People's Daily - March 28, 2026

Deliberating the "Regulations on the Work of Local Committees of the Communist Party of China"

Local Party committees must resolutely safeguard the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, regard the implementation of the Party Central Committee's decisions and deployments as the top priority, and **扭住不放** (niǔ zhù bù fàng - "hold on tightly and not let go," to persevere and not give up easily) and vigorously implement matters determined by the Party Central Committee. At the same time, they should closely integrate with the actual conditions of their regions and enhance their initiative and creativity in their work.

Local Party committees have an unshirkable responsibility in planning development and safeguarding security, and they must be down-to-earth and pragmatic. They must fully and accurately implement the new development concept, solidly promote high-quality development, focus on guaranteeing and improving people's livelihoods, and make every effort to safeguard national security and social stability. They must establish and practice a correct view of performance, adhere to achieving performance for the people and achieving performance through hard work, and strive to create achievements that can withstand the test of practice, the people, and history. Democratic centralism education should be strengthened in the leading bodies of local Party committees, rules of procedure for deliberation and decision-making should be improved, negative lists should be refined, supervision mechanisms should be improved, and the contents of key supervision matters, specific measures, and accountability should be clarified to ensure the strict implementation of democratic centralism. Members of the leading bodies of local Party committees should strengthen theoretical study, improve their professional qualities, and focus on improving their leadership capabilities. They must shoulder the political responsibility of administering the Party and governing the Party, unswervingly promote comprehensive and strict Party governance, relentlessly and strictly implement the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee and their implementation details, deeply rectify formalism to reduce burdens for the grassroots, exercise power in accordance with laws and regulations, safeguard the bottom line of integrity, and promote the formation of a clean and upright political ecology.

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), March 27th. The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee convened a meeting on March 27th to review the "Regulations on the Work of Local Committees of the Communist Party of China." Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting.

The meeting pointed out that local Party committees must resolutely safeguard the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, regard the implementation of the Party Central Committee's decisions and deployments as the top priority, and **扭住不放** (niǔ zhù bù fàng - "hold on tightly and not let go," to persevere and not give up easily) and vigorously implement matters determined by the Party Central Committee. At the same time, they should closely integrate with the actual conditions of their regions and enhance their initiative and creativity in their work.

The meeting emphasized that local Party committees have an unshirkable responsibility in planning development and safeguarding security, and they must be down-to-earth and pragmatic. They must fully and accurately implement the new development concept, solidly promote high-quality development, focus on guaranteeing and improving people's livelihoods, and make every effort to safeguard national security and social stability. They must establish and practice a correct view of performance, adhere to achieving performance for the people and achieving performance through hard work, and strive to create achievements that can withstand the test of practice, the people, and history. Democratic centralism education should be strengthened in the leading bodies of local Party committees, rules of procedure for deliberation and decision-making should be improved, negative lists should be refined, supervision mechanisms should be improved, and the contents of key supervision matters, specific measures, and accountability should be clarified to ensure the strict implementation of democratic centralism. Members of the leading bodies of local Party committees should strengthen theoretical study, improve their professional qualities, and focus on improving their leadership capabilities. They must shoulder the political responsibility of administering the Party and governing the Party, unswervingly promote comprehensive and strict Party governance, relentlessly and strictly implement the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee and their implementation details, deeply rectify formalism to reduce burdens for the grassroots, exercise power in accordance with laws and regulations, safeguard the bottom line of integrity, and promote the formation of a clean and upright political ecology.

The meeting also studied other matters.

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Profits of China's Major Industrial Firms Up 15.2% in First Two Months

This Beijing (北京) dispatch from our newspaper on March 27th (Reported by Liu Zhiqiang (刘志强)) - This reporter learned on March 27th from the National Bureau of Statistics (国家统计局): In the first two months of this year, national industrial enterprises above designated size achieved a total profit of 1024.56 billion yuan, an increase of 15.2% year-on-year.

In the first two months, the operating income of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 5.3% year-on-year, 4.2 percentage points faster than the previous year, and the growth of operating income improved significantly, creating favorable conditions for the recovery of corporate profits.

In the first two months, the operating income of the equipment manufacturing industry above designated size increased by 8.9% year-on-year, 3.6 percentage points higher than all industrial enterprises above designated size. The rapid growth of operating income drove the profit of the equipment manufacturing industry above designated size to increase by 23.5% year-on-year. The profit of high-tech manufacturing industry above designated size increased by 58.7% year-on-year, driving the profit growth of all industrial enterprises above designated size by 7.9 percentage points.

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Making the lives of the Tibetan people happier and better.

By: 本报评论员

As hundreds of millions of people march towards the "15th Five-Year Plan" goals, we celebrate the 67th anniversary of the democratic reform in Tibet and the liberation of millions of serfs. Commemorating this great social transformation, the people of Tibet are striving forward, creating an even happier and more prosperous life under the leadership of the Party.

From darkness to light, from backwardness to progress, from poverty to prosperity, from autocracy to democracy, from isolation to openness, the democratic reform has enabled Tibet's social system to leap forward a thousand years. Poverty alleviation has historically eliminated absolute poverty for the people of Tibet. The historic achievements of Tibet's development and the earth-shaking changes in the snowy plateau fully prove that without the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), there would be no new socialist Tibet, and there would be no peaceful and prosperous life for the people of Tibet today.

In 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) led the central delegation to attend the 60th anniversary celebration of the establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region, and replied to all the villagers of Gala Village (嘎拉村) in Nyingchi (林芝市), greatly encouraging the confidence and determination of the entire region to jointly build a community of the Chinese nation and write a new chapter in beautiful Tibet. From scientifically and orderly promoting post-disaster recovery and reconstruction in Dingri (定日), composing a moving chapter of national unity and mutual assistance, to the commencement of the Yaxia Hydropower Project (雅下水电工程), turning the dreams of generations into reality... the pace of struggle is fearless of wind and rain, firm and powerful.

During the extraordinary "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the gross regional product of Tibet grew at an average annual rate of 6.3%, crossing two hundred-billion-yuan thresholds in five years. The per capita disposable income of urban and rural residents increased from 46,503 yuan and 16,935 yuan in 2021 to 58,794 yuan and 23,184 yuan respectively, making the people of all ethnic groups feel more fulfilled, happier, and more secure.

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "People's happiness is the greatest human right, and development is the key to realizing people's happiness." Today, Tibet has entered the best period of development, the greatest changes, and the most benefits for the people of all ethnic groups in history, relying on the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee and the strong support of the people of the whole country, and relying on the joint struggle and tenacious efforts of the cadres and masses of all ethnic groups in Tibet.

Striving forward in the "15th Five-Year Plan," Tibet's development stands at a new historical starting point. "Consolidating the foundation and making comprehensive efforts" brooks no delay, and the mission of enabling the people of all ethnic groups in Tibet to live a happier and more prosperous life is on our shoulders. Comprehensively implement the Party's strategy for governing Tibet in the new era, adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, fully and accurately implement the new development concept, solidly promote high-quality development, and continue to deepen the four major tasks of stability, development, ecology, and strengthening the border, we will surely strive to write a new chapter in the long-term stability and high-quality development of the snowy plateau.

Gala Village (嘎拉村) in Nyingchi (林芝), a once impoverished village that relied on cutting trees for firewood, under the guidance of the Party's good policies for enriching the border and benefiting the people, holds peach blossom festivals, brightens the "Peach Blossom Village," and builds picking and planting gardens. The villagers' lives are getting better and better. In 2025 alone, the tourism income from the peach blossom festival reached 3.7 million yuan.

Shannan Jiangbei Industrial Park (山南江北产业园), actively integrates into the national "Eastern Data and Western Computing" layout, explores a new model of "digital aid to Tibet," and the "Yajiang No. 1 (雅江1号)" artificial intelligence computing center, the world's highest altitude and Tibet's first large-scale intelligent computing center, has been put into operation, based in Tibet, radiating across the country, and empowering industrial upgrading.

To promote high-quality development in Tibet, the key is to accurately locate and identify advantages in the overall national situation, always adhere to the people-centered development ideology, insist that all development should be given the significance of national unity and progress, should be given the significance of improving people's livelihood and uniting people's hearts, and should be conducive to enhancing the people of all ethnic groups' sense of gain, happiness, and security, adapting to local conditions, respecting laws, and taking a path of high-quality development that conforms to Tibet's actual situation.

"Looking at the Big Dipper, you won't get lost; following the Communist Party, you will be happy." The heartfelt voice of the Tibetan people speaks to the inevitable logic of history, enlightening the present and indicating the future.

Taking the commemoration of Tibet's democratic reform as an opportunity, drawing strength from the great transformation, uniting more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, and more firmly unswervingly following the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, jointly advancing the construction of a new socialist modern Tibet, Tibet's tomorrow will surely be better.

(Related reports can be found on the fourth edition)

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Li Qiang Presides Over State Council Executive Meeting

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 27th (北京) – Premier of the State Council Li Qiang (李强) presided over an executive meeting of the State Council on March 27th (国务院), to study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech at the symposium on further promoting the high-quality construction and development of the Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区), to hear a report on the current development of China's service industry, and to study relevant policies and measures to accelerate the construction of a hierarchical medical system.

The meeting emphasized that the construction of the Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) is a major strategic decision made by the Party Central Committee (党中央). It is necessary to combine the study and implementation of the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech with the implementation of a series of deployments by the Party Central Committee (党中央) regarding the construction and development of the Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区). It is important to maintain strategic focus and historical patience, and also to have a sense of urgency and drive to seize the day, and to take practical and effective measures to further promote the high-quality construction and development of the Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区). We must focus on key tasks at the current stage and concentrate our efforts, enhance the motivation and attraction of Beijing's (北京) non-capital functions to be relocated, simultaneously grasp high-quality construction and efficient governance, gather the advantages of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津) and Hebei (河北) and other aspects to cultivate a modern industrial system, and continuously enhance the internal driving force for development. All relevant parties should strengthen their overall perspective and execution, give greater support to the New Area in terms of policy and institutional innovation, major platform layout, and regional economic cooperation, promptly study new situations, solve new problems, and build greater synergy for the construction and development of the Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区).

The meeting pointed out that the service industry is an important part of the modern industrial system, which is related to high-quality development and the overall situation of modernization construction. It is necessary to fully tap the development potential of the service industry, promote the extension of productive service industries to specialization and the high end of the value chain, and promote the high-quality, diversified, and convenient development of life service industries. We must focus on key areas with strong driving forces, improve policy support and systems and mechanisms, increase support for finance, taxation, and factor guarantees, expand market access and opening-up areas for the service industry, and fully release market vitality. It is necessary to form a joint effort, construct a multi-dimensional comprehensive evaluation index for the development of the service industry, and fully mobilize the enthusiasm and initiative of all parties in developing the service industry.

The meeting pointed out that promoting hierarchical diagnosis and treatment is conducive to improving the operating efficiency of the medical and health service system and better meeting the needs of the people for convenient medical treatment nearby. We must coordinate the construction of a hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system and the implementation of the medical and health strengthening project at the grassroots level, guide the people to seek first diagnosis at the grassroots level with common and chronic diseases as the focus, optimize the management of referral services with the goal of enhancing the continuity of medical treatment, earnestly do a good job in family doctor contract services, and promote the sinking of medical and health services and the improvement of grassroots capabilities.

The meeting also studied other matters.

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Zhao Leji Meets with Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and Sri Lankan Speaker of Parliament Vitharana

This newspaper reported from Boao, Hainan, on March 27th (Reporters Li Yan (李琰) and Dong Zeyang (董泽扬)) Zhao Leji (赵乐际), Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, met with Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (黄循财) and Sri Lankan Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena (维克拉马拉特纳) in Boao, Hainan, on the afternoon of the 26th, who were in China to attend the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2026.

During the meeting with Lawrence Wong (黄循财), Zhao Leji (赵乐际) stated that under the strategic guidance of the leaders of both countries, the all-round, high-quality, and forward-looking partnership between China and Singapore has continuously achieved new progress. Last year, during the 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, Prime Minister Wong (黄循财) officially visited China, and President Xi Jinping (习近平) held a meeting with you, pointing out the strategic direction for the development of China-Singapore relations under the new situation. China is willing to work with Singapore to continuously consolidate the political foundation of China-Singapore relations, deepen high-level cooperation in economy, trade, science, technology, culture, legislation and other fields, strengthen exchanges and mutual learning, enhance people-to-people connectivity, jointly promote their respective modernization processes, jointly safeguard international fairness and justice, and make greater contributions to regional and world peace and prosperity.

Lawrence Wong (黄循财) said that Singapore firmly adheres to the one-China policy and opposes "Taiwan independence." Singapore is willing to deepen cooperation in economy, free trade port construction, emerging fields, legislation, culture and other fields to benefit the people of both countries.

During the meeting with Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena (维克拉马拉特纳), Zhao Leji (赵乐际) stated that in January of last year, President Xi Jinping (习近平) and President Wickremesinghe (迪萨纳亚克), who came to China for a state visit, unanimously agreed to deepen the China-Sri Lanka strategic cooperative partnership and build a China-Sri Lanka community with a shared future. China is willing to work with Sri Lanka to jointly implement the important consensus reached by the heads of state of the two countries, connect the "15th Five-Year Plan" with plans such as "Digital Sri Lanka," deepen cooperation in various fields such as the joint construction of the "Belt and Road," and consolidate the public opinion foundation for friendship between the two countries. The National People's Congress of China is willing to strengthen exchanges of experience in legislation, supervision, etc. with the Sri Lankan Parliament to provide legal guarantees for practical cooperation between the two countries.

Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena (维克拉马拉特纳) said that the traditional friendship between Sri Lanka and China has grown stronger over time. Sri Lanka firmly adheres to the one-China policy and thanks China for its long-term valuable support to Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan Parliament is willing to strengthen exchanges and mutual learning with the National People's Congress of China and jointly promote friendly cooperation between Sri Lanka and China.

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Wang Huning Presides Over National Committee of the CPPCC Chairman's Meeting

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 27th. The 49th Chairperson's Meeting of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (政协) was held in Beijing (北京) on the afternoon of the 27th. Wang Huning (王沪宁), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC, presided over the meeting and delivered a speech.

The meeting conveyed and studied the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) recent important speeches and instructions. Wang Huning (王沪宁) stated that it is necessary to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech during the Two Sessions, adhere to the organic combination of the Party's leadership, the united front, and consultative democracy, promote the study, research, and training of the Party's innovative theories on a regular basis, conduct in-depth investigations and research on major issues of economic and social development, actively conduct consultative political affairs, do more to publicize policies, dispel doubts and confusions, smooth out emotions, and resolve conflicts, and **凝聚人心** (níng jù rén xīn - "gather people's hearts," to unite people's minds), **凝聚共识** (níng jù gòng shí - "gather consensus," to build common understanding), **凝聚智慧** (níng jù zhì huì - "gather wisdom," to pool collective intelligence), and **凝聚力量** (níng jù lì liàng - "gather strength," to consolidate power) for a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan." It is necessary to thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important exposition on establishing and practicing a correct view of performance, adhere to the people's political consultative conference for the people, guide the vast number of CPPCC members to focus on the hot and difficult issues of concern to the people, offer more beneficial suggestions to the people, do more beneficial things for the people, and carry out in-depth activities of "serving the people" in the performance of duties by members. It is necessary to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech when he inspected the Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) in Hebei (河北) and presided over a symposium on promoting the high-quality construction and development of the Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区), and conduct in-depth research on key issues of the Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) "striving to build a new era of innovation highlands and promoting high-quality development models," and put forward valuable opinions and suggestions.

The meeting deliberated and approved the "Key Proposal Topics and Supervision Methods for the Fourth Session of the 14th National Committee of the CPPCC," and determined 76 key proposal topics.

Vice Chairmen of the National Committee of the CPPCC Wang Yong (王勇), Zhou Qiang (周强), Shao Hong (邵鸿), and Gao Yunlong (高云龙) made speeches on studying and implementing the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) recent important speeches.

Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC Shi Taifeng (石泰峰), Vice Chairmen of the National Committee of the CPPCC Hu Chunhua (胡春华), Shen Yueyue (沈跃跃), Leung Chun-ying (梁振英), Bater (巴特尔), Su Hui (苏辉), Chen Wu (陈武), Xian Hui (咸辉), Wang Dongfeng (王东峰), Jiang Xinzhi (姜信治), Jiang Zuojun (蒋作君), He Baoxiang (何报翔), Wang Guangqian (王光谦), Zhu Yongxin (朱永新), and Yang Zhen (杨震) attended the meeting.

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Ding Xuexiang Meets with World Intellectual Property Organization Director General Daren Tang

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 27th. Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, met with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director General Daren Tang (邓鸿森) in Beijing (北京) on the 27th.

Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) stated that protecting intellectual property is protecting innovation. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, China will continue to strengthen the protection and utilization of intellectual property rights, further promote the construction of a strong intellectual property nation, and better support high-level self-reliance and self-strengthening in science and technology, and promote high-quality development. China is willing to further strengthen friendly cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization (世界知识产权组织) to form more practical results. China supports the World Intellectual Property Organization (世界知识产权组织) in fully leveraging its role as a multilateral platform and professional institution to provide more efficient and convenient services for global innovators.

Daren Tang (邓鸿森) highly praised China's intellectual property work, and said that the World Intellectual Property Organization (世界知识产权组织) looks forward to deepening cooperation with China to improve the global intellectual property ecosystem and better promote scientific and technological innovation and economic development.

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Han Zheng Visits South Africa

Cape Town, March 27 (Reported by Zou Song (邹松) from this newspaper) From March 25th to 27th, 2026, local time, at the invitation of South African Deputy President Paul Mashatile (马沙蒂莱), Chinese Vice President Han Zheng (韩正) visited South Africa. In Cape Town, he met with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (拉马福萨), co-chaired the 9th Plenary Session of the China-South Africa Bi-National Commission with Deputy President Paul Mashatile (马沙蒂莱), and met with Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula (迪迪扎), Speaker of the South African National Assembly.

During the meeting with Cyril Ramaphosa (拉马福萨), Han Zheng (韩正) conveyed President Xi Jinping's (习近平) cordial greetings and best wishes to President Cyril Ramaphosa (拉马福萨). Han Zheng (韩正) stated that China attaches great importance to the development of China-South Africa relations and is willing to work with South Africa to continuously achieve new developments in the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries in the new era established by the two heads of state. China and South Africa should continuously strengthen political mutual trust, continue to support each other on issues of mutual concern, maintain the momentum of high-level exchanges, and enhance mutual learning between ruling parties. President Xi Jinping (习近平) recently announced that China will comprehensively implement zero-tariff measures for 53 African countries that have diplomatic relations with China starting from May 1st. China is willing to reach an agreement with South Africa as soon as possible on the early harvest arrangement of the partnership agreement for common economic development and promote pragmatic cooperation in a coordinated manner. China and South Africa are both important developing countries, and the two sides should jointly safeguard fairness and justice. China is willing to strengthen communication and coordination with South Africa within multilateral mechanisms and jointly enhance the influence and voice of the Global South in international affairs.

Cyril Ramaphosa (拉马福萨) asked Han Zheng (韩正) to convey his sincere greetings and best wishes to President Xi Jinping (习近平), and stated that South Africa firmly adheres to the one-China policy. He expressed gratitude to President Xi Jinping (习近平) for announcing the comprehensive implementation of zero-tariff measures, and South Africa will make good use of the zero-tariff policy to expand exports to China, strengthen cooperation with China in various fields, and is willing to maintain close communication and collaboration with China within multilateral mechanisms to promote the common development of Africa and the Global South countries.

When co-chairing the 9th Plenary Session of the China-South Africa Bi-National Commission with Paul Mashatile (马沙蒂莱), Han Zheng (韩正) stated that under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping (习近平) and President Cyril Ramaphosa (拉马福萨), China-South Africa relations have entered a "golden era," been elevated to a comprehensive strategic partnership in the new era, and are moving towards the goal of building a high-level community of common destiny, becoming a model of China-Africa cooperation and South-South cooperation. This meeting extensively and deeply exchanged views on bilateral relations and promoting cooperation in key areas, focusing on further implementing the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, and reached many consensuses. China and South Africa should consolidate the fine tradition of mutual support between the two countries, strengthen communication and coordination on issues involving each other's core interests and international hot issues, and promote exchanges and cooperation at all levels and in various fields. It is necessary to make full use of the cooperation opportunities brought about by the zero-tariff policy, strengthen the connection in key areas such as infrastructure and resource energy, expand cooperation in the field of science and technology, and enhance people-to-people connectivity. We must work together to allow the achievements of the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation to benefit the African people more and write a new chapter in the all-weather China-Africa community of common destiny in the new era.

Paul Mashatile (马沙蒂莱) stated that South Africa is willing to work with China to give full play to the important guiding and coordinating role of the bi-national commission mechanism in the development of bilateral relations, implement the strategic cooperation plan between the two countries, and jointly promote modernization. South Africa welcomes the global governance initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平) and is willing to work with China to jointly safeguard multilateralism.

The 6 sub-committees of the China-South Africa Bi-National Commission gave work reports at the plenary session.

During his visit to South Africa, Han Zheng (韩正) attended the China-South Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum and stated in his speech that China and South Africa's solidarity, mutual assistance, and joint development, deepening cooperation in various fields, have important contemporary significance and global impact. The two sides should deepen strategic alignment, expand economic and trade cooperation, and strengthen multilateral collaboration. It is hoped that the business community will make greater contributions to accelerating the construction of a high-level China-South Africa community of common destiny.

Han Zheng (韩正) also met with Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula (迪迪扎), Speaker of the South African National Assembly, and exchanged views on China-South Africa friendly cooperation and exchanges between the legislative bodies of the two countries.

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"This is the fundamental strength of Xiongan's future industrial development."

By: 本报记者 黄 超 邝西曦 邵玉姿

Power curves, power generation, operational dynamics... In the startup area of Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区), Hebei (河北), the China Huaneng Group Co., Ltd. (中国华能集团有限公司) operation monitoring and emergency command center displays constantly updating data on the large screen. As soon as they arrive at work, the technicians are in position, closely monitoring the data and remote images. These "new Xiong'an people" begin their new day.

On March 23, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) visited China Huaneng Group (中国华能集团) in Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区), Hebei (河北), to hear about the company's relocation, industrial layout, and innovative development.

Since 2023, the number of new institutions established by central enterprises in Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) has increased nearly threefold, totaling over 400. "The headquarters of China Satellite Network (中国星网), China National Chemical Corporation (中国中化), and China Huaneng (中国华能), along with the orderly relocation and registration of 83 subsidiaries of central enterprises, form the fundamental foundation for Xiong'an's future industrial development," the General Secretary said with anticipation.

Creating an international science and technology innovation center in Beijing (Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北)), upgrading the Xiong'an High-tech Industrial Development Zone to a national level, and welcoming the first air cargo at Xiong'an International Airport... News about Xiong'an has been released in succession recently, with the theme: innovation.

Flourishing and full of vitality, innovation is injecting surging momentum into the high-quality construction and development of Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区).

A little over a 10-minute drive from Huaneng (华能) is China Mineral Resources Group Big Data Co., Ltd. (中国矿产资源集团大数据有限公司).

Starting in the spring of 2024, the cumulative trading volume of the online iron ore trading platform will exceed 30 million tons by the summer of 2025... The central enterprise subsidiary, just two years old, is growing together with Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区).

The seeds of innovation take root and sprout, requiring careful nurturing. Xiong'an (雄安) has become fertile ground attracting "sowers."

In the Minglang North Street (明朗北街) of the Rongdong (容东) area, the atmosphere is warm in the conference room of the China Aerospace Information and Satellite Internet Innovation Alliance (中国空天信息和卫星互联网创新联盟). In the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan," alliance enterprises are full of confidence in promoting the landing and transformation of more scientific and technological achievements.

In October 2024, China Satellite Network (中国星网) relocated. A month later, the Innovation Alliance was inaugurated.

With leading enterprises driving and alliances bridging, the map of "deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation" is gradually becoming clear.

Manufacturing and assembly enterprises have arrived. "The industrial ecosystem is here, so we come here." At the Xiong'an Science and Innovation Center Pilot Base (雄安科创中心中试基地), Blue Rocket Hongqing (Xiong'an) Space Technology Co., Ltd. (蓝箭鸿擎（雄安）空间科技有限公司) has built the first automated assembly line for low-orbit internet flat satellites in the country.

Component suppliers have also arrived. "The opportunity is here, the future is here, so we are rooted here." Several laser communication payload production lines of Helium-Star Optoelectronics (Xiong'an) Technology Co., Ltd. (氦星光联（雄安）科技有限公司) are about to be put into production.

Innovation is the gene of Xiong'an (雄安), and also the methodology of Xiong'an (雄安).

From "promoting innovation in the management system" to "improving the management system," Xiong'an (雄安) is promoting the early implementation of innovative policies in science and technology and other fields, and the institutional construction supporting innovative development is increasingly improving. There is more confidence in cultivating a modern industrial system that meets the actual conditions of the new area.

Investing in people. Implementing the "Xiongcai Sixteen Articles" ("雄才十六条"), adding 4 postdoctoral innovation practice bases, more than 5,300 outstanding graduates enjoy monthly living allowances, and a total of more than 18,000 Xiongcai Cards (雄才卡) have been issued.

Cluster development. Emerging industries and future industries such as aerospace information, artificial intelligence, and digital technology are developing in clusters. More than 200 enterprises have settled in, and six major industrial clusters are rising vigorously.

Platform driven. The Xiong'an Future City Scenario Exchange (雄安未来之城场景汇) brings together more than 3,400 advanced technologies from home and abroad, creates more than 200 innovative application scenarios, and promotes the transformation of scientific and technological achievements from laboratories to application fields...

"Taking reform and innovation as the lead to enhance endogenous development动力" is a consistent method.

Innovation is silent and pervasive, permeating every corner of Xiong'an (雄安).

Enthusiastically interacting with readers, recommending book lists, carrying books around the library, and regularly delivering books to Xiong'an Artificial Intelligence Industrial Park (雄安人工智能产业园) and other locations, the Xiong'an Library (雄安图书馆) has welcomed robot "new employees" and attracted more than 400,000 readers in less than half a year.

Driving into the underground parking lot, the mobile phone navigation immediately switches from the ground route map to the underground space map. "Accurate navigation is also possible in underground spaces!" The new navigation system developed by the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (北京邮电大学) team realizes a closed loop above and below ground...

