), and some are working in Jiangsu Province (江苏省); some have been awarded the honorary title of "Jiangsu Province People's Friendship Ambassador," and some are "Jiangsu Province Honorary Residents."
After the opening meeting, Zhou Guangzhi (周广智), Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress (江苏省人大常委会), held a discussion with everyone.
Aima (爱玛) from Algeria, who is currently pursuing a doctorate at Southeast University (东南大学), said that attending the meeting as an observer made her feel the concrete practice of whole-process people's democracy and gave her a deeper understanding of China's democratic system.
Kim Kwang-il (金光日), Director of the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (大韩贸易投资振兴公社) Nanjing (南京) office, said that South Korean entrepreneurs investing in China often praised Jiangsu's (江苏) good business environment, and he himself deeply felt this. This time, from the measures in the government work report on optimizing the business environment, he found the answer to why many foreign-funded enterprises choose Jiangsu (江苏) as an investment destination.
Semyonov (谢苗诺夫), advisor to the Governor of Moscow Oblast (莫斯科州), Russia, has been committed to promoting cultural and economic cooperation between Jiangsu (江苏) and Moscow Oblast (莫斯科州). By attending this meeting, he hoped to find more cooperation opportunities in Jiangsu (江苏) and promote deeper cooperation between the two sides in the field of education.
Yin Ji (殷吉) from the São Paulo State Investment Promotion Agency (圣保罗州投资促进局) of Brazil, is concerned about Jiangsu's (江苏) industrial development opportunities. The bright data in the government work report strengthened his confidence in cooperating with Jiangsu (江苏). He introduced that at the end of last year, the world's first single-dose dengue fever vaccine jointly developed by a Jiangsu (江苏) biomedical company and Brazil was approved for marketing. They hope that Chinese high-end equipment, new energy and other fields of enterprises will invest and develop in Brazil.
Li Jinfeng (李金凤), a British teacher at Nanjing University of Science and Technology (南京理工大学), often asks students what kind of work they want to do after graduation. The most common answer she hears is: to use what they have learned to contribute more to the country. This touched her deeply. She hopes that the government can introduce more policies to build a broader stage for young people to realize their dreams.
The symposium lasted nearly an hour, and the atmosphere was warm and sincere.
Zhou Guangzhi (周广智) thanked the foreign friends for their sincere suggestions and said that he would convey everyone's voices to the relevant departments and promote research and implementation.
Return to TopOn February 1st, Dianxia Town (店下镇), Zhangshu City (樟树市), Jiangxi Province (江西省), held a rural New Year market event at Menghu Mountain Villa (梦湖山庄) in Chigang Village (赤岗村) with the theme of "Browsing mountain goods, tasting delicacies, enjoying folk customs, and recalling the flavor of the New Year." The event deeply integrated garden tours, mountain product exhibitions, and folk performances to create a one-stop new spring consumption experience, allowing citizens and tourists to feel the strong New Year atmosphere in the countryside. The picture shows tourists visiting, shopping, and tasting food at the New Year market event.
Photo by Zhou Liang (周亮) (Image China (影像中国)).
Return to TopThis newspaper's Nanning (南宁) February 3rd dispatch (Reporter Pang Ge Ping (庞革平)) The launching ceremony of the 2026 Guangxi (广西) Spring Breeze Action and Employment Assistance Season was recently held in Yulin City (玉林市), Guangxi (广西). This event is jointly hosted by the Department of Human Resources and Social Security of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区人力资源和社会保障厅), the Yulin Municipal People's Government (玉林市人民政府), and other departments, and will last until the end of March.
The event adopts the "offline job fair + online live broadcast with job postings" model, focusing on key groups such as registered unemployed persons, flexible employment personnel, rural laborers, returning migrant workers, and people lifted out of poverty, concentrating on providing jobs, services, policies, and warmth, doing a good job in providing basic employment assistance to disadvantaged groups, and promoting employment and income increase for rural laborers. On the day of the event, it attracted more than 3,000 registered unemployed persons, rural laborers, returning migrant workers, and people with disabilities to enter the venue to seek employment, and initially reached employment intentions with more than 700 people; the number of online live broadcast viewers reached 31,000.
The Guangxi (广西) human resources and social security departments will closely cooperate with relevant departments to accurately grasp the employment needs of enterprises and the employment intentions of key groups before and after the Spring Festival, and organize a series of special service activities such as special labor cooperation recruitment and "point-to-point" job delivery services.
Return to TopFebruary 3rd, the No. 1 Central Document was released, further releasing a strong signal of adhering to the priority development of agriculture and rural areas, and proposing to "promote 'literary and artistic empowerment of beautiful villages' to enrich the supply of rural cultural products and services."
Farmer paintings record the development of the cultural industry, gentle opera tunes awaken the beautiful village mornings, video lenses allow more people to see the charm of traditional culture... The comprehensive revitalization of the countryside should not only have material abundance, but also spiritual fulfillment. Literature and art can activate rural cultural vitality, empower characteristic industries, and unite people's efforts, making the countryside both beautiful and meaningful.
Starting from today, this edition will launch the column "Literary and Artistic Empowerment of Beautiful Villages" to tell stories of literature and art taking root in the fields, nourishing industries, and deeply touching people's hearts, and to see how the countryside becomes a poetic residence of "traditional yet modern" due to the beauty of literature and art.
——Editor
Life Changed by Literature and Art ("Villagers Say")
Li Ziqi (李子柒)
Some time ago, there was heavy snow in Pingwu County (平武县), Mianyang (绵阳), Sichuan (四川). The next morning, my uncle and I went out to collect empty shots, and we made a special trip to the Ganhaizi Scenic Area (甘海子景区) in Baima Tibetan Township (白马藏族乡). Time flies so fast. I had played the piano there before. Xuebaoding (雪宝顶) is covered with snow all year round, and you have to wear cotton clothes even in the summer. I was wearing a Shu brocade dress and playing the piano in front of the snow-capped mountains. My hands were frozen stiff, "ding ding kuang kuang," and the notes seemed to be frozen too. I had to re-record a version later. Unexpectedly, Ganhaizi became popular after the video was released, and netizens rushed to that snow-capped forest and sea to "bump into" the white snow of the Min Mountains (岷山).
Now, there are many visitors, but it is still quiet and pure. When I was about to reach the meadow, I suddenly heard a clear melody, like ice prisms breaking in the sun. Following the sound, I saw a young man in traditional costume playing "Gongxi Facai" (恭喜发财) with a traditional musical instrument. The simple and elegant tone interpreted the popular tune, just like the fusion of snow-capped canyons and modern life. Several tourists surrounded him, holding up their mobile phones, with novelty on their faces.
The interweaving of the ancient and the trendy in Ganhaizi reminded me of two old friends.
One is Chen Yunzhen (陈云珍), a representative inheritor of Qiang embroidery. She led women from nearby villages to weave patterns that originally only appeared on quilts and clothes onto coasters, notebooks, and bags, turning the craft into an industry and enriching the rural cultural tourism industry. Qiang embroidery has embroidered the beauty and prosperity of the countryside. It is said that in 2025, the per capita income of villagers in Shiyi Village (石椅村), Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County (北川羌族自治县), will exceed 100,000 yuan.
The other is Chen Guotao (陈国桃), a teacher from Shibadong Village (十八洞村), Huayuan County (花垣县), Xiangxi (湘西), Hunan (湖南). She opened a Miao embroidery intangible cultural heritage workshop in the mountains. I visited twice in 2025. That beautiful wooden house in the rice fields has become one of the warmest places in the village. The nearly 90-year-old grandmothers who can't do needlework teach young embroiderers traditional patterns in the workshop; the sisters who bring their children don't have to worry, and while they are sewing, they can see the children playing in the yard; the uncles who are tired from working in the fields often lean against the wooden fence outside the yard to rest, occasionally poking their heads to watch the embroidery... Teacher Chen is in charge of the meals for hundreds of embroiderers every day, and also helps many people open bank accounts.
Not only has the lives of villagers changed because of literature and art, but also film and television shooting has driven rural cultural tourism, many short video creators have allowed more people to see intangible cultural heritage skills, and anchors have sold local specialties while promoting the countryside... You see, when literature and art take root in the soil, it is no longer suspended in the air. It is the real income of every farmer, the dignity of being needed even at the age of nearly 90, the morning when mothers do not have to be separated from their children, and the various aspects of our lives when the wind blows through the rice fields and under the wooden corridors...
This is also the reason why I am gradually shifting my work focus behind the scenes. In the past, I thought about how to make the video beautiful and how to show the craftsmanship well. But now I am more concerned about whether these literary and artistic works can bring real benefits to more people related to them, and whether the craftsmanship can be inherited and developed. Because the "empowerment of beauty" of literature and art ultimately "empowers" people's lives, people's dignity, and the cultural confidence that has been passed down for generations in the vast countryside and is now becoming more and more brilliant.
(The author is the head of Li Ziqi (李子柒) Intangible Cultural Heritage Workshop)
Pingwu County (平武县), Mianyang (绵阳), Sichuan (四川) Relies on Intangible Cultural Heritage Skills to Develop Characteristic Industries
Deep Mountain Villages, Very Traditional and Very Fashionable
By Song Haoxin (宋豪新), reporter of this newspaper
In the early morning, the sound of gongs and drums in the "Intangible Cultural Heritage Longzhou" (非遗龙州) characteristic block in Pingwu County (平武县), Mianyang (绵阳), Sichuan (四川) "dispersed" the light fog. In a corner of the block, Tian Huta (田虎塔), a Baima Tibetan man, is focusing on carving a Cao Gai mask. The carving knife is steady and the lines are gradually appearing. Ms. Hao (郝) from Chengdu (成都) holds up her mobile phone to freeze this ancient skill.
Cao Gai (曹盖) is a unique wooden mask of the Baima Tibetan people, generally carved from logs weighing more than ten kilograms. The original color of Cao Gai is dark, with fangs and bulging eyes. The extended "Cao Gai Dance" (跳曹盖) is a traditional prayer activity. Local villages will "dance Cao Gai" to pray for good weather in the coming year.
On the bank of the Duobu River (夺补河), Baxijia Ancient Village (扒昔加古寨) in Baima Tibetan Township (白马藏族乡) spreads out along the mountain. Tian Huta's (田虎塔) Cao Gai workshop is in the village. The workshop is converted from an old house, and the walls are hung with colorful masks, full of ancient charm.
"In the past, Cao Gai masks only appeared in rural folk activities; now, tourists come to the village to experience the production process," said Tian Huta (田虎塔). The production of Cao Gai is steeped in the weight of history and the villagers' cherishment. It not only requires trekking through mountains and rivers to find suitable wood, but also requires multiple processes such as carving, hollowing out, and polishing to make the mask finally take shape.
In 2014, Tian Huta (田虎塔) gave up his freight business and returned to his hometown to focus on old skills, transforming the old house into a homestay and opening a Cao Gai experience workshop. More than 20 rooms are often fully booked, and the Cao Gai mask exhibition hall has also become a popular spot for tourists in the village. Tourists always stop here to learn about it.
The changes brought about by Cao Gai are not limited to this. Situated in Baxijia Ancient Village (扒昔加古寨), the steps are full of Gesang flowers, and you can often see villagers in traditional costumes interacting with tourists.
More profound changes are quietly taking place in the cultural life of the villagers. In the past, villagers only had chatting as a pastime during the slack season. Now, their leisure time is filled with Cao Gai production skills exchanges and folk song and dance rehearsals. Tian Huta's (田虎塔) workshop has become the "cultural landmark" of the village. Young people in the village take the initiative to learn carving, while older villagers provide guidance and occasionally draw traditional patterns. During the village's cultural performances, "Cao Gai Dance" (跳曹盖) will always be on the same stage as modern song and dance. The sound of sheepskin drums from history is intertwined with the laughter of tourists, reflecting the increasingly strong artistic atmosphere in the village.
The colorful Cao Gai masks not only record the cultural context of the countryside, but also tell the moving story of the countryside becoming beautiful because of culture and the industry prospering because of culture.
Deep mountain villages, very traditional and very fashionable. In November 2024, blogger Li Ziqi (李子柒) updated a video. She wore a velvet flower Shu brocade dress and sang in front of a piano. The filming location was in the ancient village, which made Baima Tibetan Township (白马藏族乡) a "popular check-in place." In September 2025, with the opening of the expressway, the desirable mountain villages, red leaves, colorful forests, and streams in the video can be reached within a few hours' drive from Chengdu (成都). Here, homestays are scattered and well-arranged, and tourists fill the courtyards. Ancient skills are known and loved by more people.
The charm of intangible cultural heritage not only lights up the ancient village. In Pingwu County (平武县), the "Intangible Cultural Heritage Longzhou" (非遗龙州) characteristic block opened on New Year's Day in 2026. It was transformed from an old grain station building complex, and Tian Huta's (田虎塔) Cao Gai production skills experience was established as an important project. The "watchable, learnable, and hands-on" experience model not only makes intangible cultural heritage projects more vivid in the countryside, but also injects vitality into inheritance and innovation: young people wear traditional costumes for travel photography, and "Cao Gai Dance" (跳曹盖) performances attract bursts of cheers. The ancient village skills have gone out of the deep mountains and into the hearts of more and more people.
From the farmyards of Baxijia Ancient Village (扒昔加古寨) to the bustling characteristic blocks of Pingwu County (平武县), intangible cultural heritage skills connect tradition and modernity, countryside and the world, and write a new chapter in literary and artistic empowerment of beautiful villages.
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The colorful rural art festivals and the vigorous growth of new cultural spaces demonstrate that, in the process of promoting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, art, as a profound and vibrant force, is gradually penetrating the fabric of rural life, driving the all-round improvement of the countryside from its external image to its internal mechanisms.
This year's No. 1 Central Document proposed "promoting 'artistic empowerment of beautiful villages' and enriching the supply of rural cultural products and services." How can art empower beautiful villages? Currently, there are four transformations worth noting.
From "supply-oriented" to "demand-oriented." The art that can empower beautiful villages is by no means closed-door or self-indulgent, but truly embraces life and deeply cultivates the local culture. The integration of art into the countryside is not simply copying existing works, nor is it a superficial creation that is 雨过地皮湿 (yǔ guò dì pí shī - "after the rain, the ground is wet," superficial, not thorough), but rather based on the actual needs of the countryside, highlighting the main body of farmers, and activating the internal vitality of rural innovation. In recent years, many universities have organized teachers and students to go into the fields, and improved the quality of supply through "stationing in villages and creating on demand," from "sending art" to "asking for needs" and "working together," so that art serves the countryside and is close to the masses.
From "classroom drawing board" to "rural scene." With art as the carrier, universities and villages are experiencing a "two-way rush." On the one hand, all localities are constantly accelerating the pace of building livable, workable, and beautiful villages, and using art as an entry point and catalyst can effectively highlight the original ecological charm of the countryside. On the other hand, artistic creation locked in an ivory tower will not have lasting inspiration and passion, and must be rooted in life and respond to the times. This is especially important for young students who have just embarked on the road of artistic exploration. At present, art colleges are promoting educational reform, taking the vast countryside as a "big classroom," and jointly building practical teaching bases and aesthetic education workstations with local areas, shifting from the "classroom drawing board" that focuses on skills training to a more comprehensive "rural scene," and promoting high-quality cultural resources directly to the grassroots.
From "single-point effort" to "aggregate force." The change that art brings to the appearance of villages is only the first step. More importantly, it is necessary to transform short-term traffic into pragmatic benefits and sustained popularity through rich formats and high-quality services. This requires integrating resources and unblocking blockages on the basis of "single-point efforts" to make art a bridge to promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside. At the same time, from artist-led to advocating "everyone is an artist," allowing art to return to the countryside, integrate into the countryside, and explore the formation of new art with the spirit of the times, national temperament, and multi-dimensional forms.
From "aesthetic improvement" to "ecological construction." Art is the pursuit of beauty, but art is not limited to beauty. The artistic empowerment of beautiful villages cannot stop at "making the countryside look good," but must move from the intuitive "aesthetic improvement" to long-term "blood production" and "education." Art can drive industrial development, increase the added value of agricultural products and rural tourism products, and create local brands; art can serve a better life, adjust the pace of life, and allow people to live poetically in their rural homes. For example, the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University (清华大学美术学院) has continuously held the Nanshan Art Season in Pinggu (平谷), Beijing (北京), jointly creating public art works with teachers and students from 8 universities in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) region, and introducing planning and operation teams for homestays, catering, markets, exhibitions, and research, promoting the transformation of mountain villages.
The value of artistic practice lies in using professional capabilities to help solve the problems of rural development and activate the endogenous power of the countryside. Universities actively participate in the artistic empowerment of beautiful villages, and are deepening along the direction of pragmatism, collaboration, innovation, and sustainability. We look forward to continuously improving the policy system and collaborative mechanism in the future, so that art can bloom more lasting brilliance on the fertile soil of the countryside, and jointly draw a new picture of Chinese-style modernized countryside.
(The author is the Party Secretary of the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University (清华大学美术学院党委书记))
Return to TopThis newspaper Beijing (北京) February 3rd (Reporter Shi Fang (施芳)) "Fan and Drum Moving Youyan (幽燕) - Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) Temple Fair Culture Exhibition" opened at the Capital Museum (首都博物馆). The exhibition takes themes such as "Flower Fair Performing Arts" and "Dazzling Goods" as its main threads. Through more than 260 precious cultural relics, folk props, and artistic treasures, it panoramically restores the historical context and vibrant atmosphere of the temple fairs in Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北).
This exhibition carefully selects heavyweight collections from multiple cultural and museum institutions, including the Capital Museum (首都博物馆), Tianjin Museum (天津博物馆), Tianjin Folk Museum (天津市民俗博物馆), and Hebei Museum (河北博物院). It innovates the traditional cultural relic display model, using a "static cultural relic + dynamic scene" approach to allow the audience to immerse themselves in the lively and extraordinary traditional temple fair. The exhibition will last until April 5th.
Return to TopUrumqi (乌鲁木齐), February 3rd (Reporter Shang Rongzheng (尚嵘峥)) The 13th Tianshan North and South Celebrate the New Year Intangible Cultural Heritage Folk Custom Exhibition series of activities recently launched at the Xinjiang Art Museum (新疆美术馆). During this period, Xinjiang (新疆) will carry out 282 online and offline intangible cultural heritage display performances, interactive experiences, communication and promotion activities, with the main venue located at the Xinjiang Art Museum (新疆美术馆).
During the Spring Festival holiday, Xinjiang (新疆) will focus on the theme of "Intangible Cultural Heritage Celebrates the New Year · Exploring the Chinese New Year," and carry out a series of activities such as celebrating the New Year in the ancient city, the Year of the Horse Lantern Festival Lantern Display, the Year of the Horse Intangible Cultural Heritage Grand Gathering, celebrating the New Year in the Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum, and Spring Festival folk custom performances. This year's folk custom exhibition promotes intangible cultural heritage projects from "static display" to "dynamic inheritance," making traditional New Year customs "hot" through participatory, experiential, and sensory activity designs.
This year's folk custom exhibition integrates intangible cultural heritage projects into spaces such as tourist attractions, cultural blocks, ice and snow venues, commercial complexes, and rural markets, stimulating the vitality of the winter cultural tourism market.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 徐 靖
In the Xuan Inkstone Culture Park in Jingde County (旌德县), Xuancheng City (宣城市), Anhui Province (安徽省), several inkstone carvers are holding carving knives, heads down, "painting" on the inkstones. Under their meticulous carving, landscapes, flowers, birds, and figures are vividly displayed on the inkstones, lifelike.
Xuan Inkstone, also known as Xuanzhou Stone Inkstone, is named after its origin in ancient Xuanzhou (宣州). It originated in the Jin Dynasty (晋), flourished in the Tang (唐) and Song Dynasties (宋), and has been passed down for over a thousand years.
Since the Qing Dynasty (清代), Xuan Inkstone gradually faded into obscurity. In modern times, apart from collectors, Xuan Inkstone is hard to find, which is regrettable.
In 2010, a sudden rainstorm struck Baidi Town (白地镇), Jingde County (旌德县), and a mudslide on Longtan Mountain (龙潭山) washed the Xuan stone buried underground to the surface. Since then, the inkstone used for Xuan Inkstone has "reappeared."
"The inkstone used for Xuan Inkstone comes from Longtan Mountain (龙潭山), dating back to the Ordovician period, hundreds of millions of years ago. The stone is mainly dark black, as black and bright as lacquer, warm and smooth as jade," said Huang Taihai (黄太海), chairman of Anhui Xuan Inkstone Culture Co., Ltd. (安徽宣砚文化有限公司).
The production process of Xuan Inkstone, starting from quarrying, can be divided into selection, cutting, blank making, design, carving, and polishing. The current Xuan Inkstone has completely replicated the traditional craftsmanship.
