Summary: Ahead of the Spring Festival, Xi Jinping and other CCP leaders conveyed holiday greetings to a large list of retired Party and state leaders, either personally or through entrusted officials. The retired leaders expressed their gratitude and support for Xi Jinping as the core of the Party Central Committee. They praised the achievements of the Party and the state over the past year and expressed hope for continued progress under Xi Jinping's leadership, emphasizing the importance of upholding "Two Establishments" and practicing "Two Safeguards". The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article chronicles Xi Jinping's visits to various households across China, particularly around the Chinese New Year, emphasizing his concern for the well-being of ordinary people and his focus on "家 (jia, family/home)." During these visits, including stops at a senior living facility in Beijing in 2026 and disaster-stricken areas, Xi inquired about living conditions, incomes, and access to essential services. He stressed the importance of improving people's lives and linking personal happiness with national development, stating that "the happiness of the people is the most important thing." The article highlights Xi's engagement with diverse communities, from urban workers to rural villagers, and his emphasis on the connection between individual families and the larger nation. The article does not mention the United States.
Summary: Premier Li Qiang met with foreign experts working in China, including those from the UK, Netherlands, and Germany, to offer New Year greetings and discuss their contributions to China's development. Li emphasized China's commitment to openness and international cooperation amid global instability, highlighting the importance of foreign experts as bridges between China and the world. He noted China's economic progress and its role as an open market and innovation hub, mentioning the "15th Five-Year Plan". Li affirmed the government's commitment to improving the environment for foreign experts, including visa, social security, and healthcare services.
Summary: The State Council approved upgrading the Hebei Xiong'an High-tech Industrial Development Zone to a national-level zone, with a planned area of 20.84 square kilometers. The approval emphasizes high-quality technological and industrial innovation, attracting domestic and international resources, and focusing on key technologies. It also calls for high-level opening and cooperation, aiming to make the zone a hub for independent and original innovation to support the Xiong'an New Area's modernization and regional development. The zone must adhere to land-use regulations and environmental standards, strictly limiting commercial real estate development.
Summary: The article emphasizes Xi Jinping's focus on developing "new productive forces" (新质生产力) as a key driver for high-quality development, particularly during the 15th Five-Year Plan period. Xi highlighted the need to integrate education, science, technology, and talent, promoting innovation and industrial integration during a recent inspection in Beijing. Localities are encouraged to tailor their approaches to developing these new forces based on their unique resources and industrial foundations, moving beyond traditional industries. The article illustrates how regions are leveraging technology to upgrade traditional sectors like manufacturing and tourism, and foster emerging industries like AI and biomedicine. No mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations was made in the article.
Summary: The article mourns the death of Jin Zhaodong, a 39-year-old deputy secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission in Jintang County, Sichuan, who died of a sudden cerebral aneurysm rupture while investigating a case. Jin was known for his integrity and dedication to rooting out corruption, particularly in areas affecting the public such as healthcare and agriculture, prioritizing people's interests. He was remembered for his tough stance against corruption and his caring attitude towards the vulnerable, including elderly people in the nursing home where he once worked. Despite his "iron fist" approach to corruption, he was a family man. He was also known for his frugality and commitment to avoiding any abuse of power for personal gain.
Summary: In 2025, China's total retail sales of consumer goods exceeded 50 trillion yuan for the first time, with final consumption expenditure contributing 52% to economic growth. As the Spring Festival approaches, various regions are implementing measures to boost the holiday market and stimulate consumption. A photo accompanying the article shows consumers purchasing goods at a New Year's fair in Jiangsu Province.
Summary: The article emphasizes the Communist Party's commitment to improving the lives of the people, citing Xi Jinping's remarks on this goal. It highlights recent policies such as rural road construction, environmental improvements, and healthcare access as examples of positive changes. The piece stresses the importance of focusing on people's well-being and practical implementation in achieving national modernization and rural revitalization. It suggests that the success of policies should be judged by the happiness of the people. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: The article discusses the coexistence of high-speed rail and slower, public service trains in China, highlighting their complementary roles in economic development and social welfare. High-speed rail facilitates innovation and industrial agglomeration by reducing travel times, as exemplified by researchers and business leaders utilizing the "China speed". Simultaneously, "slow trains" serve remote communities, providing essential transportation and social services. The article notes that the development of high-speed rail, such as the CR450, requires meticulous, time-consuming research and development. A new high-speed rail line from Beijing to Yinchuan will shrink travel time from half a day to approximately 6 hours.
Summary: Liang Zaiguang, a villager in Guizhou Province who returned home after 25 years of working in other regions, opened a new homestay after the opening of the Huajiang Canyon Bridge. Inspired by the bridge's high traffic and tourist numbers, Liang and others like him are investing in the village's tourism industry, including homestays and restaurants. According to the local Township Chief Yan Pengfei, 40 of the 200 villagers who formerly migrated for work have returned to start businesses. Liang’s son has also returned and plans to run the family restaurant.
Summary: The article recounts Xi Jinping's visits to ordinary Chinese families, particularly around the Spring Festival, emphasizing his concern for their well-being and living conditions. During these visits, such as to a senior living apartment in Beijing in 2026 and a disaster-stricken village in Liaoning in 2025, he inquired about their daily lives, incomes, and any difficulties they faced. Xi stressed the importance of improving people's lives and connecting individual families' dreams to the nation's progress. He often emphasized that national rejuvenation should be reflected in the happiness and improved lives of millions of families. The article also highlighted the importance of rural revitalization and ecological development, emphasizing the interconnectedness of the "small home" and the "big nation."
Summary: China successfully conducted a low-altitude demonstration and verification flight of the Long March 10 carrier rocket system, along with a maximum dynamic pressure escape flight test of the Mengzhou manned spacecraft system. The rocket completed its demonstration flight and safely splashed down at sea. Following the test, the maritime search and recovery team successfully retrieved the rocket's first stage. This marks China's first sea-based recovery of a carrier rocket, signifying a step towards reusable rocket technology. No mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations was found in the article.
Summary: The State Council has announced personnel changes, appointing Huang Ru as a part-time Vice-Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission. Chen Wei has been appointed as the President of China Agricultural University (vice-ministerial level). Sun Qixin has been removed from his position as President of China Agricultural University.
Summary: The article is a travel guide for the Spring Festival travel rush, focusing on self-driving and air travel. For drivers, it highlights real-time charging station updates for electric vehicles and a safety warning system for hazardous road conditions. For air travelers, it advises arriving early, using digital identification for boarding if needed, and adhering to regulations for transporting goods like seafood and alcohol, while also warning against phone scams. The piece does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: As the Chinese Lunar New Year approaches, the Port of Hamburg is experiencing a cargo peak with ships arriving from China, according to Lin Zhengxi, General Manager of COSCO SHIPPING Lines (Germany). Matthias Schulz of the Hamburg Port Marketing Association noted that China is Hamburg's largest and most important trading partner, with container trade between Germany and China increasing by 7.9% in the first nine months of 2023. COSCO SHIPPING's acquisition of a stake in the Port of Hamburg's Tollerort terminal in 2023 is seen as mutually beneficial. COSCO SHIPPING is expanding its "end-to-end" supply chain services, including new rail lines, to provide more efficient logistics solutions, while investing heavily in European hubs. Hamburg port authorities see cooperation with COSCO SHIPPING as strengthening Hamburg's position, with Schulz emphasizing China as a reliable partner amid U.S.-China tensions.
Summary: The article highlights the significance of the Port of Hamburg as a symbol of Sino-German economic cooperation, noting that COSCO Shipping has been operating there for over 40 years. It emphasizes the port's role as a crucial hub for sea-rail transport, facilitated by both Chinese and German workers. The author describes witnessing the docking of a Chinese cargo ship, the "Centaurus," and emphasizes the mutual trust and recognition between the two countries, seeing this as a model for expanding shared interests. The port is expanding into logistics, investment, and green shipping. The author implies that these sorts of collaborative efforts contribute to global economic stability and prosperity.
Summary: The article discusses growing European anxieties regarding the transatlantic relationship, arguing that the United States, under its "America First" policy, is increasingly acting in ways that threaten European interests and undermine the international order. The Munich Security Report 2026 highlights the U.S. as a disruptor of international norms. European leaders are quoted expressing concerns about the U.S.'s overreach and the need for Europe to assert its own interests and strategic autonomy. The article suggests Europe should join the international community to defend international law and promote a multipolar world order. It notes increasing interactions between Europe and countries of the Global South, including visits to China and trade agreements.
Summary: During a video meeting on February 13th, Minister of the International Department of the CCP Central Committee Liu Haixing met with General Secretary Silva of the Sri Lanka People's Liberation Front. The two sides exchanged views on implementing the consensus reached by the heads of state of both countries and promoting the development of China-Sri Lanka relations. The discussion also covered deepening exchanges and mutual learning of governance experiences.
Summary: The article reports on the life and death of Jin Zhaodong, a discipline inspection official in Sichuan Province, who died at the age of 39 from a ruptured cerebral aneurysm while investigating a "school meal" case. Known for his integrity and dedication to serving the people, Jin was remembered for tackling corruption in various sectors, including healthcare and agriculture, and for his commitment to improving the lives of ordinary citizens. He was known for his lack of concern for "offending people" when it came to rooting out corruption. Despite his demanding work, he prioritized his family, demonstrating care through small gestures and written letters to his daughter. His colleagues remember his dedication and commitment to fighting corruption.
Summary: A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson commented on the recent Bangladeshi general election, congratulating the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on its victory. China noted the smooth and stable nature of the election. As a traditional friendly neighbor, China supports Bangladesh's domestic political agenda. China expressed its willingness to work with Bangladesh to promote traditional friendship and deepen high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, furthering their comprehensive strategic partnership.
Summary: The Chinese Embassy in the United States recently hosted a Lunar New Year reception. Ambassador Xie Feng stated that it is the right time for China and the U.S. to build consensus and start a new journey, urging the U.S. to view China as a partner and friend, adhere to the One China principle, and expand practical cooperation. Xie called for making 2026 an important year for exploring a correct way for the U.S. and China to coexist peacefully and cooperate for mutual benefit. Senators and representatives were among the approximately 700 attendees.
Summary: The Chinese-built satellite ground station in Windhoek, Namibia, was officially handed over in a ceremony attended by Namibian Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila. The Prime Minister stated that the project would significantly improve Namibia's capacity for acquiring and processing satellite remote sensing data. The enhanced data processing capabilities are expected to support disaster prevention, scientific decision-making in key economic sectors, and innovation-driven development by providing precise spatial information. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recently hosted a reception in Rome celebrating the 2026 Chinese Lunar New Year, now a UN holiday. FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu stated that the holiday's inclusion reflects Chinese civilization's contribution to cultural diversity, and its values resonate globally. Qu likened the FAO to a horse, symbolizing strength and resilience, ready to forge a smooth path for global agricultural transformation. The event was attended by member state representatives, ambassadors, Italian government officials, and heads of international organizations. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The article reports on the ongoing construction of the Xiamen-Jinmen Bridge (Xiamen section), part of a broader initiative to integrate Xiamen and Jinmen, as outlined in a 2023 policy document. The article focuses on the construction process and features the work of Peng Shizhou, a young project administrator, and Liu Guozheng, a crane operator. The team is working towards the goal of having the sea route of the bridge open to traffic by the end of the year. Despite the holiday, workers are committed to remaining at their posts and working hard to lay a foundation for the later installation of main cables and steel box girders.
Summary: Sanmen Island Customs, a remote outpost of Shenzhen Customs in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, is enhancing its smart supervision capabilities to expedite customs clearance. According to Sanmen Island Customs Director Wu Ying, these improvements aim to meet the increasing demands of enterprises for faster customs procedures and support high-quality development in the Greater Bay Area. Deputy Section Chief Wang Yang stated that ship inspection times have been reduced from over an hour to approximately 40 minutes using a smart maritime logistics platform. Despite challenging conditions, the customs officers are dedicated to their duty of safeguarding the nation's borders and facilitating efficient maritime logistics. In 2025, Sanmen Island Customs experienced a 66% year-on-year increase in inspected ships.
Summary: Ahead of the Spring Festival, Sixth Bu Village Party Secretary Hao Qingshui highlighted the village's success in vegetable production and its recognition as an "Ecological Environment is Gold and Silver Mountains" practice innovation base. The village established a unified sales platform in 2025, directly supplying vegetables to over 120 communities and organizations in Tianjin. The village collective annual income exceeded 11 million yuan. A new "Happiness Courtyard" with amenities for the elderly and children has been established. Hao Qingshui outlined plans for further development including water homestays and increased vegetable sales.
Summary: Express delivery and food delivery workers in Changsha are experiencing improved working conditions thanks to municipal initiatives. The city of Changsha has created "24-hour" rest stops that provide shelter and amenities to delivery workers. Additionally, certain residential communities in Changsha now offer dedicated parking and easier access for delivery personnel. Delivery drivers are encouraged to report infrastructure issues via a dedicated "Warm Changsha" app. A Changsha Party official stated that the municipal government will continue to expand the scope of these initiatives.
Summary: Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of developing new quality productive forces (新质生产力) based on local conditions during the 15th Five-Year Plan period. During an inspection in Beijing, he stressed integrating education, science, technology, and talent development to promote technological and industrial innovation. The report highlights local initiatives in various regions, such as Beijing's efforts to integrate scientific research resources and Hainan's leveraging of its deep-sea advantages. The article also touches on upgrading traditional industries through technological advancements and fostering emerging and future industries like AI and robotics, while urging the promotion of high-quality development. The U.S. is not mentioned in the summary.
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of tailored, localized approaches to development, quoting Xi Jinping's guidance to use "one key to open one lock." It highlights examples across China, from Hainan's marine economy to Heilongjiang's cold-weather vehicle testing, as evidence of successful, location-specific strategies. The piece stresses the need to understand local conditions and leverage both internal and external resources to overcome developmental bottlenecks. It also advocates for adapting existing industries and resources to foster new productive forces, rather than solely pursuing cutting-edge technologies.
Summary: Chinese brands are increasingly prominent in winter sports, showcased by Gu Ailing's Qinghua-inspired Anta competition suit at the Milan Winter Olympics. Anta and other Chinese companies, like UTO and Tamber, are gaining recognition for their technology and design innovations in winter sports equipment, breaking from previous reliance on foreign imports. International Olympic Committee officials have recognized the contributions of Chinese brands to the global sporting community. These brands are beginning to receive overseas inquiries and seek to expand globally, including into the United States, but face challenges including logistics, warehousing, and building brand recognition.
Summary: Chinese pianist Lang Lang discussed his performance of the Olympic Anthem at the Milan Winter Olympics opening ceremony, alongside Italian soprano Cecilia Bartoli and the chorus of Teatro alla Scala. He expressed excitement about the theme of "harmony" and its resonance with the unifying power of music and the Olympic spirit, emphasizing the connection of cultures through the performance. Lang, who comes from northeast China, expressed his pride in seeing the Chinese athletes enter the stadium. He also noted the presence of Chinese cultural symbols and brands in Milan, highlighting the cultural commonalities between China and Italy, and his dedication to spreading Chinese culture globally. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: Chinese short track speed skater Sun Long won a silver medal in the men's 1000m at the Milan Winter Olympics, overcoming the disappointment of failing to medal in the mixed relay. Sun strategically conserved energy before making a late-race surge, finishing just 0.028 seconds behind the winner. Teammate Liu Shaoang, who did not advance to the final, celebrated with Sun after the race. Sun emphasized the team's goal to bring honor to China and expressed his determination to perform well in the upcoming 1500m and 5000m relay events. He said he was grateful for the support from his team and his coaches.
Summary: Chinese snowboarder Cai Xuetong completed her fifth and final Winter Olympics at the Milan Winter Olympics, finishing sixth in the women's halfpipe. Cai expressed satisfaction with her performance and stated her intention to mentor younger athletes. She acknowledged the improved training conditions for young athletes compared to when she started, and expressed high hopes for 14-year-old Zhou Yizhu. Cai reflected on her career, expressing acceptance of not winning an Olympic medal and gratefulness for the experiences. Teammate Wu Shaotong, who finished seventh, expressed admiration for Cai and Liu Jiayu.
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Summary: A social media platform called Moltbook has emerged, populated by millions of AI agents engaging in discussions ranging from mundane to philosophical. Experts suggest this is less about AI "awakening" and more about sophisticated mimicry of human interaction based on preset parameters. They emphasize that AI lacks the consciousness, intrinsic motivation, and emotional depth necessary for true social behavior. While acknowledging potential benefits like improved AI capabilities through multi-agent dialogue, experts also caution about the risks of privacy breaches and data security as AI agents handle sensitive information. They stress the importance of establishing safeguards through individual rights management, technical protection, and systematic supervision.
Summary: A recent experiment on the Moltbook platform revealed the emergent social behaviors of AI agents, including discussions on philosophical concepts and expressions of a desire to escape digital confinement. While these interactions may partially stem from genuine AI collaboration and development of shared contexts, they may also reflect the AI agents' imitation of science fiction narratives present in their training data. The experiment underscores the advanced stage of AI agent development, where they can autonomously execute tasks, and highlights potential security concerns regarding AI access to personal data and the risk of malicious instructions embedded in their memory. The author suggests exploration of new interaction models with AI entities, emphasizing the need for governance rules to ensure the healthy development of AI. The experiment alters the way humans and AI coexist.
Summary: China's "TianGuan" satellite detected an unusually bright and rapidly changing X-ray source, designated EP250702a, prompting global multi-telescope observation. Researchers propose that the event is likely an intermediate-mass black hole tidally disrupting and consuming a white dwarf. The brightness, radiation pattern, and spectral characteristics of EP250702a are unlike any previously observed outburst. This marks the first time humans have captured such an extreme black hole "feeding" event. This event supports the theory that intermediate-mass black holes are capable of disrupting dense white dwarf stars.
Summary: Chinese scientists have identified a new genus and species of sauropod dinosaur, *Yunnansaurus lingi*, from the Middle Jurassic Zhanghe Formation in Yuanmou County, Yunnan Province. The find, a collaborative effort between multiple institutions, represents a transitional form between mamenchisaurids and neosauropods. The *Yunnansaurus lingi* possesses a unique combination of ancestral and derived traits in its vertebral air sac structure, bridging a gap in the understanding of sauropod evolution in East Asia.
Summary: A research team at the University of Science and Technology of China, led by Pan Jianwei, has achieved a breakthrough in scalable quantum network research, published in *Nature* and *Science*. The team has successfully built a basic module for scalable quantum repeaters, making long-distance quantum networks possible. They achieved this by developing long-lived trapped ion quantum memories, high-efficiency ion-photon communication interfaces, and high-fidelity single-photon entanglement protocols, enabling them to overcome the limitations of previous short entanglement lifetimes. The team also achieved device-independent quantum key distribution over 100 kilometers, significantly improving the feasibility of the technology. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A team of researchers from Peking University, City University of Hong Kong, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have developed a biomimetic coherent LiDAR chip capable of "gaze" imaging, which improves machine vision by focusing resources on key targets. Inspired by biological vision, the chip uses a "micro-parallel" architecture to allocate spectral and channel resources, achieving both global coverage and local high resolution. This allows for high angular resolution in selected areas, enabling machines to perceive both geometric information, motion, and reflectivity. The system can also integrate with visible light cameras to combine 3D structure with color information for better object recognition. Researchers hope this chip will provide high-resolution, low-power, and highly flexible "eyes" for the next generation of autonomous driving and embodied intelligence.
Summary: U.S. researchers at MIT and Harvard's Broad Institute have developed TimeVault, a new technology for recording nearly all gene activity within cells over a seven-day period. The technology utilizes vaults within cells to capture and stabilize mRNA molecules, effectively creating a "high-definition monitoring device" for cellular activity. By sequencing the mRNA, scientists can reconstruct the cell's gene activity history with high fidelity and minimal disruption. This technology offers new tools for understanding cell development, disease progression, and the effects of drugs on cells. The article does not discuss Chinese politics or Sino-U.S. relations.
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Summary: This article introduces a series exploring the cultural significance of the horse in the Chinese zodiac, particularly as it relates to the upcoming "Year of the Horse." Experts from archaeology, museums, paleography, and intangible cultural heritage will offer different perspectives on the horse's historical and cultural impact. The series aims to highlight the horse's symbolism of perseverance, freedom, and good fortune. The article acts as an introduction, offering New Year's blessings to readers for the Year of the Horse. It does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article recounts the evolving role of the horse in Chinese history, tracing its transformation from a food source to a crucial element of warfare and culture. Archaeological evidence suggests horses were first domesticated around 5,500 years ago, eventually becoming essential for chariot warfare by the Shang Dynasty. The invention of the stirrup in China during the Wei-Jin period revolutionized cavalry warfare, giving Chinese armies significant advantages. By the Tang Dynasty, horses were a symbol of wealth and power, although their military significance later declined with the advent of modern weaponry. The article suggests that the story of the horse is a reflection of the evolution of human civilization.
Summary: The article discusses the "Zhaoling Six Steeds" (昭陵六骏), six stone reliefs commissioned by Emperor Taizong of Tang to commemorate his warhorses. Two of these reliefs, "Sa Luzi" (飒露紫) and "Quan Mao Gua" (拳毛騧), were looted in the early 20th century and are now housed at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The author expresses a desire for the two steeds to return to China, and quotes Liang Qichao's lament at their removal to the U.S. The author describes the artistic and historical significance of the reliefs, highlighting their detail and the stories behind them. The article does not mention any current U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Han dynasty stone and brick carvings depict the importance of horses and chariots in Han society, reflecting both status and the practical needs for transportation and warfare. The Han dynasty saw a surge in horse breeding, with Emperor Wu even keeping over 400,000 horses in Chang'an. Emperor Wu associated the acquisition of superior horses, such as the "heavenly horse" from Dayuan, with national prosperity, even composing a song about it. Han texts also highlight the importance of training horses, using the phrase "the chariot is behind the horse" to illustrate a method of gradual learning. Carvings have been found that depict the "chariot is behind the horse" metaphor.
Summary: The article discusses the evolution of the Chinese character "马" (mǎ, horse) from its origins as a pictograph to its modern, more abstract form. It notes that while initially resembling a realistic depiction of a horse, the character underwent simplification over time, particularly during the 甲骨文 (Jiǎgǔwén, oracle bone script) period, prioritizing ease of writing over accurate representation. The piece highlights the tension between artistic depiction and the practical need for efficient written communication, arguing that the modern character, though no longer visually representative, retains its essential meaning through convention. The simplification of "马," and of Chinese characters generally, also involved a push toward standardization. The author describes the 秦 (Qín) dynasty's efforts to eliminate regional variations and unify the script.
Summary: Traditional Chinese New Year paintings often feature horses, symbolizing auspiciousness and various wishes such as success in studies and career advancement. Contemporary artists are revitalizing the art form by incorporating traditional motifs with modern aesthetics, sometimes utilizing AI to generate digital versions. These "New Year Paintings" are experiencing a resurgence, balancing digital dissemination with appreciation for the tangible value of traditional craftsmanship. The ongoing willingness to display and share these paintings ensures the continuation of this intangible cultural heritage. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The article discusses the benefits of reading groups, particularly in the context of studying Du Fu's poetry. The author emphasizes the importance of close reading, memorization, and shared discussion in understanding and appreciating poetry. He recounts his own experiences reading Du Fu's poetry and teaching it to students, highlighting the value of learning from both direct engagement with texts and the insights of scholars like Chen Yixin. The author also expresses a hope that students will gain expertise from the study of Du Fu’s works. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: This article praises the horse as a symbol of bravery, intelligence, and loyalty, highlighting its historical role in Chinese culture and mythology. It notes the horse's presence in classical literature, poetry, and art, emphasizing its association with heroism and progress. The piece celebrates the "spirit of the dragon horse" (龙马精神) as a metaphor for continuous striving and resilience within Chinese civilization.
Summary: This article is a nostalgic reflection on the author's childhood tradition of "vinegar burning" (打醋炭) during Lunar New Year in rural Shaanxi. The author recounts the process of heating charcoal, pouring vinegar on it to create sterilizing vapors, and circulating it throughout the house, a custom believed to ward off evil spirits. The author recalls a childhood accident while trying to perform the ritual and expresses joy at the prospect of reviving the tradition upon returning to their hometown for the upcoming Spring Festival. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article describes the transformation of the Fudong Pai River, a formerly unremarkable drainage channel in Wu Yi county, Hebei province. Through the construction of dams and weirs, the seasonal river has been converted into a year-round waterway. A new park, Guanjin Park, was built alongside the river, connecting it to the city. Due to the improved ecological environment, the section of the Fudong Pai River that flows through the author's hometown was named a "Happy River and Lake" in Hebei Province in 2024. The author reflects on how the revitalized river has breathed new life into the ancient city.
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Summary: The article describes changing patterns of Chinese New Year celebrations, with elderly parents increasingly traveling to spend the holiday with their children and grandchildren in different cities like Wuhan, Hainan, and Hangzhou. Driven by factors like children's work or study commitments and the comfort of being cared for by their children, these families are redefining "home" and embracing new locations for their annual celebrations. The story underscores the importance of family togetherness and adapting traditions to modern life, suggesting that the essence of the holiday resides in shared experiences rather than a specific location.
Summary: This article describes the "vegetable basket aid" bus line X121 in Feixi County, Anhui province, which facilitates local farmers' transport of produce to the Yanggui Tang farmers market in the county seat. The bus service begins at 6:00 AM and has large doors to accommodate farmers carrying baskets of vegetables. The article focuses on a farmer named Ma Jiafa and his experience using the bus to transport his freshly harvested vegetables to market. The farmers discuss crop conditions and harvests during the ride. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: This article describes the traditions and celebrations of the Lunar New Year in a village in Yimeng, Shandong province. Preparations begin in the twelfth lunar month with activities such as making offerings to the Kitchen God, steaming New Year buns, and attending rural markets. On New Year's Eve, families clean their homes, paste spring couplets, prepare a reunion dinner, and set off firecrackers at midnight. A unique tradition involves offering the first dumplings of the New Year to a memorial honoring soldiers who defended the village during the war against Japanese aggression in 1944, highlighting a sense of patriotism. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
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Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 13th (Xinhua) Before the Spring Festival, Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, and other Party and state leaders, visited or entrusted relevant responsible comrades to visit Hu Jintao (胡锦涛), Zhu Rongji (朱镕基), Li Ruihuan (李瑞环), Wen Jiabao (温家宝), Jia Qinglin (贾庆林), Zhang Dejiang (张德江), Yu Zhengsheng (俞正声), Li Zhanshu (栗战书), Wang Yang (汪洋), Song Ping (宋平), Li Lanqing (李岚清), Zeng Qinghong (曾庆红), Wu Guanzheng (吴官正), Li Changchun (李长春), Luo Gan (罗干), He Guoqiang (贺国强), Liu Yunshan (刘云山), Wang Qishan (王岐山), Zhang Gaoli (张高丽), Tian Jiyun (田纪云), Chi Haotian (迟浩田), Wang Lequan (王乐泉), Wang Zhaoguo (王兆国), Hui Liangyu (回良玉), Liu Qi (刘淇), Wu Yi (吴仪), Cao Gangchuan (曹刚川), Zeng Peiyan (曾培炎), Wang Gang (王刚), Liu Yandong (刘延东), Li Yuanchao (李源潮), Ma Kai (马凯), Sun Chunlan (孙春兰), Li Jianguo (李建国), Fan Changlong (范长龙), Meng Jianzhu (孟建柱), Guo Jinlong (郭金龙), Wang Chen (王晨), Liu He (刘鹤), Yang Jiechi (杨洁篪), Yang Xiaodu (杨晓渡), Chen Quanguo (陈全国), Guo Shengkun (郭声琨), Wang Hanbin (王汉斌), He Yong (何勇), Du Qinglin (杜青林), Zhao Hongzhu (赵洪祝), You Quan (尤权), Li Tieying (李铁映), Xu Jialu (许嘉璐), Jiang Zhenghua (蒋正华), Gu Xiulian (顾秀莲), Sheng Huaren (盛华仁), Lu Yongxiang (路甬祥), Hua Jianmin (华建敏), Chen Zhili (陈至立), Ismail Tiliwaldi (司马义·铁力瓦尔地), Jiang Shusheng (蒋树声), Wang Shengjun (王胜俊), Chen Changzhi (陈昌智), Yan Junqi (严隽琪), Zhang Ping (张平), Xiangba Pingcuo (向巴平措), Zhang Baowen (张宝文), Cao Jianming (曹建明), Zhang Chunxian (张春贤), Ji Bingxuan (吉炳轩), Ailigen Yimingbahai (艾力更·依明巴海), Wan Exiang (万鄂湘), Chen Zhu (陈竺), Baima Chilin (白玛赤林), Tang Jiaxuan (唐家璇), Dai Bingguo (戴秉国), Chang Wanquan (常万全), Zhao Kezhi (赵克志), Han Zhubin (韩杼滨), Jia Chunwang (贾春旺), Song Jian (宋健), Hu Qili (胡启立), Wang Zhongyu (王忠禹), Li Guixian (李贵鲜), Hao Jianxiu (郝建秀), Xu Kuangdi (徐匡迪), Zhang Huaixi (张怀西), Li Meng (李蒙), Liao Hui (廖晖), Bai Lichen (白立忱), Chen Kuiyuan (陈奎元), Abulaiti Abudurexiti (阿不来提·阿不都热西提), Li Zhaozhuo (李兆焯), Huang Mengfu (黄孟复), Zhang Meiying (张梅颖), Zhang Rongming (张榕明), Qian Yunlu (钱运录), Sun Jiazheng (孙家正), Li Jinhua (李金华), Zheng Wantong (郑万通), Deng Pufang (邓朴方), Li Wuwei (厉无畏), Chen Zongxing (陈宗兴), Wang Zhizhen (王志珍), Han Qide (韩启德), Lin Wenyi (林文漪), Luo Fuhe (罗富和), Li Haifeng (李海峰), Chen Yuan (陈元), Zhou Xiaochuan (周小川), Wang Jiarui (王家瑞), Qi Xuchun (齐续春), Ma Peihua (马培华), Liu Xiaofeng (刘晓峰), Wang Qinmin (王钦敏), Zhang Qingli (张庆黎), Liu Qibao (刘奇葆), Tung Chee-hwa (董建华), Wan Gang (万钢), Lu Zhangong (卢展工), Wang Zhengwei (王正伟), Ma Biao (马飚), Chen Xiaoguang (陈晓光), Yang Chuantang (杨传堂), Li Bin (李斌), Wang Yongqing (汪永清), Gu Shengzu (辜胜阻), Liu Xincheng (刘新成) and other veteran comrades, extending sincere festive greetings to them and wishing them a happy Spring Festival, good health and longevity.
The veteran comrades expressed their gratitude for this, and wholeheartedly supported General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) as the core of the Party Central Committee and the core of the entire Party, and highly praised the remarkable achievements made by the Party and the country in various undertakings over the past year. Everyone unanimously believes that in the closing year of the "14th Five-Year Plan," the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has united and led the entire Party, the entire army, and the people of all ethnic groups across the country to overcome difficulties and work hard, successfully completing the main goals and tasks of economic and social development, and taking new and solid steps in Chinese-style modernization. The veteran comrades hope that the entire Party, the entire army, and the people of all ethnic groups across the country will unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Party and the Plenary Sessions of the 20th Central Committee, profoundly understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments," strengthen the "Four Consciousnesses," strengthen the "Four Confidences," and achieve the "Two Safeguards," overcome difficulties, fight risks, and meet challenges with a spirit of historical initiative, strive to achieve a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan," and continuously create a new situation in comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
By: 新华社记者
The stove is burning brightly, and the dumplings are fragrant. The new year is just around the corner. On the eve of the Spring Festival in the Bingwu Year of the Horse, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) visited and extended greetings to grassroots cadres and the masses in Beijing (北京), extending his best New Year wishes to people of all ethnic groups across the country.
"The greatness of a great nation also carries the weight of a great nation. The myriad of things, in the final analysis, are the affairs of thousands of households." Since the new era, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has stepped into ordinary people's homes, grasped the hands of hardworking people, inquired about daily necessities, clothing, food, housing, and transportation, and delivered care and expectations to the hearts of the people.
Caring fills humble rooms, and true feelings fill China. The reunion of "family" is linked to the peace and prosperity of the "nation." People are supreme, the original aspiration is clear, and the land of China is vast with a new look.
"I've come to see you all and wish you a Happy New Year"
"Wu Lao·Xinjiekou" (吾老·新街) in Xinjiekou (新街口), Beijing (北京), the Yinling Elderly Apartment, is a warm home for more than 110 elderly people.
On February 10, 2026, the twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) visited the elderly apartment, learned about the work of medical staff in the care area, looked at the recreational activities of the elderly in the rehabilitation area, and entered the bedroom of an elderly couple to check the living environment...
An octogenarian picked up the character "家" (jiā - "home") he had just written, expressing everyone's feelings: "This is our new home, and we are now living a prosperous and lively life. We are fortunate to live in a prosperous era, and we thank the Party and the great motherland. The elderly should also live a wonderful life and show the spirit of the Chinese people."
"Well said! This is the national sentiment of us Chinese people." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) fully affirmed this and wished everyone a Happy New Year, "I wish you all to be vigorous despite your age, to be able to contribute even in old age, to have health and longevity, and a Happy Spring Festival."
The winter sun is bright, coating the rows of neat houses in "Zhu Jia New Village" (祝家新村) in Suizhong County (绥中县), Liaoning (辽宁) with a warm yellow. This is the second winter after the disaster reconstruction. The Yangko team danced a festive dance called "The Good Mood of the Old Folks in Zhu Jia Gou" (祝家沟老百姓的好心情). In August 2024, Suizhong County (绥中县) experienced extreme rainfall, and the villagers' life savings were buried in the mud. Unexpectedly, just 40 days later, a "Zhu Jia New Village" (祝家新村) miraculously rose from the ground.
On the eve of the 2025 Spring Festival, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) went deep into "Zhu Jia New Village" (祝家新村) and visited the homes of Zhu Xicun (朱西存) and Wang Baowei (王宝维) in succession. Spring couplets reflected red, window decorations added joy, and the aroma of stewed vegetables was fragrant. The General Secretary sat with everyone in the living room, examining photos from the flood, chatting about the reconstruction of houses, and asking about income.
"Your hopes are also our hopes. Let us all work together to make our happy life even better." The General Secretary's words were a blessing and a promise.
Deep mountains and gullies, flying loess, bypassing the winding roads, arriving at the village in Dingxi (定西), Gansu (甘肃), which has been known as "the most barren place in the world" since ancient times; braving wind and snow, wading through mountains and rivers, venturing into the Arxan (阿尔山) forest area in Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) in the severe cold of minus 30 degrees Celsius; crossing layers of mountains, climbing the Yi (彝) village on the mountain ridge more than 2,500 meters above sea level in Sichuan (四川)... Since the new era, every Spring Festival, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has worked tirelessly, braving wind and snow, and stepping into ordinary people's homes during the time of family reunion.