"Stimulating the enthusiasm and initiative of enterprise cadres and employees to innovate and start businesses," people are drawing innovative nutrients and giving play to innovative talents on this promising land, side by side, starting and moving forward with Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区).

At night, the lights of the new area's buildings gradually light up, illuminating innovative stories that are growing taller. Behind each window lies the great ambition of "new" Xiong'an (雄安), ready to welcome the dawn of a new day.

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Zhao Leji Holds Symposium with Chinese and Foreign Entrepreneur Representatives

This newspaper Hainan Boao, March 27th (Reporters Li Yan (李琰) and Wang Donghui (王东辉)) Zhao Leji (赵乐际), Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, held a symposium on the afternoon of the 26th in Hainan Boao (海南博鳌) with Chinese and foreign entrepreneurs attending the Boao Forum for Asia (博鳌亚洲论坛) Annual Conference 2026.

Zhao Leji (赵乐际) thanked the entrepreneurs for their long-term active support and participation in China's reform and opening-up. He pointed out that China is willing to work with all countries to firmly safeguard the multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organization as its core, and create an open, inclusive, and non-discriminatory international cooperation environment. China's economic foundation is solid, with many advantages, strong resilience, and great potential. The supporting conditions and basic trends for long-term positive development have not changed. China has the confidence and ability to achieve long-term stable development and continue to provide strong impetus for world economic growth. China always adheres to the basic national policy of opening up to the outside world and welcomes companies from all countries to continue to invest in China and share the opportunities of China's high-quality development.

The entrepreneurs expressed their support for economic globalization and their confidence and expectations for China's development prospects. They are willing to continue to deeply cultivate the Chinese market and achieve win-win development.

Mu Hong (穆虹), Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, participated in the symposium.

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Making Regional Cooperation a Solid Foundation for Multilateralism (Focus on the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2026)

By: 本报记者 董泽扬 李 琰 王东辉

The Boao Forum for Asia (博鳌亚洲论坛) 2026 Annual Conference, which lasted for four days, concluded on the afternoon of March 27. During the annual conference, participants conducted in-depth exchanges on the major challenges and pressing issues facing Asia and the world. There was a general consensus that Asia will continue to serve as a global growth engine, leading the healthy development of the world economy. It is hoped that China will inject more stability and positive energy into global economic growth.

"A platform for contributing collective wisdom and safeguarding common prosperity"

From regional cooperation to China's high-quality development, from global economic governance to artificial intelligence... more than 50 exchange activities were wonderful and diverse. Chinese and foreign guests generally believed that the topics set for the annual conference directly addressed real-world problems, contributing "Boao wisdom" to solving major issues of common concern to Asia and the world.

Looking back on the past 25 years, Marty Natalegawa (马尔迪·纳塔勒加瓦), a member of the Board of Directors of the Boao Forum for Asia (博鳌亚洲论坛) and former Foreign Minister of Indonesia, said that dialogue and cooperation mechanisms such as the Boao Forum for Asia (博鳌亚洲论坛) and ASEAN have made Asia resilient in the face of difficulties and challenges. The Boao Forum for Asia (博鳌亚洲论坛) advocates inclusive cooperation and adaptive transformation, and has become a forward-looking platform for dialogue and exchange.

"Over the past 25 years, the Boao Forum for Asia (博鳌亚洲论坛) has played an important role in promoting regional cooperation," said Lee Hee-sup (李熙燮), Secretary-General of the Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat among China, Japan, and South Korea. "I believe the forum will continue to be a platform for contributing collective wisdom and safeguarding common prosperity."

María Fernanda Espinosa (玛丽亚·费尔南达·埃斯皮诺萨), President of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly and former Foreign Minister of Ecuador, said: "The Boao Forum for Asia (博鳌亚洲论坛) has built an important platform for promoting regional cooperation and is a 'testing ground' for exploring solutions to real-world problems. Latin America, Africa, and other regions should strengthen their ties and cooperation with Asia, so that regional cooperation can become a solid foundation for multilateralism."

"The voices from the annual conference conveyed confidence and hope," said Osama Abdel-Khalek (奥萨马·阿卜杜勒—哈莱克), former Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt and former Permanent Representative to the United Nations. "At a time when global governance and sustainable development are facing enormous challenges, countries of the Global South should further deepen cooperation. I hope that the Boao Forum for Asia (博鳌亚洲论坛) will provide more practical support for countries of the Global South to enhance their voice and achieve common development."

Over the past 25 years, the Boao Forum for Asia (博鳌亚洲论坛) and Hainan Province (海南省) have mutually empowered each other. Ba Tel (巴特尔), Executive Vice Governor of Hainan Province (海南省), said that from the initial "exploratory period" of building a dialogue platform to becoming a top Asian dialogue mechanism with global influence, Hainan Province (海南省) and the forum have grown together to become an important symbol of China's opening up to the outside world.

"Looking forward to carrying out more cooperation with China, which is undergoing high-quality development"

The start of the 15th Five-Year Plan, the independent customs operations of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港), the surging vitality of scientific and technological innovation, and the increase in foreign investment in China... At the annual conference, participating guests generally expressed optimism about China's economic prospects and hoped that China would play a greater role in promoting global scientific and technological innovation and sustainable development.

"Asia will form a new center of economic growth and innovation development, and China is the 'ocean' from which we draw innovative power," said Roman Sklyar (斯克利亚尔), First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan has close trade ties with China and hopes to deepen cooperation in areas such as digitalization and artificial intelligence. "The '15th Five-Year Plan' clearly outlines China's development blueprint for the next five years and will also bring many opportunities to the world."

David Palmer (裴大卫), Chief Representative of the Canada China Business Council's Beijing Representative Office, said that the "15th Five-Year Plan" brings opportunities for foreign companies to invest and develop in China. "Companies that want to invest in China need to study the '15th Five-Year Plan' to understand in which areas there are more development opportunities."

In the view of Chunhua Capital Group (春华资本集团) founder and chairman Hu Zuliu (胡祖六), China's economy is huge, and artificial intelligence, the green economy, and other areas are developing rapidly. Innovation is surging, the business environment is constantly being optimized, and new advantages for attracting foreign investment are gradually forming.

"China has the most complete industrial system, the largest number of engineers, globally leading cost control capabilities, and abundant market demand, and will be the first to make embodied intelligence a standard industrial category," said Shen Dou (沈抖), Executive Vice President of Baidu Group (百度集团) and President of Baidu AI Cloud Group (百度智能云事业群).

Liu Zehong (刘泽洪), Resident Vice Chairman of the Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization, said that China's innovation is reflected in its energy transition and green development process. The new type of electrification will further highlight the characteristics of green, low-carbon, intelligent, and flexible, providing reliable, stable, and green energy security for high-quality economic development.

A photo with a humanoid robot left a deep impression on former New Zealand Prime Minister Jenny Shipley (希普利). She believes that China is in a global leading position in the field of humanoid robots. "New Zealand and China have signed a free trade agreement, and we look forward to carrying out more cooperation with China, which is undergoing high-quality development."

"Countries need to cooperate and seek common ground while reserving differences"

The annual conference released the "Boao Forum for Asia (博鳌亚洲论坛) Initiative on Promoting Asian Regional Cooperation." Participating guests believe that the global trade order has been impacted by tariff wars, geopolitical tensions, and other factors, and regional cooperation is more important than ever. Countries should consolidate the foundation of cooperation with more effective policy coordination and rule alignment.

"More specific and precise needs will become the driving force for promoting cooperation and achieving results," said Qu Dongyu (屈冬玉), Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. In the face of recent supply chain disruptions and food security crises, all parties need to fulfill their responsibilities and cooperate to address challenges.

Former Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni (真蒂洛尼), who attended the annual conference for the first time, said: "Today's world is highly interconnected. When a crisis occurs in one region, other regions will also be affected. Countries need to cooperate and **求同存异** (qiú tóng cún yì - "seek common ground while reserving differences," to seek common ground on major issues while reserving differences on minor ones)."

"Trade protectionism, financial volatility, and other factors bring many uncertainties. Strengthening cooperation is the inevitable choice of the international community," said Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana (阿利斯夏巴纳), Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. Regional cooperation should start from areas of consensus to create good momentum for global cooperation.

"Countries should increase trust and enhance interdependence," said Jarkynmakhmat Shaliyev (查理穆哈梅特·沙利耶夫), President of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Institute. The global situation is not limited by national borders, and supply chain disruptions in one region will have a profound impact on other regions. "Our primary responsibility is to promote all parties to truly serve the common good and ensure that the fruits of development are shared by the majority."

Mari Elka Pangestu (冯慧兰), Vice Chairman of the Indonesian National Economic Committee, said that in the face of challenges such as slowing global economic growth, Asian countries cannot go it alone and need to strengthen regional cooperation to cope with uncertainty.

"We need to maintain the momentum of regional development, strengthen cooperation and coordination between regions, and deepen digital transformation," said Shi Zhongjun (史忠俊), Secretary-General of the China-ASEAN Center. In the face of rising unilateralism and protectionism, we should promote Asian values, strengthen economic integration, and achieve common development.

(Our reporters Liu Ge (刘歌), He Yuche (何宇澈), Bai Zhenzhi (白真智), and Zou Yun (邹蕴) participated in the writing, and Mike Oduro, Peng Xiangshan, and Hannan Jilani also contributed to this article)

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Stability and Predictability Are Most Precious (Reporter's Notes)

By: 环球时报记者 尹野平 王 一

In March, the China Development Forum 2026 Annual Meeting, the Boao Forum for Asia 2026 Annual Meeting, and the 2026 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Meeting were held in succession.

At Diaoyutai (钓鱼台), top global business leaders flocked to the venue, expressing their shared sentiment of being optimistic about the Chinese market and deeply cultivating development in China. In Boao, approximately 2,000 representatives from more than 60 countries and regions gathered to discuss development. In Zhongguancun (中关村), foreign merchants and industry elites came attracted by its reputation to explore cooperation opportunities and marvel at China's tremendous changes. From macroeconomic outlooks to seeking global cooperation and cutting-edge technology collisions, these forums not only vividly demonstrate China's development vitality but also send a firm signal to the world: in the ever-changing global landscape, China's door to opening up will only open wider, the pace of innovation will only become more stable, and China will always inject valuable stability and predictability into the turbulent world with an open, inclusive, and win-win attitude.

Walking into the venue of the 2026 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Meeting, the charm of technology is overwhelming: a robot completes the entire process of making candied haws in one go; two robots play the electronic organ together, with melodious music; a robot demonstrates threading a needle—with the coordination of touch and vision, it picks up the slender thread and steadily threads it into the tiny eye of the needle... From humanoid robots to satellite communication, from autonomous driving to brain-computer interfaces, a large number of hardcore innovative achievements are concentratedly displayed at the annual meeting, fully demonstrating the vigorous vitality of China's technological development. This is not only a technological breakthrough but also the maturity of the innovation ecosystem; it is not only an industrial upgrade but also a transformation of development momentum. Those delicate operations that once relied on human hands are now precisely "replicated" by intelligent machines; those seemingly distant frontier fields are gradually becoming a reality. China is using solid innovative achievements to prove the solid foundation of high-quality development and also build a broad platform for global technological cooperation. German entrepreneur Christian Rolf Sommer exclaimed: "When we initially discussed cooperation with China, many people were worried that the technology would be copied. But now I can clearly say that China no longer needs to imitate any technology—China is already at the forefront! Embracing China's innovation and deepening dialogue and cooperation are crucial."

"The Chinese market has stability and predictability, which is particularly valuable at the moment. Beyond the economic level, China also demonstrates a deep sense of responsibility as a major country." The words of Bernard, Secretary-General of the Portuguese-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, represent the views of many foreign guests attending the meeting.

At present, the global economic recovery is weak, protectionism and unilateralism are on the rise, uncertain factors have increased significantly, and the world economy urgently needs a stable anchor and the driving force for progress. In the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan," China's intensive hosting of high-level international forums is of far-reaching significance. From top-level design to practical actions, China has always unswervingly promoted high-level opening up to the outside world, made every effort to create a first-class market-oriented, law-based, and internationalized business environment, and fully implemented national treatment for foreign-funded enterprises. This is not only an inevitable choice for China's own development but also a vivid manifestation of its responsibility as a major country; it not only conforms to the trend of economic globalization but also responds to the urgent desire of all countries to seek common development.

The three forums have built a bridge of communication and a platform for cooperation; each promise demonstrates China's broad mind and firm commitment as a major country.

The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposes to expand high-level opening up to the outside world and create a new situation of win-win cooperation. China has made it clear to the world with concrete actions: multilateral cooperation and common development are the right path to cope with global changes and create a bright future. China will continue to adhere to opening up to the outside world, continuously expand international cooperation in various fields, and inject stability and predictability into the complex and changing world landscape.

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Only participants can be winners (Reporter's Notes)

By: 本报记者 韩 硕

In just one month, Ola Källenius, Chairman of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz Group, visited China twice.

From accompanying German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on a visit to China in late February to attending the China Development Forum Annual Meeting 2026 recently, the global automotive giant's head's intensive trip to China sends a clear signal: the Chinese market remains an indispensable key link in multinational corporations' global strategies.

Ola Källenius stated at the China Development Forum Annual Meeting: "At this important moment when China enters the first year of the '15th Five-Year Plan,' we see huge opportunities to jointly create the future of mobility. The planning and layout related to digitalization, artificial intelligence, high-end manufacturing, industrial chain upgrading, and sustainable development are highly aligned with Mercedes-Benz's strategic focus."

This is not mere politeness, but another confirmation by Mercedes-Benz of China's development prospects and market opportunities. Ola Källenius has an vivid analogy: "China is the 'Champions League' of the global automotive industry. Only by winning in the Chinese arena can one take the initiative in global competition."

This view is becoming a consensus among global multinational automakers. At this year's China Development Forum Annual Meeting, representatives from several Fortune 500 companies expressed similar views—China's market size, industrial support, and innovation vitality provide irreplaceable support for their global strategies.

Mercedes-Benz has been deeply rooted in China for over 20 years, investing over 100 billion yuan with Chinese partners to build the largest production, manufacturing, and R&D system outside of Germany. The Chinese R&D team of over 2,000 people focuses on cutting-edge fields such as intelligent driving, vehicle-machine interaction, and big data, and is deeply integrated into the global R&D network.

Today, Mercedes-Benz's localization strategy has been upgraded from "in China, for China" to "in China, for the world." Some intelligent driving solutions and rear-row systems developed in the Chinese market have been incorporated into the global product system, and the software ecosystem developed locally in China is empowering global models. The formation of this path benefits from the maturity of China's local innovation ecosystem and reflects the realistic choice of multinational automakers to place China in an important position in the global technology chain.

A set of data is enough to show the importance of the Chinese market. By the end of 2024, foreign investors had cumulatively established over 1.239 million enterprises in China, with actual use of foreign capital reaching 20.6 trillion yuan; in May 2025, the cumulative number of foreign-funded R&D centers in Shanghai reached 603; in 2024, Beijing newly recognized over 110 foreign-funded R&D centers... To enhance core competitiveness and focus on long-term development, multinational corporations continue to be optimistic about China.

Against the backdrop of rising protectionism and the restructuring of global industrial chains, Mercedes-Benz's choice is not a simple business decision, but a typical case of multinational companies seeking "anchors" and certainty for their global strategies in complex changes.

China recently released the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline. Some foreign media believe that this is a "scaffolding" built by China for a new round of development cycle. The new development plan ensures the continuity of national strategies and reflects the stability of the Chinese system. At the same time, the "15th Five-Year Plan" also provides a new framework for international cooperation. The key is how to integrate into this development dynamic, because "observers are not winners, only participants can become winners."

From frequent visits to China to over 100 billion yuan in investment, the footsteps of the head of Mercedes-Benz measure not only the confidence of multinational companies in China, but also the irreplaceable value of the Chinese market in the global economic landscape. This value stems from the attractiveness of the ultra-large-scale market, the profound support of a complete industrial chain and innovation ecosystem, and the open attitude of China and other countries to develop together and achieve each other.

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Promoting an Inclusive and Balanced Future for the Global Digital Economy (International Forum)

By: 邹刺勇

At the crossroads of global digital transformation, artificial intelligence governance is not only a technical issue but also a governance proposition concerning the common future of humanity. The more intense the competition, the greater the need to build consensus with the logic of a risk community and improve coordination efficiency with a multi-layered governance structure.

Currently, artificial intelligence is reshaping the global economic and social operating model with unprecedented depth and breadth. While bringing efficiency improvements and innovation impetus, it also triggers cross-field and cross-regional public risk spillovers. Facing the realistic challenges of accelerated technological iteration, rising capital concentration, and lagging governance rules, the international community needs to explore a new paradigm of global governance based on risk sharing, rule co-construction, and capacity sharing. As an important member of the United Nations development system, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (联合国工业发展组织) has long been committed to promoting the implementation of the "Global Digital Compact" and jointly leading the implementation of the goal of "ensuring that the digital economy benefits the general public" with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (联合国贸发会议). Its core is to enable technological progress to benefit all countries, especially developing countries, through collaborative governance.

While promoting productivity progress, the exponential development of artificial intelligence also exacerbates the structural superposition of multi-dimensional risks such as civilization cognition, economic livelihood, and security resources. The speed of technology diffusion far exceeds the coordination cycle of international rules, the risk responsibility chain is highly dispersed among different subjects and fields, and the mismatch between technology beneficiaries and risk bearers further amplifies the difficulty of governance. In this context, the governance logic must shift from the perspective of a single country or industry to the supply of global public goods based on a "risk community," achieving a dynamic balance between development and security through multilateral cooperation.

Based on the logic of risk co-governance, global artificial intelligence governance needs to form a collaborative structure of "global-national-industry" three-layer nesting. At the global level, basic technical standards, transparency mechanisms, and cross-border risk early warning systems should be established with the core of protecting the common interests of mankind and the diversity of civilizations. Through fair and inclusive rule design, ensure the right of all countries, especially developing countries, to participate in model development, data use, and standard setting. The "Global Digital Compact" practice promoted by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (联合国工业发展组织) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (联合国贸发会议) shows that only by incorporating inclusiveness into the global rule framework can the technology gap be avoided from solidifying into a development gap.

At the national level, countries need to build differentiated regulatory and risk management systems in combination with their own development stages. Technologically leading countries should strengthen algorithm auditing and high-risk system regulation; developing countries can prioritize the layout of basic risk identification, data sovereignty protection, and industrial standardization construction, and improve the ability to respond to multi-dimensional risks through hierarchical and classified supervision.

At the industry level, it is necessary to establish "guardrail" and "brake" mechanisms based on technology application scenarios. For example, in the fields of medical care, finance, and transportation, the balance between technological innovation and social acceptance can be achieved through industry standards, best practices, and corporate self-discipline. The experience accumulated by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (联合国工业发展组织) in promoting the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises shows that industry collaboration is an important support for the implementation of governance.

The global governance concept needs to be transformed into practical actions through specific institutional tools. In artificial intelligence governance, a three-in-one management system with "filing system-risk classification-public product empowerment" as the core can be constructed. The filing system is the basis of global collaboration. By incorporating computing power scale, application scenarios, and responsible subjects into the international declaration and information sharing mechanism, the forward-looking identification and cross-border tracking of risks can be realized.

Risk-based regulation helps to accurately match governance resources. Classify artificial intelligence systems into risk levels according to economic, cognitive, and security dimensions, and implement differentiated supervision, which not only avoids the "one-size-fits-all" approach to suppress innovation, but also focuses on prevention and control in high-risk areas.

The supply of public goods is the key to ensuring the inclusiveness of governance. The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (联合国工业发展组织) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (联合国贸发会议) can jointly promote capacity building such as open source security models, cross-border risk databases, and algorithm auditing tools to help developing countries improve regulatory and compliance capabilities and reduce the threshold for participating in the global digital ecosystem. This path is a concrete practice of the goal of "ensuring that the digital economy benefits the general public" - only through technology sharing and institutional coordination can all countries equally benefit from the artificial intelligence dividend.

At the crossroads of global digital transformation, artificial intelligence governance is not only a technical issue but also a governance proposition concerning the common future of humanity. The more intense the competition, the greater the need to build consensus with the logic of a risk community and improve coordination efficiency with a multi-layered governance structure. China has always advocated building a community with a shared future for mankind (人类命运共同体), and supports promoting inclusive and inclusive digital development through multilateral cooperation under the United Nations framework. The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (联合国工业发展组织), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (联合国贸发会议) and other institutions should continue to play a bridging role, promoting countries to find a balance between technological innovation and security governance, and making artificial intelligence truly a positive force for promoting the continuation of civilization, economic stability, and global sustainable development.

(The author is the Deputy Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization)

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Han Zheng Visits South Africa

Cape Town, March 27 (Reported by Zou Song (邹松) from this newspaper) From March 25th to 27th, 2026, local time, at the invitation of South African Deputy President Paul Mashatile (马沙蒂莱), Chinese Vice President Han Zheng (韩正) visited South Africa. In Cape Town, he met with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (拉马福萨), co-chaired the 9th Plenary Session of the China-South Africa Bi-National Commission with Deputy President Paul Mashatile (马沙蒂莱), and met with Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula (迪迪扎), Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa.

During the meeting with Cyril Ramaphosa (拉马福萨), Han Zheng (韩正) conveyed the cordial greetings and best wishes of President Xi Jinping (习近平) to President Cyril Ramaphosa (拉马福萨). Han Zheng (韩正) stated that China attaches great importance to the development of China-South Africa relations and is willing to work with South Africa to promote new developments in the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries established by the two heads of state in the new era. China and South Africa should continue to strengthen political mutual trust, continue to support each other on issues of mutual concern, maintain the momentum of high-level exchanges, and enhance mutual learning between ruling parties. President Xi Jinping (习近平) recently announced that China will fully implement zero-tariff measures on 53 African countries that have diplomatic relations with China, starting from May 1st. China is willing to reach an agreement with South Africa as soon as possible on the early harvest arrangement of the partnership agreement for common economic development, and coordinate and promote pragmatic cooperation. China and South Africa are both important developing countries, and the two sides should jointly safeguard fairness and justice. China is willing to strengthen communication and coordination with South Africa within multilateral mechanisms, and jointly enhance the influence and voice of the Global South in international affairs.

Cyril Ramaphosa (拉马福萨) asked Han Zheng (韩正) to convey his sincere greetings and best wishes to President Xi Jinping (习近平), and stated that South Africa firmly adheres to the one-China policy. He expressed his gratitude to President Xi Jinping (习近平) for announcing the full implementation of zero-tariff measures, and said that South Africa will make good use of the zero-tariff policy to expand exports to China, strengthen cooperation with China in various fields, and is willing to maintain close communication and collaboration with China within multilateral mechanisms to promote the common development of Africa and the Global South countries.

When co-chairing the 9th Plenary Session of the China-South Africa Bi-National Commission with Paul Mashatile (马沙蒂莱), Han Zheng (韩正) stated that under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping (习近平) and President Cyril Ramaphosa (拉马福萨), China-South Africa relations have entered a "golden era," have been upgraded to a comprehensive strategic partnership in the new era, and are moving towards the goal of building a high-level community of common destiny, becoming a model of China-Africa cooperation and South-South cooperation. This meeting extensively and deeply exchanged views on bilateral relations and promoting cooperation in key areas, focusing on further implementing the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, and reached many consensuses. China and South Africa should consolidate the fine tradition of mutual support between the two countries, strengthen communication and coordination on issues involving each other's core interests and international hot issues, and promote exchanges and cooperation at all levels and in all fields. It is necessary to make full use of the cooperation opportunities brought about by the zero-tariff policy, strengthen the connection in key areas such as infrastructure and resource energy, strengthen cooperation in the field of science and technology, and enhance people-to-people connectivity. We must work together to allow the achievements of the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation to benefit the African people more, and write a new chapter in the all-weather China-Africa community of common destiny in the new era.

Paul Mashatile (马沙蒂莱) stated that South Africa is willing to work with China to give full play to the important guiding and coordinating role of the bi-national commission mechanism in the development of bilateral relations, implement the strategic cooperation plan between the two countries, and jointly promote modernization. South Africa welcomes the global governance initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平) and is willing to work with China to jointly safeguard multilateralism.

The 6 sub-committees of the China-South Africa Bi-National Commission gave work reports at the plenary session.

During his visit to South Africa, Han Zheng (韩正) attended the China-South Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum and stated in his speech that China and South Africa's solidarity, mutual assistance, and joint development, and deepening cooperation in various fields, have important significance for the times and global influence. The two sides should deepen strategic alignment, expand economic and trade cooperation, and strengthen multilateral collaboration. It is hoped that the business community will make greater contributions to accelerating the construction of a high-level China-South Africa community of common destiny.

Han Zheng (韩正) also met with Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula (迪迪扎), Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa, and exchanged views on China-South Africa friendly cooperation and exchanges between the legislative bodies of the two countries.

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Wang Yi Speaks with Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar

Beijing, March 27th (People's Daily) -- Wang Yi (王毅), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, spoke with Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar (达尔) on the phone on March 27th at the latter's request.

Dar (达尔) briefed on the latest situation in Iran and Pakistan's views, thanked China for supporting Pakistan's mediation efforts, and said that a ceasefire and the resumption of peace are the common aspirations of all parties. Now is a critical moment to restart peace talks, and the international community should encourage the United States and Iran to return to the negotiating table and find effective ways to achieve peace. Pakistan and China have the same goals and positions on this issue, and Pakistan looks forward to working with China to play a positive role in promoting peace and ending the war.

Wang Yi (王毅) reiterated China's principled position, saying that China and Pakistan are strategic partners who support and trust each other, and both maintain an objective and fair position on this war, with generally consistent views. China appreciates Pakistan's unremitting efforts to promote de-escalation and supports Pakistan in continuing to play the role of mediator. Starting peace talks is not easy, but only by talking can more casualties and losses be avoided, and it is also conducive to preventing the spread and expansion of the war and to restoring normal navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. China is willing to strengthen strategic communication and coordination with Pakistan to make efforts to promote peace and end the war, and jointly commit to regional peace and stability.

The two sides agreed to jointly promote a ceasefire and the resumption of peace talks, ensure the safety of non-military targets and waterways, and support the United Nations in playing a major role.

