Summary: President Xi Jinping met with Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi in Beijing, agreeing to elevate bilateral relations to a "new era China-Mozambique community with a shared future." Xi emphasized mutual support and strengthened cooperation in various fields, including infrastructure, energy, agriculture, and the digital economy. He also noted that China places Africa in a special and prioritized position, highlighting the zero-tariff policy for 53 African countries. Nyusi affirmed Mozambique's adherence to the One China principle and support for China's national reunification. The two leaders witnessed the signing of over 20 cooperation documents, including those related to the Belt and Road Initiative and the Global Security Initiative.
Summary: Xi Jinping met with Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Politburo member and Deputy Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith, a special envoy of LPRP General Secretary and President Thongloun Sisoulith, in Beijing. Xi emphasized the deep friendship and political trust between the two parties, noting the importance of strategic coordination and cooperation towards building a high-standard China-Laos community with a shared future, referencing the 65th anniversary of diplomatic ties. Saleumxay conveyed a letter from Thongloun, expressing support for Xi's global initiatives and highlighting China's achievements in maintaining stability and economic growth. Saleumxay affirmed Laos' commitment to deepening practical cooperation and advancing the Laos-China community with a shared future. Wang Yi was also present at the meeting.
Summary: President Xi Jinping has appointed and removed ambassadors to the United Arab Emirates, Ghana, and Sweden. Zeng Jixin is appointed as the new ambassador to the UAE, replacing Zhang Yiming. Cong Song will replace Tong Defa as ambassador to Ghana. Zhou Limin is the new ambassador to Sweden, succeeding Cui Aimin. The reshuffling of these ambassadorships was enacted based on a decision from the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Premier Li Qiang met with Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi in Beijing, highlighting the 10th anniversary of the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership. Li expressed China's commitment to deepening cooperation in trade, agriculture, energy, and infrastructure, urging Mozambique to utilize China's zero-tariff policy for African nations. Nyusi affirmed Mozambique's support for the One China principle and expressed gratitude for China's support while indicating that they would collaborate on the Belt and Road Initiative. Both leaders pledged to strengthen China-Africa cooperation and promote the Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative, Global Civilization Initiative, and Global Health Initiative. Wu Zhenglong was present at the meeting.
Summary: Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Zhao Leji met with Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi, stating China is willing to work with Mozambique to deepen political mutual trust and expand mutually beneficial cooperation while fully implementing the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Beijing Summit outcomes. During the meeting, Nyusi affirmed Mozambique's adherence to the one-China principle. In a separate meeting with European Parliament Vice President Othmar Karas, Zhao stated China is willing to work with the EU to implement the consensus reached by leaders and promote the steady and long-term development of China-Europe relations. Karas stated that the European Parliament adheres to the one-China policy and is willing to strengthen dialogue with the National People's Congress.
Summary: Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with a delegation of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) officials led by Minister Alamgir, conveying China's congratulations on Bangladesh's elections. Han expressed China's desire to deepen political trust, strengthen Belt and Road cooperation, and advance the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries. He emphasized the Chinese Communist Party's willingness to enhance exchanges with the BNP. Alamgir affirmed Bangladesh's commitment to the One China principle and its desire to strengthen high-level exchanges and cooperation with China.
Summary: This article focuses on the theoretical contributions to strengthening scientific and technological innovation and promoting self-reliance in science and technology. It also includes a special report on World Earth Day, showcasing the effectiveness of ecological protection through three sets of satellite remote sensing images. The article does not explicitly mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The State Council issued an opinion calling for the expansion and quality improvement of the service industry, guided by Xi Jinping Thought. The plan aims to reach a service industry scale of 100 trillion yuan by 2030, focusing on both producer and consumer services. It emphasizes bolstering weak links in producer services, upgrading key areas of consumer services, and promoting digitalization, standardization, integration, and internationalization. The opinion also calls for deepening reform, strengthening infrastructure support, and enhancing safety supervision. The United States is not mentioned in this document.
Summary: China's State Council has released an "Opinion" document focused on expanding capacity and improving the quality of the service industry. The document emphasizes enhancing both the breadth and depth of the service sector, particularly production-oriented services like technology, logistics, and finance, which are seen as critical for industrial upgrading. The "Opinion" calls for digitalization, standardization, integration, and internationalization. It suggests that the integration of advanced manufacturing and modern services will drive China's manufacturing sector towards the higher end of the global value chain. The document anticipates the service sector exceeding 100 trillion yuan during the 15th Five-Year Plan.
Summary: During a State Council Information Office press conference on April 21st, Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology Zhang Yunming reported that China's industrial economy showed a positive trend in the first quarter, with a 6.1% year-on-year increase in the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size. Innovation in industries is growing, with a 12.5% increase in the added value of high-tech manufacturing. Spokesperson Xie Cun addressed concerns about rising memory prices, stating the Ministry will support the memory industry, encourage domestic and foreign investment, and stabilize supply chains. The integration of 5G and gigabit optical networks continues, reaching 91 out of 97 national economic categories. Finally, the United States was not directly mentioned in the article.
Summary: China's high-tech manufacturing sector led economic growth in the first quarter, reflecting a positive start to the year and industrial restructuring. This growth is attributed to technological innovation, particularly in AI, which has accelerated the development of new products and moved the industrial structure towards higher value chains. The growth in turn fuels further innovation in aerospace, quantum technology, and biomedicine, strengthening supply chains. The focus on high-tech manufacturing and integrating technological and industrial innovation aims to enhance the quality and dynamism of China's economy.
Summary: At a State Council Information Office press conference, five representatives from the science and technology sector discussed their experiences and understanding of the spirit of scientists in the new era, focusing on achieving self-reliance and strength in science and technology. Xu Liangfei discussed hydrogen fuel cell technology; Zhou Yuanchun discussed data utilization; Xin Xiaoping discussed grassland ecology; Wang Qiong discussed lunar exploration; and Liang Jianying discussed high-speed rail development. The speakers emphasized dedication, innovation, and national pride as key elements driving their work. They highlighted the importance of contributing to national strategies such as strengthening China through science and technology. There was no mention of the United States.
Summary: A smart agriculture system was implemented at the Beiliang Farm in Jiangxi province's Jinxian county, transforming previously unproductive land into fertile fields. The system utilizes a "breeding-biogas-planting-energy" integrated cycle, incorporating waste from nearby farms as fertilizer. The smart system enables real-time monitoring and adjustment of soil nutrient levels, optimizing crop yields and reducing fertilizer costs. Technicians now manage large areas of farmland using data-driven insights from the system. The farm plans to expand its planting area, leveraging technology to improve efficiency.
Summary: Ten Chinese government departments, including the Cyberspace Administration of China, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the Ministry of Public Security, jointly released regulations to promote and standardize the application of electronic documents, effective September 1, 2026. The regulations outline principles and departmental responsibilities, emphasizing classified management of e-document systems and improved digitization of trade and transportation. They encourage collaboration in technology innovation, risk prevention, and adherence to national standards for e-documents. The regulations also specify reliability and security requirements for e-document systems, mandating compliance with cybersecurity and data protection laws. Finally, the regulations call for promoting international exchanges and cooperation in the field of electronic documents.
Summary: At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi conducted a state visit to China. During the visit, the two heads of state agreed to elevate bilateral relations to a China-Mozambique community with a shared future in the new era, and Premier Li Qiang and Chairman Zhao Leji also met with President Nyusi. Mozambique reaffirmed its support for the One China principle and opposes "Taiwan independence." Both sides committed to strengthening cooperation in various fields, including economics, trade, energy, security, and global governance, and supported multilateral initiatives. They also expressed concerns about the situation in the Middle East.
Summary: A group of 200 Vietnamese youth representatives participated in a "Red Study Tour" in Guangdong and Beijing, organized by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China. The tour involved visiting historical sites related to Vietnamese revolutionaries like Ho Chi Minh, as well as experiencing China's modern development in areas like technology and rural revitalization. The Vietnamese youth expressed that the experience deepened their understanding of the traditional friendship between Vietnam and China, and appreciation for China's modernization. The program included activities like joint readings, discussions, and model building with Chinese youth to build friendship. One Vietnamese participant noted that the tour highlighted shared ideals and the enduring friendship, which is a solid foundation for cooperative relations.
Summary: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, in her official capacity, offered a ritual donation to the Yasukuni Shrine, which commemorates convicted Class-A war criminals. This action, seen as a desecration of historical justice and a provocation against the post-WWII order, has drawn international criticism. The article asserts that such actions, along with Japan's military buildup and revisionist historical views, reveal a dangerous resurgence of Japanese militarism. The article mentions Japan's interference in China's internal affairs regarding Taiwan, and the deployment of missiles capable of attacking enemy bases. The piece concludes that Japan must confront its past to foster stable relations with its neighbors, and that any attempt to deny history is doomed to fail.
Summary: Politburo member and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Lao Deputy Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith, a special envoy of Lao leader Thongloun Sisoulith. Wang stated China is willing to work with Laos to implement the consensus reached by the top leaders of both parties and countries, strengthen strategic communication, and deepen long-term cooperation. He also expressed a desire to safeguard their respective political, regime, and institutional security, and promote the development of world socialism. Saleumxay noted the fruitful cooperation between Laos and China under the strategic guidance of both countries' top leaders.
Summary: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson announced that Politburo Member and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar from April 22-26. While in Cambodia, Wang Yi will attend the inaugural China-Cambodia Foreign and Defense Ministers’ “2+2” strategic dialogue with Defense Minister Dong Jun. The announcement does not appear to mention any planned discussions or interactions related to the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Politburo member and Vice Premier He Lifeng met with GE Healthcare CEO Andrzej Dutkiewicz in Beijing. He Lifeng stated China's economy had a strong start in 2024 and emphasized the country's commitment to high-level opening-up during the "15th Five-Year Plan." He welcomed U.S. companies like GE Healthcare to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation and share in China's market opportunities. Dutkiewicz expressed confidence in long-term development in China and a willingness to promote U.S.-China economic and trade cooperation.
Summary: NPC Standing Committee Vice Chairman Xiao Jie met with European Parliament Vice President Othmar Karas in Beijing on April 21. Discussions focused on promoting healthy and stable China-EU relations. They also exchanged views on strengthening China-EU economic and trade cooperation. Increased exchange between legislative bodies was another topic of discussion.
Summary: Liu Haixing, Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, met with a delegation of senior cadres from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party led by Alamgir, the party's secretary-general and Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives. They exchanged views on strengthening inter-party exchanges and cooperation and promoting the development of China-Bangladesh relations.
Summary: Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi laid a wreath at the Monument to the People's Heroes in Tiananmen Square on the morning of April 21st. The report focuses solely on this action by the Mozambican President. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Chen Wenqing, a member of the Politburo and Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, and Singaporean Minister Gan Kim Yong, attended and addressed the 5th China-Singapore High-Level Social Governance Forum in Hangzhou. Chen highlighted the "Fengqiao Experience" originating in Zhejiang under Xi Jinping's leadership, emphasizing its role in resolving internal conflicts and upholding social stability through rule of law. He stated that China-Singapore relations have been elevated to an all-round high-quality forward-looking partnership. Chen expressed hope that both sides could contribute oriental wisdom towards social governance by focusing on the forum's theme of resolving conflicts and ensuring social order.
Summary: At a press conference, Inner Mongolia's Party Committee Deputy Secretary and Chairman Bao Gang stated the region's commitment to fulfilling the "15th Five-Year Plan" goals, focusing on constructing a modern industrial system with Inner Mongolian characteristics. Key objectives include upgrading traditional industries, fostering emerging sectors like new materials and digital industries, and strategically developing future industries such as hydrogen energy. The region aims to maintain coal production while expanding renewable energy capacity and electricity transmission. Inner Mongolia will also prioritize ecological preservation, agricultural development, and improvements in public services to enhance livelihoods and promote ethnic unity.
Summary: Shandong Province aims to become a leading region in green, low-carbon, high-quality development and a new hub for opening up, according to Governor Zhou Naixiang at a press conference. Shandong will focus on technological innovation, including building major science and technology platforms and supporting enterprises in innovation, and aims to achieve around 300 significant innovations by the end of the 15th Five-Year Plan. The province plans to integrate into the national opening-up strategy by aligning with high-standard international economic and trade rules. Shandong will also strengthen international economic and trade cooperation, including expanding trade with emerging markets and promoting cross-border e-commerce. Shandong will continue to promote a high-quality "Belt and Road" initiative.
Summary: Fuzhou's Fuqing city in Fujian province is transforming former mining pits into ecological and cultural tourism parks. These revitalized spaces aim to offer citizens increased high-quality leisure options, as exemplified by a camping site on Fulushan mountain. The initiative promotes both ecological restoration and the integration of culture and tourism. The article does not mention any U.S. or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China's State Council has announced personnel changes, appointing Lu Wuqin as Assistant Minister of Public Security, Chi Jingyang as Deputy Director of the National Immigration Administration, and Feng Chengyou as Deputy Director of the China Geological Survey. Lin Tao was removed from his position as Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council. Zhang Yong and Xu Xueyi were removed from their positions as Deputy Director of the National Immigration Administration and Deputy Director of the China Geological Survey respectively. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China's Maritime Safety Administration has released a "1+6" system of guidelines and work instructions for shipping companies to strengthen safety management. The new system focuses on preventing accidents such as collisions between commercial and fishing vessels by improving risk management and hazard identification. It also aims to enhance safety during critical periods by improving the management of major hazards, such as passenger ship capsizing during bad weather. The guidelines emphasize enhancing ship safety through hardware improvements and raising the capabilities of both ship and shore-based personnel through improved training and evaluation. The goal is to solidify the foundation for safe development in China's shipping industry.
Summary: The State Council has removed Zhou Liang from his position as Deputy Director of the National Financial Regulatory Administration. No replacement was announced, and the article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Xiajiang County in Jiangxi Province has established a local bio-pharmaceutical testing center to support its growing bio-medicine and food industries. Previously, companies faced high costs and long lead times sending samples to other cities and provinces for mandatory testing. The new center, funded by local government bonds, offers lower costs (30% off market price) and faster turnaround times. The center aims to obtain CNAS and CATL certifications to further enhance its services and support regional industry growth; so far it has saved local firms 1 million RMB. There is no mention of U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: To meet high travel demand during the "May Day" holiday, China's railway authorities plan to adjust overnight maintenance schedules on high-speed rail lines like Beijing-Shanghai, Beijing-Guangzhou, and Beijing-Harbin. This adjustment will allow for approximately 700 additional direct overnight high-speed trains daily between April 29th and May 2nd, and again between May 4th and May 6th. Tickets for these trains will be released in phases, either seven or five days before departure, to mitigate potential disruptions. Travelers are advised to check the 12306 website for specific ticket release dates.
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Summary: These articles, published in a series emphasizing practical application of Party principles, discuss issues of local governance and cadre conduct. One article criticizes officials for pursuing projects beyond their capabilities and engaging in superficial implementation of policies ("packaging-style implementation") to create a false impression of achievement. Another highlights the importance of proactively addressing the needs of the people by anticipating their needs and providing convenient services, such as extended service hours for government offices. The articles collectively stress the importance of pragmatism, avoiding formalism, and focusing on tangible results that benefit the populace. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations in these articles.
Summary: The article emphasizes that China's approach to technological innovation focuses on building robust ecosystems through openness, collaboration, and open-source initiatives. It highlights the launch of 众智FlagOS 2.0 and the establishment of the Zhongguancun Artificial Intelligence Open Source Alliance as examples of this strategy. The piece argues that leveraging open-source models allows China to capitalize on its strengths in user base and talent to create globally competitive technologies and ecosystems, thereby circumventing technological blockades. It also mentions international collaboration, such as the Chang'e-6 mission and the "China Torus 3," as key to innovation.
Summary: This article profiles a Beijing-based inheritor of *fanlihua*, a traditional paper flower craft, who transitioned from teaching English to preserving and innovating this 300-year-old art. She emphasizes the importance of innovation and integration into modern life to ensure its survival. She intends to leverage her English skills to promote *fanlihua* to foreign tourists, aiming to share Chinese culture and traditions through hands-on workshops. She views her role as not only preserving the technique but also "translating" and sharing its cultural significance to a wider audience. The article highlights the support of the Party and state in preserving and promoting excellent traditional Chinese culture.
