Summary: The Chinese Communist Party Central Committee and the State Council congratulated the Chinese delegation on their performance at the 25th Winter Olympics, securing 5 gold, 4 silver, and 6 bronze medals. The message commended the athletes for demonstrating the spirit of Chinese sports, the Beijing Winter Olympics spirit, and the Olympic spirit. It further emphasized the athletes' role in showcasing China's strength and image on the world stage. The message called upon them to strive for new heights in winter sports and contribute to building a strong nation through Chinese-style modernization. The message also noted their contribution to promoting friendship with athletes from other countries and regions.
Summary: Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to Kim Jong-un on his re-election as General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), praising the WPK's achievements under Kim's leadership. Xi noted the importance of the WPK's 9th Congress and expressed confidence in its ability to advance socialist construction in North Korea. Highlighting the socialist and friendly relationship between China and North Korea, Xi affirmed the consistent policy of strengthening bilateral ties. He mentioned his past meetings with Kim and expressed his willingness to work together to implement their agreements, contributing to regional and global peace and prosperity.
Summary: The CCP Central Committee General Office issued a notice initiating a study and education campaign on establishing and practicing a correct view of performance in the Party, primarily targeting leading cadres at the county and department levels and above, starting after the 2026 Spring Festival and ending by the end of July. The campaign will focus on studying Xi Jinping's thought, rectifying deviations in the view of performance, and implementing the spirit of the 20th Party Congress and the 14th Five-Year Plan to promote high-quality development and the 15th Five-Year Plan. The initiative emphasizes serving the people, seeking truth from facts, and implementing the Party Central Committee's major decisions. The campaign does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China's forest area has reached 3.614 billion mu, with 185 million mu afforested during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, making it the world's fastest-growing country in terms of greening. A study estimates China has 142.6 billion trees, or 100 per person. Since the 18th National Congress, China has contributed approximately 25% of the world's new green area. Xi Jinping has consistently emphasized the importance of afforestation and ecological protection. By 2035, China plans for its forest stock volume to reach over 24 billion cubic meters.
Summary: During the Chinese New Year holiday, hospitals in multiple cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Tianmen, reported a surge in births of "Year of the Horse" babies. Hospital staff ensured adequate medical support during the holiday, with doctors and nurses maintaining their posts. Local governments like Tianmen are providing financial support and comprehensive services, such as free prenatal checkups and streamlined registration processes, to encourage childbirth. The article did not mention any U.S. related topics.
Summary: Chinese commerce data indicates a robust consumer spending during the first four days of the Spring Festival holiday, with an 8.6% increase in daily sales for key retail and catering enterprises compared to last year. The holiday saw a surge in "intangible cultural heritage experiences," with online searches tripling and cross-city travel orders increasing by over 70%. Various regions implemented measures to stimulate consumption, including issuing consumer vouchers and offering discounts. Foreign tourists also showed increased interest in experiencing Chinese New Year traditions, with a notable rise in non-Chinese passport holders booking domestic flights. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: On February 23rd, the final day of the Spring Festival holiday, China's national railway system experienced peak return travel, projecting 18.5 million passenger trips. Railway authorities implemented various measures to manage the surge, including increasing capacity and facilitating passenger convenience. As of 8:00 AM on February 23rd, the 12306 railway platform had sold a cumulative 339 million train tickets for the Spring Festival travel period. The report does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses the sense of "steadfastness" (踏实感) felt by Chinese people returning home for the Spring Festival. This feeling arises from a sense of familiarity with the homeland and culture, a sense of belonging to the nation, and a sense of pride in China's development and systems. The efficient transportation network and reliable services during the holiday contribute to this feeling. This "steadfastness" makes people feel more confident and attached to their home country when they embark on future journeys.
Summary: This article highlights China's advancements in modernizing its industrial system through three examples. First, it showcases the upgraded production of high-quality steel at Liaoning Bensteel Plate, exceeding design capacity through technological innovation. Second, it describes the integration of green energy for the "Eastern Data, Western Computing" project at the Qingyang Quzi Substation in Gansu. Finally, it celebrates the performance of humanoid robots in the Spring Festival Gala, demonstrating advancements in robotics technology and intelligent adaptation.
Summary: This article profiles Sun Wufei, a blind masseur from Ningde, Fujian, who built a successful business empire thanks to the expansion of China's high-speed rail network. Sun credits the railway for increased business and improved accessibility, enabling him to travel extensively and expand his massage business, providing employment for other visually impaired individuals. He highlights the support he receives from railway staff and the growing accessibility of travel for people with disabilities. Sun's story is used to illustrate the positive impact of infrastructure development and supportive policies on the lives of disabled citizens, fostering their integration and contribution to society. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: During the Spring Festival, various regions launched recruitment events and provided employment services to attract job seekers.
Summary: The Market Supervision Administration's Food Review Center reports a significant increase in domestically registered special medical formula foods, rising from 49% in 2020 to 88% in 2025. Categories previously reliant on imports, such as complete nutritional formulas for cancer patients, are now domestically produced. Market size has grown from 7 billion yuan in 2020 to 23 billion yuan in 2024, with an average annual compound growth rate exceeding 25%. In 2025, registration and market launch of special medical foods for children with rare diseases such as methylmalonic acidemia was approved, achieving a breakthrough in the field of domestic products and effectively protecting the "lifeline food" of niche special groups. Currently, China has 293 registered and marketed special medical foods.
Summary: During the Chinese New Year holiday, hospitals in cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou saw a surge in births of "Horse Year" babies. Medical staff in various hospitals ensured adequate staffing levels during the holiday to provide care for the new mothers and infants. Policies supporting childbirth, such as free prenatal checkups and streamlined insurance processes, were highlighted as contributing to families' willingness to have children. Various medical professionals, including Ying Hao, Li Ting, Gao JinSong, Zhang Dongying, Wang Yuerong, and Tang Lirong are mentioned in the article. There is no explicit mention of the United States or US-China relations in the provided text.
Summary: Foreign tourists are increasingly drawn to "China shopping" experiences, with a focus on technology products and culturally significant souvenirs. "China shopping" is facilitated by convenient services, such as tax refunds. Tourists favor destinations like Shenzhen's Huaqiangbei for electronics and Yiwu for its vast array of goods. Hainan's duty-free policies have been updated to include foreign tourists who are leaving the island, boosting sales. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China's recent Lunar New Year holiday saw a surge in domestic consumption, with over 2.6 billion cross-regional trips and record-breaking box office revenue. The holiday also showcased China's technological advancements, including the use of AI and robotics, which were highlighted on the Spring Festival Gala and even featured at the UN headquarters in New York. Increased visa-free access led to a rise in international tourists experiencing the holiday in China, with a significant increase in non-Chinese passport holders booking domestic flights, including many from the United States. The holiday, therefore, served as a window into China's economic resilience, innovation, and cultural appeal.
Summary: Chinese "Happy Spring Festival" celebrations featuring cultural performances and folk art demonstrations were held in Athens, Bangkok, and Jeddah, aiming to promote cultural exchange. In Athens, Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis and Chinese Ambassador to Greece Xiao Junzheng attended the events. In Jeddah, a visitor expressed hope that Saudi-Chinese relations would further develop in the new year. The events included activities like shadow puppetry, woodblock printing, acrobatics, and calligraphy, attracting both Chinese and foreign participants.
Summary: During a video address to the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council, Foreign Minister Wang Yi promoted Xi Jinping's Global Governance Initiative, claiming support from over 150 countries and organizations. Wang outlined five principles for global human rights governance: sovereign equality, international law, multilateralism, a people-centered approach, and action-orientation. He emphasized adherence to the principle of non-interference in internal affairs and rejected double standards in the name of human rights. Wang stated that China is ready to work with other countries to promote human rights and build a global community with a shared future. The United States was not mentioned in the context of his remarks.
Summary: The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that Kim Jong-un was elected General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) at the ninth WPK Congress on February 22nd. The congress passed a resolution to elect Kim Jong-un as General Secretary based on the will of party members and the people. Kim Jong-un, Pak Thae-song, Jo Yong-won, and Ri Il-hwan were elected as members of the WPK Central Committee. The congress also unanimously passed a resolution to amend the WPK charter.
Summary: The 25th Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina concluded in Verona, Italy. The Chinese delegation of 286, including 126 athletes, achieved a record number of entries and athlete size for overseas Winter Olympics, securing 5 gold, 4 silver, and 6 bronze medals. Su Yiming, a gold and bronze medalist, served as the flag bearer for the Chinese delegation. Ninety-three teams participated in the games, which employed a decentralized hosting model. The next Winter Olympics will be held in the French Alps in 2030.
Summary: A Chinese cultural performance celebrating the Lunar New Year was held in London's Trafalgar Square, organized by the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese (中国侨联). The performance included acts such as acrobatics, face-changing, and Peking Opera. Chinese Ambassador to the UK Zheng Zeguang addressed the audience, conveying New Year greetings and highlighting the cultural exchange and friendship between China and the UK. The "Kindred Spirit" program, created by the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, will perform 14 shows in 12 cities across 6 countries.
Summary: Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will pay an official visit to China from February 25th to 26th at the invitation of Premier Li Qiang.
Summary: The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs' Agricultural Trade Promotion Center organized a national agricultural delegation to participate in the 62nd French International Agricultural Show in Paris. This marks the first time China has had a national pavilion at the event, facilitating exchanges with French and international exhibitors and attendees. The delegation's presence aims to foster deeper connections within the global agricultural community.
Summary: The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra held its annual Chinese New Year concert at Hamer Hall in Melbourne on February 21st, drawing an audience of approximately 2,400 people. The performance received a warm reception with prolonged applause.
Summary: NPC Delegate and Hebei opera performer Jin Lingzhan was reported to be actively soliciting feedback from villagers in rural Hebei after a performance, focusing on their cultural needs and expectations for the future. Jin, who spends much of her time in rural areas, emphasized the importance of understanding the people's needs to promote cultural revitalization and inform her legislative work related to culture. She plans to use new technologies to adapt traditional art forms to the internet era. Jin referenced plans for the "15th Five-Year Plan" and also mentioned a visit to Zhengding county.
Summary: Hu Peisong, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, focuses his research and proposals on increasing farmers' incomes and ensuring food security. He advocates for improving the compensation mechanism for major grain-producing areas and developing functional rice to enhance its added value. Hu emphasizes the importance of balancing high yields with high-quality rice to meet consumer demands. He stresses the need for researchers and CPPCC members to stay grounded in practical needs and connect with farmers.
Summary: This article discusses innovative approaches to revitalizing rural culture in China, such as exchanging books for vegetables in Zhejiang's rural libraries. It emphasizes leveraging underutilized cultural resources in rural areas through creative transformation and modernization. The article highlights successful examples like Chongqing's Qingfu village and Shandong's Caijiagou, which have revitalized local traditions to promote tourism and economic growth. It stresses the importance of shared benefits and risks among stakeholders to ensure the sustainable development of rural cultural projects. The piece advocates for a holistic approach to rural revitalization that integrates economic development with cultural preservation and ecological protection.
Summary: During the 2025 National People's Congress, CPPCC National Committee member Yang Yuni proposed establishing a national digital resource database for intangible cultural heritage (ICH). Yang highlighted challenges facing ICH preservation, including an aging workforce, traditional transmission methods, and limited reach. Her proposal suggests using digital technologies like 3D modeling and AR to create an immersive experience, establishing specialized funds to cultivate digital application talent, and building a national digital platform to showcase and promote ICH. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism responded positively, stating it is actively promoting the development of digitalization in the field of ICH.
Summary: The article describes the common phenomenon of Chinese people returning to their cities after the Spring Festival holiday with car trunks overflowing with gifts and provisions from their parents. These goods, ranging from dried foods and snacks to practical items like umbrellas and shoes, symbolize the parents' deep love and concern for their children's well-being. The overflowing trunks represent the unspoken worries and reluctance of parents to see their children leave home again. There is no mention of any officials, the United States, or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: During the extended Spring Festival holiday, China's Ministry of Public Security reported record high volumes of travelers on national highways. Traffic management departments nationwide increased patrols, strengthened guidance, and cracked down on violations to maintain order. Despite adverse weather conditions, collaboration with meteorological and transportation agencies ensured safe passage. As of February 23rd, no major road accidents were reported, indicating stable road safety. The announcement did not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: During the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" period, Guangxi province has increased financial investment to improve its elderly care system in both urban and rural areas. Measures include government support for 180,000 elderly people in extreme poverty and subsidies for over 400,000 low-income and impoverished elderly individuals. Furthermore, Guangxi has allocated funds for centralized care subsidies for economically disadvantaged, disabled, or elderly individuals. Since 2021, Nanning has piloted long-term care insurance, benefiting approximately 18,400 individuals.
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Summary: This article discusses strategies for unlocking regional development potential in China by focusing on addressing weaknesses, strengthening advantages, and fostering new industries. It highlights examples like Guangdong's Boruo County overcoming past shortcomings to develop new industries and the coordinated supply chains in the Yangtze River Delta boosting the electric car industry. The article emphasizes the importance of tailoring strategies to local conditions to maximize the conversion of potential into real strength and calls for an improved and more vibrant regional economic structure. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses the recent popularity of "素人" (common people) writers in China, exemplified by figures like hairdresser Zhu Xinyan, who are gaining traction on social media for their authentic and relatable writings about daily life. These writers, often from working-class backgrounds, resonate with younger audiences through their genuine reflections on life's beauty, wisdom, and the importance of perseverance. Their works highlight the positive aspects of daily life, share personal philosophies, and inspire readers with an uplifting message. The article suggests that the appeal stems from their ability to capture the essence of ordinary life and connect with readers on a deeper emotional level. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses the growing popularity of mountain climbing in China, attributing it not only to physical exercise and connection with nature but also to the philosophical insights and personal growth it fosters. It emphasizes that climbing represents a mental and spiritual journey, requiring perseverance, strategic planning, and resilience to overcome challenges. The piece highlights the importance of balancing effort with rest, choosing the right path, and continuously seeking new challenges after reaching a summit. It suggests that climbing offers a "three-dimensional classroom" for self-discovery and provides spiritual nourishment through its grandeur. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China has been strengthening wetland ecological protection and restoration, implementing over 3,800 projects and adding/restoring over 1 million hectares of wetland. The country has established 903 national wetland parks, with approximately 90% open to the public free of charge. This effort aims to allow the public to better enjoy the benefits of ecological improvement. The short poem provided celebrates the restored wetlands. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A recent trend of "cloud markets" (云赶集) is gaining popularity among young people in China, with livestreams and short videos showcasing the atmosphere and products of traditional markets. These platforms allow a broader audience to experience local customs and products, potentially boosting rural cultural revitalization and consumption. To ensure healthy development, the article argues that online content should remain authentic and that local authorities should preserve the unique characteristics of traditional markets while improving their quality. The preservation of these markets is seen as safeguarding a way of life, an economic form, and shared cultural memories. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses Hainan province's full implementation of long-term care insurance (LTCI) starting in January 2026, highlighting its potential to alleviate financial burdens and provide professional care for disabled elderly individuals. It notes that LTCI, covering nearly 300 million people by the end of 2025, will transition from pilot programs to a comprehensive system during the 15th Five-Year Plan period. The article acknowledges challenges such as sustainable funding and workforce shortages but emphasizes the importance of LTCI in addressing China's aging population. The piece frames LTCI expansion as part of a broader effort to improve social security and promote people's well-being, drawing parallels with past reform successes achieved through pilot programs and gradual implementation. No mention of the United States or US-China relations was made.
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Summary: An owner of a restaurant in Jiangxi's Wangxiang Valley, Wu Qifu, described how he went from being a quarry worker earning very little to running a successful restaurant with over 5 million RMB in revenue annually due to increased tourism. Local Party Secretary Zhou Jie noted the shift from resource extraction to ecological preservation. Other locals are also benefiting from the influx of tourists, including those running homestays and young entrepreneurs offering services and experiences for tourists. The article highlights the economic benefits of tourism and ecological preservation in the region. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Following severe flooding in August 2024, the village of Zhujiagou in Liaoning Province was rebuilt into "Zhujia New Village," allowing displaced residents to quickly resettle. Villagers have seen increased income through fruit tree cultivation and agritourism, supported by government assistance, expert guidance, and infrastructure improvements like new roads and irrigation systems. The village has embraced modern techniques, including online sales and the creation of new attractions. Collective prosperity has risen due to the increased incomes. There is no discussion of the United States, or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: She Mingkui, a farmer originally from Chongqing, has been sorting and selling strawberries in Changfeng County, Anhui Province, for the past eight years, increasing his family's income. The family moved to Anhui from Chongqing in 2000. His farm now harvests around 800 *jin* (approximately 400 kilograms) of strawberries daily, yielding an annual income of over 100,000 *yuan*. Many other households in the village are also engaged in strawberry farming, contributing to local economic growth.
Summary: The article describes the village of Dongyaogou in Hebei province, known for its millennia-old pottery tradition. The village has integrated modern elements, such as cafes and museums, with its ancient pottery kilns and cultural heritage. Tourists are drawn to the village to experience pottery making, explore historical sites, and enjoy a blend of tradition and modernity. The village offers tourists the opportunity to connect with traditional Chinese culture.
Summary: The 21st annual village games in Baisha Village, Jiangshan City, Zhejiang Province, commenced with the addition of a new "Happy Family Life" competition. According to Baisha Village Party Secretary Zheng Riflu, the games, which included events like tug-of-war and sawing wood, aim to foster family bonds and showcase the spirit of the new era countryside. A New Year's family photo event was also held, forming part of the Baisha Village chronicle's visual project, according to Quzhou city-level cultural commissioner Xu Jin. The games have been held annually for 21 years.
Summary: This article discusses the popularity of the "Only Henan" theatrical complex in Zhengzhou, Henan province. The complex features theatrical performances rooted in local agricultural themes, such as a play featuring a farmer character called "Li Shiyi". The complex has collaborated with over 100 intangible cultural heritage practitioners in the province, leading to a 30% year-on-year increase in sales of cultural products. The theater is attracting many tourists and contributing to the local economy.
Summary: The Yao ethnic community in mountainous Guangxi's Duan County is experiencing economic growth through the development of traditional rattan weaving, which is being exported internationally, including to the United States. Local villagers are using their weaving skills to produce a variety of items, from daily necessities to creative designs, with the industry now featuring 300 series and over 15,000 varieties. This cottage industry model, involving companies, individual farmers, and international orders, enables villagers to increase their income without leaving their villages. The development of this industry is contributing to rural revitalization in the region.
Summary: The Boao Forum's permanent venue in Hainan is undergoing an environmental upgrade project. A state-owned enterprise is financing the construction of underground pipes to replace the existing, haphazard network of water intake pipes used by local fish farmers. The project, undertaken by China Construction First Group, aims to draw water from the deep sea and distribute it to aquaculture ponds, addressing ecological concerns caused by previous crude water extraction and wastewater discharge methods. The new system is expected to supply 2 million tons of water per day.
Summary: This article reports on the positive impact of a newly built 9-kilometer rural road in Ma Village, Qingchuan County, Sichuan Province, which has improved transportation and spurred economic development. Prior to the road's construction in November 2025, villagers like He Nailing faced significant challenges transporting goods and accessing markets. The new road facilitates the transport of locally grown rice, reduces costs, and has led to the establishment of a rice cooperative and agritourism businesses. He Nailing and his family are planning to expand rice cultivation and open a rural restaurant. There is no reporting in the article on statements or actions of an official, nor is there discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Hu Xilin, a 33-year-old sheep farmer in Gansu Province, is benefiting from the local government's support for the sheep industry, which includes building industrial parks, establishing cold chain logistics, and creating online platforms. These efforts have attracted merchants from various regions, including Xinjiang, Ningxia, Qinghai, and even Guangzhou. Hu, who previously worked away from home, now expresses pride in being able to expand his sheep farming operation from 4,000 to 5,000 sheep. He also mentioned that the local government also offered the farmers specialized technical training to improve their awareness of healthy farming practices. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The Lunar New Year holiday saw modern technology integrated into traditional celebrations, showcasing "new quality productive forces." Examples include AI-driven theatrical performances, robot performances, and drone light shows. Technological advancements are being applied to traditional cultural events, such as AI-powered magic shows depicting historical scenes. These innovations have led to increased consumer interest in tech-related products and experiences during the holiday. The integration of technology aims to enhance the traditional New Year spirit rather than dilute it.
Summary: The 32nd Zigong International Dinosaur Lantern Festival attracted its millionth visitor, Ms. Yang Yi from Chengdu, on February 23rd. The festival features large and small lantern displays incorporating traditional techniques with AR, interactive, and sound-controlled technologies. Designers like Xiong Biao are innovating by drawing inspiration from classical Chinese poetry and integrating new technologies, and Zigong has established a Metaverse R&D center. Zigong lanterns are also becoming more diversified and smaller in size, using greener materials to appeal to younger demographics.
Summary: Tianshan International Airport in Urumqi, Xinjiang, has become the first airport with over 10 million passengers to fully implement a domestically produced departure system. The system, developed by China TravelSky and China Electronics, aims to replace foreign technology in critical airport operations. According to officials, the new system has demonstrated stability during the Spring Festival travel season and improves efficiency in check-in and facial recognition boarding compared to foreign systems. The airport expects to handle 3.05 million passengers during the Spring Festival. The new system is expected to support the digital transformation of more airports nationwide.
Summary: An unmanned delivery system has been implemented in Dunhuang to resolve logistical challenges in rural areas. These self-driving vehicles operate in extreme weather conditions and can deliver up to 1,000 packages per day, increasing delivery efficiency by 30% and cutting costs by 40%. Villagers can now conveniently collect packages at 24-hour unmanned stations, which also offer services such as agricultural product delivery. According to Yang Xuewu, head of the Dunhuang Postal Administration, Dunhuang plans to continue developing the rural delivery system to address logistical issues in remote villages.
Summary: During the Spring Festival holiday, China experienced a surge in consumption, with key retail and catering enterprises seeing an 8.6% increase in daily sales compared to last year. E-commerce platforms noted a near threefold rise in searches for "intangible cultural heritage experiences," and cross-city travel orders increased by over 70%. Local governments issued consumer vouchers and organized online and offline shopping festivals to boost spending on goods ranging from local specialties to New Year's meals. Cultural tourism also flourished, with destinations offering immersive experiences and traditional performances, further enhanced by measures to guarantee supply and financial security. Foreign tourists have also increased by twenty percent compared to last year.
Summary: Following the Rain Water solar term, farmers in Jiangyong County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province, are actively engaged in spring plowing. In Xiacepou Village, Xiachenpu Town, agricultural machinery operators were seen driving tractors to till the fields. These efforts aim to lay a foundation for a bountiful harvest throughout the year. The article does not mention any Chinese officials, the United States, or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Liaoning province has decreased its water consumption per 10,000 yuan of GDP by 22.44% since 2020, reaching 40.11 cubic meters in the past year. The province has implemented a three-tiered water consumption control system and strengthened overall water management, specifically targeting high water consumption industries like power generation, steel, and petrochemicals through upgrades and recycling. Liaoning has also focused on agricultural water efficiency, implementing comprehensive water metering at irrigation canal points and online monitoring for large irrigation districts. Agricultural water usage has steadily decreased from 7.717 billion cubic meters in 2021 to 7.285 billion cubic meters in 2025.
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Summary: During China's 14th Five-Year Plan period, the country achieved significant progress in land greening, treating 152 million acres of desertified land and increasing the national forest coverage rate to over 25%, making it the world's fastest-growing country in terms of green coverage. The focus of land greening has shifted from simply planting trees to integrated ecosystem protection and systematic governance of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, and deserts. The total output value of the national forestry and grass industry will be close to 11 trillion yuan in 2025. Future efforts will emphasize quality and sustainability, alongside increasing the overall amount and quality of forest and grass resources. The goal is to enhance the carbon sink capacity of ecosystems and promote high-quality development.
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Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of regional coordinated development (区域协调发展) as an intrinsic requirement of Chinese-style modernization and a key component of Xi Jinping's economic thought. It highlights that Xi Jinping has elevated coordinated regional development to a high-level governance strategy to address unbalanced and inadequate development, particularly through major regional initiatives. The article argues that coordinated regional development is essential for implementing the new development philosophy (新发展理念), constructing the new development pattern (新发展格局), and promoting high-quality development (高质量发展). It also stresses that regional coordinated development is a necessary step towards achieving common prosperity (共同富裕).
Summary: The article discusses the development of "new cultural formats" in China, which are seen as a product of cultural and technological innovation and a key component of "new productive forces" in the cultural sphere. It emphasizes leveraging digital technology to upgrade the cultural industry, build cultural resource databases, and enhance cultural content. The author argues for fostering public participation in cultural creation and upholding core socialist values while developing these new formats. The piece also calls for strengthened regulation of technologies like AI within the cultural sector and developing a robust legal and regulatory framework to ensure security and manage the challenges presented by digital technology.
Summary: During the Spring Festival, local officials across China took steps to improve services for their constituents. In Sichuan's Danleng County, officials paired with disabled residents to address their needs, providing both holiday慰问 and ongoing support. In Tianjin's Hebei district, community centers offered meals and services to delivery workers, with local Party Secretary Zhang Yan emphasizing the importance of these workers and addressing their concerns. In Hainan's Sanya city, official Li Yang, a visiting scholar, participated in surprise inspections of newly opened free parking lots, addressing shortcomings from the perspective of a tourist. Sanya also coordinated with Beijing Daxing Airport to extend free parking services to passengers traveling from Beijing.
Summary: An Emergency Management Ministry video conference on February 22 focused on ensuring safety during the end of the Spring Festival holiday. The meeting emphasized the importance of thoroughly inspecting and rectifying potential hazards in key areas, particularly regarding fireworks, and preventing accidents during the return travel peak and resumption of work. Key points included strictly enforcing regulations on fireworks, strengthening safety supervision for various modes of transportation, and cracking down on illegal production and operation in hazardous chemical and other high-risk industries. The conference also stressed the importance of disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief efforts, including fire prevention and responding to severe weather events.
Summary: Guangxi is implementing new measures to strengthen Party building in emerging sectors, including new economic and social organizations, and new employment groups. The Guangxi Party Committee Organization Department and the Social Work Department jointly issued a notice outlining 15 specific measures across four areas to integrate Party building with industry development. These measures include clarifying Party building responsibilities for various departments and encouraging Party committees to establish direct contact points with key emerging sector Party organizations. Guangxi has already established 562 industry-specific Party committees and dispatched over 15,000 Party building instructors to ensure Party work coverage in non-public enterprises and social organizations.
Summary: During the Spring Festival holiday, China's public security organs, under the direction of the Ministry of Public Security, implemented security and stability measures nationwide, resulting in a stable social environment. Criminal incidents decreased by 12.1% compared to last year, and over 5,440 large-scale events occurred safely, including 93.1 million tourists visiting tourist attractions safely. The Ministry of Public Security emphasized strengthened patrols in key areas and rapid response mechanisms, deploying an average of 480,000 officers daily. Immigration authorities facilitated smooth passage for over 16.4 million people through ports.
Summary: The Shangyu district in Zhejiang province is leveraging Party building initiatives to strengthen local industrial supply chains. By promoting collaboration between enterprises through Party organization linkages, industrial byproducts are being repurposed as raw materials, saving companies millions in disposal costs. The district government has implemented twelve measures to facilitate the sharing of resources like information, technology, talent, and capital. Furthermore, 141 experienced cadres have been dispatched to companies as Party building instructors to address operational challenges and promote investment.
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Summary: The China National Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum is hosting a "Spring Festival Series Theme Exhibition" from January 20th to March 20th, attracting over 360,000 visitors in its first month. The exhibition features four sections: "Renewing the Calendar," "Soaring Ambitions," "Food as Heaven," and "Brilliant Spring," showcasing traditional customs, auspicious symbols, food culture, and festive lanterns. The museum also includes a Spring Festival market featuring intangible cultural heritage items from various provinces. According to Wang Chenyang, Party Secretary of the China National Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum, the exhibition aims to create a festive atmosphere and fulfill people's expectations for the Spring Festival.
Summary: Binzhou Customs, under Jinan Customs, is implementing a new "multi-port centralized dispatch" customs clearance model to streamline export procedures for businesses in inland ports like Boxing. This initiative allows companies to complete declaration, inspection, and release procedures at the origin of the goods, eliminating secondary declarations at the Jinan Dongjia Town station. According to Shandong Anhe International Freight Forwarding, the new policy reduces logistics costs by 20% and significantly improves customs clearance efficiency. Customs authorities claim the reform builds a new international logistics channel of "declaration at the place of origin - hub assembly - direct release at the border," reducing burdens on enterprises. The head of Binzhou Customs, Li Guang, claims the reform uses regulatory recognition to remove stumbling blocks.
Summary: Chen Jiawei, a police officer at the Hemu Border Police Station in Xinjiang's Altay Prefecture, is focused on community outreach to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning among local herders during the region's long, snowy winter. Chen, originally drawn to Altay by its natural beauty, now regularly travels on horseback to visit remote households and disseminate safety information. Her work involves traversing difficult terrain to ensure the well-being of the local community. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: During a new year event in Jingjiang, Jiangsu, two Jingjiang-born academicians, Academicians E Weinan and Liu Yunqi, turned a routine gathering into a discussion on integrating AI with local industries, identifying shortcomings in application and talent. Party Secretary Shen Qiang expressed the hope of facilitating new technologies. Companies showcased "AI+" products, leading to collaborations between businesses and experts to improve technological development. Jingjiang subsequently released an action plan to promote the deep integration of AI and manufacturing. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Xinmingzhu Group is pursuing green and intelligent manufacturing in the building ceramics industry to achieve China's "dual carbon" goals. The company is upgrading its production processes through "5G + industrial internet" technologies, resulting in lower energy consumption and emissions. Xinmingzhu focuses on using renewable materials and developing environmentally friendly building materials, and has been recognized by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology for its intelligent manufacturing. The group aims to provide systematic solutions for building surface decoration and promote a green upgrade of the entire industry chain. There was no mention of any impact on the U.S. or the relationship between the U.S. and China.
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Summary: Wuhan is accelerating its innovation-driven development by building a science and technology innovation center, with a focus on original innovation capabilities and the integration of technology and industry. The city is establishing a "one city, three corridors, multiple belts" innovation spatial layout, including the East Lake Science City and several university innovation belts. Wuhan aims to strengthen the role of enterprises in innovation and promote open, collaborative innovation, including international cooperation and linkages with Hong Kong. The city is also working to create a regional innovation ecosystem, fostering collaboration within the Wuhan metropolitan area and the Yangtze River Economic Belt. The article does not mention United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: During the Spring Festival, ecological and environmental workers across China, including park rangers, forest chiefs, and "Three-North" shelterbelt project workers, remained at their posts. These individuals safeguard natural resources and ensure ecological security during the holiday. Their dedication reflects a shift towards prioritizing ecological preservation alongside economic development. This commitment to environmental protection is seen as integral to building a beautiful China. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Several articles detail the work of individuals in environmental protection roles during the Spring Festival. Qu Chengcheng in Changyi, Shandong uses drones to monitor the Wei River, reporting illegal fishing activity through a digital platform. Qu Li, director of the Wangqing Management and Conservation Center in Jilin province, and her team replenish food supplies for wildlife in the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park. Wang Yong, a forest ranger in Sichuan, utilizes satellite remote sensing and drones to prevent forest fires. Chen Liang, a forestry engineer in Inner Mongolia, guides shrub trimming and checks the work to combat desertification in the Mu Us Desert.
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Summary: The article discusses historical preservation efforts in Hamburg, Dubai and Krakow. Hamburg has integrated historical elements into its modern port city, focusing on mixed-income housing and citizen involvement in planning. In Dubai, Prince Hamdan has initiated the "Dubai Heritage" plan to document the city's development and preserve its culture. Krakow focuses on adaptive reuse of historical buildings and strict urban planning to maintain the integrity of its old city.
Summary: Here's a summary of the provided articles, focusing on key details and mentions of the U.S.: * **Mexico:** The Chinese Embassy in Mexico issued a security alert due to serious social security incidents in several Mexican states, advising Chinese citizens to be vigilant. * **Japan:** Over a thousand Japanese citizens protested the government's plan to deploy long-range missiles at a military base in Kumamoto Prefecture. * **Iran:** Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson stated that any attack on Iran would be considered an act of aggression, amidst reports of upcoming talks with the U.S. and recent U.S. military buildup in the Middle East. He also referenced pressure from sanctions and the need to lift them. * **Palestine:** UN Secretary-General Guterres stated that the "two-state solution" is being eroded, citing violations of international law and human rights in the Palestinian conflict. * **Nepal:** Nepal has formed a committee to investigate a bus accident that resulted in 19 deaths, including one Chinese citizen, prompting a safety reminder from the Chinese Embassy.
Summary: President Trump, after a Supreme Court ruling, announced raising "global import tariffs" from 10% to 15% immediately, citing a review of the ruling and invoking Section 122 of the 1974 Trade Act. The move has drawn widespread domestic criticism in the U.S. for potentially increasing market instability and burdening American businesses and consumers. The EU has demanded clarification and warned of damage to global market confidence, while Canada stated that the tariffs were "unreasonable." Singapore expressed the need to prepare for "fundamental changes" in the global trade environment, and many other countries including Thailand and Malaysia voiced concern over the increased pressure and uncertainty the tariffs will bring.
Summary: The "Yue Opera Chinese New Year Gala 2026," celebrating the 120th anniversary of Yue Opera, recently aired with the theme of "Yue Opera and People," highlighting historical moments and focusing on harmony and common growth. The gala featured New Year greetings from overseas Chinese and Yue Opera enthusiasts from countries including the United States and Canada, emphasizing Yue Opera's role as a bridge connecting people of different cultural backgrounds. The European Chinese Yue Opera Alliance president discussed the broad impact of two special performances held overseas. Additionally, an online campaign titled "Finding Lin Daiyu," commemorating the 100th anniversary of Yue Opera artist Wang Wenjuan's birth, garnered participation from international individuals, including a student from Algeria.
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Summary: This article discusses Shanghai's *shikumen* architecture, a unique housing style blending traditional Chinese and Western elements that emerged in the late 19th century. *Shikumen* are being preserved and repurposed in Shanghai's urban renewal projects, transforming them into commercial areas, cultural spaces, and creative hubs while retaining their historical integrity. The article highlights the challenges of balancing preservation and development, advocating for functional integration and diverse utilization models to maintain the cultural significance and community feel of *shikumen*. The architectural style reflects the historical influence of Western culture in Shanghai. The preservation of *shikumen* construction techniques was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage project in 2011.
Summary: Shanghai is promoting cultural and tourism integration with new "city walk" routes, highlighting Shikumen architecture. Key sites include the site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China, a typical Shikumen building where the Party was founded in 1921. Zhang Yuan, a well-preserved Shikumen complex, blends Chinese and Western architectural styles and has been transformed into a commercial and cultural hub. Tianzifang, a former factory and residential area, features a mix of early Shikumen and new lane styles, now housing art studios, design firms, and restaurants.
Summary: The article discusses the rising popularity of "Jiangxi Xiaochao" (江西小炒), a style of stir-fried dishes representing local Jiangxi cuisine, focusing on its affordability, spicy flavor profile, and increasing appeal to tourists. Jiangxi Xiaochao is characterized by fresh, spicy and salty flavors achieved through high-heat cooking techniques. To address issues hindering its brand development, Jiangxi province has standardized the definition of Jiangxi Xiaochao, emphasizing the promotion of local ingredients, chefs, and standardized store formats. Restaurants are also incorporating cultural elements to enhance the dining experience for tourists, such as poetry readings in historical districts.
Summary: This article traces the evolution of the Chinese character "豆" (dou), meaning bean, from its origins as a pictographic representation of an ancient food vessel to its modern meaning as a legume. Initially a ritual object signifying social status, the character's meaning shifted over time to represent the plant and its seeds. The article highlights the "银豆" (silver dou) unearthed from the tomb of a king of Qi, showcasing Persian influence blended with Chinese craftsmanship, reflecting ancient cultural exchange. The transformation of the character mirrors the evolution of Chinese language, society and cultural exchange. There is no discussion on US or US-China relations in the article.
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Summary: This article reports on the development of public services and infrastructure in the Xiongan New Area, focusing on improving the lives of residents through initiatives like the "15-minute living circle" and streamlined administrative processes. The area has invested in healthcare facilities like the Beijing University People's Hospital Xiongan Hospital, and educational resources such as Beijing No. 4 High School's Xiongan campus. Cultural and sports facilities, including the Xiongan Sports Center and Library, have been established to enrich community life. Xiongan New Area is also leveraging digital technology to streamline government services, such as enterprise registration, for both businesses and residents. The article did not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article reports on community development initiatives in the Xiong'an New Area, specifically in the Rongxi and Yi'an communities. These initiatives focus on creating child-friendly spaces like the Taoxi Park, designed with input from local children, and community centers with children's zones. Rongxi also features youth programs with social activities and volunteer opportunities. Yi'an has resources for senior citizens, such as health management and fitness groups. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: 雄an New Area is developing modern and intelligent cultural and sports venues, including the Xiong'an Library which opened in September 2025 and features AI librarian robots. The Xiong'an Sports Center, completed in March of last year, has hosted over 80 cultural and sports events and promotes public fitness. These new facilities and services contribute to the "15-minute cultural life circle," enhancing residents' happiness and making the city more livable.石保恒, General Manager Assistant of Xiong'an Group Public Service Management Co., Ltd., was mentioned in relation to the Xiong'an Sports Center. There is no mention of the U.S. or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: Since its establishment, Xiong'an New Area has been focused on building a high-quality modern education system, which now includes 733 schools. The first four Beijing-relocated university campuses are under construction, with more universities to follow. Xiong'an is implementing modern teaching concepts and integrating educational resources from Beijing and Tianjin through cooperation agreements. Xiong'an New Area Education Bureau Deputy Director Li Yujin emphasized that the goal is to elevate the overall educational level of Xiong'an. The area aims to establish a comprehensive modern education system from kindergarten to university.
Summary: This article highlights improvements in public services and quality of life in the Xiong'an New Area. It emphasizes the "15-minute living circle" concept, showcasing advancements in healthcare, education, and administrative services delivered through smart technology and community-focused initiatives. Examples include intelligent libraries, streamlined government services, and accessible community health centers. The article suggests that Xiong'an is developing into a "people-centered city" through meticulous planning and execution focused on citizen well-being.
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Summary: During Chinese New Year celebrations, cultural events were held in Peru, Indonesia, and Serbia. In Peru, celebrations included lion dances, cultural experiences, and a performance blending Chinese Kung Fu with Peruvian elements, with Minister of Culture Luna highlighting cultural diversity. In Indonesia, a "Happy Chinese New Year" event at the ASEAN headquarters featured music and cultural exhibitions, with Chinese Ambassador to ASEAN Wang Qing noting the harmony between China and ASEAN. In Serbia, a gala featured Sichuan opera, folk music, and performances by robots, with singer Slobodan Trkulja (飞龙) promoting Chinese culture and Serbian National Assembly Deputy Speaker Raguz emphasizing the deepening friendship. There were no mentions of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article focuses on the global celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year, highlighting its cultural significance and increasing international recognition. It emphasizes the integration of traditional Chinese culture, such as Ming Dynasty attire and traditional arts, with modern technological innovations like AI and robotics in global celebrations. The article notes the growing participation of foreigners in Spring Festival activities and the increasing number of countries recognizing it as a holiday. The holiday promotes cultural exchange and embodies the spirit of harmony and unity. The article does not make mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: This article highlights the Chinese government's shift towards "normalized precision assistance" (常态化精准帮扶) in rural areas, focusing on the stories of local officials and party members working to improve the lives of villagers. The officials discussed include Dai Xinghui, Yang Songbiao, Ruan Banlu, and Ma Jinxeu. Their efforts range from providing financial and medical assistance to promoting legal awareness, improving agricultural techniques, and fostering local leadership. The initiatives emphasize targeted support and empowering communities for sustainable development.
Summary: This article criticizes the passive "熬" (áo), or "enduring/grinding," attitude creeping into some cadres' work ethic, characterized by complacency, avoidance of responsibility, and prioritizing seniority over actual work. It contrasts this with active "干" (gàn), or "doing/working," highlighting the necessity of proactive effort and dedication for achieving progress and personal fulfillment. The piece argues that "熬" stems from fear of making mistakes, lack of competence, and a perception that results are less valued than rhetoric. The author urges cadres to refocus on their original aspirations and embrace action, while also calling for organizational reforms that reward tangible achievements and foster a supportive environment for dedicated work.
Summary: An investigation by the discipline inspection commission in Hejiang County, Luzhou City, Sichuan Province, revealed that Wang, the former village party secretary and head of the village committee, misappropriated village collective loans intended for lychee cultivation. Wang allegedly used the funds to repay personal debts, pay for his company's land contracts, and cover personal expenses, exploiting lax financial management and his dominant position in village decision-making. This "death by a thousand cuts" corruption case highlighted the need for stricter oversight of village-level financial management and decision-making processes. Wang was ultimately expelled from the Party for his violations. There is no mention of the United States.
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Summary: Here is a summary of the provided articles: This compilation of articles discusses the celebration of the Spring Festival through various cultural activities. Li Kangdi, captain of a Yingge dance team, describes performing in foreign countries to connect overseas Chinese with their heritage. Wu Lian discusses the popularity of immersive theatrical experiences during the holiday, such as "Only the Red Dream". Actress Ma Li reflects on the significance of the Spring Festival Gala and films in uniting families. Finally, Director Wu Yao details the creation of a micro-drama focused on the theme of family reunion in a rural setting.
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To the Chinese Sports Delegation (中国体育代表团):
At the 25th Winter Olympic Games, our ice and snow athletes bravely won 5 gold medals, 4 silver medals, and 6 bronze medals, a total of 15 medals, achieving the best results in our country's history of participating in the Winter Olympics abroad. This represents a double harvest of sporting achievements and spiritual civilization, winning honor for the motherland and the people. The Party Central Committee and the State Council extend warm congratulations and cordial greetings to you!
In this Winter Olympics, you kept in mind the entrustment of the Party and the people, vigorously promoted the Chinese sports spirit, the Beijing Winter Olympic spirit, and the Olympic spirit, united and worked together, and strived for the first place. You demonstrated a tenacious style and superb skills, and showed the good spiritual outlook of Chinese sports forging ahead. You competed fairly, exchanged amicably, and enhanced friendship with athletes from all countries and regions in the world, once again showing the world the strength of China, the spirit of China, and the image of China in the new era, and further stimulated the patriotic enthusiasm and fighting spirit of Chinese sons and daughters at home and abroad.
It is hoped that you will adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想), anchor the goal of building a strong sports country, keep in mind the mission of winning glory for the country, continue to climb new peaks in world ice and snow sports, consolidate and expand the results of "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports," and make new contributions to comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央)
The State Council (国务院)
February 23, 2026
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (新华社北京), February 23)
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 23rd. On February 23rd, Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, sent a congratulatory message to Kim Jong-un (金正恩), congratulating him on being elected General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea at the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea.
In his congratulatory message, Xi Jinping (习近平) said that since the Eighth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea, the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, headed by General Secretary Kim Jong-un (金正恩), has united and led the Korean people in their hard work and continuous achievement of new successes in the cause of socialist construction in Korea. Comrade Kim Jong-un (金正恩) has once again been elected General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, which reflects the high trust and sincere support of the Korean party, government, and people for the General Secretary. The Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea was successfully convened at a crucial stage when the Korean party and state undertakings are entering a stage of **承前启后** (chéng qián qǐ hòu - "carry on the past and open up the future," to inherit the past and usher in the future; to build on past achievements). I wish that under the strong leadership of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea headed by the General Secretary, the Korean party and people will take this congress as an opportunity to continuously create new prospects for the cause of Korean socialism.
China and North Korea are socialist friendly neighbors who **守望相助** (shǒu wàng xiāng zhù - "keep watch and help each other," to give mutual help and protection). Maintaining, consolidating, and developing good China-North Korea relations has always been a firm policy of the Chinese party and government. In recent years, I have met with the General Secretary many times, which has powerfully guided the positive development of China-North Korea relations. Facing the accelerated evolution of changes unseen in a century and the intertwined turbulence of the international situation, I am willing to work with the General Secretary to guide the relevant departments and localities of both sides to implement the important consensus we have reached, write a new chapter in China-North Korea friendship, serve the socialist construction undertakings of the two countries, enhance the well-being and friendship of the two peoples, and make positive contributions to promoting regional and even world peace, stability, and development and prosperity.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京) February 23rd. Recently, the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央办公厅) issued the "Notice on Carrying Out Study and Education on Establishing and Practicing a Correct View of Performance in the Whole Party" (关于在全党开展树立和践行正确政绩观学习教育的通知) (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice").
The "Notice" pointed out that, with the consent of the Party Central Committee (党中央), study and education on establishing and practicing a correct view of performance (hereinafter referred to as "study and education") will be carried out throughout the Party. The study and education will focus on leading groups and leading cadres at the county and department levels and above, especially the "top leaders," and will be launched after the Spring Festival holiday in 2026 and basically completed by the end of July.
The "Notice" made it clear that it is necessary to adhere to Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as guidance, thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Party and the Plenary Sessions of the 20th Central Committee, conscientiously implement the arrangements of the Fourth Plenary Session, fully implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平总书记) important expositions on establishing and practicing a correct view of performance, unswervingly promote the comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, take being loyal to the Party, benefiting the people, making scientific decisions, and earnestly grasping implementation as the general requirements, take the integrated promotion of learning, investigation, and rectification as the starting point, educate and guide Party organizations and Party members and cadres at all levels to adhere to seeking truth from facts and being pragmatic, achieve performance for the people, achieve performance through hard work, effectively prevent and correct deviations in the view of performance, resolutely and forcefully implement the Party Central Committee's (党中央) major decisions and deployments, fully and accurately implement the new development concept, accelerate the construction of a new development pattern, focus on promoting high-quality development, create practical results that can withstand the test of practice, the people, and history, promote a good start for the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan," and provide a strong guarantee for comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
The "Notice" emphasized that the study and education should adhere to focusing on the theme, being simple and pragmatic, not dividing into batches or stages, and conscientiously implement work arrangements such as learning and discussion, investigating problems, rectifying and correcting, establishing systems, and open education. It is necessary to organize Party members and cadres to deeply study General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平总书记) important expositions on establishing and practicing a correct view of performance, deeply study the "Suggestions of the CPC Central Committee on Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development" (中共中央关于制定国民经济和社会发展第十五个五年规划的建议), and deeply study General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平总书记) important speeches and important instructions on the region, department, and field, and further strengthen the concept of being loyal to the Party and benefiting the people. Leading groups at the county and department levels and above and their members should deeply investigate the existing problems in the view of performance through means such as supervision and inspection, investigation and research, and understanding the reflections of the masses, find gaps from the perspective of Party spirit, investigate the root causes, and strengthen self-cultivation. It is necessary to adhere to combining with the central inspection rectification, the in-depth implementation of the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation (中央八项规定) study and education rectification, the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" preparation and implementation, and ecological and environmental protection supervision and rectification, rectify while investigating, rectify immediately, carry out centralized rectification of outstanding problems, and continuously promote the implementation of rectification. Do a good job in establishing systems, deeply investigate the existing regulations in the current system and mechanism that do not meet the requirements of a correct view of performance, abolish what should be abolished, and revise what should be revised. It is necessary to adhere to open education, listen to the opinions of the masses when investigating problems, accept the supervision of the masses during rectification, and accept the evaluation of the masses to test the effectiveness; adhere to putting the people's livelihood first, do more practical things for the masses, and make them feel accessible.
The "Notice" required that Party committees (Party groups) at all levels should take carrying out study and education as an important political task, carefully organize and implement it, and ensure that it achieves practical results. The main leading comrades of Party committees (Party groups) should fulfill their responsibilities as the primary person responsible. Combine with the actual conditions of different levels, regions, fields, and industries to strengthen classified guidance. Do a good job in publicity and guidance, and resolutely guard against formalism.
Return to TopAccording to the latest data from the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, how many trees are there in China? The total forest area in the country currently reaches 3.614 billion mu; among them, during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China afforested 185 million mu, an area similar to that of Fujian Province (福建省), making it the country with the largest and fastest increase in greening globally.
According to the scientific research results released in 2025 by Guo Qinghua (郭庆华)'s team at Peking University (北京大学), as of 2020, there were approximately 142.6 billion trees in the country, equivalent to each Chinese person "owning" 100 trees. The team used "drones + lidar + algorithm models" to count the trees in more than 76,000 sample plots, and for the first time completed an estimate of the number of trees nationwide.
"100 trees per capita" makes China's "green assets" more concrete and makes the Chinese people's "green ledger" tangible and accessible. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the guidance of Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping's thought on ecological civilization, China has created a green miracle while continuing to write two major miracles of rapid economic development and long-term social stability.
"100 trees per capita" is both protected and planted.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China carried out standardized protection of approximately 5,081,900 ancient and famous trees. 2.578 billion mu of natural forest resources have been effectively protected. Since 2012, China has cumulatively afforested more than 1.1 billion mu, contributing approximately 25% of the world's new green area.
"We must work year after year, generation after generation, and roll up our sleeves and work hard." During his work in local areas, Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) often participated in tree planting activities. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has participated in the capital's voluntary tree planting activities every year, leading the national voluntary tree planting to continuously deepen and become more practical.
Adhering to the integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, and grasslands, China has implemented a series of major ecological projects. Among them, the "Three-North" Shelterbelt Project has cumulatively afforested and preserved an area of 480 million mu, equivalent to half of the Loess Plateau (黄土高原).
The green miracle of the new era fully demonstrates the advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics. Nagqu (那曲), Tibet (西藏), with an average altitude of 4,500 meters, was once known as "the only city in the country without trees." During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the local area scientifically introduced cold-resistant, strong wind-resistant, and ultraviolet-resistant tree species such as spruce, and adopted a number of patented technologies to successfully break through the technical bottleneck of afforestation on the plateau. Today, the urban area of Nagqu (那曲) has trees and forests.
"Plant more trees, plant good trees, and manage trees well." China's land greening adheres to the "three greens" of expanding green, revitalizing green, and protecting green simultaneously. Determining greening based on water resources, planting suitable trees in suitable places, and embarking on a scientific, ecological, and economical path of greening development. The concept of "Two Mountains" (绿水青山就是金山银山) is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. In 2025, the total output value of the national forestry and grassland industry will be nearly 11 trillion yuan, driving more than 60 million people to employment and income increase. More than 1.7 million forest rangers guard the green waters and green mountains.
The "2025 Global Forest Resources Assessment Report" released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations shows that between 2015 and 2025, China's average annual forest increase was 1.69 million hectares, the country with the largest average annual net increase.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal proposes "scientifically carrying out large-scale national land greening actions." By 2030, China will achieve its carbon peak target and plans to increase its forest stock volume to more than 24 billion cubic meters by 2035. Anchored to the goal of building a beautiful China, China will continue to be a firm actor and important contributor to the world's green development.
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A clear and bright cry came from the delivery room, and another Year of the Horse baby was successfully born.
On February 23, the seventh day of the first lunar month, Zhao Peng (赵朋), who had just completed the "great undertaking of childbirth," was resting in the ward of the East Branch of Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital (上海市第一妇婴保健院). The newborn was sleeping peacefully beside her. With the child in their arms, the family snuggled together for a photo, and the new parents felt extremely happy. "I feel like the world has been lit up all of a sudden!" said Zhao Peng (赵朋).
At 3:55 a.m. that day, a cry broke the silence of the night, and Peking Union Medical College Hospital (北京协和医院) welcomed its thirty-second Year of the Horse baby.
During the Spring Festival holiday, maternity wards in hospitals in many places, including Beijing (北京), Shanghai (上海), Guangzhou (广州) in Guangdong (广东), and Tianmen (天门) in Hubei (湖北), welcomed many Year of the Horse babies. The birth of new life brings joy and hope to families, and also receives care and blessings from society.
"New life is hope, is strength"
At 8:54 a.m. on the seventh day of the first lunar month, another Year of the Horse baby was welcomed into the family-style delivery room of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University (中山大学附属第三医院) in Guangzhou (广州), Guangdong (广东).
The mother, Yang Zhiheng (杨之恒), was resting and being observed with her husband by her side. Yang Zhiheng (杨之恒) said that their first child was six and a half years old, and the couple both liked children very much. They also hoped that the two children could keep each other company in the future, so they decided to have a second child. "This year is the Year of the Horse, with the spirit of the dragon and the horse, and instant success. Giving birth to a baby born in the Year of the Horse has a very good meaning!" her husband added.
"Since zero hour on the first day of the first lunar month, this is the twenty-fourth Year of the Horse baby born in our hospital; if we count from the beginning of spring according to Guangdong (广东) customs, it is already the 123rd," said Li Zhe (黎哲), the obstetrics on-duty doctor. "New life comes every day," said Xu Chengfang (许成芳), director of the Department of Obstetrics at the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University (中山三院).
On the seventh day of the first lunar month, the Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center (广州医科大学附属妇女儿童医疗中心) was still a busy scene.
"Wow—" A cry came from delivery room No. 8, followed by the song "Happy Birthday," filling the entire delivery room with a warm and festive atmosphere.
"50 centimeters long, 3250 grams in weight, born at 9:07:37 on February 23, congratulations!" After completing the routine check-up, midwife Su Suqiong (苏素琼) carefully placed the newborn on the mother Chen Meiting's (陈美婷) chest, and then brought a commemorative Year of the Horse newborn postal folder to leave a pair of small footprints for the child.
The new father, Luo Yukun (罗宇堃), with red eyes, tentatively stretched out his hands, hesitating to hold the child, his nervous and helpless appearance causing everyone to laugh.
