Summary: During a visit to Beijing, accompanied by Politburo member and Beijing Party Secretary Yin Li and Mayor Yin Yong, Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of technological self-reliance for building a strong socialist modern country and urged Beijing to leverage its advantages to make greater contributions in this area. He also stressed the need to improve elderly care services and ensure people have a happy Spring Festival. Xi called on Beijing to implement the spirit of the 20th Fourth Plenary Session of the Party, strengthen coordinated innovation with Tianjin and Hebei, and focus on high-quality development, especially in the context of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development strategy. Xi also highlighted the need for improved urban governance and strengthened Party leadership. Cai Qi and He Lifeng accompanied Xi on the inspection tour.
Summary: In 2025, China's total social logistics volume reached 368.2 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.1%, with industrial goods logistics playing a significant role. Emerging industries like industrial robots and new energy vehicles saw substantial logistics growth, reflecting a shift towards low-carbon and efficient logistics. The ratio of total social logistics costs to GDP fell to a record low of 13.9%, indicating improved logistics efficiency. Overall social logistics costs increased by 3.0% to 19.5 trillion yuan. The report does not contain any discussion of U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Premier Li Qiang visited Ganzhou, Jiangxi from February 9-10, conveying New Year greetings and stressing the importance of revitalizing old revolutionary areas. He urged the development of local industries, improving living standards, and continued support for those areas, relaying Xi Jinping's concern for the people there. Li also visited revolutionary sites, emphasizing the need to leverage local resources and spirit for development. He further inspected the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Ganzhou Innovation Research Institute and rare earth enterprises, highlighting the strategic value of rare earth elements and the need for technological innovation and sustainable development in the sector. Wu Zhenglong accompanied Li during the visit.
Summary: Chairman Zhao Leji presided over the 61st meeting of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, which decided the 21st session of the 14th NPC Standing Committee will be held February 25-26. The upcoming session will deliberate draft laws on social assistance and revisions to the Certified Public Accountants Law and the National Fire and Rescue Personnel Law. The committee will also review drafts related to the work report of the NPC Standing Committee and preparations for the fourth session of the 14th NPC. Liu Qi, Secretary-General of the NPC Standing Committee, reported on the draft agenda and arrangements for the upcoming sessions. Vice Chairpersons Li Hongzhong, Wang Dongming, and others also attended the meeting.
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Summary: At the 2026 national Taiwan Work Conference, Wang Huning emphasized the need to adhere to Xi Jinping's directives on Taiwan and the Party's overall strategy for resolving the Taiwan issue in the new era. He stressed upholding the One China principle and the 1992 Consensus, uniting with Taiwanese compatriots, and resolutely opposing "Taiwan independence" and external interference. Wang also called for promoting cross-strait exchanges and integration, and emphasized the importance of safeguarding peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. Wang Yi presided over the meeting, which was attended by officials from various central and local departments.
Summary: According to the article, China sees further opening-up as a strategic choice for its development and a way to benefit the world. China's growing import market will continue to be a major opportunity, and it is expanding zero-tariff treatment for less developed nations. China aims to foster a more stable global industrial chain through reduced restrictions on foreign investment, encouraging both inward and outward investment. The country will continue to promote high-standard economic and trade rules and deepen the "Belt and Road" initiative. These efforts are presented as a contribution to global governance and a counter to global uncertainties.
Summary: During a visit to Zhengzhou, Henan, Politburo member and Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission Chen Wenqing emphasized the importance of maintaining social stability and public safety during the Spring Festival. He urged law enforcement to take a people-centered approach, address potential risks, and proactively resolve conflicts at the grassroots level. Chen called for enhanced security measures at transportation hubs and public spaces, focusing on crime prevention and traffic safety, and stressing the need to crack down on illegal activities. Chen also visited and expressed his gratitude to local law enforcement officials. There was no mention of the United States in the article.
Summary: Yang Yong, an engineer at Sichuan Energy Investment Panzhihua Hydropower Development Co., is inspecting the Yinjing Hydropower Station's No. 1 generator, which was the first of six to go online in December 2024, contributing to Sichuan's hydropower capacity exceeding 100 million kilowatts. Yang's team is conducting preventative tests on the generator's stator and rotor to assess insulation performance. The Yinjing Hydropower Station is the last of ten planned for the Jinsha River, utilizing bulb tubular turbine units with the largest single-unit capacity in Asia. Yan Ruiping, the company's chief engineer, accompanied Yang and the reporter. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: National People's Congress (NPC) delegate Bai Yujing, a drainage maintenance team leader from Jilin Province, is focusing her research on elderly care services, gathering concerns from communities, nursing homes, and hospitals. Bai, who carries a notebook to record citizen concerns, previously proposed suggestions on regulating the food delivery industry based on public concerns. She aims to act as a bridge between the people, the Party, and the state. Bai emphasizes the importance of listening to the voices of the people.
Summary: CPPCC National Committee member Tian Jing, a representative inheritor of Jianshui purple pottery firing techniques, is focused on the role of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in promoting consumption and stabilizing employment. Tian Jing's research indicates ICH products often struggle with market acceptance due to limited practicality and inconsistent quality. To address this, she suggests shifting focus towards producing high-quality ICH products that meet market demands, integrating them into cultural tourism consumption scenarios. She proposes establishing platforms for showcasing ICH products and implementing employment expansion initiatives for ICH workshops. Tian Jing believes that by enhancing the market value of ICH, it can contribute to both cultural preservation and economic development.
Summary: The top dome of the steel containment vessel for Unit 1 of the Xudabao nuclear power plant in Huludao, Liaoning province, has been installed, marking the transition from civil construction to installation. The Xudabao project plans for six one-gigawatt class pressurized water reactors with a total planned capacity of over 7.6 gigawatts and a total investment of 140 billion yuan. Upon completion, the plant will provide 54 billion kilowatt-hours of clean energy annually. No mention is made of the United States.
Summary: NPC Deputy Fu Shanxiang, representing Chongqing's Wanzhou District, advocated for improved grassroots healthcare during the National People's Congress, emphasizing both infrastructure and talent retention. His proposal, focusing on policies to attract experts to rural areas and expanding telemedicine through integrated medical alliances, was designated a key proposal. In June 2025, Fu met with the National Health Commission and other ministries who stated that Fu's concerns were being incorporated into policy revisions and new policy development. Fu noted the improvements in rural healthcare infrastructure and telemedicine availability as a result of his work.
Summary: Chairman Zhao Leji presided over the 61st meeting of the 14th NPC Standing Committee, which decided that the 21st meeting of the 14th NPC Standing Committee will be held in Beijing from February 25th to 26th. The upcoming session will review draft laws on social assistance, amended drafts on certified public accountants and national fire and rescue personnel, and the work report of the NPC Standing Committee. Liu Qi, Secretary-General of the NPC Standing Committee, reported on the draft agenda and arrangements for both the Standing Committee and the upcoming Fourth Session of the 14th NPC. Vice Chairpersons Li Hongzhong, Wang Dongming, and others also attended the meeting. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: British actress Rosamund Pike ("裴淳华"), a known enthusiast of Chinese language and culture, recently visited China for cultural exchange activities. During an interview, Pike emphasized the importance of Chinese as a bridge to understanding Chinese culture, mentioning her Chinese name opened a window for her to understand the country. She admires Chinese cultural values like humility and filial piety, and encourages her children to learn Chinese, with her sons even participating in the "Chinese Bridge" competition. Pike has been involved in projects that showcase Chinese stories to the world, including being a proponent of the English adaptation of *The Three-Body Problem*. She hopes to facilitate more Chinese plays being performed in the UK, just like her own production being showcased in China.
Summary: The author, a professor at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poland, argues against decoupling from China, stating it would harm Europe's competitiveness and economic transition. They emphasize China's commitment to economic globalization and its role as a vital force in the global economy. The author notes that many developing countries are concerned with "de-globalization" and "bloc politics", and calls for greater understanding and trust through academic exchange, youth engagement, and local cultural exchange. The author states that China's development is not a threat, but is instead a force for global economic vitality. The author also argues that the world needs cooperation rather than division.
Summary: Premier Li Qiang visited Ganzhou, Jiangxi from February 9-10, conveying Lunar New Year greetings and emphasizing the importance of revitalizing old revolutionary areas, following Xi Jinping's directives. He stressed developing local industries and improving people's livelihoods. Li visited revolutionary sites, highlighting the need to protect and utilize red resources, and visited a rare earth research facility and enterprise, urging technological innovation and sustainable development in the rare earth industry. Wu Zhenglong accompanied Li during the visit. The article contains no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Chinese Embassy in Brazil held a Spring Festival reception featuring a performance by the China Conservatory of Music, marking the first Chinese cultural project in Brazil for the 2026 "China-Brazil Culture Year". The event included a Chinese Spring Festival cultural photo exhibition, and was attended by Brazilian figures such as actress Lucélia Santos and former Tourism Minister Vinicius Lummertz, who emphasized the importance of cultural exchange in strengthening bilateral relations. Chinese Ambassador Zhu Qingqiao highlighted the diverse activities planned for the "China-Brazil Culture Year," including cultural arts, youth exchange, and technological innovation, aiming to deepen mutual understanding and cooperation.
Summary: The Chinese Consulate General in Dubai recently sponsored "Chinese New Year on Campus" events at several UAE universities, including the University of Fujairah and the American University of Sharjah. Students participated in activities like calligraphy, painting, and tea tasting. Consul General Ou Boqian stated that the events combined the spirit of the Silk Road with Chinese traditions to showcase Chinese and Emirati culture. These events are intended to promote cross-cultural exchange and mutual understanding between Chinese and Emirati youth.
Summary: This article depicts a scene from a Chinese New Year temple fair in Budapest, Hungary, where people are taking photos. The photograph, taken by F尔季·奥蒂洛, was distributed by Xinhua News Agency. The layout design is credited to 张丹峰. The article does not mention any Chinese officials, their statements, or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China's Permanent Mission to the UN hosted a Lunar New Year celebration at UN headquarters in New York. Ambassador Fu Cong attended the event alongside 13 UN Under-Secretaries-General, representatives from over 120 countries, and over 500 American friends from all walks of life. UN Secretary-General Guterres offered Lunar New Year greetings in Chinese and thanked China for its support for multilateralism and global cooperation. Fu Cong stated China's willingness to work with all countries to support the UN, jointly address global challenges, and build a community with a shared future for mankind, further mentioning China's "15th Five-Year Plan."
Summary: Politburo Member and Foreign Minister Wang Yi addressed the opening of the 2026 APEC First Senior Officials' Meeting in Guangzhou, stating that China, as host for the third time, aims to build an Asia-Pacific community focused on shared prosperity. Wang outlined China's priorities for the APEC year, centered on openness, innovation, and cooperation, with the goal of producing a substantial outcome document at the Leaders' Meeting. He emphasized promoting inclusive economic globalization and leveraging China's modernization to create new opportunities for the region and the world. The meetings, held from February 1-10, served to launch cooperation across various sectors, setting the stage for the November Leaders' summit.
Summary: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson announced that Politburo Member and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Hungary on February 11 at the invitation of Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó. Following this, Wang Yi will travel to Germany to attend the 62nd Munich Security Conference at the invitation of Chairman Christoph Heusgen. During the conference, Wang Yi will deliver a speech at a special "China Session."
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Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of self-cultivation and discipline for Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members, particularly during holidays. It warns against complacency and dereliction of duty, urging cadres to remain diligent in serving the people and addressing their concerns, even as the Spring Festival approaches. The articles also cautions against potential corruption risks, such as disguised bribery and lavish banquets, highlighting that holidays are not exempt from disciplinary oversight. Cadres are encouraged to maintain vigilance and adhere to party regulations to avoid ethical lapses. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: China is expanding its Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI) system from pilot programs to full implementation during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, aiming to provide basic security for the disabled elderly. Alongside LTCI, a new elderly care service consumption subsidy is being rolled out nationwide for the moderately to severely disabled, intending to improve the quality of service provision. These policies seek to create a comprehensive care system that addresses the diverse needs of the disabled elderly, requiring tailored implementation based on local conditions. The expansion of LTCI is also expected to stimulate the silver economy, attracting social capital and increasing the number of service providers.
Summary: This article discusses a local government in Zhejiang province that facilitated the formalization of a street food vendor by coordinating services across multiple departments like urban management and market supervision. It argues that this case exemplifies a shift from restrictive to more supportive governance, highlighting the importance of listening to the people, utilizing data, and breaking down silos between government departments to address complex issues effectively. The piece emphasizes the need for local governments to balance regulation with public service, promoting a system that enhances public wellbeing. It does not mention any statements or actions of an official, nor discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China's shipbuilding output, new orders, and holding orders led the world in 2025, marking the 16th consecutive year of holding the top global position. Specifically, China accounted for 56.1% of global completed shipbuilding, 69% of new orders, and 66.8% of holding orders. The figures highlight China's continued dominance in the global shipbuilding market. The report makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses the pitfalls of the "learn through play" concept in early childhood education in China, where it often becomes "only play, no learning." It argues that superficial understanding of the relationship between play and learning, coupled with parental absence or over-intervention, hinders effective learning. The author emphasizes the importance of adult observation, meaningful dialogue, and age-appropriate, open-ended play materials to foster genuine learning through experience and exploration. True learning arises from doing, playing, and living, and cannot be achieved through passive entertainment. The article does not include any discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China is focusing on intelligent manufacturing to build a strong manufacturing nation, with smart factories at the forefront of this transformation. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has identified "leading" smart factories to serve as models for future manufacturing, emphasizing the integration of AI in over 70% of business scenarios. China is implementing a tiered cultivation system for smart factories, aiming for these leading factories to drive upgrades across entire supply chains through standardized solutions. These factories are also exploring cross-factory and cross-industry collaboration, developing a "smart mother factory + replication promotion" model. The upgrades also involve integrating talent, equipment, and flexible production to advance China's industrial capabilities.
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Summary: The Central Propaganda Department and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security publicly recognized nine exemplary university graduates as "Most Beautiful College Graduates" for their contributions to grassroots communities and national development. These graduates, who chose to work in underserved areas after graduation, were lauded for their dedication to rural revitalization, community governance, cultural preservation, and service to the nation. The award ceremony included video presentations of their accomplishments and statements from officials emphasizing support for graduate employment. The honorees are meant to exemplify the spirit of Chinese youth contributing to national goals. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Central Propaganda Department and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security jointly honored nine "Most Beautiful College Graduates" who have made significant contributions in various fields. These graduates are dedicated to rural revitalization and innovation, including individuals like Liu Gongli, who helped a village escape poverty, and Jin Guanhuai, who promoted agricultural projects in Xinjiang. Other honorees include Wang Weixiao, who improved community services in Xiong'an New Area, and Zeng Zhengchao, a welding champion contributing to major engineering projects. These individuals exemplify the responsibility and dedication of youth in the new era, contributing to national development through innovation and service in grassroots communities.
Summary: Leading up to the Spring Festival, the Office of the Central Spiritual Civilization Construction Commission (中央精神文明建设办公室) dispatched multiple groups to visit and express appreciation for 47 national moral role models and their families across 26 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. The visits aimed to acknowledge their contributions to social morality and provide support. The role models, recognized for their selfless acts and contributions to society, often face health or financial challenges. The visiting groups conveyed New Year's greetings and lauded their contributions to moral development. The office has established support mechanisms for these exemplary individuals.
Summary: Aboard the D138 train "Jinggangshan," railway staff and international students from Russia, Indonesia, Gabon, and Morocco, celebrated the Lunar New Year with performances and cultural displays during the 18th annual train Spring Festival. The celebration included songs, dances, and a Hanfu fashion show, aiming to showcase traditional Chinese culture and foster friendship. A highlight was the joint performance of "Across the Ocean to See You" by Chinese and international youth, emphasizing cross-cultural understanding. The event created a festive atmosphere for passengers traveling home for the holiday. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Changsha is experiencing a boom in small theater performances, with 71 venues hosting over 17,000 shows in the past year, attracting 4.54 million viewers and generating 366 million yuan in box office revenue. Local officials are actively promoting the integration of performing arts with other sectors like dining, accommodation, and tourism, aiming to boost overall consumption. Shopping malls are incorporating small theaters to attract customers and extend their stay, leading to increased sales in surrounding businesses. The city government has introduced measures to support the high-quality development of these new performance spaces, encouraging cross-genre collaborations and utilizing existing state-owned assets and historical districts to create specialized performance clusters. This initiative aims to leverage culture to drive economic growth in Changsha.
Summary: The Palace Museum has opened a new cultural and creative product area in the Forbidden City, featuring Spring Festival-themed items. Drawing inspiration from the Palace Museum's collection, designers integrated traditional cultural elements, such as imagery from Lang Shining's "One Hundred Horses," into modern designs like stamps and scarves. The goal of the Palace Museum's cultural products, according to staffer Yang Shuhan, is to blend traditional aesthetics with modern creativity through immersive experiences and international collaborations. This is done to allow traditional Chinese culture to flourish during exchanges with other cultures. The article makes no mention of U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Zhao Xingjun, a large grain farmer in Tancheng County, Shandong Province, is irrigating his wheat fields for the winter using a new smart irrigation system, accompanied by his wife Wang Qiaoqiao. The system, part of a 338,000 mu high-standard farmland renovation project, utilizes IC cards to activate electric-powered well pumps, spaced 50 meters apart. This upgrade, including power grid improvements, allows for efficient and cost-effective irrigation, saving both time and money for farmers. Local officials believe new technologies will bring prosperity to the area.
Summary: Ahead of the Spring Festival, Jiangsu Amalfi Machinery Equipment Co., Ltd. in Suqian City's Tu Yuan Town is operating at full capacity, producing coffee machines and grinders. The company's General Manager, Cui Jian, stated that they independently develop and produce over 80% of the parts for their coffee machines, holding over 150 patents and exporting to over 50 countries. Tu Yuan Town has focused on developing a coffee industry, establishing a coffee technology and culture industrial park and attracting five upstream and downstream enterprises. Geng Xiaoyun, Secretary of the Suqian District Party Committee, said that the area will continue to promote the construction of beautiful rural areas and deepen the "enterprise + village collective + farmer" interest linkage mechanism.
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Summary: A white paper titled "Hong Kong's Practice of Safeguarding National Security under 'One Country, Two Systems'" was released by the State Council Information Office. The white paper outlines Hong Kong's struggle to safeguard national security, the central government's responsibility in the matter, and the region's progress from chaos to governance. It emphasizes the importance of upholding national sovereignty, security, and development interests under the "One Country, Two Systems" framework, especially in light of a changing world. The document also affirms Beijing's commitment to supporting Hong Kong in upholding national security and integrating into China's overall development. The paper does not explicitly mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A spokesperson from the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office commented on a white paper released by the State Council Information Office, titled "The Practice of Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong under 'One Country, Two Systems.'" The spokesperson stated that the white paper comprehensively reviews Hong Kong's national security practices, elucidates the central government's principles, and summarizes experiences, emphasizing the importance of national security for Hong Kong's stability and prosperity. The spokesperson highlighted that the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law (NSL) was a milestone, allowing for the restructuring of Hong Kong's election system and the consolidation of "patriots governing Hong Kong" and that the NSL has helped to create a safe, free, open, and vibrant Hong Kong. The spokesperson also noted that Hong Kong's economic freedom remains high, and that Hong Kong is a leading global financial center. The spokesperson stated that national security in Hong Kong is essential for safeguarding the "One Country, Two Systems" framework, national sovereignty, security, and development interests, as well as Hong Kong's long-term prosperity and stability, which ultimately aligns with the interests of the nation, Hong Kong, its residents, and foreign investors.
Summary: The Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong stated that the State Council Information Office's white paper on national security in Hong Kong systematically reviews the region's efforts to safeguard national security and reiterates the central government's commitment to "One Country, Two Systems." The spokesperson emphasized Hong Kong's constitutional responsibility to safeguard national security and highlighted the positive impact of national security laws on Hong Kong's stability, governance, and economic development. They noted strong public support for national security legislation and pointed to Hong Kong's continued economic success and high rankings in global competitiveness indices. The statement also alluded to criticisms of Hong Kong's national security measures, which they dismissed, while also failing to mention the United States.
Summary: The spokesperson for the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong (OSNS) stated that the State Council Information Office's white paper comprehensively reviews Hong Kong's national security practices and clarifies the central government's commitment to safeguarding national security and "One Country, Two Systems." The spokesperson emphasized the necessity of the Hong Kong National Security Law (NSL) in addressing legal loopholes and its role in Hong Kong's transition from chaos to governance. The spokesperson also asserted that the central government bears fundamental responsibility for national security matters in Hong Kong and firmly opposes external interference. Furthermore, the OSNS will continue to support Hong Kong in implementing the NSL and safeguarding national security.
Summary: Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee expressed his strong support for the central government's white paper on national security in Hong Kong. He stated that his administration would implement the white paper's content, focusing on safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests. Lee emphasized the need to remember the 2019 unrest and reiterated that Hong Kong must prioritize national security while pursuing economic development. He credited the national security law and related ordinances with restoring order and stability to Hong Kong society. Finally, he stated that safety is the prerequisite of development.
Summary: A white paper released by the State Council Information Office on the practice of safeguarding national security in Hong Kong under "One Country, Two Systems" summarizes Hong Kong's experience and emphasizes the central government's commitment to national sovereignty, security, and development interests. The paper highlights the implementation of the National Security Law and improvements to the electoral system as key measures to restore stability and ensure patriots govern Hong Kong. It notes the completion of local legislation, including the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, to strengthen Hong Kong's national security framework. The paper argues these efforts have created a more stable environment conducive to economic development and improved livelihoods, dismissing criticisms of Hong Kong's national security measures.
Summary: Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 20 years in prison by Hong Kong's High Court for colluding with foreign forces and conspiring to publish seditious materials under the Hong Kong national security law. Three Apple Daily companies were also fined. Hong Kong officials, including Secretary for Justice Paul Lam and Secretary for Security Chris Tang, defended the ruling. They stated it upheld the rule of law and national security, with Tang emphasizing that the court found Lai committed a serious crime by colluding with foreign forces.
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Summary: Here's a summary of the provided article, focusing on key themes and regional developments: The article highlights China's push to develop "new productive forces" (新质生产力) by tailoring strategies to local conditions across various regions. Beijing is transforming old factories into key laboratories through collaboration with Tsinghua University, while Henan province utilizes digital technologies to enhance cultural tourism in Luoyang. Harbin, Heilongjiang province, focuses on industrial parks as centers for technological innovation and transformation of new technologies. Furthermore, Xinjiang leverages energy storage solutions to ensure the stability of renewable energy transmission to other regions.
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Summary: Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of the Five-Year Plan (FYP) system, highlighting five key principles: upholding the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, proceeding from reality, coordinating the whole country as one, promoting democracy and pooling wisdom, and adhering to the principle of statutory planning. He stressed that the Party's centralized leadership is crucial for achieving national goals and that the 15th FYP should align with the Party's strategic vision for Chinese-style modernization. The FYP process also involves extensive consultation and public input, embodying intra-party democracy and whole-process people's democracy. The article states that the process of planning legislation is constantly being promoted in China, and China's planning rule of law construction will enter a new stage.
Summary: At a seminar for provincial and ministerial-level officials on studying the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping emphasized the need for officials to "do what must be done, strive to do what can be done, and absolutely not do what should not be done," outlining the core principles and boundaries of their duties. He stressed fulfilling responsibilities related to national development and the people's fundamental interests. The statement also urged officials to avoid recklessness and corruption, emphasizing the importance of aligning actions with objective laws and the expectations of the people. It also exhorted them to improve the quality of governance and avoid acting in ways that harm the environment or the people's interests. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article emphasizes the role of youth consumption in driving innovation and economic growth in China, arguing it serves as a catalyst for upgrading industries and optimizing resource allocation. It highlights how youth consumption patterns, such as outsourcing services and embracing new technologies, contribute to increased productivity and the development of the digital economy through data generation. The authors suggest policies to encourage youth consumption as part of a broader strategy to expand domestic demand. These include improving service supply, optimizing the environment for new consumption, and strengthening data governance and cultural supply. There is no discussion or allusion to the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: This article discusses the modernization of Yunnan's flower industry in China as it prepares for the Spring Festival sales boom. It highlights the shift from traditional methods to data-driven approaches, smart greenhouses, and advanced cultivation techniques, allowing for precise control over flowering times and increased yields. The article also emphasizes the importance of domestic breeding to reduce reliance on foreign varieties and ensure autonomy in the flower seed industry. A researcher, Cai Yanfei, noted that about 85% of varieties in the domestic market originate overseas. The piece focuses on innovations within China's flower market, with no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The "Yongzhou" mega-shield tunneling machine is currently constructing the world's longest high-speed undersea rail tunnel as part of the Yongzhou Railway project in Ningbo, Zhejiang. The machine has already tunneled over 3000 meters and is expected to complete the underwater connection by the end of the year. The construction team is facing challenges including complex geological conditions and high water pressure, requiring frequent maintenance and replacement of the machine's cutting tools. The tunnel, once completed, will reduce travel time between Ningbo and Zhoushan to 26 minutes and end the Zhoushan's lack of high-speed rail. There is no mention of U.S. involvement or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Five Chinese government departments, including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, jointly issued guidelines for building a standard system for the science and technology service industry. The guidelines aim to establish a comprehensive standard system by 2027, including over 40 national and industry standards, and serving over 1,000 enterprises. The plan identifies the sector as a key component of global technology competition, and intends to further refine the standards by 2030, by which time 80 standards will be in place. The initiative responds to rapid development and innovation in China's science and technology service sector, which is rapidly becoming a global technology battleground. The guidelines emphasize the need for standardization to guide the high-quality development of the science and technology service industry.
Summary: An official from the Beijing branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) stated that the bank is improving financial services to support Beijing's ice and snow economy by facilitating business operations, upgrades, and consumption. ICBC provided loans and simplified procedures for businesses like ski resorts and equipment retailers to address funding needs for upgrades and operations. These loans helped businesses upgrade facilities, purchase equipment, and improve customer experiences. ICBC also launched promotional activities like discounts for consumers using ICBC credit cards at ski resorts and related businesses, promoting winter sports consumption. The bank aims to support the development of the entire ice and snow industry chain.
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Summary: This article presents several vignettes of Chinese people traveling and celebrating the Spring Festival. One story features a family from Hubei traveling to Hainan for a warmer vacation with elders and children. Another highlights a man from Henan who works in Beijing returning to his hometown with his family to visit relatives, emphasizing the importance of maintaining family ties. A highway patrol officer in Qinghai discusses balancing work during the Spring Festival travel rush with family time, and a construction project manager in Shenzhen arranges for his parents to visit him for the holiday. Finally, a courier in Zhejiang returns home to Anhui early to celebrate his wife's birthday and spend time with family, highlighting the changing patterns of reunion during the Spring Festival.
Summary: This article discusses the enduring importance of family reunions during the Spring Festival in China. It emphasizes that despite modern trends like geographical dispersion and changing family dynamics, the desire for reunion remains strong. The piece highlights the various ways families are choosing to celebrate, including traveling home, inviting parents to urban centers, and balancing work with family time. It suggests that improvements in transportation, holiday policies, and public services are facilitating these reunions. The article frames these reunions as essential for emotional well-being and national progress.
Summary: This article is a personal reflection by a student at Harbin University about their compelling desire to return home to Yan'an, Shaanxi, for Chinese New Year. The student describes being drawn back by the sounds of their father, a practitioner of Ansai waist drum dance, and the distinct flavors of their family's traditional holiday cooking. The author emphasizes the deep connection to their cultural roots and the sense of belonging they experience through these sensory experiences. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: This appears to be a masthead or credit block from a Chinese publication, likely a newspaper or magazine. It identifies Cheng Chen and Tang Tianyi as the coordinators (统筹) for the current edition. Cai Huawei is credited with the page layout design (版式设计). There's no political content or mention of the United States to summarize.
Summary: The second "China Night" event, sponsored by Olympic global partner Mengniu Group and guided by the Chinese Olympic Committee, took place in Milan, Italy, promoting Chinese sports culture and international exchange. Mengniu and TCL jointly launched the "Green Partners Guardian Plan" to promote sustainable development, showcasing China's efforts in combating desertification, with Mengniu highlighting their work in the Ulan Buh Desert at the Paris Olympics. Mengniu provided nutritional support to athletes at the Milan Winter Olympics Village, offering dairy products that meet diverse dietary needs and highlighting their adherence to stringent quality standards, including EU standards. The event featured cultural performances, including Italian opera and a joint performance of "Jasmine Flower" by a Chinese children's choir and Italian singers, alongside a "Sino-Italian family banquet".
Summary: The article describes the enthusiasm of Chinese spectators, both in Italy and domestically, for the ongoing Winter Olympics. Chinese tourists are traveling to Milan to watch the games, support Chinese athletes like Gu Ailing, and celebrate the event coinciding with the Chinese New Year. Chinese athletes' performances are also driving domestic viewing parties at ski resorts, boosting participation in winter sports. The article notes that the 2025-2026 ice and snow season saw 118 million participants in skiing activities. The popularity of Chinese athletes abroad like Su Yiming is also noted.
Summary: Deng Xuefeng, a teacher at Harbin Normal University and the only starter from China and Asia for speed skating at the Milan Winter Olympics, discussed his preparation and feelings about officiating at the games. He emphasized the importance of accuracy in starting races and his selection process through ISU events. Deng, a former speed skater himself, noted China's increased emphasis on speed skating and the opportunities provided by the country's support. He hopes that Chinese referees will be fair and professional for generations to come. Deng believes participation in international events will help domestic referees understand the latest rules in speed skating.
Summary: Chinese ice dancers Wang Shiyue and Liu Xinyu competed in the ice dance rhythm dance at the Milan Winter Olympics, ultimately missing qualification by a narrow margin. The pair, who showcased Chinese cultural elements in their performance, expressed that the pressure of the Olympics affected their execution despite their best efforts. Despite Liu experiencing asthma during the competition, they persevered and aimed to display the unique charm and cultural confidence of Chinese ice dance. Wang and Liu hope that Chinese ice dance will continue to develop in the future.
Summary: The article describes the practice of exchanging Olympic pins at the Beijing Winter Olympics, highlighting its role in fostering connection and understanding between people of different nationalities. A Chinese student volunteer, Hu Chenjie, expressed her enthusiasm for pin trading as a way to learn about Olympic culture and make friends. The article also mentions an American collector who has attended 20 Olympic games since 1984 and owns over 5000 Olympic pins. The author emphasizes the symbolic significance of these exchanges in promoting the Olympic spirit of unity and lasting friendship across borders.
Summary: The Chinese short track speed skating team, consisting of Gong Li, Zhang Chutong, Wang Xinran, Lin Xiaojun, Liu Shaoang, and Sun Long, finished fourth in the mixed team relay at the Milan Winter Olympics after a series of errors in the final. Despite leading early, two significant mistakes dropped them to last place. Liu Shaoang emphasized the team's overall strong performance and encouraged them to focus on future competitions. The Italian, Canadian, and Belgian teams secured the top three positions, respectively. The article does not mention any discussion of the United States.
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Summary: The article discusses collaborative environmental governance in the Yangtze River Delta region, specifically focusing on cross-regional efforts to protect shared water resources and address air pollution. The article highlights examples of joint initiatives between Zhejiang and Shanghai to manage the Taipu River, including ecological compensation for fish farming, and between Zhejiang and Anhui regarding the Xiayang River, which involves monitoring and compensation based on water quality. Joint law enforcement between Zhejiang and Jiangsu aims to tackle air pollution issues, particularly volatile organic compounds, by conducting coordinated inspections and sharing information. These initiatives demonstrate a shift towards breaking down administrative barriers and promoting joint responsibility for environmental protection. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A meeting organized by the State Council's National Forest Fire Prevention Command Office and the Ministry of Emergency Management, including representatives from various ministries and key provinces, assessed the national forest and grassland fire risk situation during the Spring Festival holiday. The meeting highlighted elevated fire risk levels in parts of Northern, Eastern, Southern, Southwestern, and Northwestern China, emphasizing the need for vigilance. Key points included the importance of implementing fire prevention responsibilities, strengthening public awareness campaigns, controlling fire sources, ensuring emergency preparedness, and prioritizing safety during firefighting operations. The participants stressed a need to transform a sense of responsibility into concrete action, emphasizing proactive prevention and early intervention. There was no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: Chongqing has released a catalog of 31 recommended tree and bamboo species for forestry development, providing guidance for regional specialization. The catalog categorizes species based on economic value and market potential into three tiers: prioritized, moderately developed, and limited development. The initiative aims to promote integration across base construction, processing, and market expansion to modernize Chongqing's forestry industry. The focus is on species with high economic value and strong supply chain effects. The United States and U.S. relations are not mentioned in this article.
Summary: In June 2025, the Jinzhong Cultural Ecological Protection Zone, encompassing 19 counties across Jinzhong, Taiyuan, and Lvliang, was officially designated a national-level zone, marking a new stage in Shanxi's cultural heritage protection. Since 2010, Shanxi Province has prioritized the establishment of the protection zone, incorporating it into provincial and municipal development plans and enacting 15 relevant local regulations. The zone boasts a diverse cultural landscape, featuring tangible and intangible heritage, including 43 national-level intangible cultural heritage items and 106 national key cultural relics protection units. Through initiatives like "Intangible Cultural Heritage + Tourism," over 300 intangible cultural heritage projects have been integrated into scenic spots, promoting economic development while preserving cultural traditions. The Jinzhong Cultural Ecological Protection Zone aims to further enhance the systematic protection and inheritance of cultural heritage, contributing to the high-quality development of Shanxi's economy and society.
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Summary: In 2025, EU electric vehicle (EV) registrations increased by 29.9%, reaching a 17.4% market share, with incentives in countries like Germany, Spain and France driving adoption. European automakers are investing heavily in EV production and technology with support from the EU, but face challenges regarding range, price and charging infrastructure. Chinese EV brands like BYD and SAIC MG saw significant sales growth in Europe, and are establishing local production facilities, exemplified by companies like Xpeng, BYD, and Chery. Chinese and European companies are increasingly collaborating, leveraging each other's strengths in areas like battery technology and automotive design, leading to investments such as CATL's battery plant in Spain. China and Europe have reached positive results on the electric vehicle case after several rounds of consultations.
Summary: Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian stated on February 10th that genuine dialogue with Japan must be based on mutual respect and adherence to consensus. Lin Jian's comments were in response to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's statement expressing openness to dialogue with China. He emphasized that Japan should demonstrate sincerity by retracting Takaichi's erroneous statements regarding Taiwan and upholding the four political documents between China and Japan. Lin Jian further stated that "dialogue" that is mere lip service while engaging in confrontation will not be accepted. The statement does not reference the U.S. or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Here are summaries of the provided articles, adhering to your instructions: * **Japan's Real Wages Decline:** Japan's real wages fell for the fourth consecutive year in 2025 due to persistent inflation outpacing nominal wage growth. Experts believe Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's fiscal policies could exacerbate inflation, potentially stifling economic recovery. * **Guterres on West Bank:** UN Secretary-General Guterres expressed deep concern over Israel's security cabinet decision authorizing administrative and enforcement measures in the occupied West Bank, considering it undermines the "two-state solution." He reiterated that Israeli settlements violate international law and destabilize the region, urging Israel to rescind the measures. * **Canada Condemns Trump:** Canadian officials and business leaders strongly condemned President Trump's obstruction of the Gordie Howe International Bridge project, linking Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan. They refuted Trump's claims about the bridge not using American products and criticized his demands for ownership stake, emphasizing the mutual benefits of the project. * **France-Russia Dialogue:** French President Macron stated that France has resumed technical-level dialogue with Russia and hopes Europe can propose a joint consultation plan with Russia. Macron also called for Europe to reduce its dependence on foreign countries and protect its "key industries" against threats from the United States. * **Mexico's Aid to Cuba:** Mexican President Sheinbaum stated Mexico will continue providing humanitarian support to Cuba and called for an end to sanctions affecting the Cuban people's livelihoods. She criticized the U.S. pressure on countries supplying oil to Cuba and affirmed Mexico's commitment to restoring oil shipments while avoiding economic harm. * **U.S. Military Action:** The U.S. Southern Command reported a "lethal strike" on a "narco-vessel" in the Eastern Pacific, killing two people. The vessel was allegedly operated by a "designated terrorist organization" and engaged in drug smuggling along a known trafficking route.
Summary: The Confucius Institute at the University of Venda in South Africa has been fostering a "cultural bridge, technology empowerment" cooperation model by introducing green technologies to the Venda region. Through science activities, experimental farms and the application of BeiDou satellite technology in agriculture, the institute aims to bring new development impetus to the historically impoverished area. Local students are increasingly interested in learning Chinese and pursuing technology studies in China. The institute is training local talent, exemplified by a farm manager trained in China who is now teaching smart agriculture techniques. The author believes Chinese green technology is helping the local people.
Summary: Lahore, Pakistan revived its traditional Basant Festival (kite festival) after 19 years, featuring kite-flying competitions, musical performances, and food sharing. The festival, whose name originates from the Sanskrit word for "spring," celebrates the arrival of spring. The Basant Festival had been suspended previously due to safety concerns.
Summary: Malaysia experienced robust economic growth in 2025, driven by increased domestic consumption and investment, particularly in high-tech industries like data centers attracting companies like Oracle, Google, and Microsoft. The Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone is accelerating investment and job creation, focusing on advanced electronics, renewable energy, and digital services. The Malaysian Ringgit also performed well, appreciating against the US dollar. However, Moody's warns that global demand and domestic cost of living pressures could pose challenges to sustainable growth. Analysts suggest the government should promote green and digital transformation in the economy.
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Summary: The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics feature significant Chinese technological contributions, including AI-powered systems for traffic management and energy monitoring, praised by the IOC for enhancing efficiency and sustainability. Chinese companies like TCL are providing display technology and appliances for the Olympics, with their innovations showcased at the "Snow Wonderland" pavilion, which impressed IOC President Coventry. Anta is providing equipment for Chinese and Greek national teams, while Bosideng partners with international ice sports organizations. Cultural exchanges are also prominent, with exhibitions and events highlighting Chinese art and traditions alongside the games.
Summary: The article discusses the opening of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina, Italy, and highlights the country's efforts to create a sustainable and culturally rich event. Italy aims to build upon the success of the Beijing Winter Olympics, drawing inspiration from its multi-center approach and sustainability initiatives. The author, former Vice President of the Italian Olympic Committee, emphasizes the opportunity to deepen Italy-China cooperation in sports, culture, and other fields. Several Chinese companies are involved, providing technical support for the event. The author also welcomes increased tourism from China to Milan.
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Summary: China's 2026 Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) market demonstrates robust consumption trends, with a focus on online-offline integration, green and intelligent products, and service-oriented spending. The Ministry of Commerce is guiding the "2026 National Online New Year Shopping Festival" to boost consumption, alongside initiatives such as trade-in programs for appliances and cars supported by national subsidies. Consumers are increasingly favoring high-quality goods like energy-efficient appliances and organic products, as well as cultural products and experiences, leading businesses to adapt with green and smart products. The article makes no reference to the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Daqin Railway, China's first heavy-haul railway, has transported over 9 billion tons of cargo, setting a world record. Through technological upgrades, including AI-powered inspection systems and automated machinery, the railway has significantly improved efficiency and working conditions. The railway has also achieved breakthroughs in core technologies like wireless synchronous operation control, reducing reliance on foreign technology. To adapt to a changing market, Daqin Railway is evolving from a simple carrier to a comprehensive logistics service provider, offering tailored solutions and leveraging data analytics to optimize costs for clients. This transformation involves strategic reforms and digital empowerment to enhance its competitiveness in the freight market.
Summary: The recently completed Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in Guizhou province, the world's highest bridge, has seen over 1.3 million visitors and 200,000 vehicles, boosting regional development. The bridge's main cables, crucial for its construction, are entirely "Made in China," utilizing high-strength steel wires with enhanced durability and corrosion resistance developed through domestic research. Innovative technologies, including embedded fiber optic sensors for real-time monitoring, ensure the bridge's maintenance and longevity. Guizhou Steel Rope, the manufacturer, is planning to establish a key provincial laboratory for special metal wire to support future infrastructure projects. The report makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: Yulin, Shaanxi province is undergoing a transformation through green development and cultural initiatives. The city is focusing on high-end, intelligent, and green energy transformation, including the development of hydrogen energy and new energy bases. Yulin successfully hosted the first Shaanxi Winter Games, leveraging it as a catalyst for developing its ice and snow industry. The city is promoting its unique local culture, exemplified by the "Shaanbei Yulin New Year" celebrations, aiming to boost tourism and cultural consumption. Yulin is focusing on integrating sports, culture, and tourism to diversify its economy.
Summary: The first Shaanxi Provincial Winter Games were held in Yulin, showcasing the city's efforts to diversify its economy beyond its traditional reliance on energy resources like coal, oil, and natural gas. Yulin is developing renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, and hydrogen, aiming to become a "China Western Hydrogen Valley." By hosting the Winter Games, Yulin seeks to improve its infrastructure, promote winter tourism, and integrate sports with culture. The city wants to improve winter tourism and integrate it with local cultural resources, and has built ice rinks and upgraded ski resorts for that purpose. Yulin wants to be known for more than energy, including history and culture.
Summary: Shaanxi Province held its first Winter Games in Yulin, themed "Chasing Dreams on Ice and Snow, Shining the Future of Shaanxi," aiming to promote winter sports and mass participation. Yulin, with its long winter season and prior experience hosting large events, built new venues for the Games. The event showcased Shaanxi's culture and technological innovation, blending winter sports with local customs, cuisine, and tourism. The Games aim to boost Yulin's development and contribute to Shaanxi's "catch-up and surpass" strategy by promoting ecological development. The Games included both youth and mass participation categories.
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Summary: The author describes multiple trips to the Dulong River region in Yunnan, focusing on its natural beauty and biodiversity, including unique flora, fauna like the "Dulong bird," and larger mammals. The author recounts the work of scientist Li Heng, who led early botanical expeditions to the region. The author reflects on the cultural significance of the river to the Dulong people, particularly the tradition of facial tattoos among women, and their connection to the natural world. The author uses natural imagery to convey the harmony between the Dulong people and their environment. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article argues that the perceived "AI flavor" in AI-generated content is actually a concentrated form of human expression, as AI relies on existing human creations. It points out that humans themselves often exhibit "AI-like" tendencies in their expressions and actions. The author suggests that we often overestimate the differences between AI and human intelligence, overlooking the human origins of AI's capabilities. The author concludes that AI's functionality and output are derived from human settings and perspectives, and that humans exhibit "AI"-like tendencies as well.
Summary: The author recounts unexpectedly encountering a delicious Sichuan dish in Chengdu: thinly sliced beef tongue quickly blanched in a broth of green peppers and Sichuan peppercorns. The author was impressed by the dish's innovative approach to Sichuan flavors, emphasizing a subtle and refined experience rather than the typical bold spiciness. The author suggests naming the dish "Jinniu Emerald Tongue." The dish reminded the author of the ingenuity of innovation coming from tradition. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: This article presents a nostalgic vision of rural Chinese life, characterized by idyllic scenes of cooking smoke, fertile lands, and free-flowing rivers. It emphasizes the importance of traditional family life, community, and the enduring spirit of the people living in harmony with nature. The poem suggests a longing for a simpler time, where the beauty of the landscape and human connection are prioritized. The absence of modern infrastructure like concrete riverbanks highlights a preference for natural elements. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article identifies Su Tianci as the artist of the oil painting "Early Spring," which is housed in the National Art Museum of China. The article primarily focuses on the artwork's provenance and current location. No political figures, statements, actions, or any relation to the United States are mentioned.
Summary: This article describes the transformation of Jiaozuo, Henan, from a coal-mining city grappling with pollution to one revitalized by the South-North Water Transfer Project. The author contrasts childhood memories of coal dust and scarcity with the present-day reality of clean water, green spaces, and a revitalized urban environment. The influx of water has created a "river through the city," fostering parks, cultural landmarks, and a healthier lifestyle for residents. Locals, including the author's godmother, express satisfaction with the improved living conditions and access to clean water. The author emphasizes the city's newfound beauty and environmental improvements.
Summary: The author reminisces about the vibrant Spring Festival celebrations of their childhood in 1960s Changsha, Hunan, highlighting the festive atmosphere, delicious food, and joyful activities. Preparations included thorough house cleaning, extensive shopping for special ingredients and new clothes, and making festive dishes like preserved meats, sweet wine, and rice tofu. The celebration culminated in firecrackers, family reunions, and visiting relatives and neighbors with traditional greetings and treats. The author also notes that while modern life may diminish the distinctiveness of the holiday, childhood memories hold a special place with warmth and affection.
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Building a strong socialist modern country hinges on self-reliance in science and technology. Beijing (北京) should leverage its advantages to make greater contributions in this regard.
Respecting and caring for the elderly is a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation, and caring for and assisting the elderly is a shared responsibility of the entire society. Party committees and governments at all levels should coordinate various resources to promote the expansion and improvement of elderly care services, ensuring their sustainable development, and strive to create better conditions for the elderly to enjoy a happy and fulfilling later life.
The Spring Festival is a major event for the people. Party committees and governments at all levels must earnestly ensure people's livelihoods and safety in production, ensuring that the vast majority of the people have a happy and joyful Spring Festival.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a crucial period for laying the foundation and fully exerting efforts to basically achieve socialist modernization. Beijing (北京) must thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th Fourth Plenary Session of the Party Central Committee, implement the urban strategic positioning determined by the Party Central Committee, promote economic and social development in a precise and pragmatic manner, ensure that decisive progress is made in taking the lead in basically achieving socialist modernization, and strive to play a demonstrative role in the country.
Beijing (北京) should base itself on the city's strategic positioning and the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) region, further establish a high-quality development orientation, and promote the effective improvement of quality and the rational growth of quantity in the economy through increasing some things and decreasing others, retaining some things and suppressing others. Grasp the "ox nose" of relieving Beijing's (北京) non-capital functions to promote the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) region, adhere to the combination of controlling increments and dredging stocks, grasping both hands, and achieving the organic unity and mutual promotion of relief and upgrading. Seize the opportunity to expand the Beijing (Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei) (京津冀) International Science and Technology Innovation Center, strengthen collaborative innovation and industrial collaboration with Tianjin (天津) and Hebei (河北), and promote the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) region to continue to deepen and solidify. Coordinate the integrated development of education, science and technology, and talent, strengthen the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, and vigorously develop new quality productive forces. Actively develop modern service industries, make good use of rich cultural resources, and promote the integrated development of culture, commerce, tourism, sports, and exhibitions. Adhere to the principle of large cities driving large suburbs and large suburbs serving large cities, strengthen integrated urban-rural planning, and promote coordinated urban-rural development, integrated development, and coordinated development. Further comprehensively deepen reform, expand institutional opening up, and strive to provide replicable and scalable experiences for the country.
Beijing's (北京) construction of a world-class harmonious and livable capital must promote urban governance with first-class standards. We must strengthen the construction of urban and rural grassroots disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief, and emergency response capabilities, and continuously improve the city's public safety level. Adhere to the concept of a people's city, focus on improving the basic public service system, make good use of mechanisms such as "responding to demands upon arrival," and earnestly solve the urgent, difficult, and worrying problems of the people. Consolidate the achievements in air, water, and soil environmental governance, promote the treatment of new pollutants and the classification and disposal of domestic waste, and create a green and low-carbon livable home. Adhere to Party building leadership, strengthen technological empowerment, and make urban governance more efficient and refined.
We must promote comprehensive and strict Party governance with higher standards and more practical measures. Highlight the importance of Party's political construction and forge strong political capabilities. Strictly control the selection and appointment of personnel, and select and equip leading bodies at all levels with outstanding personnel. Strengthen learning and training, and comprehensively improve the modernization capabilities of the cadre team. Guide Party members and cadres to establish and practice correct views on performance, and strive to create achievements that can withstand the test of practice, the people, and history. Continue to deepen the efforts to rectify conduct, enforce discipline, and combat corruption, promote the integrated approach of "not daring to be corrupt, not being able to be corrupt, and not wanting to be corrupt," focus on eradicating the soil and conditions for corruption, and strive to create a political ecology of integrity and uprightness.
Beijing (北京), February 10th (People's Daily) As the traditional Chinese New Year is approaching, Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, inspected Beijing (北京) and visited grassroots cadres and the masses, extending New Year greetings to people of all ethnic groups across the country, as well as compatriots in Hong Kong (香港), Macao (澳门), and Taiwan (台湾), and overseas Chinese! He wished all sons and daughters of the Chinese nation at home and abroad a vigorous spirit, good health, successful careers, and family happiness in the Year of the Dragon! He wished the great motherland a beautiful landscape, favorable weather, prosperity, and national peace and prosperity!
From February 9th to 10th, Xi Jinping (习近平), accompanied by Yin Li (尹力), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Beijing (北京市委) Municipal Party Committee, and Yin Yong (殷勇), Mayor of Beijing (北京市), went deep into science and technology parks, elderly care service blocks, and Spring Festival markets to inspect and send the care and blessings of the Party Central Committee to grassroots cadres and the masses.
On the morning of the 9th, Xi Jinping (习近平) came to the National Information Innovation Park in Yizhuang (亦庄), Beijing (北京), to learn in detail about the innovation and application of information technology, carefully observed the display of scientific and technological innovation achievements such as artificial intelligence and robots, and frequently exchanged views with scientific researchers and representatives of technology companies. He said that he was very enlightened to come here today for on-site learning, and after seeing it, he was more confident in the country's scientific and technological innovation. He emphasized that building a strong socialist modern country is crucial to self-reliance in science and technology, and Beijing (北京) should give full play to its advantages and make greater contributions in this regard. He encouraged the vast number of scientific and technological workers to cultivate a deep sense of patriotism, carry forward the spirit of struggle, and make contributions to the journey of Chinese-style modernization.
The "Wu Lao Xin Jie" (吾老·新街) elderly care service block in Beicaochang Hutong (北草厂胡同), Xicheng District (西城区), has promoted barrier-free and age-appropriate renovations in recent years to provide diversified elderly care services for the elderly. On the morning of the 10th, Xi Jinping (习近平) came here, entered the XinJiekou Street (新街口街道) Parents' Canteen, inspected the dishes, prices, and dining environment, and carefully inquired about the canteen's elderly meal assistance services. Seeing the delivery guys resting here, Xi Jinping (习近平) cordially inquired about their work and life, and praised them for their hard work and contributions. He pointed out that respecting the elderly is a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation, and caring for and assisting the elderly is a common responsibility of the entire society. Party committees and governments at all levels should coordinate various resources to promote the expansion and improvement of elderly care services and sustainable development, and strive to create better conditions for the elderly to enjoy a happy and fulfilling later life.
At the Yinling Elderly Apartment (银龄老年公寓), Xi Jinping (习近平) learned in detail about the elderly's health checkups, rehabilitation training, and daily care. In the lobby, some elderly people were writing Spring Festival couplets and "Fu" characters. Xi Jinping (习近平) came among them, appreciated their creations, encouraged them to **老骥伏枥** (lǎo jì fú lì - "old steed in the stable," an old person still aspires to contribute), and wished them health, longevity, and a happy Spring Festival.
Longfusi Street (隆福寺街) in Dongcheng District (东城区) has been transformed into a multi-format pedestrian street through style protection and renewal. Xi Jinping (习近平) inspected the street style and listened to the introduction of urban renewal. He walked into a Daoxiangcun (稻香村) pastry shop, learned about the types and characteristics of pastries, watched the on-site production of pastries, and hoped that the shop owner would inherit and develop this time-honored Beijing (北京) brand.
It was the Lunar New Year's Eve, and the Spring Festival market in front of Longfu Building (隆福大厦) attracted a large number of citizens and tourists. Xi Jinping (习近平) observed various New Year's goods stalls with great interest and had cordial exchanges with the people on the scene. He happily told everyone about his many visits to Longfusi (隆福寺) when he was young, and also bought some special foods and cultural and creative products.
On the street, the Jingxi Taiping Drum (京西太平鼓) performance was lively and festive. Seeing the General Secretary coming, the people on the scene cheered and greeted him enthusiastically. Xi Jinping (习近平) extended New Year greetings to the people of Beijing (北京) and to people of all ethnic groups across the country. He said that today is the "Little New Year" in the north, and he came here specifically to "celebrate the Little New Year and welcome the New Year" with everyone. Seeing that it is crowded, festive, full of New Year's flavor, and full of New Year's goods, I am very happy. The Spring Festival is a major event for the people. Party committees and governments at all levels must earnestly ensure people's livelihoods and safety in production, ensuring that the vast majority of the people have a happy and joyful Spring Festival.
During the inspection, Xi Jinping (习近平) listened to the work reports of the Beijing (北京市委) Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government and affirmed the achievements made in various tasks in Beijing (北京).