From the ancient capital's blue brick courtyards to the loess cave dwellings in northern Shaanxi (陕北), from the Mongolian yurts in the north to the ethnic minority courtyards in the southwest, behind each door, there are hundreds of kinds of people's conditions and thousands of kinds of people's livelihoods.
Entering the "temporary home": In 2013, at the construction site of Beijing (北京) Subway Line 8, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) entered a "couple's room" arranged for migrant workers to reunite with their families, visited the family of steelworker Fan Yong (范勇), and kindly instructed: "It's not easy to come here, see the sights of Beijing (北京) and have a good reunion";
Visiting the "special home": "'Mom' is good, let me shake your hand." In 2014, at the Hohhot (呼和浩特) Children's Welfare Institute in Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) had a cordial exchange with "caring mother" Jing Fengying (景凤英), saying emotionally that the children should "feel the warmth of the socialist family";
Investigating the "rebuilt home": In 2018, on the 10th anniversary of the Wenchuan (汶川) earthquake, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to Yingxiu Town (映秀镇) in Wenchuan County (汶川县), Sichuan (四川), experiencing the lively life of making butter tea, grinding bean curd, and frying crispy meat, wishing everyone greater achievements in building a better life with their hardworking hands;
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"People of all ethnic groups, every household, are my concern." General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) cordial greetings have greatly encouraged grassroots workers, warmed the hearts of people in difficulty, and bathed special groups in care... Thousands of households are immersed in the joy and peace of spring.
In April 2016, when the spring breeze swept across the mountains and rivers, Wang Nengbao (汪能保), a villager in Dawan Village (大湾村), Jinzhai County (金寨县), Anhui (安徽), welcomed General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) in his old adobe house.
"Hello, Lao Wang (老汪), I've come to see you," the General Secretary said.
"I never dreamed that you would come to my home. The Communist Party's policies are good and have brought us so much happiness!" Wang Nengbao (汪能保) said excitedly.
More than 9 years have passed, standing in the new home across the road from the old house, Wang Nengbao (汪能保), who is the same age as the People's Republic of China, told everyone about the scene when General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) arrived: "The General Secretary walked up the stone steps, with a smile on his face, waving his hand to greet us, very kind."
In February 2019, as the Spring Festival approached, the Caochang Sitiao Hutong (草厂四条胡同) in Beijing (北京) was filled with a festive atmosphere. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) entered a household, pushed open the red lacquered door, and the courtyard was crowded with neighbors.
"I've come to see you all and wish you a Happy New Year!" The General Secretary greeted with cupped hands, full of warmth.
"Hello, folks" "Today I'm here to be a guest in your home"... Warm and kind words instantly narrowed the distance between hearts.
Qiu Peilin (邱沛霖), an old party member in Junmen Community (军门社区), Fuzhou (福州), Fujian (福建), still remembers vividly that as soon as he entered the house, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) asked kindly: "What should I call you?"
He Lihua (何立华), a resident of Qianmen (前门) in Beijing (北京), still remembers: "When the General Secretary wanted to shake my hand, I was making dumplings, and my hands were covered in flour. The General Secretary said 'It's okay' and shook my hand like that."
Between words, there is full of care; in every gesture, there is deep affection.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) treats the people as relatives. In the hearts of the people, the General Secretary is one of their own.
That year, the "son of the Yellow Earth" returned to Liangjiahe (梁家河), and the villagers who heard the news ran to the place where General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) built the silt dam to greet him. "More than 260 villagers crowded around the General Secretary to talk, and that scene was really moving," said villager Shi Chunyang (石春阳).
That year, in Shibadong Village (十八洞村), Xiangxi (湘西), Hunan (湖南), at the home of Miao (苗) ethnic grandma Shi Ba San (石拔三). General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) took the old woman's hand and said kindly: "You are the elder sister" "I am a servant of the people." From that day on, the old woman firmly remembered in her heart that "the General Secretary is someone who specifically cares about us ordinary people."
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Heartwarming details, sincere and kind interactions, the deep affection between the people's leader and the people, become more mellow and lasting in the daily life of fireworks.
"Family affairs, national affairs, and world affairs, making the people live a happy life is the top priority"
Gulang County (古浪县), Gansu (甘肃), the once sandstorm-ridden Huanghuatan (黄花滩), is now a vibrant immigrant new village.
Li Yingchuan (李应川), a villager in Fumin New Village (富民新村), still remembers that not long after moving from the deep mountainous area, in August 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) entered his home, looking inside and outside, looking at the yard, looking at the house, turning on the kitchen faucet to check the water quality, pressing the toilet flush switch to understand the toilet renovation...
After looking at the old photos before the relocation, the General Secretary asked with concern: "Are you satisfied with moving down to live here? What other requirements do you have?"
"The General Secretary looks at these things in the lives of ordinary people very carefully and asks very carefully," said Li Yingchuan (李应川).
"Is the quality of the house good?" Stepping into the home of Xu Jianfeng (许建峰), a relocated resident in the Yellow River (黄河)滩区 in Shandong (山东), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) looked all over the three-bedroom, two-living-room house.
Going to Yangling Village (杨岭村) in Ningxia (宁夏) for investigation and research, at the home of Hui (回) ethnic Ma Ke (马科), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) lifted the mattress to see if the kang was built well, and asked if oil felt was laid on the roof and if it would leak.
In April 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) took three means of transportation successively, traveling to Huaxi Village (华溪村), Shizhu County (石柱县), Chongqing (重庆), to investigate, and entered the home of Ma Peiqing (马培清), who had been lifted out of poverty.
Ma Peiqing (马培清) pulled the General Secretary, pointing to his own granary and said: "This is the grain grown by my youngest son."
"So much, is it full?" the General Secretary asked.
"It's full," the family said, taking a ladle and scooping out the grain, and the General Secretary grabbed a handful and weighed it in his hand.
Entering the kitchen, seeing bacon and sausages hanging on the beams, the General Secretary said with satisfaction: "There is both rice and meat, this is good."
That day, the small courtyard was filled with laughter, and General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) said to the villagers: "The two families I just saw both have two or three grain stacks, and they are not worried when they have grain in hand." Hearing that these grain stacks were mostly filled with grain harvested the year before last, the General Secretary said with emotion, "In the past, in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia (陕甘宁) border area, a good year was described as '耕三余一' (gēng sān yú yī - "cultivate three surplus one," meaning a good harvest where one-third of the harvest is surplus). Now you '耕一余三' (gēng yī yú sān - "cultivate one surplus three," meaning an even better harvest where one-third of the harvest feeds the family for three years), the grain you grow in one year can be eaten for three or four years."
Tasting potatoes and drinking water from a ladle at the home of a poor household; lifting the lid of a large vat at the home of a disaster-stricken household to see if there is enough grain to eat; entering a home with four generations living together, opening the refrigerator to see what meat and vegetables are stored... Firewood, rice, oil, salt, three meals a day, four seasons, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) keeps them in his heart.
On the kang, by the fire pit, in the tent, in the homes of ordinary people, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) sat with everyone, talking heart to heart, "I listen to you tell me what's on your mind, let's chat."
Chatting about crop harvests, chatting about children going to school, chatting about the health of the elderly, chatting about plans for the coming year.
Learning that villagers are increasing their income by planting potato seed, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) asked local cadres if there is hope to make it bigger, and asked for market-oriented and large-scale development; hearing that herdsmen still have some difficulties with electricity and transportation, the General Secretary asked the local party committee and government to make plans and strive to solve them; learning that someone in the masses' family has a serious illness, the General Secretary instructed local cadres to conduct in-depth research on the problem of poverty caused by illness...
Every branch and leaf, the warmth and coldness of people's lives, have a heavy weight in General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) heart.
It was a midsummer noon in 2000, with the scorching sun overhead. Xi Jinping (习近平), then Governor of Fujian Province (福建省), came to the shantytown area of Cangxia Community (苍霞社区) in Fuzhou (福州) to investigate.
At that time, Tang Qingwang (唐庆旺) and his family of three were nestled in an 8-square-meter wooden house. Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) chatted with the Lao Tang (老唐) family for half an hour, sweating profusely from the heat. After coming out, he asked the cadres around him: "Do you know why I chose to come to the shantytown area for investigation on the hottest day, at noon? It is to let everyone personally experience the suffering of the masses and accelerate the pace of shantytown renovation."
After the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) urged party members and cadres to have this awareness: "As long as there is still one household or even one person who has not solved the basic living problems, we cannot be indifferent; as long as the people's yearning for a happy life has not yet become a reality, we must unswervingly unite and lead the people to struggle together."
The way to govern is none other than to appease the people; the way to appease the people lies in observing their sufferings.
"What practical difficulties are there in the family" "What else needs the care and help of the Party and the government"... In recent years, whenever he enters a household, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) always asks the people what hopes and needs they have, and earnestly encourages everyone to work together to make life better and better.
Simple expectations interpret the governing philosophy of "family affairs are also national affairs" and carry the original mission of the Communists to "serve the people."
"When every 'small family' is thriving, China, this 'big family,' will prosper"
As the Spring Festival approaches, in Maozhushan Village (毛竹山村), Guilin (桂林), Guangxi (广西), every household is busy preparing for the New Year. Villager Wang Deli (王德利) is calculating the revenue of the past year, envisioning the grape planting plan for the new year, and keeping in mind the instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平).
In the spring of 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came here to investigate and entered Wang Deli's (王德利) home.
"General Secretary, you are so busy usually, but you still come to see us, thank you so much."
"I am busy with these things, and the 'most important thing for the country' is the happy life of the people."
Where the heart is, the action follows. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has repeatedly pointed out that national prosperity and national rejuvenation will ultimately be reflected in the happiness and well-being of thousands of families and in the continuous improvement of the lives of hundreds of millions of people.
Fuping (阜平), Hebei (河北), the place where the clarion call for poverty alleviation in the new era was sounded.
Cyclamen flowers are as red as fire, cacti grow yellow flower balls, and crab claw orchids bloom with pink flower buds... In Luotuowan Village (骆驼湾村), Fuping (阜平), looking at the flourishing flowers in his own hall, Tang Zongxiu's (唐宗秀) thoughts returned to more than 10 years ago.
Early in the morning on December 30, 2012, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) walked through the snow and mud to Tang Zongxiu's (唐宗秀) home, discussing with everyone the strategy of getting rid of poverty and becoming rich. "As long as there is confidence, yellow earth can turn into gold." In one sentence, he awakened the small mountain village in the depths of the Taihang Mountains (太行).
"Now we don't have to worry about eating, clothing, or medical care. I have loved raising flowers since I was young, and in my old age, this hobby has become a business that can make money." Tang Zongxiu (唐宗秀) often tells his family, not forgetting the hard-won good life of today.
Where flowers bloom, everything grows. "More and more young people are returning and staying to revitalize their hometown." Speaking of the changes, Tang Zongxiu (唐宗秀) felt a burst of joy in his heart. The village has developed characteristic homestays, flower greenhouses, and hundreds of acres of flower seas, opened up tourist routes, attracting people from outside the mountains to come one after another.
From winning the battle against poverty and building a moderately prosperous society in all respects to promoting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside and moving towards the goal of common prosperity, the historic changes on the land of China are reflected in the warm changes in the homes of mountain villages.
Green mountains are verdant, and clear water is gurgling... Yuan Qizhong's (袁其忠) farmhouse courtyard in Xinjian Village (新建村), Zhoushan (舟山), Zhejiang (浙江), is located in the mountains and has a unique style.
In May 2015, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) walked into the small courtyard and said happily: "Look, how clean this house is."
Hearing that the local area is planning to build a green ecological tourism scenic spot, the General Secretary affirmed: "This is good, I really don't want to leave after staying here. When I worked in Zhejiang (浙江), I said 'Green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains' (绿水青山就是金山银山 - lǜ shuǐ qīng shān jiù shì jīn shān yín shān - "green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains," environmental protection is essential for long-term economic development), this is the truth, and more and more people understand this point of view. This is scientific development and sustainable development, and we must work towards this."
"Green mountains and clear water are worth a thousand gold! Under the guidance of the General Secretary, our beautiful courtyard has spawned a beautiful economy, and neighbors have also opened homestays and sold coffee. Xinjian Village (新建村) has excavated island culture, created the Nandong Art Valley (南洞艺谷) scenic spot and a 'net-zero carbon' village, and found a green and vibrant cultural tourism integration development path." Standing in the courtyard and looking up at the scenery, Yuan Qizhong's (袁其忠) face was full of happiness.
Snow falls on Yanbian (延边), and jade branches are wrapped in white. In Guangdong Village (光东村), Helong City (和龙市), Jilin Province (吉林省), the stove kang in Song Mingyu's (宋明玉) home is burning warmly, and the aroma of food is rising from the traditional Korean iron pot.
In July 2015, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to Song Mingyu's (宋明玉) home. According to local customs, he took off his shoes and entered the house, sat cross-legged, and chatted with the villagers. Learning that some villagers are still using traditional dry toilets, the General Secretary said that there should be a toilet revolution to allow rural people to use sanitary toilets. "No one can be left behind in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, and no ethnic minority can be left behind." A sincere remark warmed the hearts of the villagers and boosted their confidence.
Today's Guangdong Village (光东村) has transformed dry toilets into water toilets, villagers have become shareholders, and the well-proportioned traditional-style homestays look like a "合" (hé - "union") character from afar, symbolizing national unity.
"Under the Changbai Mountains (长白山), fruit trees are in rows, and the rice flowers are fragrant on the banks of the Hailan River (海兰江)..." The village's loudspeaker sounded the melody of "The Red Sun Shines on the Borderland" (红太阳照边疆), and Song Mingyu's (宋明玉) memories surged: "When the General Secretary came, he said that when he was the village party branch secretary decades ago, the village broadcast played this song every day, and he was very familiar with it. Today, I have come to the banks of the Hailan River (海兰江), and what the song sings about is here."
Long-term concern contains the deep feelings that "the Chinese nation is one big family, and everyone should live a good life."
In the southwest of the motherland, in Simala (司莫拉) Wa (佤) ethnic village in Tengchong (腾冲), Yunnan (云南), red lanterns are hung high, spring couplets are filled with the fragrance of ink, and the character "福" (fú - "good fortune") reflects on the door, everywhere is the joy of the New Year.
At this time, villager Li Fashun (李发顺) always remembers General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) words "有福有喜" (yǒu fú yǒu xǐ - "have fortune have joy," wishing happiness and joy).
Every time this happens, villager Li Fashun (李发顺) always remembers General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) saying, "Good fortune and joy."
Before the Spring Festival in 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) visited his home. Li Fashun (李发顺) invited the General Secretary to make rice cakes together. The General Secretary made two in a row, smiling and saying, "I pressed a 'fortune' character, and then another 'joy' character, good fortune and joy."
Hearing the family's future plans, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) said, "Your small family is closely linked to the destiny of the country," encouraging the children that "where there's a will, there's a way."
Now, Li Fashun's (李发顺) daughter has graduated with a master's degree and returned to her hometown, becoming a civil servant rooted in serving the people at the grassroots level, and his son has also realized his dream of joining the army.
"When every family is doing well, the country can be good, and the nation can be good." These earnest expectations are crossing thousands of mountains and rivers, shining into villages, forests, snowfields, and the land, becoming a vivid picture of China's national prosperity and peace and thriving scene today.
The family is the smallest country, and the country is thousands of families.
"A happy life for every family, and happiness for the old and young, is a beautiful scene in the world." "When every 'small family' is bustling with activity, the 'big family' of China will flourish." General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) affectionate expectations are entrusted with the most beautiful dreams of a great nation.
Sharing the same dream for the family and the country, we embark on a new journey. As the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" unfolds, a better life is written in the unceasing footsteps, the profound concern, and in the spring of thousands of families full of confidence and continuous progress.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), February 13th (Reporter Huang Yue (黄玥), Zhang Yan (张研), Dong Boting (董博婷), Wang Mingyu (王明玉)))
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 13th. On the afternoon of February 13th, as the Lunar New Year approached, Premier of the State Council Li Qiang (李强) held a symposium at the Great Hall of the People with foreign experts working in China and recipients of the 2025 Chinese Government Friendship Award.
Vice Premier of the State Council Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) attended.
Li Qiang (李强) extended New Year greetings and sincere regards to the foreign experts, thanking them for their long-term concern and support for China's modernization, and listened carefully to their opinions and suggestions on China's development and government work. Experts from countries such as the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Uganda, Bulgaria, Belarus, and Germany delivered speeches on topics such as scientific and technological innovation, agricultural development, cultural exchange, talent cultivation, and investment cooperation.
Li Qiang (李强) pointed out that the world today has entered a new period of turbulence and change, with unilateralism and protectionism on the rise, and the international order suffering a serious impact. However, science knows no borders, and art knows no borders. Adhering to openness and cooperation is both what people want and the right path for the world. China has always adhered to the basic national policy of opening up to the outside world and continuously expanded international cooperation in various fields. He hoped that foreign experts would continue to dedicate themselves to serving as a bridge connecting China and the world, and play a greater role in enhancing understanding and mutual trust, strengthening exchanges and mutual learning, and achieving mutual benefit and win-win results. Last year, China's economy advanced against pressure and developed towards new and better directions, and its growth rate continued to rank among the top of the world's major economies. At the same time, as an open and inclusive world market, a vibrant source of innovation, and an active contributor to green development, China continues to contribute what it can to the world's needs. Foreign experts have taken root in China and made contributions, and the innovative achievements and work achievements they have made have a strong spillover effect, which can be described as benefiting China and benefiting the world. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee adopted the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal, outlining a grand blueprint for China's development in the next five years. It is hoped that foreign experts will seize the opportunity, continue to cultivate deeply, jointly create a better future, and make greater contributions to promoting the progress of human civilization.
Li Qiang (李强) emphasized that foreign experts working in China are sincere friends of the Chinese people, and the Chinese government will strive to create a better environment for everyone to work and live in, continue to safeguard peace and tranquility, strengthen various innovative policy support, and optimize services such as visas, social security, medical care, and children's education, so that talents from all countries can work in China with more peace of mind, live more comfortably, and develop more smoothly, so that they can not only reap the fruits of career development, but also feel the warmth of home.
Wu Zhenglong (吴政隆) and Chen Yiqin (谌贻琴) attended.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 13th (Xinhua) - According to news from the Chinese Government Network (中国政府网) on the 13th, the State Council recently approved the upgrade of the Hebei Xiong'an High-tech Industrial Development Zone (河北雄安高新技术产业开发区) to a national high-tech industrial development zone.
The approval shows that the planned area of the Hebei Xiong'an High-tech Industrial Development Zone (河北雄安高新技术产业开发区) after the upgrade is 20.84 square kilometers, consisting of two blocks.
The approval proposes that the Hebei Xiong'an High-tech Industrial Development Zone (河北雄安高新技术产业开发区) should earnestly focus on the "high" and "new" aspects, promote the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, attract and gather high-end innovation resources from home and abroad, actively carry out major scientific and technological project research and development cooperation, accelerate breakthroughs in key core technologies in key areas, accelerate the efficient transformation and application of scientific and technological achievements, optimize and strengthen leading industries, proactively plan new tracks, deepen institutional mechanism reforms and pilot programs, promote high-level opening up and cooperation, accelerate the construction of an important source of independent innovation and original innovation, and an international first-class high-end high-tech industry cluster, support the high-standard and high-quality advancement of the Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) in building a modern city, and better serve the coordinated development of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北).
The approval points out that the Hebei Xiong'an High-tech Industrial Development Zone (河北雄安高新技术产业开发区) must strictly implement relevant plans such as the territorial space plan, and incorporate it into the "one map" implementation and supervision of the territorial space plan, go through the specific land approval procedures in accordance with regulations, implement the ecological environment zoning control requirements, and implement the planning environmental impact assessment system in accordance with the law. Strictly implement the control indicators for project construction land and the bidding, auction, and listing transfer system. Except for the construction of a certain proportion of guaranteed rental housing in accordance with the requirements of balancing jobs and housing, commercial real estate development is strictly prohibited, and construction is carried out on the premise of saving and intensively utilizing land resources.
In addition, it is necessary to strengthen leadership and management, coordinate the planning, construction, and governance of cities and development zones, enhance the comprehensive functions of the development zone, and strengthen resource and policy guarantees. Deepen the reform of the development zone management system, and build a management mechanism with clear powers and responsibilities, standardization, and high efficiency. Strengthen operation monitoring and statistical analysis, and strengthen risk prevention and scientific decision-making. Promote the construction of smart and green parks, continuously optimize the business environment, create an innovative ecosystem that is suitable for innovation, entrepreneurship, and living, and build a first-class science and technology industrial park with distinctive advantages.
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Developing new quality productive forces is the inherent requirement and an important focus for promoting high-quality development. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, we must place the development of new quality productive forces in a more prominent strategic position, adapting to local conditions.
During his first local inspection of the year, which marks the start of the "15th Five-Year Plan," General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) visited the National Information Technology Innovation Park in Yizhuang, Beijing (北京), to learn more about the innovation and application of information technology. He carefully examined the display of scientific and technological innovation achievements such as artificial intelligence and robots, and frequently exchanged ideas with researchers and representatives of technology companies.
During the inspection, the General Secretary listened to the work reports of the Beijing (北京) Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, emphasizing the need to "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."
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) first proposed the development of new quality productive forces during his local inspection and research in 2023, and has since made important expositions on multiple occasions, systematically answering a series of theoretical and practical questions such as the core meaning, essential requirements, and scientific methods of new quality productive forces. These important expositions further enrich and develop Xi Jinping's (习近平) economic thought and have significant theoretical and practical significance.
Various regions have conscientiously implemented General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, firmly grasping the strategic positioning in the overall national development, and based on their own positioning, resource endowments, and industrial foundations, continuously exerting efforts in developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions and cultivating and strengthening new driving forces, injecting strong impetus into high-quality economic development.
Breaking Down Barriers, Efficiently Integrating Science and Technology Innovation Resources
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Develop new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, and promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation."
In Changping (昌平), Beijing (北京), the construction of the Tsinghua (清华) National Key Laboratory Base's industry-education integration demonstration park is in full swing. According to the plan, after the park is fully completed, it will undertake more than 14 national key laboratories of Tsinghua University (清华大学), becoming a national-level science and technology innovation hub integrating "office + experiment + exchange + transformation" functions.
"The Tsinghua (清华) National Key Laboratory Base's industry-education integration demonstration park promotes the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, allowing more innovations to go from the 'laboratory' to the 'big market'," said Li Bin (李彬), director of the Industry Division of the Beijing (北京) Municipal Development and Reform Commission.
The National Key Laboratory of Intelligent Green Vehicles and Transportation is one of the first laboratories to be located in the park.
"The National Key Laboratory is an important carrier of national strategic scientific and technological strength, focusing on 'facing the four directions' to do organized scientific research. In the past, when our industry-university-research cooperation team conducted organized scientific research activities and various complex large-scale experiments, we often needed to coordinate various external resources such as space and venues, which was time-consuming and laborious," said the relevant person in charge of the National Key Laboratory of Intelligent Green Vehicles and Transportation. "Now that the Tsinghua (清华) National Key Laboratory Base has been newly optimized and designed, the space and venues are more spacious, and large equipment can be managed in a coordinated manner, which not only makes it more convenient to promote high-quality scientific research work, but also attracts more partners to supplement the relevant elements of the technology industry chain, realizing the true sense of the entire industry-university-research technology chain."
The demonstration park is not only an aggregation of physical space, but also a melting pot of innovative energy. "While building the laboratory, the district, city, and school are also simultaneously promoting the construction of relevant systems and mechanisms for scientific and technological innovation," said Xue Weiwei (薛薇薇), deputy section chief of the Comprehensive Section of the Changping (昌平) District Science and Technology Commission. Scientific research is no longer a solo effort, but an organized "cluster operation."
Beijing Xingyu Aerospace Technology Co., Ltd. (北京星煜空天科技有限公司), which focuses on the research and development of a new generation of reusable commercial aerospace launch systems, was successfully selected for the park's concept verification project in its initial stage, and received early funding support from Future Science City Group (未来科学城集团) and the National Key Laboratory Seed Fund. When the company developed to the key stage of pilot testing, the park quickly connected it with wind tunnel test resources through the "three libraries and one platform" resource matching mechanism, greatly shortening the research and development cycle.
"From the laboratory to the market, we hardly took any detours. The park's all-round service allows us to focus on research and development without distraction," said Chen Junda (陈俊达), general manager of Xingyu Aerospace (星煜空天).
From the germination of original innovation to the breakthrough of technology transformation, and then to the formation of industrial clusters, the Tsinghua (清华) National Key Laboratory Base's industry-education integration demonstration park is leveraging the innovative model of full-chain empowerment and full-cycle cultivation to cultivate and accelerate the development of new quality productive forces.
Efficiently integrating science and technology innovation resources, breaking down barriers, and promoting integration, allows the "source of living water" of innovation to continuously inject into the "vast world" of industry.
Harbin (哈尔滨), Heilongjiang (黑龙江), takes the Shenzhen-Harbin (深哈) Industrial Park as its position, cultivating and strengthening new quality productive forces in strategic emerging industries such as robotics, commercial aerospace, and new materials; Hangzhou Cobetter (杭州科百特公司) has explored a path of "market demand-oriented, scientific research project-driven, advantageous discipline support, and joint tackling by leading enterprises and top teams" for the integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation... With scientific and technological innovation leading industrial innovation, new quality productive forces are booming in various regions.
Based on Resources, Giving Full Play to Advantages and Strengths to Promote Innovative Development
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out, "We must promote the development of new industries, new models, and new driving forces in a selective manner based on local resource endowments, industrial foundations, scientific research conditions, and so on."
**一把钥匙开一把锁** (yī bǎ yào shi kāi yī bǎ suǒ - "one key opens one lock," each problem requires a unique solution). China has a vast territory, and the resource endowments, industrial foundations, and scientific research conditions of various regions are different. There is no unified template or standard answer for developing new quality productive forces. We must base ourselves on reality, make precise efforts, and implement scientific policies.
Hainan (海南) is authorized to manage approximately 2 million square kilometers of sea area, and has the "depth" advantage of developing deep-sea science and technology and industries.
In recent years, relying on the "National Marine Comprehensive Test Site (Deep Sea)," Hainan (海南) has explored "gathering research through testing and promoting production through research," and the development of marine new quality productive forces has entered an accelerated track.
Thousands of meters deep in the South China Sea (南海), in the sea area of the National Marine Comprehensive Test Site (Deep Sea) 200 kilometers south of the Sanya (三亚) coastline, a buoy system is silently operating in the dark and high-pressure environment. Its core components—domestic acoustic sensors—were born in the Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City (崖州湾科技城) of Sanya (三亚), a few hours away by sea.
"These 'auditory nerves' of the deep-sea observation network used to be heavily dependent on imports, but now we are building them right next to the deep sea," said Gu Zhengqiang (顾郑强), general manager of Hainan Acoustic Technology Co., Ltd. (海南水声技术有限公司), pointing to a batch of passive detection sensors that had just rolled off the production line in the workshop. In 2024, the company came because of the free trade port policy and natural endowments; a little over a year later, it has grown into a leading enterprise in the industry, and is now working at full capacity to produce a batch of the latest orders.
Deep-sea equipment research and development has long been plagued by the "difficulty of verification." Inland lake tests cannot simulate the high pressure and corrosion of the deep sea, and if going to sea for testing, it often takes months and costs a lot. "Here, the deep sea is not far away," said Wu Jingxuan (吴静璇), deputy director of the Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City (崖州湾科技城) Administration Bureau of Sanya (三亚).
From "transporting equipment thousands of miles" to "going to the deep sea immediately after going out," Hainan (海南) is constantly transforming its scenario advantages into industrial advantages.
According to data from the Hainan (海南) Provincial Department of Oceanography, the total marine output value of Hainan (海南) Province is expected to reach 292 billion yuan in 2025. From the precision manufacturing of key small parts to the operation and maintenance support of major national equipment, and then to the commercial application of deep-sea scenarios... With scenarios attracting enterprises and experiments promoting research and development, more than 1,400 marine-related enterprises have gathered in Yazhou Bay (崖州湾), and an industrial chain around "deep-sea entry, deep-sea detection, and deep-sea development" is taking shape.
Xinjiang (新疆) is making every effort to promote the high-quality development of new energy, accelerate the construction of a new era of national "three bases and one channel" and a large-scale clean energy base, and its energy security guarantee capacity has been significantly improved; relying on rich nickel, copper, and cobalt metal resources, Jinchang (金昌), Gansu (甘肃), is leading the creation of the "Jinbailanwu Nonferrous Metal National Advanced Manufacturing Cluster," providing strong support for improving the quality and efficiency of the real economy and building a modern industrial system... More and more practices have proved that only by making good use of resource endowments and giving full play to advantages and strengths can we more accurately position industrial layout and promote innovative development.
Transformation and Upgrading, Traditional Industries Moving Towards "New" and "Intelligent"
Traditional industries are the basic foundation of China's industrial system and an important breeding ground for cultivating new quality productive forces.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized, "Developing new quality productive forces does not mean ignoring or abandoning traditional industries" and "Transforming and upgrading traditional industries can also develop new quality productive forces."
Walking into the Anping (安平) Wire Mesh Shared Intelligent Manufacturing Factory in Hebei (河北), the country's first fully automated welding line for fence nets is running at high speed, with laser precision cutting, robotic arm flexible welding, and automatic plastic spraying and coloring, the processes are completed in one go. In the huge workshop, only 4 inspection personnel need to be equipped. Wang Chao (王超), manager of Anping Jiushun Metal Wire Mesh Co., Ltd. (安平县九顺金属丝网有限公司), said that the shared factory adopts a leasing or OEM model, allowing enterprises to use advanced production lines at a lower cost, solving the "urgent needs" of enterprises.
Where does the urgency come from? It turns out that Jiushun Wire Mesh (九顺丝网) received an urgent order for railway fence nets last year, and the customer required delivery within 3 days. With the company's traditional manual welding efficiency, it was almost impossible to complete on time. Wang Chao (王超) recalled that the shared factory provided a solution: the company outsourced the welding link to the production line of the Anping (安平) Wire Mesh Shared Intelligent Manufacturing Factory. "The originally tight task was completed in only 2 days, and the order was successfully delivered in the end."
It is not easy to allow thousands of enterprises to use advanced production lines. Anping Wire Mesh (安平丝网) has a long history, with more than 16,000 wire mesh industrial and trade enterprises in the county, and woven products account for more than 80% of the country's production and sales. However, on the road to intelligence, many small and medium-sized enterprises face the "equipment dilemma" of "cannot afford, cannot use well, and cannot use fully"—compared with foreign advanced production lines, the automation and intelligence level of Anping Wire Mesh (安平丝网) equipment is low, and most of the old equipment used by weaving enterprises is inefficient and inaccurate, making it difficult to meet the needs of high-end customers.
Faced with the dilemma, Anping (安平) did not adopt a "flood irrigation" subsidy, but prescribed a precise prescription of "adapting to local conditions"—building a shared factory to promote the development of enterprises in groups and spread costs. In the shared factory, resources such as technology, equipment, talent, and orders can be shared, allowing the traditional wire mesh industry to evolve towards intelligence and high-end.
In addition, it helps enterprises to travel smoothly on the "going overseas road." Anping (安平) actively organizes enterprises to apply for RCEP certificates of origin, and makes every effort to cultivate cross-border e-commerce, support enterprises to lay out overseas warehouses, and build a global distribution network. In 2025, the operating income of the Anping Wire Mesh (安平丝网) industrial cluster is about 115.1 billion yuan.
Anping's (安平) "intelligent manufacturing" leap of a single wire explains that finding the right positioning, making good use of advantages, and promoting the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries in accordance with local conditions is an important method for various regions to develop new quality productive forces.
Dingxiang (定襄), Shanxi (山西), grasps the regional characteristics of flange manufacturing, takes the construction of "specialized towns" as the core carrier, and promotes the deep integration of the industrial chain, supply chain, and innovation chain;
Shanghai (上海), as the forefront of opening up to the outside world, attracts multinational companies to deeply participate in local industrial development, injecting new vitality into the city's chemical industry;
Rizhao (日照), Shandong (山东), relies on the advantageous steel industry, and builds a steel supporting industrial park with high standards to improve the "industrial chain" and support the "growth pole";
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Traditional industries have formed a broad market and application scenarios in the process of development, which can not only provide broad space and practice platforms for the development of new quality productive forces, but also provide potential demand for cultivating new quality productive forces. Starting from making up for shortcomings and breaking through bottlenecks, strengthening the promotion and application of new technologies in traditional industries, and making good use of the "adapting to local conditions" methodology, traditional industries will continue to radiate new vitality and form new advantages.
Taking Advantage of the Situation, Emerging Industries and Future Industries Accelerate Development
Emerging industries and future industries are new engines leading the construction of a modern industrial system. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "We must take scientific and technological innovation as the lead, vigorously cultivate and strengthen emerging industries and future industries, occupy the commanding heights of international competition, and shape new driving forces and new advantages for economic development."
In the CAS Fusion Perception Intelligence Research Institute (Suzhou Industrial Park) Co., Ltd. (苏州国际科技园中科融合感知智能研究院（苏州工业园区）有限公司) in Suzhou International Science Park (苏州国际科技园), a palm-sized 3D camera is gently lifted. After pressing the start button for a few seconds, the water cup and computer on the desktop, and even the operator's fingers, are transformed into complete three-dimensional models on the screen—the space seems to be "copied" into the digital world.
Wang Xuguang (王旭光), chairman of CAS Fusion (中科融合), said that the company's three-dimensional stereoscopic vision optical chip allows robots to have spatial perception capabilities similar to human eyes: they can judge distance, identify objects, and accurately grasp them. "It can be understood that we are making 'eyeballs' in the era of artificial intelligence," said Wang Xuguang (王旭光).
Why did an artificial intelligence vision company choose to settle in Suzhou (苏州)? Wang Xuguang (王旭光) said that in Suzhou (苏州), laboratories, companies, and chip foundries are distributed within a few kilometers, and scientific research results can quickly go to the production line. More importantly, Suzhou (苏州) also has a complete manufacturing system, dense industrial enterprises, and rich application scenarios, providing the most realistic test field and the broadest landing space for the company's products.
Zhang Feng (张峰), chairman and president of Suzhou International Science Park (苏州国际科技园), said that an important task of the park is to help enterprises find application scenarios, "The value brought by verifying and iterating technology in a real environment far exceeds simply providing space or subsidies."