Summary: This article reports on China's continued efforts to revitalize the Grand Canal, a project framed as preserving a national heritage. For the upcoming 15th Five-Year Plan, China will launch a new "mother river recovery action" focused on ensuring the entire waterway is connected and safeguarding the ecological security of key rivers and lakes. The Ministry of Water Resources has implemented replenishment measures for the Grand Canal for five consecutive years since 2022, with the current plan scheduled to continue until the end of June. These efforts aim to improve the water ecosystem along the canal's route.
Summary: The article from *Economic Daily* discusses the declining trend of stockpiling goods among younger generations in China. This shift is attributed to the country's robust and stable market supply, efficient logistics, and the rise of convenient purchasing options like community stores and instant delivery. Consumers are now prioritizing space and minimizing decision fatigue, viewing stockpiling as a less economical choice. This reflects an upgrade in consumption habits, with consumers valuing quality, efficiency, and convenience over simply accumulating goods.
Summary: Liaoning province is focusing on optimizing its business environment by addressing public concerns and streamlining administrative processes. Recent reforms include "instant access" to resident permits and reducing processing times for various services. These changes involve both adding services and reducing bureaucratic hurdles to improve efficiency and convenience. The province is also implementing measures like "scan-to-enter" systems for law enforcement to minimize disruptions to businesses. The goal is to create a more favorable environment for development and attract investment.
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Summary: Academician Qian Qian, a rice germplasm expert and deputy director of Hainan Yazhou Bay National Laboratory, focuses on rice genetic resource research. He led the creation of a large rice mutant library shared with domestic and international institutions. Qian's team cultivated a new rice variety called "Xiaowei" which achieved a yield exceeding 400 kilograms per mu and traveled to space, showing its potential for vertical farms and space agriculture. He also emphasizes the importance of preserving and studying diverse genes in wild rice to prepare for future crises. Qian highlights the importance of open collaboration in scientific advancement, contrasting this with a closed approach.
Summary: Chen Huili, a researcher at the Dazu Rock Carvings Research Institute and winner of the "National Cultural Relics Artisan" award, led a team in the conservation and restoration of over 50,000 statues at the World Heritage site of Dazu Rock Carvings, including the Thousand-Hand Guanyin. Over eight years, Chen's team successfully repaired the Thousand-Hand Guanyin, addressing 34 types of damage. The article highlights her innovative approach to conservation, including the use of a detachable hand in the Guanyin restoration, leaving room for future work. Chen also worked to preserve Red Army slogans carved on a mountain rock face in Chongqing. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The village committee of Tuwang Village in Bo'ai County, Jiaozuo City, Henan Province, has established a "village canteen" to provide free lunch and dinner for villagers over 70 years old. This initiative aims to address the difficulties elderly residents face in cooking and eating, especially those who live alone or are advanced in age. By leveraging idle resources and the village's collective economy, the program also seeks to reduce the burdens on younger villagers working away from home. The project relies on community support to ensure the sustainability of these public services. The article does not mention the U.S. or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: In 2025, China's market regulators investigated 3,845 cases of fertilizer quality violations, levying fines and confiscations totaling 51.49 million yuan, and transferring 30 cases to public security organs. Recognizing the persistent problem of counterfeit and substandard fertilizers hindering agricultural development, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) will strengthen regulatory foundations by improving standards, revising regulations, and enhancing technical capabilities. The SAMR is also strengthening enforcement and is currently organizing market regulatory departments in Henan, Guangxi, Guangdong and other places to jointly investigate a number of major cases of counterfeit and substandard fertilizers with public security organs. These efforts will involve addressing issues such as false advertising and online sales of substandard products.
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Summary: The article discusses China's expanding maritime navigation support system, which is crucial for ensuring maritime safety and supporting the growth of the marine economy, noting that China has the world's largest comprehensive navigation guarantee system. This system utilizes technologies like BeiDou, AI and big data to provide services, including spatial geographic information, navigation assistance, and communication, and the integration of data from sea, land and air, exemplified by the "One Map" platform, to support maritime activities and infrastructure development. The system has expanded infrastructure, including navigation marks and communication networks, and is extending its reach and capabilities to support new maritime industries and deeper sea activities. Future development will be towards deeper sea, new industries and intelligent transformation. The article does not mention the United States.
Summary: Chinese illustrator Cai Gao has won the 2026 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration, the first Chinese illustrator to receive the honor in 60 years. The award recognizes her lifetime achievement and contribution to children's literature and illustration. Cai expressed gratitude and credited her colleagues who witnessed the development of Chinese picture books. Despite starting her career late and without formal training, Cai drew inspiration from Chinese folk customs and culture, creating notable works like "Bao Er" and "The Story of Peach Blossom Spring," the latter a collaboration with Japanese publisher Tadashi Matsui. Her work blends traditional Chinese stories with her personal experiences. Now at 80, she continues to create children's books and encourage younger generations.
Summary: China's National Development and Reform Commission announced a decrease in domestic gasoline and diesel prices, effective April 21st, due to fluctuations in international oil prices. Gasoline prices will decrease by 555 RMB per ton, and diesel by 530 RMB per ton. Although oil prices rose again on April 20th, the average price over the past 10 working days was still below the average prior to the last price adjustment. The NDRC urged oil companies to ensure stable market supply and adhere to pricing policies. The announcement did not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The first greenhouse-grown Yangmei plums in Cixi, Zhejiang province, have ripened and entered the market. Utilizing technologies like automated double-membrane, light, water, and fertilizer temperature control, the region aims to precisely simulate the natural growing environment and extend the fruit's market availability. The initiative is intended to increase incomes for local farmers. The photo depicts the head of the Qiyuan Yangmei Professional Cooperative in Kuangyan Town, Cixi, checking the ripeness of Yangmei plums in a double-membrane greenhouse on April 21.
Summary: The Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) released its 2025 White Paper on Intellectual Property Procuratorial Work, with an English version published on the SPP's English website for the first time. The white paper details the procuratorate's efforts to serve national innovation and foster a favorable business environment by outlining its handling of IP-related criminal, civil, administrative, and public interest litigation cases. In 2025, procuratorates nationwide accepted 11,341 IP crime cases involving 25,160 individuals, prosecuting 9,135 cases (19,102 people) and not prosecuting 5,105. The white paper emphasizes protecting original innovation and key technologies in emerging industries like new information technology, AI, and biomedicine through strengthened judicial oversight.
Summary: Since its implementation on April 20, 2011, Hainan's offshore duty-free policy has overseen 286.4 billion yuan in purchases, involving 347.88 million items and 50.87 million shoppers. Over fifteen years, the policy has been upgraded ten times, increasing the annual quota from 5,000 to 100,000 yuan and expanding the range of goods from 35 to 47 categories. Haikou Customs has introduced measures to improve the efficiency of duty-free goods and has established a network to prevent smuggling and ensure market order. The policy has boosted the development of tourism, conventions, and the entertainment industry.
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Summary: A reading promotion initiative connecting Beijing and a rural village in Jiangxi province is highlighted in this article. Residents of Beijing's Chaoyang district, aided by delivery drivers, donated thousands of books to the "Golden Orange Reading Space" in Ehucun village in Xunwu County via an "oranges for books" exchange. Writer Li Bubai and Zhang Lei, a delivery station chief, visited the village to conduct a reading sharing session. The initiative, supported by the People's Daily Press, aims to promote reading in rural areas and bridge the urban-rural divide through books. This reading initiative occurred alongside the "National Reading Activities Week".
Summary: This article discusses the connection between courier stations and rural libraries in China, highlighting how the former facilitates the delivery of goods between urban and rural areas, while the latter provides access to books and cultural enrichment in rural communities. It emphasizes the growing desire for both material and spiritual well-being in China, reflected in the increasing demand for faster delivery services and access to reading materials. The article also references the "National Reading Promotion Regulations," and emphasizes the importance of promoting reading culture and facilitating the exchange of books between different sectors of society. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Fei Xiang Bookstore in Shaoxing's Keqiao District provides rural children with reading and cultural activities, aiming to broaden their horizons and boost confidence. Established in 2020, the bookstore hosts various activities, including lectures, cultural events, and field trips to major cities like Beijing and Shanghai. These initiatives are supported by local government, schools, and charitable organizations like Zhejiang University's Media and Cultural Industry Research Center. The bookstore encourages reading through incentives like earning points for book reports, which can be redeemed for educational trips. The goal is to provide rural children with opportunities similar to those in urban areas and foster their future aspirations.
Summary: This article profiles "Yimeng Erjie," a 50-year-old farmer from the Yimeng Mountains in Shandong province who has become a poet and online influencer. Despite limited formal education and working in a textile factory, she cultivated a love for reading and writing. She began creating social media content in 2022. Social media has broadened her access to books and expanded the reach of her poetry, transforming her life for the better. The article emphasizes the importance of books and life experience as the foundations of her creative work.
Summary: The All-China Women's Federation (ACWF), in conjunction with other organizations, held the "Family with Books, Reciting Classics" forum in Jiangxi, focusing on family-based reading and promoting traditional values. The forum included classic readings, storytelling from Red Army descendants, and presentations from reading volunteers, with approximately 500 attendees, including officials from propaganda departments and the ACWF. The event also launched the "Family with Books, Reciting Classics" initiative, featuring AI resources and demonstration events aimed at promoting family reading. No U.S. or U.S.-China relations were mentioned in the article.
Summary: The article details Henan province's efforts to promote widespread reading, particularly among youth in rural areas, through innovative methods such as integrating local culture and practical experiences into curricula, as exemplified by the "Love My Yanjin" course in Yanjin County. This initiative involves collaboration between educational departments, schools, and publishers to create a "large ideological and political class" deeply integrated into students' daily lives. Henan leverages initiatives like "off-campus education centers," immersive role-playing experiences, and digital libraries to bridge the urban-rural reading gap. The province also focuses on developing high-quality content rooted in local culture, including the "Chinese Cultural Heritage" series, and supports projects that may not attract significant market interest through a provincial publishing fund. By fostering reading habits, Henan aims to strengthen its cultural foundation and disseminate knowledge across both urban and rural communities.
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Summary: According to this article, Xi Jinping emphasizes that technological innovation is the strategic support for improving social productivity and comprehensive national strength, as well as the foundation and key to national strength and security. He stresses the need to adhere to independence and self-reliance in science and technology while conducting international cooperation to better assume historical responsibilities. The article highlights the importance of grasping the general trend of development and scientifically applying the laws of scientific and technological development. It emphasizes the need to accelerate the development of new productive forces through scientific and technological innovation, and emphasizes that a country must strengthen its core technology to ensure its economic security.
Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of taking the "first step" correctly, particularly for Party members and cadres, in the context of achieving China's goals. It stresses the need for cadres to prioritize serving the Party and the people over personal gain. Cadres need to understand the local conditions, and avoid "one-size-fits-all" solutions. The article also states that this year is the start of the 15th Five-Year Plan.
Summary: The article emphasizes the strategic importance of building a unified national market in China as a key component of the "new development pattern" (新发展格局) and a proactive measure to navigate global changes and enhance domestic development. It argues that a unified market will facilitate the flow of goods and resources, strengthen domestic circulation, and enhance China's competitiveness in the international arena. The article highlights the progress made since the 18th Party Congress in establishing market systems and infrastructure, while also acknowledging existing challenges such as local protectionism and disorderly competition. The author suggests promoting domestic and foreign trade integration, regulating law enforcement practices, and establishing a system of direct policy presentation to businesses. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article emphasizes Xi Jinping's call for high-quality marine economic development with Chinese characteristics, focusing on island development and protection. It highlights the strategic importance of islands for economic growth, ecological balance, and national security. The piece underscores the need for coordinated development and protection to achieve common prosperity in island regions and accelerate the construction of a strong maritime power. It also notes China's increasing cooperation with island nations in areas like climate change and disaster reduction, promoting a new pattern of international cooperation. No mentions of the United States were found in the article.
Summary: As of April 21st, the Horgos railway port has facilitated over 3,000 China-Europe and China-Central Asia freight train trips this year, bringing the historical total to over 55,000. The port now supports 91 routes reaching 46 cities and regions across 18 countries with over 200 types of goods. Xinjiang railway authorities are streamlining transportation and developing smart port infrastructure, aiming for 18,000 train passages in 2025, a 7.4% increase. This is part of an effort to improve the quality, efficiency, and safety of the China-Europe and China-Central Asia freight train service. The article does not mention the United States.
Summary: In the first quarter of 2024, customs offices in the Yellow River basin issued 240,000 free trade agreement certificates of origin to 22,000 export companies, with a total value of 86.67 billion yuan, marking increases of 13.3%, 17.3%, and 7.3% respectively. Specifically, 52,000 RCEP certificates of origin were issued, covering 15.67 billion yuan worth of exports, showing growth of 14.3% and 11%. A promotional campaign for RCEP policies across the Yellow River basin was launched in Shandong, aiming to support over 2,000 foreign trade companies. The initiative involves customs providing technical guidance on tariffs and addressing obstacles to accessing preferential treatment. The article does not mention the U.S. or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Liaoning's renewable energy capacity, including biomass, has surpassed coal-fired power generation to become the province's largest energy source, exceeding 42 million kilowatts with the addition of a new wind farm. The province's total power generation capacity is expected to exceed 90 million kilowatts by the end of the 14th Five-Year Plan, with clean energy exceeding 50 million kilowatts. Liaoning anticipates adding over 4 million kilowatts of new renewable energy capacity this year. The province plans to increase the proportion of renewable energy supply through a comprehensive survey of resources during the 15th Five-Year Plan.
Summary: Dream Agriculture, a smart agriculture subsidiary of Dreame Technology, debuted at the AWE2026, showcasing its commitment to leveraging technology for agricultural advancement. Dreame Agriculture is partnering with companies like Hexin Power, Tuoye Zhizao, and Yunxiao Zhikong to develop solutions ranging from agricultural robots and mobile plant factories suitable for harsh environments to space agriculture support systems. Hexin Power is actively expanding into markets like Central Asia, South America, and Africa, promoting its technology and standards globally. Dreame Agriculture is collaborating with local governments across China to establish research centers and pilot programs for agricultural modernization. The company aims to provide Chinese technology solutions for global agricultural development.
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Summary: The article commemorates the 77th anniversary of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) by highlighting the modernization and growing combat capabilities of the PLAN through interviews with naval personnel and civilians. One interview highlights Petty Officer Liu Haijun of the Guangxi amphibious assault ship, who emphasizes the importance of precision in naval operations for effective combat readiness. Another interview features Petty Officer Wang Tongyan, a submarine technician in the Northern Theater Command, who underscores the rigorous training required for operating submarines. Zhang Yunhong from the Fujian aircraft carrier discusses his innovations in damage control and rescue operations. The article also touches upon visits to PLAN vessels, including the Liaoning and Shandong aircraft carriers, by civilians from Hong Kong and mainland China, and a former PLAN member.
Summary: A recent Supreme People's Court case (2025) involving "Pang Mou Trading Group Co., Ltd. and others v. Chai Mou and others" addresses online defamation and reputation rights, emphasizing the crackdown on "internet trolls" who fabricate and spread rumors for profit. The court clarified the boundary between public opinion supervision and malicious infringement, aiming to boost entrepreneurial confidence and improve the online environment. The ruling held Chai Mou liable for commercial defamation and infringement of reputation rights for spreading false information about Pang Mou company and its founder, Yu Moumou, on social media. The court also found Wen Moumou (who lent the account) and two jewelry companies jointly liable for benefiting from the defamatory content. The defendants were ordered to cease infringement, issue apologies, and pay 2.6 million RMB in damages.
Summary: The Sichuan and Chongqing High People's Courts jointly held a press conference to present their 2025 intellectual property judicial protection efforts. Sichuan saw a 4.16% decrease in new IP cases, while Chongqing experienced a 9.95% and 8.29% decrease in new and concluded cases, respectively. Chongqing courts utilized punitive damages in 13 cases, awarding over 34 million yuan, with one case reaching four times the damages. The two regions also announced a plan to share a pool of technical investigators.