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that the "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a crucial period for laying the foundation and fully exerting efforts to basically achieve socialist modernization. Beijing (北京) must thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th Fourth Plenary Session of the Party Central Committee, implement the urban strategic positioning determined by the Party Central Committee, promote economic and social development in a precise and pragmatic manner, ensure that decisive progress is made in taking the lead in basically achieving socialist modernization, and strive to play a demonstrative role in the country.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that Beijing (北京) should base itself on the city's strategic positioning and the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) region, further establish a high-quality development orientation, and promote the effective improvement of quality and the rational growth of quantity in the economy through increasing some things and decreasing others, retaining some things and suppressing others. Grasp the "ox nose" of relieving Beijing's (北京) non-capital functions to promote the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) region, adhere to the combination of controlling increments and dredging stocks, grasping both hands, and achieving the organic unity and mutual promotion of relief and upgrading. Seize the opportunity to expand the Beijing (Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei) (京津冀) International Science and Technology Innovation Center, strengthen collaborative innovation and industrial collaboration with Tianjin (天津) and Hebei (河北), and promote the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) region to continue to deepen and solidify. Coordinate the integrated development of education, science and technology, and talent, strengthen the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, and vigorously develop new quality productive forces. Actively develop modern service industries, make good use of rich cultural resources, and promote the integrated development of culture, commerce, tourism, sports, and exhibitions. Adhere to the principle of large cities driving large suburbs and large suburbs serving large cities, strengthen integrated urban-rural planning, and promote coordinated urban-rural development, integrated development, and coordinated development. Further comprehensively deepen reform, expand institutional opening up, and strive to provide replicable and scalable experiences for the country.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that Beijing's (北京) construction of a world-class harmonious and livable capital must promote urban governance with first-class standards. We must strengthen the construction of urban and rural grassroots disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief, and emergency response capabilities, and continuously improve the city's public safety level. Adhere to the concept of a people's city, focus on improving the basic public service system, make good use of mechanisms such as "responding to demands upon arrival," and earnestly solve the urgent, difficult, and worrying problems of the people. Consolidate the achievements in air, water, and soil environmental governance, promote the treatment of new pollutants and the classification and disposal of domestic waste, and create a green and low-carbon livable home. Adhere to Party building leadership, strengthen technological empowerment, and make urban governance more efficient and refined.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that we must promote comprehensive and strict Party governance with higher standards and more practical measures. Highlight the importance of Party's political construction and forge strong political capabilities. Strictly control the selection and appointment of personnel, and select and equip leading bodies at all levels with outstanding personnel. Strengthen learning and training, and comprehensively improve the modernization capabilities of the cadre team. Guide Party members and cadres to establish and practice correct views on performance, and strive to create achievements that can withstand the test of practice, the people, and history. Continue to deepen the efforts to rectify conduct, enforce discipline, and combat corruption, promote the integrated approach of "not daring to be corrupt, not being able to be corrupt, and not wanting to be corrupt," focus on eradicating the soil and conditions for corruption, and strive to create a political ecology of integrity and uprightness.
Cai Qi (蔡奇), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, accompanied the inspection.
He Lifeng (何立峰) and responsible comrades from relevant departments of the central and state organs accompanied the inspection.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on February 10th (Reporter Ouyang Jie (欧阳洁)) The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing released the 2025 national logistics operation data on the 10th: In 2025, China's logistics demand scale steadily expanded, the structure continued to optimize, logistics efficiency continued to improve, the ratio of total social logistics costs to gross domestic product fell to a record low, and the supporting effect of logistics on economic development continued to increase; the total national social logistics volume for the year was 368.2 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.1% year-on-year.
In 2025, the total value of industrial goods logistics in China increased by 5.3% year-on-year, contributing 82% to the growth of total social logistics. Driven by the upgrading of the industrial economic structure, the logistics demand for equipment manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing has become the core growth point. In 2025, the growth rate of related logistics demand exceeded 9%, which is higher than the average level of industrial goods logistics.
In 2025, the total value of logistics for units and residents' goods increased by 5.1% year-on-year, continuing a good growth trend throughout the year, and the potential of consumer logistics demand in various fields was steadily released.
In 2025, the growth rate of logistics demand in emerging industries was significant. The logistics volume of industrial robots increased by 28% year-on-year, and the logistics volume of new energy vehicles increased by 25.1% year-on-year. The total value of renewable resource logistics increased by 13.2% year-on-year. Each quarter of the year maintained a relatively high growth rate of more than 13%, and the structure of logistics demand was optimized and upgraded towards low-carbon and high-efficiency.
In 2025, the total national social logistics cost was 19.5 trillion yuan, an increase of 3.0% year-on-year, and the growth rate continued to be lower than the growth of total social logistics volume during the year. The ratio of total social logistics costs to gross domestic product fell to 13.9%, a decrease of 0.2 percentage points from the previous year.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Nanchang, February 10th (Reporter Zou Wei) Li Qiang (李强), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Premier of the State Council, conducted research in Ganzhou (赣州), Jiangxi (江西) from February 9th to 10th and visited grassroots cadres and the masses to extend New Year greetings to everyone. He emphasized the need to thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions on accelerating the revitalization and development of old revolutionary base areas, fully implement the Party Central Committee's decisions and deployments on supporting the construction of old areas, vigorously develop characteristic and advantageous industries, and earnestly do a good job in guaranteeing and improving people's livelihoods, so that the people can be happier and healthier, and their lives can be more prosperous.
As the Spring Festival approaches, a festive atmosphere prevails everywhere. Li Qiang (李强) visited Zhufang Village (朱坊村) and Yangxi Village (洋溪村) in Yeping Town (叶坪镇), Ruijin City (瑞金市), and entered the homes of descendants of the Red Army and veteran party members. He sat down with them to talk, carefully inquired about their family income, children's employment, medical reimbursement, and other situations, and learned in detail from local cadres about rural social security, the development of collective economy, and assistance to people in need. Li Qiang (李强) said that General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) is very concerned about the people in the old revolutionary base areas. As the Lunar New Year is approaching, I am here on behalf of the Party Central Committee and the State Council to visit you, send you New Year's greetings, and wish you a prosperous Year of the Horse, good health, smooth work, and a happy family! Li Qiang (李强) encouraged local cadres and relevant parties to focus on the needs and expectations of the masses, continue to strengthen all aspects of service guarantees and village appearance construction, do a good job in fulfilling practical and beneficial matters for the people, lead the villagers to work together, create a better life, and ensure that no one is left behind.
Li Qiang (李强) went to the Yeping Revolutionary Site Complex (叶坪革命旧址群) to pay respects to the site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Soviet Republic (中华苏维埃第一次全国代表大会会址) and the former site of the Central Bureau of the Soviet Area of the CPC (中共苏区中央局旧址), and listened to introductions on the protection and utilization of red resources. Li Qiang (李强) said that whether in the years of revolutionary war or in the new era of reform and opening up, the people of the old revolutionary base areas have made great contributions, and it is everyone's common wish to develop the old areas better and make the lives of the masses happier. It is necessary to implement the Party's policies well, increase support in all aspects, promote and inherit the spirit and fine traditions of the old revolutionary base areas, rely on the red heritage and resource advantages, strengthen technological empowerment, create more characteristic industries with brand effects and radiating driving effects, continuously consolidate and expand the achievements in poverty alleviation, and continuously enhance the internal driving force for development.
Li Qiang (李强) inspected the Ganjiang Innovation Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院赣江创新研究院) and relevant rare earth enterprises, learned about the progress of scientific research in the rare earth field and the transformation of achievements, visited production lines and products, and held discussions with heads of enterprises and research institutions. Li Qiang (李强) pointed out that the important value of rare earths in developing advanced manufacturing and promoting green and low-carbon transformation is becoming increasingly prominent. It is necessary to rationally develop rare earth resources, strengthen overall planning, optimize industrial layout, improve the recycling system, and improve the level of conservation and intensive utilization. It is necessary to adhere to the priority of ecological protection, improve the green standard system for all links of production and processing, and promote the green development of the entire cycle. Li Qiang (李强) emphasized the need to focus on basic research and applied research, actively promote the tackling of key core technologies, and strive to build a rare earth science and technology innovation highland. It is necessary to promote the deep integration of industry, academia, research, and application, expand the application of rare earth technology in new energy, new materials, and other fields, promote the coordinated linkage and smooth circulation of the entire industrial chain, and continuously improve the development quality and efficiency of the rare earth industry.
Wu Zhenglong (吴政隆) accompanied the visit.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on February 10th (Reporter Peng Bo (彭波)) The 61st Chairperson's Meeting of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing (北京) on the morning of February 10th. Chairman Zhao Leji (赵乐际) presided over the meeting. The meeting decided that the 21st meeting of the 14th NPC Standing Committee will be held in Beijing (北京) from February 25th to 26th.
The Chairperson's Meeting suggested that the 21st meeting of the Standing Committee should deliberate the draft Social Assistance Law, deliberate the State Council's (国务院) proposals on submitting the draft amendment to the Certified Public Accountants Law for deliberation, the proposal on submitting the draft National Fire and Rescue Personnel Law for deliberation, deliberate the draft work report of the NPC Standing Committee, deliberate the Chairperson's Meeting's proposals on submitting the draft agenda of the 4th session of the 14th NPC for deliberation, the proposal on submitting the draft list of the Presidium and Secretary-General of the 4th session of the 14th NPC for deliberation, the proposal on submitting the draft list of attendees of the 4th session of the 14th NPC for deliberation, deliberate the report draft of the NPC Standing Committee on the work of legal cleanup and the handling opinions of relevant laws and decisions, deliberate the report of the Credentials Committee of the NPC Standing Committee on the qualifications of individual deputies, and relevant appointment and removal cases, etc.
The Chairperson's Meeting also deliberated the report on the handling of public complaints and visits by the organs of the NPC in 2025, and deliberated the draft measures for further improving the working mechanism for the implementation of the Supervision Law by the organs of the NPC.
At the Chairperson's Meeting, Liu Qi (刘奇), Secretary-General of the NPC Standing Committee, reported on the draft agenda and schedule of the 21st meeting of the Standing Committee, as well as the draft agenda and schedule of the 4th session of the 14th NPC, the draft list of the Presidium and Secretary-General, and the draft list of attendees. Relevant Deputy Secretaries-General of the NPC Standing Committee, relevant special committees of the NPC, relevant working committees of the Standing Committee, the Credentials Committee, and the heads of the Research Office of the General Office reported on relevant topics of the 21st meeting of the Standing Committee.
Vice Chairpersons of the NPC Standing Committee Li Hongzhong (李鸿忠), Wang Dongming (王东明), Xiao Jie (肖捷), Zheng Jianbang (郑建邦), Ding Zhongli (丁仲礼), Cai Dafeng (蔡达峰), He Wei (何维), Wu Weihua (武维华), Tie Ning (铁凝), Peng Qinghua (彭清华), Zhang Qingwei (张庆伟), Losang Jamcan (洛桑江村), and Shohrat Zakir (雪克来提·扎克尔) attended the meeting.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 10th (Xinhua) – The 2026 Taiwan Affairs Work Conference was held in Beijing from the 9th to the 10th. Wang Huning (王沪宁), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, attended and delivered a speech. He stated that it is necessary to take Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as guidance, fully implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on Taiwan affairs and the Party's overall strategy for resolving the Taiwan issue in the new era, do a good job in Taiwan affairs with a high sense of responsibility and mission, firmly grasp the dominant and initiative power in cross-strait relations, and unswervingly promote the peaceful development of cross-strait relations and advance the great cause of national reunification.
Wang Huning (王沪宁) stated that it is necessary to adhere to the One China principle and the "1992 Consensus," unite the broad masses of Taiwan compatriots, firmly support the patriotic and reunification forces on the island, resolutely combat "Taiwan independence" separatist forces, oppose external interference, and safeguard peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. It is necessary to uphold the concept of "both sides of the strait are one family" (两岸一家亲 (liǎng àn yī jiā qīn - "both sides one family," expressing the close kinship between people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait)), facilitate cross-strait personnel exchanges, expand cross-strait non-governmental and grassroots exchanges, support Taiwan compatriots, especially young people, to come to the mainland to study, work, and live, promote cross-strait joint promotion of Chinese culture, and promote the spiritual harmony of compatriots on both sides of the strait. It is necessary to support the development of Taiwan-invested businesses on the mainland, improve policies and measures that benefit Taiwan compatriots and enterprises, deepen the integrated development of both sides of the strait, and allow compatriots on both sides of the strait to share the opportunities and achievements of Chinese-style modernization.
Wang Yi (王毅), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting. Relevant comrades from relevant departments of the central Party, government, military, and mass organizations, and relevant responsible comrades from various regions attended the meeting.
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Opening up is a strategic choice China (中国) has made based on its development needs, and it is also a practical action to promote economic globalization and benefit the people of all countries in the world. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) made a series of important deployments around "expanding high-level opening up to the outside world and creating a new situation of cooperation and win-win results." Heads of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development have all stated that China's (中国) "15th Five-Year Plan" will bring valuable certainty and strong impetus to the world economy. A more open China (中国) will work with global partners to follow the right path of open cooperation and write a new chapter of mutually beneficial and win-win development.
A more open China (中国) means greater market opportunities. In 2025, China's (中国) import scale reached 18.48 trillion yuan, and it will continue to be the world's second largest import market for 17 consecutive years, accounting for about 10% of the global import share. China (中国) grants 100% tariff-free treatment to products from the least developed countries that have established diplomatic relations with it, and promotes the implementation of 100% tariff-free measures for products from 53 African countries that have established diplomatic relations with it. It is the first developing country and major economy in the world to implement this measure, covering an economic population of approximately 1.9 billion, accounting for nearly 1/4 of the world's total population. In 2025, China's (中国) imports from these economies exceeded 140 billion US dollars, effectively promoting local economic growth and improvement of people's livelihoods. China (中国) will continue to expand the import of high-quality goods and services, taking into account both China's (中国) needs and the world's expectations, and make full use of the two markets and two resources at home and abroad to create new space for cooperation and win-win results.
A more open China (中国) means a more stable industrial and supply chain. While China (中国) is committed to its own development, it is deeply integrated into the global industrial division of labor and makes important contributions to the prosperity and stability of the global industrial and supply chain. China (中国) continues to reduce the negative list for foreign investment access, and the manufacturing sector has achieved "zeroing"; it has revised and expanded the catalogue of industries encouraging foreign investment many times. The new version of the encouragement catalogue in 2025 has a total of 1,679 items, creating good conditions for foreign-funded enterprises to develop in China (中国). In 2025, more than 70,000 new foreign-invested enterprises were established nationwide, an increase of 19.1% year-on-year, and the proportion of foreign investment in high-tech industries reached 32.3%, and foreign-funded enterprises have received generous returns. At the same time, China (中国) supports Chinese-funded enterprises to "go global" at a high level, establishing R&D centers and production bases overseas, driving local economic development and industrial upgrading. In 2025, China's (中国) non-financial direct investment abroad was 1 trillion yuan, and the value of newly signed contracts for foreign contracted projects was 2.1 trillion yuan. In the future, China (中国) will better coordinate "bringing in" and "going global," further create a first-class business environment that is market-oriented, rule-of-law-based, and internationalized, guide the rational and orderly cross-border layout of industrial and supply chains, improve the overseas comprehensive service system, promote the integration of trade and investment, and inject more certainty into the global industrial and supply chain.
A more open China (中国) means a more open, inclusive, universal, balanced, and win-win economic globalization. China (中国) continues to promote institutional opening up, proactively aligns with international high-standard economic and trade rules, and orderly expands the opening up of commodity, service, capital, and labor markets to the outside world, promoting the interconnection and compatibility of rules, regulations, management, and standards in various fields. China's (中国) free trade "circle of friends" has expanded in scope, improved in level, and increased in influence. It has signed 24 free trade agreements with 31 countries and regions, promoted the implementation and effectiveness of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, and become the world's largest free trade zone; in 2025, the trade volume with free trade partners exceeded 20 trillion yuan, accounting for 45% of the country's total trade in goods, providing a demonstration model for global multilateral cooperation; 22 free trade pilot zones, as "pioneer zones" for institutional opening up, have cumulatively promoted 485 institutional innovation achievements. China (中国) will continue to base itself on the great practice and development experience of Chinese-style modernization, inject more Chinese wisdom into global cross-border trade and investment rules in the process of steadily expanding institutional opening up, and promote the reform and improvement of the global governance system in line with the times.
A more open China (中国) means that the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" will go deeper and more solid. The joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative has become the world's largest, most extensive, and most influential international economic cooperation platform. China (中国) has signed cooperation documents on jointly building the "Belt and Road" with more than 150 countries and more than 30 international organizations. A number of landmark projects such as the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway (蒙内铁路), the China-Laos Railway (中老铁路), and the Chancay Port (钱凯港) have been completed one after another. The number of China-Europe freight trains has exceeded 120,000, the Air Silk Road has opened flights to 133 cities in 63 co-construction countries, the number of named routes for the "Silk Road Shipping" has increased to 148, and a number of "small and beautiful" livelihood projects such as Juncao, Luban Workshops, and Brightness Action have taken root. China (中国) will take the building of a community with a shared future for mankind as its guide, coordinate the deepening of infrastructure "hard connectivity," rules and standards "soft connectivity," and people-to-people "heart connectivity" with the people of co-construction countries, coordinate the promotion of major landmark projects and "small and beautiful" livelihood projects, coordinate the consolidation of cooperation in traditional fields and steadily expand cooperation in emerging fields, and promote the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" to go steadily and far.
Looking to the future, a more open China (中国) will, in a wider field, on a larger scale, at a deeper level, and at a higher level, deepen cooperation and work together with countries around the world to jointly address global challenges such as climate change and weak economic recovery, offset the uncertainty of the development environment with the certainty of high-level opening up to the outside world, and inject lasting and strong Chinese momentum into global development.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Zhengzhou, February 10th. Chen Wenqing (陈文清), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (中央政法委), conducted research in Zhengzhou (郑州), Henan (河南) from February 9th to 10th and visited grassroots political and legal cadres, stating that political and legal organs must adhere to a people-centered approach, firmly establish a bottom-line mentality, faithfully perform their duties, and take responsibility, with a sense of responsibility of "always being concerned" and an action of "knowing the bottom line of everything," to implement various Spring Festival security measures in a solid, meticulous, and effective manner, and wholeheartedly safeguard social security and stability and protect the safety, peace, and reunion of families.
During his research at the Zhengzhou Public Security Bureau (郑州市公安局) and the Henan Zhengzhou Women's Prison (河南省郑州女子监狱), Chen Wenqing stated that it is necessary to scientifically optimize duty deployment, rationally arrange duty shifts, strengthen duty attendance, work scheduling, and emergency response, and earnestly do a good job in preventing risks, ensuring safety, and maintaining stability.
At Zhengzhou East Railway Station (郑州东站) and Zhengdong New District CBD business district (郑东新区CBD商圈), Chen Wenqing conducted on-site investigations into Spring Festival transport security and overall social security prevention and control. He pointed out that it is necessary to accurately grasp the new situation and new characteristics of safety and stability during this year's Spring Festival, severely crack down on prominent illegal and criminal activities such as "theft, robbery, fraud," "pornography, gambling, drugs," and "food, medicine, environment" in accordance with the law, and focus on enhancing the people's sense of security. Strengthen social patrols and prevention and control, strengthen safety precautions in key areas and densely populated places, consolidate the internal security responsibilities of relevant units, and ensure the handling of cases and incidents nearby, early, and on a small scale. Strengthen risk assessment and safety management of large-scale mass activities, and strictly prevent safety accidents such as crowding and trampling. Deepen the crackdown and rectification of drunk driving, "three overs and one fatigue," illegal operations, rural traffic violations of overcrowding and illegal passenger transport, to ensure that people travel with peace of mind and reassurance. Strengthen the safety management of fireworks and firecrackers throughout the entire chain to strictly prevent safety accidents such as deflagration and explosion.
In the Henan Free Trade Zone Zhengzhou Area Court (河南自贸区郑州片区法院) and Zhengdong New District Comprehensive Management Center (郑东新区综治中心), Chen Wenqing conducted in-depth research on the investigation and resolution of conflicts and disputes, and the service management of relevant groups. He emphasized that it is necessary to fully implement the responsibility system for maintaining social stability, conduct a comprehensive investigation of various conflicts and disputes and potential risks, and strive to discover problems in the bud and resolve them at the grassroots level. The focus should be on investigating and resolving conflicts and disputes in families and neighborhoods, and those arising from drinking, strengthening the service management of relevant groups, and strictly preventing cases and incidents that seriously endanger the people's sense of security. Efforts should be increased to enforce judgments and effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the people.
During the research, Chen Wenqing visited and expressed his condolences to grassroots political and legal cadres, extended sincere greetings and New Year blessings to them and the national political and legal cadres, and encouraged everyone to stick to their posts, dedicate themselves selflessly, sacrifice their small families for everyone, and wholeheartedly do a good job in providing convenience, benefiting the people, and securing the people, to ensure that the people spend a happy, safe, and peaceful Spring Festival.
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Sichuan Panzhihua (四川攀枝花), the Jinsha River (金沙江) flows ceaselessly, like ten thousand horses galloping.
"Let's go, let's give the hydro-generator set a 'physical examination'!" Early in the morning, Yang Yong (杨勇) slung his tool bag and entered the Yinjiang Hydropower Station (银江水电站) central control room with the reporter.
On the screen, the wiring diagram of the electrical group was densely packed. "The red circles indicate that the units are running, the green ones are on standby, and the white ones are under maintenance." Yang Yong (杨勇) pointed, "Well, the No. 1 unit in white is the one to be overhauled today."
In December 2024, the first unit of the Yinjiang Hydropower Station (银江水电站) was connected to the grid for power generation. Last December, the last unit was also successfully connected to the grid, and all six units of the hydropower station were fully put into operation. As of this point, the installed capacity of hydropower in Sichuan (四川) exceeded 100 million kilowatts.
"After more than a year, the first unit should have a routine 'physical examination', let's 'take its pulse'." As an engineer in the Production Technology Department of Sichuan Energy Investment Panzhihua Hydropower Development Co., Ltd. (四川省能投攀枝花水电开发有限公司), Yang Yong (杨勇) participated in the construction and operation of the hydropower station and knows everything about it.
"The Yinjiang Hydropower Station (银江水电站) is the last level of the 'one reservoir and ten levels' plan for the middle reaches of the Jinsha River (金沙江), with a large inflow." Yang Yong (杨勇) said that the application of bulb tubular turbine generator units can maximize the advantage of large runoff, "Currently, our unit has the largest single unit capacity in Asia, and the turbine runner diameter reaches 7.95 meters."
In the plant, the sound of the machines rumbled. Wearing a safety helmet and work clothes, Yang Yong (杨勇) gripped the railing tightly and slowly descended along the spiral staircase.
What came into view was the bulb tubular turbine generator unit. Inside the "bulb" is the generator unit, and below the "bulb" is the turbine. Drilling into the unit, Yang Yong (杨勇) explained: the water flows from below the "bulb", driving the turbine to rotate, thereby generating electricity.
While speaking, Yang Yong (杨勇) disassembled the connecting lines one by one. He and his colleagues were well prepared for this "physical examination." "A few days ago, we lowered the steel gate on the outside of the unit." Yang Yong (杨勇) said that it took two days to drain the river water inside the gate.
After disassembling the lines, the key step of the "physical examination" begins. "This time, we mainly carry out preventive tests on the stator and rotor of the generator to check the insulation performance." Yang Yong (杨勇) said as he opened the test instrument, connected the stator, and applied voltage to the stator.
0. 5 times, 1 times, 1.5 times, 2 times... the voltage continued to rise, and the values on the instrument continued to jump. When the voltage rose to 2.5 times the rated voltage of the stator, the test instrument displayed stable data.
"Comprehensive analysis shows that the values are within the specified range, and the insulation performance of the stator is good!" Yang Yong (杨勇) said, "The generator set, which has been in operation for a year, is in its best working condition."
After a round of maintenance, it was close to noon. The reporter and Yang Yong (杨勇) walked out of the plant and onto the dam. Looking upstream, the high gorge is a calm lake, with misty waves; looking downstream, the blue waves are rippling, and the rapids are lapping against the shore.
Not far away, the sound of excavators on the riverbank kept ringing, and transport vehicles came and went. Standing on the top of the dam, Yang Yong (杨勇) was full of confidence: "Before the Spring Festival, we will remove the downstream third-phase cofferdam, so that the hydropower station will gradually reach a storage level of 998.5 meters." These days, he and his colleagues are working intensively to adjust the operating plan of the generator units, striving to maximize the use of runoff, continuously improve the utilization efficiency of the equipment, and allow the units to generate good and sufficient electricity.
On the Jinsha River (金沙江), the kinetic energy is surging. As he spoke, Yan Ruiping (严瑞平), the company's chief engineer, came over: "Let's go, let's 'take the pulse' of the mechanical and electrical equipment again..."
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"Children are away from home, worried that no one will take care of them when they get sick." "We have no worries about food and drink, but we are too lonely in our daily lives." "What should we do in a few years when we can't climb the stairs?" Several elderly people chatted in a community activity room in Nankang Street, Longshan District, Liaoyuan City (辽源市), Jilin Province (吉林省). Bai Yujing (白玉晶), a National People's Congress (全国人大) representative and captain of the Drainage Maintenance Team of the Liaoyuan City (辽源市) Water Affairs Group Company (水务集团公司) in Jilin Province (吉林省), sat next to them, taking careful notes.
"I take a pen and notebook with me wherever I go," said Bai Yujing (白玉晶). "Only by sincerely listening to the voices of the people and wholeheartedly doing practical things for them can I be worthy of the title of National People's Congress (全国人大) representative."
More than 200 kilometers of drainage pipe network, more than 20,000 drainage wells... Every day, Bai Yujing (白玉晶) and her colleagues are busy in the streets and alleys of the city, guarding the city's health and people's well-being. "Drainage maintenance means going from street to street and into the masses," said Bai Yujing (白玉晶). While providing drainage maintenance services to the people, she always remembers to collect the real thoughts of the people. "The concerns and attention of the people are my focus, and I will use this as an anchor point to dig deep, shovel by shovel."
Previously, Bai Yujing (白玉晶)'s research found that many people had concerns about the safety of food delivery. To this end, at last year's National People's Congress (全国两会), she put forward the "Suggestions on Regulating the Management of the Food Delivery Catering Industry," which received high attention from relevant departments and incorporated her suggestions into their work. "The people's concerns have received a real response, and I am even more motivated to perform my duties," said Bai Yujing (白玉晶).
This year, Bai Yujing (白玉晶)'s research focus is on elderly care services. "Providing for the elderly, providing medical care for the elderly, and providing entertainment for the elderly are the needs of many elderly people," said Bai Yujing (白玉晶). She has conducted in-depth research in community towns, elderly apartments, hospitals and other institutions, and continues to improve her suggestions.
Speaking for the people and doing practical things for the people, and striving to be a bridge between the Party and the state and the people, this is Bai Yujing (白玉晶)'s requirement for herself. "As a National People's Congress (全国人大) representative from the grassroots, I deeply feel the great responsibility. I will earnestly perform my duties and responsibilities to make suggestions that are 'down-to-earth, full of enthusiasm, and uplifting'," said Bai Yujing (白玉晶).
Reporter's Notes
Keep the "Concerns" of the People in Mind
As a National People's Congress (全国人大) representative, Bai Yujing (白玉晶) has built bridges connecting the people and practiced the original intention of serving the people wholeheartedly with practical actions. For her, the representative's performance of duties and drainage maintenance work share the same logic - sinking to the front line of the grassroots, focusing on the urgent needs and expectations of the people to put forward suggestions and promote work.
"National People's Congress (全国人大) representatives come from the people and are rooted in the people," said Bai Yujing (白玉晶). As a National People's Congress (全国人大) representative from the grassroots, she will always keep the "concerns" of the people in mind.
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In the Zitao (紫陶) Heritage Center workshop in Jianshui County (建水县), Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture (红河哈尼族彝族自治州), Yunnan Province (云南省), exquisite Zitao teapots and warm Zitao cups have become popular souvenirs for many tourists. "The value of intangible cultural heritage artifacts should not remain at the level of appreciation, but should return to the essence of practicality, becoming a bridge connecting cultural value, market demand, and employment and people's livelihood," said Tian Jing (田静), a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协委员) and a representative inheritor of the Jianshui Zitao firing technique (建水紫陶烧制技艺) at the Yunnan provincial level for national intangible cultural heritage representative projects.
Tian Jing has focused on the role of intangible cultural heritage in promoting consumption and stabilizing employment in her work. In the past year, she has visited many places to investigate traditional craft intangible cultural heritage projects and found that the dilemma of low market acceptance of intangible cultural heritage products is widespread.
"The value of craftsmanship must bring economic benefits." Tian Jing said that some intangible cultural heritage products are not practical, the quality is uneven, and the market awareness is low, making it difficult to stimulate consumers' willingness to buy them actively. This will form a vicious circle of "the less market there is, the fewer people do it; the fewer people do it, the less market there is," affecting the living heritage of intangible cultural heritage.
How to break the situation? Tian Jing believes that it is particularly important to guide intangible cultural heritage handicrafts from "producing products" to "producing high-quality products that meet market demand." Making intangible cultural heritage products both useful and beautiful, and deeply integrating them into cultural tourism consumption scenarios, can attract consumers.
Taking Zitao as an example, when high-quality products form a good reputation and gain market recognition, stable orders can drive employment in the entire industry from mud collection, blank making, carving and filling, kiln firing to sales and packaging. "Being able to make a living with craftsmanship will attract young people to join, which will translate into tangible employment," said Tian Jing.
This year's National People's Congress (全国两会), Tian Jing focused on how intangible cultural heritage can better play a role in promoting consumption and stabilizing employment. She suggested that relevant departments could consider building a display and exchange platform for intangible cultural heritage high-quality products to promote intangible cultural heritage high-quality products into the public consumption field and promote intangible cultural heritage consumption. At the same time, implement the intangible cultural heritage workshop employment expansion action and the intangible cultural heritage handicraft employment revitalization plan to achieve a win-win situation for intangible cultural heritage protection and inheritance, people's livelihood improvement, economic development and cultural prosperity.
Reporter's Notes
Activating the Market Value of Intangible Cultural Heritage
"Intangible cultural heritage cannot be appreciated in isolation" "No one will do it if no one buys it"... During the interview, what touched me most was Tian Jing's in-depth thinking on the relationship between intangible cultural heritage inheritance and the market and employment, jumping out of the craftsman's mindset.
From directly addressing the problem of "product disconnection from the market" in the research to the practice of intangible cultural heritage workshops actively integrating into the consumer market, Tian Jing's work experience clearly confirms the multiple values of intangible cultural heritage - it is not only a cultural treasure, but also an important carrier for promoting consumption and stabilizing employment. By absorbing employment groups through industrial development and giving back to inheritance and protection, Tian Jing's suggestions provide new ideas for the living heritage of intangible cultural heritage.
Return to TopOn February 10th, the top head of the steel containment vessel for Unit 1 of the Xudabao Nuclear Power Project (徐大堡核电项目) in Huludao (葫芦岛), Liaoning (辽宁) was hoisted into place, marking the comprehensive transition of the unit's construction from civil engineering to the installation phase.
The Xudabao Nuclear Power Project (徐大堡核电项目) plans to construct six million-kilowatt-class pressurized water reactor nuclear power units, planned at once and constructed in phases, with a total installed capacity of over 7.6 million kilowatts and a total investment of 140 billion yuan. After the project is fully put into operation, it can provide nearly 54 billion kilowatt-hours of clean energy annually, saving 19.2 million tons of standard coal and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 56.7 million tons.
Tian Jia (田嘉), Cao Yingxin (曹迎新) photographed and reported.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 沈靖然
"Inadequate primary healthcare facilities force ordinary people to travel long distances for medical treatment, potentially delaying critical care." These words from Fu Shanxiang (傅山祥), a National People's Congress representative, Party Branch Secretary and Director of the Neighborhood Committee of Xianglushan Community in Wuqiao Subdistrict, Wanzhou District, Chongqing (重庆市万州区五桥街道香炉山社区), express the expectations of the grassroots.
Carrying these weighty voices of the people, Fu Shanxiang submitted the "Suggestions on Strengthening the High-Quality Development of Primary Healthcare Services" during last year's National People's Congress. This suggestion was designated as one of the key supervised suggestions, sponsored by the National Health Commission (国家卫生健康委).
In his suggestion, Fu Shanxiang directly addressed the issues: Improving primary healthcare conditions requires not only improving hardware but also retaining talent. Policy support should encourage experts and key personnel to go to the grassroots level, and the construction of close-knit medical consortia should be accelerated. Utilizing remote consultation technology will allow ordinary people to see specialists at township hospitals.
In June 2025, Fu Shanxiang was invited to Beijing (北京) to discuss the handling of the situation face-to-face with the National Health Commission and related ministries. The undertaking unit told him that the suggestion hit the nail on the head of the current work priorities. Relevant departments have begun to revise relevant regulations in conjunction with the content of the suggestion and are considering incorporating them into policy documents currently being researched and formulated.
Today, changes are quietly taking place. In some remote townships, people in the mountains can connect with experts in real-time through remote medical platforms, and the software and hardware conditions of primary healthcare institutions are gradually improving. "The undertaking unit is handling things quickly and practically. This 'two-way commitment' gives representatives more confidence in performing their duties." Fu Shanxiang said that he would bring more down-to-earth and relevant grassroots voices to the National People's Congress and practice the promise of "The people elect me as a representative, and I will represent the people" with practical actions.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on February 10th (Reporter Peng Bo (彭波)) The 61st Chairperson's Meeting of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing (北京) on the morning of February 10th. Zhao Leji (赵乐际), Chairman of the Standing Committee, presided over the meeting. The meeting decided that the 21st meeting of the 14th NPC Standing Committee will be held in Beijing (北京) from February 25th to 26th.
The Chairperson's Meeting suggested that the 21st meeting of the Standing Committee deliberate the draft Social Assistance Law, deliberate the State Council's proposals on submitting the draft amendment to the Certified Public Accountants Law for deliberation and the proposal on submitting the draft National Fire and Rescue Personnel Law for deliberation, deliberate the draft work report of the NPC Standing Committee, deliberate the Chairperson's Meeting's proposals on submitting the draft agenda of the Fourth Session of the 14th NPC for deliberation, the proposal on submitting the draft list of the Presidium and Secretary-General of the Fourth Session of the 14th NPC for deliberation, the proposal on submitting the draft list of attendees of the Fourth Session of the 14th NPC for deliberation, deliberate the report draft of the NPC Standing Committee on the work related to the review of laws and the handling opinions on relevant laws and decisions, deliberate the report of the Credentials Committee of the NPC Standing Committee on the qualifications of individual deputies and relevant appointment and removal proposals, etc.
The Chairperson's Meeting also deliberated the report on the handling of public letters and visits by the organs of the NPC in 2025, and deliberated the draft measures for further improving the working mechanism for the implementation of the Supervision Law by the organs of the NPC.
At the Chairperson's Meeting, Liu Qi (刘奇), Secretary-General of the NPC Standing Committee, reported on the draft agenda and schedule of the 21st meeting of the Standing Committee, as well as the draft agenda and schedule of the Fourth Session of the 14th NPC, the draft list of the Presidium and Secretary-General, and the draft list of attendees. Relevant Deputy Secretaries-General of the NPC Standing Committee, relevant special committees of the NPC, relevant working committees of the Standing Committee, the Credentials Committee, and the heads of the Research Office of the General Office reported on relevant topics of the 21st meeting of the Standing Committee.
Vice Chairpersons of the NPC Standing Committee Li Hongzhong (李鸿忠), Wang Dongming (王东明), Xiao Jie (肖捷), Zheng Jianbang (郑建邦), Ding Zhongli (丁仲礼), Cai Dafeng (蔡达峰), He Wei (何维), Wu Weihua (武维华), Tie Ning (铁凝), Peng Qinghua (彭清华), Zhang Qingwei (张庆伟), Losang Jamcan (洛桑江村), and Shohrat Zakir (雪克来提·扎克尔) attended the meeting.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 魏 贺 崔 寅
She is Amy from "Gone Girl," Jane Bennet from "Pride and Prejudice," a British actress who holds a Golden Globe Award and has been nominated for an Academy Award, and also a Chinese language enthusiast who frequently gains attention for her spontaneous use of Chinese idioms. On the streets of London, when someone calls out "Pei Chunhua (裴淳华)" in Chinese, she turns around with a knowing smile, and afterwards always reflects with a sense of wonder, "It's really wonderful."
Recently, Rosamund Pike (裴淳华) came to China to participate in a number of cultural exchange activities, and used Chinese to wish Chinese netizens a "Madao Chenggong (马到成功)" for the Year of the Horse. In an exclusive interview with this reporter, she said: "Chinese is a bridge to China's outstanding traditional culture. Mastering Chinese is the only way to truly understand how charming China is."
Rosamund Pike (裴淳华) told reporters that her Chinese name opened a window for her to understand China. In 2015, while participating in the Shanghai International Film Festival (上海国际电影节), she wanted to leave a deeper impression on the Chinese audience with a Chinese name, so she and a Chinese friend came up with the name "Pei Chunhua (裴淳华)."
"'Pei (裴)' is similar in pronunciation to my English surname Pike; 'Chun (淳)' represents the honesty and sincerity I cherish, and also has the meaning of being moist and lustrous; 'Hua (华)' refers to the beauty of flowers, and even more symbolizes China," Rosamund Pike (裴淳华) explained the meaning of the name.
The name is not just a symbol, but also her proactive embrace of Chinese culture. Rosamund Pike (裴淳华) has repeatedly mentioned the Chinese cultural traits she admires - humility and filial piety. "When visiting Chinese families, you can always feel the host's perfect combination of hospitality and implicit humility." She believes that this quality is different from the Western society's tradition of being more inclined to show individuality. At the same time, she deeply understands that behind filial piety is the Chinese people's respect for elders and experience, "In Chinese culture, the elderly are often regarded as a treasure trove of wisdom, and not just 'old people'."
Rosamund Pike (裴淳华) not only diligently learns Chinese herself, but has also long encouraged and supported her children to learn Chinese, "hoping that Chinese culture can provide spiritual nourishment for the growth of children." Rosamund Pike (裴淳华) encourages her children to participate in the "Chinese Bridge (汉语桥)" Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign Secondary School Students. In her opinion, the "Chinese Bridge (汉语桥)" is a platform for young people around the world to conduct in-depth cultural dialogues and build friendships with Chinese as a link, and the process of accompanying children to prepare for the competition is also a process of rediscovering and re-identifying culture. Her two sons both went to Tianjin Normal University (天津师范大学) to participate in the finals of the "Chinese Bridge (汉语桥)" World Primary School Students Chinese Show, and were loved by the majority of netizens for their fluent Chinese and skilled displays of Chinese traditional skills such as martial arts and diabolo. Her eldest son, You Zijun (尤子君), won the global championship in the fourth competition in 2024, and her youngest son, You Ziyuan (尤子原), won the "Best Style Award" in the fifth competition in 2025.
Last year, Rosamund Pike (裴淳华) spoke as a parent representative at the finals of the fifth "Chinese Bridge (汉语桥)" World Primary School Students Chinese Show. She said that Chinese culture values family and collective spirit, allowing participating families from all over the world to quickly get closer, "as close as a family." She also quoted a sentence she heard at her son's martial arts school, "The purpose of martial arts lies in stopping war (习武之旨，在于止戈)," emphasizing "This is the worldview contained in Chinese culture - true strength is ultimately for world peace."
Rosamund Pike (裴淳华) is pleased to see that the virtues of calmness, focus and humility contained in Eastern culture are subtly nourishing the character of children, "To some extent, they are also leading me to a deeper understanding of China."
The daily life of this British family is filled with Chinese, Chinese characters and Eastern interests: they practice calligraphy at home, repeatedly experiencing the structure of Chinese characters; read "The Analects (论语)" and "Tao Te Ching (道德经)," trying to understand ancient Chinese wisdom...
"Chinese allows us to learn to see the world from different perspectives. There is a need for warm people-to-people exchanges between countries." From liking Chinese to falling in love with Chinese culture, and then to telling Chinese stories, the Rosamund Pike (裴淳华) family is no longer just "looking at the scenery on the bridge."
Rosamund Pike (裴淳华) defines herself as a cultural "light chaser" - always observing, understanding and questioning with an open mind. Her "light chasing" practice stems from a huge curiosity about China, because she deeply knows that the profoundness of Chinese civilization is worth continuous exploration.
"Culture is a bridge connecting common human emotions and showing each other's brilliance." Rosamund Pike (裴淳华) said that this time she came to China with works of British-Chinese cultural exchange. "I starred in the play "The Doctor" at the National Theatre (英国国家剧院) last year, and this time I screened the high-definition video version of the theater scene in Shanghai (上海) and Beijing (北京). This play explores the plight of women's careers, and I hope that its theme can resonate across cultures."
Rosamund Pike (裴淳华) pays attention to the development of the Chinese film industry. She greatly appreciates the sincerity towards art shown by Chinese actors who have won awards at the Venice International Film Festival (威尼斯国际电影节), notes the commercial success and social impact of Chinese films, and is also intoxicated by China's unique and poetic film aesthetics. At the same time, she is also an active participant in Chinese stories going to the world, and was a keen promoter of the "Three-Body Problem (三体)" English drama project.
More than 20 years ago, Rosamund Pike (裴淳华) came to China alone with her backpack to visit Yunnan (云南). Over the years, she has come to China many times, either revisiting old places or starting new explorations, becoming a witness to China's development. In Tianjin (天津), she and her sons visited intelligent factories, science and technology museums, ports and other places to feel the pulse of Chinese-style modernization and the potential of British-Chinese cooperation.
"I hope that in the future, I can promote excellent Chinese dramas to enter British theaters in high-quality screening forms, just like my works came to China this time. I am very willing to participate in the promotion, so that more British audiences can see the vivid and rich narratives of China today," Rosamund Pike (裴淳华) said.
(Zhang Jiayi (张嘉仪) participated in the writing)
Return to TopBy: 沃伊切赫·诺维亚克
In a highly interdependent global economy, any attempt to exclude China (中国) from global industrial and value chains will ultimately backfire.
Currently, the international situation is highly uncertain, geopolitical conflicts are frequent, and economic globalization is facing unprecedented challenges. At the World Economic Forum 2026 held in Davos, Switzerland, the question of "has globalization come to an end?" has once again become a hot topic. Some voices highly link global economic fragmentation and supply chain restructuring with national security issues, advocating for camp confrontation to replace open cooperation. This approach, which places security anxieties above economic rationality, not only does not help solve real problems, but may further exacerbate the instability of the global economy.
In this context, China's (中国) repeated reaffirmation of its firm support for economic globalization, free trade, and multilateralism is particularly important. China (中国) emphasizes that to develop and grow stronger, it must actively adapt to the trend of economic globalization and adhere to opening up to the outside world; development is the right of all countries in the world, not the patent of a few countries. This is both a summary of China's (中国) own development experience and a direction for all parties who are currently confused. Truly sustainable globalization must be built on a win-win basis - only by allowing more countries and regions to truly share in the fruits of development can trust in globalization be rebuilt.
In the current European public opinion environment, the perception of China (中国) is still deeply influenced by ideology and geopolitical narratives. Some people simply define China (中国) as a so-called "threat," which lacks both academic rigor and objectivity, and is not conducive to Europe's own strategic choices. Emotional antagonism also invisibly raises the cost of transportation and trade interconnection. The signal from Davos is already very clear: the business community generally opposes politicizing economic issues and opposes replacing rational economic judgments with ideology. Many developing country representatives have also clearly expressed their concerns about "de-globalization" and "camp formation," and they hope to see a stable, predictable, and development-oriented international economic environment. Whether it is about weak global growth, fragile supply chains, or discussions about green transition and the digital economy, they all repeatedly point to a common conclusion: in a highly interdependent world economy, any attempt to exclude China (中国) from global industrial and value chains will ultimately backfire.
European leaders should be clearly aware that one of the biggest risks facing the global economy today is not from openness itself, but from artificially created "decoupling and supply chain disruption." If Europe "decouples" from China (中国) in key areas, it will inevitably drive up costs, weaken competitiveness, and delay its own economic transformation process. China's (中国) opposition to "decoupling and supply chain disruption" and its stance on maintaining open cooperation are highly consistent with the concerns of the vast Global South countries. China (中国) is one of the most important manufacturing centers in the world, as well as a major consumer market and participant in technological innovation. For Europe, a more pragmatic and responsible choice is to strengthen cooperation with China (中国) in trade, investment, technology, green development and other fields with a pragmatic attitude while adhering to its own values. Only in this way can Europe maintain strategic autonomy and long-term competitiveness in the process of reshaping the global economic structure.
As a scholar, I am particularly concerned about the role of soft power in economic globalization. Without social understanding and trust, even the grandest economic initiatives are difficult to implement. Academic exchanges, youth exchanges, and cultural interactions at the local level should become an important support for globalization, not an appendage. Unfortunately, in recent years, European research and exchange resources with China (中国) have been shrinking, and this trend itself runs counter to the spirit of openness. I always encourage students to directly understand China (中国), read about China (中国), and enter China (中国), rather than only understanding this country that is profoundly changing the world through third-party narratives. China's (中国) development is not a threat to other countries, but an important force for injecting vitality into the global economy. As repeatedly emphasized by all parties on the World Economic Forum platform, global economic recovery cannot be separated from the responsibility of major economies, and China (中国) is undoubtedly participating in it with practical actions.
What the world needs is not choosing camps, but expanding cooperation; not creating confrontation, but bridging differences. This is in Europe's interest and in the common interest of the world. Although economic globalization is encountering difficulties, it is still the most realistic and effective path for mankind to cope with common challenges.
(The author is a professor at the Faculty of Political Science and Journalism at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland)
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Nanchang, February 10th (Reporter Zou Wei) Li Qiang (李强), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Premier of the State Council, conducted research in Ganzhou (赣州), Jiangxi (江西) from February 9th to 10th and visited grassroots cadres and the masses to extend New Year greetings to everyone. He emphasized the need to thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions on accelerating the revitalization and development of old revolutionary base areas, fully implement the Party Central Committee's decisions and deployments on supporting the construction of old areas, vigorously develop characteristic and advantageous industries, and earnestly do a good job in guaranteeing and improving people's livelihoods, so that the people can be happier and healthier, and their lives can be more prosperous.
As the Spring Festival approaches, a festive atmosphere prevails everywhere. Li Qiang (李强) visited Zhufang Village (朱坊村) and Yangxi Village (洋溪村) in Yeping Town (叶坪镇), Ruijin City (瑞金市), and entered the homes of descendants of the Red Army and veteran party members. He sat down with them to talk, carefully inquired about their family income, children's employment, medical reimbursement, and other situations, and learned in detail from local cadres about rural social security, the development of the collective economy, and assistance to people in need. Li Qiang (李强) said that General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) is very concerned about the people in the old revolutionary base areas. With the Lunar New Year approaching, I am here on behalf of the Party Central Committee and the State Council to visit you, send you New Year's greetings, and wish you a lucky Year of the Horse, good health, smooth work, and a happy family! Li Qiang (李强) encouraged local cadres and relevant parties to focus on what the masses need and expect, continue to strengthen all aspects of service guarantees and village appearance construction, accomplish practical and beneficial things for the people, lead the villagers to work together, create a better life, and ensure that no one is left behind.
Li Qiang (李强) went to the Yeping Revolutionary Site Complex (叶坪革命旧址群), paid homage to the site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Soviet Republic (中华苏维埃第一次全国代表大会会址) and the former site of the Central Bureau of the Soviet Area of the CPC (中共苏区中央局旧址), and listened to introductions on the protection and utilization of red resources. Li Qiang (李强) said that whether in the years of revolutionary war or the new era of reform and opening up, the people of the old revolutionary base areas have made great contributions. It is everyone's common wish to develop the old areas better and make the lives of the masses happier. We must implement the Party's policies, increase support in all aspects, promote and inherit the spirit and fine traditions of the old revolutionary base areas, rely on the red heritage and resource advantages, strengthen technological empowerment, create more characteristic industries with brand effects and radiating driving effects, continuously consolidate and expand the achievements in poverty alleviation, and continuously enhance the internal driving force for development.
Li Qiang (李强) inspected the Ganjiang Innovation Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院赣江创新研究院) and relevant rare earth enterprises, learned about the progress of scientific research in the rare earth field and the transformation of achievements, visited production lines and products, and held discussions with heads of enterprises and research institutions. Li Qiang (李强) pointed out that the important value of rare earths in developing advanced manufacturing and promoting green and low-carbon transformation is becoming increasingly prominent. We must rationally develop rare earth resources, strengthen overall planning, optimize industrial layout, improve the recycling system, and improve the level of conservation and intensive utilization. We must adhere to the priority of ecological protection, improve the green standard system for all aspects of production and processing, and promote the green development of the entire cycle. Li Qiang (李强) emphasized that we must focus on basic research and applied research, actively promote the tackling of key core technologies, and strive to build a high ground for rare earth science and technology innovation. We must promote the deep integration of industry, academia, research, and application, expand the application of rare earth technology in new energy, new materials, and other fields, promote the collaborative linkage and smooth circulation of the entire industrial chain, and continuously improve the development quality and efficiency of the rare earth industry.
Wu Zhenglong (吴政隆) accompanied the visit.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 陈一鸣 陈海琪
The "Spring Festival Overture" was lively and jubilant, "My Motherland and I" was deeply passionate, and "Happy Yangyang" was bright and smooth... As Chinese folk musical instruments such as the guzheng, erhu, pipa, and bamboo flute took turns playing, the Brazilian Navy Club in Brasilia (巴西利亚), the capital of Brazil, was filled with a strong Chinese New Year atmosphere. The Brazilian classic "Na beira do caminho" performed with Chinese folk music pushed the atmosphere to a climax, and Chinese and Brazilian guests couldn't help but sway gently to the rhythm.
The Chinese Embassy in Brazil recently held a Spring Festival reception, and performers from the Chinese Conservatory of Music's National Chamber Orchestra brought a "Chinese style" musical feast to Chinese and Brazilian guests. This was the first Chinese cultural project to visit Brazil in the 2026 "China-Brazil Culture Year." A Chinese New Year culture photo exhibition was also held at the reception, presenting the natural beauty and cultural charm of contemporary China, attracting guests to stop and admire.
"Although geographically separated by thousands of miles, the cultural exchanges between Brazil and China have a long history," said Lucélia Santos (卢塞莉亚·桑托斯), a famous Brazilian actress who is well-known to Chinese audiences for starring in the Brazilian TV series "Escrava Isaura," to this reporter at the reception. "Classic cultural works can transcend time and space, and the 'China-Brazil Culture Year' series of events will surely create new shared memories for the people of both countries."
"The personnel exchanges between Brazil and China are becoming more convenient, and cultural interaction is entering a fast track, creating more conditions for the people of both countries to enhance understanding and deepen friendship," said Vinicius Lummertz (维尼休斯·鲁梅尔兹), former Minister of Tourism of Brazil, to this reporter. "Culture is a bridge connecting the hearts of the people of the two countries. The Brazilian government attaches great importance to exchanges and cooperation with China in the humanities field. I believe that the 2026 'Brazil-China Culture Year' series of events will add more emotional warmth to Brazil-China relations."
Chen Xiangguang (陈翔广), general manager of Brazil Kangqiao Bozhi Culture Media Co., Ltd., told reporters that in recent years, he has participated in hosting several China-Brazil Film Festivals, introducing dozens of excellent Chinese films to Brazil, and is committed to promoting cultural exchanges between the two sides, hoping to allow more social forces to participate in promoting the development of relations between the two countries.
The 2026 "China-Brazil Culture Year" shows vitality. In January of this year, the "Between Mirror and Lamp: Dialogue on Contemporary Literature between China and Brazil" series of events was held in Beijing (北京), the Brazilian Film Exhibition "Amazon: Forest on the Screen" opened in Beijing, and the second phase of the "Miracle Project" cultural public welfare project funded by Chinese enterprises was launched in Rio de Janeiro (里约热内卢), Brazil... Zhu Qingqiao (祝青桥), the Chinese Ambassador to Brazil, said that the "China-Brazil Culture Year" activities are wonderful and cover culture and art, youth exchanges, scientific and technological innovation, tourism promotion and other fields. This will tighten the cultural ties and enhance mutual understanding between the people of the two countries. He hopes that China and Brazil will work together to build the "China-Brazil Culture Year" into a year of mutual learning between civilizations, a year of mutual understanding between the people, a year of deepened cooperation, and a year of sublimated friendship.
(Brasilia (巴西利亚) Electric Report from this newspaper, People's Daily reporter Liu Yishuang (刘以爽) participated in writing)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 张志文
At the University of Fujairah (富查伊拉大学) in the United Arab Emirates, the first large-scale Chinese New Year-themed event attracted many teachers and students. Everyone wrote the Chinese character "Fu" (福), printed New Year pictures, made paper cuttings, and tasted tea, conveying the beautiful blessings of the Chinese New Year in laughter. At the woodblock New Year picture booth, Bader Ahmed (巴德尔·艾哈迈德), who has been learning Chinese since high school, made a "Surplus Year After Year" ("年年有余") New Year picture under the guidance of the craftsman. His Chinese teacher, Han Yuqing (韩玉青), explained the origin and meaning of the New Year picture to him. "Chinese culture is so charming. I want to put this New Year picture at home and let my family feel the Chinese New Year!" Bader (巴德尔) said.