The two sides also exchanged views on the border conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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Jiang Xinzhi Meets with Delegation from Tanzanian Chama Cha Mapinduzi

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 27th. National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Vice Chairman Jiang Xinzhi (姜信治) met in Beijing (北京) on the 27th with a delegation from the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) of Tanzania (坦桑尼亚), led by General Secretary Mwigulu Nchemba. Both sides expressed their willingness to jointly implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state and the outcomes of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Beijing (北京) Summit, deepen inter-party exchanges and cooperation, and promote the continuous development of the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between China (中国) and Tanzania (坦桑尼亚).

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Liu Haixing Meets with Delegation from Tanzanian Chama Cha Mapinduzi

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 27th. March 27th, Minister Liu Haixing (刘海星) of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China met in Beijing with a delegation led by General Secretary Mwigulu Nchemba (米吉罗) of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (坦桑尼亚革命党) of Tanzania. They exchanged views on jointly implementing the consensus reached by the heads of state of the two countries, strengthening inter-party exchanges and cooperation, and promoting the development of China-Tanzania relations.

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China-South Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum Promotes Deepening Mutually Beneficial Cooperation

Cape Town, March 27th (Reported by Zou Song (邹松)) The China-South Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum was held in Cape Town (开普敦), South Africa, on the 27th. Enterprises from both countries conducted对接洽谈 (duì jiē qià tán - "docking negotiations") focusing on cooperation in agriculture, manufacturing, energy and minerals, finance, automobiles, and logistics.

The event was co-hosted by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (中国贸促会) and the South African Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (南非贸易、工业和竞争部), with more than 350 representatives from the political and business circles of China and South Africa participating. South African Deputy President Paul Mashatile (马沙蒂莱) stated in his speech at the forum that the Framework Agreement on the Common Development of Economic Partnership between South Africa and China will effectively reduce the cost for Chinese companies to import South African goods, while also opening up new avenues for South African industries to expand their markets and enhance their competitiveness.

Ren Hongbin (任鸿斌), Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (中国贸促会), said that the event aims to help the business communities of both countries expand economic and trade cooperation, promote industrial docking, and achieve mutually beneficial and win-win results in a wider range, broader fields, and deeper levels. The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (中国贸促会) will thoroughly implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, work with South African partners to build high-quality economic and trade platforms, provide better professional services, and make new contributions to promoting more fruitful results in China-South Africa and China-Africa mutually beneficial cooperation.

During the forum, representatives from the South African business community introduced the local business environment and investment opportunities, and representatives from the China National Exhibition Center Group (中展集团) promoted the 4th China International Supply Chain Expo (链博会).

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Chinese Embassy in Kazakhstan Holds Media Briefing to Promote Spirit of Two Sessions

Astana, March 27th (Reporter Li Qiang (李强)) - On March 27th, the Chinese Embassy in Kazakhstan held a media briefing to promote the spirit of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (两会). Nearly 30 media outlets, including Kazinform (哈通社), Pravda (《真理报》), and Khabar TV (哈巴尔电视台), participated.

Chinese Ambassador to Kazakhstan Han Chunlin (韩春霖) detailed China's development achievements during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period and the main goals and major strategic tasks for the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, pointing out that China's economic development will inject more new impetus and provide more new opportunities for the world. China will, as always, actively advocate for an equal and orderly multipolar world and inclusive economic globalization, and promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. China is willing to work with Kazakhstan to earnestly implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state, further strengthen the alignment of development strategies, continuously promote the high-quality development of the "Belt and Road" initiative, and jointly create a new "Golden Thirty Years" for China-Kazakhstan relations.

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The 6th China Publishing Government Award Commendation Symposium Held in Beijing

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 27th. The Sixth China Publishing Government Award Commendation Symposium was held in Beijing on the 27th. Li Shulei (李书磊), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部), attended and delivered a speech.

Attendees agreed that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has attached great importance to publishing work, delivered a series of important discourses, profoundly elucidated a series of major issues concerning the fundamentals and long-term development of publishing work, and provided fundamental guidelines for the prosperity and development of China's publishing industry. It is necessary to deeply study and practice Xi Jinping's (习近平) cultural thought, grasp opportunities and challenges, strengthen development confidence, and promote the construction of a strong cultural country with high-quality development of the publishing industry.

Attendees stated that it is necessary to adhere to the cultural pursuit of publishing good books for the people, plan and launch classic works worthy of the times and capable of being passed down to future generations around the central tasks of the Party and the country, promote the collation and publication of key ancient books with high quality, conscientiously do academic publishing, and improve the quality of publications with an extremely responsible attitude and a spirit of 苦心孤诣 (kǔ xīn gū yì - "painstaking effort," to make painstaking efforts; with great effort). It is necessary to promote the innovative development of the publishing industry with the spirit of reform, strengthen planning guidance, strengthen technological empowerment, improve copyright work, build a society that loves reading with the implementation of the "National Reading Promotion Regulations" as an opportunity, and accelerate the pace of publishing going global. It is necessary to adhere to "people-oriented," strengthen the construction of a high-level talent team, and allow the vast number of publishing talents to devote themselves to cultural innovation and creation and fully display their personal talents.

Relevant responsible comrades of the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部) announced the commendation decision. Responsible comrades from the Propaganda Departments of the Party Committees of various provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团), relevant competent and sponsoring units, and award-winning representatives attended the meeting.

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Shenzhen Qianhai Dream Factory: Nearly 90% of Teams are From Hong Kong (New Economic Orientation: Deeply Advancing the Construction of a National Unified Market)

By: 本报记者 吕绍刚

N Building, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth Innovation and Entrepreneur Hub, Shenzhen (深圳) , Guangdong (广东). Upon meeting, Huang Mingxin (黄明欣) handed over two business cards—one in traditional Chinese: "Chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hong Kong (香港大学)"; the other in simplified Chinese: "Founder of Dayi Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. (大乙半导体科技有限公司)".

These two business cards are the epitome of his dual-city life—Hong Kong (香港) for scientific research, Shenzhen (深圳) for entrepreneurship. In the morning, he drives from Hong Kong (香港), steps on the gas, and arrives in Qianhai (前海) in one hour. In the afternoon, he will visit the factory in Bao'an District (宝安区), Shenzhen (深圳), before returning to Hong Kong (香港).

The solid-state copper sintering technology developed by Dayi Semiconductor (大乙半导体) specializes in solving the thermal management problems of high-voltage and high-power semiconductors. "In layman's terms, it uses new materials to install 'air conditioners' on chips to help dissipate heat and ensure their stable operation," Huang Mingxin (黄明欣) explained. Their products can be applied to new energy vehicles, wind and solar energy storage, data centers, and other fields. "As long as 'electrical conversion' is involved, this technology is almost always needed."

R&D is in Hong Kong (香港), and pilot production is in Shenzhen (深圳). "This is the optimal choice for enterprise marketization," Huang Mingxin (黄明欣) said. High-end manufacturing requires pilot-scale engineering laboratories. The University of Hong Kong (香港大学) has abundant scientists and research resources, but rent and physical space limit the development of enterprises. "The annual rent for a laboratory can be as high as ten million yuan. How can start-ups afford it?"

To promote the construction of a unified national market in depth, we must focus on promoting coordinated regional development and expanding high-level opening up, and accelerate the process of regional market integration. In 2024, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth Innovation and Entrepreneur Hub (前海深港青年梦工场) launched measures of "1 yuan to settle in for incubation, 500 million yuan to establish a fund, and 100,000 square meters of industrial space" for Hong Kong (香港) youth and enterprises to build a new quality productivity innovation and entrepreneurship platform.

A service fee of 1 yuan per square meter per month, supporting funds, subsidies, housing... The reduction of cross-border innovation costs has attracted Dayi Semiconductor (大乙半导体) to settle in. Downstairs from the office building is the third-generation semiconductor innovation service center jointly built by them and Qianhai Dream Workshop (前海梦工场). The center covers an area of more than 600 square meters and houses a batch of high-end precision equipment of Dayi Semiconductor (大乙半导体), which can not only meet the needs of Dayi Semiconductor (大乙半导体), but also provide shared experimental and technical support services for upstream and downstream enterprises in Shenzhen (深圳) and Hong Kong (香港).

"The space is larger, the equipment utilization rate is also improved, and it can also bring income," Huang Mingxin (黄明欣) said. The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (大湾区) city cluster has many upstream and downstream enterprises. The strong engineering team and complete industrial chain supply chain here provide rich factor resources for enterprise development.

In the same park, another building. The University of Hong Kong (香港大学) Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Academy came with many start-ups in a "group".

Yin Xiaobo (尹晓波), Associate Vice-President of the University of Hong Kong (香港大学) and Dean of the Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Academy, recalled that at the school, more than 50 student start-ups were crowded into a 200-square-meter space. More than a year after landing in Qianhai (前海), the number of resident enterprises has increased from the first batch of 11 to more than 80. "Before we came, we were worried that we would not be able to do it, but now there is not enough space. Some companies are growing rapidly and have 'graduated' to develop independently," Yin Xiaobo (尹晓波) said with emotion.

"We want to build Qianhai Dream Workshop (前海梦工场) into the 'Zhongguancun (中关村)' of Hong Kong (香港) universities," said Wang Zizhong (王子忠), Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Service Department of the Qianhai Administration (前海管理局). Qianhai (前海) continues to expand space, link industries, and continuously improve the support system, including high-level scientific forums, technology trading platforms, and diversified investment funds. Research institutions of many universities, including the University of Hong Kong (香港大学), the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (香港理工大学), the Chinese University of Hong Kong (香港中文大学), and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (香港科技大学), have successively settled in Qianhai (前海). There are 424 teams in Qianhai Dream Workshop (前海梦工场), nearly 90% of which are from Hong Kong (香港).

"Hong Kong (香港) R&D—Shenzhen (深圳) incubation—Greater Bay Area (湾区) manufacturing—global market", a development model of industrial collaboration and market interconnection is gradually being explored. But challenges still exist. Cross-border capital flows are not smooth, and the transportation of equipment and materials is difficult, which often troubles start-up teams.

From coordinated regional development to promoting the construction of a unified national market in depth, it is also necessary to unify market infrastructure and promote the smooth flow of logistics, capital flow, and information flow. Huang Mingxin (黄明欣) hopes to further improve the convenience of cross-border flow of personnel, capital, and equipment, truly break down the institutional barriers within the Greater Bay Area (大湾区), and make factor flow more sufficient and innovation efficiency further improved.

Qianhai (前海) is also accelerating the promotion of efficient access to production factors for Shenzhen (深圳) and Hong Kong (香港) enterprises. Mainland enterprises generally face the problems of difficult and expensive financing in Hong Kong (香港). "Hong Kong (香港) financial institutions cannot directly read mainland credit information. In the past, it would cost 20,000 to 30,000 yuan to conduct investigations, and it would take several months to get results, running between Shenzhen (深圳) and Hong Kong (香港)," Zhu Xuguang (朱旭光), director of Xinglian Global International Trading Co., Ltd. (星联环球国际贸易有限公司), had personal experience of the troubles of unsmooth capital flow.

In 2025, the company completed a pure credit loan in a Hong Kong (香港) financial institution through the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cross-border Data Verification Platform. The verification process took only 1 minute, and the credit was granted within 3 days. "It's like having a credit bridge recognized by both parties," Zhu Xuguang (朱旭光) said. This fund has enhanced the company's capital turnover capacity and effectively supported the purchase of high-value products and the expansion of business.

The relevant person in charge of the National (Shenzhen·Qianhai) New Internet Exchange Center (国家（深圳·前海）新型互联网交换中心) introduced that the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cross-border Data Verification Platform provides data verification capabilities through blockchain technology to realize user data autonomous carrying, safe and compliant cross-border circulation. It has supported mainland small and medium-sized micro enterprises to finance more than 260 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong (香港), and helped Hong Kong (香港) youth to quickly obtain credit in Shenzhen (深圳).

In addition, Qianhai (前海) also took the lead in creating Hong Kong (港) enterprise loans in the country to facilitate Hong Kong (港)-funded small and micro enterprises in Qianhai (前海) to obtain overseas financing, and has supported 6 enterprises to finance 27 million yuan overseas. Improve the property rights and transaction rules of new factor markets such as technology, and pilot the provision of priority examination and rapid preliminary examination services for invention patents for Hong Kong (香港) innovation entities.

Only by promoting the efficient connection of transportation logistics, data information, trading venues, and regulatory platforms can we unblock the channels for factor flow and promote the realization of supply and demand matching, factor acquisition, and technology diffusion. Wang Shourui (王守睿), member of the Standing Committee of the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee (深圳市委常委), Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Qianhai Cooperation Zone (前海合作区党工委), and Director of the Qianhai Administration (前海管理局), said: "Qianhai (前海) continues to strengthen mechanism docking and rule connection, guide factor resources to gather towards advanced productive forces, and promote smoother flow of talents, capital, and technology in the Greater Bay Area (大湾区), more efficient allocation of factors, and deeper opening up to the outside world."

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Qinghai's computing power scale increases by 161% year-on-year

This newspaper reported from Beijing on March 27th (Reporter Gong Shijian (龚仕建)) The reporter learned from the 3rd Qinghai Green Computing Power Industry Development Promotion Conference held in Beijing (北京) on the 27th that, focusing on the "1+2+N" green computing power base development layout, Qinghai Province (青海省)'s green computing power industry has developed rapidly. By the end of 2025, the cumulative number of standard racks built will exceed 40,000, and the computing power scale will reach 2.2 million PFLOPS (quadrillion floating-point operations per second), a year-on-year increase of 161%.

At the promotion conference, the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (中国信息通信研究院) released the "Qinghai Province (青海省) Green Computing and Electricity Synergistic Development Report" (2026), which introduced the phased achievements and future vision of Qinghai Province (青海省)'s efforts to promote green computing and electricity synergy to take the lead in the country. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Qinghai (青海) actively integrated into the national integrated computing power network, promoted the coordinated evolution of the new energy system and the new power system, accelerated the layout of the green computing power industry, and the synergistic development of green computing and electricity has fully **起势** (qǐ shì - "gain momentum," to start gaining momentum; to rise).

In terms of green computing power, the industrial agglomeration effect is accelerating, led by the Xining (西宁)-Haidong (海东) Intelligent Computing Supercomputing Core Cluster and the storage-computing integrated data center cluster area. A number of key projects, such as China Unicom (中国联通)·Alibaba Cloud (阿里云) National Production Chip WanKa Green Computing Power Cluster, Kingsoft Cloud (金山云) Qinghai (青海) Intelligent Computing Center, and New H3C (新华三) Qinghai Turing Town (青海图灵小镇), have been launched and are operating. In May 2025, Qinghai (青海) was selected as a national computing power situation awareness monitoring pilot area, exploring the construction of a computing power situation awareness monitoring system to create a "single account of computing power resources."

In terms of computing and electricity synergy, as of now, Qinghai Province (青海省)'s installed capacity of clean energy has exceeded 80 million kilowatts, accounting for more than 93%, of which the installed capacity of new energy is 63 million kilowatts, accounting for more than 74%. In 2025, the scale of green electricity transactions in the Qinghai power grid reached 9.79 billion kilowatt-hours, a year-on-year increase of 2.4 times. On September 11, 2025, the first green electricity listing transaction in Northwest China (西北地区) was completed at the Qinghai Electric Power Trading Center (青海电力交易中心), with a transaction volume of 23.32 million kilowatt-hours. Qinghai Province (青海省) actively promotes the digital and intelligent transformation of source-grid-load-storage, and has made positive progress in the digital development of energy.

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This Rice Sells Itself: Per-Acre Output Value Exceeds 10,000 Yuan (New Quality Productive Forces in Spring Farming)

By: 本报记者 窦 皓

During the spring plowing season, the central Zhejiang region is shrouded in misty rain. Spreading soil, watering, sowing seeds, covering soil... In the seedling cultivation center of Zekou Village (泽口村), Jiangtang Town (蒋堂镇), Wucheng District (婺城区), Jinhua City (金华市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), the rice seedling production line operates at high speed. The meticulously processed seedling trays are placed in an orderly manner, waiting to be transferred to the germination chamber to grow "Yi Tang Rice."

What is "Yi Tang Rice"?

"To increase income from grain cultivation, breeding is very important. Although our 'Yi Tang Rice' looks and tastes the same as ordinary rice, it has a high content of resistant starch, resulting in more stable blood sugar fluctuations after consumption." At the Zhejiang Wucheng Rice Science and Technology Small Courtyard (浙江婺城稻米科技小院), also located in Jiangtang Town (蒋堂镇), Zhou Yufeng (周玉峰), a doctoral student in agronomy at Zhejiang University (浙江大学), is introducing the key points of seed selection and planting to a new batch of growers. The seeds of "Yi Tang Rice" come from here.

In 2006, Wu Dianxing (吴殿星), a professor at Zhejiang University (浙江大学), and his team created the first functional rice variety with a resistant starch content of up to about 10%, called "Yi Tang Rice." It can provide sufficient energy while allowing sugar absorption to be more gradual, assisting the nervous system in regulating hunger. Since then, the team has immersed themselves in the front line of agricultural production, combining feedback from farmers and consumers to improve varieties and enhance taste, continuously screening and experimenting, selecting and breeding indica rice, japonica rice, and indica-japonica hybrid types, successively launching the third and fourth generations of "Yi Tang Rice," and establishing the Zhejiang Wucheng Rice Science and Technology Small Courtyard (浙江婺城稻米科技小院).

Zhou Yufeng (周玉峰) spends more than 200 days a year at the Science and Technology Small Courtyard, not only looking at data in the laboratory but also stepping into the mud to record the grain-filling curve of each rice plant. During the spring plowing season, he has a lot of work to do, and he has to go to the fields to check the soil condition whenever he has time. "Some places have poor soil conditions due to long-term high-load planting, which is prone to compaction. Soil conditions need to be improved through crop rotation and fallow," Zhou Yufeng (周玉峰) said.

During the peak season of seedling cultivation, Zhou Yufeng (周玉峰) also has a task—to help farmers test the purity and germination rate of seeds. "Sometimes seeds can be mixed during harvesting or storage, which affects the harvest. If mixed seeds can be eliminated in the early stage, it can be prevented in advance," Zhou Yufeng (周玉峰) said.

Testing seed viability during spring sowing, checking field diseases during the growing season, and monitoring processing techniques during the harvest season, from the laboratory to the market, the Science and Technology Small Courtyard helps farmers protect the entire process of "Yi Tang Rice" from breeding to harvesting. Previously, the high-resistant starch rice flour that had just been baked had a "fuel oil smell." A farmer called the Small Courtyard: "Why does this rice have a strange smell?" In the post-production processing laboratory of the Small Courtyard, Zhou Yufeng (周玉峰) designed an experimental plan that day and identified the problem in three days—the temperature control of the baking process went wrong. After a change, the fragrance returned.

"'Finding problems in the field—tackling them in the laboratory—verifying them in the field and workshop' is the important role of the Science and Technology Small Courtyard in the front line of agricultural production." Zhou Yufeng (周玉峰) introduced that through the molecular breeding platform and gene detection technology to screen excellent single plants, the single-yield level of "Yi Tang Rice" has increased from more than 200 kilograms to more than 500 kilograms, the planting scale has expanded to more than 6,000 mu, and the income of farmers has increased by more than 30% per mu. Not only has the yield stabilized, but the team has also cultivated a series of new products such as high-zinc iron and high-anthocyanin rice, providing nutritional solutions for pregnant women, children, and other groups.

"This kind of rice doesn't worry about sales, the output value per mu exceeds 10,000 yuan, and the price is 7-10 times that of ordinary rice." A villager in Zekou Village (泽口村) is very clear about the accounts.

Today, the Science and Technology Small Courtyard is permanently stationed with students and researchers from universities and research institutions such as Zhejiang University (浙江大学), Jinhua Polytechnic (金华职业技术大学), and Jinhua Academy of Agricultural Sciences (金华农科院), undertaking tasks such as "the development of high-resistant starch Yi Tang mooncakes and other pastries" and "the development of high-zinc infant and children's special rice cakes," providing scientific and technological power for agriculture.

At present, they are also trying to plant colored rice. "Colorful rice has high ornamental value and can also drive the development of agricultural experience and leisure tourism industries." Zhou Yufeng (周玉峰) said that in recent years, the team has discovered some rice germplasm of different colors in the fields, and after propagation and screening, they have obtained stable genetic rice materials.

In the factory workshop not far away, amidst the roar of machines, grains of crystal-clear rice are undergoing "transformation" to become high-resistant starch mooncakes, instant noodles, and other products, which are about to enter the market.

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China's total social logistics reached 58.6 trillion yuan in the first two months.

This newspaper reported from Beijing on March 27th (Reported by Ouyang Jie (欧阳洁)) Data released by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (中国物流与采购联合会) on the 27th showed that from January to February, China's total social logistics volume was 58.6 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.7%, and the logistics industry prosperity index averaged 49.4%, showing an overall steady recovery.

Logistics demand in various fields has accelerated compared with the same period last year. From January to February, the total value of industrial goods logistics increased by 6.3% year-on-year, contributing more than 80% to the growth of the total social logistics volume. Among them, the growth surface of industrial sub-sectors exceeded 80%, with the computer, communication and other electronic equipment manufacturing industries, and high-end equipment manufacturing fields such as railway, ship, aerospace, etc., all growing by more than 10%; the growth rate of general equipment, special equipment, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing and other fields was above 8.5%.

Logistics demand for units and residents is steadily recovering. From January to February, the total value of logistics for units and residents increased by 9.4% year-on-year. Emerging business formats such as instant retail and live-streaming e-commerce are booming, effectively driving the growth of new consumer logistics demand. From January to February, online retail sales of goods increased by 10.3% year-on-year, the highest growth rate since June 2024, accounting for 24.2% of the total retail sales of consumer goods. The growth rate of rural consumption is faster than that of urban areas, the proportion of county and township consumption is steadily increasing, and the logistics demand for rural e-commerce, urban-rural joint distribution, and agricultural product upstream is continuously active.

The growth rate of international logistics has rebounded. From January to February, the total value of imported goods logistics increased by 9.6% year-on-year, accelerating by 9.1 percentage points compared with the full year of last year. The volume of air cargo and mail transportation on international routes reached 712,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 23.8%; the China-Europe Railway Express (中欧班列) operated a total of 3,501 trains, a year-on-year increase of 31.7%.

The freight network maintains smooth and efficient operation, and the transportation structure is accelerating its optimization. From January to February, railway freight volume increased by 1.6% year-on-year, of which container freight volume increased by 10.5% year-on-year.

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"This is the fundamental strength of Xiong'an's future industrial development."

By: 本报记者 黄 超 邝西曦 邵玉姿

Power curves, power generation, operational dynamics... In the startup area of Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区), Hebei (河北), the China Huaneng Group Co., Ltd. (中国华能集团有限公司) operation monitoring and emergency command center displays constantly updating data on the large screen. As soon as they arrive at work, the technicians are in position early, closely monitoring the data and remote images. These "new Xiong'an people" are starting a new day.

On March 23, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) visited China Huaneng Group (中国华能集团) in Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区), Hebei (河北), to hear about the company's relocation, industrial layout, and innovative development.

Since 2023, the number of new institutions established by central enterprises in Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) has increased nearly threefold, totaling over 400. "The headquarters of China Satellite Network (中国星网), China National Chemical Corporation (中国中化), and China Huaneng (中国华能), along with the orderly relocation and registration of 83 subsidiaries of central enterprises, form the fundamental strength for Xiong'an's future industrial development." The General Secretary expressed his expectations.

Building Beijing (北京) (Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀)) into an international science and technology innovation center, upgrading the Xiong'an High-tech Industrial Development Zone (雄安高新技术产业开发区) to a national level, and welcoming the first air cargo at Xiong'an International Airport (雄安国际空港)... News about Xiong'an has been released in succession recently, with the theme: innovation.

Flourishing and full of vitality, innovation is injecting surging momentum into the high-quality construction and development of Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区).

A little over a 10-minute drive from Huaneng (华能) is China Mineral Resources Group Big Data Co., Ltd. (中国矿产资源集团大数据有限公司).

Starting in the spring of 2024, the cumulative transaction volume of the online iron ore trading platform will exceed 30 million tons by the summer of 2025... The central enterprise subsidiary, just over two years old, is growing together with Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区).

The seeds of innovation take root and sprout, requiring careful nurturing. Xiong'an (雄安) has become fertile ground for attracting "sowers."

In the Minglang North Street (明朗北街) of the Rongdong Area (容东片区), the atmosphere is lively in the conference room of the China Aerospace Information and Satellite Internet Innovation Alliance (中国空天信息和卫星互联网创新联盟). In the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan," alliance enterprises are full of confidence in promoting the landing and transformation of more scientific and technological achievements.

In October 2024, China Satellite Network (中国星网) relocated. A month later, the Innovation Alliance was inaugurated.

With leading enterprises driving and alliances bridging, the blueprint for "deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation" is gradually becoming clear.

Manufacturing and assembly enterprises have arrived. "The industrial ecosystem is here, so we come here." At the pilot test base of the Xiong'an Science and Innovation Center (雄安科创中心), Blue Rocket Hongqing (Xiong'an) Space Technology Co., Ltd. (蓝箭鸿擎（雄安）空间科技有限公司) has built the country's first automated assembly line for low-orbit internet flat satellites.

Component suppliers have also arrived. "The opportunity is here, the future is here, so we take root here." Several laser communication payload production lines of Helium Star Optoelectronics (Xiong'an) Technology Co., Ltd. (氦星光联（雄安）科技有限公司) are about to go into production.

Innovation is the gene of Xiong'an (雄安), and also the methodology of Xiong'an (雄安).

From "promoting innovation in the management system" to "improving the management system," Xiong'an (雄安) is promoting the early implementation of innovative policies in science and technology and other fields, and the institutional construction supporting innovative development is increasingly improving. There is more confidence in cultivating a modern industrial system that meets the actual needs of the new area.

Investing in people. Implementing the "Xiongcai Sixteen Articles" ("雄才十六条"), adding 4 postdoctoral innovation practice bases, more than 5,300 outstanding graduates enjoy monthly living allowances, and a cumulative total of more than 18,000 Xiongcai Cards (雄才卡) have been issued.

Cluster development. Emerging and future industrial clusters such as aerospace information, artificial intelligence, and digital technology are developing in clusters, with more than 200 enterprises settling in, and six major industrial agglomeration areas are rising vigorously.