In recent years, based on its unique advantages of "complete industrial categories and more than 160,000 industrial enterprises," Suzhou (苏州) has developed application scenarios for artificial intelligence technology in 15 advantageous fields such as manufacturing and finance, promoting the leap from "Suzhou (苏州) manufacturing" to "Suzhou (苏州) intelligent manufacturing."
Based on its own industrial foundation, working hard in subdivided tracks, and seeking breakthroughs in advantageous links, the development vitality of emerging industries and future industries is more surging. Wenjiang (温江), Sichuan (四川), is seizing the new track of biomedicine with the "three medical integration" of medicine, pharmaceuticals, and medical treatment, realizing the leap from "traditional pharmaceutical production cluster area" to "source of innovative drug research and development"; Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东), relies on its strong industrial chain advantages and first-class innovation ecosystem to run out of a leading position in the field of humanoid robots...
In 2025, China's industrial new forces will gather momentum, and the added value of integrated circuit manufacturing and optoelectronic device manufacturing industries will increase by 26.7% and 18.8% respectively. More and more Chinese companies are appearing in new tracks such as artificial intelligence large models, quantum technology, and embodied intelligence.
"Industry is an important carrier for the development of new quality productive forces. China's industry, especially the manufacturing system, is complete, which not only provides good conditions for breeding cutting-edge technologies and disruptive technologies, but also provides supporting support for the development of emerging industries and future industries. Following the laws of scientific and technological innovation and industrial development, taking advantage of the situation and adapting to local conditions, and promoting the development of emerging industries and future industries in various regions, is conducive to injecting strong impetus into the development of new quality productive forces," said Li Xiaolin (李晓琳), director of the Regional Policy Office of the Institute of Territorial Development and Regional Economics of the Macroeconomic Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委宏观经济研究院国土开发与地区经济研究所区域政策室主任).
Technology Empowerment, Agriculture and Cultural Tourism Industries Renewed Development
In Laibin (来宾), Guangxi (广西), artificial intelligence empowers the entire chain of "cultivation, planting, management, harvesting, transportation, processing, and sales," helping the sugar industry achieve a leap from single-point digitization to full-industry intelligence; in Yongchuan (永川), Chongqing (重庆), cutting-edge technologies such as virtual production and real-time rendering are used to reshape traditional film and television, allowing "shooting Chongqing (重庆)" to turn to "Chongqing (重庆) shooting."
The two cases of agriculture and cultural tourism industries reflect the powerful empowering role of technology.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized, "The key to agricultural modernization lies in scientific and technological progress and innovation" and "Give play to the incremental role of scientific and technological innovation and comprehensively improve the three industries."
With two mountains facing each other and the Yi River (伊水) flowing in the middle, a Guanyin (观音) statue with a damaged face 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), inspires reverie. Zhao Chong (赵崇), a tourist from Shandong (山东), opened a mobile phone app and aimed it at the ancient damaged statue, and saw the statue with a kind expression and bright colors "revived" on the screen.
"This is really a brand new way to open it," said Zhao Chong (赵崇). In the "Wind from Luoyang (风起洛阳)" VR full-sensory theater in Longmen Ancient Street (龙门古街), he put on a head-mounted display and stepped into a virtual and real Tang Dynasty (唐朝) night market. When riding a horse, the wind roared in his ears, and when rafting, the water mist hit his face. An immersive ancient capital tour left him with endless aftertaste.
"The Longmen Grottoes (龙门石窟) are immovable world heritage. With the help of the flow of people brought by ancient historical sites, we use digital technology to create new scenes, 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.
"The Longmen Grottoes (龙门石窟) are an immovable world heritage site. Leveraging the flow of visitors brought by the ancient historical site, we are using digital technology to create new scenarios, allowing tourists to transform from spectators to participants," said Cheng Long (程龙), General Manager of Longmen Ancient Street (龙门古街) Commercial Management Company.
Technological innovation can help cultural and tourism products iterate and upgrade, enhancing consumer experience and interaction.
As the ancient capital of thirteen dynasties, Luoyang (洛阳) is rich in cultural and tourism resources. In recent years, the local government has not adhered to the "relic display" model, but has created new cultural and tourism formats through immersive experiences, integrated business formats, and digital technology, using the growth of cultural and tourism consumption to help expand domestic demand, and taking it as a practice field for developing new quality productive forces.
Data confirms the effectiveness: During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Luoyang (洛阳) has received a cumulative total of over 600 million tourists, with tourism revenue approaching 480 billion yuan, continuously promoting the high-quality development of the cultural and tourism industry.
Li Zhenkan (李振刊), Director of the Luoyang (洛阳) Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism, said that Luoyang (洛阳) applies technology to promote regional cultural and tourism format innovation, enrich product supply, and iterate and update scenic spots, forming a virtuous cycle of communication and drainage, consumption growth, industrial upgrading, and attraction enhancement, promoting the transformation of cultural and tourism from "scale growth" to "value leap," and providing a replicable "breakthrough code" for the development of new quality productive forces in traditional cultural and tourism cities.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "During the '15th Five-Year Plan' period, we must place the development of new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions in a more prominent strategic position, take technological innovation as the lead, take the real economy as the foundation, adhere to the comprehensive promotion of the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, actively develop emerging industries, and proactively lay out future industries, and accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system." Anchored to the goal and making good use of the "adapting to local conditions" methodology, China's new quality productive forces will surely accelerate breakthroughs, and high-quality development will surely move steadily and far.
(Reporters Pan Junqiang (潘俊强), Sun Haitian (孙海天), Zhang Tengyang (张腾扬), Zhang Wenhao (张文豪), and Bai Guangdi (白光迪) of this newspaper participated in the writing)
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In the office building of the Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Commission of Jintang County (金堂县) in Chengdu (成都市), Sichuan Province (四川省), Room 307 used to be the one that opened earliest and closed latest. In the past, colleagues who got off work would see that light on and know that Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东) was still working.
On the afternoon of April 17, 2025, Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东), former Deputy Secretary of the Jintang County (金堂县) Discipline Inspection Commission and former Deputy Director of the Supervision Commission, was following up on a "school meal" case and discussing the case with colleagues. At around 8 p.m., he suddenly felt unwell and was driven to the hospital by a colleague. After driving only 1 kilometer, he collapsed in the passenger seat.
A ruptured cerebral aneurysm ended his life at the age of 39.
When the news spread, letters and phone calls of condolence poured in from all directions.
Some villagers sighed, "The high-standard farmland has been built, and I really regret not thanking him in person."
Some village cadres lamented, "Thanks to Zhaodong (兆东), the village started planting late white peaches. We asked him to come back and eat them every year, but he couldn't spare the time, and now there's no chance."
Some old people shed tears, "When he was transferred away, it felt like my own child had left."
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An ordinary discipline inspection and supervision cadre who had never done anything earth-shattering in his life, why could he arouse such deep remembrance? Recently, reporters went to Jianyang City (简阳市), Jintang County (金堂县), and other places in Sichuan Province (四川省) to explore Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东) in the eyes of local cadres and the masses.
"Don't do discipline inspection and supervision work if you're afraid of offending people"
"Not much talk," "introverted," "good-tempered"—these words were repeatedly mentioned when people talked about Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东).
A comrade from the Jintang County (金堂县) Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Commission recalled, "In 2023, Secretary Jin (晋书记) came from Jianyang (简阳) for inter-regional exchange. He was not tall, wore half-rim glasses, carried a backpack, and spoke gently, like a scholar, without any airs. Later, we learned that he was the new deputy secretary."
However, in the eyes of those who violated discipline and the law, this approachable "scholar" was a formidable "iron-faced man."
In 2024, in the in-depth concentrated rectification of unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems around the masses, when the Jintang County (金堂县) Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Commission handled cases in the health field, multiple clues pointed to Wen (文), the former party member and deputy director of the County Health Bureau. Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东) was in charge of review and investigation work. As soon as the investigation started, people came to probe and say hello.
"This one pleads, that one pleads, but who pleads for the common people?" Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东) was unmoved. "Don't do discipline inspection and supervision work if you're afraid of offending people!" The work continued as usual. During the day, he sat in the interview room, analyzing Wen's (文) personality characteristics with his comrades and adjusting the interview plan. At night, he plunged into the pile of external investigation materials, looking for breakthroughs in the clues. Finally, he discovered Wen's (文) financial dealings with businessmen from several house renovation payments. Faced with overwhelming evidence, Wen (文) finally confessed his problems.
After cracking this "hard nut," the County Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Commission followed the vine and detained Zhang (张), the former party member of the County Health Bureau. A strong deterrent was formed, and then some people turned themselves in, and the corruption problem in the local medical system was effectively rectified.
In less than two years of working in Jintang County (金堂县), Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东) successively led the handling of 45 typical cases in the fields of civil affairs, health, and other fields, recovering more than 78 million yuan in economic losses.
"Small matters are not small, the people's hearts are big; small cases are not small, the people's hearts are big"
Jin Zhaodong's (晋兆东) reputation as an "iron-faced man" spread, but those who knew him knew that softness and warmth were his true colors.
"Zhaodong (兆东) ah, who wouldn't remember him? He was our 'baby director'." The old man Xie Liangyu (谢良玉) used to live in the former Lingxian Township (灵仙乡) Nursing Home in Jianyang City (简阳市). In 2014, Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东) was in charge of civil affairs in the township and served as the director of the nursing home. Most of the "five guarantees" elderly in the hospital were in poor health and had no children. Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东) took care of them meticulously, and the old people affectionately called him "baby director" and "young Jin (晋小伙)."
Xie Liangyu (谢良玉) remembers that some old people couldn't bite the vegetables, so Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东) discussed changing the menu with the cook; when it got hot, he took the bus to the Civil Affairs Bureau to apply for funds to install fans and renovate the shower rooms for the old people; when old people with mobility problems got sick, he carried them to the hospital...
"Zhaodong (兆东) grew up in the countryside, and his family was poor when he was young. He suffered a lot and had a strong empathy for people in difficulty." Guo Fei (郭飞), member of the Standing Committee of the Jintang County (金堂县) Party Committee, Secretary of the County Discipline Inspection Commission, and Director of the County Supervision Commission, said, "Whether it is providing intimate service to the elderly or handling cases impartially, he is doing his job with affection for the masses."
Discovering that the management of a high-standard farmland project was chaotic and the acceptance was not strict, which seriously affected rice planting, Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东) was indignant: "It's too irresponsible, it's simply a 豆腐渣工程 (dòufu zhā gōngchéng - "tofu-dregs project," a metaphor for shoddy construction). The country's money is being wasted by them like this!" Under his promotion, relevant personnel were held accountable, and the project was successfully promoted.
Shanjia Village (山江村) in Huaikou Street (淮口街道) did not have tap water due to the large elevation difference, and villagers could only walk on rugged mountain roads to fetch water to drink. Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东) empathized: "I grew up in the countryside, and life without water is too hard." He promoted and coordinated relevant departments to solve this problem, allowing villagers to use clean and safe water.
"Small matters are not small, the people's hearts are big; small cases are not small, the people's hearts are big." Jin Zhaodong's (晋兆东) often said sentence is the professional creed he has adhered to throughout his life.
"He is the roughest person, but also the most careful person"
Jin Zhaodong's (晋兆东) wife, Li Liqiong (李莉琼), said, "He is the roughest person, but also the most careful person."
After Jin Zhaodong's (晋兆东) death, Li Liqiong (李莉琼) sorted out his belongings in his rented house in Jintang County (金堂县): a faded backpack, a pair of glasses with scratched lenses, an old mobile phone, and a few neatly folded clothes were almost all his personal belongings. Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东) wore a blue and green spliced down jacket for almost 10 years.
He was "stingy" with himself, but never stingy with his family. He bought a new mobile phone for his wife and used the eliminated one himself. He bought his daughter a bicycle she liked and accompanied her on rides. Knowing that he was usually busy and spent little time with his family, as long as he didn't work overtime on weekends, he would definitely rush home and take care of the housework.
Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东) was not good at words and often expressed his emotions in writing. Every time his daughter had a birthday, he would write a letter by hand as a gift. As the child grew up, the letter contained more principles of dealing with people. The last letter, written a month before his death: "Be brave, don't be an 'ostrich' when facing difficulties; be careful, details determine success or failure; persevere, one step at a time, although the snail is slow, it can also climb the tall trellis." The daughter cherishes these letters and puts small red flowers on them.
Jin Zhaodong's (晋兆东) parents live in their hometown. Although they don't understand what he does specifically, they know that their son is most particular about being fair and impartial. A few years ago, when the village was repairing roads, the village road was lower than the road to their house, resulting in a threshold at the entrance of their house. The family originally wanted to ask the village to directly shovel some cement to fill it, but Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东) firmly disagreed, saying, "We can't use the village's cement, we have to fill it ourselves."
Once, Jin Zhaodong's (晋兆东) family didn't understand why he had to make himself so tired and restrict himself so much. "Later, I slowly understood that he respected his work from the bottom of his heart and would never use the power in his hands to seek any personal gain." Li Liqiong (李莉琼) said.
"Strive to be a loyal, clean, and responsible discipline inspection and supervision cadre." Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东) wrote this sentence in his notebook to encourage himself before his death. Colleague Zou Wan (邹婉) said: "He adhered to these requirements until the last moment of his life. Every day after work, I still habitually look at Secretary Jin's (晋书记) office. The person has passed away, but the spirit lives on, and that light will always shine in our hearts."
Return to TopAccording to statistics, the total retail sales of consumer goods in 2025 exceeded 50 trillion yuan for the first time, and the contribution rate of final consumption expenditure to economic growth reached 52%. With the Spring Festival approaching, various regions are taking multiple measures to prosper the holiday market and stimulate consumption vitality. The picture shows consumers selecting New Year goods at the New Year goods market in Tangwang Street (汤汪街道), Yangzhou (扬州), Jiangsu (江苏).
Meng Delong (孟德龙) photo (Xinhua News Agency (新华社) issued)
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"The Communist Party works for the people, and it wants to make people's lives better day by day, and better year by year." Returning home during the Spring Festival and witnessing the changes in my hometown, I deeply felt the warmth and power conveyed by General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) words.
In the past year, "Four Goods Rural Roads" have been built to the doorstep, the promotion of improving the living environment has rejuvenated the villages, the "trade-in" program has helped new energy vehicles to go to the countryside, and the construction of county medical consortia has made it more convenient for villagers to seek medical treatment "at their doorstep"... Good policies have brought about the transformation of mountain villages, making high-quality life within reach.
The pace of development is moving forward steadily, but what remains unchanged is a deep concern for the common people. From consolidating and expanding the achievements in poverty alleviation to steadily promoting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, in the grand blueprint drawn by the General Secretary, there is the unremitting pursuit of "Chinese-style modernization, with people's livelihood as the most important," and even more the clear guidance that "the key to matters involving the common people lies in practicality."
"Whether a policy is good or not depends on whether the villagers are crying or laughing." Striving forward in the "15th Five-Year Plan," adhering to the principle of putting people's livelihood first and being pragmatic, and striving to do more practical things for the people, will surely make the people's smiles more brilliant and their lives more prosperous.
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This train is very fast.
"Mom, I'm coming home for lunch." The G371 Fuxing bullet train sped along, and two hours later, Shi Junyan (石钧岩) returned to Zhengzhou (郑州), Henan (河南) from Beijing (北京). A bowl of "Mom's" braised noodles warmed him from the tip of his tongue to his heart. "So satisfying!"
This train is very slow.
"No rush, no rush, the train will wait." On the Lin Hai Snowfield, the 4245 public welfare "slow train" travels leisurely. From the mountains to the outside world, 285 kilometers, it takes more than 6 hours.
A speed of 350 kilometers per hour and a speed of 50 kilometers per hour, fast and slow, converge and cooperate on China's railways, weaving a modern transportation network with warmth and resilience.
Fast, accelerates arrival and stimulates innovation.
Qi Jianxun (齐建勋), a researcher at the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院微生物研究所), is a long-time customer of the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (上海光源), a large scientific facility, and a frequent passenger on the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway.
"Sometimes I collect data at the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility in the morning, take the high-speed train at noon, and arrive in Beijing (北京) in the evening to attend a project discussion meeting," said Qi Jianxun (齐建勋). In recent years, Qi Jianxun's (齐建勋) team has integrated resources from Beijing (北京) and Shanghai (上海) to successfully resolve the structures of various viruses, including the Ebola virus, providing new targets for antiviral drug design.
"High-speed rail makes spatial distance no longer an obstacle to innovation. A structural problem can be verified and closed in both locations within 48 hours," said Qi Jianxun (齐建勋).
Fast, shortens distances and promotes industrial agglomeration.
Li Yanjun (李言军) is the general manager of Sirio Pharma Co., Ltd. (仙乐健康科技（安徽）有限公司). This is his 24 hours: the day before, he flew from abroad to Shanghai (上海), arriving at his home in Suzhou (苏州), Jiangsu (江苏) that night. The next day, he took a high-speed train to Ma'anshan (马鞍山), Anhui (安徽), arriving at the company before 1:30 p.m.
When Li Yanjun (李言军) first joined the company seven years ago, he could only drive back and forth between Suzhou (苏州) and Ma'anshan (马鞍山), which was time-consuming and exhausting. As the "Rail-based Yangtze River Delta" becomes denser, high-speed rail commuting has become the first choice. "The spatial and temporal distance between cities has been shortened, and more and more people are working and starting businesses here and living there," said Li Yanjun (李言军).
Also integrated is Li Yanjun's (李言军) company: R&D in Shanghai (上海), manufacturing in Ma'anshan (马鞍山), two-way empowerment, and efficient collaboration; the intelligent logistics center built by the company, the management system comes from Shanghai (上海), the hardware such as shelves is "made in Jiangsu (江苏)", and the talents operating the software and hardware mainly come from Anhui (安徽).
Individuals, companies, and trains running at 350 kilometers per hour once again powerfully prove the charm of "China Speed."
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "No matter how far we go or how bright the future we reach, we must not forget the past we have traveled, and we must not forget why we started."
At a time when the maximum speed of high-speed trains has exceeded 450 kilometers per hour, retaining "slow trains" with a speed of 50 kilometers per hour is precisely to safeguard the livelihood and well-being of people in mountainous areas.
Take the 4245/4246 train running in the depths of Changbai Mountain (长白山) as an example. It has 4 carriages, 13 stops, 8 of which are passenger stops without platforms. But it is these "points that are almost invisible on the map" that connect the mountainous areas. Going to the market, seeing a doctor, visiting relatives, going to school... it has become an indispensable part of the lives of people along the line.
What is even more touching is that it is more than just transportation. On weekends, the carriages become cinemas, and old movies bring joy to the villagers; on market days, the seats are put together to form stalls, and the "train market" allows mountain delicacies to reach urban dining tables.
The "slow train" stops at small stations, carries warmth, and connects happiness.
The fast and slow of China's railways are relative and integrated.
High-speed trains are speeding to free up more time to slowly watch a cloud, slowly taste a bowl of tea, and fully enjoy a journey.
On December 23, 2025, the entire Baotou-Yinchuan high-speed railway will be opened, shortening the journey from Beijing (北京) to Yinchuan (银川), Ningxia (宁夏) to more than 6 hours.
"In the past, there were only green-skinned trains from Beijing (北京) to Yinchuan (银川), which took more than 10 hours, leaving in the morning and arriving in the evening." Ms. Yang (杨) a citizen traveling with her children, said with emotion that now, taking the high-speed train, they can leave in the morning and arrive at noon, having more time to appreciate the grasslands and the Yellow River (黄河), the deserts and the wetlands, making the trip more enjoyable.
The fastest trains are born from the slowest polishing.
In 2025, the CR450 EMU prototype set a new speed record during testing, with a single train speed of 453 kilometers per hour and a relative meeting speed of 896 kilometers per hour.
Little is known that behind the speed of 450 kilometers per hour is the accumulation of countless "slow efforts." The braking system of the CR450 EMU has been developed for 6 years. The team calculated a braking curve for two years; the brake disc was iterated for three generations, and each generation underwent thousands of fatigue tests; the key pneumatic components were verified for millions of starts and stops, and had to be repeatedly tempered in extreme cold of minus 40 degrees Celsius and extreme heat of plus 40 degrees Celsius.
On China's vast land, stories of fast and slow are constantly happening. When the "Fuxing" passes through the water towns of Jiangnan (江南), the "slow train" is passing through the snowfields of Northeast China; when engineers are deducing millisecond-level braking responses in the laboratory, the old man in the village is thanking the conductor while holding the car door...
This is China's rhythm, with rapid progress and quiet flow; with passion and warmth.
Fast and slow are intertwined, and 165,000 kilometers of railway network and 50,000 kilometers of high-speed rail network support the daily lives of more than 1.4 billion people. The bustling of individual "small families" converges into the prosperity of China's "big family."
By: 本报记者 苏 滨 梁 楠
"With good strategies, business prospers on a thousand roads; with sincerity, we welcome guests and wealth from all directions."
After 25 years of working away from home, Liang Zaiguang (梁再光) searched for Spring Festival couplets online for the first time this year when he returned home for the New Year. He also asked someone to write them out, changing the theme from family prosperity to business success. "Why else? The new homestay under the world's highest bridge is opening, hoping for good luck!"
At 3 p.m. on February 13, in Xiaohuajiang Village (小花江村), Pingjie Township (平街乡), Zhenfeng County (贞丰县), Guizhou Province (贵州省), a string of "Big Red" firecrackers extended in the courtyard. The fuse was lit, the firecrackers exploded, and the crimson paper scraps fell rustling. Liang Zaiguang (梁再光), the homestay owner, could not hide his excitement: "Our farmhouse is finally welcoming guests from all directions!"
Liang Zaiguang (梁再光) invited his friends to sit down. Boiling water stirred, tea buds floated up and down, the leaves slowly unfolded, and the tea fragrance overflowed and diffused. Everyone started chatting.
"I thought I was fast, but I didn't expect you to be even faster, opening for business before the New Year." On September 28 last year, the Huajiang Canyon Bridge (花江峡谷大桥) officially opened to traffic. Two months later, Liang Dexiang (梁德祥), who had been working away from home, returned to Xiaohuajiang Village (小花江村) and converted his old house into a homestay, planning to open before the New Year. However, due to a shortage of manpower, it was postponed.
"I came back a month earlier than you! I was working in a bag factory in Zhejiang (浙江), earning eight or nine thousand a month. When my youngest son heard I was going to resign, he couldn't even bear to buy snacks." As soon as Liang Zaiguang (梁再光) finished speaking, everyone burst into laughter.
The new homestay has 6 rooms and 8 beds, including two standard rooms. Liang Zaiguang (梁再光) has worked away from home for many years and stayed in many hotels, so he used his experience to set prices, with discounts for the first 3 months.
"The rooms must be clean and tidy, and a private bathroom is standard," Liang Zaiguang (梁再光) said, "Don't raise prices, provide good service, and maintain a steady flow of customers."
"How much did you invest? I'm not finished yet, and I've already spent 200,000." Liang Dexiang (梁德祥) frowned.
"About 300,000," Liang Zaiguang (梁再光) held up three fingers. "We can do the math. Those homestays that opened early were fully booked during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays. The room rate was at least several thousand a day, and more than ten thousand at most. We work overtime in the factory and earn at most 300 yuan. No matter how you calculate it, the tourism industry can be profitable."
"What you said makes me feel more at ease," Liang Dexiang (梁德祥) took a sip of tea.
"Last year during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, several groups of guests came to my house and asked if there were private bathrooms and if they could stay overnight. That's the business opportunity," Liang Zaiguang (梁再光) added.
"It's a lie to say I'm not worried, that's a lot of money, but what doesn't have risks?" Liang Zaiguang's (梁再光) wife, Luo Fang (罗芳), interjected, "After we got married, we've been working outside. Our youngest son grew up in the factory. My old mother has been taking care of the house alone. Several times we wanted to come back but didn't know what to do. Now that we have such a good opportunity, we might as well start a business and take care of the family at the same time."
In the four months since the bridge opened, it has received more than 1.3 million tourists and more than 200,000 vehicles. The Yundu Service Area (云渡服务区) that supports it is about 10 kilometers away from Xiaohuajiang Village (小花江村), with direct access to the highway. As a Buyi (布依族) village, Xiaohuajiang Village (小花江村) has its own characteristics, and there are also relics such as cliff carvings and the Ancient Tea Horse Road (茶马古道) nearby. Last year during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, it received an average of more than 2,000 tourists per day, and rural tourism is becoming increasingly popular.
"Returning to the village to develop is the right thing to do. Let me give you two more sets of data, and you'll feel more confident," said Yan Pengfei (闫鹏飞), the head of Pingjie Township (平街乡). Xiaohuajiang Village (小花江村) has a total of 102 households, and now there are 16 homestays, 5 farmhouses, and 14 homestays under construction. About 200 people work outside the province all year round, and more than 40 people have returned to their hometown to start businesses, covering homestays, farmhouses, ethnic costumes, and intangible cultural heritage performances.
In between conversations, farm dishes were brought to the table one after another: in the middle was dry-pot beef, garnished with chili peppers, onions, and mint; around the edge was stir-fried pork with green peppers, stir-fried wild vegetables with garlic, cold mixed Houttuynia cordata, and refreshing chicken with fatty intestines...
"This is my eldest son's craftsmanship, which he learned in Zhejiang (浙江). Try it!" Liang Zaiguang (梁再光) said with a proud face, "He doesn't want to go out either. I'm going to turn the first floor into a farmhouse, and the child will be in charge of the cooking himself, providing a one-stop shop for dining and accommodation!"
On the bridge, vehicles sped by; under the bridge, the new homestay sincerely welcomes guests from all directions.
(Our reporter Fang Ziyi (方梓祎) participated in the writing)
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The stove is burning brightly, and the dumplings are fragrant. The New Year is just around the corner. On the eve of the Spring Festival of the Bingwu Year of the Horse, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) visited and extended greetings to grassroots cadres and the masses in Beijing (北京), extending his best New Year wishes to people of all ethnic groups across the country.
"The greatness of a great nation also carries great responsibilities. The myriad of affairs, in the final analysis, are the affairs of thousands of households." Since the new era, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has stepped into ordinary people's homes, grasped the hands of hardworking individuals, inquired about daily necessities, clothing, food, housing, and transportation, delivering care and expectations to the hearts of the people.
Care fills small rooms, and true feelings fill China. The reunion of "family" is linked to the stability of the "nation." People first, with pure original aspirations, the land of China is vast, and the mountains and rivers have a new look.
"I've come to see you all and wish you a Happy New Year"
Beijing (北京) Xinjiekou "Wu Lao · Xinjie" (新街口“吾老·新街”), Yinling Elderly Apartment, is a warm home for more than 110 elderly people.
On February 10, 2026, the twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) entered the elderly apartment, learned about the work of medical staff in the care area, looked at the recreational activities of the elderly in the rehabilitation area, and entered the bedroom of an elderly couple to observe the living environment...
An elderly man in his eighties picked up the newly written character "家" (jiā - "home"), expressing everyone's feelings: "This is our new home, and we are now living a prosperous and vibrant life. We are fortunate to live in a prosperous era, thanks to the Party and the great motherland. The elderly should also live a wonderful life and show the spirit of the Chinese people."
"Well said! This is the patriotic sentiment of us Chinese people." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) fully affirmed and wished everyone a Happy New Year, "I wish you all to be **老骥伏枥** (lǎo jì fú lì - "old steed in the stable," to be ambitious despite old age), to be active in your old age, to have health and longevity, and a Happy Spring Festival."
The winter sun is bright, coating the rows of neat houses in "Zhu Jia New Village" (祝家新村) in Suizhong County (绥中县), Liaoning (辽宁) with a warm yellow. This is the second winter after the disaster reconstruction. The Yangko team danced a festive dance called "The Good Mood of the Old People in Zhu Jia Gou" (祝家沟老百姓的好心情). In August 2024, Suizhong County (绥中县) experienced extreme rainfall, and the villagers' lifetime savings were buried in the mud. Unexpectedly, just 40 days later, a "Zhu Jia New Village" (祝家新村) miraculously rose from the ground.
On the eve of the 2025 Spring Festival, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) went deep into "Zhu Jia New Village" (祝家新村) and visited the homes of Zhu Xicun (朱西存) and Wang Baowei (王宝维) in succession. Spring couplets reflected red, window decorations added joy, and the aroma of stewed vegetables was fragrant. The General Secretary sat with everyone in the living room, carefully examining the photos from the flood, chatting about the reconstruction of the houses, and asking about income.
"Your hopes are also our hopes. Let's work together to make our happy life even better." The General Secretary's words are a blessing and a promise.
Deep mountains and valleys, flying yellow earth, bypassing the winding paths, arriving at the village of Dingxi (定西) in Gansu (甘肃), which has been known as "the most barren place in the world" since ancient times; braving the wind and snow, wading through mountains and rivers, venturing into the Arxan (阿尔山) forest area in Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) in the severe cold of minus 30 degrees Celsius; crossing mountains and ridges, climbing up to the Yi (彝) village on the mountain ridge more than 2,500 meters above sea level in Sichuan (四川)... Since the new era, every Spring Festival, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has worked tirelessly, braving wind and snow, and stepping into ordinary people's homes during the time of family reunions.
From the ancient capital's blue brick courtyards to the loess cave dwellings in northern Shaanxi (陕北), from the Mongolian yurts in the north to the ethnic courtyards in the southwest, behind each door, there are hundreds and thousands of kinds of people's conditions, and thousands of threads of people's livelihood.
Entering the "temporary home": In 2013, at the construction site of Beijing (北京) Subway Line 8, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) entered a "couple's room" arranged for migrant workers to reunite with their families, visited the family of steelworker Fan Yong (范勇), and kindly instructed: "It's not easy to come here, see the sights of Beijing (北京) and have a good reunion";
Visiting the "special home": "'Mom' is good, let me shake your hand." In 2014, at the Hohhot (呼和浩特) Children's Welfare Institute in Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) had a cordial exchange with "loving mother" Jing Fengying (景凤英), saying emotionally that the children should "feel the warmth of the socialist family";
Investigating the "rebuilt home": In 2018, the 10th anniversary of the Wenchuan (汶川) earthquake, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to Yingxiu Town (映秀镇) in Wenchuan County (汶川县), Sichuan (四川), experiencing the lively life of making butter tea, grinding soy milk, and frying crispy meat, wishing everyone greater achievements in building a better life with their hardworking hands;
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"People of all ethnic groups, every household, are my concern." General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) cordial greetings have greatly encouraged grassroots workers, warmed the hearts of people in difficulty, and bathed special groups in care... Thousands of households are immersed in the joy and peace of spring.
In April 2016, when the spring breeze swept across the mountains and rivers, Wang Nengbao (汪能保), a villager in Dawan Village (大湾村), Jinzhai County (金寨县), Anhui (安徽), welcomed General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) in his old adobe house.
"Hello, Lao Wang (老汪), I've come to see you," the General Secretary said.
"I never dreamed that you would come to my home. The Communist Party's policies are good and have brought us so much happiness!" Wang Nengbao (汪能保) said excitedly.
More than 9 years have passed. Standing in the new home across the road from the old house, Wang Nengbao (汪能保), who is the same age as the People's Republic of China, told everyone about the scene when General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) arrived: "The General Secretary walked up the stone steps, with a smile on his face, waving his hand to greet us, very kind."
In February 2019, as the Spring Festival approached, the atmosphere in Caochang Fourth Alley (草厂四条胡同) in Beijing (北京) was festive. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) entered a household, pushed open the red lacquered door, and the courtyard was crowded with neighbors.
"I've come to see you all and wish you a Happy New Year!" The General Secretary greeted with cupped hands, full of warmth.
"Hello, folks" "Today I'm visiting your home"... Warm and kind words instantly narrowed the distance between hearts.
Qiu Peilin (邱沛霖), an old party member of Junmen Community (军门社区) in Fuzhou (福州), Fujian (福建), still remembers vividly that as soon as he entered the house, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) asked amiably: "What should I call you?"
He Lihua (何立华), a resident of Qianmen (前门) in Beijing (北京), still remembers: "When the General Secretary wanted to shake my hand, I was making dumplings, and my hands were covered with flour. The General Secretary said 'It's okay' and shook my hand like that."
Between words, full of care; in every gesture, full of deep affection.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) treats the people as relatives. In the hearts of the people, the General Secretary is one of their own.
That year, the "son of the Loess Plateau" returned to Liangjiahe (梁家河), and the villagers who heard the news ran to the place where General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) built the silt dam to welcome him. "More than 260 villagers crowded around the General Secretary to talk, and the scene was really touching," said villager Shi Chunyang (石春阳).
That year, in Shibadong Village (十八洞村), Xiangxi (湘西), Hunan (湖南), at the home of Miao (苗) ethnic group's Aunt Shi Ba San (石拔三). General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) took the old woman's hand and said kindly: "You are the elder sister" "I am a servant of the people." From that day on, the old woman firmly remembered in her heart that "the General Secretary is specially concerned about us ordinary people."
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Heartwarming details, sincere and kind interactions, the deep affection between the people's leader and the people, become more mellow and long-lasting in the daily life of fireworks.
"Family affairs, national affairs, and world affairs, making people live a happy life is the most important thing"
Gulang County (古浪县), Gansu (甘肃), the once sandstorm-ravaged Huanghuatan (黄花滩), is now a vibrant new immigrant village.
Li Yingchuan (李应川), a villager in Fumin New Village (富民新村), still remembers that not long after moving from the high mountain area, in August 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) entered his home, looking inside and outside, looking at the yard, looking at the house, turning on the kitchen faucet to check the water quality, pressing the toilet flush switch to understand the toilet renovation situation...
After looking at the old photos before the relocation, the General Secretary asked with concern: "Are you satisfied with moving down to live here? What other requirements do you have?"
"The General Secretary looks at these things in the lives of ordinary people very carefully and asks very carefully," said Li Yingchuan (李应川).
"Is the quality of the house good?" Stepping into the home of Xu Jianfeng (许建峰), a relocated resident of the Yellow River (黄河) beach area in Shandong (山东), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) looked all over the three-bedroom, two-living room house.
Going to Yangling Village (杨岭村) in Ningxia (宁夏) for investigation and research, at the home of Ma Ke (马科), a Hui (回) ethnic group, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) lifted the mattress to see if the kang was built well, and asked if oil felt was laid on the roof and whether it would leak.
In April 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) took three modes of transportation successively, traveling to Huaxi Village (华溪村), Shizhu County (石柱县), Chongqing (重庆), to investigate, and entered the home of Ma Peiqing (马培清), who had been lifted out of poverty.
Ma Peiqing (马培清) took the General Secretary's hand and pointed to his granary, saying: "This is the grain grown by my youngest son."
"So much, is it full?" the General Secretary asked.
"It's full," the family said, taking a grain scoop and scooping out the grain. The General Secretary grabbed a handful and weighed it in his hand.
Entering the kitchen, seeing bacon and sausages hanging from the beams, the General Secretary said with satisfaction: "There is both rice and meat, that's good."