Recently, the "Silk Road Gathering: The Fragrance of Chinese Culture - Chinese New Year Enters Campus" event, hosted by the Chinese Consulate General in Dubai (中国驻迪拜总领馆), successively entered the American University of Ras Al Khaimah (阿联酋拉斯海玛美国大学), the University of Fujairah (富查伊拉大学), the American University of Sharjah (沙迦美国大学), and other universities in the United Arab Emirates, presenting the joy and peace of the Chinese New Year with distinctive experiential activities, allowing teachers and students of universities in the United Arab Emirates to experience the unique charm of Chinese culture up close.
"Lacquer fan craftsmanship originated in China. We use the characteristic that lacquer is insoluble in water to create unique fan patterns through water transfer." At the event site of the American University of Ras Al Khaimah (拉斯海玛美国大学), Li Dongxia (李冬霞), president of the UAE Cheongsam Association (阿联酋旗袍协会), distributed fan surfaces to students while introducing the development history of lacquer fan craftsmanship. The students listened and learned, dripping different lacquers into the water, carefully inserting the white fan surface into the water, a little, a flick, and a colorful lacquer fan work was completed out of the water, and the students exclaimed in admiration.
"I love watching Chinese costume dramas, especially the exquisite costume art in the dramas, which makes me even more fascinated by Chinese culture." Somiya (索米亚), a student at the American University of Sharjah (沙迦美国大学) who just returned from a trip to China, is a "Hanfu fan." The various Hanfu displayed at the gathering gave her a feast for the eyes, and the wonderful Hanfu stage play "Skirt Tent Banquet" made her and her classmates feel the beauty of Chinese culture - the actors reproduced the grand scene of ancient Chinese people feasting, drinking tea, and composing poems in skirt tents through singing and dancing.
Ou Boqian (欧渤芊), Chinese Consul General in Dubai (中国驻迪拜总领事), said that from the "family reunion" contained in the Spring Festival to the "cultural integration" shown in the gathering, all reflect the pursuit of harmony, dialogue, and spiritual resonance in Chinese culture. The Chinese New Year entering campus activities integrate the spirit of the Silk Road with the Spring Festival and the tradition of gatherings, showcasing the excellent traditional cultures of China and the United Arab Emirates, and achieving mutual enlightenment through dialogue between civilizations.
"Such cross-cultural exchange activities enrich students' educational experience, allowing everyone to learn from each other and enhance understanding in the process of sharing joy, further bridging the distance between Chinese and Arab youth." said Todd Laursen (托德·劳尔森), President of the American University of Sharjah (沙迦美国大学).
Return to TopPeople pose for a group photo at the Chinese New Year Temple Fair held in Budapest (布达佩斯), the capital of Hungary (匈牙利), on February 7th.
Photo by Fülöp Attila (弗尔季·奥蒂洛) (Xinhua News Agency)
Layout design: Zhang Danfeng (张丹峰)
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from the United Nations on February 10th (Reporter Li Zhiwei (李志伟)) On the evening of the 9th local time, the Chinese Permanent Mission to the United Nations held a "Galloping into a New Journey" Spring Festival celebration at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Fu Cong (傅聪), China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, along with 13 United Nations Under-Secretaries-General, permanent representatives to the United Nations from more than 120 countries, and over 500 friends from all walks of life in the United States, attended the event to celebrate the Lunar New Year of the Horse. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres extended his New Year greetings to the Chinese people in Chinese in a video message, thanking China for its strong support for multilateralism and global cooperation.
Fu Cong (傅聪), China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said that this year is the first year of the "15th Five-Year Plan." China has mapped out a blueprint for development in the next five years and drawn a beautiful vision of cooperation and win-win results with the world. China is willing to work with all countries, with the spirit of 一马当先 (yī mǎ dāng xiān - "one horse takes the lead," to take the lead), the unity of 万马奔腾 (wàn mǎ bēn téng - "ten thousand horses galloping," a magnificent and vigorous scene), and the determination of 马到成功 (mǎ dào chéng gōng - "success upon the horse's arrival," achieve immediate victory), to firmly support the cause of the United Nations, jointly address global challenges, and build a community with a shared future for mankind.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Guangzhou, February 10th (Reporters Feng Xinran (冯歆然) and Ma Xiaocheng (马晓澄)) Wang Yi (王毅), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, attended the opening ceremony of the first Senior Officials' Meeting of the 2026 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Guangzhou (广州) on the 10th and delivered a speech.
Wang Yi (王毅) said that this year marks the third time China has served as the APEC host, and the first time in 12 years. President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that we must adhere to APEC's original aspiration of promoting economic growth and enhancing the well-being of the people, persist in sharing opportunities and achieving win-win results in open development, advance inclusive economic globalization, and build an Asia-Pacific community. To this end, we must build a prosperous and stable, open and integrated, inclusive, and harmonious Asia-Pacific region.
Wang Yi (王毅) said that China has set "Building an Asia-Pacific Community and Promoting Common Prosperity" as the theme of this year's meeting and will advance the year's agenda around the three priority areas of "openness, innovation, and cooperation." We must revisit the original aspiration of Asia-Pacific cooperation, focus on the future development of APEC, and promote the issuance of an outcome document with clear direction and rich content at the Leaders' Meeting. Actively expand the path of building the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) and promote the formulation of an upgraded blueprint for connectivity. Drive digital, intelligent, and green transformation through innovation to create new growth points. Taking into account the diversity of APEC members, deepen pragmatic cooperation in various fields around governance issues related to development.
Wang Yi (王毅) stated that the APEC "China Year" coincides with the opening year of China's "15th Five-Year Plan." China will provide new opportunities for the development of the Asia-Pacific region and the world with the new achievements of Chinese-style modernization.
From February 1st to 10th, the first APEC Senior Officials' Meeting and related meetings were held in Guangzhou (广州). The parties conducted in-depth discussions around the theme and three priority areas of the APEC "China Year," fully launched cooperation in various fields, and accumulated results for the informal Leaders' Meeting in November.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on February 10th (Reporter Chu Jun): A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on the 10th: At the invitation of Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó (西雅尔多) and Chairman of the Munich Security Conference Christoph Heusgen (伊辛格), Wang Yi (王毅), Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, will visit Hungary (匈牙利) on February 11th and travel to Germany (德国) to attend the 62nd Munich Security Conference (慕尼黑安全会议), where he will deliver a speech at the "China Session."
Return to TopXi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary, emphasized, "We must bear in mind that the Party's self-revolution is always on the road, and comprehensively and strictly governing the Party is always on the road. We must unremittingly implement the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation, be diligent in self-cultivation, and be strict in self-discipline." For Party members and cadres, self-cultivation is a compulsory course. In this issue of "Everyone Talks," we have selected three submissions to share with you, thinking about how to better cultivate morality and make contributions to our careers.
——Editor
Beware of "Holiday Syndrome"
Wei Junxuan (韦俊萱), Jing'an District, Shanghai (上海市静安区)
As the Spring Festival approaches, the festive atmosphere is growing stronger. At this moment, it is necessary for Party members and cadres to be vigilant against the "holiday syndrome." For example, are they only thinking about "dealing with it after the New Year," pushing back or delaying the demands of the masses, and being perfunctory? Are they disappearing after just clocking in at work? Is there a situation where people are at their posts but their minds are already on vacation, and they are not paying attention to their work?
The Spring Festival is the most important festival of the year, and it is human nature to look forward to the New Year, but public services and government work are often connected to the well-being of the people and the development of society, and cannot be delayed or put aside. Imagine that migrant workers are taking advantage of their return home to quickly handle household registration and social security matters, and enterprises are waiting for approval procedures to start production. Which of these urgent and difficult problems can be waited for or delayed? A mentality of always wanting to postpone things may seem like a small matter, but it can easily lead to work interruptions, task backlogs, and even turn small problems into big troubles.
Cadres, cadres, "doing" is the most important thing. The closer we get to the holidays, the more we must maintain a sense of responsibility that we "can't rest assured at any time" and effectively transform it into the "knowing everything in our hearts" action. Eliminate interference, overcome inertia, boost morale, and eliminate problems such as being present but not contributing, and being physically present but mentally absent. Handle the "key small matters" that the masses care about, and strive to let the people have a safe, comfortable, and warm happy year. This is the responsibility that cadres should have.
Avoid "Only Raising the Hoe Without Digging the Ground"
Guo Xu (郭旭), Donghai County, Jiangsu Province (江苏省东海县)
During grassroots research, I found that there is a phenomenon of "only raising the hoe without digging the ground" in some places. For example, when seeing the messy appearance of villages, they say "it should be rectified," but avoid talking about specific issues such as garbage removal and funding guarantees; when hearing that enterprises have difficulties in their operations, they express on the spot that they will "help enterprises," but then there is no follow-up; when promoting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, they emphasize the need to develop advantageous industries, but there is a lot of thunder and little rain, and no subsequent measures are seen.
Solving difficult problems depends on taking responsibility. If you only seek to complete the procedures, without asking whether it is done well, and only care about finishing it, without caring about doing it well, not only will you not be able to solve practical difficulties, but you will also breed various forms of formalism. A small temperature difference in the implementation of a policy, a slight lack of effort in serving the people, accumulates into an emotional gap between cadres and the masses. "Only raising the hoe without digging the ground" reflects a lack of practical work style and responsibility, and affects the relationship between cadres and the masses and the development of the cause.
A thousand difficulties and ten thousand difficulties, being serious makes it not difficult. Speaking of being serious, we must both maintain a serious "heart," doing one thing at a time and making sure it is done well, and strive to avoid being careless, unrealistic, and not doing our best; we must also temper the "ability" to be serious, be good at finding breakthroughs from the opinions of the masses and grassroots practice, be brave in learning new knowledge and new skills, and grow our skills in overcoming difficulties. Only by grasping every task practically and doing it meticulously can we truly win the recognition of the masses.
Holidays Are Not a Disciplinary Vacuum
Zhong Xiusheng (钟修声), Yudu County, Jiangxi Province (江西省于都县)
Issuing integrity reminders, calling for unremitting efforts to correct the "Four Winds" and establish new customs; producing integrity-themed New Year pictures and writing integrity Spring Festival couplets to promote integrity culture into the New Year customs... Before the Spring Festival, many places have used various forms to guide Party members and cadres to tighten the strings of discipline and create a clean and upright festive atmosphere.
During the holidays, some seemingly harmless interpersonal interactions are actually "obvious gifts and secret bribes" or "formal gifts and actual bribes"; "receiving gifts remotely" through gift certificates and express logistics seems to be hidden very deeply, but in fact it will leave traces; accepting hidden "one-table meal" banquets looks like a "private gathering" on the surface, but in fact it is eating and drinking in violation of regulations. If you are not clear-headed about small matters and small details, and use human nature, no next time, and the law does not punish the masses as excuses to make changes and play edge balls in the face of discipline and rules, it is easy to let the "snowball" of violations of regulations and disciplines roll bigger and bigger, and even lead to accumulated problems that are difficult to solve.
Holidays are not a disciplinary vacuum. If the heart has something to be wary of, then the behavior will be restrained. If you don't tighten the string in your mind, you can easily get lost. Always maintain the sobriety and consciousness of 检身若不及 (jiǎn shēn ruò bù jí - "examining oneself as if not reaching," constantly examining oneself for shortcomings), and often use the yardstick of Party regulations and disciplines to measure your daily words and deeds, so that you will not "breach the dam" in your thoughts and not relax in observing discipline, so as to ensure that your behavior does not "get an electric shock."
Return to TopBy: 杨彦帆
"In the past, we had to take the elderly to the hospital every month, but now caregivers provide in-home services, and long-term care insurance covers most of the costs." The sigh of relief from the family of Grandma Bi (毕大妈) in Shandong (山东) made the author feel the sense of gain for families with disabled elderly. Now, the long-term care insurance team visits Grandma Bi (毕大妈), who is paralyzed in bed, every week for care and blood collection, greatly reducing the family's care burden.
The good news is that during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, the long-term care insurance system will shift from pilot projects to a comprehensive establishment. Not long ago, a real-money people's livelihood "gift package" was precisely delivered: the policy of issuing old-age service consumption subsidies to elderly people with moderate or more severe disabilities has been officially implemented nationwide.
As the "sixth social insurance," long-term care insurance has the characteristics of universal benefit and bottom-line guarantee, providing basic protection for the disabled population. As a special subsidy, old-age service consumption subsidies have precision and can further improve the quality of service supply. The combination of the two, improving the care service support system for the disabled elderly, not only safeguards the bottom line of people's livelihood, but also helps to meet diverse care needs. This has become an epitome of the more refined granularity of China's (中国) livelihood security.
From the perspective of effectiveness, policy synergy is exerting a superimposed effect, providing strong support for disability care.
With the acceleration of population aging in China (中国), the demand for disability care is increasing. Relevant data from the Ministry of Civil Affairs (民政部) shows that by the end of 2024, there will be approximately 35 million disabled elderly people in China (中国), and it is expected to increase to 46 million by 2035. Since the launch of the pilot project in 2016, the long-term care insurance system has been continuously improved. As of the end of last year, it has covered nearly 300 million people and has benefited more than 3.3 million disabled people. More and more disabled elderly people can enjoy in-home care services. The implementation of the national old-age service subsidy policy will precisely adapt to the diverse needs of home, community, and institutional care through differentiated deductions. The two policies cooperate to form a "1+1>2" effect.
From the perspective of implementation, regardless of the policy, it is necessary to adapt to local conditions, implement precise policies, and clear the "last mile."
China (中国) has a vast territory, and there are large differences between different regions. It is necessary to accurately connect with local realities. Hainan (海南), based on the characteristics of the gathering of "migratory bird populations" in the Free Trade Port, actively promotes full coverage of provincial-level overall planning. In the future, it will encourage qualified migratory bird populations from outside the province to participate in long-term care insurance in Hainan (海南). Jinhua (金华), Zhejiang (浙江), has built a collaborative service system of village (community) agents and nursing home caregivers to help the application for old-age service consumption subsidies move from "can be done" to "easy to do." Finding the right focus of work and policy, combining the degree of aging, economic and social development level, and cultural traditions, and putting in enough embroidery effort, can ensure that the guarantee is implemented in detail.
From a long-term perspective, the process of optimizing service supply is also the process of activating economic momentum.
Disability care is not only a livelihood project, but will also open up new space for the elderly care service industry. Qingdao (青岛), Shandong (山东), drives both "designated institution management + vocational training" to strengthen the professional talent team, with 15,300 registered service personnel "underpinning" the quality of care. Huzhou (湖州), Zhejiang (浙江), is building a long-term care industrial park to promote the specialization and large-scale development of nursing services. According to incomplete statistics, during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, 49 pilot cities' long-term care insurance has driven social capital investment in related industries to exceed 50 billion yuan, and the number of designated service institutions and nursing service personnel has increased by more than 50% compared with the beginning of the "14th Five-Year Plan" period. Long-term care insurance has become a new growth point for the silver economy. Cultivating more professional, chain-operated, and branded elderly care institutions, and encouraging services to extend to rural areas, the industrial potential will continue to be transformed into growth vitality.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal puts forward the idea of "improving the care system for disabled and cognitively impaired elderly people." By doing a good job in top-level design and implementing it in accordance with local conditions, and continuously improving the service system, we can bring warmth and hope to more disabled elderly people.
Return to TopBy: 徐 阳
Break down the isolated division of "each managing their own affairs" and achieve cross-departmental collaborative governance to effectively solve the problem of fragmented governance through mutual "support."
[Keywords] Boxed Lunch Stall "Regularized"
[Event] Near a construction site in Jiulonghu Town, Zhenhai District, Ningbo (宁波镇海区) , Zhejiang Province, a braised pork rice stall owner became popular online for their substantial ingredients and heartwarming interactions. After learning that the stall owner had long-term business plans, the local community took the initiative to coordinate with departments such as urban construction, urban management, and market supervision to launch joint services, quickly demarcate fixed business areas, and provide guidance throughout the license application process. Before long, the business license was successfully delivered, allowing the small stall to thrive in a regulated manner.
[Commentary]
Finding the best balance between standardized management and humanistic care is an important topic for grassroots governance and a "touchstone" for testing the wisdom and methods of governance. The community taking the initiative to provide services and the multi-departmental coordination to provide guidance throughout the process, allowing a boxed lunch stall to achieve compliant operation, provides a vivid example for this proposition.
To accurately solve the problem, the first step is to proactively listen to the voices of the people. In the past, in some places, conflicts between mobile vendors and law enforcement officers have occurred from time to time, largely because the governance model was "one-size-fits-all." Ignoring needs makes it difficult to eradicate problems, and if the methods are simple and crude, it may also trigger emotional opposition. The successful "regularization" of the boxed lunch stall is a transformation of the governance model from blocking to dredging. Avoiding "one fine and be done with it" when encountering problems, but instead providing timely services and flexible law enforcement, not only safeguards the bottom line of legality and compliance, but also protects the livelihoods of the people, making governance full of human touch.
A small step forward in listening proactively is backed by a correct view of performance and a scientific methodology. For example, taking the "iron feet" approach - Nanchuan District (南川区) in Chongqing (重庆) collected public opinion through street-level offices and questionnaires to understand the distribution and operating characteristics of mobile stalls, scientifically set up "tidal stall areas" and provided free stalls, giving farmers in the suburbs a stable business space. Another example is making good use of "big data" - the Shanghai (上海) 12345 hotline delves into demand data, sorts out risks and hidden dangers, predicts people's livelihood needs, and promotes governance from post-event handling to "treating diseases before they occur." Using various methods and approaches in a way that is appropriate to local conditions allows governance to exert precise force and achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Systematic thinking is also an important support for improving governance effectiveness. The operation of a small boxed lunch stall involves multiple aspects such as site planning, food safety, and license application. Only by breaking down the isolated division of "each managing their own affairs" and achieving cross-departmental collaborative governance can we effectively solve the problem of fragmented governance through mutual "support."
Social governance often involves many professional issues. Adhering to a systematic concept and allowing professional departments to form a joint force can better meet the complex and diverse needs of people's livelihoods. For example, Hebei (河北) focused on the problem of newborn birth services, integrating the services of multiple departments such as health, public security, and medical insurance, and launched a joint handling model for newborn "one thing," allowing the public to run fewer errands and handle things easily; Gansu (甘肃) established a "three-way connection" mechanism for litigation mediation, police mediation, and visit mediation. The comprehensive management center can coordinate departments such as letters and visits and justice to concentrate efforts to mediate and resolve conflicts and disputes... Facing a myriad of tasks, making a fist can allow warm care to reach the "nerve endings."
Ultimately, dialectically viewing "management" and "assistance" is a compulsory course for all governors. "Management" and "assistance" seem to have different focuses, but they are actually unified in the original intention of serving the people and are complementary organic wholes. Having both empathy and a bottom-line mentality can perfectly solve one small matter of people's livelihood after another and better achieve the integration of standardized management and humanistic care.
There is no one-size-fits-all formula for governance. We look forward to more localities and departments basing themselves on reality, adapting to local conditions, and creating more "win-win" situations that people love to see, so that the people's sense of happiness continues to grow.
Data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) shows that in 2025, China's shipbuilding completion volume was 53.69 million deadweight tons, accounting for 56.1% of the global market share; new orders received amounted to 107.82 million deadweight tons, accounting for 69% of the global market share; and as of the end of December, the order backlog was 274.42 million deadweight tons, accounting for 66.8% of the global market share. The three major indicators continue to lead the world, maintaining the world's number one position for 16 consecutive years.
This is precisely:
Ingenious craftsmanship accumulates the power of creation,
Sailing the four seas with heroic spirit.
Transferring the infinite power of moving ships,
All lies within the skillful craftsmanship of the Divine Land (神州).
Wang Jingwen (王静文)
Return to TopBy: 杜少凡
Currently, "learning through play" has become an early education concept advocated by many. However, in practice, it often falls into an awkward situation: parents and teachers provide opportunities to play, but the children's learning effect is minimal, ultimately degenerating into "only play, no learning." This is worth pondering: What is the essence of "learning through play"? Why is there such a huge gap between ideal and reality?
The dilemma of "learning through play" stems primarily from a superficial understanding of the relationship between "play" and "learning." Some parents and teachers simply regard "play" as a means to attract children's attention, or as a "sweetener" before learning boring knowledge. For example, the house is filled with toys with sound and light, but children lose interest after playing with each for only a few minutes; game sessions are introduced in the classroom, but the content has weak links with core knowledge, and there is little gain after the excitement. This kind of "play" is essentially a passive, consumption-based entertainment, which lacks in-depth exploration and thinking challenges, and naturally it is difficult to trigger meaningful learning.
A deeper problem is that parents and teachers are often absent or misplaced in the process of "play." One situation is complete laissez-faire, believing that as long as toys or game materials are provided, learning will happen automatically. However, if children lack meaningful dialogue and support in the process of playing, they will not be able to transform concrete sensory experiences into abstract symbols and concepts, and it will be difficult to effectively improve cognition. Another situation is over-intervention, eager to guide and correct, turning the game into another form of directive learning, stifling children's autonomy and creativity. Both of these approaches lead to a separation of "play" and "learning."
So, how to guide "play" to real "learning"? The key is to understand the mechanism of learning. For children, learning is not about memorizing abstract symbols, but about constantly accumulating experience through practical operations, personal experiences, imitation, perception, and exploration in the process of "learning by doing, learning by playing, and learning by living." To internalize these perceptual experiences into cognitive structures and abilities, high-quality companionship and dialogue from adults are indispensable bridges.
On the one hand, adults need to play the role of "attentive observer" and "wise commentator." When children are focused on playing, they should control the urge to guide and pay attention to the child's unique ways of exploring and solving problems. On this basis, describe the child's behavior in language through "sports commentary-style" companionship. This not only enriches the child's vocabulary, but also helps them to correspond actions, images, and language symbols, laying the foundation for the development of abstract thinking.
On the other hand, the content and materials of play are also essential. Toys or activities that truly contribute to learning should be age-appropriate, open, and interactive. For example, with simple building blocks, children can recognize shapes and colors, practice grasping and building, and learn to face setbacks when the blocks collapse. In contrast, some so-called "high-tech toys" with fixed functions and single gameplay, although they can briefly attract children's attention, deprive children of the opportunity to actively explore and create.
"Learning through play" focuses on respecting children's nature and learning rules, and recognizing that experience, interaction, and meaning construction are the cornerstones of deep learning. Parents and teachers need to change from knowledge imparters to environment creators, process observers, thinking dialoguers, and growth companions, and should not just "let go," but provide open, explorable materials and environments, and invest time in high-quality interaction. In this way, we can allow children to blossom and bear fruit quietly in happy exploration.
(Excerpted and adapted from *China Education Daily (中国教育报)*, originally titled *Walking Out of the Misconceptions of "Learning Through Play"*)
Return to TopBy: 张 璐
Building a manufacturing powerhouse requires intelligentization as the primary focus, with smart factories serving as the main battlefield for this profound transformation.
By the end of 2025, six departments, including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部), announced the first batch of 15 leading smart factories. These factories represent the extraordinary level and cutting-edge exploration of smart manufacturing in China today. They are demonstrations of technology integration and application, and play a "leading" role in exploring the future model of China's manufacturing industry.
The key advantage of smart factories comes from the high degree of collaboration driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology. According to statistics, AI has currently penetrated more than 70% of the business scenarios in leading smart factories. In the foreseeable future, AI will be fully integrated into all chains of manufacturing, making smart factories more efficient in research and development, smarter in production, and better in product quality.
Starting in 2024, China launched a gradient cultivation action for smart factories, constructing a four-level cultivation system: basic, advanced, excellent, and leading. Among them, the mission of leading smart factories is not only to promote the transformation of their own production models, but also to explore replicable paths of "scenario-workshop-factory-supply chain," using standardized, modularized, and precise solutions to drive the coordinated upgrading of upstream and downstream industries, achieving a 滚雪球 (gǔn xuě qiú - "rolling snowball," to accumulate rapidly; snowball effect) effect.
Today, some leading smart factories are accelerating the breaking down of various barriers and boundaries, exploring cross-factory and cross-industry production collaboration and resource sharing mechanisms, and initially forming a radiating and driving model of "smart mother factory + replication and promotion." For example, Baosteel Co., Ltd. (宝钢股份) innovatively constructs "AI-driven predictive manufacturing," no longer waiting for customer orders, but using AI algorithms to accurately predict market demand, and pre-emptively coordinate the allocation of resources across the entire production and delivery chain, gradually extending intelligentization to the entire supply chain. Through pilot exploration, providing experiences that can be learned from and replicated for enterprises with different foundations, scales, and industries can improve the efficiency of intelligent transformation.
The upgrade of smart factories is not only about the re-engineering of production processes and the promotion of technology applications, but also the deep integration of innovative talents, intelligent equipment, and flexible production. In the Gree Electric (格力电器) workshop, which was selected as one of the first batch of leading smart factories, a production line that partially uses traditional processes is retained next to the intelligent air conditioner outdoor unit production line. On one side, experienced masters wear masks and hold welding guns, with sparks flying; on the other side, intelligent welding equipment operates stably, without open flames. On the new intelligent production line, veteran welders have not retired, but have transformed into artificial intelligence trainers. Together with researchers, they transform their accumulated experience and judgment into data, parameters, and algorithm models to "teach" machines to weld better and more accurately.
While pursuing higher efficiency, it is also necessary to rediscover and reposition the value of people, promote the coordinated evolution of industry and workers, not only produce high-quality products, but also cultivate an industrial workforce that keeps pace with the times. This is an important mission for smart factories to move towards the future.
Currently, a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation is accelerating breakthroughs, and is forming a historic intersection with China's accelerated transformation of its economic development mode. Based on its own characteristics, actively promoting smart manufacturing is an important strategic measure to build future competitive advantages. Taking the gradient cultivation of smart factories as an opportunity, accelerating industrial technology transformation and optimization and upgrading will powerfully promote the fundamental transformation of manufacturing industry models and enterprise forms, and promote China's industry to move towards the high-end of the global value chain.
(Author's affiliation: School of Economics and Management, Inner Mongolia University of Technology (内蒙古工业大学经济管理学院))
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Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on February 10th (Reporter Shen Tongrui (沈童睿)) To thoroughly study and implement the important thoughts of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) on youth work, and to showcase the youthful spirit of college graduates who are determined to be good young people in the new era and to contribute to Chinese-style modernization, the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部) and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源社会保障部) publicly released the "Most Beautiful College Graduates" to the whole society.
Wang Weixiao (王伟肖), Xing Sirui (邢斯瑞), Liu Gongli (刘恭利), Li Ping (李平), Qiu Guimin (邱桂敏), Jin Guanhua (金冠华), Jin Ruirui (金瑞瑞), Cao Lixin (曹立新), and Zeng Zhengchao (曾正超), nine comrades, were honorably selected. They have lofty aspirations and are down-to-earth. Since graduating from college, they have chosen to devote themselves to the grassroots level, using their knowledge and love to enthusiastically serve the people. Some have taken root in community governance to solve the urgent needs and concerns of residents, some have rushed to the front lines of rural revitalization to lead the masses to common prosperity, some have used "embroidery" skills to inherit national culture, some have strived for excellence in honing welding technology, some have adhered to the three-foot platform and used music to light up the growth dreams of rural students, and some have actively responded to the call to "go to the places where the motherland needs them most," making contributions to the west and serving the country... Their advanced deeds fully demonstrate the spirit of Chinese youth in the new era striving upwards and their sense of responsibility to strengthen the country and serve the people.
The vast number of young people said that the growth experience of the "Most Beautiful College Graduates" shows that as long as there is ambition, there will be a career, and as long as there is ability, there will be a stage. We must take the "Most Beautiful College Graduates" as an example, bravely shoulder our mission, find our position, work hard, integrate our personal ideals and pursuits into the cause of the Party and the country, and make more contributions to the Party, the motherland, and the people. Responsible persons from relevant departments and representatives of entrepreneurs stated that it is necessary to effectively do a good job in the employment of college graduates, take effective measures, do everything possible to help college graduates find employment, and enthusiastically support college graduates in making contributions to the Party and the people in their respective work positions.
At the release ceremony, a video clip of the advanced deeds of the "Most Beautiful College Graduates" was played, telling their learning, working methods, and life insights from multiple perspectives. Responsible comrades from the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部) and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源社会保障部) presented them with the "Most Beautiful College Graduates" certificates.
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The youth are thriving, and the country is thriving; the youth are strong, and the country is strong. On February 10, the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部) and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源社会保障部) publicly released the "Most Beautiful College Graduates" to the whole society, and 9 comrades were honorably selected. These outstanding college graduates, some dedicated themselves silently in remote and difficult areas, some devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the masses in the fields, and some challenged the limits at the forefront of innovation... They integrated their personal ideals and pursuits into the cause of the Party and the country, took on responsibilities, worked tirelessly, and demonstrated the responsibility and commitment of the youth in the new era.
Devoting Sweat to Remote and Difficult Areas
Go to remote and difficult areas, to the places where the motherland and the people need you most to shine, generate heat, and make contributions.
"I will not leave the village until the poverty hat is removed!" In 2019, Liu Gongli (刘恭利) came to Potou Village (坡头村), Lewang Town (乐旺镇), Wangmo County (望谟县), Guizhou Province (贵州省) to serve as the first secretary of the village and made a vow. Facing the dilemma of "more mountains and less land, and severe water shortage" in the karst mountainous area, she led the villagers to overcome difficulties and develop the "enclave economy": using the water resources at the foot of the mountain to build a live fish farming project, and using the solar advantages on the mountain to build a photovoltaic power generation project. At the end of 2020, Potou Village (坡头村) successfully got rid of poverty. After serving as the Party Secretary of Lewang Town (乐旺镇), she set her sights on the "vegetable basket" of the people in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区), introduced enterprises to develop Chinese cabbage planting, with an annual output value of 30 million yuan. "I want to dig out a 'golden rice bowl' from the cracks in the stones with my fellow villagers!" said Liu Gongli (刘恭利).
Jin Guanhua (金冠华), a doctor of chemistry from Central South University (中南大学), came to Baishtugman Township (拜什吐格曼乡), Aksu City (阿克苏市), Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区) in 2016. He rode his bicycle through the fields and visited villages to understand the local conditions. He led the villagers to promote black fungus planting and other projects in accordance with local conditions; when the farmers' fragrant pears were unsalable, he took the lead in charity sales to solve the urgent need... Little by little practical things made Jin Guanhua (金冠华) a kind "Doctor Baran" in the mouths of the masses. He said with emotion: "Going to the place where the Party and the people need me to struggle has made me find the value of life."
Rooted in the Grassroots to Benefit the People
The grassroots are the cornerstone of national governance. The "Most Beautiful College Graduates" threw themselves down and watered the flowers of happiness with sweat.
"If you have any difficulties, look for Wei Xiao (伟肖)." In Nanwenying Community (南文营社区), Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区), Hebei Province (河北省), the residents all give a thumbs up to Wang Weixiao (王伟肖), the secretary of the Party General Branch. There are more than 5,000 relocated people in the community. They are not familiar with the environment, so Wang Weixiao (王伟肖) took the lead in drawing a convenient map for the people; there are many "old and young" in the community, she established a "public opinion ledger", focusing on marking the elderly living alone and children in difficulties, and also opened a convenient canteen and organized "caring parents" volunteer services... With the efforts of Wang Weixiao (王伟肖) and community workers, the relocated people not only adapted to the new environment, but also actively participated in volunteer services and became builders of the new home.
Qiu Guimin (邱桂敏) from Pingnan County (屏南县), Fujian Province (福建省) is a "new farmer" with a heart for his hometown. Witnessing the abandonment of terraced fields in his hometown, he returned to his hometown in 2016 to establish a cooperative. Transferring abandoned terraced fields, communicating with the Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences, introducing advanced technology, and achieving a double improvement in output and quality; creating a new business form of "rice fields + cultural tourism", holding farming culture festivals and pastoral music festivals, and building a pastoral complex. Looking at the once quiet "empty shell village" that has become a "internet celebrity village" with an endless stream of tourists, Qiu Guimin (邱桂敏) said: "I will always take root here and create more harvest stories with the villagers."
In Mouding County (牟定县), Yunnan Province (云南省), Yi (彝族) girl Jin Ruirui (金瑞瑞) led the masses to "embroider" a way to get rich with embroidery needles. In 2014, she returned to her hometown to start a business, dedicated to spreading Yi (彝族) embroidery culture. By combining traditional patterns with modern fashion, Yi (彝族) embroidery from the mountains has appeared on the fashion weeks in Milan and New York. With the popularity opened, she took advantage of the situation to promote the development of the Yi (彝族) embroidery industry, using fingertip skills to promote the "fingertip economy", setting up workshops and workshops in the countryside, and regularly organizing training to help embroiderers find employment at their doorsteps. Today, Jin Ruirui (金瑞瑞) has driven more than 2,000 women to find employment, and also supported 32 embroiderers to successfully start their own businesses and open their own stores.
"The growth of rural children should not lack the nourishment of art." In 2015, Li Ping (李平) came to Renmin Town Central Primary School (任民镇中心小学) in Anda City (安达市), Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省) to teach. He found that many children have musical talents, but lack resources. He bought musical instruments at his own expense and formed the "Children of the Village" music class, not only teaching students in accordance with their aptitude and helping them improve their vocal skills, but also integrating traditional culture and red culture into the lyrics to carry out ideological and political education in a subtle way. The works of the music class are widely spread on the Internet platform, and the children can also go out of the town to perform in the provincial capital and on the CCTV stage. "The nourishment of music makes the children more confident and sunny," said Li Ping (李平).
Climbing Unremittingly to the Peak of Innovation
In the laboratory and workshop, the "Most Beautiful College Graduates" are determined to make progress, overcome technical difficulties, and benefit society while constantly surpassing themselves.
Late at night, in the factory of Changguang Satellite Technology Co., Ltd. (长光卫星技术股份有限公司), Jilin (吉林), Xing Sirui (邢斯瑞) is still analyzing data. "If you are engaged in technology, you must aim at the forefront!" This post-80s technical leader has been fighting on the front line of aerospace for 12 years. He led the team to overcome a series of key technologies and presided over the completion of a number of important experiments. In addition to "looking up at the stars," he is also committed to making aerospace technology "land," and technology empowers the efficient transmission of massive remote sensing data. Up to now, Changguang Satellite (长光卫星) has carried out more than 100 precise services in 14 fields such as agriculture, forestry and water conservancy.
Sparks are splashing, and the welding gun in the hands of post-95 youth Zeng Zhengchao (曾正超) is steadily moving. In 2015, he bravely won the gold medal in the welding project of the 43rd World Skills Competition, achieving a "zero" breakthrough in China's gold medal in the event. After the flowers and applause, he returned to the front line of the engineering project, and went wherever there were welding technical problems. He spends more than 300 days a year on the construction site, often working continuously for more than ten hours. **功夫不负有心人** (gōngfū bù fù yǒu xīnrén - "efforts will not fail those who put their heart into it," meaning that persistent effort leads to success). Zeng Zhengchao (曾正超) overcame welding difficulties in a number of major projects, helping the project win the Luban Award. He said: "My position is on the scene, and I want to create value through the welding gun in my hand."
In the Citrus Germplasm Breeding Center of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau of Zigui County (秭归县), Hubei Province (湖北省), Cao Lixin (曹立新) and his colleagues discussed the breeding plan. He has been working in this field for 13 years. In 2022, there was extreme high temperature and drought in the local area, and he designed a simple mountain irrigation technology to save tens of thousands of acres of orchards; in response to citrus sand skin disease, he promoted standardized prevention and control. Cao Lixin (曹立新) and his team also trekked through mountains and rivers to discover new citrus bud mutation materials and screen suitable citrus new varieties for the Three Gorges Reservoir Area. Under the leadership of Academician Deng Xiuxin (邓秀新), they selected the late-maturing navel orange new variety "Zongcheng" and screened out the "Three Gorges Extra Early" suitable for Zigui County (秭归县). Today, the fresh fruit supply period in Zigui County (秭归县) has reached 11 months, realizing "fresh oranges in all seasons." Cao Lixin (曹立新) said: "**创新无止境** (chuàngxīn wú zhǐjìng - "innovation has no end," meaning there is always room for improvement and new ideas). I will continue to work hard."
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on February 10th (Reporter He Siqi (何思琦)) On the occasion of the upcoming Spring Festival of the Year of the Horse, the Office of the Central Spiritual Civilization Construction Steering Commission organized several consolation groups to visit 26 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团), visiting and comforting 47 national moral models or their surviving family members, promoting the social ethos of respecting heroes and learning from advanced individuals.
"People's Role Model" Burumahan Maulatedo (布茹玛汗·毛勒朵) of Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture (克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州), Xinjiang (新疆), has been patrolling and protecting the border for decades. Ran Tilan (冉体兰), a citizen of Suining (遂宁), Sichuan (四川), exchanged an arm for a life. Xiao Guangsheng (肖光盛), a retired cadre from Lianyuan (涟源), Hunan (湖南), raised donations to help thousands of students complete their studies. Fan Zhenxi (范振喜), Party Secretary of Zhoutaizi Village (周台子村), Luanping (滦平), Hebei (河北), fought against leukemia while leading the masses to promote rural revitalization. Zhang Shundong (张顺东) and Li Guoxiu (李国秀), a disabled couple in Kunming (昆明), Yunnan (云南), supported each other and strived for self-improvement... The moral models are helpful, courageous, honest and trustworthy, dedicated to their work, and filial and loving to their elders, warming people's hearts and moving China (中国). They are ordinary heroes and good people from the masses, praised and lauded by the whole society, but many of them still have some health and family life difficulties.
Before the Spring Festival, the consolation group of the Office of the Central Spiritual Civilization Construction Steering Commission rushed to cities and villages to visit and comfort these moral models and their families, sending warm New Year blessings, highly praising their outstanding contributions to social moral construction, and urging them to take good care of their health and continue to shine. The moral models sincerely thanked the Party and the people for their care and love, and expressed that they will cherish their honor, **笃行不怠** (dǔ xíng bù dài - "resolute practice without懈怠," to practice faithfully and diligently without slacking), and continue to transmit positive energy and lead a good atmosphere.
It is reported that the National Moral Model selection and commendation activity has been held for nine sessions. The Office of the Central Spiritual Civilization Construction Steering Commission has established a support and courtesy mechanism to express respect and courtesy by helping to solve life difficulties and inviting them to attend major events. Various localities have established sound policies and systems in light of local conditions, carried out financial support, medical rehabilitation and other services, and established a clear value orientation of "those with virtue will be rewarded, and good people will be rewarded."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 杨 义 周 欢
On the evening of February 10th, train D138, the "Red Soil Passion · Jinggangshan (井冈山) Train," transformed into a mobile stage. The carriages were filled with a festive atmosphere, with red lanterns hanging high and red Spring Festival couplets adorning the windows. Chinese knots hanging from the luggage racks swayed gently with the train's movement, creating a joyful and auspicious New Year scene.
Crew members were repeatedly practicing songs, while others busily hung decorations. The busy figures intertwined with laughter and cheers, as the 18th Train Spring Festival Gala, themed "Railways Connect the World, Culture Welcomes the New Year," warmly opened on the speeding train.
The carriage was the stage, and the passengers were the audience. The opening "New Year Greetings from the Three Crews" ignited the atmosphere, with train staff delivering sincere New Year blessings to the passengers through their heartfelt performance. Following this, the dance "Ten Thousand Horses Sending Blessings" took the stage. The dancers, with their agile movements and high-spirited postures, allowed the beauty of the dance to slowly flow through the carriage. During the Hanfu show segment, railway youths and international students, dressed in Hanfu, walked through the carriages. The flowing Ru skirts and fluttering sleeves showcased the elegance and charm of traditional Chinese clothing, allowing passengers to appreciate the beauty of Eastern aesthetics. Passengers in the carriages cheered enthusiastically...
Though mountains and seas may be far apart, friendship connects hearts. As a highlight of this year's Spring Festival Gala, the song "Across the Ocean to See You," sung jointly by Chinese and foreign youths, resonated warmly across borders. International students from Russia, Indonesia, Gabon, and Morocco, alongside railway youths, sang together, their voices filled with the joy of gathering across mountains and seas, further interpreting the sentiment of people-to-people connectivity.
The songs "A Laugh from the Sea" and "Blade Like a Dream," ignited the entire venue with their grand melodies, blending the unrestrained heroism of martial arts culture with the spirit of contemporary youth, eliciting cheers from the passengers.
"I came over after hearing the music from the next carriage. The Train Spring Festival Gala program is particularly wonderful, the carriage decorations are also very beautiful, and I felt the sincere service of the train staff," said passenger Wang Ruirui (王瑞儒).
On the train, heartwarming stories unfolded. The skit "The Train Conductor and 'Shenma'" humorously portrayed the heartwarming daily life of the train conductor and crew members during the Spring Festival travel season, condensing the dedication and wisdom of railway workers and the warmth of the carriage onto a small stage, allowing the audience to understand the warmth of the "mobile home" amidst laughter.
During the quiz segment, everyone actively participated in the idiom relay related to "horse." "路遥知马力" (lù yáo zhī mǎ lì) - ("distance tests a horse's strength," time reveals a person's heart). All the passengers responded in unison: "日久见人心" (rì jiǔ jiàn rén xīn - "time reveals a person's heart," time will tell). Passengers participated enthusiastically, with cheers and applause intermingling, becoming the most moving New Year movement on the train.
Although the joyful time was short, the warm memories were long-lasting. At the end of the event, the song "A Family of Love" brought the atmosphere to a climax. Everyone held hands, heart to heart, expressing good wishes through song. In the melodious tune, passengers and staff members sang softly together, heading towards home and the beauty of the New Year.
"Special thanks to the train staff and performers for allowing me to feel such a strong New Year atmosphere and such a wonderful performance on the speeding train, and for being able to interact with Chinese and foreign friends. It's really great," said train enthusiast Yang Huace (杨华策).
In the night, the speeding train carried New Year blessings, the seeds of culture, and the power of friendship, extending the joy of the "Chinese New Year" and the depth of "Chinese sentiment" to the distance along the tracks.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 申智林
As the lights come on, Huangxing South Road Pedestrian Street (黄兴南路步行街) in Tianxin District (天心区), Changsha (长沙), Hunan Province (湖南) is awash in colorful lights and bustling with people. At a street corner, in a small alley connected to Yuefang ID MALL (悦方ID MALL), young people stream in, many heading straight for the 4th floor of the mall. The play "A Beautiful Life" is about to begin, and early arrivals are waiting to enter the theater.
At the front of the line is Jiang Changhong (姜长红), who has lived in Changsha for more than 20 years. "In the past two years, small theaters in Changsha have sprung up like mushrooms after rain. Watching plays has become a fashionable leisure activity, which is more immersive than watching movies."
At 7:30 p.m., more than 50 audience members surround the small theater stage, and the show begins. The adaptation incorporating local elements and the authentic dialect jokes are hilarious, while the heartwarming story is touching. For nearly two hours, the audience seems to travel through 50 years, experiencing a life story of laughter and tears inside the mall.
On the same day, performances in multiple small theaters are being staged simultaneously on different floors and in different stores of this mall.
"By improving the experiential consumption formats and changing the past single model of 'shopping + dining,' small theaters have become a new highlight for shopping malls to attract customers," said Wang Fei (王菲), media director of the promotion department of Changsha Yuefang ID MALL (长沙悦方ID MALL).
The length of stay for customers is extended, and the consumption data is more convincing. "As a low-cost theater, our monthly turnover in the off-season is more than 100,000 yuan from ticket sales alone, and even more in the peak season," said Li Qin (李琴), the operations manager of the "A Beautiful Life" theater.
In 2025, Changsha City (长沙市) is focusing on developing the performing arts economy and creating new performing arts spaces (small theaters). In the past year, the city has had 71 new performing arts spaces, with more than 17,000 performances, 4.54 million audience members, and 366 million yuan in box office revenue. Small theaters are becoming an effective carrier for cultural empowerment of the economy.
Beyond the box office, small theaters are showing a strong consumption-driving effect—it is estimated that every 1 yuan of ticket revenue can effectively drive about 5 yuan of consumption in surrounding catering, accommodation, transportation, cultural and creative and other fields, forming a "performing arts +" multiplier effect of "small theaters driving large business districts."
At the Changsha Intime City Shopping Center (长沙荟聚购物中心) on the Yanghu (洋湖) bank of Hunan Xiangjiang New Area (湖南湘江新区), a line has formed at the pick-up counter of a milk tea shop on the first floor. Shop manager Xiao Lianhui (肖廉绘) is speeding up production. "Most of these customers are rushing to see the performance at the stand-up comedy theater downstairs. The theater contributed significantly to the 27,000 cups of drinks sold in the store last month."
By adjusting the business format of the underground floor and introducing a stand-up comedy small theater and an open public welfare stage, in 2025, the number of young customers aged 18 to 30 at Changsha Intime City Shopping Center (长沙荟聚购物中心) increased by nearly 16% year-on-year.
In December last year, Changsha City (长沙市) and the Hunan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism (湖南省文化和旅游厅) jointly issued the "Several Measures on Supporting the High-Quality Development of New Performing Arts Spaces (Small Theaters) in Changsha City (长沙市)," vigorously promoting the "performing arts +" and "+ performing arts" models, encouraging cross-border integration of drama, music, stand-up comedy, etc., and focusing on supporting immersive and interactive new business formats; at the same time, promoting the revitalization of state-owned enterprise idle assets, scenic spots, historical blocks and other resources to create distinctive performing arts gathering areas.
Small theaters, the good shows are in full swing; outside the theater, the consumption boom is spreading with the lights.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 珏
As the Spring Festival approaches, the Palace Museum's (故宫博物院) cultural and creative characteristic zone in the Xice Shufangzhai Banxi Lou (西侧漱芳斋扮戏楼) of the Imperial Garden (御花园) is officially open to the public. Visitors linger in front of the Spring Festival cultural and creative products, each carrying traditional charm, carefully admiring them. Products such as the Year of the Horse Fortune Tube, the "Bingwu Taihe (丙午太和)" Zodiac Stamp, and the Palace Museum Red Friendly Scarf transform the cultural heritage of the more than 600-year-old Forbidden City (紫禁城) into tangible Spring Festival warmth.
Stepping into the office of the Palace Museum's (故宫博物院) cultural and creative team, design drafts, cultural relic pattern atlases, and product samples cover the worktables, and staff are discussing cultural and creative product design schemes. Yang Shuhan (杨舒涵), a staff member of the Palace Museum's (故宫博物院) cultural and creative product planning department, told reporters that the Palace Museum's (故宫博物院) cultural and creative products take "Spring Festival" as the theme and have carried out a series of cultural and creative designs and developments.
"We draw inspiration from the horse cultural relics treasured in the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) to better integrate traditional culture with modern life." Staff members introduced that the team selected the classic imagery of galloping horses from Lang Shining's (郎世宁) "One Hundred Horses" (《百骏图》), integrating the vigorous and agile movements of the horses in the painting with auspicious patterns such as sea water and river cliffs, and auspicious clouds, using stamps as carriers to highlight the cultural connotation of "Dragon Horse Spirit" in a small space.
The Spring Festival cultural and creative craze is a microcosm of the Palace Museum's (故宫博物院) cultural and creative products taking root in tradition and continuously innovating. "Cultural inheritance requires both guarding the roots and stepping out the door." Yang Shuhan (杨舒涵) introduced that the Palace Museum's (故宫博物院) cultural and creative products, on the one hand, create an immersive cultural experience, allowing tourists to experience the integration of traditional aesthetics and modern creativity up close through scene-based displays and technological interactions; on the other hand, they use international exhibitions, cross-border cooperation, and other methods to allow outstanding Chinese traditional culture to shine in mutual learning among civilizations.
Return to TopBy: 王 沛 张乐民
Watering wheat before winter is like covering it with a quilt.
Approaching the Spring Festival, Zhao Xingjun (赵兴军), a large grain grower in Tancheng Street (郯城街道), Tancheng County (郯城县), Shandong Province (山东省), is busy irrigating his wheat fields for the winter. After breakfast, Zhao Xingjun (赵兴军) picked up the water pipe, rode his tricycle, and took his wife Wang Qiaoqiao (王巧巧) to water the wheat fields. Before leaving, Wang Qiaoqiao (王巧巧) was a little puzzled: "Usually, we have to pull a full cart with both the water pump and the water pipe. Why aren't you even taking the water pump today?" Zhao Xingjun (赵兴军) mysteriously raised the card in his hand and said triumphantly, "This is all we need."
What Zhao Xingjun (赵兴军) is holding is a smart watering IC card. Tancheng County (郯城县) has implemented the transformation of 338,000 mu of high-standard farmland, with small-scale intelligent irrigation facilities of "pump station (electromechanical well) + pipe irrigation" every 50 meters. The local power supply department has upgraded the power grid for high-standard farmland, realizing electricity access to every well.
Arriving in the field, Zhao Xingjun (赵兴军) asked his wife to take the card to the well house and swipe it gently on the well. The well water flowed out "哗哗" (huā huā - sound of gushing water), allowing the wheat in the high-standard farmland to drink "directly drinkable water." Swiping a card to irrigate the land has now become a new trend in rural Tancheng County (郯城县). The "intelligent irrigation" system not only saves time and physical effort, but also saves more than 10 yuan per mu in irrigation costs. An Yuebiao (安月标), Secretary of the Party Branch of Houzhao Village (后赵村), Tancheng Street (郯城街道), said that he believes that with the use of new technologies and equipment, the lives of the villagers will become more and more prosperous 红红火火 (hóng hóng huǒ huǒ - "red red fire fire," thriving; flourishing).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 白光迪
The machines roared in the workshop, the production line operated in an orderly manner, and the workers were focused and busy... On the eve of the Spring Festival, entering Jiangsu Amafi Machinery Equipment Co., Ltd. located in the Coffee Science and Technology Cultural Industrial Park in Tuyuan Town (屠园镇), Sucheng District (宿城区), Suqian City (宿迁市), Jiangsu Province (江苏省), a busy production scene came into view.
"In a finished coffee machine, more than 80% of the parts are independently developed and produced by us, which can meet customers' customized needs faster and better." Cui Jian (崔建), general manager of Amafi Company, introduced that as a coffee equipment manufacturing company, the company already has more than 150 patents and can produce 20,000 coffee machines and 100,000 coffee grinders annually. The company's products are not only sold all over the country, but also exported to more than 50 countries and regions.
The aroma of coffee in the small town originates from seizing the opportunity to grab a "coffee" position. In recent years, Tuyuan Town (屠园镇) has focused on the development of the coffee industry, built the Coffee Science and Technology Cultural Industrial Park to a high standard, and has successfully introduced 5 upstream and downstream enterprises in the coffee industry chain, achieving a total output value of over 100 million yuan. "The comprehensive revitalization of the countryside must give the industry a future, so that farmers can benefit." Di Fukai (邸福凯), Secretary of the Party Committee of Tuyuan Town (屠园镇), said that relying on the coffee industry, Tuyuan Town (屠园镇) actively explores forms such as joint village-enterprise construction, land shareholding, and factory rental dividends, increasing the collective income of the village by 1 million yuan each year.
"Sucheng District (宿城区) actively attracts leading agricultural enterprises and strengthens the introduction and training of rural talents." Geng Xiaoyun (耿晓云), Secretary of the Sucheng District (宿城区) Party Committee, introduced that Sucheng District (宿城区) will continue to promote the construction of a harmonious and beautiful countryside, deepen the "enterprise + village collective + farmer" interest linkage mechanism, so that more of the added value of the industrial chain remains in rural areas and benefits farmers more.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing (北京) on February 10th (江琳): The State Council Information Office (国务院新闻办公室) released a white paper on the 10th titled "The Practice of Hong Kong (香港) in Safeguarding National Security under the 'One Country, Two Systems' Framework."
The white paper, in addition to the preface and conclusion, is divided into five parts: Hong Kong's (香港) struggle to safeguard national security has never stopped; the Central Government bears fundamental responsibility for Hong Kong's (香港) national security affairs; the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特别行政区) earnestly fulfills its constitutional responsibility to safeguard national security; Hong Kong (香港) has achieved a transition from chaos to governance and is moving towards prosperity; and high-level security escorts the high-quality development of the "One Country, Two Systems" cause.
The white paper emphasizes that in the new era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平同志) at its core comprehensively and accurately, firmly and unswervingly implements the "One Country, Two Systems" policy, emphasizing that safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests is the highest principle of the "One Country, Two Systems" policy. In the face of turbulent changes in the Hong Kong (香港) situation, the Central Government adheres to the overall national security concept, effectively implements its comprehensive jurisdiction over the Special Administrative Region in accordance with the Constitution and the Basic Law, formulates and implements the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, implements the principle of "patriots governing Hong Kong," and supports the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特别行政区) in earnestly fulfilling its constitutional responsibility to safeguard national security, and effectively prevents, stops, and punishes acts and activities that endanger national security in accordance with the law. Hong Kong (香港) has entered a new stage of transitioning from chaos to governance and moving towards prosperity, showing a bright future.