In 2014, Jingde County (旌德县) was awarded the title of "Hometown of Chinese Xuan Inkstone" by the China Stationery and Sporting Goods Association (中国文房四宝协会). In 2017, the Xuan Inkstone making technique was listed in the representative project list of Anhui Province's (安徽省) provincial intangible cultural heritage. In 2025, the National Intellectual Property Administration (国家知识产权局) recognized Xuan Inkstone as a geographical indication product.
"When we were exploring the restoration of Xuan Inkstone's production process, we always adhered to 守正创新 (shǒu zhèng chuàng xīn - "maintain orthodoxy innovate," to uphold the traditional while innovating). Upholding orthodoxy means adhering to the practical function of the inkstone, which is the basis for it as one of the Four Treasures of the Study and distinguishes it from stone carving artworks. In addition, we have made bold attempts in terms of modeling and design, combining the characteristics of Xuan Inkstone," said Huang Taihai (黄太海).
In the exhibition hall of the Xuan Inkstone Culture Park (宣砚文化园), not only are various inkstones and ink slabs displayed, but also various cultural and creative products made from inkstone. "We use metal, bamboo, wood, ceramics, resin, shells and other materials to make inkstone covers, and print various hand-painted patterns on them to make them more beautiful; we also combine traditional crafts such as lacquer and silver inlay, and integrate modern elements to make the ancient Xuan Inkstone popular," said Huang Taihai (黄太海).
In order to further promote the inheritance and development of Xuan Inkstone, Jingde County (旌德县), on the basis of encouraging technological innovation, establishing process standards, and promoting school-enterprise cooperation, continues to strengthen talent training and exchange, and increase cultural exports. "By establishing master studios and establishing a 'master-apprentice inheritance' system, we have trained more than 200 inkstone carving craftsmen," said He Yihua (贺懿华), director of the Jingde County Culture and Tourism Bureau (旌德县文化和旅游局). In 2025, the live broadcast sales of Xuan Inkstone cultural and creative products exceeded 800,000 yuan, the proportion of young consumer groups increased to 35%, and in 2025, it received more than 30,000 tourists and research students.
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The scale of new employment groups continues to expand. How can we better protect their labor rights? Nanning (南宁), Guangxi (广西) focuses on building a "grand mediation" mechanism. Anchoring on the needs of workers, integrating the strength of multiple departments, and using more efficient and complete mediation work to resolve labor disputes in the field of new employment forms, it not only protects the legitimate rights and interests of the vast number of workers, but also helps enterprises develop healthily.
As the Spring Festival approaches, the Nanning (南宁) City Labor and Personnel Dispute Artificial Intelligence Mediation Platform in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区) will be launched in the whole region. The platform focuses on three main scenarios: intelligent assisted application, intelligent outbound pre-mediation, and intelligent legal document generation, to help accelerate mediation and resolve labor disputes.
The scale of new employment groups continues to expand, and disputes over workers' income and various rights and interests occur from time to time. Nanning (南宁) is promoting the construction of a labor rights protection "grand mediation" mechanism with the Labor and Personnel Dispute Diversified Joint Mediation Center as the main line, linking multiple departments, and running through the grassroots grid. By simplifying the application process for rights protection, establishing labor dispute mediation organizations focusing on new employment forms, and establishing a "rights protection + employment" dual-track service model, the legitimate rights and interests of the vast number of workers, including new employment groups, are protected.
Simplified Process, Faster Rights Protection
"I heard that the problem of arrears in income can be solved here, so I came." Courier Xiao Pang (小庞) and his colleagues came to the Nanning (南宁) City Human Resources and Social Security Service Hall. Two years ago, Xiao Pang (小庞) came to Nanning (南宁) from the Northeast with his family to work. In June 2025, during the gap period at the construction site, Xiao Pang (小庞) became a courier for a company. However, from mid-July, the company was in arrears with wages, and Xiao Pang (小庞) was anxious.
In the Human Resources and Social Security Service Hall, Xiao Pang (小庞) filled out the "Essential Labor Rights Protection Application Form" according to the guidelines, and the whole process took no more than a quarter of an hour. "Traditional rights protection documents are cumbersome to fill out, which increases the cost of rights protection to a certain extent," said Deng Yan (邓琰), deputy director of the Nanning (南宁) City Labor and Personnel Dispute Arbitration Court. Since June 2025, the Nanning (南宁) City Labor and Personnel Dispute Arbitration Court has launched element-based application forms and element-based defense statements for four types of new employment groups: couriers, anchors, truck drivers, and takeaway delivery staff, which can be submitted online or offline to simplify the application process for rights protection.
Xiao Pang's (小庞) application was assigned to the Nanning (南宁) City Labor and Personnel Dispute Diversified Joint Mediation Center for processing. The mediation center is located in the Nanning (南宁) City Labor and Personnel Dispute Arbitration Court and was jointly established by the Nanning (南宁) City Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, the Municipal Party Committee Political and Legal Committee, the Municipal Intermediate People's Court, the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions and other 8 departments.
Three days later, the staff called Xiao Pang (小庞) to verify the relevant situation. Two days later, Xiao Pang (小庞) received another call. "Now the courier company is willing to pay the arrears of 1,930 yuan. We will issue a mediation agreement for both parties to agree on the payment deadline," the staff said.
On the day of signing the mediation agreement in the mediation center conference room, Xiao Pang (小庞) received the arrears as scheduled. According to relevant regulations, mediation should be completed within 15 days. Xiao Pang's (小庞) problem took only 6 days from reflection to resolution.
Diversified Joint, More Powerful Mediation
The problem can be solved quickly thanks to the extensive preparation work of the mediation center.
In July 2025, affected by the "618" mid-year promotion and the large-scale listing of Guangxi (广西) fruits, the delivery and receipt of express delivery entered the peak season, but many residents in Qingxiu District (青秀区), Nanning (南宁) City, reported that they could not receive express delivery. "Professional sensitivity makes us more concerned about this matter," said Huang Xin (黄鑫), a staff member of the Nanning (南宁) City Labor and Personnel Dispute Diversified Joint Mediation Center. Previously, the mediation center had received many complaints from couriers about courier companies being in arrears with labor remuneration. "At that time, we analyzed that the delay in express delivery may be caused by labor remuneration disputes," Huang Xin (黄鑫) said.
The mediation center quickly reported the problem to the Nanning (南宁) City Human Resources and Social Security Bureau. After comprehensive research and judgment, the Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau transferred the backbone force of the arbitration court to connect with the industry competent department, the Nanning (南宁) City Postal Administration, and the companies involved.
"A group of couriers quit, which affected the delivery and receipt of express delivery," the person in charge of the outlet said. The couriers were also full of grievances: "The company owes us wages." After investigation by the labor security supervision agency in the urban area, the mediation center quickly verified the list of personnel involved in arrears of labor income, involving a total of 297 people, with a total arrears of 1,223,300 yuan.
"We must not only protect the legitimate income of workers, but also promote the healthy and sound development of enterprises," said Wu Wuhong (吴武鸿), a mediator at the mediation center. Facing the workers, the mediators relieved their emotions while encouraging them to resume work in a timely manner. Facing the enterprise, the mediators promised to assist in solving employment problems on the premise of informing the seriousness of the problem of arrears of labor remuneration.
"The three-party linkage of industry competent departments, mediation organizations, and arbitration courts to open up the 'supervision-mediation-industry competent-arbitration' chain helps to solve pain points such as difficulty in obtaining evidence and unsmooth rights protection paths, and improves the success rate of mediation," Deng Yan (邓琰) said. "Diversified joint mediation can solve problems more quickly through voluntary consultation, saving time costs and effectively protecting the rights and interests of workers."
In the end, the Nanning (南宁) City Labor and Personnel Dispute Diversified Joint Mediation Center and the Municipal Postal Administration jointly handled the matter and successfully resolved the relevant labor disputes. The two companies involved paid 1,223,300 yuan in remuneration according to the mediation agreement.
Full-Chain Service, More Comprehensive Guarantee
The service is more than just recovering arrears. New employment form labor disputes often have difficulties in the recognition of labor relations. Courier companies circumvent labor relations through "cooperation agreements" and "contracting contracts." The responsible parties mostly point to outsourcing and franchise companies with weak payment capabilities, and the payment of arrears is difficult to implement.
In order to solve such problems, starting in March 2025, the Nanning (南宁) City Postal Administration gave play to the role of the industry competent department, launched an industry emergency plan, and required the Guangxi (广西) headquarters of the courier company where the courier was located to implement unified management responsibilities and take the method of direct delivery fees (the courier's income from delivery does not need to go through the company where they are located, and is directly deposited into their personal account) to protect the rights and interests of couriers.
Because many workers have insufficient knowledge of legal procedures and evidence requirements, it is more difficult to provide evidence for rights protection. "Everyone's usual delivery records, work group chat records, and even photos of wearing work clothes are key evidence, so don't delete them casually!" At the mediation site, staff popularized relevant legal knowledge for everyone.
There are currently about 5,000 couriers in Nanning (南宁) City, more than 6,000 courier terminal outlets, and the annual express delivery volume exceeds 1 billion pieces. The Nanning (南宁) City Postal Administration, the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, the Intermediate People's Court and other 7 departments jointly established the Courier Industry Labor Dispute Mediation Center in August 2025 to achieve targeted governance of disputes in professional fields. Last year, a total of 99 cases of remuneration settlement, social security supplementary payment, and work-related injury compensation between couriers and enterprises were mediated, and economic losses of more than 890,000 yuan were recovered for workers.
Su Jinrui (苏金锐), a third-level researcher at the Nanning (南宁) City Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, introduced that Nanning (南宁) City is currently promoting the construction of a "one center, multiple studios, and multiple sites" diversified mediation platform for labor and personnel disputes, creating a "diversified and multi-circle" mediation service model, focusing on the demands of new employment groups, and through a three-level linkage model of "central unified dispatch, studio nearby service, and site direct access to the front line," the mediation service is extended to new business formats such as business districts, odd job markets, and logistics parks, providing diversified mediation services that fit the actual situation of new employment groups and help urban development.
By: 本报记者 窦瀚洋
At 11:50 AM, in the canteen of Luqiao Primary School (路桥小学) in Luqiao District (路桥区), Taizhou City (台州市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), students had finished their meals one after another. Three canteen staff members turned around and busied themselves again—they neatly spooned the remaining, still steaming, food into lunch boxes, carefully sealed them, and then neatly stacked them into insulated containers. In less than 20 minutes, nearly 30 lunches were prepared and ready to be sent out.
At this time, a line had quietly formed in front of the small window of the "Yiwen Post (翼文驿站)" outside the school gate. More than a dozen sanitation workers and nearby low-income residents arrived one after another, and the scene was orderly. At 12:10 PM, a trolley carrying the insulated containers arrived on time. Chen Yiru (陈艺如), a fifth-grade student who volunteered, and three of her friends immediately greeted them, holding up the warm lunch boxes with both hands and handing them out through the window one by one. "I feel especially happy to be able to help people in need," Chen Yiru (陈艺如) said, her big eyes shining. "Through delivering meals, I have learned to share and also understand respect."
This warm transmission began in March 2020. At that time, facing the clean leftover food every day, Xu Junli (徐军礼), the Party Secretary of Luqiao Primary School (路桥小学), had an idea: "Instead of wasting it, why not give it to those who really need it?" Thus, the "Yiwen Post (翼文驿站)" came into being, and a small window in the post opened a channel of love.
In the past nearly 6 years, the small window has never been closed, and more than 30,000 loving lunches have been delivered. "One meat dish and two vegetable dishes, delicious and healthy, and there is also mung bean soup in the summer," said Sister Liu (刘大姐), a sanitation worker who is a regular here. While speaking, she helped wipe the table and lift the insulated containers. "The school is good to us, and we also want to do our part."
At Luqiao Primary School (路桥小学), the "Yiwen Post (翼文驿站)" carries far more than just a lunch. It has gradually grown into a warm station where love flows: "Love Under the Umbrella (伞下有爱)" provides loving umbrellas without registration, lent out more than 10,000 times; "'Clothing' All the Way Together ('衣'路同行)" collects students' idle clothes, and more than 8,000 sets of clothes and more than 600 pairs of shoes have been quietly taken away by people in need; all students in the school come to volunteer in batches, and the post has become a vivid moral education classroom...
The love that the children have given has also attracted more love in return. Many residents and operators in the surrounding area voluntarily send idle clothes to the post. Parents often quietly put a few more umbrellas or add a few thick clothes, making the loving reserves here even richer. "We hope that the children who walk out of here can continue to pass on this warmth," said Xu Junli (徐军礼).
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on February 3rd (Reporter Meng Xiangfu (孟祥夫)) The conference on promoting high-quality development of social organizations and the 5th "National Advanced Social Organizations" commendation meeting was held in Beijing (北京) on the 2nd. The All China Lawyers Association (中华全国律师协会), the China Agro-Science and Education Foundation (中华农业科教基金会), and 286 other social organizations, social service organizations, and foundations were awarded the title of "National Advanced Social Organizations."
The meeting requested that emphasis be placed on giving full play to the social organizations' role in promoting the cultivation and development of new quality productive forces, in assisting high-quality economic development, in the synergistic role of strengthening and innovating social governance, in the supplementary role of guaranteeing and improving people's livelihoods, and in the bridging role of deepening international exchange and cooperation. At present and for a period of time to come, based on the basic positioning and phased requirements of the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, we must adhere to grasping cultivation and development on the one hand, and supervision and management on the other, taking the Party's political construction as the guide, institutional construction as the main line, and standardized operation as the guarantee, coordinating development and security, vitality and order, unswervingly following the path of social organization development with Chinese characteristics, ensuring the healthy development of social organizations, and giving play to a positive role. We must focus on leading the high-quality development of social organizations with high-quality Party building, improve the management system of social organizations, adjust and optimize the structural layout of social organizations, improve the cultivation and support system for social organizations, strengthen the comprehensive supervision of social organizations, and strengthen the self-construction of social organizations.
Return to TopGrassroots governance is the "nerve ending" of national governance, directly related to the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security. Dazhu County (大竹县), Dazhou City (达州市), Sichuan Province (四川省), based on its actual county conditions, launched the "Community Warmer, City More Civilized" governance service improvement campaign (referred to as the "Two More Actions"), starting with the "urgent, difficult, and worrying" small matters of the masses, taking Party building as the lead, mechanisms as support, and technology as the driving force, building a new pattern of grassroots governance of "people's livelihood has a response, contradictions can be resolved, and civilization can be immersed," and exploring a replicable path for the modernization of county-level grassroots governance.
Problem-solving with People's Livelihood Orientation: Delivering Services Accurately to the People
Dazhu County (大竹县) promotes a closed-loop service of "the masses order, the government accepts, and the society evaluates," focusing the "Two More Actions" on solving the direct interests of the masses, and promoting people's livelihood services from "passive response" to "active supply."
The transformation of the Gaofeng Temple (高峰寺) resettlement housing community is a vivid microcosm of the renovation of old residential areas in Dazhu County (大竹县). After the launch of the "Two More Actions," county-level departments took the lead in forming a working group, completing door-to-door visits to the entire community within one month, and sorting out 66 mass demands in 6 major categories. Connecting with housing construction, emergency response, and other departments to promote hardware upgrades: demarcating more than 110 standardized parking spaces, installing more than 60 sets of intelligent charging piles, hardening damaged roads, replacing old street lights, and replanting green plants to create "pocket parks," completely changing the community environment.
In addition to hardware upgrades, long-term governance is key. The working group guided the community to establish a self-management committee, formulate a "Neighborhood Convention," and innovatively launch "shared orchards" and "farm tool sharing houses" to bring neighbors closer. The former "disorderly courtyard" has been transformed into a "happy home."
In response to the "difficulty in eating" problem for elderly and widowed elderly people, the county has built a "2+8" meal assistance service network, with 1 central kitchen, 5 community meal assistance points, and 2 silver-haired restaurants.
As of now, the county has completed the renovation of 56 old residential areas, built 9 new "pocket parks," and put 32 electric vehicle stations and 157 new energy vehicle charging stations into use, gradually realizing the goal of "living in a good home and enjoying old age."
Multi-element Collaborative Efforts: Solving the "Stubborn Dilemma" of Grassroots Governance
Dazhu County (大竹县) breaks departmental restrictions, builds a "Party building-led, multi-party participation, collaborative governance" system, and activates the vitality of multiple subjects through mechanism innovation, promoting governance from "single-soldier combat" to "team co-governance."
A community in Shuangma Community (双马社区) built in 2000 has long faced problems such as aging facilities and chaotic management due to the lack of property management. In order to solve the dilemma, Dazhu County (大竹县) built a framework of "Party organization leading, self-management committee in charge, red property management backing, and resident participation," established a functional Party organization, elected a self-management committee, and introduced "red property management" to form a joint force for community governance. This model has been promoted in 48 communities in Dazhu County (大竹县), establishing 15 community Party organizations and 48 self-management committees, turning governance "blind spots" into "happy homes."
A total of 28 community service working groups have been formed in the county, mobilizing 1,186 cadres to participate in the "I do something for the community" activity, and more than 6,800 party members and cadres visit door-to-door, making "chatting, collecting demands, and giving feedback" gradually normalized.
Civilized Customs Condense Hearts: Cultivating a New Trend of Civilization and Integrity in the City
Civilized customs cannot be separated from cultural nourishment. The Propaganda Department of the Dazhu County (大竹县) Party Committee coordinated 32 departments and 3 subdistricts to formulate a manual for creating a civilization, building a "online + offline" publicity pattern. Yuntai Community (云台社区) has created a free calligraphy and painting room, where retired teachers guide young people to learn calligraphy and Sinology; the New Era Civilization Practice Institute of Dongliu Street (东柳街道), Dazhu County (大竹县), carries out activities such as literary performances and popular science free clinics; the People's Grand Stage attracts 80 teams to participate, covering more than 100,000 people, allowing the masses to become the protagonists of civilization dissemination.
Dazhu County (大竹县) focuses on cultivating autonomous culture. Gaofeng Temple Community (高峰寺小区) formulated the "Neighborhood Convention" through the council, and many communities set up "red and black lists," linking volunteer service points with commendations. More than 2,300 courtyard meetings and symposiums were held throughout the county, and the concept of "I am the master of my home" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the masses have become participants in community governance. The creation of civilization complements the improvement of people's livelihood, and the city's "soft power" continues to improve.
Mechanism Innovation Empowers: Activating the Endogenous Power of Grassroots Governance
The personnel team is the key to grassroots governance. Dazhu County (大竹县) deepens the "Bamboo Township Party Building · Rock Solid" quality improvement project, 16 communities signed 113 co-construction agreements with resident units, and more than 60,000 party members sank into the grid, building a grassroots combat fortress with the "Party building + grid" model. Implement the "Bamboo Shoot" project to improve the comprehensive quality and ability of young cadres through training and business competitions.
Technological empowerment makes governance more accurate and efficient. Dazhu County (大竹县) deepens the construction of a digital government, realizing "one-stop" online handling of 1,275 government services, with a full online handling rate of 91.22%. The processing time for "doing one thing efficiently" is shortened by an average of 77%, and the annual handling volume of cross-domain handling items exceeds 50,000, opening up the "last mile" of service.
Dazhu County (大竹县) responds to the expectations of the masses and activates governance efficiency with the "Two More Actions," and has embarked on a distinctive path of grassroots governance. Data shows that since the launch of the "Two More Actions," Dazhu County (大竹县) has visited 332,000 people, collected more than 25,000 demands, and completed 14,000, significantly improving the satisfaction of the masses.
Grassroots governance has no end, and serving the people has no end. Dazhu County (大竹县) will continue to deepen the "Two More Actions," make up for shortcomings in people's livelihood, improve governance mechanisms, cultivate a new trend of civilization, and write a more exciting answer for promoting the modernization of county-level grassroots governance.
Data source: Propaganda Department of the CPC Dazhu County Committee (中共大竹县委宣传部)
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 徐驭尧
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This year's Central No. 1 Document proposes to promote the reform and construction of the grassroots agricultural technology extension system and promote the entry of agricultural scientific and technological achievements into villages and households.
In order to protect and restore alpine grasslands, the Naqu Grassland Science and Technology Courtyard (那曲草业科技小院) in Tibet is rooted in the northern Tibetan Plateau, carrying out ecological research on alpine grasslands, strengthening the promotion of grassland technology, and contributing to improving grassland productivity, enriching species diversity, and promoting high-quality development of grassland animal husbandry in alpine regions.
Looking out from Naqu City (那曲市), Tibet, on the northern Tibetan Plateau, at an average altitude of over 4,500 meters, the withered yellow grassland stretches into the distance.
At high altitudes, the grassland ecosystem is fragile. Most of the grass here can only grow to the length of a finger.