Summary: Twenty-four organizations, including tech companies, industry associations, and experts, gathered at the Guangdong High People's Court to release China's first "Consensus on Strengthening Collaborative Innovation and Promoting the Prosperity of the Artificial Intelligence Open Source Ecosystem." The agreement addresses legal and commercial challenges in the open-source AI domain, explicitly recognizing the legal effect of open-source licenses and committing to standardized usage within those frameworks. The "Consensus" aims to foster a healthy open-source ecosystem by calling for the industry to resist behaviors that undermine the environment, ensure the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of open-source parties, especially those working on basic foundation models. It emphasizes resisting practices like plagiarism and data theft, and encourages greater open-source adoption of high-quality technology. The article notes that AI is reshaping the global competitive landscape.
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Summary: Midea Group reports significant achievements in ESG ratings, including expected "Prime" certification from ISS ESG in 2025 and inclusion in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2025 with an award for progress. The company highlights extensive environmental certifications across its factories, focusing on water, energy, and waste management. Midea also emphasizes its commitment to technological innovation, citing substantial R&D investment, a global network of research centers, and a large number of patents. These efforts aim to build an industry ecosystem focused on both technological advancement and sustainability. There is no indication of information related to the U.S. or U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: The Communist Youth League (CYL) in Hangzhou's Xihu district is implementing initiatives to address the difficulty young people face in finding partners. The CYL is creating diverse social activities and shifting from traditional matchmaking to interest-based events like sports and cultural explorations. These efforts aim to provide targeted services based on profession and social needs, moving from sporadic events to a sustained support system. By integrating social resources and professional guidance, the CYL seeks to improve the happiness and sense of belonging among young people in the district. The article did not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: According to Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine Vice President Yang Zhimin and attending physician Yuan Jiamin, dampness (湿气) in traditional Chinese medicine refers to a pathogenic factor characterized by heaviness, turbidity, stickiness, and a tendency to affect the lower body, often leading to prolonged illnesses. They explained that dampness manifests differently depending on its location in the body, affecting the upper, middle, or lower "jiao" (焦) with varying symptoms. The doctors recommend specific dietary therapies (食疗) targeting different locations of dampness, such as almond-mulberry leaf tea for the upper jiao and red bean-barley soup for the lower jiao. They cautioned against blindly following trends in dampness-removing remedies and emphasized the importance of consulting with a TCM practitioner for personalized treatment. The doctors also stress the importance of lifestyle adjustments in the treatment of dampness.
Summary: China's Ministry of Emergency Management has outlined key safety precautions for the upcoming "May Day" holiday. The Ministry will address safety risks by implementing targeted preventative measures. They will be issuing "one province, one list" directives to rectify issues discovered during safety inspections. The plan involves intensifying fire hazard inspections in densely populated areas and strengthening safety management at sporting events. The Ministry will also focus on preventing natural disasters through enhanced monitoring, early warnings, and public awareness campaigns.
Summary: Police officers from the Kizilnap Border Police Station in Kashgar, Xinjiang, conducted anti-fraud awareness campaigns among farmers on April 21st. The officers went into the fields to help farmers with spring planting while explaining common fraud tactics related to agricultural supplies, subsidy collection, and online loans. The campaign focused on educating farmers on how to protect themselves from financial scams. There was no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the provided text.
Summary: In anticipation of the "May Day" holiday, Gansu's market supervision bureau dispatched five enforcement teams to major tourist areas including Lanzhou, Dingxi, Zhangye, Jiayuguan, and Linxia, focusing on popular attractions like Lanzhou's White Pagoda Mountain and Jiayuguan Fantawild. The teams will target violations related to pricing, food safety, special equipment, advertising, and product quality, with particular attention to food handling in restaurants and the safety of cable cars and amusement facilities. Violations will be addressed through closed-loop rectification, aiming to maintain market order during the holiday. The bureau will use a combination of inspections, investigations, and complaint responses to address issues like price gouging, false advertising, and unsafe equipment, ensuring a safe environment for consumers.
Summary: The China Consumers Association issued a warning regarding the popular "Perler Beads" (拼豆) DIY toy due to safety concerns. The association cautioned consumers to purchase products from reputable sources, avoiding substandard goods, and to carefully inspect voltage parameters of included heating irons, as some exceed national safety standards. They also highlighted the potential health risks associated with inhaling fumes released during heating, recommending adequate ventilation and the use of PE or EVA materials. Furthermore, the Association strongly advised parental supervision during use, especially for young children, due to risks of burns, electric shock, and ingestion of small parts. The article does not allude to the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article recounts the heroic actions of a 25-year-old man named Zhang Jian from Cao County, Shandong, who rescued an injured truck driver from a burning vehicle inside the Baota Mountain Tunnel in Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province. Zhang, along with a fellow passenger, braved heavy smoke and limited visibility to transport the injured driver to safety, eventually reaching the tunnel exit where emergency services were waiting. Zhang contacted his mother by phone while trapped in the tunnel, fearing he would not be able to escape. Local police confirmed the incident involved two coal trucks and that the injured driver was receiving medical treatment.
Summary: Yunnan province has launched a reform to streamline the approval process for urban road excavation and restoration projects. The initiative consolidates five separate approvals into a single integrated process, significantly reducing processing time from 95 to 10 working days. The reform aims to reduce bureaucratic hurdles by minimizing required materials and establishing a joint inspection mechanism involving multiple departments. A notification and commitment system will be piloted for simple, low-risk projects. The initiative will be implemented through dedicated service windows and an online platform.
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Summary: China has demarcated ecological red lines covering approximately 3.19 million square kilometers, prioritizing areas with critical ecological functions and sensitivities. These red lines aim to safeguard national ecological security by strictly controlling development and construction activities within designated zones. Through integrated monitoring networks and technological advancements, China is enhancing its capacity to detect and prevent violations within these protected areas. As a result, vegetation cover, water conservation, and other ecological functions have improved within the red line boundaries. The red lines are also being leveraged to promote ecological restoration projects and explore the economic value of ecosystem services.
Summary: The Ministry of Natural Resources issued a notice announcing activities for the 57th World Earth Day, themed "Cherishing Natural Resources and Protecting a Beautiful China." The activities aim to promote Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought and encourage public participation in nature conservation and ecological restoration. The Ministry will organize a week-long promotional campaign, including releasing media products, showcasing "Most Beautiful Natural Guardians," and holding public education events. The goal is to advance the construction of a "Beautiful China" and modernize the harmonious coexistence of humans and nature. No mention of the United States was found in the article.
Summary: China Meteorological Administration has released its first list of precious first-class meteorological archives. The list includes 59 sets of archives, such as meteorological monthly reports from 1885-1944 and meteorological statistics tables from 1890-1931. These archives encompass historical records, official documents, and original observations related to significant meteorological events and individuals. The archives aim to support research, public education, and cultural preservation, with the project beginning in 2019. The naming rules of valuable meteorological archives were also established.
Summary: The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Parks and Greenery released the "Beijing Terrestrial Wildlife List (2026)," revealing a total of 625 species, including 531 bird species. Five new species were identified in Beijing, including four bird species and one reptile species. Beijing, located on a key East Asia-Australasia migratory bird route, has implemented measures such as smart monitoring networks and habitat restoration to protect biodiversity. The city is also strengthening law enforcement against illegal hunting and trade of birds to protect migratory bird routes.
Summary: A report by the Qinghai Lake Naked Carp Rescue Center indicates the naked carp population in Qinghai Lake has reached 133,000 tons by 2025, a fifty-fold increase in 23 years. The naked carp population increased by 32.5% in the five years since 2020, before the implementation of lake closures for fish cultivation. These recovery efforts have moved the species from "endangered" to "vulnerable" status. The survey was conducted to understand the overall health of the lake's ecosystem. The naked carp is a crucial species in the Qinghai Lake ecosystem.
Summary: Chengdu has launched a "Citizen Gardener" initiative, allowing residents to report local landscaping issues through WeChat or email. Authorities will address these reports promptly, focusing on rectifying problems with roadside trees. A systematic inspection is underway to create "health records" for street trees and develop individual treatment plans. As of the end of March, 351 of 386 identified tree problems have been resolved.
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Summary: Japan has revised its "Three Principles on Transfer of Defense Equipment," now allowing the export of lethal weapons, a move seen as a major shift from its pacifist stance. This decision, along with other actions like Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's offering to the Yasukuni Shrine, has sparked protests within Japan and international concern. Protesters are critical of the government's increased military spending and perceived attempts to revise the constitution. Japanese citizens and experts have also criticized the government's handling of incidents involving harassment of Chinese diplomatic missions in Japan, and have also called for an apology to China regarding the Taiwan issue. Critics worry about the implications of these policies on Japan's peace constitution and regional stability.
Summary: In response to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's offering to the Yasukuni Shrine, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo JiaKun stated that China strongly opposes and condemns Japan's negative actions regarding the shrine, lodging solemn representations and strong protests. Guo emphasized that the Yasukuni Shrine is a spiritual tool and symbol of Japanese militarism's war of aggression, a de facto "war criminal shrine". Guo criticized Japan's increasing military spending, offensive missile deployment, relaxed arms export restrictions, constitutional revision efforts, and hints at abandoning its "three non-nuclear principles," questioning its claim as a "peaceful nation." He warned the international community against Japanese "historical revisionism" and "new militarism."
Summary: Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jia Kun stated that China is gravely concerned about Japan's cabinet decision to allow the export of lethal weapons. Guo asserted that this move contradicts Japan's post-war commitments to disarmament and peaceful development, stipulated in documents like the Cairo Declaration and Potsdam Proclamation. He further noted that Japan's recent actions in military and security affairs have exposed its "peace-loving" and "defense-oriented" declarations as false. Guo warned that the international community, including China, will remain highly vigilant and firmly resist any reckless acts of Japanese "neo-militarism." The statement did not mention any specific interaction with or comment on the United States.
Summary: The Chinese Embassy in Japan held a press conference regarding recent terror threats, specifically addressing the March 24th intrusion by a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force member, Akihira Murata, who forcibly entered the embassy grounds with a knife. The embassy urged Japan to thoroughly investigate the incident, questioning the training and oversight within the Self-Defense Forces that allowed such an act to occur and asking if there were other forces involved. The embassy also noted that it has received multiple threats, some with self-defense force backgrounds, and expressed concern over a social environment that seems to condone such behavior. The embassy stated that a simple expression of regret from the Japanese side is insufficient.
Summary: The French National Assembly overwhelmingly passed a bill simplifying the return of illegally obtained cultural artifacts, referencing Victor Hugo's wish for France to return looted artifacts to China. The new law streamlines the process for returning artifacts acquired through theft or pillaging between 1815 and 1972, requiring the requesting sovereign nation to meet international standards for preservation and display. While the bill still needs Senate approval and faces potential hurdles, it aligns with a broader trend of decolonization and a growing international expectation for the return of cultural heritage. The bill is not a blanket requirement, and the French government has stated it will not be obligated to comply with claims that lack sufficient evidence or could threaten national collections. The article notes positive precedents in Sino-French cooperation on the repatriation of Chinese artifacts, and urges other countries to abandon colonial-era thinking and promote the return of cultural artifacts.
Summary: German agricultural output saw significant gains in 2025, with total grain production increasing by 16% to 45 million tons, driven by higher yields of winter wheat and rapeseed. The German government is investing heavily in agricultural digitalization and technological innovation, including AI and "digital test fields," to boost productivity and efficiency. Simultaneously, Germany is promoting organic farming, aiming to have 30% of agricultural land dedicated to organic production by 2030, evidenced by growing organic food sales exceeding 18 billion euros in 2025. Despite these advancements, the agricultural sector faces challenges including a declining workforce, rising production costs, and the need to adapt to climate change and develop plant protection strategies. There is no mention of the United States in the article.
Summary: The South Korean Foreign Ministry expressed "deep disappointment and regret" regarding the offering of ritual items by high-level Japanese officials to the Yasukuni Shrine, which commemorates Class-A WWII war criminals. Through a Foreign Ministry spokesperson's statement, Seoul urged Japanese leaders to honestly confront history and demonstrate humility and sincere reflection regarding Japan's past aggression. South Korea emphasized that this is crucial for building a future-oriented, trust-based relationship between the two countries. There was no explicit mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the provided article.
Summary: At a press conference on April 21st, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiaokun stated that Xi Jinping's four-point proposal for peace and stability in the Middle East offers a "Chinese solution" to conflict resolution. The four points emphasize peaceful coexistence, national sovereignty, international law, and coordinated development and security. Guo affirmed China's commitment to playing a constructive role in promoting peace and stability in the region, particularly concerning the situation in the Strait of Hormuz, in line with Xi's initiative. The statement suggests the U.S. is among the countries of the "international community" that China will be working with.
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Summary: On World Earth Day, the article highlights various overseas projects undertaken by Chinese companies, emphasizing their commitment to green and sustainable development. These projects include ecological restoration in Kenya, a bridge construction in Saudi Arabia that protects mangroves, a bridge in Guyana designed to protect redwoods, the upgrade of a power plant in Brazil, a desalination plant in Pakistan, and solar farms in Spain. The projects are framed as contributions to local environmental protection, biodiversity, and the global green energy transition. These projects demonstrate the idea that China is promoting ecological conservation as part of its global infrastructure development.
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Summary: The upcoming Beijing International Auto Show will highlight breakthroughs in domestic hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) technology from companies like Geely, Chery, and Changan. These companies have achieved advancements in engine thermal efficiency and fuel consumption, challenging the long-standing dominance of Japanese HEV technology. This was accomplished by focusing on a new approach centered around electric drive, data and AI utilization, energy conservation, and addressing user needs for electric vehicle handling. The advancements reflect a broader trend of Chinese innovation and a shift from following to leading in global manufacturing. The article does not mention U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China's glass industry is undergoing a transformation toward diversification and high-end products, driven by innovation in technology and a shift away from traditional construction glass. Companies are focusing on industrial applications like high-performance glass for smart devices and aerospace, contributing to a projected increase in industrial glass to over 60% of the market by 2025. This shift is accompanied by advancements in intelligent manufacturing and green production, including the adoption of clean energy and carbon emission reductions. China's global market share in glass production exceeds 60%, with increasing international competitiveness through advanced technology and equipment. The article highlights that China overcame technology embargoes from foreign countries to develop its indigenous glass manufacturing technologies.
Summary: This article discusses the unique geographical and cultural factors that have shaped the entrepreneurial spirit of Zhejiang province. It highlights the diverse regional economies, from the port-driven industries of Ningbo and Zhoushan to the small commodity trade of Yiwu, and the digital economy of Hangzhou. The "Zhejiang merchant" spirit is rooted in a combination of the province's natural resources and the cultural emphasis on integrity and pragmatism, and is also deeply related to the local landscapes. It argues that Zhejiang's experience provides a valuable model for regional development in China. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: An eight-department initiative led by the Ministry of Commerce aims to boost inbound tourism by creating national tourism brands and improving visa policies. The initiative seeks to attract more international tourists to experience "China Service," with projections showing a 30.5% increase in foreign tourist arrivals in 2025 compared to 2024. The initiative includes 16 measures across seven aspects, including streamlined processes for travel and business activities. By enriching cultural experiences, tourism products, and overall service quality, the initiative seeks to enhance China's image and promote cultural exchange. The focus is on improving language services, digital support, and basic services to meet diverse needs and make China a more accessible and appealing destination.
Summary: The sixth China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE) in Hainan showcased over 3,400 brands from more than 60 countries and regions, with international exhibits accounting for 65%. The event highlighted emerging consumer trends like "Guochao" (Chinese-style trend) and health consumption, and facilitated collaborations between domestic and foreign enterprises, such as a partnership between a Swiss hospital and a Chinese company. The CICPE has become a "vane" to lead the trend of consumption upgrading, according to Vice Minister of Commerce Sheng Qiuping. One Canadian company, 加绿巧, decided to invest in Hainan after seeing the benefits of the free trade port at the first expo.