Su Suqiong's (苏素琼) tense expression relaxed, and she told reporters: "From early morning until now, this is the ninth Year of the Horse baby today."
Ying Hao (应豪), Party Secretary and Chief Physician of Obstetrics at Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital (上海一妇婴), said that from the first day of the first lunar month to 4 p.m. on the seventh day, 338 Year of the Horse babies had been safely born in the hospital.
On the morning of February 23, at Peking Union Medical College Hospital (北京协和医院), under the guidance of Li Ting (李婷), a teaching teacher in the delivery room, Tang Yueming (唐月明), a 34-year-old new mother, learned to hold her son, who weighed less than 6 pounds. Her hands were soft and waxy, and her eyes were full of love: "The first time I saw him, I was really excited and happy. New life is hope, is strength!"
"Bringing joy to many families, this kind of dedication is the happiest"
At 7:30 a.m. on February 23, in the obstetrics ward of Peking Union Medical College Hospital (北京协和医院), nurses were already shuttling between the wards. "How did the mother sleep last night?" "How many milliliters of milk did the child eat?" "The jaundice value is normal, don't worry"... Detailed check-ups and cordial greetings brought peace of mind to new parents.
At Peking Union Medical College Hospital (北京协和医院), Gao Yixiang (高义祥), a new father, talked about his previous worries: "I didn't expect it to 'start' at dawn on the third day of the first lunar month. At first, I was worried that the hospital would be short-staffed during the holidays, but when I arrived at the hospital, I found that the doctors, nurses, and nursing staff were all sticking to their posts, and I felt relieved."
"Childbirth does not distinguish between day and night, and cannot be delayed. Every minute and every second is related to the safety of the mother and baby. During the Spring Festival holiday, we refer to the regular time period to equip personnel, with 7 senior doctors and rotating doctors divided into 4 levels of rotation, which not only ensures sufficient medical care, but also takes into account the rest rights of medical staff, and eliminates fatigue operations. The number of newborns during this year's Spring Festival holiday is basically the same as in the same period last year," said Gao Jinsong (高劲松), director of the Obstetrics Center of Peking Union Medical College Hospital (北京协和医院).
"When families are reunited, although we cannot be with our families, we can protect the birth of new life. The sense of fulfillment brought by this profession is irreplaceable," said Zhang Dongying (张东颖), head nurse of the second obstetrics ward of Peking Union Medical College Hospital (北京协和医院).
"The Spring Festival can be skipped, but pregnant women can't wait for a moment," said Su Suqiong (苏素琼). During the Spring Festival holiday, more than 30 Year of the Horse babies were born every day in the Zhujiang New Town (珠江新城) campus of Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center (广州妇儿中心), and the delivery room arranged for doctors and nursing teams to be on duty and on schedule as usual.
During the Spring Festival holiday, Tianmen Maternal and Child Health Hospital (天门市妇幼保健院) required doctors with associate senior titles or above in obstetrics and gynecology to be on duty. "I rushed over to be on duty after a quick New Year's Eve dinner," said Wang Yuerong (王月容), director of obstetrics. During the festival, the hospital successfully welcomed 46 babies, 2 more than in the same period last year. "Bringing joy to many families, this kind of dedication is the happiest."
"Saving money and being considerate, I feel very relieved to give birth"
"I used to have all kinds of worries, but after I got pregnant, I found that doctors guided me scientifically throughout the whole process. After the 'start,' I used pain relief, and the midwife sister's emotional value was full. It only took 50 minutes to enter the labor room, and the baby was born," Zhao Peng (赵朋) told reporters.
At 8 a.m. on the first day of the first lunar month, Wu Ye (吴椰) welcomed her second child at Tianmen Maternal and Child Health Hospital (天门市妇幼保健院). "Congratulations, it's a baby girl, weighing 6 pounds and 2 taels." The medical staff's words relieved Wu Ye (吴椰).
After a series of health assessments, Wu Ye (吴椰) and her child both met the discharge standards on the morning of the seventh day. In the single ward, there was a companion bed, a separate bathroom, a sofa, a coffee table, and a TV. The family was busy packing their luggage, and Wu Ye (吴椰) took out the child's household registration page and birth certificate for the reporter to see: "These documents, as well as medical insurance, can all be handled in one stop at the hospital. Staff from the Public Security Bureau (公安局) and the Medical Insurance Bureau (医保局) are concentrated in the hospital to work, and they are also on duty during the Spring Festival holiday. These were all done in half an hour."
In Tianmen (天门), there are many families like Wu Ye's (吴椰) with two children. Tang Lirong (唐丽蓉), vice president of Tianmen Maternal and Child Health Hospital (天门市妇幼保健院), introduced that the proportion of second and third children born in the hospital in 2025 reached 50%. "Young people are willing to have children, which is not only a change in their own ideas, but also the improvement and guarantee of policies and services have played a positive role," said Tang Lirong (唐丽蓉).
"During pregnancy, non-invasive genetic testing, electrocardiograms, and other examinations are free," Wu Ye (吴椰) initially estimated that she could save about 1,500 yuan in examination fees.
In addition to the support of real money, the meticulous service also made Wu Ye (吴椰) feel cared for. During the first prenatal check-up, the attending doctor left Wu Ye (吴椰) her work phone number. "During pregnancy, the doctor will remind me to have check-ups regularly. If I have any questions, I can call her at any time. The hospital has also built a WeChat group to answer questions for everyone." Wu Ye (吴椰) said that when queuing for prenatal check-ups, the hospital provides free hair washing services for pregnant women; prenatal check-ups often require fasting blood draws, and the hospital provides free breakfast. "**又省钱，又贴心** (yòu shěng qián, yòu tiē xīn - "saving money and being considerate," describes something that is both economical and thoughtful)," Wu Ye (吴椰) said, "I feel very relieved to give birth."
Tianmen's (天门市) pro-fertility services go beyond this. 4 kilometers away from Tianmen Maternal and Child Health Hospital (天门市妇幼保健院), next to the Marriage Registration Office of Tianmen Civil Affairs Bureau (天门市民政局婚姻登记处), the hospital has set up a one-stop marriage and childbirth service point. "Pre-marital check-ups before receiving a marriage certificate and pre-pregnancy check-ups after receiving a certificate can be done here for free," said Tang Lirong (唐丽蓉).
The child was born on the second day of the first lunar month at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University (中山大学附属第一医院), and was admitted to the neonatal specialist department on the same day due to high jaundice values. The new father, Huang Min (黄敏), was so anxious that he had a mouth full of blisters. "The nurse reminded us to apply for neonatal medical insurance online with the birth certificate. After staying in the incubator for 3 days, nearly 70% of the cost of more than 6,700 yuan was reimbursed." Huang Min (黄敏) sighed, "This policy is good, it saves us worry and money!"
Fertility support policies in various places have been launched one after another. Beijing (北京) issued 947 million yuan in childcare subsidies in 2025, benefiting 295,000 families. Guangdong (广东) has achieved "immediate participation in insurance upon landing" for newborns, allowing medical insurance to accurately cover the critical period of newborn diagnosis and treatment, without being restricted by the place of household registration or residence.
(Reporters Jiang Hongbing (姜泓冰), He Linping (贺林平), Cheng Yuanzhou (程远州), Wang Zhou (王洲), Wu Jun (吴君), Cheng Chen (程晨) of this newspaper)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 珂 杨 迅 齐志明
This Spring Festival holiday is full of consumption vitality: Business big data shows that in the first 4 days, the average daily sales of key retail and catering enterprises nationwide increased by 8.6% compared with the first 4 days of last year's Spring Festival holiday. According to statistics from e-commerce platforms, the search volume for "intangible cultural heritage experience" during the Spring Festival holiday increased by nearly 3 times, and "intangible cultural heritage tourism" has become a new fashion; cross-city travel orders increased by more than 70%, new energy vehicle bookings increased by 6 times year-on-year, and the car rental market ushered in a boom...
Online and offline transactions are booming.
New Year goods carry deep affection.
On February 23, the seventh day of the first lunar month, the Jingdong 7 Fresh Supermarket in the Huiju Shopping Center in Daxing District, Beijing (北京大兴区荟聚购物中心) was bustling with business, and areas such as fruits and vegetables, baked goods, and aquatic products were crowded with consumers. The person in charge of the store introduced that during the Spring Festival holiday, the supermarket's passenger flow continued to be at a high level.
In a supermarket in Luxi County (芦溪县), Pingxiang City (萍乡市), Jiangxi (江西) Province, resident Chen Hongxia (陈红霞) was selecting various snacks, "buying some things that the children like to eat." During the Spring Festival holiday, Luxi County issued more than one million yuan in consumer vouchers, covering consumption scenarios such as supermarkets, catering, and cultural tourism.
Recently, the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) and other departments launched the 2026 National Online New Year Goods Festival to build an online and offline integrated New Year goods consumption matrix.
Hengdong Yellow Chili (衡东黄贡椒), Yongfeng Chili Sauce (永丰辣酱), Changde Lei Tea (常德擂茶)... At the 2nd "Xiang Man Jingcheng Xiangla Tianxia" 2026 Beijing Hunan Products and Hunan Cuisine New Year Goods Festival (第二届“湘满京城 香辣天下”2026北京湘品湘菜年货节), Hunan (湖南) Province's high-quality agricultural products were rich in variety and had impressive sales. The event simultaneously issued food consumption vouchers, effectively benefiting consumers.
Going to the grand fair is an important way for villagers to celebrate the New Year. In Jingzhi Town (景芝镇), Anqiu City (安丘市), Shandong (山东) Province, the Jingzhi Grand Fair (景芝大集) has been upgraded. Folk artists and Peking Opera actors brought performances such as dragon and lion dances and classic Peking Opera excerpts. The "market + culture" model has given the grand fair a new experience.
The New Year's Eve dinner carries people's expectations for reunion. During the Spring Festival holiday, ordering New Year's Eve dinner through takeout was popular among consumers. Opening live broadcasts of the back kitchen and ordering packages online allowed consumers to eat with peace of mind and convenience. In order to better ensure consumers' New Year's Eve dinner and Spring Festival holiday catering reservation needs, Meituan (美团) launched the VR (virtual reality) viewing private room function, allowing consumers to view the decoration, lighting, and other environments of private rooms online, and complete reservations with one click.
Emotional consumption has become a new keyword in the Spring Festival consumption market. During this holiday, the handmade activity of piecing together patterns with plastic beans of different colors, "Pin Dou," became popular, and projects such as spelling "Fu" characters, making New Year pictures, and making lanterns were derived. Xiaohongshu (小红书) data shows that as of February 23, the related search volume for terms such as "Pin Dou" and "Fu character" has increased significantly. The mix of trendy toys and New Year customs shows that traditional culture and young people are **双向奔赴** (shuāng xiàng bēn fù - "two-way rush," a mutual attraction or pursuit).
The demand for cultural tourism travel is strong.
Green bricks, black tiles, and red lanterns, the sound of gongs and drums of dragon and lion dances shuttle through the streets, and long queues form in front of experience stalls for making ten-liang tea, pounding glutinous rice cakes, and making Lei tea... On the seventh day of the first lunar month, in the Huangshaping Old Street Qingchuang Block (黄沙坪老街青创街区) in Anhua County (安化县), Hunan (湖南) Province, traditional New Year customs and trendy new business formats are integrated, and cultural tourism consumption is heating up. In the Meishan Cultural Park (梅山文化园) in Xianxi Town (仙溪镇), original ecological Nuo opera, Meishan mountain songs, and Huagu opera are staged in turn, with constant applause and a strong New Year atmosphere.
"'Shua Stories' gongs and drums sound, and the New Year's flavor comes!" In Hunyuan Ancient City (浑源古城), Datong City (大同市), Shanxi (山西) Province, intangible cultural heritage enthusiasts vividly interpret the unique charm of the millennium-old folk dance. During the Spring Festival holiday, Hunyuan County (浑源县) connected intangible cultural heritage folk customs, ice and snow experiences, red culture, and rural tourism to launch a series of cultural activities full of New Year's flavor and distinctive features.
In the Water Margin Liangshan Scenic Area (水泊梁山风景区) in Liangshan County (梁山县), Jining City (济宁市), Shandong (山东) Province, a fully upgraded Water Margin live-action drama is staged, with scenes of classic Water Margin story plots, one scene at a time, and a shift in "drama" with each step, bringing an immersive experience to tourists. The Gongmingfang Cultural Ancient Street (公明坊文化古街) is hung with high lanterns, and the interweaving of classical and modern atmosphere attracts many tourists to visit and check in.
Spending a cultural New Year and a tourism New Year has become a new trend. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部) launched seven major sections and 22 themed activities around the theme of "Happy New Year," and carried out the National Spring Festival Culture and Tourism Consumption Month. Various places provide more than 360 million yuan in consumption subsidies in the form of issuing consumer vouchers and ticket discounts.
From "checking in" to "immersive," intangible cultural heritage experiences have ignited the "New Year's flavor." Going to Zigong City (自贡市), Sichuan (四川) Province to see lantern festivals, going to She County (歙县), Anhui (安徽) Province to see fish lanterns, and going to Jieyang City (揭阳市), Guangdong (广东) Province to see Yingge dance have become popular choices for intangible cultural heritage travel.
Shopping for specialty products in cities such as Sanya (三亚), Hainan (海南) Province, and experiencing New Year customs in county towns... Coming to China (中国) to celebrate the New Year and experience the New Year's flavor is the choice of many foreign tourists. Qunar Travel (去哪儿旅行) data shows that as of February 23, the number of domestic flights booked using non-Chinese passports increased by 20% year-on-year.
During the Spring Festival holiday, the car rental market ushered in a boom. Data from China Auto Rental (神州租车) shows that the car rental market has the characteristics of early start, long rental period, and high growth, and the number of car rental bookings and the scale of users have both achieved year-on-year growth.
Warm and powerful service guarantee.
Qingdao Customs (青岛海关) affiliated to Jimo Customs (即墨海关) opened a "green channel" for the import of fruits, implementing a "priority declaration, priority inspection, and priority release" model, reducing the average customs clearance time by more than 30%, and ensuring that fresh fruits from around the world are placed on the tables of domestic consumers. "Fast customs clearance gives us more confidence in preparing goods for the Spring Festival," said Han Xuesong (韩雪松), a merchant at Qingdao Oriental Dingxin International Agricultural and Sideline Products Trading Center (青岛东方鼎信国际农副产品交易中心).
A good consumer financial environment is an important support for a prosperous holiday market and stimulating consumption vitality. The Financial Regulatory Bureau (金融监管总局) guides financial institutions to implement various measures to promote consumption. "You can enjoy discounts by swiping Postal Savings Bank credit cards to purchase New Year goods." Li Ling (李玲), a citizen of Huzhou City (湖州市), Zhejiang (浙江) Province, happily said. The Huzhou Branch of Postal Savings Bank (邮储银行湖州市分行) launched a variety of online and offline preferential measures to allow consumers to enjoy more affordable food and purchase specialty souvenirs.
During the Spring Festival holiday, WeChat Pay (微信支付) joined hands with merchants and banking institutions to launch the "Shake for Discounts" activity to help boost New Year consumption. During the event, users who complete WeChat Pay have the opportunity to participate in interactive activities and receive discounts such as merchant coupons and bank instant discounts.
On the seventh day of the first lunar month, in the Fengjie Park (麷街园区) in Rencheng District (任城区), Jining City (济宁市), Shandong (山东) Province, richly themed lanterns set off the festive atmosphere. State Grid Jining Power Supply Company (国网济宁供电公司) tailored a power supply plan for the scenic spot to ensure safe and reliable power supply for the scenic spot during the Spring Festival holiday. In Xuzhou City (徐州市), Jiangsu (江苏) Province, the "Pengcheng Qili" historical and cultural axis (彭城七里) is full of colorful lights. State Grid Xuzhou Power Supply Company (国网徐州供电公司) precisely transmits green electricity to the distribution networks of cultural blocks and scenic spots through optimized dispatch, realizing "green electricity illuminating colorful lights."
Plum blossoms bloom in the Caishiji Scenic Area (采石矶景区) in Ma'anshan City (马鞍山市), Anhui (安徽) Province, complementing the intangible cultural heritage performances and attracting many tourists.
In the first quarter of this year, 18 state-owned A-level tourist attractions in Ma'anshan (马鞍山) are open for free. During the Spring Festival holiday, 149 bus routes in the city can be ridden for free, and a number of roadside parking spaces and parking lots of government agencies, enterprises, and institutions are open for free, allowing citizens and tourists to visit happily and travel conveniently.
On the greenway around West Lake (西湖景区) in Hangzhou City (杭州市), Zhejiang (浙江) Province, many tourists ride shared bicycles to shuttle and enjoy the scenery. The Hangzhou Municipal Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement Bureau (杭州市综合行政执法局) and shared bicycle operating companies have established a 24-hour joint dispatch mechanism to provide tourists with parking guidance, route consultation, and other services, making scenic spot traffic more orderly and tourist travel safer and more comfortable.
(Our reporter Tian Xianjin (田先进) participated in the writing)
Return to TopBeijing, February 23rd (Reporter Li Xinping (李心萍)) The reporter learned from China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (中国国家铁路集团有限公司): February 23rd is the last day of the Spring Festival holiday, and the national railway ushered in the peak of return passenger flow, and is expected to send 18.5 million passengers. As of 8:00 on the 23rd, Railway 12306 (including websites, clients, etc.) has cumulatively sold 339 million train tickets during the Spring Festival travel season.
Railway departments in various places have taken multiple measures to cope with the peak of return passenger flow, increase capacity input, implement convenient, beneficial, and people-friendly measures, and fully ensure that passengers return smoothly.
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Returning home for the Spring Festival, some people drive across the Eurasian continent for thousands of miles, undeterred by wind and snow. When the car enters China (中国), they can't help but sigh: "I feel very grounded." Many Chinese (中国人) who work hard overseas feel this common feeling when they return to their hometowns.
Where does this "sense of groundedness" come from?
It comes from a sense of familiarity. The moment you step on the homeland, the moment you open the door of your home, the "big family" and the "small family" are integrated. From reunion and peace to national prosperity and people's security, we witness each other and participate together. This is a magnetic field of emotion and a cultural belonging.
It stems from a sense of belonging. For a country, when hundreds of millions of people embark on their journey home at the same time, going home becomes a resonant symphony of family and country. The small family is "bustling with activity" and the big family is 蒸蒸日上 (zhēng zhēng rì shàng - "thriving and prosperous," to improve and become more successful day by day), which is the purpose of struggle and the nourishment of the soul.
Ultimately, it is a sense of pride. The flowing China (中国) has a crisscrossing transportation network, an orderly dispatch system, and service support that does not close during the Spring Festival. Family reunions are no longer full of uncertainty, but a certainty that is expected and guaranteed. From the "world's largest periodic population migration" to the long-lasting homesickness and the trendy New Year's flavor, this is the advantage of the system and the projection of development.
With this "sense of groundedness," when we set off again, we will be extremely nostalgic and more calm.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 胡婧怡 宋朝军 窦 皓
The fiery red steel billets reflect the process of upgrading traditional industries; the aggregation of green electricity demonstrates the surging momentum of emerging industries; the agile movements of humanoid robots vividly depict the accelerated cultivation of future industries... In the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan," let us observe the steady pace of building a modern industrial system and feel the passion of workers through three lenses in the spring.
——Editor
Liaoning Benxi Iron and Steel Plate Co., Ltd. (辽宁本钢板材)
Lens 1: Unconventional Steel Production Continuously Breaks Through Designed Capacity
Early in the morning of February 22nd, before 7:30, Geng Minglu, the operation leader of the 2300 production area of the hot continuous rolling mill of Liaoning Benxi Iron and Steel Plate Co., Ltd. (辽宁本钢板材), was already at his post.
Attending the team's pre-shift meeting, reviewing the rolling plan, clarifying the key points of key product production... During the Spring Festival holiday duty, the work was as usual. "The hot rolling process is connected to steelmaking upstream and cold rolling downstream, so stable production must be maintained," said Geng Minglu.
Amidst the rumbling sound, the red-hot steel billets are sent out from the heating furnace, and after processes such as rough rolling, finish rolling, cooling, and coiling, they are transformed into steel coils used to produce pipeline steel, automotive panels, high-strength steel, and other products.
The temperature in the work area is over 30 degrees Celsius. After walking around once, fine beads of sweat seeped from Geng Minglu's forehead. "Production is mainly controlled remotely through the machine room, but on-site tracking is still essential," Geng Minglu explained, "When unstable situations such as signal fluctuations or strip steel rolling and tail flicking occur, on-site personnel can detect the situation and reduce losses as soon as possible."
In 2025, Geng Minglu led the team to successfully break through the rolling of 28mm ultra-thick steel and 2190mm ultra-wide steel. "The narrowest part of the steel passage in the rolling line is less than 2300mm. To roll a 2190mm wide steel plate, the production parameters and incoming material dimensions must be controlled very precisely," Geng Minglu recalled, "We measured and verified the opening of the channel, the width of the steel billet... at every place where problems might occur."
The meticulous hard work is exchanged for a sense of accomplishment when the product comes off the line. "More than 90% of the products produced on this production line are unconventional steel grades, which are used in major engineering construction, the new energy vehicle industry, and other fields," Geng Minglu said proudly.
Through technological innovation and process optimization, the 2300 production area continues to break through its designed capacity. In 2025, the annual output of the work area exceeded 6 million tons. Geng Minglu is full of expectations for the new year: "We are working on the construction of a smart factory, which will realize the centralized control of the entire production line in the future, and the output and quality of products are expected to be further improved."
Quzi Substation (曲子变电站) in Qingyang, Gansu (甘肃庆阳)
Lens 2: Green Electricity Aggregation Provides Energy for "Eastern Data, Western Computing"
Rolling ridges and mounds, with rows of 40-meter-high gantry frames standing tall. On February 23rd, the seventh day of the first lunar month, in Quzi Town (曲子镇), Huanxian County (环县), Qingyang (庆阳), Gansu (甘肃), Yu Zhelun, a maintenance expert at Quzi Substation (曲子变电站), was inspecting the equipment area with his colleagues. Yu Zhelun worked at the station throughout the Spring Festival holiday.
In the station area, the equipment is operating in an orderly manner. "We must not take the operation of the main and auxiliary equipment lightly." During the two-hour special power protection inspection, Yu Zhelun repeatedly urged his colleagues on the details.
Qingyang (庆阳) is an important node for the two national-level projects of "Gansu Electricity to Shandong" (陇电入鲁) and "Eastern Data, Western Computing" (东数西算). In recent years, wind power, photovoltaic, energy storage power stations, and other projects have flourished in the local area.
How to aggregate distributed green power resources and transmit them to thousands of households?
The pilot project of a million-kilowatt-level green electricity aggregation supply data center is precisely to solve this problem. "For long-distance power transmission, there will be energy loss, and increasing the voltage can significantly reduce the loss rate." Yu Zhelun pointed to the power grid wiring diagram and introduced to reporters that as part of the project, Quzi Substation (曲子变电站) integrates distributed green electricity resources and then boosts its voltage, which not only provides power for the "Eastern Data, Western Computing" (东数西算) Qingyang (庆阳) cluster, but also transmits it to other provinces through the power grid, playing the role of green electricity aggregation.
In March 2025, Quzi Substation (曲子变电站) was completed and put into operation. In August, Yu Zhelun was transferred to work here.
During the first Spring Festival after the substation was put into operation, Yu Zhelun took the initiative to stay at his post to ensure that nothing went wrong. Whether the equipment is heating up? Is there any air or oil leakage? Are there any small animals straying in? ... In the 200-acre equipment area, he and his colleagues work in groups of two, and one inspection takes 3 days.
After the inspection, Yu Zhelun took out a set of equipment drawings and instructions and studied them again. In Quzi Substation (曲子变电站), 200 sets of equipment are being used for the first time in the local area. "Equipment technology is constantly improving, and staying on duty during the Spring Festival holiday is also an opportunity to learn," said Yu Zhelun.
Unitree Robotics (浙江宇树科技)
Lens 3: Robots Display "Kung Fu" and Amaze the Audience
On February 23rd, the last day of the holiday, Jin Da, the person in charge of the Spring Festival Gala at Unitree Robotics (浙江宇树科技), was still meticulously reviewing the robot's performance on this year's CCTV Spring Festival Gala.
Recalling that moment on New Year's Eve, Jin Da still couldn't hide his excitement. At the Spring Festival Gala, the music of the "Wu BOT" program sounded, and dozens of humanoid robots, dressed in martial arts uniforms, somersaulted and flipped with the actors, continuously completing difficult movements such as backflips, wall kicks, and whirlwind kicks. After the performance, in the waiting area, Jin Da finally loosened his tightly clenched fist, "My palms were all sweaty."
"This Spring Festival Gala performance is very different from 2021 and 2025," Jin Da introduced: In the 2021 Year of the Ox Spring Festival Gala, Unitree's quadruped robot "Benben" (犇犇) mainly accompanied the dance; in the 2025 Year of the Snake Spring Festival Gala, 16 H1 robots performed "Yang BOT", relying on the uniformity of the group dance; this year's Spring Festival Gala, the robots completed a high-dynamic, high-coordinated cluster control performance.
Iteration after iteration is not only an upgrade in the difficulty of stage movements, but also shows a qualitative change in robots from "mechanical execution" to "intelligent self-adaptation."
In order to allow the robots to accurately complete a 3-meter-high ejection somersault and centimeter-level landing control on the stage, Jin Da and his team members began preparing in November 2025. "According to the program's creativity, we disassembled multiple technical modules and carried out basic software development and algorithm verification," Jin Da introduced. In nearly 3 months, the team built a real-world test site, repeatedly rehearsed with the actors, and conducted multiple rounds of on-site communication and joint optimization with the director team, with parameters accurate to the millisecond level. The fully autonomous performance capability also allows the robot to have real-time self-monitoring and special situation handling functions - even if it runs off course, it can quickly return to its position fully autonomously.
The robot performance at the Year of the Horse Spring Festival Gala came to a perfect end. "In the opening year of the '15th Five-Year Plan,' the 'Kung Fu' of China's humanoid robot industry has just begun to be displayed," said Jin Da.
This issue is coordinated by: Cui Bin (崔斌)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李心萍 施 钰
Ningde (宁德), Fujian (福建), is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces the sea on one side. The collision of mountains and sea gives the local people the boldness to venture into the world.
Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) is a local blind masseur. Seizing the business opportunities brought by the railway, he returned to his hometown to start a business. Starting with 3 beds in his own small building, he has opened 4 branches, providing employment for more than 30 visually impaired people.
"People with disabilities can also live a wonderful life." Relying on a pair of slippers, a cane, and a mobile phone, he has traveled by train to 29 provinces.
From a small business owner to a traveler, Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) is full of enthusiasm for life. He said, "Although I can't see the world, I want to let the world see me."
"The more high-speed rail lines there are, the better my business is."
From a few beds to 4 branches, Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) first thanks the Wenzhou-Fuzhou Railway (温福铁路).
Ningde (宁德) used to be very poor. Those in the mountains lived in thatched houses and ate sweet potato rice for three meals a day; those by the sea lived in a cabin for three generations, relying on a broken net for a living.
What is the reason?
The mountains are high and the roads are far.
Although Ningde (宁德) is coastal, it is more like a mountainous area: it is adjacent to Fuzhou (福州) in the south, but it takes half a day by car; it is connected to Zhejiang (浙江) in the north, but it is blocked by mountains. After graduating from a school for the blind with a major in traditional Chinese medicine health care, Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) was forced to leave his hometown to work and make a living.
In March 2001, Xi Jinping (习近平), then the Governor of Fujian Province (福建省), signed an agreement in Beijing on behalf of Fujian Province (福建省) with the former Ministry of Railways (铁道部) and Zhejiang Province (浙江省) to jointly build the Wenzhou-Fuzhou Railway (温福铁路).
In January 2002, the Wenzhou-Fuzhou Railway (温福铁路) was included in the "15th Five-Year Plan."
In December 2004, the Wenzhou-Fuzhou Railway (温福铁路) (Fujian section (福建段)) started construction.
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In 2009, the Wenzhou-Fuzhou Railway (温福铁路) was officially opened. "When the train is open, people move around, which naturally brings business." Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) resolutely decided to return to his hometown to start a business.
Returning to Fuding (福鼎), Ningde (宁德), Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) set aside 20 square meters of space in his home, put up 3 massage beds, and started his first studio. "People with disabilities can get a green channel for obtaining certificates, and they are also exempt from personal income tax for starting a business."
His skills are well-known, and the number of repeat customers has increased. In 2013 and 2018, Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) successively opened chain stores in Fuding (福鼎) and Ningde (宁德) city.
Taking the Wenzhou-Fuzhou Railway (温福铁路) as the starting point, the Fuzhou-Xiamen section (福州至厦门段) of the Hangzhou-Shenzhen Railway (杭深铁路), the Hefei-Fuzhou High-Speed Railway (合福高铁), and the Quzhou-Ningde Railway (衢宁铁路) have been opened to traffic one after another, and Ningde (宁德) has become a frontier of the national railway trunk line.
When the train is open, money flows, and Ningde (宁德) embraces the "golden baby" of industry. A large number of enterprises have settled in, and Ningde (宁德) has grown into the world's largest lithium battery and stainless steel production base.
"With a good economy and high income, everyone pays more attention to health, and there are more and more customers," Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) said happily. Not long ago, he opened a new store in Fuding (福鼎).
"People with disabilities are fully ambitious and capable of making greater contributions to society. I believe in myself." Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) thought about leading more blind friends to find a way and gain a foothold. Inviting experts and seniors to guide them, and traveling to many places to train employees in technology, Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) has brought out more than 20 apprentices.
"The more high-speed rail lines there are, the better my business is." Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) looks forward to the early completion and opening of the Wenzhou-Fuzhou High-Speed Railway (温福高铁), so that his career can reach a new level.
"This is a warm world, I can leave whenever I want."
At 7:30 in the morning, Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) walked out of his home on Wanting Road (宛亭路), Fuding (福鼎), "I have to go to the city store in Ningde (宁德) to take a look."
"Patta Patta", the cane tapped the ground lightly, and Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) went to the bus station, "The sound of the wind, the sound of footsteps, and the aroma of food from the small shops along the street are all my navigation maps."
Touching the bus stop sign, Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) took out his mobile phone, and under the voice prompt, his fingers clicked on the screen to bring up the "Palm Bus" APP (掌上公交APP) and entered the destination - Fuding Station (福鼎站).
In the era of smartphones, Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) has developed the skill of blind typing on the keyboard. He boarded the bus according to the mobile phone prompt, "People with disabilities and the elderly can ride for free, without swiping a card, just by swiping their faces."
On the way, Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) called Ye Yaojun (叶耀君): "Brother Jun (君哥), I will arrive at the station in 10 minutes, and I will go to Ningde (宁德) to inspect the store."
Ye Yaojun (叶耀君) is the duty passenger officer at Fuding Station (福鼎站) of the railway.
One winter day 10 years ago, Ye Yaojun (叶耀君) met Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) on the platform in a heavy rain, "The heavy rain blurred Wufei's (伍飞) hearing, and he was at a loss on the platform."
Ye Yaojun (叶耀君) took the initiative to step forward, provide guidance services, and made a promise: "If you want to come here in the future, just call me and I will send you."
A gentleman's promise, fulfilled for ten years.
"Wufei (伍飞), this way!" As soon as the bus stopped, Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) heard Ye Yaojun's (叶耀君) call. With his hand on Ye Yaojun's (叶耀君) shoulder, Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) followed Ye Yaojun (叶耀君) forward tacitly.
As the train entered the station, Ye Yaojun (叶耀君) entrusted Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) to Ren Hualian (任华莲), the train conductor of train D6329. Ren Hualian (任华莲) took Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) onto the carriage and successfully seated him. Ren Hualian (任华莲) sent a photo to Ye Yaojun (叶耀君) and left a message "Don't worry".
The 55-minute journey passed unknowingly. Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) said, "I like to take the train. No matter what our differences are, we will arrive at the station at the same time."
As the train entered the station, the duty passenger officer at Ningde Station (宁德站) was already in place.
The service along the way is due to the Wenzhou-Fuzhou Railway Love Service Group (温福铁路爱心服务群) initiated by Ye Yaojun (叶耀君). There are more than 20 duty passenger officers along the railway line in the group. As long as there are passengers with mobility difficulties traveling, everyone will inform the train number, carriage, and needs in the group to cooperate.
Today, the love group serves more than 30 visually impaired people. "Friends with disabilities can not only make an appointment for key passenger service orders through the railway 12306, but if they are in a hurry, they can also contact us privately, and we will also provide good service," said Ye Yaojun (叶耀君).
Traveling by train more than 50 times a year, Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) sighed: "This is a warm world, I can leave whenever I want."
"We can bravely walk out of our homes and live happily."
Opening Sun Wufei's (孙伍飞) WeChat Moments, a video is quite attractive.
The video shows blue sky, white clouds, the sea, and playful crowds. Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) said in a cheerful tone: "Friends, I'm at the beach again, listen to the sound of the wind and waves."
In his spare time, Sun Wufei's (孙伍飞) biggest hobby is to wear slippers, travel, and taste food.
"Wearing slippers makes the soles of my feet more sensitive and better at 'feeling' the road ahead," Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) said.
Once, for a taste of authentic Lanzhou beef noodles, he took a train for more than 30 hours to Lanzhou (兰州), Gansu (甘肃); for pot-wrapped meat and iron pot stewed goose, he took many trains to Harbin (哈尔滨), Heilongjiang (黑龙江).
In 2025, Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) also participated in the Zhejiang Taizhou Music Festival (浙江台州音乐节), "It's fun to jump around with tens of thousands of people and integrate into the crowd."
Accumulating more than 300 train tickets and travel vouchers, and stepping on the land of 29 provinces, Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) sighed that the high-speed rail network is becoming denser and denser, and travel is becoming more and more convenient, "Not only that, wherever I go, there is warm service."
He said that he doesn't remember how many trains the attendants would take the initiative to offer care, and how many scenic spots and venues the volunteers would take the initiative to serve him as soon as they found him.
When checking in at the Dalian Ocean Park (大连海洋馆) in Liaoning (辽宁), Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) found that almost all marine life was in tanks, and glass partitions separated him from the marine life.
After the staff found out, they specially took him to the turtle area and let him touch a sea turtle. A trip "downgraded" from an ocean park to a turtle museum, but Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) felt warm in his heart.
"Where is the road?" Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) often says this. In the New Year, talking about his future wishes, Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) said that on "June 1" Children's Day, he wants to go boating on the West Lake (西湖) in Hangzhou (杭州); when the Sichuan-Tibet Railway (川藏铁路) opens to traffic, he wants to visit the Potala Palace (布达拉宫).
"The road is under my feet, I want to travel all over the country." Sun Wufei (孙伍飞) said, "I want to tell friends with disabilities that the policies are getting better and better, the outside world is getting better and better, and we can bravely walk out of our homes and live happily."
Return to TopDuring the Spring Festival, various regions launched a variety of recruitment activities and heartwarming employment services, attracting many job seekers to apply.
Return to TopAccording to the State Administration for Market Regulation Food Review Center (市场监管总局食品审评中心), the proportion of domestically registered Foods for Special Medical Purposes (FSMP) has increased from 49% in 2020 to 88% in 2025, as reported by this newspaper's Beijing (北京) correspondent Lin Lili (林丽鹂) on February 23rd. Tumor total nutrition formulas, thickening components, and other categories previously dependent on imports have been successively converted to domestic registration and上市, and the market size has increased from 7 billion yuan in 2020 to 23 billion yuan in 2024, with an average annual compound growth rate of over 25%.
In 2025, FSMP registration and上市 were approved for children with rare diseases such as methylmalonic acidemia (incidence rate of less than one in 100,000), achieving a breakthrough of zero domestic products in this field and effectively guaranteeing the "lifeline" of niche special groups. As of now, China (中国) has 293 registered and上市 FSMP products.
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A clear and bright cry came from the delivery room, and another Year of the Horse baby was successfully born.
On February 23, the seventh day of the first lunar month, Zhao Peng (赵朋), who had just completed the "great undertaking of childbirth," was resting in the ward of the East Branch of Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital (上海市第一妇婴保健院). The newborn was sleeping peacefully beside her. With the child in their arms, the family snuggled together for a photo, and the new parents felt extremely happy. "It feels like the world has suddenly been lit up!" said Zhao Peng (赵朋).
At 3:55 a.m. that day, a cry broke the silence of the night, and Peking Union Medical College Hospital (北京协和医院) welcomed its thirty-second Year of the Horse baby.
During the Spring Festival holiday, maternity wards in hospitals in many places, including Beijing (北京), Shanghai (上海), Guangzhou (广州) in Guangdong (广东), and Tianmen (天门) in Hubei (湖北), welcomed many Year of the Horse babies. The birth of new life brings joy and hope to families, and also receives care and blessings from society.
"New life is hope, is strength"
At 8:54 a.m. on the seventh day of the first lunar month, another Year of the Horse baby was welcomed into the family-style delivery room of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University (中山大学附属第三医院) in Guangzhou (广州), Guangdong (广东).
The mother, Yang Zhiheng (杨之恒), was resting and being observed, accompanied by her husband. Yang Zhiheng (杨之恒) said that their first child was six and a half years old, and the couple both liked children very much. They also hoped that the two children could keep each other company in the future, so they decided to have a second child. "This year is the Year of the Horse, with the spirit of the dragon and the horse, and instant success. Giving birth to a baby born in the Year of the Horse has a very good meaning!" her husband added.
"Since zero o'clock on the first day of the first lunar month, this is the twenty-fourth Year of the Horse baby born in our hospital; if we calculate according to the customs of Guangdong people, starting from the Beginning of Spring, it is already the 123rd," said Li Zhe (黎哲), the obstetrics on-duty doctor. "New life comes every day," said Xu Chengfang (许成芳), director of the obstetrics department of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University (中山大学附属第三医院).
On the seventh day of the first lunar month, the Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center (广州医科大学附属妇女儿童医疗中心) was still a busy scene.
"Wow--" A cry came from delivery room No. 8, followed by the song "Happy Birthday", filling the entire delivery room with a warm and festive atmosphere.
"Body length 50 cm, weight 3250 grams, born at 9:07:37 on February 23, congratulations!" After completing the routine examination, midwife Su Suqiong (苏素琼) carefully placed the newborn on the chest of the mother, Chen Meiting (陈美婷), and then brought a commemorative postal folder for newborns in the Year of the Horse to leave a pair of small footprints for the child.
The new father, Luo Yukun (罗宇堃), with red eyes, tentatively stretched out his hands, hesitating to hold the child, his nervous and helpless appearance causing laughter.
Su Suqiong's (苏素琼) tense expression relaxed, and she told reporters: "From early morning until now, this is the ninth Year of the Horse baby today."
Ying Hao (应豪), Party Secretary and Chief Physician of Obstetrics at Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital (上海市第一妇婴保健院), said that from the first day to the seventh day of the first lunar month at 4 pm this year, 338 Year of the Horse babies had been safely born in the hospital.
On the morning of February 23, at Peking Union Medical College Hospital (北京协和医院), under the guidance of Li Ting (李婷), a teaching teacher in the delivery room, Tang Yueming (唐月明), a 34-year-old new mother, learned to pick up her son, who weighed less than 6 pounds. Her hands were soft and waxy, and her eyes were full of love: "Seeing him for the first time, I was really excited and happy. New life is hope, is strength!"
"Bringing joy to many families, this kind of dedication is the happiest"
At 7:30 a.m. on February 23, in the obstetrics ward of Peking Union Medical College Hospital (北京协和医院), nurses were already shuttling between the wards. "How did the mother sleep last night?" "How many milliliters of milk did the child eat?" "The jaundice value is normal, don't worry"... Detailed examinations and cordial greetings brought peace of mind to new parents.
At Peking Union Medical College Hospital (北京协和医院), new father Gao Yixiang (高义祥) talked about his worries: "I didn't expect it to 'start' at dawn on the third day of the first lunar month. At first, I was worried that the hospital would be short-staffed during the holidays, but when I arrived at the hospital, I found that the doctors, nurses, and nursing workers were all sticking to their posts, and I felt relieved."
"The birth of a child does not distinguish between day and night, and cannot be delayed. Every minute and every second is related to the safety of the mother and baby. During the Spring Festival holiday, we refer to the regular time period to equip personnel, with 7 senior doctors and rotating doctors rotating in 4 levels, which not only ensures sufficient medical care, but also takes into account the rest rights of medical staff and prevents fatigue operations. The number of newborns during this year's Spring Festival holiday is basically the same as the same period last year," said Gao Jinsong (高劲松), director of the obstetrics center of Peking Union Medical College Hospital (北京协和医院).
"When families are reunited, although we cannot be with our families, we can protect the birth of new life. The sense of fulfillment brought by this profession is irreplaceable," said Zhang Dongying (张东颖), head nurse of the second obstetrics ward of Peking Union Medical College Hospital (北京协和医院).
"The Spring Festival can be skipped, but the parturient cannot wait for a moment." Su Suqiong (苏素琼) introduced that during the Spring Festival holiday, more than 30 Year of the Horse babies were born every day in the Zhujiang New Town (珠江新城) campus of Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center (广州妇儿中心), and the delivery room arranged for doctors and nursing teams to be on duty and on schedule as usual.
During the Spring Festival holiday, Tianmen Maternal and Child Health Hospital (天门市妇幼保健院) required doctors with associate senior titles or above in obstetrics and gynecology to be on duty. "I rushed over to be on duty after a hasty New Year's Eve dinner," said Wang Yuerong (王月容), director of obstetrics. During the festival, the hospital successfully welcomed 46 babies, 2 more than the same period last year. "Bringing joy to many families, this kind of dedication is the happiest."
"Saving money and being considerate, giving birth with peace of mind"
"I used to have all kinds of worries. After pregnancy, I found that doctors scientifically guided me throughout the whole process. After the 'start', I used pain relief, and the midwife sister's emotional value was full. It only took 50 minutes to enter the labor room, and the baby was born," Zhao Peng (赵朋) told reporters.
At 8:00 a.m. on the first day of the first lunar month, Wu Ye (吴椰) welcomed her second child at Tianmen Maternal and Child Health Hospital (天门市妇幼保健院). "Congratulations, it's a girl, weighing 6 pounds and 2 taels." The words of the medical staff put Wu Ye (吴椰) at ease.
After a series of health assessments, Wu Ye (吴椰) and her child both met the discharge standards on the morning of the seventh day. In the single room, there was a bed for the caregiver, a separate bathroom, a sofa, a coffee table, and a TV. The family was busy packing their luggage, and Wu Ye (吴椰) took out the child's household registration page and birth certificate for the reporter to see: "These documents, as well as medical insurance, can be handled in the hospital in one stop. Staff from the Public Security Bureau and the Medical Insurance Bureau are concentrated in the hospital to work, and they are also on duty during the Spring Festival holiday. These were all done in half an hour."
In Tianmen (天门), there are many families like Wu Ye's (吴椰) with two children. Tang Lirong (唐丽蓉), vice president of Tianmen Maternal and Child Health Hospital (天门市妇幼保健院), introduced that the proportion of second and third children born in the hospital in 2025 reached 50%. "Young people are willing to have children, not only because of changes in their own ideas, but also because the improvement and guarantee of policies and services have played a positive role," said Tang Lirong (唐丽蓉).
"During pregnancy, non-invasive gene testing, electrocardiograms and other examinations are free." Wu Ye (吴椰) initially estimated that she could save about 1,500 yuan in examination fees.
In addition to the support of real money, the meticulous service also made Wu Ye (吴椰) feel cared for. During the first prenatal check-up, the attending doctor left Wu Ye (吴椰) her work phone number. "During pregnancy, the doctor will remind me to do check-ups regularly. If I have any questions, I can call her at any time. The hospital has also built a WeChat group to answer questions for everyone." Wu Ye (吴椰) said that when queuing for prenatal check-ups, the hospital provides free hair washing services for pregnant women; prenatal check-ups often require fasting blood draws, and the hospital provides free breakfast. "Saving money and being considerate, giving birth with peace of mind," said Wu Ye (吴椰).
Tianmen's (天门) forward-looking services to support childbirth are not limited to this. 4 kilometers away from Tianmen Maternal and Child Health Hospital (天门市妇幼保健院), next to the Marriage Registration Office of the Tianmen Civil Affairs Bureau (天门市民政局婚姻登记处), the hospital has set up a one-stop service point for marriage and childbirth. "Pre-marital check-ups before receiving a marriage certificate and pre-pregnancy check-ups after receiving a certificate can be done here for free," introduced Tang Lirong (唐丽蓉).
The child was born on the second day of the first lunar month at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University (中山大学附属第一医院), and was admitted to the neonatal specialist department on the same day due to high jaundice levels. The new father, Huang Min (黄敏), was so anxious that he had a mouth full of blisters. "The nurse reminded us to apply for newborn medical insurance online with the birth certificate. After staying in the incubator for 3 days, nearly 70% of the 6,700 yuan fee was reimbursed." Huang Min (黄敏) sighed, "This policy is good, it saves us worry and money!"
Fertility support policies in various places have been launched one after another. Beijing (北京) issued 947 million yuan in childcare subsidies in 2025, benefiting 295,000 families. Guangdong (广东) has achieved "immediate participation in insurance upon landing" for newborns, allowing medical insurance to accurately cover the critical period of newborn diagnosis and treatment, without being restricted by the place of household registration or residence.
(Reporters Jiang Hongbing (姜泓冰), He Linping (贺林平), Cheng Yuanzhou (程远州), Wang Zhou (王洲), Wu Jun (吴君), Cheng Chen (程晨) of this newspaper)
Return to Top"Must bring an empty suitcase to China," "'China Shopping' must-buy product list," "Super practical China departure tax refund guide" - clicking on the "China Shopping" entry on foreign social media platforms, these posts rank at the top of the like list. Data from the State Taxation Administration (国家税务总局) shows that in 2025, the number of overseas tourists who applied for departure tax refunds increased by 305% year-on-year, the sales of tax-refunded goods increased by 95.9% year-on-year, and the tax refund amount increased by 95.8% year-on-year.
From "China Tourism" to "China Shopping," these specific and practical China shopping guides are not only an extension of inbound tourism products, but also reflect the profound changes in China's tourism market. Rich and diverse consumption scenarios are redefining the travel itineraries of foreign tourists to China. Behind every scan-to-pay transaction is a deep recognition of the quality of Chinese manufacturing, the strength of technological innovation, and the concept of Eastern aesthetics.
Featured Shopping –
Technology Products Become New Favorites
One-Stop Shopping Receives Praise
"What are the differences between these two models? Can they be connected to my mobile phone?" In a digital product store on Wangfujing Pedestrian Street (王府井步行街) in Beijing (北京), Luca, an Italian tourist, is selecting a Chinese brand smart bracelet. With the detailed explanation of the shopping guide, Luca tried out many functions of the bracelet and bought four in one go. "My wife has a habit of morning running, the health monitoring function is very useful for my parents, not to mention my children, Chinese smart products can make him the 'popular king' in school." Luca told reporters with a smile that before traveling to China, he received many "purchasing agent" requests from friends, and Bluetooth headsets, power banks, etc. were all on the "purchasing agent" list.
As the Chinese "tech trend" sweeps the globe, the "shopping map" of foreign tourists is no longer limited to tourist souvenir shops, but is gradually extending to technology categories. Foldable screen mobile phones, AI glasses, drones and other commodities appear in the shopping carts of foreign tourists, and the consumption of technology products has become their "China experience that can be taken away."
Huaqiangbei Pedestrian Street (华强北步行街) in Shenzhen (深圳) is known as the "First Street of Electronics in China" and is a "shopping paradise" in the minds of many foreign tourists. Coming to Huaqiang Electronic World (华强电子世界) and SEG Electronics Market (赛格电子市场), foreign tourists carrying large bags and even dragging suitcases are particularly conspicuous in the crowd. Some are looking for their favorite goods by looking at the pictures saved on their mobile phones, and some are holding notebooks to record prices and compare prices. "In the past, when people mentioned Chinese specialties, they thought of tea and panda toys, but now these smart products full of technology have become popular 'new specialties'." After a morning of shopping, an Egyptian tourist's shopping bag was full. "Compared with Europe, the variety of goods here is more complete and the price is more affordable." A tourist from Europe walked quickly, pushing a suitcase, shuttling between various stores.
According to reports, Huaqiangbei (华强北) is committed to creating the "first stop for foreign merchants to select products" by coordinating 35 professional markets in the block to jointly carry out exhibitions and brand centralized promotions, and centrally presenting new trendy products in the fields of smart terminals, smart home appliances, and 3C digital accessories. "In order to further enhance the shopping experience of foreign tourists and merchants, the block continues to improve supporting services such as multilingual signs, foreign card payment, departure tax refunds, and foreign-related consulting." The person in charge of the Huaqiangbei (华强北) market management department said.
Yiwu (义乌) in Zhejiang (浙江) is known as the "World Supermarket". From nail clippers and mobile phone cases to smart home appliances and drones, the "one-stop" shopping experience makes it an important stop for foreign tourists' "China Shopping". In Yiwu International Trade City (义乌国际商贸城), Ismail, a Turkish tourist, lingered in a shop specializing in DIY toys. Whether it was a hand-crocheted photo frame or a three-dimensional puzzle model, he was very interested. "As long as there are goods you want to buy, you can definitely find them in Yiwu (义乌)." Anna, a Russian tourist, bought a portable smart translator for her son that supports real-time translation in more than 100 languages. "Yiwu (义乌) is completely different from what I imagined. It is not a wholesale market for cheap small commodities, but more like a 'future life laboratory'."
Cultural Flavor –
Traditional Souvenirs Get a New Look
Experiential Consumption is Becoming More Popular
In Ciqikou Ancient Town (磁器口古镇) in Shapingba District (沙坪坝区), Chongqing (重庆), Russian tourist Halle called her husband to enter the "Copper Master" store. The small brass ornaments, some incorporating film and animation images, and some selecting auspicious Chinese traditional patterns. "They are exquisitely made and easy to carry. I heard that these patterns also represent good luck." With the introduction of the store clerk, Halle bought two ornaments of horses stepping on auspicious clouds. "China is ushering in the Lunar Year of the Horse, and I want to give them to my friends as New Year gifts."
In recent years, souvenirs that reflect Chinese cultural characteristics have been very popular among foreign tourists. The Tiangong Caisson refrigerator magnets in the Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum (北京古代建筑博物馆), the panda cultural and creative products in Chengdu Kuanzhai Alley (成都宽窄巷子) that combine Shu brocade, an intangible cultural heritage, and the cultural and creative "Rong馍馍" designed with Roujiamo (肉夹馍) as the prototype in Xi'an (西安)... Cultural and creative products designed by various places according to their own cultural characteristics have become fashionable souvenirs and a direct carrier for foreign tourists to understand Chinese aesthetics and sentiments.
"I have traveled to China many times, and the unique charm of Guizhou's ethnic customs still shocks me." When I met Rebecca, a Malaysian tourist, I immediately noticed the tie-dye scarf she was wearing around her neck. In the tie-dye experience store in Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village (西江千户苗寨), Leishan County (雷山县), Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture (黔东南苗族侗族自治州), when she saw a piece of white cloth turned into a scarf with indigo flower patterns by the skillful hands of the tie-dye master, Rebecca immediately decided to take this unique gift home: "Each tie-dye work is unique, and it is full of the charm of Chinese ethnic minority culture."
During her trip to Guizhou (贵州), Rebecca visited local cultural and creative stores in every city she went to. Ethnic-style keychains, refrigerator magnets dotted with silver ornaments, and small and exquisite cultural and creative products always made her unable to resist buying them. "These ethnic handicrafts are so amazing, and each store has its own characteristics, making people linger." She showed reporters her harvest with a smile, full of love in her words.
With the in-depth promotion of facilitation measures for inbound tourism, services such as visa customs clearance, international transportation, and consumption payment are more convenient, and "immersive" experiential consumption is becoming a new hot spot for "China Shopping".
In Guozijian Street (国子监街), Dongcheng District (东城区), Beijing (北京), the morning sun is just right, and the red walls and green tiles are matched with Beijing's blue sky, attracting many people to stop and take pictures. Lilian, a Canadian tourist, wore traditional Chinese clothing and experienced her first travel photography. "This is simply the photo of my life!" Lilian said that from choosing makeup and clothing to learning to pose in traditional Chinese etiquette, this first experience made her deeply interested in traditional Chinese culture.
In the auditorium of the Chongqing 1949 Grand Theater (重庆1949大剧院), Russian tourist Geli put on English simultaneous interpretation headphones, crossed the language barrier, and immersed himself in the magnificent historical narrative. When picking up the ticket, he learned about the outline of the plot through the Russian guide provided by the staff. As the performance began, the 360-degree rotating stage took him into the historical time and space of 1949. "The technology of stage transformation is shocking, but what moves me more is the real emotional resonance. Although I am not familiar with the historical background, I can understand the choices faced by the characters in the play." After the performance, Geli's mood could not calm down for a long time.
"Foreign audiences buying tickets to watch the stage play 'Chongqing·1949' is also enjoying a deep and emotional Chinese cultural experience." Zhou Huifang, deputy general manager of Chongqing Yijiusiji Performing Arts Culture Company (重庆一九四九演艺文化公司), said.
Facilitation –
Service Network Continues to Be Densely Woven
Tax Refund and Duty-Free Highlights
Coming to the departure tax refund service point at 159 Madang Road (马当路), Xintiandi (新天地), Shanghai (上海), the reporter chatted with foreign tourists who were queuing up for tax refund procedures. "It's very cost-effective to buy international brands here," "I bought Chinese specialty products such as tea and liquor," "Smart bracelets and Bluetooth headsets are all on my shopping list"... When mentioning the "China Shopping" experience, many foreign tourists gave a thumbs up in unison: "It's cost-effective and convenient, and the experience is very good!"