He Shicheng (何世丞), a livestock technician at the Naqu City (那曲市) Animal Husbandry (Grassland) Science and Technology Research and Extension Center, who has worked in Tibet for more than 10 years, said with deep emotion: "Protecting this vast and fragile grassland is a major challenge, but we have been taking action."
In the suburbs of Naqu City (那曲市), the Tibet Naqu Grassland Science and Technology Courtyard (西藏那曲草业科技小院), relying on the Naqu City (那曲市) Animal Husbandry (Grassland) Science and Technology Research and Extension Center, was established in 2022. The Institute of Agricultural Environment and Sustainable Development of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (中国农业科学院农业环境与可持续发展研究所) provides technical support, and is committed to exploring how to better protect this alpine grassland.
Restoring Grassland—
From cattle and sheep unwilling to eat, to yaks taking the initiative to stroll in
"The alpine ecosystem of northern Tibet is fragile. Factors such as global warming and the development of alpine animal husbandry have led to grassland degradation in Naqu (那曲) over the past few decades. This is both an ecological risk and affects the livelihoods of local farmers and herdsmen," said Ganzhu Zhabu (干珠扎布), a tutor at the Science and Technology Courtyard and associate researcher at the Institute of Agricultural Environment and Sustainable Development of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (中国农业科学院环发所).
The problem needs to be intervened urgently, but the solution needs to be explored little by little.
In the Science and Technology Courtyard, technician Awang Baima (阿旺白玛) is checking the growth of various plants in the experimental field. Next to her, the experimental field is divided into 60 cm square experimental areas, and different plants are planted in dozens of experimental areas. Researchers control the differences in vegetation types and planting densities between different plots, and set up various equipment to monitor soil moisture and observe the impact of different growth environments on plants.
"We have carried out a number of comparative experiments and research in order to better understand the characteristics of vegetation growth in Naqu (那曲)," Awang Baima (阿旺白玛) introduced.
In Anduo County (安多县), Naqu City (那曲市), in the wilderness more than 4,700 meters above sea level, He Shicheng (何世丞) led researchers to work in the field.
"Most places in Tibet use grass varieties from Qinghai (青海) and other places when restoring grasslands. We hope to discover and cultivate native grass species to replace them," He Shicheng (何世丞) introduced. "Through field investigation and research, 50 kinds of native wild pasture seeds have been collected and stored, 16 kinds of superior wild pasture varieties have been screened, and 8 kinds of domesticated varieties with potential and strong adaptability have been cultivated in experimental fields."
In Gaqing Village (噶庆村), Naqu Town (那曲镇), Seni District (色尼区), Naqu City (那曲市), the results of grassland restoration have been initially demonstrated.
A few years ago, Gaqing Village (噶庆村) was barren, with not much grass, and few cattle and sheep were seen. "We focus on the bare land and severely degraded grassland in Gaqing Village (噶庆村) to carry out demonstration research on rodent pest isolation and control technology, regional water-saving self-pressure irrigation technology for increasing production and efficiency in artificial grassland, and demonstration and promotion of winter circle and summer grass facility recycling technology," He Shicheng (何世丞) said.
Now, the experimental area has become a lush pasture. Once, when students were conducting experiments in the grassland, a group of yaks leisurely "sneaked into" the experimental area and slowly gnawed on the grass on the ground. "From cattle and sheep being unwilling to eat, to yaks taking the initiative to stroll in, everyone was very happy," Cao Zuonan (曹左男), a researcher at the Institute of Agricultural Environment and Sustainable Development of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (中国农业科学院环发所), said with emotion.
Promoting Technology—
Carry out scientific research, and more importantly, teach the research results to farmers and herdsmen
"You see, this kind of grass is called crested wheatgrass. It is a perennial plant that grows relatively slowly, but after planting, it can overwinter and continue to survive, without the need to plant it every year..." In the home of a herdsman in Bange County (班戈县), Naqu City (那曲市), Awang Baima (阿旺白玛) is explaining to the masses.
In addition to distinguishing the types of grass, it is more important to plant according to local conditions. Awang Baima (阿旺白玛) took the local herdsmen around the yard and pasture, and re-divided the management area—in front of and behind the house and in relatively fertile pastures, guiding the villagers to plant high-yield early-maturing varieties to quickly meet the short-term feed needs of livestock; for planting land with larger slopes and poorer soil, select some varieties that are more capable of growing in harsh environments to achieve the dual goals of ecological restoration and long-term forage supply.
Practically serving the needs of the masses and strengthening the promotion of grassland technology is an important task of the Science and Technology Courtyard. "The promotion of new grassland technologies not only has production value, but also has ecological value," said Ganzhu Zhabu (干珠扎布). "Unscientific animal husbandry production methods cause huge damage to grasslands, so we must not only carry out scientific research, but also teach these research results to farmers and herdsmen, so that the research results can produce greater benefits."
Scientific rotational grazing is the grazing method that Ganzhu Zhabu (干珠扎布) is committed to promoting.
In summer, yaks can be seen everywhere on the grassland, but how long a piece of land can be rotated for grazing is very important. "We found in our research that compared with other grasslands, alpine grasslands have weak recovery ability, so the rotational grazing cycle should be extended," said Ganzhu Zhabu (干珠扎布).
In previous years, Ganzhu Zhabu (干珠扎布) conducted a 5-year experiment in Cuoma Township (措玛乡), Anduo County (安多县) to test the impact of different frequencies of rotational grazing on grasslands. How to balance protecting the grassland while minimizing the impact on the growth of cattle and sheep?
After repeated experiments, the researchers determined a relatively balanced method—a "long-cycle, low-frequency" rotational grazing method with a warm-season grazing time of 10 days and a rest period of 20 days. This method takes into account both ecological protection and mass production, and plays an important role in improving the productivity of alpine grasslands, enriching species diversity, and improving grassland utilization.
Cultivating Talents—
Let the ice and snow of the northern Tibetan Plateau be better transformed into Jinshan Yinshan (金山银山) (jīn shān yín shān - "gold mountain silver mountain," a metaphor for wealth and prosperity).
In Naqu (那曲), it is not easy to continue carrying out scientific research. The alpine climate and harsh conditions are all challenges.
"Engaging in grassland research here requires being able to 'squat down'," Cao Zuonan (曹左男) said with emotion. "We have a group of graduate students who have been working in Tibet for a long time, which has not only honed their skills, but also tempered their feelings for working on the plateau."
Ma Yandan (马燕丹) is a second-year doctoral student at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (中国农业科学院). In the past 3 years, she has come to the Science and Technology Courtyard every year to carry out research work.
"Although the conditions are difficult, we have more opportunities for discovery because of the unique natural environment." Speaking of her research field, Ma Yandan (马燕丹) could not hide her excitement. "We are exploring the influencing factors of grassland productivity changes. There is a vast space for experimentation and exploration here. What could be more attractive than new discoveries?"
Master's student Chen Zhuo (陈卓) was deeply impressed by the alpine climate. Once, Chen Zhuo (陈卓) and several classmates were conducting field investigations. Suddenly, it hailed, and Chen Zhuo (陈卓) picked up the experimental equipment and ran. "This is so precious, we dare not be careless," he recalled with a smile.
After running for a while, they saw a shed made of iron sheets next to them. As soon as they got into the shed, they heard the hail hitting the iron sheets. After waiting for a while, the sound gradually subsided, and Chen Zhuo (陈卓) and his classmates came out of the iron shed, covered in water, but they laughed at each other. "There are many unexpected experiences in field work. This is a pleasure that you can't encounter in the laboratory. It makes our relationship with nature closer. In the future, I want to continue to engage in research related to grassland and contribute to the ecological protection of the plateau," he said.
"The Science and Technology Courtyard will continue to focus on ecological research on alpine grasslands and carry out research around the high-quality development of grassland animal husbandry in alpine regions," said Ganzhu Zhabu (干珠扎布). "We hope to cultivate more talents and serve local development with technology, so that the ice and snow of the northern Tibetan Plateau can be better transformed into **金山银山** (jīn shān yín shān - "gold mountain silver mountain," a metaphor for wealth and prosperity)."
Return to TopBy: 陶妍洁
The Beginning of Spring is the first of the Twenty-Four Solar Terms. It is a natural solar term determined by the sun's position in its orbit along the ecliptic, and it is also an important time node for agricultural activities.
This year, the Beginning of Spring solar term falls on February 4th.
The *Collection of Seventy-Two Pentads*, a commentary on the lunar calendar, records: "Beginning (立), means the start of construction (建始)," and "Beginning (立)" means "start." So, what kind of beginning does the "Beginning (立)" of the Beginning of Spring signify?
The Beginning of Spring is the first solar term of spring and also the first of the Twenty-Four Solar Terms. The Beginning of Spring is a natural solar term determined by the sun's position in its orbit along the ecliptic, and the date falls approximately between February 3rd and 5th in the Gregorian calendar. The annual apparent motion trajectory of the sun on the celestial sphere is called the ecliptic. The sun travels 360 degrees along the ecliptic in a year, and every time it "passes" 15 degrees, a new solar term arrives. When the sun travels to 315 degrees of the ecliptic longitude, the corresponding solar term is the Beginning of Spring.
The Beginning of Spring has three pentads: first, the east wind thaws the ice; second, hibernating insects begin to stir; and third, fish rise to the surface with ice on their backs. During the Beginning of Spring, the east wind is warm, hibernating insects awaken, and ice and snow melt. The Beginning of Spring signifies the germination of vegetation and the renewal of all things, symbolizing the vitality of nature.
A year's plan starts with spring. Since ancient times, the Beginning of Spring has been an important time node for agricultural activities, indicating that the busy spring plowing is about to begin. Therefore, the ancients attached great importance to the Beginning of Spring and also had customs such as "whipping the spring ox." Of course, the Beginning of Spring only means "towards warmth" and does not mean reaching the meteorological standard for the start of spring. Agricultural activities in various regions still need to move with the times and adapt to local conditions.
With the Spring Festival approaching, some people may wonder, both the Spring Festival and the Beginning of Spring have the meaning of "beginning" and "welcoming spring," so how are they different?
The Beginning of Spring is the beginning in the seasonal sense, while the Spring Festival is the beginning of the year in the lunar calendar. The Lunar New Year may fall before or after the Beginning of Spring. Since China's lunar calendar adopts the "19-year seven-leap" rule, that is, every 2 to 3 years, an extra month is added, that is, a "leap month." Therefore, a lunar year may contain two Beginnings of Spring, or there may be a situation where the Beginning of Spring is not encountered at all.
The Beginning of Spring carries the Chinese people's insight and reflection on the rhythm of nature and life, and it is also a beautiful beginning to sow hope and embark on a new journey.
(The author is an associate research librarian in the Department of Contemporary Agricultural Research at the China Agricultural Museum (中国农业博物馆). This article was compiled from an interview with Chang Qin (常钦), a reporter from this newspaper.)
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Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on February 3rd (Reporter Chang Qin (常钦)) - The reporter learned from the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部) that the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部) has, for the first time, released typical cases of underground space development and utilization in a special format, involving 22 innovative practices in 17 provinces. The release of these cases aims to play an exemplary leading role, promote the standardized and orderly advancement of underground space development and utilization, improve the accuracy of land element allocation and utilization efficiency, and provide strong support for the high-quality economic and social development.
The Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部) issued the "Guiding Opinions on Exploring and Promoting the Development and Utilization of Urban Underground Space" in 2024, guiding various regions to actively explore new models and new paths based on the actual regional development. Since then, many innovative practices have emerged in planning and coordination, property rights management, technological innovation, and operational supervision, promoting the transformation of underground space development and utilization from traditional "ancillary facilities" to "active empowerment," injecting lasting impetus into the construction of livable, resilient, and smart cities.
The 22 typical cases released this time are representative innovative practices carefully selected by the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部), covering five categories: comprehensive underground space development, underground transportation facilities, underground municipal and civil air defense facilities, underground commercial development, and new types of underground space utilization. These cases include benchmark demonstrations in first-tier cities and characteristic explorations in central and western cities, with replicable and scalable demonstration value. For example, the Gangxia North Comprehensive Transportation Hub project in Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东), achieves a symbiotic ecology of "transportation-commerce-industry" through integrated planning and construction, three-dimensional composite layout, and networked connectivity, realizing four-line transfer and multi-functional integration of underground commerce and municipal facilities. The underground space development and utilization of parks in the old city of Yinchuan (银川), Ningxia (宁夏), innovates the "layered composite + smart operation" model, and realizes the standardized and efficient utilization of underground parking lots through innovative practices such as handling real estate property certificates in layers. Changsha (长沙), Hunan (湖南), explores the "ecological restoration + industrial development" model, combining topography and landforms to transform a hundred-meter-deep mine pit into a theme park, achieving multiple goals of ecological restoration, cultural inheritance, and industrial development.
Return to TopZhangye City (张掖市), Gansu Province (甘肃省), continues to increase the protection of the Heihe River Wetland (黑河湿地) ecological environment, creating a warm home for the overwintering of Whooper Swans. The number of Whooper Swans overwintering and inhabiting here has increased year by year.
The picture shows a group of Whooper Swans playing in the Zhangye National Wetland Park (张掖国家湿地公园) in Gansu (甘肃), adding infinite vitality to the wetland.
Photo by Yang Yongwei (杨永伟) (Image China)
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on February 3rd (Reporter Jiang Xuehong (蒋雪鸿)) - The China Meteorological Administration (中国气象局) released the "2025 China Wind and Solar Energy Resources Yearbook," which analyzes the national wind and solar energy resources in 2025 and their changes relative to the average resource volume of the past 10 and 30 years, based on the latest wind and solar energy resource data sets. This is the 12th consecutive year it has been released to the public.
The communique shows that the national wind energy resources in 2025 will be normal. The national land average annual wind speed at a height of 100 meters is about 4.8 meters/second, and the average annual wind speed at a height of 140 meters is about 5.1 meters/second. Among them, North China (华北), Northeast China (东北), the central and eastern parts of Northwest China (西北), and most of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原) have an average annual wind speed of more than 6.0 meters/second, with abundant wind energy resources, which is conducive to wind power generation. The average annual wind speed at a height of 100 meters in some offshore areas of the country is about 7.8 meters/second, and the average annual wind speed at a height of 140 meters is about 8.0 meters/second, with very abundant wind energy resources.
In 2025, the overall national solar energy resources will be relatively small, with an annual total horizontal irradiance of 1495.7 kilowatt-hours/square meter, which is 25.1 kilowatt-hours/square meter smaller than the average value of the past 30 years. Among them, most of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原), western Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), and eastern Xinjiang (新疆) have an annual total horizontal irradiance of more than 1750 kilowatt-hours/square meter, which is China's "most abundant" area for solar energy resources; except for the Sichuan Basin (四川盆地), most of the remaining areas in China are "abundant" or "very abundant" areas for solar energy resources, which is conducive to solar power generation.
Return to TopAccording to reports from the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Landscape and Greening, as of now, Beijing's (北京) wetland area has reached 61,200 hectares, and the wetland protection rate has reached 83.15%. A wetland protection system based on nature reserves, with wetland parks as the main body and nature reserve communities as a supplement, has basically been formed. This provides a growth and habitat environment for nearly 50% of Beijing's (北京) plant species and 76% of its wild animal species, laying a solid foundation for the protection of biodiversity and the construction of ecological civilization in the capital.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Beijing (北京) continued to strengthen wetland protection and restoration work, formulated and released the "Technical Regulations for the Restoration of Small and Micro Wetlands," and revised the construction specifications and evaluation standards for municipal-level wetland parks. The number of Beijing (北京) municipal wetland local standards has increased to six, forming a complete standardization system. As of now, Beijing (北京) has released two batches of municipal-level wetland lists, with a total of 47 wetlands included in the municipal-level wetland list, covering a total area of more than 27,000 hectares, accounting for 44% of the city's total wetland area.
During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, the Beijing (北京) Municipal Bureau of Landscape and Greening will focus on relevant laws and regulations, implement wetland protection and development plans, strengthen wetland restoration, and prioritize the restoration of areas with severely degraded ecological functions. At the same time, it will promote integrated ecological restoration and build a composite wetland ecosystem. The construction and restoration of small and micro wetlands will be promoted in urban communities and other places.
Return to TopAccording to a press conference held by the Tianjin (天津) Municipal Government Information Office on February 3rd, reported by Li Jiading (李家鼎) from this newspaper: Tianjin (天津) announced 20 public welfare projects for 2026, proposing to build 50 new pocket parks. This is the fifth consecutive year that Tianjin (天津) has included the construction of pocket parks in its annual public welfare projects.
Pocket parks refer to park greening activity venues that are open to the public, small in scale, diverse in shape, and have certain recreational functions, with an area generally between 400 and 10,000 square meters. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Tianjin (天津) built and upgraded a total of 275 pocket parks.
In 2026, Tianjin (天津) will continue to promote urban landscaping in depth, scientifically plan urban green spaces, park systems, and greenway systems, strengthen urban beautification, purification, and brightening, and build a colorful city. In terms of pocket park construction, it will continue to take "seeing green when you open the window and entering the park when you go out" as the goal, use urban corners and existing green space resources to further weave a dense urban green ecological network, and create green ecological spaces around the masses. In terms of urban park construction, the focus will be on completing and opening 3 distinctive parks, such as Yuanbaodao Park (元宝岛公园). These parks will either highlight the integration of water and green, creating immersive waterfront leisure scenes, or highlight traditional garden cultural elements, highlighting the characteristics of "Jin-style gardens," providing citizens with more comfortable leisure activity spaces.
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 黄培昭
The 57th Cairo International Book Fair concluded on February 3rd at the Cairo International Exhibition Center in Egypt. As one of the largest and most influential book fairs in the Middle East, this year's event, which opened on January 21st, attracted 1,457 publishers and 6,637 participating organizations from 83 countries and regions, setting a historical record for the Cairo International Book Fair. China National Publications Import & Export (Group) Co., Ltd. (中国图书进出口（集团）有限公司) and Egypt's Hikmat Culture Group (埃及希克迈特文化集团) showcased hundreds of excellent Chinese books at the book fair. These books, carrying Chinese wisdom and culture, crossed mountains and seas to reach local readers. Chinese and Egyptian writers also jointly attended symposiums, forums, and other activities, playing a harmonious tune of civilizational dialogue.
"Understanding contemporary China requires understanding its profound cultural roots"
In the winter dawn, readers, eager for knowledge, entered the Cairo International Exhibition Center in an orderly manner from the entrance. The booth of Hikmat Culture Group (埃及希克迈特文化集团), which mainly focuses on the translation and publication of excellent Chinese books, was characterized by a distinctive "Chinese red" and displayed a wide range of Chinese books.
In the core position of the booth were the Arabic versions of the first to fourth volumes of "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" (《习近平谈治国理政》), as well as the first and second volumes of "Xi Jinping: Selections of Works" (《习近平著作选读》), "Zhejiang New Discourse" (《之江新语》), and "Xi Jinping on 'The Belt and Road Initiative'" (《习近平谈“一带一路”》). These were the first concentrated appearance of these works in Arabic, becoming an important window for Egyptian readers to understand China. "The new Chinese-themed books we launched cover politics, economics, culture, technology, and other fields, 24 of which were directly translated from Chinese into Arabic, presenting a multi-faceted picture of Chinese-style modernization," said Noor, a staff member at the booth, while sorting books and patiently responding to reader inquiries.
The reporter saw at the scene that the books in the booth covered many fields, including literary works such as "Like a Flowing River" (《大江大河》) and "Ode to the Orange" (《橘颂》), as well as books on economic and technological development achievements such as "China's Highway Canyon Bridges" (《中国公路峡谷大桥》), "China's Innovation in the New Era" (《新时代的中国创新》), and "Made in China: The Surge of National Rejuvenation" (《中国制造：民族复兴的澎湃力量》), as well as classical books such as "Classic of Mountains and Seas" (《山海经》). Ahmed El-Saeed (艾哈迈德·赛义德), President of Hikmat Culture Group (埃及希克迈特文化集团), explained to reporters during a busy interval: "We strive to show a richer Chinese image through diversified displays."
"Understanding contemporary China requires understanding its profound cultural roots," said Saeed (赛义德). He said that the ideas of the world as a community and harmony without uniformity in traditional Chinese culture provide rich ideological resources for the governance of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党). Rania (拉尼娅), a local middle school teacher who was flipping through "Chinese Stories of Foreign Experts" (《外国专家的中国情缘》), told reporters: "These foreigners' personal experiences in China provide us with a unique perspective on observing China. The stories they tell are real and vivid, allowing us to feel China's inclusiveness and progress."
"More eager to read works reflecting China's social changes"
Inside the book fair's theme report hall, the forum "The Present and Future in the Writings of Contemporary Chinese Young Writers" was packed. Three young Chinese writers, Mai Su (麦苏), Zhou Hongxiang (周宏翔), and Lu Ban (鲁般), interacted face-to-face with Egyptian literature enthusiasts, discussing the cross-cultural value of literature.