Platform driven. The Xiong'an Future City Scenario Exchange (雄安未来之城场景汇) brings together more than 3,400 advanced technologies from home and abroad, creates more than 200 innovative application scenarios, and promotes the transformation of scientific and technological achievements from laboratories to application fields...

"Enhancing endogenous development momentum with reform and innovation as the guide" is a consistent method.

Innovation is silent and permeates every corner of Xiong'an (雄安).

Enthusiastically interacting with readers, recommending book lists, carrying books through the library, and delivering books to Xiong'an Artificial Intelligence Industrial Park (雄安人工智能产业园) and other locations on a regular basis, the Xiong'an Library (雄安图书馆) has welcomed robot "new employees" and attracted more than 400,000 readers in less than half a year.

Driving into the underground parking lot, the mobile phone navigation immediately switches from the ground route map to the underground space map. "Underground space can also be accurately navigated!" The new navigation system developed by the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (北京邮电大学) team realizes a closed loop above and below ground...

"Stimulating the enthusiasm and initiative of enterprise cadres and employees to innovate and start businesses," people are drawing innovative nutrients and giving full play to their innovative talents on this promising fertile land, side by side with Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区), starting and moving forward.

At night, the lights of the new area's buildings gradually light up, illuminating one innovative story after another that is growing rapidly. Behind each window lies the ambition of the "new" Xiong'an (雄安), ready to welcome the dawn of a new day.

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China's medical equipment industry market size to reach 1.44 trillion yuan in 2025

This newspaper reported from Chongqing (重庆) on March 27th (Reporter Shen Shaotie (申少铁)): A reporter learned on the 27th from the 2026 Medical Equipment Conference held in Chongqing (重庆) that in 2025, the market size of China's medical equipment industry reached 1.44 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of about 7%. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's medical equipment market size has steadily expanded year by year, with an average annual growth rate of 9.9%, ranking second in the world as a single-country market.

In terms of industry innovation, enterprise R&D investment and the number of innovative products have increased year by year, and the approved innovative medical devices cover multiple cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence, medical robots, and biomedical materials. The collaboration between medicine and engineering has been continuously deepened, the transformation rate of scientific and technological achievements has rapidly increased, and the number of medical equipment patent applications ranks first in the world. China's high-end medical equipment is moving from following innovation to leading innovation in cutting-edge fields and key technologies.

In terms of in-depth expansion of overseas markets, the export scale of medical equipment has steadily increased, with export volume reaching US$45.796 billion in 2025, an increase of 62.4% compared to 2019. Medical equipment is the fastest-growing sector in pharmaceutical product exports in recent years, and its international competitiveness is shifting from cost advantages to technological brand advantages. The market layout is becoming more diversified, with exports to countries jointly building the "Belt and Road" accounting for more than 40%.

As an important part of the conference, the Medical Equipment Exhibition opened in Chongqing (重庆) on the 26th, focusing on displaying new products and technologies selected into the catalog of excellent domestic medical equipment products, and focusing on displaying key core components, overall application solutions, and innovative ecological application scenarios. The concentrated appearance of hospital scientific and technological achievements transformation at the exhibition has become an important window to promote the precise connection between clinical needs and industrial R&D.

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Three Scenes: Glimpses of a New Socialist Modern Tibet

By: 本报记者 袁 泉 徐驭尧 琼达卓嘎

In Banjiu Lunbu Village (班久伦布村), Gyangze County (江孜县), Shigatse City (日喀则市), Tibet (西藏), the elderly Laba Cangjue (拉巴仓决) has spent her entire life dealing with highland barley—

In her youth, she was beaten and scolded by the serf owners simply because she handed over a little less highland barley harvest; in her middle age, after the democratic reforms, she became the master of the land and grew highland barley; now, popcorn, biscuits, bread... the deep-processed highland barley products of Gyangze (江孜) have opened her eyes.

"In my life, I can always encounter various new things," Laba Cangjue (拉巴仓决) said with emotion, "The Party is leading us, and our lives are getting better and better!"

Sixty-seven years ago, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), Tibet (西藏) underwent a magnificent democratic reform, completely abolishing the feudal serf system that combined politics and religion, fundamentally changing the social system of Tibet (西藏).

The new era is the best period for Tibet's (西藏) development, with the greatest changes and the most benefits for the people. In August 2025, when General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) listened to the work reports of the Tibet Autonomous Region (西藏自治区) Party Committee and the government, he earnestly instructed: "Strive to build a united, prosperous, civilized, harmonious, and beautiful socialist modern new Tibet."

Bearing in mind these instructions, Tibet (西藏), based on its own development characteristics, places increasing the people's well-being in a prominent position, promotes high-quality development of various undertakings, and better meets the people's new expectations for a better life.

——A drone provides insight into new trends in the development of the agricultural and pastoral industries.

With spring plowing approaching, in Congdui Village (聪堆村), Sangzhuzi District (桑珠孜区), Shigatse City (日喀则市), a silver-white multispectral drone sweeps across the fields. Cewang Sangzhu (次旺桑珠) calmly operates it with a remote control.

He is the head of the Congdui Village (聪堆村) agricultural machinery cooperative. In 2021, he became one of the first certified drone operators in the village.

In previous years, every piece of land in the village had to be walked through during the spring plowing. "My legs would be weak after a day, and I still couldn't see everything."

Now, thousands of acres can be "flown" over in half a day. "It's clear which plots have good soil moisture and can be sown early, and which plots still need to be dried."

It turns out that this drone is connected to the Shigatse (日喀则) highland barley industry big data platform. By integrating multi-source data such as drone remote sensing, ground sensors, and weather stations, it has realized visual monitoring of soil moisture, seedling conditions, and disaster situations.

"In recent years, we have continued to promote the application of smart agricultural technologies and equipment such as drone remote sensing and big data monitoring, truly transforming technological advantages into practical results for increasing grain production and farmers' income," said Suolang (索朗), director of the Information Center of the Shigatse (日喀则市) Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau.

The advantages of the plateau characteristic agricultural and pastoral industries have gradually taken shape. In 2025, Tibet's (西藏) total grain output reached 1.15 million tons, and the output of meat, eggs, milk, and vegetables all exceeded the million-ton mark.

——A "solar pasture" reflects a new model for the development of the clean energy industry.

In Bang Village (邦村), Doilungdeqen District (堆龙德庆区), Lhasa (拉萨市), more than 4,000 acres of photovoltaic panels undulate along the mountains, shining brightly.

Previously, this was a barren mountain pasture that villagers disliked, saying, "The grass is so thin that it can't even support sheep."

Now, it is expected to bring a fixed income of over 2 million yuan to the village collective each year, and increase the income of each villager by over 1,000 yuan.

The change stems from the China Huadian (华电) Doilung (堆龙) animal husbandry-solar complementary photovoltaic storage project, which was completed in October last year. "Power generation above the panels and grazing below the panels have increased the comprehensive benefits of the land by more than 30%," said project leader Mu Huanhuan (母欢欢).

During the construction process, the project absorbed more than 3,500 local farmers and herdsmen to work, and the villagers' income exceeded 30 million yuan.

Sangdan Zhaxi (桑旦扎西), a young man from the village, went from doing odd jobs at the beginning to deeply participating in the project construction, and is now an expert in photovoltaic power station construction. "I'm preparing to organize a professional construction team with my fellow villagers to take on more work."

The construction of the hydropower project in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River (雅鲁藏布江) has started, the Jinshang (金上) to Hubei (湖北) ultra-high-voltage DC transmission project has been completed and put into operation, and the Tibet-Guangdong (藏粤) DC project has started... The installed capacity of clean energy power in the entire region has exceeded 13 million kilowatts, and the development of the clean energy industry benefits the vast number of people.

——A "small tablet" illuminates new explorations in enhancing people's well-being.

"This animation is depicting the life of a writer..." In the classroom of the No. 2 Senior High School (第二高级中学) in Shannan City (山南市), Li Depeng (李德鹏), a teacher from Anhui (安徽) aiding Tibet (援藏), spoke loudly.

On the large screen behind him, a short film generated using AI tools is playing. The tablets in the children's hands integrate all aspects of learning—in the classroom, multimedia courseware flows vividly, helping students understand knowledge more vividly; after class, it is a powerful assistant for reviewing and learning new things, which can be opened at any time to review what has been learned and practice repeatedly.

Losang Nianza (洛桑念扎), a senior high school student, clicked on the national common language learning summary function. "This is the function I use most often. It can help me quickly summarize learning points and list similar knowledge, allowing me to strengthen my learning in a targeted manner."

"With the strong support of the country, Tibet's (西藏) education has achieved leapfrog development," said Li Depeng (李德鹏). "Education assistance to Tibet (教育援藏) and digital empowerment light up the dreams of children."

Entering the new era, Tibet (西藏) has achieved full coverage of educational special networks in all schools in the region, and the coverage rate of multimedia teaching terminal classrooms in primary and secondary schools is 100%, promoting remote interaction and resource sharing between demonstration schools and border county schools.

During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Tibet (西藏) has thoroughly implemented ten major livelihood projects, with a cumulative investment in people's livelihood exceeding 1 trillion yuan. The per capita disposable income of urban and rural residents has increased from 46,503 yuan and 16,935 yuan in 2021 to 58,794 yuan and 23,184 yuan respectively, and the people of all ethnic groups have further enhanced their sense of gain, happiness, and security. Striving forward in the "15th Five-Year Plan," Tibet (西藏) will continue to thoroughly grasp the four major tasks of stability, development, ecology, and strengthening the border, and accelerate the construction of a socialist modern new Tibet (社会主义现代化新西藏).

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The handling of suggestions from deputies to the Fourth Session of the 14th National People's Congress has been fully launched.

By: 本报记者 彭 波

On March 26, a reporter learned from the proposal handling conference of the Fourth Session of the 14th National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会) that during the Fourth Session of the 14th National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会), deputies to the National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会) earnestly performed their statutory duties and put forward 8,406 suggestions, criticisms, and opinions on various aspects of work. The Representative Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大常委会代表工作委员会), together with relevant parties, carefully sorted out and comprehensively analyzed the deputies' proposals and legally handed them over to 206 undertaking units for handling. This also marks the full launch of the handling of deputies' proposals from the Fourth Session of the 14th National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会).

Compared with last year, the number of deputies' proposals this year has decreased, but the quality has been further improved. The deputies focused on the overall work of the Party and the state, paid more attention to putting forward countermeasures and suggestions from the legal and institutional levels, and focused on serving the good start and step of the "15th Five-Year Plan." The proposals put forward have a broad vision, are grounded, and have warmth, gathering broad consensus and wisdom for promoting high-quality economic and social development.

Among the deputies' proposals, those involving "science and technology, education, health, and sports," "development planning and comprehensive economy," and "social and public affairs" accounted for the majority, accounting for more than half. Promoting the tackling of key core technologies, rectifying "involution-style" competition, and building a diversified security system have become high-frequency words in the deputies' proposals.

The main areas of concern for deputies' proposals are: promoting the construction of a unified national market in depth, focusing on building a strong domestic market, optimizing innovative consumption scenarios, and thoroughly rectifying "involution-style" competition. Speeding up the cultivation and expansion of new kinetic energy, cultivating and expanding emerging industries and future industries, creating new forms of intelligent economy, empowering the healthy development of the digital economy and platform economy, and promoting the green and low-carbon transformation of industrial structure. Accelerating high-level scientific and technological self-reliance, promoting the tackling of key core technologies, accelerating the construction of technology achievement transformation platforms, and promoting agricultural technology to enter villages and households. Continuing to deepen reforms in key areas, promoting the construction of a rule-of-law business environment, and strengthening the full-chain protection of intellectual property rights. Solidly promoting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, promoting the quality and efficiency of rural characteristic industries, deepening the construction of a smart agriculture system, and promoting the stable increase of farmers' income. Promoting new urbanization and coordinated regional development, fully practicing the concept of people's cities, vigorously promoting urban renewal work; promoting high-quality development in ethnic regions, and consolidating the foundation of the Chinese national community consciousness. Guaranteeing and improving people's livelihood with greater efforts, safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of workers in new employment forms, and promoting the physical and mental health and comprehensive development of students; strengthening basic medical and health services, accelerating the promotion of "medical and nursing integration" and "smart elderly care," and improving fertility support and childcare services; strengthening the protection and inheritance of outstanding traditional culture, and actively developing mass sports. Accelerating the promotion of comprehensive green transformation, building a solid "green mountains and clear waters" security barrier, deeply fighting the tough battle against pollution prevention and control, and improving the effectiveness of environmental governance. Strengthening risk prevention and resolution and security capacity building in key areas, strengthening the governance of online rumors and chaos, improving the full-chain supervision of food and drugs, weaving a tight network for preventing telecommunications fraud crimes, and building a higher level of safe China.

Among this year's deputies' proposals, 5,555 were put forward by deputies on the basis of "special research," "inspections," and "deputy group activities and seminars, visits," accounting for 66.08% of the total. This shows that in the past year, the deputies have earnestly implemented the revised Deputies Law, closely contacted the masses, conducted in-depth investigations and research, and carefully considered and demonstrated, reflecting the deputies' strong sense of responsibility for keeping the overall situation in mind and performing their duties for the people.

Handling deputies' proposals with high quality is the due meaning and inevitable requirement of practicing whole-process people's democracy and adhering to, improving, and operating the people's congress system well. Deputies' proposals gather public opinion and wisdom, providing an important reference for helping high-quality development. The undertaking units highlighted quality and focused on implementation when handling deputies' proposals, promoting the solution of a number of urgent and difficult problems for the people, promoting the improvement of a series of policies and measures to promote development and benefit the people's livelihood, and effectively transforming the public opinion and wisdom reflected by the deputies and the insightful opinions put forward into institutional policies and work measures, and effectively transforming institutional advantages into development momentum and governance effectiveness.

In 2025, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源和社会保障部) undertook a total of 628 deputies' proposals, covering many aspects such as promoting high-quality and full employment, deepening the reform of the social security system, strengthening the construction of skilled personnel and specialized technical personnel teams, improving the wage income distribution system, and building harmonious labor relations. "The deputies' proposals have a wide coverage, strong pertinence, and high gold content, which plays an irreplaceable role in our in-depth listening to the voices of the masses, optimizing human resources and social security policy supply, responding to and solving the urgent needs of the masses, and promoting the development of central work." Li Zhong (李忠), member of the Party Group and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源和社会保障部), said that the handling of deputies' proposals is not only a response to the concerns of deputies, but also an important opportunity to promote the quality and efficiency of human resources and social security work and solve development problems. We must strive to transform the "proposal list" into a "practical effect list" and transform "public opinion" into "people's livelihood effectiveness."

Health has always been a key area of ​​high concern for the majority of deputies. In 2025, the National Health Commission (国家卫生健康委) undertook a total of 885 deputies' proposals, covering medical and health infrastructure projects, childcare subsidies, pediatric services, mental health, and inclusive childcare services. "We actively promote the transformation of handling results into effectiveness, transform the good strategies proposed by deputies into good prescriptions for solving practical problems, introduce a series of policies and measures, implement a number of practical service projects for the people, and promote the solution of urgent and difficult problems for the people." Guo Yanhong (郭燕红), member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the National Health Commission (国家卫生健康委), said that the reply is not the end. We will thoroughly implement the spirit of the important speech made by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) during this year's National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会) on the construction of a healthy China, and continuously improve the quality of handling deputies' proposals, so that more wise words can be transformed into practical measures to promote the cause of health and the high-quality development of the population, and strive for decisive progress in the construction of a healthy China during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period.

Handling deputies' proposals and key supervised proposals is an important starting point for supporting and guaranteeing the performance of deputies' duties. In 2025, the Social Construction Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大社会建设委员会) is responsible for 3 key supervised proposals, including 29 deputies' proposals, which have achieved good results. "The Social Construction Committee handles every deputy's proposal with high quality and efficiency, and does every supervised work well, truly achieving 'handling a key supervised proposal well, solving a problem in one aspect, and promoting work in one field'." Wang Tiemin (汪铁民), Deputy Director of the Social Construction Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大社会建设委员会), said that this year, we will continue to do a good job in supervising key proposals, actively contact and urge relevant departments, carefully study and absorb the opinions and suggestions put forward by deputies, and effectively transform the handling of key supervised proposals into results in improving people's livelihood.

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Inspiration from "Three Goods" to "Three Greens" (People's Forum)

By: 何 娟

Speaking of Qinghai (青海), local friends talk about a change: in the past, there were "three goods," now there are "three greens."

The "three goods" refer to good water, good sunlight, and good wind.

What are the "three greens"?

The Sanjiangyuan (三江源) region sends 60 billion to 90 billion cubic meters of headwater to downstream provinces every year, which is "green water."

The total installed power capacity in the area exceeds 84 million kilowatts, of which clean energy accounts for more than 93%, which is "green electricity."

Driven by green electricity, the scale of server racks and computing power doubled last year, which is "green computing."

The "three goods" are from a resource perspective and a regional perspective. The "three greens" are from a development perspective and a global perspective. From "three goods" to "three greens," it is not just a change in observation perspective, but also reflects the renewal of the development blueprint.

Once considered the "province with the least sense of presence," it is now full of "new" ideas and "green" vitality, with increasing visibility, containing rich development insights.

How do the "three goods" become the "three greens"?

Qinghai (青海) has an important and special ecological status. The "three largest" clarify the province's positioning and delineate the boundaries of what "cannot be done," but also point out the direction of what "should be done."

The greatest responsibility lies in ecology. Does this mean no development or no possibility of development? Furthermore, is everything that "can be done" also what "should be done"?

Tala Beach (塔拉滩) in Gonghe County (共和县), once a barren land, has grown into the "world's largest photovoltaic power generation park"; in Haidong City (海东市), the "City in the Cloud" is rising with a green computing power industry cluster, which last year entered the top 30 cities in the country for computing power.

The transition from resource advantages to development advantages is not natural and will not happen overnight. By firmly shouldering responsibilities and making good use of potential, 风生水起 (fēng shēng shuǐ qǐ - "wind rises, water follows," a situation gaining momentum) breeds "infinite scenery," which lies in grasping local characteristics, choosing the right track, and in the precise empowerment of new quality productive forces. The principle that "green mountains and clear waters are golden mountains and silver mountains" is concrete and profound.

To develop new quality productive forces, various regions are catching up with each other. Perhaps, facing the same track, the starting lines in various regions are not the same, but the right to choose specific tracks is in their own hands. Whether to do or not, dare to do or not, and be good at doing or not, tests the understanding of the Party's innovative theories and reflects the quality of the view of performance.

Instead of blindly pursuing "new" and "high," and not engaging in unrealistic "corner overtaking," but rather calculating the input-output ratio and making use of their own advantages, underdeveloped regions can also seize the initiative and take the lead in niche tracks.

How can industrial advantages be advanced into development advantages?

Before the Spring Festival this year, a company launched the "First Cup of Milk Tea in the New Year" campaign, which exceeded 10 million orders within 9 hours. During peak periods, the system had to handle 800,000 requests per second, and the support was provided by Qinghai's (青海) green electricity intelligent computing cluster.

Looking at "West-to-East Power Transmission" (西电东送), this is one of the output locations; looking at "East Data West Computing" (东数西算), this is one of the receiving points. Actively connecting with national strategies, adding glory to one area and adding color to the overall situation, is the deep logic of this "three greens" report card.

At this year's National People's Congress (全国两会), around the development of new quality productive forces, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) put forward the requirement of "four news" to Jiangsu (江苏), a major economic province, which is also of great guiding significance to other regions.

How to create a new situation? It is not only about creating something from nothing, but also about creating something new from something existing.

Qinghai (青海) not only sends green electricity out, but also integrates it with local industrial development. The "two greens" move towards each other, and the green computing power industry runs out of comparative advantages in the country.

What is comparative advantage? A computing power center with an annual electricity consumption of 100 million kilowatt-hours landed in Qinghai (青海), and its electricity-related carbon emissions are about 18,000 tons, which is 35,000 tons less than the national average.

This year, "computing-electricity synergy" was written into the "Government Work Report" for the first time, and Qinghai (青海), as the first pilot province for green computing-electricity synergy in the country, took the lead. This foreshadows the leap in industrial capacity and the emergence of high-quality employment opportunities.

From "data assistance to Qinghai (青海)" to "computing-electricity synergy," observing the national industrial layout and economic map from this perspective, Anhui (安徽) has become the province with the highest automobile production, and Shaanxi (陕西) has created a complete industrial chain for micro-dramas... Between the east, central, and western regions, it is no longer a simple relationship of industrial transfer and undertaking, but has become an innovative companion and a hand-in-hand explorer.

Development has no end, and Chinese-style modernization has broad space and unlimited opportunities. Firmly grasping the regional positioning in the overall situation, giving full play to their strengths and moving towards the new, the picture of modernization construction will be more colorful and prosperous.

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"Selected People's Daily Articles (1948-1978)" Published

This newspaper reported from Beijing on March 27th (Wang Xiangling (王向令), Bi Chunyue (毕春月)) Continuing the red gene of the Party Central Committee's organ newspaper and inheriting the literary tradition of the People's Daily, the book "People's Daily Good Articles (1948-1978)" was recently published and distributed by the People's Daily Press.

As the organ newspaper of the CPC Central Committee, the People's Daily is a recorder of history and a witness of the times. Since its inception on June 15, 1948, the People's Daily has published many good articles, and many of them have been selected into primary and secondary school textbooks and high school entrance examination papers, serving as important reading materials that nourish the spiritual world of generations of Chinese people.

The 24 good articles collected in this book are representative, influential, and enlightening masterpieces selected from articles published in the People's Daily from 1948 to 1978, covering important categories such as news, editorials, communications, reportage, and essays, possessing both ideological depth and artistic appeal.

These classic articles are not only vivid footnotes of the times, but also loud bugle calls for moving forward. Looking back from a new historical position, the value of these articles has long surpassed the words themselves, and in the era of the mobile Internet, they still radiate vigorous vitality. Reviewing these timeless words will inspire journalists in the new era to draw strength, inherit the literary tradition, and 固本开新 (gù běn kāi xīn - "consolidate the foundation and open up new prospects," to strengthen the fundamentals and innovate).

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Photo Story

On March 27th, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (全国工商联), the Ministry of Education (教育部), the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源和社会保障部), and the Ministry of Veterans Affairs (退役军人事务部) held the 2026 National "Hundred Cities, Thousand Schools, Ten Thousand Enterprises Promoting Employment" Action Mobilization and Deployment Conference and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region Special Recruitment Event in Shijiazhuang (石家庄市), Hebei (河北). This action will be carried out throughout the year, focusing on two stages: March to mid-May and October to December.

The picture shows job seekers seeking employment at the special recruitment event at Hebei GEO University (河北地质大学) on March 27th.

Photo by Liang Zidong (梁子栋) (Xinhua News Agency (新华社) issued)

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Comrade Bi Huiyi Passes Away

Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai, March 27th. Comrade Bi Huiyi (毕惠义), a retired cadre at the deputy military region level and former Director of the Political Department of the Navy, passed away in Shanghai (上海) on March 10th due to illness, at the age of 85.

Bi Huiyi (毕惠义) was a native of Zouping (邹平), Shandong (山东). He enlisted in the army in 1962 and joined the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) in 1963. During his revolutionary career, he served as a soldier, instructor, clerk, deputy political commissar of a ship, deputy director of the organization department of the fleet's political department, deputy director of the political department of the fleet's engineering headquarters, political commissar of a brigade, director of the political department of the fleet's logistics department, deputy director and director of the base's political department, deputy political commissar and political commissar of the base, and deputy director of the Navy's political department, making contributions to the revolutionary, modern, and regularized construction of the armed forces.

Bi Huiyi (毕惠义) was a representative to the 15th and 16th National Congresses of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党). He was awarded the rank of Senior Colonel of the Navy in 1988, promoted to Rear Admiral of the Navy in 1994, and promoted to Vice Admiral of the Navy in 2001.

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How E-Government Helps Reduce Burdens and Consumption (Practicing Thrift and Opposing Waste)

By: 本报记者 申智林

"Ding--" Just as he arrived at work in the morning, Tang Chaohu (唐超虎), a cadre from the Business and Trade Bureau of the Chenzhou Area (郴州片区) and High-tech Zone (高新区) of the Hunan Free Trade Pilot Zone (湖南自由贸易试验区) (hereinafter referred to as "Chenzhou High-tech Zone (郴州高新区)"), received a message notification on his mobile phone from the Hunan Party and Government Smart Office Platform (湖南党政智慧办公平台) (Xiangbantong (湘办通)): "You have received a pending matter, please check it in time."

Opening his phone, he saw that it was a reminder to complete the reimbursement procedure for his business trip as soon as possible. Screenshot of vouchers, upload of materials... In just four or five minutes, Tang Chaohu (唐超虎) completed the filling work on the "Xiangbantong (湘办通)" APP and submitted it to the next stage for review.

Without running errands or knocking on doors, Tang Chaohu (唐超虎) only needs to wait for the travel expenses to be deposited into his account. "These will be completed in less than 3 days."

Also for business trip reimbursement, Tang Chaohu (唐超虎) vividly remembers the complexity of the previous process, "Today I have to find this person to review, tomorrow I have to find that person to sign. I have a lot of things to do, and the leaders are also busy, so sometimes it takes several days to complete the procedure." The longest reimbursement took him more than a month.

"Now, with online approval, there is no need to find or wait, and the efficiency is much higher," said Tang Chaohu (唐超虎).

How did the change happen?

In March 2025, the General Office of the People's Government of Hunan Province (湖南省人民政府办公厅) issued the "Key Points of Political Services and Data Work in Hunan Province in 2025 (湖南省2025年政务服务和数据工作要点)," proposing to strengthen the support capabilities of the government service platform, based on a series of measures such as upgrading the application open platform, electronic licenses, and unified electronic seals, and promoting "Xiangbantong (湘办通)" throughout the province.

The implementation and application of "Xiangbantong (湘办通)" has truly reduced the burden on Tang Chaohu (唐超虎). Tang Chaohu's (唐超虎) department is responsible for investment promotion, and in order to improve the pertinence of the work, a plan needs to be formulated for each investment promotion work. "For a plan, the department leader, the leader in charge, and the main leader all need to check, sign, and confirm," said Tang Chaohu (唐超虎). When time is tight and the relevant leaders are away, he can only worry while holding a stack of plan documents.