As of the end of November 2025, there were 12,252 departure tax refund stores nationwide, of which 9,151 were newly included in 2025; more than 7,000 stores provided "buy and refund immediately" services, and the coverage of tax refunds continued to expand, better meeting the tax refund needs of overseas tourists.
Behind the data growth is the continuous increase and precise support of China's departure tax refund policy. In 2025, Shanghai (上海) received a total of 9,360,200 inbound tourists, which is the first stop for many foreign tourists' "China Shopping". From the innovative launch of the "city-wide refund" service in June 2025 to the construction of a service network of "9 city-wide refund points + 17 centralized refund points + N single-store refund points", Shanghai (上海) only took 7 months to achieve full coverage of "buy and refund immediately". The service network continues to be densely woven, the supply of goods is more abundant, and the procedures are more convenient. "Shopping, verification, and tax refund, 'China Shopping' brings me a very 'smooth' experience." Said Kim Yoona (金宥娜), a Korean tourist.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal proposes to cultivate international consumer center cities and expand inbound consumption. The potential of "China Shopping" continues to be released. Many regions and cities seize the opportunity to introduce various convenient policies and preferential measures according to their own characteristics, and strive to build an internationalized consumption environment, so that foreign tourists can travel more comfortably and buy more affordably.
In Nanning (南宁), Guangxi (广西), a consumption map and a tax refund guide effectively provide convenience for foreign tourists. "Thanks to the 'Guangxi Departure Tax Refund Consumption Map' (广西离境退税消费地图), I can understand it at a glance and one-click navigation can take me to the nearby tax refund store, which is too convenient." Zheng Lianfa (郑廉发), a Malaysian tourist, showed reporters the tax refund form in his hand and said, "I have seen multilingual departure tax refund operation guides in many places such as ports and tax refund stores. This approach is very considerate and makes foreign tourists worry-free about departure tax refunds."
In Sanya International Duty Free City (三亚国际免税城), Hainan (海南), Ismail, a Spanish tourist, pushed a shopping cart to a coffee brand counter and carefully selected Hainan charcoal-roasted coffee, picking up a coffee cup with island characteristics and looking at it again and again. "You can now enjoy China's offshore duty-free policy and pick up the goods at the airport after payment." After listening to the staff's introduction, Ismail happily placed an order. Registering information, scanning the code to pay, and completing the formalities in less than 3 minutes, he exclaimed: "Shopping in China is really convenient and affordable!"
In November 2025, Hainan's offshore duty-free policy was upgraded and implemented, and "passengers leaving the island and leaving the country" were included in the beneficiaries. Within the duty-free shopping quota, foreign tourists can directly enjoy duty-free benefits. Data shows that as of January 18, the "full moon" of the closure operation of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港), the sales of duty-free goods purchased by foreigners leaving the country in the 3 duty-free shops under the jurisdiction of Sanya Customs reached about 12.8 million yuan.
(Reporters Li Anqi (李安琪), Hong Qiuting (洪秋婷), Liu Junguo (刘军国), Wang Xinyue (王欣悦), Huang Xian (黄娴), Cui Yin (崔寅), Zhang Yunhe (张云河), Dong Zeyang (董泽扬) of this newspaper)
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Return to TopIt is estimated that over 2.6 billion people traveled across regions, foreign friends actively came to China to experience the Chinese New Year, and the total box office revenue for Spring Festival movies exceeded 5.5 billion yuan... The just-concluded Spring Festival holiday was not only a traditional festival for family reunions and bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, but also became an important window for the outside world to observe China's economic resilience, innovative vitality, and cultural charm. The bustling Chinese New Year connects the past and the future, links China and the world, and depicts a harmonious picture of universal celebration in shared joy.
The "longest Spring Festival holiday" witnessed the continued boom in the consumer market. From purchasing New Year goods to family reunion dinners, from cultural tourism to smart upgrades, from urban business districts to rural markets, scenes of bustling consumption outline a new landscape of quality improvement and upgrading in China's consumer market. The WeChat team released the 2026 Spring Festival data report on the 23rd, showing that the number of offline transactions for travel and lifestyle entertainment during the Spring Festival increased by more than 20% year-on-year. Business districts in various regions have been renovated and upgraded. Nanjing's "Jinling Changlefang (金陵长乐坊)" allows consumers to become "characters in the play," and more than 30 temple fairs and lantern festivals, such as the Beijing Changdian Temple Fair (北京厂甸庙会), cover major business districts. Quality consumption such as long-distance tours, in-depth tours, and customized tours continues to heat up, and the popularity of intra-provincial tours, surrounding tours, and urban micro-vacations remains unabated, expanding new space for the continued healthy development of the consumer market. Foreign media exclaimed that "Chinese people fully utilized the 9-day 'longest Spring Festival holiday' to break multiple records in terms of travel, leisure tourism, and consumption," believing that "the Spring Festival is no longer just a traditional festival, but has become a catalyst for boosting the global economy."
The technological vibe has become a bright highlight of this year's Spring Festival. On New Year's Eve, humanoid robots shone on the Spring Festival Gala stage, and "human-machine co-martial arts" surprised foreign media, saying that "China is already demonstrating real robots." In just one year, the performance of robots has been significantly improved. "Now they can not only do backflips, but also wield nunchucks," reflecting the continuous breakthroughs of Chinese companies in core technology research and development. During this year's Spring Festival holiday, the application rate of artificial intelligence large models continued to rise. From New Year's Eve to the third day of the Lunar New Year, the cumulative number of uses of various artificial intelligence large models exceeded 10 billion times. The collision of trendy technology and traditional New Year's flavors adds a special warmth to the festival and demonstrates the solid steps of technology benefiting people. "China Intelligent Manufacturing" robots entered the United Nations Headquarters in New York for the first time to write the Chinese character "Fu (福)" and interact with guests; holographic digital display technology offered cool gameplay for people visiting Sydney's Digi Park in Australia, opening an immersive Chinese cultural journey; Chinese cultural tourism VR experience projects attracted people in Amman (安曼), the capital of Jordan, to compete for experience... Friends from all over the world are integrating into the ever-changing wave of Chinese technological development, embracing vitality and the future.
The Spring Festival is not only a reunion festival for Chinese people, but also increasingly becoming a "check-in season" for global tourists. With the continuous expansion of the scope of visa-free policies, "spending the Spring Festival in China" has become a new fashion for many overseas friends. The National Immigration Administration (国家移民管理局) predicts that the average daily number of inbound and outbound passengers at national ports during this year's Spring Festival holiday will exceed 2.05 million, an increase of 14.1% compared to the same period last year. The American magazine "Around the World" recently observed that more and more foreign tourists are choosing immersive cultural experiences instead of traditional sightseeing tours, and they are seeking to "establish a deeper connection with China's rich cultural resources." Qunar (去哪儿) data shows that the number of domestic flight bookings using non-Chinese passports during the Spring Festival holiday increased by 20% year-on-year, and overseas guests have footprints in 107 Chinese cities. Foreign tourists who come to China to celebrate the Chinese New Year can not only experience Chinese culture in depth, but also enjoy policy benefits such as departure tax refunds. From "China tours" to "China shopping," friends from all over the world fully feel a warm, friendly, open, and inclusive China.
Spring returns to the earth, and everything is renewed. The Spring Festival holiday reflects a vibrant and confident China moving forward. The consumption potential released by the super-large-scale market, the development opportunities brought by continuous expansion of opening up, and the surging momentum driven by technological innovation together constitute the confidence of China's economy to move steadily and far. A confident China heading towards the future will continue to work with the world to move towards a better tomorrow.
In Athens (雅典), Greece, Bangkok (曼谷), Thailand, and Jeddah (吉达), Saudi Arabia, intangible cultural heritage displays and folk custom experiences such as shadow puppetry, woodblock New Year pictures, acrobatics, and magic are in full swing. These activities, filled with a strong Chinese New Year flavor, attract Chinese and foreign people to actively participate, enhance mutual understanding in cultural exchanges, and convey good wishes in mutual learning among civilizations.
In the municipal square in the center of Athens (雅典), the capital of Greece, large red lanterns are hung high, and wonderful performances continue one after another. The "Happy Chinese New Year" temple fair was held here recently.
Accompanied by the sound of gongs and drums, a "little crane" gracefully circles its long neck and lightly spreads its wings—a segment of the classic play "Turtle and Crane" is being staged in the Beijing (北京) shadow puppetry display area. Many parents bring their children to experience and try to manipulate the shadow puppet rods. Han Bing (韩冰), a representative inheritor of Beijing (北京) shadow puppetry intangible cultural heritage, introduced that the team specially designed character images and cultural and creative products based on Greek mythology. "Many cultural and creative products are warmly welcomed by the local people, and intangible cultural heritage skills can become a language that transcends cultures."
Folk artisans from Beijing (北京) brought intangible cultural heritage displays such as Beijing embroidery. When they saw the embroiderers using silk threads to outline auspicious patterns of peony blossoms and horses stepping on auspicious clouds on silk fabrics, several Greek women enthusiastically picked up embroidery needles and completed simple stitches under the patient guidance of the masters, their faces filled with a sense of accomplishment.
The mayor of Athens (雅典), Kostas Bakoyannis (杜卡斯), and the Chinese Ambassador to Greece, Xiao Junzheng (方遒), jointly dotted the eyes of the dragon dance. Bakoyannis (杜卡斯) said: "We look forward to more creative cooperation between the people of China and Greece in the new year, and to welcoming more opportunities."
The sunshine in Bangkok (曼谷) is warm, and the Thai Chinese Cultural Center is decorated with lanterns and festoons. The 2026 Year of the Horse "Happy Chinese New Year" special performance kicked off here recently.
Writing Spring Festival couplets and 福 (fú) characters, making auspicious fish lanterns, and rubbing woodblock New Year pictures, the tables are lined up in a row, like a small "New Year custom street." Children from China and Thailand hold brushes and write "福" (fú - "good fortune") characters on red paper; in front of the fish lantern making table, colored paper is folded between their fingertips, and the light of the lanterns reflects small joys. As the lights gradually brighten, vocal music, martial arts, dance, acrobatics, and folk music take turns on stage. A lively Erhu performance of "Horse Racing" pushed the atmosphere to a climax, conveying the blessings of "taking the lead and the spirit of the dragon horse" to the Thai audience.
Local resident Pani (帕妮) specially brought her daughter to watch the performance. Pani (帕妮) said that such activities are like a window, allowing children to better understand and love Chinese culture through participation.
Drumsticks waving, drumbeats resounding, the distinctive "Ten Thousand Horses Galloping" Chinese drum performance kicked off the Spring Festival Gala. At this event held in Jeddah (吉达), Saudi Arabia, wonderful programs such as acrobatics, magic, and martial arts performances took turns on stage, attracting more and more viewers, who raised their mobile phones to record every wonderful moment.
"Success upon arrival," "Ten thousand blessings," "As you wish"... On the Chinese culture exhibition stand, calligraphy works conveyed the beautiful blessings of the New Year of the Horse. "I especially like Chinese culture," Motaz (莫塔兹) from Riyadh (利雅得) told reporters that he stayed in Jeddah (吉达) for an extra day to participate in this event. "The horse symbolizes vitality, action, and progress. I hope that in the new year, Saudi-Chinese relations will further develop and benefit the people of both countries."
(Reported by Shi Yuanhao (时元皓), Xie Yahong (谢亚宏), Zhang Jinruo (张矜若), and Ren Haoyu (任皓宇) from Rio de Janeiro, Athens, Bangkok, and Jeddah on February 23rd)
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 23rd. Wang Yi (王毅), Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, attended the high-level segment of the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council via video link in Beijing (北京) on February 23rd and delivered a speech.
Wang Yi (王毅) stated that President Xi Jinping (习近平) proposed the Global Governance Initiative, guiding the direction of global human rights governance with Chinese wisdom, which has been supported and responded to by more than 150 countries and international organizations. China is willing to work with all countries to take the implementation of the Global Governance Initiative as an opportunity to improve global human rights governance and promote the healthy development of the international human rights cause.
First, we must adhere to sovereign equality and safeguard the original aspiration of global human rights governance. We must adhere to the equal participation, equal decision-making, and equal benefit of all countries, and promote the construction of a fair, reasonable, and inclusive global human rights governance system. Second, we must abide by international rule of law and consolidate the foundation of global human rights governance. All countries should jointly safeguard the "golden rule" of non-interference in other countries' internal affairs and resolutely say no to words and deeds that manipulate double standards in the name of human rights. Third, we must practice multilateralism to solve the challenges of global human rights governance. All countries should promote the abandonment of all forms of colonialism and racial discrimination, and properly address new issues such as artificial intelligence, climate change, and human rights. Fourth, we must advocate people-centeredness and enrich the connotation of global human rights governance. The right to development should be placed in a more prominent position on the multilateral human rights agenda, making human rights progress visible, tangible, and accessible. Fifth, we must focus on action-oriented approaches to enhance the effectiveness of global human rights governance. China is willing to coordinate actions with the international community to jointly depict a new vision for the global human rights cause.
Wang Yi (王毅) emphasized that 2026 is the opening year of China's "15th Five-Year Plan." China is willing to work with all countries to promote the common values of all mankind, join hands to build a community with a shared future for mankind, and allow the development and progress of human rights civilization to benefit the whole world.
Return to TopPyongyang, February 23 (People's Daily reporter Liu Rong (刘融)) According to a report by the Korean Central News Agency (朝中社) on February 23, the 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (朝鲜劳动党) held a meeting on the 22nd and elected Kim Jong-un (金正恩) as the General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (朝鲜劳动党).
The congress passed the "Resolution on Electing the General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (朝鲜劳动党)" on the same day. The resolution stated: "The 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (朝鲜劳动党), based on the firm will and unanimous demand of all delegates, millions of party members, all the people, and officers and soldiers of the People's Army, has decided to wholeheartedly support Comrade Kim Jong-un (金正恩) as the General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (朝鲜劳动党)."
The report stated that the congress elected members and alternate members of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (朝鲜劳动党) on the same day. Kim Jong-un (金正恩), Pak Thae-song (朴泰成), Jo Yong-won (赵甬元), and Ri Il-hwan (李日焕) were elected as members of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (朝鲜劳动党).
The report also stated that the congress unanimously passed the "Resolution on Amending the Charter of the Workers' Party of Korea (朝鲜劳动党)."
Return to TopThis newspaper Milan (米兰) February 23rd (Reporters Chen Chenxi (陈晨曦), Li Yanfei (厉衍飞), Ji Fang (季芳)) Local time on the evening of the 22nd, the 25th Winter Olympic Games concluded at the Verona Arena (维罗纳竞技场) in Italy (意大利), a venue with approximately 2000 years of history.
At the Milan-Cortina (米兰-科尔蒂纳) Winter Olympics, the Chinese sports delegation consisted of 286 people, including 126 athletes, participating in 7 major events, 15 sub-events, and 91 minor events, setting a new record for the most overseas events and the largest athlete delegation in China's Winter Olympics history. Since the start of the Games, Chinese athletes have strived and won 5 gold, 4 silver, and 6 bronze medals, totaling 15 medals, breaking the best historical result for overseas participation in the Winter Olympics.
Su Yiming (苏翊鸣), who won one gold and one bronze medal at this Winter Olympics, served as the flag bearer for the Chinese sports delegation, holding the five-star red flag high as he entered the stadium.
This event adopted a decentralized competition model, with a total of 93 delegations participating.
International Olympic Committee (国际奥委会) President Coventry (考文垂) announced the closing of the 2026 Milan-Cortina (米兰-科尔蒂纳) Winter Olympics. The Olympic flame was extinguished simultaneously in Milan (米兰) and Cortina (科尔蒂纳).
The next Winter Olympics will be held in the French Alps (法国阿尔卑斯山) region in 2030.
Return to TopThis report was filed from London on February 23rd (Reporters Cheng Long (程龙) and Xu Liqun (许立群)). On the afternoon of the 22nd local time, the first performance of the 2026 All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese (中国侨联) "Kindred Affection for China, Joyful Spring Festival Worldwide" (亲情中华·四海同春) European tour was held in Trafalgar Square (特拉法加广场), London, UK, bringing a strong festive atmosphere and New Year blessings to overseas Chinese and local people, and was warmly welcomed.
Programs such as the diabolo performance "Only Speed Breaks Through" (唯快不破), the double face-changing performance "Hundred Faces, Thousands of Changes" (百面万千), and the erhu ensemble "Scarborough Fair" infected every audience member present. Peking Opera performing artist and male dan (旦, female role) successor of the Mei School, Hu Wenge (胡文阁), brought the famous Peking Opera excerpt "Ode to the Pear Blossom," pushing the atmosphere of the entire performance to a climax. The performance concluded with the melodious sounds of the folk music ensemble "Blooming Flowers and Full Moon" (花好月圆).
Chinese Ambassador to the UK Zheng Zeguang (郑泽光) extended New Year greetings to everyone in his speech before the performance. He said that everyone gathered in Trafalgar Square (特拉法加广场) to celebrate the Lunar New Year and enjoy the wonderful performances of Chinese and British artists, fully demonstrating the achievements of Sino-British cultural exchanges, highlighting the sincere friendship between the two peoples, and further strengthening the ties between the two peoples.
Mr. Wang (王先生), an overseas Chinese living in the UK, said that seeing high-level "hometown opera" in London made overseas wanderers deeply feel the concern and care of their motherland (or ancestral home). Local British audiences and tourists from all over the world also praised the performance, frequently exclaiming in surprise and giving warm applause.
"Kindred Affection for China" (亲情中华) is a theme brand activity for overseas Chinese cultural exchanges created by the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese (中国侨联). As of December 2025, it has organized 290 art troupes to visit 330 cities in 81 countries and regions around the world, holding 1,160 overseas tours. The 2026 All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese (中国侨联) "Kindred Affection for China, Joyful Spring Festival Worldwide" (亲情中华·四海同春) overseas performance tour will hold 14 performances in 12 cities in 6 countries, creating a festive atmosphere of celebrating and sharing the Chinese New Year together.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 23rd. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson announced on February 23rd: At the invitation of Premier of the State Council Li Qiang (李强), German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (奥拉夫·朔尔茨) will pay an official visit to China from February 25th to 26th.
Return to TopThe 62nd Paris International Agricultural Show opened on February 21st at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles in Paris, France. The national agricultural delegation organized by the Agricultural Trade Promotion Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China (中国农业农村部农业贸易促进中心) made its debut at the exhibition, engaging in in-depth exchanges with exhibitors and visitors from France and around the world.
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, Melbourne, February 23 (Reporters Xu Haijing (徐海静) and Xiong Wenyuan (熊文苑)) The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's annual Chinese New Year concert was held on the evening of the 21st at the Hamer Hall of the Melbourne Arts Centre (墨尔本艺术中心), as scheduled. The wonderful performance won warm and lasting applause from about 2,400 audience members.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 邵玉姿
"How are you doing, folks? What kind of opera would you like to see?" As the gongs and drums faded, a performance of a benefit Pingju opera came to an end in Nanducun Village, Luquan District, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province (河北省石家庄市鹿泉区南杜村). Without even removing her makeup, Jin Lingzhan (靳灵展), a National People's Congress (全国人大) deputy and actress at the Shijiazhuang Pingju Opera Art Center (石家庄市评剧艺术中心), grabbed her prepared notebook and jogged from backstage to the front, striking up a conversation with the villagers who had gathered around.
"Life is getting better, and we hope you can come to the village to perform more often, so that our cultural life can be richer," one said. "It would be even better if you could create some new operas about our new rural life!" The villagers chimed in, full of anticipation and longing for a new life.
As the villagers eagerly shared the changes around them, Jin Lingzhan (靳灵展) busily recorded the voices of the people. Before long, the notes in her notebook were densely packed.
"Now that the material lives of the villagers are becoming richer and richer, the demand for spiritual and cultural life is becoming more and more prominent, making the task of promoting rural cultural revitalization urgent." As a Pingju opera actress rooted in the grassroots, Jin Lingzhan (靳灵展) spends two-thirds of the year rushing around in the fields, conducting benefit performances and researching rural cultural needs. After each performance, Jin Lingzhan (靳灵展) immediately goes into the crowd to chat with everyone, listen to the people's voices, ask about their needs, and record their suggestions, putting the villagers' expectations for cultural life on paper and in her heart.
Farmland greenhouses, rural communities, and construction sites all bear witness to Jin Lingzhan's (靳灵展) performances and research. "This is not only where I create as a literary and art worker, but also where I perform my duties as a National People's Congress (全国人大) deputy." Jin Lingzhan (靳灵展) said that only by getting her feet dirty can she truly understand the voice of the people, allowing her creations to take root in the fertile soil of life and her performance of duties to align with the expectations of the masses.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五) proposal suggests extensively carrying out mass cultural activities and promoting new mass literature and art under the conditions of the Internet. "Since the new era, people have been more widely involved in cultural activities and have higher expectations for spiritual and cultural life." Jin Lingzhan (靳灵展) said, "As a literary and art worker, I must strengthen my learning and application of new technologies and tools, innovate literary and artistic forms and expressions, and let traditional literature and art rejuvenate in the Internet era; as a National People's Congress (全国人大) deputy, I must root myself in the grassroots to conduct research, listen carefully to the masses' expectations and demands for cultural life, and transform them into practical and feasible suggestions, so that mass cultural activities can truly become hot and substantial."
"The boat travels on the water, admiring the beautiful scenery along the shore, living by the river, and walking in the painting..." Jin Lingzhan's (靳灵展) notebook contains the inspiration for her new works for Shijiazhuang's (石家庄) mother river, the Hutuo River (滹沱河). "Last year, I went to Tayuanzhuang Village (塔元庄村) in Zhengding County (正定县) to conduct research, and I agreed with the villagers to create a program for their new life."
With the people in her heart and responsibility on her shoulders. "The People's Congress (人大) deputy is a bridge and link between the Party and the state and the people." Jin Lingzhan (靳灵展) said, "Only by throwing ourselves into the countryside, sitting on the 'kang' of the common people, listening to the heartfelt words of the villagers, and pondering their urgent needs and concerns, can we put forward suggestions that are grounded, in line with public opinion, and truly effective, so as not to fail the trust and expectations of the masses."
Reporter's Notes
No Half-hearted Efforts Allowed
In Jin Lingzhan's (靳灵展) view, the connection between deputies and the masses is never a simple "you say, I listen," but rather a closeness of hearts and a blending of emotions.
"'People' is a word as heavy as a mountain, and there can be no half-hearted efforts in performing the duties of a deputy." Every time she conducts research, Jin Lingzhan (靳灵展) is filled with deep affection for the people as she immerses herself in the fields and construction sites.
A hundred performances a year also mean a hundred research trips a year. Jin Lingzhan (靳灵展) is tireless. "Wherever the people need me, that is where I perform my duties and take responsibility." In the new year, she is still rushing on the road of performing her duties, reflecting the voices of the masses and putting forward practical suggestions.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 窦 皓
In early spring, the Nanfan (南繁) base in Sanya (三亚), Hainan (海南). With a flat head and square face, of medium height, and dark skin, Hu Peisong (胡培松), a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协) and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (中国工程院), squatted on the edge of the field as usual, peeling back the plastic film of the seedling raising shed to carefully check the seedlings. Mud splattered all over his trouser legs, but he was completely unaware.
The experimental base of the China National Rice Research Institute (中国水稻研究所) in Fuyang District (富阳区), Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江), is Hu Peisong's "second home." Having just returned from Sanya (三亚), he plunged back into the laboratory. In the office next door, various professional books were piled everywhere. Over the years, Hu Peisong has insisted on combining scientific research with his duties—this rice breeding expert, who is over sixty years old, always keeps his roots planted in the soil.
"Breeding research must conform to and be close to the needs of the people. No matter how beautiful the data in the laboratory is, it is not as good as a farmer saying, 'This rice can sell for a good price.'" Hu Peisong (胡培松) said that making money and getting benefits for grain farmers is the direction he has been working towards as a member of the CPPCC (政协) for many years.
To this end, Hu Peisong (胡培松) once led a team to visit more than a dozen major grain-producing counties in Zhejiang (浙江), Jiangxi (江西), and Hunan (湖南) for several consecutive months. He found that behind the "non-grainification" of cultivated land, it is not that farmers do not love to grow grain, but that the benefits of growing grain are low and the comparative income has decreased.
In the past few years, Hu Peisong's (胡培松) proposals at the National People's Congress (全国两会) have also focused on this. The "Comprehensive Rural Revitalization Plan (2024-2027)" (《乡村全面振兴规划（2024—2027年）》), issued last year, clearly proposed "improving the interest compensation mechanism for major grain-producing areas," and his suggestions for two consecutive years have revolved around this point.
"Improving the grain planting benefit guarantee mechanism from multiple perspectives, increasing the 'money in hand' for grain farmers, and improving the enthusiasm for grain planting is the fundamental and long-term solution to the 'non-grainification' of cultivated land." To this end, Hu Peisong (胡培松), combined with his own scientific research practice, proposed strengthening the research and development and industrialization of functional rice, so that rice can be "evolved" from a traditional grain crop into a crop that takes into account both grain and economy, which is of great significance for improving the added value of rice and stabilizing the planting area.
"The Chinese people's rice bowl must be firmly held in their own hands. We must not only eat enough, but also eat well. With the improvement of living standards, the people's requirements for rice quality are also increasing. Achieving high yield and pursuing high-quality health are both indispensable." Hu Peisong (胡培松) said.
As the 2026 National People's Congress (全国两会) approaches, Hu Peisong's (胡培松) research notes have become thicker. "Breeding is like educating people. We must not only aim at the forefront of science and technology and achieve 'reaching the sky,' but also base ourselves on the needs of farmers and achieve 'standing on the ground.' The same is true for being a member of the CPPCC (政协). If our feet are not stained with mud, our suggestions will not be down-to-earth." Hu Peisong (胡培松) said.
Reporter's Notes
Planting Roots in the Soil
"To bring the voices from the fields to the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂)" is the belief that Hu Peisong (胡培松) has always adhered to. He has been dealing with rice fields for decades. Through long-term front-line visits and scientific research practices, he listens to opinions, conducts research, makes friends with farmers, and reflects their voices.
Visiting the people at the front line is the only way to discover real problems. Whether as a scientific researcher or a member of the CPPCC (政协), Hu Peisong (胡培松) always chooses to bow his head in the fields to find a feeling and plant his roots in the soil. "Only when your shoes are covered with mud can your proposals be down-to-earth," Hu Peisong (胡培松) said.
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What happens when the fragrance of books meets the scent of vegetables?
In the rural farmhouses of Quzhou (衢州), Zhejiang (浙江), city dwellers exchange their idle books for fresh vegetables from the village. The books are screened by readers, making them readable and practical; the vegetables are grown by farmers themselves, making them fresh and delicious. With enough popularity, the farmhouses are revitalized, and cultural nourishment naturally follows.
The "books for vegetables" initiative, along with innovative practices such as "books for blessings" and "books for coffee" appearing in various places, has enlightening significance for solving the problem of insufficient resources in rural farmhouses across the country. Its special feature lies in resource sharing and complementary elements, allowing material and spiritual, urban and rural areas to flow in both directions, revealing a method of revitalization where ideas determine the way out.
Adapting to the situation is the unchanging key to winning the initiative.
Since the new era, we have won the battle against poverty, and the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside is being steadily advanced. The vast wilderness is no longer just the origin of agricultural products, but increasingly a place for spiritual nourishment and emotional flourishing, where nostalgia is rooted. Cities and villages are increasingly becoming interactive values that are reshaping each other in both directions.
Looking at reality, mechanized farming and information-based "field management" have freed up hands, and people have more leisure to pursue spiritual pleasure; the Internet has bridged the information gap between urban and rural areas, and cultural highlights can spread all over the country in an instant; the Fuxing high-speed train (复兴号) and the "four good rural roads" connect hometowns with distant places, and many footsteps are heading towards the continuation and renewal of rural civilization.
With trends forming and conditions improving, there is great potential to awaken the dormant resources of rural culture. From new cultural spaces adding color to the countryside to "village-branded" cultural and sports activities generating huge "traffic," it all proves that there are a large number of cultural treasures waiting to be discovered in the countryside. Taking the initiative, taking responsibility, and achieving results are the best responses to the countryside's need for both material abundance and spiritual wealth.
Innovative transformation is the "golden finger" for promoting accumulation and breakthrough.
The practice of eating slaughtered pig soup in Qingfu Village (庆福村), Hechuan (合川), Chongqing (重庆) has become a phenomenal hit. The Yingge Dance (英歌舞) in Chaoshan (潮汕), Guangdong (广东), the Shehuo (社火) in Gansu (甘肃), and the stilt walking (高跷) in Jinan (济南), Shandong (山东) attract a large number of tourists, not only because people want to experience authentic rural culture, but also because new ideas and new scenes are used to connect tradition and modernity, and the fission and dissemination of new media are used to make both online and offline activities lively.
Re-examining the vitality of traditional folk customs in the present day, we will find that the wisdom of life in the袅袅炊烟 (niǎo niǎo chuī yān - "curling smoke," describes the smoke rising gently from kitchen chimneys, often evoking a sense of rural life and simplicity) in the mountains, the stories passed down from generation to generation under the eaves of old houses, and the unique customs and practices immersed in the fields are deeply accumulated. Once creatively transformed and renewed, they can 推陈出新 (tuī chén chū xīn - "weed through the old to bring forth the new," to innovate; to develop new ideas on the basis of old ones) and 点石成金 (diǎn shí chéng jīn - "turn stone into gold," to turn something ordinary into something valuable), integrate and develop with rural industries, and write a new chapter in humanistic economics.
A win-win mindset is the long-term way to activate endogenous motivation.
Why do some cultural projects have good ideas, but become unsuitable as soon as they reach the countryside? In addition to not adhering to adapting to local conditions, a key reason is the lack of an effective mechanism for all parties to "share risks and share benefits," leading to "grabbing and fighting for benefits, and pushing and avoiding problems."
Caijiagou (蔡家沟) in Weifang (潍坊), Shandong (山东) once had a good reputation but not a good market for its artistic rural construction, but now it has a maximum of over 30,000 visitors per day; Sanhe Village (三河村) in Chongqing (重庆) has a century-old pottery making process, and the kiln fire has been reignited, becoming a cultural space for tourists to experience slow life and villagers to become rich.
Rural cultural revitalization is not about "putting on makeup," but about inheriting and empowering. Only by holding activities in the village, attracting resources to the village, and keeping the benefits in the village can the driving force for rural development be further enhanced through cultural nourishment.
Industry "shapes," culture "casts the soul," and ecology "builds the foundation." Today, from the "very simple and also very fashionable" cultural characteristics to the "seeing mountains, seeing water, and remembering nostalgia" development formats, from the butterfly transformation and upgrading of "green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains" to the "livable and workable beautiful countryside" living environment, a more profound and systematic transformation of rural civilization and modernization is taking place.
City and countryside, material and spiritual, high-quality development and high-quality life are unified in the tremendous changes in the mountains and villages in the new era, engraved on the journey of Chinese-style modernization.
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"Intangible cultural heritage inheritance cannot rely solely on 'oral instruction and personal demonstration.' In the digital age, we need more advanced methods to revitalize and pass on ancient culture." During the 2025 National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国两会), Yang Yuni (杨钰尼), a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协委员) and the principal of the Yuni Culture and Art Inheritance Center (钰尼文化艺术传承中心) in Honghe County (红河县), Yunnan (云南), submitted a "Proposal on Establishing a Digital Resource Library for Intangible Cultural Heritage," which has attracted widespread attention.
As a member of a minority ethnic group deeply involved in the field of intangible cultural heritage, Yang Yuni (杨钰尼) has continuously spoken out for the cause of intangible cultural heritage inheritance in recent years. After conducting in-depth visits to many places to investigate the current situation of intangible cultural heritage inheritance, she found that the current intangible cultural heritage inheritance faces severe challenges. For example, the aging of the inheritance population is prominent; the inheritance methods are limited to traditional models such as apprenticeship and family inheritance; the scope of dissemination is limited by region and form, making it difficult to reach the public widely. These problems have caused some intangible cultural heritage projects to gradually become marginalized, and even risk being lost.
"Our cultural roots must not only be carefully guarded, but also be continued and renewed in advanced ways." Yang Yuni (杨钰尼) transformed her reflections after the investigation into proposal suggestions. She suggested using modern information technology to establish a unified national digital resource library for intangible cultural heritage, permanently preserving scattered skills, sheet music, and other core materials, and using 3D modeling and AR technology to achieve immersive display, breaking the inheritance limitations of "oral instruction and personal demonstration"; establishing national special funds to promote collaborative education between universities, inheritance bases, and enterprises, cultivate digital application talents for intangible cultural heritage, and attract young people to devote themselves to intangible cultural heritage inheritance; building a national comprehensive digital platform for intangible cultural heritage, integrating display, experience, and transaction functions, promoting the transformation of intangible cultural heritage resources into economic advantages, and forming a virtuous cycle of inheritance and development.
In September 2025, Yang Yuni (杨钰尼) received a letter from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部) regarding the reply to the proposal. The reply stated that the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部) attaches great importance to the digital development of the intangible cultural heritage field, actively promotes the exploration of business platform construction, carries out basic and forward-looking research related to the digital dissemination of intangible cultural heritage, and enhances the innovation capabilities of digital technology.
"The attention and implementation of the proposal has given me more confidence to do a good job in intangible cultural heritage inheritance." Yang Yuni (杨钰尼) said that she will continue to track the implementation of the proposal and actively participate in the relevant work of building a digital resource library for intangible cultural heritage. At the same time, she will carry out public welfare teaching of intangible cultural heritage, and use short videos, ethnic street dance and other methods favored by young people to spread intangible cultural heritage, so that the seeds of intangible cultural heritage can take root and sprout in the hearts of young people.
Return to Top"Who understands, the trunk is full of my parents' 'overloaded love,' all kinds of dried goods, snacks, and even umbrellas and shoes are prepared, for fear that I won't eat well outside." "The New Year is over, and it's another full trunk. I feel like I'll have to change to a truck next year." "Are these snacks? No, this is my mother's deep love for me"...
After the Spring Festival holiday, people who returned home have embarked on their journeys back. Many netizens have posted photos of their trunks, the small space filled with their parents' deep love. No matter how full the luggage is, it cannot contain the parents' concern. Large and small packages, bottles and cans, are the taste of home, and even more so, the family's instructions and unspoken reluctance. The love is so strong that it is **盛不下** (shèng bù xià - "cannot contain," implying the love is too much to be held).
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on February 23rd (Reporter Zhang Tianpei (张天培)) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Public Security (公安部): This year's Spring Festival holiday was long, and the number of people traveling was large. The total number of people flowing on national highways and the peak daily traffic volume both reached record highs. During the Spring Festival holiday, the national public security traffic management departments strengthened road control and enhanced publicity and guidance, and strived to create a good road traffic environment for the people to celebrate the Spring Festival. As of 6:00 PM on February 23, the national road traffic safety situation was generally stable and orderly, and no major or particularly serious road traffic accidents were reported.
Public security traffic management departments in various regions strengthened patrol control and command and guidance, strictly investigated key violations, and ensured traffic order. In response to the strong winds, cooling, rain, fog, ice, and snow during the Spring Festival holiday, public security traffic management departments closely cooperated with meteorological, transportation, and other departments and units to ensure safe passage on road sections affected by severe weather.
Return to TopAccording to the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区) Department of Finance, during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Guangxi (广西) has continuously increased financial investment and taken multiple measures to accelerate the improvement of the urban-rural pension service system and promote the high-quality development of the region's elderly care undertakings.
Guangxi (广西) has included 180,000 elderly people in extreme poverty into the government support system; allocated 278 million yuan to provide pension service subsidies for more than 400,000 urban and rural elderly people receiving minimum living allowances and those in decentralized extreme poverty, improving the quality of life for elderly people in need. Guangxi (广西) has allocated 265 million yuan to provide centralized care subsidies for elderly people with financial difficulties who are disabled and elderly people with financial difficulties who are of advanced age, alleviating the heavy burden of elderly care for families in need. Since 2021, Guangxi (广西) has conducted a long-term care insurance pilot program in Nanning (南宁市), spending 710 million yuan during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, with a cumulative total of approximately 18,400 beneficiaries, effectively solving the nursing problems of severely disabled elderly people.
Return to TopBy: 孟繁哲
The weaker the development, the more potential for growth it holds. Accurately identifying the "shortest plank" and concentrating efforts to break through it can transform a "low-lying area" into a "high ground."
Basing oneself on existing foundations, amplifying advantages, and removing obstacles to the flow of factors will lead to an increasingly strong synergistic effect of "1+1>2."
Observing China's regional development, two recent news items are thought-provoking.
The "Modernized Capital Metropolitan Area Spatial Coordination Plan (2023-2035)" proposes constructing a spatial pattern of "one core, two wings, multiple cities and points, and multiple corridors and circles," transforming Beijing's (北京) core functional advantages into radiating and driving capabilities for surrounding areas.
Boluo County (博罗县) in Guangdong (广东) became the first "trillion-yuan county" in the province, marking a fruitful result of Guangdong's (广东) "High-Quality Development Project of a Hundred Counties, Thousand Towns, and Ten Thousand Villages" (百县千镇万村高质量发展工程).
One in the north and one in the south, one focusing on the "large" by creating a regional high-quality development growth pole through cross-provincial coordination; the other focusing on the "small" by using the county economy as a starting point to promote coordinated regional development. Seemingly different in dimension, they actually point to a common proposition: how to tap regional development potential and achieve "climbing higher"?
Potential comes from addressing shortcomings. Guangdong (广东) has strong cities, strong districts, and strong towns, but has long lacked strong counties. For Boluo County (博罗县), one reason for its past weakness was its extensive development. In its early years, it did benefit from introducing "processing with supplied materials, processing with supplied samples, assembly with supplied parts, and compensation trade" (三来一补), but extensive development also led to the industry being "small, scattered, and weak," lacking staying power. Boluo County (博罗县) precisely targeted this shortcoming and found a breakthrough: proactively laying out industries such as electronic information and new energy, and building a trillion-yuan-level intelligent equipment industrial park. Today, eight hundred-billion-level industrial clusters have sprung up locally. From "sprinkling pepper" style scattered investment promotion to upgrading to a "gathering chains into clusters" systematic layout, a change in thinking has promoted development transformation.
The transformation of Boluo County (博罗县) is not an isolated case. Since the launch of the "High-Quality Development Project of a Hundred Counties, Thousand Towns, and Ten Thousand Villages" (百县千镇万村高质量发展工程), the average annual growth rate of the GDP of 57 counties (cities) in the past three years has been faster than the province's. Practice has proven that the weaker the development, the more potential for growth it holds. Accurately identifying the "shortest plank" and concentrating efforts to break through it can transform a "low-lying area" into a "high ground."
Potential comes from strengthening advantages. Advantages are the "capital" for development. Only by transforming comparative advantages into competitive advantages can one continuously occupy a favorable position in the industrial division of labor. In the Yangtze River Delta (长三角), the supply of all supporting parts for new energy vehicles can be solved within a 4-hour drive. It is precisely this deep integration of the industrial chain spanning 4 provinces and cities that has continuously amplified the overall advantages of the new energy vehicle industry in the Yangtze River Delta (长三角), seizing the initiative in global competition.
The key to strengthening advantages lies in breaking down barriers and smoothing circulation. The Sichuan-Chongqing (川渝) Gaozhu New Area (高竹新区) unified 79 tax policies, turning the inter-provincial border from a "marginal zone" into a "cooperation frontier"; Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) jointly released an initiative for industrial collaborative development, jointly cultivating world-class industrial clusters. Basing oneself on existing foundations, amplifying advantages, and removing obstacles to the flow of factors will lead to an increasingly strong synergistic effect of "1+1>2."
Potential comes from cultivating new advantages. New technologies, new industries, new business formats, and new models are the incremental space for regional development. Cao County (曹县) in Shandong (山东) used to be a traditional agricultural county relying on labor export. Who would have thought that a Hanfu (汉服) (traditional Chinese clothing) would rewrite its fate. Targeting this niche track, the local area has built a complete industrial chain from design and production to e-commerce sales, "growing" China's largest original Hanfu (汉服) industrial cluster in the countryside, with Hanfu (汉服) sales exceeding 13 billion yuan in 2025. A Hanfu (汉服) has transformed an agricultural county into a new industrial city.
Wuhu (芜湖) in Anhui (安徽) has been deeply involved in general aviation for more than 10 years, starting from a barren hill, gathering more than 200 upstream and downstream enterprises; emerging industries such as artificial intelligence and biomedicine in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区) have reached national heights one after another, forming "super clusters"... The key to cultivating new advantages lies in accurately identifying the track and persevering, allowing new industries to become a new increment driving regional development.
Whether it is addressing shortcomings, strengthening advantages, or cultivating new advantages, it all comes down to adhering to adapting to local conditions. Each region cannot blindly follow suit or simply imitate, but must clearly see where its advantages lie, how to learn from others' strengths and make up for one's own weaknesses, and how to promote strengths and avoid weaknesses. It should be industrial if suitable for industry, agricultural if suitable for agriculture, commercial if suitable for commerce, and tourism if suitable for tourism. Only by accurately identifying its own positioning can it truly transform potential into strength.
By addressing shortcomings to consolidate the foundation, by strengthening advantages to amplify benefits, and by cultivating new advantages to open up blue oceans, when each region develops its strengths and complements each other, the regional economic layout for high-quality development will be more coordinated and more vibrant.
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Their words are authentic and simple, containing the beauty of life, the wisdom of life, and the power to move forward.
Recently, "Zhu Xinyan (祝薪雁)", a 56-year-old hair salon owner from Guizhou (贵州), has become popular on short video platforms for her copywriting.
She writes about family reunion: "Dumplings are neatly arranged, longing is long, and mother is nagging"; she writes about kneading "white glutinous rice cakes": "Life is probably like this, after suffering, it will have color"; she writes about the end of a day's work: "Busy growing, busy creating, the future will naturally have sweeter harvests"...
Young people actively give likes, calling her "poetic Niangniang (孃孃)," while gently teasing "the older generation's copywriting is too heavy" - because every word is soaked with the atmosphere of life and time, making people's eyes red without realizing it.
It's not just "Zhu Xinyan (祝薪雁)". In recent years, from "takeout poet" Wang Jibing (王计兵), to An Sanshan (安三山), a migrant worker widely known online for his handwritten essay "My Mother (我的母亲)", to "Yimeng Second Sister (沂蒙二姐)" Lü Yuxia (吕玉霞), they use their "amateur" status to chant about life, record their life trajectories and inner feelings, and their works have repeatedly resonated with young people.
Why can "Zhu Xinyans (祝薪雁们)" touch people's hearts?
Some attribute the popularity of these amateur creators to the contrast between their grassroots status and literary creation. It is undeniable that the contrast between the literary expression of a hair salon owner, the poetic chanting of a barbecue stall owner, and the philosophical insights of a delivery rider, the rough daily life and poetic words, does have communicative power. But this is probably only a superficial reason. More deeply, what touches young people is their work.
Their works allow people to rediscover life.
A few days ago, I came across a short video of "Annual Video Diary," which had over 100 million views and over 13 million likes. The subject of the video was a post-90s delivery guy in Chengdu (成都), Sichuan (四川). He didn't deliberately sensationalize, but filmed from a helmet perspective, editing together the bits and pieces on the delivery route throughout the year. What is touching is not only that the delivery guy is always full of "power" and optimistic and funny, but also the daily life and warm moments in the lens. In the firewood, rice, oil, and salt, and the changing seasons, there is the rising atmosphere of life, the warmth of ordinary families, and the warmth of neighborhood mutual assistance. And this is precisely the original texture of life.
"Zhu Xinyans (祝薪雁们)" are telling their own stories, but aren't they also describing "our" lives? Because they are rooted in life, they resonate with people; because they are full of emotion, they go straight to the heart. We are watching their works, and we are also rediscovering the beauty of life.
Their works give people the wisdom of life.
"Zhu Xinyans (祝薪雁们)" are not only narrating life, but also sharing life insights. What is life? In the eyes of "Zhu Xinyan (祝薪雁)", it is "a grindstone." After experiencing its heavy weight, she tells young people: "Warm meals, peace in all seasons, holding hope in your arms, stepping calmly under your feet, walk slowly, and live well."
What kind of life should we live? This question may not have a standard answer. Chen Nianxi (陈年喜), a "miner writer" with decades of experience traveling north and south, believes that "no matter what kind of life, whether it is a highlight or a hardship, a river is surging in the bones."
Originating from life, but not burdened by life, their works contain understanding, philosophy, and wisdom. These real insights from life, without preaching, only natural expression, give people thought and inspiration.
Their works give people the power to move forward.
"Zhu Xinyans (祝薪雁们)" mostly have not undergone professional training, but they can always use unique brushstrokes to depict the resilience of life, the unyielding belief, and the tenacious will.
Cleaning lady Wang Ying (王瑛) writes about the hardships and toil of cleaners, and even more about their tenacity and fortitude, "They will bring this skill to their future lives and polish their lives brightly"; facing the cold, Wen Xiongzhen (温雄珍), who runs a small shop during the day and works part-time at a barbecue restaurant at night, writes, "If you give her a smile, she will open her palms, look, spring has turned over."
Life always has its ups and downs. They choose to accept the imperfections of life with a positive and optimistic attitude, and to fight against the difficulties of life with firm and persistent efforts. From their stories and works, more people understand that what life looks like never depends only on the external environment, but more on whether they can adhere to the kind heart and maintain their love for life and hope for the future.
One netizen said it well: "Chinese literature grows on the land, and the words are as simple as wheat in the field. Wheat does not ask about the noise, but only grows on time with the sunrise and sunset." Their words are authentic and simple, containing the beauty of life, the wisdom of life, and the power to move forward. And this is the reason why "Zhu Xinyans (祝薪雁们)" are touching.
Return to TopBy: 李 斌
Finding strength in exhaustion, discovering oneself in challenges, not seeking comfort in flat terrain, and not fantasizing about shortcuts on steep slopes.
"Choosing to climb mountains instead of going to work," this online joke reveals a trend: more and more people are engaging in mountain sports.
Data shows that the number of people participating in outdoor sports in China exceeds 400 million, with a high level of participation in mountain projects. From parent-child outdoor training to young people's "special forces-style tourism" and the "silver-haired group" enjoying wonderful journeys, all particularly favor mountain climbing. Clearly, "going up the mountain" is particularly physically demanding, so why do people rush to participate?
In addition to getting close to nature and exercising, there is another important reason: "going up the mountain" contains many truths of life and philosophies of struggle. "Going up the mountain" is not only a climb in physical space, but also a spiritual pursuit; it is not just about conquering altitude, but also about cultivating the mind. Seeing the realm in danger, sharpening the will in gasping for breath, and comprehending life in looking up and down, we who constantly "go up the mountain" only want to meet a stronger and more perfect self.
With a change of perspective, the "world" also changes. Li Bai (李白) took a boat from Badong (巴东) to Qutang Gorge (瞿塘峡), climbed the highest peak of Wushan (巫山), and wrote the beautiful lines "Flying steps ascend to the summit, no trace of smoke in sight." Yang Wanli (杨万里), a poet of the Song Dynasty (宋代), described the clear realm of "Climbing the mountain and overlooking the plains, ten thousand valleys are all white clouds." Altitude affects cognition, and vision is linked to breadth of mind. The so-called "The mountain is high, and man is the peak" (山高人为峰), is precisely in the process of climbing upwards again and again that we constantly break through our own limitations, step on the former "impossible" under our feet, and finally stand at a new height to examine the world and ourselves.
As an ancient saying goes, "To climb high, one must start from below; to travel far, one must start from nearby" (登高必自卑，行远必自迩 - dēng gāo bì zì bēi, xíng yuǎn bì zì ěr - "to climb high, one must start from below; to travel far, one must start from nearby," meaning great achievements come from humble beginnings and gradual progress). If you tell a child that Mount Tai (泰山) is more than 1,500 meters high and has nearly 8,000 steps to climb, the child may be frightened. But if you tell the child that Mount Tai (泰山) is only as high as three Fragrant Hills (香山), and that Jing Shi Yu (经石峪), Zhongtianmen (中天门), Yunbu Bridge (云步桥), and Longmen (龙门) are successively upward, each with different scenery, the child's fear of difficulty will be greatly reduced, and the desire to challenge will be greatly enhanced. Step-by-step advancement and stage-by-stage breakthroughs, great achievements are born in every step of the climb.
When climbing a mountain, the body's functions will maintain an efficient "burning" state, a short rest is "adding firewood" to make the body's functions burn more vigorously; while a long stop is like "extinguishing the fire," and it is inevitable that the legs will feel heavy and particularly tired when starting the body again. Alternating between tension and relaxation, steady progress and balance, is not only the wisdom of progress, but also an inevitable choice that conforms to the laws of motion. Therefore, in the most tired and most wanting to give up, you must grit your teeth and persevere, and meet the difficulties head-on. Those "just persevere a little longer" fortitude and tenacity are precisely the qualities necessary for those who reach the summit.
Physical fitness determines how far you can go, but choosing the right path ultimately determines whether you can reach your destination. "Mountains and rivers exhausted, suspecting there is no road, willows dark, flowers bright, another village" (山重水复疑无路，柳暗花明又一村 - shān chóng shuǐ fù yí wú lù, liǔ àn huā míng yòu yī cūn - "mountains and rivers block the way, one doubts there is no road; willows are dark, flowers are bright, another village," meaning a glimmer of hope in a seemingly hopeless situation) is certainly gratifying, but mountain climbing, as a sport with certain risks, its success cannot and should not be pinned on chance and luck. Only by walking on the right path can you challenge higher altitudes and look at farther scenery. Therefore, "physical fitness construction" to enhance endurance and willpower, and "path selection" to do the right thing and take the right path, are indispensable in the journey of "going up the mountain" and must be taken into account.
"One mountain not finished, another mountain welcomes" (一山未了一山迎 - yī shān wèi liǎo yī shān yíng - "one mountain not finished, another mountain welcomes," meaning continuous challenges and new goals after achieving one), this is the most tempering thing about climbing a mountain. One summit is not the end of "going up the mountain." Dream chasers who are running will gladly devote themselves to the next challenge and breakthrough. Every climb over a slope is a mark of self-transcendence; every turning point is an opportunity for spiritual baptism. Finding strength in exhaustion, discovering oneself in challenges, not seeking comfort in flat terrain, and not fantasizing about shortcuts on steep slopes are precisely the magic weapons for accumulating small victories into big victories and moving from victory to greater victory.
The mountain is a "three-dimensional classroom." "Going up the mountain" is not only a romantic dialogue with nature, but also a re-understanding of oneself. The mountain does not speak, but it will provide spiritual nourishment to every "mountain climber" with its majesty and magnificence. There are always surprises waiting ahead, and the efforts of climbing up the steps will not be in vain.
Return to TopWetlands are one of the three major ecosystems on Earth and have irreplaceable ecological, social, economic, and cultural value. In recent years, China has continued to strengthen wetland ecological protection and restoration, implementing more than 3,800 projects, adding and restoring more than 1 million hectares of wetland area. Currently, China has established 903 national wetland parks, of which about 90% are open to the public for free, allowing the people to better enjoy the results of ecological improvement.
This is precisely:
The water is wide and the sky is near,
Vegetation contains vitality.
Where the painting continues,
All things live in harmony.
Yan Luwen (燕陆文)
Return to TopBy: 许君强
Recently, going to rural markets has become a new trend for young people. On a certain short video platform, videos related to "going to rural markets" have been viewed over 14 billion times. A group of livestreamers are both market-goers and recorders and disseminators. They shoot videos, edit vlogs, and capture the bustling scenes of crowds in their lenses.
The atmosphere of everyday life is most comforting to ordinary people. The popularity of "cloud market-going" lies in its down-to-earth presentation of a warm life. The lively shouts, the conversations between buyers and sellers, the authentic appearance of ingredients... Through the lenses of market-going livestreamers, people can glimpse that authentic atmosphere of everyday life and gain emotional resonance from that simple, vibrant, and human-filled life scene. This vivid experience is especially precious.
"Cloud market-going" expands the spatial boundaries of traditional markets. It allows folk customs, distinctive products, and traditional skills hidden in the streets and alleys of towns and villages to transcend geographical barriers and be presented directly to a wider audience. This not only promotes the intergenerational transmission of folk culture, allowing the younger generation to intuitively feel the charm of traditional culture, but also brings more attention and provides more assistance to rural cultural revitalization. At the same time, being "followed" online can easily be transformed into offline check-in actions. As more and more young people are attracted to the market by videos, it can drive product sales, boost consumption, and promote market prosperity.
For "cloud market-going" to continue to develop healthily, the key lies in the two-way rush and mutual achievement of online content and offline entities. On the one hand, market-going livestreamers should adhere to authentic recording and genuine dissemination, avoid excessive performance and commercial hype, and move and attract people with truth and sincerity. On the other hand, relevant departments should further improve the environment, standardize management, and ensure safety, to maximize the preservation of the market's own atmosphere and unique personality, avoid the homogenization transformation of “千集一面” (qiān jí yī miàn - "thousand markets one face," all markets looking the same), and on this basis, continuously improve the vitality and quality of the market, providing people with more flavorful experiences.
The temperature and charm of a region are often hidden in the atmosphere of everyday life that rises in the streets and alleys. Safeguarding this vivid and warm human atmosphere is safeguarding a way of life and an economic form, and even more so, safeguarding a common cultural memory and emotional roots. Valuing the value of traditional living spaces such as markets, and using the Internet to build a bridge connecting modern life, can allow them to rejuvenate and shine in the tide of the times, and gather more momentum for urban-rural integration and comprehensive rural revitalization.