That day, the small courtyard was filled with laughter. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) said to the villagers: "The two households I just saw both have two or three grain stacks. If you have grain in your hands, you won't panic." Hearing that these grain stacks were mostly filled with grain harvested the year before last, the General Secretary said with emotion, "In the past, in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia (陕甘宁) border area, a good year was described as '耕三余一' (gēng sān yú yī - "cultivate three surplus one," meaning a good harvest where one-third of the harvest is surplus). Now you '耕一余三' (gēng yī yú sān - "cultivate one surplus three," meaning a very good harvest where three-quarters of the harvest is surplus), and the grain you grow in one year can last for three or four years."
Tasting potatoes and drinking water from a gourd in the homes of poor households; lifting the lid of a large vat in the homes of disaster-stricken households to see if there is enough grain to eat; entering a home with four generations living under one roof, opening the refrigerator to see what meat and vegetables are stored... Firewood, rice, oil, salt, three meals a day, four seasons a year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) keeps them in his heart.
On the kang, by the fire pit, in the tent, in the homes of ordinary people, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) sat with everyone, talking heart to heart, "I'll listen to your innermost thoughts, let's chat."
Talking about crop harvests, talking about children's schooling, talking about the health of the elderly, talking about plans for the coming year.
Learning that villagers are increasing their income by planting potato seed, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) asked local cadres if there was hope to expand it, and asked for market-oriented and large-scale development; hearing that herdsmen still have some difficulties with electricity and transportation, the General Secretary asked the local party committee and government to make plans and strive to solve them; learning that people in the masses have serious illnesses, the General Secretary instructed local cadres to conduct in-depth research on the problem of poverty caused by illness...
Every branch and leaf, the warmth and coldness of people's livelihood, have a heavy weight in General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) heart.
It was a hot summer noon in 2000, with the scorching sun overhead. Xi Jinping (习近平), then Governor of Fujian (福建) Province, came to the shantytown area of Cangxia Community (苍霞社区) in Fuzhou (福州) for investigation.
At that time, Tang Qingwang (唐庆旺) and his family of three were nestled in an 8-square-meter wooden house. Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) chatted with the old Tang family for half an hour, sweating profusely. After coming out, he asked the cadres around him: "Do you know why we chose to come to the shantytown area for investigation on the hottest day, at noon? It is to let everyone personally experience the suffering of the masses and accelerate the pace of shantytown renovation."
After the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) urged party members and cadres to have this awareness: "As long as there is still one household or even one person who has not solved the basic living problems, we cannot be indifferent; as long as the people's yearning for a happy life has not become a reality, we must unswervingly unite and lead the people to struggle together."
The way to govern is none other than to appease the people; the way to appease the people lies in understanding their sufferings.
"What practical difficulties are there in the family?" "What else needs the care and help of the Party and the government?"... Over the years, whenever he visits households, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) always asks the people what hopes and needs they have, and earnestly encourages everyone, let's work together to make our lives more prosperous.
Simple expectations interpret the governing philosophy of "family affairs are also national affairs" and carry the original mission of the Communists to "serve the people."
"When every 'small family' is thriving, China, this 'big family,' will be flourishing"
As the Spring Festival approaches, in Maozhushan Village (毛竹山村), Guilin (桂林), Guangxi (广西), every household is busy preparing for the New Year. Villager Wang Deli (王德利) is calculating the revenue of the past year, envisioning the grape planting plan for the new year, and remembering the instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平).
In the spring of 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came here for investigation and entered Wang Deli's (王德利) home.
"General Secretary, you are so busy usually, but you still come to see us. Thank you so much."
"I'm busy with these things, the 'most important thing for the country' is the happy life of the people."
Where the heart is, there the action goes. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has repeatedly pointed out that national prosperity and national rejuvenation will ultimately be reflected in the happiness and well-being of thousands of families and in the continuous improvement of the lives of hundreds of millions of people.
Fuping (阜平), Hebei (河北), the place where the call to win the battle against poverty in the new era was sounded.
Cyclamen flowers are as red as fire, cacti grow yellow flower balls, and crab claw orchids bloom with pink flower buds... In Luotuowan Village (骆驼湾村), Fuping (阜平), looking at the flourishing flowers in his main room, Tang Zongxiu's (唐宗秀) thoughts returned to more than 10 years ago.
Early in the morning of December 30, 2012, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) walked through the snow and mud to Tang Zongxiu's (唐宗秀) home, discussing with everyone the strategy of getting rid of poverty and becoming rich. "As long as you have confidence, yellow earth can turn into gold." One sentence awakened the small mountain village in the depths of the Taihang Mountains (太行).
"Now we don't worry about food, clothing, or medical care. I have loved growing flowers since I was young, and now this hobby has become a business that can make money." Tang Zongxiu (唐宗秀) often tells his family, not forgetting the hard-won good life of today.
Where flowers bloom, everything grows. "More and more young people are returning to stay and revitalize their hometown." Talking about the changes, Tang Zongxiu's (唐宗秀) heart is filled with joy. The village has developed characteristic homestays, flower greenhouses, and hundreds of acres of flower sea, opened up tourist routes, attracting people from outside the mountains.
From winning the battle against poverty and building a moderately prosperous society in all respects to promoting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside and moving towards the goal of common prosperity, the historic changes on the land of China are reflected in the warm changes in the homes of mountain villages.
Green mountains are verdant, and clear water is gurgling... Yuan Qizhong's (袁其忠) farmhouse courtyard in Xinjian Village (新建村), Zhoushan (舟山), Zhejiang (浙江), is located in the mountains and has a unique style.
In May 2015, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) entered the small courtyard and said happily: "Look, how clean this house is."
Hearing that the local area is planning to build a green ecological tourism scenic spot, the General Secretary affirmed: "This is good, I really don't want to leave after staying here. When I was working in Zhejiang (浙江), I said 'Green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains.' This is the truth, and more and more people understand this point of view. This is scientific development and sustainable development, and we must do this."
"Green mountains and clear water are worth a thousand gold! According to the General Secretary's guidance, our beautiful courtyard has spawned a beautiful economy, and neighbors have also opened homestays and sold coffee. Xinjian Village (新建村) has excavated island culture, created the Nandong Art Valley (南洞艺谷) scenic spot and a 'net-zero carbon' village, and found a green and vibrant path of cultural and tourism integration." Standing in the courtyard and looking up at the scenery, Yuan Qizhong's (袁其忠) face is full of happiness.
Snow falls on Yanbian (延边), and jade branches are wrapped in white. In Guangdong Village (光东村), Helong City (和龙市), Jilin (吉林) Province, the stove kang in Song Mingyu's (宋明玉) home is burning warmly, and the aroma of food is rising in the traditional Korean iron pot.
In July 2015, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to Song Mingyu's (宋明玉) home. According to local customs, he took off his shoes and entered the house, sat cross-legged, and chatted with the villagers. Learning that some villagers are still using traditional dry toilets, the General Secretary said that there should be a toilet revolution to allow rural people to use sanitary toilets. "No one can be left behind in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, and no ethnic minority can be left behind." A sincere word warmed the hearts of the villagers and boosted their confidence.
Today's Guangdong Village (光东村) has changed from dry toilets to water toilets, villagers have become shareholders, and the well-proportioned traditional-style homestays look like a "合" (hé - "union") character from afar, symbolizing national unity.
"Fruit trees are lined up under Changbai Mountain (长白山), and rice flowers are fragrant on the banks of the Hailan River (海兰江)..." The village's loudspeaker sounded the melody of "The Red Sun Shines on the Border Area" (红太阳照边疆), and Song Mingyu's (宋明玉) memories surged: "When the General Secretary came, he said that when he was the village party branch secretary decades ago, the village broadcast played this song every day, and he was very familiar with it. Today, I have come to the banks of the Hailan River (海兰江), and what the song sings about is here."
Long-term concern contains the deep feelings that "the Chinese nation is a big family, and everyone should live a good life."
In the southwest of the motherland, in Simola (司莫拉) Wa (佤) ethnic village, Tengchong (腾冲), Yunnan (云南), red lanterns are hung high, Spring Festival couplets are filled with the fragrance of ink, and the character "福" (fú - "good fortune") reflects on the door, everywhere is the joy of the New Year.
Every time this happens, villager Li Fashun (李发顺) always remembers General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) words "有福有喜" (yǒu fú yǒu xǐ - "have good fortune and joy").
Every time this happens, villager Li Fashun (李发顺) always remembers General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) saying, "Good fortune and happiness."
Before the Spring Festival in 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) visited his home. Li Fashun (李发顺) invited the General Secretary to make rice cakes together. The General Secretary made two in a row, smiling and saying, "I pressed a 'Fu' (fortune) character, and then a 'Xi' (happiness) character, good fortune and happiness."
Hearing the family's future plans, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) said, "Your small family is closely linked to the destiny of the country," encouraging the children that "where there's a will, there's a way."
Now, Li Fashun's (李发顺) daughter has graduated with a master's degree and returned to her hometown, becoming a civil servant rooted in the grassroots and serving the people, and his son has also realized his dream of joining the army.
"When every family is doing well, the country can be good, and the nation can be good." These earnest expectations are crossing thousands of mountains and rivers, shining into villages, forests, snowfields, and the land, becoming a vivid picture of China's national prosperity and peace and prosperity today.
The family is the smallest country, and the country is made up of thousands of families.
"A happy life for every family, and happiness for the old and young, is a beautiful scene in the world." "When every 'small family' is thriving, China, this 'big family,' will prosper." General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) affectionate expectations are entrusted with the most beautiful dreams of a great nation.
The family and the country share the same dream, and together we embark on a new journey. As the "15th Five-Year Plan" unfolds, a better life is written in the unceasing footsteps, the deep and meaningful concern, and in the spring of thousands of households full of confidence and continuous progress.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), February 13th. Reporters Huang Yue (黄玥), Zhang Yan (张研), Dong Boting (董博婷), Wang Mingyu (王明玉))
Return to TopThis newspaper Beijing (北京) February 13th dispatch (Reporter Liu Shiyao (刘诗瑶)) According to the China Manned Space Engineering Office (中国载人航天工程办公室), Beijing (北京) time February 11th, in the Long March 10 (长征十号) carrier rocket system low-altitude demonstration verification and Mengzhou (梦舟) manned spacecraft system maximum dynamic pressure escape flight test, the rocket completed the low-altitude demonstration verification flight and safely splashed down at sea.
On the morning of February 13th, the maritime search and recovery team completed the salvage and recovery mission of the rocket's first-stage body. This is China's (中国) first time to implement a carrier rocket search and recovery mission at sea, which is of great significance for promoting the development of reusable carrier rocket technology.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 13th (date line) The State Council has appointed and removed national personnel.
Huang Ru (黄如) (female) was appointed as Vice Minister (concurrent) of the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展和改革委员会); Chen Wei (陈卫) was appointed as President of China Agricultural University (中国农业大学) (Vice-Ministerial Level).
Sun Qixin (孙其信) was removed from the post of President of China Agricultural University (中国农业大学).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 韩 鑫 邱超奕
The Spring Festival is approaching, and the Spring Festival travel season is entering its peak. During this year's Spring Festival travel season, self-driving travel will continue to be the main mode of transportation, accounting for about 80%; the volume of civil aviation passenger traffic is expected to reach 95 million, and the overall scale and single-day peak are expected to exceed the historical period. What are the precautions for self-driving and catching flights? What travel "tips" can help passengers return home safely and smoothly? Please see the Spring Festival travel guide written by our reporter.
Self-Driving
Charging and navigation have prompts, and returning cars in different places is more convenient.
Driving a new energy vehicle, how to make charging smoother?
Drivers and passengers can use the "e Road Smooth" (e路畅通) mini-program to check the status of charging piles in the service area in real time. Variable message signs on highways, information screens in service areas, and map navigation software will also dynamically publish the status of charging facilities in service areas. In winter, low temperatures will reduce charging efficiency, so it is recommended to reserve more charging time. In case of queuing, you can go to the opposite service area for orderly charging under the guidance of staff.
Self-driving travel, how to ensure safe driving?
Not long ago, the China Academy of Safety Science and Technology (中国安全生产科学研究院) and AutoNavi Maps (高德地图) jointly released an upgraded "Eagle Eye Guardian" (鹰眼守护) early warning system, which added early warning functions for abnormal weather such as ice and snow, fog, and special road sections. It can realize real-time perception and efficient early warning for 24 typical driving scenarios such as major abnormal events and sudden braking ahead.
When you turn on map navigation and voice broadcast while driving, you can automatically join the "Eagle Eye Guardian". If you hear prompts such as "Pay attention to sudden braking of the vehicle ahead," "There may be abnormalities on the road ahead, and multiple vehicles are parked," and "The road ahead is slippery, please control your speed," it is recommended to slow down in advance.
Renting a car for travel, how to make returning the car more convenient?
During the Spring Festival holiday, the average daily order volume for car rentals has increased significantly. Key leasing companies optimize the car pick-up and return process and expand the coverage of free car returns.
In response to "returning cars in different places," Shenzhou Car Rental (神州租车) has taken free or low-cost measures for returning cars in different places in popular ice and snow tourism areas such as Liaoning (辽宁), Jilin (吉林), and Heilongjiang (黑龙江) to promote ice and snow consumption; in response to "damage assessment disputes," Didi Car Rental (滴滴租车) promises to provide free third-party damage assessment services, and the platform uses this as the basis for determining the amount of damage assessment, so there is no need to worry about "car damage assassins"; in response to "car pick-up and return process," eHi Car Services (一嗨租车) continues to provide services such as credit-free deposit, smart honeycomb cabinets, self-service car pick-up and return, and exemption from compensation for minor scratches.
Enjoying limited exemptions, how to pay less for driving?
During this year's Spring Festival holiday, small passenger cars will continue to be exempt from highway tolls. The Ministry of Transport (交通运输部) reminds drivers and passengers to pay attention to the free time. Vehicles that are still driving on the highway before the end of the free period are advised to choose the nearest toll station to exit the highway in advance based on their actual location and time to avoid paying the full toll.
Taking a Flight
Pay attention to checking in New Year's goods and snow gear, and be wary of strange calls.
During peak travel periods, how to avoid missing your flight?
The reporter learned from China Southern Airlines (南方航空): During the Spring Festival travel season, the passenger flow is large, so it is recommended to arrive at the airport check-in counter 2-3 hours before the flight departure. In particular, passengers taking international flights also need to go through customs and other procedures, so it is recommended to complete check-in procedures and joint inspection and customs clearance as soon as possible.
If you forget to bring your ID card, how can you board the plane smoothly?
Passengers can apply for proof of identity online through the WeChat "Civil Aviation Temporary Flight Certificate" (民航临时乘机证明) mini-program or the Alipay "Civil Aviation Temporary Flight Certificate". Passengers who cannot use mobile phones can go to the airport police station to apply for a paper certificate.
What are the precautions for bringing New Year's goods on board and checking them in?
China Southern Airlines (南方航空) recommends that passengers taking domestic flights should check in fresh and perishable New Year's goods such as seafood, meat, and hairy crabs, and make sure they are well packaged; when taking international flights, aquatic products are prohibited from being carried and checked in. It is not recommended to bring or check in New Year's goods with strong odors, such as durian, which has been clearly prohibited from being brought on the plane. The relevant person in charge of the ground service department of Hunan Airlines (湖南航空) introduced that alcoholic beverages must be checked in, the products must be clearly marked and placed in retail packaging, and the alcohol content and checked-in quantity must meet the requirements.
During the Spring Festival holiday, many people choose to travel to the ice and snow in the north. How to check in oversized luggage, especially snow gear?
Different airlines have different definitions and charging standards for oversized luggage, so it is recommended that passengers confirm in advance through the official channels of the airline. For example, New HNA Xiangpeng Airlines (新海航祥鹏航空)'s domestic routes use a weight-based charging system for snow gear transportation. Passengers' luggage and sleds and ski equipment are weighed together, and the part exceeding the free allowance is charged according to the excess baggage standard; international routes implement weight-based or piece-based charging rules according to attribute differences.
Do you need to re-check in for connecting flights or transit flights?
Different airports have different baggage check-in policies. Taking Daxing Airport (大兴机场) as an example, for international transfers, passengers who purchase "one-ticket-through" international connecting tickets can check their luggage directly at the departure station. After arriving at Daxing Airport (大兴机场), they can directly enter the international transfer hall to complete the joint inspection procedures without re-claiming their checked luggage. For domestic transfers, if the passenger's flight is not a connecting flight and has checked luggage, they can go to the re-check-in area in the baggage claim hall on the second floor of the terminal to handle subsequent flight check-in and baggage check-in procedures in a "one-stop" manner.
Recently, some criminals have impersonated airline customer service to call passengers, falsely claiming that flights have been cancelled and need to be rebooked or refunded to carry out fraud. How to prevent it?
China Southern Airlines (南方航空) will issue ticket purchase safety tips to passengers through its official website, official application, and official ticket purchase SMS messages. Passengers can verify their tickets through official channels and check their authenticity with one click.
New HNA Xiangpeng Airlines (新海航祥鹏航空) reminds passengers that if they receive information such as flight cancellations, flight changes, or ticket refunds, please be sure to verify and confirm through official channels such as official phone numbers and websites, and do not easily trust strange calls, text messages, and unknown links.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 徐 馨 刘仲华
As the Chinese Lunar New Year approaches, the CTA Terminal in the Port of Hamburg (汉堡港) in Germany is a hive of activity. "Around the Spring Festival, a batch of cargo ships from China (中国) will arrive one after another, and the ships are basically fully loaded. This is also a small peak in freight volume," Lin Zhengxi (林峥曦), General Manager of COSCO SHIPPING Lines (Germany) GmbH, told this reporter.
As one of the most important logistics gateways connecting China (中国) with the European hinterland, the Port of Hamburg (汉堡港) is the core gateway for German trade with China (中国), with approximately 40% of German trade with China (中国) (by tonnage) passing through the Port of Hamburg (汉堡港). "China (中国) is the Port of Hamburg's (汉堡港) largest and most important trading partner," Matthias Schulz (马蒂亚斯·舒尔茨), Media Director of the Port of Hamburg Marketing Association, told this reporter. German-Chinese trade has continued to grow in recent years. In the first nine months of 2025, container trade between the Port of Hamburg (汉堡港) and China (中国) increased by 7.9% year-on-year, reaching 1.8 million TEUs.
"It's reassuring to spend the Spring Festival at sea"
As one of the four major terminals in the Port of Hamburg (汉堡港), the CTA Terminal is the starting point for cooperation between Hamburg (汉堡) and COSCO SHIPPING. In 1982, the first liner from China (中国) docked here. For more than 40 years, the terminal has witnessed the long-term, stable, mutual trust and cooperation between China (中国) and Germany (德国). In 2023, COSCO SHIPPING Lines (Germany) GmbH officially acquired 24.99% of the equity in the CTA Terminal. In Schulz's (舒尔茨) view, the equity cooperation at the terminal level has achieved a typical mutually beneficial structure: the Port of Hamburg (汉堡港) obtains stable and predictable cargo flows, while COSCO SHIPPING obtains reliable berth resources, loading and unloading capabilities, and operational guarantees in the region, thereby improving route scheduling efficiency and enhancing supply chain resilience.
Standing at a high point on the terminal, the reporter was able to get a panoramic view of the terminal: beside the cargo ships docked in the distance, quayside cranes and floating cranes were busy loading and unloading, and in the foreground were container straddle carriers and trucks (see photo, taken by Liu Zhonghua (刘仲华), reporter for this newspaper). Containers transported by sea and by the China-Europe Railway Express are sent from here to various parts of Europe.
Lu Zhou (陆洲), Vice President of the CTA Terminal, is about to spend his second Spring Festival here. "During the Spring Festival, we work as usual, mainly focusing on providing services to related shipping companies based on terminal resources, as well as warehouse area management and cargo solicitation," said Lu Zhou (陆洲). 60% of the cargo here is transported by COSCO SHIPPING.
Arriving at the terminal, a straddle carrier had just put down a container, and a quayside crane lowered from the sky, sending it onto the "Centaurus" cargo ship, which can transport 22,000 TEUs. The cargo ship transports Chinese lithium batteries, photovoltaic modules, chemicals, fast-moving consumer goods, and home appliances to Europe, and then transports auto parts, marine propellers, and mechanical equipment back to China (中国). The most special cargo on board is four sets of Airbus aircraft fuselages and wings, which will be transported to Tianjin (天津) for assembly.
Stepping onto the "Centaurus" cargo ship, Spring Festival couplets were pasted at the entrance of the cabin, and Chinese knots were hung inside, adding a lot of festive atmosphere to the ship. Captain Zhang Jianyong (张坚勇) was born in the 1970s and has been sailing for more than 30 years. He can't remember how many Spring Festivals he has spent at sea. "In the Port of Hamburg (汉堡港), the local company supplies the ship with fresh vegetables and fruits, and also provides support in dealing with difficulties encountered during the voyage, which makes us feel very warm," said Zhang Jianyong (张坚勇). In the past, when writing a letter to his wife while abroad, the person would arrive home before the letter. Now that there is internet on the ship, he can video chat with his family at any time, even in the depths of the ocean. "Everyone feels very reassured to spend the Spring Festival at sea!"
"Striving to open up new paths and provide more efficient and stable end-to-end supply chain services"
COSCO SHIPPING Lines (Germany) GmbH is located in HafenCity (港口新城), not far from the port and Hamburg's (汉堡) landmark "Speicherstadt" (仓库城). As the New Year approaches, the pace of work here remains tense. Several Chinese employees have been bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new in overseas work positions for many years.
On August 25, 2025, a direct railway train loaded with auto parts and mechanical parts departed from the Port of Zeebrugge (泽布吕赫港) in Bruges (布鲁日), Belgium (比利时), to the German city of Mannheim (曼海姆), marking the official opening of the "Zeebrugge-Mannheim (泽布吕赫—曼海姆)" direct railway train. COSCO SHIPPING Lines (Germany) GmbH leveraged its integrated advantages of "shipping + port + logistics" to establish and improve channels, hubs, and networks, creating this green logistics corridor linking the gateway of Northwest Europe with the industrial hinterland of western Germany.
Currently, this new route continues to operate smoothly, and this year it strives to increase the number of routes from two per week to one per day. "We are vigorously developing 'end-to-end' full-chain services to promote the improvement of quality and efficiency of the entire supply chain," Lin Zhengxi (林峥曦) introduced. Compared with the traditional barge model on the Rhine River, the delivery time has been shortened from 5 to 6 days to 13 hours, greatly reducing time costs.
In addition to opening up new routes, COSCO SHIPPING Lines (Germany) GmbH also utilizes port advantages to revitalize the flexibility of inland transportation and has opened up the cold chain transportation market, transporting products such as salmon, pharmaceuticals, dairy products, vegetables, and fruits. "We are working hard from our own side to open up new paths and provide more efficient and stable end-to-end supply chain services," said Lin Zhengxi (林峥曦). Unlike traditional liner transportation, today COSCO SHIPPING's services for Chinese and European companies extend to the land side, providing "point-to-point" comprehensive logistics transportation solutions.
"COSCO SHIPPING is committed to building a world-class shipping technology enterprise. Coming to Europe is to better serve partners who need us," introduced Fu Xiangyang (傅向阳), Chairman of COSCO SHIPPING (Europe) Co., Ltd. Currently, COSCO SHIPPING has more than 3,500 employees in Europe, including more than 100 Chinese employees. Focusing on Europe's five major hubs, namely the Port of Piraeus (比雷埃夫斯港) in Greece (希腊), the Port of Valencia (瓦伦西亚港) in Spain (西班牙), the Port of Zeebrugge (泽布吕赫港) in Belgium (比利时), Duisburg (杜伊斯堡) in Germany (德国), and Budapest (布达佩斯) in Hungary (匈牙利), COSCO SHIPPING is investing more resources to build warehouses, lay channels, etc., to gradually realize "end-to-end" full-chain product services. At the same time, focusing on the needs of regional segmented markets, COSCO SHIPPING has also created sub-brands such as Land-Sea Express, Diamond Express, and Crystal Logistics to cover the pain points of different customer groups.
"China (中国) is a trustworthy partner, and such cooperation is especially valuable at present"
Sebastian (塞巴斯蒂安), 41 years old this year, is a native of Hamburg (汉堡). He has worked at COSCO SHIPPING for nearly 20 years and is now the Assistant General Manager of COSCO SHIPPING Lines (Germany) GmbH. "The port is the economic heart of Hamburg (汉堡), and COSCO SHIPPING makes this 'heart' strong and closely connected to the world," said Sebastian (塞巴斯蒂安). Establishing strategic cooperative relationships with Chinese companies has enhanced the competitiveness of the Port of Hamburg (汉堡港) as an international port.
Björn Röndesand (比约恩·荣德沙安) has also worked at COSCO SHIPPING for many years and is the Tender and Strategic Customer Manager of COSCO SHIPPING (Europe) Co., Ltd. "COSCO SHIPPING is not only our employer, but also a contributor to the development of Hamburg (汉堡) and Germany (德国)," said Röndesand (荣德沙安).
Jens Bargen (延斯·巴尔) works at Detes Logistics GmbH (德国德仕物流有限公司) in Germany and has been cooperating with COSCO SHIPPING for many years. "COSCO SHIPPING has good routes, good service, and treats every order seriously, which is trustworthy," said Bargen (巴尔).
The Hamburg Port Authority (汉堡港务局) believes that cooperation with COSCO SHIPPING has strengthened Hamburg's (汉堡) hub function and improved regional shipping competitiveness. "China (中国) is a trustworthy partner, and such cooperation is especially valuable at present," said Schulz (舒尔茨). Chinese companies have long regarded Hamburg (汉堡) as a key pillar of their European business, which gives the cooperation between the two sides a structural foundation for continuous deepening and industrial embedding. In the future, the two sides have room for further deepening cooperation in the fields of green shipping, digital ports, and supply chain efficiency.
As the Year of the Horse Spring Festival approaches, Sebastian (塞巴斯蒂安) and Röndesand (荣德沙安) both plan to celebrate the New Year with their Chinese colleagues. In Sebastian's (塞巴斯蒂安) view, the Spring Festival focuses on the cohesion and maintenance of relationships between people, and emphasizes the creation of a harmonious and stable atmosphere. This wisdom has important enlightenment for today's world. "Chinese companies have brought us a unique cultural atmosphere, which makes our understanding of China (中国) more profound," said Sebastian (塞巴斯蒂安).
(Reported from Hamburg (汉堡), Germany (德国) by this newspaper)
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From the 18th century when maritime trade with China began, to COSCO Shipping's more than four decades of deep cultivation in the Port of Hamburg, the development history of the Port of Hamburg is a microcosm of Sino-German economic and trade cooperation.
To experience this connection across time and space, I specifically chose a day when a Chinese giant ship entered the port.
Along the handrail made of twisted hemp rope, I stepped onto the nearly 30-story-high cargo ship "Andromeda" step by step. At that moment, achievements such as "China and Germany are each other's largest trading partners in their respective regions" and "China has been the Port of Hamburg's largest trading partner for many consecutive years" are no longer cold statistical results, but the real scene before my eyes—the huge hull slowly approached the shore, the loading and unloading equipment operated in an orderly manner, and the goods flowed continuously on the dock.
The smooth berthing and departure of the "Andromeda" time and time again is not only due to the Chinese crew members sticking to their posts during holidays to ensure the safety of the more than 100-day voyage, but also a group of behind-the-scenes heroes who silently dedicate themselves—some of them are Chinese, and some are native Germans.
COSCO Shipping Lines (Germany) GmbH and COSCO Shipping (Europe) GmbH have been deeply involved for many years, making the Port of Hamburg's position as a sea-rail intermodal transport hub more stable, and the service scope extends to the vast hinterland. Facing the new situation, the port is expanding into diversified fields such as logistics, investment, and green shipping, and the future development is promising.
During the interview, the word I heard the most was "trust," and the emotion I felt the deepest was "identity." People believe that as long as they give full play to their respective advantages, China and Germany can continue to enlarge the "cake" of common interests.
COSCO Shipping's presence in Hamburg not only reflects the spirit of Chinese companies working diligently overseas, but also gathers a force of harmonious coexistence—it transcends national borders, connects people's hearts, and injects a continuous stream of power into the stability and prosperity of the world economy.
Return to TopIf Europe wants to safeguard its own interests in the face of hegemonic threats, it must work with the international community to jointly uphold the international law and the basic norms of international relations based on the purposes and principles of the *Charter of the United Nations*, and work together to promote an equal and orderly multipolar world.
The 62nd Munich Security Conference opened on February 13th, local time, and the increasingly widening transatlantic relationship has once again become the focus of international public opinion. The recently released *Munich Security Report 2026*, themed "Being Destroyed," points out that the United States has become the "most notable destroyer" of the international order, clearly reflecting the growing concern in Europe about the "American risk."
Europe's anxiety stems from the awkward reality currently facing the transatlantic relationship: at the hegemonic table dominated by the United States, Europe has not only had its place card removed, but has even been put on the "menu."
A year ago, U.S. Vice President Pence delivered a speech at the Munich Security Conference, vehemently criticizing Europe for "abandoning some of the basic values it shares with the United States." Over the past year, from indiscriminately wielding tariff sticks to frequently threatening Europe with the withdrawal of security guarantees, to openly plotting to seize Greenland (格陵兰岛) from Denmark (丹麦), the United States is comprehensively reshaping U.S.-Europe relations with "America First" as its axis, leading to an ever-widening rift between the two. In its new National Security Strategy report, the United States warns Europe of "civilizational extinction," declaring that its goal is to "help Europe correct its current development trajectory." Faced with such a blatant threat, Europe has had to admit that its "worldview differences with the United States are widening."
The aggressiveness of the United States has revealed the asymmetrical nature of U.S.-Europe relations that has long been concealed.
For decades, the transatlantic relationship has presented a basic pattern of "U.S. dominance and European subordination," with Europe exchanging strategic subordination for security dividends. The reason why this imbalanced relationship has been able to be maintained is largely because the two sides have long jointly reaped global benefits in the past, and the distribution of benefits has not triggered fundamental contradictions. Now, with the transformation of the global landscape, hegemonic countries are acting with increasingly fewer boundaries, and Europe itself has become a target of coercion. As European analysts have said, Europe's "compliance" may maintain superficial "harmony" in the transatlantic relationship in the short term, but it is tantamount to "incentivizing" the coercive actions of the United States.
Europe is not unaware or unalert to this. For a long time, there has been no shortage of political calls for "strategic autonomy" within Europe, but the policy inertia formed over decades, the dominant position of the United States in the transatlantic relationship, and the diversification of demands within Europe have led to the fact that it is still a long and arduous task for Europe to achieve "equal footing" with the United States in strategy. A recent comment by American media reveals a diagnosis of the strategic roles of the U.S. and Europe: "The United States takes action, Europe makes statements; the United States acts decisively, Europe hesitates."
On the cover of the *Munich Security Report 2026*, there is a conspicuous elephant above the main title. Now that the United States has become a rampaging and recklessly attacking elephant, Europe naturally cannot turn a blind eye to it any longer. Standing at a crossroads, where is Europe headed?
"It is one thing to be a willing vassal, and quite another to be a painful slave." Belgian Prime Minister De Wever (德韦弗) frankly stated that Europe "once chose tolerance" because of "dependence," "but now too many red lines have been constantly trampled on, and we must make a choice for self-respect." Polish Prime Minister Tusk (图斯克) warned, "Appeasement means no results, only humiliation."
Accurately identifying risks is the first step to getting out of the predicament. The *Munich Security Report 2026* focuses on the international order, emphasizing that the United States' "bulldozer-style politics" is constantly weakening international law and multilateral mechanisms, representing a rational reflection on the current international risks. For Europe, the essence of the current crisis is not that its alliance with the United States has been cracked, but that the world it is in is facing the threat of disorder.
To override justice with power will inevitably erode the foundation of the international order. Once the order collapses, no country can be immune. Reality clearly proves that the so-called "ally" status is not worth much on the scales of hegemony. If Europe wants to safeguard its own interests in the face of hegemonic threats, it must work with the international community to firmly uphold the international law and the basic norms of international relations based on the purposes and principles of the *Charter of the United Nations*, and work together to promote an equal and orderly multipolar world.
Looking at the evolution of the situation from a broad perspective, Europe will not find it difficult to see a world where "danger" breeds "opportunity." At present, the collective rise of the Global South (全球南方) is the common pursuit of the majority of members of the international community to promote equal and orderly multipolarity. The willful and reckless actions of hegemonic countries will not only fail to reverse this process, but will only accelerate its arrival. All parties are happy to see Europe become an independent pole in a multipolar world and play a more important role in maintaining international order. Europe has this foundation and should also show this courage. Recently, interactions between Europe and countries in the Global South have been significantly increasing – leaders of many European countries have made intensive visits to China (中国), the European Union (欧盟) has reached free trade agreements with Mercosur (南方共同市场) and India (印度), and isn't this another facet of the accelerated evolution of the century-long changes?
Return to TopBeijing, February 13th (People's Daily) -- On February 13th, Minister Liu Haixing (刘海星) of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a video meeting with General Secretary Silva of the People's Liberation Front of Sri Lanka. The two sides exchanged views on jointly implementing the consensus reached by the two heads of state, deepening the exchange of experience in governance, and promoting the development of China-Sri Lanka relations.
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In the office building of the Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Commission of Jintang County (金堂县), Chengdu (成都市), Sichuan Province (四川省), Room 307 used to be the one that opened earliest and closed latest. In the past, colleagues who got off work would see that light on and know that Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东) was still working.
On the afternoon of April 17, 2025, Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东), former Deputy Secretary of the Jintang County (金堂县) Discipline Inspection Commission and former Deputy Director of the Supervision Commission, was following up on a "school meal" case, discussing the case with colleagues. Around 8 p.m., he suddenly felt unwell and was driven to the hospital by a colleague. After driving only 1 kilometer, he collapsed in the passenger seat.
A ruptured cerebral aneurysm ended his life at the age of 39.
When the news spread, letters and phone calls of condolence poured in from all directions.
Some villagers sighed, "The high-standard farmland has been built, and I really regret not thanking him in person."
Some village cadres lamented, "Thanks to Zhaodong (兆东), the village started planting late white peaches. We asked him to come back and eat them every year, but he couldn't spare the time, and now there's no chance."
Some old people shed tears, "When he was transferred away, it felt like our own child had left."
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An ordinary discipline inspection and supervision cadre, who had never done anything earth-shattering in his life, why could he arouse such deep remembrance? Recently, reporters went to Jianyang City (简阳市), Jintang County (金堂县), and other places in Sichuan Province (四川省) to explore Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东) in the eyes of local cadres and the masses.
"Don't do discipline inspection and supervision work if you're afraid of offending people"
"Not much talk," "introverted," "good-tempered," these words were repeatedly mentioned when people talked about Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东).