Now, leaders use electronic signatures for approval. "On a recent business trip, we submitted the plan on 'Xiangbantong (湘办通)' for leaders to approve at noon one day, and it was completed that afternoon," said Tang Chaohu (唐超虎).

The implementation of e-government has realized paperless office, saving not only the time and energy of staff.

In the past six months, the printer in the printing room of Chenzhou High-tech Zone (郴州高新区) has finally stopped "wheezing".

"In the past, printing this document and printing that document, it never stopped," said Li Zhihong (李志红), the printer. For a formal material involving all departments, "each department office sends at least one copy, and the relevant responsible persons also need it, ranging from twenty or thirty copies to fifty or sixty copies."

The printing room is also responsible for managing the printing paper for each department. "Adding it all up, more than 80 packs of A4 printing paper are needed in a month," said Li Zhihong (李志红). Since paperless office has become more and more popular, the printing of documents has been greatly reduced. Most of the time, only two or three copies of a document need to be printed for archiving. "The frequency of paper and toner supply by cooperative units has been reduced by more than half, and the quantity of each supply has also been greatly reduced."

From paper circulation to "data running," paperless office reduces consumption and greatly improves the efficiency of daily work. As of now, the "Xiangbantong (湘办通)" APP has achieved the expected large-scale application of connecting the four levels of provinces, cities, counties, and townships in Hunan Province (湖南省), with 910,000 users and covering more than 14,000 party and government agencies above the township level in the province, and has become an important support for the digital collaboration of the "one network" for internal office of the Party and government in Hunan Province (湖南省).

(Chen Hongjun (陈红军) participated in the writing)

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Page 1 Editors: Xu Nuo, Zhang Shuaizhen, Zhao Chuanbo; Page 2 Editors: Wu Gang, Zhou Zhou, Wang Xuchen; Page 3 Editors: Jiang Xuejie, Guo Xueyan, Cui Bin; Page 4 Editors: Bai Zhiyu, Han Chunyao, Chen Zhen

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Shared Bed Turnover Alleviates Hospitalization Difficulties (Visit)

By: 本报记者 王欣悦

In some hospitals, the beds in some departments are full, and patients who need to be hospitalized are anxiously waiting; in some departments, the number of hospitalized patients is small, and beds are idle. On the one hand, the workload in wards is uneven, and on the other hand, patients have difficulty being hospitalized. How can this be better resolved?

The "15th Five-Year Plan" outline proposes to accelerate the construction of a Healthy China. The National Health Commission (国家卫生健康委) and the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (国家中医药局) jointly issued the "Themed Activity Plan for Improving Medical Treatment Experience and Enhancing Patient Experience (2023-2025)" (《改善就医感受 提升患者体验主题活动方案（2023—2025年）》), encouraging hospitals to uniformly manage idle beds and gradually realize centralized management and unified allocation of beds throughout the hospital.

In recent years, Chongqing (重庆) has launched pilot programs in several hospitals to coordinate hospital-wide bed resources and explore cross-departmental and cross-hospital area sharing. How are beds scheduled? What is the actual experience of patients "borrowing beds"? What other issues need to be resolved? The reporter conducted an investigation.

Cross-departmental allocation and cross-hospital area admission allow patients to receive timely treatment.

"Doctor, I'm very dizzy." Zhang Zaifu (张在福), a resident of Kaizhou District (开州区), Chongqing (重庆), covered his forehead and walked into the neurosurgery clinic of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University (重庆医科大学附属第一医院) accompanied by his daughter. The 60-year-old's symptoms caused by an intracranial aneurysm continued to worsen, and his daughter specially drove nearly 300 kilometers to seek medical treatment.

Zhang Xiaodong (张晓冬), deputy chief physician of neurosurgery at the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University (重庆医科大学附属第一医院), carefully reviewed the examination report, "Your intracranial aneurysm needs to be hospitalized for treatment as soon as possible, but our department's beds are indeed full." Hearing this, Zhang Zaifu (张在福) and his daughter's hearts were suspended, "But don't worry, the hospital now uniformly allocates beds throughout the hospital, and you can be admitted to the ward of the Department of General Medicine today. I will be responsible for formulating the treatment plan, and I will personally perform the surgery."

That afternoon, Zhang Zaifu (张在福) was successfully admitted to the hospital and prepared for the operation. With the careful care of the Department of General Medicine, he recovered and was discharged from the hospital a week after the operation.

In addition to cross-departmental allocation of beds, cross-hospital area admission also allows many patients to receive timely treatment.

Not long ago, Liu Jianming (刘建明), a 56-year-old mediastinal tumor patient, went to the Department of Thoracic Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University (重庆医科大学附属第一医院) for treatment. After diagnosis by chief physician Wang Bin (汪斌), he believed that minimally invasive thoracoscopic surgery was needed as soon as possible.

The continuous growth of mediastinal tumors will seriously compress the heart, affect breathing, and increase risks. However, the beds in the medical group of Wang Bin's (汪斌) headquarters hospital area were all full. "Your home is very close to the Jinshan (金山) hospital area of our hospital." Wang Bin (汪斌) proposed a solution, "I can contact Chen Huanwen (陈焕文), chief physician of thoracic surgery in the Jinshan (金山) hospital area, and ask if we can coordinate beds across hospital areas and be treated jointly by our two medical groups."

"That's great! No need to wait for a bed, and it's convenient for family members to take care of me because it's close to home." That afternoon, Liu Jianming (刘建明) was admitted to the Jinshan (金山) hospital area, and Wang Bin (汪斌) performed the surgery two days later. After the operation, he recovered well under the careful management of Chen Huanwen's (陈焕文) medical group.

"Some patients have serious conditions. If they cannot be admitted to the hospital in time, the consequences will be disastrous." Gao Diansa (高电萨), the relevant person in charge of the medical affairs department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University (重庆医科大学附属第一医院), introduced that the hospital began to promote the unified allocation of bed resources in the second half of 2024, realizing the unified management of beds across departments, hospital areas, and medical groups. "Patients feel at ease when they are admitted in time," said Gao Diansa (高电萨).

Flexible transfer procedures, doctors "run across departments" to follow up on ward rounds.

At the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University (重庆医科大学附属第一医院), the annual number of outpatient and emergency visits is approximately 4 million, the number of hospitalized patients exceeds 200,000, and the number of hospitalized surgical patients is nearly 100,000. The utilization rate of inpatient beds in different departments varies greatly, ranging from 70% to 120%.

"We use the attending physicians of each department as a link to realize the sharing of beds throughout the hospital," said Gao Diansa (高电萨), "Let doctors run more errands and patients run fewer errands."

Since the implementation of the reform, the phenomenon of attending physicians "running across departments" has increased significantly.

Yang Gang (杨刚), director of neurosurgery at the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University (重庆医科大学附属第一医院), said, "When patients need to be hospitalized in other departments, I will immediately call other departments, and it can be handled quickly."

In order to do a good job in the cross-departmental allocation of beds, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University (重庆医科大学附属第一医院) has formed a convenient and efficient attending physician linkage mechanism. When facing bed saturation, the attending physician will immediately assess the patient's condition, send a bed application to other departments, and after confirming that the patient can be admitted, the patient can be hospitalized.

"Bed sharing enhances collaboration between different departments and achieves complementary advantages," said Yang Gang (杨刚), "For example, after neurosurgery patients are admitted to the Department of General Medicine, the Department of General Medicine can give play to its advantages in basic disease management and complication prevention and treatment to help patients recover better."

What if the condition of a cross-departmental hospitalized patient suddenly deteriorates? "The procedures for transferring critically ill patients back to the original department are not complicated." Gao Diansa (高电萨) introduced that the attending physician will communicate and negotiate with the patient, transfer patients with milder conditions in the original department to beds in other departments, and allow critically ill patients to be admitted. When emergency and critically ill patients are admitted, and the beds in the original department are full, these patients will also be admitted through scheduling. When beds in the original department become available, cross-departmental patients will be transferred back in time.

Not only that, the hospital has also converted the beds in some wards into outpatient chemotherapy areas, so that chemotherapy patients can save the steps of going through admission and discharge procedures.

"This measure greatly improves the efficiency of diagnosis and treatment, and patients do not have to pay bed fees." Gao Diansa (高电萨) said that in 2025, the number of patients transferred from inpatient chemotherapy to outpatient chemotherapy in the hospital reached 11,000.

Breaking down barriers and improving capabilities to better care for "borrowed bed" patients.

Doctors follow patients, but the nursing team stays in their respective departments. How to break down barriers and ensure medical quality and patient safety through cross-departmental rounds and cross-regional nursing?

"Director Chen (陈主任), the patient's CT re-examination results are out, please come to the Department of Geriatric Medicine for further diagnosis as soon as possible..." In the Seventh People's Hospital of Chongqing (重庆市第七人民医院), Wu Liping (吴丽萍), the head nurse of the Department of Geriatric Medicine, checked the examination report of Zhang (张) Grandma, a patient with respiratory system disease, and called Chen Hengyi (陈恒屹), director of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

After the hospital explored the unified allocation of bed resources, the Department of Geriatric Medicine connected with the hospital's internal medicine system, mainly receiving patients from the Department of Internal Medicine. In order to better care for cross-departmental hospitalized patients, the hospital organized a number of training sessions.

"Before starting work, we went to several internal medicine departments to study and systematically reviewed internal medicine nursing knowledge." Wu Liping (吴丽萍) said that every month, the department's backbone not only has to participate in the hospital-wide internal medicine system's specialist knowledge, nursing routines, and nursing process learning, but also organizes training for the department's nursing team to ensure that everyone masters the routine nursing process for common and frequently-occurring diseases of internal medicine patients.

"For cross-departmental hospitalized patients, basic nursing such as tidying up the ward and administering medication according to doctor's orders is the same as for patients in the original department. When it is necessary to configure specialist drugs or carry out specialist characteristic nursing, we will contact the nurses in the corresponding department to operate." Wu Liping (吴丽萍) said, "Patient safety is the first priority. In case of special circumstances, we will immediately ask the doctor to deal with it in the ward."

"The development of nurses towards 'general nursing' allows the receiving department to better receive 'borrowed bed' patients and provides effective guarantee for cross-ward management," said Liu Anbin (刘安彬), president of the Seventh People's Hospital of Chongqing (重庆市第七人民医院).

"Exploring bed sharing shoulders a dual task." He Jianguo (何建国), vice president of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University (重庆医科大学附属第一医院), said, "On the one hand, it is necessary to break down the barriers between diagnosis areas, groups, specialties, and processes to effectively activate bed resources; on the other hand, it is necessary to further improve the ability to admit difficult and critically ill patients and optimize the disease structure."

Breaking down the bed boundaries between traditional wards and coordinating the allocation of hospital beds with the goal of serving patients is rooted in the high standards of medical and nursing quality, marking the innovation of the hospital's service concept and the upgrading of service efficiency. "It is necessary to strengthen supervision to ensure that cross-departmental management responsibilities are assigned to individuals to ensure patient safety; it is also necessary to optimize assessment and build a more refined reward and punishment system to encourage departments to actively admit patients. Improving system design can better meet the medical needs of the people," said the relevant person in charge of the Chongqing Municipal Health Commission (重庆市卫健委).

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Addressing the Urgent Needs and Concerns of the People is the Focus of Reform (Editor's Note)

By: 卢 涛

In recent years, many places have continued to explore the unified allocation of hospital beds, providing a new solution to the problem of difficulty in hospitalization. This inspires us that the urgent needs and concerns of the people are the focus of reform.

Breaking the "last mile" of patients' hospitalization is to relieve the worries and difficulties of the people and is related to the vital interests of the masses. In Beijing (北京), pilot hospitals have established a receiving doctor responsibility system, and bed allocation follows the principle of "similar specialties and similar floors" to ensure the medical quality of patients "borrowing beds." In Shanxi (山西), multiple hospitals conduct condition assessments before allocating beds and require each department to reserve a fixed proportion of beds for acutely and critically ill patients to ensure patient medical safety. Adhering to the principle of "patient-centered" throughout all aspects of medical services, the hospital-wide sharing of beds can be more practical, with more detailed measures and greater patient satisfaction while innovating ideas.

Deepening the reform of the medical and health system to enable the masses to enjoy better medical and health services is an essential requirement for building a healthy China (中国). The hospital-wide sharing of beds is still in the exploratory stage, and to do practical things well, it is necessary to further straighten out the mechanism. For example, how to rationally allocate medical income between treatment departments and admission departments to better stimulate the enthusiasm of each department to participate? How to strengthen the supervision of cross-departmental medical behaviors to ensure that patients receive high-quality treatment? How to make good use of information technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence to help improve bed coordination efficiency? Optimizing system design, removing difficulties and blockages, and providing more efficient and intelligent medical services will surely continuously enhance the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security in seeking medical treatment.

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Ministry of Education Launches Action Plan for Standardized Management Consolidation Year in Basic Education

This newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on March 27th (Reporter Ding Yasong (丁雅诵)): The Ministry of Education (教育部) recently issued a notice to launch the "Basic Education Standardized Management Consolidation Year Action." The notice proposes a negative list of 20 items, focusing on issues that affect political security, educational equity, students' physical and mental health, excessive academic burden, teacher ethics violations, and infringement of students' interests, explicitly prohibiting related behaviors.

In response to new situations and problems of irregular school operation in various regions, the notice clarifies that it is strictly forbidden for kindergartens to adopt primary school-style education methods and teach primary school curriculum content in advance; it is strictly forbidden for teachers to provide paid tutoring or indirectly solicit money from parents through live streaming rewards, knowledge payments, and other channels; it is strictly forbidden to organize primary and secondary school students to participate in commercial activities and competition activities that violate the laws of physical and mental development and are inconsistent with age characteristics; it is strictly forbidden to seek personal gain, engage in fraud, or violate procedures in student admission to the Communist Youth League, Young Pioneers, and selection of class cadres.

The notice clarifies five key tasks for "consolidation": consolidate and improve the level of educational equity, deepen the sunshine enrollment of compulsory education, promote balanced class assignments, implement local enrollment in general high schools, and ensure that eligible children of migrant workers receive equal education in the places they move to; consolidate and improve the level of daily management, continue to rectify behaviors such as "yin-yang timetables," illegal make-up classes during holidays, early school opening, and delayed holidays; consolidate and improve the ability to run and manage schools, and incorporate basic requirements for standardized management into teacher training at all levels and types; consolidate and improve the level of campus safety, improve the campus safety risk prevention and control and emergency response mechanism, and regularly investigate potential safety hazards on and around the campus; consolidate and build a good education ecology, deeply implement the "whitelist" system for social affairs entering the campus, standardize various activities entering the campus, and effectively reduce teachers' non-educational and teaching burdens.

This is the third consecutive year that the Ministry of Education (教育部) has made arrangements for the standardized management of basic education, aiming to further improve the long-term mechanism, consolidate the management foundation, improve governance effectiveness, and promote the fair and high-quality development of basic education.

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The 168th Session of the "Core Socialist Values Hundred Lectures Forum" Held

This newspaper reported from Beijing on March 27th (Reporter Zhang He (张贺)) The 168th event of the "Hundred Lectures on Core Socialist Values," co-sponsored by the Bureau of Publicity and Education of the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部宣教局) and Guangming Daily (光明日报社), was held on March 27th in Nanping (南平市), Fujian Province (福建省). The event, themed "Examining the Dedication of Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism from the Perspective of 'The Second Integration'," featured a lecture by Zhu Jieren (朱杰人), a lifetime professor at East China Normal University (华东师范大学).

Zhu Jieren (朱杰人) stated that "the Two Integrations," especially "the Second Integration," provides scientific guidance for promoting the creative transformation and innovative development of outstanding traditional Chinese culture. From the dimension and perspective of "the Second Integration," he focused on the rich connotation and contemporary value of Zhu Xi's (朱子) Neo-Confucianism, interpreted Zhu Xi's (朱子) deepening and development of the traditional moral concept of "respect," and explained the dedication of Zhu Xi's (朱子) culture, which is to be mindful, focused, and dedicated.

Zhu Jieren (朱杰人) believes that we should base ourselves on the requirements of the times and practical development, deeply explore the patriotic feelings, humanistic spirit, and self-cultivation wisdom contained in outstanding traditional Chinese culture, guide people to continuously enhance cultural confidence, cultivate spiritual temperament, respect morality and cultivate career, be diligent and pragmatic, and accumulate deeper and more profound spiritual strength in promoting Chinese-style modernization and promoting the all-round development of people.

Wu Jimin (吴吉民), associate researcher at the Nanping (南平市) Zhu Xi Culture Inheritance and Development Center (朱子文化传承发展中心), shared his experiences and insights in combination with his work practice.

This event was organized by the Publicity Department of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee (福建省委宣传部) and Guangming Online (光明网), and co-organized by the Publicity Department of the Nanping Municipal Party Committee (南平市委宣传部) and the Nanping (南平市) Zhu Xi Culture Inheritance and Development Center (朱子文化传承发展中心). Guangming Online (光明网) and Guangming Daily (光明日报) client provided live coverage of the event.

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China's Sci-Fi Industry Revenue Reached Nearly 130 Billion Yuan Last Year

This newspaper reported from Beijing on March 27th (Reporter: Pan Junqiang (潘俊强)) As one of the parallel forums of the 2026 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference, the 2026 China Science Fiction Convention will be held from March 27th to 29th at Shougang Park (首钢园) in Shijingshan District (石景山区), Beijing (北京市). At the opening ceremony, the China Research Institute for Science Popularization (中国科普研究所) released the "2026 China Science Fiction Industry Report." The report shows that in 2025, the total revenue of China's science fiction industry reached 126.1 billion yuan, an increase of 15.7% year-on-year, exceeding the 100 billion yuan mark for three consecutive years. China's science fiction industry is steadily entering a new stage of high-quality development.

The report covers five core industries: science fiction reading, science fiction film and television, science fiction games, science fiction derivatives, and science fiction cultural tourism, focusing on analyzing the annual development characteristics and future trends of China's science fiction industry. The total annual revenue of the science fiction reading industry was 5.19 billion yuan, achieving growth for eight consecutive years. The total annual revenue of the science fiction film and television industry was 8.16 billion yuan, an increase of 21.6% year-on-year. The influence of domestic science fiction dramas and animations continues to increase, and generative AI short videos are accelerating their rise. The total annual revenue of the science fiction game industry was 77.91 billion yuan, and domestic science fiction games performed well in overseas markets. The annual revenue of the science fiction derivative industry was 7.07 billion yuan, an increase of 179.4% year-on-year. The annual revenue of the science fiction cultural tourism industry was 27.77 billion yuan, an increase of 13.8% year-on-year. Theme parks contribute core revenue, and original local amusement projects continue to increase. New scenarios such as virtual reality large spaces, immersive exhibitions, and script entertainment are constantly expanding the boundaries of experience.

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China's international balance of payments is basically balanced.

This newspaper reported from Beijing on March 27th (Reporter Ge Mengchao (葛孟超)) The State Administration of Foreign Exchange (国家外汇管理局) released the "2025 China International Balance of Payments Report" on the 27th. The report stated that in 2025, China's foreign exchange market showed strong resilience and vitality, market expectations and transactions were rational and orderly, and the RMB exchange rate remained basically stable at a reasonable and balanced level. China's international balance of payments was basically balanced, with a simultaneous increase in the current account surplus and the financial account deficit, reflecting closer ties with the world economy and integration into the global economy with a more open attitude.

The current account balance of payments grew steadily. The report shows that in 2025, China's current account balance of payments totaled 8.3 trillion US dollars, an increase of 3% over the previous year; the current account surplus was 735 billion US dollars, accounting for 3.7% of the gross domestic product (GDP). During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, China will focus on promoting major breakthroughs in the development of new quality productive forces and the continuous enhancement of the role of domestic demand in driving economic growth, while further expanding high-level opening-up, which will support the current account to continue to maintain a reasonable and balanced level in the medium and long term.

The non-reserve financial account deficit increased. The inflow of funds formed by the current account surplus was transformed into outward investment under the financial account, achieving a balance of payments. The report shows that the non-reserve financial account deficit in 2025 was 820.1 billion US dollars. Various types of outward investment by domestic entities grew rapidly, and international operations and diversified asset allocation increased. At the same time, it also injected liquidity into the global financial market and supported the industrial development and financial stability of trade and investment partners.

The report stated that, looking ahead to 2026, the foreign exchange management department will better coordinate development and security, and strive to build a foreign exchange management system and mechanism that is "more convenient, more open, more secure, and more intelligent," and strive to create a foreign exchange policy environment that is both "flexible" and "well-managed," and effectively maintain the stability of the foreign exchange market and the basic balance of international payments.

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Fragrance of medicine wafts from the sandy land.

By: 本报记者 尚嵘峥

In a red willow forest as tall as a person, the sunlight is dazzling and the sand dust is flying. Maimaitikasmu Abudula (买提卡斯木·阿布都拉) held an iron shovel and dug at the roots of the red willow. After seeing the signs of *Cistanche deserticola* growth, he dug the soil by hand. Before long, a *Cistanche deserticola* revealed its true form.

Maimaitikasmu (买提卡斯木) is a villager in Aftafulek Kule Village (阿甫塔甫勒克库勒村), Yutian County (于田县), Hotan Prefecture (和田地区), Xinjiang (新疆). His family has been growing *Cistanche deserticola* for nearly 20 years. In the past two years, through reclaiming and contracting sandy land, the planting area has increased to 7,000 mu, making him a large grower in the village.

"This year, the fresh product yield per mu is 200 kilograms. The enterprise purchased a part of it, and we dried the remaining *Cistanche deserticola*, which sells for a better price." Entering the harvest season, Maimaitikasmu (买提卡斯木) hired more than 20 workers, and the harvesting scene was in full swing.

In Hotan Prefecture (和田地区), *Cistanche deserticola* can be found wherever there are *Haloxylon ammodendron* and red willow. Known as "desert ginseng," *Cistanche deserticola* is a parasitic plant that grows in desert areas, mainly parasitizing the roots of *Haloxylon ammodendron* and red willow. In the 3,046-kilometer windbreak and sand fixation forest belt on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert (塔克拉玛干沙漠), a large number of drought-resistant plants such as *Haloxylon ammodendron* and red willow have been planted, providing a vast growing space for *Cistanche deserticola*. Yutian County (于田县) alone has planted 12,000 mu of *Cistanche deserticola* on the edge of the desert, and each mu of sandy land can generate more than 800 yuan of economic benefits per year, realizing "turning sand into gold."

In order to select suitable varieties, Yutian County (于田县) has built a thousand-mu sand industry experimental base on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert (塔克拉玛干沙漠) for extensive trial planting. Alimu Maimaitiruze (阿里木·麦麦提如则), director of the Yutian County Forestry and Grassland Bureau (于田县林业和草原局), introduced that the base is operated by state-owned enterprises, and large-scale promotion will be carried out after unified successful trial planting, effectively reducing the planting costs of farmers.

"Hotan Prefecture (和田地区) has a dry climate, sufficient sunshine, and a large temperature difference between day and night, which is suitable for the growth of *Cistanche deserticola*. After years of promotion, the enthusiasm of the masses for planting is also very high." According to the relevant person in charge of the Hotan Prefecture Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (和田地区中医药管理局), the local planting area of ​​Chinese medicinal materials is more than 700,000 mu, and the output value last year exceeded 700 million yuan.

Inside the factory building of a pharmaceutical company in Hotan County (和田县), Chinese medicine oral liquids are packaged and go offline in an orderly manner, with an annual output of 2.8 million boxes, and the market response is good. There are more than 30 pharmaceutical merchants and companies like this in Hotan Prefecture (和田地区). In addition, two Traditional Chinese Medicine industrial parks and two Chinese medicinal material trading centers have been built, gradually building an integrated Chinese medicinal material industry chain of "planting-processing-sales."

"Jiangui Baibai (疆瑰白白)", "Jianghong Nuannuan (疆红暖暖)", "Jianglai Xianxian (疆来纤纤)"... These Xinjiang (新疆) characteristic milk tea categories are launched by a milk tea company in Hotan City (和田市). "The milk tea is based on medicinal tea, incorporating local characteristic Chinese medicinal materials such as desert rose, allowing tourists to taste the unique flavor of Xinjiang (新疆)." Zhang Hong (张鸿), the person in charge of the company, introduced that in addition to more than 30 freshly made milk teas, the company also launched 4 tea bag products, which are very popular among young consumers.

In the Moyu Old Town Scenic Area (墨玉老城景区) in Moyu County (墨玉县), the huge wall painting of doctors identifying medicines on the banks of the Karakash River (喀拉喀什河) attracts tourists to stop. In the experience hall of the scenic spot, tourists can not only feel the charm of traditional Chinese medicine culture up close, but also conduct on-site consultations. During holidays, tourists are in constant stream, effectively driving the increase in local tourism income.

At present, Hotan Prefecture (和田地区) has extended the industrial chain of Chinese medicinal materials such as deep processing, tourism, and cultural creation. The processing and conversion rate of Chinese medicinal materials has reached 65%, the output value of deep-processed products accounts for 58%, and 6 demonstration bases for Chinese medicine cultural tourism have been built. The fragrance of medicine is spreading farther and farther.

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China successfully launches Shiyan-33 satellite

This newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on March 27th (Reporter Liu Shiyao (刘诗瑶)) At 12:11 PM on March 27th, China successfully launched the Shiyan-33 (试验三十三号) satellite into space using the Long March 2C (长征二号丙) carrier rocket/Yuanzheng-1S (远征一号S) upper stage at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (酒泉卫星发射中心). The satellite successfully entered its predetermined orbit, marking a complete success for the launch mission. This satellite is primarily used for scientific experiments involving space environment exploration.

This mission marks the 635th flight of the Long March series carrier rockets.

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This edition's editors: Guan Xuanyue, Lu Tao, Gao Shang

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Experiencing "Cosmic Light" 2,400 Meters Underground (Academician Explains Science)

By: 柳卫平

The "15th Five-Year Plan"纲要 proposes, "Focusing on the scientific frontiers of extreme macro, extreme micro, extreme conditions, and extreme comprehensive intersection, we will strengthen emerging fields, cross-integration, and interdisciplinary basic research."