"Literature is a universal language that can build bridges of understanding between different civilizations," Mai Su's (麦苏) opening remarks resonated with the audience. When she talked about the changes in female images in Chinese online literature, she said: "We are working hard to create warm, positive female images that break through stereotypes. They inherit the beauty of tradition and are closely integrated with the present." Zhou Hongxiang (周宏翔) shared the special value of literature in the information age: "Different from the fragmented cognition of the Internet, literature guides readers to calmly reflect on the fundamental propositions of life." These words were recognized by many young readers at the scene.
Lu Ban's (鲁般) sharing about science fiction literature mobilized the atmosphere at the scene. "Many science fiction stories can transcend national and ethnic boundaries, regard human beings as a whole, and regard the earth as a home." Lu Ban (鲁般) said that "Classic of Mountains and Seas" (《山海经》) and "One Thousand and One Nights" (《一千零一夜》) are masterpieces of human storytelling. "Different ethnic groups record and transmit culture with their own stories, so that the world can hear each other's voices."
After the forum, the readers were still full of enthusiasm. Yasmin (雅丝明), a student in the Chinese Department of Cairo University (开罗大学), held the Arabic translation of "Like a Flowing River" (《大江大河》) and asked the Chinese writers present to sign it. She said: "Through this exchange, I am more eager to read works reflecting China's social changes and deeply understand China's development process."
During the book fair, young Chinese and Egyptian writers also gathered at the Cairo Chinese Cultural Center (开罗中国文化中心) to participate in the "New Era Writing of Young Chinese and Egyptian Writers" symposium. May Ashour (梅·阿舒尔), a young Egyptian Sinologist, shared her feelings about reading the works of Chinese writer Liang Hong (梁鸿): "Liang Hong's (梁鸿) writing allows us to see the micro-projection and far-reaching impact of China's macroeconomic development at the rural level." Yehia Mokhtar (叶海亚·穆赫塔尔), Director of the Chinese Department of Suez University (苏伊士大学), said that Chinese science fiction works represented by Liu Cixin's (刘慈欣) "The Three-Body Problem" (《三体》) have attracted much attention, and more and more Arab publishers are actively purchasing copyrights for translation and introduction. "Literary dialogue is becoming an ideal medium for cross-cultural exchange."
"China not only provides the world with high-quality products, but also shares valuable technology and development experience"
At the book fair, an old man with white hair was flipping through "Zhejiang New Discourse" (《之江新语》) page by page with a focused expression. Not far away, a young woman was very fond of the illustrated version of "Classic of Mountains and Seas" (《山海经》) and appreciated it carefully. Egyptian readers of different ages and backgrounds are very interested in China's development and Chinese culture.
In the science and technology and academic exhibition area, engineer Karim (卡里姆) was focusing on reading "China's Highway Canyon Bridges" (《中国公路峡谷大桥》). "Egypt is promoting large-scale infrastructure construction, and China's engineering technology experience is of great reference value to us." He told reporters that he had participated in the construction of Egypt's New Administrative Capital (埃及新行政首都) and understood the engineering technology and standards of Chinese companies. "China not only provides the world with high-quality products, but also shares valuable technology and development experience."
In the field of rural development, China's experience has also received much attention. Amir (阿米尔), a postgraduate student in political science at Cairo University (开罗大学), held "Comprehensively Promoting Rural Revitalization" (《全面推进乡村振兴》) and carefully studied the case analysis in it: "Egypt has a large rural population, and rural development is an important issue for national development. China's successful practices in poverty reduction and rural revitalization provide us with important inspiration."
Mustafa (穆斯塔法), an Egyptian youth who studied in China, now works in a Sino-Egyptian joint venture. He specially found "Made in China: The Surge of National Rejuvenation" (《中国制造：民族复兴的澎湃力量》) at the book fair to read carefully. "During my study in China, I personally witnessed the transformation, upgrading, and high-quality development of China's manufacturing industry." Mustafa (穆斯塔法) said that Egypt is making every effort to promote the process of industrialization, and China's new development concepts and practical experience are worth learning from in depth.
"From book sales and reader feedback, we can see that Egyptian readers' understanding of China is constantly deepening." Saeed (赛义德) told reporters that in the past, readers purchased books on Chinese economic development, technological innovation, and rural revitalization mainly for academic research purposes. Now, more people hope to explore ideas and methods to solve practical problems from them. "This transformation from 'perception' to 'learning' is the most valuable achievement of Egyptian-Chinese cultural exchange, and it also lays a solid foundation of public opinion for cooperation between the two countries in various fields."
From curious exploration to active learning, from perceiving culture to learning experience, the Cairo International Book Fair reflects the continuous deepening of Egyptian readers' understanding of China. Behind this transformation is the convergence of development needs and the warming of cooperation intentions between China and Egypt.
(Reported from Cairo (开罗) on February 3rd by this newspaper)
Return to TopBy: 孙彦红
In recent years, Southern European countries that were once deeply mired in the European debt crisis—Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Italy—have shown a strong economic recovery. Between 2021 and 2024, the compound annual economic growth rates of these four countries reached 4.1%, 4.2%, 4.6%, and 3.2% respectively, significantly higher than the Eurozone's overall level of 2.4%. According to the European Commission's autumn 2025 economic forecast, the overall growth rate of the Eurozone in 2025 will slow to 1.3%, while Spain, Portugal, and Greece are still expected to achieve growth of 2.9%, 1.9%, and 2.1% respectively. Although the Italian economy is slightly weak, with an expected growth rate of 0.4%, Southern Europe as a whole has transformed from a former "laggard" to an important driver of regional growth.
This transformation is not accidental but the result of multiple positive factors working together. First, the tourism industry has rapidly recovered and continued to grow after the pandemic. The tourism industry is an important pillar of the economies of the four Southern European countries. After the pandemic, international tourism demand was released in a concentrated manner, and some countries even experienced a "revenge" rebound, driving the rapid recovery of the tourism industry in Southern European countries. According to relevant statistics, between 2022 and 2025, the average annual total contribution of the tourism industry to the GDP of Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Italy has been above 10%.
Second, the EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility has been transformed into investment and actual output. After the outbreak of the pandemic, the EU established a Recovery and Resilience Facility with a total amount of approximately 650 billion euros to support the economic recovery and transformation and upgrading of member states in the form of grants and low-interest loans. The four countries have become major beneficiaries, and the funds they have received are mainly invested in public infrastructure, green and digital transformation, and drive the recovery of private investment, strongly supporting economic growth. According to the assessment of the European Central Bank, between 2021 and 2026, EU funds will bring cumulative additional growth of 1.3%-1.9% and 1.2%-1.7% to the GDP of Italy and Spain, respectively.
Third, structural reforms have begun to show results. In order to implement the relevant requirements of the EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility, Southern European countries have strived to promote relevant structural reforms. For example, the labor market reform implemented in Spain in 2021 has enhanced residents' consumer confidence by improving the stability of employment contracts, providing continuous impetus for the recovery of the service industry and domestic demand. In addition, Southern European countries have continued to promote the restructuring of the financial system after the European debt crisis. Countries such as Spain and Greece have increased their efforts to attract foreign investment, further improving the financing environment and investment expectations. These measures have jointly built a solid foundation for the short-term rebound of the Southern European economy.
Behind the bright data, the medium and long-term growth momentum of the Southern European economy is still insufficient. First, as global travel demand gradually returns to normal, the marginal contribution of the tourism industry to economic growth may decrease, and over-reliance on the tourism industry also makes the economy more vulnerable to external shocks. It is worth noting that the EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility will be fully allocated by the end of 2026, and the stimulus effect will gradually weaken thereafter. Second, as of 2024, the proportion of public debt to GDP in the four Southern European countries is still high: Greece reached 154.2%, Italy 134.9%, Spain 101.6%, and Portugal 93.6%, and the space for further expanding public investment to drive economic growth in the future is relatively limited. Third, according to EU requirements, the EU funds obtained by member states should be mainly invested in industrial structure upgrading fields such as green and digital transformation, but the actual results are still relatively limited. From 2021 to 2024, the R&D investment intensity of Spain, Portugal, and Greece only increased slightly, and Italy even experienced a decline. This shows that a large amount of funds is still mainly used to boost short-term aggregate demand, and has not significantly enhanced technological innovation and industrial upgrading capabilities.
In addition, structural problems such as low administrative efficiency, insufficient labor market flexibility, accelerated population aging, and a shortage of highly skilled talents are still prominent. Recent external pressures such as the United States imposing tariffs on the EU have further compressed the export and transformation space of Southern European countries. In fact, Italy's economic growth has fallen back below the Eurozone average in 2024 and 2025, and the stamina of economic development needs to be effectively improved.
In general, the periodic recovery of the Southern European economy is worthy of recognition, which benefits from the combined effects of cyclical rebound and external support. The real test lies in whether it can transform short-term growth into sustainable competitiveness in the context of reduced external assistance and rising global uncertainty. In the future, Southern European countries urgently need to promote deep-level reforms with greater determination, shifting from relying on tourism and fiscal stimulus to improving total factor productivity, stimulating innovation vitality, and optimizing the institutional environment. Only in this way can they hope to get rid of the cycle of "recovery-stagnation-re-recovery," gain a firm foothold in the European economic landscape, and achieve a key leap from weakness to strength.
(The author is a researcher at the Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院), and a researcher at the Institute of European Studies (欧洲研究所))
Return to TopThe August 1st Aerobatic Team Returns to the Singapore Airshow
According to Xinhua News Agency, Singapore, February 3 (Reporters Shu Chang (舒畅)): The 10th Singapore Airshow opened at the Changi Exhibition Centre (樟宜展览中心) on the 3rd. The Chinese Air Force's August 1st Aerobatic Team (八一飞行表演队) was invited to participate in the exhibition and perform aerial displays. This is the team's second appearance at this international airshow, following its participation in the 7th Singapore Airshow in February 2020.
The flight display lineup for this year's airshow consists of 8 performing parties, including air force aerobatic teams from 6 countries: China, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, India, and Indonesia, as well as two commercial aircraft manufacturers, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (中国商飞) and Airbus.
Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (中国商飞) has arranged for the C919 to perform a solo flight display this time. The C919 previously performed a flight display at the Singapore Airshow in February 2024. The organizers of this year's airshow stated that the C919 narrow-body airliner's (C919窄体客机) aerial demonstration reflects the rapid progress of the new generation of commercial aircraft.
Public Opinion Poll Shows 60% of Danes View the United States as a Competitor
According to Xinhua News Agency, Oslo, February 3 (Reporters Yang Yucheng (杨钰晨) and Zhang Yuliang (张玉亮)): Copenhagen (哥本哈根) news: A public opinion poll released by Danish Broadcasting Corporation (丹麦广播公司) on the 3rd showed that as many as 60% of Danish respondents consider the United States to be a competitor, with only 17% viewing the United States as an ally.
Since returning to the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump (特朗普) has repeatedly threatened to obtain Greenland (格陵兰岛), and even once claimed that he did not rule out "seizing the island by force." Europe reacted strongly to this, stating that the sovereignty of Greenland (格陵兰岛) is not open to negotiation.
French Authorities Search Social Media Platform X's Office Premises
According to Xinhua News Agency, Paris, February 3 (Reporter Luo Yu (罗毓)): The Paris Prosecutor's Office (法国巴黎检察院) announced on the 3rd that its cybercrime department, in conjunction with the National Cyber Department of the French Gendarmerie (法国宪兵队国家网络部门) and Europol, conducted a search of the social media platform X's office premises in France.
The X platform is a social media company owned by American entrepreneur Elon Musk (埃隆·马斯克). According to French business radio station BFM Business (法国商业调频电视台), the search was aimed at verifying the operation of the X platform's algorithm. The X platform's legal entity is based in Ireland, and the X platform's French company is only responsible for public relations and public affairs.
In addition, French business radio station BFM Business (法国商业调频电视台) reported that French prosecutors have issued a summons to Musk (马斯克), requiring him to attend a hearing in Paris on April 20.
Iran Says It Has No Intention of Transferring Enriched Uranium Abroad
According to Xinhua News Agency, Beirut, February 3 (Reporters Shen Feng (申峰) and Cao Changhao (曹昌浩)): According to Lebanon's "Al-Manar" TV (黎巴嫩“广场”电视台) on the 2nd, Ali Shamkhani (沙姆哈尼), political advisor to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei (哈梅内伊), said that Iran will not transfer its enriched uranium abroad and reiterated the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program.
In an interview with Lebanon's "Al-Manar" TV (黎巴嫩“广场”电视台), Shamkhani (沙姆哈尼) said that Iran's nuclear program "is peaceful and within its capabilities," and "if there are concerns about this, Iran can reduce the concentration of enriched uranium from 60% to 20%, but they must reciprocate." Shamkhani (沙姆哈尼) reiterated Iran's consistent position in previous rounds of negotiations, namely that Iran does not seek nuclear weapons, will not seek them now, and will not seek them in the future, nor will it store nuclear weapons, but the other party must make corresponding returns for this.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 莽九晨
South Korea's ruling Democratic Party's Policy Committee Chairman Han Zhen-ae (韩贞爱) recently held a press conference to respond to the United States' plan to unilaterally increase tariffs on South Korean goods exported to the US, expressing regret over the US's violation of the consensus between the two sides. On January 31, South Korean Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Kim Jung-gwan (金正官) stated after concluding tariff consultations in the United States that the core differences between the two sides had not yet been resolved, and subsequent consultations would continue through video conferences.
On January 26, US President Donald Trump (特朗普) issued a statement via social media, announcing that tariffs on South Korean exports to the US, such as automobiles, timber, and pharmaceuticals, would be increased from 15% to 25%, citing the South Korean National Assembly's failure to approve the US-Korea trade agreement. According to Yonhap News Agency, the South Korean Presidential Office held a meeting on the current state of US-Korea trade on the morning of January 27 to specifically study response measures and review the progress of the "Special Act on Investment in the United States." Presidential Office spokesperson Kang Yu-jung (姜由桢) stated in a written briefing that the South Korean government would carefully assess the background and intentions of the US measures.
In July 2025, the US and South Korea reached a trade agreement framework. According to the agreement disclosed by the US, South Korea needs to fulfill three core obligations: apply a 15% tariff to products exported to the US (US products exported to South Korea are duty-free), invest $350 billion in the US and purchase $100 billion in energy products, and ensure the implementation of the agreement through domestic legislation. This trade agreement framework has sparked considerable questioning and opposition in South Korea, and there are also differences between the US and South Korea on specific implementation plans. To promote the implementation of the agreement, the ruling party in South Korea submitted the "Special Act on Investment in the United States" to the National Assembly in November last year. In December last year, the US reduced tariffs on South Korean automobile exports to the US to 15% based on the agreement framework. However, just over a month later, the US unilaterally increased tariffs, citing the failure to enact the bill, which is also the main reason for South Korea's dissatisfaction.
The US's unilateral tariff increase has aroused widespread attention and criticism from South Korean media. The Hankyoreh published an editorial pointing out that the US-Korea agreement did not specify a deadline for the passage of the "Special Act on Investment in the United States." The bill was submitted to the National Assembly only two months ago, and the South Korean National Assembly has consistently promoted it in accordance with normal procedures and has not publicly expressed opposition. The US unilaterally reneged on the agreement without prior communication with South Korea. Its approach is diplomatically incomprehensible, and its unilateralist tendencies and arbitrary breach of contract have received widespread attention from the international community.
Kim Jeong-seop (金廷燮), chief researcher at the Korea Institute for National Policy, stated that the US government is using tariffs as a tool to pressure allies to increase investment in the US. This approach of replacing consultation with pressure will affect the foundation of the existing international order. Kim Hee-kyo (金希教), a professor at Kwangwoon University, stated that in the face of unreasonable demands from the United States, South Korea should maintain a firm stance and effectively safeguard its legitimate rights and dignity.
(Reported from Seoul (首尔) on February 3 by this newspaper)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 黄炜鑫
The Tanzania Forest Service (坦桑尼亚森林服务局) recently released the "2025 Beekeeping Industry Development Report," stating that the country's honey production reached 35,000 tons in 2025, a year-on-year increase of 10.8%; honey exports reached 1,713 tons, and beeswax exports are expected to exceed 680 tons, with export revenue increasing by more than 12% year-on-year. As the second largest honey producer in Africa, beekeeping has become an important pillar for the country to drive rural economic development, expand exports, and ensure people's livelihoods, and the industry is gradually becoming standardized.
Tanzania (坦桑尼亚) has a total forest and woodland area of 44 million hectares, accounting for 46% of the country's land area. Its abundant forest resources and diverse flower species provide a favorable environment for bee breeding and honey collection, making it one of the African countries with a relatively rich variety of honey. At present, more than 90% of the country's beekeeping activities rely on natural forests, ensuring the purity and organic quality of honey. According to estimates, the country's bee colonies have a theoretical annual production capacity of 138,000 tons of honey and 9,200 tons of beeswax, but the actual production capacity in 2025 is only 25.4% of the theoretical potential, indicating that the industry still has great potential for development.
In order to fully tap the potential of the industry, the Tanzanian (坦桑尼亚) government has introduced special policies and promoted their implementation. In 2021, the country released the "National Beekeeping Policy Implementation Strategy (2021-2031)," which established a support system covering the entire chain of production, processing, and branding. At the policy level, people are allowed to keep bees for free, provided that they comply with relevant forest protection regulations; at the skill level, beekeeping technology training is continuously carried out to promote standardized breeding and pest control technologies; at the processing level, modern honey processing centers have been built in several core production areas to achieve standardized management of the entire process of raw material acquisition, processing, and packaging.
While consolidating the industrial base, Tanzania (坦桑尼亚) actively promotes brand building and strengthens its connection with the international market. Through cooperation with international partners such as the European Union (欧盟), Tanzanian (坦桑尼亚) exported bee products have completed testing and certification according to international standards. The global bee product market has stable demand, providing favorable external conditions for Tanzania's (坦桑尼亚) export growth. Data shows that the global honey market sales in 2025 will be approximately US$9.47 billion, and the compound annual growth rate is expected to be 4.5% between 2025 and 2031, and the market size will steadily expand. Driven by the improvement of the domestic industry and the expansion of the international market, from 2021 to 2025, Tanzania (坦桑尼亚) has cumulatively exported 7,960 tons of honey and 3,150 tons of beeswax, with export revenues reaching 91.3 billion and 52.6 billion Tanzanian shillings (坦桑尼亚先令) respectively (1 RMB is approximately equal to 372 Tanzanian shillings (坦桑尼亚先令)).
The continuous development of beekeeping brings employment, income increase, and ecological benefits to Tanzania (坦桑尼亚). Beekeeping is an important source of income for rural families and is of great significance for farmers to reduce poverty and increase income. At present, there are approximately 2 million people engaged in beekeeping in the country, mainly concentrated in rural areas. At the same time, the forest beekeeping model guides farmers to participate in forest protection, reduces disorderly logging, and helps regional ecological restoration.
Hussein Msuya (侯赛因·姆苏亚), the relevant person in charge of the Tanzania Forest Service (坦桑尼亚森林服务局), said that beekeeping is an important measure for the country to promote economic recovery and reduce rural poverty. "In the future, we will continue to increase investment in beekeeping and promote the construction of beekeeping infrastructure, including building new processing centers and upgrading the technology promotion system, and strive to steadily increase honey production and export scale," said Hussein Msuya (侯赛因·姆苏亚).
Return to TopNew stage, new mission. On December 18, 2025, the full island closure operation of the Hainan Free Trade Port was officially launched. On December 20, the Haikou Municipal Party Committee Theoretical Learning Center Group (Expanded) Study Conference was held in Shicha Village (施茶村), Shishan Town (石山镇), Xiuying District (秀英区), aiming to gather strength and build a high-standard core leading area of the Hainan Free Trade Port, and strive to create "Six Cities."
The grand blueprint of the "15th Five-Year Plan" is being unfolded, and the historical curtain of the full island closure operation of the Hainan Free Trade Port has been raised. Standing at a new historical starting point, Haikou is full of confidence, high morale, and diligent work style. With a spirit of facing difficulties and hard work, it is sounding the drum of progress and blowing the charge, ensuring a rapid start and striving for the first step. It is determined to demonstrate the responsibility of the provincial capital in the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port and strive to write a new chapter in the Haikou practice of Chinese-style modernization.
Better Embrace the World, Build a "City of Free and Convenient Opening"
High-level opening to the outside world is the only way and source of power for the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port. In order to build a high-standard core leading area of the Hainan Free Trade Port, Haikou will build a "City of Free and Convenient Opening" as the first of the "Six Cities" construction goals, break the situation with opening up, gather strength to the world, deeply integrate into Hainan's practice of building an important intersection of domestic and international dual circulation, and unswervingly expand high-level opening to the outside world.
An open city connecting the world and full of opportunities is accelerating its rise.