The white paper points out that Hong Kong's (香港) practice of safeguarding national security is essentially a practice of adhering to and developing the "One Country, Two Systems" cause, a practice of protecting the basic human rights, dignity, and well-being of 7.5 million Hong Kong (香港) residents, and a practice of promoting world peace and development. In today's world, profound and complex changes are accelerating, and China's (中国) development environment faces profound and complex changes. There is only an ongoing process of safeguarding national security, and no completion. The Central Government firmly supports the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特别行政区) in comprehensively and accurately implementing the "One Country, Two Systems" policy, firmly shoulders the constitutional responsibility of safeguarding national security, continues to build a strong national security barrier, and escorts the steady and long-term development of the "One Country, Two Systems" practice with high-level security.
The white paper emphasizes that with a high level of security, Hong Kong (香港) will surely overcome the risks and challenges on the road ahead and remain as solid as a rock in a turbulent world; with a high level of security, Hong Kong (香港) will surely take the initiative to understand, adapt to, and seek change, widely gather social consensus, create a new situation for Hong Kong's (香港) development in reform, and achieve long-term peace, stability, and long-term prosperity; with a high level of security, Hong Kong (香港) will surely give full play to the institutional advantages of "One Country, Two Systems," better integrate into and serve the overall national development, and create new glories and make new contributions in comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
Return to TopThe spokesperson of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council (国务院港澳事务办公室) issued a statement on February 10, stating that the white paper "The Practice of Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong under the 'One Country, Two Systems' Framework" released today by the State Council Information Office (国务院新闻办公室) comprehensively reviews the practical journey of safeguarding national security in Hong Kong, deeply elaborates the principles and positions of the central government on safeguarding national security in Hong Kong, and systematically summarizes the experiences and lessons learned in safeguarding national security in Hong Kong under the "One Country, Two Systems" framework. This is of great and far-reaching significance for comprehensively and accurately, firmly and unswervingly implementing the "One Country, Two Systems" policy, further improving the work of safeguarding national security in Hong Kong, and escorting the high-quality development of the "One Country, Two Systems" cause with high-level security.
The spokesperson pointed out that the white paper clarifies that the struggle to safeguard national security in Hong Kong has never stopped. Legislation on Article 23 of the Basic Law of Hong Kong (香港基本法) has long been the focus of the struggle. Due to the failure to complete the legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law in a timely manner, there are serious loopholes and obvious deficiencies in the legal system and enforcement mechanisms for safeguarding national security in Hong Kong, giving opportunities to anti-China and Hong Kong disrupting forces and external hostile forces. In particular, the "amendment turmoil" that broke out in 2019 eventually evolved into a Hong Kong version of the "color revolution," posing the most severe challenge to safeguarding national security in Hong Kong. In a situation where the forces of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区) alone were no longer able to effectively control the situation and safeguard national security, the central government had to take measures to quickly build a system barrier for safeguarding national security in Hong Kong in order to effectively resolve the major realistic threats facing national security.
The spokesperson pointed out that the white paper clarifies the important milestone significance of the formulation and implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law (香港国安法) in the practice of "One Country, Two Systems." Safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests is the highest principle of the "One Country, Two Systems" policy. The central government bears fundamental responsibility for national security affairs related to Hong Kong. On June 30, 2020, the 20th meeting of the 13th National People's Congress Standing Committee (十三届全国人大常委会) passed the Hong Kong National Security Law by a full vote and decided to include the law in Annex III of the Basic Law and promulgated it locally by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The Hong Kong National Security Law creatively established enforcement mechanisms for safeguarding national security at the central and special administrative region levels, fully reflecting the legislative spirit of adhering to the foundation of "One Country" and respecting the differences of "Two Systems." With the Hong Kong National Security Law, the arrogance of anti-China and Hong Kong disrupting forces and external hostile forces has been severely打击 (dǎ jī - "strike," to strike a blow; to attack), the Hong Kong election system and district council and other regional governance systems have been systematically reshaped, and the principle of "patriots governing Hong Kong" has been fully implemented. The Hong Kong National Security Law "stabilizes Hong Kong with one law" ("一法安香江"), becoming a "watershed" for Hong Kong to move from chaos to governance, and opening a new journey in the practice of "One Country, Two Systems."
The spokesperson pointed out that the white paper clarifies that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region effectively fulfills its constitutional responsibility to safeguard national security. Since the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law, the Chief Executive and the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region have dared to take responsibility and have done well, and the administrative, legislative, and judicial organs have performed their respective duties, actively preventing, stopping, and punishing acts and activities that endanger national security. In March 2024, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region historically completed the legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law. The law enforcement, prosecution, and judicial departments of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region are fearless, dedicated to their duties, and punish crimes endangering national security in accordance with the law, and fairly try cases endangering national security. The consensus of "national security and family well-being" ("国安家好") is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the whole society has formed a strong synergy to safeguard national security.
The spokesperson pointed out that the white paper clarifies the historic achievements and historic changes in Hong Kong's work to safeguard national security. With the joint efforts of the central government and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, national sovereignty, security, and development interests have been effectively safeguarded, and Hong Kong's prosperity and stability have been effectively promoted. Political power is effectively maintained, and governance efficiency has been significantly improved; the dignity of the rule of law has been vigorously defended, and social order has been restored to stability; the business environment has been continuously optimized, and economic development has been booming; rights and freedoms are better guaranteed, and the well-being of citizens is increasing day by day. Hong Kong's status as an international financial, shipping, and trade center is more stable, its economic freedom has been ranked first in the world for many years, its ranking in the Global Financial Centers Index is third in the world, its world competitiveness ranking has returned to the top three in the world, and its world talent ranking has jumped to fourth in the world and first in Asia.
The spokesperson pointed out that the white paper clarifies the practical requirements for safeguarding national security under the "One Country, Two Systems" framework. In the new era and new journey, we must be guided by the overall national security concept, unswervingly build high-level security, and escort the steady and long-term practice of "One Country, Two Systems." We must adhere to the unity of the central government's fundamental responsibility and the special administrative region's constitutional responsibility, adhere to firmly grasping the governance of the special administrative region in the hands of patriots, adhere to respecting and protecting human rights, adhere to safeguarding security on the track of the rule of law, adhere to coordinating development and security, and adhere to safeguarding security in openness.
The spokesperson finally emphasized that safeguarding national security in Hong Kong is to defend "One Country, Two Systems," safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests, and maintain Hong Kong's long-term prosperity and stability. Ultimately, it is for the good of the country, the good of Hong Kong, and the good of Hong Kong residents. A Hong Kong that is both safe and free, both safe and developed, both safe and open, and both safe and vibrant is in line with the "One Country, Two Systems" policy, in line with the fundamental interests of the country, in line with the well-being of Hong Kong residents, and in line with the interests of foreign investors. We firmly believe that with a high level of security in Hong Kong, we will be able to overcome the risks and challenges on the road ahead, achieve long-term peace and stability and long-term prosperity and stability, better integrate into and serve the overall national development, and create new glories and make new contributions in comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
Return to TopThe Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (中央人民政府驻香港特别行政区联络办公室) issued a statement on February 10th, stating that as the practice of "One Country, Two Systems" enters a new stage and Hong Kong takes new steps from governance to prosperity, the State Council Information Office (国务院新闻办公室) released the white paper "The Practice of Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong under the 'One Country, Two Systems' Framework." This systematically reviews the extraordinary journey of Hong Kong in safeguarding national security, reiterates the central government's firm position in safeguarding national security and defending "One Country, Two Systems," comprehensively summarizes the experience and enlightenment of Hong Kong in safeguarding national security under "One Country, Two Systems," and deeply exposes and criticizes the anti-China and Hong Kong disrupting forces' attacks and smears on Hong Kong's national security legislation, law enforcement, and judiciary. This helps people to more comprehensively understand that safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests is the highest principle of the "One Country, Two Systems" policy, to more profoundly recognize the situation, tasks, and practical requirements faced by Hong Kong in safeguarding national security, and to more accurately grasp the direction and path of implementing the overall national security concept and escorting high-quality development with high-level security.
The spokesperson emphasized that Hong Kong is a local administrative region of China, and safeguarding national security is Hong Kong's constitutional responsibility. The practice of Hong Kong's return to the motherland for nearly 29 years has repeatedly proven that national security ensures Hong Kong's security, family well-being, and career prosperity. We vividly remember that at the moment the draft of the Hong Kong National Security Law (香港国安法) was announced, some citizens excitedly exclaimed, "The long-awaited sense of security is finally coming back!" When the HKSAR government conducted public consultation on the "Safeguarding National Security Ordinance" (《维护国家安全条例》), 98.6% of the submissions expressed support. We are pleased to see that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区) continues to improve the local legal system for safeguarding national security, vigorously carries out law enforcement and judicial work to safeguard national security, and solidly promotes national security publicity and education, forming a strong synergy for the whole society to safeguard national security. The security of the regime has been effectively safeguarded, the power of governance is firmly in the hands of patriots, the executive-led system operates smoothly, the level of social governance continues to improve, and the freedom, human rights, and democracy of Hong Kong residents are firmly guaranteed, presenting a vivid picture of all sectors working together to build Hong Kong, promote development, and protect national security. Hong Kong's economic development continues to improve, people's livelihood continues to improve, Hong Kong has been named the world's freest economy for many years, and its world competitiveness, financial center index, and world talent ranking are among the best. The amount of IPO financing in Hong Kong stocks has returned to the world's first place, the International Organization for Mediation in Hong Kong (国际调解院) has been unveiled and put into operation, and five universities have remained in the world's top 100. A recent survey by a foreign chamber of commerce showed that 94% of the companies surveyed have confidence in Hong Kong's rule of law. Facts speak louder than words, and all kinds of attacks and smears against Hong Kong's safeguarding of national security are self-defeating. The charm of the "Pearl of the Orient" is even better than in the past.
The spokesperson said that there is no completion time for safeguarding national security, only an ongoing process. Taking the release of this white paper as a new starting point, Hong Kong's work in safeguarding national security will be advanced in depth, and will surely continue to escort high-quality development with high-level security. We firmly believe that with the full support of the central government, Hong Kong's legal system and enforcement mechanism for safeguarding national security will be able to consolidate the foundation, stabilize expectations, and benefit the long term, promote Hong Kong's healthy progress towards governance and prosperity, promote Hong Kong's achievement of good governance, promote Hong Kong's better integration into and service of the overall national development, promote Hong Kong's long-term prosperity and stability, and make new and greater contributions to the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation.
Return to TopThe Commissioner's Office of the National Security Agency in Hong Kong (驻港国家安全公署) issued a statement on February 10th, reported by our Hong Kong (香港) correspondent Li Xia (李霞), stating that the State Council Information Office (国务院新闻办公室) released a white paper today entitled "Hong Kong's Practice of Safeguarding National Security under 'One Country, Two Systems'," comprehensively reviewing the extraordinary journey of Hong Kong (香港) in safeguarding national security, clearly elucidating the central government's firm position in safeguarding national security and defending "One Country, Two Systems," deeply summarizing the experiences and insights of Hong Kong (香港) in safeguarding national security under "One Country, Two Systems," pointing out the direction for further promoting Hong Kong's (香港) work in safeguarding national security, and injecting strong impetus into further consolidating the consensus of safeguarding the high-quality development of the "One Country, Two Systems" cause with high-level security.
The spokesperson pointed out that the struggle to safeguard national security in Hong Kong (香港) has never stopped, and the central government has always placed the safeguarding of national security in an important position on the Hong Kong (香港) issue. For a long period after Hong Kong's (香港) return to the motherland, under the manipulation of external hostile forces and anti-China disruptors, the legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law was long overdue, and Hong Kong's (香港) safeguarding of national security was in a state of "non-defense," providing an opportunity for internal and external hostile forces to instigate a series of anti-China and disruptive activities in Hong Kong (香港). At a critical moment, the central government assessed the situation, made a decisive decision, and established and improved the legal system and enforcement mechanism for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特别行政区) to safeguard national security from the national level. The enactment of the Hong Kong National Security Law (香港国安法) effectively plugged the legal loopholes in Hong Kong's (香港) safeguarding of national security. The Hong Kong National Security Law (香港国安法) adheres to the rule of law, respects and protects human rights, combines leniency and severity, and cracks down on a very small number of people while protecting the vast majority. The institutional design of the Hong Kong National Security Law (香港国安法) fully embodies the legislative spirit of adhering to the foundation of "One Country" and respecting the differences of "Two Systems," reflects full respect and high confidence in the high degree of autonomy of the Special Administrative Region, is a persistence and improvement of "One Country, Two Systems," and has been generally recognized by Hong Kong society (香港社会).
The spokesperson said that the Hong Kong National Security Law (香港国安法), "one law brings stability to Hong Kong (香港)," has become a "watershed" for Hong Kong (香港) to move from chaos to governance, and has opened a new journey for the practice of "One Country, Two Systems." More than five years after the enactment and implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law (香港国安法), its rule of law effectiveness has been fully demonstrated. The ringleaders of anti-China and disruptive forces in Hong Kong (香港) have been convicted and sentenced according to law, external interference has been resolutely and effectively countered, and hostile forces can no longer肆无忌惮为所欲为 肆无忌惮为所欲为 (sì wú jì dàn wéi suǒ yù wéi - "unbridled do what you want," to act recklessly and without any constraint). The security of the regime has been effectively guaranteed, the effectiveness of governance has been significantly improved, the dignity of the rule of law has been vigorously defended, and "national security and family well-being" have increasingly become the mainstream consciousness of society. Hong Kong's (香港) work in safeguarding national security has achieved historic achievements and undergone historic changes, and national sovereignty, security, and development interests have been effectively safeguarded.
The spokesperson pointed out that national security falls under the purview of the central government, and the central government bears fundamental responsibility for national security affairs related to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特别行政区). The Hong Kong National Security Law (香港国安法) creatively stipulates the enforcement mechanism for safeguarding national security at the central and special administrative region levels. The central government supports the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特别行政区) in earnestly fulfilling its constitutional responsibility to safeguard national security. Since the promulgation and implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law (香港国安法), the Chief Executive of the Special Administrative Region (特区行政长官) and the government of the Special Administrative Region (特区政府) have dared to take responsibility and have been good at achieving success. The administrative, legislative, and judicial organs have performed their respective duties, actively preventing, stopping, and punishing acts and activities that endanger national security, and continuously building a legal barrier for Hong Kong (香港) to safeguard national security. The law enforcement, prosecution, and judicial departments of the Special Administrative Region (特区) are fearless, dedicated, and dutiful, cracking down on crimes endangering national security in accordance with the law, and vigorously defending the dignity of the rule of law. The National Security Committee of the Special Administrative Region (特区国安委) and the Commissioner's Office of the National Security Agency in Hong Kong (驻港国家安全公署) have worked together to effectively safeguard national security.
The spokesperson emphasized that safeguarding national security is an important foundation for the steady and long-term practice of "One Country, Two Systems." The authority of the Hong Kong National Security Law (香港国安法) brooks no challenge, and the just actions and rule of law practices of Hong Kong (香港) in safeguarding national security brook no interference or intervention from any external forces. At present, the situation facing Hong Kong (香港) in safeguarding national security remains grim and complex, and the struggle remains acute and fierce. The Commissioner's Office of the National Security Agency in Hong Kong (驻港国家安全公署) will, as always, firmly perform its duties in accordance with the law, practice the rule of law on national security, effectively play its functional role, fully support the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特别行政区) in fully and accurately implementing the Hong Kong National Security Law (香港国安法), resolutely prevent and crack down on interference and sabotage by external forces, effectively consolidate the hard-won good situation in Hong Kong (香港), and guarantee Hong Kong's (香港) transition from chaos to governance and prosperity with high-level security, making greater contributions to building a strong country and national rejuvenation.
Return to TopThis newspaper reports from Hong Kong on February 10th (Reporter Chen Ran (陈然)) Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Chief Executive John Lee (李家超) stated on the 10th that he warmly welcomes and fully supports the central government's release of the white paper "The Practice of Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong under 'One Country, Two Systems'." He stated that he will lead and coordinate the SAR's administration, legislature, and judiciary to fulfill the content and requirements of the white paper, and fully safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests.
The white paper clarifies that the struggle to safeguard national security in Hong Kong has never stopped. John Lee (李家超) stated that for a long period after Hong Kong's return, it was subject to interference and sabotage by anti-China disruptors and external forces, and the Hong Kong SAR was long unable to complete local legislation for Article 23 of the Basic Law. These destructive forces colluded internally and externally, constantly challenging the bottom line of the "One Country, Two Systems" principle, and organizing various subversive and destructive activities. During the "Black Violence," rioters burned the national flag, defaced the national emblem, tore up the Basic Law, and attacked the SAR government headquarters, the Legislative Council, and central government agencies in Hong Kong, advocating "Hong Kong independence," and肆無忌憚 (sì wú jì dàn - "unbridled," acting recklessly and without restraint) attempted to subvert the regime and split the country, and the situation in Hong Kong was precarious. Today, while we are fully engaged in economic development, seeking development, engaging in construction, and benefiting people's livelihoods, Hong Kong must remember that national risks still exist and can come suddenly. We cannot 好了傷疤忘了痛 (hǎo le shāng bā wàng le tòng - "once the wound heals, the pain is forgotten," to forget past suffering easily) and cannot forget the painful experiences and profound lessons of 2019.
The white paper clarifies that the central government bears fundamental responsibility for national security affairs related to Hong Kong. John Lee (李家超) stated that we support and thank the central government for decisively taking action at a critical moment in Hong Kong, formulating the Hong Kong National Security Law from the national level, and having the Hong Kong SAR announce and implement it in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong National Security Law ended the loophole of undefended national security in Hong Kong for more than 20 years since its return, and ended the "Black Violence" that spread throughout Hong Kong that year. The SAR government has made every effort to combat acts and activities endangering national security in accordance with the law, so that Hong Kong society can restore order, citizens can work with peace of mind, students can attend classes normally, and economic development can return to the right track.
The white paper clarifies that the Hong Kong SAR earnestly fulfills its constitutional responsibility to safeguard national security. John Lee (李家超) stated that after the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law on June 30, 2020, the effect of stopping violence and restoring order was immediately apparent, and citizens personally felt the importance of security and the value of social stability. In March 2024, the "Safeguarding National Security Ordinance" was passed unanimously by the Legislative Council. The Hong Kong National Security Law and the "Safeguarding National Security Ordinance" are compatible, complementary, and 渾然一體 (hún rán yī tǐ - "perfectly integrated," forming a complete and indivisible whole), jointly building a solid barrier for Hong Kong to safeguard national security, effectively guaranteeing the rights and freedoms enjoyed by Hong Kong residents in accordance with the law, and providing a solid foundation for Hong Kong's security and development.
The white paper clarifies that Hong Kong has achieved a transition from chaos to governance and is moving towards prosperity. John Lee (李家超) stated that practice has proven that under the protection of the Hong Kong National Security Law and the "Safeguarding National Security Ordinance," Hong Kong society is stable and prosperous, the normal life and development of citizens are strongly guaranteed, and international rating agencies continue to give positive evaluations to Hong Kong. Hong Kong remains at the top of the list of the world's freest economies, ranks third in the world as an international financial center and in world competitiveness, talent competitiveness has returned to the world's top ten, and the ranking of safe cities remains in the world's top ten. Security brings stability, and stability creates development. Hong Kong has embarked on a new journey from chaos to governance and towards prosperity, with unlimited prospects.
The white paper clarifies the practical requirements that must be grasped to safeguard the high-quality development of the "One Country, Two Systems" cause with a high level of security. John Lee (李家超) stated that we must take the overall national security concept as a guide, firmly safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests, adhere to the unity of the central government's fundamental responsibility and the SAR's constitutional responsibility, and integrate safeguarding national security throughout the entire process of "One Country, Two Systems" practice. At the same time, we must continue to fully implement the principle of "patriots governing Hong Kong" to ensure that the SAR's governance is firmly in the hands of patriots, adhere to and improve executive-led governance; adhere to respecting and protecting human rights, adhere to safeguarding security on the track of the rule of law, maintain Hong Kong's common law system, and improve the SAR's legal system and enforcement mechanism for safeguarding national security; adhere to coordinating development and security, and pay more attention to non-traditional areas of security in the new situation; and adhere to safeguarding security in openness, and promote high-level openness under the guarantee of high-level security.
John Lee (李家超) stated that security is the prerequisite for development, and development is the guarantee of security. The SAR government is unwavering in safeguarding national security and promoting economic development, and will make every effort to safeguard the high-quality development of the "One Country, Two Systems" cause with a high level of security, and achieve a high level of security with high-quality development, so that social development has better guarantees and citizens have better lives.
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The State Council Information Office released a white paper on the "Practice of Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong under the 'One Country, Two Systems'" on the 10th, comprehensively summarizing the historical process and experiences of Hong Kong in safeguarding national security. Rectifying the source and building consensus, this is an important declaration of the central government's policy stance on Hong Kong's national security issue. It is of great and far-reaching significance for comprehensively and accurately implementing the "One Country, Two Systems" policy, further improving Hong Kong's national security work, and escorting the high-quality development of the "One Country, Two Systems" cause with high-level security.
Looking back, Hong Kong's struggle to safeguard national security has never stopped. From conceiving the scientific concept of "One Country, Two Systems" to fully implementing the "One Country, Two Systems" policy, the Chinese government has always been firm in safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests, and maintaining Hong Kong's long-term prosperity and stability. For a long period after the handover, under the manipulation of external hostile forces and anti-China disruptors, the legislation of Article 23 of the Hong Kong Basic Law failed to be completed for a long time, and Hong Kong's national security was in a state of "undefended," providing an opportunity for internal and external hostile forces to instigate a series of anti-China and Hong Kong-disrupting activities. The "Extradition Bill Incident" that broke out in 2019 eventually evolved into a Hong Kong version of the "color revolution." For a time, "Hong Kong independence" was rampant, "black violence" was rampant, and "mutual destruction" prevailed, seriously challenging the bottom line of the "One Country, Two Systems" principle, seriously damaging Hong Kong's constitutional order and rule of law, and seriously endangering national sovereignty, security, and development interests, increasingly highlighting the legal loopholes and institutional shortcomings in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) in safeguarding national security.
Central legislation to safeguard national security is an international practice, and all countries do the same. Faced with the turbulent situation of the "Extradition Bill Incident" in Hong Kong, and in the situation that Hong Kong was unable to complete the relevant legislation on its own, the central government sized up the situation, exercised its constitutional power in accordance with the law, and decisively took a series of measures to address both the symptoms and root causes, such as formulating and implementing the Hong Kong National Security Law (香港国安法) and improving Hong Kong's electoral system, effectively safeguarding national security, powerfully safeguarding the constitutional order of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, fundamentally ensuring that the governance of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is in the hands of staunch patriots, severely cracking down on anti-China and Hong Kong-disrupting forces, and playing a decisive role in Hong Kong's rapid cessation of violence and chaos and the realization of a historic transition from chaos to governance, which has important milestone significance in the practice of "One Country, Two Systems".
As a local administrative region directly under the Central People's Government, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区) bears the constitutional responsibility of safeguarding national security. Since the promulgation and implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law (香港国安法), the Chief Executive (行政长官) and the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region have dared to take responsibility and have done a good job. The executive, legislative, and judicial organs have performed their respective duties, completed a series of local legislations, and vigorously carried out law enforcement and justice in safeguarding national security. On March 23, 2024, the Hong Kong Safeguarding National Security Ordinance (香港《维护国家安全条例》) was gazetted and took effect, organically connecting with the already implemented Hong Kong National Security Law (香港国安法), filling the shortcomings of the special zone's national security system and mechanism, and jointly building a "protective wall" for Hong Kong's long-term stability and prosperity.
Only with national security can Hong Kong be safe, families be well, and businesses prosper. Hong Kong's practice of safeguarding national security is essentially a practice of adhering to and developing the "One Country, Two Systems" cause, a practice of protecting the basic human rights, dignity, and well-being of 7.5 million Hong Kong residents, and a practice of promoting world peace and development. With the joint efforts of the central government and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong's national security work has achieved historic achievements and undergone historic changes. "One law brings peace to Hong Kong," Hong Kong has bid farewell to the turbulent situation, there is less social戾气, citizens can travel with peace of mind, businesses can operate with peace of mind, students can go to school with peace of mind, and the whole society focuses on economic development, seeking development, engaging in construction, and benefiting people's livelihoods. Hong Kong citizens have received more "visible and tangible" benefits for their livelihoods, the business environment is getting better and better, and investors from various countries are flocking to it. Facts speak louder than words, the "Pearl of the Orient" is more stylish than in the past, and all kinds of attacks and smears against Hong Kong's safeguarding of national security are self-defeating.
The practice of safeguarding national security in Hong Kong under "One Country, Two Systems" is magnificent, the process is extremely extraordinary, and the achievements are obvious to all. The good situation of stability and prosperity in Hong Kong today has not come easily and must be cherished. At present, China has entered a critical period of comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization, the practice of "One Country, Two Systems" has entered a new stage, and the situation facing Hong Kong in safeguarding national security is still severe and complex, and the struggle is still sharp and intense. In the new era and new journey, we must take the overall national security concept as the guide, unswervingly build high-level security, and escort the steady and long-term practice of "One Country, Two Systems". With a Hong Kong with high-level security, we will surely be able to create new glories and make new contributions in comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization!
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On February 9th, the Court of First Instance of the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区) made a sentencing ruling on the case of Jimmy Lai (黎智英), an anti-China disruptor of Hong Kong, and three companies of Apple Daily (苹果日报) for violating the Hong Kong National Security Law (香港国安法) and other offenses. Jimmy Lai (黎智英) was sentenced to 20 years in prison for two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and one count of conspiracy to publish seditious publications. The three Apple Daily (苹果日报) companies were each fined HK$3,004,500.
Hong Kong (香港) society has paid close attention to the verdict in the Jimmy Lai (黎智英) case. People from all walks of life generally believe that Jimmy Lai's (黎智英) crimes are extremely serious and have far-reaching social harm. The court's heavy sentence in accordance with the law fully reflects the principle of "matching the crime with the punishment," is a solemn response to acts endangering national security, demonstrates the authority of the rule of law, upholds social justice, and is a 大快人心 (dà kuài rén xīn - "greatly satisfies people's hearts," extremely gratifying).
Since the formal trial of the Jimmy Lai (黎智英) case began, the court has conducted the trial in a serious and rigorous manner, strictly guaranteeing the defendant's rights in accordance with the procedures, and finally made a ruling, demonstrating the rule of law.
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区) Secretary for Justice Paul Lam (林定国) stated that in the Jimmy Lai (黎智英) case and all other national security cases, the Department of Justice has been diligently fulfilling its constitutional responsibilities in accordance with the law, doing a good job in prosecution, so as to ensure that all national security laws can be fully and accurately implemented and enforced, effectively preventing, stopping and punishing acts and activities endangering national security, and ensuring that those who violate relevant laws must bear legal responsibility.
The Law Society of Hong Kong (香港律师会) stated that safeguarding national security is the core responsibility of any sovereign country and a fundamental pillar supporting social stability, economic prosperity, and the effective operation of the rule of law. The Law Society of Hong Kong (香港律师会) called on all sectors of society to fully understand and carefully read the ruling and sentencing reasons, and reiterated its undoubted trust and confidence in the independence of the Hong Kong (香港) judicial system, the judiciary, and the integrity and professionalism of judges.
156 days of hearings, more than 2,200 exhibits, and an 855-page statement of reasons for the ruling... The court completed the trial in an open, fair, and just manner, thoroughly shattering the so-called "political trial" and "damage to press freedom" slanders with ironclad evidence, and clearly demonstrated to society that the red line of national security must not be touched.
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区) Secretary for Security Tang Ping-keung (邓炳强) told the media that the court ruled that the two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces committed by Jimmy Lai (黎智英) were "serious crimes." The court's conviction and sentencing demonstrated legal justice and safeguarded Hong Kong's (香港) core values. The law will never allow any criminal acts that openly harm one's own country, compatriots, and endanger national security. The verdict in this case is not only a judgment on individual culpability but also a firm defense of national security and social justice.
Han Chengke (韩成科), a member of the National Hong Kong and Macao Studies Association (全国港澳研究会) and senior vice president of the Hong Kong Culture Association Think Tank (香港文化协进智库), wrote that the court's ruling fully demonstrated that the court made its ruling strictly in accordance with the law and evidence, without any interference, without any so-called political considerations, and had nothing to do with press freedom. The core of press freedom lies in ensuring that the media conducts truthful, objective reporting and supervision in accordance with the law, rather than providing a "protective umbrella" for fake news, false information, incitement, and other criminal acts.
Current affairs commentator and former Information Coordinator of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区) Government, Michael Fung (冯炜光), bluntly stated that Jimmy Lai (黎智英) being sentenced to 20 years in prison "is a 大快人心 (dà kuài rén xīn - "greatly satisfies people's hearts," extremely gratifying)." As the financial backer and spiritual leader of the "Extradition Bill Incident" (修例风波), his harm to Hong Kong (香港) is too numerous to record, and the heavy sentence is entirely deserved.
Jimmy Lai's (黎智英) heavy sentence in accordance with the law is a response of justice and a powerful safeguard for the fundamental well-being of Hong Kong (香港) citizens. On the day of the hearing, the public queue that came to listen in on the proceedings wrapped around the street corner, forming a long line. After the verdict was announced, many citizens who were waiting outside the courthouse were jubilant, believing that the heavy sentence in this case responded to society's expectations for the rule of law and justice, "Everyone is equal before the law, and justice will eventually come!"
Li Bo (李伯), a Hong Kong (香港) citizen who has been following the progress of the case, believes that the ruling and sentencing reasons are detailed and the facts are clear, which helps the public to fully understand the case. He hopes that the younger generation will clearly understand that any act that touches the bottom line of the law will inevitably pay a heavy price.
Ta Kung Pao (大公报) published an editorial pointing out that this just trial, which strictly complied with legal procedures, not only powerfully punished criminal acts that seriously endanger national security but also demonstrated the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's (香港特区) strong will and firm determination to safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests. It is an important symbol of Hong Kong's (香港) practice of the rule of law and safeguarding national security, and further consolidates the foundation of the rule of law for Hong Kong's (香港) progress from governance to prosperity.
The gavel has fallen, and justice is clear. The lawful trial and heavy sentence in the Jimmy Lai (黎智英) case is not only a powerful punishment for acts that seriously endanger national security but also a solemn declaration of Hong Kong's (香港) bottom line of the rule of law. Under the escort of the rule of law, a stable, orderly, and prosperous Hong Kong (香港) is steadily moving forward.
Return to TopGeneral Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Developing new quality productive forces is an intrinsic requirement and an important focus for promoting high-quality development." This year marks the beginning of the "15th Five-Year Plan," and various regions and departments are placing the development of new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions in a more prominent strategic position. This newspaper is launching a two-part series, "Frontline Stories of Developing New Quality Productive Forces in Accordance with Local Conditions," to deeply report on the strategic positioning of various regions in the overall national development, based on their own resource endowments, industrial foundations, and scientific research conditions, and the practical measures for developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, showcasing the good momentum of China's economy moving towards new and better development.
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Beijing (北京) Changping (昌平)
Old Factory Buildings Transformed into Key Laboratories
People's Daily Reporter Pan Junqiang (潘俊强)
Outside the factory buildings, the exterior walls and truss structure are partially renovated and retained, while the interior of the factory buildings has been "re-cored" into modern national laboratory spaces... Walking into the "Nankou Three Factories" (南口三大厂) in Nankou Town (南口镇), Changping District (昌平区), Beijing (北京), which have been closed for many years, the old factory area is being renewed as the National Key Laboratory Base of Tsinghua University (清华大学) in Nankou (南口).
From steel and iron to a science and technology innovation center, the "Nankou Three Factories" (南口三大厂) are gathering wisdom and reborn. Here, Changping District (昌平区) and Tsinghua University (清华大学) are deeply cooperating, introducing more than 14 national key laboratories, and simultaneously promoting the deep integration of advanced manufacturing and modern service industries.
"Through renovation and construction, we have provided strong physical space support for various scientific research teams to jointly tackle scientific research problems," said Li Yang (李洋), head of the Industrial Section of the Changping District (昌平区) Development and Reform Commission (发改委). As a member of the working group for the Tsinghua Nankou (清华南口) National Key Laboratory Base, she participated in the entire process of "what to build, where to build, and how to build" the base. The base was customized according to the scientific research and experimental needs of each laboratory, and has supporting service facilities such as an academic exchange center and a cafeteria. Among them, the National Key Laboratory for Intelligent Green Vehicles and Transportation and the National Key Laboratory for the Operation and Control of New Power Systems, as well as supporting office buildings, have been delivered and put into use.
The Tsinghua Nankou (清华南口) National Key Laboratory Base is not only an aggregation of physical space, but also a melting pot of innovative energy. "While building the laboratory, the city, district, and university are simultaneously promoting the construction of relevant systems and mechanisms for scientific and technological innovation," said Xue Weiwei (薛薇薇), deputy head of the Comprehensive Section of the Changping District (昌平区) Science and Technology Commission (科委). Scientific research is no longer a solo effort, but an organized "cluster operation."
In order to achieve the efficient operation of the entire chain of "basic research - technology tackling - achievement transformation," in April 2024, the Beijing (北京市) Science and Technology Commission (科委), Zhongguancun (中关村) Management Committee, Changping District (昌平区) People's Government, and Tsinghua University (清华大学) signed an agreement to jointly support the construction of the Beijing (北京) Tsinghua (清华) Frontier Interdisciplinary Innovation Research Institute. As an organizational hub, the research institute actively organizes multidisciplinary national key laboratories to form joint tackling alliances, and accurately feeds back enterprise needs to the forefront of scientific research through a team of technology managers, promoting in-depth cooperation with leading enterprises in the industry and promoting "extending production forward and expanding scientific research backward." Data shows that in 2025 alone, the Tsinghua (清华) team registered 12 companies in Changping (昌平), clearly promoting the priority of transforming and implementing the scientific and technological achievements of national key laboratories in Beijing (北京) and Changping (昌平).
Henan (河南) Luoyang (洛阳)
Digital Technology Creates New Cultural Tourism Scenarios
People's Daily Reporter Zhang Wenhao (张文豪)
Two mountains face each other, and the Yi River (伊水) flows through them. On the south wall of the Wanfo Cave (万佛洞) in the Longmen Grottoes (龙门石窟) in Luoyang (洛阳), Henan (河南), Zhao Chong (赵崇), a tourist from Shandong (山东), opened a mobile app and aimed it at the ancient Guanyin (观音) statue. He saw the statue with a kind expression and bright colors, vividly presented on the screen.
In the nearby Longmen Ancient Street (龙门古街), digital technology brings more new experiences. Inside the "Supreme Longmen" (无上龙门) experience hall, a 5D holographic dome created by laser projection "wraps" tourists inside. Looking around, the scenery on both sides of the Yique (伊阙) is fully visible, and scenes such as the excavation of the grottoes are visually displayed. As the picture spins, the Lushena Buddha (卢舍那大佛) passes close to the tourists.
"This is really a brand new way to experience it," said Zhao Chong (赵崇). In the "Wind Rises in Luoyang" (风起洛阳) virtual reality full-sensory theater on Longmen Ancient Street (龙门古街), he put on a head-mounted display and transformed into a secret agent of the divine capital, stepping into a virtual and real Tang Dynasty (唐朝) night market. When riding a horse, the wind roared in his ears, and when drifting on a bamboo raft, water mist splashed on his face.
"The Longmen Grottoes (龙门石窟) are an immovable world heritage site. With the help of the passenger flow brought by the ancient historical sites, we use digital technology to create new scenarios, allowing tourists to change from viewing the scenery to entering the scenery," said Cheng Long (程龙), general manager of Longmen Ancient Street (龙门古街) Business Management Company.
Using technology as a pen and empowering with digital intelligence, many scenic spots in Luoyang (洛阳) are writing a cultural tourism answer sheet for developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions. In the Hanwei Luoyang (汉魏洛阳) Ancient City Site Museum, the "Digital Luoyang" (数字洛阳) multimedia installation exhibition allows tourists to shuttle between gauze curtains and light and shadow, experiencing the grandeur of the Northern Wei (北魏) Luoyang (洛阳) city; in the Sui and Tang Dynasty (隋唐) Luoyang (洛阳) City National Heritage Park, the "Phoenix Dance in the Divine Capital" (凤舞神都) live performance integrates digital technology to create a light and shadow water curtain, allowing the audience to travel through the Tang Dynasty (大唐) by the Jiuzhou Pond (九洲池)...
As the ancient capital of thirteen dynasties, Luoyang (洛阳) has rich cultural tourism resources. In recent years, the local government has created new cultural tourism through disruptive creativity, immersive experiences, youthful consumption, and mobile terminal communication, and regards it as a practice field for developing new quality productive forces. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Luoyang (洛阳) received a cumulative total of over 600 million tourists, with tourism revenue approaching 480 billion yuan. "Currently, Luoyang (洛阳) is holding a series of cultural tourism activities with the theme of 'New Year in the Ancient Capital, Luoyang Year' around the two immersive main lines of 'New Year in the Palace' and 'New Year in the Neighborhood,' continuously enriching the tourist experience," introduced Li Zhenkan (李振刊), director of the Luoyang (洛阳) Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism.
Heilongjiang (黑龙江) Harbin (哈尔滨)
Industrial Park Becomes a Source of Scientific and Technological Innovation
People's Daily Reporters Zhu Dawei (祝大伟) and Liu Wenxin (刘温馨)
Satellites travel in space, and power is the key.
"Traditional chemical propulsion devices need to carry a large weight of fuel, which is expensive. The Hall electric propulsion system developed by our team has broken through key technologies such as magnetic focusing, which can greatly reduce costs and increase lifespan, making it possible to launch satellites in batches," said Liu Hui (刘辉), chairman of Harbin Xingwang Power Technology Co., Ltd. (哈尔滨星网动力技术有限公司).
Liu Hui's (刘辉) other identity is a professor at the School of Energy Science and Engineering of Harbin Institute of Technology (哈尔滨工业大学). "If technology cannot truly be applied, it is easy to become a pseudo-proposition." At the end of 2023, Liu Hui (刘辉) registered and established Xingwang Power Company (星网动力公司) and settled in the Shenzhen-Harbin (深哈) Industrial Park. Here, the problems he faced in technology transformation were solved one by one with the help of "nanny-style" services. Today, the relevant technology has more than 100 invention patents and has been applied to more than 20 satellites in China.
"The Shenzhen-Harbin (深哈) Industrial Park is located in the Harbin (哈尔滨) National New Area and the Harbin (哈尔滨) Area of the Heilongjiang (黑龙江) Free Trade Pilot Zone. Focusing on the development of new quality productive forces, the industrial park is committed to building a source of scientific and technological innovation, and a large number of high-tech and high-value-added quality industrial projects are growing rapidly," said Zhang Chi (张驰), director of the Development and Reform Bureau of Harbin (哈尔滨) New Area. Relying on the industrial park, the New Area has built a total of 260 or more provincial-level innovation and research and development platforms, forming a full-chain achievement transformation system.
Heilongjiang (黑龙江) Harbin (哈尔滨) relies on universities and research institutes such as Harbin Institute of Technology (哈工大) and Harbin Engineering University (哈工程) and key laboratories to promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements and help enterprises break through key core technologies; at the same time, it is committed to building advanced equipment intelligent manufacturing industrial parks, intelligent robot industrial parks and other industrial park carriers to provide enterprises with full life cycle services, and cultivate a number of technologically influential companies such as Tongchuang Purun (同创普润) and Huida Technology (惠达科技).
As of 2025, the number of national high-tech enterprises in Harbin (哈尔滨) was 2.5 times that of 2020, forming a vivid pattern of coordinated development of diverse innovation entities. From 2023 to 2025, Harbin (哈尔滨) has cumulatively transformed nearly 1,130 major scientific and technological achievements, with an additional economic benefit of over 20 billion yuan.
Guangxi (广西) Laibin (来宾)
Sugarcane Planting Uses Artificial Intelligence
Zhang Yunhe (张云河) Fan Ronghua (樊荣华)
On February 1st, Jiang Xiandao (江先导), a large sugarcane grower in Fenghuang Village (凤凰村), Fenghuang Town (凤凰镇), Laibin (来宾), Guangxi (广西), logged into the "Didi Agricultural Machinery" (滴滴农机) WeChat applet to place an order, calling in 6 online agricultural machines, and it only took 3 days to cultivate his 300 acres of sugarcane fields. "'Didi Agricultural Machinery' (滴滴农机) charges 200 yuan per mu, which saves 50 yuan compared to manual labor, and is more efficient. One agricultural machine is equivalent to 20 manual laborers," Jiang Xiandao (江先导) said with emotion.
In 2025, Laibin City (来宾市) took the lead in piloting the "Didi Agricultural Machinery" (滴滴农机) digital intelligent dispatch platform, which realized the precise connection of agricultural machinery and agricultural work through cloud computing, big data and artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms. Up to now, more than 300 agricultural machines have been integrated locally, serving more than 1,000 farmers.
With AI as its wings, the transformation of the sugar industry towards "high-end, intelligent, and green" is taking place.
Laibin City (来宾市) implemented the construction of a sugar industry digital transformation service platform. The "Digital Sugarcane Field" (数字蔗田) monitoring system operates efficiently and stably. Chen Chen (陈琛), project manager of Digital Guangxi Group (数字广西集团), focused on viewing data through the monitoring station. He introduced: "Using the Internet of Things and information technology, the 'Digital Sugarcane Field' (数字蔗田) can monitor the soil, weather, and pest conditions of sugarcane growth in real time, and realize the monitoring, early warning, and precise regulation of the planting process. Farmers can obtain the growth environment information of sugarcane fields through their mobile phones, realizing the transformation from 'knowing how to plant' to 'knowing how to plant intelligently.'"
In the sugar production and subsequent related product links, in the production workshop of Guangxi (广西) Green Union Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (广西绿联生物科技有限公司), robotic arms operate in an orderly manner, and unmanned transport vehicles shuttle along fixed routes. After the products are put into storage through the intelligent warehousing system, they will be transported to all parts of the country and to the European, American, and Japanese markets. "Through intelligent production, the company has reduced labor by 50% and increased production efficiency by 50%," said Zhu Min (朱民), deputy general manager of the company.
Sugar manufacturing enterprises in Laibin City (来宾市) have introduced a full-process intelligent control system. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the city has cumulatively implemented 52 technical transformation projects with a total investment of 1.2 billion yuan, promoting 13 sugar manufacturing enterprises to complete equipment upgrades and technological innovation, and greatly improving production efficiency. In 2025, Laibin City (来宾市) released the first "Sugar Industry Large Model" in the country, and the city's sugar manufacturing and comprehensive utilization output value exceeded 16 billion yuan.
Zhejiang (浙江) Hangzhou (杭州)
Membrane Material Industry Ecology Accelerates Formation
People's Daily Reporter Gu Chun (顾春)
Recently, the Xiaoshan (萧山) Membrane Material Town, built by Hangzhou (杭州) Cobetter Filtration Equipment Co., Ltd. (杭州科百特过滤器材有限公司) as the chain owner, was selected as the first batch of "One Park, One Main Industry" characteristic industrial platforms in Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江), marking a key leap from single enterprise innovation to industrial cluster development for membrane materials. In 2025, the town's industrial output value above designated size has reached 6.7 billion yuan, and a characteristic industrial ecology with membrane materials as the core is accelerating its formation.
Semiconductor chip manufacturing is a highly complex system engineering. In more than 1,000 processes, more than 30% require ultra-precision filtration. "Filtration membrane technology is one of the key technologies in the semiconductor micro-pollution control system," said the person in charge of Hangzhou (杭州) Cobetter Company (杭州科百特公司). The core function of nanomembrane materials is to achieve precise interception of nanoscale pollutants under ultra-clean process requirements, ensuring chip yield.
From high-end chips to ECMO artificial lungs, from biopharmaceuticals to new energy, many strategic industries cannot do without this "membrane." After more than 20 years of hard work, Hangzhou (杭州) Cobetter Company (杭州科百特公司) has achieved full-chain independent innovation from materials to equipment, from components to systems. The company has more than 700 patents and more than 20,000 products, becoming one of only three companies in the world with complete filtration industry chain research and manufacturing capabilities.
Continuous capital investment supports innovation. In the past three years, Hangzhou (杭州) Cobetter Company (杭州科百特公司) has invested more than 1 billion yuan in research and development, built advanced fluid process verification pilot platforms and other high-end platforms, and gathered thousands of technical talents. In more than 200 production workshops, high-efficiency production units are operating rapidly. In 2024, the company participated in the completion of the "Key Technologies and Applications of New Membrane Water Treatment," which won the first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award.
Today, the "membrane" power of Hangzhou (杭州) Cobetter Company (杭州科百特公司) has radiated outward, driving the formation of an industrial ecology. Key elements such as membrane material verification centers and industrial guidance funds have been successively implemented in the town, promoting a virtuous cycle of "basic research - application transformation - industrial agglomeration." Nanomembrane technology is leveraging a large industry, releasing unlimited energy to solve constraints and drive the future.
Hainan (海南) Sanya (三亚)
From "Deep Sea Exploration" to "Deep Sea Development"
People's Daily Reporter Sun Haitian (孙海天)
From Nanshan Port (南山港) in Yazhou Bay (崖州湾), Sanya (三亚), Hainan (海南), southward, about 200 kilometers of deep sea area hides mysteries under the blue waves. This is the only thousand-meter-level deep-sea marine comprehensive test site in the country - the National Marine Comprehensive Test Site (Deep Sea) (国家海洋综合试验场（深海）). On the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhang Lin (张林), the person in charge of the test site, was busy.
With the trial operation of the National Marine Comprehensive Test Site (Deep Sea) (国家海洋综合试验场（深海）) launched last June, this sea area of about 400 square kilometers is no longer silent. On the sea surface, huge comprehensive buoys rise and fall with the waves; thousands of meters deep, real-time subsea beacons and subsea positioning and navigation systems constantly transmit data such as waves, currents, temperature, salinity, and depth from the deep sea.
"We are building roads for the deep-sea industry, and now the 'roadbed' has been compacted," said Zhang Lin (张林). The test site has completed seabed mapping, and by integrating project resources such as the comprehensive prevention and control of marine disasters, it has initially built a three-dimensional monitoring system including shore-based radar, sea-based buoys, and subsea cabins, and is exploring and promoting a new approval mechanism for "fast in and fast out" of sea trials, and establishing a deep-sea equipment test certification system and a more standardized operating model. In mid-April this year, the test site will usher in a new batch of key equipment deployment and enterprise testing tasks.
Gathering research through testing and promoting production through research. Nanshan Port (南山港), not far from the test site's support building, has developed into a busy scientific research mother port in the world. Data shows that in 2025, it guaranteed more than 2,000 scientific research voyages, and major national instruments such as "Exploration No. 3" (探索三号) frequently entered and exited, and deep-sea intelligent manufacturing, marine big data, etc. are accelerating their aggregation on the shore of Yazhou Bay (崖州湾).
Relying on the integrated advantages of "shore-port-sea," a marine science and technology industry chain is gradually taking shape in Hainan (海南): the first domestic deep-water subsea oil tree has achieved localized manufacturing, more than a thousand marine enterprises have gathered here, and new marine quality productive forces are growing rapidly.
From "deep-sea exploration" to "deep-sea development," Hainan (海南) is striving to firmly grasp deep-sea equipment manufacturing in its own hands, and China is advancing towards the depths of a maritime power.
Chongqing (重庆) Yongchuan (永川)
Technology Empowers Film and Television Industrial Production Line
People's Daily Reporter Shen Jingran (沈靖然)
How long does it take to switch scenes from the snowy northern wilderness to the brightly lit urban neon lights? In the digital studio of the Yongchuan (永川) Science and Technology Film Studio in Chongqing (重庆), the answer is 1 second.
This 1-second leap is what Zhang Jing (张靖), deputy general manager of Chongqing Dawa Hezhe Image Technology Co., Ltd. (重庆达瓦合志影像科技有限公司), the operator of the film studio, feels most deeply. In the past, filmmakers were people who chased the sun. In order to shoot a perfect sunset, the crew might even have to squat on the mountain for a whole week.
"Filming was called relying on luck at that time, but now it relies on technology," said Zhang Jing (张靖). "Have you seen this 800-square-meter circular screen? Light, shadow, weather, and landforms can all be presented in real time through algorithms in the background. Now, we are letting the 'sun' listen to commands, which is equivalent to moving post-production special effects directly into the studio."
This improvement in efficiency is directly reflected in the crew's accounts.
Zhang Jing (张靖) gave reporters an account. Since there is no need for large-scale chroma keying in post-production, special effects production can be completed simultaneously on the set, the production cycle can be shortened by nearly 40%, and the cost can be saved by 30%. Not only that, in the set workshop, scenes that used to require dozens of carpenters to work for a few days can now achieve seamless scene transitions in 40 minutes through the industrialized set platform. In the film and television industry, time is life. This logical shift of "post-production pre-positioning" is the hard power that attracts works such as "Panda Project" (熊猫计划) and "Wild Times" (狂野时代) to settle in Yongchuan (永川).
From "shooting on location" to "making the whole film," Yongchuan's (永川) confidence not only comes from a few screens. More than 160 film and television companies have gathered here to form a chain, from LED screen research and development to AI digital human modeling to professional talent training, a complete film and television industrial production line has taken shape. Today, Yongchuan (永川) is no longer just a small city famous for its tea mountain bamboo sea. The successful holding of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (上合组织) Film Festival and the landing of more than 100 heavyweight film and television works have made this western science and technology film and television city famous. With the empowerment of science and technology, Yongchuan (永川) is using this behind-the-scenes power to allow the new quality productive forces behind digital light and shadow to take root in this fertile land.
Gansu (甘肃) Jinchang (金昌)
Collaborative Innovation Creates Future Factory
People's Daily Reporter Zeng Yichen (曾亦辰)
A modern, intelligent copper smelting factory is operating efficiently in the Hexibao Industrial Park of the Jinchang Economic and Technological Development Zone (金昌经济技术开发区) in Gansu.
"This is a key project of Jinchuan Group Yongchang Copper Co., Ltd. (金川集团永昌铜业有限公司), and also a 'future factory' integrating a new generation of information technology and manufacturing processes," introduced Ren Zhishun (任智顺), the company's deputy chief engineer. As he spoke, a bright silver stainless steel cathode plate was running smoothly along the conveying device—this core component, which once relied heavily on imports, is now "made by Jinchuan."
"The stainless steel cathode plate is the core component of the copper electrolysis project," Ren Zhishun (任智顺) explained. To overcome this key technology, Jinchuan Group (金川集团) joined forces with several industrial chain enterprises and universities in Gansu Province to form a technical research team, exploring multiple technical routes and gradually breaking through a series of technical bottlenecks such as copper-steel composite, finishing straightening, and precision welding.
This breakthrough is an epitome of the collaborative innovation of the Jinbailanwu non-ferrous metal industry cluster. In the process of promoting new industrialization, facing common challenges such as unsmooth industrial chain connections, weak scientific and technological innovation capabilities, and slow transformation of the non-ferrous metal industry, Jinchang City (金昌市) actively collaborates with surrounding cities such as Baiyin (白银), Lanzhou (兰州), and Wuwei (武威), taking the lead in creating the "Jinbailanwu Non-ferrous Metal Advanced Manufacturing Cluster (金白兰武有色金属先进制造业集群)."
In the fully automated workshop of Gansu Jinhongxiang New Energy Co., Ltd. (甘肃金宏翔新能源有限公司), lithium-ion batteries are being produced from intelligent production lines at a rate of 250,000 per day. Mei Pengcheng (梅鹏成), the company's executive deputy general manager, pointed to the products about to come off the line and said: "The core raw materials we need to produce batteries, such as copper foil and nickel strips, come from the Jinchang Economic Development Zone (金昌经开区) park just a few kilometers away. Relying on the advantages of localized supply, the comprehensive manufacturing cost is reduced by about 12% compared with coastal areas. We have also established a close industrial synergy mechanism with Jinchuan Group (金川集团), through regular technical docking and joint commissioning, to achieve localization of more than 77% of key materials, truly forming a 'door-to-door' efficient supply chain synergy."
As the chain owner enterprise of Jinchang City's (金昌市) nickel, cobalt, copper, chlor-alkali chemical, rare and precious metal and other industrial chains, in recent years, Jinchuan Group (金川集团) has actively played the role of chain owner enterprise in collaborative driving, driving more than 100 enterprises on the chain to continuously develop and grow.
Changji (昌吉), Xinjiang (新疆)
"Power Bank" Makes Green Power Transmission More Controllable
By Li Yanan (李亚楠), reporter of this newspaper
On the vast Gobi Desert, silver-white wind turbine blades slowly rotate, and arrays of deep blue photovoltaic panels spread out. Nearly 700 silver-gray iron towers meander into the distance—in just about 0.007 seconds, Xinjiang's green electricity reaches the Yubei Converter Station (渝北换流站) in Chongqing (重庆), 2260 kilometers away, through the Hami-Chongqing ±800 kV UHV DC transmission project (哈密—重庆±800千伏特高压直流输电工程).