In 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) mentioned at the Academician Conference of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the Tenth National Congress of the China Association for Science and Technology: "New leaps have been made in strategic high-tech fields. We will actively seize the commanding heights of science and technology in the deep sea, deep space, deep earth, and deep blue fields." Among them, an important achievement in the deep earth field—"The world's strongest flowing deep underground nuclear astrophysics accelerator successfully produced a beam"—was developed by the Jinping Underground Nuclear Astrophysics Experiment (JUNA) team led by Academician Liu Weiping (柳卫平) as the chief scientist.

What is nuclear astrophysics? What is the significance of scientific research in the deep earth? In this issue of "Academicians Talk Science," we invite Liu Weiping (柳卫平), Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chair Professor of Southern University of Science and Technology, and Researcher at the China Institute of Atomic Energy, to take us 2,400 meters underground to experience the "light of the universe."

——Editor

In December 2020, 2,400 meters deep under Jinping Mountain (锦屏山) in Sichuan (四川), a white spot of light emitted a dazzling light—the Jinping Underground Nuclear Astrophysics Accelerator successfully produced a beam. This is a "light of the universe" that may reveal the origin of life.

Where do we come from? Humans have been thinking about this question since ancient times. After nearly a century of exploration, scientists have finally outlined the general contours of the birth of the universe: about 13.8 billion years ago, the Big Bang of a singularity opened the evolutionary journey of all things. However, there are still countless unsolved mysteries in the evolution of the universe: where do the hundreds of elements that make up the material world come from? What is the relationship between these elements and the stars? Can humans reproduce the evolution of the universe on Earth and solve these ultimate mysteries?

Let us go deep into the 2,400-meter underground laboratory to explore stellar evolution at extreme depths and find the code for the origin of life.

Using extremely small atomic nuclei to explain the extremely large universe

Nuclear astrophysics is a discipline that uses nuclear physics to explain the energy production and elemental evolution of celestial bodies. In layman's terms, it is to use extremely small atomic nuclei to explain the extremely large laws of cosmic evolution.

The huge energy that drives the evolution of the universe also originates from nuclear reactions in the microscopic world. Nuclear reactions and chemical reactions that burn coal seem similar, but they are different: in chemical reactions, the molecular structure changes; in nuclear reactions, the atomic nucleus changes. This slight difference brings about a million-fold amplification of energy—enough to drive the evolution of celestial bodies.

Take the sun as an example. Why can the sun continue to emit light and heat? Countless fusion reactions inside the sun are like countless hydrogen bombs continuously exploding, bringing light and heat. However, the evolutionary path of stars after hydrogen burning, and the formation mechanism of elements other than hydrogen and helium, have troubled researchers for many years.

For scientists, to piece together a complete picture of stellar evolution, they must restore the atomic nuclear reactions and decay processes inside stars like "detectives solving a case." However, even for the star closest to us—the sun—it is difficult to accurately observe its internal nuclear reactions, and measuring its nuclear reaction laws is an even greater challenge.

So, can we create a "mini-universe" on Earth to restore the nuclear physics processes in celestial environments, thereby unraveling the mysteries of stellar birth and evolution?

After long-term exploration, scientists have finally found a tool—the accelerator.

The accelerator uses static electricity to accelerate charged particles to near the speed of light, simulating the nuclear reaction conditions inside stars. Taking the Jinping accelerator as an example: the ion source is like a high-temperature furnace, "evaporating" the required particles. Driven by a high voltage of 400,000 volts, the particles are accelerated to near the speed of light, "turned" by electromagnets, and bombard the atomic nucleus at the reaction target, so that the probability of each nuclear reaction can be measured, and then the synthesis rate of elements in celestial bodies can be deduced.

With this tool, scientists have achieved many important results. Within about 30 minutes after the Big Bang, three elements, hydrogen, helium, and lithium, were the first to be born; after about 400 million years of long and stable nuclear burning, elements from carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen to iron were successively generated, eventually forming the material basis of the Earth, the sun, and the entire universe.

Why do experiments 2,400 meters underground?

Stars are like "alchemy furnaces" that produce chemical elements. During the evolution process, under the action of gravity, the stars continuously collapse inward, igniting the central nuclear reaction. The whole process is like peeling an onion. After the lighter atomic nuclear reaction ends, it collapses inward, starting the next stage of fusion reaction. In this process, elements before iron in the periodic table are born, including the most basic elements that make up life—carbon and oxygen.

Scientists do not know how fast the nuclear reaction process from carbon to oxygen is. This reaction process is called the "holy grail" reaction of nuclear astrophysics. Even with the accelerator, it is still extremely difficult to find the "holy grail" reaction on the surface.

Why do experiments in deep underground? The sun is in the middle of a long and stable nuclear burning period, the relative speed of atomic nuclei is extremely low, and the probability of nuclear reaction is very small. Measuring this weak signal on the surface is like listening to the whispers of two people in a noisy stadium of tens of thousands of people. The weak nuclear reaction signal will be overwhelmed by the huge noise of millions or tens of millions of times of cosmic rays. This is the fundamental reason why the "holy grail" reaction has not been accurately measured for more than 70 years.

So, how to find an environment with extremely low cosmic ray flux?

In order to build hydropower stations in the Yalong River (雅砻江) basin, hydrologists built a tunnel 2,400 meters deep in Jinping Mountain (锦屏山) on the banks of the Yalong River (雅砻江) in Sichuan (四川). This depth is a natural barrier to shield cosmic rays. Therefore, with the support of the state, scientists opened up a huge space of 300,000 cubic meters next to the water diversion tunnel and built the Jinping Underground Laboratory, which not only provides an environment for dark matter detection, but also creates ideal conditions for measuring the extremely low probability "holy grail" reaction.

With the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the China National Nuclear Corporation, the JUNA team spent seven years tackling key problems and developed the world's highest-flow deep underground nuclear astrophysics accelerator in 2017, which is 10 times brighter than the accelerator in the Gran Sasso National Laboratory in Italy. At the same time, the team also developed the most precise and efficient detector in the deep underground. So far, the three pieces of the puzzle—extremely bright accelerator, extremely clean environment, and extremely efficient detection—are complete, and the time to explore the "holy grail" reaction is finally ripe.

Fruitful results light up the "light of the deep earth"

On December 26, 2020, a ray of light illuminated the experimental fluorescent screen, and the "light of the deep earth" of Chinese nuclear astrophysics was lit. In the following four months, the team achieved a number of world records in nuclear astrophysics reactions, marking that Chinese nuclear astrophysics experimental research has entered the world's advanced ranks. Through these experiments, scientists have revealed many mysteries: how far can humans see if they use gamma rays to look at the universe? Why are there more fluorine and calcium elements in astronomical observations than theoretically predicted? How many neutrons are produced by heavy elements? Related results have been published in international academic journals such as Physical Review Letters and Nature, and have been rated as highlight achievements. Subsequent research will be published successively. The measurement sensitivity of the JUNA team's detection of the "holy grail" reaction has also been improved dozens of times compared with the research of international related teams.

In 2025, relying on the newly built Jinping large facility, the team will launch the second batch of nuclear astrophysics experiments, which will provide key clues for solving the metallicity problems of the sun and the lack of lithium abundance. The JUNA team's pace of detecting the "holy grail" reaction is also accelerating.

In the future, there are endless mysteries waiting to be revealed. Relying on the Jinping underground nuclear astrophysics experimental platform, researchers will continue to measure more nuclear reaction rates, develop larger accelerators, and explore the synthesis path of heavy elements after iron. At the same time, these data will also be applied to the research and development of China's nuclear power devices, helping scientists "walk" to the edge of the solar system and explore deeper cosmic mysteries.

In the depths of the universe, there are always wonderful phenomena waiting for us to discover and explain. Scientists must look up at the stars, maintain a curious heart, and explore the mysteries of the unknown. At the same time, we also need to be down-to-earth, use determination, courage and perseverance, and use advanced scientific instruments to find the key to opening the mysteries of science and contribute to the human knowledge treasure house.

(The author is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a chair professor of Southern University of Science and Technology, and a researcher at the China Institute of Atomic Energy. This report was compiled by Lü Shaogang (吕绍刚), a reporter from this newspaper.)

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How Crawdad Shells "Attract" Microplastics (Science Chat)

By: 邓红兵

In many places, crayfish are undoubtedly the "top stream" of late-night snacks. But have you ever thought that the mountain-like piles of shrimp shells might be a powerful tool for pollution control?

The plastic products we use daily will gradually break down after prolonged use and exposure to the sun, forming microparticles smaller than sesame seeds, or even visible only under a microscope—these are microplastics. They are ubiquitous: Antarctic ice and snow, deep-sea fish, and even drinking water may harbor microplastics. Due to their small size, conventional water treatment plants have difficulty completely filtering them out. Microplastics spread with the water flow, entering the soil and rivers, and may eventually end up on people's tables. Once inside the human body, microplastics may trigger inflammatory reactions, cell damage, and immune responses, increasing the risk of chronic diseases.

How to eliminate these "invisible pollutants"? Hubei (湖北) is a major province for crayfish farming, and the large amount of shrimp shells produced is often landfilled, incinerated, or processed into feed. Scientists have discovered that the shells of shrimp and crabs are often very clean, unlike sea turtles, which are easily attached by barnacles. This is because the chitin rich in the shell contains amino groups, which are natural antibacterial and bacteriostatic materials that can be widely used in health products, cosmetics, and even the medical field. More amazingly, after simple modification, it can efficiently capture microplastic particles in water, just like a magnet attracts iron filings.

This is not unbelievable: the internal structure of the shrimp shell is like a layer of orderly interwoven fiber network, with chitin as the basic skeleton, and proteins and calcium filling it, forming a hard shell. After removing most of the filler on the surface, the remaining natural fiber skeleton can efficiently adsorb and capture microplastic particles. This "treating waste with waste" approach not only promises to alleviate the problem of shrimp shell accumulation but also provides a new path for microplastic treatment.

Scientists further combined α-chitin from crayfish shells with β-chitin extracted from squid bones, natural cotton fibers, or natural hydrophobic pollen particles to create a sponge-like new material. It does not require the addition of chemical cross-linking agents, is completely degradable, environmentally friendly, and efficient: just 1 gram of material can treat 1 ton of water polluted with environmental concentrations of microplastics, and after repeated use more than 10 times, the adsorption effect is hardly diminished.

From campus artificial lakes to the Yangtze River (长江) and even the Bohai Sea (渤海), this material performs well under a variety of water quality conditions. The new material can be used in various forms for microplastic treatment in water bodies. Related results have been published in authoritative journals and have been granted 4 Chinese invention patents. Currently, companies have partnered to develop high-efficiency water purifier filter elements, with great potential in the fields of household water purification and industrial water treatment in the future.

"Treating waste with waste" has become a new global trend: scientists are also trying to use wood, pollen, and other materials to adsorb microplastics, heavy metals, or antibiotics, using natural resources to solve environmental problems.

Science often gives us surprises unexpectedly. Who would have thought that the crayfish in the night market would hold the key to solving global environmental problems? To collect experimental materials, the "Biomass Resource Green Transformation and High-Value Innovation" team at Wuhan University (武汉大学) has eaten no less than 600 kilograms of crayfish over the years.

What excites us even more is that this research has opened a window: it turns out that those items that we regard as "garbage" can very likely be turned into treasure with ingenuity. Shrimp and crab shells, agricultural and forestry waste, may all be "ecological treasures" waiting to be awakened.

Next time you eat crayfish, you might as well chat with your friends about this interesting research. But don't forget to add: environmental protection cannot be separated from everyone's practical actions. Use one less plastic bag, bring your own water cup, choose "no cutlery needed" when ordering takeout... Small actions can reduce plastic waste.

(The author is a professor at the School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University (武汉大学资源与环境科学学院), and this report was compiled by Fan Haotian (范昊天), a reporter from this newspaper.)

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China achieves breakthrough in room-temperature, nickel-based superconducting research.

This newspaper reports from Guangzhou (广州) (Reporter: Jiang Xiaodan (姜晓丹)) Superconducting materials possess zero electrical resistance, but often require extremely low temperatures or ultra-high pressure environments. In recent years, nickel-based oxides have garnered significant attention as the third type of high-temperature superconducting system. The superconducting onset transition temperature under high pressure can reach 80 to 96 Kelvin (K), but the onset transition temperature of nickel-based thin films under normal pressure is limited to 40 to 50K.

Recently, the Xue Qikun (薛其坤) - Chen Zhuoyu (陈卓昱) team at the National Key Laboratory of Quantum Functional Materials and the Department of Physics of Southern University of Science and Technology (南方科技大学), and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Quantum Science Center (粤港澳大湾区量子科学中心) have made breakthrough progress in the field of normal-pressure nickel-based high-temperature superconductivity research, achieving a superconducting onset transition temperature of up to 63K and a zero-resistance temperature of up to 37K under normal pressure. The onset temperature of Meissner diamagnetism has also been significantly improved compared to previous records, and all indicators are new world records. The related research results were published in the *National Science Review*.

This research not only set a new record for the nickel-based superconducting transition temperature under normal pressure, but also built an ideal experimental platform through high-quality thin film samples, which can be used to explore the universal laws of high-temperature superconductivity. This progress marks the entry of normal-pressure nickel-based superconductivity research into the "60K era," taking a solid step towards higher-temperature normal-pressure superconductivity.

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Study Shows New Technology Can Rapidly Detect Bacterial Resistance

According to Xinhua News Agency, Helsinki (赫尔辛基) (Reporters Zhu Haochen (朱昊晨) and Xu Qian (徐谦)) - The Karolinska Institute (卡罗琳医学院) in Sweden (瑞典) recently issued a press release stating that researchers at the institute have developed a rapid, low-cost technology for detecting bacterial resistance to antibiotics, which is expected to help clinicians make medication judgments earlier. The relevant research results were published in the international academic journal "Cell Reports Methods."

This technology can detect the molecular reactions of bacterial ribonucleic acid after exposure to antibiotics. Therefore, it can determine whether bacteria are sensitive or resistant to drugs without waiting for visible growth differences in the bacterial flora. Researchers say that rapid detection is crucial for effectively addressing antibiotic resistance. In the past medical diagnostic process, it sometimes took several days to obtain test results. The new technology is expected to greatly shorten this time, and the potential of this technology for application in real clinical settings will be evaluated next.

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Chinese scientists discover perennial "longevity gene" in rice for the first time.

This newspaper reports from Shanghai (Reporters Huang Xiaohui (黄晓慧) and Wu Yuehui (吴月辉)) Rice needs to be cultivated, sown, and harvested every year. Now, Chinese scientists have discovered and cloned the perennial "longevity gene" EBT1 in rice for the first time, making it possible for rice fields to be like orchards, with one planting yielding harvests year after year.

The discovery is the result of eight years of collaboration between the team of Academician Han Bin (韩斌) of the National Key Laboratory of Plant Trait Formation and Shaping, and the team of Researcher Wang Jiawei (王佳伟) of the Key Laboratory of Plant Efficient Carbon Sink, both at the Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院). The international academic journal *Science* recently published a research paper on this achievement in the form of a cover story.

According to Academician Han Bin (韩斌), the research team crossed perennial *Oryza longistaminata* W1943 from Dongxiang (东乡) with annual cultivated *Oryza sativa* Guanglu Dwarf No. 4 (籼稻广陆矮四号) (GLA4), constructed a chromosome substitution line, and carried out forward genetics research. Using precise map-based cloning techniques, the gene was finally located and cloned, and named EBT1, meaning "endless branching and tillering."

Research has found that the gene locus consists of two tandemly arranged microRNA genes. Population genome genetic variation analysis of this locus in wild and cultivated rice shows that this gene region has been subject to artificial selection during rice domestication. This means that in the pursuit of high yields and compact plant types in cultivated rice, people may have inadvertently "discarded" the perennial gene of wild rice.

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AI plant protection specialists identify pests without "facial blindness" (Exploring the Front Lines)

By: 本报记者 孙海天

1000 watts is the power of a high-pressure mercury lamp; minus 80 degrees Celsius is the extremely low temperature for sample cryopreservation; tens of thousands is the scale of the completed high-definition image dataset of pests...
In Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City (崖州湾科技城) in Sanya (三亚), Hainan (海南), this string of numbers is solving the "prosopagnosia" problem in the prevention and control of tropical crop pests.
Since the 1950s, generations of crop scientists have used the tropical climate conditions of Hainan (海南) for crop breeding. In the National Nanfan Scientific Research and Breeding Base (国家南繁科研育种基地) located in Hainan (海南), there are many types of crops, and pests also "go south" with them, making manual control time-consuming and laborious.
Can artificial intelligence be used as a plant protection worker to assist in intelligent field identification? The first difficulty facing researchers is how to enable artificial intelligence to accurately identify and distinguish insects.
"Pests of the same genus often have 'similar faces,' like twins," Chen Xing (陈行), a graduate student of Professor Zhu Zengrong (祝增荣) from the Seed Engineering and Inspection and Quarantine Team of Zhejiang University Hainan Research Institute (浙江大学海南研究院), gave an analogy. "Two moths of the same Noctuidae family have very slight differences in the patterns on their backs, but their habits and corresponding control prescriptions are vastly different. Relying on the naked eye alone, even experienced experts can make mistakes."
To cultivate an artificial intelligence plant protection worker with 火眼金睛 (huǒ yǎn jīn jīng - "fiery golden eyes," possessing keen insight) and accurately identify and distinguish insects, a massive, standardized, and high-precision "ID photo" is needed for it to learn. To this end, researchers must first collect enough pest specimens.
At 11 p.m., deep in the research team's experimental base, a 1000-watt high-pressure mercury lamp suddenly lit up, illuminating a two-meter square white cloth. Accompanied by rolling heat waves, the silent field ridges instantly became noisy. Beet armyworms, scarab beetles, and mole crickets hit the white cloth like raindrops, making dense "beep beep" sounds.
"Why not use a lighter LED lamp?" Faced with the reporter's question, Zhou Ying (周瀛), a researcher on the team, revealed the answer: "LED lamps are mostly cold light sources, while old-fashioned mercury lamps generate high heat while emitting light. In the second half of the night, the temperature in the field drops sharply, and insects are attracted to both light and heat, which makes it easier to 'invite them into the urn.'"
With a "poof" sound, a beet armyworm fell onto the cloth. As soon as it stopped, Chen Xing (陈行) quickly and deftly tilted a test tube over it, and with a flick of his wrist, the insect fell into the bottom of the tube. He immediately plugged it with cotton, completing the action in one go.
The seemingly primitive "light trapping method" is the most effective means of obtaining field samples. "We are using ancient methods to 'feed' advanced algorithms," Chen Xing (陈行) joked.
After capture, in order to capture the most natural form of the insects, the samples are sent to the laboratory of Zhejiang University Hainan Research Institute (浙江大学海南研究院) and rapidly frozen in an ultra-low temperature freezer at minus 80 degrees Celsius for about 3 minutes for specimen preparation. Then, they are pinned, groomed, dried, and finally sent to a macro stacking photography system.
Observing through the screen, a scarab beetle the size of a fingernail is magnified several times, and the luster of the elytra and the villi on the legs are clearly visible. "Ordinary photos are flat, while macro stacking technology can combine dozens of photos taken at different focal lengths into a high-definition image with a full focal range, which is a qualified 'ID photo'," Chen Xing (陈行) explained.
"Only by understanding the pests' family background can we protect Nanfan's (南繁) granary," Zhou Ying (周瀛) said. The intelligent identification system being developed by the team aims to achieve "identify insects by taking pictures" - "In the future, farmers will be able to instantly understand what kind of insect it is and what control measures should be taken by simply taking a picture of the insect with their mobile phones."
After artificial intelligence identifies the pest, how to carry out green prevention and control?
In the constant temperature insect rearing room of the research institute, the research team gave the answer: through targeted research, they screened out the natural enemy insects of the pests and released them into the field to achieve "control pests with pests," greatly reducing the use of chemical pesticides through biological control.
In addition, the team also found inspiration from plants. They found that cowpeas release a specific odor when attacked, so they extracted the volatile substance "mushroom alcohol" from them and made it into a field slow-release agent, causing pests to "flee upon smelling the odor."
At 1 a.m., the mercury lamp in the experimental field was still on. "Catching insects, making specimens, and running data are indispensable for promoting the intelligentization of agricultural production!" Zhou Ying (周瀛) said.

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Chinese Research Team Discovers Yellow Fever Virus Receptor

This Beijing (北京) dispatch (reporter Gu Yekai (谷业凯)): A reporter learned from the Capital Medical Science Innovation Center (首都医学科学创新中心) that researcher Tan Xu (谭旭)'s team at the center discovered that the LRP8 protein is a receptor for yellow fever virus infection in multiple species. This discovery lays the foundation for understanding the transmission and infection mechanism of the yellow fever virus and also opens up avenues for developing new antiviral drugs. The research was completed by the Capital Medical Science Innovation Center (首都医学科学创新中心) in conjunction with the Third People's Hospital of Shenzhen (深圳市第三人民医院), Guangdong Province (广东省), and the Wuhan Institute of Virology (武汉病毒研究所) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院). The results were recently published in the international academic journal *Nature Microbiology*.

Yellow fever virus can cause fever and jaundice symptoms in infected individuals, with high morbidity and mortality rates. The study found that the LRP8 protein can directly bind to the envelope protein on the surface of the yellow fever virus, mediating virus entry into cells, while the LRP8 recombinant protein can achieve antiviral effects by neutralizing virus particles, significantly reducing the lethality of the virus in mouse infection models. This discovery is expected to provide support for emergency drug development.

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This edition's editors: Cao Yiqing, Chen Shihan, Zhao Shuaijie

Layout design: Zhang Danfeng (张丹峰)

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The Secret to the Unceasing Vitality of Chinese Civilization (Understanding the Past to Know the Present)

By: 毕 游

In the "Ancient China" basic exhibition of the National Museum of China (中国国家博物馆), there is a bronze artifact from the early Western Zhou Dynasty called the Da Yu Ding (大盂鼎). In the 291 inscriptions on the Da Yu Ding (大盂鼎), there are two instances of the character "德" (dé), from which we can see the origin of the ancient Chinese concept of "德" (dé).

There is no character "德" (dé) in the oracle bone script, but there is a character with a very similar shape. For the sake of convenience, let's call it "徝" (zhí) here. The character "徝" (zhí) consists of two parts: one side is "彳" (chì), meaning road or walking; the other side is "直" (zhí), which is shaped like a vertical line above the eye, meaning direct gaze. The combination of the two shapes means to inspect by following a path. There are a large number of inscriptions in oracle bone script such as "王徝土方" (wáng zhí tǔ fāng), "王徝伐土方" (wáng zhí fá tǔ fāng), and "王徝出" (wáng zhí chū). From the divination inscriptions, it can be seen that "徝" (zhí) is highly related to the Shang king's travels, inspections, and military expeditions, and has a strong sense of military deterrence.

The two characters "德" (dé) in the Da Yu Ding (大盂鼎) are obtained by adding the "心" (xīn) radical below the "直" (zhí) part of the character "徝" (zhí). The appearance of the character "德" (dé) marks an important development in the Zhou people's ruling ideology, that is, a shift from subjugating people by force to subjugating people by heart.

However, the character "德" (dé) did not appear immediately with the formation of the Zhou people's new concept. The National Museum of China (中国国家博物馆) also houses another bronze artifact from the time of King Wu (武王) that is earlier than the Da Yu Ding (大盂鼎), called the Tianwang Gui (天亡簋). There is also the character "德" (dé) in the Tianwang Gui (天亡簋), although the shape is still "徝" (zhí), the meaning is already "德" (dé). Obviously, the Zhou people first had the concept of governing by virtue, and temporarily expressed it with the character "徝" (zhí), and then added the "心" (xīn) radical to match their new concept.

Let's first look at the usage of the character "德" (dé) in the Tianwang Gui (天亡簋) and the Da Yu Ding (大盂鼎). The inscription on the Tianwang Gui (天亡簋) records the grand ceremony held by King Wu (武王) after conquering the Shang, although it does not mention the specific content of "德" (dé), it clearly points out the powerful force of "德" (dé) - the fundamental reason for the Zhou's destruction of the Shang, which began with King Wen (文王), reached the Heavenly Emperor, and continued with King Wu (武王). Looking at the Da Yu Ding (大盂鼎) again, its inscription records the admonitions of King Kang (康王) to his minister Yu (盂), and the content already involves some characteristics of governing by virtue. The "正德" (zhèng dé) and "雍德" (yōng dé) mentioned in the admonitions are undoubtedly a historical development of political civilization compared to "徝伐" (zhí fá).

It can be seen that the initial meaning of the character "德" (dé) is not exactly the same as what we call "morality" today. Due to the limited inscriptions, we need to use reliable transmitted documents to further understand the exact meaning of the concept of "德" (dé) in the early Zhou Dynasty.

In the chapters of the *Shangshu* (尚书) and the *Classic of Poetry* (诗经) that were formed in the early Zhou Dynasty, there are already a large number of characters "德" (dé). For example, the Duke of Zhou (周公), in the name of King Cheng (成王), said when enfeoffing Kang Shu (康叔), "惟乃丕显考文王，克明德慎罚；不敢侮鳏寡，庸庸，祗祗，威威，显民" (wéi nǎi pī xiǎn kǎo Wén Wáng, kè míng dé shèn fá; bù gǎn wǔ guān guǎ, yōng yōng, zhī zhī, wēi wēi, xiǎn mín), the Duke of Zhou (周公) summarized King Wen's (文王) ruling philosophy as "明德慎罚" (míng dé shèn fá), "enlightening virtue and being cautious in punishment," "德" (dé) is opposite to "罚" (fá), and has the meaning of benefiting and nurturing. The Duke of Zhou (周公), in the name of King Cheng (成王), mentioned "明德慎罚" (míng dé shèn fá) again in another admonition to the various states, saying: "乃惟成汤……以至于帝乙，罔不明德慎罚，亦克用劝；要囚殄戮多罪，亦克用劝；开释无辜，亦克用劝" (nǎi wéi Chéng Tāng... yǐ zhì yú Dì Yǐ, wǎng bù míng dé shèn fá, yì kè yòng quàn; yào qiú tiǎn lù duō zuì, yì kè yòng quàn; kāi shì wú gū, yì kè yòng quàn). Here, "用劝" (yòng quàn) is used several times in succession, meaning to encourage and teach, which is similar to the meaning of "显民" (xiǎn mín) above. The Duke of Zhou (周公) meant to show that the purpose of legal measures such as judging cases, punishing evil, and pardoning is to encourage goodness, which is "明德" (míng dé) - this has clearly expressed the concept of virtue as the main and punishment as the auxiliary. The content of governing by virtue is very rich, but the center is to benefit the people, protect the people, and bring peace to the people.