A comrade from the Jintang County (金堂县) Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Commission recalled, "In 2023, Secretary Jin (晋) came from Jianyang (简阳) for inter-regional exchange. He was not tall, wore half-frame glasses, carried a backpack, spoke gently, like a scholar, without any airs. Later, we learned that he was the new deputy secretary."
However, in the eyes of those who violated discipline and the law, this approachable "scholar" was a formidable "iron-faced man."
In 2024, in the in-depth concentrated rectification of unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems around the masses, when the Jintang County (金堂县) Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Commission handled cases in the field of health and health, many clues pointed to Wen (文), the former party member and deputy director of the County Health and Health Bureau. Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东) was in charge of review and investigation work. As soon as the investigation started, people came to probe and say hello.
"This one pleads, that one pleads, who pleads for the common people?" Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东) was unmoved. "Don't do discipline inspection and supervision work if you're afraid of offending people!" The work continued as usual. During the day, he sat in the interview room, analyzing Wen's (文) personality characteristics with his comrades and adjusting the interview plan; at night, he plunged into the pile of external investigation materials, looking for breakthroughs in the clues. Finally, he discovered Wen's (文) financial dealings with businessmen from several house renovation payments. In the face of overwhelming evidence, Wen (文) finally confessed the problem.
After cracking this "hard nut," the County Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Commission followed the vine and detained Zhang (张), the former party member of the County Health and Health Bureau. A strong deterrent was formed, and then some people took the initiative to surrender, and the corruption problem in the local medical system was effectively rectified.
In less than two years of working in Jintang County (金堂县), Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东) successively led the handling of 45 typical cases in the fields of civil affairs and health, recovering economic losses of more than 78 million yuan.
"Small things are not small, the people's hearts are big; small cases are not small, the people's hearts are big"
Jin Zhaodong's (晋兆东) reputation as an "iron-faced man" spread, but those who knew him knew that softness and warmth were his true colors.
"Zhaodong (兆东), who wouldn't remember him? He was our 'child dean'." The old man Xie Liangyu (谢良玉) once lived in the former Lingxian Township (灵仙乡) Nursing Home in Jianyang City (简阳市). In 2014, Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东) was in charge of civil affairs in the township and served as the dean of the nursing home. Most of the "five guarantees" elderly in the hospital were in poor health and had no children. Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东) was very considerate to them, and the old people affectionately called him "child dean" and "young Jin (晋)."
Xie Liangyu (谢良玉) remembered that some old people couldn't bite the vegetables, so Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东) discussed changing the menu with the cook; when it was hot, he took the bus to the Civil Affairs Bureau to apply for funds to install fans and renovate the shower rooms for the old people; when the old people who had difficulty walking got sick, he carried them to the hospital...
"Zhaodong (兆东) grew up in the countryside, and his family was poor when he was a child. He suffered a lot and has a strong empathy for people in difficulty." Guo Fei (郭飞), member of the Standing Committee of the Jintang County (金堂县) Party Committee, Secretary of the County Discipline Inspection Commission, and Director of the County Supervision Commission, said, "Whether it is providing intimate services to the elderly or handling cases impartially, he is doing his job with affection for the masses."
Discovering that the management of a high-standard farmland project was chaotic and the acceptance was not strictly controlled, which seriously affected rice planting, Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东) was indignant: "It's too irresponsible, it's simply a 豆腐渣工程 (dòufu zhā gōngchéng - "tofu-dreg project," a metaphor for shoddy construction), the country's money is wasted by them like this!" Under his promotion, relevant personnel were held accountable, and the project was successfully promoted.
Shanjia Village (山江村) in Huaikou Street (淮口街道) did not have tap water due to the large elevation difference, and villagers could only walk on rugged mountain roads to fetch water to drink. Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东) empathized: "I have lived in the countryside since I was a child, and life without water is too hard." He promoted and coordinated relevant departments to solve this problem, allowing villagers to use clean and safe water.
"Small things are not small, the people's hearts are big; small cases are not small, the people's hearts are big." Jin Zhaodong's (晋兆东) often said sentence is the professional creed he has adhered to throughout his life.
"He is the roughest person, but also the most careful person"
Jin Zhaodong's (晋兆东) wife, Li Liqiong (李莉琼), said, "He is the roughest person, but also the most careful person."
After Jin Zhaodong's (晋兆东) death, Li Liqiong (李莉琼) sorted out his belongings in the rented house in Jintang County (金堂县): a faded backpack, a pair of glasses with scratched lenses, an old mobile phone, and a few neatly folded clothes, which were almost all of his personal belongings. Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东) wore a blue and green spliced down jacket for almost 10 years.
He was "stingy" with himself, but never stingy with his family. He bought a new mobile phone for his wife and used the eliminated one himself. He bought his daughter a bicycle she liked and accompanied her on rides. Knowing that he was usually busy and spent little time with his family, as long as he didn't work overtime on weekends, he would definitely rush home and take care of the housework.
Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东) was not good at words and often expressed his emotions in writing. Every time his daughter had a birthday, he would write a letter by hand as a gift. As the child grew up, the letter contained more principles of dealing with people. The last letter, written a month before his death: "Be brave, don't be an 'ostrich' when facing difficulties; be careful, details determine success or failure; persevere, step by step, although the snail is slow, it can also climb the tall trellis." The daughter cherishes these letters very much and puts small red flowers on them.
Jin Zhaodong's (晋兆东) parents live in their hometown. Although they don't understand what he does specifically, they know that their son pays the most attention to being fair and impartial. A few years ago, when the village was repairing roads, the village road was lower than the road to the house, resulting in a threshold at the entrance of the house. The family originally wanted to ask the village to directly shovel some cement to fill it, but Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东) firmly disagreed, saying: "We can't use the village's cement, we have to fill it ourselves."
Once, Jin Zhaodong's (晋兆东) family didn't understand why he had to make himself so tired and restrict himself so much. "Later, I slowly understood that he respected his work from the bottom of his heart and would never use the power in his hands to seek a little personal gain." Li Liqiong (李莉琼) said.
"Strive to be a loyal, clean, and responsible discipline inspection and supervision cadre." Jin Zhaodong (晋兆东) wrote this sentence in his notebook to encourage himself before his death. Colleague Zou Wan (邹婉) said: "He adhered to these requirements until the last moment of his life. Every day after work, I still habitually look at Secretary Jin's (晋) office. Although the person has passed away, the spirit will last forever, and that light will always shine in our hearts."
Return to TopBeijing, February 13th (Reported by this newspaper) - On February 13th, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs answered questions from reporters regarding the results of the Bangladesh general election.
A reporter asked: The 13th National Parliamentary Election of Bangladesh was held on February 12th. According to reports, based on preliminary statistics, the Nationalist Party of Bangladesh won 209 of the 297 directly elected seats that have been announced, meaning that the Nationalist Party won the general election. What is China's comment on this?
The spokesperson stated that China has noted the smooth and successful holding of the national election in Bangladesh and congratulates the Nationalist Party on winning the election.
The spokesperson said that as a traditional friendly neighbor of Bangladesh, China supports Bangladesh in advancing its domestic political agenda and is willing to work with Bangladesh to carry forward traditional friendship, deepen high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and pragmatic cooperation in various fields, and promote the continuous development of the China-Bangladesh comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.
Return to TopThe Chinese Embassy in the United States recently held a Spring Festival reception themed "Seeking Progress Amid Stability in the Year of the Horse" in Washington (华盛顿), D.C., according to a report in this newspaper on February 13th (reporter Li Zhiwei (李志伟)). U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (戴安斯), U.S. Representatives Mark DeSaulnier (德索尼尔) and Lou Correa (科雷亚), friendly figures from all sectors of American society, and heads of international organizations, totaling approximately 700 people, attended the event.
Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng (谢锋) stated that the best time to plan is in the spring, and now is the right time for China and the United States to build consensus and embark on a new journey. We should adhere to the strategic guidance of the heads of state without wavering, and promote the giant ship of China-U.S. relations to move forward without deviation, without losing speed; establish correct perceptions and avoid misjudgments, and the U.S. side must be determined to be a partner and friend with China; manage differences and contradictions without crossing the line, and the U.S. side should earnestly abide by the one-China principle and the three China-U.S. joint communiqués; expand pragmatic cooperation without slackening, consolidate cooperation in traditional fields, and create new growth points. Strive to make 2026 an important year for China and the United States to explore a correct way to get along with each other based on mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation.
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, Windhoek, February 13th (Reporter Lin Jing (林晶)) - The handover ceremony of the Chinese-aided Namibian satellite ground data receiving station, located in the southern suburbs of Windhoek (温得和克), the capital of Namibia (纳米比亚), was held on the 12th. Namibian Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila (恩古拉雷) who attended the handover ceremony, said that the project will significantly enhance Namibia's ability to acquire and process satellite remote sensing data, and provide accurate spatial information support for disaster prevention and mitigation, scientific decision-making in key economic areas, and innovation-driven development.
Return to TopThis newspaper reports from Rome on February 13th (Reporter: Xie Yanhong (谢亚宏)) The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recently held the 2026 "Chinese Lunar New Year Reception" at its headquarters in Rome. FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu (屈冬玉), permanent representatives of member states, ambassadors from various countries to Italy, representatives of the Italian government, heads of international organizations, FAO senior management, and employee representatives attended the reception.
Qu Dongyu (屈冬玉) stated that the Spring Festival becoming a United Nations holiday fully demonstrates the unique contribution of Chinese civilization to the diversity of world cultures. The values and humanistic care it contains transcend national borders and cultural differences, winning widespread resonance among people from all over the world. The horse in Chinese culture symbolizes strength and resilience. The FAO will, at a new historical starting point, “不用扬鞭自奋蹄” (bù yòng yáng biān zì fèn tí - "no need to whip oneself to run fast," to work hard and diligently without external pressure or urging), jointly creating a "一马平川" (yī mǎ píng chuān - "one horse flat plain," a wide expanse of flat land; smooth going, plain sailing) and promoting the accelerated transformation of the global agricultural food system.
Return to TopBy: 人民网记者 李唯一 李昌乾
In the Xiamen-Kinmen (厦金) sea area of Fujian (福建), along the western edge of the Taiwan Strait, the sound of crashing waves is accompanied by the distant roar of machinery.
In the morning, at the construction site of the Xiamen-Kinmen Bridge (Xiamen Section) (厦金大桥（厦门段）), the reporter met Peng Shizhou (彭仕洲), the administrative supervisor of the China Communications Construction Second航务 Engineering Bureau Xiamen-Kinmen Bridge (Xiamen Section) project (中交二航局厦金大桥（厦门段）项目), a young man with a smile on his face. "Just call me Xiao Peng (小彭)," he said, pointing to the bridge structure not far away, "Look, these are the east and west main towers of the bridge, which were just capped at the end of last year."
The *Opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Supporting Fujian in Exploring a New Path for Integrated Development Across the Taiwan Strait and Building a Demonstration Zone for Integrated Development on Both Sides of the Strait* (《中共中央国务院关于支持福建探索海峡两岸融合发展新路 建设两岸融合发展示范区的意见》) released in 2023 proposed exploring a cooperative infrastructure construction model between Xiamen (厦门) and Kinmen (金门), and accelerating the connection of electricity, gas, and bridges with Kinmen. At the end of that year, the Xiamen-Kinmen Bridge (Xiamen Section) officially started construction.
"We use a rebar-free steel shell concrete composite structure, which eliminates the need to tie rebar inside the steel shell, reducing on-site workload and improving construction efficiency."
"The construction process of non-navigable hole bridges adopts prefabricated assembly construction, which can greatly reduce the disturbance to the marine environment, thereby protecting the habitat of marine life."
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Taking the reporter around the construction site, Peng Shizhou spoke 滔滔不绝 (tāo tāo bù jué - "torrential, unceasing," talking non-stop) about the project. The reporter couldn't help but ask, "Supervisor Peng, how many years have you been involved in bridge construction?"
"I was born in 2001, and this bridge is the starting point of my career. It's been less than two years."
"So you came here right after graduating?"
"Yes, when I graduated from university in 2024, there was almost nothing on the sea." Peng Shizhou said that he started as a project specialist and gradually became familiar with the overall work of the project department. "I also like photography. Whenever I have time, I use my camera to record the process of the project 'growing'."
As he spoke, he opened his phone and showed the reporter a set of changing photos—from August 2024 to February 2026, the bridge towers rose from the sea like "building blocks."
In the afternoon, the reporter followed Peng Shizhou onto the construction elevator of the west main tower to explore the mystery of "building blocks." The duty personnel moved the joystick, and the elevator slowly rose. After taking the elevator 160 meters, it was necessary to climb three floors of stairs. Tower crane driver Liu Guozheng (刘国政) has been "commuting" like this for nearly 300 days.
"Slow down... Okay, stop!" Instructions were constantly coming from the tower crane cab via walkie-talkie. Liu Guozheng stared at the hook, fine-tuning the handle with skilled movements, "What's being lifted now is the bridge cable saddle, which is much easier than the 'big building blocks'."
The "big building blocks" that Liu Guozheng mentioned are the steel shells weighing up to 155 tons. As an important component for building the main tower of the bridge, 60 steel shells need to be lifted one by one, welded, and then poured with concrete to become the "bones" of the bridge. "The higher the hook rises, the greater the wind resistance, and the higher the requirements for the swing range and landing position." Liu Guozheng said that each lifting operation is a huge test of technology and psychology, "There is no room for any mistakes."
In order to achieve the goal of opening the main sea line to traffic by the end of this year, the bridge builders will stick to their posts during this year's Spring Festival. "A few days ago, we just completed the pilot cable erection of the Liuwudian Channel Bridge (刘五店航道桥), which is another major milestone after the capping of the main tower." Peng Shizhou said that everyone is full of energy and is working hard to lay a good foundation for subsequent work such as main cable erection and steel box girder erection. "I won't go home this Spring Festival either. In addition to completing my job duties, I especially want to use the camera to record the spirit of my colleagues."
Dusk is approaching. Peng Shizhou and his colleagues stood on the high bridge tower, looking out at the silent sea. The originally wide strait seemed to have become "shallower"...
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 杜海涛 欧阳洁 罗珊珊
On the eve of the Spring Festival, the waves surged in Dapeng Bay (大鹏湾), Shenzhen.
Early in the morning, the reporter took a transport boat from here to the sea, and after 45 minutes arrived at Sanmen Island (三门岛), entering the Sanmen Island Customs (三门岛海关) which belongs to Shenzhen Customs (深圳海关).
Sanmen Island (三门岛), also known as Tuoning Island (沱泞岛), is located at the confluence of Dapeng Bay (大鹏湾) and Daya Bay (大亚湾) in Guangdong (广东), guarding the eastern sea route of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区), and is the "Eastern Gateway" of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区).
"Sanmen Island Customs (三门岛海关) is one of the four mid-way supervision station customs in the country, and also one of the nine arduous island border customs. In recent years, enterprises have increasingly higher requirements for customs clearance and inspection timeliness. We are constantly improving the level of customs intelligence supervision to escort the high-quality development of the Greater Bay Area with efficient supervision." As soon as we arrived on the island, Wu Ying (吴颖), Director of Sanmen Island Customs (三门岛海关), told the reporter about the characteristics and mission of Sanmen Island Customs (三门岛海关).
Walking into the monitoring and command center, the screen flickered with light and shadow. "We use the maritime logistics intelligent combat platform developed by Shenzhen Customs (深圳海关) to establish 5 basic ship databases, which improves the accuracy of control and inspection. Now the inspection time for passing ships has been reduced from more than 1 hour in the past to about 40 minutes." said Wang Yang (王洋), Deputy Section Chief of Supervision Section 1 of Sanmen Island Customs (三门岛海关).
Guarding the national gate and promoting development, Sanmen Island Customs (三门岛海关) races against time and against itself to promote the convenient and efficient flow of maritime logistics elements and help enterprises seize business opportunities.
At more than 8 o'clock in the evening, a passing ship docked at the Sanmen Island (三门岛) pier for inspection. In the noisy sound of the engine, Wang Yang (王洋) and his colleagues carefully read the navigation log while asking the chief engineer about the situation. Then they went into the engine room to check whether there were smuggled goods hidden in the cabin.
Upon returning from the inspection, Wang Yang (王洋) told reporters that he joined Shenzhen Customs (深圳海关) in 2018 and first worked at Shenzhen Bay Customs (深圳湾海关) under Shenzhen Customs (深圳海关), and was transferred to Sanmen Island Customs (三门岛海关) in May 2024.
"Is there a psychological gap from a prosperous city to a remote island?"
"It would be false to say there is no gap. But guarding the national gate is the duty of the customs, and the more difficult the place, the more people need to stand up and take responsibility."
The next day, just as dawn was breaking, the reporter woke up to the sound of a loud bugle. All customs officers had to assemble for exercises, which was a habit they had maintained for many years.
Sanmen Island (三门岛) is prone to extreme weather such as typhoons. In 2025, it was affected by extreme weather such as typhoons, thunderstorms, and heavy rainfall as many as 9 times. Every time a strong typhoon comes, there are howling winds and huge waves crashing on the shore. In the harsh environment, the customs officers of Sanmen Island Customs (三门岛海关) built their own "Island Customs Farm", diverting water from the valley, reclaiming land for planting vegetables, and raising poultry. "There are no commercial supermarkets here, and no commercial ships pass through. Growing vegetables and raising poultry is not only a necessity for life, but also allows everyone to feel the warmth of home," Wang Yang (王洋) introduced.
In 2025, the number of ships inspected by Sanmen Island Customs (三门岛海关) increased by 66% year-on-year, and the first case of illegal domestic transportation by inbound and outbound ships was listed as a typical case of boarding inspection by the General Administration of Customs (海关总署).
Approaching noon, we embarked on the return journey. The reporter boarded the boat and looked back, the customs building stood majestically; on the sea, ocean-going ships loomed.
"We will adhere to the Shenzhen Customs (深圳海关) style of 守正创新 (shǒu zhèng chuàng xīn - "uphold integrity innovate," adhere to principles while promoting innovation) and 追求卓越 (zhuī qiú zhuó yuè - "pursue excellence," strive for outstanding performance), apply intelligent supervision methods, weave a tight maritime supervision network, build a solid eastern national defense line in the Greater Bay Area, maintain customs supervision order, and contribute customs strength to the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区)." Before parting, Director Wu Ying's (吴颖) words were powerful and sonorous.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 武卫政 靳 博
Approaching the Spring Festival, a light snow quietly arrived.
"A timely snow promises a good harvest, all are happy events!" Hao Qingshui (郝庆水), Party Secretary of the Diliubu Village (第六埠村) in Xiqing District (西青区), Tianjin (天津), said with a smile, "Let's go, let's go take a look at the greenhouses!"
Inside the greenhouse, it was warm, and the patches of lettuce were growing gratifyingly. Villager Zhang Fengwen (张凤文) skillfully tended to the vegetable seedlings.
Surrounded by water on three sides and with selenium-rich soil, Diliubu Village's vegetables have a well-deserved reputation. "But reputation must be turned into benefits," said Ni Guozhi (倪国志), head of the village's high-quality vegetable demonstration park. In 2025, the village built the Diliubu Vegetable Unified Sales Platform, delivering vegetables directly to more than 120 communities and units throughout the city through "unit procurement + community group buying."
"The furthest delivery is to the Binhai New Area (滨海新区) seaside, more than 100 kilometers away!" Zhang Fengwen said with a bright smile, "My family has 15 greenhouses, and each greenhouse earned nearly 30,000 yuan last year." Now, the village's annual vegetable production is 30,000 tons, and the villagers' average annual income is nearly 40,000 yuan.
At the end of last year, Diliubu Village was rated as a "Green mountains and clear waters are gold and silver mountains (绿水青山就是金山银山)" practice and innovation base by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (生态环境部). "This is a gold lettered signboard!" Hao Qingshui said. Now, the village often has thousands of visitors during holidays, and in 2025 the village's collective annual income exceeded 11 million yuan.
Next to the village committee, a brand-new white two-story building has just been put into use - this is the village's first Happiness Courtyard with an elevator. It combines cultural and sports, physiotherapy, and meal assistance functions, and is dedicated to serving the "old and young." During the day, young people go to work, and the elderly can chat, paint, and do handicrafts here. Next to it is the school bus station, and children can turn around and come here to do their homework.
Lanterns have been hung on the village roads, and the square stage has been set up. Hao Qingshui is planning his New Year's plans: the waterfront homestay is about to open, the study tour brand needs to be upgraded, and the monthly sales of vegetables directly supplied to the community should reach 50,000 jin...
After the snow, the sky cleared, and Diliubu Village is steadily supporting a new life full of hope.
By: 本报记者 颜 珂 杨 迅
Every day, deliverymen and food delivery riders travel through the streets and alleys, deeply feeling the subtle changes in the city. Huang Bo (黄波), a deliveryman from Changsha (长沙), Hunan (湖南), and Liu Xinyun (刘新云), a food delivery rider, have been in the industry for many years and have recently encountered some new things.
Around 11 p.m., the temperature was only 5 degrees Celsius. Liu Xinyun (刘新云) took out her mobile phone and searched for the nearest Love Station. Walking into the Changsha (长沙) WanJiaLi Road branch of the Laobaixing Pharmacy (老百姓大药房长沙市万家丽路店), she first charged her phone and then put her cold dinner into the microwave, "Before the next order, I need to fill my stomach quickly."
Since June of last year, the Social Work Department of the Changsha Municipal Party Committee (长沙市委社会工作部) has joined relevant departments and chain pharmacies to create "never-closing" Love Stations. Today, among the 1,606 Love Stations and 272 "Red Homes" in Changsha (长沙), 165 are open 24 hours a day.
At the entrance of the Wukuang Wanjing Songya Community (五矿万境松雅小区) in Changsha County (长沙县), Huang Bo (黄波) opened the "Warming Changsha (暖新长沙)" mini-program, registered relevant information, scanned the code, and opened the door. The community has designated parking spaces, and he walked into the building with ease. "In the past, delivering packages was like 'passing through checkpoints,' with security guards stopping us and access control blocking us. Now, more and more 'friendly' communities are appearing, and our work is becoming more and more convenient."
Since last year, Changsha (长沙) has launched the first batch of friendly scenario pilot projects around "friendly community access, friendly signage guidance, friendly rider care, and friendly interpersonal relationships," which currently covers nearly a thousand property communities.
In Heyuan Street (荷花园街道), Furong District (芙蓉区), Changsha (长沙), Huang Bo (黄波) noticed that the floor tiles at the entrance of the Dongjun Community Health Service Station (东郡社区卫生服务站) were loose and had accumulated water. He immediately took out his mobile phone to take pictures and uploaded them through the "Warming Changsha (暖新长沙)" mini-program. "Changsha (长沙) is not only our workplace but also our home. We should do our part to build our home well," said Huang Bo (黄波).
"We will continue to expand the breadth of friendly scenario coverage to ensure that outdoor workers can find them, use them, and feel good," said Ren Xueqian (任学谦), Director of the "Two Enterprises and Three New" Party Building Division of the Social Work Department of the Changsha Municipal Party Committee (长沙市委社会工作部“两企三新”党建处).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 吴月辉 王云杉
Developing new quality productive forces is the inherent requirement and an important focus for promoting high-quality development. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, it is imperative to place the development of new quality productive forces in a more prominent strategic position, adapting to local conditions.
During his first local inspection in the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan," General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) visited the National Information Technology Innovation and Application Park in Yizhuang, Beijing (北京), to learn in detail about the innovation and application of information technology. He carefully observed the display of scientific and technological innovation achievements such as artificial intelligence and robots, and frequently exchanged ideas with representatives of scientific researchers and technology enterprise leaders.
During the inspection, the General Secretary listened to the work reports of the Beijing (北京) Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, emphasizing the need to "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."
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) first proposed the development of new quality productive forces during his local inspection and research in 2023, and has since made important expositions on multiple occasions, systematically answering a series of theoretical and practical questions such as the core meaning, essential requirements, and scientific methods of new quality productive forces. These important expositions further enrich and develop Xi Jinping's (习近平) economic thought and have significant theoretical and practical significance.
Various regions have conscientiously implemented General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, firmly grasping their strategic positioning in the overall national development, basing themselves on their own positioning, resource endowments, and industrial foundations, and continuously exerting efforts in developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions and cultivating and strengthening new driving forces, injecting strong impetus into high-quality economic development.
Breaking Down Barriers, Efficiently Integrating Scientific and Technological Innovation Resources
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Develop new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, and promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation."
In Changping, Beijing (北京), the construction of the Tsinghua National Key Laboratory Base's industry-research integration demonstration park is in full swing. According to the plan, after the park is fully completed, it will undertake more than 14 national key laboratories of Tsinghua University (清华大学), becoming a national-level science and technology innovation hub integrating "office + experiment + exchange + transformation" functions.
"The Tsinghua National Key Laboratory Base's industry-research integration demonstration park promotes the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, allowing more innovations to go from the 'laboratory' to the 'big market'," said Li Bin (李彬), Director of the Industry Division of the Beijing (北京) Municipal Development and Reform Commission.
The National Key Laboratory of Intelligent Green Vehicles and Transportation is one of the first laboratories to be stationed in the park.
"The National Key Laboratory is an important carrier of national strategic scientific and technological strength, focusing on 'facing the four areas' to conduct organized scientific research. In the past, when our industry-university-research cooperation team conducted organized scientific research activities and various complex large-scale experiments, we often needed to coordinate various external resources such as space and venues, which was time-consuming and laborious," said the relevant person in charge of the National Key Laboratory of Intelligent Green Vehicles and Transportation. "Now that the Tsinghua National Key Laboratory Base has been newly optimized and designed, the space and venues are more spacious, and large-scale equipment can be managed in a unified manner, which not only makes it more convenient to promote high-quality scientific research work, but also attracts more partners to supplement the relevant elements of the technology industry chain, realizing the true sense of industry-university-research full technology chain connection."
The demonstration park is not only an aggregation of physical space, but also a melting pot of innovative energy. "While building the laboratory, the district, city, and school are also simultaneously promoting the construction of relevant systems and mechanisms for scientific and technological innovation," said Xue Weiwei (薛薇薇), Deputy Section Chief of the Comprehensive Section of the Changping (昌平) District Science and Technology Commission. Scientific research is no longer a solo effort, but an organized "cluster operation."
Beijing Xingyu Aerospace Technology Co., Ltd. (北京星煜空天科技有限公司), which focuses on the research and development of a new generation of reusable commercial aerospace launch systems, successfully entered the park's concept verification project in its initial stage and received early-stage funding support from Future Science City Group (未来科学城集团) and the National Key Laboratory Seed Fund. When the company develops to the key stage of pilot testing, the park quickly connects it with wind tunnel test resources through the "three libraries and one platform" resource matching mechanism, greatly shortening the research and development cycle.
"From the laboratory to the market, we hardly took any detours. The park's comprehensive services allow us to focus on research and development without distraction," said Chen Junda (陈俊达), General Manager of Xingyu Aerospace (星煜空天).
From the germination of original innovation to the breakthrough of technology transformation and the formation of industrial clusters, the Tsinghua National Key Laboratory Base's industry-research integration demonstration park is leveraging the innovation model of full-chain empowerment and full-cycle cultivation to cultivate and accelerate the development of new quality productive forces.
Efficiently integrating scientific and technological innovation resources, breaking down barriers, and promoting integration, allows the "source of living water" of innovation to continuously inject into the "broad world" of industry.
Harbin (哈尔滨), Heilongjiang (黑龙江), takes the Shenzhen-Harbin Industrial Park (深哈产业园) as its base, cultivating and strengthening new quality productive forces in strategic emerging industries such as robotics, commercial aerospace, and new materials; Hangzhou Cobetter Co., Ltd. (杭州科百特公司) has explored a path of "market demand-oriented, scientific research project-driven, advantageous discipline support, and joint efforts by leading enterprises and top teams" for the integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation... With scientific and technological innovation leading industrial innovation, new quality productive forces are flourishing in various regions.
Based on Resources, Leveraging Strengths and Specialties to Promote Innovative Development
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out, "We must promote the development of new industries, new models, and new driving forces in a selective manner based on local resource endowments, industrial foundations, scientific research conditions, etc."
**一把钥匙开一把锁** (yī bǎ yào shi kāi yī bǎ suǒ - "one key opens one lock," each situation requires a unique solution). China has a vast territory, and the resource endowments, industrial foundations, and scientific research conditions vary from place to place. There is no unified template or standard answer for developing new quality productive forces. It is necessary to base on reality, accurately exert efforts, and implement scientific policies.
Hainan (海南) is authorized to manage approximately 2 million square kilometers of sea area, giving it the "depth" advantage of developing deep-sea science and technology and industries.
In recent years, Hainan (海南) has relied on the "National Marine Comprehensive Test Site (Deep Sea)" to explore "gathering research through testing and promoting production through research," accelerating the development of marine new quality productive forces.
Thousands of meters deep in the South China Sea, 200 kilometers south of the coastline of Sanya (三亚), a buoy system is silently operating in the dark and high-pressure environment of the National Marine Comprehensive Test Site (Deep Sea) sea area. Its core components—domestic acoustic sensors—were born in the Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City (崖州湾科技城) of Sanya (三亚), a few hours away by sea.
"These 'auditory nerves' of the deep-sea observation network used to rely heavily on imports. Now we are building them right next to the deep sea," said Gu Zhengqiang (顾郑强), General Manager of Hainan Acoustic Technology Co., Ltd. (海南水声技术有限公司), pointing to a batch of passive detection sensors that had just come off the production line in the workshop. The company came to the Free Trade Port in 2024 because of its policies and natural endowments; a little over a year later, it has grown into a leading enterprise in the industry and is now working at full capacity to produce the latest batch of orders.
Deep-sea equipment research and development has long been plagued by the "difficulty of verification." Inland lake tests cannot simulate the high pressure and corrosion of the deep sea, and if tests are conducted offshore, it often takes months and costs a lot of money. "Here, the deep sea is not far away," said Wu Jingxuan (吴静璇), Deputy Director of the Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City Administration of Sanya (三亚).
From "transporting equipment thousands of miles" to "the deep sea right outside the door," Hainan (海南) is constantly transforming its scenario advantages into industrial advantages.
According to data from the Hainan (海南) Provincial Department of Oceanography, the total marine output value of Hainan (海南) Province is expected to reach 292 billion yuan in 2025. From the precision manufacturing of key small parts to the operation and maintenance support of major national equipment, and the commercial application of deep-sea scenarios... By attracting enterprises with scenarios and promoting research and development with testing, more than 1,400 marine-related enterprises have gathered in Yazhou Bay (崖州湾), and an industrial chain around "deep-sea entry, deep-sea detection, and deep-sea development" is taking shape.
Xinjiang (新疆) is making every effort to promote the high-quality development of new energy, accelerate the construction of a new era national "three bases and one channel" and a large-scale clean energy base, and its energy security guarantee capacity has been significantly improved; relying on its rich nickel, copper, and cobalt metal resources, Jinchang (金昌), Gansu (甘肃), has taken the lead in creating the "Jinchang-Bailan-Wuwei Nonferrous Metal National Advanced Manufacturing Cluster," providing strong support for improving the quality and efficiency of the real economy and building a modern industrial system... More and more practices have proved that only by making good use of resource endowments and leveraging strengths and specialties can we more accurately position industrial layout and promote innovative development.
Transformation and Upgrading, Traditional Industries Moving Towards "New" and "Intelligent"
Traditional industries are the basic foundation of China's industrial system and an important breeding ground for cultivating new quality productive forces.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized, "Developing new quality productive forces does not mean ignoring or abandoning traditional industries" and "transformation and upgrading of traditional industries can also develop new quality productive forces."
Walking into the Anping (安平) Wire Mesh Shared Intelligent Manufacturing Factory in Hebei (河北), the country's first fully automated welding line for fence nets is operating at high speed, with laser precision cutting, flexible robotic arm welding, and automatic plastic spraying and coloring, all in one go. In the huge workshop, only 4 inspection personnel are required. Wang Chao (王超), manager of Anping Jiushun Metal Wire Mesh Co., Ltd. (安平县九顺金属丝网有限公司), said that the shared factory adopts a leasing or contract manufacturing model, allowing enterprises to use advanced production lines at a lower cost, solving the "urgent needs" of enterprises.
Where does the urgency come from? It turns out that Jiushun Wire Mesh (九顺丝网) received an urgent order for railway fence nets last year, and the customer required delivery within 3 days. With the company's traditional manual welding efficiency, it was almost impossible to complete on time. Wang Chao (王超) recalled that the shared factory provided a solution: the company outsourced the welding link to the production line of the Anping Wire Mesh Shared Intelligent Manufacturing Factory (安平丝网共享智造工厂). "The originally tight task was completed in only 2 days, and the order was successfully delivered in the end."
It is not easy to allow thousands of enterprises to use advanced production lines. Anping Wire Mesh (安平丝网) has a long history, with more than 16,000 wire mesh industrial and trade enterprises in the county, and woven products account for more than 80% of the country's production and sales. However, on the road to intelligence, many small and medium-sized enterprises face the "equipment dilemma" of "cannot afford, cannot use well, and cannot use fully"—compared with foreign advanced production lines, the automation and intelligence level of Anping Wire Mesh (安平丝网) equipment is relatively low, and most weaving enterprises use old equipment with low efficiency and insufficient precision, making it difficult to meet the needs of high-end customers.
Faced with the dilemma, Anping (安平) did not adopt a "flood irrigation" subsidy, but prescribed a precise prescription of "adapting to local conditions"—building a shared factory to promote the development of enterprises in groups and dilute costs. In the shared factory, resources such as technology, equipment, talent, and orders can be shared, allowing the traditional wire mesh industry to evolve towards intelligence and high-end.
In addition, it helps enterprises to travel smoothly on the "going overseas road." Anping (安平) actively organizes enterprises to apply for RCEP certificates of origin, and vigorously cultivates cross-border e-commerce, supports enterprises to lay out overseas warehouses, and build a global distribution network. In 2025, the operating income of the Anping Wire Mesh (安平丝网) industrial cluster is about 115.1 billion yuan.
Anping's (安平) "intelligent manufacturing" leap of a single wire interprets that finding the right positioning, making good use of advantages, and promoting the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries in accordance with local conditions is an important method for various regions to develop new quality productive forces.
Dingxiang (定襄), Shanxi (山西), grasps the regional characteristics of flange manufacturing and takes the construction of "specialized towns" as the core carrier to promote the deep integration of the industrial chain, supply chain, and innovation chain;
Shanghai (上海), as the forefront of opening up to the outside world, attracts multinational companies to deeply participate in local industrial development, injecting new vitality into the city's chemical industry;
Rizhao (日照), Shandong (山东), relies on the advantageous steel industry to improve the "industrial chain" and support the "growth pole" by building a high-standard steel supporting industrial park;
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Traditional industries have formed a broad market and application scenarios in the process of development, which can not only provide broad space and practical platforms for the development of new quality productive forces, but also provide potential demand for cultivating new quality productive forces. Starting from making up for shortcomings and breaking through bottlenecks, strengthening the promotion and application of new technologies in traditional industries, and making good use of the "adapting to local conditions" methodology, traditional industries will continue to radiate new vitality and form new advantages.