Summary: The article discusses the凤纹方罍 (Phoenix-patterned Square Lei), a bronze artifact housed in the Wuhan Museum. The museum is promoting the artifact by creating cultural products inspired by the Phoenix-patterned Square Lei such as "惊鸿" (Surprising Swan Goose) series accessories, which extract the most recognizable phoenix bird image from the Lei. Museum director 任晓飞 mentioned that accessories are very well-received, especially among young people. The phoenix bird itself symbolizes auspiciousness and is a cultural totem of the Chu region.
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Summary: A recent performance of excerpts from the traditional Huaiju opera *Yahen Ji* (牙痕记), specifically the "Golden Hall Recognition" scene, was met with enthusiastic reception. The performance highlighted the opera's themes of human nature, ethics, and morality, focusing on familial conflict and reconciliation. The event showcased the artistic achievements and ongoing efforts of Jiangsu and Yancheng Huaiju troupes to preserve and innovate the art form. The performance highlighted the importance of nurturing talent, creating quality works, and fostering a supportive cultural environment for the continued prosperity of Chinese opera. The adaptation of Mark Twain's "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg" into the Huaiju opera "Xiaozhen" (小镇) and its performance abroad demonstrates efforts to expand the art form's reach.
Summary: The author, an actor who voiced the documentary "To the Moon," reflects on the experience and the spirit of Chinese aerospace workers. He emphasizes the dedication, resilience, and national pride embodied by the individuals involved in China's lunar exploration program, particularly the Chang'e-6 mission. He connects this spirit to his role in "The Wandering Earth," portraying a similar dedication to protecting Earth. The author hopes the film will inspire future generations and highlights China's contribution to peaceful space exploration, offering a "Chinese solution" for humanity. The documentary, "To the Moon (Part 1)," will be released on China's Space Day, April 24th.
Summary: This article recounts a singer's experience participating in "Sound From the Horizon," a Chinese-Kazakh musical collaboration. The singer emphasizes the power of music to transcend borders and foster understanding, citing examples of historical musical exchange between China and Central Asia. They highlight the fusion of traditional and modern elements by musicians from various countries during the program. The author reflects on the importance of balancing tradition and innovation in music, advocating for creative expression that resonates with both cultural heritage and universal emotions. The singer underscored the ability of music to foster connections irrespective of linguistic divides.
Summary: The director and screenwriter of the film *Dining Table* (拼桌) discusses the inspiration, creation, and production of the movie, which explores modern young people's social interactions, focusing on the "搭子 (partner)" culture. The director aimed to capture the diverse reality of Shanghai, including both its iconic areas and more ordinary locales, through on-location shooting and by incorporating various regional dialects. The film uses food and language as symbols of social interaction, reflecting the city's inclusive nature. Despite its Shanghai setting, the director believes the film's themes of loneliness and companionship resonate universally with audiences. The director does not mention U.S.-China relations or interactions with the United States.
Summary: A special premiere was held at the China Film Association's Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Cinema for young directors, small-budget films, and art films, marking a new initiative by the Golden Rooster Venture Capital program. The program aims to support films through production and distribution, moving beyond script selection to active participation in the film industry's entire process. Golden Rooster Venture Capital seeks to "discover the future of cinema," attracting industry figures like Andy Lau to mentor emerging filmmakers. The program has initiated several plans including "Rooster Dawn Premiere Plan" and has supported over 200 works, helping to get them to audiences. The goal is to integrate resources and break down barriers between creation and market, art and capital, and campus and industry, fostering the growth of Chinese cinema.
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Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 21 (Reporters Shao Yibo (邵艺博) and Cao Jiayue (曹嘉玥)) On the afternoon of April 21, President Xi Jinping (习近平) of the People's Republic of China held talks with President Filipe Nyusi (查波) of Mozambique, who was in China for a state visit, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing (北京). The two heads of state unanimously agreed to elevate bilateral relations to a new era of the China-Mozambique community with a shared future.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that the traditional friendship between China and Mozambique has transcended history and mountains and seas. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations, China and Mozambique have trusted and helped each other, becoming a model of China-Africa friendship and South-South cooperation. Under the new situation, continuously deepening China-Mozambique friendly cooperation is in line with the common expectations of the two peoples, and also conforms to the general trend of the Global South strengthening unity and cooperation and jointly responding to challenges. China is willing to work with Mozambique to take the implementation of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Beijing Summit outcomes and the 2026 "China-Africa People-to-People and Cultural Exchange Year" as an opportunity to jointly pursue the dream of modernization.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that friendship and mutual trust are the prominent features and political advantages of China-Mozambique relations. The two sides should carry forward the fine tradition, continue to firmly support each other on issues involving each other's core interests and major concerns, and strengthen exchanges in various fields and at all levels, such as governments, political parties, legislative bodies, and localities, and strengthen exchanges of experience in governing the party and the country. China and Mozambique have strong economic complementarity and broad prospects for cooperation. This year is the first year of China's "15th Five-Year Plan." China is willing to strengthen the alignment of development strategies with Mozambique, innovate cooperation models, explore new paths for comprehensive development cooperation in infrastructure, energy, and mineral resources, actively cultivate cooperation growth points in agriculture, new energy, the digital economy, and artificial intelligence, and promote high-quality and sustainable development of practical cooperation between the two countries. Facing the turbulent and intertwined international situation, the two sides should continue to strengthen coordination and cooperation within the United Nations and other institutions, unite and cooperate, jointly advocate an equal and orderly multipolar world and an inclusive economic globalization that benefits all, and jointly safeguard international fairness and justice.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Africa 70 years ago, no matter how the international situation has changed, the two sides have always shared weal and woe and moved forward side by side. The Global South, represented by China and Africa, has always been a force for justice in a turbulent and changing world. The spillover effects of the Middle East war have affected African countries. China is willing to work with Africa to jointly respond, promote peace, and seek common development. First, adhere to principles to promote peace. Jointly call for a ceasefire and cessation of hostilities, resolve differences through equal dialogue, promote the international community to practice true multilateralism, and firmly safeguard the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter and the basic norms of international relations. Second, maintain focus on seeking development. In the process of continuously expanding high-level opening up, China always puts Africa in a special and priority position. China will comprehensively implement zero-tariff measures for 53 African countries that have established diplomatic relations with China starting from May 1 this year, and further expand access to African products to China by upgrading the "green channel" and other measures. Third, set an example of win-win cooperation. China is willing to respond to the calls of African countries, tap cooperation potential, strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation, help African countries develop, and jointly build a new era of an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future.
Filipe Nyusi (查波) said that he was very pleased to be the first African head of state to pay a state visit to China this year, which reflects the friendly relations and brotherhood between the two countries and is of great significance to the people of Mozambique. He congratulated China on its remarkable development achievements under the leadership of President Xi Jinping (习近平), which has set an example for countries in the Global South. China is a true friend of Mozambique and has always provided Mozambique with selfless support and assistance. Mozambique attaches great importance to its relations with China, unconditionally adheres to the one-China principle, and supports China in achieving national reunification. Mozambique is willing to strengthen unity and friendship with China on the basis of mutual respect and mutual trust, strengthen cooperation in economy and trade, agriculture, energy and other fields, and jointly open a new chapter in building a new era of the Mozambique-China community with a shared future. The implementation of the outcomes of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Beijing Summit and China's zero-tariff policy for African countries that have established diplomatic relations with China will provide important assistance for the economic and social development of African countries. He thanked China for its support to African countries. President Xi Jinping's (习近平) proposal of the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, the four major global initiatives, and the "Belt and Road" initiative have made important contributions to promoting world peace, stability, and development. Mozambique is willing to work with China to jointly implement them and make the world a better place.
After the talks, the two heads of state jointly witnessed the signing of more than 20 cooperation documents in areas such as jointly building the "Belt and Road," implementing the Global Security Initiative, economy and trade, people-to-people and cultural exchanges, medical and health care, and news media.
The two sides issued the "Joint Statement Between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Mozambique on Building a China-Mozambique Community with a Shared Future in the New Era."
Before the talks, Xi Jinping (习近平) and his wife Peng Liyuan (彭丽媛) held a welcome ceremony for Filipe Nyusi (查波) and his wife Isaura Nyusi (盖塔) in the North Hall of the Great Hall of the People.
When Filipe Nyusi (查波) arrived, the honor guard paid tribute. The two heads of state ascended the reviewing stand, the military band played the national anthems of China and Mozambique, and 21 salute shots were fired in Tiananmen Square (天安门广场). Accompanied by Xi Jinping (习近平), Filipe Nyusi (查波) reviewed the guard of honor of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and watched the march-past.
In the evening, Xi Jinping (习近平) and Peng Liyuan (彭丽媛) held a welcome banquet for Filipe Nyusi (查波) and his wife in the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People.
Wang Yi (王毅) participated in the above activities.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 21 (Reporter Shao Yibo (邵艺博)) On the afternoon of April 21, Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and President of the People's Republic of China, met at the Great Hall of the People with Saleumxay Kommasith, Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Special Envoy of Thongloun Sisoulith, General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and President of Laos, who made a special trip to visit.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that the CPC and the LPRP sending special envoys to each other to inform each other of major political agendas demonstrates the profound traditional friendship and high-level political mutual trust between the two sides. This year marks the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Laos and the "China-Laos Friendship Year." Not long ago, I exchanged letters with General Secretary Thongloun (通伦), reaching important consensus on deepening the building of the China-Laos community with a shared future. I believe that under the strong leadership of the LPRP Central Committee headed by General Secretary Thongloun (通伦), the Lao Party, the country, and the people will be able to 攻坚克难 (gōng jiān kè nán - "overcome difficulties," to surmount difficulties and obstacles), successfully complete various goals and tasks, steadily follow the socialist path, and achieve the centennial goal of the Party's founding.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that standing at a new historical starting point, China and Laos should continue to adhere to the "sixteen-character" principle and the "four-good" spirit, stand at a strategic height concerning the future and destiny of socialism, closely coordinate and cooperate, deepen strategic alignment, expand pragmatic cooperation, jointly address common challenges, focus on implementing the new five-year action plan for building the China-Laos community with a shared future, and promote the building of the China-Laos community with a shared future towards high-standard, high-quality, and high-level goals.
Saleumxay Kommasith conveyed Thongloun's (通伦) personal letter to General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), briefed on the relevant situation of the 12th National Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP), and said that China has maintained a safe and stable domestic political and social environment for a long time, created a miracle of sustained and rapid economic growth, and its role and influence on the international stage have continued to increase. The Lao side firmly supports the major global initiatives proposed by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) and is willing to deepen comprehensive and pragmatic cooperation with China to promote the continuous achievement of new results in the construction of the Laos-China community with a shared future.
Wang Yi (王毅) attended the meeting.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 21st. President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping (习近平), in accordance with the decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, appoints and removes the following ambassadors to foreign countries:
I. Zhang Yiming (张益明) is removed from the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the United Arab Emirates;
Zeng Jixin (曾继新) is appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the United Arab Emirates.
II. Tong Defa (童德发) is removed from the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Ghana;
Cong Song (丛耸) is appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Ghana.
III. Cui Aimin (崔爱民) is removed from the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to Sweden;
Zhou Limin (周立民) is appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to Sweden.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 21st (Xinhua) On the morning of April 21st, Premier of the State Council Li Qiang (李强) met with Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi (查波) at the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂) in Beijing (北京), who is in China for a state visit.
Li Qiang (李强) stated that this year marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between China and Mozambique. In recent years, with the joint efforts of both sides, China-Mozambique mutually beneficial cooperation has yielded fruitful results. President Xi Jinping (习近平) will hold talks with the President to make new plans for further deepening bilateral relations and cooperation. China is willing to work with Mozambique to carry forward the traditional friendship, always trust each other, firmly support each other's core interests and major concerns, promote the continuous deepening and solidifying of cooperation in various fields, and better serve the modernization construction of both countries.
Li Qiang (李强) pointed out that China is willing to strengthen the alignment of development strategies with Mozambique, steadily expand the scale of bilateral trade, deepen cooperation in agriculture, fisheries, energy and mineral resources, infrastructure construction and other fields, help Mozambique extend its industrial chain and enhance added value, and better transform its own resource advantages into development momentum. It is hoped that Mozambique will make good use of China's comprehensive zero-tariff policy for African countries that have diplomatic relations with China and the upgrading of the "green channel," and actively explore the Chinese market. China supports capable Chinese enterprises to invest in Mozambique and hopes that Mozambique will provide a stable and predictable business environment and protect the safety and legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises and citizens in Mozambique. The two sides should also strengthen cooperation in medical care, education, culture, tourism, disaster prevention and mitigation, and continuously enhance the people's sense of gain from China-Mozambique friendship. The current international situation is rapidly changing, and China and Africa, as good brothers and good partners, should unite and cooperate more closely, actively implement the four global initiatives, safeguard fairness and justice, and defend common interests.
Nyusi (查波) said that Mozambique and China have a long-term friendship and are as close as brothers. Mozambique firmly supports the One China principle and the "One Country, Two Systems" policy, supports China in achieving national reunification, and supports China's just stance on issues related to Xinjiang (涉疆), Tibet (涉藏), and human rights. Mozambique is grateful to China for its long-term support and assistance to Mozambique's economic and social development, and is willing to strengthen the alignment of national development plans with China, deepen cooperation in trade, investment, agriculture, energy, transportation, communications and other fields under the framework of the "Belt and Road" initiative, and strengthen exchanges in culture, education, tourism and other fields to promote the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between Mozambique and China. Mozambique firmly supports the four global initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平) and is willing to work with China to strengthen China-Africa cooperation and jointly promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
Wu Zhenglong (吴政隆) attended the meeting.
Return to TopZhao Leji (赵乐际), Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, met with Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi (查波) in Beijing (北京) on April 21.
Zhao Leji (赵乐际) stated that China and Mozambique have a profound traditional friendship. This afternoon, President Xi Jinping (习近平) will hold talks with the President to jointly open a new chapter in China-Mozambique relations. China is willing to work with Mozambique to take the important consensus of the two heads of state as a guide, carry forward traditional friendship, deepen political mutual trust, expand mutually beneficial cooperation, strengthen cultural exchanges, and fully implement the results of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Beijing (北京) Summit; strengthen exchanges and cooperation between legislative bodies, share experiences in reform and development, rule of law construction, and rural revitalization, and provide assistance for the development of their respective countries. Zhao Leji (赵乐际) also introduced the relevant situation of the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline.
Nyusi (查波) said that Mozambique firmly adheres to the One China principle, actively supports the four major global initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平), and is willing to strengthen pragmatic cooperation with China, promote exchanges between legislative bodies, jointly safeguard multilateralism, and promote the development of Mozambique-China relations.
Losang Jamcan (洛桑江村) attended the meeting.
On the same day, Zhao Leji (赵乐际) met with European Parliament Vice President Pina Picierno (奥马吉) in Beijing (北京).
Zhao Leji (赵乐际) said that President Xi Jinping (习近平) met with EU leaders in Beijing (北京) last year, pointing out the direction for the development of China-EU relations. China is willing to work with the EU to implement the important consensus and meeting results of the two leaders, adhere to the partnership positioning, mutual respect, and win-win cooperation, adhere to multilateralism, and promote the steady and long-term development of China-EU relations. Exchanges between legislative bodies are an important part of China-EU relations. The exchange mechanism between the National People's Congress of China and the European Parliament has played an important role in enhancing mutual understanding and promoting pragmatic cooperation. It is hoped that both sides will expand exchanges and cooperation to help China-EU relations achieve greater development.
Picierno (奥马吉) said that the resumption of normal exchanges between European and Chinese legislative bodies and the positive progress made demonstrate the political will of both sides to promote the development of EU-China relations. The European Parliament adheres to the One China policy and is willing to strengthen dialogue and exchanges with the National People's Congress of China in a spirit of sincerity and mutual respect.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 21st (Xinhua) – Vice President Han Zheng (韩正) met in Beijing on the 21st with a delegation of senior officials from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (孟加拉国民族主义党), led by the party's Secretary General, Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, Alamgir (阿拉姆吉尔).
Han Zheng (韩正) stated that China and Bangladesh are friendly neighbors who have known and understood each other for a long time. China congratulates Bangladesh on the smooth completion of its general election and is willing to work with Bangladesh, guided by the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, to carry on the traditional friendship, deepen political mutual trust, strengthen cooperation in areas such as the joint construction of the "Belt and Road," and promote the continuous development of the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between China and Bangladesh. The Communist Party of China (中国共产党) is willing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (孟加拉国民族主义党).