Improve the hub capacity and smooth internal and external circulation. Haikou continues to strengthen the function of the open gateway. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, it accurately focused on expanding airline networks and upgrading port shipping to efficiently smooth the flow of people and logistics. In 2025, Haikou Meilan International Airport (海口美兰国际机场) completed more than 184,200 transport flights, a passenger throughput of more than 26.85 million, and a cargo and mail throughput of more than 215,700 tons; the Qiongzhou Strait (琼州海峡) passenger ro-ro transport transported more than 18.888 million passengers and 5.51 million vehicles.
Deepen institutional innovation and optimize the business environment. Haikou has accumulated 25 institutional integration innovation cases that have been adopted and released as Hainan Free Trade Port institutional integration innovation cases, and has accumulated 104 municipal-level institutional integration innovation achievements that have been replicated and promoted throughout the city. At the same time, benchmarking first-class standards, continuously deepening the reform of the administrative approval system, and striving to create a first-class market-oriented, rule-of-law, and international business environment, the "value depression" effect of investment and entrepreneurship continues to emerge.
The door to opening up is opening wider and wider. Haikou is actively embracing the world, and its opening capacity is increasing day by day. As of the end of December 2025, the city's stock of business entities reached 2.425 million, accounting for 68.7% of the province, and market vitality is fully bursting. The city's total foreign trade import and export volume reached 93.29 billion yuan, an increase of 8.5% over the previous year, and the city's actual use of foreign capital was 11.288 billion yuan, a substantial increase of 40.8% over the previous year. In October 2025, the 11th World Free Zone Organization Conference was held in China for the first time and was located in Haikou, attracting guests from more than 70 countries and regions. Haikou's international influence has greatly increased.
The full island closure operation of the Hainan Free Trade Port is a landmark measure for China to unswervingly expand high-level opening to the outside world and promote the construction of an open world economy. After the launch of the full island closure operation of the Hainan Free Trade Port on December 18, 2025, Haikou promptly implemented the regulatory model of "first-line liberalization, second-line control, and freedom within the island." In the first month of closure, Haikou Customs supervised 750 million yuan of "zero-tariff" goods on the "first line" and 85.867 million yuan of processed value-added tariff-free goods sold to the mainland on the "second line." The number of inbound and outbound passengers at the airport port reached 311,000. The dividends of opening up are accelerating their release in Haikou.
Ignite the Engine of Innovation and Cultivate High-Quality Development Momentum
Building the core leading area of the Hainan Free Trade Port, high-quality development is the primary task. Haikou takes the creation of "Six Cities" as the starting point, adheres to the combination of quantity and quality, strengthens policy guarantees, and injects strong momentum into the construction of the Free Trade Port.
Through innovation leadership, extension and supplementation of the chain, and policy empowerment, Haikou's four leading industries are accelerating their development: all-area tourism expands the new business form of "tourism +," the low-altitude economy takes off, the heat of offshore duty-free shopping remains unabated, and the construction of the "International Performing Arts Capital" spawns a new consumption of "concert economy"; modern service industry releases strong momentum, headquarters economy, cross-border trade, and digital economy are booming; high-tech industries are upgrading to "intelligent transformation," high-end equipment, advanced manufacturing, and biomedicine are developing in the whole chain; tropical characteristic efficient agriculture is improving quality and efficiency, "agriculture + culture + leisure" is integrating in multiple ways, and "Coconut City Flavors" such as volcano lychee, Dapo pepper, and deep-sea military Cao fish are fragrant all over the world.
In 2025, Haikou's gross domestic product (GDP) reached 256.285 billion yuan, an increase of 4.8% year-on-year. Industrial growth was particularly strong, with the added value of industries above designated size increasing by 18.7% year-on-year, a record high in recent years; building new momentum for high-quality development, the contribution of key investment enterprises to the city's economy reached 31.3% throughout the year.
At present, Haikou is seizing the new opportunities of closure operation, implementing the "one zone, one cluster" strategy, comprehensively improving the capacity of the four key parks of Jiangdong New Area (江东新区), National High-tech Zone (国家高新区), Comprehensive Bonded Zone (综合保税区), and Fuxing City (复兴城), and building specialized cluster carriers. At the same time, it is laying out new tracks such as the low-altitude economy, commercial aerospace, green and low-carbon, and digital economy, cultivating new quality productivity, and accumulating momentum for high-quality development.
Focus on People's Livelihood and Well-being, Outline a New Picture of a Happy City
People's livelihood is no small matter, and branches and leaves are always concerned. Haikou always adheres to the people-centered development ideology, focuses on the people's expectations, earnestly does practical things for people's livelihood, so that the fruits of reform and development can benefit all the people more and more fairly, and make the sense of gain, happiness, and security more substantial, more secure, and more sustainable.
Practical projects warmly landed. All 10 municipal-level practical projects for people's livelihood have been completed, effectively responding to the "urgent, difficult, and worrying" problems of the masses. Focusing on the "one old and one young," 29 town (street) comprehensive elderly service centers and 66 elderly canteens have been built and operated, and more than 1,100 family elderly care beds have been built; and care and rehabilitation services have been provided for disabled children from low-income and special hardship families. Promote the balanced development of education and medical care, with 12,000 new public school places in the city and full coverage of group-based school management in compulsory education public schools; 8 key projects such as the National Regional Medical Center are accelerating construction, and the grassroots public health service system is continuously improving.
Public services continue to increase. In 2024, Haikou completed 63 livelihood projects with a total investment of 13.812 billion yuan, effectively alleviating the shortage of school places and optimizing the medical layout; in 2025, 73 projects under construction were arranged with a total investment of about 14.2 billion yuan, covering education, medical care, elderly care, and childcare.
Employment priority consolidates the foundation. Haikou is solidly promoting the construction of a national demonstration project city for improving public employment service capacity, creating an integrated online and offline employment service platform, and the 2025 target is to add 67,000 new urban jobs, which has exceeded 105.9% of the annual task.
The public transport system is convenient and smooth. Focusing on the "public transport priority" strategy, Haikou weaves a dense network of people's livelihood travel, smooths the "micro-circulation" and "main artery" of urban and rural transportation, accelerates the construction of a public transport system that matches the core leading area of the Hainan Free Trade Port, and continuously improves the "transport happiness index" of the masses.
From employment and social security to transportation, Haikou is continuously promoting the equalization of basic public services through project implementation, resource investment, and mechanism innovation, and is striving to build a "happy city suitable for all ages," gradually building a livelihood security system covering the entire life cycle, so that the development results of the Free Trade Port can better benefit every citizen, and make happiness the warm background of Haikou.
The tide rises in the south of the sea, and it is time to forge ahead. Standing at a new historical starting point, Haikou is accelerating the construction of the core leading area of the Hainan Free Trade Port with a more open attitude and more pragmatic actions, actively acting as the "vanguard" of Hainan's reform and opening up and high-quality development, and striving to write a new chapter in the Haikou practice of Chinese-style modernization.
Data source: Publicity Department of the CPC Haikou Municipal Committee (中共海口市委宣传部)
Return to TopIn early 2026, the international situation has undergone new and significant changes, with increased turbulence, constant war clouds, and rampant unilateral bullying. The Global South countries firmly oppose the world's regression to the "law of the jungle" and are determined to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests, uphold the purposes of the UN Charter and international law, and are committed to being a stabilizing force for peace, a mainstay for open development, a constructive force for global governance, and a promoter of civilization exchanges. This issue invites four experts and scholars to deeply analyze the significant role of Global South cooperation in today's world peace and development.
Zheng Yongnian (郑永年) (Dean of the School of Public Policy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen))
Joseph Veramu (约瑟夫·维拉姆) (Director of the Asia-Pacific Islands Institute of Fiji)
Busani Ngqaweni (布萨尼·恩格卡维尼) (Former Dean of the National School of Government of South Africa and Director of the Center for Public Policy and African Studies at the University of Johannesburg)
Carlos Aquino (卡洛斯·阿基诺) (Director of the Center for Asian Studies at the National University of San Marcos, Peru)
(I)
A new international pattern is forming, and the Global South is demonstrating its growing influence.
Joseph Veramu (约瑟夫·维拉姆): For a long time, the Global South has been a symbol of resistance against colonial rule and the pursuit of national independence, uniting the common strength of developing countries to withstand external pressure and seek independent development. Similar historical experiences have made claims such as "defending national sovereignty," "non-interference in internal affairs," and "safeguarding the diversity of civilizations" the common language of the Global South.
Historically, the Bandung Conference opened a new chapter in the solidarity and self-reliance of Asian and African countries, jointly opposing imperialism and colonialism. The anti-apartheid movement in South Africa emphasized the liquidation of institutional injustices left over from colonialism. Today, a clear understanding of similar fates is being transformed into practical actions of unity and self-reliance among Global South countries. From the Alliance of Small Island States addressing climate change to Global South countries opposing unfair competition in trade negotiations and questioning the West's so-called "humanitarian aid" and "democracy promotion," the Bandung Spirit of unity, friendship, and cooperation is焕发出新的生机 焕发出新的生机 (huàn fā chū xīn de shēng jī - "radiates new vitality," to regain vitality or vigor) in today's South-South cooperation.
Zheng Yongnian (郑永年): Long-term colonization and marginalization are the most profound common memories of the Global South. Today, although the Global South countries have achieved political independence, they still face "invisible shackles" in the economic and cultural spheres. This constitutes the emotional foundation and political premise for mutual understanding and support among Global South countries on the international stage.
Development is the common interest of the Global South countries and the key to solving the problems they face, constituting the most important demand of the Global South today. Unlike most developed countries that have completed industrialization and entered post-modern society, Global South countries are generally at different stages of exploring the path to modernization and need a fair and open trade and investment environment, rather than sanctions, trade barriers, decoupling, and supply chain disruptions.
Busani Ngqaweni (布萨尼·恩格卡维尼): When facing geopolitical conflicts and games, Global South countries are increasingly showing a strong tendency towards independence and autonomy, refusing to let their national interests be subordinated to hegemonic will. This stems from their painful memories of the Cold War and from the recognition that the current international order does not fairly reflect the interests and demands of Global South countries. A growing consensus is forming: addressing global challenges requires facing historical lessons and firmly defending the development rights of the Global South.
Carlos Aquino (卡洛斯·阿基诺): Because they have suffered deeply from colonialism, Global South countries maintain a natural vigilance against external interference. More and more Global South countries no longer blindly follow Western claims but are moving forward on the path of independent development, actively participating in international affairs, and safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of their countries and regions. At the general debate of the 80th UN General Assembly, many leaders of Global South countries spoke out, resolutely opposing hegemonism and unilateralism interfering in other countries' internal affairs and undermining the international order, and calling for maintaining international fairness and justice. Not long ago, facing the United States' increased military deployment in the Caribbean Sea and its forced control of Venezuelan leaders, many Latin American countries expressed their opposition. A new international pattern is forming, and the Global South is demonstrating its growing influence.
(II)
The Global South is not a passive recipient of the international order but an important force in promoting the democratization of international relations.
Busani Ngqaweni (布萨尼·恩格卡维尼): Historically, the Global South has not been a passive recipient of the international order but an important force in promoting the democratization of international relations. As early as the mid-20th century, the Bandung Spirit and the Non-Aligned Movement advocated respect for sovereignty, peaceful coexistence, and solidarity and cooperation, breaking the monopoly of power, emphasizing that developing countries should adhere to independence and autonomy, choose a development path based on their national conditions, and promote world multi-polarization and the democratization of international relations.
The current global governance system shows obvious lag and imbalance, and the call for Global South countries to increase representation and promote the international order in a more just and reasonable direction is higher than ever. Many Global South countries, including China, are increasingly emphasizing multilateralism, common development, fairness, justice, and mutually beneficial win-win situations, and are committed to promoting a more balanced and effective global governance architecture, enhancing the representation and voice of the Global South in international affairs.
Zheng Yongnian (郑永年): In the past, the keys to resolving international conflicts seemed to always be in the hands of Western powers, but now the situation is different. When Western countries are busy adding fuel to the fire, handing over knives, and engaging in camp confrontation, Global South countries are issuing rational voices for peace and promoting talks. Facing the Ukraine crisis, China actively promoted peace and talks and, together with Brazil, launched the "Group of Friends of Peace" at the United Nations. A peace delegation composed of African leaders and special envoys from South Africa and other countries visited Russia and Ukraine to promote the resolution of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. This is rare in history, and it shows that Global South countries no longer blindly follow the West's geopolitical script but are actively involved in resolving geopolitical conflicts based on their own desire for peace. Looking at the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Global South countries have shown great moral courage. They have not engaged in double standards like some Western powers but have stood on the side of humanitarianism and international law, empathizing with the plight of the Palestinian people and calling for a cessation of hostilities and the realization of international fairness and justice.
Carlos Aquino (卡洛斯·阿基诺): The Global South is actively participating in shaping history, not only making demands but also actively offering suggestions and striving to build a more balanced, multi-polar, and representative global governance system. In terms of realizing development rights, Global South countries have long advocated trade fairness and technology sharing, prompting global governance to continuously shift from "efficiency first" to both "openness and inclusiveness." At the level of civilization exchange, Global South countries respect the diversity of civilizations, resolutely oppose the hegemonic output of a single set of values, advocate the harmonious coexistence of different civilizations, and make common progress in inclusive mutual learning, providing valuable lessons for resolving civilization conflicts. In the field of multilateral cooperation, Global South countries have opened up a path of common development through unity and mutual assistance, relying on bilateral and multilateral platforms to effectively achieve coordinated development on the basis of equality, mutual trust, mutual benefit, and win-win situations.
Joseph Veramu (约瑟夫·维拉姆): Global South countries are promoting the inclusion of the "Southern Agenda" into the global governance system. In many emerging fields, Global South countries are actively proposing their own solutions, avoiding becoming passive recipients of rules again. In the field of artificial intelligence governance, China has released the "Global Artificial Intelligence Governance Initiative," calling for enhancing the representation and voice of developing countries in global artificial intelligence governance and ensuring equal rights, equal opportunities, and equal rules for the development and governance of artificial intelligence in all countries. In the field of addressing climate change, the Global South is demonstrating its responsibility. Brazil, as the host of the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, has joined forces with many countries to overcome the resistance of individual developed countries and promote the achievement of a series of outcome documents, incorporating climate finance and just energy transition into the core agenda. In global economic governance, the rotating presidency of the G20 has been held by Global South countries for four consecutive years, incorporating issues such as debt restructuring, development financing, and bridging the digital divide into the G20 agenda.
A more united Global South will not only create a better future for the people of all countries but also contribute "Southern strength" to building a more equal, diverse, and inclusive new international order.
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China's cooperation with other Global South countries is a joint exploration of the future world order.
Carlos Aquino (卡洛斯·阿基诺): Historically, after independence, many Global South countries have regarded the Western modernization model as the only reference target, and similar development paths have repeatedly appeared: relying on external capital and technology, hoping to achieve economic and livelihood take-off through "rapid transplantation" at the institutional level. However, practice has shown that this development model of imitating Western modernization often leads to increased social inequality, severe environmental pollution, and resource depletion problems in Global South countries, trapping them in a "dependency" dilemma.
It is against this background that China's development experience has generated widespread and profound inspiration for other Global South countries. Chinese-style modernization emphasizes gradual and continuous advancement, taking into account both efficiency and fairness. This development logic of taking the realization of the people's aspiration for a better life as the starting point and end result of modernization construction, and focusing on maintaining and promoting social fairness and justice, provides other Global South countries with a reference idea, that is, while maintaining policy autonomy, better integrating their own development into the global economic system.
The exchange and mutual learning between China and other Global South countries in development experience, governance practices, and civilizational concepts helps to expand the road choices of various countries. This diversity itself is an important foundation for building a more stable, just, and reasonable international order. It is in this sense that China's cooperation with other Global South countries is not only related to political economy or social development but also a joint exploration of the future world order.
Zheng Yongnian (郑永年): In order to promote the enhancement of the representation and voice of the Global South in the global governance system, China has adopted a dual approach of "stock reform" and "incremental construction." On the one hand, it vigorously promotes the reform of shares and voting rights in existing international financial and political institutions. China has always called for and promoted increasing the weight of emerging market countries and developing countries in the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, making it more reflective of the current global economic landscape. On the issue of UN Security Council reform, China clearly advocates prioritizing increasing the representation and voice of developing countries and increasing the participation opportunities for small and medium-sized countries. On the other hand, China connects development strategies with Global South countries through the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative, and the Global Governance Initiative, and carries out multi-faceted cooperation. China also promotes multilateral cooperation through promoting the expansion of BRICS and the "BRICS+" model, provides capacity building and institutional innovation support, promotes the establishment of an international mediation institute, and helps Global South countries shift from rule takers to rule makers.
Busani Ngqaweni (布萨尼·恩格卡维尼): China empowers Global South countries through practical cooperation projects. For example, in the agricultural field, China carries out technical demonstrations and capacity building with African countries to help enhance food production capacity. In the infrastructure field, China helps African countries bridge infrastructure gaps and enhance the endogenous development momentum of African countries. China never engages in "model output" but emphasizes development autonomy, national capacity building, and long-term planning on the basis of equality and mutual benefit, responding to the universal demands of Global South countries in exploring the path to modernization.
Joseph Veramu (约瑟夫·维拉姆): The Global South countries currently have two core concerns: one is development issues, and the other is security issues. At the development level, there are difficulties such as insufficient infrastructure, limited financing channels, and hindered industrial upgrading. At the security level, traditional security and non-traditional security issues are intertwined, and challenges such as energy security, food security, and climate change restrict development. Against this background, China's proposal and continuous promotion of high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and the four global initiatives have clear practical orientations, directly responding to the most realistic and urgent concerns of Global South countries, and emphasizing addressing global challenges through cooperation rather than confrontation.
From the perspective of the Global South, the Chinese solution is not intended to reshape a new "center-periphery" structure but is committed to promoting the formation of a more inclusive, diverse, and open international environment. This is precisely the direction of global governance reform that many developing countries expect and is an important reason why the Chinese solution has gained widespread recognition in the Global South.
(Reporters Zhang Bolan (张博岚), Chen Yiming (陈一鸣), Dai Kairan (戴楷然), and Bai Yuanqi (白元琪) of this newspaper compiled and organized the interviews)
Return to TopGeneral Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized during the 24th collective study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on January 30th: "Cultivating and developing future industries is of great significance for seizing the high ground in science and technology and industry, grasping the initiative in development, developing new quality productive forces, building a modern industrial system, improving the quality of people's lives, and promoting the all-round development of individuals and the overall progress of society."
Currently, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation is accelerating, cutting-edge technologies are constantly emerging, leading and supporting the rapid rise of future industries. What is the development status of China's future industries? Next, how can we exert efforts in terms of scientific and technological innovation, enterprise development, and policy support to promote the continuous achievement of new breakthroughs in the development of China's future industries? This edition invites industry insiders, experts, scholars, and business leaders to discuss development and expectations, and jointly build consensus and encourage efforts to accelerate the cultivation and development of future industries.
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Wang Xiaoming (王晓明), Director of the Industrial Science and Technology Innovation Research Department of the Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院):
Provide Technical Navigation for Adapting to Local Conditions and Differentiated Development
Currently, China faces key challenges in laying out cutting-edge technologies for future industries: On the one hand, the technical routes in some cutting-edge fields are still in the exploratory stage, with the possibility of multiple parallel or even competing approaches. For example, in fields such as quantum computing, there are multiple parallel technical paths such as superconducting, optical quantum, and ion trap. Prematurely "locking" onto a single route may lead to resource misallocation and missing out on better technical solutions. On the other hand, once a technical direction is selected, it is easy to form path dependence and the risk of technological solidification.
Future industries have the characteristics of being forward-looking, strategic, and disruptive, requiring scientific planning and overall coordination. This requires us to scientifically demonstrate technical routes around the main direction of future industries, improve the strategic prediction ability of cutting-edge technologies, and systematically build a "technology foresight - organization tackling - achievement transformation" full-chain, multi-entity collaborative technology source system for future industries.
Encourage universities, research institutes, industry organizations, enterprises, etc. to establish a collaborative technology mining and identification mechanism of "scientists + entrepreneurs + investors" to research and identify breakthrough and disruptive technical routes that are expected to trigger inflection points of change and breed new industries, form a dynamic list of cutting-edge technologies, and provide technical navigation for adapting to local conditions and differentiated development of future industries.
For different technical characteristics and development stages, it is necessary to flexibly use differentiated organizational models. Relying on national strategic scientific and technological forces and high-level new R&D institutions, establish a number of future industrial technology research institutes focusing on cutting-edge exploration. For key core technologies with relatively clear goals, various methods such as public bidding, parallel horse racing, and joint innovation consortia can be comprehensively used to stimulate the innovation vitality of various entities.