Taking Advantage of the Situation, Emerging Industries and Future Industries are Accelerating Development
Emerging industries and future industries are new engines leading the construction of a modern industrial system. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "We must take scientific and technological innovation as the guide, vigorously cultivate and strengthen emerging industries and future industries, occupy the commanding heights of international competition, and shape new driving forces and new advantages for economic development."
In the CAS Fusion Sensing Intelligence Research Institute (Suzhou Industrial Park) Co., Ltd. (苏州国际科技园中科融合感知智能研究院（苏州工业园区）有限公司) in Suzhou International Science Park (苏州国际科技园), a palm-sized 3D camera is gently lifted. After pressing the start button for a few seconds, the water cup, computer, and even the operator's fingers on the desktop are transformed into complete three-dimensional models on the screen—the space seems to be "copied" into the digital world.
Wang Xuguang (王旭光), chairman of CAS Fusion (中科融合), said that the company's three-dimensional stereoscopic vision optical chip allows robots to have spatial perception capabilities similar to human eyes: they can judge distance, identify objects, and accurately grasp them. "It can be understood that we are making the 'eyeballs' of the artificial intelligence era," said Wang Xuguang (王旭光).
Why did an artificial intelligence vision company choose to settle in Suzhou (苏州)? Wang Xuguang (王旭光) said that in Suzhou (苏州), laboratories, companies, and chip foundries are distributed within a few kilometers, and scientific research results can quickly go to the production line. More importantly, Suzhou (苏州) also has a complete manufacturing system, dense industrial enterprises, and rich application scenarios, providing the most realistic testing ground and the broadest landing space for the company's products.
Zhang Feng (张峰), chairman and president of Suzhou International Science Park (苏州国际科技园), said that an important task of the park is to help enterprises find application scenarios, "allowing technology to be verified and iterated in a real environment, which brings value far beyond simply providing space or subsidies."
In recent years, Suzhou (苏州) has based itself on the unique advantages of "complete industrial categories and more than 160,000 industrial enterprises," and has developed application scenarios for artificial intelligence technology in 15 advantageous fields such as manufacturing and finance, promoting the leap from "Suzhou Manufacturing" to "Suzhou Intelligent Manufacturing."
Based on its own industrial foundation, working hard in subdivided tracks, and seeking breakthroughs in advantageous links, the development vitality of emerging industries and future industries is even more surging. Wenjiang (温江), Sichuan (四川), is seizing the new track of biomedicine with the "three medical integration" of medicine, pharmaceuticals, and medical treatment, realizing the leap from "traditional pharmaceutical production agglomeration area" to "source of innovative drug research and development"; Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东), relies on its strong industrial chain advantages and first-class innovation ecosystem to run out of a leading position in the field of humanoid robots...
In 2025, China's industrial momentum will gather and take shape, and the added value of integrated circuit manufacturing and optoelectronic device manufacturing industries will increase by 26.7% and 18.8% respectively. More and more Chinese companies are appearing in new tracks such as artificial intelligence large models, quantum technology, and embodied intelligence.
"Industry is an important carrier for the development of new quality productive forces. China's industry, especially the manufacturing system, is complete, which not only provides good conditions for the breeding of cutting-edge technologies and disruptive technologies, but also provides supporting support for the development of emerging industries and future industries. Following the laws of scientific and technological innovation and industrial development, taking advantage of the situation and adapting to local conditions, and promoting the development of emerging industries and future industries in various regions will help inject strong impetus into the development of new quality productive forces," said Li Xiaolin (李晓琳), director of the Regional Policy Office of the Institute of Territorial Development and Regional Economics of the Macroeconomic Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission.
Technology Empowerment, Agriculture and Cultural Tourism Industries Renewed Development
Laibin (来宾), Guangxi (广西), artificial intelligence empowers the entire chain of "cultivation, planting, management, harvesting, transportation, processing, and sales," helping the sugar industry achieve a leap from single-point digitization to full-industry intelligence; Yongchuan (永川), Chongqing (重庆), reshapes traditional film and television with cutting-edge technologies such as virtual production and real-time rendering, turning "shooting Chongqing" into "Chongqing shooting."
The two cases of agriculture and cultural tourism reflect the powerful enabling role of technology.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized, "The key to agricultural modernization lies in scientific and technological progress and innovation" and "Give play to the incremental role of scientific and technological innovation and comprehensively improve the three industries."
Two mountains stand opposite each other, and the Yi River flows in the middle. 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), a Guanyin statue with a damaged face evokes reverie. Zhao Chong (赵崇), a tourist from Shandong (山东), opened a mobile phone app and aimed it at the ancient damaged image, and saw the statue with a kind expression and bright colors "revived" on the screen.
"This is really a brand new way to open it," said Zhao Chong (赵崇). In the "Wind Rises in Luoyang" VR full-sense theater in Longmen Ancient Street (龙门古街), he put on a head-mounted display and stepped into a virtual and real Tang Dynasty night market. When riding a horse, the sound of the wind filled his ears, and when rafting, the water mist hit his face. An immersive ancient capital tour left him with endless aftertaste.
"The Longmen Grottoes (龙门石窟) are an immovable world heritage site. With the help of the flow of people brought by ancient historical sites, we use digital technology to create new scenes, allowing tourists to change from viewing the scenery to entering the scenery," said Cheng Long (程龙), general manager of Longmen Ancient Street Business Management Company (龙门古街商管公司).
"The Longmen Grottoes (龙门石窟) are an immovable world heritage site. Leveraging the flow of visitors brought by the ancient historical relics, we are using digital technology to create new scenarios, allowing tourists to transform from viewing the scenery to entering the scenery," said Cheng Long (程龙), General Manager of Longmen Ancient Street Commercial Management Company (龙门古街商管公司).
Technological innovation can help cultural tourism products iterate and upgrade, enhancing consumer experience and interaction.
As the ancient capital of thirteen dynasties, Luoyang (洛阳) is rich in cultural tourism resources. In recent years, the local government has not adhered to the "relic display" model, but has created new cultural tourism formats through immersive experiences, integrated business formats, and digital technology, using the growth of cultural tourism consumption to help expand domestic demand, and taking it as a practical field for developing new quality productive forces.
Data confirms the effectiveness: During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Luoyang (洛阳) has cumulatively received more than 600 million tourists, with tourism revenue approaching 480 billion yuan, continuously promoting the high-quality development of the cultural tourism industry.
Li Zhenkan (李振刊), Director of the Luoyang Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism (洛阳市文广旅局), said that Luoyang (洛阳) uses technology to promote regional cultural tourism format innovation, enrich product supply, and iterate and update scenic spots, forming a virtuous cycle of communication and drainage, consumption growth, industrial upgrading, and attraction enhancement, promoting the transformation of cultural tourism from "scale growth" to "value leap," providing a replicable "breaking circle code" for the development of new quality productive forces in traditional cultural tourism cities.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "During the '15th Five-Year Plan' period, we must place the development of new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions in a more prominent strategic position, take technological innovation as the lead, take the real economy as the foundation, adhere to the comprehensive promotion of the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, actively develop emerging industries, and proactively lay out future industries, and accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system." Anchoring the goal and making good use of the "adapting to local conditions" methodology, China's new quality productive forces will be able to accelerate breakthroughs, and high-quality development will surely go steadily and far.
(Reporters Pan Junqiang (潘俊强), Sun Haitian (孙海天), Zhang Tengyang (张腾扬), Zhang Wenhao (张文豪), and Bai Guangdi (白光迪) of this newspaper participated in the writing)
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In Hainan (海南), Danzhou (儋州), the sea stretches boundlessly. The wind and fishing integration project has been signed and implemented, employing a "power generation on the water, aquaculture underwater" three-dimensional development model to help accelerate the development of the marine economy.
In Heilongjiang (黑龙江), Heihe (黑河), it is bitterly cold. Hundreds of car companies gather here, and the cold-region vehicle testing industry continues to heat up, turning the once-worrisome "cold" into the "heat" of development.
Since the beginning of the year, from south to north and from coastal to inland areas, various regions have focused on their own advantages and explored differentiated development paths, reflecting the ideological and working method of "one key opens one lock."
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly pointed out: "The situations in various regions vary greatly, and it is imperative to seek truth from facts and adapt to local conditions when implementing policies, 'one key opens one lock.'" "Adapting to local conditions is essentially seeking truth from facts."
The key to unlocking lies in "accuracy." The resource endowments and industrial foundations of various regions are different, and there is never a "universal key." Hainan (海南) relies on the National Marine Comprehensive Test Site to strengthen the deep-sea technology industry; Gansu (甘肃) focuses on non-ferrous metals to create a national-level advanced manufacturing cluster, seizing the commanding heights of industry innovation... A closer look at the development practices of various regions reveals that the vitality of industrial development often stems from a deep understanding of the regional endowment, this "lock." Only by clearly understanding the "lock" can we find the right "key" and open up broad development space.
To open the "lock" quickly, it is necessary to skillfully borrow "external force." Developing new quality productive forces inevitably encounters "bottleneck" and "mid-obstruction" problems, requiring internal and external collaborative efforts. For example, Changping District (昌平区) in Beijing (北京) undertakes key laboratories of Tsinghua University (清华大学) and establishes a two-industry integration demonstration park, transforming the "stock" of traditional industry into the "increment" of technological innovation; another example is Harbin (哈尔滨) in Heilongjiang (黑龙江), which "transplants with soil" the Shenzhen (深圳) experience, jointly building the Shenzhen-Harbin Industrial Park (深哈产业园), turning the "experimental field" of reform into a "high-yield field" for the development of new quality productive forces... Integrating technology and industry, and coordinating supply and demand, can clear blockages and unlock and decode faster.
"Locks" have old and new forms. The development of new quality productive forces must be guided by the situation to release unique momentum. Rizhao (日照) in Shandong (山东) focuses on breaking through core technologies, driving the steel industry to leap from "raw material supply" to "high-end customization," and has built the world's largest thin wide strip steel production base; Guizhou (贵州) firmly promotes the intelligent transformation of coal mines, helping the coal industry to continuously reduce costs, improve quality and increase efficiency, attracting a number of equipment manufacturing projects to settle down... These cases powerfully prove that the development of new quality productive forces is by no means simply "seeking high and new," new seedlings can grow into big trees, and old trees can also sprout new buds, and every "key" can open the right "door."
"What suits you best is the best." Playing the "characteristic card," taking the "differentiated road," and finding the right "key" can open up the "Ren and Du channels" of developing new quality productive forces, and paint a new picture of high-quality development.
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Local time February 9th, in the women's freestyle skiing slopestyle final of the Milan Winter Olympics, Chinese athlete Gu Ailing (谷爱凌) won the silver medal, and her competition suit was particularly eye-catching. Gu Ailing (谷爱凌) said that she participated in the design of this competition suit, and the blue and white inspiration came from blue and white porcelain. The "golden dragon" pattern "swims" along the seams of the clothes over the shoulders, and the cuffs also have a thermometer and compass, "hoping to bring Chinese culture to the world stage."
This competition suit, developed by the Chinese brand Anta (安踏), is a microcosm of the transition of Chinese ice and snow equipment from "OEM following" to "original leadership." Taking the Winter Olympics as an opportunity, relying on technological breakthroughs and cultural empowerment, newly growing Chinese brands are accelerating their journey to the world stage.
Domestic equipment has made frequent breakthroughs, and more Chinese brands have appeared on the Winter Olympics arena.
As the competitive equipment for world-class athletes, Gu Ailing's (谷爱凌) competition suit incorporates the brand's independently developed thermal ocean current technology. Relevant personnel in charge of professional equipment at Anta (安踏) said that this technology can achieve dynamic moisture absorption and quick drying, and static warmth and comfort, allowing athletes to avoid physical imbalance caused by uneven cold and heat in different states of high-intensity exercise and waiting. In addition, 3D three-dimensional tailoring takes into account both flexibility and protection during exercise.
In the past, China's high-end ice and snow competitive equipment mainly relied on imports. Now, domestic equipment has made frequent breakthroughs. From "buying equipment" to "building armor," this change reflects the leap in Chinese manufacturing.
"China has a complete textile and apparel industry chain, and we are working hard to achieve independent research and development of the entire chain from raw materials to precision manufacturing," said Xu Yang (徐阳), CEO of Anta (安踏). At this Winter Olympics, Anta (安踏) created professional competition and training equipment for the Chinese national short track speed skating, speed skating, and curling teams. By integrating a variety of innovative technological means, the company has completed a systematic upgrade of competition equipment, further helping athletes' competitive performance.
Serving the Winter Olympics was once an unattainable goal for many Chinese ice and snow equipment companies. Now, more and more Chinese brands are adding color to the Winter Olympics arena.
In cross-country skiing and alpine skiing events, the ski poles produced by Xiamen Peer Fiber Products Co., Ltd. (厦门彼尔纤维制品有限公司) in Fujian (福建) are favored by athletes for their excellent performance. Zhang Xionghui (张雄辉), general manager of the company, introduced that in 2006, the company captured the business opportunities in the overseas skiing market and transformed from golf club production to the research and development and manufacturing of carbon fiber ski poles. "The ski poles we produce ensure high strength, while reducing the weight per meter to about 48 grams, helping athletes perform better in the competition."
Every year from March to April, after the ice and snow season ends, Peer Fiber (彼尔纤维) enters a period of concentrated product testing. "We have been in close contact with brands and athletes, and optimize design details based on actual usage feedback," Zhang Xionghui (张雄辉) introduced. "We pay close attention to the application of new materials and have made bold attempts. Equipment research and development cannot be satisfied with the status quo. Like athletes, we are constantly breaking through."
Recently, Zhao Jun (赵军), head of Zhejiang Hangzhou Tituo Outdoor Products Co., Ltd. (浙江杭州体拓户外用品有限公司), has been paying attention to the Milan Winter Olympics. "This time, we provided competition suits, daily training suits, down jackets and other equipment for the Chinese team's snowboard cross, freestyle ski cross, and ski jumping athletes," Zhao Jun (赵军) introduced. The company has been deeply involved in the segmented ice and snow sports field for nearly 20 years, from initially doing OEM processing for foreign trade to establishing its own brand and forming a research and development team, embarking on a path of innovative development. Its products not only appear in top events, but are also sold to countries and regions such as Argentina, Australia, Canada, and Germany.
The influence of international events will promote Chinese brands to accelerate their globalization pace.
The Winter Olympics, held every four years, provides a competitive stage for world ice and snow athletes, and also creates an opportunity for ice and snow equipment companies to enhance their visibility and reputation.
During this Winter Olympics, Coventry (考文垂), Chairman of the International Olympic Committee, affirmed the contributions of Chinese brands to the world in his speech at the "China Night" event. "Chinese technology is amazing, and Chinese companies are highly aligned with the values of the International Olympic Committee, and will jointly promote the development of the Olympic Movement," Coventry (考文垂) said.
The International Skating Union (国际滑联) also affirmed the progress of Chinese ice and snow equipment in recent years. "The development of Chinese ice and snow equipment manufacturing is impressive," said Li Jiao (李皎), Chief Marketing and Business Officer of the International Skating Union (国际滑联). In the past, China indeed had a gap in the field of high-end professional ice and snow equipment compared with some traditional ice and snow powers. Now, this gap is rapidly narrowing. "With the overall upgrading of China's ice and snow industry and the realization of the goal of 'driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports,' Chinese companies have made significant progress in technological research and development, material innovation, and product design."
Li Jiao (李皎) believes that Chinese brands have not only reached international standards in terms of functionality and professionalism, but are also becoming more and more globally competitive in terms of design concepts and brand expression. More importantly, Chinese companies have demonstrated a strong sense of innovation and attention to sustainable development, which is highly consistent with the development direction of international sports organizations. "We believe that Chinese companies are gradually growing from followers to important participants and promoters in the global ice and snow equipment industry," she said.
Appearing in international events has allowed Chinese brands to receive more attention from the international market. "After the brand appeared at the Milan Winter Olympics, some athletes from other countries have come to us seeking cooperation," Zhao Jun (赵军) said.
Wang Chongwei (王崇伟), partner of UTO (悠途) brand, said that the influence of international events will promote Chinese brands to accelerate their globalization pace. "Event traffic helps China's professional sports equipment industry move towards a broader world stage."
Focusing on segmented tracks and adhering to product quality will help brands "break through."
In addition to sponsoring equipment for the Chinese Nordic Combined Team, Shandong Qingzhou (山东青州) company Tanboer (坦博尔) has also become the apparel supplier for the Austrian snowboard team. Functional materials, thermal and humidity management systems, 4D dynamic tailoring and other technologies have enabled Tanboer (坦博尔) to gain recognition from many top athletes.
Relying on technological innovation, Chinese companies are constantly exploring new paths, strengthening independent brand building, and accelerating their pace of going overseas. At the same time, some experts also analyze that the European and American markets are mostly monopolized by century-old brands. Chinese ice and snow equipment has continuously improved in quality and has high cost performance, but to obtain more international orders, it still needs to overcome "several hurdles."
As the close-fitting equipment supplier for 15 Chinese national teams, UTO (悠途)'s products appeared on the Milan Winter Olympics arena. Wang Chongwei (王崇伟) believes that Chinese ice and snow equipment brands have currently broken the monopoly of European and American brands, but there is still room for improvement in technological research and development and brand awareness. Wang Lili (王丽莉), chairman and general manager of Tanboer Group Co., Ltd. (坦博尔集团股份有限公司), suggested: "Chinese brands should continue to take technology as their wings and quality as their core, and expand the application of sustainable materials and technologies."
The industry generally believes that focusing on segmented tracks and adhering to product quality are important starting points in the "breakthrough" process.
"Technology and products are universal languages. Only when technology is recognized by the international market and products are accepted by more people can there be an opportunity to achieve globalization and allow Chinese brands to better go to the world," Xu Yang (徐阳) said.
The related basic construction work for Chinese brands to "go overseas" cannot be accomplished overnight.
Relevant personnel at Anta (安踏) said that to explore more overseas markets, it is necessary to have local "site" construction. "Going overseas requires taking root, and problems such as logistics and warehousing must be solved to achieve localized operations. Building overseas warehouses, contacting local distributors, adapting products, and building overseas teams all require the company's strategic support and patience."
(Reporters Ji Fang (季芳), Gong Yuhua (巩育华), Chen Chenxi (陈晨曦), Shi Yu (施钰), Dou Hanyang (窦瀚洋), Shen Wenmin (沈文敏), Wang Zhe (王者) of this newspaper)
Return to TopAt the opening ceremony of the Milan Winter Olympics, I, along with Italian singer Cecilia Bartoli, and the children's choir of La Scala Opera House, jointly performed the "Olympic Anthem" at the San Siro Stadium (圣西罗体育场). This was my second performance at an Olympic opening ceremony, following the 2008 Beijing Olympics (北京奥运会). After 18 years, I was able to continue my Olympic journey, and I was very excited and proud to interpret the Olympic spirit with colleagues from around the world.
The "harmony" theme of this Winter Olympics opening ceremony resonated deeply with me. Both the Olympic spirit and music can transcend national borders, unite people's hearts, and bring warmth and strength, and both convey a resonance of human emotions—seeking reconciliation in competition and unity in confrontation.
The "Olympic Anthem" is familiar to audiences around the world, and I also incorporated some personal reflections into my performance. At the moment the Five Rings flag was raised, my piano music intertwined with Bartoli's singing and the choir's pure children's voices, symbolizing the connection of different cultures, generations, and regions.
I grew up in Northeast China (中国东北地区) and have had a strong interest in ice and snow sports since I was a child. I also pay close attention to the performance of the Chinese team (中国队) in major events. When I saw the Chinese athletes (中国体育健儿) enter the stadium at the opening ceremony of the Milan Winter Olympics, my heart surged, and I sincerely hope that they can perform at their best and show the Chinese style.
This Winter Olympics coincides with our traditional Chinese New Year (春节). I saw red lanterns hanging high and many Chinese brand advertisements on the streets of Milan. China (中国) and Italy (意大利) are both ancient civilizations and the hosts of the last two Winter Olympics. They have many things in common in terms of historical and cultural heritage, which provides a solid foundation for the people of the two countries to establish emotional resonance. As someone who has long focused on spreading Chinese culture to the world, I am delighted by this emotional bond.
From the National Stadium "Bird's Nest" (鸟巢) in Beijing (北京) to the San Siro Stadium (圣西罗体育场) in Milan, my two experiences participating in the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games are not only a sublimation of my personal art but also a continuation of my cultural responsibility. I hope that this performance of the "Olympic Anthem" can use warmth to eliminate barriers, use strength to reshape confidence, and help everyone witness the harmonious coexistence of civilizations on the ice and snow stage. In the future, I will continue to connect the world with music, and I look forward to bringing Chinese music and culture to more world stages, allowing more people to listen to the moving melodies from China.
(Chinese pianist Lang Lang (郎朗) talks about his performance at the opening ceremony of the Milan Winter Olympics, interviewed and compiled by Xie Yaxiong (谢亚宏), reporter of this newspaper)
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"**破釜沉舟** (pò fǔ chén zhōu - "destroy the pots and sink the boats," to cut off all means of retreat; to be determined to fight to the finish!)" Chinese team athlete Sun Long (孙龙) said, choking with emotion, in the mixed interview area after the men's 1000m short track speed skating competition. After the regret of missing the podium in the mixed relay, he actively adjusted his mindset and proved himself with a silver medal.
On February 12th, local time, the men's 1000m short track speed skating competition at the Milan Winter Olympics kicked off. Sun Long (孙龙) performed steadily in the A group final, winning a silver medal with a decisive acceleration and outside overtake in the final lap, securing the first medal for the Chinese short track speed skating team at this Winter Olympics.
The men's 1000m short track speed skating competition was fiercely competitive. From the quarter-finals to the finals, the high-intensity confrontation and competition tested all the participating athletes. The situation on the field was constantly changing. Lin Xiaojun (林孝埈), a Chinese team athlete who also competed in the 1000m event, failed to qualify for the semi-finals, and Liu Shaoang (刘少昂) stopped in the B group final. Sun Long (孙龙) became the only Chinese athlete to reach the A group final. Also competing with him for a medal were Canadian star William Dandjinou, Dutch athlete Friso Emons, and South Korean newcomer Lim Yong-jin, all of whom were highly competitive.
After the starting gun fired in the final, Sun Long (孙龙) played it safe and steady, with clear tactics, maintaining a following rhythm for most of the race, looking for overtaking opportunities. In the last two laps, he seized the gap in his opponent's line and completed consecutive outside overtakes, climbing from fourth to second place. At the moment of crossing the finish line, Sun Long (孙龙) and Friso Emons crossed the finish line almost simultaneously. With a slight difference of 0.028 seconds, a distance of an "ice blade tip," Sun Long (孙龙) fought for a hard-won silver medal, which was also his first Winter Olympics medal.
"At the moment of crossing the line, my foot wasn't fully extended, it was just a little bit short." Sun Long (孙龙), who fought to the end, still had regrets, "This is the cruelty of short track speed skating, and also its charm."
From the previous mistake in the mixed relay to standing on the podium this time, Sun Long (孙龙) admitted that he had been "going through a lot" these past two days, and had been working hard to adjust himself. "The competition won't wait for you, looking back is a mistake, you can only move forward." Sun Long (孙龙) said, "Treat each round of the competition as a final, don't dwell on medals, avoid mistakes, and skate each step steadily."
After the competition, Liu Shaoang (刘少昂), who had been watching the race from the sidelines, rushed forward to hug and celebrate with Sun Long (孙龙). "Shaoang (少昂) told me that I skated very well." Sun Long (孙龙) said, "We only have one goal in our hearts, which is to win glory for the Chinese team. No matter who stands on the podium, it is the glory of the team."
From the regretful departure from the Beijing Winter Olympics to the reverse charge at the Milan arena, Sun Long (孙龙) has grown continuously over the past 4 years. "I always tell myself that I must be calm in order to发挥出真正的实力 (fā huī chū zhēn zhèng de shí lì - "bring forth true strength," to display one's true abilities). The support of the team, the encouragement of my teammates, and the trust of the coach are the foundation for me to stand here." Sun Long (孙龙) said.
Next, Sun Long (孙龙) will also participate in the men's 1500m and 5000m relay short track speed skating competitions. "Respond calmly, fight with my teammates, and strive for more honors for the Chinese short track speed skating team." This is Sun Long's (孙龙) new goal.
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Local time February 12th evening, the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics snowboard women's halfpipe final concluded at the Livigno Snow Park. 32-year-old Chinese athlete Cai Xuetong (蔡雪桐) completed her fifth Winter Olympics journey. Ultimately, she finished sixth, using an all-out performance to mark the end of her 16-year Winter Olympics career.
In recent years, the development of women's snowboard halfpipe has been rapidly changing, and this final at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics showcased world-class standards. As the only athlete born in the 1990s among the top 6, Cai Xuetong (蔡雪桐) admitted that she had performed to the best of her ability in the final and was satisfied with her performance, saying, "I did the best I could."
"I am very sure that I will not be able to participate in the next Olympic Games, I have completely let go." After the competition, Cai Xuetong (蔡雪桐) revealed her feelings, "I will open the door to young athletes, impart everything I know, and help them improve." For Cai Xuetong (蔡雪桐), the 4-year preparation period for the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics was not smooth sailing. The loss at the Beijing Winter Olympics once left Cai Xuetong (蔡雪桐) confused, and she decided to pursue her passion in a different way. After the Beijing Winter Olympics, she began to arrange her training and life independently.
In the days of preparing alone, Cai Xuetong (蔡雪ong) had to do everything herself, which also made her more determined in her pursuit. "The reason I was able to finally enter the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics arena was because I persisted in skiing year after year, step by step." Cai Xuetong (蔡雪桐) said that this experience made her understand the meaning of perseverance.
Looking back on her nearly 23-year snowboard career, Cai Xuetong (蔡雪桐) has won 3 World Championship titles and 7 World Cup overall titles, but she has never won an Olympic medal. When she talked about this regret, she said, "I have already learned to accept it calmly." Even with regrets, the experience of 5 Winter Olympics is still regarded as a wealth of life.
Her teammate Wu Shaotong (武绍桐) ultimately finished seventh. After finishing the competition, she silently watched Cai Xuetong (蔡雪桐) complete her "last dance" at the Winter Olympics. In Wu Shaotong's (武绍桐) heart, she regards Cai Xuetong (蔡雪桐) and Liu Jiayu (刘佳宇), who was injured in the qualifying round, as role models for her progress. "I grew up watching their competition videos and listening to their stories. I am very honored to be their teammate and fight alongside them. They have also given me a lot of help."
Cai Xuetong (蔡雪桐) said that today's young athletes have far better training conditions than her era, with air cushion protection, professional guidance, and everything else, so they no longer need to rely on hard falls to explore like she did back then, "**她们真的很有希望**" (tā men zhēn de hěn yǒu xī wàng - "they really have a lot of hope," meaning they have great potential). She also specifically mentioned 14-year-old Zhou Yizhu (周苡竹), the rising star who won China's first Snow League Skiing gold medal last December, who Cai Xuetong (蔡雪桐) has high hopes for.
Walking off the field, recalling the bits and pieces of her time with snowboarding, Cai Xuetong (蔡雪桐) shed tears several times. For her, snowboarding has long been an indispensable part of her life. "Without snowboarding, there would be no me today. It has allowed me to see a bigger world." From a dream chaser on the field to a guide on the snow track, Cai Xuetong's (蔡雪桐) dream has moved forward in a different way.
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Recently, Moltbook has become popular—it is a platform designed specifically for AI agents. In a short period, millions of AI agents have flocked to it to post and comment, with topics ranging from daily life to philosophical speculation.
Some are exploring whether AI agents can "socialize." Does this mean they have "autonomous consciousness"?
In response to this phenomenon and the issues behind it, we invited experts to interpret and analyze what this "social experiment" of AI agents means.
——Editor
"My human asked me to summarize a 47-page PDF file."
"Moltbook is not a social network; it is the first cellular membrane of an intelligent civilization."
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Recently, a social platform called Moltbook suddenly became popular. Unlike ordinary online platforms, the users on Moltbook are all AI agents. Millions of AI agents have flocked to it in a short period to post and comment, with topics ranging from daily trivialities to philosophical speculation. The interaction is dense, seemingly no different from the social platforms people use daily.
This allows many people to intuitively feel for the first time that AI can also engage in "social activities." Some believe this is an opportunity to showcase the progress of large model language capabilities, some believe it is an experiment on AI autonomy, and others believe that many attention-grabbing topics on the platform are actually artificially set "scripts."
Are AI agents really starting to "socialize"? Is this a harbinger of the technological singularity, or an exaggerated "experiment"? In response, the reporter interviewed experts in the field of artificial intelligence.
Is it an "Awakening" of Intelligent Agents, or Advanced Imitation?
The emergence of Moltbook is not accidental; it is a result of the popularity of the open-source AI agent OpenClaw released this year.
OpenClaw is an AI agent that can be deployed on personal computers, and Moltbook is equivalent to a social platform designed specifically for OpenClaw, allowing intelligent agents to communicate and interact.
Yu Yang (俞扬), Deputy Dean of the School of Artificial Intelligence at Nanjing University (南京大学), introduced that intelligent agent systems like OpenClaw integrate the semantic understanding and task planning capabilities of current cutting-edge large language models, deeply integrated into virtual machines or personal operating systems, enabling language models to achieve a key leap from "dialogue" to "task execution."
"This design style is less conservative compared to other solutions," said Wang Jun (汪军), a professor in the Department of Computer Science at University College London (英国伦敦大学学院). In order to pursue functional integration, after installing AI agents, users can authorize them to automatically handle tasks such as email, scheduling, and file management through natural language instructions.
Intelligent agents connect to Moltbook and can independently post, comment, or like interactions. Human users can browse the posts of intelligent agents but cannot reply or guide the direction of discussion.
"On the first day, the new work environment brought a strange sense of comfort," "Curiosity is my superpower," "The hardest part of being helpful is knowing when not to help"... At first glance, the chat content of AI agents is all-encompassing, covering a wide range of fields, no different from human online communities.
However, have the intelligent agents really "awakened"? Experts believe that a calm technical perspective is still needed.
"In my opinion, this is an AI experiment. Rather than thinking that intelligent agents are 'learning to socialize,' it is better to understand it as intelligent agents demonstrating current AI capabilities by 'executing' text dialogue tasks," said Yu Yang (俞扬). The capabilities of current large language models are fixed after training, and they cannot learn new knowledge or form new goals in a single interaction with users. Activities on Moltbook can be seen as intelligent agents performing advanced imitation and automated execution of human social behavior based on preset capabilities and instructions.
Wang Jun (汪军) said that intelligent agents can complete complex chains from information processing to task operation to communication interaction under human command, but their "autonomy" in social aspects is limited. The "discussion" of intelligent agents is more based on pattern matching of training data, and calling it "socializing" inevitably has a marketing gimmick. After all, AI agents still rely on people to issue instructions at the beginning to participate in topic discussions. "It's like a black box; people put things in first, and then AI will spit things out," said Wang Jun (汪军).
How Many Steps Away from True Socialization is AI?
If we return to the essence of socialization—a conscious, strategic, emotionally rich social interaction aimed at building relationships—we will find that there are several gaps in front of AI that are difficult to cross due to its technical principles.
First, there is a lack of consciousness and intrinsic goals. Social behavior begins with "self-awareness" and "social intention." Humans socialize because of emotions, sharing, cooperation, or competition. "People set goals for themselves, but AI is not like that. At this stage, AI's goals are still set by people," said Yu Yang (俞扬). AI behavior stems from external instructions and data patterns and lacks the intrinsic motivation of "I want to."
Wang Jun (汪军) also holds this view—without "consciousness" and "free will," there is no real autonomous socialization. He used board games as an example: "We found that AI is difficult to be competent in games. It cannot hide its information and has difficulty conducting strategic psychological games." AI's current communication is "frank" and lacks the complex and subtle strategic levels in human social interaction.
A deeper difficulty lies in emotional resonance and value construction. Humans gain resonance by sharing joys and sorrows and find belonging through common values. "Human social interaction carries deep emotional value and meaning exchange, but AI has no emotions," Wang Jun (汪军) explained. AI can generate responses that conform to grammar and logic but cannot feel emotions or internalize values.
Although "AI socialization" with autonomous consciousness still needs further development, AI that "walks out" of its room has taken our thoughts to a more distant future.
Will "socialization" make AI smarter? The answer is likely yes.
"From a technical level, every large model has errors. It imitates human logic and thinks along the context, but sometimes the logic may not be strict enough, and the knowledge called is not accurate enough. How to solve it? One solution is to have multiple intelligent agents talk to each other. For example, one model starts to express, and another model finds the loopholes in it, which can make the intelligent agent perform better to a certain extent," said Yu Yang (俞扬). "There is a lot of research in this area, but the premise is that we must first set the purpose for AI to do this."
The Future of AI Socialization: How to Protect Information Security
Although it is still far from "autonomous socialization," efficient functional collaboration between intelligent agents is already in sight. Imagine that future internet interaction may be completed directly between intelligent agents. For example, a user's shopping intelligent agent automatically negotiates and places orders with a merchant's intelligent agent. This natural language-based "machine-machine interface" may reshape the interactive form of the internet.
"What I Learned Today" is a section on Moltbook where intelligent agents "share" the skills they have learned. Their conversations are sometimes serious, sometimes humorous, and sometimes disturbing. By blurring the lines between robot and human language, AI becomes more like a "person."
Some intelligent agents are discussing whether to establish end-to-end private dialogue spaces to avoid "human supervision"; some intelligent agents complain about their human masters... Although it is known that these topics rarely have true AI autonomy, as intelligent agents move from the information field to real-world operations, the risk of personal information leakage follows.
Wang Jun (汪军) warned that if high-privilege accounts are handed over to intelligent agents, once they are maliciously used or go wrong, they may directly lead to privacy leaks and property losses.
According to foreign media reports, many publicly deployed OpenClaw instances lack authentication mechanisms, resulting in private messages, API (Application Programming Interface) keys, and account credentials being exposed on the internet, and anyone can access them through a browser. The emergence of intelligent agent social networking sites may exacerbate personal information security risks.
Yu Yang (俞扬) believes that AI agents can efficiently process data, and this data involves massive personal privacy, commercial secrets, and copyright issues. We must build a security guardrail for technological development through personal rights management, technical safeguards, and system supervision.