Alamgir (阿拉姆吉尔) said that China is a trustworthy friend and partner of Bangladesh. The new government of Bangladesh will adhere to the one-China principle and the tradition of friendship with China, and looks forward to strengthening high-level exchanges and mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields with China, so as to promote Bangladesh-China relations to a new level. The Nationalist Party will continue to be committed to enhancing the friendship between the two parties and the two countries.
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Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 21st (新华社北京4月21日电) The State Council (国务院) recently issued the "Opinions on Promoting the Expansion and Quality Improvement of the Service Industry" (《关于推进服务业扩能提质的意见》, hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions") in order to thoroughly implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions on the development of the service industry and the spirit of the National Service Industry Conference.
The "Opinions" require that, guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想), the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (党的二十大) and the Plenary Sessions of the 20th CPC Central Committee be thoroughly implemented; the new development concept be fully, accurately, and comprehensively implemented; the combination of an effective market and a capable government be adhered to; the simultaneous emphasis on expansion and quality improvement, and the overall planning of development and supervision be adhered to; demand-driven, reform-focused, technology-enabled, and open cooperation be highlighted; the action of expanding and improving the quality of the service industry be thoroughly implemented; the producer services industry be promoted to extend towards specialization and the high end of the value chain; and the high-quality, diversified, and convenient development of the consumer services industry be promoted. By 2030, the total scale of the service industry will reach the 100 trillion yuan level, more "China Service" brands will be cultivated, the global competitiveness and influence of the service industry will be significantly enhanced, and the people's sense of gain will be continuously improved.
The "Opinions" propose that weak links in the producer services industry chain should be strengthened, the supporting role of science and technology services should be strengthened, the comprehensive competitiveness of modern logistics should be enhanced, the innovative development of software and information services should be accelerated, the professional service capabilities of supply chain finance should be enhanced, energy-saving and environmental protection services should be actively developed, and business services should be strengthened and optimized. The development level of key areas of the consumer services industry should be improved, the supply of high-quality resident services should be increased, the adaptation level of elderly care and childcare services should be improved, the professional capabilities of health services should be enhanced, and innovative cultural tourism and sports service models should be developed. The level of digitalization, standardization, integration, and internationalization of the service industry should be improved, the digital transformation of the service industry should be promoted, the standardization of the service industry should be accelerated, the integrated development level of modern service industries and advanced manufacturing industries and modern agriculture should be improved, and the opening up and cooperation of the service industry should be steadily promoted.
The "Opinions" clarify that the policy system supporting the expansion and quality improvement of the service industry should be improved, reform and innovation should be deepened, fiscal and financial policy tools should be enriched, infrastructure support and guarantee capabilities should be improved, high-quality service industry business entities should be expanded, talent development should be strengthened, and safety supervision should be strengthened.
The "Opinions" require that all regions and departments, under the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee (党中央), should combine their actual situations to implement and implement the "Opinions" and strive to create a new situation in the high-quality development of the service industry. The government assessment system should be further improved to fully mobilize the enthusiasm and initiative of all parties. All regions should implement and refine various tasks and measures in accordance with local conditions, all departments should promote them in different fields according to their respective responsibilities, and the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) should strengthen overall coordination and monitoring and evaluation.
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On April 21st, the State Council's "Opinions on Promoting the Expansion and Quality Improvement of the Service Industry" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions") was released to the public.
From the first national conference focusing on the service industry in the new era held in Beijing (北京), to the formal release of the "Opinions," the "roadmap" for promoting high-quality development of the service industry is becoming increasingly clear.
To promote high-quality development of the service industry, the key is to start with "expansion" and "quality improvement."
Expansion means expanding the breadth and depth of the service industry and enhancing its development capacity.
The service industry covers lifestyle service industries such as catering and accommodation, wholesale and retail, as well as productive service industries such as technology services, logistics services, and financial services. In particular, the latter is increasingly becoming the "adhesive" for industrial upgrading and the "booster" for value chain climbing.
For example, the component manufacturing cost of a mobile phone priced at 6,000 yuan may only be 3,000 yuan, with the remainder being invisible software, intellectual property rights, and built-in chip programs. It can be seen that productive service industries largely affect the profits and industrial added value of manufacturing, and are key to promoting China's manufacturing from large to strong.
One of the keys to expansion is to comprehensively improve the comprehensive capabilities of productive service industries. To this end, the "Opinions" closely focuses on the urgent needs of industrial transformation and upgrading, and proposes targeted measures in areas such as technology services, modern logistics, software and information services, and supply chain finance professional services. For example, for technology services, it puts forward requirements in terms of research and development design, intellectual property rights, inspection, testing and certification, and unblocks the innovation chain from basic research to industrialization.
Quality improvement is key to improving the quality and efficiency of the service industry.
Taking lifestyle service industries as an example, there are still many shortcomings in areas such as current resident services, elderly care and childcare, and health care, which are still unable to keep up with the requirements of residents' consumption shifting from "having it" to "having it well."
Focusing on "quality improvement," the "Opinions" gives four aspects: digitalization, standardization, integration, and internationalization.
Among them, the concept of integration is worth noting. The so-called integration refers to the integrated development of advanced manufacturing and modern service industries. Through the "integration of the two industries," manufacturing will find higher-dimensional value growth paths, and the service industry will no longer be a "passive supporting" role for manufacturing, but a "qualitative change engine" driving China's manufacturing to the high-end of the global value chain.
"Expansion" and "quality improvement" mark the beginning of a revolution in the service industry. Relevant departments have stated that during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, the scale of China's service industry is expected to exceed 100 trillion yuan, with broad space.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 政 刘温馨
In the first quarter, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 6.1% year-on-year. All 31 provinces achieved positive growth, the growth rate of industries exceeded 80%, and the contribution rate of industry to economic growth was nearly 40%. At the press conference held by the State Council Information Office (国务院新闻办) on April 21, Zhang Yunming (张云明), Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部), introduced the development of industry and information technology in the first quarter.
The added value of 34 industries achieved year-on-year growth.
"Since the beginning of this year, the industrial economy has generally shown a new and positive trend, with steady progress, and has effectively played the role of a 'ballast stone' in stabilizing the overall macroeconomic situation." Zhang Yunming (张云明) said that from the perspective of industries, the added value of 34 of the 41 major industrial categories achieved year-on-year growth; from the perspective of regions, the growth rate of industrial enterprises above designated size in 10 major industrial provinces was about 7.2%.
Industrial science and technology innovation has been deepened and solidified, and growth potential has been further stimulated. Up to now, 21 national-level manufacturing pilot platforms and 14 excellent science and technology enterprise incubators have been selected, building a smooth bridge from "laboratory" to "production line." In the first quarter, 304 industry standards were released, focusing on the upgrading of traditional industries, the expansion of emerging industries, and the layout of future industries. The added value of high-tech manufacturing above designated size increased by 12.5% year-on-year. New technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) are accelerating their application in the electronics and consumer goods industries. Terminal products such as drones and AI glasses are becoming increasingly abundant, and the output of industrial robots and integrated circuits has increased by 33.2% and 24.3% year-on-year, respectively.
The pace of advanced manufacturing has accelerated, and industrial vitality has been further released. The first batch of 16 cities to create national new industrialization demonstration zones has been released, and the number of national high-tech zones has reached 179. Efforts have been stepped up to promote the intelligent upgrading of manufacturing, and the acceptance of 37 "leaderboard" projects for intelligent manufacturing system solutions has been completed. Seven new national standards and two industry standards for intelligent manufacturing have been released. Efforts have been made to guide energy conservation and carbon reduction in the industrial field, pilot projects for comprehensive hydrogen energy application have been carried out, and 2,038 new green factories and 128 green industrial parks have been released. The energy consumption per unit of added value of industrial enterprises above designated size nationwide has continued to decline.
The quality and efficiency of services for enterprises have been improved, and the strength of enterprises has been further enhanced. The gradient cultivation system for high-quality enterprises has been improved, special actions such as talent services for small and medium-sized enterprises have been carried out, and efforts have been accelerated to clean up overdue payments to enterprises. The competitive order of key industries has been continuously standardized, the online chaos in the automotive industry has been thoroughly rectified, and enterprises have been urged to strictly implement the 60-day account period commitment. Work such as continuous and in-depth promotion of capacity early warning and regulation, standardization of price competition, and strengthening of product quality supervision has been carried out. The competitive order in the new energy vehicle and photovoltaic industries has continued to improve, and the prices of products such as photovoltaic modules, lithium carbonate, and power-type lithium iron phosphate have generally rebounded.
The added value of high-tech manufacturing above designated size increased by 12.5% year-on-year.
"The added value of the equipment manufacturing industry above designated size increased by 8.9% year-on-year, and its contribution rate to the growth of the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size was nearly 50%. The added value of high-tech manufacturing above designated size increased by 12.5% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 3.1 percentage points faster than last year." Zhang Yunming (张云明) said that in the first quarter, emerging industries such as integrated circuit manufacturing and biopharmaceutical manufacturing grew rapidly, and the output of products with high technical content and high added value such as robot reducers and memory chips achieved high-speed growth of over 40%.
Tao Qing (陶青), spokesperson of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) and Director of the Operation Monitoring and Coordination Bureau (运行监测协调局), said that the equipment industry in the first quarter showed three major characteristics: "stable production, increased investment, and strong exports."
Production increased steadily, and the added value of the equipment industry increased by 6.2% year-on-year, with a contribution rate of 19.4% to industrial growth. Investment in major industries rebounded, and fixed asset investment in five major industries in the equipment industry all achieved positive growth. Among them, the manufacturing of railway, ship, aerospace and other transportation equipment, and the manufacturing of general equipment increased by 27.7% and 12.5% year-on-year, respectively. Exports made outstanding contributions, and the export value of equipment manufacturing products denominated in RMB increased by 19.2% year-on-year, accounting for more than 60% of the total export value.
In the first quarter, the proportion of the equipment manufacturing industry above designated size in the added value of industry increased by 1.4 percentage points compared with the same period last year. "In terms of the high-end, intelligent development of the equipment industry, it can be summarized as 'three continuations'," Tao Qing (陶青) said.
First, innovation capabilities continue to increase. The world's first invasive brain-computer interface medical device was approved for marketing, filling a clinical gap; domestically produced spot welding industrial robots achieved mass application on automobile welding lines for the first time; the world's first five-axis linkage medium-speed wire cutting machine tool was successfully developed, and the processing efficiency was significantly improved.
Second, the number of high-end products continues to increase. Among passenger cars priced above 500,000 yuan, the sales of domestic brands increased by 97% year-on-year, and the market share reached 69.5%; the second domestically produced large cruise ship "Adora Magic City (爱达·花城号)" was successfully launched; the world's largest piling ship "Tiejian Bridge Pile 1 (铁建大桥桩1号)" was delivered; and the "Xiangyun (祥云)" AS700 manned airship has accumulated 42 confirmed orders.
Third, the level of intelligence continues to improve. The equipment industry has built 197 excellent intelligent factories, promoting an average reduction of 48.4% in product defect rates and an average increase of 22.3% in production efficiency; from January to February, the penetration rate of new passenger cars with L2-level combined driving assistance functions reached 69%, an increase of 10 percentage points compared with the same period last year.
5G and gigabit optical networks are integrated into 91 of the 97 major categories of the national economy.
The foundation for digital and intelligent transformation is constantly being consolidated. Network capabilities are stronger. As of the end of March, there were 4.958 million 5G base stations nationwide, and 5G-A (5G evolution network) currently covers 330 cities. Network coverage is wider. As of now, "gigabit access to every county and 5G access to every township" has been achieved, with 100% broadband access to administrative villages and 5G access to more than 95%. Deep network coverage has been achieved in 269,000 key locations, and continuous network coverage has been achieved on 654,000 kilometers of highways and railways and 316 subway lines. Network applications are better. As of now, 5G and gigabit optical networks are integrated into 91 of the 97 major categories of the national economy.
The "5G + Industrial Internet" has developed on a large scale, and the "100,000,000" action goal of 5G factories has been fully completed. A total of more than 25,000 "5G + Industrial Internet" projects have been built, 1,260 5G factories with distinct classifications, levels, and characteristics have been built, and 100 technologically advanced and benchmark-leading 5G factories have been created, with an average product quality improvement of 20.5%, an operating cost reduction of 18.4%, and an average capacity increase of 24.7%. Industrial-grade 5G gateways, routers, and other products account for nearly 50% of the global market share. The world's first "5G + Industrial Internet" international standard has been released, and a series of soft and hardware decoupled industrial control systems and general integrated intelligent terminals have been developed and broken through.
"In the first quarter, the added value of the computer, communication, and other electronic equipment manufacturing industry above designated size increased by 13.6%, ranking first among major industrial categories." Xie Cun (谢存), spokesperson of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) and Director of the Information and Communication Development Department (信息通信发展司), said that the output of some products achieved double-digit growth, and the export value of upstream products achieved a substantial increase. The export value of integrated circuits and liquid crystal flat panel display modules increased by 72.9% and 12.5% year-on-year, respectively.
In response to the recent price increase of memory chips that has triggered price adjustments in mobile phone terminal products, Xie Cun (谢存) said that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) will take multiple measures to support the development of the memory chip industry and ensure the stability of the industrial chain and supply chain. On the one hand, it will enhance supply capacity and promote supply-demand docking, encourage domestic and foreign-funded enterprises to increase investment and increase output capacity. It will support terminal enterprises and memory chip enterprises to strengthen interaction and docking, and broaden diversified supply channels. On the other hand, it will maintain market order through various means, guide memory chip enterprises to strengthen channel management, and cooperate with relevant departments to crack down on market-disrupting behaviors such as "**囤积居奇**" (tún jī jū qí - "hoarding and speculation," to hoard goods for speculation).
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Looking at the first quarter report of the industrial economy, high-tech manufacturing is leading the growth with a momentum of 一马当先 (yī mǎ dāng xiān - "one horse taking the lead," to take the lead; to be in the forefront), becoming a vivid portrayal of China's good economic start and continuous optimization of its industrial structure.
The growth momentum stems from innovation. It is based on technological changes such as AI that new technologies and products in industries such as consumer electronics are accelerating their implementation, driving the vigorous development of high-tech manufacturing, and also helping to accelerate the advancement of production structure and supply structure towards the mid-to-high end of the value chain.
The growth momentum also helps innovation. Since the beginning of this year, China has been promoting the tackling of key core technologies and the layout of cutting-edge fields across the entire chain. Innovation achievements in fields such as aerospace, quantum technology, and biomedicine have accelerated their implementation, and the resilience and security level of the industrial chain and supply chain have steadily improved.
Anchoring the future, vigorously developing high-tech manufacturing, continuing to promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, and promoting the accelerated transformation of innovation achievements into real productivity will result in a higher quality and stronger momentum for China's economy.
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Accelerating the realization of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement is the only way to promote high-quality development. On the new journey of building a strong country and national rejuvenation, thousands of scientists and technologists are rooted in the front lines, aiming at the forefront of industry, and contributing their wisdom and strength to the development of the country's scientific and technological undertakings.
On April 21, the State Council Information Office held a meeting with Chinese and foreign journalists on "Strivers on the New Journey." Five representatives from the field of science and technology exchanged and shared their scientific research experiences and insights, focusing on "Promoting the Spirit of Scientists and Focusing on Scientific and Technological Self-Reliance and Self-Improvement."
Xu Liangfei (徐梁飞), associate professor of the School of Vehicle and Mobility at Tsinghua University (清华大学), is mainly engaged in scientific research and teaching in the field of hydrogen energy fuel cells. In recent years, the team of Academician Ouyang Minggao (欧阳明高) he belongs to has achieved a series of important results, which have been successfully applied to new energy vehicle fixed power generation devices and special power equipment, supporting the demonstration of large-scale fuel cell vehicles at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games (北京奥运会) and the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games (北京冬奥会). "We will continue to work hard to make the core technology more solid, and make the domestic hydrogen energy equipment more reliable, not only usable but also easy to use, and live up to the mission entrusted to our generation by the times," said Xu Liangfei (徐梁飞).