At the Hami Barkol Converter Station (哈密巴里坤换流站), station chief Xun Chuanbao (寻传宝) is leading the team to inspect lines and equipment. "We send 100 million kilowatt-hours of clean energy to the southwest region every day, with new energy accounting for more than 70%."
By the end of 2025, the cumulative installed capacity of new energy in the Xinjiang power grid exceeded 167 million kilowatts, accounting for more than 60% of the total energy installed in the power grid. Abundant green electricity resources have consolidated the energy foundation for the green transformation of Xinjiang's power transmission. In 2025, Xinjiang's external power transmission exceeded 141 billion kilowatt-hours, of which new energy external power transmission reached 44.382 billion kilowatt-hours, accounting for 31.41%.
How to ensure that new energy can be "generated, stored, and transmitted stably"? The "power bank" cluster makes green electricity more controllable.
In the underground plant of the core area of Fukang Pumped Storage Power Station (阜康抽水蓄能电站) in Fukang (阜康), Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture (昌吉回族自治州), Xinjiang, the generator sets are running at high speed. This is the first pumped storage power station in Xinjiang and the first pumped storage power station put into operation in Northwest China. "It's like a 'super power bank'. During low electricity consumption periods, water is pumped from the lower reservoir to the upper reservoir with a drop of 484 meters for energy storage. During peak grid loads, the water is released back to the lower reservoir to generate electricity," said Yang Hongtao (杨洪涛), chairman of State Grid Xinyuan Xinjiang Fukang Pumped Storage Co., Ltd. (国网新源新疆阜康抽水蓄能有限公司).
At present, Xinjiang has built a "power bank" cluster. By the end of 2025, the installed capacity of new energy storage in the Xinjiang power grid has reached 20.1504 million kilowatts/70.5376 million kilowatt-hours. In 2025, the cumulative annual charging capacity of new energy storage in the Xinjiang power grid was 9.1 billion kilowatt-hours, and the discharge capacity was 7.7 billion kilowatt-hours.
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Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, delivered an important speech at the opening ceremony of the seminar for leading officials at the provincial and ministerial level on studying and implementing the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee. He systematically expounded on the great significance of formulating and implementing the Five-Year Plan, made an in-depth elaboration on fully, profoundly, and accurately understanding and grasping the strategic deployment of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee, and put forward clear requirements for striving to improve the Party's ability and level to lead economic and social development. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, after the successive development of the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan," "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan," and "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" periods, our Party has successfully promoted and expanded Chinese-style modernization, and the new journey toward the second centenary goal has achieved a good start. The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is unstoppable. At the opening ceremony, General Secretary Xi Jinping summarized the experience with "five adherences," pointing out that "in the long-term practice of formulating and implementing the Five-Year Plan, our Party has created and accumulated rich experience, including adhering to the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, adhering to starting from reality, adhering to the principle of the whole country working as one, adhering to promoting democracy and pooling wisdom, and adhering to the principle of legal planning." To deeply study and understand the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech, it is necessary to accurately grasp and make good use of the valuable experience of the "five adherences," scientifically plan and draw a new blueprint for development, ensure a good start and step for the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan," and continue to write a new chapter in the two major miracles of rapid economic development and long-term social stability.
Adhering to the Centralized and Unified Leadership of the Party Central Committee
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "For such a large party and such a large country as ours, if the Party Central Committee cannot implement strong and effective centralized and unified leadership, there will be a situation of each doing things in its own way and acting arbitrarily, and then nothing can be accomplished." Adhering to the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee is the fundamental reason why we have continuously achieved victories and provides a fundamental guarantee for the formulation and implementation of the Five-Year Plan.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, from the "First Five-Year Plan" to the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan," the formulation and implementation of the Five-Year Plan (Plan) has always adhered to the leadership of the Party, fully implemented the Party's line, principles, and policies, and made phased deployments and arrangements for socialist modernization construction within the planning period. After years of exploration, we have formed a set of standardized procedures and practices in practice: the Party Central Committee puts forward planning proposals, which point out the direction and determine the tone for the formulation of the plan; the State Council (国务院) organizes relevant departments to prepare a draft outline of the plan based on the proposals, and refines the content of the Party Central Committee's proposals into specific indicators and tasks; and finally submits it to the National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会) for review and approval and publishes it to the society, making the Five-Year Plan a common program of action for the entire people. The Five-Year Plan transforms the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee into governance practice through institutionalization, providing a fundamental guarantee for socialist modernization construction.
Since the new era, General Secretary Xi Jinping has personally planned, personally deployed, and personally promoted the national development planning work, and served as the leader of the drafting group for the planning proposal documents. The "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" was laid out with the new development concept as the main line, reflecting our Party's political stance and value orientation on major issues such as development. The "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" takes standing on the new development stage, implementing the new development concept, and building a new development pattern as the logical main line, reflecting our Party's profound thinking on future development.
The "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" proposal is laid out around the Party's central tasks in the new era and new journey, and fully implements the Party's systematic planning and deployment of Chinese-style modernization at the 20th National Congress, fully reflecting the Party Central Committee's new ideas and intentions for promoting economic and social development. For example, focusing on developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, it makes systematic arrangements for accelerating high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement, requiring the overall planning of building a strong country in education, a strong country in science and technology, and a strong country in talent, improving the overall effectiveness of the national innovation system, comprehensively enhancing independent innovation capabilities, and seizing the commanding heights of scientific and technological development. The important deployments in the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" proposal regarding expanding domestic demand and building a strong domestic market were refined and deployed as key tasks for this year's economic work at the Central Economic Work Conference held at the end of last year, becoming an important focus for promoting a good start for the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan." At the same time, the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" proposal emphasizes adhering to and strengthening the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, improving the Party's ability and level to lead economic and social development, and continuously unifying thoughts, wills, and actions with the Party's innovative theories.
Through the overall planning of economic and social development, the Five-Year Plan has become one of the important means for the Party Central Committee to set the direction, plan the overall situation, formulate policies, and promote reform, effectively transforming the Party's propositions into national will and common actions of the whole society, and stimulating the vitality of the whole society to start businesses, innovate, and create.
Adhering to Starting from Reality
General Secretary Xi Jinping made a profound exposition on the correct view of political achievements at the opening ceremony of the seminar for leading officials at the provincial and ministerial level on studying and implementing the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee, requiring "adhering to starting from reality and acting according to laws." China has a vast territory, and the conditions and endowments vary from place to place. At the same time, current development is facing a severe and complex domestic and international environment. Adhering to starting from reality and integrating theory with practice can obtain truthful understanding that correctly reflects objective laws and formulate scientific decisions that conform to objective laws. This also clarifies the basic focus for the formulation and implementation of the Five-Year Plan.
Adhering to starting from reality is reflected in the fact that the planning process is also a process of in-depth investigation and research and conducting scientific argumentation. The preparation of the Five-Year Plan attaches great importance to the practicality of the goals and tasks, and achieves specific guidance for the implementation of the plan by transforming macro goals into measurable and assessable indicators. During the drafting stage of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" proposal, the Party Central Committee organized 6 research groups to conduct special research in 12 provinces and cities; entrusted relevant departments, units, and think tanks to conduct 35 key research projects on major issues of economic and social development. The "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" proposal not only fully considers the development and changes in the economic situation and clarifies the bottom line for stabilizing growth, but also highlights the guiding role of developing new quality productive forces, and proposes several new requirements for leading scientific and technological innovation and industrial development based on the new trends in industrial development; it not only highlights the value orientation of adhering to the people first and increases efforts to guarantee and improve people's livelihoods, but also highlights the green and low-carbon orientation and strengthens the deployment of actively and steadily promoting and achieving carbon peaking, and internalizes the requirements for promoting continuous improvement of ecological environment quality in the development goals. It is precisely on the basis of in-depth practice and extensive research that the guiding principles of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" proposal are scientific and accurate, the main goals are clear and definite, and the tasks and measures are realistic and pragmatic.
Adhering to starting from reality is also reflected in the fact that the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" proposal's guidance on local development focuses on implementing policies according to different categories and promoting them in different categories, and does not engage in generalizations or empty abstractions. For example, the important measures in the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" proposal, such as improving the regional innovation system, building diverse forms of open highlands, and improving the implementation mechanism of rural construction in accordance with local conditions, contain the idea of seeking development in accordance with local conditions. By using "one key to open one lock," it not only serves and integrates into the overall national development situation, but also closely combines with its own reality, providing an important guideline for practicing the correct view of political achievements and implementing the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee in combination with reality, and can effectively prevent problems such as deviating from reality, blindly following the trend, adding layers of pressure, being impatient and rash, and simply "outsourcing" and producing shoddy products that may occur in the planning process.
Adhering to the Principle of the Whole Country Working as One
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "We must firmly establish the idea of the whole country working as one, and the planning and promotion of the work of our region and department must be based on the premise of implementing the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, and carry out work creatively, so as to add glory to one region and add color to the overall situation." The Five-Year Plan has outstanding comprehensiveness and comprehensiveness, and is deployed in a coordinated manner throughout the country. Adhering to the principle of the whole country working as one clarifies the layout principle for the formulation and implementation of the Five-Year Plan.
Through the coordinated arrangement of key areas and major tasks, the Five-Year Plan establishes a priority order for resource allocation, enabling the country to concentrate its efforts in key periods and important areas to promote major projects and reform tasks with overall and fundamental significance. For example, since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, through the promotion and implementation of 165 major projects in the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" and 102 major projects in the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan," we have concentrated our efforts to win the battle against poverty and historically solved the problem of absolute poverty; integrated advantageous scientific and technological resources, carried out joint research on key core technologies, and achieved a significant acceleration in the pace of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement, and the ranking of the global innovation index has jumped to tenth. For another example, the recent Five-Year Plans have attached great importance to the development and protection of territorial space, and by clarifying the layout of new urbanization, agricultural and rural development, and ecological security, strengthening the spatial attributes of the plan, promoting the coordinated development of economy, population, and resources and environment, and laying a solid foundation for the layout of productive forces. Giving full play to the powerful driving role of this series of major projects can not only provide support for expanding domestic demand and stabilizing economic operation at present, but also help to accumulate new momentum and cultivate competitiveness for future development.
The "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" proposal adheres to the principle of the whole country working as one, and coordinates various regions, departments, and fields. For example, in building a strong domestic market, by regulating the economic promotion behavior of local governments and breaking down local protection and market segmentation, local governments are guided to change the way they promote development. At the same time, adhering to expanding domestic demand as a strategic base point and adhering to the close combination of benefiting people's livelihoods and promoting consumption and investing in things and investing in people, the super-large-scale market will continue to become an important advantage for China's development; in terms of regional layout, optimizing and combining regional strategies, emphasizing the superposition effect of regional coordinated development strategies, major regional strategies, main functional area strategies, and new urbanization strategies, which is conducive to optimizing the layout of major productive forces and better promoting the coordinated development of the east, middle, west, south, and north with a systematic concept.
Adhering to the principle of the whole country working as one, by integrating the strengths of all parties, coordinating various interests, and coordinating various tasks, while encouraging various regions, departments, and fields to carry out work creatively, can truly ensure that the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee are implemented and take effect, forming a vivid pattern of complementary advantages and linked development among various regions, departments, and fields.
Adhering to Promoting Democracy and Pooling Wisdom
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Promoting democracy, pooling wisdom, and widely listening to opinions from all sides are the consistent practices and fine traditions of the CPC Central Committee in studying major issues and formulating important documents." The preparation of the Five-Year Plan concerns the national economy and the people's livelihood, involves all aspects of economic and social development, and is closely related to the production and life of the people. The process of preparing the Five-Year Plan is a process of extensively promoting democracy, concentrating the wisdom of the entire Party and the entire country, and listening to voices from all sides. Combining strengthening top-level design with adhering to asking the people for advice, adhering to promoting democracy and pooling wisdom, and encouraging the broad masses of the people and all sectors of society to offer suggestions and suggestions in various ways have become the distinct characteristics and valuable experience of the Five-Year Plan preparation work.
In order to do a good job in the preparation of the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan," General Secretary Xi Jinping visited farmers' homes, entered enterprises, and walked into parks, observed people's conditions, and asked for good strategies. He successively presided over symposiums in Zhejiang (浙江), Guizhou (贵州), and Jilin (吉林) to listen to the opinions and suggestions of the main leaders of 18 provinces. In order to do a good job in the preparation of the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan," General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over 7 special symposiums, gathering with experts and scholars, new social stratum people, truck drivers, migrant workers, etc., for sincere interaction.
The drafting of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" proposal is also a process of opening the door to seek advice and gathering wisdom and strength. The Party Central Committee runs the process of promoting democracy and pooling wisdom through the entire process of drafting documents, and widely solicits opinions from all parties. In January 2025, the Party Central Committee issued the "Notice on Soliciting Opinions on the 'Fifteenth Five-Year Plan' Proposal Studied by the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee" to solicit opinions within a certain scope inside and outside the Party. General Secretary Xi Jinping made important instructions on the preparation of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan," requiring "adhering to scientific decision-making, democratic decision-making, and legal decision-making" and "widely gathering consensus and listening to the opinions and suggestions of the people and all sectors of society in various ways, and fully absorbing the fresh experiences created by cadres and the masses in practice." General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a symposium on economic and social development during the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period in Shanghai (上海), listening to the opinions and suggestions of the main responsible comrades of 7 provinces and cities, and entrusted central leading comrades to successively preside over 3 symposiums to listen to the opinions of the economic, scientific, and technological circles and grassroots representatives. The "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" preparation work also carried out online solicitation of opinions, and received more than 3.113 million suggestions from netizens.
The Five-Year Plan preparation process adheres to promoting democracy, opening the door to seek advice, and pooling wisdom, widely absorbing opinions and suggestions from all sectors of society, and gathering the greatest policy consensus, becoming a vivid embodiment of intra-Party democracy and whole-process people's democracy, and can make the "what the Party and the government want to do" and "what the people are looking forward to" resonate at the same frequency. Precisely because of this, the Five-Year Plan concentrates and embodies the common development vision of the entire people and gathers a strong joint force to promote Chinese-style modernization.
Adhering to the Principle of Legal Planning
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Give play to the strategic guiding role of the national development plan" and "Improve the national strategic planning system and policy coordination mechanism." Implementing the national development plan fully embodies the organic unity of adhering to the leadership of the Party, the people being the masters of the country, and the rule of law, which is a significant advantage of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics. Adhering to the principle of legal planning provides a legal guarantee for the formulation and implementation of the Five-Year Plan.
The development process of the planning system with the national development plan as the core is closely linked to the process of planning legalization. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the types of planning (plans) in our country have gradually increased, and the levels of planning (plans) have become increasingly clear. At present, our country is establishing and improving a national planning system that is led by the national development plan, based on spatial planning, supported by special plans and regional plans, and jointly composed of national, provincial, municipal, and county-level plans, with accurate positioning, clear boundaries, complementary functions, and unified connection. From a horizontal perspective, major spatial layouts are implemented through spatial planning, deployments in various fields are refined through special plans in that field, and tasks across administrative regions are coordinated and deployed through regional plans; from a vertical perspective, by strengthening guidance on the preparation of Five-Year Plans in various regions, improving the quality and level of local plans, and achieving effective implementation of national development tasks. In recent years, we have particularly emphasized planning guidance, policy coordination, and work collaboration, adhering to the principle that planning sets the direction, finance provides guarantees, finance provides support, and other policies are coordinated. By decomposing the main indicators of the national development plan into the annual indicator system and doing a good job in balancing between years, a systematic promotion and closed-loop implementation mechanism of "long-term strategy - development plan - annual plan" has been formed.
Adhering to the principle of legal planning, fixing mature practices as legal systems, and leading and guaranteeing the construction of a unified planning system through the rule of law, is not only conducive to maintaining the internal coordination and unity of the planning system, enhancing the consistency of macro policy orientation, and forming a planning synergy, but also conducive to further improving the implementation guarantee mechanism of the national development plan and providing institutional support for better playing its strategic guiding role. At present, the legislative process of the national development plan is continuously advancing, and the construction of planning legalization in our country will enter a new stage. Leading and guaranteeing the construction of a unified planning system with the rule of law will better transform our country's institutional advantages into national governance effectiveness.
The scientific summary and generalization of the valuable experience of the "five adherences" further enriches and develops General Secretary Xi Jinping's important exposition on development strategies and planning, and elevates our Party's understanding of the laws of medium- and long-term development planning to a new height. Looking at the world, how to handle the relationship between short-term development and medium- and long-term development has always been a global problem. General Secretary Xi Jinping's important exposition on development strategies and planning enriches and improves the theoretical doctrines on development planning, realizes the systematic construction from strategic planning to strategic implementation, deepens our Party's understanding of the laws of communist party governance, the laws of socialist construction, and the laws of human social development, is an important ideological crystallization of socialist political economy with Chinese characteristics, and is also a major contribution to the world's development economics theory, which not only provides scientific guidance for China's economic and social development, but also provides valuable experience and important reference for developing countries to explore their own development paths.
In the new era and new journey, we must strengthen our confidence in the system, firmly grasp and make good use of the valuable experience of the "Five Adherences," comprehensively, deeply, and accurately understand the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee, accurately grasp the general trend of development, scientifically plan goals and tasks, accurately formulate policies and measures, make practical and specific arrangements, and continuously enhance the foresight, guidance, and innovation of planning, so as to promote major breakthroughs in strategic tasks related to the overall situation of Chinese-style modernization and ensure that decisive progress is made in basically realizing socialist modernization, injecting strong impetus.
(The author is the Executive Vice President of the Institute for China Development Planning of Tsinghua University (清华大学))
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General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized at the opening ceremony of the study session for leading provincial and ministerial-level cadres on studying and implementing the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee: "We must do what we should do, strive to do what we can do, and never do what we should not do." This important exposition profoundly clarifies the core essence and behavioral boundaries of Party members and cadres in performing their duties, and is a vivid application of the Marxist standpoints, viewpoints, and methods in entrepreneurship. It provides a powerful ideological guide and action guideline for Party members and cadres to strictly abide by discipline and rules, and to be courageous in taking responsibility.
"We must do what we should do" embodies the political responsibility of being dedicated to one's duty and daring to take responsibility. The so-called "what we should do" refers to the basic tasks that are related to the overall development of the cause of the Party and the country and the fundamental interests of the people, and that must be performed within the scope of statutory duties. An important criterion for evaluating a Party member or cadre is whether they have enough sense of responsibility and a strong enough spirit of responsibility. Promoting high-quality development, securing the bottom line of people's livelihood, and strengthening ecological civilization construction are all major national tasks that must be firmly grasped and fully committed to at present. We must fulfill the duties and missions entrusted to us by the Party and the people with a sense of responsibility of "always being uneasy." Any hesitation or perfunctory behavior in matters that "we should do" is irresponsible to the cause of the Party and the people.
"Strive to do what we can do" demonstrates the spirit of striving for progress and pursuing excellence. This is a higher requirement for work standards and work effectiveness based on the performance of basic duties. The so-called "what we can do" refers to the work areas and tasks in which the structure can be optimized and the potential can be enhanced within the framework of objective conditions and policies and regulations. For example, there is a broad space for "what we can do" in optimizing the business environment, overcoming "bottleneck" technical problems, and improving the level of digital governance. Party members and cadres should not be satisfied with "passing" or "almost" in their work, but should uphold the enterprising spirit of "reaching up to pick peaches," pursue "better" and "optimal" within the scope of "what we can do," broaden development space, improve work efficiency, and seize opportunities and promote innovation and breakthroughs.
"Never do what we should not do" defines the boundaries of power that are exercised with restraint, integrity, and cleanliness. The so-called "what we should not do" refers to both "random actions" that violate the laws of development, exceed the stage of development, and harm the interests of the masses, such as blindly borrowing money to engage in "image projects" and "vanity projects," and sacrificing the environment in exchange for economic growth; it also refers to acts that violate Party discipline and state laws, abuse power, and seek personal gain. Power is a double-edged sword. If used well, it can serve the public and the people; if indulged, it will harm oneself and others. Party members and cadres must respect the laws, revere the people, and put the word "public" first in their words and deeds. Starting from the word "public" can correct the view of achievements and the view of power, and truly use the power in hand to do good and practical things for the people.
"Doing" and "not doing" are an organic whole. "Must do" ensures that the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee are fully implemented; "strive to do" transforms the possibilities of development into realistic advantages; "never do" safeguards the bottom-line requirements for performing duties. The three embody a high degree of unity of principle, initiative, and discipline. "Not doing" is by no means "lying flat," but is for the sake of "doing" better. Prudent "not doing" is for the sake of more scientific and sustainable "doing." We must resolutely oppose the kind of "reckless actions" under the banner of "active action." This behavior not only wastes valuable human, material, and financial resources, but also endangers the political ecology and development environment.
How to better grasp "doing" and "not doing"? The key lies in "accurately grasping the policy boundaries and standards." On the one hand, it is necessary to comprehensively, profoundly, and accurately understand and grasp the strategic intentions and decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, always pay attention to what the Party Central Committee is concerned about and what it emphasizes, consciously position oneself in the overall situation, act under the overall situation, and ensure that the direction of "doing" is not biased and the position of "not doing" is firm. On the other hand, it is necessary to strengthen investigation and research, put one's feet on the ground, and understand the actual situation and the expectations of the masses, so that various decisions and measures conform to objective laws and meet the expectations of the people, and avoid subjective assumptions and blind decision-making. Grasping "doing" and "not doing" tests not only political wisdom, but also professional cognition and execution ability. It is necessary to strengthen the study of knowledge in the fields of economics, politics, law, science and technology, and culture, improve the ability to analyze and solve problems using professional thinking and professional methods, so that "doing" is powerful and effective, and "not doing" is justified and well-founded.
True achievement is based on active action based on scientific decision-making and compliance with rules and discipline. It is necessary to organically unify the firmness of "must do," the initiative of "strive to do," and the consciousness of "never do" in the entire process of performing duties, maintain strategic focus in complex situations, master the initiative in the face of risks and challenges, and create solid achievements in serving the people.
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General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must adhere to expanding domestic demand as a strategic base point, adhere to combining benefiting people's livelihoods and promoting consumption, investing in things and investing in people, promote the virtuous interaction between consumption and investment, supply and demand, and continuously improve the quality and level of the economic cycle, and enhance the endogenous power and reliability of the domestic great cycle." The "Suggestions" of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party proposed: "Promote the formation of an economic development model that is more dominated by domestic demand, driven by consumption, and endogenously grown." The Central Economic Work Conference held at the end of last year determined the key tasks of this year's economic work, with "adhering to domestic demand dominance and building a strong domestic market" ranking first. Currently, China has entered a stage of high-quality development, and the role of consumption is undergoing profound changes: it is not only an important way to meet the people's needs for a better life, but also an important force for driving supply innovation, promoting industrial upgrading, and promoting factor reorganization, and an important means to cope with the uncertainty of the external environment. Youth consumption is dynamic and has potential. Accurately grasping the new characteristics of youth consumption and giving full play to its unique role in the forward-looking traction of the supply structure and the external incentives of the innovation system are of great significance for achieving a higher level of dynamic balance between supply and demand, enhancing the endogenous power of economic development, and accelerating the construction of a new development pattern.
From the basic principles of Marxist political economy, production and consumption are interdependent and mutually restrictive. Production determines consumption, and consumption also has a counter-effect on production. Marx pointed out that "consumption is directly also production," revealing that consumption is not only a value realization link, but is deeply embedded in the process of social reproduction. Under new historical conditions, this theory has given birth to new era significance: consumption can deepen the social division of labor through service outsourcing, force industrial innovation through structural upgrading, promote knowledge spillover through "third space" interaction, and precipitate data elements through new types of consumption. This shift shows that consumption has become an important link in shaping productivity, and youth consumption concentrates the new growth momentum and innovation promotion it contains.
The innovation promotion effect of youth consumption on production is first reflected in optimizing human capital allocation through service substitution and improving total factor productivity. With the refinement of the social division of labor, contemporary youth are more inclined to purchase services such as housekeeping, catering, and delivery to outsource the labor originally completed through household production to the market, so that life affairs can achieve more efficient socialized supply and specialized division of labor. This service outsourcing mechanism not only drives the development of modern service industries and expands the effective demand for service consumption, but also allows young people to invest more time and energy in learning, improvement, and innovation, and enhances the continuity and stability of human capital accumulation. This choice of "exchanging time for consumption" essentially promotes the allocation of labor resources to higher productivity sectors by optimizing time allocation, and accumulates higher quality human resources for economic growth.
The innovation promotion effect of youth consumption on production is also reflected in accelerating technological iteration through demand traction and stimulating innovation vitality through spatial reshaping. Young people are often the first testers of new products and new business forms. From smart wearable devices to generative artificial intelligence applications, the trial consumption of cutting-edge technology products by young people provides application scenarios for new technologies, accelerates the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into real productive forces, and promotes continuous optimization and iteration of products through high-frequency use feedback. At the same time, the emotional value needs generated by young people in the fields of domestic trendy brands and immersive experiences promote the coordinated development of content creation and design research and development. Taking trendy toy pendants as an example, small-volume, low-threshold products quickly form stable demand, and are transmitted to the supply side through methods such as "small orders, quick response" and flexible production, promoting the extension of the value chain. In this process, demand signals, product iteration, and brand shaping are mutually reinforced, promoting the supply side to complete innovation and upgrading in a shorter cycle. In addition, "third space" consumption such as coffee shops, cultural salons, and shared offices has become a place for knowledge dissemination and creative collision, making consumption scenarios extend to innovation scenarios and injecting continuous momentum into urban economic development.
The innovation promotion effect of youth consumption on production is also reflected in providing key elements for the digital economy as data producers. In the era of the digital economy, data has become a new type of production factor. As "digital natives," every click and interaction of young people in online shopping, social entertainment, knowledge payment, and other processes generates high-value data resources. The massive data precipitated by these consumption behaviors, after desensitization, cleaning, and mining, is fed back to the supply side and becomes an important engine for enterprises to optimize production processes, accurately match supply and demand, and drive industrial digitization. Young consumers therefore participate in the value creation process and become important subjects in the digital economy industry chain who participate in both consumption and value creation. Moreover, data elements further strengthen the closed-loop mechanism between demand identification, supply response, and experience optimization, allowing enterprises to achieve accurate research and development and personalized services at lower costs, improve resource allocation efficiency, and promote the improvement of quality and efficiency of the digital economy under the premise of compliant governance.
To better leverage the innovation promotion effect of youth consumption on production, the key lies in incorporating encouraging youth consumption into the strategy of expanding domestic demand, and forming systematic policy support in terms of efficiency improvement, innovation traction, and value transformation. First, focusing on efficiency improvement, improve the service supply system. Improve the quality and accessibility of services such as childcare, housekeeping, elderly care, and health management, improve industry standards and regulatory mechanisms, and support young people to invest more time and energy in skill improvement and innovation, and consolidate the foundation for growth with higher-level investment in people. Second, focusing on innovation traction, optimize the new consumption environment. Taking the implementation of "two new" policies as a traction, promote the expansion and quality improvement of new types of consumption such as smart terminals, green and low-carbon, and artificial intelligence, and support enterprises to carry out application pilots and scenario co-creation; promote urban renewal and public space quality improvement, create more high-quality consumption spaces, and enhance urban innovation vitality. Third, focusing on value transformation, strengthen data governance and cultural supply collaboration. Improve personal information protection and platform governance rules, promote the compliant circulation and effective use of data elements; strengthen copyright protection and original incentive, support the healthy development of new business forms such as cultural performances, cultural and creative design, and immersive experiences, and promote the transformation of youth consumption momentum to the extension of the industrial chain and the leap of the value chain.
(The authors' affiliations are the School of Management Science and Real Estate, Chongqing University (重庆大学), and the Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学), respectively.)
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Column Opening Remarks
New Year flowers move into intelligent greenhouses, "catching up with spring" on time and blooming brilliantly; drones paired with cold fireworks light up the night sky, becoming popular and outstanding; New Year beast lanterns are equipped with intelligent eyes, blinking knowingly and vividly; New Year fish are sent to automated production lines and cold chain logistics, swimming fresh for thousands of miles and reaching homes with delicious taste; new Chinese-style clothing uses technological fabrics, shimmering and elegant; breeding technology helps achieve "freedom to eat melons," with colorful flesh and diverse origins... From the fields to the workshops, from fingertips to hearts, new technologies, new ideas, and new models are reshaping the way we celebrate the New Year and carrying people's yearning for a better life.
Welcome the New Year on the Little New Year. This edition launches the "New Quality Productive Forces in the New Year's Flavor" series, inviting readers to experience the technological innovations and industrial leaps hidden in the New Year's flavor.
As the Spring Festival approaches, the Dounan Flower Market in Chenggong District, Kunming (昆明), Yunnan (云南) Province, is filled with the rich fragrance of flowers, and various flowers compete for beauty. The sounds of customers inquiring about prices and packing are intertwined with the rich floral fragrance, and the footsteps of the New Year follow the tide of flowers and people.
How to meet the peak season for New Year flower sales? From "chasing the market" to "welcoming the spring," from "planting flowers based on experience" to "blooming flowers based on data," from "introducing" seedlings to "creating" varieties, Yunnan's flower industry is undergoing a silent and profound "catching up with spring."
Visiting the Flower Auction Center
Why are flowers from all over the country transported to Yunnan (云南) for sale?
Every year around the vernal equinox, peonies produced in Heze (菏泽), Shandong (山东) Province, are transported thousands of miles to Dounan (斗南), and then resold to various places.
Not only Shandong (山东) peonies, but also characteristic flower materials from more than 10 provinces including Hebei (河北), Sichuan (四川), and Shaanxi (陕西) will follow the "flower road" and converge into this "fast lane."
Why are flowers from all over the country transported to Yunnan (云南) for sale?
In terms of scale, Kunming (昆明) Flower Auction Center covers 65 major categories and more than 4,000 varieties; in terms of network, buyers are all over the country, and the radiation capacity reaches Southeast Asia. Taking Shandong (山东) peonies as an example, once entering the Flower Auction Center, they are placed in a competitive and bargaining market environment, and a single branch can sell for more than ten or even twenty yuan. With rising prices and faster circulation, growers are naturally more willing to transport fresh flowers to this place for trading. In 2023, the Flower Auction Center opened a special peony trading channel, and sales from Heze (菏泽) alone exceeded 6 million branches annually.
In 2025, Dounan (斗南) flower industry traded a total of 15.476 billion branches of fresh flowers, with a transaction value of 13.484 billion yuan, ranking first in the country for more than 20 consecutive years. The Flower Auction Center has established a fresh-cut flower transaction database and extended it to the upstream and downstream of the industry, realizing data connectivity in production, transaction, and distribution. Based on big data mining, it can provide a basis for the government's industrial policy formulation and market development, and also help flower farmers grasp market dynamics and scientifically arrange production.
At 1 p.m., in the electronic auction hall of Kunming (昆明) Flower Auction Center, the sound of keyboard tapping rose and fell. Xu Jia Yuan (徐佳媛), a purchasing agent from Yunshe Flower E-commerce, stared at the screen, preparing to bid for roses. Just after winning "Peach Snow Mountain," "Freud" was unfortunately lost due to fierce bidding.
"The 'Highland Red' was bought 5 mao more expensive, and the 'Orange Barbie' was not grabbed in a second. The best-selling flowers before the Spring Festival are too 'popular', and you will miss the source of goods if you hesitate a little!" Xu Jia Yuan (徐佳媛) said that if the auction fails, you can replenish goods through cooperative bases, and if it doesn't work, you can flexibly purchase in Dounan (斗南) Flower Market. The three-track model of "fresh flower auction + base direct purchase + offline transaction" allows florists to purchase goods at lower prices and ensure sufficient supply.
For florists, Dounan (斗南) is a fresh flower supermarket with everything available: roses, lilies, eustomas, orchids, phalaenopsis, hydrangeas... "No need to run around, Dounan (斗南) is a one-stop shop"; for flower farmers, Dounan (斗南) is a hub for smooth circulation, delivering stable market orders.
As the Spring Festival approaches, Dounan's (斗南) daily supply volume is more than 6 million branches, and the highest single-day peak is close to 7 million branches, an increase of nearly 30% compared with the same period last year. "Business is particularly booming." Zhang Yihao (张意豪), head of Yunshe Flower, introduced that in order to cope with the peak sales season, the company's employment scale has expanded from 1,200 to more than 4,000 people, warehousing operates in three shifts 24 hours a day, and fresh flowers can be delivered to most parts of the country within 48 hours.
Visiting the Demonstration Park Intelligent Greenhouse
Each rose has its own growth script
In the early morning, before the thin mist had dissipated, the intelligent greenhouse of the Yuntianhua (云天化) Flower Carpenter Shop Jinning (晋宁) Flower Industry Modernization Demonstration Park in Kunming (昆明) was already bustling. Technician Zhao Hongmin (赵红敏) held a tablet and walked through the rows of roses, and a precise "catching up with spring" action to control the time of fresh flower listing was underway.
"In the past, we were passively waiting. Sometimes the weather changed suddenly, and the amount of flowers would drop and diseases would increase. Now, with new technology, we can catch up with the flowering period that fits the festival." said Ding Jicun (丁继存), a villager working in the park.
To sell well, you must first plant well. In this high-standard facility agriculture demonstration base, intelligent greenhouses, integrated water and fertilizer, soilless cultivation, and digital management are launched simultaneously, changing the previous planting logic.
"The flowering period and flower volume can be precisely controlled by technology, bidding farewell to 'relying on the weather'." Zhao Hongmin (赵红敏) said while adjusting the cut rose growth model on the console. With a tap on the screen, a complete "catching up with spring" plan was clearly presented - the system can automatically adjust temperature, light, water, and air, and the rose growth cycle is about 40 days. By zoning and controlling the environment, combined with automatic irrigation and fertilization, the intelligent greenhouse precisely creates the best growth conditions for each rose, and "writes" a good growth script for each flower.
In order to steadily receive orders from the Spring Festival market, Yuntianhua (云天化) Park has launched a technological combination: 1,450 mu of intelligent greenhouses are fully covered, and fully automatic soilless cultivation overcomes the problem of continuous cropping; the water and fertilizer circulation system supplies on demand, and is matched with 10 self-developed special fertilizers for precise fertilization, which greatly reduces fertilizer and pesticide input. Here, about 500,000 fresh-cut flowers can be produced every day, which can calmly cope with the pre-holiday peak.
The fully automatic soilless cultivation system not only saves water and fertilizer, but also increases the yield per mu of fresh flowers to 3 times that of the traditional model. "In the past, individual farmers produced 50,000 to 60,000 flowers per mu, which was considered good, but now it can reach 150,000 to 160,000, and the proportion of high-grade flowers has also increased from less than 10% to more than 60%." said Zhu Zhen (朱震), assistant general manager of Yunnan Yuntianhua (云南云天化) Flower Carpenter Shop Technology Co., Ltd.
"Catching up with spring" not only requires being on time, but also requires preservation. The park focuses on the "first kilometer" after harvesting. The differential pressure pre-cooling warehouse allows fresh flowers to cool down quickly after picking, locking in freshness; the automatic sorting, flower wrapping, and transmission integrated system can process more than 18,000 cut flowers per hour, the grading standards are unified, and the manual error is greatly reduced. "This system not only reduces 30% of labor input and transportation losses, but also extends the vase life by 5-10 days." Zhu Zhen (朱震) said.
Visiting the Flower Research Institute of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Each seed has undergone a selection process of one in a thousand
Cai Yanfei (蔡艳飞), a researcher at the Flower Research Institute of the Yunnan (云南) Academy of Agricultural Sciences, did not expect that a new rose variety naming event would attract so much attention.
New varieties need to be named when applying for them. Since there are 10 varieties in the new "Ordinary Light" series selected this time, and there are more than 1,000 new varieties waiting to be named, Cai Yanfei's (蔡艳飞) team solicited names online. A netizen suggested using the name of his second uncle, Liu Baohua (刘宝华), to name the new rose, because "he looks like a flower," and his number of votes was overwhelmingly leading, and he was voted to the top of the list by netizens.
"The treasure of heaven and earth has a good meaning." Cai Yanfei (蔡艳飞) said. The yellow "Wenxiu" and the pink "Jiaolong"... With the help of netizens, flower names paying tribute to two outstanding grassroots cadres, Huang Wenxiu (黄文秀) and He Jiaolong (贺娇龙), emerged one after another.
Don't look at the many new varieties, but in fact, each seed has undergone a selection process of one in a thousand - from being selected to being sold, it takes a breeding cycle of three to five years, which is extremely difficult.
In the first year, hybrid seeds are obtained through artificial pollination; in the second year, 95% of the seeds sown will be eliminated because of general basic traits, and after the seedlings grow up and bloom, the flower color and flower shape are observed, and at least 80% are eliminated; in the third year, the disease resistance, stability, and vase life are observed through large-scale planting. In the end, only one in a thousand to two in a thousand varieties may enter the market.
"The most difficult part of breeding work is not research and selection, but how to promote and implement new varieties of flowers." Cai Yanfei (蔡艳飞) said that the Internet spreads quickly, which can allow good varieties to be known to the market and selected by farmers more quickly, which is also one of the reasons why the team chose to publicly solicit names for new rose varieties.
Due to the early start and obvious first-mover advantage of foreign seed industries, the source of high-end fresh-cut flowers in China has long relied on imports. At present, about 85% of the varieties on the domestic market originate from overseas, and flower farmers need to pay a variety right fee as high as 3%-12% of sales every year.
On the one hand, strive to have what others have and be better, and on the other hand, explore what others do not have. Fully exploring and utilizing local germplasm resources has become a key breakthrough. As of the end of 2025, the Smart Flower Innovation Team of the Flower Research Institute of the Yunnan (云南) Academy of Agricultural Sciences has collected and preserved more than 1,500 varieties of cut rose resources at home and abroad, of which more than 400 new varieties and excellent plants have been tested and promoted on a large scale.
"Only by continuously expanding the scope of breeding and opening up the entire chain from breeding and planting to sales can we master the autonomy of China's flower seed industry." Cai Yanfei (蔡艳飞) said that in the future, China's flower breeding will shift from pursuing substitution to opening up "Chinese style, Chinese core, and Chinese manufacturing."
By: 本报记者 窦 皓
Approaching the Spring Festival, Ningbo (宁波), Zhejiang (浙江). Above the calm Jintang Channel (金塘水道), the sea breeze blows, and the waves shimmer. Traveling by car down to 70 meters underground, a "steel dragon" is "eating" large amounts of rock and soil, extending the undersea passage.
At the construction site of the Yongzhou Railway (甬舟铁路) Jintang Undersea Tunnel (金塘海底隧道) on the Ningbo (宁波) side, the domestically produced super-large diameter shield tunneling machine "Yongzhou Hao" (甬舟号), with a total length of 135 meters and a total weight of approximately 4,350 tons, is undertaking the excavation task of the world's longest undersea high-speed railway tunnel.
At 7 a.m., walking into the operating room adorned with bright red paper-cut window decorations, Li Chen (栗晨), the captain of the shield tunneling machine for the Yongzhou Railway (甬舟铁路) project of China Railway 14th Bureau (中铁十四局), took off his heavy work clothes and sat in front of the console.
Cutterhead speed, propulsion speed, shield tunneling machine posture... Over the next 12 hours, Li Chen (栗晨) must closely monitor more than 200 sets of constantly updating data on the screen. Every abnormal fluctuation in the data may indicate a sudden change in the formation or equipment malfunction.
"To be a driver for the 'steel dragon,' you must be bold and meticulous, requiring a stable posture and uniform speed." Li Chen's (栗晨) fingers precisely moved between the control buttons, adjusting the excavation posture of the "Yongzhou Hao" (甬舟号), keeping its deviation from the tunnel's central axis within 2 centimeters at all times.
"The shield tunneling machine operates day and night after starting, continuously excavating at an average speed of 6 to 8 meters per day, and the mileage has now exceeded 3,000 meters." 26-year-old Li Chen (栗晨) has 5 years of experience operating shield tunneling machines. This Spring Festival, he chose to stay and guard this "steel dragon" with more than 230 builders.
The Jintang Undersea Tunnel (金塘海底隧道) is the control project of the Yongzhou Railway (甬舟铁路), starting from Beilun District (北仑区), Ningbo City (宁波市) in the west and ending at Jintang Island (金塘岛), Zhoushan City (舟山市) in the east, with a total length of 16.18 kilometers, of which the shield section is 11.21 kilometers long. The construction uses two shield tunneling machines starting simultaneously from the Ningbo (宁波) side and the Zhoushan (舟山) side, excavating towards each other, and finally achieving precise docking under the sea. After the tunnel is completed, it will end the history of Zhoushan (舟山) not having high-speed rail.
The Ningbo (宁波) side shield section must cross high water pressure and various complex formations, experiencing 24 frequent and extremely different alternating soft and hard strata. This alternating soft and hard strata causes great wear and tear on the shield tunneling machine's cutters, pipes, etc. "Every meter of excavation will break a 'steel tooth,' and the worn cutters inside the shield tunneling machine's cutterhead must be replaced in a timely manner," said Li Chen (栗晨).
"Each cutter weighs 400 pounds, and we replaced 46 this time." Just a week ago, as Li Chen (栗晨) issued instructions in the operating room, team members wearing diving suits and breathing masks carried out the final operation of this stage in the high-pressure environment of the undersea tunnel.
After completing their daily work, the operators must return to the "deep-sea space station" Ninghai Cabin (宁海舱) on the ground for a short stay and rest. The pressure in this high-pressure living cabin is the same as that inside the cutterhead. Three people work in shifts, and the half-month-long fine surgery on the undersea "giant" was successfully completed. The "steel dragon" with its "steel teeth" replaced rotates its cutterhead and continues to excavate. In the ground warehouse, nearly 3,000 discarded cutters that have been replaced can cover 3 basketball courts.
Currently, the "Yongzhou Hao" (甬舟号) shield tunneling machine has successfully completed 12 formation conversions and crossed 43 risk sources of various levels, and is expected to achieve undersea docking by the end of this year.
At 7 p.m., Li Chen (栗晨) returned to his dormitory after finishing work. In the past 24 hours, the "Yongzhou Hao" (甬舟号) shield tunneling machine excavated 6 meters, assembled 30 segments, and successfully completed the day's excavation task. Dusk falls, and occasional fireworks bloom in the distant sky. "When the Yongzhou Railway (甬舟铁路) opens, it will only take 26 minutes from Ningbo (宁波) to Zhoushan (舟山). I want to take my family on the first train," said Li Chen (栗晨).
Return to TopThis newspaper Beijing (北京), February 10th (Reporter Liu Wenxin (刘温馨)) - The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) and other five departments recently jointly issued the "Science and Technology Service Industry Standard System Construction Guide (2025 Edition)," proposing that by 2027, more than 40 new national and industry standards for the science and technology service industry will be formulated, and a standard system that meets the high-quality development of the science and technology service industry will be initially constructed, and standardization work will be carried out for more than 1,000 enterprises.
The science and technology service industry mainly includes research and development services, technology transfer and transformation services, business incubation services, technology promotion services, inspection, testing and certification services, information technology services, engineering technology services, science and technology financial services, intellectual property services, science and technology consulting, and other science and technology services. China's science and technology service industry is developing rapidly, with new service entities emerging, service formats are constantly enriched, new technologies, new models, and new business formats are emerging one after another, and the science and technology service industry has gradually become an important tool for global technology competition. With the accelerated integration of technological innovation, model innovation, industrial innovation, and service innovation, it is urgent to strengthen the construction of a standard system to regulate and lead the high-quality development of the science and technology service industry.
The guide proposes that by 2030, more than 80 new national and industry standards for the science and technology service industry will be formulated, and a standard system that basically meets the high-quality development of the science and technology service industry will be built, and the effectiveness of standard services for enterprises will be more prominent.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 洲
With a snow surface slope of nearly 7 degrees and a constant temperature environment of minus 5 degrees Celsius... This weekend, the real snow ski resort in the Beijing (北京) Wukesong (五棵松) Huaxi (华熙) business district attracted many citizens.
"The operation and maintenance costs of the ski resort are high, and the expansion of business is inseparable from the help of financial institutions." Wang Yang (王阳), the person in charge of the ski resort, said that in May last year, the ski resort received a inclusive loan of 3 million yuan from the Beijing Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (中国工商银行北京市分行), which made them more confident in the operation of this snow season.
Beijing (北京) regards the ice and snow economy as an important starting point for expanding domestic demand and promoting consumption upgrades. "We closely focus on the capital's development strategy, anchor the development needs of the ice and snow industry, and improve financial services in terms of smooth operation, assistance in upgrading, and promotion of consumption," said the relevant person in charge of the Beijing Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (工行北京分行).
Pan Zichao (潘子超), the person in charge of Beijing Andres Technology Co., Ltd. (北京安德雷斯科技有限公司), has been operating snow equipment since 2015. The store of the company located on Xiaoying Road (小营路), Chaoyang District (朝阳区), Beijing (北京市) has two floors, both store and warehouse, with a business area of 1,000 square meters. "As the business scale increases, the pressure on turnover of payment for goods follows." Pan Zichao (潘子超) explained that the snow equipment industry has great financial pressure. In the past, when he encountered a funding gap, he relied on real estate mortgages. He sold his house last year, and this road is no longer feasible. "I heard that the loan process is more complicated for companies like us that have never borrowed from the banking system." At first, Pan Zichao (潘子超) was a little worried.
Wang Danyang (王丹阳), a customer manager of the Chaoyang Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (工行北京朝阳支行), took the initiative to visit after learning about the situation. After accurately assessing the company's conditions, she adopted a "credit + guarantee" combination model to solve the company's financing problem of lacking traditional collateral. It only took one week from docking, opening an account to the landing of a 3 million yuan credit loan. "We took the initiative to open a green channel, simplified internal procedures, reduced the approval time by nearly half, and quickly issued the loan," Wang Danyang (王丹阳) said. Data shows that in 2025, the Beijing Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (工行北京分行) will have cumulatively added more than 7,000 first-time loan small and micro business entities, with a net increase of more than 900, an increase of nearly 15%.
Smooth operation also helps upgrade. This snow season, the number of passengers at Beijing Huaibei International Ski Resort (北京怀北国际滑雪场) increased by about 20% year-on-year. This is inseparable from the efforts made before the snow season: building an 8-person gondola high-speed cable car, which can directly reach the top of the mountain in 3 minutes, reducing queuing time; comprehensively upgrading the snow track, adding a 100-meter snow slide and other projects...
"After the hardware of the snow track was upgraded, we urgently needed to upgrade the supporting facilities, including purchasing snowmaking machines, self-service card issuing machines, intelligent storage cabinets, etc. The financial pressure was great before the snow season. Fortunately, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (工行) took the initiative to connect with us and quickly approved a 3 million yuan 'Partner e-Loan', which was very convenient," said Song Fushuang (宋福霜), deputy general manager of the ski resort. "We formulate financial service plans around the needs of enterprises to help enterprises create a virtuous circle of 'capital support - experience upgrade - customer growth - income increase'," said Zhu Ying (朱英), deputy general manager of the Inclusive Finance Department of the Beijing Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (工行北京分行普惠金融事业部).
Not only does it help business entities improve quality and upgrade, but it also promotes the public to enjoy consumer benefits. At the ski resort, using WeChat to bind ICBC credit card for payment, Tang Liang (唐亮), a citizen of Beijing (北京), enjoyed the "Love Ice and Snow" instant discount, which not only supported the purchase of ski resort tickets, but also helped him buy a pair of snow goggles for his daughter at a discounted price in a snow equipment store in the city.
Consumers like Tang Liang (唐亮) are not in the minority. "The bank builds the stage, and the merchants perform the opera. The key is to let consumers get real benefits," said Yao Xi (姚曦), general manager of the Bank Card Center of the Beijing Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (工行北京分行银行卡中心). In November last year, the Beijing Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (工行北京分行) participated in the Beijing (北京市) "Happy Ice and Snow Season" series of activities. During the event, the Beijing Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (工行北京分行) focused on scenarios such as snow tickets, accommodation, and catering, and set up multiple levels of consumption discounts such as "100 off 1000". Data shows that the event has directly promoted consumption in ice and snow-related industries by more than 30 million yuan.
"In the future, we will base ourselves on the new growth point of developing the ice and snow economy, further serve and improve the ice and snow infrastructure and service system, and contribute financial strength to the realization of the development of the entire industrial chain of ice and snow sports, ice and snow culture, ice and snow equipment, and ice and snow tourism," said the relevant person in charge of the Beijing Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (工行北京分行).
Return to TopReunion in a Foreign Land: Zhang Ziyue (张紫悦), a Tourist from Hubei Province—
"Traveling and celebrating the New Year with the elderly and children, changing the location also changes the experience"
By Dong Zeyang (董泽扬), reporter of this newspaper
"Let's go play!" As soon as she heard about going to the beach, Zhang Ziyue's (张紫悦) daughter from Hubei (湖北) danced with joy and jumped into the car first. Two boys closely followed their sister into the car, one was Zhang Ziyue's (张紫悦) son, and the other was her friend's son, who came to Sanya (三亚), Hainan (海南) specifically to celebrate the New Year with Zhang Ziyue's (张紫悦) family. The group set off from their health and wellness apartment in Haitang Bay (海棠湾), Sanya (三亚), to play on the beach.
Having driven all the way from Wuhan (武汉) to Sanya (三亚), the elderly appreciate the warm climate, and the children love the blue of the sea.
"We come to Hainan (海南) every other year for the New Year. Last time, we traveled around the entire island of Hainan (海南), and this time we went straight to Sanya (三亚)," said the children's maternal grandmother, talking about the new changes compared to the last trip. Compared to young people who like to "skim the surface," the grandmother is more enthusiastic about in-depth travel. Finding a place with a pleasant climate and attentive service to spend the New Year with her family makes the elderly very satisfied.
Under the blue sky and white clouds, the waves surged. Zhang Ziyue (张紫悦) set up a beach chair and enjoyed the warm sunshine and gentle sea breeze with the elderly and children. "Traveling and celebrating the New Year with the elderly and children, changing the location also changes the experience," Zhang Ziyue (张紫悦) said as she put a coat on her son. She said that in addition to watching the sea and playing in the water, the family would also visit famous scenic spots such as Luhuitou (鹿回头) and Tianya Haijiao (天涯海角).
The children's maternal grandmother said with a smile: "When playing with children, the elderly should 'not spoil the fun' and play with everyone." Holding a toy shovel, the grandmother also joined the children's sand-playing team. Beside the swaying coconut trees, there were figures of three generations playing together.
Filling water, pouring water, shoveling sand, and shaping, a sandcastle was built on the beach in no time. From Hubei (湖北) to Hainan (海南), from taking a boat across the sea to playing in the water by the sea, the three-generation road trip is full of spring and joy. "Before New Year's Eve, the children's father will fly to Sanya (三亚) with the youngest son. At that time, we will taste special New Year's Eve dinners together," said Zhang Ziyue (张紫悦).
Returning Home Early: Dai Shanzhong (代善中), from Gushi (固始), Henan Province (河南)—
"Mountains and rivers cannot sever family ties"
By Zhang Wenhao (张文豪), reporter of this newspaper
On February 8th, the market in Gushi County (固始县), Xinyang City (信阳市), Henan Province (河南省) was filled with a strong New Year atmosphere. Taking his 5-year-old granddaughter Dai Chenxi (代辰曦), Dai Shanzhong (代善中) carefully selected window decorations and Spring Festival couplets: "Stick the 'Fu' (福) character on our door, and welcome the New Year into our home!"
At 0:40 on February 2nd, train K4069 slowly departed from Beijing West Railway Station (北京西站). Dai Shanzhong (代善中) and his wife, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter, a family of four spanning three generations, embarked on their journey home with longing for their hometown. Dai Shanzhong (代善中), who is 60 years old this year, went to work in Beijing (北京) in 1994. For him, although the journey home is long, returning home for the Spring Festival has been a habit he has maintained for more than 30 years.
After finishing the New Year shopping, the family went to visit Dai Shanzhong's (代善中) mother-in-law, Fu Shouyun (付守云). "Great-Grandma, we're back to see you!" Before they arrived, Dai Chenxi's (代辰曦) clear voice had already flown into the house. Fu Shouyun (付守云), who is nearly eighty years old, greeted them and hugged the child tightly. Everyone sat around, filled with laughter. Before leaving, the little girl received not only candy and toys, but also a red envelope.
From collecting scraps and doing odd jobs in the early years to now working in the decoration industry, Dai Shanzhong (代善中) has helped his children gain a foothold in Beijing (北京), and life is getting better and better, but homesickness always lingers in his heart. He often tells his children to interact with relatives more often and visit frequently, and not to "cut off" ties with their hometown just because they are far away from home. In his opinion, family affection is like an old oil lamp, as long as someone lights the fire, the light will never go out.