Strengthen the traction of market demand and scenario applications on technology research and development, and build a number of professional and market-oriented high-quality proof-of-concept and pilot platforms for future industrial layout, and improve the transformation service capabilities of technology familiarization, engineering amplification, prototype manufacturing, and commercial verification. Improve the "laying eggs along the way" mechanism to promote the landing and transformation of major scientific and technological innovation achievements.
(Interview and compilation by Wu Yuehui (吴月辉), reporter of this newspaper)
Guo Guoping (郭国平), Director of the Anhui Provincial Quantum Computing Engineering Research Center (安徽省量子计算工程研究中心):
Make Quantum Computing Power an Important Grasp for Developing New Quality Productive Forces
The degree of technological breakthrough largely determines the speed, breadth, and depth of future industrial development. In the current context of accelerating the evolution of a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, quantum computing, as a strategic frontier technology, its breakthrough is directly related to China's initiative in industrial development and core competitiveness.
The new type of national system is the institutional advantage for overcoming key core technologies, and this advantage is fully demonstrated in the field of quantum computing. Quantum computing breakthroughs are by no means a single point of effort, but a systematic attack on the entire chain. "Benyuan Wukong" (本源悟空), as a landmark achievement of China's quantum computing engineering breakthrough, has built an independent and controllable system from core hardware to software ecology: hardware-wise, it has built a solid "three-hard" foundation of quantum chip system, quantum computing measurement and control system, and quantum computing environment support system; software-wise, it has created a "three-soft" ecology of quantum operating system and software, quantum computing cloud platform, and quantum computing applications.
Since its launch in January 2024, "Benyuan Wukong" has been moving forward non-stop. As of now, it has completed more than 760,000 quantum computing tasks, and the global access volume has exceeded 40 million times. The application scenarios have been extended from basic scientific research to multiple fields such as biomedicine, aerospace, and financial technology, interpreting the practical effectiveness of "industry posing questions, technology answering questions."
Currently, China's quantum computing industry has formed a good pattern of gradient cultivation and coordinated development. Standing at a new starting point of development, our next step will focus on three key tasks: First, tackling core technologies, concentrating efforts to break through "bottleneck" problems such as high-yield quantum chip preparation and quantum error correction; second, promoting scenario implementation, creating benchmark application cases in fields such as biomedicine, finance, and energy; third, cultivating the industrial ecology, improving the quantum programming framework and tool chain, and jointly building training bases with universities to cultivate "quantum + industry" compound talents.
The breakthrough and application of quantum computing technology are directly related to the core competitiveness of China's future industries and national scientific and technological security. We will promote the continuous breakthrough of the quantum computing industry, make quantum computing power an important grasp for developing new quality productive forces, and inject hardcore scientific and technological power into the high-quality development of future industries.
(Interview and compilation by Xu Jing (徐靖), reporter of this newspaper)
Duan Jianghua (段江哗), Founder and CEO of Daimeng Robotics:
Deeply Cultivate Core Technologies and Strengthen the Role of Enterprises as Innovation Entities
Enterprises are at the forefront of the industry and can often more keenly grasp the needs of future industries and conduct targeted research and development and production.
Currently, Embodied AI generally focuses on vision and large model R&D, but for robots to move from "being able to perform" to "being able to work," they are often "stuck" at the moment of contact with the real world - changes in friction during grasping, slight deviations during assembly, force control boundaries during plugging and unplugging, etc. Therefore, without tactile sensation, robots cannot form truly generalizable operating capabilities.
Tactile perception is an indispensable basic capability of Embodied AI, but it has high technical barriers and complex system engineering. The more it is in such a stage, the more enterprises need long-term continuous investment and step-by-step engineering breakthroughs to deepen and thoroughly understand "key capabilities."
On the one hand, we iterate hardware and algorithms to improve the resolution, frequency, and stability of tactile perception; on the other hand, we build and precipitate a scarce high-quality tactile data system to provide reliable support for Embodied AI training and deployment.
Currently, the "dexterous hand" of the robot we developed can gently pick up an egg without breaking it, and can also sense feathers gently brushing over it. As the balloon expands and contracts, it can also adjust the force in real time. The secret of these "perceptual abilities" lies in the fact that at the moment the dexterous hand touches an object, it can use the world's first multi-dimensional high-resolution, high-frequency visual-tactile sensor to real-time sense tactile information of dozens of modes such as pressure, deformation, and friction and feed it back to the decision-making system. The robot can then adjust the grasping force and action strategy accordingly to achieve stable and precise operation.
Daimeng Robotics was incubated at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and grew up in the innovative hotbed of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Relying on Shenzhen's complete and efficient supply chain system, we quickly completed prototype iteration and engineering verification. Through Shenzhen-Hong Kong collaboration, we also closely connect with university research institutions and international innovation resources to continuously strengthen the supply of original technology. As innovation resources such as policies, capital, talent, and scenarios further gather towards enterprises, we will continue to deeply cultivate core technologies, strengthen the role of enterprises as innovation entities, promote robots to better understand and adapt to the real world, and contribute to the new development and high climbing of future industries.
(Interview and compilation by Gu Yekai (谷业凯), reporter of this newspaper)
Li Chenwei (李晨炜), Director of the Science and Technology Department of the Jiangxi Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology (江西省工业和信息化厅):
Enterprises "Dare to Venture and Try" and the Government "Builds the Stage and Escorts"
In 2024, Jiangxi (江西) issued an action plan for the development of future industries, proactively planning six key development areas such as future materials. We proposed to strive to break through 2 trillion yuan in the scale of future industries by 2030.
Successful implementation of brain-computer interface clinical research surgery, construction of humanoid robot production lines... Jiangxi has initially built the "four beams and eight pillars" for the development of future industries, and identified the first batch of 10 future industry pilot experimental zones throughout the province.
Future industries are industries driven by cutting-edge technologies, with long cultivation cycles and high market risks. Its vitality comes from the "dare to venture and try" spirit of enterprises, and also requires the support of the government's "building the stage and escorting."
Adhere to the combination of an effective market and a promising government, broaden the space for development and innovation, strengthen the rules of the fence, and continuously improve the future industrial governance system to ensure that it is both "vibrant" and "well-managed."
On the one hand, strengthen support and increase confidence. It is necessary to increase support from various aspects such as fiscal, tax, and financial policies, and encourage business entities and capital to invest in future industries. On the other hand, strengthen monitoring, evaluation, and guidance, adapt to local conditions, and enhance the overall and systematic nature of industrial development. Pay attention to preventing and resolving various risks such as finance, and formulate and improve industry rules and regulations.
Faced with new development issues, it is difficult to achieve success through "fighting alone." It is necessary to deepen cooperation with relevant countries in areas such as scientific and technological innovation, rules, and standards. At the same time, improve the access management of new technologies, new products, and new business models to promote the integration of foreign-funded enterprises into the local innovation system.
To seize the new track of the industry, cultivate new increments, and create new economic growth points, to develop future industries, we must pay more attention to forward-looking planning and layout, implement policies in detail, provide practical services, prevent risks, and act as the "booster" of industrial development and the "companion" of innovative entities, and guide the healthy and orderly development of future industries.
(Interview and compilation by Zhou Huan (周欢), reporter of this newspaper)
Tong Bo (童波), General Manager of the Corporate Institutional Business Department of Bank of Communications (交通银行):
Accompany the Growth of Future Industries with Financial "Patience"
Future industries such as quantum technology, biomanufacturing, and brain-computer interfaces are the key to forming new quality productive forces. They have rapid technological iteration, light asset structure, and high uncertainty in the future, which poses a fundamental challenge to the traditional financial service model that is accustomed to relying on historical financial data and fixed asset mortgages.
The development of future industries not only depends on technological breakthroughs, but also requires the financial system to achieve structural adaptation. Serving future industries, the core lies in achieving three major transformations: shifting from "looking at the past" to "looking at the future" to assess its technological potential and team value; shifting from "emphasizing mortgages" to "emphasizing knowledge" to transform intellectual property rights and talent reserves into credit support; shifting from "single financing" to "comprehensive services," focusing on "investing early, investing small, and investing long-term," and unblocking the entire chain of "fundraising, investment, management, and exit" to provide patient capital and industrial resource docking covering the entire life cycle.
Bank of Communications has elevated science and technology finance to a strategic height and is committed to building a service system of "professional research + characteristic institutions + composite talents." At the head office level, a flexible research team is formed to deeply cultivate key industries such as integrated circuits and biomedicine to provide professional guidance for the entire bank. Jointly with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部), a joint laboratory was built to strengthen the deep integration of innovation points and Bank of Communications' self-developed models.
In the controllable nuclear fusion track, our service began in the budding stage of the technology. A company relying on a top team and committed to the technology research and development of miniaturized fusion power stations with strong magnetic fields received our attention when it had not yet generated stable income. We not only provided efficient and exclusive financial services, but also successfully landed 60 million yuan of key equity financing at the end of 2025.
Bank of Communications will continue to deepen its financial support for the national future industry strategy, continue to closely monitor the commercialization process of future industries, use deeper industry research to guide more precise financial services, and radiate the experience of serving the Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Center (上海科创中心) to the whole country at a faster speed. At the same time, give full play to the comprehensive advantages of "equity, loan, bond, lease, and trust" to provide full-cycle and integrated financial solutions for industrial development.
(Interview and compilation by Ge Mengchao (葛孟超), reporter of this newspaper)
Return to TopBy: 刘温馨
At the beginning of the new year, good news keeps pouring in from future industry tracks such as embodied intelligence and commercial aerospace. Variable Autonomy Robotics completed a 1 billion yuan financing round, UBTECH Robotics clarified that its annual production capacity of industrial humanoid robots will reach 10,000 units this year, XPeng Huitian's independently developed flying car has entered the mass production sprint stage, and the brain-computer interface field has achieved a key leap from laboratory research to large-scale mass production...
One hard-core achievement after another takes root, and one technological breakthrough after another is full of confidence, vividly demonstrating that China's future industries are accelerating their run and rising strongly, showing a good development momentum.
Future industries have the characteristics of being forward-looking, strategic, and disruptive. In recent years, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation has accelerated, cutting-edge technologies have continued to emerge, and future industries have become a hot topic. What is "future"? Its core lies in the strategic attributes and leading value of being based on the present and anchoring the long-term, which not only carries the cutting-edge direction of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, but also supports the new driving force for high-quality economic and social development in the future.
Cultivating and developing future industries is for the present, but also for the future of the country. The future industry is poised to take off, which is of great significance for seizing the commanding heights of science and technology and industry, grasping the initiative of development, developing new quality productive forces, building a modern industrial system, improving people's quality of life, and promoting the all-round development of people and the all-round progress of society.
We must take root in the real economy and consolidate the foundation for development. The three major indicators of the shipbuilding industry lead the world, behind which is the use of AI brains by shipbuilding companies to help production and operation; the low-altitude economy is deeply integrated into people's livelihood services, and Shenzhen's (深圳) drone delivery of takeaways has covered diverse scenarios; Jiangsu's (江苏) "model supermarket" has put nearly a hundred open models on the shelves, helping more than 2,500 companies achieve intelligent transformation... The future industry is not a "castle in the air," but an important practical carrier of new quality productive forces, and its integration with the real economy is shifting from single-link penetration to full-chain empowerment. Only by closely focusing on industrial needs and solving practical pain points can the future industry move steadily and far, and truly release the momentum of quality improvement and efficiency enhancement.
We must activate the vitality of enterprises and give play to the main role. As the core carrier of innovation decision-making, R&D investment, and achievement transformation, the full play of the main role of enterprises is the key to accelerating the development of future industries. The rise of many future industries is driven by enterprises breaking through step by step. Adhering to the model of "industry posing questions, technology answering questions," using the needs of the real economy to drive technological innovation and using technological breakthroughs to feed back industrial upgrading, is the key to maintaining the vitality of future industries. Promoting the gathering of various innovation resources to enterprises, vigorously cultivating leading technology enterprises and high-tech enterprises with leading core technologies and strong innovation capabilities will continuously lead and drive the industry to move towards the frontier and high-end fields.
We must base ourselves on objective conditions and give play to comparative advantages. The state has established a fund with a total scale of hundreds of billions of yuan and a duration of 20 years, clarifying "investing early, investing small, investing long-term, and investing in hard technology"; local areas have formed fund clusters of hundreds of billions of yuan, and Beijing (北京), Shanghai (上海) and other places have established special funds of tens of billions of yuan... The future industry has a long cultivation cycle and high market risks. Developing the future industry is a "race" to seize the commanding heights of science and technology, and it is also a protracted war that requires increased support and a sound governance system. At present, some fields in China still face challenges such as breakthroughs in core technologies and imperfect infrastructure. We must further improve fiscal and tax policies, vigorously develop science and technology finance, do a good job in talent cultivation, introduction, and use in an all-round way, and at the same time explore scientific and effective regulatory methods to prevent relevant risks and ensure that we can both "let go" and "manage well."
The future has arrived, only hard work and pragmatism. We must strengthen industrial collaboration, adhere to seeking progress while maintaining stability, and cultivate in a gradient manner. As the advantages of the new type of national system continue to be released, more future industries will take root and grow in hard work. Proactively planning and taking action, working steadily and persistently, I believe that the strategic potential of future industries will be further transformed into the development advantages of new quality productive forces, injecting a steady stream of strong momentum into building a modern industrial system and promoting Chinese-style modernization.
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Since the beginning of the year, a plush toy called "Crying Horse" with its mouth sewn inside out has quietly become popular, becoming a "favorite" that many consumers are eager to buy. This little horse doesn't have complicated functions, but with its naive and slightly aggrieved image, it precisely touches the softest part of people's hearts, triggering emotional resonance and a consumption boom. From a "sewing defect" to an "emotional companion" sought after by the entire network, this phenomenon seems accidental, but in fact it reflects the vigorous rise of pleasure-seeking consumption, highlighting its strong growth momentum as a new type of consumption.
Generally speaking, pleasure-seeking consumption refers to an economic activity in which consumers, when faced with work and life pressures or specific psychological needs, obtain immediate pleasure and self-affirmation by purchasing non-essential goods or experiencing services within their affordability range. The popularity of pleasure-seeking consumption reveals the transformation of the current consumer market: emotional value is gradually replacing single functional value as the key driver of new consumption, and consumer concepts are undergoing a transformation from "buying useful" to "buying happiness." The "2025-2029 China Emotional Economy Consumption Trend Insight Report" shows that the market size of China's emotional economy has reached 2.31 trillion yuan in 2024 and is expected to exceed 4.5 trillion yuan by 2029.敏锐捕捉 (mǐn ruì bǔ zhuō - "keenly capture," to be acutely aware and seize) this consumption trend, the recent local Two Sessions (地方两会) clearly laid out emotional consumption in their government work reports.
Not just the "Crying Horse," looking further afield, pleasure-seeking consumption scenarios are constantly extending and broadening, and the content is constantly being updated. From doll clothing customization and the hot sales of decompression toys to the popularity of niche accessories and small bag pendants, consumers have long jumped out of the traditional limitations of "practicality first" and are increasingly valuing the emotional resonance and self-expression carried by products. These small and beautiful consumer goods precisely meet the needs of contemporary people to relieve stress and express themselves, leading a new fashion in consumption. People's emphasis and inclination towards "interesting" and "meaningful" in consumption logic shows that emotional satisfaction is gradually becoming an important driver of "willingness to consume," and it also activates the innovation vitality of the supply side.
As an important part of new consumption, pleasure-seeking consumption is injecting strong momentum into the development of new consumption formats. Yiwu (义乌) factories are rushing to produce "Crying Horse" orders, DIY workshops are springing up everywhere, "Guochao (国潮) Lifestyle Halls" are becoming popular check-in spots, and "experiencing intangible cultural heritage handicrafts" has become a high-frequency search term on social media platforms... Small objects leverage big markets, and new demands lead to new supplies. Many business entities are adapting to the trend and actively seeking change, striving to launch products and services with finer granularity, more pleasure, and stronger experiences. In the cultural tourism industry, characteristic homestay experiences and Hanfu (汉服) ancient style photography have entered the public eye, unlocking more leisure and entertainment methods; in the home furnishing industry, atmospheric small night lights and healing aromatherapy machines focus on "long-term companionship," bringing more "small certain happiness" to daily life. Diversified supply precisely meets personalized needs, which not only injects flexible vitality into consumption growth, but also clears supply and demand bottlenecks, opening up a new path for expanding domestic demand that is grounded and warm.
Although the emotional economy is dominated by emotions, we also need to think rationally - it is crucial for the industry to avoid "hollowing out" of content. For example, the popularity of some hit products relies heavily on the single expression pack attribute or the random stimulation of blind boxes, lacking the support of a sustainable story core, and the popularity is difficult to last. Furthermore, the sales of related zodiac products in non-birth years are prone to a cliff-like decline, affecting the sustainability of the product line. How to make "cuteness" go from "love at first sight" to "never get tired of each other" requires the industry to break away from its reliance on short-term emotional stimulation and build a deep foundation for development.
The rise of the emotional economy has opened up a new blue ocean for industrial development. How to embrace this new blue ocean of consumption? The answer is to exert efforts in multiple directions. Supply must be innovative, and enterprises should deeply understand the segmented emotional needs of different groups to create products that are both practical and therapeutic; policies should provide warmth, and relevant departments can iteratively improve policies and measures to promote consumption, incorporating emotional consumption into the overall layout of expanding domestic demand and promoting consumption; supervision must protect the market, and effectively maintain market order and consumer rights.
Expanding domestic demand is the strategic cornerstone of building a new development pattern, and new types of consumption represented by pleasure-seeking consumption are an important support on this cornerstone. Continuously meeting the needs of the people for a better life, conforming to people's reasonable pursuit of emotional value and self-expression, continuing to unleash and empower consumption innovation, and promoting precise matching of supply and demand, moving from "cost performance" to "heart performance," can fully release the huge potential of pleasure-seeking consumption and inject a continuous and lasting force into building a strong domestic market and unblocking economic circulation.
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In recent times, "Becoming Chinese" (成为中国人) is unexpectedly gaining popularity on overseas social media. Foreign netizens are vying to share "Chinese Lifestyle Checklists," identifying with and experiencing Chinese culture by imitating Chinese daily life habits. Chinese lifestyle aesthetics are becoming popular, and Chinese household goods, represented by slippers, are also becoming a focus of attention.
A pair of small Chinese slippers carries the upgrading code of Chinese manufacturing, the spreading power of Chinese culture, and is a vivid microcosm of Chinese good products "going global." From OEM to brand leadership, from cheap single products to trend benchmarks, from commodity going overseas to cultural resonance, what kind of transformation has Chinese slippers experienced?
Small Commodities, Big Market
"Street Stalls" Transform into "Global Trend"
On average, 1 in every 8 people worldwide wears "Neikeng Slippers" (内坑拖鞋); on average, 40 pairs of slippers from Jinjiang (晋江) go to the global market every second... Walking into Neikeng Town (内坑镇), Jinjiang City (晋江市), Fujian Province (福建省), this Southern Fujian town with nearly 2,000 upstream and downstream industrial chain enterprises produces more than 1 billion pairs of slippers annually, with an annual output value of the entire industrial chain exceeding 30 billion yuan.
At 8 a.m., Zhenlong Shoes Co., Ltd. (震龙鞋业公司) in Neikeng Town is already bustling with activity. Sari, a Middle Eastern businessman, carefully checks the anti-slip texture of the slippers, while the mobile phone of Zhang Zhenxian (张振限), a local manufacturer, constantly pops up with order information in English and French—the day of this executive chairman of the Jinjiang City Slippers Industry Association begins in the symphony of globalization.
On the side, Musa, a buyer from Africa, drags his suitcase while scanning the QR code at the bottom of a slipper with his mobile phone. Product parameters, 3D exploded views, and global compliance certification certificates pop up instantly. His finger slides on the tablet, adjusting the color and pattern of the shoe upper in real time. After 30 seconds, a personalized order of 3,000 pairs, sent to Nigeria, is generated in the cloud and synchronized to the intelligent factory production scheduling system 5 kilometers away.
Chinese slippers, which once seemed ordinary, are now becoming popular around the world at an amazing speed. From the hot streets of Southeast Asia to the apartments of young Americans, Chinese-made slippers have become trendy items in the daily lives of foreign consumers.
Shifting the focus from Jinjiang City (晋江市), a major production town, to Yiwu City (义乌市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), the world's capital of small commodities, a clearer mark of Chinese slippers reaching the world emerges.
Currently, it is the peak season for the sale of cotton slippers. In the warehouse of Yiwu Tena Shoes (义乌特娜鞋业), Liu Bo (刘波), the head of the company, is leading the team to expedite the processing of orders. In the Tena Shoes showroom in Osaka (大阪), Japan, which was completed in May last year, many Japanese merchants are stopping and negotiating cooperation.