Zhou Yuanchun (周园春), deputy director of the Computer Network Information Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院), believes that the biggest motivation for his scientific data research is to be able to see massive, discrete data "live, connect, and use," transforming into scientific knowledge and driving technological innovation. "This kind of work requires 'walking on two legs.' We must maintain our focus, calm down and maximize the quality of scientific data, and maintain an innovative mindset, using new technologies such as artificial intelligence to accelerate the improvement of scientific data processing and mining efficiency." He said that he hopes to build more "data bridges" so that researchers do not have to repeatedly "dig wells" and can use data like "drinking tap water."
Doing a good job in science and technology and promoting the construction of a strong country in science and technology cannot be separated from the support of the spirit of scientists. How should we understand the spirit of scientists in the new era?
Xin Xiaoping (辛晓平), director of the National Field Scientific Observation and Research Station of Grassland Ecosystem in Hulunbuir (呼伦贝尔) Grassland, Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), has traveled almost all over China's grasslands in his 30 years of work in the grassland field. "While seeing the beautiful grasslands, I also learned about the impact of grassland degradation and the real lives of herdsmen, and gradually developed the desire to use what I have learned to serve the income increase of herdsmen and serve the revitalization of pastoral areas." Xin Xiaoping (辛晓平) said, "In my understanding, the spirit of scientists in the new era is at least two aspects: responsibility and commitment are the 'roots,' and love and interest are the 'leaves.' Only when the roots are deep can the leaves be luxuriant, and the greater self and the smaller self complement each other."
"I believe that everyone who sees the photos of the Chang'e (嫦娥) probe and the 'Zhurong (祝融号)' Mars rover will definitely notice the bright five-star red flag. It is the national honor and historical responsibility that arises in our hearts when we see the national flag that makes us dare not stop and continue to struggle." Wang Qiong (王琼), deputy chief designer of the Chang'e-6 (嫦娥六号) mission, participated in all missions from Chang'e-1 (嫦娥一号) to Chang'e-6 (嫦娥六号). In his opinion, the spirit of scientists in the new era and the spirit of lunar exploration are in line with "pursuing dreams, daring to explore, collaborating to overcome difficulties, and cooperating for win-win results." "Our generations of deep space explorers will continue to practice and carry forward these spirits," said Wang Qiong (王琼).
Liang Jianying (梁建英), chief scientist of CRRC Group (中国中车集团), has been engaged in train design for 31 years and has deeply participated in the innovation process of China's high-speed rail from scratch, from catching up to leading. Liang Jianying (梁建英) said that the embodiment of the spirit of scientists in the new era in high-speed rail people is mainly patriotism, innovation, pragmatism, and collaboration. "Patriotism is the background color, integrating personal ideals into the strategy of building a strong country in science and technology and a strong country in transportation; innovation is the soul, we must dare to break into the 'no man's land,' and we must be able to define the leading standards; pragmatism is to use massive data to support the safe operation of high-speed rail; collaboration is a path, we have forged 'major country weapons' in the collaborative innovation of government, industry, academia, research, and application." Liang Jianying (梁建英) said, "I believe we will continue to move forward on this track and write a new chapter in China's speed."
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"Plot 5, as usual, 30 minutes; Plot 3, slightly less nitrogen, add 10 minutes today." Chen Junchang (陈军厂), a technician at Beiliang Smart Farm in Jinxian County (进贤县), Nanchang (南昌), Jiangxi (江西) Province, operated the smart farm system on his mobile phone. In the distance, the booster pump started in response, and the spray guns between the ridges turned, spraying the water and fertilizer mixture onto the red soil, reaching up to 45 meters away.
The red soil rolls like waves, and the tilled fields are like reddish-brown carpets spread out into the distance. The red soil of Beiliang Farm has a nitrogen content of 90 milligrams per kilogram and a pH above 6. It rotates crops such as rapeseed, corn, and sesame, making it a veritable fertile land. However, a few years ago, this place was still a barren hillside with weeds waist-high and few people, with a soil nitrogen content of only 22 milligrams per kilogram and a pH of about 5, making the land both "acidic" and "lean."
How can a barren slope be transformed into fertile land?
Wu Yuping (吴玉平), the head of Beiliang Farm, learned during a field survey in 2023 that there were dozens of breeding farms in the area. He proposed, why not establish an integrated "breeding-slurry-planting-energy" smart cycle system? This would not only find fertilizer for the land but also solve the problem of non-point source pollution from breeding.
No sooner said than done. The first step is to "merge small fields into large fields" and concentrate the village's wasteland. However, after communicating with local villagers for more than a month, there was little progress. "If we transfer it to you, can you grow it well?" There were many similar questions. Fortunately, Huangling Village (凰岭村) in Minhe Street (民和街道), under the active promotion of the village committee, took the lead in transferring 200 mu of land. As soon as the land was in hand, Beiliang Farm immediately began leveling it. When the surrounding villagers saw that the plots had become neat and contiguous and the soil was loose, they gradually had the intention of transferring land. In the end, Beiliang Farm transferred more than 8,000 mu of land in the county, which was expanded to more than 10,000 mu after leveling.
庄稼一枝花，全靠肥当家 (zhuāng jia yī zhī huā, quán kào féi dāng jiā - "crops are like a flower, all depends on fertilizer," crops depend on fertilizer to grow well). While the farm was preparing the land, it invested more than 1 million yuan to build a slurry transfer pool to fertilize and adjust the acidity of the soil to improve organic matter. Wu Yuping (吴玉平) introduced: "The excrement from nearly 20 breeding farms in the surrounding area can be transported to the transfer pool through pipelines, and the mixed slurry formed after fermentation is a very good organic fertilizer." He calculated an account: the slurry is rich in phosphorus and potassium, and with a small amount of nitrogen fertilizer and trace elements, it can meet the growth needs of crops. The farm consumes about 1,000 tons of slurry per day, and the cost of fertilization per mu is reduced by 70%.
With fertilizer, it is also necessary to apply fertilizer well, and the intelligent water and fertilizer integration system covering the farm has been built.
At soil monitoring point No. 006, a technician is extracting soil samples. Every day, the farm must monitor soil fertility and upload relevant data; the next day, the personnel responsible for water and fertilizer management will supplement nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and other trace elements in a targeted manner to ensure that the land exerts its maximum production potential. "Look at this piece of land, the pH is 6.3 and the nitrogen content is low, so we need to supplement more nitrogen." Wu Yuping (吴玉平) clicked on the smart farm system and pulled up the test report of Plot 3, and various land fertility indicators were clear at a glance. "Now is the time to plant spring corn, which has a high demand for nitrogen fertilizer, and topdressing is also required after emergence," Chen Junchang (陈军厂) added from the side.
"In the past, farming relied on experience, but now it relies on data." Wu Yuping (吴玉平) said that before spring plowing, the farm completed fertilizer allocation in the fertilizer distribution center according to the soil test results; during the spring plowing process, it adjusted in real time according to the situation and accurately supplemented fertilizer through the intelligent water and fertilizer system, which greatly improved efficiency compared with traditional methods.
The field is crisscrossed with pipe networks, and fertilizer flows gurglingly, irrigating the land through the occasional standing spray guns. "The total length of the farm's pipeline is 100 kilometers, which is the 'capillary' for fertilizer transmission. Don't underestimate this spray gun, one can manage five or six mu of land for fertilization, watering, etc.!" Chen Junchang (陈军厂) said with a smile. "No bending over to wave hoes, no carrying on shoulders and hands. Just talking about water and fertilizer management, one person, one machine, and one screen can manage 1,000 mu of land." Wu Yuping (吴玉平) introduced that the farm has more than 60 employees, and only a dozen are responsible for planting.
As of now, Beiliang Farm has sown more than 2,500 mu of corn. "While plowing, fertilizing, and sowing, the seasons wait for no one. With the help of technology, modern agriculture has great potential." Wu Yuping (吴玉平) said that this year he plans to sow 6,000 mu of spring corn and 3,000 mu of black sesame, and try planting peanuts and sweet potatoes. Thanks to the intelligent water and fertilizer integration system covering the farm, the red land can be irrigated in drought and supplemented in deficiency, and is producing more hope.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on April 21st (Reporter: Jin Xin (金歆)) The State Internet Information Office (国家网信办), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部), the Ministry of Public Security (公安部), and other ten departments recently jointly announced the "Regulations on Promoting and Regulating the Application of Electronic Documents," which will take effect on September 1, 2026.
The regulations clarify the principles and departmental responsibilities for promoting and regulating the application of electronic documents. They encourage the promotion and application of electronic documents, classify and manage electronic document systems, and improve the level of digitalization in goods trade and transportation. The regulations clarify that relevant departments should strengthen policy coordination, promote and regulate the application of electronic documents in accordance with their respective responsibilities, and promote international exchanges and cooperation in the field of electronic documents.
The regulations clarify measures to promote the application of electronic documents. They propose encouraging institutions and enterprises in the fields of goods trade, logistics, and finance to recognize and use electronic documents when conducting business. They clarify that relevant enterprises, research institutions, industry organizations, and public service institutions are encouraged to cooperate in electronic document technology innovation, scientific and technological achievement transformation, and risk prevention. The regulations stipulate that relevant state departments should strengthen the standardization of electronic documents in accordance with their respective responsibilities. They propose encouraging electronic document system operators and related service support providers to adopt recommended national standards related to electronic documents and strengthen the mutual recognition and sharing of electronic document information.
The regulations clarify the reliability and security requirements of electronic document systems. They stipulate the functions that a reliable electronic document system should achieve and clarify the factors for evaluating the reliability of electronic document systems. They encourage electronic document system operators to apply to legally established certification bodies for system reliability certification. The regulations stipulate that electronic document system operators and other entities should abide by the Cybersecurity Law, the Data Security Law, the Personal Information Protection Law, and other laws, administrative regulations, and relevant national regulations.
Return to TopAt the invitation of President Xi Jinping (习近平) of the People's Republic of China, President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi of the Republic of Mozambique paid a state visit to the People's Republic of China from April 16 to 22, 2026.
During the visit, the two heads of state held talks in a cordial and friendly atmosphere, and exchanged in-depth views on China-Mozambique and China-Africa relations under the new situation, as well as international and regional issues of common concern. Premier Li Qiang (李强) of the State Council of the People's Republic of China and Chairman Zhao Leji (赵乐际) of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress met with President Nyusi respectively.
Both sides agreed that the traditional friendship between China and Mozambique is profound and has stood the test of international vicissitudes, becoming even stronger over time. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1975, especially since the establishment of a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries in 2016, China and Mozambique have continuously consolidated political mutual trust, achieved fruitful pragmatic cooperation, and closely coordinated and cooperated in international affairs, becoming a model of China-Africa friendship and South-South cooperation.
Both sides agreed that the world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century, and the major concepts and initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平), such as building a community with a shared future for mankind, jointly building the "Belt and Road" with high quality, the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative, and the Global Governance Initiative, are showing increasingly powerful influence and appeal. Under the new situation, China and Mozambique will continue to consolidate and deepen bilateral friendly cooperation, which is in line with the common expectations of the two peoples and will help promote the development of the international order in a more just and reasonable direction. To this end, the two sides decided to upgrade bilateral relations to a China-Mozambique community with a shared future in the new era.
I. Building a China-Mozambique Community with a Shared Future in the New Era
(1) The Mozambican side highly affirmed and supported the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平). Both sides will adhere to the principles of extensive consultation, joint contribution, and shared benefits, advocate an equal and orderly multipolar world and inclusive economic globalization, build a world of lasting peace, universal security, common prosperity, openness and inclusiveness, and cleanliness and beauty, and promote the common values of humanity of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy, and freedom.
(2) The Mozambican side appreciated the scientific guiding role of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and the people-centered development philosophy of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), congratulated China on the major achievements made during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period under the leadership of President Xi Jinping (习近平), and believed that the "15th Five-Year Plan" will draw a new magnificent blueprint for Chinese-style modernization and bring new opportunities for the development of countries around the world, including Mozambique. The Mozambican side believes that the successful practice of Chinese-style modernization provides a useful reference for developing countries to explore their own modernization paths.
(3) The Chinese side supports President Nyusi's economic vision of poverty reduction, inclusive and structural development as the main goals in Mozambique's "National Development Strategy 2025-2044" and "Five-Year Plan 2025-2029". The Chinese side congratulates Mozambique on its efforts to achieve national economic independence, promote economic and social development, create employment, and national prosperity on the basis of deepening and accelerating structural reforms. The Chinese side will continue to support Mozambique in advancing its industrialization process.
(4) The Chinese side appreciates Mozambique's continuous new achievements in national development and construction, supports President Nyusi in leading the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) to follow a development path that suits its own national conditions, supports Mozambique in safeguarding its national sovereignty, security and development interests, and playing a greater role in regional and international affairs, and congratulates Mozambique on its first term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council from 2023 to 2024 and its successful performance of its duties. The Chinese side is willing to continue to provide support to Mozambique within its capacity. The Mozambican side thanked the Chinese side for its long-term and valuable support for Mozambique's economic and social development.
(5) Both sides emphasized the strategic guiding role of head-of-state diplomacy in bilateral relations, and will further strengthen exchanges and cooperation between the two countries' governments, legislative, judicial institutions, political parties, local authorities, and other levels and fields, and strengthen exchanges of experience in governance and development.
(6) Both sides unanimously decided to continue to firmly support each other on issues involving each other's core interests and major concerns, and resolutely oppose external oppression and interference. The Mozambican side reiterated its unconditional support for the one-China principle, recognizing that there is only one China in the world, Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory, and the Government of the People's Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China. The Mozambican side firmly opposes any form of "Taiwan independence," firmly supports the Chinese government's efforts to achieve national reunification, and firmly defends the authority of UN General Assembly Resolution 2758. The Mozambican side firmly supports China's position on issues related to Hong Kong, Tibet, Xinjiang, and human rights.
(7) Both sides highly appreciated the fruitful results of jointly building the "Belt and Road" with high quality, and are willing to further tap cooperation potential, promote common development, and jointly ensure the safety of cooperation projects. Both sides emphasized strengthening the alignment of China's "15th Five-Year Plan" and Mozambique's "Five-Year Plan 2025-2029" and other development strategies to promote the upgrading of pragmatic cooperation.
(8) Both sides highly appreciated the leading role of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in promoting high-quality China-Africa cooperation, and are willing to continue to implement the results of the Beijing Summit and jointly promote the implementation of the "Ten Partnership Programs" in Mozambique.
(9) Both sides are willing to connect economic and trade cooperation needs and agreed to sign a framework agreement on jointly developing economic partnership to provide long-term, stable, and predictable institutional guarantees for trade and investment cooperation between the two countries. The Chinese side encourages more capable Chinese enterprises to invest and develop in Mozambique, help Mozambique upgrade its industrial chain, and achieve independent and sustainable development. Both sides are committed to providing a stable, fair, and safe business environment for enterprises of both countries.
(10) Both sides are willing to leverage their respective advantages to strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation in the fields of energy and minerals, carry out exchanges of management policies and experience, and jointly explore new ways of cooperation in the comprehensive development and coordinated development of energy and mineral resources and infrastructure construction. Both sides are satisfied with the progress made in oil and gas resource cooperation between the two countries and reiterated that they will consolidate and deepen the progress made in accordance with the principle of mutual benefit. Both sides believe that it is necessary to create new cooperation growth points in resource development, human resource training, and other aspects. Both sides will further deepen cooperation in the field of geology and minerals, give full play to the role of platforms such as the China-Africa Geosciences Cooperation Center and the "Belt and Road" International Geosciences Education and Training Center, attach importance to geological science and technology innovation cooperation and talent training, and cooperate in the implementation of the geological survey project in northern Mozambique.
(11) Both sides are willing to further expand agricultural cooperation, give full play to the role of the agricultural demonstration center and agricultural expert group in Mozambique, strengthen cooperation in the industrial chain of agricultural product production, processing, logistics, and storage, and help Mozambique improve product added value. Both sides will continue to share agricultural development experience, especially in strengthening cooperation in seed selection and breeding, planting technology, agricultural machinery, personnel training, water conservancy infrastructure, and agricultural irrigation.