"Relatives become closer through frequent visits." His daughter-in-law, Shangguan Xiuying (上官秀莹), agrees. She and her husband work as real estate agents in Beijing (北京) and are very busy, but they always arrange their work in advance to return to their hometown for the Spring Festival every year. "This time we will be at home for at least 20 days, just wanting to spend more time with the elderly and visit relatives," said Shangguan Xiuying (上官秀莹).
Looking at the lanterns hung and the window decorations pasted in the house, Dai Shanzhong (代善中) was filled with joy. After the New Year, his family will pack their bags again and return to Beijing (北京) to continue working hard. "No matter where you are, your hometown always has a hold on you. Mountains and rivers cannot sever family ties," said Dai Shanzhong (代善中).
(Xu Chun (徐纯) participated in the writing)
Sticking to the Post: Li Yingbin (李应斌), Qinghai (青海) Highway Police—
"Staggered reunions are also reunions"
By Jiang Meng (江萌), reporter of this newspaper
Afternoon of February 6th, Xining East Toll Station (西宁东收费站) on the G6 Beijing-Tibet Expressway (京藏高速), the air on the plateau was crisp and the sun was bright.
"If Dad doesn't work overtime on Sunday, I'll take you shopping and see a movie, okay?" In the highway police law enforcement station next to the Xining East Toll Station (西宁东收费站), Li Yingbin (李应斌), the captain of the First Brigade of the High-Speed Detachment of the Traffic Management Corps of the Qinghai Provincial Public Security Department (青海省公安厅交管总队高管支队一大队大队长), was video chatting with his 10-year-old daughter.
In the screen, his daughter looked up with a happy face: "It's a deal for Sunday, no take-backs!" Li Yingbin (李应斌) was about to nod when his police communication device sent a reminder: "Qing A02...overcrowding warning." He paused slightly: "Dad has to go to work now." Li Yingbin (李应斌) walked out the door while grabbing the walkie-talkie and shouting to his team members: "Prepare to stop the car for inspection."
"This is Xining's (西宁) 'East Gate'. It is estimated that the average daily traffic flow during the Spring Festival holiday free passage period will exceed 50,000 vehicles," Li Yingbin (李应斌) said, breathing out white air. "The brigade's jurisdiction also has 7 toll stations. Eliminating one more traffic safety hazard such as overcrowding, overloading, illegal operation, and fatigue driving will provide more security for everyone to have a reunion year."
Behind the reunion is the dedication of the police and their families. Li Yingbin's (李应斌) wife is a traffic police officer in Xining (西宁). The Spring Festival travel season is the busiest time for the couple. Although they are in the same city, they rarely see each other due to overlapping duty times. "I have been a police officer for 13 years and have guaranteed 13 Spring Festival travel seasons. I have only spent four or five New Year's Eves at home. This year, I will also be on duty for the New Year, on duty until the third day of the Lunar New Year," Li Yingbin's (李应斌) voice was lower, but a smile quickly appeared on his face again, "So we arrange it in a staggered way. If I have time before the festival, I will spend time with my child first, and when I start taking compensatory leave on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, I will take my child back to my hometown to spend time with the elderly at home. Staggered reunions are also reunions!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a dispatch instruction came from the walkie-talkie. Li Yingbin (李应斌) looked at his watch and walked quickly to the police car. As the sky gradually darkened, the car lights on the highway lit up one after another. He started the vehicle, merged into the traffic, and drove to the next duty point.
Celebrating the New Year in Reverse: Long Wang (龙旺), Project Manager of Shenzhen No. 35 Senior High School (深圳第三十五高级中学)—
"The warmth of family is my best motivation"
By Wang Yunna (王云娜), reporter of this newspaper
At 13:00 on February 6th, Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东), at the exit of the East Square of Shenzhen North Railway Station (深圳北站), Long Wang (龙旺), 36, waited excitedly for his parents and a pair of children to come and celebrate the New Year. Among the people leaving the station, his father with a full head of white hair was carrying large bags, and his petite and energetic mother was holding the children. He hurried to greet them, picked up the children, and took the luggage from his father.
Long Wang (龙旺) is from Liling (醴陵), Hunan (湖南). After joining a construction company in 2014, he followed the projects, from Huaihua (怀化) to Wuhan (武汉), and then from Guangzhou (广州) to Shenzhen (深圳), traveling to many places, and he sprinkled his youth and sweat on the construction site. He worked hard for his career, but left regrets - he had not been able to accompany his parents for the New Year for several years.
This Spring Festival, he also faced a problem. The Shenzhen No. 35 Senior High School (深圳第三十五高级中学) project started in March 2025, and Long Wang (龙旺) is the person in charge. This project needs to be delivered by the end of August 2026. In early February this year, the main structure of the project was fully capped, and the decoration, equipment installation, and other processes were proceeding in full swing. Although construction cannot be carried out during the Spring Festival, road maintenance, safety inspections, and other tasks need to be completed. On one side was the project that could not be relaxed in the slightest, and on the other side were his aging parents who were looking forward to a reunion. Long Wang (龙旺) was worried. His wife, Ding Hui (丁慧), suggested bringing Long Wang's (龙旺) parents to Shenzhen (深圳) for the New Year.
Celebrating the New Year in reverse also has a strong New Year flavor. That afternoon, the family went to the market to buy Fu (福) characters and Spring Festival couplets, and together they decorated the rented house with festive and auspicious decorations. At dinner time, cured beef, steamed pork with rice flour, chopped pepper fish head... one after another, dishes from his hometown were brought to the table, and the aroma filled the entire room. Ding Hui (丁慧) took out the Chaoshan (潮汕) braised goose she had specially bought to let her parents-in-law taste the Lingnan (岭南) flavor.
Reunion in a foreign land is full of warmth. This is the first time that his parents have spent the New Year away from home, and Long Wang (龙旺) plans to take them to experience the prosperity of Shenzhen (深圳) when he has time. If the weather is warm, they can also go to see the sea and feel the sea breeze.
"The warmth of family is my best motivation," said Long Wang (龙旺).
Saving Leave to Return Early: Zhang Yufei (张玉飞), Courier from Fuyang (阜阳), Anhui (安徽)—
"Returning the companionship I missed to my family"
By Li Junjie (李俊杰), reporter of this newspaper
In the children's clothing store, the 4-year-old daughter wore a new coat with red festive colors and a white fur collar, and ran excitedly in front of the mirror for a circle. Zhang Yufei (张玉飞) and his family looked at the little one, feeling very gratified.
Zhang Yufei (张玉飞), 31 years old this year, is from Youdianqiao Village (油店桥村), Chenji Town (陈集镇), Linquan County (临泉县), Fuyang (阜阳), Anhui (安徽). He has been a courier in Taizhou (台州), Zhejiang (浙江) for 6 years. In the past, he always had to stick to his post until the eve of the New Year before he could hurriedly pack his bags and embark on his journey home, and the time for reunion was particularly rushed. This year, he planned early: "My wife's birthday is on the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, and I must rush back to return the companionship I missed to my family." For this idea, he saved up all his usual holidays and embarked on the road home on the 16th day of the twelfth lunar month.
After resting at home for two days, Zhang Yufei (张玉飞) took his mother, wife, daughter, and nephew to the town to purchase New Year goods. The red Spring Festival couplets must be the most festive, and the sweet candies are specially selected for the flavors that children love to eat. His mother, Duan Xilian (段希连), who was following beside him, looked at this warm scene and said with a smile: "Shopping for New Year goods with my son, the whole family is lively, I am really happy from the bottom of my heart."
After purchasing the New Year goods, the family went to eat at a relative's wedding banquet. "I haven't eaten a big feast at home for a long time. The table is full of hometown flavors, and relatives and friends are chatting, it feels very much like the New Year!" said Zhang Yufei (张玉飞). The long-lost lively atmosphere enveloped him, and the hard work of working away from home disappeared.
"It's really good to save leave and come back early, reunite in advance, celebrate my wife's birthday, and prepare some New Year goods for the family," said Zhang Yufei (张玉飞).
Although he will return to work on the sixth day of the first lunar month, he already has a new plan in his mind. "I have inquired and the policy is good now, and it is easy for children from other places to go to school in Taizhou (台州)." He plans to discuss with his family and bring his wife and children to Taizhou (台州) to live together after the New Year. This courier who saved leave to return early is using his own way to make the reunion no longer limited to these few days of the New Year.
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During the Spring Festival travel season, the People's Daily Social Edition and the People's Daily WeChat jointly launched the "My Spring Festival Travel Story" collection activity, and many netizens shared their unforgettable experiences. These exclusive memories warmed the way home.
Waiting at the Tianjin (天津) anchorage to return home. My wife is about to give birth, I wish everything is safe and smooth.
——Netizen: Single Lane IP: Hebei (河北)
My wife and I met and fell in love on the university campus in 2008. After graduation, I responded to the call of the country to join the army, and became a grassroots civil servant after retiring; she chose to continue her studies and went to Burqin County (布尔津县), Altay (阿勒泰), Xinjiang (新疆) in 2015 to teach for 3 years. In 2019, we finally ended our 11-year love and entered the palace of marriage. In the past, when I went home before the Spring Festival travel season, I always had to transfer to two buses, the journey was bumpy, and my wife was carsick, which was hard all the way. After the opening of the Shenbai High-speed Railway (沈白高铁) on September 28, 2025, the time for my wife and children to go home was shortened by more than half, and the journey was comfortable. The development of our country is really changing with each passing day, and life is getting better and better.
——Netizen: Zheng (鄭) IP: Jilin (吉林)
Taking my child, crossing 2,000 kilometers, to the Gobi Desert to spend the New Year with my child's father.
——Netizen: Summer Love IP: Hunan (湖南)
This year, my child's father has to be on duty, and I am taking my child from north to south, and my parents in my hometown are going from west to east. We want to spend the Spring Festival with our comrades. In fact, no matter where we are, being together is the New Year, is reunion.
——Netizen: Jian Jian (翦翦) IP: Shandong (山东)
Near the end of the year, in the waiting room of the railway station in the early morning, a migrant worker brother was holding a large woven bag and couldn't help but fall asleep, his head sinking little by little. A young man next to him silently moved his backpack to pad the armrest of the chair to prevent the brother's head from hitting it. There was no dialogue, no eye contact. This subtle action was accidentally caught by me, and "kindness" had the most vivid annotation.
——Netizen: Jade Belt Goldfish IP: Liaoning (辽宁)
I have been in Shenzhen (深圳) for 12 years, and I want to go back every year. It's not close from Shenzhen (深圳) to Henan (河南). At first, I took the green-skinned train. The child was young and had to sit for more than 20 hours, which was very hard, so I didn't go back for several years. Later, I changed jobs, my salary was a little higher, and the child was a little older, so I took the high-speed train back... After all, that is the root, is home. When I go back to my hometown, I can still be a child in front of my parents, which is really happiness.
——Netizen: Liang Cuihong (梁翠红) IP: Guangdong (广东)
By: 刘子赫
As the seasons change, new chapters unfold daily. Across the land of China, the atmosphere of the Lunar New Year is growing stronger. Countless lights illuminate homes, and the convergence of journeys and affections weaves together, all heading towards reunion.
During ordinary times, families may be scattered in different places, each busy with their own affairs. A sense of anxiety before returning home is unavoidable, and discussions about "severed ties" even occasionally surface. But in reality, these are only brief moments of estrangement for a few individuals amidst the changing times. The sentiments of "missing family" and "seeking family" are always rooted in our hearts.
As the Spring Festival approaches again, those stories of returning home for the New Year, even across mountains and seas, always touch the softest places in our hearts, igniting the most moving festive spirit in this world of ordinary life. No matter how far we go, we must return home for the New Year.
The pace of the times moves forward relentlessly, and the forms of reunion are becoming increasingly diverse. Some people stick to their posts, postponing the date of reunion, but their commitment to love and expectation remains unchanged. Some families celebrate the New Year in reverse, with children bringing their parents from afar to bustling cities, where they can taste the flavors of their hometown that they long for, even in a foreign land. Some people work hard all year, returning home early to make up for the companionship they have missed in the past... These vivid individual stories are moving scenes on the Spring Festival travel rush, interpreting "where there is a home, there is the New Year," and reflecting a warm and vibrant China (中国).
Reunion is our deepest spiritual need and the emotional anchor for strivers. More abundant reunion options reflect the warm support of social progress and institutional guarantees. An increasingly perfect transportation system makes the journey home across mountains and seas no longer distant. Flexible and convenient vacation systems allow both dedication and reunion to be balanced. Continuously advancing basic public services ensure that celebrating the New Year in a different place can also be enjoyable... These tangible guarantees allow people, no matter where they are or in what way they reunite, to feel more grounded and at ease, and also make the happiness of reunion even stronger.
The story of the Spring Festival travel rush is written year after year, and the flowing China (中国) never ceases. Trains speed along, carrying the sincere expectations of travelers returning home; fireworks rise, permeating the warm feelings of family reunion. As long as there is love, affection, and shared cultural memories and family bonds to protect, reunion can be expected no matter where we are. And this warmth and resilience flowing across the land of China (神州大地) is the solid foundation for us to join hands and embark on a new journey.
May the New Year be better than the old. May every returning person arrive safely and be reunited with their loved ones; may every reunion be warm and lasting, comforting our hearts.
Return to TopBy: 高毅博
Harbin's winters are cold with great sincerity. The water in the dormitory radiator gurgles, and I look at the two small dots on the phone map representing Harbin (哈尔滨), Heilongjiang (黑龙江) and Yan'an (延安), Shaanxi (陕西): more than 2,000 kilometers, a direct train takes about 30 hours, or first take a plane and then a high-speed train for a whole day—this is the distance between me and home.
I have to go home for the New Year, this idea is non-negotiable. There are some things at home pulling me.
The first thing pulling me is the sound. To be precise, it is "a burst of sound." The twelfth lunar month in Yan'an (延安) is awakened by sound. After the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, a muffled, deep drumbeat begins to vibrate faintly in the dry air of the Loess Plateau. That's not a performance on stage, it's neighbor Uncle Zhao (赵伯) moving his hands and feet on the flat ground in front of his cave dwelling, it's my dad tying on his faded red waist drum in the unit's rehearsal hall or the open space outside.
My dad is a non-material cultural heritage inheritor of Ansai Waist Drum (安塞腰鼓). This title, for me, means the "dong dong" sound in the background of my entire childhood. When I was a child, I thought it was noisy and covered my ears; in adolescence, I thought it was unsophisticated and avoided it. Until I left home and couldn't hear this sound, a large space suddenly opened up in my heart.
In my memory, my dad's drum was not only played for celebration. After the autumn harvest, he would drum in front of the mountain of grain ears, the drumbeat was high-spirited; when there was a drought, he would go to the mountain ridge to drum, the drumbeat was anxious. The drums before the Spring Festival are the most special, kicking rapidly, spinning wildly, leaping with all their strength, as if to shake off all the fatigue, hardship, and dissatisfaction of the old year, and make room for the new days. I want to go back and hear that sound, stand on that hard and warm loess land, and let the drum sound vibrate up from the soles of my feet, through my knees, chest, and straight to the crown of my head.
The second thing pulling me is the taste. My family's Spring Festival starts with the first wisp of smoky smell emanating from the kitchen. Hot oil is poured on chili noodles, my mother fries youmomo (油馍馍), meatballs, and crispy meat... They tell me: your coordinates are here, your taste buds are managed here, you are recognized by this land in the most ancient way.
You ask me why I have to travel more than 2,000 kilometers to go home for the New Year?
Because my home is drumming, I have to go back and listen, because my New Year has an exclusive taste, I have to go back and taste it.
(The author is a student at Harbin University of Science and Technology (哈尔滨理工大学), interviewed and compiled by Jia Fengfeng (贾丰丰), a reporter from this newspaper)
Return to TopThis edition coordinated by: Cheng Chen (程晨), Tang Tianyi (唐天奕)
Layout design: Cai Huawei (蔡华伟)
Local time, February 7th evening, the second "China Night" event, sponsored by Olympic Global Partner (TOP) Mengniu Group (蒙牛集团) and guided by the Chinese Olympic Committee (中国奥委会), was held in Milan, Italy. With the theme of "China Night, Light of the Five Rings," the event aimed to unite the strength of Chinese sports culture, promote the Olympic spirit, and facilitate international cultural exchange and mutual learning.
Building a Platform to Promote Sports and Cultural Exchange
During the 2024 Paris Olympics, the first "China Night" event was held in Paris, France. From the 2024 Paris Olympics to the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics (hereinafter referred to as the "Milan Winter Olympics"), the "China Night" event has been held for two sessions and has become a bridge to promote international sports and cultural exchange.
As an Olympic global partner, Mengniu Group (蒙牛集团) actively practices the Olympic motto of "Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together," not only bringing healthy and nutritious products to the Olympic arena, but also taking "Born to be Strong" as its pursuit, conveying corporate responsibility and commitment to the world, and continuously promoting the Olympic spirit.
At the event, Chinese and Italian martial arts enthusiasts jointly performed Wing Chun (咏春拳), a traditional Chinese martial art, vividly demonstrating the strength and beauty, spirit and form of Chinese martial arts to the guests with their combination of strength and softness, winning rounds of applause. The "China Night" event has also become a vivid footnote to promoting international sports and cultural exchange with the power of enterprises.
Planting Greenery and Embracing Innovation to Safeguard a Sustainable Future
The Olympic Movement is committed to building a peaceful and better world. "Sustainable development" is not only reflected in the concepts of many Olympic Games, but also in the responsible practices of every participant in the Olympic cause. At the event, Mengniu Group (蒙牛集团) and another Olympic global partner from China, TCL Group (TCL集团), jointly launched the "Planting Greenery and Embracing Innovation, Harmonious Coexistence – China Green Partners Protection Plan." The two sides will assume green responsibility, give full play to their respective advantages, jointly promote the in-depth development of green practices, and contribute to the common health of mankind and the earth.
Mengniu Group (蒙牛集团) and TCL Group (TCL集团) have long been committed to promoting green development. This cooperation is not only a "two-way rush" between technology and the dairy industry, but also a practical exploration of Chinese enterprises undertaking the responsibility of green development. Since 2009, Mengniu Group (蒙牛集团) has joined hands with various parties to carry out desert management in the Ulan Buh Desert (乌兰布和沙漠) in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区). Through more than 10 years of perseverance and cultivation, it has planted a total of 98 million psammophytes, greening a desert area of more than 220 square kilometers, and transforming this daunting "no-go zone for life" into a "desert oasis" full of vitality.
In 2024, Mengniu Group (蒙牛集团) brought its greening achievements in the Ulan Buh Desert (乌兰布和沙漠) to the Paris Olympics. At the beach volleyball court under the Eiffel Tower, Mengniu (蒙牛) created a 140-square-meter desert oasis leisure area, showcasing China's achievements and determination in desertification prevention and control to the world.
Strictly Controlling Quality and Providing Rich Nutritional Support
As the first global dairy Olympic partner (TOP), Mengniu Group (蒙牛集团) provides rich nutritional support for the Olympic Games with its own high-quality products and excellent quality. In the Milan Winter Olympic Village, Mengniu Group (蒙牛集团) provides three dairy products: whole milk, zero-lactose simple yogurt, and butter, providing high-quality nutritional guarantees for athletes, coaches, and staff from all over the world.
The three dairy products form a complementary nutritional supply, which not only covers the basic nutritional needs of athletes, but also takes into account the individual needs of special groups. Among them, whole milk can provide athletes with protein and calcium supplements to help maintain the physical fitness required for high-intensity exercise; for some athletes who are lactose intolerant, Mengniu Group (蒙牛集团) provides zero-lactose simple yogurt, whose formula caters to the current consumer trend of "natural, simple, and healthy"; as an important innovative achievement in the deep processing sector of Mengniu dairy products, butter products have been successfully selected as cooking ingredients for the Milan Winter Olympic Village.
The food supply system of the Olympic Games has always been regarded as a quality "touchstone" for the global food industry. Among them, the catering guarantee for the Olympic Village needs to be adapted to the diversified needs of global athletes and the precise nutritional supply under high-intensity exercise, and the admission standards are strict. For a long time, Mengniu Group (蒙牛集团) has always followed the concept of "safety first for milk," integrating eight international standards to build a "4Q" quality management system of quality planning, quality control, quality assurance, and quality support, realizing the whole-chain quality control from "pasture to table," and comprehensively improving product quality to the world's first-class level. As early as 2021, all nine categories of Mengniu's (蒙牛) products reached EU standards, becoming the first Chinese enterprise to have all categories of products certified to EU food standards.
Using Culture as a Medium to Play a Resonance of the New Era
At the second "China Night" event, the classic aria "Nessun Dorma" from Puccini's classic opera "Turandot" was sung live. Two Italian singers sang loudly, and the magnificent melody and intertwined light and shadow opened the moving prelude to this Chinese-Italian cultural exchange event.
As the opera's lingering sound faded away, the pure and ethereal children's voices flowed into the ears like a stream. The Malanhua Children's Choir (马兰花儿童声合唱团) from Fuping County (阜平县), Hebei Province (河北省), took the stage and sang the classic folk song "Jasmine Flower" (茉莉花). Subsequently, the Italian singers took the stage again and started a cross-border chorus with the children. The pure children's voices and the magnificent opera singing echoed each other, showing the beauty of the integration of Chinese and Italian cultures.
The finale of the event was a unique "Chinese-Italian Family Banquet." Accompanied by festive music, Chinese dumplings symbolizing reunion and Italian pasta representing Italian style were served on the table together. Employees of Mengniu Group (蒙牛集团) also brought intangible cultural heritage paper-cutting, adding a strong cultural interest to the scene.
This cultural expression with paper-cutting as a medium is in the same vein as the brand story that Mengniu Group (蒙牛集团) tells to the world. On the occasion of the opening of the Milan Winter Olympics, Mengniu Group (蒙牛集团) released a TV commercial with the theme of the opening of the Milan Winter Olympics, inviting global audiences to feel the warmth of Chinese New Year reunion on the world stage of ice and snow sports, and jointly witness the "two-way rush" of "Born to be Strong" and "Gathering." "Opening" uses the ice and snow land as paper and ice and snow sports as the blade to carve out Chinese paper-cutting, and uses paper-cutting as the main line. In the cheerful sound of the horse-head fiddle and khoomei, through the progressive "Born to be Strong" scenes of Mengniu's (蒙牛) brand spokesperson, it cleverly connects a series of scenes such as grasslands, the Great Wall, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and the Winter Olympic arena, symbolizing Mengniu Group's (蒙牛集团) "Born to be Strong" struggle from "grassland cattle, Chinese cattle to world cattle."
Uniting Efforts to Promote the Development of the Olympic Cause
Mengniu's (蒙牛) TV commercial "Opening" once again let the world see the style and responsibility of Chinese brands, leaving a moving oriental echo in the long river of Olympic history.
In 1999, Mengniu Group (蒙牛集团) started from a private house in Hohhot (呼和浩特市), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区). At that time, it ranked only 1116th in the country. With the corporate spirit of "Born to be Strong," it has struggled and developed all the way, and has now become a well-known Chinese dairy brand, ranking among the top ten in the global dairy industry. Just as "Wherever there is Chinese red in the 'Opening' film, there is 'Born to be Strong'" said, Mengniu Group's (蒙牛集团) 27-year development history is a vivid microcosm of Chinese national enterprises forging ahead in the tide of China's economic development and constantly surpassing in the process of globalization.
The second "China Night" event came to a successful conclusion, and a new chapter in Mengniu's (蒙牛) dialogue with the world has begun. Looking forward to the future, Mengniu Group (蒙牛集团) will use the light of sports to inspire hard work, the light of green to illuminate the future, and the light of culture to connect hearts, and contribute new and greater strength to promoting the development of the global Olympic cause.
Data source: Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy (Group) Co., Ltd. (内蒙古蒙牛乳业（集团）股份有限公司)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 季 芳 巩育华 陈晨曦
As the Winter Olympics progresses, a wave of enthusiasm for watching the games is sweeping across both domestic and international audiences. Cheers of "Go China!" converge into expectations and blessings for Chinese ice and snow athletes, allowing the vitality and passion of the Winter Olympics to transcend mountains and seas.
"Listen, the background music is a Chinese song." At the figure skating event of the Milan Winter Olympics, the "silky smooth" performance of the Chinese ice dance duo Wang Shiyue (王诗玥) / Liu Xinyu (柳鑫宇) won rounds of applause from the audience. In the stands, Mr. Yang (杨先生) and his family were cheering for the Chinese ice and snow athletes.
Mr. Yang and his family are all ice and snow sports enthusiasts. They came to Milan from Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东), specifically to watch the games. "This is our first time watching the Winter Olympics in person, and we are very excited. The athletes' performances are very inspiring." Before departing from China, Mr. Yang specially bought red stickers and other "cheering artifacts" online, fully embracing the sense of ceremony for watching the games. "We will also go to Livigno (利维尼奥) to watch the snow events," Mr. Yang said, adding that his eldest daughter is very much looking forward to cheering for Gu Ailing (谷爱凌) at the competition venue.
"China team, rise up!" Crowds surged in the square of the Milan Cathedral (米兰大教堂). Ms. Zhao (赵女士) and her friends were "checking in" in front of the Milan Winter Olympics landscape. They are from Chengdu (成都), Sichuan (四川), and took advantage of the holiday to travel and watch the games in Italy. "When the Winter Olympics meets the Chinese New Year, this holiday is just so exciting!" Ms. Zhao said, "We bought tickets for the short track speed skating event. In the Year of the Horse, we wish the Chinese team instant success!" 马到成功 (mǎ dào chéng gōng - "arrive horse success," to achieve immediate victory; to be crowned with instant success).
Enthusiastic spectatorship, friendly exchanges... Chinese audiences at the Milan Winter Olympics have become a beautiful sight.
In the snow park of Livigno at night, the temperature dropped below minus 10 degrees Celsius. At the bottom of the big air jump, there were still hundreds of spectators cheering for the participating athletes. Zhao Hongmei (赵红梅), who is studying in Canada, stood excitedly among a group of spectators holding red flags.
Zhao Hongmei had been looking forward to this trip to Italy for a long time. After her flight landed in Milan, she and her friends drove for about 3 hours into the Rhaetian Alps (雷蒂亚山脉). "I couldn't cheer for the Chinese team at the Beijing Winter Olympics (北京冬奥会) 4 years ago, and this time I finally made up for the regret."
Yang Xingyu (杨星宇), a young Chinese man, just completed his studies in Italy last year and now works in tourism in Milan. "In recent months, many customers have consulted me about 'Winter Olympics viewing + tourism' product packages." Yang Xingyu introduced that locals are very fond of snow sports, and the Italian snowboarder Matteo Eydallin (马泰奥利) is very popular. "Because he is a strong opponent of Matteo Eydallin, Su Yiming (苏翊鸣) is also well known by many Italians. Everyone was very happy to see their wonderful performance in the finals," Yang Xingyu said.
The performance of Chinese ice and snow athletes also touches the hearts of domestic audiences. On social media platforms, some people left messages saying, "I can feel the tension on the field even through the screen, cheering for the Chinese athletes," and others exclaimed, "From the Beijing Winter Olympics to the Milan Winter Olympics, witnessing the growth of Chinese ice and snow, I am so proud"...
Many domestic ski resorts are creating immersive viewing scenarios, igniting the public's enthusiasm for the Winter Olympics. Before the freestyle skiing slopestyle preliminaries began, dozens of ski enthusiasts gathered in the mountaintop coffee shop of Thaiwoo Ski Resort (太舞滑雪小镇) in Chongli (崇礼), Hebei (河北). They paid close attention to the performance of the Chinese team's athletes, and enthusiastic cheers were heard from the scene from time to time.
Chen Yueting (陈悦婷), a ski enthusiast from Beijing (北京), went straight to the viewing point after coming down from the slopes. "In the past, watching the Winter Olympics was on the sofa at home, but now I can cheer for the Chinese team with so many enthusiasts. This experience is great!" Chen Yueting said.
"We specially set up the viewing screen in the landscape hall next to the ski slopes, so that everyone can watch the games at any time when they are tired from skiing," said the relevant person in charge of Changbaishan Wanda Resort (长白山万达度假区) in Jilin (吉林), "We hope that the Winter Olympics can drive more people to participate in ice and snow sports."
A set of data is encouraging: According to the latest statistics from the State General Administration of Sport (国家体育总局), in the 2025-2026 ice and snow season, the number of visitors to ski resorts across the country has reached 118 million, and the total consumption in ski resorts and surrounding areas is 69.15 billion yuan.
Behind the viewing boom is the vigorous development of Chinese ice and snow sports. "I used to think that skiing was a niche sport, but now more and more people around me are joining in," said Mr. Zhang (张先生), who went to Jilin (吉林) for skiing.
The various competitions on the Winter Olympics stage are in full swing, and the love for ice and snow sports is also being transmitted between mountains and seas. Although separated by thousands of miles, hearts are connected, becoming a touching footnote to the Winter Olympics story.
Return to TopAs the only starter from China and even Asia for the speed skating event at the Milan Winter Olympics, I feel deeply honored, but also a little nervous. Because the duty of the starter is to ensure that all athletes start smoothly when fully prepared, and to ensure the fairness and smooth progress of the competition. This work requires us to maintain "zero errors," otherwise it will affect the athletes' performance and even their careers. Therefore, I hope to show the demeanor of Chinese referees through rigorous and professional officiating.
This is my first time participating in the officiating work of the Winter Olympics. Like athletes, referees must also go through layers of selection to reach the Winter Olympics arena. For example, the International Skating Union (国际滑联) will select referees to officiate several legs of the World Cup each season, and assign relevant personnel to examine the referees' performance, assess their professional level and skills, and finally the Technical Committee will decide on the candidates for officiating at the Winter Olympics. This season, I participated in the officiating of competitions such as the Calgary station and was recognized by the ISU Technical Committee. After that, I repeatedly reviewed videos of the World Cup and other major competitions, analyzed the starting techniques of each athlete, and made full preparations before coming to the Milan Winter Olympics.
I used to be a speed skater and was also selected for the national youth team, but I have never participated in the Winter Olympics as an athlete. Now, in addition to being a teacher at Harbin Normal University (哈尔滨师范大学) and a coach of the school's speed skating team, I am also a referee, continuing to shine in the speed skating arena, with more than 20 years of officiating experience.
In recent years, China has paid more and more attention to the speed skating project and actively recommended referees to the International Skating Union (国际滑联). This time, stepping onto the Milan Winter Olympics arena as a starter has fulfilled my dream for many years. Behind this is the support of the motherland, which gives us more opportunities to step onto the international stage, which also reflects the recognition of international relevant organizations for the development of ice and snow sports in China.
In my opinion, selecting referees to participate in international competitions helps Chinese referees to understand and master the latest rules of the speed skating project in a timely manner, and to play a guiding role in domestic competitions through officiating. Influenced by my teacher, I became a referee, and now many students have successively taken up the posts of national-level referees. I hope that the fairness and professionalism of Chinese referees will be passed down from generation to generation, and continue to contribute to the development of China's speed skating project and even ice and snow sports in the future.
(Deng Xuefeng (邓雪峰), a teacher at Harbin Normal University (哈尔滨师范大学) and starter for the speed skating event at the Milan Winter Olympics, recently talked about his participation in the officiating work of the Winter Olympics. Reporter Liu Shuoyang (刘硕阳) of this newspaper compiled the interview.)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 孙龙飞
The melody of classic Cantonese songs like "Guardian Angel" played on the ice, as the Chinese figure skating ice dance duo Wang Shiyue (王诗玥) / Liu Xinyu (柳鑫宇) appeared on the rink. Through powerful lifts and jumps, they showcased confidence and style, freezing a rich Chinese charm onto the Olympic ice.
On the evening of February 9th, local time, Wang Shiyue (王诗玥) / Liu Xinyu (柳鑫宇) were the second to perform in the ice dance rhythm dance competition at the Milan Winter Olympics. Ultimately, they missed qualifying by a margin of 0.22 points.
"Many movements we can do in practice, but during the competition, we wanted to do our best so much that we became tense," Wang Shiyue (王诗玥) said after the competition. "The Olympics are really different from all other competitions, they make you more excited, and you have more desire to perform, so your feet might be a little shaky," Liu Xinyu (柳鑫宇) said.
From their first appearance at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics to creating the best Winter Olympics result for Chinese athletes in the event at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Wang Shiyue (王诗玥) / Liu Xinyu (柳鑫宇) have gradually become a shining calling card for Chinese ice dance. After the Beijing Winter Olympics, they temporarily left the arena due to injuries. As the Milan Winter Olympics approached, the partners, who have been together for many years, decided to return. Restarting training and polishing day and night, they shouldered their mission with perseverance and stepped onto the Winter Olympic stage for the third time.
"We finally arrived here, we did it!" Wang Shiyue (王诗玥) fulfilled her promise. "We have tried our best and have no regrets on the Olympic field," Liu Xinyu (柳鑫宇) admitted that despite experiencing many difficulties, their steps to show the unique charm and cultural confidence of Chinese ice dance to the world have never stopped. The cheers of the ice fans on the scene made Wang Shiyue (王诗玥) and Liu Xinyu (柳鑫宇) feel invigorated, "and we have more energy." After the performance, Liu Xinyu (柳鑫宇) gasped for breath, and the excitement during the competition was difficult to calm down for a long time. In the performance, they spontaneously added many movements to interact with the audience. "We hadn't choreographed it before, it was inspired when we were skating," Liu Xinyu (柳鑫宇) revealed.
Behind the wonderful presentation is the mutual support and common perseverance of the two. During pre-match training, Liu Xinyu (柳鑫宇) suddenly had an asthma attack and chose to continue the competition after emergency treatment. When the program performance was nearing the end, his lips turned white, but he still gritted his teeth to complete the movements, and Wang Shiyue (王诗玥) whispered encouragement to him from the side.
"Our dream has shone 3 times!" This is the passionate voice that Wang Shiyue (王诗玥) and Liu Xinyu (柳鑫宇) left for the Winter Olympics. It is precisely because of their and their teammates' efforts that the Chinese figure skating team achieved full participation in all events in the figure skating program at the Milan Winter Olympics. "We look forward to the healthy growth of the new generation of Chinese ice and snow sports, so that Chinese ice dance can go further," Wang Shiyue (王诗玥) said.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 孔庆元
A few days ago, just after arriving in Milan, a volunteer wearing Winter Olympics attire approached with a smile. She pointed to the various Olympic badges on her work pass lanyard and greeted me kindly in English, wanting to exchange badges. A colleague took out a small bag containing panda-style badges, and after some conversation, the two people from different countries completed a pleasant badge exchange.
In the following days, from the Main Media Center to the Winter Olympic Village, and to multiple venues, the act of exchanging badges was seen everywhere. What kind of charm does this contain?
Each badge, though small, is either ingeniously designed or all-encompassing. Exchanging badges often transcends national borders, bringing people closer together and subtly interpreting the Olympic spirit of "more solidarity."
The most memorable badge exchange experience was at the Main Media Center. Hu Chenjie (胡辰洁), a Chinese student volunteer who had repeatedly helped reporters and colleagues solve technical problems, wanted to exchange for a Chinese media badge after finishing work. "Do you also like collecting badges?" the reporter asked.
"Yes! I learned about this tradition from social media before, and I thought it was both interesting and full of human touch. After participating, I found that exchanging badges not only allows me to make more friends, but also to gain a deeper understanding of Olympic culture," said Hu Chenjie (胡辰洁). So the reporter found her a Chinese media badge, and she also presented a handmade Olympic five-ring logo badge in exchange.
Outside the Main Media Center, the reporter also encountered an American old man. He was wearing a vest covered with Olympic badges, like a mobile Olympic exhibition hall. Since the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, he has watched 20 Olympic Games and collected more than 5,000 Olympic badges. A young man took a fancy to a 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics badge on him. After hesitating slightly, the old man smiled and nodded in agreement to exchange. Someone asked him if he would sell his collection, but he shook his head: "I only exchange, I don't buy or sell."
于道各努力，千里自同风 (yú dào gè nǔ lì, qiān lǐ zì tóng fēng - "Everyone strives in their own way, a thousand miles share the same customs," a quote suggesting that despite different paths, common goals and values can unite people). Once exchanged, the weight of this small badge is already different. Even if separated by distance in the future, a badge is like a token, allowing a friendship forged by the Olympics to cross mountains and seas and shine brightly.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘硕阳 季 芳
Inside the boisterous Milan ice rink, the three teams that ascended the podium each occupied a corner, draped in their national flags, cheering and celebrating. On the other side of the venue, the Chinese team had already left.
On February 10th, local time, the mixed team relay event in short track speed skating at the Milan Winter Olympics unfolded. From the quarter-finals to the semi-finals, the Chinese team maintained a steady performance, advancing strongly to the final.
As the starting gun fired in the final, the Chinese team held the lead for the first five laps, but a sudden mistake changed the course of the race. After the first mistake, the Chinese team dropped from first to second, and the second mistake caused the team to fall directly to the end. Ultimately, the Chinese team finished fourth, failing to defend their title. The host Italian team, the Canadian team, and the Belgian team took the top three spots, respectively. "Actually, everyone skated very steadily before the final. The final result is a bit of a pity, but I think everyone skated very well," said Liu Shaoang (刘少昂) after the race.
For this Winter Olympics, the Chinese team sent Gong Li (公俐), Zhang Chutong (张楚桐), Wang Xinran (王欣然), Lin Xiaojun (林孝埈), Liu Shaoang (刘少昂), and Sun Long (孙龙) to participate in the short track speed skating mixed team relay event. After rotations in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, Gong Li (公俐), Zhang Chutong (张楚桐), Liu Shaoang (刘少昂), and Sun Long (孙龙) represented the Chinese team on the final stage. "At that time, it was inevitable that we would be under pressure," said Liu Shaoang (刘少昂). "After the competition, everyone encouraged each other, not letting this result affect our goals later on."
The strong uncertainty is one of the charms of short track speed skating, and victory or failure is a result that every athlete needs to accept. "This is not an individual's mistake, but the failure of our entire team." As Liu Shaoang (刘少昂) said, there is no need to look back at the results that have already occurred. The most important task now is to devote ourselves wholeheartedly to the upcoming competitions, "We can only look forward and charge forward." 往前看、往前冲 (wǎng qián kàn, wǎng qián chōng - "look ahead, charge forward," to focus on the future and strive for progress).
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Top Headline Views
From patrolling and protecting rivers and monitoring water quality, to signing agreements and promoting ecological protection compensation, and then to normalizing information sharing and enhancing joint disposal capabilities... The Yangtze River Delta region is breaking down administrative barriers in border areas and innovating collaborative governance methods, making beneficial explorations in cross-regional ecological and environmental co-protection and joint management.
In the early morning, Yang Binbin (杨彬彬), Party Branch Secretary and Director of the Village Committee of Yinshui Temple Village (银水庙村), Yaozhuang Town (姚庄镇), Jiashan County (嘉善县), Jiaxing City (嘉兴市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), rode his electric bike to inspect the river near Beicai Natural Village (北蔡自然村). The water of the Taipu River (太浦河) was clear, the aquatic plants were lush, and Yang Binbin felt very comfortable watching the reeds on the river bank swaying in the wind.
The Taipu River flows through Jiangsu (江苏), Zhejiang, and Shanghai (上海). From severe pollution in the past to the current clear water and green banks, the green transformation of the Taipu River is a microcosm of ecological collaborative governance in the Yangtze River Delta. In recent years, under the construction and driving force of the Yangtze River Delta Ecological Green Integrated Development Demonstration Zone, the Yangtze River Delta region has broken down administrative barriers and explored a cross-regional ecological and environmental co-protection and joint management mechanism.
Border between Zhejiang and Shanghai
Jointly Governing and Protecting the Taipu River on Both Banks
The Taipu River has Qingpu District (青浦区) of Shanghai on its north bank and Jiashan County of Zhejiang on its south bank. Separated by water, the two places have frequent exchanges and closer geographical ties.
In 2019, the Yangtze River Delta Ecological Green Integrated Development Demonstration Zone was officially unveiled. In order to solve the pollution problem of the Taipu River, Jiashan and Qingpu became "partners" in water management.
"In the past, in order to increase their income, villagers engaged in aquaculture along the Taipu River, causing eutrophication of the water body," said Shen Zhigang (沈志刚), the former director of Yinshui Temple Village Committee. "Later, Jinze Town (金泽镇) in Qingpu District on the opposite bank wanted to build a drinking water reservoir and proposed to vacate the fish ponds. The villagers were skeptical and hesitated to make a decision."
On one side was the livelihood of aquaculture farmers in Jiashan, and on the other was the safety of drinking water quality in Qingpu. The two places had different policies and mechanisms, and there was no experience to learn from. How to solve the problem? Taking advantage of the construction of the demonstration zone, the two places established a special team to jointly carry out work. Shen Zhigang vividly remembered the situation at that time: "Jiashan coordinated ecological compensation funds for the water source, and Qingpu cadres cooperated with us to visit door-to-door day and night to do work. Cadres from the two places had to hold meetings almost every week..."
With the efforts of all parties, the villagers gradually dispelled their doubts, the fish ponds were successfully vacated, and Qingpu also helped to contact resources to support the transformation and development of Jiashan aquaculture farmers into planting industries.
In recent years, seven adjacent villages in Jiashan and Qingpu on both sides of the Taipu River have established a "Joint River Chief Workstation," formed a folk river chief team, and carried out more than 500 joint river patrols along the river each year. Together with Wujiang District (吴江区) of Suzhou City (苏州市), Jiangsu Province, the three places have established an ecological and environmental comprehensive law enforcement team, which has completed a total of 14 rounds of cross-border joint on-site law enforcement inspections.
Looking at both sides of the Taipu River—in the Changbai Dang (长白荡) River Basin, the Taipu River (Changbai Dang) Drinking Water Source Protection Area has been built here. The vegetation on the shore is lush, the aquatic plants in the water are abundant, and groups of migratory birds attract countless bird watchers; in the Jiangjia Port (江家港) River Basin, Chenxiang Village (沉香村) in Yaozhuang Town on the bank has realized the greening of the shoreline and taken advantage of the situation to develop rural tourism, which is very popular among tourists in the Yangtze River Delta region...
"Look, how beautiful the Taipu River is now," said Yang Binbin, sitting on the public green space on the bank. "Now there are so many people walking and cycling by the river. With the improved environment, the people on both sides benefit."
Border between Zhejiang and Anhui
Horizontal Compensation Promoted Upstream and Downstream of the Xiayang Creek
"Lao Bao, the method you mentioned last time of pulling a net to block floating garbage, I think it works. We have to see how to jointly salvage it." Seeing "Lao Bao," Zhang Yifang (张义芳) said, holding a bamboo pole, standing on the bank of the Xiayang Creek (夏阳溪).
"Lao Bao" is named Bao Xin (鲍鑫), the Party Branch Secretary and Director of the Village Committee of Xiayang Village (夏阳村), Xiaofeng Town (孝丰镇), Anji County (安吉县), Huzhou City (湖州市), Zhejiang Province. Zhang Yifang, who is salvaging with him, is the Deputy Secretary of the Party General Branch of Shijun Village (石峻村), Lucun Township (卢村乡), Guangde City (广德市), Anhui Province (安徽省), upstream of the Xiayang Creek. The reason why the two can get together is due to the joint river patrol and pollution control mechanism explored by the two places.
Starting from Xiayang Village and searching north along the Xiayang Creek, you will soon reach Shijun Village, and further north are Shishi Village (石狮村) and Gaomiao Village (高庙村) in Lucun Township. The three villages are all located upstream of the Xiayang Creek. In the past, industrial wastewater and floating garbage discharged from upstream villages caused continuous pollution to the downstream. When it rained, Bao Xin was even more troubled. He had more than 20,000 photos stored in his mobile phone, many of which were taken when cleaning the river. "You see, at that time, we had to use three bamboo rafts each time, and the garbage filled more than a dozen tricycles at most."
If you want to "cure the root cause," you have to pull the "neighbors" together.
After continuous efforts, in 2022, Xiayang Village and the three villages including Shijun Village negotiated and formulated the "Water Management Assessment Method for Cross-Provincial Sections of the Xiayang River Basin in Zhejiang and Anhui Provinces." The assessment content involves five major contents and 17 indicators, including mechanism construction, ecological protection, and green operation. According to the assessment method, Xiayang Village has the right to conduct monitoring and assessment of the upstream water quality. Subsequently, Xiayang Village further signed the "Horizontal Ecological Protection Compensation Agreement for Upstream and Downstream of the Xiayang Creek River Basin in Zhejiang and Anhui Provinces" with the three villages in Lucun Township, promising that as long as the water quality at the intersection of the upstream villages and the Xiayang Village water area meets the standards and passes the cross-provincial section water management assessment, Xiayang Village will pay the upstream villages an annual ecological compensation of 300,000 yuan.
Since the implementation of the system, the four villages have carried out at least 6-8 joint river patrols every month. The latest monitoring data shows that since 2023, the cross-provincial section water quality of the Xiayang Creek River Basin has been stably reaching the Class II standard for surface water, and the frequency of joint cleaning has decreased by 30% year-on-year. Not only that, according to the agreement, Xiayang Village sets up an annual assessment reward base, and the intersection sections between each other are used as assessment monitoring points. The water quality is monitored once a month, and whether indicators such as ammonia nitrogen reach the Class II standard for surface water is used as the standard to determine whether compensation will be made in the current month, and the compensation funds will be specifically used for regional water pollution prevention and control, ecological protection of drinking water sources, etc.
"The changes are more than these. After signing the agreement, the villagers' awareness of environmental protection has increased a lot," said Zhang Yifang. "The villagers spontaneously formed a water protection volunteer team. A few years ago, Shijun Village invested another 800,000 yuan to add two sets of centralized sewage treatment equipment."
Border between Zhejiang and Jiangsu
Joint Law Enforcement Conducted for Atmospheric Pollution
"How are the pollution control facilities usually managed?" "How is the effect of the exhaust gas collection equipment?"... These days, at a metal stamping parts production enterprise at the junction of Nanxun District (南浔区), Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province and Wujiang District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, a joint law enforcement inspection focusing on the comprehensive treatment of volatile organic compound exhaust gas is underway. Ecological and environmental law enforcement officers from the two places are holding portable testing instruments and are investigating and analyzing.
"The stamping processing industry often requires oils, lubricants, etc. in the production process, so we must control the environmental protection of the materials from the source," said Pan Yiming (潘一鸣), a member of the Ecological Environment Protection Administrative Law Enforcement Team of Nanxun District. A staff member of the Wujiang Ecological Environment Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement Bureau added: "This type of exhaust gas needs to have an absorption and treatment link to achieve a purification effect." Subsequently, the law enforcement officers from both sides jointly issued rectification opinions and agreed to conduct a joint law enforcement "look back" again in the later stage.
"Joint law enforcement is carried out once a month for the junction area, which has become a routine," introduced Yao Yuting (姚昱廷), the captain of the Ecological Environment Protection Administrative Law Enforcement Team of Nanxun District.
"Some enterprises span two places, and the phenomenon of 'taking advantage of loopholes' used to be a headache," Yao Yuting introduced. One winter, there were frequent reports of odors in the junction area between the two places. Due to the strong air mobility and the high degree of industrial overlap in the junction area, it was difficult to lock the source of the odor even after contacting the reporters many times, and the work was difficult to carry out.
In response to these problems, Nanxun District and Wujiang District have established a cross-border linkage mechanism for ecological environment between Zhejiang and Jiangsu, focusing on joint pollution control, joint case investigation, and joint information sharing, and carrying out special cross-border joint law enforcement actions from time to time to strengthen the ecological environment governance in the junction area and continuously improve the joint disposal capacity of cross-border ecological environment problems.
In Yao Yuting's view, the linkage mechanism is valuable in "interconnection." Not only should information be connected, law enforcement should be linked, disputes should also be jointly handled, and meetings should also be jointly held. "When cross-border pollution, ecological damage incidents, or other events that may threaten the environment of the other party occur in the border area, we will communicate information with each other as soon as possible and do a good job in coordinated disposal." To this end, the two places have set up environmental protection social supervisors and mediators at the junction.
By 2025, the annual average concentration of PM2.5 in the Yangtze River Delta Ecological Green Integrated Development Demonstration Zone will decrease by more than 20% compared with 2019, and the proportion of surface water reaching or better than Class III water will increase by 23 percentage points compared with 2019.
From "**各美其美**" (gè měi qí měi - "each is beautiful in its own way," each region focuses on developing its own unique strengths) to "**美美与共**" (měi měi yǔ gòng - "beauty shared by all," striving for common prosperity and shared benefits), the Yangtze River Delta region is contributing a regional sample to the construction of a beautiful China with practical actions to protect the green with one heart.
This newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on February 10th (Reporter Liu Wenxin (刘温馨)) On February 10th, the State Council's National Forest Fire Prevention and Control Headquarters Office and the Ministry of Emergency Management (应急管理部) organized the Ministry of Public Security (公安部), the China Meteorological Administration (中国气象局), the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (国家林业和草原局), the National Fire and Rescue Administration (国家消防救援局), and relevant experts from key provinces to conduct a joint consultation and judgment on the national forest and grassland fire risk situation during the Spring Festival holiday.
The meeting pointed out that the Spring Festival is a critical and challenging period for forest and grassland fire prevention and control. Some areas in North China, East China, South China, Southwest China, and Northwest China have high forest and grassland fire risk levels, and local fire risk levels are high, requiring close attention.
The meeting emphasized that the forest fire prevention and control headquarters offices and relevant departments in various regions must ensure that fire prevention responsibilities are implemented, strengthen political responsibility, strengthen departmental coordination, promote responsibility, and transform the sense of responsibility of being "concerned at all times" into the action of "knowing everything in mind." We must ensure that fire prevention publicity is implemented, deepen the publicity and implementation of policies and regulations, strengthen social public welfare publicity, strengthen fire case investigation and warning education, and create a strong fire prevention atmosphere. We must ensure that fire source control is implemented, adhere to putting prevention first, keep a close eye on key prevention areas, do a good job in pre-event prevention and control, strengthen hidden danger investigation and management, and eliminate hidden dangers in the bud. We must ensure that emergency preparedness is implemented, issue forecasts and early warnings in a timely manner, follow up and implement linkage response measures, strengthen force deployment, do a good job in early disposal, and report information in a timely and standardized manner. We must ensure that safety measures are implemented, always regard rescue safety as the highest principle of fire prevention and control work, improve safety institutions, refine safety measures, strictly abide by safety regulations, and ensure safety throughout the fire fighting process.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Chongqing (重庆) February 10th dispatch (Reporter Liu Xinwu (刘新吾)) The reporter learned from the Chongqing Municipal Forestry Bureau (重庆市林业局) that the "Recommended List of Advantageous Tree (Bamboo) Species for the Forestry Industry in Chongqing (重庆市林业优势产业树（竹）种推荐目录)" has been released, including a total of 31 advantageous tree (bamboo) species. It details their growth characteristics, suitable planting areas, utilization directions, etc., to provide scientific guidance for various parts of Chongqing (重庆) to develop related industries according to local conditions.
The head of the Chongqing Municipal Forestry Bureau (重庆市林业局) introduced that the catalog includes 9 bamboo species, 11 timber tree species, and 11 economic tree species. Based on the biological characteristics of tree (bamboo) species, it focuses on selecting varieties with high economic value, good market prospects, and strong industrial chain driving capabilities, and divides them into three categories: key development, moderate development, and small-scale development. The key development includes 8 tree (bamboo) species such as Liao Ci Bamboo and Phoebe zhennan; the moderate development includes 10 tree (bamboo) species such as Jinfo Mountain Square Bamboo and Camellia oleifera; and the small-scale development includes 13 tree (bamboo) species such as Brot's Sweet Dragon Bamboo and Thuja sutchuenensis.
In the next step, Chongqing (重庆) will be guided by expanding the area and improving quality and revitalizing existing resources, and will comprehensively promote the "base construction, processing and utilization, and market expansion" three-chain integration of advantageous tree (bamboo) species in the forestry industry to accelerate the construction of a modern forestry industry system.
Return to TopShanxi has a long history, based on farming since ancient times, with active commerce and trade, and a gathering of talented individuals. In June 2025, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部) officially announced a new batch of national-level cultural ecological protection areas. The Jinzhong Cultural Ecological Protection Area, covering 19 counties (districts, cities) in Jinzhong City (晋中市), Taiyuan City (太原市), and Lüliang City (吕梁市), became a national-level cultural ecological protection area, marking a new stage in the systematic protection of cultural heritage in Shanxi Province and is of great significance for promoting the comprehensive, coordinated, and sustainable economic and social development of central Shanxi cities.
High-Level Planning to Solidify the Foundation of Protection
Since the establishment of the Jinzhong Cultural Ecological Protection Experimental Zone in 2010, the creation of a national-level cultural ecological protection area has been successively listed as a key cultural heritage protection project in Shanxi Province (山西省) and Jinzhong City during the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan," "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan," and "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" periods. The provincial and municipal governments, adhering to the principles of "protection first," "overall protection," and "seeing people, objects, and life," have incorporated the creation of the protection area into the provincial and municipal development plans and territorial space plans, promoted the alignment of the "Overall Plan for the Jinzhong Cultural Ecological Protection Area" with special plans such as cultural protection, cultural tourism integration, and urban-rural construction throughout the province, and implemented 15 relevant local regulations; improved the management mechanism, established an inter-city joint meeting system for the protection area, and Jinzhong, Taiyuan, and Lüliang cities have established independent management institutions for the protection area. With the joint management of multiple departments, the creation of the protection area has achieved fruitful results.