(Excerpted and compiled from *Hebei Daily (河北日报)*, original title: "Behind the Popularity of 'Cloud Market-Going' is the Moving Atmosphere of Everyday Life")
Return to TopBy: 沈 晟
Long-Term Care Insurance
[Event] Starting in January 2026, Hainan (海南) will fully implement the long-term care insurance system. In Jinjiang Town (金江镇), Chengmai (澄迈), Mr. Liao Houzhang (廖厚章), who suffered lower limb paralysis and loss of language function due to illness, receives 20 hours of basic care per month after assessment. The on-site services provided by long-term care workers not only offer more professional care but also effectively alleviate the economic burden on families. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, the long-term care insurance system, known as the "sixth insurance" of social security, will transition from pilot programs to a comprehensive establishment, providing a safety net for more people in need.
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Aging is an unavoidable topic in life. If one day, ordinary activities like eating and bathing become difficult, how can the quality of life be guaranteed? Since the pilot program began in 2016, long-term care insurance has provided a reassuring answer—covering nearly 300 million people and benefiting over 3.3 million by the end of 2025, reducing the average annual burden by approximately 12,000 yuan per person, and enhancing the sense of security for disabled individuals. Currently, there are over 45 million disabled and cognitively impaired elderly people in China. Accelerating the improvement of the long-term care insurance system not only enhances the well-being of the elderly but is also an important measure to actively address population aging.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal states: "Promote long-term care insurance, improve the care system for disabled and cognitively impaired elderly people, and expand the supply of rehabilitation care and hospice care services." Currently, there are still some difficulties in long-term care insurance that need to be overcome. For example, the sustainability of funding sources, the shortage of nursing service personnel, and differences in assessment standards. By continuously improving the system and leveraging its guiding role, and promoting coordinated efforts in service supply, talent support, and regulatory guarantees, long-term care insurance will better meet the increasing nursing needs.
Today, we have already woven the world's largest social security network. Adhering to safeguarding and improving people's livelihoods in development is the essence of our original aspiration and mission, and it is also the key to the vibrant economic and social development. Issuing childcare subsidies, expanding the pilot program for occupational injury insurance, and comprehensively increasing the coverage of prenatal examination expenses in many regions... there is no end to safeguarding and improving people's livelihoods, only continuous new starting points. Solving the new problems and challenges facing the development of people's livelihood undertakings still requires bold exploration in practice.
The transition from pilot programs to a comprehensive establishment is a development trajectory from scratch to excellence, reflecting a methodology of steady progress and gradual advancement. From the "household responsibility system" in Xiaogang Village (小岗村), Fengyang (凤阳), Anhui (安徽), to the household contract responsibility system; from Sanming (三明), Fujian (福建) promoting the linkage of medical, health insurance, and pharmaceutical reforms, to the continuous deepening of national medical reforms; from the establishment of the Shanghai Free Trade Pilot Zone (上海自贸试验区) in 2013 to the current 22 free trade pilot zones covering the east, west, south, north, and center of the country... Looking back, pilot exploration, replication, and promotion are important experiences in promoting reform and development. Stepping into the "15th Five-Year Plan," adhering to the combination of top-level design and 摸着石头过河 (mō zhe shí tou guò hé - "crossing the river by feeling the stones," to proceed with caution, learning from experience as one goes), and using the good experiences and practices of the experimental fields to irrigate more productive fields, we will surely be able to forge a broad path towards our goals.
The promotion of long-term care insurance, benefiting more disabled and cognitively impaired elderly people, demonstrates that the granularity of livelihood security is finer and the bottom-line function is stronger. Maintaining patience, being full of confidence, doing our best, and acting within our means will enable the great tree of livelihood security to flourish.
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 程 龙
"Excuse me, excuse me! Careful, it's hot! Fresh out of the pot!"
Stepping into the "Fu Family Courtyard" (福家小院) in the Wangxian Valley (望仙谷) scenic area of Guangxin District (广信区), Shangrao (上饶), Jiangxi (江西), you are immediately greeted by the aroma of stir-fried chili peppers.
Wu Qifu (吴启福), the 45-year-old owner, doesn't even have time to exchange pleasantries with the reporter. He is carrying a full tray, weaving between the tables and chairs. Fish head casserole, bamboo shoot tips with cured meat, Fu Family stir-fried pork... the aroma of the dishes mixes with the chatter and order requests from people speaking in various accents, making this farmhouse restaurant bustling with activity.
"Mr. Wu (吴老板), so busy?" After finally finding an opening, the reporter approached to strike up a conversation.
"Yes, there are many tourists!" Wu Qifu (吴启福) pointed to the long queue at the entrance, his loud voice revealing the straightforwardness of the Jiangxi (江西) locals, "That table just now came from Harbin (哈尔滨), specifically to experience the 'immortal days on the cliff'. People come from so far away, we can't afford to mess up!"
As he spoke, he subconsciously rubbed his hands and held them up to the reporter's eyes: "Comrade reporter, take a look at these hands."
The reporter looked closer and saw that his knuckles were large, and the skin on his palms was much thicker than average, marked with the traces of time.
"Twenty years ago, these hands held a dozen-pound sledgehammer, 'hard against hard' on the opposite mountain. My tiger's mouth was always blistered with blood, and the smell of stone powder couldn't be washed away." Wu Qifu (吴启福) pointed to the full house of guests, his voice rising eight degrees, "Now these hands are doing the business of welcoming guests, with a turnover of more than 5 million a year!"
More than 5 million yuan! This was a number that he would never have dared to imagine in that dusty quarry.
Following the direction of Wu Qifu's (吴启福) finger, looking out the window, as night fell, the hundred-meter cliff opposite suddenly lit up with a "whoosh".
Layers of stacked homestays "hung" on the cliff face, shimmering with light, resembling a world of immortals and heroes.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" Wu Qifu (吴启福) put away his smile and stared at the light and shadow, "Twenty-odd years ago, that was a 'scar' in our hearts."
At that time, there were 179 stone factories squeezed into this canyon, the machines "roaring" day and night, and dust flying everywhere. Wu Qifu (吴启福) was one of the quarry workers back then. It wasn't until 2007 that the local government made a firm decision to shut down all the stone factories, and this "leprous head" began its long "healing" process.
"In the past, we relied on the mountain for a living, but the more we relied on it, the poorer we became." Zhou Jie (周杰), the Party Secretary of Wangxian Township (望仙乡), who was traveling with us, interjected, "Now the villagers protect the green mountains and clear waters, and the more they protect them, the richer they become."
"Yes, instead of selling stones, we sell scenery. We are also living 'immortal' lives thanks to Wangxian Valley (望仙谷)." Just as he was saying this, Wu Qifu's (吴启福) phone rang, still a reservation call. "You guys chat, I have to get busy!" He waved his hand and plunged into the hot and smoky atmosphere of the kitchen.
If Wu Qifu (吴启福) caught a "windfall" in the scenic area, then in Zhangjian Village (樟涧村), Huatan Mountain Town (华坛山镇), just a short drive from the scenic area, the villagers are enjoying the "spillover dividends" at their doorsteps.
As soon as the car stopped, Zhou Ganhua (周干华) and his wife greeted us with beaming faces. In recent years, their unremarkable three-and-a-half-story building has also caught up with the good times, transforming into the "Qingyun Homestay" (青云民宿) that tourists are scrambling to stay in.
"Old Zhou (老周), how is the harvest this year?"
"This number!" Zhou Ganhua (周干华) held up three fingers, grinning from ear to ear, "Accommodation alone has exceeded 300,000! The first floor is rented to others to run a farmhouse, and the rent is another 70,000."
Walking into the house, Zhou Ganhua (周干华) opened the ledger, pointing to the densely packed check-in records: "I used to do odd jobs, and life was tight. Now you see, tourists from Wangxian Valley (望仙谷) scenic area spill over, and the government provides interest-subsidized loans. Once I renovated this old house, it became a 'treasure pot'."
Driving further out of the mountains, in Zhengfang Town (郑坊镇), the reporter met Mei Xiangcai (梅相财), a young man in his 90s. Unlike the older generation who "relied on the mountain for a living," this young man has new tricks.
"Before, tourists came and knocked on doors to find accommodation, and if they couldn't find any, they could only worry." Mei Xiangcai's (梅相财) phone kept ringing. He quickly walked through the village road, swiping on the screen, "Now I'm working as a 'homestay manager'. With a tap of my finger, all the village's room resources are coordinated in my 'cloud', and allocated by level."
"The mountains also need to 'change the way they are played'." Wang Xiaoming (王小明), a returning entrepreneur next to him, took over the conversation, holding team building proposals such as "script killing," "Hanfu photography," and "stove tea": "Before, we sold rooms, now we sell services and experiences. We use young people's new ideas to turn these green mountains and clear waters into more patterns."
As the night deepened, with the winding mountain road, the shimmering cliff homestays of Wangxian Valley (望仙谷) had been blocked by the mountains, but the lights of the villages along the way outside the car window were lit one after another, spreading like a galaxy in the depths of the mountains...
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘佳华
The road is good, the car is stable, turning past the mountain hollow and climbing up the long slope, you arrive at "Zhujia New Village" (祝家新村). As soon as we got out of the car, Wang Baowei (王宝维), a 64-year-old villager, enthusiastically pulled the reporter towards his home.
A large pot was propped up in the yard, the pork and sauerkraut steaming, and Wang Baowei's (王宝维) relatives and friends arrived one after another carrying gifts. The 120-square-meter four-bedroom, two-living room house is heated by air-source heat pump, and the children chase each other inside and outside the house, their rosy faces full of joy.
In the living room, photos from the devastating flood are still preserved: houses submerged and belongings destroyed - that was in August 2024, when Huludao City (葫芦岛市), Liaoning Province (辽宁省), experienced extreme heavy rainfall. Zhujiagou Village (祝家沟村), Mingshui Manchu Township (明水满族乡), Suizhong County (绥中县), was one of the most severely affected villages, with the houses of 41 villagers destroyed and resettled in "Zhujia New Village" (祝家新村) after the disaster.
"Who would have thought we could live in a new house so quickly!" Sitting on the sofa, Wang Baowei (王宝维) calculated the accounts: Last year, excluding his son's income from working outside, the total income from the family's two businesses alone exceeded 200,000 yuan.
The first item is "growing fruit trees." His family has more than 1,000 plum and pear trees. Under the guidance of experts, last year's fruit income exceeded 100,000 yuan. "The ring road around the village has been newly built, and large trucks can drive directly in. The fruits no longer need to be transported out bumpy on tricycles, so the appearance is better and the selling price has also increased," said Wang Baowei (王宝维).
Wang Lili (王丽丽), the village party branch secretary, introduced that after the disaster, the county helped the villagers rescue the fruit trees as soon as possible; after the spring, the agricultural and rural departments came to the door to guide replanting; the Fruit Tree Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (中国农业科学院果树研究所) has sent more than 30 experts to carry out training; the county has also connected with 29 companies to carry out fruit tree adoption, providing multiple channels to ensure sales.
The second item is "tourism." Last year, in April and May, the mountains were covered with fruit trees blooming like snow, attracting tens of thousands of tourists to visit every day. "We took advantage of the situation to open a farmhouse in our own yard. We received up to 20 tables a day, and we can earn 100,000 yuan a year," said Wang Baowei (王宝维). Last year, nine new farmhouses like his opened in the village.
Next to the village committee, the farmhouse opened by Zhu Xicun (朱西存) and Tang Fengjie (唐凤洁) is also booming. "The wind that misses you blows to Zhujiagou" (祝家沟), a fashionable slogan is posted on the courtyard wall; in the courtyard, rows of colorful windmills spin in the wind; at the entrance of the kitchen, Tang Fengjie (唐凤洁) skillfully sets up her mobile phone and starts live streaming to promote her own specialties: "Sauerkraut stew, stewed pig blood, water tofu... Welcome to try it!"
"I used to have to go out to work, but now I can earn money by staying at home. Helping my wife manage the farmhouse, the income is no worse than working outside, and I can also take care of the fruit trees." Saying that, Zhu Xicun (朱西存) put on his coat, put on his gardening shears, and straddled his electric tricycle. "I'm going to the orchard to prune the branches, let's go and have a look together!"
On the hillside, the fruit trees stretch their branches, as if welcoming guests. Climbing up the hill, a large "lantern" with a diameter of more than 6 meters comes into view. "This is a newly built reservoir for irrigating fruit trees. We call it 'Tianchi' (天池). In the past, we had to draw water pipes from the bottom of the mountain ourselves. Now we can turn on the 'Tianchi' (天池) valve to get water, which saves worry and money," Zhu Xicun (朱西存) said with a smile. Eleven such "Tianchi" (天池) have been built in the whole village.
Standing on the mountain and looking back, six rows of brand-new courtyards are neatly arranged, and smoke rises from several eye-catching farmhouses; the disaster-stricken farmland has been transformed into "colorful rice fields"; a new agricultural product exhibition and sales center and rest station have been built in the mountain hollow; on the site of the disaster-stricken houses, a "home culture square" has been built, and several villagers in red jackets are rehearsing programs...
The village is beautiful, the villagers' pockets are bulging, and the village collective economy is also solid. As night falls, the solar street lights at the entrance of the village and the red lanterns under the eaves of every household are gradually lit up. The lights and smoke blend together, warming the night in this mountain village.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 韩俊杰
Basket after basket of bright red strawberries piled into small mountains, She Mingkui (佘明魁) sorted them under the lights... According to five categories: large, medium, small, "monkey fruit," and flat fruit, he skillfully placed each strawberry in the corresponding basket, and then transported them to designated purchasing stations by electric tricycle. "Large fruits are purchased at about 10 yuan per jin, and other types of strawberries are priced lower, with the lowest being only seventy or eighty cents," said She Mingkui (佘明魁).
This is the twenty-sixth Spring Festival that She Mingkui (佘明魁) and his family have spent in Changfeng County (长丰县). In 2000, they moved from Wuxia Town (巫峡镇), Wushan County (巫山县), Chongqing (重庆市) to Fengxia Village (丰峡村), Shuihu Town (水湖镇), Changfeng County (长丰县), Anhui Province (安徽省). This is also the eighth Spring Festival that the family has spent in greenhouses. In 2018, She Mingkui (佘明魁) and his family began to try growing strawberries. "That year, we planted 3 greenhouses, and the following year we expanded to 6 greenhouses," said She Mingkui (佘明魁). Later, their own land was not enough, so they contracted 12 greenhouses from a local farm. Now, the daily strawberry picking volume can reach about 800 jin.
The high yield is because the strawberry seedlings are good. Last year, they purchased 80,000 "Hongyan" (红颜) variety strawberry seedlings at one yuan per seedling, plus other varieties, investing 120,000 yuan in fruit seedlings alone. From October each year, when the picking season begins, they can pick until May of the following year. After deducting various expenses, the family's income is more than 100,000 yuan.
Now, in Fengxia Village (丰峡村), there are eight or nine households like She Mingkui (佘明魁) who grow strawberries, and there are also growers from other villages who contract land here. "Small strawberries have broadened our income-generating path," She Mingkui (佘明魁) said with a smile.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 史自强
On the banks of the Sanggan River, in Dongyaogou Village (东窑沟村), Zhuolu County (涿鹿县), Hebei Province (河北), the residences are built against the mountain, with varying heights. In the characteristic courtyards, jars and tiles form the walls, pebbles pave the yards, and large red lanterns strung together like "red silk" wrap around the ancient kilns.
The pottery-making history of Dongyaogou Village (东窑沟村) has stretched for thousands of years, with villagers making pottery for generations. "The village retains more than 10 ancient pottery kilns and pottery-making relics to this day. In the fields, broken jars and shattered urns can be seen everywhere," said Hou Jianguo (侯建国), the Party Branch Secretary of Dongyaogou Village (东窑沟村).
Tradition and modernity are cleverly integrated in the small village. Pottery museums and experience centers have been built in the village, the "Ancient Pottery Street" has been restored, and old cave dwellings have been transformed into cafes and homestays. Small groups of young people stroll among the mottled cave dwellings with hot drinks in hand. "Holding coffee and searching for pottery kilns, the feeling of ancient and modern blending is wonderful," said Liu Hongjie (刘红杰), a tourist from Beijing (北京). "Scenic spots have the prosperity of the big, and the freedom of the small. Taking a tour in the 'treasure small village' is also very pleasant."
In the pottery museum, pottery craftsman Meng Changsheng (孟长生) is demonstrating his skills. He evenly steps on the rotating wheel with both feet, and steadily holds the clay mass with both hands. The clay gradually thins under his fingertips, and in just a few minutes, a pottery pot is formed. There are also many tourists in the museum who come to experience pottery making. Under the guidance of the craftsmen, the children use carving knives to engrave the character "Fu (福)" (good fortune) and small horse patterns on the pottery blanks. Li Mu (李牧), a tourist from Tianjin (天津), said: "This is high-quality parent-child time. Big hands holding small hands, we experience together what craftsmanship is."
In the characteristic homestay courtyard, tourists sit around a table, enjoying the evening breeze of the Sanggan River (桑干河), tasting the flavor of the Lunar New Year in the countryside, and admiring the fireworks outside the courtyard. "From searching for pottery in the ancient alleys in the morning light, to the intangible cultural heritage experience at noon, to the grand fireworks scene at night, tourists in Dongyaogou Village (东窑沟村) find a new way to dialogue with traditional culture," said Zhao Bohao (赵博浩), the operation project manager of the ancient street.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘军国
Early in the morning, the public fitness square in Baisha Village (白沙村), Fenglin Town (凤林镇), Jiangshan City (江山市), Quzhou (衢州), Zhejiang (浙江), was packed with villagers, layer upon layer, as the annual village sports meet arrived as scheduled.
This year's village sports meet is the 21st session of the Baisha Village (白沙村) sports meet. Continuing with events such as tug-of-war, table tennis, and badminton, this year added the "Happy Family Life" competition.
At 7 a.m., villager Wu Linling (吴琳玲) brought her parents and 11-year-old daughter to the competition venue. "I heard that there is a competition this year where the whole family can participate, so we were the first to sign up," said Wu Linling (吴琳玲). "I rarely come home throughout the year, so it's a good opportunity for three generations to have fun together."
At 8 a.m. sharp, with a loud "Start!" from Zheng Rifu (郑日福), the Party Branch Secretary of Baisha Village (白沙村), and a crisp whistle, the village sports meet officially kicked off. Each "family team" quickly got into the game. The "Brothers United - Lumberjack Challenge" competition attracted many villagers to participate. As the referee gave the order, Qiu Xiaozhong (邱孝忠) and his partner Xu Wenwang (徐文旺) quickly carried the logs out of the starting point. The two moved in sync, breathing in rhythm. After reaching the finish line, they immediately picked up the large saw, and sawdust flew between their back-and-forth motions. "49.89 seconds!" At the moment the score was announced, the two celebrated with a high-five.
"When sawing wood, it's useless if one person is fast; the two people have to put their effort in the same direction," said Qiu Xiaozhong (邱孝忠). In the end, he and his partner Xu Wenwang (徐文旺) cooperated to win the championship. He smiled, holding a flapping Jiangshan White Goose (江山大白鹅), "This prize is down-to-earth; taking it home is perfect for the New Year!"
"We added team cooperation events this year because we wanted everyone to have a different 'sports year'," said Zheng Rifu (郑日福). In his view, this Spring Festival event, which has lasted for 21 years, has become an important carrier for uniting family ties, connecting local feelings, and showcasing the spiritual outlook of the new era's countryside.
While the village sports meet was in full swing, the New Year family portrait activity was quietly taking place in a corner of the cultural hall. The photographer was busy taking New Year family portraits for each villager family. With the click of the shutter, the reunion images of each family were frozen in an instant.
"This is not only a supporting part of the village sports meet, but also an important part of the Baisha Village (白沙村) Chronicle's imaging project," said Xu Jin (徐进), a Quzhou (衢州) municipal-level cultural commissioner.
(Lan Qi (兰琦) participated in the writing)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 常 钦 张文豪
During the Spring Festival, in the hundred acres of wheat fields of Dameng Street, Zhongmu County (中牟县), Zhengzhou (郑州), Henan (河南) province, winter wheat quietly spreads out a layer of tender green. At the end of the wheat field, a giant loess wall stands tall. Inside the wall is a theatrical settlement group called "Only Henan·Drama Land" (只有河南·戏剧幻城).
In the rehearsal room, 23-year-old actor Huangfu Sihao (皇甫思浩) is busy applying black paint and drawing wrinkles on his face. Soon, the post-00s young man transforms into "Li Shiyi" (李十一), a hale and hearty old farmer on the stage. "Wheat! It's ripe!" As "Li Shiyi's" full-bodied lines echo in the theater, the dim stage is replaced by a golden wheat landscape, followed by the audience's exclamations.
Huangfu Sihao (皇甫思浩) said that as a child from a farming family, he watched his grandfather sow wheat seeds in the wheat field before he was 10 years old; after he turned 20, he also learned from his grandfather, sowing the seeds of culture in the world of drama.
"I majored in dance choreography in college. We 'plant' big plays in the field, and what grows is our spirit. During the Spring Festival holiday this year, we performed more than 10 shows every day, and the more we performed, the more energetic we became," said Huangfu Sihao (皇甫思浩).
This Spring Festival, the park also added some cultural and creative products related to horses. Tang Sancai (唐三彩) pottery "Five Grains Luck-Turning Horse" blind boxes and intangible cultural heritage handmade cloth horse dolls were placed in prominent positions. Liu Kaipeng (刘凯鹏), a staff member of the scenic spot, introduced: "We cooperate with more than 100 intangible cultural heritage inheritors from all over the province to turn old crafts into trendy toys. This Spring Festival, sales of intangible cultural heritage cultural and creative products increased by 30% year-on-year."
The field drama is not only sowing the seeds of culture, but also becoming a new engine for driving the county's economy. Many tourists come to Zhongmu County (中牟县) because of "Only Henan" (只有河南). This Spring Festival, the local area launched activities such as the "Dragon Horse Intangible Cultural Heritage Grand Parade" and the "Year of the Horse Intangible Cultural Heritage Lantern Exhibition" to allow tourists to experience the charm of culture in an immersive way.
The spring breeze blows across the wheat fields, and what is growing not only are the green wheat seedlings, but also the increasingly promising days on this ancient land.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 庞革平
In Dading Village (大定村), Disu Town (地苏镇), Du'an Yao Autonomous County (都安瑶族自治县), Hechi (河池), Guangxi (广西), villagers gather in courtyards, their nimble hands transforming ordinary rattan into exquisite ornaments. These ornaments are about to be sold to countries and regions such as the United States, becoming a busy and festive scene in the Yao village during the Chinese New Year.
In the courtyard, 72-year-old Grandma Wei (韦奶奶) skillfully turns the rattan, her fingertips deftly weaving. In just over ten minutes, a cute and lifelike rattan-woven duck takes shape. Exporting such a rattan-woven duck overseas can bring tangible income to farmers. During the Spring Festival, villagers work non-stop, orders keep coming, and this small mountain village has an added sense of confidence in its industrial prosperity during the New Year.
Du'an County (都安县) is located in a typical rocky desertification area, where the abundance of mountains and scarcity of land, as well as limited arable land, are problems restricting local development. In recent years, the local government has fully tapped into local renewable natural resources such as rattan, grass, bamboo, and willow, and vigorously developed the rattan weaving characteristic industry based on the traditional Yao weaving techniques. From daily necessities to handicrafts, from simple weaving to creative design, Du'an rattan weaving has been continuously upgraded and iterated, and has now formed 300 series and more than 15,000 varieties, which are sold to more than 20 countries and regions, allowing the skills of the deep mountains to connect with the international market.
The large-scale development of the industry has driven the income increase of thousands of households. At present, Du'an County (都安县) has 30 bamboo, rattan, grass, and sedge weaving enterprises, including 2 industrial enterprises above designated size, forming a stable model of "enterprise + farmer + order," allowing villagers to achieve employment and income increase without leaving their villages. At the beginning of the New Year, the busy figures in the rattan weaving workshops and farm courtyards are a true reflection of industrial prosperity and increased income for the people. One rattan after another, a pair of skillful hands, are weaving the happy life of the Yao people and paving a road to comprehensive rural revitalization with ecological beauty, industrial prosperity, and affluent people.
(Wei Bingwang (韦炳旺) participated in the writing)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 孙海天
The car travels to Donghai Village (东海村), Boao Town (博鳌镇), Qionghai City (琼海市), Hainan Province (海南省), a few kilometers away from the permanent site of the Boao Forum for Asia (博鳌亚洲论坛). Above ground, the coastal defense forest is lush and green, with a gentle sea breeze; below ground, a pipe-jacking machine weighing tens of tons is advancing towards the sea through the rock strata.
Ten meters underground, machinery roars. Sun Mingze (孙铭泽), the person in charge of the Qionghai Boao Donghai Village (琼海博鳌东海村) aquaculture area water intake renovation project of China Construction First Group (中建一局), stares at the monitoring screen. At the project site, a pipe-jacking machine named "Donghai No. 8 (东海八号)" is tunneling through the complex underground rock strata. "In order to protect this coastal defense forest, we can only 'thread the needle' underground," Sun Mingze (孙铭泽) said, pointing to the land under his feet.
Huang Daibin (黄代彬), secretary of the Donghai Village (东海村) Party branch, introduced that in the past, this place was densely covered with privately installed and illegally connected water intake pipes, with more than a thousand pipelines covering the beach. All 476 aquaculture households in Donghai Village (东海村) operate 1,246 mu of fish ponds, relying on farming grouper to get rich. However, the extensive water intake methods and the direct discharge of untreated tailwater have frequently triggered ecological red lines.
In 2025, Qionghai City (琼海市) decided: enterprises would finance, the state-owned enterprise Qionghai Water Investment (琼海水投) would act as the owner, and China Construction First Group (中建一局) would carry out the construction, "incorporating" all the water intake pipes into the ground and uniformly drawing water from the deep sea before sending it to the fish ponds.
"Our task is to turn these above-ground pipes into underground channels, and turn private wells into large pipe networks," said Chen Wei (陈维), the relevant person in charge of Qionghai Shuiyun Project Management Co., Ltd. (琼海市水韵项目管理有限责任公司), a subsidiary of Qionghai Water Investment (琼海水投). The project will abolish all private pipelines and build two ultra-large water intake pipes with a diameter of 3 meters extending into the deep sea. At the same time, deep and clean seawater will be transported to the head of each household's pond through the land pipe network.
During the Spring Festival, the project department implemented two shifts, working 24 hours a day. Sun Mingze (孙铭泽) led his colleagues to seize the golden period of construction during the dry season. When the project is completed, this deep-sea water intake system with a daily water supply capacity of 2 million tons will be officially put into use.
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"Helping my father-in-law get some money to give the grandchildren New Year's money." In early spring, in Qingchuan County (青川县), Guangyuan (广元), Sichuan (四川), 51-year-old Fan Guoyuan (范国元) arrived at the town's Rural Commercial Bank early in the morning. After withdrawing the money, he immediately drove back, along the newly renovated X116 highway, and in just over 10 minutes, he saw his father-in-law, He Nailin (何乃林), a villager in Ma Village (马村), who is 74 years old this year.
"The asphalt road goes to the door of the house, and my son drives back in half an hour, bringing a full car of New Year's goods!" He Nailin was drying cured meat with his wife in the courtyard, looking at the wide and flat X116 Baijia Township (白家乡) - Baichao Township (白朝乡) beautiful rural road in front of his door, his face full of smiles.
He Nailin has lived in Ma Village for his entire life. "In the early years, it was a dirt road. On sunny days, you were covered in dust, and on rainy days, you were covered in mud. With my old bones, I didn't dare to go out on rainy days at all." He recalled that in previous years, to sell the Ma Village tribute rice he grew, he had to go out before dawn, carrying a bamboo basket for more than ten kilometers to the town. After one trip, he was covered in sweat, and the bamboo basket rubbed his shoulders red.
In November 2025, a nearly 9-kilometer rural asphalt road was built and opened to traffic, completely improving the "difficulty in traveling" faced by the people of Ma Village. "Now that the road is open, the cars that buy tribute rice drive directly to the edge of the field, and we don't have to carry it anymore!" He Nailin said with a smile that in previous years, due to inconvenient transportation, "even good quality tribute rice was 也怕巷子深 (yě pà xiàng zi shēn - "also fear the alley is deep," even good products fear being unknown if not promoted)." Last year, after the road opened, the fresh tribute rice was directly loaded into trucks and transported to the county seat and surrounding cities, saving more than half of the transportation costs.
Relying on convenient transportation, the village established a tribute rice professional cooperative, promoting standardized planting and market-oriented operation. Fan Guoyuan's father also joined it, learning planting techniques from "local experts." With the road open, tourism is booming, and more and more tourists are entering the mountains. Many families in the village have opened agritainment businesses in their own courtyards, featuring tribute rice banquets, farmhouse cured meat, and other special delicacies, and business is very prosperous.
Near noon, his son and daughter arrived home one after the other, put down their luggage, and the He Nailin family sat around in the courtyard, eating sweet tribute rice and talking about their plans for the coming year - expanding the planting area of tribute rice and opening an agritainment business in the village to allow more tourists to enter Ma Village and fall in love with Ma Village.
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In the Jintan Sheep Industrial Park of Huanghuatan Town, Gulang County (古浪县), Gansu Province (甘肃省), at 6 a.m., just as dawn breaks, 33-year-old farmer Hu Xilin (胡喜林) has already begun his day's work. He pours corn kernels, silage stalks, and concentrated feed into an automatic mixing machine to mix evenly, then pushes the feeding cart, scattering the feed into the feeding trough, his movements flowing smoothly. The sheep immediately flock around, their "baa" sounds rising and falling.
Just after getting up, Hu Xilin brushed up on the market conditions on the "Babu Sha Sheep Industry Platform" mini-program: live sheep prices are steadily rising. He immediately made an appointment with a sheep broker and decided to sell 100 sheep. At 7 a.m., neighbors from left and right all pitched in to help, steadily catching the sheep one by one. Hu Xilin counted while smiling, "Weigh these sheep and send them to the sheep market!"
Inside the Gulang Senmao Cattle and Sheep Trading Market (古浪森茂牛羊交易市场), brokers with different accents shuttle back and forth, scanning codes, negotiating prices, and weighing, a scene of bustling activity. Hu Xilin's truck slowly drove onto the weighbridge—net weight 3.2 tons, an average of 64 jin per sheep! The sheep broker immediately took out his mobile phone to pay, and 86,000 yuan quickly arrived in his account. Hu Xilin stared at the numbers on the screen, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.
Hu Xilin recalled that he used to work in other places and couldn't return home more than twice a year. Unexpectedly, now he can not only spend the New Year with his wife and children at home, but also catch up with the good times of developing the sheep industry in his hometown. The industrial park has been built, refrigerated trucks are running, online platforms have been set up, and merchants from Xinjiang (新疆), Ningxia (宁夏), and Qinghai (青海) are taking the initiative to come to collect sheep, and even fresh food supermarkets in Guangzhou (广州) have placed orders. In addition to helping farmers expand their sales channels, the local area also organizes specialized technical training to lead farmers to learn about healthy breeding knowledge.
"I used to think that there was only a way out by running outside. Now I realize that there is also a new future in the sheepfold at my doorstep," Hu Xilin said with a hint of pride. "In the new year, I hope to raise sheep better, expand the scale from 4,000 sheep to 5,000, and open up a larger market!"
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 尚 丹 曹 磊 人民网记者 康梦琦
On the Spring Festival Gala stage, robots somersault in the air, AI (artificial intelligence) dramas become popular, drone light shows light up the night sky, and electronic New Year goods become "hot items" on shopping lists... During this Spring Festival, modern technology has entered thousands of households with a vivid posture, and the traditional New Year flavor has more of the cool style of new quality productive forces.
"Satisfied, place the order!"
At the 2026 Zhejiang Spring Festival Consumption Season event site in Wushan Square (吴山广场) in Hangzhou (杭州), an elderly person took two steps and immediately made a decision. He purchased a black "Speed Hip Joint Assisted Exoskeleton" robot, produced by Hangzhou Chengtian Technology Development Co., Ltd. (杭州程天科技发展有限公司) - a company that has just been selected as one of the first "Science and Technology Little Dragons" in Zhejiang (浙江).
This "Iron Man" is the star product on site, attracting many consumers to experience it in turn.
"The exoskeleton can perceive gait in real time, understand people's intentions, and make walking more comfortable," said Yan Hai (颜海), the company's chief designer.
How can an exoskeleton robot worn on the body be so "intimate"? Wang Tian (王天), the founder of the company, said, "Technology must follow people's needs." The team plunged into the laboratory, independently developing parts if they were missing, and obtained more than 500 intellectual property rights; if the technology was not mature, they repeatedly experimented. After more than 300 clinical trials, the exoskeleton product went from the laboratory to the market, not only helping patients rebuild their confidence in walking, but also becoming a travel aid for tourists, while also allowing the elderly to better achieve home-based rehabilitation.
"Smart wearables, service robots, low-altitude drones and other technological products are shifting from niche to mass market, becoming new growth points for holiday consumption, reflecting the transformation of market consumption towards technology, personalization, and practicality," said Zhu Keli (朱克力), founding dean of the Guoyan New Economy Research Institute (国研新经济研究院). The popularity of technological New Year goods is the result of the resonance of technological breakthroughs, corporate innovation, and consumption upgrades, while also overlapping with policy guidance and support for new types of consumption.
The scenes in Tang poetry are as if before your eyes, Li Bai (李白) and Cui Hao (崔颢) recite poems across the air, paper turns into butterflies, and non-heritage magic such as the ascension of the Yellow Crane is brilliantly presented...
Stepping into the People's Daily·Dreamland AI Exhibition Center (人民网·梦幻灵境AI展演中心) (Wuhan (武汉)), a unique AI magic drama "AI on the Yellow Crane Tower" (《AI上黄鹤楼》) is being staged. The Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼) stands majestically under the precise restoration of AI technology, the streets of Jiangcheng (江城) are bustling, and the audience seems to "travel" to the prosperous Tang Dynasty in an instant.
"AI technology has injected new expressiveness and contemporary characteristics into stage art, integrating Hubei (湖北) traditional magic with AI technology, which not only contains profound cultural connotations, but also demonstrates unique technological charm," said Zhang Shijun (张士军), Secretary of the Party Group of the Hubei Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles (湖北省文联党组书记), after watching the performance.
"AI on the Yellow Crane Tower" breaks the boundaries of traditional performances, constructs an AI-driven field, uses 3D modeling and AIGC technology to verify and restore the Yellow Crane Tower, uses a 270-degree holographic stage to achieve a perfect fusion of digital scenes and live performances, and then combines the artistic techniques of animated films, etc., to create an immersive experience that is both visually impactful and full of cultural warmth.
Humanoid robots play the guitar, fight in the arena, and perform continuous somersaults; robots clip sausages, fold clothes, and hand drinks to customers, working non-stop; VR immersive exploration of the central axis history... The Beijing 2026 Dadou Spring Festival Temple Fair (北京2026大都新春庙会) is crowded with people, and the various "stunts" performed by technology attract a large number of citizens to stop and watch, bringing an immersive Spring Festival experience to tourists, and many people exclaimed "This kind of Spring Festival temple fair is very enjoyable."
In the Datang Everbright City (大唐不夜城) in Xi'an (西安), robots bring a mecha show that integrates local cultural characteristics, write Fu characters to send to tourists, and become the "atmosphere bearer" during the Spring Festival holiday.
On the surface of the Pearl River (珠江), drone light shows turn into a sky full of stars to "dress up" the night sky, telling Chinese stories in the spring through the flow of light and shadow.
Online cloud New Year greetings, digital red envelopes, AI writing Spring Festival couplets and other "fancy New Year greetings" have set off a craze, allowing the New Year's flavor connotations of reunion and blessing to be presented in a more vivid way.
"The spiritual core of New Year customs has never changed," said Zhu Keli (朱克力). The iteration of technology will not dilute the "sense of ritual" of the Spring Festival, nor will it dilute the traditional New Year flavor, but will inject new vitality into the Spring Festival customs.
This Year of the Horse Spring Festival, the innovative vitality of new quality productive forces is rising in every life scene, and technological development and traditional culture complement each other, jointly creating a vivid expression of the times. The taste of the New Year is renewed in inheritance and rooted in innovation. A Spring Festival picture full of warmth and vitality is unfolding before you and me.
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"Congratulations! You are the millionth visitor to this Lantern Festival!" At approximately 7:00 PM on February 23rd, Yang Yi (杨荑), a tourist from Chengdu (成都), Sichuan (四川), was enthusiastically surrounded by Zigong Lantern Festival (自贡灯会) staff as soon as she swiped her ticket through the gate. "Being a witness at such a meaningful moment makes this trip worthwhile!" Yang Yi (杨荑) said excitedly.
During the Spring Festival holiday, the 32nd Zigong International Dinosaur Lantern Festival (自贡国际恐龙灯会) was crowded with people, with 11 large lantern sets and more than 200 medium and small lantern sets constructing an immersive narrative space. The Year Beast blinked, its light and shadow dazzling; the Kunpeng (鲲鹏) soared, displaying its heroic spirit... The Lantern Festival combines intangible cultural heritage techniques with historical stories, traditional myths, and poetic elements, comprehensively applying AR (augmented reality), somatosensory, voice control, and other technologies to bring tourists a unique lantern viewing experience. This year's Lantern Festival opened on January 23 and is currently underway.
Innovative Design
Breaking away from concrete landscapes, finding creativity in ancient poems
In the distance, a Milky Way hangs in the air, flowing gently. Below, water mist rises, its aura lively and dynamic.
Walking into the Zigong Lantern Festival (自贡灯会), a lantern set called "Azure Clouds" (《碧落云霄》) seems to float in the distance, particularly attracting attention. Inspired by "It seems the Milky Way falls from the nine heavens," this set of lanterns was created by Xiong Biao's (熊彪) team from Sichuan Zigong Xinghe Lantern Culture Co., Ltd. (四川自贡市星河彩灯文化有限公司).
"The lantern set is located on a hillside and must have a waterfall design to reflect a three-dimensional effect." As soon as they received the design task, Xiong Biao's (熊彪) team began to think about how to explore new expressions of this lantern art.
Taking the waterfall as a creative design clue, team member Chen Jie (陈洁) thought, "We must break away from concrete landscapes and find creativity in ancient poems, which would be more in line with Chinese classical romance."
After a period of exploration and experimentation, the team designed the "Milky Way" lantern shape and incorporated silk-binding techniques. "To make the Milky Way flow, we added an LED grid screen to the lantern set, using gradual silver to reflect the flow of light and shadow," said team leader Xiong Biao (熊彪).
At the Lantern Festival, the "Childlike Eyes" (《童趣之眼》) lantern set was also designed by Xiong Biao's (熊彪) team. A pair of giant eyes, swaying left and right, moving up and down, curiously observing the world.
Behind the lantern set lies a poetic dialogue. "This set of lanterns is also located on a hillside. We use the mountain as paper and lanterns as paint, conveying the fun of a child exploring the world by creating a pair of lively eyes," said Chen Jie (陈洁).
With innovative ideas, Zigong lanterns tell Chinese stories. Having been involved in lantern design for more than 30 years, Xiong Biao (熊彪) has designed many lantern sets related to historical stories. "This year, we also drew inspiration from the story of Sima Xiangru (司马相如) and Zhuo Wenjun (卓文君) to design a set of lanterns that are being exhibited in another location," Xiong Biao (熊彪) said, adding that Zigong lanterns are using innovative language to tell traditional stories well.
Technological Empowerment
From "static lantern viewing" to "interactive experience," lanterns are becoming more intelligent
In the Valley of Life area of the Lantern Festival, a Qingluan (青鸾) (a mythical bird) stands on a platform, its entire body shining with cyan light.
As visitors walk to the shore and clap their hands on small drums, light waves are transmitted to the Qingluan (青鸾) in waves. At this time, the Qingluan (青鸾) shakes its head and makes a sound. As the music starts, the laser fountain also begins to spray water, allowing visitors to experience the charm of light and shadow through interaction.
With technological empowerment, from "static lantern viewing" to "interactive experience," lanterns are becoming more intelligent. In the process of designing the lantern set, Zhou Yujian's (周宇健) team from Zigong Genggu Longteng Technology Co., Ltd. (自贡亘古龙腾科技有限公司) used their professional background to design interactive functions for the Qingluan (青鸾) lantern set, enabling it to interact with visitors.
Having been involved in the research and production of simulated dinosaurs and lanterns for nearly 10 years, Genggu Longteng (亘古龙腾) Company already has a programming and design team of more than 10 people, with overseas business accounting for more than 60%. "Since the 29th Zigong International Dinosaur Lantern Festival (自贡国际恐龙灯会), we have been using holographic projection, intelligent touch technology, and other technologies to create immersive experience scenarios," said project leader Zhou Yujian (周宇健).
Walking through the Valley of Life area, dinosaurs roar and leap, and with the support of holographic projection technology, visitors feel as if they are in a dinosaur world. Arriving at the Life Evolution Zone, the fog forest system is running, and various single-celled and multi-celled organism lanterns appear one after another, presenting a prehistoric ecological landscape.
Artificial intelligence technology brings more possibilities to lanterns. Arriving at the Year Beast of "Annual Wealth" (年年招财), waving your arms, the Year Beast will wink knowingly, make a cute "Aowu" sound, and transform into an interactive pet.
"We installed cameras in the eyes of the Year Beast. When people wave or make a heart shape, the artificial intelligence model will capture the information, and the Year Beast will respond accordingly," said a relevant person in charge of Zigong Lantern Group (自贡灯彩集团).
The application of a series of emerging technologies has led Zigong lanterns to become intelligent. Today, Zigong (自贡) has also established a Metaverse Research Center, jointly built by Sichuan University of Science & Engineering (四川轻化工大学) and other units, to carry out research and development of lantern digital technology. "The Zigong lantern industry already has more than 300 patents and has obtained more than 10,000 lantern copyrights," said Chen Jinhong (陈金洪), Director of the Zigong Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism (自贡市文广旅局局长).
Diversified Development
Smaller size, greener materials, lanterns become a "new favorite" for the New Year
A palace lantern, shining brightly, with dragon and phoenix patterns adorning it. The upper part of the palace lantern is interwoven with cloud patterns, elegant and dignified.
In the production workshop of Xinghe Lantern Company (星河彩灯公司), a group of small palace lanterns are quite creative. In the research and development studio, designer Xiong Qiannan (熊倩男) uses a tablet to hand-draw a set of new palace lanterns. "I want to make these palace lanterns the way young people like them, so that they can reach more people," said Xiong Qiannan (熊倩男).
The Zigong International Dinosaur Lantern Festival (自贡国际恐龙灯会) is famous for its "high, large, new, unique, and special" features, but Zigong lanterns are more than that. In recent years, miniaturization and greening have been important directions for the development of lanterns, promoting lanterns to become a "new favorite" for the New Year.
Lantern miniaturization touches the youth group. "We want to make lanterns foldable and giftable," said Xiong Qiannan (熊倩男). Young people prefer colors with low saturation, so satin surfaces in light blue, purple, and other colors are more popular in palace lantern design.
Lantern miniaturization also has a solid industrial foundation. Walking in the production workshop of Xinghe Lantern Company (星河彩灯公司), a set of CNC machine tools makes a rumbling sound. "Now, we have introduced machine tools. Through CNC programs, we can produce the required palace lantern shapes," Xiong Biao (熊彪) introduced. After silk-binding, mounting, and other processes, small palace lanterns can be formed.
Various porcelain and discarded bottles made into palace lanterns reflect the greening of materials. At Zigong Haitian Culture Co., Ltd. (自贡海天文化股份有限公司), groups of porcelain are either woven into giant dragons or transformed into steeds, while discarded bottles become the "flesh" of the lanterns, crystal clear.
"Everything can be made into lanterns." Wan Songtao (万松涛), Deputy General Manager of Haitian Company (海天公司), said that Zigong lanterns creatively use discarded items on the basis of bamboo, iron wire, and other materials, realizing resource recycling.
At the same time, by introducing intelligent control technology, lantern energy consumption is continuously reduced. "Last year, we used sodium-ion battery energy storage technology to achieve charging during off-peak hours at night and discharging during peak hours," Chen Jinhong (陈金洪) introduced. This year's Lantern Festival also introduced an intelligent power consumption monitoring system and used a large number of energy-saving lamps, effectively reducing unit energy consumption.
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During the Spring Festival holiday, flights took off and landed continuously at Xinjiang's Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport (新疆乌鲁木齐天山国际机场). Recently, this airport became the first ten-million-level airport in the country to achieve full-stack localization of its departure system. As of now, the system has been running smoothly during the Spring Festival travel season, verifying that domestic technology has the ability to support the most complex business systems in civil aviation.
"This Spring Festival travel season is my tenth as a volunteer. The domestically produced departure system used for the first time is almost no different from the original system in terms of operation, truly achieving a seamless replacement," said volunteer Yang Shuang (杨爽).
At the self-service check-in counters in the airport terminal, Yang Shuang (杨爽) proactively stepped forward to help passengers, introducing the boarding process and assisting in printing boarding passes.
"The civil aviation airport departure system is one of the core systems of airport operation, covering key links such as check-in, boarding, control, and loading. Its safety and stability are directly related to the passenger travel experience and flight operation order. For a long time, the core technology in this field has been highly dependent on foreign products," introduced Yang Chao (杨超), the relevant person in charge of the China TravelSky (中国航信) Airport Digital Product Division Ürümqi (乌鲁木齐) Credit Innovation Project.
In order to solve this problem, China TravelSky (中国航信) and China Electronics (中国电子) formed a joint commando team, overcame the compatibility and stability challenges of domestic software and hardware in complex business scenarios, completed the adaptation of more than 10 core modules such as check-in, boarding, and security check, and created China's first full-stack localized departure system.
"We are not doing a simple replacement, but to create a 'Chinese core' that can be used, runs fast, and can withstand pressure," said Yang Chao (杨超). The current departure system's overall efficiency of single-person check-in is about 10% higher than similar foreign systems, and the facial recognition boarding speed is about 20% faster, effectively shortening passenger waiting times and alleviating airport passenger flow pressure.
Tian Lei (田磊), head of the Operations Management Committee of Xinjiang Airport Group (新疆机场集团), said that during the Spring Festival travel season, Tianshan International Airport (天山国际机场) is expected to complete a passenger throughput of 3.05 million passengers, an increase of 4.6% compared with the same period last year. "We will make good use of this departure system to ensure the safe, convenient, and efficient travel of passengers."
According to reports, Tianshan International Airport (天山国际机场) has an annual passenger throughput of approximately 30 million passengers, and the full-stack localized departure system will provide technical support for the digital transformation of more airports across the country in the future.
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At 3 p.m., at the "24-hour Unmanned Express Station" in Wudun Village (五墩村), Mogao Town (莫高镇), Dunhuang City (敦煌市), Gansu (甘肃), Zhang Jianpeng's (张间彭) phone screen showed a light spot moving towards the station from the Dunhuang City (敦煌市) Express Central Distribution Center, 15 kilometers away.
35 minutes later, after receiving a phone notification, Zhang Jianpeng (张间彭) walked out of the station: "It's almost here."
The "it" Zhang Jianpeng (张间彭) was referring to was an orange unmanned vehicle turning on the asphalt road. Its square shape resembled a large iron box, with two laser radars on the roof identifying objects and routes. Without a driver, it still understood the "rules": slowing down before turning, automatically avoiding pedestrians... After the vehicle accurately stopped at the station entrance, Zhang Jianpeng (张间彭) stepped forward and scanned the QR code on the vehicle. With a "click," the cargo door on the side of the vehicle automatically popped open, revealing neatly arranged packages inside. In less than 10 minutes, Zhang Jianpeng (张间彭) finished counting the packages belonging to his station. The unmanned vehicle closed its door and drove to the next station.
"When the unmanned vehicle enters the station, I am responsible for taking the packages off the vehicle and scanning them into the express cabinet," said Zhang Jianpeng (张间彭).
The express station in front of him was converted from vacant houses in the village and equipped with smart express cabinets and self-service pickup areas. "The equipment specifications are designed according to the daily needs of the villagers, and monitoring, intelligent scanning, and voice and graphic guidance systems are installed uniformly to facilitate use by the elderly and other groups," Zhang Jianpeng (张间彭) told reporters.
Dunhuang City (敦煌市) has a total population of less than 200,000, and the towns and villages within the city are extremely scattered. As a tourist city, the problem of "labor shortage" during the peak tourist season has also long existed. Express companies often face a dilemma when faced with the delivery task of "going to the countryside and entering villages." "Sometimes, only one order may be collected and delivered from the farthest Yangguan Town (阳关镇), and the fuel cost for a trip is not enough, and it is difficult to mobilize the enthusiasm of the courier. Waiting for more orders to accumulate before delivery will delay things, and 'express delivery' becomes 'slow delivery', and the villagers are also anxious," said Zhang Chutong (张储童), head of Dunhuang City (敦煌市) Dazhong Shentong Express Service Co., Ltd. (敦煌市大众申通快递服务有限公司).
The relatively smooth and sparsely trafficked suburban road conditions in Dunhuang City (敦煌市) provide an ideal road testing and operating environment for the large-scale implementation of unmanned express vehicles. The application of unmanned vehicles has solved the delivery problem in remote rural areas of Dunhuang (敦煌). Zhang Chutong (张储童) introduced, "Unmanned vehicles can overcome various extreme climatic conditions. Even in severe cold weather of minus 28 degrees Celsius, these 'intelligent couriers' can maintain a stable daily delivery mileage of 130 kilometers, reducing the pressure on couriers and also reducing our logistics costs." Zhang Chutong (张储童) calculated an account: an unmanned vehicle can deliver an average of 1,000 packages a day, and using unmanned vehicles to deliver express delivery to the countryside can improve delivery timeliness by 30% and reduce costs by 40%.
Now, with the cooperation of unmanned express stations, express companies continue to reduce the cost of single-point delivery by concentrating delivery to the stations. The sustainability of rural express delivery services has been enhanced, and the experience of villagers has also been improved. Yang Shuhua (杨淑花), a villager in Wudun Village (五墩村), said: "At the station, we can enter the pickup code to pick up the express delivery in time." Yang Shuhua (杨淑花) recalled that many villagers went out to work during the day, and the express station was closed when they returned to the village. They were worried that the fresh food would spoil, and they did not dare to buy many things. "Now there is no such concern. The station also has agricultural product consignment services. When the Li Guang Apricots (李广杏) are on the market, we can also ship goods from here, which is too convenient."
With the continuous deepening of the construction of the rural delivery and logistics system, Dunhuang City (敦煌市) is actively promoting the construction of a three-level delivery and logistics system. At present, "express delivery into villages" has achieved full coverage of express delivery into villages in 8 rural townships and 56 administrative villages. "In the future, we will continue to explore new models for express delivery into villages, continue to promote solutions to the delivery problems in remote villages and villages with small mail volumes, and open up the 'first kilometer' of agricultural products entering the city and the 'last kilometer' of consumer goods going to the countryside," said Yang Xuewu (杨学武), Director of the Dunhuang City (敦煌市) Postal Administration.
By: 本报记者 王 珂 杨 迅 齐志明
This Spring Festival holiday is full of consumption vitality: Business big data shows that in the first four days, the average daily sales of key national retail and catering enterprises increased by 8.6% compared with the first four days of last year's Spring Festival holiday. According to statistics from e-commerce platforms, the search volume for "intangible cultural heritage experience" during the Spring Festival holiday increased by nearly three times year-on-year, and "intangible cultural heritage tourism" has become a new fashion; cross-city travel orders increased by more than 70%, new energy vehicle bookings increased by six times year-on-year, and the car rental market ushered in a boom...
Online and offline transactions are booming.
New Year goods carry deep affection.
On February 23, the seventh day of the first lunar month, the Jingdong 7FRESH supermarket in the Huiju Shopping Center in Daxing District, Beijing (北京大兴区) was bustling with business, and the fruit and vegetable, baking, and aquatic product areas were crowded with consumers. The person in charge of the store introduced that during the Spring Festival holiday, the supermarket's passenger flow continued to be at a high level.
In a supermarket in Luxi County (芦溪县), Pingxiang City (萍乡市), Jiangxi Province (江西省), resident Chen Hongxia (陈红霞) was selecting various snacks, "buying something that the children like to eat." During the Spring Festival holiday, Luxi County (芦溪县) issued more than one million yuan in consumer coupons, covering consumption scenarios such as supermarkets, catering, and cultural tourism.
Recently, the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) and other departments launched the 2026 National Online New Year Goods Festival to build an online and offline integrated New Year goods consumption matrix.
Hengdong Yellow Tribute Pepper (衡东黄贡椒), Yongfeng Chili Sauce (永丰辣酱), Changde Lei Tea (常德擂茶)... At the second "Xiang Man Jingcheng Spicy World" 2026 Beijing (北京) Hunan (湖南) Products and Hunan Cuisine New Year Goods Festival, Hunan's (湖南) high-quality agricultural products were rich in variety and had impressive sales. The event simultaneously issued food consumption coupons to truly benefit consumers.
Going to the grand fair is an important way for villagers to celebrate the New Year. In Jingzhi Town (景芝镇), Anqiu City (安丘市), Shandong Province (山东省), the Jingzhi Grand Fair has been upgraded. Folk artists and Peking Opera actors brought performances such as dragon and lion dances and classic Peking Opera excerpts. The "market + culture" model has given the grand fair a new experience.