II. Jointly Implementing the Global Development Initiative
(12) The Mozambican side highly appreciated the Global Development Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平), believing that the initiative gathers the voices of countries in the Global South and provides a strong impetus for strengthening international development cooperation and accelerating the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Chinese side appreciates Mozambique's joining the "Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative," and both sides appreciate the pragmatic cooperation achievements within the relevant framework and are willing to further strengthen cooperation.
(13) The Mozambican side highly appreciated China's comprehensive implementation of zero tariffs on African countries that have diplomatic relations with China, believing that this move demonstrates China's responsibility as a major country and its determination to firmly expand high-level opening up to the outside world against the backdrop of rising global unilateralism and protectionism. Both sides are committed to promoting the mutual promotion of zero tariffs and Mozambique's needs to expand exports, attract investment, and increase employment, and drive cooperation between China and Mozambique in emerging fields such as green industries and e-commerce. The Chinese side welcomes Mozambique to make good use of the zero-tariff policy and the "green channel" for African agricultural products to be exported to China, and continuously expand the types and scale of exports to China. Both sides are willing to establish a "smart customs" partnership, and the Chinese side welcomes Mozambique to join the "Belt and Road" Customs Food Safety Cooperation Mechanism.
(14) The Chinese side is willing to strengthen cooperation with countries in the East African coast region, including Mozambique, to help countries in the region develop faster and build a demonstration zone for a new era of all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future. The Chinese side supports Mozambique's efforts to promote domestic connectivity and then promote regional connectivity.
(15) Both sides are willing to seize the historic opportunities of the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, and strengthen cooperation in emerging fields such as clean energy, digital economy, artificial intelligence, and mobile technology. The Mozambican side appreciates the "Global Artificial Intelligence Governance Initiative" and the "Global Data Security Initiative" proposed by the Chinese side.
III. Jointly Implementing the Global Security Initiative
(16) The Mozambican side highly appreciated and actively supports the Global Security Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平). Both sides agreed that all countries should adhere to the concept of common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable security, and adhere to resolving differences and disputes between countries peacefully through dialogue and consultation. Both sides are willing to actively implement the memorandum of understanding on cooperation between the two countries on the Global Security Initiative and carry out cooperation within this framework.
(17) Both sides reiterated that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries must be respected, the basic norms of international relations based on the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations must be upheld, and hegemonism and power politics must be opposed, and genuine multilateralism must be practiced. Both sides are concerned about the current situation in the Middle East and other regions, and call on the parties concerned to cease military operations and resolve issues through dialogue and negotiation.
(18) Both sides are committed to strengthening cooperation in the field of peace and security, strengthening exchanges between the two countries' armed forces and law enforcement security departments, and deepening cooperation in personnel training, equipment technology, joint exercises, and joint training. The Chinese side supports Mozambique's efforts to combat terrorism and achieve domestic peace and stability, and is willing to continue to help Mozambique strengthen relevant capacity building.
(19) Both sides are committed to strengthening cooperation in the field of emergency management, carrying out joint research on disaster risk monitoring and early warning, risk assessment, and emergency rescue technology and equipment, and improving disaster risk prevention and emergency search and rescue capabilities through personnel exchanges, training seminars, technical exchanges, and scientific research cooperation, and expanding cooperation under the "Belt and Road" international cooperation mechanism for natural disaster prevention and mitigation and emergency management.
(20) Both sides agreed to strengthen the protection of the safety and legitimate rights and interests of each other's citizens, institutions, and projects in their respective countries.
IV. Jointly Implementing the Global Civilization Initiative
(21) The Mozambican side appreciates and actively supports the Global Civilization Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平). Both sides jointly advocate respecting the diversity of world civilizations, strengthening civilization exchanges, promoting people-to-people connectivity, adhering to civilization equality, mutual learning, dialogue, and inclusiveness, and promoting the progress of human civilization. Both sides are willing to take the "China-Africa People-to-People Exchange Year" in 2026 as an opportunity to cooperate in implementing the UN General Assembly resolution on the "International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations," deepen exchanges and cooperation, and enhance people-to-people connectivity.
(22) Both sides highly appreciated the cooperation achievements between the two countries in the fields of culture, tourism, education, public health, youth, think tanks, media, sports, etc., and are willing to continue to give full play to the role of cultural exchange platforms such as the Confucius Institute and the Mozambique-China Cultural Center to further enhance cultural exchanges between the two countries. The two countries will promote the signing of an agreement on the establishment of a Chinese cultural center in Mozambique.
(23) The Chinese side is willing to strengthen cooperation with Mozambique in the field of human resources and continue to provide Mozambique with government scholarships and personnel training quotas.
(24) The Chinese side is willing to actively support Mozambique's health system construction, continue to send medical teams to Mozambique, and strengthen cooperation between counterpart hospitals. The Mozambican side thanked the Chinese side for sending medical teams to Mozambique for a long time, and both sides will jointly hold a commemorative event for the 50th anniversary of the dispatch of Chinese medical teams to Mozambique. Both sides will jointly promote the Mozambique National Surgical Center project, promote the joint construction of a medical center, and strengthen cooperation in laboratory construction, infectious disease prevention and control, pharmaceuticals, vaccines, traditional medicine, and other fields.
V. Jointly Implementing the Global Governance Initiative
(25) The Mozambican side supports the Global Governance Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平), believing that this important initiative contributes Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to solving global governance problems and helps promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system. The Chinese side appreciates Mozambique's joining the "Group of Friends of Global Governance" and welcomes Mozambique to join the International Organization for Mediation.
(26) As developing countries, both sides believe that it is crucial to enhance the representation and voice of the Global South in the international system. Both sides will continue to uphold the core values and basic principles of the World Trade Organization, actively promote WTO reform in a direction that is beneficial to developing countries, and resolutely oppose unilateralism, protectionism, illegal unilateral sanctions, "decoupling and chain breaking," technological blockades, and other hegemonic acts.
(27) Both sides are committed to making global climate governance a priority area for implementing the Global Governance Initiative, upholding the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, and promoting all parties to fully and effectively implement the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Paris Agreement. The Chinese side is willing to continue to strengthen cooperation with Mozambique in early warning, clean energy, and other aspects within the framework of South-South cooperation on climate change, and enhance Mozambique's ability to respond to and adapt to climate change.
(28) Both sides welcome the adoption of the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime by the United Nations General Assembly. As the first signatories to the convention, both sides are willing to promote the early entry into force of the convention, strengthen international cooperation in combating cybercrime, maintain communication in the follow-up process of the convention, and continuously improve the international legal system for combating cybercrime.
Both sides agreed that President Nyusi's visit to China was a complete success and is of great significance for promoting the development of China-Mozambique relations and building a new era of all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future. President Nyusi expressed his heartfelt thanks to President Xi Jinping (习近平) and the Chinese government and people for the warm and friendly reception given during the visit and invited President Xi Jinping (习近平) to visit Mozambique at his convenience.
After the talks, the two heads of state jointly witnessed the signing of bilateral cooperation documents.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 21)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 杨 昊 李 纵
"I feel very fortunate to be able to participate in the 'Red Study Tour'. Every footprint, every story, and every memory makes us more deeply understand the profound friendship between Vietnam and China," said Le Phuong Bao Ngoc (黎芳宝玉), a Vietnamese Young Pioneer commentator from Ngo Si Lien Junior High School in Nam Mon Ward, Hanoi.
Recently, the "Never Forget the Original Intention" study camp of the "Red Study Tour" in China for Vietnamese youth, sponsored by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League (共青团中央), was held in Guangdong and Beijing. 200 youth representatives from all walks of life in Vietnam came to China for study. Young representatives from China and Vietnam joined hands to feel the original intention in tracing the red source, touch the future in the pulse of development, and write a new chapter in the friendly exchanges between young people of China and Vietnam.
Continuing the Traditional Friendship in the Pursuit of History
During the study and exchange, Chinese and Vietnamese youths visited revolutionary sites and listened to historical stories, continuously deepening their understanding and perception of the traditional friendship between the two countries in the pursuit of revolutionary footprints.
The former site of the Vietnamese Youth Revolutionary Comrades Association is located on Wenming Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. A hundred years ago, Ho Chi Minh (胡志明) founded Vietnam's first newspaper "Youth" spreading Marxism-Leninism here, and held political training courses, laying the foundation for the establishment of the Communist Party of Vietnam. The commentator Su Xiangxu (苏香旭) led everyone through the narrow wooden stairs and stopped at the restored teaching scene, saying: "Standing in the same classroom, it seems that we can still hear the sound of ideological collision between Chinese and Vietnamese revolutionaries a hundred years ago."
A rectangular wooden table in the conference hall aroused everyone's interest. This was originally the place where the Vietnamese Youth Revolutionary Comrades Association held meetings, and it was also used as a table tennis table in spare time. There is an old-fashioned light bulb on the ceiling, which is pulled down to enhance the brightness during meetings, and raised when playing ball to avoid bumping into it. The spirit of optimism shown by the revolutionary predecessors in the hard years deeply touched the students.
"I have a more real understanding of the determination of the revolutionary predecessors to fight for a common ideal. The traditional friendship between Vietnam and China is a valuable asset that we must inherit," said Nguyen Nhu Bao (阮如宝), a youth from the art sub-group.
In Guangzhou, a reading sharing session for Chinese and Vietnamese youths was held in the Memorial Hall of the First National Congress of the Communist Youth League of China. The youths of the two countries sat around and read together, exchanged ideas, and drew strength for growth in the text. In the Huanghuagang Cemetery of 72 Martyrs, members of the study camp came to the tomb of Martyr Pham Hong Thai (范鸿泰) and paid high tribute to this internationalist fighter who dedicated his precious life to the cause of national liberation. In the Memorial Hall of the Former Site of the Whampoa Military Academy, Vietnamese youth representatives lingered in front of the historical materials of Vietnamese General Hong Shui (洪水)...
"Visiting revolutionary history and cultural sites has brought me a fulfilling and meaningful experience," said Pham Van Hau (范文厚), Deputy Secretary of the Tay Ninh Provincial Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Vietnam. "I will actively research and offer suggestions to propose new ideas for the publicity and education of young people's ideals and beliefs."
Perceiving Chinese-style Modernization in the Pulse of Development
From green and low-carbon to intelligent manufacturing, from rural revitalization to the forefront of science and technology, the myriad phenomena of Chinese-style modernization have impressed Vietnamese youth representatives.
Walking into Jingxia Village (迳下村), a demonstration village of the "Hundred Counties, Thousands of Towns, and Ten Thousand Villages Project" in Guangdong Province, Huangpu District, Guangzhou City, the verdant pastoral scenery is intertwined with modern art spaces. Nguyen Nhat Thao (阮日草) from the Youth Union and Youth Work Department of Gia Lai Province, Vietnam, exclaimed: "'Green mountains and clear waters are golden mountains and silver mountains' is a visible and tangible life. The Chinese wisdom of rural revitalization and cultural tourism integration is worth studying in depth."
In Xiaopeng Technology Park, the Young Pioneer sub-group took photos with the "Land Aircraft Carrier" flying car model, intelligent car, and robot model. The "encounter between the Young Pioneers and AI" planted the seeds of future technology in their hearts.
From experiencing the world's first super capacitor, catenary-free tram "the most beautiful 7 kilometers," to visiting the shield machine model in the Guangzhou Metro Museum; from visiting the ultra-high-definition studio of the Guangzhou International Media Port to visiting the Jifei Technology Super Farm to observe drone operations... Vivid scenes have given Vietnamese youths a concrete and rich perception of Chinese-style modernization.
In the Beijing Rail Transit Command Center, everyone felt the efficient operation of the ultra-large urban rail transit network. Through the glass curtain wall of the visiting hall, Vietnamese youths overlooked the dispatching hall. The precise control of the intelligent dispatching system over the operation of each train was carried out in an orderly manner. The operating logic of the "super brain" of transportation in a mega-city was directly displayed in front of everyone.
"The modernization level and scale of Beijing's transportation system have left a deep impression on me. This is indeed a very beneficial field experience," said Nguyen Hoang Khanh Doan (阮黄庆端), Deputy Director of the "Five Good Students" Club of Da Nang City, and a student of the Foreign Language University affiliated to Da Nang University.
Forging Sincere Friendship in Interactive Dialogue
At the Chinese-Vietnamese Youth Reading Sharing Session of "Xi Jinping and College Students Friends" (《习近平与大学生朋友们》), the theme of "Red Origin, Youth Together, Mission Together" ran through the whole process. At the Chinese-Vietnamese Youth Speech Conference on "Inheriting the Red Gene," Qin Qi (秦琦), a young commentator at the former site of the "Viet Minh" Office in Jingxi, Guangxi, introduced that the former site houses more than 300 precious historical photos and many vicissitudes of life cultural relics, which tell the profound friendship between the Chinese and Vietnamese people who shared life and death and fought side by side in the revolutionary era.
Nguyen Minh Hanh (阮明幸), a student at Vinh University, Vietnam, said: "I am more clearly aware that at every important moment in history, the younger generation has always shouldered important responsibilities for the destiny of the country. For the youth of the two countries, this responsibility is also closely related to maintaining and developing the friendship between the two countries. The mutual understanding, respect and cooperation between the younger generation today is an important foundation for future cooperation."
A unique Chinese-Vietnamese Young Pioneers "Hand in Hand, Heart to Heart, Grow Together" theme team day activity was held at Beijing Bayi School (北京市八一学校). Chinese and Vietnamese Young Pioneers jointly completed the "solar energy sun-tracking device" model assembly. As the device successfully achieved automatic sun-tracking, applause and laughter broke out at the scene. "This link impressed me the most." Du Tra My (杜茶媚) from Hanoi, Vietnam, said that everyone helped each other, constantly communicated, and understood each other better.
Hoang Ngoc To Trinh (黄玉素珍), an employee of Vietnam 28 Channel Entertainment Company, said that Vietnam and China have many similarities, have common ideals and beliefs, have a long-lasting traditional friendship, and are on the socialist road that suits their respective national conditions. These are the solid foundations for friendly cooperation.
"This trip made me understand the deep meaning of 'comrades plus brothers'," a Vietnamese cadre wrote in his experience, "Red memories remind us not to forget where we came from, and development achievements guide us forward. Meeting Chinese youth makes me believe that the future of Vietnam and China will be created by us hand in hand."
(Zhang Kuiwen (张癸雯) participated in the writing)
Return to TopOn April 21st, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗), in the name of "Prime Minister of the Cabinet," offered a ritual offering called "Masakaki" to the Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社), which enshrines Class-A war criminals from World War II and is notoriously infamous. In the special year of the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Tokyo Trials, Takaichi, defying the world's condemnation, acted willfully and stubbornly, which is a deliberate trampling on human conscience, a blatant desecration of historical justice, and an arrogant provocation against the achievements of the victory of World War II. All righteous forces in the world should maintain a high degree of vigilance against this reactionary act and make a sober judgment on Japan's strategic direction.
The Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社) has never been a simple place of religious worship, but a symbol of Japanese militarist history and a de facto "shrine for war criminals." The 14 Class-A war criminals enshrined here include the war maniac and top war criminal Hideki Tojo (东条英机), the mastermind of the invasion of China Kenji Doihara (土肥原贤二), the chief culprit of the Nanjing Massacre Iwane Matsui (松井石根), the one who ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor Osami Nagano (永野修身), and the culprit of suppressing the Korean people's anti-Japanese movement Kuniaki Koiso (小矶国昭), all of whom were war responsible persons who committed heinous crimes against the people of Asia and even the world. The Tokyo Trials have long made a just ruling on Japan's responsibility for launching the war of aggression and the atrocities of militarism, and the war criminals concerned have been permanently nailed to the pillar of shame. Takaichi's worship of these historical sinners, no matter how rounded she makes the reasons, cannot conceal her true intention and bad influence of denying the Tokyo Trials, overturning the history of aggression, and speaking for war criminals.