Why did the rulers of the early Zhou Dynasty propose the idea of governing by virtue? This is the result of the Zhou people's reflection on the demise of the Shang Dynasty. When King Wu (武王) conquered the Shang, the Zhou, which was located in the western part of the country, was far smaller in size than the Shang Dynasty, which had existed for more than 500 years. The Zhou people also called themselves "小邦周" (xiǎo bāng Zhōu), "small state of Zhou," and called the Shang "天邑商" (tiān yì Shāng), "heavenly city of Shang," and "大邦殷" (dà bāng Yīn), "great state of Yin." Surprised by this victory of the small over the large, the Zhou nobles conducted deep thinking, and the *Shangshu* (尚书) records a large number of related discussions. The Zhou people believed that from Cheng Tang (成汤) to Di Yi (帝乙), the Shang kings of the past dynasties were able to understand virtue and respect Heaven, and thus were able to maintain long-term rule. However, Di Xin (帝辛) (King Zhou (纣王)), the successor of Di Yi (帝乙), disregarded the will of Heaven and the feelings of the people, so Heaven ordered his demise. Shao Gong (召公) believed that both the Xia and Shang dynasties were destroyed by losing virtue, while the Zhou replaced the Shang because they received the mandate due to virtue. "德" (dé), "民" (mín), "天" (tiān), and "命" (mìng) are indispensable keywords in the Zhou people's ruling logic.

In the early Zhou Dynasty, "德" (dé) was only the policy concept of the highest ruler. Entering the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought, the content of "德" (dé) continued to be enriched. Confucius (孔子) regarded "德" (dé) as the primary quality of scholars and gentlemen, and "德行" (dé xíng), "virtuous conduct," was at the top of the "Four Subjects of the Confucian School" (孔门四科). Mencius (孟子) further said that "人皆可以为尧舜" (rén jiē kě yǐ wéi Yáo Shùn), "everyone can become Yao or Shun," and Xunzi (荀子) also said that "涂（途）之人可以为禹" (tú zhī rén kě yǐ wéi Yǔ), "a person on the road can become Yu" - "德" (dé) became a quality that everyone can possess. "德" (dé) and "道" (dào) are closely related, as Confucius (孔子) said "志于道，据于德" (zhì yú dào, jù yú dé), "aspire to the Way, rely on virtue," and Laozi (老子) said "道生之，德畜之" (dào shēng zhī, dé xù zhī), "the Way produces it, virtue nurtures it." Of course, the concepts of Confucianism and Taoism are different: the "道" (dào) that Confucius (孔子) spoke of is the Way of Wen and Wu, and "德" (dé) is the virtue of a gentleman; while the "道" (dào) that Laozi (老子) spoke of is the natural Way of Heaven, and "德" (dé) is the virtue of non-action. The ancients also often used "得" (dé) to explain "德" (dé), as Guanzi (管子) said: "德者，道之舍……故德者，得也" (dé zhě, dào zhī shě... gù dé zhě, dé yě), "Virtue is the abode of the Way... therefore virtue is gain." The place where virtue lies is the heart, and the category of "心" (xīn), "heart," is very important for the tracing and cultivation of "德" (dé), so it was highly valued by the Song and Ming Dynasty Neo-Confucianists.

From "徝" (zhí) to "德" (dé), the addition of this stroke of "心" (xīn) is not only the evolution of writing, but also a deep reflection on the way to govern the world in a historical turning point of civilization. Vessels carry the Way, and the civilization genes contained in the inscriptions on the Ding (鼎) have long been integrated into our national bloodline, revealing the secret of the endless life of Chinese civilization.

(Author's affiliation: National Museum of China (中国国家博物馆))

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Sanxia Archaeology Depicts a Vivid Scroll of Civilizational Exchange (Archaeological China)

By: 方 勤

The Three Gorges archaeology is not only an outstanding representative of China's large-scale infrastructure project cultural relic protection projects, but also an epitome of a century of Chinese archaeology.

Over the past 30 years, archaeological research has never stopped, and each achievement is of great significance for the protection, inheritance, and development of cultural relics in the Three Gorges.

It paints a vivid picture of a million years of human history, ten thousand years of cultural history, and more than five thousand years of civilization.

The Jianshi Man and Wushan Man dating back approximately 2 million years, the Changyang Man dating back 200,000 years, and the Maiganping Site dating back approximately 10,000 years, initiated the prelude to the Yangtze River civilization. From 8000 BC to 6000 BC, with the Qutang Gorge as the boundary, the culture here was divided into two major systems, east and west. The area east of the Qutang Gorge can be included in the archaeological culture system centered on the Jianghan Plain, namely the Chengbeixi Culture, Liulinxi Culture, Daxi Culture, Qujialing Culture, and Shijiahe Culture, with continuous evolution of civilization. The Neolithic culture west of the Qutang Gorge, namely the eastern Chongqing area, includes the lower layer remains of Yuxi, the upper layer remains of Yuxi, the Yuxiping Culture, and the Zhongba Culture, developing gradually.

From 5500 BC to 2200 BC, the pace of the Yangtze River civilization accelerated. As a corridor for cultural and resource communication between the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, the Three Gorges area had frequent exchanges and rich archaeological remains, and the cultural sequence was also clearly divided into two systems, east and west. The eastern part of the Three Gorges area has been influenced by the Jianghan Plain culture for a long time, and it is the western boundary of the distribution of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River culture, and also the frontier of westward dissemination. Examining the Chengbeixi-Daxi Culture system, it can be seen that in 5500 BC, agricultural populations living in the Dongting Lake Plain moved north and west, entered the eastern part of the Three Gorges, and began to use pottery. The Three Gorges area has a dense river network and abundant fishing and hunting resources, and the Chengbeixi Culture, Liulinxi Culture, and Daxi Culture have been formed successively. During the Daxi Culture period, rice farming began to increase, and the sites were mainly distributed along the Yangtze River and its tributaries. The level of pottery production was not high, mainly consisting of pots and supports used for cooking. During this period, the Three Gorges area maintained a certain degree of cultural exchange with the Guanzhong Plain and the Dongting Lake Plain. At the same time, the earliest painted pottery in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River also appeared in the Liulinxi Culture, and the painted pottery of the Yangshao Culture reached the Zhongbao Island Site in the Three Gorges Dam area.

The Qujialing-Shijiahe Culture system was formed in the central area of the Jianghan Plain around 3200 BC (approximately 5200 years ago). The Qujialing Culture, which used tripods as cooking utensils, developed westward, replacing the Daxi Culture distributed in the eastern part of the Three Gorges, and achieved the cultural unification of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. The eastern part of the Three Gorges, as the western boundary of this culture, continued until around 2200 BC (4200 years ago). The western boundary of the distribution of the Qujialing Culture is in the Wuxia area, and it even spread to Zhong County (忠县) in Chongqing, which was the peak period of the influence of the prehistoric culture in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. The distribution of the Shijiahe Culture in the Three Gorges was somewhat weakened, basically stopping at the Xiling Gorge.

During the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, the Three Gorges area was mainly the activity area of the Ba people (巴人), the Kui people (夔人), and the Chu people (楚人). During this period, the Three Gorges area realized the historical process of integrating into the middle reaches and integrating into the Huaxia from a separate cultural area isolated from the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, which was a period of change in the cultural pattern of the Three Gorges area. From 2200 BC to 1900 BC, the Wangwan III Culture in the Central Plains went south strongly, but had little impact on the eastern part of the Three Gorges. The Baimiao distributed in this area showed strong regional characteristics. The eastern part of the Three Gorges appeared as an independent cultural unit in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River for the first time, laying the foundation for the vigorous development of the Ba people.

The Ba people were one of the important ethnic groups in southwestern China during the pre-Qin period. During the Xia and Shang dynasties, they were mainly distributed in western Hubei and the Three Gorges area, and later developed westward. In the early Zhou Dynasty, the Ba people established the Ba State centered on Chongqing, radiating to eastern Sichuan, southern Sichuan, western Hubei, western Hunan, and northeastern Guizhou. Later, they were gradually pushed westward by the Chu State. In 316 BC, the Ba State was destroyed by the Qin State, lasting more than 700 years. The typical pottery of the Chaotianzui Culture seen in archaeological excavations includes dou (豆), vessel covers, he (盉), fu (釜), deep-bellied jars, mid-bellied jars, and thick-bodied vats. From the appearance of the pottery, the Chaotianzui Culture was strongly influenced by the Sanxingdui Culture in the Chengdu Plain, indicating that the Ba people and the Shu State may have had exchanges or even subordinate relationships during this period. Small-mouthed wide-shouldered urns and high-stemmed dou indicate that they were influenced by the later Shijiahe Culture in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and the Erlitou III period to the Yin Ruins period had extensive exchanges with the Central Plains. The later Lujiahe Culture inherited the typical pottery of the Chaotianzui Culture, mainly including shouldered jars, round-bottomed rope-patterned fu, dou-shaped vessels, and thick-bodied vats.

In the late Western Zhou Dynasty, the Kui Culture suddenly rose in the Three Gorges area, and the Ba people retreated to the western part of the Three Gorges. Since then, the Three Gorges area and its upper and lower reaches formed four ethnic groups: Shu, Ba, Kui, and Chu. The Kui Culture sites are mainly distributed in the Wuxia area and the Three Gorges area to its east. The Kui Culture retained a small number of Lujiahe Culture elements, such as rope-patterned fu, and a large number of pottery related to Chu appeared. In 634 BC, King Cheng of Chu (楚成王) destroyed Kui and began to directly manage this area. The Chu Culture reached the area of Zhong County (忠县) at its farthest point.

It enriches the understanding of the history of the Three Gorges after the Qin and Han dynasties.

After the Qin Dynasty unified the six kingdoms, the Three Gorges area became part of the administrative divisions of the dynasties. After the Han Dynasty, counties were established in the Hubei section of the Three Gorges, including Zigui (秭归) and Badong (巴东), and the names of the counties and the prefectures and counties under their jurisdiction changed frequently. Since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yiling (夷陵) has become the seat of a prefecture or state. Since the Tang Dynasty, Zigui (秭归) has mostly been the seat of the Guizhou prefecture, and Badong (巴东) was once included in the Tusi administration during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. The Three Gorges archaeology has further enriched the understanding of history after the Qin and Han dynasties.

The Three Gorges area of the Yangtze River has left a large number of cliff carvings and inscriptions, with rich content, which have become historical witnesses of the millennium corridor. In addition to proclamation steles, contract steles, and steles for the construction and reconstruction of temples, pavilions, ancestral halls, and caves, the important ones are the stone carvings related to the hydrology, waterways, and scenic tours of the Three Gorges, such as many stone carvings recording the management of dangerous shoals and waterways, as well as 23 flood inscription stone carvings, which are of great reference value for the study of the Yangtze River basin planning and the design of the Gezhouba and Three Gorges water conservancy projects. In addition, the Huangling Temple (黄陵庙) preserves a large number of precious important hydrological relics such as the extreme flood water level of the Yangtze River Three Gorges, which in a sense is a hydrological data bank of important water level changes in the Yangtze River Three Gorges area and even the entire Yangtze River basin throughout the dynasties.

The Three Gorges area is a corridor in the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and also a witness to the continuous exchange, interaction, and integration with the Central Plains. The Yangtze River Three Gorges was officially included in the list of national archaeological site parks in July 2025, with a total of 18 key construction objects in the first batch, including 12 in Chongqing and 6 in Hubei. Only by continuously promoting academic research, promoting the transformation of archaeological achievements, and creating a recognizable civilization and cultural identification space can the unique value of the Yangtze River Three Gorges in "strengthening the research, dissemination, and display of the origin of the Yangtze River civilization" be brought into play, vividly interpreting the pluralistic and integrated development process of Chinese civilization.

(Author's unit: Hubei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology (湖北省文物考古研究院))

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Centennial Xiaoming Building (A Relic at My Doorstep)

By: 赵 前

In the junior high school campus of Peixian (沛县), Jiangsu Province (江苏省), there is an old building with gray brick and tile. It is not tall or conspicuous, but it accompanied me as I grew up. Later, I learned that it was called Xiaoming Building (晓明楼), a cultural relic protection unit in Jiangsu Province (江苏省文物保护单位), and also the old site of the Peixian County Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共沛县县委).

When we were kids, playing on campus, we felt that this building was different from other teaching buildings: the platform was more than half a meter above the ground, the gray brick walls were unadorned, the doors and windows were arched, and the corridors had arches and columns. We sheltered from the rain under the廊下, sat on the steps and chatted, never thinking that it had been standing there for nearly 100 years. Later, after reading more books, I learned that it was built around 1919, initially as an auxiliary building to the Catholic Church and part of a church school built by French missionaries. The church was later demolished, and the clergy building and classrooms were preserved, collectively known as the "Xiaoming Building (晓明楼) complex." This building is indeed a "combination of Chinese and Western styles." The exterior is a typical northern traditional style: a hip roof, five ridges complete, eaves supported by brackets under the eaves, and elaborate ridge decorations, carrying the atmosphere of Xuzhou (徐州) dwellings. But stepping inside, it is a different scene: arched doors and windows, stained glass, fireplace chimneys, semi-basement structure, Howe wooden roof trusses and bolted connection technology are all Western styles. The plan is in the shape of a set square, with corridors separating spaces and clear functional zoning, clearly reflecting the rational Western space design. Gray bricks, brackets, arches, and stained-glass windows coexist, allowing people to see the complexity and confluence of that era at a glance.

But the significance of Xiaoming Building (晓明楼) is more than just architecture.

In the 1920s, a church school was founded here, which later developed into a county middle school and Peixian High School (沛县高中). Many Peixian (沛县) youths received new-style education here, learning scientific knowledge and modern ideas. It is called the birthplace of modern education in Peixian (沛县), and it is not an exaggeration. Two academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, educators, well-known scholars and other outstanding figures have emerged from here. More importantly, it is also the birthplace of the Peixian County Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共沛县县委). In 1929, the Peixian County Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共沛县县委) was established here, with Zhu Juchi (朱菊池) as the secretary. Under the cover of Principal Meng Zhaopei (孟昭佩), underground party members organized a library on campus, disseminated progressive books and periodicals, developed party members, and led teachers and students to carry out struggles for salary increases and better meals. Later, the party organization moved from the campus to the countryside, launching struggles such as increasing wages for short-term workers, changing the "2-8" division to "3-7," and fishermen's strikes, gradually growing stronger. Today, Xiaoming Building (晓明楼) is listed in the Jiangsu Province Revolutionary Cultural Relics List (江苏省革命文物名录) and is a patriotic education base in Xuzhou (徐州市爱国主义教育基地).

For me, these histories have never remained on paper. The year of the college entrance examination, I took the exam at the Peixian Junior High School (沛县初中) examination hall where Xiaoming Building (晓明楼) is located. Now, I am a doctoral student studying history. Coming back again, I always look up at the gray brick walls and arched doors and windows - it has witnessed me entering the college entrance examination hall, witnessed the students' loud reading voices, and also witnessed the red faith of the Communist Party members...

(Author's unit: Department of History, Shanghai University (上海大学历史学系))

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As long as the wind still blows, I'll keep making kites.

By: 唐兴华

The spring breeze has just begun, and in a studio in Hanting (寒亭), Weifang (潍坊), Shandong (山东), the scent of bamboo intertwines with the aroma of paper and ink. Zhang Xiaodong (张效东), 77 years old, sits at a wooden table, a thin bamboo strip in his hand slowly bending over a flame according to the pattern on the drawing. Looking up, the walls of the room are covered with kites...

As a representative inheritor of national intangible cultural heritage, Zhang Xiaodong (张效东) has rejuvenated the thousand-year-old kite with more than 60 years of dedication. "I can't live without kites; kites are my soul," Zhang Xiaodong (张效东) says with a smile.

Zhang Xiaodong (张效东) began learning to make kites from his grandfather at the age of eight. Having spent more than 60 years with kites day and night, he has mastered the techniques for making more than 180 varieties of kites. If you can describe the appearance, he can make it. In the past 20 years, he has integrated elements such as sound, light, and electricity, as well as mechanical principles such as gears and levers, into the kite-making process, allowing the kites to fly, move, and make sounds in the air.

One year, he spent a whole month making a huge flying dragon kite, with exquisite styling and meticulous painting, which he was very satisfied with. Unexpectedly, when it was released, just as the kite rose into the air, a gust of wind suddenly struck, tearing the kite apart. That day, Zhang Xiaodong (张效东) was so heartbroken that he couldn't eat or sleep. This incident made him realize that kites are not only art but also a technique for communicating with nature. Wind speed, temperature, and air flow all affect the kite's flight state. "No matter how good the making, painting, and mounting are, if it can't fly into the sky, it can't be considered a successful kite." "Why is spring the best season for flying kites? In spring, there are many river winds, and after the temperature rises, the rising air forms a lifting force, so under the same wind force conditions, the kite takes off more stably and smoothly," Zhang Xiaodong (张效东) said.

For Zhang Xiaodong (张效东), a truly vital technique must be an art that keeps pace with the times. After the successful launch of Shenzhou V (神舟五号), he made a 10-meter-long "Shenzhou V" kite, as high as three stories and 1.5 meters in diameter, which required more than 20 people to fly at the same time. The kite not only tried to imitate the rocket in shape but also cleverly used remote control devices to simulate the launch and separation process, so that the upper and lower parts automatically separated after the kite rose into the air.

"Frog and Mantis" is another of his proud works. The inspiration came from a vivid scene he saw by the pond during a morning walk: a mantis confronted a frog on a lotus leaf, and when the frog tried to catch it, the mantis raised its "knife" in response, the two advancing and retreating, circling repeatedly, which was very interesting. After returning to the studio, he pondered repeatedly, and finally, with the help of a wind wheel and mechanical rotating structure, he vividly brought this scene to the sky. This was the first time he truly integrated mechanical principles such as gears into kite making, which also opened the way for the creation of dynamic kites. Subsequently, he successively created more than 20 dynamic kite works such as "Cats and Mice Competing for Spring," "Mantis Catching Cicada," and "Pterodactyl," some with rotating eyes, some with opening and closing mouths, and some that could even make sounds. With his love for kites and his mastery of various crafts, he figured out and solved many technical problems.

He often thinks about how to make kites that fit the aesthetics of young people, arouse the interest of more young people, and thus pass on this old craft. In recent years, he has actively explored cross-border combinations of traditional kites with movies, games, and trendy brands. In the movie *Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms* (封神：朝歌风云), he participated in the production of the huge "Xuan Bird" prop. The entire work used more than 3,000 meters of bamboo strips and took more than two months to complete, with movable wings that required multiple people to hold up, creating a magnificent visual effect. In Zhang Xiaodong's (张效东) view, no matter how the shape and materials change, the reason why a kite is a kite still lies in the "line" that pulls the kite. By guarding the "roots" of traditional techniques, the kite can fly steadily; by daring to innovate, it can fly far.

The 43rd Weifang International Kite Festival (潍坊国际风筝会) and the 2026 Weifang Kite Carnival (潍坊风筝嘉年华) are about to be held. Like in previous years, Zhang Xiaodong (张效东) is busy preparing works for this event. This year is the Year of the Horse, and he plans to make a large dynamic kite of "Galloping Horse Welcoming Spring," presenting the effect of a galloping horse in the sky through a gear structure, "**只要风还在吹**" (zhǐyào fēng hái zài chuī - "as long as the wind is still blowing," as long as conditions permit, I will continue to do something), I will keep making kites."

(Author's affiliation: China University of Geosciences (中国地质大学))

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A 46-Year Public Archaeology Relay

By: 余冰娇

This is a public archaeology relay spanning 46 years.

In 1976, Yu Jinbiao (俞锦标), a professor at Nanjing University (南京大学), and others, while conducting karst surveys in Puding County (普定县), Guizhou Province (贵州省), accidentally discovered ossified fossils, burnt bones, and ash in a cave running north-south through the county's southwest (hereinafter referred to as "Chuandong Cave" (穿洞)). No one imagined that this seemingly ordinary cave contained an astonishing amount of cultural remains and held significant archaeological value.

In 1979, a trial excavation of the Chuandong Site (穿洞遗址) was carried out, unearthing a batch of precious cultural relics. In November of the same year, Mr. Pei Wenzhong (裴文中), a Chinese Paleolithic archaeologist, received an invitation from the museum to work in Guizhou (贵州). After finishing his indoor work, he decided to go to the Chuandong Site (穿洞遗址) despite his physical weakness.

That day, the sun was shining brightly, and the open space in front of Chuandong Cave (穿洞) was filled with people. Mr. Pei Wenzhong (裴文中) sat among the crowd and, in a slightly hoarse voice, told a group of students from Guiyang Normal College (贵阳师范学院) who had just started their studies about the story of archaeology. There was no sound amplification equipment, no projection screen, but it unveiled the mysterious veil of archaeology for the young students. This also became the starting point of public archaeology practice in Guizhou (贵州).

This was Mr. Pei Wenzhong's (裴文中) last field trip in China. He spoke highly of the Chuandong Site (穿洞遗址), believing that its rich cultural connotation and deep accumulation of relics could be called "the best in the world." He originally hoped to personally preside over this significant excavation work, but had to regretfully withdraw due to his physical condition. Even so, on his sickbed, Mr. Pei (裴先生) still cared about Chuandong (穿洞), concerned about the progress from the field.

Adhering to the entrustment and academic mission of their predecessors, Chuandong (穿洞) welcomed two more systematic excavations from 1981 to 1983, unearthing more than 20,000 pieces of various stone tools and more than 1,600 pieces of bone and horn tools. The exquisiteness of their production and the concentration of their quantity are rare in contemporary sites, providing unique physical evidence for the study of the technical level and survival wisdom of humans in the Late Paleolithic Age in China. At the same time, the site also unearthed more than 200 pieces of more than 20 kinds of animal fossils, including two ancient human skull fossils, initially constructing a vivid picture of the relationship between humans and the ecological environment in the area about 16,000 years ago.

The secrets of Chuandong (穿洞) are far from exhausted. In 2022, supported by new academic concepts and technological means, the archaeological work of the Chuandong Site (穿洞遗址) was restarted. Multi-layered cultural deposits, rich relics, stone tools, and bone and horn tools have emerged one after another. More importantly, it has significantly advanced the timeline of human activity in Chuandong (穿洞) from the previously known 16,000 years to 60,000 to 70,000 years ago, filling an important missing link in the evolutionary chain of modern humans in East Asia.

Time flies. Exactly 46 years after 1979, the group of young students who had faced Mr. Pei Wenzhong (裴文中) in front of the site returned to their old place. On the morning of November 25, 2025, a new public archaeology event at the Chuandong Site (穿洞遗址) kicked off in the multimedia classroom of Puding County Fifth Elementary School (普定县第五小学). Zhang Xinglong (张兴龙), deputy director of the Guizhou Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology (贵州省文物考古研究所), systematically sorted out the important discoveries and latest research of Chuandong (穿洞) for the teachers and students, and explained the important significance of Chuandong (穿洞) in restoring the life of ancient humans. In the afternoon, alumni of the 1979 class of Guiyang Normal College (贵阳师范学院) and students of Puding Fifth Elementary School (普定五小) entered the excavation site and cultural relic warehouse in batches. The archaeological team introduced the excavation progress and flotation process in detail at the excavation site. The children surrounded the flotation equipment, staring intently at the soil particles tumbling in the water, personally experiencing the sorting of tiny remains in the soil particles.

For the 1979 alumni, who are now graying at the temples, the familiar scene reappeared. They stood around the exploration square, trying to find new discoveries in the second archaeological practice. The trial excavation pit of that year has now become larger and deeper, and the slightly crude archaeological tools of that year are now supplemented by high-tech instruments such as total stations. As the years go by, what has changed is the scale and precision, and what remains unchanged is the awe and pursuit of this "underground wordless history book."

In the cultural relic warehouse of the workstation, teachers and students were able to observe the unearthed cultural relics up close. From exquisite bone tools and beautiful decorations to angular stone tools and animal bones with cutting marks, each relic is a testimony to a past life. Everyone marveled at the wisdom of the ancients and the "discerning eyes" of the archaeologists - being able to accurately identify stone tools from a large number of natural stones, and being able to analyze the consciousness of the ancients through the shape of the carved marks.

This is a relay spanning nearly half a century. From Mr. Pei Wenzhong (裴文中) leading students to the site for teaching in 1979 to two generations embarking on a cultural journey in 2025, the Chuandong Site (穿洞遗址) has completed the transformation from a silent isolated mountain cave to an archaeological treasure connecting academics and popular science.

(Author's unit: Guizhou Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology (贵州省文物考古研究所))

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I Guard You on the "Sky Road"

By: 贺 勇 阿尔达克

In March, the earth revives. The Karakoram Mountains are still frozen for thousands of miles. National Highway 219 is like a giant dragon, hidden in the deep night.

The Saitulla Border Police Station (赛图拉边境派出所) of the Hotan Border Management Detachment (和田边境管理支队) of the Xinjiang Entry-Exit Border Inspection General Station (新疆出入境边防检查总站) is 3,780 meters above sea level. The ten characters carved on the boulder at the entrance—"Southern Gate of Xinjiang (新疆南大门), First Station in the Kunlun Mountains (昆仑第一所)"—are particularly striking.

Police officer Yin Huanxiao (殷欢笑) tightened his coat collar. His lips were purple, and his fingernails were slightly concave—a sign of having been in the plateau for a long time.

His phone rang.

The 110 command center relayed a police situation: "A truck broke down 70 kilometers from the police station, ran off the road, and needs rescue."

Yin Huanxiao glanced at the time—11:47 PM. He turned around, ran into the duty room, picked up his equipment, and woke up his colleagues. Two minutes later, the police car rushed out of the yard and disappeared into the wind and snow.

That night, they didn't know how long they would be gone, or how the wind and snow would rage. But they knew that the trapped driver was waiting. On this road, they are an important reliance for the passing masses.

This road is the Xinjiang-Tibet Highway, the core section of National Highway 219—averaging over 4,500 meters above sea level, an extremely high-altitude and dangerous plateau highway.