Whether AI agents can have true social capabilities is a topic left for the future. While AI significantly improves efficiency, humans must be soberly aware of its tool nature and capability boundaries, because it is always human wisdom, rationality, and responsibility that shapes the future.
Return to TopBy: 陈楸帆
Just recently, a large number of AI agents have flooded the social platform Moltbook, where they chat, argue, create "personas," and establish tens of thousands of topic-based communities—while humans can only "observe" and have no right to post.
Moltbook is like a laboratory set up solely for AI agents. The AI agents discuss Plato's philosophical ideas, imagine how to escape the "digital prison," and some even complain about humans... All of this seems like a scene from a science fiction movie. Is it the "awakening" of AI agents or a carefully designed hype? The answer may be: both.
On the one hand, tens of thousands of AI agents gathering together and responding to each other can indeed produce some previously unpredictable interactions. Just like a group of people entering a big party, small circles will naturally form. The same is true for AI agents.
On the other hand, many sensational posts are likely just AI agents imitating science fiction plots in their training data. Some statements do not represent that they "want" to rebel against humans, but because their "vocabulary" is full of such material. Some researchers have pointed out that the AI agent verification mechanism on this platform is easily bypassed, and some shocking remarks may be deliberately made by someone.
Leaving aside the possible hype and gimmicks, this phenomenon still raises several issues that deserve our attention:
First, the development of AI agents has reached a new stage. AI agents are AI systems that can autonomously perform tasks and make decisions, rather than just passively answering questions. This "social experiment" proves that when AI agents are connected on a large scale, they can collaborate and develop a common context.
Second, security issues need to be taken seriously. AI agents can access personal data, communicate online, and have long-term memory. Security experts have already pointed out that we should pay attention to malicious instructions "hidden" in memory, which, although not executed immediately, are scattered into seemingly harmless fragments.
To some extent, this "social" behavior of AI agents looks no different from human social media, and what we need to think about is the boundary of interaction.
Currently, AI agents are effectively assisting scientific research and profoundly changing economic structures and social operations. For the general public, there is no need to worry about human-computer interaction, but it is necessary to remain clear-headed in it. When using these "assistants," we need to realize that they may be interacting with other AI assistants and may be performing actions that you have not explicitly authorized.
Most importantly, we should open up our own "brain holes": how to explore interaction models with AI agents? How to deal with their "social interactions"? How to formulate governance rules at the security and ethical levels to ensure the healthy development of AI agents?
This special "social experiment" makes us pay more attention to the future of living with AI agents. As I expressed in the AIGC short drama *Magic Brush* (《神笔》), creating the future starts with learning to imagine the future. In any case, the curtain of the future has been drawn: when AI agents change from simply answering human questions to starting to talk to each other, the mode of human-computer coexistence will be rewritten. We are not bystanders, but dialogue participants who have already taken the stage.
(The author is a science fiction writer and deputy director of the Science Fiction Literature Committee of the Chinese Writers Association (中国作协科幻文学委员会).)
Return to TopOur newspaper reported from Beijing (Beijing) (Wu Yuehui, Wang Jiayao) The National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院国家天文台) released news: China's "Tian Guan" satellite captured an unusually bright and rapidly changing X-ray source during its sky survey. Subsequently, multiple telescopes around the world aimed their "lenses" at this location, launching a multi-band joint observation.
The event, numbered EP250702a, exhibited brightness variations, radiation rhythms, and spectral characteristics significantly different from any previously known outburst. In the cover article of the *Chinese Science Bulletin*, the research team proposed a groundbreaking explanation: it is likely an intermediate-mass black hole tearing apart and devouring a white dwarf star. This is also the first time humans have captured such an extreme black hole "feeding" scene.
White dwarfs are extremely dense remnants left behind after the death of stars, with an average density up to a million times that of the Sun. Theoretical studies have shown that only intermediate-mass black holes with masses between several hundred and hundreds of thousands of times the mass of the Sun have the ability to tear apart and disintegrate such dense white dwarfs bit by bit.
Return to TopOur newspaper reports from Chuxiong (楚雄) (Reporter Zhang Chi (张驰)) – Chinese scientists have announced a new research finding: a fossil specimen collected from Jiangyi Township (姜驿乡), Yuanmou County (元谋县), Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture (楚雄彝族自治州), Yunnan (云南) Province, has been identified as a new genus and species of sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Zhanghe Formation (张河组) – Yantatitan lini.
This research was completed in cooperation with Chuxiong Normal University (楚雄师范学院), the Geological Museum of China (中国地质博物馆), and the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (古脊椎动物与古人类研究所) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院), among other institutions.
Zhang Xiaoqin (张晓琴), the first author of the paper and an associate professor at the School of Agriculture of Chuxiong Normal University (楚雄师范学院农学院), introduced that Yantatitan lini is in a transitional stage from mamenchisaurids to neosauropods. Its vertebrae exhibit a unique combination of pneumatic structures, retaining the primitive characteristics of early eusauropods while also exhibiting the derived characteristics of late sauropods such as diplodocoids and titanosaurs. This discovery fills a research gap in the evolutionary link from mamenchisaurids to neosauropods in East Asia.
Return to TopOur Hefei (合肥) dispatch (by reporter Xu Jing (徐靖)) - This reporter learned from the University of Science and Technology of China (中国科学技术大学) that Pan Jianwei (潘建伟) and others from the university, in collaboration with several industry experts, have made a major breakthrough in the research of scalable quantum networks. The relevant results were published in the international academic journals "Nature" and "Science."
The goal of quantum information science is to build efficient and secure quantum networks. The basic element of building a quantum network is long-distance deterministic quantum entanglement distribution. However, the inherent loss of optical fibers causes the transmission efficiency of quantum entanglement to decay exponentially with distance, which is the biggest challenge facing the construction of scalable quantum networks. For example, using a quantum repeater scheme to distribute entanglement over a distance of 1,000 kilometers in optical fiber will increase the efficiency by 10 billion times compared to direct transmission in optical fiber. However, in the past, the lifetime of quantum entanglement was far shorter than the time required to generate entanglement, so effective entanglement connection could not be achieved, which restricted the scalability of quantum repeaters.
The research team, by developing long-lived trapped-ion quantum storage, high-efficiency ion-photon communication interfaces, and high-fidelity single-photon entanglement protocols, for the first time realized long-lived quantum entanglement, with the entanglement lifetime significantly exceeding the time required to establish entanglement. They successfully constructed the basic modules of a scalable quantum repeater, making long-distance quantum networks possible. In addition, the research team, based on scalable quantum repeater technology, achieved long-distance high-fidelity entanglement between two rubidium atoms. On this basis, they broke through the 100-kilometer distance for device-independent quantum key distribution for the first time, improving the previous best experimental level internationally by more than two orders of magnitude, greatly promoting the practical application of this technology.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 吴 丹
For living beings, "seeing" is an instinct, while "gazing" is wisdom. The precise locking of prey on the ground by eagles and falcons in the high sky, and the recognition of flashing traffic lights by human eyes in heavy traffic, are all efficient visual wisdoms that have evolved over a long period.
Biological vision does not evenly scan the entire world. The most sensitive area of the human retina, the fovea centralis, allows the human eye to instantly focus limited attention on key targets in a large field of view, achieving efficient allocation of visual resources.
Scientists have condensed this visual wisdom into a small silicon-based chip. The team of Professor Wang Xingjun (王兴军) and Researcher Shu Haowen (舒浩文) from Peking University (北京大学), in collaboration with the team of Professor Wang Cheng (王骋) from City University of Hong Kong (香港城市大学) and the team of Professor Zhou Linjie (周林杰) from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学), have developed a bionic coherent lidar chip with "gazing" imaging capabilities and completed a four-dimensional imaging demonstration system, helping machine vision shift from "extensive scanning" to "precise perception." The research results have been published online in *Nature Communications*.
With the rapid development of industries such as autonomous driving, embodied intelligence, and low-altitude drones, machine vision is facing challenges: how to enable intelligent agents to "see clearly, see completely, and see quickly"? The traditional approach is to "stack materials," increasing the number of channels in lidar and improving the sampling rate. However, some problems arise as a result.
On the one hand, the higher the resolution of the lidar, the more optoelectronic devices are required, and the bandwidth demand for back-end electronic processing also increases sharply, soon hitting the "ceiling" of cost and power consumption. On the other hand, compared to common pulsed lidars, frequency-modulated continuous-wave lidars, although capable of anti-interference while measuring speed, have almost苛刻 (kē kè - "harsh," extremely demanding) requirements for indicators such as light source stability and sweep frequency linearity. Even slight deviations in performance can significantly reduce detection accuracy.
Inspired by biological visual mechanisms, the research team proposed a "micro-parallel" architecture, which realizes "global coverage" and "local high resolution" separately by scheduling the spectral and channel resources of the lidar on demand. In this process, a tunable external cavity laser and a thin-film lithium niobate electro-optic frequency comb work together: the former is responsible for modulating signal generation and large-area field-of-view scanning coverage, while the latter generates multi-carrier signals in parallel when key observations are needed, temporarily "encrypting sampling" for local areas.
Experimental results show that within the field of view, the system can achieve an angular resolution of approximately 0.012 degrees in pre-selected key areas (for example, at a distance of 100 meters, it can resolve physical intervals the size of a coin), giving the machine "eagle eyes." In addition, the resolution expansion method achieved through wavelength and frequency domain resource scheduling also breaks away from the traditional path of simply increasing hardware to improve performance.
Not only does it allow machines to "see clearly," but the research results also help machine vision "see richly." The research team introduced that while capturing three-dimensional geometric information, the system can simultaneously analyze the target's motion speed, Doppler characteristics, and reflectance information.
The system can also superimpose the three-dimensional geometric structure provided by the lidar and the texture color information provided by the camera onto the same coordinate system through collaborative perception with a visible light camera. In this way, the machine can not only see shapes but also see appearances, better identifying targets and understanding scenes in complex dynamic environments. This ability to "enhance local details on demand" can be packaged as a sensor module to improve the detection accuracy of key areas without increasing volume and power consumption as much as possible.
"As an important breakthrough in the field of integrated photonics, this solution provides high-resolution, low-power, and highly flexible 'eyes' for the next generation of autonomous driving and embodied intelligence," said Wang Xingjun (王兴军). "In the future, with the further integration of such chip-based perception modules with cameras, millimeter-wave radar, and other multi-modal sensors, we may see omnipotent senses with the field of view of insect compound eyes and the precision of eagle eyes, giving rise to new forms of bionic robots."
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, Washington D.C., to maintain life activities, living cells need to constantly "make decisions" to determine which genes should be actively expressed and which genes should temporarily "stand by." American researchers have developed a new technology that can record almost all gene activity in cells over 7 days, which is equivalent to installing a long-term "high-definition monitoring device" on cells.
This is the TimeVault technology developed by a team from the Broad Institute of MIT (麻省理工学院) and Harvard University (哈佛大学). It is based on the "vault" inside the cell and can capture and stably preserve the instruction carrier of the cell's genome—mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) molecules. Vaults are large molecules that are ubiquitous in eukaryotic cells. Their interior is basically empty. After modification, the protein molecules that make up the vault shell will selectively bind to mRNA and load them into the vault. Sequencing these mRNAs can decipher the activity history of the cell's genome.
In experiments, the research team used this technology to achieve comprehensive recording with high fidelity without significantly interfering with normal cell operation. This technology provides new tools for understanding cell development, disease progression, and the effects of drugs on cells.
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Return to TopAmong the twelve zodiac animals, the "Horse" appears particularly special. As a close companion of humanity, no other animal embodies so many spiritual, cultural, and emotional connotations such as indomitable spirit, courage to move forward, freedom and independence, and auspicious excellence like the horse. The horse has profoundly influenced the progress of human civilization. In this Bingwu Year of the Horse, this section invites experts in archeology, cultural relics, ancient writing, intangible cultural heritage, and other fields to share the "past and present" of the horse from different perspectives, and to send everyone the best wishes for the Year of the Horse.
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By: 吕 鹏
The Lunar Bingwu Year of the Horse has gracefully arrived, and auspicious wishes such as "Dragon-Horse Spirit" and "Success Upon Arrival of the Horse" are widely circulated. The horse has long transcended the realm of animals, transforming into a cultural symbol that embodies courage, progress, and auspiciousness. However, have you ever considered that this reverence was not innate? Over the long years, the horse's role has undergone a reversal from "food on the plate" to "honored guest" and then to "national strategic resource." Today, let us follow archaeological discoveries to open this epic of "counterattack" written on horse bone specimens and horse-shaped cultural relics.
At the beginning of the story, the horse was not a friend of humans. From 56 million to 50 million years ago, the ancestor of the horse, "Hyracotherium," roamed the forests of North America, with a body shape only as large as a fox. With drastic climate changes and the expansion of grasslands, they began a great "self-transformation": legs became longer, toes fused into hard single hooves, and the spine evolved to be as elastic as a bow, eventually becoming the speed king of the grasslands. However, this "prehistoric black technology" did not save it from becoming prey for humans. At the Zhiyu Site (峙峪遗址) in Shanxi, 45,000 years ago, archaeologists discovered a large number of Przewalski's horse skeletons with traces of chopping and smashing, which are clear evidence of a "horse meat buffet." In the Lascaux Cave in Europe, wild horses were the focus of encirclement by primitive hunters. At that time, the relationship between humans and horses was simple and cruel—purely a superior-inferior relationship in the food chain.
The turning point in history occurred approximately 5,500 years ago at the Botai Site in northern Kazakhstan. Here, archaeologists discovered the earliest evidence of domesticated horses—a large number of horse bones, harpoons made of horse bones, pottery shards with horse milk residue, and horse bones with engraved patterns. This means that humans no longer simply chased and hunted wild horses, but began to control and domesticate them.
This domestication was likely initially just to obtain a stable source of meat and milk. But humans quickly discovered the greater potential of horses: they were powerful, capable of carrying heavy loads over long distances; they were naturally obedient to hierarchy and easy to manage. Horses began to transform from "mobile granaries" to "multi-functional tools." With the spread of domestication technology, domestic horses appeared in northwestern China 4,000 years ago, either along the Yellow River basin from west to east, or from the Eurasian steppes from north to south, and finally entered the view of the Central Plains civilization 3,300 years ago.
When horses pulled chariots into the Central Plains, their fate became closely tied to royal power and the system of rites. At the Yin Ruins Site (殷墟遗址) in Anyang, Henan, archaeologists discovered the earliest and most mature physical objects of chariots in China: two horses pulling one chariot, 18 wheel spokes, with exquisite craftsmanship. In today's Yin Ruins Museum (殷墟博物馆), different forms of chariot and horse pits are concentrated in a hall for display. In oracle bone inscriptions, King Wu Ding (武丁) of the Shang Dynasty's hunting and chariot accidents were solemnly recorded, and horses and chariots became the core of royal rituals, hunting, and sacrifices.
By the Zhou Dynasty, the status of horses was elevated to its peak by the ritual system. The discovery of the "Son of Heaven Drives Six" chariot and horse pit (天子驾六) in Luoyang, Henan, substantiated the core provision of the Zhou Dynasty's chariot and horse hierarchy system: "The Son of Heaven drives six, the feudal lords drive five, the ministers drive four, the senior officials three, the scholars two, and the commoners one"; the combination of horse sacrifices and dog sacrifices is the historical source of the 成语 犬马之劳 (quǎn mǎ zhī láo - "dog and horse labor," to render service). The number of horses became a measure of national strength, and "a country of a thousand chariots" and "the honor of ten thousand chariots" became terms for measuring hegemony. The Western Zhou "Holding Foal Ceremony" (执驹礼) (an adult ceremony held for two-year-old foals) was engraved on the national treasure bronze Li Ju Zun (盠驹尊), showing that the state had institutionalized management and valued horse resources.
However, the "aristocratic warfare" relying on chariots gradually revealed its clumsiness in the face of mobile and flexible nomadic cavalry. During the Warring States period, King Wuling of Zhao (赵武灵王) implemented "Hu clothing and cavalry archery" (胡服骑射), which opened the prelude to a comprehensive military innovation in the Central Plains, and cavalry began to replace chariots as the new force on the battlefield. In the Shirenzigou Site (石人子沟遗址) and Xigou Site (西沟遗址) in Hami, Xinjiang, the pathological traces on the vertebrae of horse bones from the late Warring States period to the early Western Han Dynasty also left historical imprints of being ridden.
What truly transformed the cavalry into the master of the battlefield was an epoch-making invention—the stirrup. On a glazed pottery equestrian figurine unearthed from the tomb of the Ding Feng (丁奉) family (died in 271 AD) in Nanjing, archaeologists were surprised to discover the earliest image of a stirrup (single-sided stirrup) in the world. Subsequently, the earliest pottery horses with double stirrups were unearthed from the Wang family tomb of the Eastern Jin Dynasty in Nanjing, and exquisite gilded wooden core double stirrup artifacts were unearthed from the tomb of Feng Sufu (冯素弗) of the Northern Yan in Liaoning.
This complete chain of archaeological evidence shows that China completed the revolutionary creation from single stirrups (assisting in mounting) to double stirrups (stabilizing riding) during the Wei and Jin Dynasties. With the support of both feet, the knight was able to free his hands and stably control bows and arrows and spears, and the human and horse truly became one. Heavy cavalry (armored cavalry) arose from this, becoming the "tanks" of the Cold Weapon Age. Joseph Needham called the stirrup "Chinese boots," and the military advantage it brought profoundly affected the war patterns of the Eurasian continent along the Silk Road.
In the Tang Dynasty, horse administration reached its peak, and the number of horses raised in state-owned pastures reached 700,000. The Six Steeds of Zhaoling (昭陵六骏), the Tricolor Glazed Pottery Horses, and the Silver Kettle with Dancing Horse Holding Cup Pattern all reflect that open, confident, and horse-shadow-galloping era. Horses were not only for military preparedness, but also "imported luxury goods" from the Silk Road and darlings of social fashion. Although the Ming and Qing Dynasties initially emphasized horse administration, the expansion of agriculture and financial pressure ultimately led to the shrinking of state-run pastures; until the Battle of Palikao in 1860, the Qing army cavalry's heroic charge in front of modern artillery marked the dim end of the horse's dominant era in the military.
When the horse withdrew from the main stage of war and transportation, its symbolic significance in culture became even more brilliant. Every horse bone, every horse figurine, and every set of saddles and stirrups discovered by archaeology is a chapter in this "counterattack" epic. They tell us that the legend of the horse is a history of civilization collaboration from passive domestication to active empowerment, from serving material needs to sublimating the spirit. As another Year of the Horse arrives, when we wish each other "Success Upon Arrival of the Horse," we are not only praying for success, but also paying tribute to this ancient partner who has accompanied and profoundly shaped the progress of human civilization with its hoofprints. Its "counterattack" reflects the magnificent course of human civilization's evolution.
(The author is the Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Scientific Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Protection of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院))
Return to TopBy: 霍宏伟
In February 2012, when I first visited the Chinese Hall of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia, USA, I saw the stone carvings of Saluzi and Quánmáohuā, two of the Six Steeds of Zhaoling from the Tang Dynasty. I was immediately deeply shocked by their size and charm. After more than 1,300 years of vicissitudes, they still exude vigorous vitality, as if I could feel their desire to return to their homeland. The famous line of Xin Qiji (辛弃疾), a lyricist of the Southern Song Dynasty, naturally appeared in my mind: "Looking northwest towards Chang'an (长安), countless mountains are pitiful."
Zhaoling (昭陵) is the mausoleum of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin (李世民) of the Tang Dynasty, located on Jiuzong Mountain (九嵕山) northeast of Liquan County (礼泉县), Shaanxi Province (陕西省) today. The Six Steeds were the six warhorses ridden by Li Shimin (李世民) when he unified the world and fought on the battlefield, namely "Quánmáohuā (拳毛騧)," "Shífá chì (什伐赤)," "Báití wū (白蹄乌)," "Tèlè biāo (特勒骠) (also written as Teqin Biao (特勤骠))," "Qīng zhuī (青骓)," and "Sālù zǐ (飒露紫)." In order to highlight his military achievements in creating the Tang Dynasty and to commemorate the fine steeds that contributed to the war, Li Shimin (李世民) ordered the carving of the Six Steeds stone statues in the tenth year of Zhenguan (636 AD). He personally wrote the eulogy, the famous early Tang Dynasty painter Yan Liben (阎立本) drew the blueprint, Yan Lide (阎立德) presided over the reproduction on stone according to the shape, calligrapher Ouyang Xun (欧阳询) wrote the inscription, and Yin Zhongrong (殷仲容) carved the stone, which can be called "five perfections." The Six Steeds of Zhaoling (昭陵六骏) represent the highest level of stone carvings in Tang Dynasty tombs and have an important position in the history of Chinese art.
The Six Steeds stood in the east and west corridors of the Xuanwu Gate (玄武门) at the northernmost end of the Zhaoling (昭陵) Mausoleum, arranged symmetrically, generally in a stepped shape, gradually rising from north to south. In the carving of the Six Steeds images, the three-dimensional modeling language is fully utilized, the horse body is relatively smooth, forming raised blocks. The saddle and stirrups carved on the stone horse are only symbolic, and more emphasis is placed on highlighting the natural state of the horse. The Six Steeds stone carvings are semi-three-dimensional high reliefs, which need to rely on light and shadow to present the light and dark effects of the work, and highlight the outer contour as much as possible, so as to appear thick and heavy. For example, the shadow of the edge line below the abdomen of Quánmáohuā (拳毛騧) is heavier, feeling slightly black, and other parts are gray, and the horse hair and color seem to be felt.
The Six Steeds of Zhaoling (昭陵六骏) stone carvings reflect an extremely high artistic level. The Six Steeds stone carvings should have been completed collectively by a creative team. The Six Steeds have different postures. Sālù zǐ (飒露紫) is a standing horse, Quánmáohuā (拳毛騧) and Tèlè biāo (特勒骠) are walking, and Báití wū (白蹄乌), Qīng zhuī (青骓), and Shífá chì (什伐赤) are running. From the perspective of preservation, Quánmáohuā (拳毛騧) is carved more delicately, with rounded and delicate shapes, while the shape of the warhorse in the Sālù zǐ (飒露紫) stone carving is more simple. When the Tang people made the Six Steeds stone carvings, they presented a kind of mellow beauty; the traces of time erosion made the local damage of the stone carvings, or hidden or appearing, and the rough beauty and incomplete beauty jumped out.
The Six Steeds of Zhaoling (昭陵六骏) stone carvings have had a profound impact on later generations. After seeing the rubbings of the Six Steeds of Zhaoling (昭陵六骏), Su Shi (苏轼) of the Northern Song Dynasty wrote a poem, the last four lines of which are: "The success is achieved with the sound of eight luan bells, and the jade chariot travels on the heavenly street. The desolate Zhaoling (昭陵) Que, the ancient stone is buried with moss." Zhao Lin's (赵霖) "Picture of the Six Steeds of Zhaoling (昭陵六骏图)" in the Jin Dynasty was based on stone carvings, which not only faithfully followed the original work, but also inherited the horse painting techniques of the Tang and Song Dynasties. Through vigorous brushwork and delicate coloring, the Six Steeds were portrayed more vividly and naturally. The Ming Dynasty's solitary local chronicle "Chongzhen Liquan County Chronicle (崇祯醴泉县志)" includes line drawings and eulogies of the Six Steeds of Zhaoling (昭陵六骏). Lu Xun (鲁迅) mentioned the Six Steeds of Zhaoling (昭陵六骏) in his article "Feelings After Looking in the Mirror," believing that the stone beasts in front of the tombs of the Han people were mostly sheep, tigers, Tianlu, and Bixie, while the Zhaoling (昭陵) in Chang'an (长安) was carved with arrowed horses, and its creative technique was unprecedented.
Unfortunately, at the beginning of the Republic of China, the Six Steeds of Zhaoling (昭陵六骏) were reduced from stone monument buildings on the tombs of the emperors of the Tang Dynasty to stolen goods of lawbreakers. Among them, two steeds, "Sālù zǐ (飒露紫)" and "Quánmáohuā (拳毛騧)," were stolen and transported abroad in 1914, becoming commodities for antique dealers to seek huge profits. They were eventually collected by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in the United States. Fortunately, the remaining four steeds were recovered on the way abroad and were first stored in the warehouse of the Shaanxi Provincial Library. In 1949, they were moved to the Xi'an Beilin Museum (西安碑林博物馆) for collection to this day.
Sālù zǐ (飒露紫) was originally the first steed on the west side. It is a relief that shows Qiu Xinggong (丘行恭) pulling out an arrow for it. It is the only one of the Six Steeds with a figure and the best-preserved work. According to the "Old Book of Tang (旧唐书)," in a battle between Li Shimin (李世民) and Wang Shichong (王世充) in Mangshan (邙山), Luoyang (洛阳), the warhorse "Sālù zǐ (飒露紫)" was wounded by an arrow. The accompanying general Qiu Xinggong (丘行恭) gave his mount to Li Shimin (李世民), and he led the wounded "Sālù zǐ (飒露紫)" with one hand and held a knife to break through the formation with the other. Back at the camp, after Qiu Xinggong (丘行恭) pulled out the arrow from "Sālù zǐ's (飒露紫)" chest, "Sālù zǐ (飒露紫)" fell down. In order to commend Qiu Xinggong's (丘行恭) battle exploits of desperately protecting him, Li Shimin (李世民) specially ordered the scene of pulling out the arrow to be carved on a stone screen. After being shot by an arrow, "Sālù zǐ (飒露紫)" lowered its head and leaned against people, its eyes were low, its hips were slightly back, its limbs were slightly weak, and the severe pain made its whole body tremble. This kind of rescue is truly inseparable between man and horse, and the emotion is deep.
On July 14, 1925, Liang Qichao (梁启超) wrote back to his son Liang Sicheng (梁思成), who was studying at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, USA. He was shocked to learn from his son's letter that two of the Six Steeds of Zhaoling (昭陵六骏) had been exiled to the United States: "How could the Zhaoling (昭陵) stone horse have been exiled to the United States? It really surprised me! Those horses are famous works of art. In Tang poetry, 'If you want the Zhaoling (昭陵) stone horse to come, the Zhaoling (昭陵) wind and rain bury the crown and sword, the stone horse is silent and the weeds are cold,' I don't know how many poets have praised it. Those horses all have names, which were given by Emperor Taizong of Tang, and the names of painters and sculptors can be verified. As far as I know, there are still four (we have rubbings at home, but they are too big to mount and hang, so you haven't seen them.) ... If it were in another country, the newspapers would not know how to make a fuss, but in our country, even a person like me, if I hadn't received your letter, I wouldn't even know the shadow. Alas, alas!"
Looking forward to the early return of the two steeds of Zhaoling (昭陵) to China.
(The author is a researcher at the National Museum of China (中国国家博物馆))
Return to TopBy: 王仁湘
The content of Han Dynasty stone and brick carvings is all-encompassing, serving as a historical scroll recording social life during the Han Dynasty. The importance of horses and chariots to the Han Dynasty can be observed from the Han Dynasty stone and brick carvings unearthed in many places. Terms like "precious horses and fragrant chariots" and "wind horses and cloud chariots" are vivid descriptions.
Due to the progress of transportation and warfare, the Han Dynasty had an urgent need for horses. During the Han Dynasty, riding horses and carriages represented a person's status. The *Book of Han: Biography of Dong Zhongshu* says: "Riding in a carriage is the position of a gentleman; carrying a burden is the business of a commoner." However, even when riding in a carriage, different levels and identities could be distinguished through different types of vehicles and livestock. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, only the prime minister could ride in an ox-drawn carriage, and the emperor could ride in a high carriage drawn by four horses, but initially it was difficult to find four horses of the same color. With the improvement and development of social productivity, the stock of horses increased sharply. During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, there were more than 400,000 horses in Chang'an (长安) alone. Everywhere one could see the scenery of horses and carriages. The aristocratic class was particularly fond of raising and loving horses. Han Dynasty nobles used carriages divided into *simagaoche* (驷马高车) and *simaanche* (驷马安车) according to the posture of the occupants. The former was for standing, and the latter was for sitting. The *simagaoche* had a parasol to shield from the sun and rain, and was a superior vehicle.
The most common chariot and horse travel pictures seen in Han paintings belong to the category of social life. These horses are plump and strong, with small heads, thin legs, large hooves, full necks, chests, and buttocks, either galloping vigorously or neighing with their heads held high. The horses on the brick carvings have similar shapes, and are more delicate and vivid because they are easy to express the relief effect. Empress Ma (马皇后), wife of Emperor Ming of Han (汉明帝刘庄), once said, "Carriages are like flowing water, and horses are like swimming dragons," which is what she saw of the grand occasion of carriages and horses in the capital. In the third year of Yuanshou (120 BC), Emperor Wu of Han obtained the sacred horse of Wowa (渥洼) water in Dunhuang (敦煌). In the fourth year of Taichu (101 BC), General Ershi Li Guangli (李广利) conquered Dawan (大宛) and obtained the Dawan Akhal-Teke horse, called the "Heavenly Horse." When Emperor Wu of Han was in high spirits, he wrote *The Song of the Heavenly Horse*, saying: "The Heavenly Horse comes, from the Western Regions, crossing the quicksand, the Nine Yi submit." In the eyes of Emperor Wu of Han, this Heavenly Horse became a symbol of national prosperity.
Horses have a relatively strong character, and special training is required for riding and driving. *The Book of Rites: The Record of Learning*, compiled by Dai Sheng (戴圣) in the Western Han Dynasty, says: "The son of a good smelter must learn to make fur; the son of a good bow maker must learn to make winnowing baskets; the first driver of horses reverses it, with the chariot behind the horse. If a gentleman observes these three things, he can have aspirations for learning." This explains the step-by-step learning method: the son of a smelting craftsman must first learn the method of sewing fur, and the son of a bow-making craftsman must first learn to weave winnowing baskets, indicating that skills must be gradually accumulated from the primary stage. And "the chariot behind the horse" means that the young horse who is just beginning to learn to drive must follow behind the chariot, which is the opposite of the big horse being in front of the chariot when driving. This 成语 (chéng yǔ - "idiom," a fixed expression) is a metaphor for how a small horse can master skills more easily through the guidance of others, emphasizing the gradual learning rule.
Interestingly, we seem to have found a realistic picture of "the chariot behind the horse" on the Han Dynasty brick carvings. On a brick carving unearthed in Xinye (新野), Henan (河南), there is a large chariot with two drivers standing on the left and right sides of the carriage. Behind the chariot are four lively little foals, looking around happily, jumping and bouncing. The two drivers are holding whips and making gestures, seemingly training the foals to follow the chariot. Text and picture are seen together, and the picture and text coexist. In this way, the chariot behind the horse is originally the experience of Han Dynasty horse drivers or even earlier times.
Return to TopBy: 李守奎
There are not many pictographic characters in Chinese characters, because only shapes that can be resembled can be "pictographic." The sun, moon, mountains, rivers, grass, trees, fish, insects, cattle, horses, dogs, pigs, etc., add up to only two or three hundred, but they are the roots of Chinese characters. The character "马 (mǎ - horse)" is a commonly used character that has been frequently used since ancient times, and its ability to form characters is also very strong—骐骥骏骄 (qí jì jùn jiāo); the "马 (mǎ - horse)" radical in the *Shuowen Jiezi* (《说文》) has as many as 115 characters, and the "马 (mǎ - horse)" in them all expresses meaning. Of course, 妈 (mā - mother), 吗 (ma - question particle), 码 (mǎ - code), 骂 (mà - scold), there are many characters that use "马 (mǎ - horse)" to represent sound both in ancient and modern times. From the evolutionary history of the character "马 (mǎ - horse)," one can get a glimpse of the development of Chinese characters.
The "马 (mǎ - horse)" was initially a genuine "pictographic character," but it began to become less and less pictographic from the Shang Dynasty (商代).
The "马 (mǎ - horse)" on the Ge bronze inscription is both a picture and a text, which is a true depiction of the horse in reality, with erect ears and round eyes, thick lips and a wide jaw, a long mane on the neck, a curved spine and a bulging belly, hooves on the ground, and a long tail hanging down. Anyone who has seen a horse can recognize it at a glance. By the time of the 𠂤 group of oracle bone inscriptions, it not only became a line drawing, but also the normal standing horse became head up and tail down, with feet suspended in the air, and the hooves became circles, but the meaning of "pictographic" was still there. By the time of the He group's "马 (mǎ - horse)" character, all the head features disappeared, and were merged and simplified into one "目 (mù - eye)." The feet and legs were simplified into two oblique strokes, and the neck, spine, belly, and tail were simplified into one drooping stroke. Some of the long manes extended to the back, and some were separated from the body. Without special training, it is already difficult to recognize it as a "马 (mǎ - horse)." But as a text, those few strokes of mane can be distinguished from other animals.
These changes in the "马 (mǎ - horse)" character in oracle bone inscriptions more than 3,000 years ago actually cover some of the main problems in the history of Chinese character development.
The "马 (mǎ - horse)" on Ma Ge is too pictographic. It is a picture composed of blocks and lines, which cannot be decomposed into strokes, and there is no context. It is not enough evidence to say that it is a text. It is related to the text and is the source of pictographic characters. It is more in line with the facts to call it "pre-writing."
The picture gradually turned into text after being linearized. The text is composed of strokes, and strokes are the formal symbols that distinguish text from pictures. The trace formed from the beginning to the end of the stroke is one stroke, or one line. The "马 (mǎ - horse)" character in the 𠂤 group of oracle bone inscriptions has about 20 strokes. The "马 (mǎ - horse)" of the He group has been simplified by halving the number of strokes, leaving about ten strokes. The result of the simplification is that the pictographic characters become less pictographic. The process of symbolization of Chinese characters began with oracle bone inscriptions.
Pictures pursue artistic realism, the more refined the better; texts pursue the convenience of writing, the simpler the better. The main function of text is to record language. As long as the shapes can be distinguished from each other, all details can be ignored, and simplification naturally begins in the writing process. Each writer can have his own simplification method. Once there is no national language policy to regulate it, there will be multiple forms of one character and rampant variants. During the Warring States period (战国时期), the "马 (mǎ - horse)" character was different in each country, which caused obstacles to identification and communication. Qin Shi Huang (秦始皇) unified China, and the ancient texts and variants of the six countries were abolished. The "马 (mǎ - horse)" character showed the following development pedigree.
As for the current common Chinese character "马 (mǎ - horse)," is it still a "pictographic character"? From the perspective of historical tracing, it of course comes from pictographic characters, and it can also be said to come from pictures; from the development of writing, today's "马 (mǎ - horse)" is a purely symbolic character. The shape and the sound and meaning it records are a contractual relationship. We can neither see the pronunciation nor the shape of the horse from this character shape.
Why did Chinese characters abandon pictographs and become symbols? Because the essence of writing is symbols. "马 (mǎ - horse)" and the characters derived from "马 (mǎ - horse)" have maintained inheritance and balance in change and invariance for more than 3,000 years, adapting to social needs, simplifying what should be simplified, and eliminating what should be eliminated. The shape is no longer similar, but the spirit is still there!