The New Year's Eve dinner carries people's expectations for reunion. During the Spring Festival holiday, ordering New Year's Eve dinner through takeout was popular among consumers. Opening live broadcasts of the back kitchen and ordering packages online allowed consumers to eat with peace of mind and convenience. In order to better ensure consumers' New Year's Eve dinner and Spring Festival holiday catering reservation needs, Meituan (美团) launched the VR (virtual reality) viewing private room function, allowing consumers to view the decoration, lighting, and other environments of the private room online and complete the reservation with one click.
Emotional consumption has become a new keyword in the Spring Festival consumption market. During this holiday, the handmade activity of assembling patterns with plastic beans of different colors, "spelling beans," became popular, and projects such as spelling "Fu" characters, making New Year pictures, and making lanterns were derived. Xiaohongshu (小红书) data shows that as of February 23, the relevant search volume for terms such as "spelling beans" and "Fu characters" has increased significantly. Trendy toys and New Year customs are mixed, and traditional culture and young people are in a "two-way rush."
The demand for cultural tourism travel is strong.
Green bricks, black tiles, and red lanterns, the sound of gongs and drums of dragon and lion dances shuttle through the streets and alleys, and long queues formed in front of experience stalls for making ten-liang tea, pounding glutinous rice cakes, and making Lei tea... On the seventh day of the first lunar month, in the Huangshaping Old Street Qingchuang Block (黄沙坪老街青创街区) in Anhua County (安化县), Hunan Province (湖南), traditional New Year customs and trendy new formats were integrated, and cultural tourism consumption warmed up. In the Meishan Cultural Park (梅山文化园) in Xianxi Town (仙溪镇), original ecological Nuo opera, Meishan mountain songs, and flower 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Return to TopOn February 23rd, in Xiachenpu Village (夏层铺村), Xiachenpu Town (夏层铺镇), Jiangyong County (江永县), Yongzhou City (永州市), Hunan Province (湖南省), a farm machinery operator drives a tractor to plow the fields. After the Rain Water solar term, farmers in the county seize the farming season and actively carry out spring plowing preparations to lay the foundation for a bumper harvest throughout the year.
Photo by Tian Rurui (田如瑞) (Image China)
Return to TopThis newspaper Shenyang (沈阳) February 23rd (Reporter Hao Yingcan (郝迎灿)) It was learned from the Department of Water Resources of Liaoning Province (辽宁省水利厅) that last year, the water consumption per 10,000 yuan of GDP in Liaoning Province (辽宁省) was 40.11 cubic meters, a decrease of 22.44% compared to 2020. As a typical water-scarce province in the northern region, Liaoning (辽宁) has established a three-level administrative region water consumption and intensity control target system at the provincial, municipal, and county levels, strengthening the whole-process management of water consumption.
In terms of industrial water conservation and emission reduction, Liaoning (辽宁) is implementing water conservation management and upgrading on the one hand, promoting the construction of water-saving enterprises in high water-consuming industries such as thermal power generation, steel, and petrochemicals; on the other hand, it is actively promoting the cascade utilization of water circulation, and strengthening the deep treatment and recycling of industrial wastewater, oil refining wastewater, and coal chemical concentrated salt wastewater.
In terms of agricultural water conservation and efficiency enhancement, Liaoning (辽宁) has included the head of the canal and the entrance of the main and branch canals of large and medium-sized irrigation areas into metering management, realizing full coverage of canal entrance metering, of which all the heads of large and medium-sized irrigation areas with more than 50,000 mu have realized online monitoring. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the province's agricultural water consumption showed a continuous downward trend, from 7.717 billion cubic meters in 2021 to 7.285 billion cubic meters in 2025.
Return to TopLayout Design: Zhang Fangman (张芳曼)
Return to TopData sources: Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部), Ministry of Ecology and Environment (生态环境部), Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (住房城乡建设部), National Forestry and Grassland Administration (国家林草局), etc.
Return to TopBy: 何宇澈
From "sand advancing, people retreating" to "green advancing, sand retreating," from pursuing "greening up" to exploring "getting better" and "getting richer"... During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's land greening efforts have achieved remarkable results, delivering a substantial green report card and laying a solid ecological foundation for high-quality development. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China completed a total of 549 million mu of land greening and治理 152 million mu of desertified land. As of now, the national forest coverage rate exceeds 25%, making China the country with the largest and fastest increase in green cover globally. In 2025, the total output value of the national forestry and grassland industry will be nearly 11 trillion yuan... The connotation of land greening has undergone a profound transformation from simply planting trees and greening to integrated protection and systematic governance of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands, and deserts.
Standing at a new starting point, we focus on more systematic quality improvement and efficiency enhancement. Carrying out land greening actions requires not only attention to quantity but also to quality, so that green truly takes root and is sustainable. In the future, China will continue to promote innovation in the realization mechanism of ecological product value, improve the total amount and quality of forest and grass resources, consolidate and enhance the carbon sink capacity of ecosystems, and move land greening work towards a higher quality, more efficient, and more sustainable direction.
Return to TopLayout design: Cai Huawei (蔡华伟)
Return to TopBy: 董雪兵
Regional coordinated development is an inherent requirement of Chinese-style modernization. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has profoundly grasped the new characteristics of China's development stage and the new laws of regional economic evolution. He has planned regional coordinated development from the height of the overall situation of the Party and the country, and put forward a series of new concepts, new ideas, and new strategies. Many important expositions are included in the first volume of "Xi Jinping's Economic Anthology." For example, "Ideas and Measures for Promoting Regional Coordinated Development in the New Situation" pointed out that "China's economy has shifted from a stage of high-speed growth to a stage of high-quality development, which has put forward new requirements for regional coordinated development"; "Accelerating the Construction of a New Development Pattern and Focusing on Promoting High-Quality Development" pointed out that "Deeply implement the regional coordinated development strategy, the regional major strategy, the main functional area strategy, and the new urbanization strategy, optimize the layout of major productive forces, and build a regional economic layout and territorial space system with complementary advantages and high-quality development"; and so on. As an important part of Xi Jinping's economic thought, General Secretary Xi Jinping's important exposition on regional coordinated development contains rich original contributions, which not only profoundly answers the epistemological question of "how to view" promoting regional coordinated development, but also provides fundamental guidelines and action guides for the practical question of "how to do" promoting regional coordinated development. The "Suggestions" of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee proposed "optimizing the regional economic layout and promoting regional coordinated development" and made strategic deployments. To implement the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee on regional coordinated development, we must take Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping's economic thought, as the guide, build a regional economic layout and territorial space system with complementary advantages and high-quality development, and write a new chapter in regional coordinated development.
Elevating the Promotion of Regional Coordinated Development to the Height of National Governance for Strategic Planning
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in "The Change in the Principal Contradiction Facing Chinese Society Is a Historic Change Concerning the Overall Situation" that "The change in the principal contradiction facing Chinese society is a historic change concerning the overall situation, which has put forward many new requirements for the work of the Party and the country. We must focus on solving the problem of unbalanced and inadequate development on the basis of continuing to promote development." Since the new era, with the historic change in the principal contradiction facing Chinese society, the spatial structure of China's economic development has undergone profound changes, and central cities and urban agglomerations are becoming the main spatial forms for carrying development factors. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) accurately grasped the concentrated reflection of the change in the principal contradiction facing Chinese society in the spatial dimension, creatively took regional coordinated development as an important starting point for solving the problem of unbalanced and inadequate development, personally planned, personally deployed, and personally promoted the implementation of major strategies such as the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀), the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt (长江经济带), the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区), the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta (长三角), and the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin (黄河流域), promoted the full island closure operation of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港), and consistently promoted the implementation of the strategies of eastern region taking the lead in development, central region rising, western region developing, and northeast region fully revitalizing, leading China's regional coordinated development to achieve historic achievements.
Taking the New Development Philosophy as a Guide, Solving the Problem of Development Imbalance Through Regional Coordinated Development. The new development philosophy is the most important and main content of Xi Jinping's economic thought, and coordinated development is an important part of the organic whole of the new development philosophy. As the concentrated embodiment of the concept of coordinated development in the dimension of territorial space, the effectiveness of regional coordinated development is directly related to whether the new development philosophy can truly be implemented and whether the quality of development can meet the standards, and it is internally connected and mutually supportive with the other four major development concepts. Without effective coordination between regions, it will be difficult to achieve the optimal allocation of innovative elements across regions, it will be difficult to form cross-regional ecological barriers and collaborative governance for green transformation, the foundation of a unified national market required by high-level opening to the outside world will be difficult to consolidate, and the fruits of development will be difficult to truly benefit all regions and all people. Therefore, promoting regional coordinated development is not only a direct embodiment of practicing the concept of coordinated development, but also a spatial prerequisite and operational basis for making innovation the primary driving force, coordination the inherent characteristic, green the universal form, opening up the inevitable path, and sharing the fundamental purpose of development, which are unfolded and promoted in a coordinated manner in the vast territorial space system. Promoting regional coordinated development under the guidance of the new development philosophy marks a new height in our Party's understanding of the laws of socialist modernization and the complexity of spatial governance.
Anchoring the Strategic Needs of the New Development Pattern, Optimizing the Economic Spatial Layout and Smoothing the National Economic Cycle Through Regional Coordinated Development. Implementing the new development philosophy in the new development stage inevitably requires building a new development pattern. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in "On Building a New Development Pattern" that "All regions should find their own position and comparative advantages in the domestic cycle and the domestic and international dual cycles, and organically connect the construction of a new development pattern with the implementation of major regional strategies, regional coordinated development strategies, main functional area strategies, and the construction of free trade pilot zones"; in "Accelerating the Construction of a New Development Pattern and Grasping the Initiative of Future Development" pointed out that "Preventing all regions from engaging in self-small cycles, eliminating regional barriers, and truly forming a unified national market." The key to building a new development pattern lies in the smooth flow of the economic cycle, which requires breaking down the blockages in all links of production, distribution, circulation, and consumption. At present, regional barriers and market segmentation are a major obstacle to building a new development pattern. The "Suggestions" of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee proposed to eliminate local protection and market segmentation, and comprehensively rectify "involutionary" competition. Regional coordinated development can provide an organizational basis and operational guarantee for accelerating the construction of a new development pattern. Promoting the realization of a higher level of regional coordinated development, eliminating hidden barriers in terms of access to factors and qualification recognition, and regulating the economic promotion behavior of local governments can effectively leverage the advantages of the domestic super-large-scale market and enhance the overall effectiveness, circulation efficiency, and resilience of the national economic system. Placing regional coordinated development in an important supporting position for building a new development pattern marks a shift in its strategic function from relatively focusing on the integration of local regions into the economic cycle in the past to paying more attention to serving the overall operation of the national economy and cultivating the endogenous driving force for development, which is an important cornerstone for ensuring the steady and long-term progress of Chinese-style modernization.
Focusing on the Theme of High-Quality Development, Promoting the Transformation of Development Methods and Cultivating New Quality Productive Forces Through Regional Coordinated Development. Promoting high-quality development is the theme of economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, and regional coordinated development is an inherent requirement of high-quality development. The overall high-quality development of a country inevitably requires the universal improvement of the development level and quality of all regions. Any "shortcomings" in the development of any region, such as extensive development methods, lagging innovation capabilities, and fragile ecological environment, will restrict the improvement of the overall quality of national development. At the same time, high-quality development is not uniform development, but rather encourages different regions to adapt to local conditions and embark on distinctive development paths. For example, promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt (长江经济带) with the guidance of "jointly grasping major protection and not engaging in large-scale development" is a powerful practice of exploring the path of modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature under the theme of high-quality development. At present, we are promoting high-quality development with the development of new quality productive forces as an important focus. Promoting regional coordinated development, optimizing the allocation of spatial resources, guiding all regions to develop new quality productive forces in accordance with local resource endowments and industrial foundations, and avoiding low-level repetitive construction can optimize the layout of major productive forces, promote efficient collaboration between regional innovation chains and industrial chains, and thus enhance the overall quality, structural resilience, and sustainability of national development. Closely focusing on the theme of high-quality development, cultivating and shaping new driving forces and new advantages for economic development in promoting regional coordinated development will promote regional development into a new stage that pays more attention to connotative improvement.
Closely Linking to the Value Goal of Common Prosperity, Promoting the Sharing of Development Results and Steadily Moving Towards Common Prosperity for All People Through Regional Coordinated Development. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that "Common prosperity for all people is an essential feature of Chinese-style modernization, and regional coordinated development is an inevitable requirement for achieving common prosperity." Implementing the new development philosophy, building a new development pattern, and promoting high-quality development will ultimately be implemented to achieve common prosperity for all people. To achieve common prosperity, it is necessary to attach equal importance to making the "cake" bigger and dividing the "cake" well. On the one hand, it is necessary to support major economic provinces to take the lead, take the lead and set an example in promoting Chinese-style modernization, and give play to their role as a source of power for high-quality development; on the other hand, it is necessary to increase the intensity of differentiated policy support for old revolutionary areas, ethnic minority areas, and border areas. It should be recognized that promoting regional coordinated development is not simply promoting balanced economic development between regions, but rather focusing on building a more fair and reasonable regional development order. By promoting the optimal allocation of production factors, promoting the equalization of basic public services, improving the inter-regional interest compensation and assistance mechanisms, and strengthening inclusive, basic, and bottom-line livelihood construction, we will lay a solid foundation for different regions and different groups to gradually move towards common prosperity. Establishing regional coordinated development as an inevitable requirement for achieving common prosperity is an innovative practical exploration of Marxism's idea of gradually eliminating regional differences, profoundly reflecting the people-centered development thought, and centrally demonstrating our Party's firm determination to promote social fairness and justice and unite and lead all the people to create a better life.
Profoundly Revealing the Inherent Laws of Regional Coordinated Development
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, under the guidance of Xi Jinping's economic thought, major regional strategies and regional coordinated development strategies have been deepened, the three major economic engines of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀), Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区), and the Yangtze River Delta (长三角) have continued to exert their strength, the balance of development in the four major regions has been steadily enhanced, and the development level of the marine economy has been significantly improved. From the data, from 2020 to 2024, the ratio of per capita regional GDP between the eastern and western regions decreased from 1.68:1 to 1.65:1. From the trend, the economic aggregate of the central and western regions has remained stable at more than 40% of the national total in recent years, and the economic growth rate is faster than the national average; with the in-depth promotion of high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" (一带一路), the central and western regions, especially the western regions, are transforming from the former periphery of opening up to the forefront, showing strong vitality of opening up. All regions have found their own positioning, given full play to their strengths, with east-west mutual assistance, north-south coordination, and land-sea coordination, injecting surging power into Chinese-style modernization.
An important reason why China's regional coordinated development has been able to achieve historic achievements is that it has firmly grasped the inherent laws of regional coordinated development. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in "Deeply Understanding the New Development Philosophy and Promoting Supply-Side Structural Reform" that "Coordination is the unity of balanced and unbalanced development, and the basic law of the development of things is from balance to imbalance and then to a new balance"; in "Ideas and Measures for Promoting Regional Coordinated Development in the New Situation" pointed out that "Imbalance is universal, and relative balance should be promoted in development. This is the dialectic of regional coordinated development." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) adhered to and applied the Marxist standpoints, viewpoints, and methods, focused on the prominent contradictions in regional development in the new era, systematically elaborated and scientifically coordinated a series of important relationships concerning the overall situation of regional coordinated development, such as man and nature, efficiency and fairness, the whole and the part, and promoting strengths and making up for weaknesses, and profoundly revealed the inherent laws of regional coordinated development.
Scientifically Coordinating the Relationship Between Man and Nature, Clarifying the Practical Principles of Economic Development and Ecological Protection. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in "How to View the New Normal and How to Do the New Normal" that "It is necessary to promote the balance of economy and population between regions, narrow the gap in per capita GDP between regions, and also promote the adaptation of population economy and resource environment carrying capacity between regions, and narrow the gap between population economy and resource environment." Traditionally, measuring whether the development between regions is coordinated and balanced often focuses on economic aggregate or per capita economic indicators. However, it should be seen that regions are not isolated economic units, but rather a community of life in which people, economic activities, and the natural environment interact and depend on each other. General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important exposition elevates regional coordinated development from a single economic dimension to the height of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, surpassing the previous one-sided development view of "human centrism" or "emphasizing development and neglecting protection," and emphasizing firmly establishing and practicing the concept that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets, and taking resource environment carrying capacity as the prerequisite and foundation. At the same time, adhering to land-sea coordination, and taking the ocean as a strategic place for high-quality development. Integrating the concept of ecological civilization into regional coordinated development requires not only building a spatial pattern of intensive and efficient production space, livable and moderate living space, and beautiful ecological space in accordance with the main functional area strategy, but also expanding the blue economic space, strengthening comprehensive coastal zone management and marine ecological protection, promoting the smooth flow of land and sea resource elements, and building a new pattern of regional development with land-sea coordination and harmony between man and the sea.
Correctly Handling the Relationship Between Efficiency and Fairness, Focusing on Promoting Relative Balance in Dynamic Development. How to dialectically view and correctly handle the contradiction between efficiency and fairness arising from regional development imbalance is a key issue in promoting regional coordinated development. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in "Deeply Understanding the New Development Philosophy and Promoting Supply-Side Structural Reform" that "Emphasizing coordinated development is not engaging in egalitarianism, but rather paying more attention to fairness of development opportunities and more attention to balanced resource allocation." This provides scientific guidance for handling the issue of regional development gap under the conditions of a socialist market economy, requiring a dynamic, developmental, and connected view of the regional development gap, correctly handling the relationship between efficiency and fairness on the basis of respecting the laws, and promoting relative balance in development. On the one hand, acknowledging and utilizing the development momentum contained in "imbalance," supporting major economic provinces to take the lead, allowing and encouraging regions with conditions to give play to their comparative advantages and take the lead in development, forming growth poles and power sources that radiate and drive the overall high-quality development; on the other hand, through national macro-control and institutional arrangements, such as fiscal transfer payments, counterpart assistance, and equalization of basic public services, actively and proactively adjusting "imbalance," ensuring the basic livelihood and development opportunities of underdeveloped regions, and steadily moving towards common prosperity in high-quality development. This dialectical thinking and policy orientation that both faces up to the gap, stimulates vitality, and actively regulates and promotes fairness is a profound answer and theoretical sublimation to the major issue of handling the relationship between efficiency and fairness well under the conditions of a socialist market economy.
Correctly Handling the Relationship Between the Whole and the Part, Establishing the Idea of a National Chess Game. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has repeatedly emphasized adhering to the national chess game, requiring handling the relationship between the local and the overall, the present and the long-term, and the key and the non-key. The "Suggestions" of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee proposed "promoting regional linkage development," further deepening the understanding of adhering to the national chess game and expanding the strategic depth of China's economic development. Adhering to the national chess game requires not only fully respecting the objective differences in regional development and the creativity of local practices in top-level design and strategic implementation, but also requiring all regions to consider and position their own development in the overall situation of national development. In practice, building a multi-level and three-dimensional new pattern of regional linkage, giving play to the basic supporting role of the construction of large cross-regional and cross-basin channels, strengthening the interconnection of infrastructure between different regions, and narrowing the spatial and temporal distance between different regions; giving play to the carrier supporting role of key urban agglomerations, promoting the deep integration of the innovation chain and industrial chain of key urban agglomerations such as Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀), the Yangtze River Delta (长三角), and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区); supporting cross-regional linked regions located in strategic convergence zones to break down administrative barriers, give play to the role of hub nodes, and explore new models such as "enclave economy." By correctly handling the relationship between the whole and the part and strengthening regional linkage, the national chess game will be played actively and solidly.
Grasp the methodology of promoting strengths and compensating for weaknesses, and promote the coordinated progress of advantageous and weak regions. China's regions vary greatly in resource endowments, have different development foundations, and have different functional orientations. The coexistence of advantages and disadvantages is a basic national condition. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "All regions should combine their actual conditions, adapt to local conditions, promote strengths and compensate for weaknesses, and embark on a path of high-quality development that suits their own regions." "Promoting strengths" means giving full play to the comparative advantages of various regions, promoting the rational flow and efficient agglomeration of various factors, and enabling regions with good resource endowments, strong innovation capabilities, and superior location conditions to take the lead in making breakthroughs, optimizing and strengthening themselves, and accelerating the creation of growth poles and power sources for high-quality development; "Compensating for weaknesses" means soberly recognizing and focusing on overcoming the weak links in development, and continuing to increase support for special types of regions such as old revolutionary areas, ethnic minority areas, border areas, and ecologically fragile areas. In particular, we must steadily promote the construction of border towns, regard it as a key "short board" concerning national security and people's well-being to make up for and strengthen, adhere to the combination of enriching the people and consolidating the border and stabilizing the border, and promote social fairness and justice and national security. To promote coordinated regional development, it is necessary to abandon the **一刀切** (yī dāo qiē - "one knife cut," a one-size-fits-all approach) approach, implement differentiated and precise regional policies, and promote all regions to embark on a path of high-quality development that suits their own actual conditions.
Xi Jinping's (习近平) Economic Thought Guides the Practice of Coordinated Regional Development to Go Steady and Far
Achieving coordinated regional development is a long-term historical process and a complex system engineering. While seeing the historic achievements China has made in coordinated regional development since the new era, we must also soberly recognize that the problem of unbalanced and inadequate regional development still exists, and there are still many difficulties and challenges in promoting coordinated regional development. For example, there are large differences in the natural resource endowments and economic development foundations of different regions, and economic development cannot "move forward at the same pace"; different regions undertake different functional orientations in the overall national development, and economic indicators cannot be used as the sole standard; and so on. The "Decision" of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party made important deployments for "improving the mechanism for implementing the regional coordinated development strategy," and the "Suggestions" of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party made further important deployments for promoting coordinated regional development, which not only continued, deepened, and specified the reform tasks that have been deployed, but also proposed new tasks and measures based on the new situation and new requirements. To implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, we must take Xi Jinping's (习近平) Economic Thought as a guide, and further comprehensively deepen reforms around building a regional economic layout and territorial space system with complementary advantages and high-quality development, and constantly shape new patterns and new advantages in China's regional development.
Orderly promote regional coordinated development. To promote coordinated regional development in the new era and on the new journey, we must adhere to and strengthen the Party Central Committee's centralized and unified leadership over coordinated regional development, fully, accurately, and comprehensively implement our Party's overall thinking on promoting coordinated regional development under the new situation, give play to the superimposed effects of the regional coordinated development strategy, the regional major strategy, the main functional area strategy, and the new urbanization strategy, and promote regional coordinated development. In practice, we must increase the intensity of implementation, not only promote the deep integration and functional complementarity of various strategies, but also resolutely overcome the tendency of fragmented strategic implementation. At the same time, give play to the supporting and driving role of cross-regional connection-type regions, deepen cross-administrative region cooperation, and expand the basin economic model; strengthen the monitoring, evaluation, and supervision of planning implementation, ensure the accurate transmission and effective implementation of the Party Central Committee's strategic intentions, truly achieve a global perspective, plan for the long term, and deploy the overall situation, so that the overall effectiveness of national strategies can be maximized and a strong synergy for promoting coordinated regional development can be formed.
Promote relative balance in dynamic development and follow a path of rational division of labor and optimized development. Based on the actual situation of China's regional development, firmly grasp the dialectical thinking method, and guide all regions to follow a differentiated, characteristic, and intensive development path in accordance with their own main functional positioning and resource and environmental carrying capacity, so as to continuously improve the quality of coordinated regional development. To this end, we must optimize the layout of major productive forces, promote efficient collaboration between regional innovation chains and industrial chains, and encourage all regions to develop new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions. In practice, we must adhere to the path of rational division of labor and optimized development, support advantageous regions with the conditions to enhance their innovation source capabilities and radiation-driving functions, and build Beijing (Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei), Shanghai (Yangtze River Delta), and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area international science and technology innovation centers; increase the intensity of differentiated policy support, and promote the revitalization and development of old revolutionary areas, ethnic minority areas, and border areas through more precise and effective fiscal transfer payments, regional assistance, and industrial collaboration. At the same time, promote the dynamic matching of industrial structure and population distribution with resource and environmental carrying capacity, and run the concept of harmonious coexistence between man and nature throughout the entire process of regional development.
Promote the free flow and efficient allocation of factors, and inject lasting impetus into coordinated regional development. Coordinated regional development is an important means to achieve spatial integration and a strong support for accelerating the construction of a unified national market. Promoting the free flow and efficient allocation of factors is not only an inherent requirement for promoting coordinated regional development, but also an inherent requirement for unblocking the domestic cycle and building a unified national market. In practice, we must improve the systems for factor acquisition, qualification certification, and bidding, resolutely eliminate various explicit and implicit barriers that hinder the free flow, fair competition, and efficient allocation of labor, capital, technology, data, and other factors of production across regions, and eliminate market segmentation; continue to create a first-class business environment that is market-oriented, law-based, and internationalized, deeply rectify "involutionary" competition, and promote the smooth flow and optimized combination of advanced factors of production to regions and industries with higher efficiency and better returns, so as to improve the efficiency of resource factor allocation on a larger scale and at a deeper level. At the same time, adhere to the connotative development of cities, build dynamic innovative cities, and enhance the ability of some megacities to allocate global high-end factors of production.
Continuously promote institutional and mechanism innovation, and provide solid and long-term guarantees for coordinated regional development. Looking to the future, we must place institutional construction in a more prominent position and provide institutional and mechanism guarantees for coordinated regional development. To this end, we must improve the statistical, fiscal, and assessment systems that are conducive to the construction of a unified national market, and promote the establishment and practice of correct views on political achievements; optimize the sharing of benefits between corporate headquarters and branches, production areas and consumption areas, and improve mechanisms for regional planning coordination, industrial collaboration, and benefit sharing; deeply promote people-oriented new urbanization, and implement a system of providing basic public services by registering household registration in the place of residence; deepen land system reform and give provincial governments greater autonomy in coordinating construction land; improve the diversified ecological compensation mechanism, expand the channels for realizing the value of ecological products in accordance with local conditions, especially improve the horizontal ecological protection compensation mechanism, and put the benefit of protectors and the payment of users into practice; and so on. Through the continuous improvement and coordinated support of the institutional mechanism, we will ensure that coordinated regional development continues to move towards a higher level on a legal and standardized track, and write a new chapter in coordinated regional development in the new era.
(The author is the Deputy Dean of the National Strategy and Regional Development Research Institute of Zhejiang University)
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General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Explore effective mechanisms for the integration of culture and technology, and accelerate the development of new cultural formats." The "Suggestions" of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee proposed: "Promote the integration of culture and technology, promote the digital and intelligent empowerment and information transformation of cultural construction, and develop new cultural formats." New cultural formats are the innovative practice of new quality productive forces in the cultural field and the product of the integration and innovation of culture and technology. To thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech and the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, we should keep up with the development trend of digital industrialization and industrial digitization, accelerate the development of new cultural formats, and promote the quality and upgrading of the cultural industry.
New cultural formats are closely related to the in-depth and extensive application of emerging technologies in the cultural field and the iterative development of cultural consumption. They are constantly derived and developed with cultural innovation, technological progress, and consumption upgrades. New cultural formats are characterized by digital technology as support and the integration of culture and technology as the driving force, mainly reflected in new technologies, new entities, new scenarios, and new consumption. For example, intelligent unmanned aerial vehicles for entertainment fully reflect the application of new technologies, the new mass literature under the Internet enriches the main body of cultural innovation and creation, immersive cultural tourism performances create new spaces for experience, and trendy toys and "Gu Zi economy" show the personalized consumption trends of young people.
With digital technology fully empowering the cultural industry, new cultural formats show high activity and growth, profoundly changing the production, dissemination, and consumption of culture. In 2025, the contribution rate of the new cultural format industry to the operating income growth of cultural enterprises above designated size was 81.6%, driving the operating income growth of cultural enterprises above designated size by 6.0 percentage points. To accelerate the high-quality development of new cultural formats, we must make full use of digital technology to empower cultural production, adapt to the online, digital, and virtual characteristics and trends of the global cultural market under the Internet, implement active cultural and economic policies, promote the transformation and upgrading of the cultural industry, and continuously enhance the people's sense of cultural gain and happiness.
Strengthen the construction of digital cultural content and build a cultural resource database. Digital technology provides tools for the transformation and upgrading of the cultural industry, while high-quality content is the foundation for new cultural formats to maintain their attractiveness and appeal. China is a large country of cultural resources, providing a continuous source of content for the development of new cultural formats. Many cultural products that have a significant impact in the global market originate from the deep integration of high-level production technology and high-quality content creativity. More and more high-quality cultural and technological enterprises are committed to the modern expression and digital and intelligent innovation of excellent traditional Chinese culture. In 2025, the operating income of small categories such as multimedia game animation and digital publishing software development, animation game digital content services, etc., achieved double-digit growth, and the effectiveness of digital technology empowering the cultural industry is remarkable. To accelerate the development of new cultural formats, we must thoroughly implement the national cultural digitization strategy, strengthen the construction of digital cultural content, form a big data collection based on general standards, mutual benefit and sharing, promote the construction of a cultural resource database and enhance its market-oriented service capabilities, consolidate the foundation for digital cultural content sharing, build a high-level cultural element market system, build a broad platform for digital cultural resource transactions, and encourage and guide relevant enterprises to create more new cultural industry formats.
Cultivate the cultural original ability of the people and improve the level of cultural content supply. The vigorous development of digital technology empowers cultural production in an all-round way in terms of innovating creation tools, iterating content forms, and expanding dissemination channels. At the same time, it provides a platform for the sharing and co-creation of cultural and entertainment content, breaks the professional barriers of cultural creation, realizes the decentralization of the main body of creation, and deeply integrates user-generated content and professionally generated content. Ordinary users have become an important force in cultural innovation and creation, the new mass literature wave is surging, and "everyone is a creator" has become possible. Developing new cultural formats and making the people the main force of cultural innovation and creation is an effective supplement and enrichment to the traditional cultural product and service supply mechanism, which helps to promote the organic combination of new formats and traditional formats and improve the overall supply level of cultural products and services. We must fully mobilize the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of the people, respect the spirit of originality, build platforms and create conditions for the people to participate in cultural creation, let the cultural creative vitality contained in the people fully burst out, and continuously cultivate the cultural original ability of the people. Fully respect and encourage mass literature creation based on open networks, accelerate the construction of a systematic support system, improve the evaluation and support mechanism, build a good creative ecology, form a more collaborative creative mechanism, and improve the flexibility and efficiency of cultural product creation.
Adhere to integrity and innovation, and create a good ecology for cultural innovation and creation. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "The most important thing to measure the quality and level of cultural industry development is not to look at economic benefits, but to see whether it can provide more cultural products that can both meet the people's cultural needs and enhance the people's spiritual strength." "Faced with the emergence of new technologies such as generative artificial intelligence, we must coordinate development and security." The development of new cultural formats must adhere to the basic principles of integrity and innovation, adhere to the people-centered creative orientation and the content-is-king creative concept, pay attention to the artistry and ideology of works, actively promote socialist core values, and consolidate the foundation of ideological values. At the same time, we must be wary of the tendency to emphasize technology over content and emphasize form over connotation, establish a concept of excellence, use technical means reasonably and moderately, and tell Chinese stories well in the digital transformation of cultural resources, showing Chinese spirit, Chinese values, and Chinese strength. We must also see that while digital technology is promoting the upgrading of the cultural industry and the prosperity of the cultural market, it also brings new challenges to cultural governance. We must focus on improving the legal and regulatory system, strengthen the safety supervision of digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, formulate application norms and industry conventions adapted to technological development, accelerate the construction of a multi-party collaborative governance system covering creators, platforms, industry associations, etc., actively guide and reasonably regulate both, and form a good cultural ecology that respects, encourages, and protects innovation and creation.
(The author is the Dean of the Cultural Economics Research Institute of the Central University of Finance and Economics (中央财经大学))
Return to TopEditor's Note: During the Spring Festival holiday, people visited relatives and friends, and went out on trips, immersed in the festive atmosphere of national celebration. This is inseparable from the silent dedication and busy work of workers in all walks of life.
How can we ensure that people in difficulty have a warm and joyful Spring Festival? How can we make takeaway and delivery drivers who stick to their posts feel more fulfilled? How can we meet the ever-changing travel needs of tourists? The reporter went deep into the grassroots, visited grassroots cadres who did a good job in providing services with a good work style, grasped and implemented various tasks in a detailed manner, and spent a happy and peaceful Spring Festival with the masses.
Cadres of the Sichuan Danleng County (丹棱县) Disabled Persons' Federation Provide Paired Assistance to People in Difficulty
Do a Good Job of "Holiday Condolences" and Also Do a Good Job of "Daily Guardianship"
People's Daily Reporter Li Kaixuan (李凯旋)
Danleng County (丹棱县), Meishan City (眉山市), Sichuan Province (四川省), 18-year-old girl Jian Yushan (简雨珊) sat in a wheelchair, wearing a brand-new scarf, with a bright smile on her face.
Due to an accident four years ago, Jian Yushan (简雨珊) had to be accompanied by a wheelchair. Before the Spring Festival, Yang Yang (杨洋), a staff member of the Danleng County (丹棱县) Disabled Persons' Federation, came to the door to solicit "micro-wishes" and learned that this beauty-loving girl had a simple wish: a good-looking down jacket and a red plaid scarf. "I always wear home clothes after the injury. I want to wear new clothes in the new year for good luck," Jian Yushan (简雨珊) said.
In order to ensure that people in difficulty have a warm Spring Festival, the Danleng County (丹棱县) Disabled Persons' Federation launched a special investigation of the "Love Stars Accompanying · Lighting Up Wishes" public welfare warm winter action to care for disabled children in December 2025, and organized 5 volunteer service teams to go deep into 50 villages (communities) in the county. Yang Yang (杨洋) and his colleagues spent 15 days visiting 45 disabled children's families and sent "micro-wish" gifts to 148 children in total, from new clothes and shoes to picture books and toys.
"Are the rehabilitation equipment suitable?" "How is the heating equipment at home?"... While recording "micro-wishes", Yang Yang (杨洋) would also ask about the difficulties in the lives of disabled children. During the investigation, the volunteer service team simultaneously collected 25 practical difficulties of disabled children. Before the Spring Festival, these problems were coordinated and resolved on the spot.
"Pairing is not just a matter of putting up a name and sending a bag of rice, but people must be there, hearts must be there, and methods must be there," said Liao Qiyouchuan (廖七游川), chairman of the Danleng County (丹棱县) Disabled Persons' Federation. In recent years, Danleng County (丹棱县) has launched the "Full Coverage of Paired Contact with Certified Disabled Persons" action, with 1 cadre contacting 1 to 3 key targets, stipulating that they must visit the door at least 2 times a year and make telephone follow-ups 4 times; requests must be handled responsibly at the first instance and completed within a time limit. The pairing mechanism has played a role, and cadres have not only done a good job of "holiday condolences" but also done a good job of "daily guardianship."
During the Spring Festival holiday, Wang Xuyan (王旭艳), a cadre of the Danleng County (丹棱县) Disabled Persons' Federation, came to visit Yang Xuemei's (杨雪梅) home, "Sister Xuemei (雪梅), I'm here to see you." 36-year-old Yang Xuemei (杨雪梅) was sitting in a wheelchair sticking small lanterns. Wang Xuyan (王旭艳) squatted down and worked with her while talking. A few years ago, Yang Xuemei (杨雪梅) became disabled due to osteoarthropathy, and she once lost confidence in life and often locked herself in the room. After the paired assistance, Wang Xuyan (王旭艳) became her most trusted friend. Every time she came to the door, Wang Xuyan (王旭艳) would help Yang Xuemei (杨雪梅) tidy up the room, explain the policies benefiting the disabled, and contact family doctors to come to the door for consultation. "It is difficult for severely disabled people to go out and their demands are urgent. Only by visiting the door often and communicating more can assistance be timely and effective," Wang Xuyan (王旭艳) said.
Now, Yang Xuemei's (杨雪梅) life has changed a lot. With the implementation of barrier-free renovation of disabled people's homes, she can now go to the toilet and kitchen, which she could not go to alone in a wheelchair before. Now, she often sits in the yard reading and basking in the sun, and sometimes goes shopping with her father, and smiles more.
"We must take 'paired and recognized relatives' as a hard requirement, and guide cadres to temper their mass work skills at the grassroots level. Only when the service truly goes down can the work style be established," Liao Qiyouchuan (廖七游川) introduced that, taking the opportunity of investigation and pairing, the county is building a stable and long-term assistance system for the disabled. As of now, the coverage rate of paired contact with certified disabled persons, the fulfillment rate of "micro-wishes" of disabled children, and the enrollment rate of school-age disabled children in Danleng County (丹棱县) have all reached 100%.
Tianjin (天津) Hebei District (河北区) Warm Service Stations Open to the Public
Takeaway Brothers Sit at the Main Table for the Reunion Dinner
People's Daily Reporter Li Jiading (李家鼎)
In the evening, after delivering the last takeaway order of the day, Meituan rider Shi Huren (施厚任) came to the Huan Yuli (焕玉里) Community Party-Masses Service Center in Wangchuanchang Street (王串场街道), Hebei District (河北区), Tianjin (天津). As soon as he pushed the door open, a burst of fragrance came to his face—
—Street cadres were putting hot pot on the table, and several familiar aunts were enthusiastically greeting with freshly cooked dumplings: "Xiao Shi (小施), sit down quickly and eat it while it's hot!"
The Party-Masses Service Center was warm and harmonious, and more and more riders were invited to come, and soon the room was crowded. The riders and community cadres and volunteers politely gave way to each other. Zhang Yan (张岩), secretary of the Party Working Committee of Wangchuanchang Street (王串场街道), raised a glass of beverage and said: "This year, takeaway brothers and deliverymen have been coming and going in the wind and rain, delivering hot meals to thousands of households. During the New Year, you should sit at the main table for this reunion dinner!"
Shi Huren's (施厚任) eyes were a little red: "In previous years, I often dealt with it simply by myself during the Spring Festival. This year, I had a hot reunion dinner, and my heart was extremely warm."
The atmosphere gradually warmed up, and Zhang Yan (张岩) talked with the riders: "How is the heating in the dormitory? Is it convenient to park when delivering orders? Is the rider station used frequently?"
"In recent years, there have been more and more rider stations on the road. Everyone can take a break and drink some water when they are tired, but there are a few fewer charging ports inside," said rider Xiao Li (小李). After hearing this, Zhang Yan (张岩) immediately took out a notebook and wrote it down: "We will coordinate and improve it as soon as possible."
The next morning, there was a crowd of people at the entrance of the Jin Chenyuan (金辰园) Community Trade Union Station in Wanghailou Street (望海楼街道). Shi Zhen (石祯), secretary of the community Party committee, arrived early and opened the convenience box, replenishing items such as band-aids, frostbite cream, and warm babies one by one. "The riders' hands are exposed every day, and they are easily chapped by the wind and sun. We must think ahead about these small things," Shi Zhen (石祯) said.
On the same day, the community also organized a small Spring Festival temple fair at the station. Courier Wan Haibo (万海波) came in to take a break during his work, and Shi Zhen (石祯) quickly handed him hot tea and enthusiastically invited him to experience the intangible cultural heritage project "rubbing". Seeing the four characters "马到成功" (mǎ dào chéng gōng - "success upon arrival," achieve immediate victory) soon appeared on the paper, Wan Haibo (万海波) couldn't help but sigh: "Although I didn't go back to my hometown this Spring Festival, I can still feel the strong New Year's flavor by visiting the temple fair here."
During the Spring Festival holiday, more than 260 warm service stations in Hebei District (河北区) were open to the public. Staff members of Tiedong Road Street (铁东路街道) went into courier outlets to send insulated cups to couriers; Yueyahe Street (月牙河街道) joined merchants to send pastries and "Fu" characters to riders; Hongshunli Street (鸿顺里街道) invited lawyers to answer questions for riders on issues such as lost item compensation and rights disputes...
"We combine political guidance, ideological guidance, and caring services, and strive to make new employment groups not only have a sense of belonging, but also a sense of gain," introduced Zhong Xu (仲旭), Minister of the Social Work Department of the Hebei District (河北区) Committee. In recent years, Hebei District (河北区) has launched "Fifteen Warm New Measures" for new employment groups, opened a green channel for "Rider Clinics", provided preferential physical examinations, built a legal rights protection platform, regularly organized public welfare legal services, and also pushed information on guaranteed rental housing, mobilized social catering to launch "Brother Packages", and relied on community "Cute Baby Study Rooms" to solve the problem of childcare, and effectively implemented the protection of the rights and interests of new employment groups.
(Jiang Lili (蒋丽莉) participated in the writing)
Sanya City (三亚市), Hainan (海南) Province, Opens Parking Lots of Government Agencies and Enterprises for Free
Cadres Conduct Unannounced Visits on the Spot and Experience the Travel of the Masses from a Different Perspective
People's Daily Reporter Cao Wenxuan (曹文轩)
During the Spring Festival holiday, Luo Ke (罗可), a tourist from Heilongjiang (黑龙江), was pleasantly surprised to see the news that the village committee of Bohou Village (博后村) in Sanya City (三亚市), Hainan (海南) Province, had opened its parking lot on the Internet: "I had encountered government units opening parking lots for free when driving before. The village committee also opened it and provided hot water. This service is too heartwarming."
This Spring Festival holiday, Sanya City (三亚市) announced that it would open 110 parking lots to citizens and tourists for free. The reporter visited and saw that the entrance gates of each parking lot were in the open state, and notices of free opening were posted in conspicuous places. Security personnel or volunteers were on site to guide vehicles to park in an orderly manner.
Platform data shows that Sanya's (三亚) air ticket orders during this Spring Festival holiday increased by more than 50% year-on-year, which also means that parking problems around scenic spots and business districts will face more thorny problems. At a meeting before the Spring Festival, Sanya (三亚) city leaders proposed the idea of opening parking lots of government agencies and units to the public for free. After the meeting, the Municipal Government Affairs Administration and the Municipal Transportation Bureau conducted solicitation and mobilization, which not only received positive responses from various units, but also more than 30 villages and communities took the initiative to join.
Li Yang (李阳), Deputy Director of the Sanya Municipal Bureau of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports, is one of the members of the 26th batch of doctoral service groups to Hainan (海南) from the Organization Department of the Central Committee and the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League in mid-January this year. He participated in coordinating the task of opening parking lots to the public for free this time.
From New Year's Eve to the third day of the Lunar New Year, Li Yang (李阳) and his colleagues went to some free parking lots in various districts for unannounced visits every day. "I just arrived here and no one knows me, so I treat myself as an ordinary tourist, think from a different perspective, and experience it in practice to know where I am not doing well enough." Some parking lots did not have uniform announcements, some toilets were not open to citizens and tourists, and some medicine boxes were not placed in conspicuous places. These problems were discovered on the spot and resolved one by one.
How are these 110 free parking lots distributed? What conditions do citizens and tourists need to meet for parking? "26 in Jiyang District (吉阳区), 57 in Tianya District (天涯区), 9 in Haitang District (海棠区), 17 in Yazhou District (崖州区), and 1 in Yucai Ecological District (育才生态区). These parking lots accurately cover the needs of different groups; each parking lot only allows small passenger cars with 7 seats and below to park, and encourages single parking not to exceed 2 hours to maximize the use efficiency of parking spaces." Li Yang (李阳) knew the situation of each parking lot like the back of his hand.
Before coming to Sanya (三亚), Li Yang (李阳) worked in the human resources department of Beijing Daxing Airport (北京大兴机场). During the coordination process, he came up with a new idea—
—"Extending the free parking service from Sanya (三亚), a tourist destination, to Beijing Daxing Airport (北京大兴机场), a departure point, can better enhance the overall travel experience of passengers." This idea received full support from both Sanya (三亚) and Daxing Airport (大兴机场). After fully communicating with the Sanya Municipal Bureau of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports and the Tourism Development Bureau, Daxing Airport (大兴机场) quickly clarified the scope of application of the policy and the participation and verification methods, designated a special area in the parking building, coordinated manpower, and informed passengers through the official account. Sanya (三亚) fully ensured the service guarantee after passengers arrived.
This Spring Festival, Hainan (海南) is not the only place that opened parking lots for free. Many cities and counties such as Lingshui (陵水), Wuzhishan (五指山), Lingao (临高), Wanning (万宁), and Danzhou (儋州) also coordinated parking lots inside government agencies, enterprises, schools, and village and town communities to open to the public for free, and some parking lots near scenic spots also provided shuttle services.
"Hainan's (海南) climate is suitable for self-driving, and the free opening of parking lots in various places has greatly alleviated our parking anxiety. I hope that such convenient measures will continue," Luo Ke (罗可) told reporters with a smile, "My favorability towards Hainan (海南) is full, and I will come here for the New Year next year!"
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on February 23rd (Reporter Liu Wenxin (刘温馨)). On the afternoon of February 22nd, the Ministry of Emergency Management (应急管理部) held a video conference on the Spring Festival holiday, analyzing the current safety situation and deploying key tasks such as investigating and rectifying hidden dangers in key areas such as fireworks and firecrackers, and preventing safety during the return journey after the holiday and the resumption of work and production.
The meeting pointed out that recently, various regions have rapidly carried out investigations and rectifications in key areas such as fireworks and firecrackers, and have achieved obvious results. However, many problems and hidden dangers have also been discovered. The setting off of fireworks and firecrackers will continue for a period of time, and there must be no slackening; the end of the Spring Festival holiday is approaching, and various regions will usher in a peak of return trips. In addition, disasters such as sandstorms, heavy fog, rain, and snow are prone to occur, and enterprises are about to resume work and production, and safety risks have significantly increased. We must 善始善终 (shàn shǐ shàn zhōng - "begin well end well," to carry things through to the end) and 慎终如始 (shèn zhōng rú shǐ - "careful at the end as at the beginning," to maintain caution from beginning to end), and firmly adhere to the bottom line of safety without any slackening or retreat.
The meeting emphasized the need to fully implement the "five prohibitions and three musts" for fireworks and firecrackers. All regions should draw forces to go down to the front line and conduct a "carpet-like" investigation of all fireworks and firecracker business outlets to achieve full coverage, no dead ends, and no blind spots; work with relevant departments to increase rectification efforts, resolutely crack down on illegal manufacturing and sales of fireworks and sales of modified kits, and continue to strengthen safety education to ensure the stability of the fireworks and firecracker safety situation. We must make every effort to ensure the safety of returning trips and resuming work after the holiday. Strengthen safety supervision and control and diversion of roads, waterways, civil aviation, railways, and other modes of transportation to ensure the safety of people returning home; continue to closely monitor fire safety in tourist attractions, elderly care institutions, hospitals, high-rise buildings, self-built houses, and other densely populated places; urge all types of enterprises to take the "first lesson of safety at the start of work" seriously, thoroughly investigate safety risks and hidden dangers, strictly implement the resumption acceptance system, and never start work if safety requirements are not met. We must make every effort to do a good job in "combating illegal activities" in production safety. From illegal production dens for hazardous chemicals, 举一反三 (jǔ yī fǎn sān - "infer the rest from one case," to draw inferences about other cases from one instance) to all links in the entire chain of hazardous chemicals production, storage, transportation, and sales; from the field of hazardous chemicals, 举一反三 (jǔ yī fǎn sān - "infer the rest from one case," to draw inferences about other cases from one instance) to all links in other high-risk industries and fields with prominent problems, organize forces to comprehensively investigate and rectify, and severely crack down on all types of "black dens," "small workshops," subletting and re-renting, "factories within factories," and illegal acts such as operating beyond the scope.
The meeting required that we must make every effort to do a good job in disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief. All regions should consolidate the responsibility for fire prevention and extinguishing, and work with forestry and grassland departments to strengthen fire source control, build a solid people's line of defense, and effectively seal off mountains, protect forests, watch over people, and control fire; respond to strong winds, sandstorms, cold waves, and blizzards in a timely and efficient manner to prevent casualties and interruptions of major transportation arteries; in response to spring thawing and increased rainfall, strengthen the inspection and investigation of geological disaster risks. We must strengthen safety education and management of fire and rescue teams at all levels and various professional rescue teams. Strengthen safety control throughout the entire process of emergency rescue to ensure the safety of rescuers.
Return to TopAccording to a report from our Nanning (南宁) office on February 23rd (reporter: Pang Geping (庞革平)), facing new challenges brought about by the continuous development of new economic organizations, new social organizations, and new employment groups, the Organization Department of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区) Party Committee and the Social Work Department recently jointly issued the "Notice on Further Consolidating the Responsibility of 'Managing the Industry Must Also Manage Party Building'," proposing 15 specific measures in 4 aspects to build a Party building work system that combines vertical and horizontal elements, links the upper and lower levels, and is effectively coordinated. This aims to promote the deep integration of Party building work and industry development, and to lead the healthy development of emerging fields with high-quality Party building.
Currently, Guangxi (广西) has promoted the incorporation of Party building responsibilities in emerging fields into the "Three Determinations" regulations of departments at all levels, such as cyberspace administration, transportation, market supervision, and postal services, and has clarified the main industry management departments for 270 province-wide industry associations and chambers of commerce that have been decoupled and directly registered.
The Party groups (Party committees) of each competent business unit and industry management department are responsible for undertaking the main responsibility for Party building in emerging fields, incorporating Party building work into the overall work layout of the Party's organizational system construction in their own units and systems, and focusing on solving the problem of "emphasizing business and neglecting Party building." Members of the Party group (Party committee) leadership team take the lead in establishing direct contact points, with each person contacting 1-2 key emerging field Party organizations, and going to the contact points at least once a year. At the same time, they are encouraged to pair up Party organizations in government agencies with Party organizations in emerging fields to achieve mutual promotion of business advancement and Party building improvement.
In response to the characteristics of diverse organizational forms and high mobility of Party members in emerging fields, Guangxi (广西) has clearly required that industry departments with a large number of management service targets should take the lead in establishing industry (comprehensive, joint) Party committees to ensure that there are dedicated personnel to grasp the work, forces to promote it, and funds to guarantee it. For some county-level areas that do not yet have the conditions to independently establish industry Party committees, the county-level Party committee's social work department, in conjunction with the organization department, coordinates the relevant business supervision department's Party organizations to implement Party building responsibilities, ensuring that the work is continuous and there are no blind spots in coverage.
Currently, Guangxi (广西) relies on the autonomous region, city, and county-level industry management departments and competent business units to establish a total of 562 industry (comprehensive, joint) Party committees (Party general branches). Last year, more than 6,000 new Party organizations were established in emerging fields throughout the region, and more than 15,000 Party building work instructors were selected and dispatched, achieving full coverage of Party work in "three-have" non-public enterprises and social organizations that have not yet established Party organizations.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on February 23rd (Reporter Zhang Tianpei (张天培)) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Public Security (公安部): During the Spring Festival, public security organs nationwide, in accordance with the deployment requirements of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Public Security, comprehensively strengthened various security and stability maintenance measures to ensure that the people could celebrate the Spring Festival in a safe and peaceful atmosphere. As of 17:00 on February 23, the overall social situation nationwide was stable, the public security order was good, criminal police alerts decreased by 12.1% year-on-year, more than 5,440 large-scale events were safe and smooth, and the order in tourist attractions was well-maintained.
This year's Spring Festival holiday lasted as long as 9 days, and the enthusiasm of the masses for returning home and traveling was high, with dense flows of people, goods, and vehicles, and concentrated holding of large-scale events. The Ministry of Public Security (公安部) has conducted research and deployment many times, requiring public security organs nationwide to accurately grasp the laws and characteristics of social security at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, strengthen emergency duty and command and dispatch, implement leadership duty and on-duty standby systems, and earnestly grasp various measures for combating, preventing, controlling, and building. During the festival, the Ministry of Public Security (公安部) strengthened organizational leadership and overall command, dispatched the national social situation every day, and emphasized and deployed in a targeted manner. Responsible comrades of public security organs at all levels stuck to their posts and commanded from the front, and the vast number of police officers and auxiliary police officers were conscientious and dedicated, and strictly, practically, and meticulously grasped the implementation of various security and stability maintenance measures.
Public security organs in various regions have comprehensively strengthened overall social prevention and control, strictly implemented rapid response mechanisms, scientifically arranged and deployed police forces, set up 29,000 duty points, and invested an average of 480,000 police officers per day, effectively strengthening patrol prevention and control in key areas such as prosperous business districts, city squares, and transportation hubs, and densely populated places, strengthening the crackdown and rectification of illegal and criminal activities and prominent public security problems that are prone to occur during the festival, and effectively maintaining good social security order. Immigration management departments strengthened port border service management, ensuring smooth passage for more than 16.4 million people.
In response to the intensive holding of large-scale events such as temple fairs and lantern festivals, folk culture, and the dense flow of tourists in tourist attractions in various places, public security organs, together with relevant departments, actively carried out safety hazard investigation and rectification, urged and consolidated the main responsibility for safety, and ensured the safe and orderly tour of 93.1 million people.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 窦瀚洋
At the Xinhuacheng Shangyu Base (新和成上虞基地) of the Shangyu Economic and Technological Development Zone (上虞经济技术开发区) in Hangzhou Bay (杭州湾), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), a transport vehicle slowly drove out, heading to an advanced materials enterprise not far away. Industrial by-products that once required huge sums of money to dispose of have now become a "sweet pastry" for increasing efficiency and income.
This transformation stems from the promotion of Party building work in the industrial chain, supply chain, and innovation chain in Shangyu District (上虞区)—
—Precisely opening up the cooperation links between enterprises in the district and developing a cooperation platform for upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain.
"Through the docking of Party organizations, our by-products have directly become important production raw materials for enterprises in the district," said Chang Ruqun (常儒群), the person in charge of the enterprise, who calculated an account, "This cooperation saves more than 10 million yuan in disposal costs every year, while also significantly reducing environmental and transportation risks."