"The slippers here have simple designs, excellent quality, and are also in line with our usage habits. We often come here to purchase or customize products," a Japanese merchant praised repeatedly. Previously, through cooperation with Tena Shoes, his products sold well, and he even sent a letter of thanks.
Yiwu Tena Shoes has focused on slipper manufacturing for more than 20 years, and its products are sold to Europe, America, Japan, South Korea and other regions. In the past year alone, Tena Shoes sold more than 8 million pairs of slippers in the Japanese market.
In the Tena Shoes live broadcast room, a live broadcast team from Malaysia is introducing a pair of cool slippers priced at about 120 yuan—this slipper adds a honeycomb anti-slip sheet on the basis of the original slippers, which can be used on a glass or steel surface inclined at 45 degrees, and it is as easy as walking on flat ground even if oil is poured on it. Data shows that 40,000 pairs were sold in just 3 hours.
"In the past two years, with the rise of live broadcast e-commerce in Southeast Asia, we have keenly grasped the opportunity and successfully entered the local market by cooperating with local leading institutions, and our sales have doubled year after year," Liu Bo (刘波) introduced that since 2024, the company has continued to expand the Southeast Asian market. In the past year, sales in Southeast Asia have increased by 5 times compared with before.
Small commodities, big market. Relevant market research shows that the global slipper market size reached 30 billion US dollars in 2024, a year-on-year increase of 7.2%, becoming one of the fastest-growing consumer categories in international trade. As a major global supplier of slippers, China's industry is upgrading towards intelligence, health, and environmental protection, and its output and export volume are steadily increasing. Its products are mainly sold to Europe, America, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and other diverse markets, becoming an advantageous category of China's light industry exports. Some foreign tourists have even summarized a practical strategy of "be sure to bring an empty suitcase to China." Purchasing slippers and other daily necessities in the Chinese market, which has a rich variety of products and high cost performance, has become a new cross-border shopping experience.
From "Manufacturing" to "Intelligent Manufacturing"
Innovation-Driven and Industrial Upgrading Shape Competitive Advantages
In the dust-free laboratory of Xiangtai Shoes (祥泰鞋业) in Jinjiang City (晋江市), Deputy General Manager Zhang Zhenjie (张振杰) puts a seemingly ordinary white material into a freezer at minus 20 degrees Celsius. After taking it out an hour later, it still feels warm to the touch. "This is a phase-change temperature-regulating material that can absorb and release heat, keeping the feet in a comfortable range at all times," he explained that this technology, which originated from spacesuits, is now used in a pair of outdoor slippers for the Nordic market, and the price is several times that of traditional products.
Laboratories have become the "standard heart" of Jinjiang's leading shoe companies. The "Antibacterial and Deodorant EVA Composite Material" project of Xiangtai (祥泰) in cooperation with the Haixi Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院海西研究院) can increase the antibacterial rate of slippers to 99%; the R&D team of another company extracts fiber from the local Fujian "Juncao" to manufacture environmentally friendly shoe materials that can be naturally degraded.
Patent data confirms this shift. In the past 5 years, the average annual growth of authorized invention patents and utility model patents in the Jinjiang slipper industry has exceeded 30%, covering multiple dimensions such as structural design, environmentally friendly materials, and intelligent manufacturing technology. "We are shifting from cost competition to patent competition," Zhang Zhenxian (张振限) concluded.
The ability of Chinese slippers to conquer global consumers is the result of technological innovation and the overall upgrading of the industrial chain.
——Technological innovation improves product quality. Supercritical foaming technology, new foaming materials, bamboo charcoal antibacterial technology... China's slipper manufacturing technology continues to be updated and iterated, continuously improving product comfort and functionality.
In the factory of Jieyang City Shenglubao Shoes Co., Ltd. (揭阳市圣路保鞋业有限公司) in Jieyang High-tech Zone (揭阳高新区), Guangdong Province (广东省), dozens of machines and midsole equipment are producing LUOFU brand zero-feel slippers that are popular overseas.
"You see, this is our independently developed LUOFU brand 'zero-feel slippers' series of sports slippers. The wearing experience has been called 'the feeling of walking on clouds' by many home and lifestyle bloggers. Its core lies in our successful transformation of traditional slippers, which were considered simple, into functional products with both ultimate comfort and fashionable design," said Zheng Jiecun (郑洁纯), foreign trade manager of Jieyang City Shenglubao Shoes Co., Ltd.
"We have made systematic innovations around the core experience of 'comfortable and fashionable'," Zheng Jiecun (郑洁纯) told reporters that from the slipper material, through the independent research and development of TPE technology midsole, it is soft but not collapsed, light and resilient, improving the customer's sense of experience. In terms of slipper structure, the application of the "3D arch support module" analyzes the foot type data of sports and fitness people through big data, and the zero-feel slippers design the most universal arch support curve, plus the light elastic midsole, which is like providing a just right "support bridge" for the feet, so that consumers are not prone to fatigue even when standing or walking for a long time.
——Industrial collaboration supports rapid market response. Fast design, fast development, fast production, and fast innovation ensure that consumers can buy new products as soon as possible. This industrial chain supporting advantage and rapid response mechanism enable Chinese slipper companies to capture global market trend changes in a timely manner and flexibly adjust product strategies.
In the "flexible intelligent manufacturing" workshop of the Jiajiale (在家家乐) brand, the production scene is very different from traditional factories. On one production line, the first 30 pairs are indoor sock shoes printed with Nordic minimalist patterns, the middle 50 pairs are beach slippers dotted with Southeast Asian-style flowers, and the last 20 pairs are functional slippers designed for the Japanese market with subtle arch support.
"One line, global goods" has become a reality. Behind this is a thorough digital transformation: customer orders go directly to the manufacturing execution system (MES) through the cross-border e-commerce platform, and the system automatically decomposes processes, calculates materials, and schedules production. AGV trolleys accurately distribute raw materials of different colors and materials to the work stations according to instructions.
"Small orders and quick response are the key to winning over the new generation of consumers," said Chen Zhihua (陈志华), the person in charge of the Jiajiale (在家家乐) brand. Through the digital system, the brand has reduced the new product development cycle from 45 days to 15 days, and the minimum order quantity from 3,000 pairs to 300 pairs. "This means that we can quickly develop exclusive products for a small outdoor community in the Netherlands or a yoga studio in Los Angeles and achieve profitability."
Zheng Jiecun (郑洁纯) also has a deep understanding of this. Taking zero-feel slippers as an example, by deeply integrating the advantages of the industrial chain with rapid response capabilities, the cycle from concept to market for this shoe has been shortened from the traditional 3-6 months to 1 month, which can quickly seize market opportunities. The professional division of labor and collaboration of the entire process ensure the high standards of products from materials to craftsmanship.
The relevant person in charge of the Jieyang Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology (揭阳市工信局) introduced that the city's industrial chain advantages cover the upstream, midstream and downstream, including raw material production, industrial design, mold manufacturing, ingredient processing, finished product manufacturing, logistics and distribution, and market transactions. The industrial chain is complete, and the supply chain system is relatively complete. In 2025, there will be 116 shoe companies above designated size in the city, with a total industrial output value of more than 5 billion yuan and local exports of 946 million yuan.
Moving Towards Brand Going Overseas and Strengthening Cultural Resonance
Writing a New Chapter of Globalization
Walking into Chen Zhihua's (陈志华) office, a "national trend slipper" is placed in a prominent position—the upper is dark red with the "Rouge Brick" (胭脂砖) of Southern Fujian, the texture comes from the ancient wall technology of "Out of Bricks into Stone" (出砖入石), and the sole is embossed with the sea route map of Quanzhou (泉州) Maritime Silk Road.
"National trend is not simple stickers, but translating traditional culture with contemporary design language," Chen Zhihua's (陈志华) team designed a slipper with the National Stadium "Bird's Nest" (鸟巢) and the National Aquatics Center "Water Cube" (水立方) as the main elements, which was favored by Thai customers as soon as it was launched, and bought the authorization and sold it overseas.
Strengthening cultural identity and value resonance is the "important magic weapon" for Chinese slippers to go overseas. At the same time, Chinese slippers going overseas is undergoing a transformation from product output to brand output, and from price competition to value competition.
Adhere to the branding and IP strategy, and strive to stand on the upper end of the "smile curve."
In January last year, led by Yiwu China Commodities City Group (义乌中国小商品城集团), and with the resource advantages of the Yiwu Brand Development Promotion Association (义乌品牌发展促进会), the "Yiwu Good Goods" brand overseas collection store opened in Yiwu International Trade City (义乌国际商贸城), including several Tena Shoes slipper products.
"In this way, we can find the factory we want in the Yiwu market in the shortest time," a slipper buyer from Malaysia came to the brand overseas collection store under the leadership of a foreign trade company and praised it repeatedly.
"At present, we have relied on the brand overseas collection store to land in 11 countries. Next, we will continue to broaden channels and more actively expand overseas business," Liu Bo (刘波) said that he is currently in contact with merchants from Germany and France, and strive to promote the landing of overseas direct stores as soon as possible.
Like Yiwu City (义乌市), Jieyang (揭阳) also pays attention to brand building, and the results are remarkable. Up to now, the city has cultivated more than 200 independent brands. The "KADY" brand of Dikai Shoes (迪凯鞋业) has been firmly in the first place in the market share of similar products in Saudi Arabia. Liangfengda (亮丰达) and Shuangxing Group (双星集团) and Disney (迪士尼) have established a long-term cooperative relationship for brand authorized production.
As competition intensifies, Chinese slipper companies are paying more and more attention to brand building. In 2024, the export average price of Chinese slippers with independent brands or IP co-branded attributes has increased significantly. Chinese slipper companies are improving the premium ability of products through brand strategy.
Cross-border e-commerce empowers and is committed to opening up new space for overseas growth.
"The rise of cross-border e-commerce has made the channels for small and micro enterprises to go overseas more smooth," Zhang Zhenjie (张振杰) said. Walking into Jinjiang City Xiangtai Shoes Co., Ltd. (晋江市祥泰鞋业有限公司), the sample wall in the exhibition hall is like a miniature version of the "World Slipper Map". Different styles and functions of slippers correspond to the needs of different markets around the world. In the live broadcast room next to it, the anchor is introducing fluently to the camera: "This slipper is made of EVA material, which does not rub the feet or squeeze the feet. Even if the soles of the feet are everted or have plantar fasciitis, you can wear it..."
"In terms of overseas channels, we implement 'dual-wheel drive'. One wheel is the cross-border e-commerce platform, which is not only a sales channel, but also a touchstone for new products and a brand flagship store. The other wheel is the offline channel. We cooperate with overseas regional chain supermarkets and home furnishing buyer stores to provide customized color matching or co-branded packaging. The reputation and brand awareness accumulated online have greatly helped us enter the negotiation of offline channels," Zheng Jiecun (郑洁纯) said.
From function to fashion, from low price to high-end, from product to brand, the global journey of Chinese slippers shows the vivid trajectory of the transformation and upgrading of Chinese manufacturing. As Chinese companies continue to deepen innovation-driven, brand building and cultural communication, this seemingly ordinary daily necessities will continue to write a wonderful chapter in the global market.
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In the Guyuan Museum (固原博物馆) in Ningxia (宁夏), several cloisonné antique jewelry boxes are quietly displayed, the lotus patterns outlined by copper wires gleaming with a faint blue luster under the lights. Cloisonné—an artwork once monopolized by the court—its exquisite craftsmanship is breathtaking. As early as 2006, this technique was selected into the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
The cloisonné cultural relics collected by the Guyuan Museum (固原博物馆) in Ningxia (宁夏) mainly come from the Qing Dynasty (清代), including cloisonné vases and cloisonné copper jewelry boxes, mostly made of copper-bodied filigree enamel, with exquisite shapes and rich decorations. These cultural relics not only reflect the spread and application of cloisonné craftsmanship in the Ningxia (宁夏) region during the Qing Dynasty (清代), but also witness the cultural and technological exchange and integration along the Silk Road (丝绸之路), and are an important part of the historical and cultural context of "Silk Road Guyuan (丝路固原)."
Cloisonné, academically known as "copper-bodied filigree enamel," originated in the Yuan Dynasty (元代) and flourished during the Jingtai (景泰) period of the Ming Dynasty (明代). It is named for its predominantly peacock blue color at that time and has a development history of about 600 years. Its production process can be called "the ingenuity of hundreds of craftsmen," requiring hundreds of processes such as body making, filigree, enamel filling, enamel firing, polishing, and gilding, each step condensing the craftsman's efforts. In the filigree process alone, craftsmen need to use copper wires as thin as hair to outline complex patterns on the copper body, with each wire fitting perfectly and precisely, like "embroidering" on metal; enamel filling requires manual coloring with mineral pigments, layer by layer, so that the colors have both transparency and layering, and the color becomes more mellow and lustrous after firing, and does not fade for hundreds of years.
With the continuous improvement of science and technology, this traditional craft of cloisonné has been injected with new vitality—new technologies such as laser cutting and 3D printing have been introduced into cloisonné production. The use of 3D printing technology can quickly produce fine pattern molds, solving the problems of low efficiency and limited precision of manual filigree, greatly improving production efficiency, while laser engraving can achieve the precision and detail performance that traditional manual work cannot achieve, making the patterns more exquisite and diverse.
Laser cutting precisely hollows out complex patterns on the copper body, 3D printing quickly produces various uniquely shaped cloisonné works... Technologies like these have allowed inexpensive cloisonné "trendy products" such as bracelets, refrigerator magnets, phone cases, and keychains to emerge one after another.
In the past, cloisonné patterns were mostly based on traditional patterns such as dragons and phoenixes, flowers and birds, and the colors were relatively conservative. Nowadays, "trendy product" designers boldly try to integrate modern aesthetics and fashion elements into cloisonné design, making it more contemporary and personalized. Some designers combine geometric patterns and abstract lines with traditional patterns, while others use gradient colors and contrasting colors to make cloisonné works exude a new visual charm.
An artwork once exclusively enjoyed by the court has now entered ordinary people's homes. Cloisonné "trendy products" cleverly combine traditional culture with modern life and are deeply loved by young people. Expensive antiques have become "fashion items" in the process of cultural and creative development. These cultural and creative products not only have practical value, but also allow more people to understand and love this ancient art of cloisonné.
Different from traditional large cloisonné utensils, cloisonné "trendy products" are basically exquisite, flexible, and portable cultural and creative products. Designers extract the essence of traditional cloisonné patterns, simplify and reconstruct classic elements such as twining lotus, precious flower, and cloud patterns, and integrate them into a series of cultural and creative products. By abandoning the complex and redundant production process and retaining the core craftsmanship and cultural core, cloisonné "trendy products" can not only carry cultural missions, but also reduce costs and attract more consumers.
When the winter sun sweeps across the wrist, a touch of lustrous blue and gilt intermingle, with both oriental classical elegance and modern fashion agility—this is the unique charm of cloisonné bracelets; and refrigerator magnets based on cloisonné shapes cleverly integrate traditional craftsmanship and modern creativity, drawing scenic spots and iconic buildings with smooth lines and matching them with gorgeous colors, vividly showing the humanistic and historical heritage behind them... In many cities, there are cloisonné DIY workshops, where consumers can try to manually outline and shape with gold wire, and make their own jewelry boxes, keychains and other "trendy toys" as long as they are patient enough.
The 600-year-old technique has been revitalized in "trendy toys." The person in charge of the Guyuan Museum (固原博物馆) in Ningxia (宁夏) said, "Innovation is the constant theme of cloisonné inheritance. We must not only create artworks with artistic value that lead the development of cloisonné, but also develop products and cultural and creative products that are close to life." With the application of new materials and new technologies, as well as the development of digitalization and intelligence, the future of cloisonné is full of infinite possibilities.
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Dongpo Lake is a body of water in the urban center of Meishan (眉山).
This body of water didn't have a name before. I remember when we were formulating the development and protection plan for this water area, several of us from relevant departments gathered by the water to brainstorm. Surveying this body of water, I blurted out, "Eye of the City." At a glance, this water area is pointed at both ends, long in the middle, with rounded edges, and the water surface is as blue as a mirror, resembling a charming phoenix eye.
But after in-depth discussion, some people believed that "Eye of the City," although literary, was more suitable as the functional positioning of this water area; as for the name of this water, it should be more popular and straightforward. Meishan (眉山) is the hometown of Dongpo (东坡), and promoting Dongpo (东坡) culture is an important direction for Meishan's (眉山) development, so everyone naturally thought of Su Dongpo (苏东坡). Perhaps Su Dongpo (苏东坡) in those years was also nourished by this beautiful water? Otherwise, how could he have written such watery poems as "The shimmering waves are beautiful in the sunny days, and the misty mountains are also wonderful in the rainy days" and "The setting sun rolls up the embroidered curtain, and the water under the pavilion connects with the sky"?
Later, this lake was named "Dongpo Lake (东坡湖)."
Every time I see Dongpo Lake (东坡湖), I want to describe it as "a lake of spring water." In my heart, the so-called spring water should be the water of 上善若水 (shàng shàn ruò shuǐ - "supreme good like water," the highest excellence is like that of water, benefiting all things without striving). "When spring comes, the river water is as green as blue," the spring water of Dongpo Lake (东坡湖) is not only a surface color of green as blue, but also a realm and pattern of utmost purity. A lake of spring water is a summary of the form and spirit of this lake.
The water of Dongpo Lake (东坡湖) comes from the Min River (岷江). Whether it is the Gonggang Ridge (弓杠岭) in the east source or the Langjia Ridge (郎架岭) in the west source, the two ridge sources of the Min River (岷江) water are pure snowmelt. Tracing back further, whether it is the water of the ocean or the water in the rivers of the earth, how many times of natural filtration does it have to go through under the sunlight to condense into the snow of the two ridges? After these accumulated snows melt, how many places do they have to flow through to become the water of the Min River (岷江)?
This kind of purity is not my discovery; the ancestors of Meishan (眉山) discovered it long ago. In those years, the reference objects people used to express reality were limited, so they used crystal-clear glass to convey their feelings, calling this section of the Min River (岷江) the "Glass River (玻璃江)." Lu You (陆游), who passed by Meishan (眉山), wrote poems such as "A river of Shu Road, the Glass River (玻璃江)" and "The Glass River (玻璃江) water is a thousand feet deep, not as deep as the heart of those leaving the river."
This ancient section of the Min River (岷江) flows and flows, flows to Meishan (眉山), and becomes this lake of spring water, and then there is Dongpo Lake (东坡湖).
Of course, this lake of spring water also has times of sadness.
I remember when the administrative divisions of Meishan (眉山) and Leshan (乐山) were adjusted, Meishan (眉山) was newly separated from Leshan (乐山), and the newly established Meishan Prefecture (眉山地区), in order to develop industry, all kinds of factories sprang up everywhere, environmental pollution became increasingly serious, and the water quality of the Min River (岷江) dropped sharply. Fortunately, it later acted decisively, 壮士断腕 (zhuàng shì duàn wàn - "brave warrior cuts off his wrist," to act decisively and resolutely in the face of adversity), and resolutely shut down a large number of heavily polluting enterprises. After more than 20 years of treatment, especially the construction of the Min River (岷江) Tangba (汤坝), Jianzishan (尖子山), and Hanyang (汉阳) cascade hydropower projects, the clear flow of the Min River (岷江) was finally restored, and the lake of spring water in Dongpo Lake (东坡湖) reappeared.
If Mr. Dongpo (东坡) were still alive, "sixty miles apart, drinking from the Glass River (玻璃江) together," seeing today's Dongpo Lake (东坡湖), would he also come for a walk and gather inspiration? This lake of spring water flows into the Min River (岷江), and then into the Yangtze River (长江), "a river of clear water flows eastward," flowing to Huangzhou (黄州) and Changzhou (常州) in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River (长江), where Mr. Dongpo (东坡) once worked and lived, would Mr. Dongpo (东坡) also be pleased?
Return to TopBy: 陈四长
In previous years, I had a habit: whenever I felt unwell, and going to the hospital seemed like a hassle, I would "seek medical advice and medicine" online. After a few successful attempts, I not only did this myself frequently but also shared it as experience with others. However, I never expected that this experience would "fail" me one day.
In the spring of the year before last, my nostrils were dry with recurring bloody scabs. After searching online, it appeared to be similar to atrophic rhinitis. So, following the online advice, I spent over 90 yuan to buy a bottle of saline nasal spray. After using almost the entire bottle, not only was it ineffective, but my condition worsened. My wife urged me to see a doctor. After examining me, the doctor diagnosed it as nasal vestibule erosion. I asked how to treat it. The doctor smiled and said, "Just buy a tube of erythromycin ointment from the pharmacy and apply it." A tube of erythromycin ointment cost less than 6 yuan, and after applying it four or five times, my nose was completely healed.