Multiple Coexistence, Highlighting the Beauty of Ecology
Today's Jinzhong Cultural Ecological Protection Area features material heritage and intangible cultural heritage complementing each other, and natural ecology coexisting and prospering with cultural landscapes, outlining a diverse and integrated cultural ecological picture. Xiaoyi Shadow Puppetry is an important part of Chinese Shadow Puppetry, a representative work of human intangible cultural heritage. The Jinzhong Cultural Ecological Protection Area includes 43 national-level representative projects of intangible cultural heritage and 1889 provincial, municipal, and county-level representative projects of intangible cultural heritage, with living heritage continuing endlessly; 1 World Cultural Heritage site, 106 national key cultural relics protection units, 3 national historical and cultural cities, and 110 national traditional villages, with a deep cultural foundation; 6 national forest parks, 6 national wetland parks, 1 national geological park, 1 national nature reserve, and 33 provincial-level natural heritage sites scattered throughout the area, and 5 historical and natural heritage projects included in the national cultural protection and inheritance utilization project reserve list, realizing the benign interaction of scenic landscapes, cultural relics and monuments, and living intangible cultural heritage, fully demonstrating the unique charm of a composite cultural ecology.
Passing on the Flame, Activating the Power of Inheritance
Over the past decade, the Jinzhong Cultural Ecological Protection Area has built an increasingly complete four-level intangible cultural heritage list system, and has continued to carry out intangible cultural heritage surveys, database construction, and other work. The number of four-level representative projects of intangible cultural heritage in the protection area has increased from 122 at the beginning of its creation to 1932, and the number of four-level representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage has increased from 213 to 2490, forming a diverse and open pattern of intangible cultural heritage inheritance. Yushe Architectural Painting Intangible Cultural Heritage Workshop was selected into the "Typical Cases of Intangible Cultural Heritage Workshops" recommendation list, 24 intangible cultural heritage projects were selected into the national and Shanxi Province traditional craft revitalization catalogs, 14 intangible cultural heritage protection cases have been successively selected into the typical cases of intangible cultural heritage protection practice in Shanxi Province in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and 6 traditional opera excerpts have been included in the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's list of excellent traditional opera excerpts revival plans. "Yushe Ancient Building Craftsmen" and "Fenzhou Banquet Chefs" have become national characteristic labor brands, and ancient skills have been rejuvenated in the contemporary era.
Taking the Xiaoyi Shadow Puppet Art Museum and Jin Opera Art Center as benchmark carriers for leadership and demonstration. Over the past decade, the protection area has successively built 2 municipal-level comprehensive intangible cultural heritage exhibition halls, 19 county-level comprehensive intangible cultural heritage inheritance centers, 1 intangible cultural heritage town, 634 intangible cultural heritage inheritance bases, intangible cultural heritage theme exhibition venues, and intangible cultural heritage inheritance sites. The common people can touch the cultural roots at their doorsteps, and intangible cultural heritage culture bursts with new vitality in the process of entering schools, communities, and enterprises, and its sustainability continues to increase.
Integrated Innovation, Sharing the Fruits of Development
Taking "intangible cultural heritage +" as the path, the protection area has embarked on a win-win road of cultural protection and economic development. In the integration of "intangible cultural heritage + tourism," more than 300 intangible cultural heritage projects have been embedded in scenic spots, Pingyao Ancient City (平遥古城) and Donghu Vinegar Garden (东湖醋园) have been selected as "National Intangible Cultural Heritage and Tourism Integration Development Preferred Projects" in 2022, and the protection area also has 8 national key villages for rural tourism, 4 national 5A-level tourist attractions, 4 national-level night cultural and tourism consumption clusters, 3 national-level tourist leisure blocks, 3 national industrial tourism demonstration bases, and 1 national all-for-one tourism demonstration zone, with culture becoming the core attraction of tourism.
Under the empowerment of "intangible cultural heritage + industry," 19 China Time-honored Brands and 28 "San Jin Time-honored Brands" inherit the classics, and 5 provincial-level intangible cultural heritage characteristic professional towns and 9 intangible cultural heritage characteristic villages are booming. The extended industrial chain not only provides a large number of employment opportunities, but also transforms cultural heritage into a strong driving force for high-quality local economic development.
Standing at a new historical starting point, the Jinzhong Cultural Ecological Protection Area will always anchor the construction goal of "rich heritage, strong atmosphere, distinctive characteristics, and benefits for the people," and will promote the systematic protection and overall inheritance of cultural heritage in depth, improve the level of systematic protection of cultural heritage in the protection area, and help the high-quality economic and social development of Shanxi.
Data source: Shanxi Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism (山西省文化和旅游厅)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 郭梓云
The latest data released by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association shows that in 2025, the number of new EU pure electric vehicle registrations reached 1.88 million, a year-on-year increase of 29.9%, and the market share of pure electric vehicles rose to 17.4%. In December 2025, the EU auto market ushered in a historic "turning point," with pure electric vehicle registrations exceeding traditional gasoline-powered vehicles for the first time on record. Currently, the EU auto market is accelerating its electric transformation, with European automakers actively promoting the establishment of electric vehicle production plants, and Sino-European automotive cooperation is continuously expanding into deeper areas.
Increased Incentive Policies
According to statistics, in 2025, the number of new pure electric vehicle registrations in Germany achieved a year-on-year growth of 43.2%. The German Federal Government recently restarted subsidies for the purchase of electric vehicles. According to graded standards such as vehicle type, family size, and income level, from January 1, 2026, the subsidy amount for newly registered pure electric vehicles, some plug-in hybrid vehicles, and range-extended electric vehicles will be between 1,500 and 6,000 euros. German Federal Minister for the Environment Steffi Lemke stated that the total scale of the subsidy program is 3 billion euros within 3 years, which is expected to support a maximum of approximately 800,000 electric vehicles, and is expected to accelerate the popularization of electric vehicles and provide strong support for the German automotive industry.
In 2025, the number of new pure electric vehicle registrations in Spain increased by 77.1% year-on-year. The Spanish government released the "Spanish Automotive 2030 Plan," which plans to invest 400 million euros in 2026 to provide direct subsidies for the purchase of electric vehicles, invest 300 million euros to build more charging stations, and also allocate an additional 580 million euros on the basis of existing incentive plans to support electric vehicle and battery industry projects, with the goal of increasing the country's electric vehicle production share to 95% by 2035.
Since July 2025, France has implemented an electric vehicle "ecological subsidy" of up to 4,200 euros per vehicle. Since October 1, 2025, anyone who purchases an electric vehicle produced in Europe and equipped with batteries manufactured locally in Europe can also receive an additional 1,000 euro subsidy. This year, the electric vehicle "ecological subsidy" will also be increased to a maximum of 5,700 euros.
Multinational companies are also stepping up their layout in the European electric vehicle market. For example, the French Renault Group and the American Ford Motor Company announced a strategic cooperation, and the two parties will jointly develop two Ford brand affordable electric vehicle models in the European market. The new cars will be produced in the French electric vehicle city, and the first model is planned to be launched in the European market in early 2028.
The automotive industry accounts for approximately 7% of the EU's total economy, directly and indirectly creating nearly 13 million jobs. A McKinsey analysis article stated that the European automotive industry plans to launch approximately 350 new electric vehicle models by 2032, of which more than 70% will be pure electric vehicles. "The promotion of support policies, a wider range of model choices, and the increasing daily practicality of electric vehicles are driving the European automotive industry to transition to zero-emission drive systems." According to Thomas Peckruhn, Chairman of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), "According to the current trend, 2026 will be a year of leapfrog development for the European electric vehicle industry."
Accelerating Technological Research and Development
Currently, range, price, and charging issues are still important concerns for potential electric vehicle buyers. In recent years, the EU plans to increase its R&D support for the automotive industry. McKinsey cited relevant data showing that European automakers and major suppliers invest nearly 150 billion euros in automotive industry R&D and expansion each year, accounting for approximately 30% of the EU's total innovation expenditure. German automakers and suppliers alone have invested billions of euros in vigorously developing electric vehicles. "This is the main way to achieve climate neutrality," said Hildegard Müller, President of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA).
The European Commission (欧盟委员会) released a package of automotive industry plans in December 2025 to promote innovation cooperation between member states and support the automotive industry's transition to clean mobility. Among them, the "Battery Acceleration Plan" is expected to invest 1.8 billion euros, mainly in the form of interest-free loans to support European battery manufacturers. The EU's "Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Regulation" has formulated mandatory minimum standards for public charging piles and has recently come into effect. The "Energy Performance of Buildings Directive" requires member states to adjust their national building regulations before May this year so that new and renovated buildings can prepare for charging infrastructure.
EU countries are accelerating the exploration of bidirectional charging technology. This technology enables electric vehicles to not only store electricity, but also return electricity to other devices, such as household appliances, homes, and public grids, while also helping to balance the power system. The EU is standardizing the procurement and operation of European smart bidirectional charging infrastructure through the Smart Charging Infrastructure Integration Project.
McKinsey's article believes that EU automakers will also increase their investment in key technologies for the future automotive industry, including software-defined vehicles, semiconductors, and internal combustion engine components, in order to improve competitiveness. "The electric vehicle industry within the EU is in a clear upward growth phase. The future belongs to electric vehicles," said Andreas Edler, Executive Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (Fraunhofer ISI).
Complementary Advantages in Cooperation with China
Recently, China and Europe simultaneously announced that the electric vehicle case has achieved positive results after multiple rounds of consultations, injecting new momentum into Sino-European automotive trade and investment cooperation. Currently, the automotive industry cooperation between China and Europe has gradually expanded from market cooperation to deeper levels such as technological innovation, product research and development, and supply chain collaboration. While fully leveraging their respective advantages and winning more customers, China and Europe are forming a strong synergy to promote the transformation and development of the industry.
The latest survey by the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) shows that 70% of the surveyed companies plan to increase their investment in China in the future, with research and development accounting for the highest proportion. At the same time, Chinese automakers such as Changan (长安), GAC (广汽), NIO (蔚来), and Xpeng (小鹏) have entered the European market. In 2025, sales of Chinese brand electric vehicles in Europe increased by more than 60%, reaching approximately 230,000 vehicles. Within the EU, new car registrations of BYD (比亚迪) increased by 227.8% year-on-year in 2025, and its market share increased from 0.4% in 2024 to 1.2%; new car registrations of SAIC MG (上汽MG) (mainly hybrid vehicles) exceeded the 300,000 mark.
Chinese automotive brands are deeply integrating into the local new energy industry chain and enhancing the localization capabilities of their products and services by establishing local automotive factories. In September 2025, Xpeng Motors' (小鹏汽车) first European localization production project was launched, starting the production of electric vehicles in Graz, Austria, and its first model released globally recently completed trial assembly smoothly. In May 2025, BYD (比亚迪) announced the establishment of its European headquarters in Budapest, Hungary, and the establishment of a new European R&D center. BYD's (比亚迪) first EU passenger car factory built in Szeged, Hungary, is expected to start trial production in the first quarter of 2026 and plans to start mass production in the second quarter. Chery (奇瑞) has established a joint venture factory with EV Motors in Barcelona, Spain, becoming the first Chinese automaker to produce passenger cars in Europe. Leapmotor (零跑汽车) and Stellantis Group (斯泰兰蒂斯集团) have established Leapmotor International (零跑国际), which plans to start production at a factory in Spain in the third quarter of this year.
The collaboration model of "European complete vehicle technology + Chinese battery solutions" helps more and more Sino-European companies achieve complementary advantages and innovative breakthroughs. In June 2025, Envision AESC's (远景动力) battery super factory in Douai, France, was officially put into production, with an annual production capacity of 10 GWh, which can meet the battery needs of approximately 200,000 electric vehicles, providing Renault (雷诺) with key battery guarantees. The groundbreaking ceremony for the lithium iron phosphate battery factory jointly invested by CATL (宁德时代) and Stellantis Group (斯泰兰蒂斯集团) in Aragon, Spain, was held in November 2025. It is currently one of the largest Chinese investment projects in Spain and is planned to be put into production by the end of 2026.
Hubert Aiwanger, Deputy Prime Minister of Bavaria (巴伐利亚州) and Minister of State for Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy, said that in the past 10 years, Chinese automakers have made breakthroughs in drive technology, covering driving assistance systems, advanced battery technology, and multiple innovative applications. German automotive economics expert Ferdinand Dudenhöffer said: "China has established leading advantages in battery manufacturing, intelligent vehicle integration, and charging ecosystems, while German automakers maintain unique competitiveness in driving experience and industrial design. The two sides are not competitive substitutes, but complementary advantages. European and Chinese automakers can fully achieve win-win cooperation on the global new energy track."
(Reported by this newspaper from Berlin on February 10)
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on February 10th (Reporter Chu Jun (褚君)): Regarding Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's (高市早苗) recent statement that she is open to dialogue with China, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian (林剑) stated on the 10th that genuine dialogue should be based on respecting the other party and adhering to consensus. If Japan sincerely wants to develop a China-Japan strategic mutually beneficial relationship, it should demonstrate its sincerity for dialogue with practical actions.
At the regular press conference that day, a reporter asked: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) said on the 9th that she is open to dialogue with China, and the two countries will continue to exchange opinions. What is the Foreign Ministry's comment on this? Is China willing to have a dialogue with Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗)?
Lin Jian (林剑) said that China has repeatedly clarified its relevant solemn position. Genuine dialogue should be based on respecting the other party and adhering to consensus. To claim to want dialogue while simultaneously engaging in confrontation is an example of 嘴里喊着对话、手上却忙着对抗 (zuǐ lǐ hǎn zhe duì huà, shǒu shàng què máng zhe duì kàng - "shouting dialogue with the mouth, while the hands are busy confronting," saying one thing and doing another), and no one will accept such "dialogue."
"If Japan sincerely wants to develop a China-Japan strategic mutually beneficial relationship, it is very simple and clear: withdraw Sanae Takaichi's (高市早苗) erroneous remarks regarding Taiwan, adhere to the four China-Japan political documents and the political commitments made by Japan, and demonstrate sincerity for dialogue with practical actions," he said.
Return to TopJapan's real wages per capita have declined for four consecutive years.
Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo (东京), February 9 (Reporters Liu Chunyuan (刘春燕) and Li Shimeng (李诗萌)) The preliminary statistics released by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (日本厚生劳动省) on the 9th showed that due to continued inflation, after deducting the impact of rising prices, Japan's real wages per capita in 2025 decreased by 1.3% compared with the previous year, a decline for four consecutive years.
The report shows that in 2025, the average monthly nominal cash wage of Japanese workers increased by 2.3% compared with the previous year. However, due to the continuous rise in prices in Japan in recent years, with last year's consumer price increase reaching 3.7%, exceeding the growth rate of nominal wages, the actual wage income continued to show a downward trend.
Japanese media and experts believe that the active fiscal policy advocated by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) will further exacerbate inflation. With the continuous decline in actual wage levels, rising prices may lead to stagnant consumption, and Japan's economic recovery will be under pressure as a result.
Guterres: The current situation in the West Bank is undermining the prospects for a "two-state solution."
Xinhua News Agency, United Nations (联合国), February 9 (Reporter) Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres (古特雷斯), issued a statement on the 9th, saying that Guterres is deeply concerned about the decision of the Israeli Security Cabinet to authorize a series of administrative and law enforcement measures in Area A and Area B of the occupied West Bank, believing that the current situation in the West Bank is undermining the prospects for achieving a "two-state solution." Guterres reiterated that all Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem (东耶路撒冷), and their related systems and infrastructure are in blatant violation of international law and relevant UN resolutions, and have no legal effect.
The statement said that Israel's continued occupation of Palestinian territory and other actions are not only illegal but also undermine regional stability. Guterres urged Israel to rescind the above-mentioned measures and called on all parties to reach a "two-state solution" through negotiations in accordance with relevant Security Council resolutions and international law, maintaining this as the only way to achieve lasting peace between Palestine and Israel.
According to the Oslo Accords signed by Palestine and Israel in 1993, the West Bank region is divided into three areas: A, B, and C. Area A is controlled by the Palestinian side, Area B is jointly managed by both sides, and Area C is controlled by the Israeli side.
Canada condemns Trump for obstructing the US-Canada international bridge project.
Xinhua News Agency, Ottawa (渥太华), February 9 (Reporter Lin Wei (林威)) According to Canadian media reports on the 9th, Canadian politicians and business leaders strongly condemned US President Trump (特朗普) for obstructing the Gordie Howe International Bridge project, which is nearing completion and connects the United States and Canada.
Drew Dilkens, Mayor of Windsor (温莎市), Canada, criticized Trump for ignoring the common interests of the two countries. "This is just crazy," Dilkens said. "This is not only bad for our country, but also for his country." Regarding Trump's statement that "the bridge construction did not purchase American products," Dilkens said that American steel was strictly used in the construction on the American side of the bridge. Candace Laine, President and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, issued a statement saying: "Whether this ultimately is a real action or simply to create uncertainty, obstructing or blocking the bridge is a self-harming act."
According to reports, the Gordie Howe International Bridge began construction in 2018 and was originally scheduled to open to traffic in September this year. It connects Windsor, Ontario (安大略省温莎市), Canada, and Detroit, Michigan (密歇根州底特律市), USA. The Canadian federal government fully invested 6.4 billion Canadian dollars to build the bridge and plans to recover the costs through future tolls. Once the costs are fully recovered, the toll revenue will be shared with Michigan. Trump complained on social media on the 9th that Canada's trade with the United States was "unfair" and demanded that at least half of the property rights of the bridge belong to the United States, otherwise he would not allow the bridge to open.
France says it has resumed dialogue channels with Russia at the technical level.
Xinhua News Agency, Paris (巴黎), February 10 (Reporter Sun Yi (孙毅)) French President Emmanuel Macron (马克龙) said in an interview with several European media outlets on the 9th that France has "resumed dialogue channels with Russia at the technical level" and hopes that Europe can propose a common plan to consult with Russia. Macron believes that there should not be too many participants in the dialogue between Europe and Russia.
When talking about US President Trump's repeated threats to obtain Greenland (格陵兰岛) recently, Macron called on Europe not to fall into "cowardly wishful thinking." He emphasized that the "threats" and "intimidation" from the United States have not ended. Macron also said that Europe is in a state of "geopolitical and geo-economic emergency" and called on Europe to reduce its dependence on foreign countries and should advocate the implementation of a "Europe First" policy to protect Europe's "key industries" such as steel, chemicals, and defense.
Mexican President: Sanctions should not harm people's livelihoods; Mexico will continue to assist Cuba.
Xinhua News Agency, Mexico City (墨西哥城), February 9 (Reporter Wu Hao (吴昊)) Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum (辛鲍姆) said on the 9th that Mexico will continue to provide humanitarian support to Cuba and called for an end to sanctions against Cuba that affect people's livelihoods.
Sheinbaum said at a regular press conference that day that the United States' pressure on countries that transport oil to Cuba is "extremely unjust" and puts heavy pressure on the Cuban people. Cuba is currently facing a fuel shortage, and it is the ordinary people who ultimately bear the pressure. The relevant sanctions should not harm ordinary people. Mexico will continue to work through diplomatic channels to restore oil transportation to Cuba while avoiding adverse effects on the Mexican economy.
Currently, tensions between Cuba and the United States are escalating. US President Trump signed an executive order on January 29, threatening to impose ad valorem tariffs on goods imported into the United States from countries that provide oil to Cuba. The Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an announcement on the 8th stating that the Mexican government sent two naval ships that day to transport humanitarian aid to Cuba.
US military says it attacked a "drug-smuggling ship" in the Pacific, killing 2 people.
Xinhua News Agency, Washington (华盛顿), February 9 The US Southern Command said on the 9th that it carried out a "lethal strike" on a "drug-smuggling ship" in the eastern Pacific that day, killing two people on board and leaving one survivor.
The US Southern Command said on social media that the US military's Joint Task Force "South Spear" carried out a "lethal strike" on a ship operated by a "designated terrorist organization." Intelligence showed that the ship was "sailing along known drug smuggling routes in the eastern Pacific and engaged in drug smuggling activities."
By: 葛瑞红
I have worked at the Green Technology Confucius Institute at the University of Venda (文达大学) in South Africa for over two years. In these more than 700 days and nights, I have witnessed how this Confucius Institute, located in the remote hinterland of South Africa, has pioneered a new model of cooperation that "bridges cultures and empowers with technology." From science popularization classes deep in the countryside to demonstration plots on campus, and then to BeiDou-assisted smart agriculture, the ancient land of Venda (文达) is gaining new endogenous development momentum under the nourishment of green technology.
Venda (文达), located between the Soutpansberg Mountains and Kruger National Park in northeastern South Africa, was the third black area in southern Africa to gain independence in 1979, then known as the "Republic of Venda (文达共和国)." During the apartheid era, Venda (文达) was one of the poorest regions in southern Africa. In 1994, the new South Africa was established, and Venda (文达) was incorporated into South Africa in the same year.
Venda (文达) people value knowledge and respect teachers, which is evident in the location of the Green Technology Confucius Institute. The University of Venda (文达大学) specifically converted its art museum, which originally displayed pottery, sculptures, and precious historical photographs of the ancestors, into the location of the Confucius Institute. This red-roofed, gray-walled building carries the local historical and cultural memory. Today, alongside these African-style exhibits, there are Chinese calligraphy and paintings with elegant charm and carefully selected Chinese classics, where local culture and Chinese culture engage in a dialogue across time and space.
The people of Venda (文达) have made a living from farming and animal husbandry for generations. Initially, we were unsure how to carry out teaching activities, but when we truly entered the community, the eager eyes of the children in those science popularization activities provided the most vivid answer. Small fans driven by photoelectric reactions rotated, visual recognition systems guided toy cars to automatically avoid obstacles, chemical reagents caused flames to rise with colorful light, and lines of code instantly achieved mechanical control... At the science and technology activity site organized by the Confucius Institute in conjunction with several universities, hundreds of local students crowded around various "science and technology stalls." After listening to the teachers' detailed explanations, the children scrambled to operate the equipment, and the exclamations and cheers broke the silence of the countryside.
Embracing modern technology and yearning for a green life are becoming a new pursuit for contemporary Venda (文达) people. "Venda (文达) is a traditional agricultural area, but we are eager to embrace new technologies, especially new energy and green technologies, which is precisely the valuable wealth that China can bring us," said Eric, the foreign dean of the Green Technology Confucius Institute at the University of Venda (文达大学), who is an active promoter of science popularization activities. Under his guidance, more and more students have developed the desire to "learn Chinese well and go to China to learn technology." Looking at their expectant eyes, I feel deeply gratified and responsible—most of them have never set foot abroad, but through the window of the Confucius Institute, they have perceived China's development and sincerely hope to use the light of Eastern technology to illuminate the development of their hometown.
At the University of Venda (文达大学), green technology is not just a concept in books, but is transformed into crops harvested one after another in the experimental farm. From seed selection and breeding to soil improvement and intelligent temperature and humidity control, students gradually become familiar with and master modern agricultural technologies such as "green," "high-yield," and "automation." A 10-meter-high BeiDou satellite signal receiving station stands in the center of the farm. As a key node of the China-Africa BeiDou Satellite Navigation System and Remote Sensing Application Joint Laboratory, it connects sensors and intelligent terminals to monitor crop growth and pest and disease data in real time. This is not only a demonstration of technology, but also a practical demonstration of precision agriculture taking root and sprouting in Africa.
"Bringing in" green technology is the first step. Cultivating more local talents who master the technology and can put it into practice is the key. Ms. Kutama, the manager of the experimental farm at the University of Venda (文达大学), was trained at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (北京航空航天大学) in China and is now spreading the "spark" of smart agriculture. She proudly told me that she brought the entire set of technologies back to Venda (文达), and every training class she offers is fully booked. In her opinion, this "teaching a man to fish" model is the most vivid footnote to non-Chinese technical cooperation.
The people of Venda (文达) revere nature and firmly believe that knowledge changes destiny. "Education is Venda's (文达) greatest reliance" is a motto passed down through generations here. Today, this ancient belief has new connotations. On this hopeful land, the seeds of Chinese green technology are sprouting, and the story of China-South Africa friendship is continuing to write new chapters.
Return to TopRecently, Lahore (拉合尔), the capital of Punjab Province (旁遮普省) in Pakistan (巴基斯坦), held various activities in the ancient city, including kite flying competitions, singing and dancing performances, and food sharing. The traditional Basant Festival, also known as the Kite Festival, was restarted after 19 years, attracting a large number of tourists to experience the festive culture. The word "Basant" comes from Sanskrit and means spring. Local people have formed the tradition of celebrating the Basant Festival and welcoming the arrival of spring by flying kites. The Basant Festival was previously suspended for safety reasons. The picture shows a lively scene in the ancient city of Lahore (拉合尔).
People's Daily reporter Zhao Yipu (赵益普) photographed.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 章念生
Ipoh (怡保市), the capital of Perak (霹雳州) in Malaysia, is a well-known leisure destination in the country. When the reporter visited there not long ago, he saw many shops in Ipoh Old Town (怡保旧街场) with a surge of customers. Some shop owners told reporters that Ipoh has become more popular in recent months, and their business is booming. Many residents of Kuala Lumpur (吉隆坡) specifically come here to shop and spend money.
North of Ipoh, in the Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone (峇六拜自由工业区) in southern Penang (槟城), stand the huge signs of multinational corporations such as Intel, Bosch, AMD, Dell, HP, and Osram. Since 2025, many multinational corporations have announced additional investments here to expand and upgrade their factories. In Johor (柔佛州) in the south, data center construction is steadily advancing. International technology giants such as Oracle, Google, and Microsoft have pledged to expand their investments here. In January 2025, Malaysia and Singapore officially signed the "Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone Agreement (柔新经济特区协议)." As of December 2025, companies headquartered in Singapore have pledged a total investment of over S$5.5 billion (approximately RMB 5.5 per Singapore dollar) in the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone. Shamsul (沙姆苏尔), CEO of the Malaysian Investment Development Authority, told reporters that since the signing of the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone Agreement, the investment and construction of data centers has been accelerating, and the dozens of approved data center projects alone will create more than 6,000 skilled jobs. The Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone is attracting high-tech industries such as advanced electronics, renewable energy, and digital services, helping to form a sustainable industrial ecosystem.
Increased consumption and expanded investment support the solid fundamentals of Malaysia's economy in 2025. A report by McKinsey & Company shows that Malaysia's average quarterly household spending growth in the first three quarters of 2025 was no less than 5%. Institutions such as United Overseas Bank believe that the growth of domestic consumption has become a key driver of Malaysia's economic acceleration, buffering the impact of external trade uncertainties. Benefiting from increased household spending, active corporate investment, and expanded export trade, Malaysia's service, manufacturing, and construction sectors have performed strongly. According to the latest data from the Department of Statistics Malaysia, the country's GDP in the fourth quarter of 2025 increased by 5.7% year-on-year, the fastest quarterly growth since the second quarter of 2024, and the estimated full-year economic growth rate for 2025 is 4.9%.
Benefiting from the overall positive economic situation, the Malaysian Ringgit became one of the best-performing currencies in Asia in 2025. According to data from the Department of Statistics Malaysia, the cumulative increase in the Ringgit's exchange rate against the US dollar exceeded 10% in the past year. Amir Hamzah (阿米尔·哈姆扎), the Second Minister of Finance of Malaysia, said that increased capital inflows and improved investment confidence are the main reasons for the recent strong performance of the Ringgit, reflecting market confidence in Malaysia's economic growth prospects.
A report by the international rating agency Moody's also warned that weak global demand will continue to impact the Malaysian economy, which relies on exports and the semiconductor supply chain. Local people also face unfavorable factors such as rising living costs and stagnant wage growth, which may constrain future sustainable economic growth. Some analysts also believe that as the traditional export-driven effect decreases, the government needs to further introduce measures to accelerate the green and digital transformation of the economy in the future.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 谢亚宏
Local time February 6th, the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics grandly opened. The foothills of the Alps are covered in silver, and the passion of ice and snow surges in various venues. On the field, Chinese and athletes from other countries compete together, practicing the Olympic motto of "Faster, Higher, Stronger - Together"; outside the field, Chinese elements shine with a different kind of brilliance. From cloud technology to colorful screens, from ice and snow equipment to cultural experiences, China is deeply participating in this globally watched Winter Olympics in a variety of ways.
Intelligent transportation makes cities and mountains no longer distant.
Inside the main media center of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, the curling simulation area of the Alibaba Cloud (阿里云) booth attracts many eyes. At the moment when participants throw the curling stone, 20 high-speed cameras simultaneously capture the trajectory of the action, and the system quickly generates an all-round slow-motion freeze-frame playback to restore the details of the action.
This technology originated from the 360-degree real-time replay system first applied by Alibaba Cloud (阿里云) at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Fan Liang (樊亮), an expert in product solutions at Alibaba Cloud (阿里云), told reporters that the technology has now been fully upgraded. The new generation of algorithms breaks through the image recognition problem in the low-contrast environment of snow, and can accurately restore the action details of athletes in complex backgrounds. Currently, the technology is serving 10 competition venues of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
At this Winter Olympics, the Olympic official large model built based on Alibaba's Qwen (阿里千问) is open to delegations from various countries. This is the first time that artificial intelligence large model technology has been deeply integrated into the core business processes of the Olympic Games. From competition scheduling and resource coordination to traffic command and global broadcasting, artificial intelligence is becoming the "digital hub" supporting this large-scale event.
This innovation is based on China's continued participation in the digital process of the Olympic Games: the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics became the first Olympic Games with 100% of its core systems on the cloud; during the 2024 Paris Olympics, cloud broadcasting distributed globally through Alibaba Cloud (阿里云) officially surpassed satellite broadcasting and became the main broadcasting method for Olympic events... Ilario Corna, Chief Information Technology Officer of the International Olympic Committee, said that Alibaba Cloud's (阿里云) cloud broadcasting technology reduces the cost and manpower investment of Olympic event broadcasting, making broadcasting more inclusive and flexible.
This Winter Olympics is known as the most dispersed Olympic Games in history, with 18 competition venues distributed in northern Italy over an area of more than 22,000 square kilometers, and the four competition zones are on average more than 250 kilometers apart, making traffic organization and coordination extremely difficult. To this end, the Alibaba Cloud (阿里云) team launched the "2026 Winter Olympics Transportation" application, creating the first comprehensive smart transportation platform covering all event scenarios: viewers and registered personnel can take buses, trains, and shuttle buses by scanning codes, and obtain personalized travel suggestions; drivers can receive real-time road condition information and traffic control prompts to optimize pick-up and drop-off routes. "This truly opens up the 'last mile' from the city to the mountains," said Zhang Yanjia (张焱嘉), an Olympic project architect at Alibaba Cloud (阿里云).
Green Olympics is an important commitment of this Winter Olympics. The "Energy Consumption Treasure" system developed by Alibaba Cloud (阿里云) integrates sensor and smart meter data deployed inside and outside the venue to achieve full-process monitoring of energy use such as water, electricity, and heating, and accurately track the carbon footprint of the entire event cycle. The "Energy Problem Tracking Module" can automatically identify abnormal energy consumption and generate analysis reports to help the organizing committee achieve refined energy-saving management.
International Olympic Committee President Coventry (考文垂) said that the cloud computing and artificial intelligence technologies provided by Chinese companies have significantly improved the efficiency and sustainability of the event, making this Winter Olympics the smartest in history. "These artificial intelligence technologies will be an eternal gift from the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics to the world, and it will shape the future of the Olympic Games."
Colorful screens restore every wonderful moment.
The Italian government expects that this Winter Olympics will attract nearly 3 billion television viewers online worldwide. The Winter Olympics International Broadcasting Center located in the Allianz Convention Center in Milan is the heart of the broadcasting service for this Olympic event. It operates 24 hours a day, delivering rich and clear event images to global audiences. In the Winter Olympics International Broadcasting Center, hundreds of high-definition screens display images from different venues in real time - gliding on the snow, dancing on the ice, with rich colors and clear details, giving people a sense of immersion.
These high-fidelity visual presentations are inseparable from stable and reliable display technology and screen guarantees. In February 2025, TCL officially became a global Olympic partner, equipping Olympic venues, broadcasting centers, media centers, Olympic villages and other places with cutting-edge display products, including large-screen high-definition TVs, digital signage and LED screens.
Inside the venue, TCL display products have become a warm carrier of the Olympic "Athlete Moment". Athletes can use the large screen in the mixed interview area to connect with family and friends in real time after the game to share happy moments; in the Milan Olympic Village, large TV screens play event replays in real time, and athletes often gather in public rest areas in groups of two or three to enjoy wonderful moments on the field.
Yiannis Exarchos, CEO of Olympic Broadcasting Services, said: "Olympic broadcasting has extremely strict requirements for picture quality, reliability and continuous operation." As a world-leading technology industry group, TCL's series of equipment provided for Olympic broadcasting has withstood the test of actual combat, assisting the International Olympic Committee in delivering high-quality Olympic images to the world.
In addition, TCL also provides a series of artificial intelligence terminal products for the Olympic Village, including air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, digital signage, speakers, etc., to provide athletes with a comfortable and convenient competition experience. Athletes can use TCL augmented reality glasses to record training footage, or use its built-in artificial intelligence technology for real-time translation to communicate with athletes from other countries without barriers.
During the Winter Olympics, TCL's "Snow Velvet Wonderland" Milan Winter Olympics theme pavilion was opened to local citizens and audiences from various countries in the square in front of the Central Railway Station in Milan, showcasing cutting-edge display technologies such as Mini LED, printed OLED, and quantum dots. On the opening day of the pavilion, Coventry (考文垂) personally experienced Chinese smart electronic products. She was deeply impressed by the innovative products and technologies brought by Chinese companies, "These products bring people closer to the movements of athletes, making every moment feel immersive and full of emotion." Coventry (考文垂) said that she hopes that the cooperation between the Winter Olympics Organizing Committee and Chinese companies will help bring the Olympic Games closer to athletes and sports enthusiasts around the world.
"The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics is also an important platform for Chinese companies to go to the international market." Wang Cheng (王成), CEO of TCL Technology (TCL科技), introduced that TCL currently has 47 R&D centers and 39 manufacturing bases around the world through TCL Industrial (TCL实业) and TCL Technology (TCL科技), and its business covers more than 160 countries and regions around the world. The appearance at the Winter Olympics is a vivid portrayal of Chinese companies deeply integrating into the global industrial chain and value chain and leaping to its high end. "The Milan Winter Olympics is just the beginning. I believe that the technological innovation power brought by Chinese companies in the future will bring more new changes to the development of the global sports industry."
Diverse exchanges share the grand event of ice and snow sports.
Since the Beijing Winter Olympics, driven by the goal of "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports," China's ice and snow industry has achieved considerable development. At this Winter Olympics, some Chinese winter sports equipment manufacturers are active inside and outside the venue, and China's sports industry is deeply integrated into the global industrial chain and supply chain system.
Ice and snow competitions, especially in short track speed skating, skeleton and other competitions where speed determines victory or defeat, a slight difference often determines the ownership of medals. Clothing is one of the important factors affecting this slight difference, and a yarn and a piece of fabric need to be repeatedly studied.
At this Winter Olympics, the Chinese sports brand Anta (安踏) provides professional competition and training equipment for 10 Chinese national teams, including Chinese short track speed skating, skeleton, and snowboard, and also provides award and living equipment for the Greek sports delegation. The technical features of its sportswear, skeleton and other sports equipment focus on independently developed core technologies, realizing the optimization of wind resistance, temperature control and warmth, and blade protection capabilities, providing equipment guarantee for athletes to compete in the arena.
The Chinese outdoor sports brand Bosideng (伯希和) has reached strategic cooperation with international ice and snow organizations such as the International Skating Union and the International Ski Mountaineering Federation. In this Winter Olympics, relevant event referees and technical teams will wear the brand's clothing to provide services to athletes. In addition, Bosideng (伯希和) is also the official partner of the Olympic Committees of Kyrgyzstan, Bolivia, Ecuador and other countries, providing them with equipment support. Delgado, Chairman of the Ecuadorian Olympic Committee, said that the high-quality equipment provided by Bosideng (伯希和) will help the country's athletes achieve excellent results and contribute to the improvement of the country's sports strength.
At the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, Chinese pianist Lang Lang (郎朗) took the stage to perform, and a melodious piano piece stirred up emotional resonance across borders. "Like music, the Olympic spirit can cross borders, unite people's hearts, and bring warmth and strength. This cooperation makes me more convinced that art and sports are bridges of world peace," Lang Lang (郎朗) told this reporter.
The Winter Olympics "China House" located in Villa Clerici in Milan has been visited by an endless stream of visitors since its opening. The design of the "China House" not only reflects the main visual elements of this Winter Olympics, but also cleverly combines traditional Chinese New Year cultural symbols, so that the oriental New Year flavor echoes the Olympic atmosphere. In the cultural exhibition area, 67 pieces (sets) of cultural relics from the China Sports Museum systematically present the development context of Chinese traditional sports such as equestrianism, martial arts, Go, Chinese chess, and Cuju; in the intangible cultural heritage interaction area, tourists from various countries actively experience intangible cultural heritage projects, feel the sweet art on the fingertips in sugar sculpture making, and appreciate the folk beauty between square inches in paper-cutting skills; in the sports interaction area, audiences can immerse themselves in the charm of Chinese traditional sports through virtual reality, somatosensory equipment and other technological means.
Inside and outside the venue, exchanges are not limited to sports competitions. The "Painting Winter Olympics" theme exhibition hosted by Tsinghua University (清华大学) was held in Milan, showcasing the deep dialogue between Beijing (北京) and Milan, two Olympic cities, in terms of creativity and culture through painting, design and visual narrative. The "Italy and China: Olympic Spirit and the Inheritance of Ancient and Modern Art" cultural exchange event co-sponsored by the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) and the Italy-China Friendship Association (意中友好协会) was grandly opened at the Brera Art Gallery in Milan. Representatives from the cultural and sports circles of China and Italy gathered together to conduct in-depth discussions on how sports can promote mutual learning between civilizations and enhance people-to-people connections.
Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics Organizing Committee Chairman Malagò (马拉戈) said that sports competitions and artistic exchanges are bonds that enhance the friendship between people of all countries, "Sports cooperation between Italy and China has always maintained a high level, and we look forward to achieving more fruitful results in the future."
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The 25th Winter Olympic Games grandly opened in Italy on February 6th, local time. Four years ago, at the closing ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics (北京冬奥会), the mayors of Milan (米兰市) and Cortina d'Ampezzo (科尔蒂纳丹佩佐市) received the Olympic flag from the then-International Olympic Committee President Bach, marking the official entry of the Winter Olympics into the Italian cycle. After four years of careful preparation, this ice and snow event carrying dreams has finally unfolded its scroll to the world.
Sports are a universal language and an important link for cultural exchange. Italy is making every effort to make the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics a global event showcasing sports traditions and regional culture. Italy hopes to create a long-term and sustainable Olympic legacy by increasing public participation and stimulating regional vitality.
As the host country of the previous Winter Olympics, China presented a wonderful and successful Winter Olympics to the world, practicing the Olympic motto of "Faster, Higher, Stronger - Together." The valuable experience accumulated by the Beijing Winter Olympics (北京冬奥会) in organizing large-scale events has provided reference for the preparation of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in many aspects. Italy hopes to continue the positive practices of the Beijing Winter Olympics (北京冬奥会), and further deepen the friendly cooperation between Italy and China in sports, culture and other fields while inheriting the Olympic spirit.
The Beijing Winter Olympics (北京冬奥会) set up three competition zones in Beijing (北京), Yanqing (延庆), and Zhangjiakou (张家口), and coordinated the precise linkage of each competition zone through careful event organization. This "multi-center, full coverage" model gave the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics Organizing Committee confidence and inspiration. The venues for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics are scattered in Milan (米兰市), Cortina d'Ampezzo (科尔蒂纳丹佩佐市) and the surrounding areas, with a total of 4 competition zones. Multi-venue events can bring a rich viewing experience to the audience, and at the same time facilitate the maximum use of existing infrastructure, reduce the cost of hosting the event, and allow the development dividends brought by the Winter Olympics to benefit more regions.
More than 90% of the venues for this Winter Olympics use existing infrastructure or temporary construction, which greatly reduces land occupation and carbon emissions. This is in line with the sustainable development concept advocated by the Beijing Winter Olympics (北京冬奥会). At the same time, this Winter Olympics also actively introduces digital and intelligent technologies - from intelligent transportation scheduling to digital viewing platforms, technology is profoundly reshaping the operation mode of modern Olympic Games. It is worth mentioning that many Chinese companies have actively participated in it to provide technical support for the event.
Promoting winter sports and popularizing ice and snow culture are the goals of the host countries of previous Winter Olympics. The world was pleasantly surprised to see that the Beijing Winter Olympics (北京冬奥会) inspired people's enthusiasm for winter sports. More and more Chinese people have begun to engage in winter sports and exchange with enthusiasts from other countries, promoting the further popularity of winter sports. At the same time, through continuous talent echelon construction, China has exported a large number of high-quality athletes to the world sports arena, helping to improve the overall level of Olympic competition.
My hometown, Milan (米兰), is the economic center of Italy and has maintained close cooperation with China for a long time. With the holding of the 2026 Winter Olympics, Milan's (米兰) influence in the field of ice and snow sports will be further enhanced. We look forward to taking this opportunity to deepen exchanges and cooperation with China in sports fields such as athlete training and venue operation. At the same time, I sincerely welcome more Chinese tourists to Milan (米兰) to personally experience the city's vitality and charm, and jointly inject new impetus into the comprehensive strategic partnership between Italy and China.
(The author is the former Vice President of the Italian Olympic Committee and the Metropolitan Representative of the Italian Olympic Committee in Milan)
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The Spring Festival is approaching, the atmosphere of the New Year is getting stronger, the New Year market is even more lively, and the festive atmosphere is coming. In the offline markets, people come and go, and it is very lively. In the online live broadcast rooms, good things gather and orders are refreshed in real time. Each vibrant transaction not only hides the yearning of thousands of households for a better life, but also vividly demonstrates the good situation of strong supply and demand and steady upgrading of China's consumer market. As an important window to observe the new ideas and vitality of the consumer market, the 2026 New Year market not only continues the traditional sense of ritual, but also surges with new ideas in consumption structure, scene mode and concept, laying a solid foundation for boosting consumption throughout the year.
The deep integration of online and offline is a distinct feature of the upgrading of the New Year market, making the Spring Festival consumption both "festive" and "cultural". The Ministry of Commerce and other departments guided the holding of the "2026 National Online New Year Shopping Festival". Localities and platforms closely followed the Spring Festival's needs of "eating, living, traveling, shopping and entertainment", accurately connected with needs with "New Year Flavor Map" and "New Year Goods List", and used intangible cultural heritage performances and cultural and creative product exhibitions to integrate cultural elements to build a closed loop of "online drainage and offline experience". This integration breaks the limitations of time and space with digitalization, allowing characteristic New Year goods and intangible cultural heritage skills to be renewed through consumption scenarios, realizing the two-way empowerment of commercial and cultural value, and effectively releasing the greater potential of the New Year market.
Green and intelligent consumption has become a trend. The National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) and the Ministry of Finance (财政部) issued the first batch of 62.5 billion yuan of ultra-long-term special treasury bonds in 2026 to support the trade-in of consumer goods. The Ministry of Commerce (商务部) and other 7 departments optimized supporting policies, which not only continued the policy coherence of stabilizing consumption, but also kept up with the pace of industrial upgrading. The national unified subsidies for trade-in of automobiles and 6 types of key household appliances gave the operating entities a 定心丸 (dìng xīn wán - "reassuring pill," something that puts one's mind at rest); at the same time, new products such as smart glasses were included in the scope of subsidies, focusing on first-class energy efficiency (water efficiency) household appliances and new energy vehicles, so that policy dividends accurately flow to high-quality development areas. Localities have also formulated characteristic plans in combination with their actual conditions to promote the upgrading of trade-in from a phased "policy lever" to a long-term "institutional support", transforming policy dividends into consumption vitality, and turning consumption vitality into development momentum.
Both goods and services are equally important, and consumption scenarios continue to innovate. People's New Year shopping carts are no longer limited to physical goods for food, clothing and use. Traveling for the New Year, watching movies in theaters... Service consumption has become a popular choice for New Year consumption, and behind it is the transformation of consumption from meeting basic life to pursuing quality experience. The Ministry of Commerce (商务部) took advantage of the situation to promote the action of improving the quality and benefiting the people in service consumption, focusing on improving the supply capacity in key areas such as culture, tourism and medical care, and striving to cultivate new consumption growth points. Localities have come up with practical measures. Zhejiang (浙江) has launched the "Shopping in China, Good Fortune in Zhejiang (购在中国 福满浙里)" New Year consumption season, Guangdong (广东) has called out the slogan "Please come to Guangdong (广东) for the New Year", and Yangzhou (扬州) has created characteristic New Year activities, enriching consumption scenarios through "tourism +" and "IP +" models, so that everyone can not only buy New Year goods during the New Year, but also enjoy services and taste culture.
The New Year market is full of vitality, and supply and demand resonate at the same frequency, forming a virtuous circle of demand driving supply and supply creating demand. From the demand side, New Year goods have been upgraded from "available" to "good to buy", and the upgrading trend is obvious. High-quality goods such as first-class energy efficiency (water efficiency) household appliances and organic agricultural products are more popular; health awareness continues to increase, and the search volume of additive-free and natural raw material products has increased significantly; emotional needs are becoming more prominent, and the sales of cultural and creative products with regional characteristics and intangible cultural heritage elements have increased significantly. Young people have expanded the Spring Festival into a diversified holiday for relaxing and enhancing emotions, giving rise to more new consumption needs. In the face of these changes, the supply side actively follows up to enhance adaptability, increase the research and development of green and intelligent products, and open up online and offline consumption channels to ensure that more New Year good products and services are delivered to consumers in a timely manner.
In 2026, the supporting conditions for the consumer market are solid: at the policy level, measures such as trade-in of consumer goods continue to exert efforts, and the "Shopping in China (购在中国)" series of activities strengthen policy coordination, escorting the promotion of consumption; at the market level, the trends of health, intelligence, and personalized consumption are further highlighted, and the national trend culture is deeply integrated with consumption scenarios, and new growth points continue to emerge. China's (中国) super-large market advantage is significant. In 2025, the total retail sales of social consumer goods exceeded 50 trillion yuan, and the contribution rate of consumption to economic growth reached 52%. The huge consumption potential remains to be further released. Accurately capturing the new consumption trends transmitted by the New Year market, keeping up with the pace of consumption upgrading, continuously optimizing the supply system, and more fully releasing the potential of the super-large market can provide a strong impetus for high-quality development and promote the effective connection and mutual benefit of people's livelihood improvement and economic development.
By: 本报记者 周人杰 人民网记者 焦搏文
Logistics is the "lifeblood" of the real economy.
On December 21, 1992, China's first heavy-haul railway, the Datong–Qinhuangdao Railway (大秦铁路), was fully opened for operation.
Today, the cumulative freight volume of this railway has exceeded 9 billion tons, setting a new world record for the freight volume of a single railway.
The journey is long, one stage after another; freight gallops, the giant dragon never rests.
The history, present, and future of "Daqin" provide us with a vivid and fresh industry sample for observing how to inject "digital intelligence" into traditional infrastructure and how to drive the quality and efficiency of the railway freight industry.
From "Steel Clunker" to "New Benchmark for Smart Exploration"
As the Spring Festival approaches, the Datong–Qinhuangdao Railway (大秦铁路), the main channel for "West Coal to East Transport," has once again entered a busy period of ensuring the supply of power coal, with more than 90 trains shuttling back and forth every day, and the daily coal transport volume exceeding one million tons.
With a light click of the mouse, the screen flickers. Dynamic inspector Liu Cunzhu's (刘存柱) eyes quickly scan through images of suspected faulty train parts that are precisely marked with red boxes. In just a few minutes, he completes a "physical examination" of a 10,000-ton heavy-haul train.
"This was unimaginable in the past," sighed Liu Cunzhu (刘存柱), who has been working in train inspection for 30 years. Just a few years ago, he and his colleagues faced more than 58,000 images per person per shift that needed to be manually reviewed. Now, with the intelligent train fault identification system, the inspection efficiency has increased by nearly 5 times.
In the early days of reform and opening up, economic take-off encountered an energy bottleneck. In order to solve the dilemma of the difficulty of transporting Shanxi (山西) coal out and the tight supply of power coal in coastal areas, the Datong–Qinhuangdao Railway (大秦铁路) came into being.
For more than 30 years, as the first double-track electrified coal-specific railway in New China, it has undertaken the task of transporting coal for the production of more than 300 major power plants and more than 6,000 enterprises, and has continuously broken world records for heavy-haul trains in terms of operating density, transportation capacity, and transportation efficiency.
In recent years, relying on technological support and intelligent empowerment, this "steel artery" is radiating new and inexhaustible vitality.
Walking into the front line of production, the transformation is within reach. In the wheelset workshop of the Hudong Vehicle Depot (湖东车辆段) of the China Railway Taiyuan Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (中国铁路太原局集团有限公司), the heavy wheelset bearings that used to require six or seven strong young men to manually搬运 can now be precisely operated by intelligent robotic arms to complete the stable displacement of the "steel clunker."
"A year or two ago, there were almost no female comrades in the core processes. Now, intelligent work relies more on technical operation and analysis, and the advantages of female comrades' carefulness and focus can be fully发挥," said Wang Xinjiang (王新江), deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the Hudong Vehicle Depot (湖东车辆段). Since 2024, three female employees have joined this once "manly" team.
Coincidentally, the Hudong Electric Locomotive Depot (湖东电力机务段) also has a female team composed entirely of 7 college students, specializing in the precision repair of oil pressure shock absorbers.
Intelligent empowerment also penetrates into the management环节. In July 2023, the unmanned intelligent tool room of the advanced repair project department was put into use, storing more than 2,000 kinds of tools, each with its own exclusive barcode. Self-service access and return by scanning the gate, and the system automatically tracks and records, realizing the intelligent management of the entire life cycle of maintenance tools.
On January 20, the first annual advanced repair task of the Harmony-type electric locomotive of the Hudong Electric Locomotive Depot (湖东电力机务段) of the Taiyuan Bureau Group Company (太原局集团公司) was put on the platform for operation. Early in the morning, employees An Shiyao (安世尧) and Zhang Guoqiang (张国强) received the task of disassembling and assembling the main inverter cabinet, and went directly to the intelligent tool room to swipe their faces to領取 the corresponding special maintenance tools, and then boarded the vehicle for operation. The process was smooth and clear at a glance.
"Workers are freed from the tedious tool preparation, and the maintenance efficiency and operational standardization are further improved," said Wang Lei (王磊), deputy section chief of the production and quality section of the advanced repair project department of the Hudong Electric Locomotive Depot (湖东电力机务段) of the China Railway Taiyuan Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (中国铁路太原局集团有限公司).
From "manpower" to "intelligent control," the Datong–Qinhuangdao Railway (大秦铁路) uses the power of technology to卸下 the weight of heavy-haul operation and maintenance, and shoulders the heavy responsibility of being an explorer of smart railways.
From "Chaser" to "Heavy-Haul Technology Explorer"
"Train 73037, departure route 20 of Hudong Second Yard is ready, driver understands!"
As the order is issued, a "steel giant dragon" composed of 210 carriages, stretching nearly 2.6 kilometers, and fully loaded with 16,800 tons of coal slowly starts, heading from the Jinbei (晋北) coal sea to the coast of Bohai (渤海).
During peak hours, a heavy-haul train departs on average in less than 15 minutes. Ensuring the smooth operation of such a high-density and large-scale road network is inseparable from the support of technology.
The wireless synchronous operation control system is known as the "nerve center" of heavy-haul trains. Through data transmission, it can accurately synchronize the instructions of the main control locomotive to the rear slave control locomotive, which can be called the key core technology for the stable start and stop and coordinated operation of 10,000-ton heavy-haul combined trains. However, for a long time, this technology relied on introduction.
In order to achieve a breakthrough, the joint research team of "New Generation Heavy-Haul Combined Train Synchronous Operation Control System" was established to sound the charge against technical barriers.
In the second half of 2019, by deeply combining the railway digital mobile communication system, the research team realized the wireless synchronous operation control of 20,000-ton heavy-haul combined trains on the Datong–Qinhuangdao Railway (大秦铁路) for the first time, ensuring that the nearly 3-kilometer-long heavy-haul train "synchronously receives instructions and synchronously implements control," which not only realized the localization of key control technologies for heavy-haul combined trains, but also laid the foundation for subsequent intelligent development.
In recent years, the auxiliary driving technology test of heavy-haul locomotives on the Datong–Qinhuangdao Railway (大秦铁路) has also been continuously promoted and improved, becoming an important part of the intelligent upgrade of the Datong–Qinhuangdao Railway (大秦铁路).