In order to effectively transform organizational advantages into development momentum, Shangyu District (上虞区) has introduced twelve measures to strengthen Party building in the industrial chain, supply chain, and innovation chain, focusing on building an element-sharing ecosystem covering information, technology, talent, capital, and products, accelerating the agglomeration of high-end industries, projects, and talents, and promoting chain enterprises to achieve resource sharing, industrial linkage, problem solving, innovation collaboration, and market expansion. By vigorously promoting chain enterprises to jointly build industrial innovation alliances with universities and research institutes, we will explore a talent mutual employment and sharing mechanism; by establishing high-level talent establishment pools, provincial top talent studios and other carriers, we will encourage high-level talents to carry out cross-unit and cross-field exchanges and cooperation; by upgrading the district's comprehensive enterprise service center, we will optimize 103 service items related to enterprise policies.
At the same time, Shangyu District (上虞区) has selected 141 cadres with work experience as district-managed leading cadres and familiar with economic work to serve as Party building instructors stationed in enterprises, participate in key tasks such as project promotion and investment promotion, and rely on platforms such as the "Government-Enterprise Direct Train" to assist in solving 214 problems such as employment, financing, and element security.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 周飞亚
"Visitors who want to experience spring couplet printing, please line up here." During the Spring Festival holiday, the reporter walked into the China National Arts and Crafts Museum (中国非物质文化遗产馆), located on the northern extension of the central axis of Beijing (北京). In the exhibition hall of the "Celebrating the New Year - Bingwu Spring Festival Series Theme Exhibition" (过年——丙午春节系列主题展), just around the corner, one immediately encounters a long queue.
In the queue, people crane their necks and are eager to try. Under the guidance of the staff, the experiencer places the red paper on the printing plate, and the brush gently sweeps across it, and a spring couplet exuding the fragrance of ink is freshly produced.
"In the Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum, we found the 'opening method' for celebrating the New Year." Some on-site viewers said. The "Celebrating the New Year - Bingwu Spring Festival Series Theme Exhibition" is open to the public from January 20 to March 20. More than 360,000 people have visited the museum in the month since it opened. The China National Arts and Crafts Museum (中国非物质文化遗产馆) implemented extended opening hours from the first to the seventh day of the first lunar month to meet the cultural needs of the audience.
What does an exhibition with the theme of "Celebrating the New Year" look like? This exhibition is divided into 4 exhibition areas according to the theme:
"Li Xu Shi Xin (历序时新)" showcases the evolution of traditional calendar common sense and New Year's celebration customs. What astronomical laws need to be observed to formulate a calendar? What is a "double spring year" and a "no spring year"? Why is there no Lunar New Year's Eve this year? … "Cold" knowledge about the Spring Festival attracts many viewers to stop and concentrate.
"Ji Yue Hong Tu (骥跃鸿途)" conveys the handsome posture and beautiful meaning of horses in traditional culture through intangible cultural heritage projects related to horses. Folk paper-cuts with horses as patterns, various shapes and materials of horse sculptures... The most lively are the two bamboo horses draped in red and green, which attract children passing by to ride on them.
"Shi Wei Tian (食为天)" focuses on the concept of great food, and shows the close relationship between intangible cultural heritage protection, Spring Festival customs and food security from the perspectives of planting, storage, processing, and sharing. The 4.5-meter-high and 3.6-meter-diameter dough sculpture work "Big Drum Jujube Mountain (大鼓枣山)" in the central area was made by 18 people over a month, presenting the exquisite skills of Chengcheng (澄城) dough figurines in Shaanxi (陕西). Around it are clustered Lanxian (岚县) dough sculptures "Peacock Peony (孔雀牡丹)" and "More Than Every Year (年年有余)" in Shanxi (山西), and Wenxi (闻喜) flower buns "Dragon and Phoenix Auspicious (龙凤呈祥)" in Shanxi (山西), which fully demonstrate the "eighteen martial arts" of pasta making in northern China.
"Guang Zhuan Chun Hui (光转春辉)" uses exquisite lanterns to show the festive atmosphere of thousands of families. The large and small lanterns make people immersed in the brilliance like "the east wind releases a thousand trees of flowers."
Spring Festival temple fairs are an indispensable New Year's memory for people. A corner of the exhibition hall is arranged like a market. The exhibition areas of various provinces have displayed their characteristic intangible cultural heritage projects, and each stall is hung with red lanterns with "star products" written on them - Longquan (龙泉) celadon in Zhejiang (浙江), Helan (贺兰) inkstones in Ningxia (宁夏), palm weaving in Hunan (湖南), Pu'er (普洱) tea in Yunnan (云南)...
"Dangdangdang..." Walking in the market, you can often hear a crisp sound. Looking around, you can see that many children are holding clay painted small animals in their hands. "This is called 'Ba Da (吧嗒)', which was used to drive away the New Year beasts in the past." Guo Jiayi (郭佳怡), the person in charge of the Shandong (山东) exhibition area, introduced that this toy comes from the representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage project, Nie Jiazhuang (聂家庄) clay sculpture.
"In addition to the theme exhibition, this year we have added amusement, food activities, New Year picture exhibitions, and photography exhibitions. Half of the museum's space is related to the Spring Festival display, creating a strong festive atmosphere and satisfying people's expectations for the Spring Festival as much as possible," said Wang Chenyang (王晨阳), Secretary of the Party Committee of the China National Arts and Crafts Museum (中国非物质文化遗产馆).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李 波 李 蕊
In the early morning, the container yard of the Boxing Inland Port in Binzhou (滨州), Shandong (山东) Province, is already a hive of activity. Sunlight shines on the neatly stacked containers, and a batch of batik cloth is about to be shipped overseas. Lin Xiangqian (蔺向前) and Yan Lei (颜蕾), customs officers from Binzhou Customs (滨州海关) under Jinan Customs (济南海关), are holding customs declarations and shuttling between the containers, checking the customs declaration materials in their hands item by item.
Inspection, document verification, system entry, all done in one go. "The procedures are complete, the materials are complete, and they meet the customs clearance conditions. Release!" Lin Xiangqian (蔺向前) waved his hand. Soon, a long whistle sounded from the station, and the train headed towards Dongjia Town Station (董家镇场站) in Jinan (济南), which will go straight to the Horgos Port (霍尔果斯口岸) in Xinjiang (新疆) and head to overseas markets.
Watching the train go away, Wang Shu (王澍), manager of Shandong Anhe International Freight Forwarding Co., Ltd. (山东安和国际货运代理有限公司), breathed a sigh of relief, "In the past, Binzhou (滨州) goods exported through the train had to be transported to Dongjia Town Station (董家镇场站) in the form of domestic trade, which consumed manpower and time. When we encountered urgent shipments, it made people anxious."
The change stems from the new "multi-port centralized departure" customs clearance model promoted by Jinan Customs (济南海关). This innovation moves the customs declaration link forward to the place of origin of the goods. Enterprises can complete the entire process of declaration, inspection, and release in one stop at the Boxing Inland Port (博兴内陆港). After the goods arrive at Dongjia Town Station (董家镇场站) in Jinan (济南), there is no need for secondary customs declaration and verification. They can be directly exported after being transferred to the train, realizing "one declaration, one inspection, and one release."
"The manpower and time saved can be transformed into real competitiveness." Wang Shu (王澍) calculated an account: In the past, each shipment took an average of two more days to turn around, but now it can be completed on the same day, and logistics costs have dropped by 20%. "Without having to travel between two places, all procedures can be completed locally, and customs clearance efficiency has been greatly improved. Inland port exports also have a 'fast track'!" Wang Shu (王澍) said.
Behind the "multi-port centralized departure" model is a major article on serving the development of foreign trade. Li Guang (李光), Director of Binzhou Customs (滨州海关), said: "This reform uses regulatory mutual recognition to clear blockages and build a new international logistics channel of 'local customs declaration - hub assembly - border direct release', allowing companies to travel less and feel more at ease."
Next, more batik cloths and kitchenware are waiting to depart from the port at their "doorstep." For Wang Shu (王澍), this increasingly smooth overseas route is the biggest confidence in the new year.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 贺 勇 李亚楠
A heavy snow has painted Hemu Village (禾木村), Burqin County (布尔津县), Altay (阿勒泰), Xinjiang (新疆) a world of white. The path leading to Distant Beauty Peak (美丽峰) is hidden beneath a thick blanket of snow.
"Let's visit Brother Hadilibieke (哈迪力别克) today." Chen Jiawei (陈佳伟), a policewoman from the Hemu Border Police Station (禾木边境派出所) of the Altay Border Management Detachment (阿勒泰边境管理支队), bundled up in a thick cotton coat and set off with her colleagues on horseback. In the freezing weather, the focus of their outreach is preventing carbon monoxide poisoning as the herders burn coal for heating.
In just over two years, this post-95s girl has grown from a naive college student into a heroic policewoman guarding the border.
A graduation trip brought Chen Jiawei (陈佳伟) together with Altay (阿勒泰). "It's so beautiful, I wish I could work here!" Her dream became a reality when she passed the exam and came to Hemu Village (禾木村). It is known for its pristine scenery, rustic wooden houses, and peaceful life, but the work involves not only beautiful scenery but also a super-long snow season that lasts up to 7 months each year.
The herders live scattered, and the snow is waist-deep during the snow season, making home visits a challenge. "The car can't get through, so we can only ride horses." But learning to ride a horse is not easy. "It's not easy for an out-of-town girl to learn to ride a horse in Altay (阿勒泰)!" A passing herder saw her fall into the snowdrift several times and kindly advised her. "The snow is thick, it doesn't hurt to fall, try a few more times, you'll always be able to do it!" She brushed the snow off her hat and got back on her horse.
From sitting steady, walking slowly, to galloping, in just over a week, Chen Jiawei (陈佳伟) gnawed through this "hard bone."
From the police station to Distant Beauty Peak (美丽峰), the snow is deep and the road is difficult, taking nearly an hour to reach the villager's home. The small house is warm and cozy, and the milk tea pot on the coal stove is "popping" with steam, dispelling the chill.
"Brother, be sure to pay attention to ventilation when burning coal, and be careful of gas poisoning." While drinking the hot milk tea offered by the host, Chen Jiawei (陈佳伟) chatted casually and carefully reminded him.
Fifteen herder families live on Distant Beauty Peak (美丽峰). After tying the horse at Hadilibieke's (哈迪力别克) house, Chen Jiawei (陈佳伟) needs to walk to the other herder's homes. By the time she walked out of the last house, dusk had already fallen. Back at the police station, the moon had already climbed to the top of the eastern mountain. Chen Jiawei (陈佳伟) said that in her spare time, she loves to walk around the village and see the sights, "What I want to do is to protect the peace under this bright moon."
Return to TopBy: 姚雪青 周 俊
In the first month of the lunar year, Jingjiang (靖江), Jiangsu (江苏) Province, invited over a hundred industry experts and entrepreneurs who had returned home for the Spring Festival to gather together for a New Year event. What was originally a routine activity turned into a demand matchmaking meeting for industrial development due to the speeches of two Jingjiang (靖江)-native academicians.
"With the arrival of the era of artificial intelligence, we must seize this opportunity to explore new paths for the integrated development of artificial intelligence and Jingjiang's (靖江) advantageous industries," said E Weinan (鄂维南), Academic Committee Director of the Beijing Institute of Scientific and Intelligent Computing (北京科学智能研究院) and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院).
"In the field of artificial intelligence, Jingjiang (靖江) has shortcomings such as insufficient application scenarios and a relative shortage of talent..." Liu Yunqi (刘云圻), Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院) and Professor at the Innovation Institute of Intelligent Materials and Future Energy, Fudan University (复旦大学), continued the topic.
Immediately, the venue became lively. Everyone expressed their opinions on new paths for industrial development. Shen Qiang (申强), Secretary of the Jingjiang (靖江) Municipal Party Committee, said that he hoped to promote the implementation of more new scenarios and technologies in Jingjiang (靖江) by building a communication platform and widely linking resources.
Looking at the product exhibition area outside the venue, a batch of artificial intelligence equipment supporting products, unmanned aerial vehicle and vessel products, etc., became a "science and technology market" attracting citizens and tourists: the six-dimensional force sensor displayed by Jiangsu Donghua Testing Technology Co., Ltd. (江苏东华测试技术股份有限公司) created high-precision "nerve endings" for humanoid robots; the electronic traceability label developed by Jiangsu Keruitan Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. (江苏科睿坦电子科技有限公司) made local specialty agricultural products sell better...
The heads of several participating "Artificial Intelligence+" enterprises also came to the venue. An "impromptu" matchmaking meeting had a warm atmosphere.
"We apply six-dimensional force sensor products to humanoid robots, collaborative robots and other fields, and need more technical collaboration to overcome key problems," said Liu Shigang (刘士钢), Chairman of Donghua Testing (东华测试). "In the new year, we are willing to jointly develop more flexible sensing systems with enterprises," responded Su Jianbo (苏剑波), a tenured professor at the School of Automation and Perception, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学).
Entrepreneurs surrounded experts and scholars, asking about technical details, and park leaders studied the gaps in the industrial chain with reference to the map... Inside and outside the venue, the posture of mutual "embracing" was everywhere. Taking this as an opportunity, Jingjiang (靖江) launched a city-wide "comprehensive survey" of artificial intelligence industry needs.
On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Jingjiang (靖江) released documents such as the "Action Plan for the Deep Integration and Development of Artificial Intelligence and Jingjiang (靖江) Manufacturing," outlining a new path for future development.
Return to TopAs an important support for the national economy and urban-rural construction, how the building ceramics industry can serve the realization of the "dual carbon" goals, reshape the industrial value chain, and embark on a new path of technology empowerment and low-carbon transformation has become a common issue facing the entire industry.
New Pearl Group Co., Ltd. (新明珠集团股份有限公司) has always adhered to the concept of innovation leadership and green development, actively promoted the deep integration of greening, digitalization, and intelligence, and used technology as an engine to drive itself and even the industry towards green intelligent manufacturing. This not only injects strong impetus into industrial transformation and upgrading but also contributes to meeting people's aspirations for a better life.
Digital Intelligence Empowerment: Cultivating New Quality Productive Forces
In the New Pearl Digital Demonstration Factory in Sanshui District (三水区), Foshan City (佛山市), Guangdong Province (广东省), AGVs (Automated Guided Vehicles) shuttle orderly through standardized workshops, double-layer energy-saving roller kilns precisely control firing curves, and digital twin systems monitor real-time production data throughout the entire process – this is the daily scene of New Pearl Group's 5G smart factory. Through the deep application of "5G + Industrial Internet" technology, the intelligent transformation of the entire process from raw material preparation to finished product delivery is realized. The comprehensive energy consumption per unit product is reduced by more than 30% compared with traditional processes, and the emission concentration and total emissions of major pollutants in ceramic flue gas are reduced by 30%-50% compared with before the transformation.
The green manufacturing system constructed by New Pearl Group runs through the clean and low-carbon production process and the entire life cycle of products. The company uses a large number of renewable raw materials and green building materials with environmental protection performance in its production, and is committed to creating a healthy closed loop from the source to human habitation, practicing the concept of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and promoting the sustainable development of the construction industry.
The transformation of technological innovation achievements is the fundamental path to achieve innovation-driven development and a key link to achieve green and low-carbon development. New Pearl Group has achieved intelligent upgrades in product quality control through the independent research and development of a ceramic surface defect detection system; ultra-fine dry grain micro-polishing technology has broken through traditional process bottlenecks, laying the foundation for the development of green building materials. The transformation and application of these innovative achievements have helped New Pearl Group be successively selected into the list of "Excellent Intelligent Manufacturing Scenarios in 2023" and the list of "Benchmark Units for Intelligent Manufacturing Demonstration Factories in 2023" by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部), and realized the settlement of the "China Building Ceramics Green Intelligent Manufacturing Demonstration Base," demonstrating the vigorous vitality of industrial transformation and upgrading.
Pursuing "Green" Towards New: Building a Better Living Space
From a tile to a home, and then to a lifestyle, New Pearl Group is upgrading from a traditional building materials manufacturer to a "systematic solution provider for building surface decoration," continuously deepening the value connotation of the building surface decoration industry through systematic solution capabilities, humanized product innovation concepts, sustainable value orientation, and an open cooperation ecosystem.
New Pearl Group continuously transforms intelligent manufacturing and digital research and development achievements into more humanistic products and services: by developing and promoting anti-slip, easy-to-clean, and pollution-resistant functional materials, it helps create a healthy living environment; relying on noise reduction, humidity regulation, and improved tactile comfort technologies, it enhances the tranquility and livability of residences; and with the help of flexible production and digital design tools, it provides support for the personalized expression of living spaces. New Pearl Group integrates technology into daily life, becoming an important force in safeguarding health and improving convenience. New Pearl Group actively responds to the requirements of "good houses" for safety, comfort, greenness, and intelligence, supports quality living with technology, creates a better living space, and effectively responds to consumers' needs for aesthetics, health, comfort, and emotional connection.
Ecological Co-construction: Promoting Green Upgrading of the Entire Industrial Chain
In the process of cultivating new quality productive forces, New Pearl Group takes the initiative to take responsibility, relying on its advantages in technology research and development, resource aggregation, and ecological collaboration, and continuously promotes the entire industrial chain towards low-carbonization and zero-carbonization. By building an open, collaborative, and mutually beneficial cooperation ecosystem, it closely connects architects, designers, developers, home furnishing brands, and end-users, opens up the entire chain from research and development design, production and manufacturing to scenario applications, drives the overall upgrading of the industrial chain towards green, high-end, and collaborative, and injects continuous momentum into the high-quality development of the industry.
From the construction and commissioning of intelligent factories to the research and development and promotion of green materials; from pursuing its own quality and efficiency improvement to promoting the ecological co-construction and sharing of the industrial chain, New Pearl Group has always adhered to the development path of green, intelligent, high-end, and integrated, actively explored, and strived to cultivate new quality productive forces in the traditional manufacturing field, and continuously provided more manufacturing enterprises with referential and scalable practical paths for practicing green development and realizing system transformation, jointly writing a new chapter in the high-quality development of manufacturing, and contributing to building more "good houses" and serving the people's better life.
Data source: New Pearl Group
Return to TopIn Wuhan (武汉), Hubei Province (湖北省), the construction of the Innovation Development Belt around Universities is in full swing, and abundant scientific, educational, and talent resources are accelerating their transformation into a strong driving force for urban development: In new research and development institutions, enterprises propose questions and researchers answer them, achieving a crucial leap in the industrialization of new technologies; in maker spaces, young entrepreneurs and the industrial ecosystem nurture each other, and new business forms are growing vigorously; "world's largest," "world's first," and "world's first" appear frequently...
The 2026 Wuhan Municipal Government Work Report proposed to build an innovative spatial pattern of "one city, three corridors, and multiple belts," create a world-class innovation power matrix, basically build a national science and technology innovation center, and significantly improve the overall effectiveness of the innovation system. Wuhan (武汉) bravely shoulders the responsibility of strategic source, constructing a strategic layout of scientific and technological innovation space with the East Lake Science City (东湖科学城) as the innovation core of "one city," the Optics Valley Science and Technology Innovation Corridor (光谷科技创新大走廊), the Auto Valley Industrial Innovation Corridor (车谷产业创新大走廊), and the Wuhan Riverside Digital Innovation Corridor (武汉滨江数创大走廊) as industrial positions of "three corridors," and multiple Innovation Development Belts around Universities as important support, systematically driving the overall effectiveness of scientific and technological innovation, realizing the industrialization from original innovation in laboratories to production lines, and striving to build a core carrier of national strategic scientific and technological strength.
Enhance the Original Innovation Source Capacity and Bravely Venture into the "No Man's Land" of Science and Technology
Targeting the key problems in the core sensor technology field of China's automotive industry that need to be overcome, such as environmental understanding, navigation and positioning, and road perception, the "High-Precision Multi-Source Pose Sensor Array" developed by Hubei Luojia Laboratory (湖北珞珈实验室) is like a "super compass," equipping cars and highways with "more sensitive eyes" and "more stable brains," enabling precise positioning even in tunnels with poor signals. Currently, this technology has been applied in related products of Dongfeng Motor (东风汽车) and on multiple highways in Hubei (湖北), creating a cumulative direct economic benefit of nearly 500 million yuan.
As one of the three major intellectual intensive areas in the country, Wuhan (武汉) has always been a "rich mine" of scientific research. In recent years, Wuhan (武汉) has seized the opportunity of the national key laboratory reorganization, achieving a double breakthrough in the number and quality of laboratories by optimizing resource allocation and strengthening support services. At present, the total number of national key laboratories in Wuhan (武汉) has reached 41, ranking among the top in the country in terms of leading number. Focusing on the major strategic needs of the country, these laboratories combine the disciplinary advantages of Wuhan (武汉) universities to form a dense innovation network.
Relying on the "pyramid-shaped" high-level innovation platform cluster, a batch of breakthrough achievements of "first, first, and original" are emerging in Wuhan (武汉): the world's first 8-inch silicon photonics thin-film lithium niobate optoelectronic integrated wafer, the first medical remote sensing satellite, and the first tunnel boring machine test equipment were launched in Wuhan (武汉), achieving major breakthroughs in strategic areas such as electromagnetic emission, ultra-high-rise flash memory chips, and Beidou (北斗) communication, navigation, and remote sensing integration.
Wuhan (武汉) ranked eighth globally in the "2024 Nature Index - Research Cities" list published in the Nature supplement. In 2025, Wuhan's (武汉) R&D investment intensity reached 4.17%. The data shows the height and breadth of Wuhan's (武汉) scientific and technological innovation, and also reflects its resilience and enterprising spirit.
In 2025, the area of low-cost entrepreneurial space in Wuhan (武汉) reached 26,000 square meters, providing a broad stage for talent growth and achievement transformation. The Innovation Development Belt around Universities is blooming in multiple locations in Wuhan (武汉), and the school-local collaborative mechanism has spawned a continuous stream of achievement transformation carriers.
On the global innovation map, Wuhan's (武汉) innovation source capacity is leaping from single-point breakthroughs to systematization, gradually becoming an important innovation growth pole at home and abroad.
Strengthen the Main Position of Enterprise Innovation and Create the Integration of Science, Technology, and Industry Innovation
In 2024, the National Information Optoelectronics Innovation Center (国家信息光电子创新中心), located in China Optics Valley (中国光谷), successfully developed the world's first 145GHz electro-optical modulator, achieving a domestic breakthrough in the field of electro-optical modulators with a bandwidth of 110GHz and above. This matchbox-sized component is a key "translator" for the conversion of electrical and optical signals. GHz is GHz, and the higher the value, the greater the transmission rate, which directly determines the transmission quality of the communication transmitting end. Recently, the center's R&D team continued to climb higher peaks - developing a 170GHz electro-optical modulator.
Facing the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, Wuhan (武汉) regards "technology tackling" and "targeted breakthroughs" as important strategies, deeply coupling the urgent needs of the industrial chain with the R&D resources of the innovation chain, so that technology tackling can accurately exert its strength and directly address industrial pain points.
At the 2025 "Industrial Mother Machine +" Hundred Industries and Ten Thousand Enterprises Production and Demand Docking Activity, the relevant person in charge of HGLaser (华工科技) released the first domestic complex curved surface texture laser etching intelligent equipment independently developed by the enterprise. The processing efficiency of the new product has been greatly improved and can be widely used in consumer electronics, automobile manufacturing, photovoltaic new energy, aerospace and other industries.
Industry-university-research collaborative innovation is an important driving force for promoting industrial development. Through mechanism innovation, Wuhan (武汉) gives full play to the leading and demonstration role of leading enterprises, and establishes industrial innovation joint laboratories led by a group of leading enterprises to connect cutting-edge scientific research with industrial needs, realizing the efficient aggregation of science and technology and industry and bursting out energy. At present, Wuhan (武汉) has established 11 industrial innovation joint laboratories, allowing the innovation upsurge to surge in the front line of the industry.
On the road to the growth of technology-based enterprises, technology and capital are indispensable. Wuhan (武汉) issued the "Wuhan (武汉) Science and Technology Enterprise Knowledge Value Credit Loan Implementation Rules (Trial)", taking the lead in the province to implement a special knowledge value credit evaluation system for science and technology enterprises, transforming "intangible knowledge assets" into visible credit ratings, and eliminating the worries of bank technology loans.
Thanks to "real money and silver policies, truly open scenarios, and truly chained industries," the technology R&D iteration cycle has been greatly shortened, and innovative achievements have accelerated. In 2025, the transaction volume of technology contracts in Wuhan (武汉) exceeded 270 billion yuan, and the number of high-tech enterprises in the city exceeded 17,000.
Open Collaborative Innovation to Promote "Gathering Globally," "Supplying Globally," and "Using Globally"
In August 2025, the Xianning (咸宁) Science and Technology Innovation Center (咸宁市科技创新中心), located in Xianning High-tech Zone (咸宁高新区), was officially opened and operated. The center focuses on the "offshore + onshore" "dual-core" driven development model, and cooperates with the Xianning (Wuhan) Offshore Science and Technology Innovation Park (咸宁（武汉）离岸科创园) to create a high ground for scientific and technological innovation integrating R&D incubation, achievement transformation, industrial cultivation, and talent gathering.
The Xianning (Wuhan) Offshore Science and Technology Innovation Park (咸宁（武汉）离岸科创园), located in Wuhan East Lake High-tech Zone (武汉东湖高新区), was put into operation in 2023 and has established industry-university-research cooperation relationships with 23 universities including Huazhong University of Science and Technology (华中科技大学) and Wuhan University (武汉大学). 263 technology-based enterprises have settled in the park, driving investment of about 7 billion yuan.
As a frontier position of scientific and technological innovation, Wuhan (武汉) has become an offshore outpost for deeply innovating the source, absorbing high-end wisdom and cutting-edge technologies; other cities in the Wuhan Metropolitan Area (武汉都市圈) have transformed into efficient transformation fields, relying on their own spatial and industrial advantages to become onshore bases for the landing of achievement transformation.
Open the map, and around Wuhan (武汉), extending 150 kilometers east and west and spreading 30 kilometers north and south, a narrow strip connecting five cities, Wuhan (武汉), Ezhou (鄂州), Huangshi (黄石), Huanggang (黄冈), and Xiaogan (孝感), is outlining a "Robot Valley" map full of industrial tension. By continuously promoting the same chain of industries, the industrial development pattern of "the main chain is in Wuhan (武汉) and the supporting facilities are in the metropolitan area" has been formed.
Under the radiation and driving of Wuhan (武汉), with "scientific and technological co-prosperity" as the link, the Wuhan Metropolitan Area (武汉都市圈) smooths the circulation of talent, technology, and capital elements, accelerates the construction of an integrated innovation ecosystem, and the deep integration and development has taken shape and achieved results.
The spillover effect of scientific and technological innovation drives the construction of a new pattern of regional development, and the cross-regional cooperation mechanism of "Wuhan (武汉) R&D + Yichang (宜昌) computing power" allows Han (汉), Xiang (襄), and Yi (宜) to move from geographical proximity to deep synergy.
Wuhan Jianyi Technology Co., Ltd. (武汉简一科技有限公司) jointly builds a research and development platform with Three Gorges University (三峡大学) and Wuhan University of Technology (武汉工程大学) to solve the technical problems of enterprises in the application of new materials. This docking from the laboratory to the application field is essentially an extension of the advantages of the Wuhan Science and Technology Innovation Center (武汉科技创新中心) to enterprises, while the Yangtze River Economic Belt (长江经济带) provides a broad market for the transformation of technological achievements.
At present, Wuhan (武汉) is also vigorously promoting the联动 development of East Lake Science City (东湖科学城), Xiangjiang Science City (湘江科学城), and Nanchang Future Science City (南昌未来科学城), and driving the coordinated development of the city cluster in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River (长江中游城市群) with inter-provincial innovation linkage.
In November 2025, the "Hubei-Hong Kong Science and Technology Collaborative Innovation Center" (湖北—香港科创协同创新中心) jointly built by Wuhan Optics Valley Talent Group (武汉光谷人才集团) and other units was launched in Hong Kong (香港), and the Optics Valley Station (Hong Kong Station) (光谷驿站（香港站）) was officially unveiled in the same month, marking a new stage in the two-way flow of scientific and technological innovation resources between Hubei (鄂) and Hong Kong (港).
In the future, Wuhan (武汉) will continue to deeply link global scientific and technological innovation resources, deepen international scientific and technological cooperation, build an international R&D center city, and promote "gathering globally," "supplying globally," and "using globally."
Data source: Publicity Department of the CPC Wuhan Municipal Committee (中共武汉市委宣传部), Changjiang Daily (长江日报) (provided by)
Return to TopBy: 杨远帆
As the New Year's bell rings and laughter of reunion fills countless homes, in many parts of China's vast land, another group of people are defining the holiday in a completely different way. Their "New Year's flavor" is the sound of footsteps patrolling in the cold wind, the focused gaze in front of instruments, and the solitary yet firm figure in the mountains and forests. This is not the choice of a few, but the norm for a group—from rangers in national parks to grassroots forest chiefs, from builders of the "Three-North" Shelterbelt Project to hydrological monitors, front-line ecological environment workers use their dedication during the Spring Festival to build an invisible green Great Wall and write the most vivid and solid footnote to the construction of a beautiful China.
The power of perseverance stems from translating institutional design into responsibility implementation. The natural reserve system with national parks as the main body, the comprehensively promoted forest chief system, and the continuously advanced "Three-North" (三北) and other key ecological projects are not concepts that remain on paper. In the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park (东北虎豹国家公园), rangers still need to trek through the snow-covered mountains during the Spring Festival, and their every step is protecting the habitat of rare species. In Shandong (山东), "electric stewards" from the State Grid Pingyi County Power Supply Company (国网平邑县供电公司) take the initiative to visit and provide power guarantees for the normal operation of small and micro enterprises during the Spring Festival. In forest areas such as Sichuan (四川) and Jiangxi (江西), grassroots forest chiefs strengthen fire prevention patrols, and their vigilance is directly related to the safety of tens of thousands of acres of forest. No matter how good the blueprint is, it also requires the persistence of implementation. When most people are enjoying the holidays, the continuous operation of these positions proves that there is no window period for ecological protection, and the gears of the system are always meshed.
The power of perseverance reveals the fundamental transformation of development concepts. Once upon a time, the idea of "changing nature and conquering nature" was prevalent; now, these figures in the Spring Festival are using actions to declare that ecological security and family reunion are not opposites, but a higher level of unity. On the Loess Plateau (黄土高原), the guardians of the "Three-North" Shelterbelt Project (三北工程区) are not only protecting trees, but also the promise that the Loess will no longer flow into the Yellow River (黄河). Along the Yangtze River (长江), water conservancy workers are not only monitoring hydrological data, but also the confidence of the people along the coast to spend the Spring Festival safely. This shift in concept from "taking from nature" to "living in harmony with nature" did not come out of thin air. It stems from the painful ecological lessons of the past, is achieved through long-term policy determination, and is ultimately reflected in the choices of ordinary people during the holidays. When guarding the green becomes an unemphasized consciousness, ecological civilization can truly take root in the depths of culture.
More importantly, this perseverance is reshaping the traditional connotation of "nation and family." For those who persevere, the concept of "family" has expanded: the small family behind them and the green mountains and clear waters under their feet together constitute the "homeland" they want to protect. A grassroots forest chief once said that watching the mountains and forests he manages become more and more lush year by year, the sense of accomplishment is "the same as watching a child grow up." This emotional connection is an intrinsic motivation that no assessment indicator can measure. And the image of "nation" is also more specific: a beautiful China is composed of forests carefully cared for, rivers scientifically monitored, and biodiversity-rich protected areas. When thousands of guardians each guard a green mountain and clear water, the 9.6 million square kilometers of land will naturally become a vibrant and beautiful home.
The spring of the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan" has arrived. After the ice and snow melt, vegetation will sprout new life. When the spring breeze dyes the north and south of the country green again, in that boundless green, there must be shining the dedication of all the guardians in this Spring Festival. Their Spring Festival may have less warmth and reunion, but they are silently contributing to a more sustainable future for the entire country. The new chapter in the construction of a beautiful China has quietly opened a new page in such choices of 舍小家为大家 (shě xiǎo jiā wèi dà jiā - "sacrifice the small family for the sake of the big family," to put the interests of the country or collective above one's own family), solid and full of hope.
Return to TopShandong Weifang Changi City Water Resources Bureau staff member Qu Chengcheng (曲成成):
The Clear Wei River is the Best New Year's Gift
The Changi (昌邑) section is the last leg of the Wei River (潍河) before it enters the sea, and it is also an important water source and ecological barrier for the city.
As a retired veteran, this is my third year managing the Wei River (潍河). On weekdays, I carefully patrol the river every half month, focusing on river sections that are prone to problems and have many hidden dangers. During important festivals, patrolling the river becomes a daily routine. Now, with the help of drones, panoramic aerial inspections make management work efficient and convenient, and hidden dangers have nowhere to hide. I am genuinely happy to see the ecological environment of the Wei River (潍河) improving year by year.
On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, I walked along the river embankment to the Yuanxiao Street Bridge (院校街大桥) and started the drone patrol. Shortly after the drone took off, I spotted a fishing net half-hidden under the water surface through the screen, which is a typical illegal fishing gear. I immediately took a screenshot to locate it and uploaded the problem to the "County Digital River and Lake Platform" through the river patrol APP. The whole process took only a few minutes.
The digital supervision platform greatly improves disposal efficiency. After the problem is uploaded, the system will automatically and accurately assign the order to the river chief in the jurisdiction. Usually, the hidden danger can be completely cleared within 24 hours.
I maneuvered the drone to spiral upwards, and the view became wider and wider. On the clear river surface, waterbirds sometimes lowered their heads to peck at food, and sometimes flapped their wings across the water surface. Their agile figures added infinite vitality to the Wei River (潍河).
Before the implementation of the river chief system, the Wei River (潍河) also experienced vicissitudes. At that time, the regulatory force was weak, and problems such as seasonal river cutoffs, water quality fluctuations, and ecological degradation were common. In the cold winter, the exposed riverbed was covered with gravel, and the entire river was silent.
Today's Wei River (潍河) has flowing water all year round, and more and more migratory birds regard it as a warm winter home. Once, during a river patrol, I also accidentally saw national first-class protected wild animals such as white-tailed sea eagles and yellow-breasted buntings. Egrets, gray cranes and other rare migratory birds have become regular visitors. The chirping of birds has become the most beautiful natural accompaniment in the river.
Continuing forward, cheers came from the Weishui (潍水) internet-famous check-in spot not far away. People beat gongs and drums, danced the Yangko, and sang and danced to celebrate the arrival of the New Year. This place has become a good place for leisure and entertainment for surrounding residents.
After finishing the river patrol and returning home, I received feedback on the completion of the rectification. Looking at the clean river surface on the screen, the sense of peace in my heart is the best gift in the New Year.
Repeated river patrols have strengthened my original intention. In the future, I will continue to measure responsibility with my footsteps, protect the clearness with my actions, and keep the Wei River (潍河) forever vibrant and benefit the people's livelihood.
(Reported by Li Rui (李蕊), reporter of this newspaper)
Qu Li (曲丽), Director of the Wangqing (汪清) Management and Protection Center of the Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park:
Fifteen Years Walking in the Forest and Snowfield
During the Spring Festival, my team members and I once again rushed to the dense forests of Wangqing (汪清), Jilin (吉林) to patrol, measuring the forest and snowfield with our footsteps and protecting wild Siberian tigers and leopards.
The main purpose of this trip is to provide supplementary feeding. In the cold winter, the Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park has heavy snowfall and low temperatures, which increases the difficulty for wild animals to find food. Our group of six people, carrying walkie-talkies, air horns, patrol notebooks, etc., brought corn, salt bricks and other supplies to supplement food and nutrition for wild animals such as deer and roe deer, improve their survival rate in winter, and provide protection for the survival and reproduction of wild Siberian tigers and leopards.
The snow in the mountains and forests is deep. We put the food in the feeding troughs at the supplementary feeding points and hurried to the next supplementary feeding point. There are 100 supplementary feeding points in the jurisdiction. We make records every time we arrive at a point, and the patrollers cooperate to complete the supplementary feeding work in batches.
In the afternoon, we found an open space to replenish some energy. Ham sausage and bread with hot water is considered a lunch.
I have walked in this forest for 15 years. In the early years, everyone was very happy when infrared cameras captured traces of leopards and regarded it as a "major discovery."
Now, an integrated "space-air-ground" system has been built in the mountains and forests to monitor the forest conditions in real time around the clock. The number of Siberian tigers and leopards in the park has increased from 27 and 42 at the beginning of the pilot project to about 70 and 80, respectively, and the population has doubled.
Spending a long time on the front line, changes can be felt everywhere. During patrols, we often find footprints, feces, etc. of tigers and leopards, and occasionally we can also find traces of tigers and leopards preying. Previously, there were also several experiences of "face-to-face" encounters with wild Siberian tigers.
I remember the first time I faced a wild Siberian tiger was on the way back after the patrol. It was just getting dark, and my colleague and I saw a dark shadow lying in the middle of the road in the car from a distance. As the car got closer, I quickly determined that it was a wild Siberian tiger. My first reaction was not to disturb it, so I immediately stopped the car and kept a certain distance. After a while, it slowly got up and walked slowly into the forest. We then quickly drove away. No matter when we encounter a Siberian tiger, we must always put safety first.
Tigers increasing and people being safe is our greatest expectation and the direction of our work. Every time we finish a patrol and return to the car, the first thing we do is always turn on our mobile phones to check the village contact group to see if there are any emergencies. Now, the management and protection center and the villages have strengthened contact, done a good job in early warning, and reminded residents to avoid areas where large wild animals such as tigers and leopards appear.
Tigers roar in the mountains and forests, and residents live in peace. Seeing the harmonious coexistence of humans and nature, this is the meaning of our work.
(Reported by Zheng Zhiwen (郑智文), reporter of this newspaper)
Wang Yong (王勇), a forest ranger at the Taiping (太平) Logging Farm Protection Station in Gaochuan Township (高川乡), Anzhou District (安州区), Mianyang (绵阳), Sichuan (四川):
Seven Spring Festivals Accompanied by Greenery
In the morning, I take my kettle, dry food and notebook and set off on my patrol route as usual. The highest altitude of the Taiping (太平) Forest Farm is more than 2,700 meters. In order to protect the mountains and forests, I have to cross four or five mountain ridges every day and walk more than 10 kilometers.
The most important thing in the forest protection industry is fire prevention. Especially during the New Year, a single spark can cause a disaster.
In the early years, some places in the mountains were too steep, there were blind spots in remote forest areas, and there were hidden dangers in steep slopes and deep valleys. Daily supplies had to be carried on shoulders and backs up the mountain. The only old motorcycle in the station would get stuck in the mud on rainy and snowy days. When everyone patrolled the mountains, half of their effort was spent either lifting or pushing the car.
In the past, when I was on duty during the Spring Festival, I was always worried, my ears were perked up, and my eyes did not dare to miss a wisp of smoke. Now with "new helpers", forest protection work is becoming more and more handy.
The district has introduced high-resolution satellite remote sensing technology and built an integrated protection network. The intelligent patrol terminal in my hand can accurately locate, record tracks, and report fire hazards with one click and link in real time, which is very convenient.
The most effective is the "partner" in the sky. The patrol route that used to take half a day to complete can be flown back and forth by a drone in just ten minutes, and the steep and difficult-to-walk valleys can be seen clearly.
Sitting in front of the monitoring screen, my colleagues and I can grasp the overall dynamics, and then combine drones and ground fixed-point duty to accurately investigate fire hazards and illegal entry into the mountains in key areas, which makes us feel much more at ease.
The "eyes" of technology not only look at fire conditions, but also look at the vitality of the entire mountain. Infrared cameras are all over the forest, quietly capturing the figures of giant pandas, golden monkeys, takins, and pheasants, clearly recording the changes in biodiversity in the forest area, while the forest monitoring system keeps a close eye on the growth of trees and the situation of diseases and insect pests. In recent years, the forest has become denser and denser, there are more and more animals, and the chirping of birds is more lively every year.
Walking more, I know the changes in plants and trees and the migration of animals in the mountains like the back of my hand: the pink wild cherries at the third monitoring point bloom as scheduled every February; a group of beautiful red-bellied golden pheasants live in the bamboo forest in the cowshed... The details hidden in the mountains are not in the data, but in the hearts of our forest rangers. Before the Spring Festival, I felt that the color of the fallen leaves in a willow fir forest was wrong. I took a closer look and found signs of insect pests. The prevention and control team dealt with it quickly, and a forest was saved.
This year is my seventh Spring Festival spent in the forest. The sun is rising, shining brightly on the icicles on the treetops. I tightened my collar and walked into the greenery again with my partners.
(Reported by You Yi (游仪), reporter of this newspaper)
Chen Liang (陈亮), Forestry Engineer of the Linhe Bureau of Wushen Banner (乌审旗), Ordos (鄂尔多斯), Inner Mongolia (内蒙古):
Let More Greenery Emerge from the Bare Sandy Land
At 7 o'clock in the morning, as the sky was just turning white, I put on my work clothes, drove an off-road vehicle, and drove towards the Mu Us Desert (毛乌素沙地).
Half an hour later, the vehicle arrived at the edge of the desert. I operated the drone to hover over the desert, and the monitor sent back high-definition images. I recorded the inspection situation in my notebook: "The stubble in this area is too high, which is prone to wind and sand erosion, which will affect the sprouting of shrubs and needs to be adjusted."
Wushen Banner (乌审旗) is located in the hinterland of the Mu Us Desert (毛乌素沙地). It used to be plagued by wind and sand, but now the vegetation coverage has exceeded 80%. Behind the achievements is the continuous efforts of generations of cadres and the masses.
Almost every Spring Festival holiday, I have to take some time to go to the front line of desertification control to provide technical guidance and inspection and acceptance of shrub pruning. The so-called shrub pruning is to cut the aging shrub branches to make them grow and develop better. In winter, shrubs enter a dormant period, and nutrients are mainly stored in the roots. At this time, pruning has less damage to the plants and is conducive to the rapid sprouting of new branches in spring.
We have formulated a detailed technical plan for shrub pruning and provided training and on-site guidance to workers. The cold wind blows painfully on the face, but no one complains, because we have a firm goal in our hearts - to let more greenery grow in this bare sandy land.
In recent years, we have also explored many scientific desertification control methods that are adapted to local conditions. The most representative one is the "three-element nesting" model. In the past, when laying sand barriers, we used the same method regardless of the terrain, and the treatment effect was average. The "three-element nesting" model adopts laying measures such as vertical grid sand barriers, flat sand barriers and natural restoration according to different terrain characteristics, which greatly improves the windbreak and sand fixation effect.
What makes me even more gratified is the change in farmers' and herdsmen's attitudes towards desertification control. In the past, farmers and herdsmen devoted most of their energy to grazing and were not very enthusiastic about desertification control. With the restoration of the ecology, sand jujube, sand willow, and poplar, which can both fix sand and have economic value, have grown in the desert, and everyone is calculating the income account more and more clearly. For example, the branches pruned from shrub pruning can be processed into feed, which can not only feed their own cattle and sheep, but also be sold to the outside world. Now, more and more people are actively joining the desertification control team, changing from "I want to control" to "I want to control."
Looking to the future, the task of desertification control is still arduous. We will continue to increase ecological restoration and protection efforts, consolidate the achievements we have already made, and ensure that the green color does not fade. We will also develop industries such as Chinese herbal medicine planting, characteristic breeding, and ecological tourism, so that farmers and herdsmen can continue to benefit from ecological protection.
(Reported by Zhao Jingfeng (赵景锋), reporter of this newspaper)
Yu Jinjiang (于进江), Director of the Huashan (华山) Meteorological Station in Weinan (渭南), Shaanxi (陕西):
The "Cloud Outpost" Never Closes
During the Spring Festival holiday, the West Mountain Huashan (西岳华山) welcomed a large number of tourists. In order to ensure that everyone can have fun and be comfortable, my colleagues and I stick to our posts, accurately and completely collect first-hand meteorological data on the front line, and strengthen monitoring, forecasting and early warning.
The Huashan (华山) Meteorological Station is located in an area with frequent strong winds, heavy (rain) snow, and thunderstorms. Our station is a national second-class hardship station, a national benchmark climate observation station, and the only high-mountain station in Shaanxi Province that is staffed 24 hours a day.
In 1993, at the age of 20, I carried daily necessities, instruments and equipment, crossed cliffs, and climbed up the mountain on foot, using both hands and feet, and came to this "cloud outpost" for the first time. When night fell, the station was still lit with kerosene lamps. In winter, heavy snow blocked the mountain, the temperature dropped below minus 20 degrees Celsius, and the maximum wind force exceeded level 12. We insisted on manual observation once an hour and then compiled and sent reports. No matter how difficult the conditions were, everyone thought about accurately recording the valuable meteorological data as soon as possible.
In a blink of an eye, more than 30 years have passed. I have changed from "Xiao Yu (小于)" in the mouths of my colleagues to "Lao Yu (老于)", and I have also witnessed the rapid development of China's meteorological cause.
Today's Huashan (华山) Meteorological Station observation field is equipped with a batch of automatic monitoring equipment such as weather phenomenon video intelligent observation instruments. Data such as temperature, humidity, air pressure, and wind speed can be automatically collected and transmitted every minute; all-weather, high-density automatic monitoring greatly improves the accuracy and timeliness of data.
With the automation of meteorological observation, our goals are clearer: to provide professional tourism meteorological services guided by the needs of social development.
There are many tourists in the Huashan (华山) scenic area, and sudden changes in the weather can easily cause safety accidents. In the past few years, we have set up 12 automatic weather stations in key locations where meteorological disasters are prone to occur. Once we predict that extreme weather will occur, we will immediately issue a weather warning in advance. We have also introduced advanced monitoring equipment such as laser wind profilers to improve the monitoring and early warning capabilities for strong winds, severe convective weather, and other weather conditions.
In addition to "risk warning", there is also "scenery prediction". In recent years, we have released forecasts of natural landscapes such as sunrise, sea of clouds, starry sky, and rime, allowing tourists to better appreciate the magnificence of Huashan (华山).
In the next few years, we plan to establish an intelligent business platform that integrates monitoring, forecasting, early warning, and services. Through multi-departmental linkage, we will let meteorological data "run". We will use more advanced forecasting technology and artificial intelligence algorithms to continuously improve the accuracy of forecasts, extend the forecast timeliness, and provide a more solid guarantee for the tourism safety and local economic development of Huashan (华山).
(Reported by Gao Bing (高炳), reporter of this newspaper)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘仲华 张志文 禹丽敏
Historical blocks are the cultural rings of a city, engraving past memories and carrying future vitality. Protecting and inheriting historical blocks is to safeguard the soul of a city. Avoiding the homogenization of cities in the process of modernization and enabling the inheritance and development of historical context in contemporary life—this is a common challenge faced by cities around the world. Recently, reporters visited cities in Germany, the United Arab Emirates, and Poland to explore their practices and experiences in this field.
Hamburg, Germany—
Creating a Modern Port City with a Sense of History
Strolling along the riverside promenade of Hamburg (汉堡) HafenCity (港口新城), Germany, is like being in a tapestry of interwoven time and space: on one side are modern buildings outlined by glass curtain walls, and on the other are historical buildings in the red-brick Gothic style, vividly interpreting the unique positioning of the port city where history and modernity coexist.
Hamburg (汉堡) HafenCity (港口新城) is located on Grasbrook (哥拉斯布鲁克岛) Island, south of the city center, with a planned area of 157 hectares. Construction began in 2001 and is expected to be fully completed by 2030. By then, it will have 8,000 apartments, accommodating 16,000 residents and creating 45,000 jobs. The Port of Hamburg (汉堡港) has a century-old history and was once one of the busiest ports in Europe. Docking, warehousing, logistics, and freight trade were once the pillars of the city's economy. The Speicherstadt (汉堡仓库城), the most historically valuable area in the region, has completely preserved the original appearance of the red-brick building complex during the renovation and was selected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2015.
"During the planning process, we deliberately designed multiple north-south paths between the east-west main roads, which not only facilitate pedestrian traffic but also allow the historical appearance of the warehouse city to be seen at any time," said Henrik Thomson (亨里克·汤姆森), a spokesperson for the Hamburg (汉堡) HafenCity (港口新城) Development Company. The historical imprint of the Port of Hamburg (汉堡港) can be seen everywhere in the new city: 19th-century port cranes stand in front of new apartments, brick-red tiled exterior walls imitating the warehouse city are all over the blocks, and the port museum and maritime museum, converted from old warehouses, have become important windows for displaying Hamburg's (汉堡) shipping history. The 110-meter-high Elbphilharmonie (易北爱乐音乐厅) has become a landmark work of the integration of old and new in the port city. "The original site here was a 30-meter-high fortress-like warehouse, which was used to store tea, tobacco, cocoa, etc. in the past," Thomson (汤姆森) said. During the renovation, the team retained the original appearance of the warehouse to the greatest extent, and even the cranes that were used to lift goods in the past were not changed. Today, the red-brick base and the light glass building above are perfectly integrated, making this concert hall a new cultural landmark in Hamburg (汉堡).
Unlike some cities that prioritize commercial value in development, Hamburg (汉堡) HafenCity (港口新城) has focused on livability from the beginning of its construction. "This area used to be dominated by port and industrial land, with almost no living infrastructure, so we took building a diverse and harmonious community as the core goal from the beginning of planning," Thomson (汤姆森) said. The new city takes into account the needs of different groups in terms of housing supply: there are luxury apartments for high-income groups, ordinary residences suitable for middle-income families, and affordable housing to ensure basic needs. At the same time, the area integrates residential, office, commercial, cultural, and educational facilities, and residents can meet their daily commuting and living needs by walking or cycling, effectively reducing the "dormitory town" phenomenon; the balanced layout of surrounding supermarkets, restaurants, and medical stations further improves the convenience of life.
The port city implements the concept of "citizen participation in planning" during construction. "Before the planning and design, we solicited opinions from surrounding residents and institutions many times, from the selection of amusement facilities to the proportion of green space, and fully absorbed public opinion," Thomson (汤姆森) said. The new city will also regularly hold architectural design competitions, inviting citizens to put forward design concepts and functional requirements around the "future life scene." "Letting citizens become participants in urban construction rather than bystanders is the key to building a livable new city."
Dubai, UAE—
Making History Tangible and Sensible in Modern Cities
At noon, in the Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood (阿法迪历史街区) on the Dubai (迪拜) Creek (湾畔) in the United Arab Emirates (阿联酋), the yellow mud-brick house is warm and welcoming. The Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding (谢赫穆罕默德文化理解中心) is holding a "cultural lunch" here. More than 20 foreign tourists are sitting around on Bedouin-style carpets, tasting Arabic-style meals, and asking questions about the ingredients of Arabic coffee, henna hand-painted patterns, and local cultural customs. The staff answers them patiently one by one. "Dubai (迪拜) gives people the impression of being very modern and pursuing novelty. But in fact, the local area also attaches great importance to the inheritance of traditional culture and has a rich and diverse history," said Rotica (罗蒂卡), a tourist from Los Angeles (洛杉矶), USA.
The Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding (谢赫穆罕默德文化理解中心) has been committed to promoting the spread of UAE (阿联酋) culture since its establishment in 1998. The center's 90-minute "cultural lunch" event costs 145 dirhams (approximately 275 yuan), which is slightly expensive, but it has become one of the most popular tourism projects.
The Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood (阿法迪历史街区), where the Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding (谢赫穆罕默德文化理解中心) is located, is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Dubai (迪拜). In recent years, the neighborhood has built a number of museums, galleries, and activity centers through renovation and reconstruction. The neighborhood organically combines protection and renovation, strictly adopting traditional crafts, such as using coral reef stones as building materials to repair buildings, and completely preserving the iconic features of Arabic wind towers. The ancient buildings in the neighborhood, such as the Al Fahidi Fort (阿法迪堡), have been revitalized and converted into cultural facilities such as the Dubai Museum (迪拜博物馆). Dubai (迪拜) Crown Prince Hamdan (哈姆丹) said during an inspection of the Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood (阿法迪历史街区) project: "We must strive to integrate rich history into a dynamic future."
In recent years, Dubai (迪拜) has actively promoted the cultural inheritance and development of historical blocks. After the "Al Fahidi Restoration and Revitalization Strategy" passed by Dubai (迪拜) in 2022 was implemented, it further clarified the development direction of protecting the old appearance and attracting global cultural and artistic people in parallel. Not long ago, Hamdan (哈姆丹) officially launched the "Dubai (迪拜) Heritage" plan, which records the city's development process and protects its cultural roots by collecting and sorting out stories and life experiences from all walks of life. Hamdan (哈姆丹) believes that "Dubai (迪拜) Heritage is not only a memory of the past, but also an inspiration for future development. We must cherish every story of this city and let Dubai's (迪拜) cultural roots continue to shine in the changing times."
"Dubai (迪拜) has developed into a prosperous global center, but it is always committed to preserving traditional culture," said Shahab Shayan (沙哈布·沙彦), Director of Asia Pacific Operations at the Dubai (迪拜) Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing. Currently, Dubai (迪拜) is promoting the D33 economic agenda, which aims to build Dubai (迪拜) into a first-class city for tourism, living, and working. "Protecting history is an important part of realizing this vision. We hope to build a city where history and modernity coexist harmoniously, so that tourists can feel the beauty of integration," said Shahab Shayan (沙哈布·沙彦).
Krakow, Poland—
Building a Sustainable Future for the City through Protection
Strolling through the Main Market Square (中央集市广场) in the center of Krakow (克拉科夫) Old Town (老城) in Poland (波兰), vintage carriages slowly pass by, and the sound of horseshoes stepping on the cobblestone pavement is crisp and pleasant. After feeling the weight of history at the Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory (奥斯卡·辛德勒搪瓷厂), you can turn around and walk into the Museum of Contemporary Art (当代艺术博物馆) full of design. The seamless connection between ancient and modern is the unique charm of this city.