This incident taught me a profound lesson. Seeing a doctor is a highly specialized matter. Some diseases have similar symptoms but are actually different. Broadly searching for treatment methods online based on symptoms can lead you 南辕北辙 (nán yuán běi zhé - "south chariot north direction," to act in a way that defeats one's purpose) and even delay treatment.
Experience is a useful and good thing, a valuable asset to our work, study, and life. But experience can also be a burden, leading to a kind of "experience confidence," making one self-righteous. Over time, one stops learning, stops understanding new things, and becomes content with viewing problems through the lens of existing experience, thinking for granted with habitual thinking.
This phenomenon is not uncommon in real life. For example, some places follow the trend in planting specialty fruit trees. Hearing that other places have succeeded in planting fruit trees, they ignore the specific differences in geographical environment, copy the experience, and mobilize everyone to plant this kind of fruit tree. As a result, the growth and harvest are unsatisfactory, the products cannot be sold, and eventually, there are even cases of cutting down the trees.
Experience, especially specific experience, generally has context dependence. Experience that works in place A may not be applicable in place B.
I always remember a survey from a few years ago. The local area is the "Kiwi Fruit Hometown" (猕猴桃之乡), with a planting area of hundreds of thousands of acres, and agricultural and forestry professional colleges have experimental stations built there. When I first saw the kiwi fruit demonstration garden there, I was very surprised—weeds grew wildly under the trees. In my rural hometown, my father's generation usually used grass as a yardstick to judge a person's diligence and laziness. To say that someone was diligent was to say that the person's land was weeded clean, without a single blade of grass; conversely, if the grass in someone's field grew taller than the crops, that person would definitely be seen as a lazy person by the whole village. The demonstration garden here allowed grass to grow, and it was even clover they planted themselves, which could not help but make people feel strange. So I asked the director of the experimental station, who replied: This is orchard grassing, also known as sod culture, which is an advanced, practical, and efficient soil management measure. Its application can improve the orchard microclimate and soil environment, reduce summer soil temperature, stabilize orchard air humidity, and increase the organic matter content of the soil, thereby achieving high-quality and high-yield fruit. I see. The director's professional explanation refreshed my existing experience and knowledge, and made me realize that between grass and crops, in addition to the well-known competition relationship, there is also a symbiotic relationship under specific conditions.
There was also a small episode during this survey that was unforgettable. The research team finally completed the survey report, and there was a mention of the concept of orchard grassing in the report. When a leader saw this statement, he raised a question: The traditional farming method is "weeding," so how can there be "grassing" here? At this time, there may be two situations: one is to take a cursory look and sign routinely; the other is to think it is a typo and casually change "grassing" to "weeding." But this leader did not subjectively assume, neither 想当然 (xiǎng dāng rán - "think it is so," to take for granted) nor pretend to understand, but asked the staff to call and inquire, what is orchard grassing, to understand the reason why.
This made me think of a historical story I had read. According to legend, Wang Anshi (王安石), a great poet and writer of the Northern Song Dynasty (北宋), saw two lines of poetry by a poet from the South: "The bright moon calls in the sky, the yellow dog lies in the heart of the flower," and found it ridiculous. How could the bright moon call? And how could the yellow dog lie in the heart of the flower? He did not try to understand the author's original intention, did not know that there was a small bird called "bright moon" in the author's hometown, and an insect called "yellow dog," but assumed that it should be changed to "The bright moon shines in the sky, the yellow dog lies in the shade of the flower." Although the sentence is reasonable in this way, it is far from the author's original meaning. It seems that even great poets and writers can also make the mistake of empiricism.
Empiricism can kill people. Proceeding from reality, respecting experience without blindly believing in experience, should be our correct attitude towards experience.
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In the early morning, while browsing WeChat Moments on my phone, a video caught my attention.
The scene showed a man showing off a tricycle full of liquor and two pieces of fresh pork: "Old folks, I missed you all! There's a reason I haven't been around for two days. Do you want this year's new Zhushan (竹山) liquor? Today, I also got some free-range pork, not too fatty, not too lean, perfect for making smoked bacon!" The straightforward and fiery dialect was typical of the Shaoyang (邵阳) people, known as "Baogulao (宝古佬)." Shaoyang (邵阳) in Hunan (湖南) was formerly known as Baoqing (宝庆), and the men here are often called "Baogulao (宝古佬)," known for their tenacity, boldness, and a certain stubbornness.
The man had a slightly round face, bright eyes, and a somewhat thin frame. He was the younger brother of a relative from my hometown, and everyone of his generation called him "Brother Chai." I remember Brother Chai being very naughty as a child. After graduating from junior high school, he dropped out to help a kiln master chop firewood, then contracted a mountain to plant bamboo, and later took up basket weaving...
Three months ago, Brother Chai drove his tricycle to the city to deliver free-range pork to customers, and I learned that he had started a business specializing in mountain products. He brought me a grass carp from the mountain pond. When we met, I noticed the ruddy complexion unique to mountain people on his cheeks. In his early forties, he already had some signs of weathering around his eyes and temples. The hands that had gripped machetes and wielded bamboo knives had thick, gnarled fingers and calluses like tree bark. During our conversation, I learned that he had worked in other places in recent years and was doing well, but he suffered because of his "Baogulao (宝古佬)" character when standing up for others; he had driven a car but had an accident; and later, he experienced setbacks in his marriage and was raising his child alone...
Brother Chai's eyes were full of optimism: "It's nothing! In life, who doesn't experience ups and downs? This brother is a blade of grass in the mountains, able to endure! Hehe, haven't I started again?"
We added each other on WeChat. Brother Chai's WeChat name is "Baogulao (宝古佬)." Since then, we have interacted on WeChat from time to time, and I have begun to pay attention to this "Baogulao (宝古佬)."
Brother Chai is an optimistic person who loves life and likes to share his daily life through videos. Especially the videos related to mountain products, which are humorous and full of optimism, often attract people's attention at once. Going to the mountain valleys to slaughter pigs before dawn, on mountain roads that are steep and narrow, Brother Chai shouts in the video: "The mountain roads here have eighteen bends..." When promoting mountain products to customers, he says: "Old folks, do you want to eat bacon from Leigongling (雷公岭)? I got the goods -- shhh!" Even when he is sick, he is still humorous: "Old folks, don't miss me these days, I have a bad cold, my head feels like it's full of dynamite!"
I like to watch Brother Chai's videos, and I especially admire his grass-like "endurance." Unconsciously, I have also become one of his "old folks."
Sometimes, when I want some mountain products, I contact Brother Chai. Once, because I wanted some pork collar butt, I called his cell phone. On the phone, I asked him casually: "Are you making any money in this business of promoting mountain products?" Brother Chai laughed: "Tuition fees are definitely required. I can still earn a little hard-earned money. If I earn a little more, I want to renovate the old wooden house at home..."
Gradually, I discovered from the videos that Brother Chai's "endurance" was not in vain. "Meat smoking services," "liquor pre-orders," "wild honey contacts"... his business is growing and he is 如鱼得水 (rú yú dé shuǐ - "like a fish in water," to be in one's element; feel perfectly at home).
For two days, I didn't see Brother Chai post any videos, and I was a little puzzled. Until that day, I saw him appear in a video, explaining the reason: the tricycle had a malfunction due to long-term driving on mountain roads, almost causing an accident. He pointed to the tricycle next to him and said: "This old buddy wanted to quit, but I didn't agree! Let it rest for a while, and then it will 'endure' again! Old buddy, don't be discouraged, let's cheer each other on!"
I was amused by this humor. In my heart, I silently said: Mountain grass, my "Baogulao (宝古佬)" Brother, may you be safe!
By: 峭 岩
When you fell from horseback,
The entire winter also tumbled.
No matter how high the Tianshan Mountains (天山), they couldn't catch you.
No matter how long the Ili River (伊犁河), it couldn't hold you back.
Daughter of the Tianshan Mountains (天山), red glow on horseback,
Let the Tianshan Mountains (天山) and the Ili River (伊犁河) see you off, see you off,
Traveling far away…
The wind of Zhaosu (昭苏) says you went to heaven to visit.
The galloping hooves say you went to see your sisters in the distance.
The soaring mountain eagle says you made your home in the clouds.
You made your home in the clouds.
Is the scenery by the Milky Way still beautiful?
The snow mountain's (雪山) gaze pierces through the clouds,
Do you see it?
Your clothes are still drying in the sunlight.
Your milk tea is still bubbling in the copper pot.
The path where you sprinkled sweat is waiting for you to set off.
This winter,
Some snowflakes have turned into sacrificial poems,
Seeing off that red glow on horseback.
Chinese painting "Plum, Bamboo, and Double Doves," by Yu Feian (于非闇), collection of the Beijing Fine Art Academy (北京画院).
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I have always believed that the Loess Plateau must have colorful layers within, just like the undulating Danxia landforms of Yongdeng (永登) on the earth. In Kǔshuǐ Town (苦水镇), Yongdeng County (永登县), Lanzhou (兰州), when I opened the simple exterior of the rose layered cake, the layers of color seemed to confirm my guess.
As an arid area in the transition zone between the Loess Plateau and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, this wild and simple land is reshaping the quality of roses: the petals are thick and full of oil, and the aroma is rich but slightly bitter. These characteristics, originally evolved to adapt to the harsh environment, have now become the unique features of the "Kǔshuǐ Rose (苦水玫瑰)".
Strolling in the rose garden, the roses seem to be in their best state. Clusters of plump flowers are like a sea of clouds illuminated by the rising sun. If you pick them in the garden on a clear morning, you can also bring back a large piece of dewdrops. The light refracted in the water droplets adds a touch of shyness to the originally bright roses.
To make rose layered cake, a jar of authentic Kǔshuǐ Rose (苦水玫瑰) jam is essential. Fresh petals are mixed with white sugar after being properly dried. Only a pair of experienced hands can knead the fiber structure of the petals and the sugar to the right degree. This process is called "zì xiāng (渍香)," the purpose is to use the granular feel of the sugar to "force" the oil out of the petals. Then, stack them in layers in a crock and press them layer by layer. After waiting for a few days, the two will magically merge into a fleshy rose jam.
Compared to the abrupt appearance of roses on the Loess Plateau, the other ingredient in the layered cake filling seems to be more in line with the temperament of this land. Historically, when flax seeds passed through the Hexi Corridor (河西走廊), they seemed to be intercepted in the stomachs of Northwesterners. After being roasted in an iron pot, the flax seeds are ground in a stone mortar to produce a warm aroma of nuts and vegetation. This oily base flavor is enough for Northwesterners to resist dryness and cold. In addition, there are tonka beans, turmeric, and red yeast rice powder laid out in sequence. The five fillings are not only festive in color, but also endowed with the beautiful meaning of 五谷丰登 (wǔ gǔ fēng dēng - "abundant harvest," a wish for a good harvest of all crops).
Making this kind of cake, which can be up to half a meter in diameter, also requires knowledge of kneading the dough. The local medium-gluten flour happens to achieve a delicate balance between toughness and crispness. To extend the dough to a sufficient size, temperature, time, and technique are essential. Another thing is extremely important: you must have enough patience to call out the best state of the ingredients.
The real test of skill lies in the "kāi sū (开酥)" and "dié céng (叠层)" links. The five fillings with different textures and rich colors must be blended smoothly in vegetable oil until the consistency is appropriate. The rolled-out dough is spread on the chopping board, and a brush dipped in the filling is evenly applied on it. Among the five fillings, the most difficult and critical is the rose jam. Compared to the smooth and light flow of other fillings, the rose jam has a sense of stagnation when applied with a brush due to its thick and sticky characteristics. At this time, switching to a tool made of thin bamboo can immediately solve the problem.
Next is the rolling and folding process. The cake needs to be rolled simultaneously by two people to avoid left-right imbalance. Then, the long dough roll is cut into even portions as needed. After a dazzling series of folding and locking, the originally layered pie instantly has a thickness that satisfies diners. Finally, take a thin dough to wrap the original cake, and knead it into a round and lovely shape. People who pay attention to detail will also deduct two "full moon marks" or dot five "fortune" character color prints. Generally speaking, a skilled master will never spill the filling everywhere. The whole process is like a pleasing performance.
In order to neutralize the oil and retain the characteristics of the ingredients to the greatest extent, the rose layered cake also needs to be steamed to complete the final step. The heat of steaming the cake depends entirely on the experience accumulated by the masters over the years.
In Yongdeng County (永登县), the rose layered cake has long surpassed the category of snacks. Locals sometimes use it as a mooncake to express the meaning of reunion, and sometimes they use it as a local specialty to give to distant relatives and friends. No matter what it is used for, one thing is certain, that is, how dense the affection of the cake maker is, how rich the rose layered cake is. When you bite open its outer skin, and think of the ink-wash Danxia, think of Tǔlǔ Valley (吐鲁沟), think of Zhūtuó Mountain (猪驮山) in the layers of filling, then everything is worth it.
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Spring hasn't arrived yet, but many things are quietly happening.
Winter is nearing its end, but on the eve of the spring equinox, there was another wind and rain. The wind was gentle, and the rain was fine. The days in the wind and rain became fresh and tender.
The Beginning of Spring (立春) in the twelfth lunar month means early rain. According to the Gregorian calendar, it's February, but according to the lunar calendar, it's still the twelfth lunar month of the Yisi Snake Year. The human world has experienced a double spring year, and naturally welcomes a spring before the New Year. This spring is a bit impatient, arriving just after 4 a.m. Those who wake up early see the spring as soon as they open their eyes. People say, "Open your eyes to spring, the New Year will be warm," and it also coincides with the first day of the sixth nine-day period, "Spring hits the head of the sixth nine-day period, and the rice fills the building," a good omen.
The Beginning of Spring (立春) is not a festival, but just a solar term. However, as the first of the twenty-four solar terms, Chinese people celebrate the Beginning of Spring (立春) as if it were a festival. I grew up on the riverbed in Jiangnan (江南) that I have repeatedly described. Although I have long been away from my hometown, our family has maintained the customs of our hometown for many years. Every Beginning of Spring (立春), we put up a Spring Ox Picture (春牛图) on the gate. I also casually break off a branch as a whip, and while whipping the spring ox, I say with a smile: "Spring hits the head of the sixth nine-day period, drive the ox before the Beginning of Spring (立春)!" In the crisp sound of the "whip" cracking, it seems that I have returned to the riverbed in my hometown. This is a natural return and awakening, and everything that has disappeared seems to be reviving.
Driving the spring ox is a custom and a game for children. Xiao Yu'er (小鱼儿) also giggles and follows me to drive the ox, as if this can drive out the spring. While driving, she sings: "The Beginning of Spring (立春) arrives, spring comes, peach blossoms and apricot blossoms bloom..."
A spring in a children's song seems to have arrived in Xiao Yu'er's (小鱼儿) childish singing. Xiao Yu'er (小鱼儿) was born during the Beginning of Spring (立春), and she welcomes her sixth spring. At this time, the wind blowing on the body already has a hint of warmth. Her mother took off the thick winter clothes for Xiao Yu'er (小鱼儿) and her 3-year-old sister Xiao Zhuzi (小竹子), dressing them up like spring dolls. The braids are tied into a pair of spring swallows, and the clothes are embroidered with winter jasmine. When the wind blows, the spring swallows fly on their heads, and the flowers bloom on their bodies.
At this time, "peach blossoms and apricot blossoms have not yet bloomed." Among all the flowers, the earliest to bloom is the winter jasmine, which is a symbol of spring. Before winter has passed, it contains clear and cold flower buds in the cold wind. This is the messenger of spring. As soon as the spring breeze blows, it opens itself wholeheartedly. From welcoming spring to sending spring, it has always shown the irreversible will of spring with its bright yellow color. The fragrance is low-key and not ostentatious, but it always exudes a unique charm. It never competes with the plum blossoms that stand proudly in the snow and cold, nor does it compete with the lush plums and peaches for beauty, as the Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi (白居易) said, "Fortunately, it is planted close to pine and bamboo, and does not bloom with peaches and plums at the same time," and as the Song Dynasty poet Han Qi (韩琦) praised: "Welcoming spring is not self-sufficient, but a fragrance shared by hundreds and thousands of flowers."
Walking into the small courtyard, except for the winter jasmine that has opened itself early, the other trees seem to be asleep. They tightly hug themselves with branches that have lost all their leaves, and those invisible buds are growing with secrets. This is a life code that Xiao Yu'er (小鱼儿) still finds difficult to detect. There are also three old osmanthus trees growing in the small courtyard. Tree holes have grown on the trunks, like the open mouths of tree grandpas. Xiao Yu'er (小鱼儿) has sharp ears. She hears the trees calling, the sound like the chirping of insects, and sometimes like the laughter of tree grandpas. Xiao Yu'er (小鱼儿) peeks inside, and suddenly two birds jump out of the tree hole, startling her...
Xiao Yu'er (小鱼儿) thought they were spring swallows, but they were two magpies with flowered tails. They seemed to be awakened. One was jumping around in the tree, its sharp beak pecking at the branches, sometimes pecking at a small branch, and sometimes pecking at a small insect. The other magpie swayed its tail in the spring breeze and sunshine, swaying out many postures. Xiao Yu'er (小鱼儿) looked at these two busy magpies, her eyelashes fluttering with sunlight. She couldn't understand what the two magpies were busy with, but she was curious and wanted to see clearly. At this time, the busiest thing was her rolling eyes, looking at this for a while and that for a while, turning as fast as she could but still not fast enough.
Xiao Zhuzi's (小竹子) eyes turned very slowly. She saw another strange thing, a large snail was slowly crawling out from under the roots of the tree, the shell shimmering with mottled patterns of sunlight. As soon as it poked its head out, it was discovered by Xiao Zhuzi (小竹子). The snail's tentacles were still covered with moist soil, and the tentacles were stretched out long, probing between the roots of the tree and the grass, and crawling all the way to Xiao Zhuzi's (小竹子) toes. But Xiao Zhuzi (小竹子) did not dodge, just staring blankly at this strange thing. She may have seen this thing before, but it is difficult for a child to retain memories before the age of 3, and now, she seems to be reconfirming a fact, and waiting for something. After a while, a small snail crawled out from under the roots of the tree, crawling little by little along the traces left by the large snail, at an extremely slow speed. Xiao Zhuzi (小竹子) looked a little impatient, and she began to act like a spoiled child, first clapping her hands, and then stomping her feet, probably wanting to drive the snail to crawl faster. But the snail still crawled very slowly. Xiao Zhuzi (小竹子) picked up a small branch and poked at the small snail, asking it to crawl to the big snail faster. Just then, she suddenly heard a scream.
Xiao Zhuzi (小竹子) jumped in fright, thinking it was the snail screaming, but it was her sister Xiao Yu'er (小鱼儿) screaming. Xiao Yu'er (小鱼儿) always makes a fuss, even if she sees a small goldfish, she will scream. The two small goldfish are kept in a glass tank. I specially took the fish tank out to bask in the sun. The two magpies flew over from time to time to take a look, and a small tabby cat also came over to take a look. As soon as the goldfish saw the shadows of the magpies and the tabby cat, they cleverly hid under the water, but they couldn't escape Xiao Yu'er's (小鱼儿) two small hands. Xiao Yu'er (小鱼儿) didn't catch the fish, she always grabbed the water to water the goldfish, and the two small goldfish chased each other in the water, and Xiao Yu'er's (小鱼儿) two small hands, frozen red, also chased each other in the water.
When I was playing with my two granddaughters in the small courtyard, Xiao Yu'er's (小鱼儿) grandmother got up early in the morning to make spring rolls in the kitchen. Northerners love to eat spring pancakes, and southerners love to eat spring rolls, both of which are delicacies for the Beginning of Spring (立春). These spring rolls are also made in the traditional way of my hometown. First, the rice flour is repeatedly kneaded until it is as even and smooth as a leaf, then the heated pan is lightly dipped in batter, and with a turn of the wrist, the batter is spread into a spring roll skin. When the edges are slightly upturned, the skin is quickly peeled off, and spring roll skins as thin as cicada wings are made. This is just the surface work, the filling is the soul of the spring roll. The best filling is seasonal fresh vegetables before and after the Beginning of Spring (立春), plus dried tofu, vermicelli, minced meat, shrimp, and diced winter bamboo shoots, seasoned with light soy sauce and cooking wine, and then add some shallots, chives, and dipping sauce. A bite of this spring roll is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and all kinds of flavors are concentrated on the taste buds at once, and it is also particularly chewy. Xiao Yu'er (小鱼儿) ate 3 in one breath, and then put her hand into the plate again. Xiao Zhuzi (小竹子) ate what was in her bowl and looked at what was in the pot. But no matter how delicious something is, you can't eat too much. The adults stopped them from eating, and the two little girls began to sing "Biting Spring Song": "Biting spring, biting spring, gnawing radish, biting spring rolls..."
This nursery rhyme is interesting, and this spring also seems to have grown taste buds. Whether you eat spring pancakes or bite spring rolls, you can bite out all kinds of flavors of spring.
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