"Auxiliary driving is not simply 'handing over' the locomotive, but to integrate the technical experience accumulated by veteran drivers over the years, especially the subtle driving feel and the intuitive judgment to deal with various complex situations, into an experience knowledge base for the auxiliary driving system to learn," said Jing Shengqi (景生启), the main control driver of the 20,000-ton heavy-haul train on the Datong–Qinhuangdao Railway (大秦铁路). For example, the traction and braking of heavy-haul trains have very high requirements for operation accuracy, and the best time point for operation is fleeting, requiring the driver to achieve precise matching of "meter, second, force, and speed," which requires the system to repeatedly learn through massive data. "It is actually relying on people to 'teach' the machine."
With the technical standards and experience accumulation of the auxiliary driving system, it can perceive the train's running trend in advance according to the road conditions, and intelligently and autonomously make corresponding speed adjustment actions, thereby reducing the driver's labor intensity and improving the train's running efficiency.
In recent years, the research on cutting-edge technologies such as auxiliary driving of heavy-haul trains and new controllable train tails on the Datong–Qinhuangdao Railway (大秦铁路) has achieved breakthroughs one after another. "Complete Technology and Application of Heavy-Haul Transportation on the Datong–Qinhuangdao Railway (大秦铁路)" won the first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award.
From "running 10,000 tons on top" to "ensuring millimeter precision below," the Datong–Qinhuangdao Railway (大秦铁路) shoulders the weight of technological breakthroughs with the courage to tackle key problems, and becomes the "ballast stone" for energy supply保障.
From "Railway Giant" to "Comprehensive Logistics Service Provider"
Where do the transport orders come from for the trains of "coal dragons" that come and go in a hurry? Let's turn our attention from the Hudong Station (湖东站) marshalling yard of the Datong–Qinhuangdao Railway (大秦铁路) to the Datong Railway Logistics Center (大同铁路物流中心), 30 kilometers away.
On the morning of January 14, Jin Rui (靳锐), director of the marketing department, ended a group of intensive negotiations: "I met 11 old customers in the morning and finalized more than 60 million tons of运量."
In the past, the demand from both coal enterprises and coal-using enterprises was high, and the Datong–Qinhuangdao Railway (大秦铁路), as the intermediate transportation party, was particularly紧俏. With the successive completion of new railway arteries such as the Wari Railway (瓦日铁路) and the Haoji Railway (浩吉铁路), the coal transportation pattern has changed from "one branch独秀" to "multi-channel分流," and the days of waiting for goods to come to the door and sitting and eating運量 have been turned into an "old almanac" 老皇历 (lǎo huáng lì - "old almanac," outdated or irrelevant).
At the beginning of 2024, the State Railway Group (国铁集团) deepened the market-oriented reform of freight, and 40 railway logistics centers were established across the country, and the Datong Railway Logistics Center (大同铁路物流中心) is one of them. The change of name is also a change of role. From a simple transportation carrier, it is gradually transforming into a comprehensive logistics service provider that provides full-process solutions.
"In the past, we only had the card of transportation capacity in our hands. Now we have to help customers integrate resources, design routes, and reduce costs. What we hold in our hands is a service card," said Tian Zhenhua (田振华), deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the center. The "turn" from "railway giant" to "shopkeeper" must be completely turned around.
On March 19, 2025, the Datong Railway Logistics Center (大同铁路物流中心) launched the first container multimodal transport "one-bill system" freight train. The train, fully loaded with 100 containers and 2,700 tons of ethylene glycol, departed from the Kela Station (岢岚站) railway special line of the Shuozhou Vehicle Depot (朔州车务段) of the China Railway Taiyuan Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (中国铁路太原局集团有限公司), and arrived at JingTang Port (京唐港), and then went directly to Nantong Port (南通港) by shipping, shortening the time by 6 days and reducing the freight by about 4% compared with the past.
"In traditional railway freight cooperation, price negotiation is often the biggest difficulty. Negotiation based on experience and lack of data support, even if a transaction is reached, one party is always worried that they will suffer a loss," Jin Rui (靳锐)坦言.
In August 2025, the logistics center's freight rate comprehensive analysis platform was launched, integrating various price data such as coal mine pithead, road transportation, transaction prices, and port conditions, and building a dynamic data model of logistics costs.
During a negotiation, the customer proposed a 30% reduction in the freight rate for some arrival stations. The staff entered the coal source and the arrival station and weight data, and through the calculation of public and railway prices and the analysis of the entire process of logistics, they gave a logistics general contracting plan that reduced the freight rate by 20% but could guarantee the customer's overall cost was better, which was recognized by the customer.
Data has transformed railway transportation into a "supply chain consultant" that provides customers with the best decision-making. At present, the platform has assisted in the development of 16 projects, realizing revenue of over 190 million yuan.
The mechanism is more flexible and the market is closer. "In 2024, the total volume of general contracting business only accounted for 2.7% of the total freight volume of the logistics center, and in 2025 it has increased to 23.3%. The momentum will be even better this year," said Tian Zhenhua (田振华). Behind the report card is the new freight market competitiveness forged by relying on institutional mechanism reform and digital intelligence technology赋能.
"New challenges bring new opportunities," said Lu Yong (陆勇), secretary of the Party Committee and chairman of the China Railway Taiyuan Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (中国铁路太原局集团有限公司). The Datong–Qinhuangdao Railway (大秦铁路) will continue to take the responsibility of a "locomotive" and strive to forge a more reliable, greener, and smarter "energy artery" for the country.
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As of January 28, the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge (贵州花江峡谷大桥), which is "**横竖都是世界第一**" (héng shù dōu shì shì jiè dì yī - "in every way the world's number one," emphasizing its unparalleled status), has received over 1.3 million tourists and more than 200,000 vehicles, continuously injecting new momentum into regional development. The development spillover effect brought by the bridge is remarkable. Delving into the bridge's structure, you will find that every thin steel wire supporting this behemoth is "Made in China."
Temperature 5 degrees Celsius, humidity 35%, stress 1800 MPa... At around 7 a.m., on the display screen of the intelligent control center of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge (贵州花江峡谷大桥), as the "smart nerves" implanted in the main cable monitor in real-time, data is constantly rolling.
Dozens of kilometers away, three technicians arrived at the bridge deck to inspect the bridge structure, connections, and pavement one by one, carrying out a new round of maintenance for this world's highest bridge.
The main cable is the "spine" of a suspension bridge. To erect the world's highest bridge on the "Earth's crack," the main cable must be both "**力大无穷**" (lì dà wú qióng - "strength is boundless," possessing immense strength) and "**金刚不坏**" (jīn gāng bù huài - "diamond is indestructible," extremely durable and resistant to damage).
The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge (贵州花江峡谷大桥) consists of two main cables. When dissected, the main cable is composed of nearly 40,000 steel wires with a diameter of 5.7 mm, with a total length that can circle the Earth's equator twice. They are the "core strength" supporting the world's highest bridge.
"The wind in the canyon is unpredictable, and the temperature and humidity change greatly. In such complex environmental conditions, the main cable of the bridge must simultaneously meet ultra-high strength, excellent toughness, and extremely strong corrosion resistance," Luo Zhian (骆治安), general manager of the Cable Engineering Company of Guizhou Steel Strand Co., Ltd. (贵州钢绳股份有限公司), told reporters. The strength of the steel wire in the main cable is as high as 2000 MPa, meaning that each square millimeter of the cross-section can withstand about 0.2 tons of weight, which is 7.5% higher than the international mainstream standard.
Metal materials often have higher strength and lower toughness. To bring this pair of "**冤家**" (yuān jiā - "enemies," things that are inherently incompatible) together and twist them into a rope, the production process is extremely challenging.
Turning the impossible into possible. In 2022, Guizhou Steel Strand Co., Ltd. (贵州钢绳股份有限公司) joined hands with Guizhou University (贵州大学) and Central South University (中南大学) to continuously tackle the performance improvement of alloy materials, achieving the localization of high-performance bridge cable materials in one fell swoop.
"Just like preparing a 'prescription,' by repeatedly experimenting with adding alloy elements to the steel, we finally found the optimal solution to balance strength and toughness." What makes Luo Zhian (骆治安) even more proud is that, in response to the high-humidity environment in the canyon, the team developed a new zinc-aluminum-magnesium alloy coating technology and a new "post-plating controlled cooling" process, which increased the corrosion resistance of the main cable by 2.5 times and has accumulated nearly 10 invention patents.
Major national projects must not only be built well but also managed well. "Our main cable is not only 'good at the base' but also 'very smart'!" Luo Zhian (骆治安) said excitedly. Through cooperation with Beijing Jiaotong University (北京交通大学), the team pioneered a new construction method of erecting optical fiber gratings inside the main cable in China. By transmitting data to terminal equipment through sensors, real-time monitoring of the main cable is realized, which is equivalent to implanting "smart nerves" into the bridge, allowing bridge maintenance to move from experience-based to scientific.
The road of innovation, once started, must be carried through to the end. Taking the "world's highest" as a new starting point, Guizhou Steel Strand (贵州钢绳) has new plans for the new year—
"We are preparing to build the Guizhou Province Special Metal Wire Provincial Key Laboratory (贵州省特种金属线材全省重点实验室) to reserve core material technologies for the construction of more super projects, and to support more Chinese construction with stronger Chinese manufacturing!" Luo Zhian (骆治安) said confidently.
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How can a city thrive? How can green development break through its cocoon and transform? The changes taking place in Yulin (榆林), Shaanxi (陕西) are gradually answering these questions.
In January of this year, 50 hydrogen-powered heavy trucks rolled off the production line and were put into operation here. The zero-emission, high-efficiency operation model is accelerating the decarbonization and transformation of the transportation sector, and helping Yulin (榆林), an energy city, achieve green development. The first Shaanxi Provincial Winter Games were successfully held in Yulin (榆林), presenting a wonderful spectacle. As the Spring Festival approaches, the National Yangko (秧歌) Performance event will be launched again, with over 3,000 performers gathering in this ancient city on the border to dance a new chapter of the Spring Festival together...
New Look of Green Development—
Promoting the Deep Transformation of the Energy Industry Towards High-End, Intelligent, and Green Development
Located on the southern edge of the Mu Us Desert (毛乌素沙地), Dingbian County (定边县), Yulin City (榆林市), has an average annual wind speed of 6 meters per second, over 4,000 hours of effective annual wind time, and over 3,000 square kilometers of usable land, making it a rich area for wind power resources in Shaanxi (陕西).
"Anchoring on the 'dual carbon' goal without slackening, grasping the golden key of resource endowment, breaking the situation with innovation, building the foundation with the industrial chain, and promoting the leap of the new energy industry from 'single power generation' to 'full chain flowering'," said Chen Boyu (陈博宇), Deputy Director of the Key Project Construction Service Center of Dingbian County (定边县). He introduced that the installed capacity of new energy in Dingbian County (定边县) has exceeded 6.5 million kilowatts, and nearly 10 billion kilowatt-hours of green electricity are continuously output every year, injecting a constant stream of green momentum into the high-quality development of Yulin (榆林).
Looking at the entire city of Yulin (榆林), the two ten-million-kilowatt-level new energy bases of Dingbian (定边) and Yushen (榆神) have been established, and the three major areas of Dingbian Clean Energy Demonstration County (定边清洁能源示范县), Shenmu (神木) Coal Mining Subsidence Area Governance Demonstration Zone, and Science and Innovation New City Comprehensive Energy Application Demonstration New City are accelerating their formation. A panoramic picture of green development is slowly unfolding.
Industrial development, energy first. Yulin (榆林) accurately connects with the development needs of new energy, fully promotes the construction of a new power system, takes power grid strengthening and upgrading as the starting point, optimizes operation and management as the support, opens up the "highway" for new energy grid connection and consumption, and builds a solid hardware foundation for green electricity transmission. At the same time, the "Thousand Villages Photovoltaic" project builds a bridge between green development and comprehensive rural revitalization, and green electricity resources are continuously transformed into ecological benefits and people's livelihood dividends. By 2025, Yanchang Petroleum (延长石油) will have built a new energy installed capacity of 210,000 kilowatts in the Yulin (榆林) area, with an annual green electricity generation of 250 million kilowatt-hours. "The total installed capacity of new energy in the Yulin (榆林) power grid reaches 24.588 million kilowatts, accounting for 43% of the total installed capacity, and the effect of large-scale construction is remarkable," said Wang Xiong (王雄), Director of the Development and Planning Department of State Grid Yulin Power Supply Company (国网榆林供电公司).
Building a solid foundation for green electricity and broadening new paths for transformation. Based on the dual advantages of abundant photovoltaic and wind power resources and a strong chemical industry foundation, Yulin (榆林) focuses on parks as the core carrier, lays out key hydrogen energy projects, solves problems through technological innovation, gathers strength through industrial chain integration, and empowers through application scenario expansion. Hydrogen energy has become an accelerator for the transformation of resource-based cities and a new engine for green development.
From the coordinated layout of wind, photovoltaic, thermal, and storage integration to the breakthrough in key hydrogen energy technologies; from single energy output to multi-energy complementary supply; from resource dependence to innovation-driven... Yulin (榆林) is accelerating the construction of a low-carbon, efficient, and multi-energy complementary new energy supply system with technological innovation as the main engine, and promoting the deep transformation of the energy industry towards high-end, intelligent, and green development. With green electricity as the pulse and hydrogen energy as the wings, Yulin (榆林) is accelerating the green and high-quality development of energy.
New Charm of Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritance—
"Shaanbei Yulin (陕北榆林) Celebrates the New Year" Upgraded to a Phenomenal Cultural IP
On January 24, the Shaanbei (陕北) folk opera "Songs from Shaanbei (陕北) Come" premiered at the Yulin (榆林) Poly Grand Theatre. The opera incorporates elements such as Shaanbei (陕北) paper-cutting, Shaanbei Yangko (陕北大秧歌), and Shaanbei (陕北) storytelling, and incorporates classic folk songs such as "Yellow River Boatman's Song," which is both full of original ecological texture and revitalizes modern artistic vitality. "I am very proud to see the familiar hometown elements being brought to the stage and performed so movingly!" exclaimed an audience member.
Yulin (榆林) is rich in intangible cultural heritage resources, with 12 national-level, 100 provincial-level, and 211 municipal-level representative projects of intangible cultural heritage. In order to protect the roots of culture, the Yulin (榆林) Municipal Finance Department arranges 30 million yuan of special funds for intangible cultural heritage protection every year, escorting the inheritance of intangible cultural heritage with real money. Today, nearly 10,000 cultural squares and cultural stages in the city have become the people's stage for intangible cultural heritage display, and hundreds of folk associations constitute the dynamic cells for inheritance and development. The first China Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Annual Meeting and the Shaanbei (陕北) Folk Song Concert National Tour and other activities have been held one after another, and the local intangible cultural heritage has gradually become popular.
"Shaanbei Yulin (陕北榆林) Celebrates the New Year" has been upgraded to a phenomenal cultural IP, realizing the leap from local hotspot to international attention; "Refreshing Yulin (榆林)" relies on the linkage model of main and branch venues to integrate more than 100 activities, transforming traffic into sales, and becoming an important force in driving the city's cultural and tourism consumption. During the Spring Festival of 2026, the ancient city of Yulin (榆林) will "ignite" again: the lively Yangko (秧歌) will passionately collide with the ice and snow carnival, using authentic Shaanbei (陕北) New Year's flavor and vibrant urban vitality to show the world the unique charm of Yulin (榆林). From ice and snow arenas to cultural stages, the local area is accelerating the transformation of resource-based cities with "cultural and sports revitalization" as its wings.
New Opportunities for the Ice and Snow Industry—
Deeply Cultivating the "Sports+" Integration Model, Expanding New Business Forms Such as Ice and Snow Equipment Manufacturing and Skills Training
Colorful lights ignite the dream of Sanqin (三秦).
At the beginning of the new year, the flame of the first Shaanxi Provincial Winter Games, collected from the Shimao (石峁) Site in Shenmu (神木), carrying a profound history and brilliant civilization, was lit at the main torch tower of the Yulin (榆林) Water Sports Center on February 6.
In August 2022, with the successful conclusion of the 17th Shaanxi Provincial Games, Yulin (榆林) began its journey of "dreaming of ice and snow." After two years of active efforts and unremitting efforts, on August 30, 2024, the Shaanxi (陕西) Provincial Government comprehensively considered Yulin's (榆林) advantages in ice and snow resources, infrastructure, event experience, and promotion of regional economic development, and officially determined Yulin (榆林) as the host city of the first Shaanxi Provincial Winter Games.
"This is an important window and platform for Yulin (榆林) to show the province and even the whole country its urban vitality, organizational ability, and determination to transform. We have concentrated the efforts of the whole city and gathered the wisdom of the whole people to build a unified command, clear division of labor, and efficient and coordinated work system, vigorously and orderly promote the various preparatory work, and gather the vigorous power to undertake the grand event," said Qiang Jianguo (强建国), Deputy Secretary-General of the Yulin (榆林) Executive Committee of the First Shaanxi Provincial Winter Games and Director of the Yulin (榆林) Sports Bureau. After the successful bid, Yulin (榆林) carefully organized and promoted the preparations for the Games in accordance with international, characteristic, and professional standards, mobilized the whole city to work together with one heart and go all out to build a stage for Sanqin (三秦) athletes to pursue their dreams and achieve brilliance.
Dreaming of ice and snow, passion is rising! Taking the opportunity of hosting this Winter Games, Yulin (榆林) is accelerating the development of the ice and snow economy—the ice surface of the skating rink is like a mirror, the ski slopes of the ski resort are winding, and a professional ice and snow sports hardware system is gradually taking shape, and "cold resources" are warming up to build a solid foundation.
"Yulin (榆林) has both a profound cultural heritage and distinctive ecological characteristics. The successful holding of the first Shaanxi Provincial Winter Games is a vivid practice of 'driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports'," said Zhang Shengli (张胜利), Deputy Director of the Organizing Committee of the First Shaanxi Provincial Winter Games and Secretary of the Yulin (榆林) Municipal Party Committee.
The end of the competition is not the end, but the starting point of industrial integration. In the future, Yulin (榆林) will continue to focus on the sustainable operation of venues, deeply cultivate the "sports+" integration model, and expand new business forms such as ice and snow equipment manufacturing and skills training, so that "a piece of snow" can ignite a chain and promote the real transformation of "cold resources" into "hot economy."
With snow as the medium and culture as the soul. The ice and snow industry and local characteristic culture are deeply "linked" in Yulin (榆林). The agility of Shaanbei (陕北) paper-cutting and the unrestrainedness of Yangko (秧歌) are integrated into the licensed cultural and creative products of the Winter Games, and 8 types of characteristic products such as ice and snow-themed blind boxes and wool intangible cultural heritage products are popular among consumers. The Yulin (榆林) Sports and Health Tourism Resort, which is being planned, will integrate high-quality resources such as the Sports Center, Convention and Exhibition Center, and Water Sports Center to create an industrial ecology that integrates multiple business forms of "sports + health + tourism," opening up a new path of "cultural and sports empowerment" for the transformation of resource-based cities.
(Li Zhidong (李志东) participated in the writing)
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Chasing dreams on ice and snow, Shaanxi shines for the future. The first Shaanxi Provincial Winter Games was held in Yulin (榆林市). This city on the border, the ice and snow sports event left a deep impression on people.
Underneath the ice and snow lies energy. The development story of Yulin has green melodies, the rhythm of the times, and the bugle call for transformation.
Yulin is often referred to as the "Energy City." Its coal reserves account for 1/5 of the country's total. It has China's largest proven onshore integrated natural gas field and oil reserves of 1 billion tons. The rolling "black gold" is the foundation of Yulin's development and the key to its transformation. From digging and selling coal and burning coal for power generation to focusing on "coal-to-chemical," Yulin has now formed multiple modern coal chemical industry chains through extending and supplementing chains and chain-like layouts.
In addition to coal, oil, and gas, there is also wind, light, and hydrogen. On the southern edge of the Mu Us Desert (毛乌素沙地), strong winds blow and sunlight is abundant year-round. By 2025, Yulin's total installed wind and solar power capacity will reach 37 million kilowatts. At the same time, based on its rich photovoltaic and wind power resources and a strong chemical industry base, Yulin is also laying out a number of key hydrogen energy projects to build a "China Western Hydrogen Valley."
From a national-level energy revolution innovation demonstration zone to the first batch of carbon peak pilot cities, the transformation of the energy city has strengthened Yulin's determination to follow the path of green development and achieve high-quality development. In the symphony of development, there cannot be only one instrument; interwoven melodies can compose rich movements. Hosting the first Shaanxi Provincial Winter Games is Yulin's attempt to explore diversified development.
Yulin has underground "thermal energy" and above-ground "cold resources." With an average altitude of over 1,000 meters and a minimum winter temperature of minus 20 degrees Celsius, the local natural conditions almost "meet" the standards of the International Ski Federation in terms of snow thickness, frost frequency, and wind speed data. Blue skies and white snow are the best stage for ice and snow competitions.
The ice and snow event also provides an opportunity for urban development. "Operating the city through the Games," from the construction of sports venues to the improvement of the urban environment, from the preparation of competition organization to the optimization of service guarantees, Yulin is focusing on the dual improvement of the city's "hardware" and "software" based on the first Shaanxi Provincial Winter Games, releasing the dividends of the sports event.
The ice and snow event also stimulates the dividends of cultural tourism development. "Using the Games as a medium," new skating rinks are being built, ski resorts are being upgraded, mountain parks are being renovated, and natural lake ice is being utilized. More than 30 ice and snow venues extend to life scenarios, allowing the masses to achieve "5 minutes to the ice rink and 10 minutes to the ski resort." At the same time, it promotes the integrated development of ice and snow tourism and local characteristic cultural tourism resources, turning Yulin into a new destination for ice and snow tourism.
Listening to Yulin's ice and snow story allows more people to understand this city, rush to this city, and then feel this city. Here, there is not only energy and ice and snow, but also a profound history and rich culture. Listen to a Shaanbei storytelling, sing a Xintianyou (信天游), watch the lively Yangko (秧歌), make fiery paper-cuts... With culture as the soul and tourism as the empowerment, a resource-based city is realizing a wonderful transformation with its internal strength.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 贾丰丰
When the flame collected from the Shimao Ruins (石峁遗址) met the northern Shaanxi plateau, the first Shaanxi Provincial Winter Games set off a wave of sports enthusiasm across the land of Shaanxi. With the theme of "Chasing Dreams on Ice and Snow, Shaanxi Shines in the Future," this Winter Games showcased the charm of ice and snow sports and stimulated the public's enthusiasm for participating in them.
Yulin City (榆林市) has a long snow season and unique ice and snow resources, making it very suitable for developing ice and snow sports. Yulin City (榆林市) successfully hosted the 17th Shaanxi Provincial Games and has mature experience in hosting large-scale events. In a short period of time, "one venue and three fields" sprung up: the Class B standard ice skating rink demonstrated "Yulin Speed," the Bilinwan Ski Resort (碧麟湾滑雪场) met international standards, the Water Sports Center cleverly borrowed natural endowments, and the Wangzhuangliang Track (望桩梁赛道) was integrated into the ecological landscape.
Hosting the first Shaanxi Provincial Winter Games is the common wish of the entire city of Yulin. From the active promotion of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government to the efficient operation of the Executive Committee; from the approximately 5,000 volunteers contributing their light to the battle of the builders against wind and snow and the warm escort of all parties; from the deep integration of the "Celebrating the New Year in Northern Shaanxi Yulin (陕北榆林过大年)" cultural tourism activities and the games to the enthusiasm of citizens pouring into more than 30 ice and snow venues... In Yulin (榆林), "everyone is the host." Yulin (榆林) is using sports as an engine to continuously promote the city's high-quality development.
This Winter Games is not only a competition, but also a grand event showcasing Shaanxi's unique culture and technological innovation. The flame collected from the Shimao Ruins (石峁遗址), carrying more than 4,000 years of historical imprints, embraced the snowflakes and ignited the "Dawn" torch symbolizing hope. At the opening ceremony, the heroic spirit of "Qinyuan Spring: Snow (沁园春·雪)" was displayed, the splendid unfolding of the intangible cultural heritage scroll, the historical echoes of Yan'an (延安) ice sports, the aroma of mutton paomo (羊肉泡馍), and the light and graceful blooming of paper-cut snowflakes... The long-standing culture of the land of Shaanxi became even more colorful against the backdrop of ice and snow.
The opening ceremony of this Winter Games broke through spatial limitations and innovatively adopted a dual-venue linkage model of "indoor ceremony grand event + outdoor ice and snow real scene": inside the main venue, the numerical control matrix and the panoramic screen complemented each other, creating a fantastic picture of "Qin Snow Dancing in the Sky (秦雪舞长空)"; in the outdoor night sky, the drone formation danced like elves, outlining brilliant ice and snow totems. The deep integration of new quality productive forces and artistic creativity tells the story of Shaanxi's continuous innovation and courageous progress.
This event is also a shared ice and snow experience for all. The event is set up with youth and mass groups to lower the threshold for participation in ice and snow sports. Outside the arena, the "Ice and Snow +" series of activities are very popular: ice and snow + folk customs, ice and snow + food, ice and snow + tourism... The "Celebrating the New Year in Northern Shaanxi Yulin (陕北榆林过大年)" cultural tourism activities were held, making sports truly a cultural feast for all to participate in and celebrate throughout the city.
This ice and snow event is injecting new momentum into regional development. For Yulin (榆林), it is not only a comprehensive display of the city's image, but also a catalyst for a diverse, open, and vibrant "Dual Games City," a high-quality development path that gathers popularity with sports, enhances connotation with culture, and seeks transformation with industry is becoming increasingly clear.
For Shaanxi, this is a new starting point for the development of winter sports in the province, and the "North Ice South Expansion" strategy is taking root in the land of Shaanxi. The spirit of hard work and cooperation surging inside and outside the arena is resonating with Shaanxi's "Catching Up and Surpassing (追赶超越)" era, transforming into the spiritual power to write a new chapter in the construction of Chinese-style modernization in Shaanxi.
Today, as we help achieve the "dual carbon" goals and promote high-quality development, Yulin's (榆林) practice has become a vivid footnote to the "Two Mountains" theory. It profoundly inspires: ideological innovation and pragmatic paths can transform the "constraints" of the ecological environment into development advantages, and traditional shortcomings can also be forged into emerging strengths. This ice and snow development path, based on reality and with distinctive characteristics, also provides Yulin's (榆林) practice that can be learned from and promoted by other regions.
Chasing dreams on ice and snow, passing on the torch. The first Shaanxi Provincial Winter Games is a passionate event, and the flame of Shimao (石峁) has sown the seeds of light in the hearts of the children of Shaanxi, and the ice and snow track has been extended to a broader future.
(Hao Yanfeng (郝彦丰) participated in the writing)
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I often hear the Dulong River (独龙江) flowing in my dreams, a distant memory and call from the snow-capped mountains.
In 2019, when I first arrived at Dulongjiang Township (独龙江乡) in Nujiang (怒江), Yunnan (云南), a unique scene shook me!
Gaoligong Mountain (高黎贡山), with its overlapping peaks and verdant greenery, seemed to be running on the left; and Mount Kawagebo (担当力卡山), towering and majestic, seemed to be chasing on the right. The Dulong River (独龙江) running through them, like a huge piece of jade, was almost still, yet under the support of the two longitudinal mountain ranges, it meandered and soared.
It was summer, but on the continuous and dangerous peaks of Gaoligong Mountain (高黎贡山) and Mount Kawagebo (担当力卡山), the scattered snow, still went its own way, freely traversing under the illumination of the sky, as if chasing something, or waiting for something.
Yes, when I arrived at the Kongdang (孔当) bank of the Dulong River (独龙江), these footprints of snow had been waiting here for a long time. They flashed and flowed under my feet, silently, and swept over the mountains and land, and under the refraction of the sky, transformed jade into precious diamonds, constantly changing into dozens of shades. They passed through my vision and breath, turning into a hazy and illusory dreamland:
"Did you hear me calling you?" Gaoligong Mountain (高黎贡山) seemed to ask from the east.
"Can you see me looking for you?" Mount Kawagebo (担当力卡山) vaguely said from the west.
The slowly passing Dulong River (独龙江) remained silent. And in another season, those bloods blocked by huge rocks, carrying silt and branches, washing away the sun, moon, and stars, were roaring along the riverbed.
II
Along the roaring riverbed, plants grew wildly.
One day in the early winter of 1990, rain and snow fell on the Dulong River (独龙江). Professor Li Heng (李恒), a female scientist in her 60s, led a scientific expedition team, trudging upstream.
This was the first overwintering survey of the Dulong River (独龙江) plant flora in Chinese history.
*Deutzia calycosa*, in November and December, was full of light purple sorrow, like the stones and fish that were faintly discernible but difficult to touch in the river.
The feast of plants, also followed the flowing river, and quietly descended in the eyes of the scientific expedition team, in the sunny place of the coming year.
In January, *Corylopsis pauciflora*, under the cover of white snow, dreamed a tender yellow and warm dream. It could probably dream of the distant copper bell sound of the caravan, echoing in strings on the ancient plank road.
In February, *Rhododendron neriiflorum*, bloomed with blood-red flowers, like a barefoot girl running along the valley. It remembered a Dulong (独龙族) girl who had coiled it on her black and shiny bun.
In March, the green leaves of *Smilax biumbellata* were thick, bright, and swaying on the dioecious branches. It was collected by herbalists into baskets, and then brought to warm firesides.
In April, *Rhododendron sino-grande*, stretched out its translucent white petals, looking around. It was placed in the mouths of children, and with a gentle blow, the news of spring crossed the villages and settlements in the mountains.
In May, *Glycosmis burmanica*, cast its golden and fragmented wishes, little by little, into the empty mountains and fields. Its wishes had a metallic echo, and it had been working hard, facing east.
*Diapensia purpurea*, climbed along the land on the banks of the Dulong River (独龙江). The delicate and dripping carmine red, reflected the footprints of the returning scientific expedition team.
This was a day in June 1991.
Li Heng (李恒)'s heart was filled with heavy harvests, and even more, the bright chirping of birds all the way for 8 months.
III
The second time I arrived at the Dulong River (独龙江), the sky was as blue as washing, a rare good weather. The thin clouds on Gaoligong Mountain (高黎贡山) and Mount Kawagebo (担当力卡山) were slowly tightened by the morning light.
I don't know from where, a bird suddenly flew, following our car all the way from Dizhengdang (迪政当) to Xiongdang (雄当).
The guide Xiaobai (小白) seemed to see my doubts and said, "Don't look down on it, this is the best-sounding bird here, called the Dulong bird (独龙鸟)."
Through the glass window of the car, I really wanted to see the appearance of this bird clearly. But it seemed to understand my thoughts, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right, sometimes up, sometimes down, unhurriedly, neither far nor near, just making it impossible for people to see clearly.
The Dulong River (独龙江) in autumn is very different from what I saw in summer. The rumbling sound of the flowing water seemed to be cheering for this playful Dulong bird (独龙鸟).
Xiaobai (小白) pointed to Mount Kawagebo (担当力卡山) again and shouted, "Look, look, that bear is still carrying two cubs! And over there, takins..."
I looked at it, and then turned around, and saw something squatting far away on a large rock by the river, staring at us intently.
"Clouded leopard! Clouded leopard!" Xiaobai (小白) also turned his head with me, and the excited voice echoed in the valley for a long time.
Snowflakes fell on the thick fur of the big bear, snowflakes fell on the sharp horns of the takin, snowflakes fell on the dreamy dark spots of the clouded leopard... Snowflakes fell, fell, on the various mammals along the Dulong River (独龙江).
Facing the snowflakes, herbalists set off from Xiongdang (雄当). They were going to collect wild gastrodia, wild fritillaria, wild coptis, wild cordyceps... The places where herbs were collected were prone to flash floods, and flash floods carried mountain rocks, rolling down to the Dulong River (独龙江). No one asked what they would become; no one could understand what they would become.
IV
A river, since it has its "weight", it must also have its "light". Weight belongs to time and space; light concerns the spiritual soul.
The third time I came to the Dulong River (独龙江), I felt this even more deeply, because I met a Dulong (独龙族) "tattooed-face woman (文面女)".
Her face was covered with strange dark cyan stripes, like the secretly flowing Dulong River (独龙江). The old woman hummed an ancient ballad in an unfamiliar and long Dulong (独龙语) language by the fire, and instantly made my heart flow with the melody.
Suddenly realized that the tattoo was not the spiritual soul of the Dulong River (独龙江) entrusted to mankind? So, there was a distant dialogue in my mind.
"Where do you come from?" the tattooed face asked.
"Legend has it that my ancestors lived in the Bosula Ridge (伯舒拉岭)," the Dulong River (独龙江) replied.
"Where are you going?" the tattooed face asked again.
"It is said that I have unnamed offspring in the Indian Ocean," the Dulong River (独龙江) continued to answer.
Of course, the river stones seemed to have more say in the "weight" and "light" of the Dulong River (独龙江). It is said that the stones in the Dulong River (独龙江) change, and they often change to find playmates. It once revealed a secret to the tattooed-face woman (文面女) who prayed by the river:
"I used to have five companions. The first one was in the air, flying away as an eagle; the second one was in the forest, running away as a leopard; the third one was in the water, swimming away as a fish; the fourth one was underground, flowing away as a spring. Only, this fifth one is coiled in the river, dragging the starry sky."
The tattoo naturally guarded this secret. After I had seen these ancient, secret, simple, and profound time codes, I understood even more how they, and the humans behind them, used the power of a river to name all things for thousands of years and coexist harmoniously with them.
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In this era of AI's pervasiveness, people often complain that the articles they see have too much of an "AI flavor," meaning that the articles may have been enhanced by AI and are somewhat formulaic. But we may not realize that this "AI flavor" is sometimes "human flavor," or even a stronger, more advanced "human flavor." This is because the articles generated by AI, the designed plans, and the answers to questions are all "generated" based on existing human creations. It's just that this unfamiliar "AI human flavor" is intentionally or unintentionally distinguished from the general sense of "human flavor."
We always think that AI should have characteristics that are different from "human intelligence," so it should be "unique" by nature. But the work that AI does is essentially just reprocessing the work that predecessors have done and sending it back to us, or simply put, it is using "computing power" to replace "human power." The texts given by AI always seem familiar, because the "newness" of those "new texts" is more reflected in the form of the text, that is, the "newness" of the combination method, rather than the "newness" of the textual material. Just like the Chinese dragon is composed of a snake body, deer antlers, and eagle claws, and the Greek griffin is composed of an eagle and a lion, this 一鳞半爪 (yī lín bàn zhǎo - "one scale half claw," fragmentary knowledge; incomplete or superficial understanding) always gives people a feeling of both strangeness and familiarity. However, the "newness" of the text form will lose its freshness when seen too much, just like people will become "unaccustomed to strangeness" when they see too many dragons and griffins, which inevitably leads to the "AI flavor" that people talk about.
However, having said that, sometimes people in life are more "AI-flavored" than AI. For example, in recent years, slogans such as "I miss you so much in ×××" or "The wind that misses you still blew to ×××" often appear in scenic spots or somewhere, and when mourning the deceased, some people always say "Heaven lacks a ×××" or "God wants ×××," which also has a strong AI flavor. Everyone just rarely associates these statements with AI, and at most says "it's cliché."
The reason for this is that we think too little about the "AI flavor" side of ourselves, and thus unconsciously exaggerate the difference between AI and humans. This is like the criticism made by Nietzsche in "Human, All Too Human." Many people think that those advanced metaphysics, as well as religion, art, etc., seem to come from the power of "divinity," but Nietzsche pointed out very profoundly that these things that people cherish are not only not from the fictitious "divinity," but from human nature, from people's various assumptions, various passions, various self-comforts and self-deceptions, or even fallacies. In his words, the world is so rich and colorful because we are the people who hold the paintbrush to "color" the world. The AI that is "deified" by many people now is also the same. It seems that AI can exist independently of "people." In fact, the various functions of AI are also "human, all too human." The causal relationship, logical structure, and sentence expression of the answers it provides also come from human settings. Even, because AI is a "purification" and "concentration" of various human flavors, just like saccharin or essence has a stronger "taste" than the original, so in some senses, it has more "human flavor" than humans.
In fact, the "machine" side of humans has also been discussed for a long time. The 18th-century French thinker La Mettrie simply wrote a book called "Man a Machine," believing that man is a precise, self-winding clock. At that time, the clock was still a mechanical watch. If it were now, he might say that man is a smart watch, which can run itself as long as it is charged. In fact, many articles written by people and answers made are no different from AI. As a teacher, I may have more experience with this, and it may be deeper. For example, during exams, students' answers are very similar, and sometimes they look no different from AI. This final exam, I asked students to give examples to illustrate the differences between literary criticism by critics, writers, and readers. Unexpectedly, most of them used "Dream of the Red Chamber" (红楼梦) as an example to discuss this issue. As I watched, I felt a sense of AI. Then I realized that this is also a kind of "human flavor," because I once talked about the different criticisms of "Dream of the Red Chamber" by Wang Guowei (王国维), Cai Yuanpei (蔡元培), Hu Shi (胡适), Lu Xun (鲁迅), and Li Chendong (李辰冬) in class, and they wrote my explanations on the exam papers as standard answers. And I was fortunate enough to be "an" AI again. Saying "again" is because the work of a teacher is mainly "teaching," which is to output knowledge and answer questions, which is very similar to AI. Even the AI that is truly "knowledgeable about astronomy and geography" will do better than us "human flesh AI." As for the teacher's "educating people" work, I think that all walks of life actually have "educating people" factors, and even can educate people better than "teaching" teachers. I believe that those students who have gone from school to society will agree with this, because society often teaches people to "behave" better than school.
Of course, just like people have hallucinations, AI also has "hallucinations," but thinking calmly, people's hallucinations are no less than its. Here, I would also like to say something that is not so correct: sometimes the articles written by students are of uneven quality, and reading them is tasteless, far less clear in viewpoint and coherent than the text of AI, which makes people feel refreshed. Therefore, perhaps we should have some new understanding of "AI flavor"?
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Unintentionally, I stumbled upon a Chengdu (成都) delicacy.
Two years ago, during a book-sharing event in Chongqing (重庆), a reporter asked me if I had ever written about Sichuan (川) and Chongqing cuisine. I realized I hadn't. Sichuan cuisine is one of China's eight major cuisines, with high popularity. The reason I haven't written about Sichuan cuisine is that I'm not very interested in the famous Sichuan and Chongqing hot pot. But I know that Sichuan's delicacies are not just hot pot; Sichuan's official residence cuisine is very particular and has a strong local flavor. In some inconspicuous small restaurants in Sichuan and Chongqing, you often unexpectedly encounter delicious food. For example, not long ago in Jinniu District (金牛区) of Chengdu, I ate a very ordinary dish, but the chef's skills were quite valuable.
Beef tongue is a common ingredient in Sichuan cuisine, usually braised or slow-cooked, and there is also sliced beef tongue in hot pot. However, the dish I ate went the other way, not stewed, but blanched in green pepper juice. The chef introduced the production process to us, first squeezing the juice from green peppers, and then adding Sichuan peppercorns to boil the soup. Sichuan peppercorns are an important seasoning in Sichuan cuisine. I originally thought that green Sichuan peppercorns were green, unripe peppercorns, because the peppercorns I usually see are red. The chef told me that green Sichuan peppercorns are a type of peppercorn, a green fruit. After the green Sichuan peppercorns and green peppers are put into the pot, they become a emerald green soup. Thinly sliced beef tongue and enoki mushrooms are quickly put into the pot. Thus, the numbness of the green Sichuan peppercorns and the fresh spiciness of the green peppers are transformed into a pool of clear green juice. The enoki mushrooms are laid at the bottom like silver threads, and the beef tongue slices are as thin as cicada wings, lightly blanched in the boiling soup, and quickly removed from the pot. The time must be precisely controlled; one second too long and it will be old, one second too short and it will be raw. When it is brought to the table, the fragrance of the peppercorns hits the nose first, the greenness of the green peppers is dotted in the soup, and the beef tongue has a light pink luster, like the rosy color revealed after snow falls on the green mountains.
Picking up a slice, the tip of the tongue first touches the refreshing and slightly spicy green pepper juice, and then the teeth gently close, and the crispness of the beef tongue bursts open with a "crunch"—it is a force between suppleness and crispness, like the decisiveness of bamboo shoots breaking through the soil in spring, and like the neatness of lotus root breaking. The numbness of the peppercorns is like fine needle embroidery, seeping in bit by bit, but without overpowering the flavor, only bringing out the sweetness of the beef tongue itself. The enoki mushrooms are full of soup, smooth and fresh, and the silver threads are wrapped around, like a simple and elegant tie for this dish. The fragrance of the peppercorns, the green of the green peppers, the white of the enoki mushrooms, and the crispness of the beef tongue support each other, forming a delicious dish with excellent color, aroma, and taste.
The beauty of food often lies in 破旧立新 (pò jiù lì xīn - "break the old establish the new," to get rid of the old, establish the new). This dish retains the soul of Sichuan cuisine—spiciness and numbness—but unlike the strong and flamboyant hot pot, it uses blanching instead of stewing, making the soup as clear as a shallow stream, preserving the crispness of the beef tongue, and letting the aroma of the green peppers and peppercorns be like the misty rain of Jiangnan (江南), gently moisturizing. The chef's thoughts are all hidden in the slightest difference in heat, like a meticulous fine brushwork painting, every stroke is particular about proportion, the green is emerald green, the white is jade white, the crisp is crisp, and the color and taste all fall on the three words "just right".
Beef tongue is originally a rough thing, but through the ingenuity of the Sichuan people, it has become a delicate form; green peppers and peppercorns are originally common things in the fields, but they have transformed into a landscape artistic conception in the soup. Innovation is never a tree without roots, but like an old tree sprouting new branches, growing modern buds in tradition. Next time if someone asks about Sichuan cuisine, I will probably start with this crispy tongue—it has shown me another aspect of Sichuan cuisine: subtly spicy, elegantly numb, and calmly crisp.
Good cooking has the demeanor of a gentleman. The dish in front of me takes the instantaneous ingenuity of blanching, allowing the clarity of the green peppers, the numbness of the peppercorns, and the greenness of the soup to immerse the crispness of the beef tongue. During the meal, I said the above words with great interest, and everyone picked up their chopsticks one after another. This dish was swept away. Seeing this, the host quietly added another plate, which was still quickly emptied. I said, it seems that good works still need recommendation.
The host asked me, Mr. Wang (王老师), could you give this dish a name? I said, how about calling it "Jinniu Emerald Tongue" (金牛翠舌)?
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Whether a small town or a county seat,
There must be cooking smoke that draws the eye,
Able to drift in the sky with complete form,
While the earth awaits the arrival of harvest.
There must be a river,
A section without concrete embankments,
They can disappear underground at any time,
Hiding their secrets at any moment.
There must be families living by the river,
Men and women, and the
Ensemble of pots and pans, the courtyard has water,
Always given to those who knock on the door for thirst.
There is always the motivation for life,
Allowing mountains and rivers to separate, longing to be long.
There must be a mood to look back and smile,
To look after one's own figure.
Oil painting "Early Spring," by Su Tianci (苏天赐), collection of the National Art Museum of China (中国美术馆).
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My hometown, Jiaozuo (焦作), Henan (河南) province, is a coal city. I have dealt with coal since I was a child—following my older sister along the railway to pick up coal that had fallen from the train. At the first crow of the rooster, with my eyes half-closed, I followed my sister along the railway line to pick up coal, and I also had to prick up my ears to listen for the movement of the train at any time. When the sky was bright, my sister and I had already filled a basket with coal and walked back, and at this time we would meet the children who were picking up coal...
At that time, Jiaozuo (焦作) city was not big, with only a few asphalt roads. There were many large trucks carrying coal and stone materials, and they rumbled past, raising dust that lingered for a long time. The faces of the people coming and going looked like they hadn't been washed clean. When we returned from picking up coal, our little faces were all black. Our mother would get a large basin of water and wash our faces and hands one by one.
Unconsciously, the coal was exhausted, but the city still had to develop. People are increasingly aware of the importance of the environment. On the mountain where stones were mined in the past, a stainless steel curved needle about 20 meters high and weighing 10 tons was erected, named "Sewing Mountain Needle" (缝山针), and Sewing Mountain Park (缝山公园) was also built at the foot of the mountain. "Sewing Mountain" is an artistic expression that tells people: mountains, like people, also have life, and their wounds also need to be sewn up, and protecting nature is protecting ourselves.
The Danjiangkou Reservoir (丹江口水库) water "South-to-North Water Diversion" (南水北调) entered Beijing (北京) and flowed through Jiaozuo (焦作). My godmother's home is in Xiwangchu Village (西王褚村). The project passed through her home, and she was full of reluctance when it was demolished. She was resettled in a residential area closest to her original residence, living on the first floor, and she liked to sit outside the door to watch the scenery every day. Later, when chatting with the old people in the yard, my godmother said that it is better now, she eats better and lives more comfortably, and she can also drink the sweet Danjiang (丹江) water, which is much better than drinking groundwater in the past. At that time, when boiling water, the pot would be covered with thick scale.
The South-to-North Water Diversion (南水北调) canal has become Jiaozuo's (焦作) "Cross-City River" (穿城河), so there are beautiful bridges. Green belts and many parks have been built along the banks, as well as the First Building of South-to-North Water Diversion (南水北调第一楼), etc., retaining the culture, retaining the nostalgia, and retaining the roots of Jiaozuo (焦作).
In the early morning, the霞光洒在波光粼粼的水面上，城市在河水的律动中醒来。Every morning I go to see this "Cross-City River" (穿城河), and I have a lot of things to say to it. Standing by the river and practicing Tai Chi, my clothes flutter, and I feel comfortable all over. After finishing the boxing, I will walk around the river, hang my voice by the river, and even the singing is sweeter than before. At night, when the lights are on and the bright moon hangs high, the landscape lights along the bank reflect the river into a mysterious blue color. High-rise buildings stand along the bank, and the lights are warm, full of warm fireworks. People in twos and threes jog slowly around the fitness trail, and the breeze carries the moisture of the water and the fragrance of flowers and plants, making people feel happy.
This city has become more spiritual and has more beautiful scenery to appreciate because of the infiltration of this river. In my life, I have not only been accompanied by railways, coal, and trains, but also a big river flows past my door. I fall asleep every night with its musical notes, enjoying its sweet moisture.
The dust of the coal city has become history. Today's Jiaozuo (焦作) city is also green, and the water is clear, full of poetry and painting.
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Mr. Sun Li (孙犁) once said: "If I can say I have joyful times, that would be my childhood, and the most joyful time of my childhood was the Spring Festival." I think the most joyful time of my childhood was also the New Year. That kind of New Year's flavor, savored perhaps ten thousand times, is still endlessly interesting.
I was born in Changsha (长沙), Hunan (湖南) in the 1960s, and most of my childhood Spring Festivals were spent in Changsha (长沙). There are three unforgettable memories: atmosphere, food, and play. As the New Year approached, the streets and alleys were filled with a relaxed and festive atmosphere. Especially after the Minor New Year, this atmosphere became even stronger. At this time, the adults were busier, but what they were thinking about and what they were busy with were mostly related to the New Year. It seems that everyone is reminding themselves that the most important festival of the year is coming, and all worries and sorrows will disappear by then. Let's be happy, good days are just around the corner. Although people are in a hurry, their faces are full of joy, their steps are light, and their hands are full of joy.
Before the New Year, the things that each family is busy with are nothing more than cleaning, buying, and cooking. The first is cleaning. Every family will first "sweep away the dust," making a paper hat out of old newspapers and putting it on their heads, tying a feather duster to the tip of a bamboo pole, carefully sweeping the dust and cobwebs from the walls and roof, wiping the black ash from the top of the cabinets, and wiping the window glass until it is shiny on both sides. The next step is washing. First, wash the mosquito nets. Two people carefully take down the mosquito nets, fold them in half, dust them outdoors, and then put them in a large wooden basin and step on them in rain boots. Then, disassemble and wash the quilts, sheets, and outerwear. If the weather is good, the whole family will be mobilized to pack all the items that should be washed in wooden buckets and carry them to the Xiang River (湘江) for washing. After the quilts and sheets are washed, they are starched with rice water, which makes them snow-white, bright, crisp, and tidy. A major cleaning is not easy, but every family enjoys it.
Next is buying. Each household purchases much more than usual. Go to the grain store to buy rice and noodles, as well as special New Year's supplies of enriched flour and glutinous rice; in addition to tea oil and rapeseed oil, each household can also buy a few taels of sesame oil; go to the meat store to buy pork, suet, and chicken, duck, and fish, and sometimes you can also buy pig stomach and pig liver; go to the southern food store to buy melon seeds, peanuts, longan, red dates, dried cuttlefish, and small snacks; go to the department store to buy a few pieces of cloth, and if you are lucky enough to come across discounted "end-of-roll cloth," you will not hesitate to buy a few more feet to add a new set of clothes for the children. Another essential thing is to go to the coal store to buy a cart of coal powder, and then mix it into a basket of yellow soil, and use a homemade coal maker to make lotus root coal. The people of Changsha (长沙) are most afraid of "cold fire and autumn smoke" during the New Year. The lotus root coal is prepared, fully prepared, and neatly stacked. During the New Year, the stove fire is strong, people are warm, and the dishes are fragrant, and the days will be prosperous in the coming year.
Many days before the New Year, you can see cured fish, cured meat, cured chicken, and cured duck hanging high in front of every door and window. Families with good conditions will dry a full bamboo pole. The cured meat is golden and shiny, not only a delicacy but also like a work of art, grabbing the attention of passersby. Some families will also make a large pot of sweet wine (醪醩), which is made by steaming glutinous rice and then fermenting it with distiller's yeast. After two or three days, the sweet rice wine is brewed. My family sometimes borrows the neighbor's stone mill to make rice tofu. The rice is ground into rice milk, alkali is added, boiled, and then cooled to become orange-yellow rice tofu, which can be eaten cold or made into soup to whet the appetite. After the rice tofu is made, it is cut into square pieces and distributed to the neighbors. A few days before New Year's Eve, the aroma emitted by each family's cooking cannot be contained and desperately squeezes out from the cracks in the doors and windows. At this time, often the entire street and the entire alley are filled with a strong fragrance. Common dishes for the New Year's Eve dinner include braised fish, steamed cured fish and cured meat, sauerkraut pork belly or steamed pork with rice flour, steamed chicken with longan and red dates, a stew of meat balls, pork skin, and egg rolls, and braised tofu with pork. On New Year's Eve, when a table full of delicious dishes is placed in front of you, the sense of happiness is indescribable, and then you can eat with undivided attention and great pleasure.
Liuyang (浏阳), near Changsha (长沙), is a world-famous hometown of firecrackers. On New Year's Eve, the sound of firecrackers rises and falls, one wave stronger than the other, and at 12 o'clock at night, it is deafening. On that night, crowds of people flocked to the city center, and brilliant fireworks bloomed in the night sky. People cheered and jumped, enjoying the "passionate" time. Children also set off firecrackers in groups.
The tradition of New Year's greetings in Changsha (长沙) is: on the first day of the Lunar New Year, sons pay New Year's greetings to their parents; on the second day, sons-in-law accompany their wives back to their parents' home to pay New Year's greetings; and on the third and fourth days, neighbors and colleagues pay New Year's greetings to each other. Therefore, on the first and second days, families reunite one after another, and firecrackers are set off when meals are served. After the second day, they go out to pay New Year's greetings to relatives and friends. The first sentence spoken when greeting someone at the door or meeting someone is always: "Congratulations on having a lively New Year!" The host will usually make a cup of hot tea and put out a few small snacks such as melon seeds, peanuts, sesame candy, and snow dates to entertain guests. Some families will make a cup of hot, fragrant sesame bean tea. This tea is made with stir-fried sesame seeds and soybeans, sprinkled with ginger powder and a little salt, and has a special flavor when drunk in the cold winter. Sometimes they will also bring a bowl of sweet wine poached eggs. Drinking a bowl is indeed warm to the heart and sweet to the heart. The New Year is not over until after the Lantern Festival. After the adults go to work, colleagues in the same department or team may still visit each other to pay New Year's greetings, and sometimes take turns eating a simple meal at each other's homes, and also taste different local flavors. This home-cooked meal seems to be a kind of release, a recharge. The past is over, and we will work together to refuel in the new year. Ordinary people live their lives vividly and fragrantly, ordinary people warm each other, and go to a better new life together. This is the taste of the traditional Chinese New Year, and it is also its magic, charm, and attraction!
Some people say that the New Year's flavor is weak now, and it is not as delicious as it used to be. In my opinion, this is because today's materials are abundant, transportation is smooth, and communication is convenient. The way of eating and playing on weekdays is not comparable to the past. We have caught up with a good era, and every day is like the New Year, even better than the New Year in the past, which makes the New Year's flavor not so special. It's just that recalling the New Year in childhood still evokes "a different kind of feeling in my heart." This feeling is not only the special taste in the cups, plates, and bowls, but also the unusual warmth, warmth, and tenderness.
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