Krakow (克拉科夫) is located in southern Poland (波兰). It was listed as a World Heritage Site in 1978 and was named the European Capital of Culture in 2000. As of now, the city has more than 1,200 registered historical monuments, and more than 7,000 buildings have been included in historical records. In order to protect these historical sites, Krakow (克拉科夫) established the Social Committee for the Restoration of Monuments shortly after being listed as a World Heritage Site. Its main function is to promote the restoration of monuments in the World Heritage area. The funds mainly come from the assistance of other cities or industrial enterprises in Poland (波兰). Since 2019, the scope of subsidies has been further expanded to municipal historical monuments.
"Do not demolish the old, only revitalize it" is the core idea of Krakow (克拉科夫) for protecting historical buildings, cleverly transforming historical buildings into hotels, cultural centers, and offices. For example, the Krakow (克拉科夫) Museum of Engineering and Technology (工程与技术博物馆) in the Kazimierz (卡齐米日区) district used to be a tram garage; some ancient streets and alleys in the city have been transformed into fashionable pedestrian streets, full of exquisite restaurants, street gardens, and artistic murals. The Wawel Royal Castle (瓦维尔皇家城堡) has been systematically restored and opened to the public as a national museum. When the reporter interviewed here, a new restoration plan with a total cost of 3.5 million zlotys (approximately 6.77 million yuan) was being promoted around the castle, including strengthening the fortress walls and building new internal sanitary facilities.
At the urban planning level, Krakow (克拉科夫) adheres to the principle of maintaining the authenticity of cultural heritage and has delineated clear protection boundaries: radiating outward from the Main Market Square (中央集市广场) as the center, and using the Planty Park (普兰蒂公园) surrounding the old city as the boundary to determine the core area of the historical center of the old city; in the periphery of the core area, the construction of modern high-rise buildings is strictly restricted to ensure that there are no obstructions within the line of sight, and the original cobblestone walkways and building outlines of the old city are completely preserved. It is this kind of planning that allows the artistic beauty of the medieval Renaissance period to naturally integrate with the pace of life of modern cities without any sense of disharmony.
"Krakow's (克拉科夫) heritage has diversity, comprehensiveness, and continuity. Historical and cultural heritage promotes urban development, and urban development gives new interpretations to heritage," said Jacek Purchla (雅采克·普尔赫拉), a local scholar who has personally experienced many urban monument protection and planning projects. Today's Krakow (克拉科夫) is no longer an ancient city that "stays in the past," but has become a mirror showing the inheritance of vivid civilization in the protection of monuments and sustainable development.
Return to TopThe Chinese Embassy in Mexico Reminds Chinese Citizens in Mexico to Strengthen Security Precautions
Xinhua News Agency, Mexico City, February 22 (Reporters Zhai Shurui (翟淑睿) and Wu Hao (吴昊)) The Chinese Embassy in Mexico (中国驻墨西哥大使馆) issued a security reminder on the 22nd, stating that relatively serious public security incidents have occurred in some areas of Mexico (墨西哥) recently. Chinese citizens and institutions in Mexico (墨西哥) must be vigilant and strictly abide by the notices and announcements issued by local government departments.
According to the security reminder, on February 22, relatively serious public security incidents occurred in Jalisco (哈利斯科州), Michoacán (米却肯州), Nayarit (纳亚里特州), Guanajuato (瓜纳华托州), Colima (科利马州), Baja California (下加利福尼亚州), and Tamaulipas (塔毛利帕斯州). The relevant state governments have issued red alerts, requiring residents to stay at home as much as possible, avoid going out, and announced the suspension of public transportation services and some public activities. The Mexican Federal Department of Transportation also issued a reminder, requiring the public to avoid traveling on federal highway sections in the relevant states.
On the same day, the Mexican Armed Forces carried out arrest operations against drug dealers in Tlajomulco (塔帕尔帕市), Jalisco (哈利斯科州). Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes (内梅西奥·奥塞格拉·塞万提斯), the head of the "Jalisco New Generation Cartel" (哈利斯科州新生代) drug cartel, died. According to Mexican media reports, the violence in many states was a retaliation by drug cartels against military operations.
Thousands of Japanese Protest Government's Plan to Deploy Long-Range Missiles in Kumamoto Prefecture
Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, February 23 (Reporters Li Ziyue (李子越) and Chen Ze'an (陈泽安)) Thousands of Japanese citizens held a protest in front of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Kenjun Garrison (陆上自卫队健军驻屯地) in Kumamoto Prefecture (熊本县) on the 23rd, opposing the government's plan to deploy long-range missiles at the garrison.
Many protesters held signs with slogans such as "Oppose Missiles" and "Don't Let Kumamoto Become a Battlefield," chanting slogans such as "Military Force Cannot Bring Peace," demanding that the government terminate the deployment plan and provide a full explanation to local residents.
Masahiko Yamashita (山下雅彦), a representative of the protest organizers, said that under the framework of Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution, the government's missile deployment plan cannot be allowed.
According to previous reports by Japanese media, the Japanese Ministry of Defense plans to deploy the Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (陆基改进型12式反舰导弹), a land-based improved version, at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Kenjun Garrison (陆上自卫队健军驻屯地) before the end of March. This plan has long been criticized in Japan.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Says Any Attack on Iran Will Be Considered an Aggression and Bear the Consequences
Xinhua News Agency, Tehran, February 23 (Reporters Shadati (沙达提) and Chen Xiao (陈霄)) According to a report by the Islamic Republic News Agency (伊朗伊斯兰共和国通讯社) on the 23rd, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Baghaei (巴加埃) said at a weekly press conference in Tehran (德黑兰) that any attack on Iran (伊朗) would be regarded as aggression and would bear the corresponding consequences.
Baghaei (巴加埃) said that the Iranian armed forces are remaining vigilant, and Iran (伊朗) is closely monitoring the situation while conducting diplomatic negotiations. He emphasized that negotiations that impose burdens or pre-establish positions will not achieve results. If Iran (伊方) determines that the other party is using negotiations as a means of deception, it will take corresponding positions to respond.
Baghaei (巴加埃) said that negotiations require both parties to work together to show sincerity. Iran (伊朗) is willing to conduct negotiations that last for several days or weeks, but extending the negotiation process "is of no benefit." Currently, Iran (伊朗) is formulating a plan and hopes to hold a new round of talks with the United States (美国) in the coming days. He added that the goal of the negotiations is to achieve results, and the Iranian people are under the pressure of sanctions, "Action must be taken to lift the sanctions as soon as possible."
Omani Foreign Minister Badr (巴德尔) confirmed on the 22nd that a new round of talks between the United States (美国) and Iran (伊朗) is scheduled to be held in Geneva (日内瓦), Switzerland (瑞士) on the 26th. The second round of indirect negotiations between the United States (美国) and Iran (伊朗) was held in Geneva (日内瓦) on the 17th. After the negotiations, officials from both the United States (美国) and Iran (伊朗) said that although differences still exist, the negotiations made progress compared to the previous round, and the two sides agreed to continue engagement. At the same time, the United States (美国) has recently amassed a large-scale military force in the Middle East. US President Trump (特朗普) recently admitted that he was considering a "limited military strike" against Iran (伊朗).
Guterres Says "Two-State Solution" Is Being Eroded
Xinhua News Agency, Geneva (日内瓦), February 23 (Reporter Shi Song (石松)) United Nations Secretary-General Guterres (古特雷斯) said at the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (联合国人权理事会) on the 23rd that in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, international law and human rights are being blatantly violated, and the "two-state solution" is being eroded.
Guterres (古特雷斯) said that earlier this month, he made a presentation to the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (联合国巴勒斯坦人民行使不可剥夺权利委员会), which involved "blatant violations of human rights, human dignity, and international law" in the occupied Palestinian territories. He said that the current trend is grim, clear, and deliberate, and "the 'two-state solution' is being eroded in broad daylight." The international community must not allow this to happen.
Nepal Establishes Committee to Investigate Bus Accident
Xinhua News Agency, Kathmandu (加德满都), February 23 (Reporter Zhang Ping (张平)) The Nepalese Ministry of Home Affairs (尼泊尔内政部) issued a statement on the 23rd saying that the country has established a five-member committee to investigate the bus accident that occurred in Dhading District (塔丁县) early that day, which resulted in 19 deaths. The Chinese Embassy in Nepal (中国驻尼泊尔大使馆) issued a statement on the same day reminding Chinese citizens in Nepal (尼泊尔) to pay attention to traffic safety.
Early on the 23rd, a bus traveling from Pokhara (博克拉) to Kathmandu (加德满都) plunged into the Trishuli River (德里苏利河) in Dhading District (塔丁县), killing 19 people and injuring 25 others. One Chinese citizen died in the accident, and another Chinese citizen was injured. The injured are currently receiving treatment in the hospital.
The Nepalese Ministry of Home Affairs (尼内政部) statement said: "The government is coordinating with hospitals to ensure that the injured receive proper treatment."
On the same day, the Chinese Embassy in Nepal (中国驻尼泊尔大使馆) issued a statement on its website reminding Chinese citizens in Nepal (尼泊尔) to enhance their awareness of traffic safety, choose travel routes with better road conditions, take safe and reliable means of transportation, and be cautious when taking small passenger planes and public transportation vehicles. The traffic safety reminder said that if you choose public transportation, be sure to register with your real name, properly keep your travel documents, and inform your relatives and friends of your valid passport, visa copies, itinerary, and information of fellow travelers before departure. It is recommended to purchase necessary travel insurance through formal channels and choose qualified travel agencies.
Return to TopU.S. President Donald Trump (唐纳德·特朗普) posted on social media on February 21st that his decision, announced the day before, to raise the tariff rate on imported goods to the U.S. from 10% to 15% would be "effective immediately." Trump (特朗普) stated that, based on a review of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling, "the tariff rate on multiple countries globally" would be immediately increased from 10% to 15%. In the coming months, the U.S. government will determine and promulgate new "legal tariffs."
The U.S. Supreme Court released a ruling on the 20th, determining that the U.S. International Emergency Economic Powers Act (《国际紧急经济权力法》) did not authorize the President to impose large-scale tariffs. Trump (特朗普) signed an executive order later that day, confirming the termination of relevant tariff measures previously introduced by invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (《国际紧急经济权力法》). On the same day, Trump (特朗普) also announced the imposition of "global import tariffs" under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 (《1974年贸易法》). According to U.S. media reports, this clause has never been used before.
Domestic criticism of this round of tariff policies in the United States continues to rise, believing that this move will further exacerbate market volatility, and the ultimate cost will be borne by the American people and businesses. CNBC pointed out that the tariff decision further amplified market anxiety, leaving business operations in a state of uncertainty. The New York Times (《纽约时报》) stated that since 2025, the U.S.'s aggressive and erratic tariff threats have strained relations with allies, destabilized global markets, and forced U.S. businesses and consumers to bear part of the cost of import tariffs. The U.S. Tax Foundation estimates that the tariffs imposed by the U.S. government in 2025 added an average of about $1,000 in tax burden to each American family. Natasha Sarin (娜塔莎·萨林), a professor at Yale Law School, said that since 2025, the actual U.S. tariff rate has changed more than 60 times, and the continuous policy swings make it difficult for ordinary families to plan budgets, and businesses cannot formulate pricing, purchase inventory, or expand business. This uncertainty has become a huge obstacle to economic development.
The European Commission (欧盟委员会) issued a statement on the 22nd, stating that the U.S.'s current approach is not conducive to achieving "fair, balanced, and reciprocal" transatlantic trade, demanding that the U.S. provide a "completely clear" explanation of the latest tariff measures, while warning that unpredictable tariff policies will seriously undermine global market confidence. Bernd Lange (贝恩德·兰格), Chairman of the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade, bluntly stated that the U.S.'s move to increase tariffs has created "pure tariff chaos," and the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade has considered postponing the vote on the EU-U.S. trade agreement originally scheduled for February 24.
Canadian Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, Dominic LeBlanc (多米尼克·勒布朗), stated that the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling is consistent with Canada's long-standing position that the U.S.'s imposition of tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (《国际紧急经济权力法》) is "unjustified." Carlo Dade (卡洛·戴德), Director of the International Policy and New North America Initiative Project at the University of Calgary, Canada, said that the U.S. arbitrarily imposes tariffs under the pretext of so-called emergency situations, and the damage caused by this uncertainty is far greater than the actual imposition of tariffs itself. The threat of tariffs that can change at any time will deprive companies of the ability to adjust their operations.
Brazil's Folha de S.Paulo (《圣保罗页报》) quoted Joelson Sampaio (乔尔森·桑帕约), an economics professor at the Getulio Vargas Foundation (瓦加斯基金会), as saying that the Trump (特朗普) administration's move to increase tariffs will bring uncertainty to the U.S. economy. Vinicius Vieira (维尼修斯·维埃拉), a professor of international relations at the Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation (阿曼多·阿尔瓦雷斯·彭特亚多基金会) in Brazil, believes that the Trump (特朗普) administration's approach is neither in line with U.S. trade policy legislation nor with the rules of the World Trade Organization.
The Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry (新加坡贸易与工业部) issued a statement on the 22nd, stating that it is communicating with relevant U.S. agencies to clarify the implementation details of the new round of tariffs. Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong (颜金勇) said that Singapore needs to prepare for a "fundamental change" in the global trading environment, and "uncertainty in the trade sector will be a long-term state." Singapore's Minister for National Development and Minister-in-charge of Social Services Integration Desmond Lee (李智陞) said that the uncertainty brought about by tariffs and trade frictions will directly and indirectly impact Singapore's economic ecosystem. If corporate investment continues to decline, it may have a greater impact on the job market in the long run.
Poj Aramwatananont (颇吉·阿兰瓦塔纳农), Chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade of Thailand, said that U.S. trade policy has entered a highly uncertain stage. The U.S.'s announcement to increase the "global import tariff" rate from 10% to 15% will increase the pressure on exporting countries, including Thailand. Kriengkrai Thiennukul (克里恩克莱·蒂恩努库尔), Chairman of the Federation of Thai Industries, said that many industries in Thailand will be directly affected by the "global import tariff," weakening the competitiveness of relevant Thai industries against the backdrop of slowing global demand.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (安瓦尔) said on the 22nd that the government is closely monitoring the legal progress of tariff rulings in the United States, and Malaysia is coordinating with Washington and ASEAN partners. Datuk Seri Wong Siew Hai (陈鼎耀), President of the Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association (马来西亚电气和电子协会), revealed that previous tariff policies have brought uncertainty to industry planning and pricing, and the new round of measures has further exacerbated the challenges. Local SMEs exporting to the United States have been significantly impacted, and many companies have begun to reduce the impact of tariffs through export market diversification and redesigning product portfolios.
(Reported by Li Zhiwei (李志伟), Liu Zhonghua (刘仲华), Song Yiran (宋亦然), and Bai Yuanqi (白元琪) from Washington, Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, and Bangkok on February 23rd)
Return to TopThis newspaper reports from Hangzhou (杭州) on February 23rd: This year marks the 120th anniversary of Yue Opera's birth. "Yue Opera Rhyme Chinese New Year - 2026 Yue Opera Spring Festival Gala" was recently broadcast. With the theme of "Yue Opera and People," this gala selects shining fragments from Yue Opera's history, unfolding around four chapters: "Harmony, Unity, Togetherness, and Growth." It both traces the historical roots of Yue Opera and closely aligns with the cultural pulse of the new era.
The gala received New Year greetings from overseas Chinese, overseas Chinese, and Yue Opera enthusiasts from countries such as the United States, Hungary, Austria, France, and Canada. The chairman of the European Chinese Yue Opera Alliance described the widespread influence of holding two special performances overseas. The chairman of the New Zealand China Friendship Cultural Arts Exchange Center introduced that the New Zealand Yue Opera Troupe organized and hosted the China Overseas Chinese Federation's "Affectionate China" Yue Opera special performance, and brought the star-studded version of "Butterfly Lovers" to more stages, allowing more international friends to approach and fall in love with Yue Opera. The founder of the Meng Wei (孟伟) Yue Opera Art Training Center in Canada mentioned the Yue Opera Training Center... Yue Opera has become a bridge connecting the hearts of people from different cultural backgrounds.
In addition, the online solicitation activity "Searching for Sister Lin (林妹妹)," launched to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Yue Opera performing artist Wang Wenjuan (王文娟), attracted enthusiastic participation from netizens in different countries. Among them, international students from Algeria also participated in the event and were invited to the scene of this year's Yue Opera Spring Festival Gala.
These lovely faces vividly interpret Yue Opera's most touching charm—Yue Opera is not only China's precious cultural wealth, but also a national cultural treasure jointly cherished by the people of the world.
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Thick brick walls, carved lintels, deep alleyways—Shikumen (石库门) is a typical representation of modern urban housing in Shanghai (上海).
Shikumen (石库门) is not a "gate" in the traditional sense, but a type of lane housing. Its name originates from its unique architectural features: the door design uses a combination of stone door frames and thick black lacquered wooden door panels. The "ku (库)" describes its thickness like a warehouse door. Some also believe that the name "Shikumen (石库门)" is related to the official warehouse doors of ancient times. Shikumen (石库门) architecture embodies both a persistent adherence to China's (中国) thousand-year-old traditional residential style and a compatible absorption of modern Western architectural styles, making it a model of Sino-Western integration.
In recent years, several Shikumen (石库门) building complexes that carry the memory of Shanghai's (上海) modern city have been revitalized through renovation, injecting cultural vitality into urban renewal and composing a moving chapter of historical and cultural heritage and innovative development.
--Editor
Looking closely at Shikumen (石库门) architecture, one will find many interesting details. On the granite door frames, Baroque-style scroll patterns contrast interestingly with Chinese symbols of fortune, prosperity, and longevity; the gable decorations on the lintels may be Greek-style triangles or Chinese auspicious cloud patterns; the floor tiles in the courtyards may use the lozenge pattern of Jiangnan (江南) gardens (two rhombuses or squares overlapping at the corners), or mosaics with a touch of European style. This "mixed" style reveals Shanghai's (上海) unique heritage and temperament—since the opening of the port in modern times, it has always been a place where Chinese and Western cultures converge and integrate.
Evolved from Jiangnan (江南) Vernacular Dwellings
Adorned with Western-Style Reliefs
Shikumen (石库门) architecture originated in the mid-to-late 19th century. The earliest Shikumen (石库门) evolved from Jiangnan (江南) vernacular dwellings, inheriting the significant characteristics of traditional Chinese dwellings—an enclosed courtyard structure, that is: the spatial layout is generally three or five bays, with two floors, and the height of the front and rear walls of the house is basically the same, forming an almost isolated enclosure.
Early Shikumen (石库门) settlements usually had a row of houses along the street, then a narrow passage, followed by a high wall, and then the second row of Shikumen (石库门). Later, due to the need for large-scale development, this layout was gradually abandoned, and high walls were built directly along the street to build Shikumen (石库门).
Shikumen (石库门) is usually a brick structure, with terrazzo for the interior walls and washed stone for the exterior walls. The door frames are made of stone or brick arches, and the doors are mostly double-opening, heavy black lacquered wooden doors. The lintels often have Western-style reliefs or Chinese plaques, with both auspicious words such as "a bright future" and doorplates indicating family origins, such as "Dongwu (东吴) Legacy."
After entering the door, there is a courtyard with a patio. Directly opposite is the main room with floor-to-ceiling windows; Shikumen (石库门) with east and west厢房 (xiāngfáng - side rooms) are three bays wide, generally two stories high, commonly known as "three up and three down"; some Shikumen (石库门) houses have five bays, but they are now hard to find. Behind the main room, there is a wooden staircase leading to the second floor; further back is the rear patio, the depth of which is generally only half that of the front patio; after passing through the rear patio, one can often see single-story sloping outbuildings, generally used as kitchens, utility rooms, or storage rooms.
As time goes by, Shikumen (石库门) became more and more compact, and the Western style in the decoration became richer. Even so, the houses converted into single bays still retain the courtyard layout, and the core of traditional Chinese dwellings has not changed. People often confuse Shikumen (石库门) with new-style lane houses, but the biggest difference between the two is whether there is a patio courtyard. New-style lane houses are actually row houses, closer to Western townhouses, lacking the courtyard structure of traditional dwellings. With the increase in population and residential density, the original spatial layout of some Shikumen (石库门) has been broken, and functional areas such as the pavilion room and灶披间 (zàopījiān - lean-to kitchen) have been divided and added. One doorway may house seven or eight families, sharing a kitchen and bathroom.
Similar Sino-Western lane buildings like Shikumen (石库门) are also distributed in other cities in China (中国), such as the "Hankou Lifen (汉口里分)" in Wuhan (武汉), Hubei (湖北), and the "Xiguan (西关) Mansions" in Guangzhou (广州), Guangdong (广东), but the styles and names are different.
Witnessed Cultural Integration
Bred Shanghai (上海) Characteristics
In the context of urban renewal, Shanghai Shikumen (上海石库门) faces the dual challenges of protection and development.
First of all, restorative protection should replace simple demolition. The protection of Shikumen (石库门) should not be museum-style frozen preservation, but a living heritage integrated into modern urban functions. The renovation project of Xintiandi (新天地) community in Huangpu District (黄浦区) demonstrates how to achieve the transformation from residential area to commercial area through functional replacement, which not only protects the style of Shikumen (石库门) architecture, but also gives it new vitality.
Secondly, explore diversified utilization models. Shikumen (石库门) can be transformed into creative parks, cultural exhibition halls, boutique hotels or commercial blocks. For example, Jinshichao 8 Lane (今潮8弄) in Hongkou District (虹口区) has been transformed into small art galleries and creative spaces, expanding the space while always respecting the architectural characteristics of the building and maintaining the authenticity and integrity of historical information. In addition, some residential functions can also be retained during the renovation process to maintain its original community network and living atmosphere.
Finally, strengthen technical research and talent training. The restoration of Shikumen (石库门) architecture requires specialized skills. We should strengthen the excavation and inheritance of traditional architectural techniques, train professional restoration teams, and establish a Shikumen (石库门) architectural database to use digital technology to help protect it. In 2011, the "Construction Techniques of Shikumen (石库门) Lane Buildings" was included in the list of national intangible cultural heritage projects. Its important techniques include: hand-grinding green bricks, building exquisite lintels and other crafts; mortise-and-tenon wood frame technology inherited from traditional Chinese architectural techniques; and decorative arts such as gray sculpture, colored painting, and iron art that integrate Chinese and Western cultures.
In today's accelerating urban renewal, the protection and renewal of Shikumen (石库门) provides us with a sample for thinking: how to preserve the city's heritage in development? Shanghai's (上海) years of practical exploration have given the answer: let historical buildings live in the present, neither becoming rigid museums nor avoiding becoming commercialized shells. This balance may be an important inspiration that Shikumen (石库门) gives to urban renewal. In the future, Shikumen (石库门) buildings may continue to reduce residential density, return to their original residential functions within their carrying capacity, and rekindle the atmosphere of daily life.
(The author is a professor at the School of Design of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学), and this article was compiled by Huang Xiaohui (黄晓慧), a reporter from this newspaper)
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To promote the deep integration of culture and tourism, Shanghai continues to launch new "city walk" routes, with Shikumen (石库门) architecture clusters becoming an important node. Immersing oneself in Shikumen, one reads a city. In Shanghai, the following Shikumen buildings are worth appreciating:
The Site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China (中共一大会址)
The Site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China (中共一大会址) is located at 106 Wangzhi Road (望志路), now 76 Xingye Road (兴业路), in the former French Concession of Shanghai (上海原法租界), and is a typical Shanghai Shikumen (上海石库门) style building.
On July 23, 1921, the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党第一次全国代表大会) was held here. The First National Congress of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党第一次全国代表大会) adopted the first program and first resolution of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), elected the central leading body, and declared the birth of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党). In September 1952, the Site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China (中共一大会址) was restored, a memorial hall was established and opened to the public. In March 1961, the State Council (国务院) announced the Site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China (中共一大会址) as a national key cultural relics protection unit. In 2021, the newly completed Memorial Hall of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China (中共一大纪念馆) opened to the public adjacent to the old site. Through rich cultural relics, historical materials, and modern exhibition technology, the memorial hall comprehensively and systematically displays the history of the founding of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党).
Zhang Garden (张园)
Known as the "No. 1 Garden on the Sea," Zhang Garden (张园) is a relatively large, well-preserved, and architecturally rich Shikumen (石库门) alley building complex in Shanghai. The prominent feature of the Zhang Garden (张园) building complex is the exquisite decorative details that combine Chinese and Western styles, such as the carvings on the overhanging buildings, and the Baroque-style window lintels and balconies.
In 2018, Jing'an District (静安区) launched the protective expropriation of the Zhang Garden (张园) block. After several years of protective renovation, the western district of Zhang Garden (张园西区) reopened to the public in 2022. Today, the western district of Zhang Garden (张园西区) has been transformed into a commercial and cultural experience destination, focusing on the layout of "first store," "first show," and "first release" business formats; while in the eastern district of Zhang Garden (张园东区), the construction of underground commercial space is currently underway, and the Shikumen (石库门) buildings on the ground will be built into museums, homestays, etc., to achieve the organic integration of historical style protection and urban commercial functions.
Tianzifang (田子坊)
Located at 210 Lane, Taikang Road (泰康路210弄), Huangpu District (黄浦区), Tianzifang (田子坊) has evolved from a mixed block of Shikumen (石库门) alley factories and residential houses unique to Shanghai. Its architectural style is a combination of simple early Shikumen (石库门) and new-style alleys, with small and compact spatial scale, crisscrossing streets and lanes, and full of urban life atmosphere.
In 1998, the painter Chen Yifei (陈逸飞) rented the factory buildings here and transformed them into personal studios. In 2001, the painter Huang Yongyu (黄永玉) came to Chen Yifei's (陈逸飞) studio and named 210 Lane, Taikang Road (泰康路210弄) "Tianzifang (田子坊)." Subsequently, more artists came here and gradually transformed the abandoned factory workshops and old alleys into painting studios, design studios, and workshops.
Tianzifang (田子坊) has not undergone large-scale demolition, but has grown naturally on the original street texture, forming a unique ecosystem integrating creative design, art galleries, specialty catering, and residential life.
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As night falls, the lights twinkle, and the vibrant atmosphere of Nanchang (南昌), Jiangxi (江西) rises from the small stir-fry restaurants lining the streets.
In Yangzi Street (羊子街) in Xihu District (西湖区), Nanchang (南昌), Hu's Stir-Fry Restaurant is bustling with customers. Chef Hu, wielding his wok, tosses green peppers and pork belly in the high heat. In the instant the oil splatters, the aroma of meat and garlic blend and spread...
"Try it, it's tastier when stir-fried over high heat!" Chef Hu presents a plate of stir-fried pork with chili peppers, the pork slices glistening and the green peppers slightly charred. Upon tasting, the fragrance mixes with the fresh spiciness, instantly spreading in the mouth – this plate of stir-fried pork with chili peppers is a signature dish of Jiangxi (江西) stir-fry.
Jiangxi (江西) stir-fry is representative of Gan cuisine (赣菜), mainly consisting of home-style dishes with strong Jiangxi (江西) characteristics, such as Artemisia selengensis stir-fried with cured meat, Lotus Root Blood Duck, Jinggang (井冈) Smoked Bamboo Shoots with Pork, and Soybeans Braised with Chicken Feet. In recent years, Jiangxi (江西) stir-fry has frequently gained popularity due to its made-to-order stir-frying and appetite-whetting qualities.
Based on local ingredients, Jiangxi (江西) stir-fry commonly uses high heat for quick stir-frying. Just as the people of Nanchang (南昌) often say, "One wok's worth of flavor surpasses a hundred tastes," the collision of iron wok, hot oil, and flames locks in the freshness and moisture of the ingredients in a short time, ensuring freshness and texture.
Fresh, spicy, salty, and fragrant are many people's first impressions of Jiangxi (江西) stir-fry. Unlike the spicy fragrance of Hunan (湖南), the numbing spiciness of Sichuan (四川), and the sour spiciness of Guizhou (贵州), Jiangxi (江西) stir-fry rarely adds other ingredients such as peppercorns. A handful of green and red chili peppers, small chili peppers, or dried chili peppers are directly added to the wok, making the spiciness of Jiangxi (江西) stir-fry more pure and penetrating.
"One bite, and the spiciness shoots straight to the top of your head!" Nearby, Zhou Xiaoran (周小冉), a tourist from Wuhan (武汉), Hubei (湖北), picks up a few pieces of stir-fried tripe and puts them in her mouth. Before long, beads of sweat appear on her forehead. "Isn't this refreshing feeling like standing in the Pavilion of Prince Teng (滕王阁) and looking at the Gan River (赣江) – open and bright!" Chef Hu jokes.
You can eat well for an average of thirty to forty yuan, full of value for money... Opening the relevant short video comment section, it is not difficult to see that, in addition to satisfying diners' taste buds, Jiangxi (江西) stir-fry can "suddenly rise" in the food circle, even more so because it accurately hits everyone's demand for "affordable deliciousness." It can be opened in small street alleys, and it can also be integrated into business districts. Jiangxi (江西) stir-fry's diverse and flexible consumption scenarios also provide consumers with convenient choices.
However, the inconsistent taste of Jiangxi (江西) stir-fry and its reliance on chefs' experience hinder its brand development. In order to break through development bottlenecks and realize "Jiangxi (江西) ingredient output," "Gan chef output," and "standard store output," the "Terminology and Definition of 'Jiangxi Small Stir-Fry'" has been officially approved as a local standard in Jiangxi Province (江西省), marking a new standardized stage in the brand construction of Jiangxi (江西) stir-fry. In addition, Jiangxi (江西) has also announced the promotional slogan for Jiangxi (江西) stir-fry – "The taste of everyday life, the freshness of Jiangxi (江西) stir-fry." Relevant regulations require that stores accurately convey the value of Jiangxi (江西) stir-fry, promote Gan cuisine (赣菜) culture, and strictly control the quality and taste of dishes to ensure that the dishes meet the characteristics of Jiangxi (江西) stir-fry.
Not only does Jiangxi (江西) stir-fry exude the atmosphere of everyday life, but it also exudes a cultural flavor.
In the evening, the Nanchang Grand Hotel (南昌大饭店) located in the Nanchang Wanshou Palace (万寿宫) historical and cultural block is full. "'Wang Bo (王勃)' is here!" A staff member dressed as the Tang Dynasty poet Wang Bo (王勃) walks into the restaurant and issues an interactive recitation challenge of the "Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng (滕王阁序)," which diners respond to one after another.
"Opening a restaurant in a historical and cultural block allows tourists to both stroll the block and taste delicious food," said Li Wanqing (李万卿), the hotel operator. "We create a 'catering + traditional culture' model, setting up poetry interaction challenges, giving away dishes, and other activities to create a diverse dining experience."
A day in Nanchang (南昌) is indeed not lacking in delicious food: in the morning, have a bowl of mixed noodles with a jar of crock pot soup; at noon and in the evening, try challenging the spiciness of Jiangxi (江西) stir-fry. In the "atmosphere" of the ancient city of Nanchang (南昌), there is no shortage of the integration of beautiful scenery and culture: on the Gan River (赣江) bank, fireworks displays decorate the bright night sky. In the large-scale live performance "Dreaming of the Pavilion of Prince Teng (寻梦滕王阁)," people experience the charm of the Tang and Song dynasties up close... In recent years, Nanchang (南昌) has carefully created catering brands and cultural tourism products, continuously releasing the potential of cultural tourism consumption, and more and more tourists linger in the delicious food and beautiful scenery.
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"Dou" (豆) is a Chinese character that has traversed thousands of years and possesses rich connotations, its form and meaning having undergone a transformation from utensil to crop.
In oracle bone script, "Dou" (豆) is a typical pictograph, presenting a side view of a high-stemmed food vessel: the horizontal line at the bottom represents the ring foot, the middle is the slender stem, the upper part is the Dou (豆) plate for holding food, and the top sometimes has a horizontal line indicating a lid knob. The entire character shape highly matches the actual form of bronze Dou (豆) vessels from the Shang and Zhou dynasties.
The *Shuowen Jiezi* (《说文解字》) explains: "Dou (豆), an ancient vessel for holding meat." As a container for meat sauce, pickles, and other foods, it was not only a daily necessity but also an important ritual object. In sacrificial and banquet occasions, Dou (豆) vessels were used in conjunction with tripods (鼎), Gui (簋) vessels, and other ritual objects, and their quantity and material reflected the status and rank of the host. The *Book of Rites: Ritual Vessels* (《礼记·礼器》) records: "The Son of Heaven has twenty-six Dou (豆) vessels, the dukes sixteen, the marquises twelve, the upper grand masters eight, and the lower grand masters six." In addition, the arrangement also emphasized "tripods and Zǔ (俎) tables odd, and Bian (笾) and Dou (豆) vessels even," reflecting the ancients' pursuit of Yin-Yang harmony.
The "Silver Dou" (银豆) unearthed from the tomb of the King of Qi (齐王) of the Western Han Dynasty is one of the representative works of the ancient food vessel "Dou" (豆). Its main body is a flattened spherical silver box, with both the lid and the belly decorated with "lobed patterns" arranged in a petal-like, interlaced manner. This pattern and shape have typical Persian style. According to experts' speculation, the silver box was likely produced in the ancient Persian region and introduced to China via the Silk Road. Later, it was fitted with three small copper animal-shaped knobs and a copper trumpet-shaped base. These Chinese-style modifications not only continued the casting tradition of Chinese bronzes but also made the entire vessel conform to the usage habits of the Central Plains, becoming a "Dou" (豆) used in rituals.
Currently, this "Silver Dou" (银豆) stands quietly in the Shandong Qi Culture Museum (山东齐文化博物馆), the Persian-style lobed patterns and the traditional Chinese animal knobs and base complementing each other, becoming a precious testament to ancient Sino-foreign craft exchanges and cultural integration.
Today, when we mention "Dou" (豆), the first thing that comes to mind is no longer a utensil but the grain that nourishes life. As time passed, the shape of the character "Dou" (豆) evolved from oracle bone script and bronze script to small seal script, clerical script, and regular script, gradually becoming linear and symbolic, losing its early figurative features. More noteworthy is the change in its meaning. The character representing bean plants and their seeds was initially "Shū" (尗) in ancient times, then "Shū" (叔), then "Shū" (菽), and finally "Dou" (豆), which has been used to this day. The academic community has different opinions regarding the time of the evolution from "Shū" (尗), "Shū" (叔), and "Shū" (菽) to "Dou" (豆).
From utensil to food, the evolutionary history of the character "Dou" (豆) not only runs through the development process of Chinese language and writing but also carries the memories of the life style and cultural exchanges of ancient society.
(The author is the director of the Cultural Relics Department of the Shandong Qi Culture Museum (山东齐文化博物馆). This article was compiled and edited by Li Rui (李蕊), a reporter from this newspaper.)
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Hearing the familiar melody coming from the opera room, 78-year-old community resident Jin Shunzhi (靳顺志) strode into the Xiongan New Area (雄安新区) Xianxi Community (贤溪社区) Party and Mass Service Center.
The Xianxi Community (贤溪社区) Party and Mass Service Center is connected to the community's integrated medical and elderly care service center. More than 10 community cultural and recreational groups for residents, such as calligraphy, Tai Chi, chorus, and table tennis, regularly organize activities here.
Creating a "15-minute living circle," upgrading measures to "efficiently handle one matter"… Adhering to a people-centered approach and continuously improving the level of public services, Xiongan New Area (雄安新区) is using "**绣花功夫**" (xiù huā gōng fū - "embroidery skill," meticulous and detailed work) to weave a dense tapestry of happy lives.
Caring for the "Old and Young"
Doing Practical Things for People's Livelihood
What can you "play" in the community? "Once you enter, you can stay for a whole day, it's packed!" Jin Shunzhi (靳顺志) said that he often comes to the community service center to practice calligraphy with his neighbors, and occasionally he can listen to operas and watch movies. "I eat in the community canteen at noon. Elderly people over 70 years old can eat several dishes well for 8 yuan."
From the beginning of its planning, Xiongan New Area (雄安新区) designed and built a "15-minute convenient living circle," bringing together community canteens, elderly care stations, parks, supermarkets, etc., to meet the basic living needs of residents nearby.
A few months ago, Jin Shunzhi (靳顺志) received a call from his family doctor, urging him to go to the community health service center for a physical examination.
"This is a family doctor contract service," said Ji Chunyan (季春艳), head of the Health Management Department of Xianxi Community (贤溪社区) Health Service Center. "Elderly people over 65 years old, pregnant women, patients with chronic diseases, etc., can sign contracts with the center's doctors and enjoy regular physical examinations, knowledge popularization, home diagnosis and treatment, 24-hour telephone consultation and other services."
The main structure of Peking University People's Hospital Xiongan Hospital (北京大学人民医院雄安院区) has been fully capped, and the Peking Union Medical College Hospital National Medical Center (Xiongan Campus) (北京协和医院国家医学中心（雄安院区）) has started construction… Xiongan New Area (雄安新区) is building a three-level medical and health service system, and high-quality medical and health services are accelerating their implementation.
In Xiongan New Area (雄安新区), high-quality educational resources are also accelerating their convergence - Beijing No. 4 High School (北京四中), Renmin University High School (人大附中), and other schools are taking the lead in promoting group-based school management; 75 child-friendly practice bases and 19 youth night schools have been put into operation.
In Beijing No. 4 High School Xiongan Campus (北京四中雄安校区), drama classes are very popular among students, and Li Xin Xiao (李辛笑), a student in Class 1 of the third grade, is one of them.
"In addition to drama, I also like the school's elective oil painting course and humanities study tour activities," said Li Xin Xiao (李辛笑). "The school activities are very rich. We once hiked 40 kilometers in the new district in one day, which was particularly fulfilling."
"The principal and vice-principal of Xiongan Campus (雄安校区) are all from Beijing No. 4 High School (北京四中)," said Yu Pengbin (于鹏斌), Secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing No. 4 High School Xiongan Campus (北京四中雄安校区). In addition to following the tradition of "one physical education class per day" of Beijing No. 4 High School (北京四中), Xiongan Campus (雄安校区) currently has 37 elective courses, a mandatory drama class for all students with 2 class hours per week, and a week-long humanities study tour every semester.
"Considering that many employees of relocated enterprises are busy with work, the school provides students with three meals a day and evening self-study until 8:40 pm," said Yu Pengbin (于鹏斌). The school strives to provide considerate guarantees for the children of relocated personnel, and at the same time, through the group-based school management model, it gives full play to its radiating and driving role.
Upgrading Cultural and Sports Services
Improving Management Efficiency
At the end of March last year, Xiongan Sports Center (雄安体育中心) was put into operation, integrating multiple functions such as event hosting, national fitness, cultural performances, and leisure and entertainment. Overlooking the sports center, the three main buildings are like "landscape" seals, showing the beauty of the Orient.
Walking into the badminton hall, citizen Liu Wen (刘文) jumped up again and again, smashing the ball like lightning, eliciting cheers. "My friends and I come here almost every day. After the discount, badminton is about 30 yuan per game at noon. Outdoor table tennis and basketball are free all day." Liu Wen (刘文) is a programmer in a relocated central enterprise. He opened the "Xiongan Cultural and Sports Exchange" (雄安文体汇) mini program to demonstrate, "Swimming pools, badminton halls, basketball halls, tennis halls... The venues and times are clear at a glance, and you can make an appointment online with one click."
On weekends and holidays, Xiongan Library (雄安图书馆) becomes lively. In the children's reading area on the first floor, rounded tables and chairs, parent-child reading tables, crawling mats and other child-friendly details are eye-catching, and children are freely flipping through children's picture books.
Through the sorting and track distribution system, books can be borrowed and returned with one click, and quickly circulated between the reading rooms in the venue; in the love reading room, readers scan the QR code on the table, and the intelligent robot "librarian" can send the book to their hands... In Xiongan Library (雄安图书馆), technology empowers more efficient service management.
How to get more books directly to the grassroots? "We plan to build 5 branch libraries first, with unified logistics and distribution, to realize the borrowing and returning of books," said Xu Bing (徐冰), deputy curator of Xiongan Library (雄安图书馆). In the future, it is planned to form a network of libraries and reading rooms within the scope of Xiongan New Area (雄安新区), so that all readers can enjoy this service.
Exerting Efforts in Digital Governance
Making Things More Convenient
"The materials for the company's relocation procedures can be submitted online," said Meng Fanchang (孟凡昌), head of Beijing Dacai Intelligent Information Technology Co., Ltd. (北京大才智能信息技术有限公司). "I originally thought I would have to travel back and forth between Beijing (北京) and Xiongan New Area (雄安新区) many times, but I didn't expect it to be so efficient!"
Not only enterprises, but also the masses have felt the tangible convenience from the reform measures of "efficiently handling one matter." For the "one matter" of newborn birth, the services of birth medical certificate, household registration, medical insurance participation, etc. are integrated, and parents do not have to run between hospitals, police stations, medical insurance, and social security windows; for the "one matter" of retirement, 9 matters that need to be handled by multiple departments and across levels are handled in parallel.
According to reports, Xiongan New Area (雄安新区) has now completed the undertaking and release of 42 "efficiently handled matters" and has set up special windows in the political service halls at all levels to facilitate offline services.
Digital governance is also continuing to exert efforts. On October 29, 2025, the innovative application system of Xiongan New Area (雄安新区) Enterprise Code was officially launched, and the "Enterprise Code" of the first batch of 1,000 pilot enterprises officially debuted. With the "digital ID card" for enterprises, the public can "scan the code to identify the enterprise" and have a panoramic view of enterprise registration, shareholder information, licenses and other enterprise-related information.
The warmth of people's livelihood supports the height of development. A livable and workable "city of the people" is growing vigorously, allowing more people to feel the happiness "at their doorstep."
Return to TopBy: 《民生周刊》记者 罗 燕
"The children just love to play here, and they don't want to go home until it gets dark!" In Taoxi Garden (桃溪园), the elderly Wen Suying (温素英) was stretching her legs while watching her grandson and his friends playing happily with a smile.
Taoxi Garden (桃溪园) is a street-corner playground in the Xianxi Community (贤溪社区) of the Rongxi Area (容西片区) in Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区), Hebei (河北), with a kindergarten right at the entrance. It is equipped with slides, swings, seesaws and other recreational facilities, with unique shapes and decorations, full of childlike fun. What is amazing is that many of the playground's designs come from the children of the community.
"In the past, the kindergarten gate faced the road, and the children had no place to play after school, so they had an idea to design a playground for themselves." Tong Yao (童瑶), the principal of Xianghui Kindergarten (祥辉幼儿园), said that the kindergarten's Mengtong Observation Group designed several sections and drew design drawings, which were submitted to the Rongxi Management Committee (容西管理委员会). The Rongxi Management Committee (容西管理委员会) attached great importance to this, coordinating designers and construction teams to put the children's designs into practice. "I didn't expect the wish to come true so quickly, and the children are very happy," said Tong Yao (童瑶).
In the Rongxi Area (容西片区) of Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区), children's observation groups have been established in every community and campus, allowing children to participate in community governance and campus affairs as small city masters. In the community party-masses service center, the most eye-catching area is the Children's Home, a space that includes functional areas such as a game area, a reading corner, and a study room, fully considering the "1-meter height" so that children of different ages can find fun here.
Xianxi Community (贤溪社区) has also created youth night schools, youth living rooms, etc., to provide young people with places to make friends and learn, and young people also offer suggestions for community development. "Let young people take the classes they want to take and do fun things." Xi Yang (习杨), secretary of the Xianxi Community (贤溪社区) Party Branch, said that the community has launched courses such as baking, tea ceremony, and face painting, and has carried out activities such as music festivals, reading salons, and sports meets, which are very popular among young people.
At the same time, community youth volunteers actively carry out volunteer service activities such as helping the elderly, helping the disabled, and environmental protection. At present, there are 15 youth volunteer service teams in the Rongxi Area (容西片区), with more than 1,000 youth volunteers, who have carried out more than 1,000 volunteer service activities.
70-year-old Wang Suping (王素萍) moved to Yi'an Community (易安社区) in the starting area of Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) with her son last year, and she was a little uncomfortable at first. Now, with the support of the community, she has established a fitness team, leading the elderly in the community to do fitness exercises and square dancing. "Now it's very popular, and our team already has more than 80 members. During festivals, we wrap dumplings and perform programs together, which is especially heartwarming!" said Wang Suping (王素萍).
In order to promote the integration of medical care and elderly care, the Xianxi Community (贤溪社区) Health Service Center has also set up a health management center for the elderly to carry out chronic disease management and provide physical examinations for the elderly every quarter, making community life more convenient.
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With the vigorous development of the Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区), a series of modern and intelligent cultural and sports venues and facilities have been gradually completed and put into use, becoming new carriers for enriching cultural life and meeting the needs of healthy sports, and the happiness of residents is constantly improving.
Inside the Xiong'an Library (雄安图书馆), which opened at the end of September 2025, relying on massive data resources and large-scale model technology, intelligent robot "librarians" interact with readers in real time, helping readers solve various problems.
In the children's reading area, readers can select their favorite books through intelligent bookshelves. "I like books about space, and I want to be an astronaut when I grow up," said Liu Lin (刘霖), a fourth-grade student at Beisha Primary School (北沙小学) who often comes to the library to read.
According to Xu Bing (徐冰), Deputy Curator of the Xiong'an Library (雄安图书馆), since its opening, the library has accumulated more than 480,000 visitors. "When readers return books, they can put the books into the self-service book return machine, and the background can automatically identify and sort them to the corresponding library on each floor, saving time and facilitating management," said Xu Bing (徐冰).
Culture is the soil that nourishes the foundation of urban development. Today, not only are there public reading places such as the Xiong'an Library (雄安图书馆) and community Party-masses service center reading rooms, but chain bookstores have also settled in. The extensive cultural activities have become a component of Xiong'an's (雄安) "15-minute cultural life circle."
In Xiong'an (雄安), sports and fitness are becoming a new trend in healthy living. The Xiong'an Sports Center (雄安体育中心), which was completed and put into use at the end of March last year, includes a stadium that can accommodate 30,000 people, and two gymnasiums that can accommodate 10,000 and 2,000 people respectively.
Shi Baoheng (石保恒), Assistant General Manager of Xiong'an Group Public Service Management Co., Ltd. (雄安集团公共服务管理有限公司), said that the Xiong'an Sports Center (雄安体育中心) has hosted more than 80 large and small cultural and sports activities, such as the 3x3 Basketball U23 World Cup, the CMG World Robot Skills Competition, and the Table Tennis Super League, so that residents can see exciting events at their doorsteps; the national fitness program has received a total of 80,000 visitors, of which free and low-cost accounted for more than 50%, truly achieving the goal of benefiting the people.
With the successive completion of high-standard sports and fitness venues such as Anxin (安新) Great Health Sports Park, Rongdong (容东) Comprehensive Sports Center, and Xiong'an Sports Center (雄安体育中心), the community's supporting sports and fitness facilities are also constantly being improved, giving residents a variety of choices for healthy exercise.
In the current Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区), cultural and sports facilities are scattered like stars, the service network is becoming increasingly dense, the city is more suitable for work and living, and full of vitality, and the happiness of residents is constantly improving.
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Since its establishment, Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) has been laying out plans with high standards and promoting the construction of an education system with high quality. Over the past 9 years, it has formed a modern education system covering 733 schools. At present, the construction of the first batch of four Beijing (北京) universities relocating to Xiong'an (雄安) is in full swing, and subsequent universities are successively selecting sites and carrying out preliminary work for projects. Xiong'an (雄安) is making every effort to draw a new picture of high-quality development of modern education.
Walking into Beijing No. 4 High School Xiong'an Campus (北京四中雄安校区), the standard playground is clean and tidy, and the lecture hall, music classroom, psychological counseling room, and indoor basketball hall are all available. "Growing up on the stage" and "one physical education class every day" are vivid portrayals of Beijing No. 4 High School (北京四中) introducing advanced educational concepts to Xiong'an (雄安). "We put the development of students first, and stimulate students' internal motivation through open teaching," said Yu Pengbin (于鹏斌), Secretary of the Party Committee of the campus.
Last semester, Xiong'an Shijia Hutong Primary School (雄安史家胡同小学) held a special handover ceremony. Two century-old nostalgia trees were moved into the campus in 2024, and six sixth-grade students became volunteers to protect the nostalgia trees. Last year, they entered junior high school. Through the handover ceremony, they solemnly handed over the responsibility of protection to their younger students.
From the very beginning, Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) insisted on finding new homes for large trees that could not be preserved on their original sites during construction. The school integrates protection work into student activities, allowing children to understand the responsibility and significance of protecting nostalgia trees.
"Moving experiments into the classroom," "moving the classroom outside the school," "introducing AI into teaching"... Xiong'an (雄安) schools practice modern education concepts, benefiting every Xiong'an (雄安) student.
In recent years, Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) has signed a number of educational development cooperation agreements with Beijing (北京市) and Tianjin (天津市), and the sharing of educational resources and coordinated development have achieved remarkable results. Beijing No. 4 High School Xiong'an Campus (北京四中雄安校区), Xiong'an Shijia Hutong Primary School (雄安史家胡同小学), and Xiong'an Beihai Kindergarten (雄安北海幼儿园) have been opened with high quality, and schools in the three counties of Xiong'an (雄安三县) have also achieved leapfrog development with the support of construction from various places.
"Aid construction is by no means simply building a few schools, but using this to drive the overall improvement of the education level in Xiong'an (雄安)," said Li Yujin (李玉金), Deputy Director of the Xiong'an New Area Education Bureau (雄安新区教育局), with emotion. "In Xiong'an (雄安), every teacher has the opportunity to learn and is supported by various forces."
Exchanging ideas with experts who write textbooks, going to Beijing (北京) for training, using AI to analyze student performance... Through master-apprentice pairing, collective lesson preparation, and online teaching and research, teachers in Xiong'an (雄安) are exposed to cutting-edge educational concepts, and their teaching level is constantly improving. Many schools have advanced teaching facilities and excellent education quality, and have won a number of national and provincial honors.
According to reports, with the accelerated construction of relocated universities, Xiong'an (雄安) is about to form a complete modern education system from kindergarten to university.
Xiong'an (雄安) education has a promising future.
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In an elderly care station in the Rongxi area of Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区容西片区), 73-year-old Aunt Zhang exercises on fitness equipment while chatting with her neighbors, laughter filling the room; inside the Xiong'an Library (雄安图书馆), robots precisely deliver books to seats, bringing convenience to readers. This "city of the future" is filled with warmth for the people everywhere.
In Xiong'an, the "15-minute living circle" has become a temperature practice integrated into the urban fabric—behind the convenient and refined services is a vivid interpretation of the concept of "people's city for the people."
"Intelligence + warmth" makes public services close to the people's hearts. At the Xiong'an Library (雄安图书馆), intelligent robot "librarians" vividly tell stories to children, and MR (mixed reality) and VR (virtual reality) technologies allow characters in books to "walk" in front of them. "The facilities are novel, and the content is rich, which is very attractive to children," said Zhou Dongxin (周冬欣), a teacher at Beisha Primary School (北沙小学). In the swimming pool of the Xiong'an Sports Center (雄安体育中心), intelligent palmprint unlocking allows lockers to be "opened with a raised hand," and an underwater monitoring system protects safety. Every detail demonstrates people-oriented urban management.
"Refinement + practical matters" makes community services warm the heart. In Yi'an Community (易安社区) in the starting area, the 52 items on the convenience service station's list cover the necessities of life, and the 24-hour traffic management service station realizes self-service for renewing driver's licenses. At the Xianxi Community Health Service Center (贤溪社区卫生服务中心), the smart public health platform monitors "three highs and six diseases" in real time, and the "dual-teacher contract" service of psychological counselors and social workers guarantees special elderly groups.
"Efficiency + thoughtfulness" makes government services barrier-free. "In the past, it took running to four or five departments to handle newborn procedures, but now I don't have to run even once, and the documents are sent directly to my home," said Liu Huarui (刘华蕊), a resident of Rongdong Huawangcheng (容东华望城). "Xiong Xiaozhi (雄小智)" and online channels build the "one-stop service" base, providing package-style handling of matters such as enterprise registration, and agency services add more human touch. On the message board of the Xiong'an Government Affairs Hall (雄安政务大厅), praises of "meticulous, calm, patient, and professional" are the public's recognition of "doing everything well without barriers."
After nine years of cultivation, Xiong'an has grown from "a blank sheet of paper" to "growing rapidly," and the changes are not only reflected in the rise of modern buildings, but also in the improvement of people's livelihood. Yuerong Park (悦容公园) "opens the door to see green," Beijing No. 4 High School Xiong'an Campus (北京四中雄安校区) opens resources, and "Xiong'an All-in-One Card (雄安一卡通)" realizes seamless connection of Beijing-Xiong'an government services.
Here, people's livelihood is a tangible and accessible warmth. From the knowledge flow of the "15-minute reading circle" to the efficient handling of the "15-minute government service circle," Xiong'an uses 绣花功夫 (xiù huā gōng fū - "embroidery skill," meticulous and painstaking effort) to weave a happy network, allowing everyone to find a sense of belonging within a 15-minute distance, and painting a warm background color of the "people's city" in the new era.
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Return to TopThe Spring Festival embodies the cultural connotations of bidding farewell to the old and ushering in the new, and the revival of all things. It not only condenses the profound wisdom of traditional Chinese culture, but also embodies humanity's common aspiration for a better life. During this year's Spring Festival, Peruvian students danced in horse-face skirts showcasing Chinese Kung Fu, Indonesian youths played "Jasmine Flower" with traditional musical instruments, Serbian singers conveyed blessings with songs... All over the world celebrated the Chinese Lunar New Year in a variety of ways, and people from various countries interpreted the charm of the Spring Festival with unique creativity, composing a beautiful and harmonious New Year movement.