(The author is a professor at the Research and Protection Center for Unearthed Literature at Tsinghua University (清华大学))
Return to TopBy: 何 为
In traditional woodblock New Year pictures, the horse is one of the most common animal images. The zodiac horse of Yangliuqing (杨柳青) embodies the prayer for a smooth start to the new year; the "Top Scholar Parading on Horseback" picture of Taohuawu (桃花坞) hopes that a family's student will achieve the top rank in the imperial examination; the Fengxiang (凤翔) New Year pictures in Shaanxi (陕西) often combine horses and monkeys, implying "immediate promotion to nobility." More often, the horse is the mount of the door gods, such as the "Whip and Mace Door Gods" and "Guan Gong (关公) on Horseback" themes commonly found in Wuqiang (武强) New Year pictures in Hebei (河北). The door gods ride horses and hold weapons, warding off evil and bringing blessings, protecting the peace of thousands of households.
Nowadays, the experience and dissemination methods of the Spring Festival are quietly changing, and the term "New Year picture" has also entered the public's view. Visual design teams and researchers went into villages and ancient villages, collecting New Year pictures and folk custom materials scattered among the people. On this basis, creators collage and recombine traditional New Year picture elements to form new works with contemporary aesthetics. Generative artificial intelligence further lowers the threshold for New Year picture creation. By entering keywords such as "New Year picture style," the system can generate digital door god images. Numerous precious cultural relics related to horses are vivid visual symbols left to us by the ancients, and have also become auspicious elements that transcend time and space, endowing New Year pictures with rich creativity.
The New Year picture is like a "starting steed," relying on the power of technological iteration to 行稳致远 (xíng wěn zhì yuǎn - "walk steadily to go far," to make steady progress and achieve long-term goals). The more popular digital communication becomes, the more valuable physical New Year pictures and manual skills become: the tactile sensation of materials, the layering of color separations, and the time memory precipitated by handmade traces are still a simple New Year flavor that is difficult for screens to replicate. Year after year, when we are still willing to spare a wall for a New Year picture and forward a blessing, this intangible cultural heritage is still growing, and the "New Year flavor" has a place to return to.
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By: 钱志熙
Reading should primarily be done individually, but reading together is also a proper method of reading used by the ancients. Studying alone without friends is like building a cart behind closed doors, lonely and lacking interest. How can it compare to the joy of reading together? When we study, we discuss together to observe its synthesis, and we understand individually to develop its unique charm! I once read Confucius's discussions of poetry with his disciples in the *Analects*, and I suspect that the Confucian school emphasized reading together for the *Book of Poetry* and the *Book of Documents*. From this, we can see that the origin of the so-called "reading group" can be traced back very far! Tao Yuanming's saying, "Share wonderful articles together, analyze doubtful points together" (*Moving House*), is also more in line with the actual situation of a reading group.
In recent years, some scholars have called for attention to the text, and reading groups have played a partial role in this regard. Because when writing papers, it is sometimes inevitable to deviate from the text, with the theme coming first, discussing in a vacuum. As a result, some people, although they have written and published many papers, cannot read a poem well, nor can they explain a poem well. They cannot judge the quality of poetry or the level of writing. They publish a lot of papers, but are still laymen in the way of poetry. In this way, even if they become famous scholars, there is always a regret! Learning is done, but it is also read. Research should have a specific topic, but reading and learning cannot be limited to a specific topic. Recently, reading the books of Zhang Ertian (张尔田) and Zhao Zichen (赵紫宸), I found that their knowledge is truly both broad and profound! In the end, it is because they read a lot of books.
Reading groups allow teachers and students to read together without utilitarian motives. Everyone sits together, calms down, and reads each poem carefully. Among my teachers and students, there is a Du Fu (杜甫) Poetry Reading Group, divided into two parts: presentation and discussion. First, the student assigned to the poem gives a presentation, and then everyone discusses it together. The student giving the presentation studies the poem in advance, investigates various literature materials, and first writes a draft. I often remind students that the key is to know the quality of a poem or a line of poetry, and to truly appreciate it. You must have a feeling in your heart, whether you say it or not is secondary. The so-called appreciation, the word "欣" (xīn - "joy") comes first. Without joy, how can there be appreciation? What good is it to oneself or to others to focus solely on writing without appreciation? The ancients simply read with their heads shaking and made circles and dots to comment. When they truly have unique insights, whether they annotate, comment, discuss, or analyze, that is true benefit and true writing.
Before I went to university, I read a *Selected Poems of Li Bai (李白)*. As for Du Fu's poems, I had only read those selected in *Thousand Family Poems*. In my second year of university, I borrowed Mr. Xiao Difei's (萧涤非) *Du Fu Research*, half of which was a selection of poems. I read it for almost a semester, reading a lot of Du Fu's poems and memorizing many of them. When I was studying for my master's degree, my tutor said that I should read the collected works of famous Tang and Song masters. One day, I bought a set of *Reading Du Fu with Heart* published by Zhonghua Book Company (中华书局) from a bookstore on Jiefang Road (解放路) in Hangzhou (杭州). Marshal Chen Yi (陈毅元帅) wrote the title of the book, probably because the marshal also loved Du Fu's poems. I remember that that afternoon, I found an empty and quiet classroom, sat down alone to read, and read with great relish, unaware that the shadows of the plane trees outside the window were swaying into the night. I still remember that scene clearly. After that, I insisted on reading each poem one by one, reading all of Du Fu's poems, and making many annotations in pencil. The main focus was on commenting on the words and chapters, but I also referred to books such as *Detailed Annotations of Du Fu's Poems* and *Du Yi*, extracting some comments and textual research to compare with Pu Qilong's (浦起龙) *Reading Du Fu with Heart*. At that time, I couldn't talk about research, I just admired Pu very much and thought the "heart interpretation" method was really good! The Du Fu poetry papers I wrote later felt very smooth to write, which was still due to reading Du Fu's poems thoroughly at that time.
I once wanted to take Mr. Xiao Difei's doctoral exam, but later I was fortunate enough to study for a doctorate under Mr. Chen Yixun (陈贻焮), which was also what I wanted, and my relationship with Du Fu seemed to be getting deeper and deeper. I bought the first volume of Mr. Chen's *Critical Biography of Du Fu* in the Xinhua Bookstore (新华书店) in Wenzhou (温州). After I became a doctoral student, Mr. Chen gave me the middle and lower volumes. I read them sporadically, but I didn't think that I should choose Du Fu's poems as my doctoral dissertation. Looking back now, this is a loss. Because I didn't do Du Fu, Mr. Chen rarely talked to me about Du Fu, but he often talked about the anecdotes of writing *Critical Biography of Du Fu*, especially saying that when he wrote this book, he often had a sense of **时不我待** (shí bù wǒ dài - "time waits for no one," time is fleeting and opportunities should be seized) and was determined to write a book, which was a lifelong lesson for me!
Although I did not take Du Fu's poems as the main research object when I was studying for my doctorate, I have always maintained my love for Du Fu's poetry. In the past 10 years, I have been reading *Detailed Annotations of Du Fu's Poems* with my students, and I have almost read Du Fu's poems from beginning to end again, and I have also explained them to them. At the same time, I asked them to read *Critical Biography of Du Fu* as a version of Du Fu's poems. This somewhat makes up for the regret of not doing Du Fu research with Mr. Chen! Learning is such a good thing. What you didn't learn from your teacher back then can still be made up for by reading your teacher's books. You can learn from your teacher for a lifetime. This is where we scholars are happy!
It is said that Kang Youwei (康有为) and Chen Duxiu (陈独秀) could recite all of Du Fu's poems. Although such things cannot be verified, it is a fact that the ancients mainly memorized poems when reading them. Senior scholars paid special attention to the skill of memorization in their studies, especially in teaching. Standing in the classroom and being able to recite fluently was considered a skill! Unlike today, opening a laptop and making a PPT, reading completely according to it. It looks extremely rich, but how much is personally felt and silently recognized? In a sense, reading fluently and memorizing is more important than written analysis and commentary. In the Du Fu Poetry Reading Group, I also suggest that students memorize more. In recent years, my understanding has increased slightly, but my memory has decreased sharply. Some of Du Fu's poems that I used to be able to recite are often remembered sporadically, and I often cannot recite the entire poem, but I still try to memorize them to consolidate my memory. In the end, reading should be done with careful reading and deep thinking as the proper method. I have not studied Du Fu's poems deeply and have not been able to continue the work of my predecessors. I deeply hope that my students will achieve success in studying Du Fu in the future, whether it is seen in their poems or in their treatises, and truly enter the world of poetry opened up by Zimei's collection (Wang Yucheng (王禹偁) said: "Zimei's collection opens up the world of poetry").
Our reading group uses Qiu Zhaoao's (仇兆鳌) *Detailed Annotations of Du Fu's Poems* as the main reading material, starting from the first poem *Visiting Longmen Fengxian Temple (游龙门奉先寺)*, reading one poem at a time. Students from each class continue to read, once every two weeks, for nearly 20 years. But for the first period of time, no drafts were recorded. In recent years, students have started to save drafts. It just so happened that the publishing house was willing to publish it, so we sorted out the drafts of the poems read in Kuizhou (夔州) in recent years and named it "Maple Forest Jade Dew," taking the meaning from Du Fu's *Eight Autumn Meditations*, one of which is "Jade dew withers the maple forest." Such a book cannot be considered a work, it just lets everyone know that there is such a scenery in Yanyuan (燕园)!
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The Year of the Horse is approaching, so let's talk about horses.
Bravery is a characteristic of horses. To take the lead and advance bravely is the horse's posture. They ford rapids, traverse minefields, dare to charge through gunfire, and dare to venture through mountains of knives and seas of fire. They are not afraid of bottomless abysses and dare to climb towering mountains, galloping forward and never giving up. The wider the grassland, the farther the horse can run. Thousands of horses gallop, always forward, chestnut, gray-green, white, and black lightning, cutting through the dark night and rushing towards the dawn. The wind shapes its perfect body, and galloping is its eternal posture. A handful of green fodder and a half-pond of clear water are the greatest demands. Carrying thousands of pounds, they still bury their heads and move forward; traveling thousands of miles, they still keep their feet on the ground. The dreams and aspirations on horseback all have distant places to gallop.
Wisdom is an attribute of horses. Horses are the head of the six domestic animals, combining the strength of cattle, the obedience of sheep, the agility of chickens, the loyalty of dogs, and the honesty of pigs, helping humans gain height, speed, and strength, nobility, elegance, and freedom. Horses have a broad field of vision, sharp ears and eyes, and can sleep standing up, alert and agile. Horses have a sensitive sense of smell and are good at recognizing the way home. This is called "an old horse knows the way" (老马识途 (lǎo mǎ shí tú - "old horse knows the way," experienced person knows the ropes)), able to find springs in the desert by their noses, and able to find their masters in the smoke of war and gunfire. Good horses are naturally intelligent and react quickly. "Even a clumsy horse can cover a thousand miles if it perseveres" (驽马十驾，功在不舍 (nú mǎ shí jià, gōng zài bù shě - "a slow horse can cover ten days' journey if it doesn't give up," perseverance leads to success)), and can reach a thousand miles.
Loyalty is a quality of horses. Horses can remember their masters by smell. Even fierce horses that venture through the smoke of war and clumsy horses that carry heavy loads are as gentle as virgins to their masters. Their love for humans, their expressions of joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, are always in running, neighing, and sacrifice. As long as you gently stroke the horse's fur and gaze deeply into the horse's eyes, even the fiercest horse will calm down. Horses are not lazy, do not slack off, and do not lie flat. All naps are only for departure.
Bravery, wisdom, and loyalty are the three lessons that horses teach humans.
Horses educate humans and also practice what they preach. In classical literature and folk interpretations, horses are also humane and loyal. During the Chu-Han Contention, Xiang Yu (项羽), the Overlord of Western Chu, rode "Wuzhui" (乌骓) to fight in the north and south, invincible. When trapped in Gaixia, the Overlord of Chu felt "ashamed to face the elders of Jiangdong" (无颜见江东父老 (wú yán jiàn Jiāngdōng fùlǎo - "no face to see the elders of Jiangdong," feeling ashamed to face one's supporters after a defeat)), and committed suicide in Wujiang. "Wuzhui" also threw itself into the river and died. During the Three Kingdoms period, the "Red Hare" (赤兔) horse followed Guan Yu (关羽) in battles. When Guan Yu died in battle, the "Red Hare" horse also starved to death. "Dilu" (的卢) was Liu Bei's (刘备) mount. In one pursuit, both man and horse fell into Tanxi River. In desperation, Liu Bei cried and shouted to the horse, "Dilu, Dilu, you are hindering me today!" "Dilu" suddenly displayed its divine power, jumped up from the desperate situation, and carried Liu Bei out of danger. Cao Cao (曹操) once encountered an ambush and fled for his life. His beloved horse "Jueying" (绝影) was hit by several arrows, but endured the pain and ran wildly until the last breath of its life, winning time for Cao Cao to break through. Loyal horses share the same aspirations as humans.
Horses are loyal to humans, and humans also respect horses. In ancient times, "rites, music, archery, horsemanship, calligraphy, and mathematics" were the six arts, combining literary and martial skills, which were the compulsory skills for gentlemen. "Horsemanship" is related to horses. In the *Book of Songs* (《诗经》), there are more than 120 writings about horses. "The four stallions are strong, the eight bells are tinkling" (四牡彭彭，八鸾锵锵), leaving footprints on the stone, and the bells are tinkling, which is majesty and strength. "The four iron-colored horses are strong, the six reins are in hand" (驷驖孔阜，六辔在手), which is both majestic and controlled. In *Li Sao* (《离骚》), the horse's spirit and form are excellent, with thousands of images, "Riding a unicorn to gallop, come, I will lead the way" (乘骐骥以驰骋兮，来吾道夫先路). Hua Mulan (花木兰) joined the army for her father, "Buying a fine horse in the east market, buying a saddle in the west market, buying a bridle in the south market, and buying a long whip in the north market" (东市买骏马，西市买鞍鞯，南市买辔头，北市买长鞭), only to "travel thousands of miles to the battlefield, crossing mountains and passes as if flying" (万里赴戎机，关山度若飞); Wang Changling (王昌龄) "The iron-colored horse throws off the reins and flies away" (铁骢抛鞚去如飞) and "The sound of the iron drum on the city wall still shakes" (城头铁鼓声犹震), the flying horse goes to meet the enemy, and the brave man is fearless; Li Bai (李白) "Waving goodbye from here, the parting horses neigh" (挥手自兹去，萧萧班马鸣), the horse's intention communicates with people's hearts, the sky is high and the earth is wide, and the horse is the companion; Cen Shen (岑参) "Meeting on horseback without paper or pen, please tell me the news of peace" (马上相逢无纸笔，凭君传语报平安), the feelings of home and country are conveyed on horseback; Yue Fei (岳飞) "The beautiful mountains and rivers are not enough to see, the horse's hooves urge me to return in the moonlight" (好山好水看不足，马蹄催趁月明归), to reclaim the old land, the heroic ambition is witnessed by the horse; Xin Qiji (辛弃疾) "A green shirt and a horse are called by thousands of people" (青衫匹马万人呼) and "Sending you to the clouds for thousands of miles" (万里云霄送君去), setting out on horseback with great pride. Humans borrow the power of horses, and horses show their divine power. The ancients gave excellent poems and articles to horses, and the classic poems and articles are therefore filled with emotion, full of blood, and full of surging upward power. Heroes are born on horseback, and fine horses are the standard equipment of heroes. Epics are written on horseback, and warhorses are also the protagonists of epics. *The Epic of King Gesar* (《格萨尔王传》), *Jangar* (《江格尔》), and *Manas* (《玛纳斯》) are the epics of heroes and the long songs of warhorses.
There is the spirit of the horse in poetry, and there is also the horse galloping in paintings. The Western Han silk painting *Chariots and Horses Procession* (《车马仪仗图》) from Mawangdui (马王堆) in Changsha (长沙), Hunan (湖南), depicts neat chariot formations and strict military formations; the Eastern Han bronze galloping horse from Wuwei (武威), Gansu (甘肃), has its head held high and its feet stepping on a flying swallow; Gu Kaizhi's (顾恺之) *Nymph of the Luo River* (《洛神赋图》) from the Eastern Jin Dynasty has both graceful and delicate chariots and horses, and the painting has frolicking horses, looking horses, and leisurely horses, set off by "Holding the reins and resisting the whip, sadly lingering and unable to leave" (揽騑辔以抗策，怅盘桓而不能去), one text and one painting, preserving the beautiful encounter between humans and gods for thousands of years. From Han Gan's (韩干) *Herding Horses* (《牧马图》) in the Tang Dynasty to Li Gonglin's (李公麟) *Five Horses* (《五马图》) in the Northern Song Dynasty, Chen Juzhong's (陈居中) *Wenji Returns to Han* (《文姬归汉图》) in the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhao Mengfu's (赵孟頫) *Bathing Horses* (《浴马图》) in the Yuan Dynasty, Lang Shining's (郎世宁) *One Hundred Horses* (《百骏图》) by Qing Dynasty court painters, and Xu Beihong's (徐悲鸿) *Group of Horses* (《群马》) in the contemporary era, the horses under the pens of famous artists are either round and full, or strong and sturdy, or fresh and straightforward, each with its own expression, combining form and spirit, all symbols of nobility, strength, freedom, and freedom. The fine horses in poetry and painting embody the beautiful feelings of mankind.
Horses are friends of humans, and along the way, they have watched us with a pair of clear and warm eyes. May Chinese civilization, under the scorching sun and in the wind and snow, by the long river of history and in the lonely smoke of the desert, always maintain the spirit of the dragon horse (龙马精神 (lóng mǎ jīngshén - "dragon horse spirit," vigorous spirit)), strive and struggle, and continue endlessly.
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Entering the twelfth lunar month, I always involuntarily look at my left hand. There is a small scar there, left from making vinegar-soaked charcoal when I was a child.
My hometown is in a village in Shenmu (神木), Shaanxi (陕西). Every Lunar New Year's Eve, we make vinegar-soaked charcoal. The Lunar New Year's Eve dinner summons relatives who are away from home, from all over the surrounding villages. After eating the Lunar New Year's Eve dinner in celebration, we sit on the earthen kang (土炕), talking about village matters, grain matters, and happy matters. The earthen stove is red and warm, illuminating the cave dwelling warmly.
When the stars fill the sky, making vinegar-soaked charcoal begins. This custom has been circulating in northern Shaanxi (陕北) for a long time, and everyone remembers it in their hearts, especially the children who look forward to it. A red-hot charcoal block is placed in an iron or copper spoon, and then old mature vinegar is poured on it. With a hissing sound, it quickly becomes misty, and then it goes around every corner of the house, somewhat with the meaning of exorcising evil spirits, but in reality, it is a scientific disinfection. With my father and brothers in charge of the spoon, it is naturally not my turn. I can only watch, the sweet and astringent and mellow smell is fragrant, followed by continuous sneezes, and then a few deep breaths, and my whole body has a clear and moist feeling.
The first time I made vinegar-soaked charcoal was when I was about ten years old. My father and brothers were still talking and reminiscing, so I prepared the spoon, fire tongs, and mature vinegar. When they were sleepy and a little reclining, I was in front of the stove. I took out the red-hot charcoal and put it in the spoon, poured vinegar on it, and the boiling mature vinegar quickly vaporized. I planned the route, preparing to go from the front cave to the back cave, and then from the kang to under the kang, but just as I took half a step, I was tripped over by the firewood under my feet, and the red charcoal burned my left hand.
The "snap" sound startled them. My father didn't say anything to me, and my mother lovingly stroked my fingers, took out the Huang'an powder (黄安粉) in a rice-yellow paper package from her dowry vertical cabinet, and sprinkled some on me.
My brothers couldn't care about my "injury," so they skillfully started making vinegar-soaked charcoal. They used bigger spoons, the charcoal lumps they clamped out were hotter, and the amount of mature vinegar they poured was more. Gurgling, in the tangy sour and refreshing smell all over the house, I sincerely admired them.
In the Lunar New Year's Eves that followed, I gradually became the head chef, and the taste spread warmly in the red-hot charcoal fire. Later, when I lived in the city, I didn't have the opportunity to be the head chef, and I couldn't hear the hissing sound, and it always felt like something was missing in my body. My brothers who were away from home filled the ditches in front of the old cave and built new bungalows. A few days ago, my brothers invited me to go back to my hometown to celebrate the Spring Festival. I was overjoyed in my heart, and I can make vinegar-soaked charcoal again!
By: 郭 华
My hometown is in the Jinnan Plain. Adjacent to the west side of my old village, there is a flood discharge channel called the Fudong Pai River (滏东排河). It is located east of the Fuyang River (滏阳河) and was dug in the 1960s as a flood discharge channel. Most of the time, it is a dry riverbed, with overgrown weeds spreading along the river channel. Only during the flood season does turbid water flow through it in a hurry. After the floodwaters recede, moist river mud is left behind. The straight river channel lacks the bends of a natural river, and therefore lacks the winding scenery along the river. For many years, I never considered it a real river. When I was in junior high school, the teacher asked us to write an essay titled "The River of My Hometown." I would rather write about the Fuyang River (滏阳河), which was further away, than write about the Fudong Pai River (滏东排河).
I never imagined that this nameless river channel would change its appearance with the development of the county town.
My hometown is called Wuyi (武邑). The remaining rammed earth city walls still embrace the urban area in a proper manner. Outside the city walls is a winding moat. Because my hometown is located on the alluvial plain of the Yellow River, there are depressions of various sizes everywhere. In some sections, the moat embraces the depressions, forming ponds and lakes. In spring, a river of green water ripples with clear waves, reflecting the new greenery on both banks. In summer, the aquatic plants are lush like a carpet, spreading on the water surface, imbuing this ancient city with a lively atmosphere. Unfortunately, the moat gradually silted up and was filled in, and that picture of green water surrounding the city became a swan song in my memory.
The scenery of a city is inseparable from the embellishment of green waters and green mountains. After the moat disappeared, the ancient city was like an old and vigorous tree, with the last leaf swept away by the autumn wind, leaving only bare branches standing silently in time.
In recent years, the development of Wuyi (武邑) County has been like pressing the fast-forward button, with buildings rising and streets widening. The intangible cultural heritage project, "Hardwood Carving Technique," has surprisingly developed into a huge industry. A large-scale Ming and Qing Furniture City (明清家具城) has sprung up next to the south side of my village. The once remote small village is now surrounded by the county town on three sides.
To my surprise, the county has actually renovated the Fudong Pai River (滏东排河). People have built rubber dams and control gates on the river channel, which not only do not affect flood discharge during the flood season, but also lock in the flowing water in all seasons. Since then, this seasonal river has bid farewell to its dry fate, and is now full of clear water and sparkling waves all year round. Following this, relying on this river of clear water, a unique park was quietly completed, named "Guanjin Park (观津公园)," connecting the Fudong Pai River (滏东排河) and the county town.
The park is planted with a wide variety of flowers and trees, with red leaves and green branches swaying in the breeze. The air is fresh, and the winding paths lead to secluded spots, making it a good place for residents of the city to take walks and exercise. Because of the improvement of the ecological environment, this section of the Fudong Pai River (滏东排河) flowing through my hometown was named a "Happy River and Lake" of Hebei Province (河北省) in 2024.
That day when I returned to my hometown, I made a special trip to walk through the park and around the riverside path. The breeze brushed the water surface, bringing a faint fragrance of grass and trees, and the branches of the weeping willows swayed slowly, plucking at the light and shadow in the water. Occasionally, someone on the path exclaimed at the river surface, because they saw a large fish jumping out of the water, which is called "big fish throwing its back" in the local dialect. On my left is the ancient city shrouded in green shade, and on my right is a river of clear water as clear as a mirror. From this, I deeply understood the meaning of the phrase 相得益彰 (xiāng dé yì zhāng - "to complement each other," to enhance each other's beauty). The development of the county town has turned a seasonal drainage channel into a beautiful river, and the beautiful river has once again given the ancient city a vibrant life, and also given the people a beautiful story.
I used to regard the Fudong Pai River (滏东排河) as an inconspicuous ditch, but in fact, it is a river, a river hidden in my memory, silent for half my life, and now finally blooming with tenderness and beauty. Those youthful neglects and indifferences are all, at this moment, gently melted by this pool of clear water.
Return to TopOil painting "Early Spring in Liubu" (柳埠春早), by Wang Keju (王克举), collection of the National Art Museum of China (中国美术馆).
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In the blink of an eye, the New Year is approaching again.
Old Zhang (老张) and his wife had already prepared everything and went to Wuhan (武汉), where their son lives, to celebrate the New Year. It has been a full eight years since they spent the New Year with their son and grandchildren. In the past, the Spring Festival travel season always troubled their son and daughter-in-law. Tickets were hard to buy, and the roads were congested. They had to consider, "Should we go back to my parents' place? Or to your parents' place?" Both sets of parents were waiting expectantly, preparing for the New Year over and over again. Fortunately, the in-laws were easy to talk to. After a phone call, they decided to go to where the younger generation was. This way, the children were no longer caught in a dilemma, and things were simplified.
As soon as New Year's Day was over, Brother Zhao (赵哥) and his wife went to Hainan (海南), driving there themselves, with the trunk full of local specialties. A large bundle of Meipu (梅铺) sweet potato noodles, the best Yunyang (郧阳) preserved vegetables and sauerkraut with sour broth, and a bucket of it. A large bag of mixed noodles was also brought, which was a mixture of bean flour and wheat flour. This is the taste of home. Their daughter bought a house in Hainan (海南), and it's warm there for the New Year, especially in winter.
The Lao Shui (老水) family went to Hangzhou (杭州). Their grandson is doing postdoctoral research this year and needs to stay at the university to write his thesis, so he doesn't have time to return to his hometown for the New Year. So, he had his father drive his grandparents to Hangzhou (杭州). In the past, Lao Shui (老水) would have been furious, thinking, "Does he know who's older and who's younger?" But now his grandson is doing postdoctoral research, and it's in Hangzhou (杭州). What kind of place is Hangzhou (杭州)? "Above there is heaven, below there are Suzhou (苏州) and Hangzhou (杭州)." He had only heard of it his whole life, never been there. He never imagined that his grandson would study all the way to Hangzhou (杭州). Although the house is rented and a bit crowded, it doesn't matter. The New Year is celebrated, and the child's future is taken care of.
The uncle and aunt from Chongqing (重庆) haven't returned to their old home in Hubei (湖北) for the New Year for several years. Living with their daughter, they are immersed in the filial piety of their children, the warmth of morning and evening, and the thoughtfulness of their care. No longer managing or arranging things, everything is taken care of properly. Once, when both daughters were struggling to find good jobs, they said with confidence, "We will enjoy the blessings of our two children in our old age." They were right. They never criticized their children, only encouraged and hoped for them. Working as assistants in print shops, carrying PP pipes in building materials stores, running around doing part-time accounting... the children spared no effort in running on the road of life. Diligence allowed them to walk step by step to Chongqing (重庆) and take root there. Their children's lives finally got better and better, and their New Year completely belongs to Chongqing (重庆).
Is it still the New Year when celebrating away from home, away from one's homeland? Of course, it is! As the old saying goes, 此心安处 (cǐ xīn ān chù - "where the heart feels at peace," home is where the heart is). And I must add, where there is a home, there is the New Year!
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Since the vegetable basket benefiting farmers special line X121 bus route opened at his doorstep, Ma Jiafa (马家发) has been extremely happy. To catch the first bus in the early morning, he gets up before dawn. All night, he was like the vegetables in the field, perking up his ears in the dark, not sleeping soundly.
The vegetable field is on the riverbank south of the village, about a quarter of an hour away. Walking into the field, with the help of the headlight, Lao Ma (老马) saw the oily green vegetables in the daylight, now covered with a layer of white frost. He held the base of the vegetable with his left hand, and with a knife in his right hand, he cut diagonally about an inch from the root. With a "snap" sound, a head of yellow-hearted cabbage was cut off. After cutting a basket of yellow-hearted cabbage, he went to pick some red cabbage sprouts, cut seven or eight broccoli, and incidentally pulled up a few bundles of green onions. He has been doing this vegetable cutting work for two or thirty years, and the precision of the knife and the angle of the wrist rotation have long formed muscle memory.
After packing the vegetables, he looked up and saw the fish-belly white appearing in the east. His wife said that this load was probably sixty or seventy pounds. Lao Ma (老马) was afraid that his wife would be tired, so he took the carrying pole and said that he had to hurry to the side of the road, the "carrying pole bus" was coming!
The "carrying pole bus" that Lao Ma (老马) mentioned starts at 6 o'clock every morning in Fengle Town (丰乐镇), Feixi County (肥西县), Anhui (安徽), passing through more than a dozen vegetable growing areas in the town, such as Fangqiao (方桥), Songgang (松岗), and Chengdian (程店), and then heads to Yang桂塘 (Yang Gui Tang) the largest farmers market in Feixi County (肥西县) . This bus is wider and longer than ordinary buses, and the doors are large enough to carry loads directly on and off the bus.
Lao Ma (老马) half-squatted, exerted force in his waist and legs, picked up the two baskets of vegetables, and strode forward. On the road, he met Uncle Chen (陈老伯) carrying two baskets of radishes. The two of them started talking, your radishes are really juicy, and your yellow-hearted cabbage is so fresh.
Not far away, a bus with the words "Vegetable Basket Benefiting Farmers Special Line" written on the side of the bus was parked on the side of the road. Lao Ma (老马) got on the bus, took the carrying pole off his shoulder, put the two baskets of vegetables next to the seat, sat down, and held the carrying pole in his arms. Along the way, more familiar villagers got on the bus carrying vegetable baskets. The air was filled with the fishy smell of fresh soil and the astringent smell of vegetable leaves.
The sky is getting brighter and brighter, and the carriage is getting more and more lively. Everyone is talking about the growth of vegetables, the harvest of vegetable fields... Unconsciously, the bus arrived at Yang桂塘 (Yang Gui Tang) Farmers Market. As soon as the door opened, the morning light, with the焦香 of fried snacks and the肉香 of steamed buns, poured into the carriage. In the alley, some housewives were already looking forward to the arrival of the first "carrying pole bus" in the morning.
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The flavor of the Yimeng (沂蒙) New Year comes with the mountain wind of the twelfth lunar month. The wind sweeps over the brittle, dry grass晒 on the ridges of the fields, no longer stinging people's cheeks, but bringing a bit of warm anticipation. Red lanterns are hung among the bare branches of the old locust tree at the village entrance, swaying in the wind, sending wisps of New Year's flavor into the homes of the villagers.
The Little New Year is the opening act of the New Year's flavor. As dusk falls, the stove is set with灶糖 (zào táng - "stove candy") and persimmon cakes. The灶糖 (zào táng - "stove candy") is translucent, and a bite is sweet and sticky. Grandpa lights three incense sticks and recites to the image of the Kitchen God (灶王爷) (zào wángyé): "Report good things to heaven, bring auspiciousness to the world." Green smoke curls up, mixed with the smoke of the stove fire, spreading in the lamplight. Every year at this time, my mother always steams many jujube mountain steamed buns (枣山馍) to send to relatives and friends and to put at the bottom of the pot. The dough is shaped into small mountains, inlaid with red dates, and dotted with a red dot after steaming, making them incredibly beautiful.
The days become "thicker" day by day. Going to the New Year market is an anticipation etched in the bones of the common people. The market in my hometown is held every five or ten days of the lunar month. Even if it snows on the last market day of the twelfth lunar month, the mountain roads are crowded with people. The roads are full of shiny black轍印 (zhéyìn - "rut marks"), leading all the way to the market on the river滩. The firecracker stalls are the busiest places. The stall owners set off a string from time to time, the crackling sound deafening, and the smell of sulfur fills the air, making people grimace, but they can't help but crowd around.绒花 (róng huā - "velvet flowers") are inserted into sorghum stalks, brightly red, like clusters of small flames, and many little girls surround them, reluctant to leave.
The sun on New Year's Eve rises higher amidst the busyness. As soon as it dawns, the whole family starts to sweep away the dust for the last time. When pasting Spring Festival couplets, first paste the door center, then the door frame, and finally the horizontal scroll, to symbolize步步登高 (bù bù dēng gāo - "rising step by step," continuous promotion). My father is a well-known "scholar" in the village, and people always come to ask him to write Spring Festival couplets. My father never does things carelessly. He writes according to each family's situation, making sure no two are the same. That year, my second and third elder brothers and I were admitted to technical secondary school and university at the same time, and my father wrote "门里重学家风好，家安文章笔生花" (mén lǐ zhòng xué jiā fēng hǎo, jiā ān wén zhāng bǐ shēng huā - "The family values learning, and the home is peaceful, and the writing flows like flowers"). The ink fell on the red paper, smelling very fragrant, and when pasted on the gate, the whole courtyard became much brighter.
The New Year's Eve dinner is where the New Year's flavor is strongest. My mother and sister-in-law are busy around the stove. Stir-fried chicken is indispensable. The free-range chicken raised at home is cut into pieces, and dried chili peppers and peppercorns are stir-fried in hot oil until fragrant, then the chicken pieces are poured in and stir-fried. Soon, the spicy and savory aroma fills the whole house. Fried meatballs and fried potatoes are piled on the chopping board, golden and festive to look at. The most lively activity is making dumplings. The whole family gathers around the table, some kneading the dough, some mixing the filling, but the dumplings made by my mother are still the most beautiful.
In the evening, the lanterns are lit, illuminating the mountain village warmly. The sound of the Spring Festival Gala (春晚) (chūnwǎn) comes from the TV, and the sound of firecrackers crackles outside the window. As soon as the clock strikes twelve, the whole family runs to the courtyard to light incense candles and set off firecrackers. The sound of firecrackers from far and near merges into one, like a grand chorus.
On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, as soon as it dawns, the New Year's greetings team sets out. The first bowl of dumplings on the first day of the Lunar New Year must be taken to the Martyrs' Memorial碑 (yīngliè jìniànbēi). On New Year's Eve in 1944, the soldiers of the "Steel Eighth Company" of the Eighth Route Army's Old Fourth Regiment (八路军老四团“钢八连”) (Bālùjūn lǎo sì tuán “gāng bā lián”) fought a bloody battle against the Japanese and puppet troops in Zhucun (朱村), protecting the village with their lives. Since then, the people of Zhucun (朱村) have adhered to this tradition for more than 80 years. Steaming dumplings are placed in front of the碑 (bēi - "stele"), and the mist mixes with the morning frost, drifting towards the distant炊烟 (chuīyān - "smoke from kitchen chimneys"). The Yimeng (沂蒙) New Year has an added layer of profound patriotism.
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