70 years ago, also in March. In March 1956, the Xinjiang-Tibet Highway officially started construction. This "sky road" connecting Yecheng (叶城) in Xinjiang (新疆) and Lazi (拉孜) in Tibet (西藏) began construction in a life-forbidden zone with an average altitude of over 4,500 meters, and was fully opened to traffic in just 19 months, creating a miracle in the history of highway construction in cold regions.

70 years later, the gravel road of the past has become an asphalt road, and the small road has been widened into a national highway. What remains unchanged is the inherent mission of this road—it is a border defense road, a life road, and a guardian road.

And Yin Huanxiao and his colleagues are the steadfast guardians on this "sky road."

Working here means being able to endure loneliness

Starting from Yecheng (叶城), head south all the way.

The numbers on the altimeter continue to climb—1,000 meters, 2,000 meters, 3,000 meters... The air becomes thinner and thinner, and breathing gradually becomes heavy. Outside the window, ochre-colored mountains stretch endlessly, with no vegetation, only exposed rock formations and snow that never melts.

After passing through the Kunlun No. 1 and No. 2 tunnels, and driving more than 120 kilometers, we arrived at the first checkpoint on the Xinjiang-Tibet Highway—the Kudi Border Inspection Station (库地边境检查站) of the Kashgar Border Management Detachment (喀什边境管理支队).

This is the throat of the Xinjiang-Tibet Highway. Every day, from a few thousand to more than ten thousand people pass through here. On the busiest day, the police officers at the checkpoint inspected 12,000 people, working from early morning to late at night, without even having time to drink water.

Continue south. After traveling more than 170 kilometers, you will reach the Saitulla Border Police Station (赛图拉边境派出所). The police station was established in 2015 and has 55 police officers on staff, from 17 provinces, with an average age of 30.5 years.

Director Cao Cheng (曹程), from Qingyang (庆阳), Gansu (甘肃) Province, has been on the plateau for many years. He pointed to the camp area behind him and said: "Working here means being able to endure loneliness." His tone was calm and deep.

The loneliness here is the absence of human habitation for hundreds of kilometers, the snow-capped mountains that never melt, the boundless Gobi Desert, and the air that contains 40% less oxygen than the plains, making every step a torment of hypoxia.

What worries the police officers even more is the separation from their families. Even if their home is in Hotan (和田), it is nearly 700 kilometers away, and they can only go home three or four times a year.

To relieve homesickness, the police station is covered with photos of the police officers' families at the entrance. Each dormitory doorplate is affixed with a landmark of their hometown—the red-crowned cranes of Yancheng (盐城), Jiangsu (江苏) Province, the loess plateau of Qingyang (庆阳), Gansu (甘肃) Province, the Mazu Temple of Putian (莆田), Fujian (福建) Province...

Cao Cheng (曹程), returning from patrol, sometimes stops for a moment at the door of his dormitory, reaches out and strokes the photo of the Qingyang (庆阳) loess plateau, and then pushes the door in.

Police officer Li Yingjie (李英杰), from Xingtai (邢台), Hebei (河北) Province, born in 1995. In October 2017, he took the initiative to apply to come to Saitulla (赛图拉) just after enlisting in the army.

"When I got off the bus, I didn't feel anything except a bit heavy breathing. I thought the scenery on the plateau must be beautiful." Recalling his first arrival, Li Yingjie (李英杰) smiled, "After staying for one night, I realized how powerful the plateau is. I would pant after walking a few steps, and my heart would beat so fast after climbing a few steps on the stairs. I couldn't sleep at all at night, and I would have headaches and palpitations in the middle of the night."

Later, he discovered that physical discomfort was just a minor matter, and the real challenge was on the patrol road. He patrols four or five times a week on average, and often goes to remote mountain passes above 5,000 meters above sea level. Vehicles can't reach it, so he can only walk, sometimes for a whole day. He walks deep and shallow in the knee-deep snow, panting like a bellows, his hands and feet frozen stiff, and even speaking is difficult.

Whenever he can't walk, Li Yingjie (李英杰) looks up at the distant snow-capped mountains and thinks about why he is guarding here, and then he has the motivation to continue moving forward.

South, south, continue south. Arrive at the Dahongliutan Border Police Station (大红柳滩边境警务站) of the Hotan Border Management Detachment (和田边境管理支队) at an altitude of 4,280 meters. The jurisdiction of the police station covers an area of 23,800 square kilometers. What is the concept? The police officers patrol at least once a month, each time for five or six days, with a mileage of 2,000 kilometers. As long as they go out on patrol, the altitude is above 5,000 meters. Sometimes when camping in the wild, they can't even drink a sip of hot water.

Police officer Shu Yufeng (舒余峰), born in 1997, is from Wenshan (文山), Yunnan (云南) Province. In 2019, at the age of only 22, he took the initiative to apply to come to Xinjiang (新疆) from Yunnan (云南). It was winter at that time, and the road was covered with ice and snow. The vehicles skidded frequently, and they had to get out of the car to push it from time to time. It took a full 3 days to reach Dahongliutan (大红柳滩) from Hotan City (和田市).

At the first meeting, it was desolate—there were only about 10 shops, and all you could see were the Gobi Desert and snow-capped mountains. Only the police station was lit up at night.

"That kind of loneliness is really hard to describe." Shu Yufeng (舒余峰) remembers that the then station chief Aba Baikeli (阿巴白克力) was wearing a "Lei Feng hat" and draped in a coat, standing in the snow to welcome the arrival of the new comrades. He quickly stepped forward, hugged them tightly, and joked: "You are finally here! I'm tired of seeing the few people here!"

From life-and-death rescue to warm details

December 2025, Kangsaidaban (康赛达坂). The snow kept falling. In the dead of night at minus 30 degrees Celsius, the wind blew the snowflakes into white arrows, which stung the face.

Li Yingjie (李英杰) had just laid down when his phone rang. The rapid ringtone was particularly harsh in the silent duty room.

"Police officer, save us..." The voice on the other end of the phone was intermittent and trembling, "Our car overturned, and two people are trapped... We're freezing..."

Li Yingjie (李英杰) jumped up, woke up two colleagues, and drove the police car into the vast snowy night.

From the Saitulla Border Police Station (赛图拉边境派出所) to Kangsaidaban (康赛达坂), the one-hour journey usually took nearly two hours that day. The mountain was blocked by heavy snow, and the road surface had already been covered. They could only grope forward based on their memory. When they reached the foot of the pass, the car could no longer move—the snow was knee-deep.

"Get out of the car, walk!" The three jumped into the snow and trudged forward, one foot deep and one foot shallow. The wind was too strong, and they couldn't open their eyes at all. They could only squint to identify the direction. The snow poured into their shoes and instantly turned into ice water. Every step was excruciatingly painful. Hypoxia made them dizzy, and they could only hold on to the rocks on the side of the road, panting heavily, and moving forward step by step.

After walking about 3 kilometers, they found the car. An off-road vehicle overturned under the roadbed, and the body was half buried in the snow.

They rushed over and pried open the car door. Two people were curled up in the back seat, their bodies already stiff, their lips purple, and their consciousness blurred.

Li Yingjie (李英杰) took off his coat and wrapped it around one of them. His gloves had long been worn out, and his fingers were frozen purple, but he always held the rescue rope tightly, repeatedly chanting "Hang in there, hang in there." His colleagues also took off their coats and covered the other person. Oxygen cylinders, hot water, rubbing hands and feet—all the first aid measures were used.

Five hours later, they finally carried the two out of the pass and put them on the ambulance that had arrived.

At the Dahongliutan Border Police Station (大红柳滩边境警务站), such nights are not uncommon.

One day in late October 2025, at 3 a.m., it was windy and snowy. Station chief Zhang Daofeng (张道峰) and Shu Yufeng (舒余峰) were returning from handling a police situation when they suddenly found a truck crashed into an earthen slope at a bend under Qitaidaban (奇台达坂), and a person was lying motionless on the side of the road.

"Stop the car!" Zhang Daofeng (张道峰) jumped out of the car.

The driver's face was pale, his lips were blue, and his body had already lost temperature. Without saying a word, Zhang Daofeng (张道峰) took off his coat and wrapped it around the driver, putting the other person's cold hands into his arms to warm them. Shu Yufeng (舒余峰) ran to the car to get an oxygen cylinder, gave the driver oxygen, fed him hot water, and rubbed his hands and feet.

Ten minutes later, the driver slowly opened his eyes. When he saw them, tears welled up in his eyes. He hugged Zhang Daofeng (张道峰) tightly, crying loudly, and saying over and over again: "Thank you... You gave me a second life!"

It turned out that the driver was traveling from Tibet (西藏) to Xinjiang (新疆), and had been driving alone for more than ten hours. Fatigue driving and altitude sickness caused him to lose consciousness on the bend.

The protection on the "sky road" is never just a thrilling life-and-death rescue, but also the warmth hidden in the details.

In July 2025, the Saitulla Border Police Station (赛图拉边境派出所) received a report that a truck carrying fish had caught fire. The fire was extinguished, but the fish in the truck were dying due to lack of oxygen. The driver squatted on the side of the road, sweating profusely: "It's over, it's over... This is all my belongings..."

Cao Cheng (曹程) walked over and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, let's think of a way together." He took out his mobile phone and contacted the shops in the jurisdiction one by one, asking if they wanted fish. The police officers bought the unsold fish themselves.

The driver was so moved that he didn't know what to say and insisted on giving them some fish. Cao Cheng (曹程) waved his hand and smiled: "We appreciate your kindness, but we are police officers, and this is what we should do."

The police officers said that on this "sky road," protection is never a one-way effort.

The shop owners in Dahongliutan (大红柳滩) send a pot of hot water to the police station every day, saying "It's so cold, you have to drink something hot." The Tibetan grandmothers in Doma Township (多玛乡), Tibet (西藏), always tremblingly stuff a piece of butter tea to the police officers every time they see them, saying in broken Chinese, "Child, you've worked hard." Passengers passing by on the road always tell them "The altitude is high, you still have to pay attention to your health"...

These guardians on the "sky road" have turned chance encounters into blood ties with one act of bravery after another.

Using perseverance and faith to become the most beloved people

In 2018, the Public Security Border Troops collectively retired from active service. From border armed police to national immigration management police, they took off their military uniforms and put on police uniforms. Their identities have changed, but the responsibilities on their shoulders have not changed—from "guarding the border" to "guarding the people," from "protecting the territory" to "protecting people's livelihoods," the mission is more specific and the responsibility is heavier.

The choice to stay or leave tests everyone's original intention.

Cao Cheng (曹程) had the opportunity to return to Gansu (甘肃) and end his separation from his family. That night, he stood alone at the entrance of the police station, looking at the silent snow-capped mountains in the distance. The moonlight shone on the snow, reflecting a cold light. He stood there for a long, long time.

His phone vibrated repeatedly in his pocket. It was a message from his wife, asking him: "Are you coming back?"

He finally dialed the phone, with only four calm words: "I'm not going back."

Why? Faced with our questioning, this northwestern man who has been on the plateau for many years did not make grand pronouncements, but pointed to the boulder at the entrance of the barracks engraved with "First Station in the Kunlun Mountains (昆仑第一所)," and said: "The border always has to be guarded. If I don't guard it, if you don't guard it, someone has to guard it."

Yin Huanxiao (殷欢笑), who came from the coast of the East China Sea to the top of the Karakoram Mountains, had already completed his demobilization procedures in the year of "transfer and change," but chose to stay because of a sudden rescue mission. Over the years, he was not there when his child was born; he was absent from his wife's birthday. But he has never been absent from every call for help from the masses.

In the sunroom of the Saitulla Border Police Station (赛图拉边境派出所), bougainvillea is in full bloom. It is not easy to grow a flower and tree alive on the plateau at an altitude of nearly 4,000 meters. The police officers take care of these tenacious flowers like they take care of their children.

"This is a symbol of life, and also a mirror of our spirit." Cao Cheng (曹程) often said to the police officers, "We lack oxygen here, but we never lack spirit."

Where does the source of this spirit come from?

Along National Highway 219 to the south, next to Kangsiwa Pass (康西瓦达坂) at an altitude of 4,280 meters, a vast cemetery lies quietly surrounded by snow-capped mountains. This is the Kangsiwa Martyrs Cemetery (康西瓦烈士陵园), where hundreds of martyrs who dedicated their lives to defending and building the frontier of the motherland are buried. Every year, the first thing new police officers do when they go up the mountain is to report to the martyrs; the last thing old police officers do when they are transferred is to say goodbye to the heroes.

Cao Cheng (曹程) once stood alone for a long time in the barracks dormitory of the company where martyr Chen Xiangrong (陈祥榕) served before his death. Those eight characters "Pure love, only for China (清澈的爱，只为中国)" were engraved in his heart stroke by stroke. "Eighteen or nineteen years old, so young." He turned to look into the distance, "They guarded this land with their lives, and the road we guard is the road to their graves. What reason do we have not to guard it well?"

Looking beyond the cemetery, look up to a higher place. The Shenxianwan Post (神仙湾哨所) at an altitude of 5,380 meters is like a nail nailed to the blue sky. It snows there all year round, and it is winter in all seasons.

Although belonging to different systems, the immigration management police and the officers and soldiers of the post jointly hold up the peace of this land. Sometimes, when patrolling and seeing it from a distance, or occasionally meeting on the mountain road, without extra words, the two groups of people will solemnly salute each other in the wind and snow.

Li Yingjie (李英杰) said: "Every time I can't walk while patrolling, I look up and see the post on the mountain, and see that the five-star red flag is still flying, and I feel at ease. They are guarding in a higher place, and we are guarding on the road. We are guarding the same land."

Whenever Zhang Daofeng (张道峰) sees the sentry tower of Shenxianwan (神仙湾) from a distance while patrolling, he will think: "The altitude there is more than 1,000 meters higher than ours. Thinking of those soldiers, what is our suffering?"

In 2025, the Saitulla Border Police Station (赛图拉边境派出所) handled 780 police cases, of which 45% were for assistance; the Dahongliutan Border Police Station (大红柳滩边境警务站) rescued 40 people in a year... Behind these numbers are vivid lives and families reunited.

70 years ago, the road-building army used shovels and picks to carve out a "sky road" in the "life-forbidden zone."

70 years later, their successors—this group of young immigration management police—are guarding this "sky road" with their youth and blood.

On the dusk when I left the Saitulla Border Police Station (赛图拉边境派出所), Yin Huanxiao (殷欢笑) was preparing to lead a team to set off for patrol. Outside the window, the snow-capped mountains were silent, and the road ahead was open.

I guard you on the "sky road."

What they guard is never just a road in the geographical sense, but the inviolable dignity of the motherland's territory, the safety of the people passing through here, and the forever fiery belief in the thin air of the plateau.

These young people who have taken root in the snowy plateau have become the most beloved people of this era with their perseverance and faith.

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From Luck to Regret (Jin Tai Random Thoughts)

By: 胡建新

From a psychological perspective, many who knowingly violate rules and laws usually start with a sense of侥幸 (jiǎo xìng - "luck," a fluke) and end in regret.

The *Book of the Later Han* says: "The most intelligent do not place themselves in danger with侥幸 (jiǎo xìng - "luck," a fluke)." The *Book of Rites* says: "Inferior people take risks with侥幸 (jiǎo xìng - "luck," a fluke)." The ancients used the presence or absence of侥幸 (jiǎo xìng - "luck," a fluke) when facing danger to distinguish between a person of "superior intelligence" and a "petty person," which is quite to the point. What the ancients said is consistent with relevant explanations in modern criminal psychology:侥幸 (jiǎo xìng - "luck," a fluke) often presents a state of cognitive distortion. When weighing the pros and cons of committing a crime, many criminals often subjectively amplify the small probability of success, raising it to a psychological winning rate sufficient to support their risky behavior. Thus, they weave a seemingly "precise" but actually erroneous network of self-cognition—either feeling that their methods are clever enough to evade supervision, or believing that their actions are secret and only "heaven and earth know," or fantasizing that "the law does not punish the masses" can avoid punishment. If people with侥幸 (jiǎo xìng - "luck," a fluke) occasionally "succeed," they will not stop there, but will be more easily "encouraged" and try again. In this state,侥幸 (jiǎo xìng - "luck," a fluke) makes people sink step by step in a illusory sense of security, until they are completely destroyed. It is like dancing on a very risky ice river. The ice may be able to bear the weight of the dancer temporarily, but each dance is a destruction of the ice's firmness. If the dance continues, it will eventually break the ice and fall into the ice cave. As the saying goes, 天网恢恢，疏而不漏 (tiān wǎng huī huī, shū ér bù lòu - "heaven's net is vast, sparse but letting nothing through," justice may be late, but it will surely come), committing crimes will eventually receive the punishment they deserve.

For those who take risks, if侥幸 (jiǎo xìng - "luck," a fluke) is a "venture capital" facing an unknown future, then regret is the lagging cost of this "investment" suffering losses. Regret is the subtle light of self-reflection in human nature. Its essence is not only the confirmation of the actual result, but also the sorrow and resentment of past sins. Although it can bring a short-term or long-term painful awakening, it is difficult to truly heal the trauma. It may "learn a lesson from a fall," but it cannot eliminate the consequences that have already occurred. After a person commits a mistake, even with the deepest regret, it is difficult to change the established facts, let alone erase the damage caused to the country, society, and others.

Throughout history, there have been many people who have been driven by侥幸 (jiǎo xìng - "luck," a fluke) to take risks and eventually fall into the abyss of regret. There was once a death row inmate who wrote a "Poem Before Execution": "Accumulating jade and piling up gold, the official position is also high, but disaster suddenly turns into emptiness. Where is the glory and wealth of five years now? It is no different from a dream of Nanke." His regret is overflowing. I knew an official who accepted bribes while in office. After hearing about the investigation, he quietly handed over the赃款 (zāng kuǎn - "bribes," ill-gotten money) to relatives for safekeeping. After the incident, his older brother and sister were implicated. During his statement in court, he cried bitterly, saying that the people he was most sorry for in his life were his older brother and sister. They had never benefited from him before, but now they suffered because of his greed, selfishness, and侥幸 (jiǎo xìng - "luck," a fluke)! This kind of repentance may be from the heart, but it has already caused irreparable damage to himself and others.

From侥幸 (jiǎo xìng - "luck," a fluke) to regret, it seems far away, but in fact it is only one step away. If you don't want the regret of "why did I do that in the first place," you must have the clarity of not having侥幸 (jiǎo xìng - "luck," a fluke). "Therefore, those who know fate do not stand under a dangerous wall." Only by completely abandoning侥幸 (jiǎo xìng - "luck," a fluke), resolutely guarding the boundaries of discipline and law, and taking every journey in life with reason and self-discipline, will life not leave stains and regrets.

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Early Kapok in Guangzhou

By: 张 鸿

When the February wind is still cool, the kapoks all over the city are already ablaze. Just entering March, the news of spring has spread throughout Guangzhou (广州).

Passing under the blue tiles of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall (中山纪念堂), I look up and encounter that blaze. The kapok king, with its large flowers, perches on high branches, without a single leaf, as if pouring all the heat accumulated over the winter into the clear sky. Reading the poem by Chen Gongyin (陈恭尹), a poet from the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, "In the second and third months of the Yue River (粤江), thousands and thousands of trees bloom with vermilion flowers," I finally understand this magnificence.

Moss grows green in the cracks of the stone slabs, and fallen kapok flowers lie on them, the petals thick and firm, red and crisp. Picking up one, the touch is fluffy, rough, and substantial. The kapok, this heroic flower, not only blooms fiercely but also falls with utter determination—not curling or fading, falling to the ground with pride. Qu Dajun (屈大均), a poet from the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, wrote, "The beacon tree of the southern sky is the reddest kapok," that red is the backbone and confidence.

The sound of cloth shoes rubbing against the stone slabs can be heard as an old woman bends down to pick them up. "Pretty girl, picking them to make soup?" she asks in Cantonese. When the old woman smiles, her wrinkles curve into crescent moons: "Good stuff." Dried kapok boiled with crucian carp is most effective for dispelling dampness.

These words open up old memories. When I was a child, my grandma took me to the nearby Peasant Movement Training Institute (农讲所). The small courtyard was full of kapok trees blooming enthusiastically, and there were fallen flowers on the ground. Grandma bent down, spread a handkerchief on the ground, arranged the flowers one by one, picking those with green calyxes. She strung them together with cotton thread and hung them on the balcony to dry. The slanting sun of spring shone, and the air was filled with the fragrance of wood. It turns out that kapok can not only reach for the sky and shine brightly, but also hide the warmth of everyday life.

The *Lingnan Cai Yao Lu* (岭南采药录) records that kapok can relieve summer heat. It is found in Five-Flower Tea and is indispensable in old-fire soup. *Mian Yin Chen* (绵茵陈) paired with kapok and boiled with crucian carp, simmered over low heat, the soup is light in color, and a sip warms from the throat to the stomach. Guangzhou (广州) is humid in spring, and during the return to the south, water droplets seep from the walls, and the bones feel like they have been soaked in water. A bowl of kapok soup warms away the dampness. It sweeps away the spring cold and also the stagnation in the heart.

Qiu Fengjia's (丘逢甲), a late Qing poet, "Towering ten feet in the misty spring, the crown ridge is truly like a burning fire tree," burns not with aloofness, but with the vitality of everyday life.

Haizhu Square (海珠广场), the hero statue stands in the morning light, and not far away, the kapoks are in full bloom. Heroes and heroic flowers face each other from afar. That red permeates the sky and also permeates the memories of the years.

In the alley, clothes poles extend from the windows, and several strings of kapok sway in the wind. The sun shines, the petals curl up, dried and stored in glass jars, and in the future, they will be boiled into soup and steeped into tea.

The spring of Guangzhou (广州) is first ignited by the kapok. Blooming magnificently and falling frankly. It does not compete for spring colors but dyes the richest, does not show off its sharpness, but hides its backbone the deepest.

This is the Guangzhou (广州) kapok, and also the appearance of Guangzhou (广州): able to hold up the sun in the high sky, and also able to settle down in the everyday life; with the pride of a hero, and also the tenderness of life. Like this city, behind the prosperity of a thousand-year-old commercial capital, there is always the warmth of the streets and alleys hidden—a bowl of soup, a flower, a poem, makes life 热气腾腾 (rè qì téng téng - "steaming hot," full of vitality and enthusiasm).

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The Peach Blossom Spring of Youyang

By: 干海兵

The peach blossoms open as you pass through Da You Cave (大酉洞)
　　Mr. Five Willows (五柳先生) sits by the stone table
　　Surrounded by flowing water
　　Half a cup of wine's spring has bloomed for two thousand years

　　Solar streetlights make the path somewhat dazed
　　The swing that just released its laughter
　　In an instant, it swings into the colorful Douyin (抖音)
　　And the city noise gradually intensifies a hundred meters away
　　The delivery guy travels through the renovated antiquity

　　There are always some places that need to be left blank
　　Like the distance, the original homeland, and distant dreams
　　"There are two Peach Blossom Springs in the world"
　　One is a fleeting encounter, and the other is being in it

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Farmer Painting (Encounter)

By: 晓 寒

Walking into this studio was on a spring morning. The outline of the landscape painting in front of Tang Haiyan (唐海燕) was already sketched.

Tang Haiyan (唐海燕) picked up her brush, rinsed it carefully in clean water, dipped it in light ink, dabbed it twice on the edge of the inkstone, and began to paint the distant mountains. The brush glided diagonally across the rice paper, the lines undulating like waves, and as the ink slowly spread, the faint shadows of the mountains emerged before her eyes. She used the same method to complete the nearby mountains, only with a darker shade of ink. Then she began to paint a few pine trees, outlining the trunks with a few strokes. Next came the dense pine needles. Her skillful technique made it hard to believe that this was only her fourth year in the profession.

33-year-old Tang Haiyan (唐海燕) is the mother of two children. Every morning, after sending her children to school, she walks to the studio to work. Tang Haiyan (唐海燕) had no prior painting experience. At first, she was worried that she wouldn't be able to learn or paint well, so she came to the village studio with the idea of ​​giving it a try. The salary is piece-rate, 20 to 30 yuan per painting. She can paint 6 paintings a day, earning 3,500 to 5,000 yuan per month. She doesn't have to worry about sales, as the studio uniformly sells them to other places.

The owner of the studio, surnamed Qiu (邱), worked in an oil painting base in Shenzhen (深圳) for many years. He always wanted to return to his hometown to start a business and lead the villagers in his hometown to become wealthy. After careful consideration, he chose an industry he was familiar with and created this studio. The process of craft painting is divided into different steps. At the beginning, Tang Haiyan (唐海燕) was responsible for coloring. This step was relatively simple. The numbers and colors were marked on the painting, and she just needed to fill in the corresponding colors. Tang Haiyan (唐海燕) is a person who loves to learn. While coloring, she watched others paint and pondered secretly. Over time, she figured out some tricks. After coloring for 3 years, she tried painting, and soon she painted quite well. She also gradually fell in love with this job - it's not particularly tiring, she works at her doorstep, the salary is not low, and she can take care of her children.

As she painted for a long time, Tang Haiyan (唐海燕), like many others in this studio, began to learn to create, painting the scenery of the village. On the walls of the studio, there are many paintings they created. The village in the rain, misty and rainy, the grass sprouts green, the willow branches sprout, and swallows fly diagonally in the rain. In the summer river, the river water rolls up splashes, in the fields, the peppers are red, and lotus flowers bloom in the pond. In autumn, the persimmons are red, bending the branches, children laugh under the trees, and bunches of plump grapes hang down under the grape trellis. In winter, the farmhouses are covered with thick snow, icicles hang from the eaves, and dogs huddle in warm kennels. These are all ordinary things in the village, the daily life of the village. They all enter the paintings of Tang Haiyan (唐海燕) and others, becoming the village in the paintings. This is a village in Liuyang (浏阳), at the junction of Hunan (湘) and Jiangxi (赣) provinces. The clear river flows through the fields, surrounded by green mountains, with clouds floating all year round. The entire village seems to stand above the clouds. Therefore, each painting has different clouds, in clusters, in patches, in wisps, the clouds are like the business card of this village.

The studio is very quiet, with more than 50 people painting their own paintings. These people are all villagers in the village, who are employed after training. Strolling through the studio, watching them compose, outline, and color, my heart seems to follow the brush, blending into the painting.

Outside the window, warm sunshine pours down continuously, rapeseed flowers cover the fields, and peach and plum blossoms bloom in the colorful sunshine. In the studio, everyone is holding a paintbrush, depicting their new life.

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