Peru—
Sino-Peruvian Friendship Day Welcomes the New Year
By Our Correspondents Shi Yuanhao (时元皓) and Chen Haiqi (陈海琪)
Accompanied by powerful drumbeats, the colorful lion dance jumped and rolled, shaking its head and wagging its tail, drawing cheers from the audience. On the occasion of the Sino-Peruvian Friendship Day, a lively lion dance performance was held in Lima (利马), the capital of Peru, kicking off the "Happy Spring Festival" temple fair. Festive artistic performances and rich cultural experiences immersed the local people and overseas Chinese in the festive atmosphere of the New Year.
In 2024, the Peruvian Congress passed a resolution designating February 1st of each year as Sino-Peruvian Friendship Day. The resolution emphasized that February is around the time of the Chinese Spring Festival, and designating February 1st of each year as Sino-Peruvian Friendship Day is a recognition of the friendly feelings between the people of Peru and China.
The "China-Peru Fusion" Kung Fu performance was a highlight of this event. Peruvian students wore colorful horse-face skirts incorporating the elements of the 24 solar terms of traditional Chinese culture, demonstrating the charm of Chinese martial arts in every move. "We have integrated traditional Chinese cultural elements such as the 24 solar terms and Kung Fu into the display of horse-face skirts, so that more foreign audiences can understand the charm of Chinese culture," said Zhou Jin (周锦), president of the Shandong (山东) Provincial Fashion Design Association of China, who was responsible for the program rehearsal.
The calligraphy booth with its vigorous strokes, the paper-cutting stall with frequent interactions, and the food area filled with fragrant aromas, nearly 30 booths set up by Peruvian Chinese communities, Chinese-funded enterprises, Confucius Institutes (孔子学院), etc., made Chinese culture tangible and accessible. Colas Omar (科拉斯·奥马尔) from the Andes (安第斯) region of Peru had just bought a goldfish ornament and stopped at the calligraphy booth, concentrating on admiring the calligrapher's creative process. "Our family celebrates the Spring Festival every year," Omar said. "Peruvian Andean culture and Chinese culture have many similarities. The Spring Festival carries the expectation of a better life, which is the common pursuit of all people."
A long queue formed in front of the Confucius Institute (孔子学院) at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, where many locals were waiting for the institute's teachers to write their names in Chinese. "More and more Peruvians are beginning to learn Chinese and understand Chinese culture," said Erika Osores (埃里卡·奥索雷斯), the cultural director of the Confucius Institute. "Chinese culture values family reunion, and Peru also emphasizes family harmony. The two countries' cultures have many similarities, and activities such as dances, songs, and food to celebrate the Spring Festival are particularly attractive in Peru."
That evening, the National Grand Theater of Peru was brightly lit, and a cultural evening combining Chinese and Peruvian cultural characteristics was held here. The melodious erhu played oriental rhythms, the vigorous Shaolin Kung Fu showed Chinese spirit, the traditional Peruvian scissor dance had a powerful rhythm, and the Marinera dance was elegant and unrestrained. The arts of the two countries complemented each other on the same stage. Students from the Lima Juan XXIII (利马若望二十三世秘中学校) School brought an erhu ensemble "Little Flower Drum," showing the lively scene of Chinese folk celebrating the Spring Festival. Principal Jennifer Payán (珍妮弗·帕扬) said that the reason why the Spring Festival has cross-cultural appeal is that it conveys a common emotional pursuit—praying for "everyone's well-being" and blessing life to be better every day at the time of bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new.
"The Spring Festival is the most important festival in China, containing the traditional values of the Chinese culture's pursuit of renewal and social harmony," said Peruvian Minister of Culture Luna (卢纳). The cultures of Peru and China each have their own characteristics, and the dialogue and exchange with the Spring Festival as an opportunity shows the common pursuit of cultural diversity by both sides.
Indonesia—
The Atmosphere of the New Year in Jakarta (雅加达) is Especially Strong
By Our Correspondent Cao Shiyun (曹师韵)
The gentle melody flows slowly like a stream, the Zhuang (壮族) girls wear silver ornaments and walk lightly, and the tinkling sound shows the ethnic customs; the Sichuan Opera (川剧) face-changing rhythm is powerful and vivid, and the faces change suddenly, which is amazing; the acrobats fly through the air, somersaulting, turning, and hovering in one go, and the movements are smooth and flowing; actors dressed in the characteristic costumes of the 11 ASEAN countries enthusiastically take the stage and interact cordially with the guests off the stage, and the music of friendship is intertwined with applause and laughter...
Recently, the "Galloping Horse Welcomes Spring, Good Fortune Fills ASEAN"—2026 Happy Chinese New Year Carnival in ASEAN Headquarters was held in Jakarta (雅加达), Indonesia. "This is the first time I have appreciated traditional Chinese culture up close. The program is wonderful and allows me to deeply understand the festive characteristics of China. I also want to learn Chinese in the future to learn more about Chinese culture." An Indonesian youth named Lei (雷伊) who works at ASEAN watched with great concentration, his eyes closely following every rhythm on the stage.
During the event, a China-Indonesia music "dialogue" across mountains and seas was particularly fascinating. The Maguhu (马骨胡) and Bole (波列), ethnic musical instruments from Guangxi (广西), China, and the Gamelan (甘美兰), a traditional Indonesian musical instrument, played together on the same stage. The classic melodies of "Jasmine Flower" (茉莉花) and "Mountain Songs are Like Spring River Water" (山歌好比春江水) echoed in the venue. The oriental sounds and the Nanyang (南洋) rhythms met, composing a beautiful story of finding a soulmate in high mountains and flowing water. Indonesian performer Randy (兰迪) said: "I have always admired traditional Chinese music and hope to incorporate more Chinese elements into my creations in the future."
In the lobby on the first floor of the ASEAN headquarters, the "Praying for Good Fortune in Spring, Success Upon Arrival" Chinese Spring Festival Culture Exhibition and the "Good Luck Immediately" New Year Cultural Market were bustling. In front of the paper-cutting booth, a series of exquisite works made people stop and marvel: galloping horses, adorable pandas, the overhanging eaves and brackets of the Forbidden City, and the clever integration of traditional patterns and modern creativity. When she saw the paper-cut work based on the iconic building of Malaysia—the Kuala Lumpur Twin Towers (吉隆坡双子塔), a Malaysian girl named Putri (普特丽) exclaimed: "I didn't expect that so many variable patterns could be presented with scissors!"
ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn (高金洪) said that the Spring Festival marks the beginning of the Chinese Lunar New Year and has now become a global festival. In 2024, "The Spring Festival—Social Practices of Chinese People Celebrating the Traditional New Year" was included in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, fully demonstrating the unique value and profound connotation of traditional Chinese culture. He said that many ASEAN member states such as Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam celebrate the Spring Festival in their own ways. "This reminds us that there are deep emotional ties between people that transcend national borders."
At Halim Station (哈利姆车站) of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (雅万高铁) and Central Park Mall (雅加达中央公园商场) in Jakarta, the "Happy Chinese New Year" event was presented in a unique "flash mob" format. Traditional Chinese songs, dances, operas, puppet shows, and other performances were staged in turn, as well as rich interactive experiences. Many local people happily said: "The atmosphere of the New Year in Jakarta is especially strong this year!" Chinese Ambassador to ASEAN Wang Qing (王擎) said that the Spring Festival symbolizes reunion, joy, and harmony. Celebrating the New Year together is a vivid example of the close ties between the people of China and ASEAN, the integration of civilizations, and harmonious coexistence. "This year is the Bingwu Year of the Horse in the Chinese Lunar Calendar. The horse symbolizes struggle, progress, and success in traditional Chinese culture. I believe this will also be a portrayal of China-ASEAN relations and regional cooperation in the new year."
Serbia—
Intelligent Robots Perform on Stage
By Our Correspondent Xie Yahong (谢亚宏)
In February, the Serbian capital Belgrade (贝尔格莱德) is still cold, and the Chinese Cultural Center (中国文化中心) is decorated with big red lanterns, full of enthusiasm. Greeting Chinese and Serbian guests at the door are not only staff, but also four-legged robots wearing traditional lion dance brocade. Accompanied by the rhythm of the drums, they skillfully bow and wag their tails, and their movements are precise and rhythmic. Many guests held up their mobile phones to record this novel scene, and from time to time, people would come forward to take photos.
At the evening party, actors from the Sichuan Opera Theater (四川省川剧院) and Chengdu Art Vocational University (成都艺术职业大学) brought wonderful programs such as opera performances and folk music performances, which won warm applause from the audience. In the dance "Ancient Shu Travels to the Edge of the Sky" (古蜀天边行), the ancient Sichuan Opera face-changing stunt is no longer a simple display of skills, but an organic integration with modern street dance elements. The actors' instantly changing faces complement the dynamic body language, causing bursts of exclamations from the audience.
"What a beautiful jasmine flower..." When the familiar melody sounded, many viewers sang along softly. The singer is Serbian singer Slobodan Trkulja (斯洛博丹·特古拉) (Chinese name "Feilong" (飞龙)). In 2023, he appeared on the Chinese Spring Festival Gala stage and collaborated with Chinese artists to perform the Serbian folk song "That Distant Place" (那遥远的地方). Feilong sang Serbian melodies in China and is also committed to promoting Chinese Spring Festival culture in Serbia. Over the years, he has actively cooperated with the Chinese Embassy in Serbia and the Chinese Cultural Center. During this year's Spring Festival, Feilong also took to the streets of Belgrade to sing traditional Chinese folk songs. "I think one of the important spiritual cores of the Spring Festival is sharing, which is also the essence of art. I hope to convey the joy and blessings of my Chinese friends to more people through singing," he said.
That night, the Serbian Kolo Dance Troupe (塞尔维亚科罗舞团) wore traditional costumes and presented the local most representative Kolo dance to the audience. The actors held hands and formed a circle, their steps were neat and powerful, and the rhythm gradually accelerated, and the cheerful dance steps symbolized unity and friendship. The Spring Festival and the Kolo dance are both intangible cultural heritages. This meeting of intangible heritages on the same stage brought cross-cultural resonance to the evening party. Daniela Bašić (丹妮耶拉·巴希奇), artistic director of the dance troupe, said that such performances can enable audiences from both countries to better understand each other.
As the evening party drew to a close, a group of humanoid robot "dancers" made their debut, and their uniform movements instantly ignited the atmosphere of the audience, and the audience scrambled to applaud this cool program. "The evening party adopted an expression form that integrates traditional and modern elements, which not only presents the cultural heritage of traditional Chinese festivals, but also reflects China's rapidly developing cultural innovation." Serbian National Assembly Vice President Ljiljana Raguš (拉古什) attended the "Happy Spring Festival" event for the first time, and the strong festive atmosphere impressed her deeply. She said that the people of the two countries gathered together to celebrate the Year of the Horse Spring Festival, which is an important witness to the continuous deepening of Serbian-Chinese friendship.
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In the Chinese lunar year of Bingwu (丙午) of the Horse, the festive atmosphere of the New Year is even more intense around the world. On New Year's Eve, the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa (哈利法塔) in Dubai (迪拜), once again lit up in Chinese red. The Spring Festival-themed light show was dazzling, sending sincere holiday blessings to Chinese around the world. The Spring Festival has become an important moment for people of all countries to share joy and friendship.
Coming from the long river of history, the Spring Festival is full of profound cultural heritage. During this year's Spring Festival, diverse cultural experiences have become an important window for the world to perceive Chinese culture. At the "Happy Chinese New Year" event in Kuwait (科威特), Ahmed Morad (艾哈迈德·莫拉德), a local youth dressed in Ming Dynasty (明代) costumes, bowed with his hands clasped. He said, "The moment I put on Hanfu (汉服), I felt like I had traveled back to Chinese history." Appreciating the beauty of round sleeves and square collars, savoring the graceful rhythm of Kunqu Opera (昆剧), and learning the etiquette of serving tea to guests... the ancient charm of Chinese style has become an aesthetic that people from all countries can understand, and traditional Chinese culture is blooming with even more brilliant splendor.
Coming from the tide of the new era, the Spring Festival is full of surging innovative vitality. In 2025, "innovation" has become a hot word for the world to understand China, and Chinese technologies represented by artificial intelligence, new energy, and quantum technology are leading the trend of the times. Chinese intelligent manufacturing achievements have appeared in Spring Festival celebrations: Chinese robots have appeared in Spring Festival parades, artificial intelligence glasses have become popular New Year goods that people are vying to experience, and Chinese new energy vehicles have driven into the "Happy Chinese New Year" event site... the Spring Festival is becoming more and more technological.
The Chinese New Year is a cultural year. It inherits the Chinese civilization concept of peace, harmony, and concord, and is increasingly becoming a widely recognized cultural symbol around the world. In the festive atmosphere, people from all countries are getting closer to each other, deepening understanding, and vividly interpreting the beautiful vision of "Tianxia Yijia" (天下一家 (tiān xià yī jiā - "all under heaven are one family," the world is one family)). Peruvian (秘鲁) Minister of Culture Luna (卢纳) said at the opening of the Peru-China Friendship Day cultural evening that the evening allowed two ancient civilizations with thousands of years of heritage to engage in dialogue, making music, dance, and traditional culture a common language connecting the people of the two countries. From Peru (秘鲁) to Indonesia (印尼) to Serbia (塞尔维亚), people from all over the world are celebrating the Spring Festival together, and New Year pictures, paper-cut works, and Chinese knots have become carriers of cultural exchange and mutual learning.
The Chinese New Year is also the world's New Year. More and more foreigners are becoming the protagonists of Spring Festival celebrations: Nasser (纳赛尔), a young man from Kuwait (科威特), is using Chinese tea to entertain guests from all over the world, Xin Yue (馨玥), an Egyptian (埃及) girl, is hosting the Dubai Global Chinese New Year Gala, and Feilong (飞龙), a Serbian (塞尔维亚) singer, has become a familiar face at Spring Festival celebrations. Today, nearly 20 countries have designated the Spring Festival as a legal holiday, nearly 200 countries and regions are holding Spring Festival celebrations, and many foreign tourists are taking advantage of visa-free access, direct flights, and other convenient conditions to spend the New Year in China.
The world celebrates the Spring Festival together, and the world shares it. The Spring Festival is moving towards the world stage in a more open, diverse, and modern way. The spirit of harmony, the inclusive attitude, and the striving power contained in the Spring Festival will inject more unity and hope into the world in the new year.
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Return to TopThis year's No. 1 Central Document for the first time proposed "normalized precise assistance" and made a series of deployments: improve the normalized assistance policy system, improve the accuracy and timeliness of monitoring and assistance, improve the effectiveness of industrial and employment assistance, and provide hierarchical and classified assistance to underdeveloped areas...
From the battle against poverty, to the 5-year transition period, and then to normalized precise assistance, it reflects a consistent original aspiration and demonstrates a long-term commitment. Recently, reporters interviewed a number of grassroots party members and cadres, listened to their stories of rooting in rural areas and serving "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers," and asked them to talk about their plans for continuous cultivation and continued struggle in the new year.
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Dai Xinghui (戴兴辉), Deputy Mayor of Shuanglong Town (双龙镇), Weining Yi, Hui, and Miao Autonomous County (威宁彝族回族苗族自治县), Bijie (毕节), Guizhou (贵州)——
"Ensuring the People's Steady Happiness"
By Su Bin (苏滨), reporter of this newspaper
Early in the morning, in Shuanglong Village (双龙村), Shuanglong Town (双龙镇), Weining Yi, Hui, and Miao Autonomous County (威宁彝族回族苗族自治县), Bijie City (毕节市), Guizhou Province (贵州省), villager Ma Minhong (马敏红) is busy building a wall for a farmhouse, holding a brick in his left hand and scraping mortar with his right, tapping it three times, neatly and crisply.
"Old Ma, you're very nimble, how's your leg recovering?" Dai Xinghui (戴兴辉), Deputy Mayor of Shuanglong Town (双龙镇), is responsible for Shuanglong Village (双龙村). He was a little worried about Ma Minhong (马敏红), who had recently been lifted out of the risk of poverty, so he made a special return visit to see how he was doing.
"It's basically healed, it doesn't affect my work! I can earn more than 200 yuan a day on the construction site." Ma Minhong (马敏红) wiped his sweat and showed a simple and honest smile.
Ma Minhong (马敏红) used to be a mason in the town. One day three years ago, he went out with his father and daughter-in-law when they had a car accident, and their stable life was completely disrupted—all three suffered leg fractures and could not work in the short term; the more than 100,000 yuan borrowed from all over the place for medical expenses was even worse.
"Ma Minhong (马敏红) of Shuanglong Village (双龙村) has large medical expenses." Before long, Dai Xinghui (戴兴辉) received an early warning notice from the county medical insurance bureau. He immediately contacted the village cadres to verify the situation at the hospital and at home. "The adults can't get out of bed in the hospital, and there is also a junior high school student and two high school students at home. Without a source of income, we can't ignore it." Dai Xinghui (戴兴辉) recalled vividly.
In recent years, in order to guard the bottom line of preventing large-scale return to poverty, Weining County (威宁县) has adopted three methods: big data screening and early warning, cadres visiting door-to-door, and farmers' self-declaration, to accurately identify and provide diversified assistance. In less than two weeks, Ma Minhong's (马敏红) family was included in the monitoring households, and Dai Xinghui (戴兴辉) also became a regular visitor to his home.
"The key to normalized assistance is precision, that is, 'what is lacking, what is supplemented'." Dai Xinghui (戴兴辉) took the village cadres to take stock of Ma Minhong's (马敏红) family property, combined with assistance policies, and customized a set of assistance plans: temporary loss of labor ability, implementation of minimum living security policy, and monthly distribution of 1,500 yuan to provide a safety net; children have pressure to go to school, implement education subsidies, 1,900 yuan per person per year...
The assistance policy allowed Ma Minhong's (马敏红) family to get through the most difficult period. "At a critical moment, the government helped us. We also have to fight for it and try to live a good life." After a period of recuperation, Ma Minhong's (马敏红) labor ability gradually recovered, and he returned to his old business as a mason, and his two children also successfully graduated from high school.
After saying goodbye to Ma Minhong (马敏红), Dai Xinghui (戴兴辉) rushed to the next monitoring household. Looking at the rising smoke in the village, he said: "With the help of big data, the county's initiative and accuracy in preventing poverty return monitoring are stronger. But the 'iron feet' of town and village cadres are still indispensable. The county, township, and village work together to weave this 'protective net' to ensure the people's steady happiness."
Yang Songbiao (杨宋彪), Director of the Public Legal Service Office of the Yongsheng Yi Autonomous County (漾濞彝族自治县) Justice Bureau, Dali (大理), Yunnan (云南)——
"Substantial Intellectual Assistance and Governance Assistance"
By Zhang Chi (张驰) and Li Maoying (李茂颖), reporters of this newspaper
The moon quietly climbed up Cangshan Mountain (苍山). By the fireside in Guangming Village (光明村), Cangshan Town (苍山西镇), Yongsheng Yi Autonomous County (漾濞彝族自治县), Dali (大理), Yunnan (云南), villagers sat around and chatted.
"Don't be greedy for drinking, don't occupy the road. The more lively the festival, the more important it is to talk about safety." Li Bin (李斌), a "legal明白人" (fǎlǜ míngbái rén - "legal expert," someone who understands the law) in Dapingdi Village (大坪地村), reminded his fellow villagers to celebrate the Spring Festival in a civilized and law-abiding manner, citing an accident in a neighboring village.
In the crowd, Yang Songbiao (杨宋彪), director of the Public Legal Service Office of the Yongsheng County (漾濞县) Justice Bureau, listened attentively, nodding from time to time. Li Bin's (李斌) growth is the result of Yang Songbiao's (杨宋彪) careful contact and cultivation under the assignment of the Party organization.
"To promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, we must not only enrich the industry, but also enrich the mind; we must not only have the heat of development, but also have the temperature of the rule of law." Zhao Fang (赵芳), deputy director of the County Justice Bureau, introduced that in Yongsheng (漾濞), Party building leading the construction of a rule-of-law countryside is placed in a prominent position. The county party committee and county government vigorously implement the "legal明白人" (fǎlǜ míngbái rén - "legal expert," someone who understands the law) training project, taking it as an important starting point for consolidating grassroots governance and promoting rural good governance, reflecting the Party organization's talent assistance and capacity assistance to rural areas.
As the leader of the villagers' group, Li Bin (李斌) is usually fair in his work and has prestige among the masses. He is a good seed. In recent years, Yang Songbiao (杨宋彪) has not only often communicated by phone, but also used the opportunity for Li Bin (李斌) to go to the city to catch up with the market to invite him to the Justice Bureau to "sit and chat." In Li Bin's (李斌) heart, Yang Songbiao (杨宋彪) often "sends charcoal in the snow" (雪中送炭 - xuě zhōng sòng tàn - "send charcoal in snow," provide help in someone's time of need); "If there are any difficulties, ask at any time; if there are any difficulties, he really helps."
Once, Li Bin (李斌) encountered a tricky thing. Two relatives, separated by a wall, quarreled over the dripping water from the eaves. The owner of the low house was worried that the rainwater from the high house would drip into his house and soak the earthen wall; the owner of the high house insisted that "his own land and his own house, no one else can control it." After several unsuccessful mediations, Li Bin (李斌) called Yang Songbiao (杨宋彪).
Yang Songbiao (杨宋彪) rushed to the scene, surveying while giving Li Bin (李斌) a "private lesson": "The Civil Code clearly stipulates 'neighboring relations,' and real estate rights holders should provide the necessary convenience for neighboring rights holders to use water and drain water. Our mediation must not only be reasonable, but also adhere to the principles of law." With Yang Songbiao's (杨宋彪) "support," Li Bin (李斌) organized a new round of mediation, and finally the two families each took a step back and dredged the drainage ditch.
Today, the "Li Bin (李斌) Legal 明白人 (míngbái rén - "expert," someone who understands) Studio" has been built in Guangming Village (光明村). Yang Songbiao (杨宋彪) is very proud: "The more in-depth the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, the more complex the affairs faced at the grassroots level will inevitably be, and the types of disputes will be more diverse, not only trivial neighborhood disputes, but also economic disputes involving industrial development and market cooperation. The Party organization's training of 'legal 明白人 (míngbái rén - "expert," someone who understands)' is substantial intellectual assistance and governance assistance."
Ruan Banlu (阮班录), Science and Technology Commissioner of Qinzhuang Village (秦庄村), Shiqiao Town (石桥镇), Chunhua County (淳化县), Xianyang (咸阳), Shaanxi (陕西)——
"Let Fruit Farmers Sell Their Apples at a Good Price"
By Zhang Danhua (张丹华), reporter of this newspaper
"Old Zhao, this batch of fruit trees is in its fourth year this year and is about to enter the peak fruit-bearing period. Prune and leave more branches." In the ecological agriculture demonstration base in Qinzhuang Village (秦庄村), Shiqiao Town (石桥镇), Chunhua County (淳化县), Xianyang (咸阳), Shaanxi (陕西), science and technology commissioner Ruan Banlu (阮班录) walked around the orchard a few times, squatted next to an apple tree, pointed to the branches, and told him.
"Professor Ruan (阮教授), listen to you!" Fruit farmer Zhao Junhui (赵军辉) pressed a branch with one hand and held scissors with the other, nodding with a smile, "According to your new method of planting, in the past two years, the purchase price of apples by merchants has been 0.2 yuan higher per catty than before."
This trust has to start from 4 years ago.
Chunhua County (淳化县) has a high altitude and a large temperature difference, which is an excellent area for apples, but the quality improvement of the local Ruixue apples once encountered a bottleneck.
Ruan Banlu (阮班录) is a retired teacher of fruit tree major at Xianyang Vocational and Technical College (咸阳职业技术学院), and also a "three districts" talent and science and technology commissioner of Shaanxi Province (陕西省) who has been rooted in Chunhua County (淳化县) for more than 10 years. With his team and technical manual, he ran through the 5 townships and more than 10 orchards he helped, and quickly found the reason—many fruit farmers are accustomed to "fertilizer urging and pesticide spraying," which leads to soil compaction and reduced soil fertility.
How to improve? Ruan Banlu's (阮班录) team prescribed an "ecological prescription": interplanting marigolds and lavender in the orchard to repel insects, turning over and pressing rapeseed and beans as green manure, and using compound preparations of animal and plant sources to prevent diseases. Today, the amount of fertilizer and pesticides used in the demonstration base has been reduced by half, but the first-grade fruit rate has increased from 60% to 85%.
"Treating the disease is effective in the present, and treating the disease is beneficial in the long run. More important than imparting technology is imparting scientific planting concepts." In recent years, Ruan Banlu (阮班录) has led a 5-person team composed of plant protection and soil experts to carry out "group service," teaching hand-in-hand on the spot every month.
In 2025, the planting area of Ruixue apples in Chunhua County (淳化县) reached 21,000 mu. The county party committee and county government issued the "Chunhua County (淳化县) National New Variety Ruixue Apple Whole County Pilot Work Plan," proposing to build a large-scale and standardized industrial development system.
"The key to the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside is industrial revitalization. Our assistance is to help the industry." Between the rows of fruit trees, Ruan Banlu (阮班录) talked about his plans for the new year—translating the market's "quality signals" into technical solutions that can be implemented. "If the market wants no pesticide residues, we will promote green prevention and control technology; if the market wants to be resistant to storage, we will optimize post-harvest treatment. An important task of science and technology commissioners is to 'build bridges,' build bridges between technology and the market, so that fruit farmers can sell their apples at a good price and make the Chunhua (淳化) apple brand more famous." Ruan Banlu (阮班录) is full of confidence.
As the sun set, Ruan Banlu (阮班录) left by car, not forgetting to tell him in the technical exchange group: "In a while, it will be time for clearing the garden and topdressing. I will come over again to discuss the technical plan with you." The group instantly became lively, and various thank you emoticons swiped the screen.
Ma Jinxue (马进学), First Secretary of Dongyuan Village (东源村), Hongsipu District (红寺堡区), Wuzhong (吴忠), Ningxia (宁夏)——
"Endogenous Motivation is the Key 'Engine'"
By Jiao Siyu (焦思雨), reporter of this newspaper
During the Spring Festival, Dongyuan Village (东源村), Hongsipu District (红寺堡区), Wuzhong (吴忠), Ningxia (宁夏), was decorated with lanterns and colors. Taking advantage of the return of migrant party members to their hometowns for the New Year, Ma Jinxue (马进学), the first secretary stationed in the village, invited everyone to the village department and held a lively tea party.
"Our daylily industry has a foundation. This year, the village wants to make more efforts in deep processing. Everyone has traveled north and south and has seen a lot. Please give us some ideas." Ma Jinxue (马进学) went straight to the point.
"The quality is impeccable, but the packaging is a bit rustic and can't enter large supermarkets." "Now young people love online shopping, we have to do live streaming."... The scene became lively, and the party members spoke one after another. Ma Jinxue (马进学) listened and took notes.
In Dongyuan Village (东源村), a small daylily condenses the efforts of several consecutive first secretaries stationed in the village: in 2022, the daylily industry was introduced, driving villagers to try planting more than 50 mu; in 2023, the planting scale was further expanded, making Dongyuan (东源) daylily well-known in the surrounding area. In July 2025, Ma Jinxue (马进学), deputy director of the Construction Project Quality Supervision Station of the Hongsipu District (红寺堡区) Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, took the initiative to ask for orders and took over the "relay baton." After being stationed in the village, he visited and investigated non-stop, running all over the surrounding villages and towns, and determined a new development path of "improving added value." He actively coordinated the introduction of standardized processing workshops, promoted e-commerce to help farmers and live streaming, and was determined to make the "Hongsipu (红寺堡) Daylily" brand brighter.
However, after working for a short time, he felt a little overwhelmed. "The people who are working hard are always the few members of the village committee, and other party members and the masses seem to lack a sense of drive." Ma Jinxue (马进学) realized that going alone is fast, but going together is far, and the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside depends on everyone.
So, Ma Jinxue (马进学) turned his attention to the young party members in the village and soon took a fancy to Suo Yinlong (锁银龙). The young man has worked in "three supports and one assistance" and has done party building in enterprises. He has rich experience and outstanding ability. Ma Jinxue (马进学) and the village cadres went to the door many times to mobilize, talk about plans, and talk about prospects, and finally moved Suo Yinlong (锁银龙) with sincerity. Last year, Suo Yinlong (锁银龙) returned to the village to serve as a village cadre, mainly in charge of party building work.
Changes followed. Several action teams with party members as the backbone became active in the village, translating the "three rural" policies into local language that the people could understand, and taking the lead in variety promotion, product sales, and other work. More and more villagers have gone from "watching and doing" to "following and doing" to "doing together." In 2025, the planting area of daylily in Dongyuan Village (东源村) was five or six hundred mu, and the sales of dried daylily exceeded 6 million yuan.
Looking at the growing enthusiasm for development in the village, Ma Jinxue (马进学) was very pleased: "The key to starting a business is people. Assistance is an external force, and endogenous motivation is the key 'engine.' Organize party members and mobilize villagers, so that the development of the village will not be interrupted due to the rotation of village cadres. Seeing the village getting better day by day, my trip is worth it."
Return to TopBy: 张 洋
Seeing out the old year and welcoming the new, the word "endure" inadvertently slips from the lips of some Party member cadres – "Another year endured," "I can hardly endure it anymore." This seemingly lighthearted remark is actually quite heavy upon closer examination.
What kind of state is "enduring"? Although it has aspects of bearing, tolerating, and persevering, what we are talking about here is wasting time and squandering opportunities; it is lying flat and taking it easy, muddling through; it is coping perfunctorily and barely holding on. In reality, there is no shortage of people who "endure years" and "endure seniority." Their eyes are fixed on the calendar on their desks, not on the prospects of career development; they are calculating the promotion of their positions and ranks, not the responsibility and mission they should undertake. Over time, they habitually keep aloof, avoiding conflicts, seeking no merit but only avoiding demerit. This kind of "enduring" is passive, losing personal vigor and vitality, and delaying opportunities and momentum for development.
There is another kind of "enduring" that also deserves attention. It is late at night, and the leader is still in the office, with several cadres waiting by their side. Is it a routine shift? No. Is there something urgent? No, there isn't. Will the leader look for them? Often not. They are simply following the principle of "I won't leave until the leader leaves." In their view, this is an attitude and expression of dedication, at least "no merit, but hard work." This kind of "enduring" seems active, but in essence, it is still passive. The so-called candlelight of dedication is just the false fire of formalism.
From the final result, some "enduring," even if they "get through," may not be able to "endure" enough prestige and confidence. Because the realization of personal value and the progress of career development have never been "endured," but more often "done" in a down-to-earth manner.
I once visited the Red Flag Canal Memorial Hall, and a sentence inside was very impressive – "Rather work hard than endure hardship." In order to change the predicament of Lin County (林县), Henan Province, where "nine out of ten years are drought, and water is as expensive as oil," local Party members, cadres, and the masses spent 10 years, like the Foolish Old Man Who Removed the Mountains (愚公移山), leveling thousands of mountain peaks and tunneling through thousands of miles of rock walls, finally diverting the Zhang River (漳河) across the natural barrier and planting a spiritual banner on the top of the Taihang Mountains (太行山). This "human miracle" is impossible to achieve by simply passively "enduring." In reality, some people also choose to "endure." Scientific researchers sit on cold benches and gnaw on hard bones, accumulating strength for breakthroughs over long years; grassroots cadres stick to their posts in remote areas and work silently. This kind of "enduring" is perseverance and resilience, it is submergence and accumulation, and in essence, it is another posture of "doing" in the long river of time.
Passive "enduring" is essentially different from "doing." Behind it, there is a mentality of avoiding responsibility with "the more you do, the more mistakes you make," a panic of incompetence with "can't do, can't be done," and an unhealthy atmosphere of "doing more or less is the same, doing well is not as good as speaking well." In reality, some individual Party member cadres were once high-spirited, but after experiencing some things and being affected by some realistic factors, they feel that they are not appreciated and their ambitions are difficult to realize, their mentality gradually becomes unbalanced, and their spirit becomes lax.
To break the idea of "enduring" and call for the vigor of "doing," it is necessary for the organization to create a good environment for doing business and starting a career, improve the assessment and incentive mechanism, pay more attention to merit than hard work, emphasize performance more than seniority, so that those who do practical work get benefits and those who suffer do not suffer losses; it is also necessary for every Party member cadre to reflect on themselves and ask their original intention: What is the value of life? What is the meaning of work? Establish a correct view of power, performance, and career, and take the initiative to complete mental adjustment and action breakthrough, knowing that "enduring" will only smooth out ideals and enthusiasm, and it is difficult to bring about a turning point.
The word "cadre" (干部) itself means "doing" first. To achieve results, it does not depend on how long you "endure," but on how much you "do." Instead of "enduring," it is better to "do." When the next New Year's bell rings, I hope everyone can say frankly: "This year, I have lived up to my youth and done a wonderful job!"
Return to Top"The village collective loan was said to be for developing the lychee industry, but why did the money end up in the village Party secretary's personal account?" During a special campaign to rectify prominent problems in the management of rural collective "three assets," the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission of Hejiang County (合江县), Luzhou City (泸州市), Sichuan Province (四川省) discovered an abnormal flow of funds from the economic cooperative of a village in Lijiang Town (荔江镇). They immediately formed an investigation team to verify.
After reviewing loan contracts, bank statements, and meeting minutes, and visiting relevant personnel, the investigation team uncovered a case of village collective funds being moved away bit by bit –
In October 2020, the village's joint-stock economic cooperative applied for a loan from the bank, nominally for developing the lychee industry. However, Wang Moumou (王某某), the then village Party committee secretary, village committee director, and legal representative of the cooperative, used some of the loan funds to repay personal debts, pay land contract fees for his invested company, and for personal consumption. He also illegally borrowed 73,800 yuan of village collective funds to pay for his personal planting project expenses.
The deeper problem pointed to loopholes in the village affairs decision-making and management mechanism. Investigators found that Wang Moumou (王某某) usually acted in a strong-willed manner, running things with “一言堂” (yī yán táng - "one person speaking hall," a situation where one person makes all the decisions), and the village-level financial system was not strictly enforced at the time, giving him an opportunity. In this way, small "loans" gradually caused the use of village collective funds to "go astray."
"A thousand-mile dike is destroyed by an ant hole. This is a typical 'ants moving house' style of corruption, small amounts, many times, long-term, and continuous, occurring frequently at the grassroots level, not easily detected, but bringing great harm, and must be highly vigilant." The case handler introduced that, in the end, Wang Moumou (王某某) also had other violations of discipline and was expelled from the Party.
[Disciplinary Officer's Remarks] In this case, the village cadre's "ants moving house" style of "borrowing" subtly eroded the village collective funds. Behind this are both a weak sense of purpose and a weak awareness of discipline and law, and it also exposes loopholes in the village-level financial system and decision-making mechanism.
In response, it is necessary to further refine and implement the daily supervision of village-level micro-powers and tighten the institutional cage for the management of village collective "three assets." Party members and cadres should keep in mind that "public funds are public, and not a penny can be spent indiscriminately," strictly abide by discipline and rules, and adhere to the bottom line of integrity.
(Wu Wei (吴威), Li Juhua (李菊花))
Return to TopThe Spring Festival is a heartfelt journey towards reunion and a dazzling cultural feast.
On the old stage, the sound of gongs and drums is mixed with familiar local accents; in the new theater, light and shadow interweave to create a vibrant spring scene. Folk activities, intangible cultural heritage experiences, live performances, and silver screen celebrations create a harmonious festive atmosphere, allowing people to truly feel the continuity of culture and boundless vitality.
On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, an auspicious day to start work, we are launching this special edition to record the warm moments of this cultural feast, and together draw strength from the festival to embark on a journey full of energy.
-- Editor
Dancing Out the Spirit of the Chinese People
Li Kangdi (李康迪)
I remember when I was a child, the "Yingge Dance" was always an indispensable protagonist in the "Ying Lao Ye" (营老爷) parade during the New Year in my hometown. Watching the master painters apply makeup, arrange formations, and practice steps, the whole street would boil over as soon as the gongs and drums sounded. This is the flavor of the New Year in my memory, the unique liveliness and confidence of the Chaoshan (潮汕) people.
Later, I learned Yingge Dance and joined the Yingge team. Through repeated rehearsals and performances, I increasingly realized that Yingge is never a gentle dance. It hides the loyalty and integrity of the Liangshan heroes, reveals the upright, passionate, and affectionate nature of the Chaoshan people, and is a true embodiment of spirit and energy.
In recent years, during the Spring Festival, we have taken Yingge Dance to Budapest (布达佩斯) in Hungary, Kuala Lumpur (吉隆坡) in Malaysia, Bangkok (曼谷) in Thailand... Everywhere we go, we are warmly welcomed by the locals. But some relatives and friends around me don't understand: Why give up family reunions and travel overseas during the Spring Festival?
Not for vanity, but for a sense of attachment. Yingge is a standard feature of the Chaoshan New Year and a representative of Chinese folk customs. Wherever the dance goes, the local accent resounds. I always want to take the team one step further, bringing Yingge to foreign streets and to overseas compatriots, so that they can touch the warmth of their hometown and find the roots in their hearts in the familiar drumbeats. I also want them to know that we have always cherished Yingge Dance and never abandoned it.
The first time I took the team to stand on a foreign stage and in a foreign street, I was actually very apprehensive, fearing that foreigners would not understand or feel this native Chaoshan folk custom. But when the gongs and drums sounded, the facial makeup was applied, the horse stance was steady, and the wooden hammer was swung, all my worries dissipated.
Foreign audiences were full of amazement, blonde children swayed to the beat of the drums, clumsily imitating the swinging of the hammer, and the elderly recorded the whole process with their mobile phones and gave thumbs up repeatedly. What moved me the most were the Chinese compatriots in the crowd. They raised their mobile phones and cheered along with the rhythm. Some elderly people couldn't squeeze to the front row and quietly wiped away tears behind the team.
At that moment, I became even more convinced that what we are dancing is not just Yingge, but also the homesickness of overseas travelers and an inseparable national sentiment. Yingge is a treasure left by our ancestors. We take it overseas, not to make a name for ourselves, but to let the world see the spirit of the Chinese people and to let overseas compatriots understand that no matter how far they go, the motherland will always be the strongest support.
All the rushing around and all the perseverance are worth it. I want to take the team to dance this resounding Yingge further and spread it wider.
(The author is the captain of the Chao Xiang Yingge Team (潮響英歌队) in Chaozhou City (潮州市), Guangdong Province (广东省))
The Surging Crowd is Also a Beautiful Scenery
Wu Lian (吴炼)
Checking in at cultural tourism performances with relatives and friends has become a popular option for festive cultural life. At the beginning of the New Year, walking in the "Only the Red Chamber Dream · Drama Fantasy City" (只有红楼梦·戏剧幻城) in Langfang (廊坊), Hebei (河北), I brushed shoulders with many "family groups" with the old and the young and youthful "travel buddies."
Pushing open the 16 uniquely shaped doors of the Drama Fantasy City, a journey through time and space begins. The 21 plays launched in 21 drama spaces, some recreate the classrooms and playgrounds of the 1980s, some reproduce the neighborhood life of Beijing's (北京) quadrangle courtyards, and some allow today's youth to dialogue with the characters in *Dream of the Red Chamber*. The audience shuttles between different theaters with the joy and emotion of the previous play and the unknown and curiosity about the next play, feeling the contemporary echoes of the classics.
In the era of social media, performing arts spaces are by no means just performance venues. They should also "have landmarks," "be able to produce good photos," and "be easy to interact with." All of these constitute the source of "ritual." In the 108 situational spaces of the Drama Fantasy City, whether it is a staggered corridor, a mirror maze, or a hollow roof, a retro door array, there are tourists taking pictures everywhere. The special lantern lighting and blessing, unmanned aerial vehicle Kongming lanterns, light and shadow shows, and the hundred actors holding lanterns to see off guests at the closing of the park during the festival, bring the sense of ritual to the fullest. The Spring Festival and *Dream of the Red Chamber*, two major traditional cultural IPs, collide with charming sparks.
It's not just "Only the Red Chamber Dream." Stories of rushing to a city for a play and lighting up a city with a performance are staged everywhere. If traditional Spring Festival travel is mainly about "seeing," seeing mountains and rivers, seeing historical sites, and seeing lantern festivals, then today's cultural tourism performances are changing the way people experience the festival, from "seeing the scenery" to "entering the play." When a performing arts space simultaneously possesses multiple attributes of being watchable, listenable, strollable, photographable, and interactive, and when a ticket can "travel" from daily life to a dramatic situation, allowing for a physical and mental immersion and emotional sublimation, the festival culture has a new flavor and is forming a new fashion.
The bright lights illuminate the light in the eyes, and the surging crowd becomes a beautiful scenery. The two-way rush between actors and audiences, and the warm "Happy New Year" greetings between unfamiliar tourists, make "communicating hearts through art" concrete. On stage and off stage, in the play and out of the play, ancient people and modern people communicate and connect in full emotions. At that moment, you will deeply feel the meaning of "performing arts +". It is not only the convergence of plays and the convergence of spaces, but also the convergence of people and the convergence of emotions.
(The author is a drama critic)
Laughter Connects Thousands of Households
Ma Li (马丽)
Although I have had the honor of participating in several CCTV Spring Festival Galas (总台春晚), to be honest, I still get nervous every time before going on stage, my palms sweat, and my heart beats faster. I always unconsciously think of the scene when I first appeared on the Spring Festival Gala - the feeling of wanting to present the best side to the national audience has not changed to this day.
The stage of the Spring Festival Gala has a magical power. When the lights come on and the applause comes, I see the expectant eyes of the audience under the stage, and I deeply feel that at this moment, I have an invisible connection with hundreds of millions of families. Our works accompany the reunion moments of thousands of households, and the audience's laughter resonates with us in real time through the screen, which makes me feel both a great responsibility and an incomparable warmth.
In addition to the Spring Festival Gala, movie theaters during the Spring Festival are another space where I meet the audience. This year is the third time I have accompanied everyone through the New Year with a Spring Festival film. Sometimes I wonder, why are people willing to choose to go to the cinema during the Spring Festival, in the precious time of family reunion?
In the movie *Too Cool to Kill*, we wanted to create pure happiness for the audience. In *Article 20*, we tried to explore serious social issues under the guise of comedy, and we were pleasantly surprised to find that the audience not only accepted it, but also launched a heated discussion. This year's *Panda Plans*, we hope to create a family-friendly adventure film suitable for three generations of grandparents and grandchildren to enjoy together. In this movie, the tribal chief I play has to face "uninvited guests" - an international superstar and a cute panda. This is an imaginative world with adventure, laughter, and warmth.
These three Spring Festival films record my growth as an actor and also witness the deepening of my relationship with the audience. From "for fun" to "with thought" to "family fun," I have gradually realized that the movie theater during the Spring Festival is more like a special gathering place where family and friends gather to share an emotional journey in the interweaving of light and shadow. Movies become a topic of conversation between relatives and also become a carrier of emotional resonance between different generations. This way of reunion with cultural consumption as a link shows the hot and steamy atmosphere of the Spring Festival culture.
I remember when I was a child in Northeast China (东北), after the first day of the Lunar New Year, we started visiting relatives. Adults sat around chatting, and children gathered together to watch videos. The simple happiness was unforgettable. Nowadays, times have changed, and the forms of celebrating the New Year are becoming more and more diverse, but the feeling of gaining happiness through cultural sharing and gathering emotions through artistic experiences has never changed.
As an actor, the greatest happiness is that my works can enter the hearts of the audience. Maybe many years later, someone will remember "That year's Spring Festival Gala, the skit performed by Ma Li was really interesting," or "One year during the Spring Festival, I watched Ma Li's movie with my family and laughed very happily." Whenever I think that my performance may become a source of laughter when people chat during the New Year, a warm current surges in my heart. This feeling of celebrating the Spring Festival with hundreds of millions of families is wonderful and precious.
On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, good luck for starting work. I also use my name to ask for good luck, and I wish everyone a "full horsepower" (马力全开 - mǎ lì quán kāi - "full horsepower," to go all out) in the new year!
(The author is a film and television actor)
The Fire Pit Warms the Screen
Wu Yao (吴垚)
The theme of creating the micro-drama *A Gui's "Village Gala"* (阿桂的“村晚”) is two words - reunion. The Spring Festival is the most solemn traditional festival for Chinese people, and many literary and artistic works related to it are responses to the theme of "reunion." Micro-dramas should also use their own methods to explore such themes and meet the needs of watching dramas during the festival. Therefore, we decided to use the story of A Gui (阿桂), a young man from a rural area in western Hunan (湘西), who initiated a "village gala" and called on relatives and friends to go home for the New Year, to restore the most simple flavor of the New Year, take the audience from the "fast" pace of the city back to the "slow" pace of the countryside, and think about the meaning of "home" to us while relieving emotions.
Micro-dramas emphasize fast pace, strong conflicts, and multiple reversals, but this time we did not **削足适履** (xuē zú shì lǚ - "cut the feet to fit the shoes," to force something to fit or conform). During the preparation period, we set the tone of adhering to reality and slowing down the work. Before the project was launched, the team traveled more than a thousand kilometers to interview beekeepers, batik artisans, forest rangers, teachers who support education, young people returning to their hometowns, and ordinary villagers to understand the real rural areas of western Hunan from multiple dimensions. When creating the script, we rejected exaggerated strong settings, did not rely on deliberate conflicts that stimulate the senses, and restored the original appearance of rural life with slow-paced narration.
Interestingly, we invited many local villagers to perform during the filming, and their performance surprised everyone. "Aunt Jiao" (娇婶) sat at the table and could embroider in a decent manner as soon as she picked up the needle and thread. The "secretary's wife" (支书媳妇) could sing and dance, and spontaneously sang a Miao (苗) song to welcome the Northeast (东北) son-in-law... These plots were not deliberately prepared, but were "added" by the actors themselves on the spot. Their appearance in life was vividly displayed in the play. These real, fresh, and even rough performances, together with the cured meat on the fire pit, the songs and dances in the village, the noise of the long table banquet, and the shouts on the ridges, constitute a moving picture of the Miao village during the Spring Festival.
After the filming, I have been thinking that a good Spring Festival literary and artistic work may not need grand scenes, gorgeous packaging, or amazing skills. What is important is to let the audience calm down in their busy lives and feel the process of going home for the New Year, and slowly understand the warmth of home, the preciousness of reunion, and the strong feelings of homesickness. This is also the original intention of our creation of *A Gui's "Village Gala"*: From various elements, it is a short drama that does not look like a short drama, but it is as simple as the Miao village and as hot as the fire pit, warming every heart that yearns for reunion. This principle also applies to the current micro-drama creation: not to be controlled by the "hit formula" in the algorithm, to transcend the temporary "emotional outlet," to record the current hot life, and to express our real and long-lasting common emotions.
A Gui's "Village Gala" does not only belong to the Miao village, but also a sincere confession written by a micro-drama to the Spring Festival.
(The author is a micro-drama director)
Hometown Opera Best Relieves Homesickness
Li Shujian (李树建)
Opera performers are busiest during the Spring Festival. Every year at this time, I have to sing opera and celebrate the New Year with my fellow villagers.
During the Spring Festival, I went to Chengguan Town (城关镇), Song County (嵩县), Henan (河南), to participate in the festival gala on Songzhou Ancient City Square (嵩州古城广场). The performance program was rich and colorful, including opera, folk art, acrobatics, magic, song and dance, and folk performances. The content involved rural revitalization, industrial development, cultural inheritance, and urban-rural integration. It was good-looking, good-sounding, and full of positive energy. All the programs were written, directed, and performed by the people themselves. They were not only organizers and participants, but also creators and performers, and were the absolute protagonists of this gala.
The performance attracted fellow villagers from villages and towns within dozens of miles. They gathered around the stage, supporting the old and carrying the young, regardless of the rugged mountain roads. Tricycles carried their wives, and electric cars carried their children. They arrived at the scene more than half a day in advance. Just after 5 pm, the area around the stage was already crowded with people, and even a few agile young men were climbing on the trees. A live broadcast room was also set up at the scene, and it is said that the number of online viewers reached more than 5 million.
That day, I sang two excerpts from *Cheng Ying Saves the Orphan* (程婴救孤) and *Qingfeng Pavilion* (清风亭上). The fellow villagers were familiar with them and liked them very much, and they kept shouting for another excerpt. After the performance, they surrounded me, shook hands, took photos, and chatted about their families. I couldn't leave the scene for more than an hour. This is our audience: simple, enthusiastic, and obsessed.
In the vast land of China, performance forms like the Song County People's Spring Festival Gala are blooming everywhere. They not only vividly demonstrate the vibrant vitality of the construction of beautiful rural areas in the new era, but also reflect the strong desire of the grassroots people for high-quality cultural products.
Every year during the Spring Festival, a large number of migrant workers return to their hometowns. They put down the fatigue of a year of hard work and reunite with their relatives. In this short and happy time of returning home, watching hometown opera not only soothes homesickness, but also enhances family affection while accompanying family members. Many rural Spring Festival Galas have moved from indoors to outdoors, and even onto short videos and live broadcast rooms, becoming a public shared art, satisfying people's cultural needs on a larger scale.
During these years of the Spring Festival, I have sung one excerpt after another on the small stage in the fields, watching the fellow villagers surround the stage regardless of the severe cold, unwilling to leave, and I am filled with emotion. Opera grows in the midst of the people. It thrives when it is close to them and dies when it is separated from them. Just as Qinqiang (秦腔) actor An Wansuo (安万所) said, "Qinqiang is my life," "**戏比天大**" (xì bǐ tiān dà - "opera is bigger than the sky," opera is the most important thing) and "be a good person and sing good opera" are our common beliefs and duties.
Those sincere cheers, those excited tears, and those kind greetings are the greatest encouragement to opera performers from the fellow villagers. Celebrating the New Year with my fellow villagers is my greatest happiness.
(The author is a Yu Opera (豫剧) performing artist)
A Year Begins with the Fragrance of Books
Ji Juesu (季觉苏)
In Shanghai (上海), the way to welcome the New Year often starts from a new reading space in a street corner.
Walking along the Changning (长宁) section of the Suzhou Creek (苏州河) trail, there is a small house for citizens to read and rest on the waterfront side. Pushing open the door, the fragrance of flowers greets you first. Picture books are placed on the table, and seasonal flowers are inserted in the bucket. The atmosphere of paper and plants intertwines in the room. A New Year's flower arrangement parent-child activity is taking place here.
The story begins with flowers. Teacher Wang Yufan (王宇凡) is telling the picture book *Flower Affairs*, from the joy of peach blossoms to the elegance of daffodils, to the auspicious meaning of kumquats and silver willows in the New Year. The children sit around the table, their eyes clear and listening attentively, and questions keep popping up: Why do these flowers always appear during the Spring Festival? Why should we decorate our homes brightly at the beginning of the year? The parents sit aside, listening to these questions, and suddenly realize that they have not taken their children to the vegetable market and flower market for a long time.
The story is still continuing, and the hands have already begun to get busy. The flower arrangement session then begins. With the help of the teacher, the children and parents trim the branches, reassemble the flowers, and repeatedly try and adjust the angles on the floral foam. The blessings in the poems and the emphasis on New Year customs become concrete in this back-and-forth hands-on process, and are also easier to understand.
Such a scene is not only staged on the banks of the Suzhou Creek. At the beginning of the New Year, Shanghai has launched six new spaces on the basis of creating 252 child-friendly urban reading new spaces. These spaces are distributed in different streets and have different styles, but they have similar design concepts: low bookshelves are arranged according to the height of the children, rounded furniture makes the body more comfortable, and the position of tables and chairs can be adjusted according to the activity. Children gain more initiative in it, and "quiet reading" and "dynamic creation" are intertwined in the space.
Such scenes are not unique to the Suzhou Creek (苏州河) area. At the beginning of the new year, Shanghai, building upon the creation of 252 child-friendly urban reading spaces, has launched six new spaces. These spaces are distributed in different neighborhoods, each with its own style, but sharing a similar design concept: low bookshelves arranged according to children's height, rounded furniture for greater physical comfort, and table and chair positions that can be adjusted according to activities. Children gain more autonomy, and "quiet reading" and "dynamic creation" are intertwined in the space.
After the spaces "opened up," reading during the Spring Festival took on a different look. Some brought science experiments into the first reading session of the new year, some showcased the beauty of attire between the lines, and some told stories of local worthies, passing local memories on to the children... Spring Festival picture book story sessions, intangible cultural heritage workshops, and New Year garden parties were lively staged. The legends of the Year Beast and the God of Wealth were told again and again, and Spring Festival couplets, "Fu" characters, palace lanterns, and mother-of-pearl inlay gradually took shape in the hands of children. Reading and festivals are intertwined, becoming the cultural foundation of the Spring Festival.
After the implementation of the "National Reading Promotion Regulations," the role of grassroots libraries will continue to change. Shao Wei (邵微), head of the Huayang Road Subdistrict Library (华阳路街道图书馆) in Changning District (长宁区), mentioned that today's reading services emphasize proactively approaching residents. Reading spaces are no longer limited to library buildings; they can be found in community service centers, alongside river walkways, and in historical buildings. The grassroots library where Shao Wei works has set up book QR codes next to the seats on the Suzhou Creek walkway. If citizens see a book they are interested in while resting, they can scan the code to read it.
Parent-child reading during the Spring Festival is like spring plowing in the city. It progresses in accordance with the seasons and the nature of children. In the day-to-day telling and listening, culture takes root in time, connecting the life experiences of generations.
(The author is a reporter from the Shanghai Branch of this newspaper.)
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