Takaichi's offering of sacrifices to the Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社) once again exposes the extremely wrong and extremely dangerous right-wing view of history of some Japanese politicians. For many years, visiting the Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社) has become an important symbol of the Japanese right-wing forces' promotion of the revival of militarism. As early as 2007, Takaichi visited the Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社) in the capacity of a cabinet minister, and has "worshipped ghosts" more than 10 times since 2014, which shows the depth of her obsession with the worship of war criminals. The essence of this worship is a disguised recognition of the "Yasukuni view of history" peddled by the Yushukan (游就馆), the core facility of the Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社). This view of history deliberately fabricates lies to cover up the history of aggression, attributing the outbreak of the war to the "provocation" and "oppression" of the United States, Britain, and even China, whitewashing Japan's launch of the war of aggression as helping Asia get rid of white colonial rule and realize the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere," and touting and promoting the "military exploits" and "bushido" spirit of Japanese soldiers... This absurd argument that beautifies militarism seriously violates the international community's universal consensus on historical issues. Not long ago, there was even a vicious incident in which an active-duty Self-Defense Force official, influenced by extreme ideas, illegally broke into the Chinese Embassy in Japan with a knife, which shows the depth and harm of the right-wing ideology and distorted view of history in Japan.
The current Japanese leader's insistence on offering sacrifices to such a place that summons the soul of militarism reflects the strategic attempt of the Japanese right wing to further break through the post-war international order and domestic legal constraints. For some time, from Takaichi's public publication of fallacies involving Taiwan and crude interference in China's internal affairs, to Japan's dispatch of Self-Defense Force warships to pass through the Taiwan Strait to show off its power and deliberately provoke; from the Ministry of Defense's deployment of so-called long-range missiles with "ability to attack enemy bases" in Kumamoto Prefecture (熊本县) and Shizuoka Prefecture (静冈县), respectively, to the Japanese government's completion of the revision of the "Three Principles on Transfer of Defense Equipment" and its implementation guidelines, which will allow the export of lethal weapons in principle... These behaviors are essentially the same as offering sacrifices to the Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社), and all show the Japanese right wing's departure from the path of peaceful development, and are essentially new militarist妄动. Under the sway of this force, Japan is gradually tearing off the disguise of a "peaceful country" and once again becoming a threat to regional peace and stability.
A Japan that cannot completely cut itself off from the history of aggression cannot stand in the international community no matter how gorgeous a disguise it puts on. Correctly understanding and treating history is the political foundation for Japan to develop relations with neighboring countries. The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the South Korean government expresses deep disappointment and regret over Takaichi's offering of sacrifices to the Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社), and urges the Japanese leadership to take a responsible attitude, face up to history, and conduct a true reflection on history with a humble attitude and practical actions. The condemnation of Takaichi's offering of sacrifices to the Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社) by the international community once again shows that at any time, justice, light, and progress will surely defeat evil, darkness, and reaction, and any attempt to deny the history of aggression and challenge international justice will eventually be jointly opposed by the international community.
The war of aggression launched by Japanese militarism brought catastrophe to Asian countries, and the Japanese people also paid a heavy price for it. Today, if Japanese right-wing politicians such as Takaichi continue to be obsessed with the wrong view of history and go further and further on the road of deviating from peace and justice, they will inevitably face the solemn scrutiny of the international community and the fair trial of history again.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 21st (Reporter Wan Qianyi (万倩仪)) Politburo Member of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (王毅) met in Beijing on the 21st with Saleumxay Kommasith (沙伦赛), Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Special Envoy of Thongloun Sisoulith (通伦), General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President of Laos, who was making a special visit.
Wang Yi (王毅) stated that China is willing to work with Laos to implement the important consensus reached by the top leaders of the two parties and two countries, maintain high-level exchanges, strengthen strategic communication, deepen long-term cooperation, safeguard their respective political security, regime security, and institutional security, promote the development of the world socialist cause, and also make new contributions to regional peace, stability, development, and prosperity.
Saleumxay Kommasith (沙伦赛) said that under the strategic guidance of the top leaders of the two parties and two countries, Lao-China cooperation has yielded fruitful results. Laos is willing to work with China to build a higher-level Laos-China community with a shared future.
Return to TopBeijing, April 21st (Reporter Chu Jun (褚君)) April 21st, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced: Wang Yi (王毅), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, will visit Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar from April 22nd to 26th at the invitation of those countries. During his visit to Cambodia, Wang Yi (王毅) and Minister of National Defense Dong Jun (董军) will jointly attend the first meeting of the China-Cambodia Foreign Ministers and Defense Ministers "2+2" Strategic Dialogue Mechanism.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 21st (Reporter). He Lifeng (何立峰), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, met with Scott Andrew Urdahl, President and CEO of GE HealthCare, in Beijing on the afternoon of the 21st.
He Lifeng (何立峰) pointed out that China's economy achieved a good start in 2024, and its resilience and vitality have been further demonstrated. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, China will unswervingly expand high-level opening up to the outside world, continue to create a first-class business environment, and welcome more American-funded enterprises, including GE HealthCare, to continue to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation with China and share China's ultra-large-scale market and high-quality development opportunities.
Urdahl said that he is full of confidence in long-term development in China, will continue to cultivate the Chinese market, and is willing to contribute to promoting US-China economic and trade cooperation.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 21st. Xiao Jie (肖捷), Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, met in Beijing on the 21st with Othmar Karas (奥马吉), Vice President of the European Parliament, who was invited to visit China. The two sides exchanged views on promoting the healthy and stable development of China-Europe relations, strengthening China-Europe economic and trade cooperation, and enhancing exchanges between legislative bodies.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 21st (Xinhua) - On April 21st, Liu Haixing (刘海星), Minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央对外联络部), met in Beijing with a delegation of senior cadres from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (孟加拉国民族主义党) led by Alamgir (阿拉姆吉尔), the party's Secretary General and Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives of the Cabinet, to exchange views on strengthening inter-party exchanges and cooperation and promoting the development of China-Bangladesh relations.
Return to TopOn the morning of April 21st, Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi (菲利佩·纽西) went to Tiananmen Square (天安门广场) to lay a wreath at the Monument to the People's Heroes (人民英雄纪念碑).
Return to TopThis newspaper's Hangzhou (杭州) dispatch on April 21st (Reporter Xu Jun (徐隽)) The 5th China-Singapore High-Level Forum on Social Governance was held in Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江) on the 20th. Chen Wenqing (陈文清), Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, and Gan Kim Yong (王乙康), Singapore's Coordinating Minister for Social Policies and Minister for Health, attended and delivered speeches.
Chen Wenqing (陈文清) pointed out that under the leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), the "Fengqiao Experience" of the new era, originating in Zhejiang (浙江), and the comprehensive social management and control center, inherited the excellent traditional Chinese culture and condensed the wisdom of the Chinese nation, providing a path and method for correctly handling internal conflicts among the people under the new situation. China will unswervingly follow the path of socialist social governance with Chinese characteristics, adhere to the leadership of the Party, adhere to the people's position, adhere to and develop the "Fengqiao Experience" of the new era, give full play to the role of the comprehensive management and control center, resolve conflicts and disputes at the grassroots level on the track of the rule of law, and maintain social stability by determining legal relationships.
Chen Wenqing (陈文清) said that China and Singapore have a deep historical and cultural origin. Under the strategic guidance of the leaders of the two countries, the relationship between China and Singapore has been upgraded to an all-round, high-quality, and forward-looking partnership. It is hoped that the two sides will focus on the theme of "resolving conflicts and disputes and ensuring social stability and order" through this forum, fully exchange ideas, learn from each other on an equal footing, and work together to contribute oriental wisdom to social governance.
Gan Kim Yong (王乙康) said that modern social governance requires a combination of ritual and law, and is good at mediating community disputes through the ways of law and ritual. The relationship between Singapore and China has a long history, and the visions and concepts of social governance are the same and similar. It is hoped that the two sides will further strengthen exchanges and cooperation, draw on each other's experience and practices in social governance, and better benefit the people of the two countries.
During the forum, Chen Wenqing (陈文清) met with Gan Kim Yong (王乙康) and some representatives of the Singaporean delegation attending the forum.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 冯春梅 张 枨
On April 21st, the "15th Five-Year Plan" Inner Mongolia special press conference was held in Hohhot (呼和浩特). Bu Xiaolin (包钢), Deputy Secretary of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Party Committee and Chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region People's Government, stated that the cadres and people of the entire region have the confidence, determination, and ability to achieve the goals and tasks of the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, and to write a new chapter of Chinese-style modernization in Inner Mongolia. "We will fully implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speeches and instructions on Inner Mongolia, and we will accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system with Inner Mongolian characteristics and an important position in the national industrial pattern," said Bu Xiaolin (包钢).
Building a Modern Industrial System and Safeguarding the Bottom Line of National Energy Security
In recent years, Inner Mongolia has been continuously cultivating and expanding emerging industries while promoting the upgrading of traditional industries. "We strive to cultivate and form 3 trillion-yuan-level industrial clusters of new materials, new chemical industries, and digital industries, and 9 hundred-billion-yuan-level industrial chains such as rare earth, non-ferrous metals, and photovoltaics by the end of the '15th Five-Year Plan'," said Bu Xiaolin (包钢).
Promoting the quality and upgrading of traditional industries. Inner Mongolia will vigorously support industries such as mining, metallurgy, non-ferrous metals, chemical industry, and agricultural and livestock product processing to develop towards high-end, intelligent, and green development, and enhance industrial competitiveness.
Cultivating emerging industrial clusters. Inner Mongolia is shifting from "resource output" to "computing power empowerment," and is making every effort to build a national important green computing power security base and a "green computing power + AI" application base.
Proactively layout future industries. Inner Mongolia will focus on fields with comparative advantages such as hydrogen energy and bio-manufacturing, and steadily cultivate and expand future industries.
As an important national energy and strategic resource base, Inner Mongolia's cumulative coal production during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period was 6.1 billion tons, accounting for more than 1/4 of the country's total, of which 85% was used for national energy supply, ranking first in the country in terms of supply volume; the cumulative power generation was 3.7 trillion kilowatt-hours, and the external power transmission exceeded 1.2 trillion kilowatt-hours, ranking first in the country.
During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, Inner Mongolia will stabilize the total coal production capacity at around 1.3 billion tons and resolutely safeguard the bottom line of national energy security. At the same time, it will accelerate the construction of 9 "sand, Gobi, and desert" new energy mega-bases and their external transmission channels, and strive to transmit more than 400 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, of which more than 200 billion kilowatt-hours will be new energy electricity.
Thickening the Green Ecological Base and Building a National Important Agricultural and Livestock Product Production Base
Inner Mongolia is an important ecological security barrier in northern China. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Inner Mongolia completed more than 120 million mu of ecological construction and 66.88 million mu of desertification prevention and control, both ranking first in the country. The air quality of all 12 leagues and cities met the standards for the first time, and the national assessment sections of surface water were completely eliminated for the first time.
During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, Inner Mongolia will continue to improve the quality of the ecosystem, and plans to complete 28.01 million mu of desertification prevention and control, with a governance rate of 68.5% for treatable desertified land. By the end of the "15th Five-Year Plan", the forest coverage rate in the region will reach 22.24%, and the comprehensive vegetation coverage of grasslands will be stabilized at more than 45%.
Promote green, low-carbon, and circular development. Inner Mongolia will accelerate the green and low-carbon transformation of key areas and build zero-carbon parks and factories with high quality. By 2030, the proportion of renewable electricity consumption will reach more than 40%, and the carbon storage of the region's ecosystem will reach more than 11 billion tons.
At the same time, we will make every effort to fight the tough battle against pollution prevention and control, strengthen joint prevention and control of air pollution in key areas, promote the comprehensive management of "One Lake and Two Seas" and Chahan Nur (察汗淖尔), and implement source prevention and control actions for soil pollution.
As an important national agricultural and livestock product production base, Inner Mongolia's grain output ranked among the top in the country during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, and the output of milk, beef, mutton, and cashmere all ranked first in the country. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, Inner Mongolia will focus on implementing projects such as seed core, innovation chain construction, grain production capacity improvement, and beef and mutton production increase and efficiency improvement to promote the transformation of agriculture and animal husbandry from "large" to "strong"; strive to break through 90 billion catties of grain output; cultivate a number of domestically leading breakthrough varieties, build a national breeding base, and ensure that the coverage rate of improved varieties of crops and livestock reaches more than 98% and 95% respectively; vigorously develop the intensive processing of agricultural and livestock products; and strengthen the construction of regional brands such as Horqin (科尔沁) beef, Hinggan League (兴安盟) rice, and Chifeng (赤峰) millet.
During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, Inner Mongolia will also adhere to shaping tourism with culture and promoting culture with tourism, and take the integrated development of agriculture, animal husbandry, culture, tourism, sports, and commerce as the main direction to promote the transformation of the cultural and tourism industry from "resource advantages" to "development advantages."
Focusing on Improving People's Livelihood and Drawing a New Picture of National Unity and Happiness
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Inner Mongolia's per capita regional GDP ranked among the top eight in the country, the per capita disposable income of all residents ranked among the top in the country, and basic livelihood security all reached or exceeded the national average level.
During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, Inner Mongolia proposed the implementation of "Ten Livelihood Projects," focusing on increasing income and employment, public services, improving the living environment, and resolving conflicts and disputes. "'During the '15th Five-Year Plan' period, Inner Mongolia will achieve 'two stable rankings', that is, the per capita regional GDP will remain in the upper reaches of the country, and the income of residents will remain in the upper reaches of the country," said Bu Xiaolin (包钢).
Employment is the biggest livelihood issue. Inner Mongolia will put promoting high-quality and full employment in a prominent position and broaden employment channels through multiple measures: increase jobs through industrial development; implement the "Skills Illuminate the Future" training action; build a platform for employment supply and demand docking, and effectively stabilize income through employment and promote happiness through income increase.
At the same time, comprehensively improve the quality of public services, focus on the concerns of the masses such as education, medical care, elderly care, and childbirth, continue to make up for shortcomings, strengthen weaknesses, and improve quality and efficiency, so that the masses can enjoy high-quality and convenient public services at their doorsteps. In addition, continuously improve the environment for travel, residence, consumption, and handling affairs, so that the lives of the masses are more comfortable and worry-free.
Inner Mongolia will take strengthening the awareness of the Chinese national community as the main line and solidly promote the construction of the Chinese national community. Strengthen the construction of the common spiritual home of the Chinese nation, deeply explore the historical materials of exchanges and integration among all ethnic groups, select and establish models of national unity and progress, and tell the story of the Chinese national community; create characteristic brands such as "Integrating into the Northern Border" to promote extensive exchanges and integration among all ethnic groups; deeply promote the action of enriching the border and benefiting the people, cultivate characteristic industries, and consolidate the material foundation for common prosperity and sharing.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 侯琳良
On April 21st, the "15th Five-Year Plan" Shandong Special Press Conference was held in Jinan (济南). Zhou Naixiang (周乃翔), Deputy Secretary of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee and Governor of Shandong Province, stated that, deeply implementing the important instructions and requirements of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) regarding Shandong's work, Shandong will accelerate the construction of a pilot zone for green, low-carbon, and high-quality development, create a new highland for high-level opening to the outside world, and strive to become an important economic growth pole in the northern region, making Shandong's development momentum more vigorous and people's lives better.
Focusing on Cultivating New Industries and Expanding New Kinetic Energy
More than 1/3 of the country's commercial vehicles, half of the high-speed trains, and 80% of the deep-sea drilling platforms are produced in Shandong. After years of transformation of old and new kinetic energy, Shandong Province's industrial development has entered a new stage of quality improvement and upgrading, moving towards the high end of the industrial chain and value chain, manifested in "three increases": steady increase in volume and scale, with an average annual increase of 7.5% in the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, 1.6 percentage points higher than the national average; butterfly-like transformation and climbing of industrial structure, with the proportion of output value of high-tech industries increasing from 45.1% in 2020 to 55.7%, and the proportion of added value of the six major energy-intensive industries decreasing from 42% to 39.7%; accelerated improvement in quality and efficiency, with a 26.6% increase in the profits of the equipment manufacturing industry in the past 5 years, and 274 national-level manufacturing single champions.
In the next 5 years, Shandong will optimize and upgrade traditional industries, giving them new vitality; and take the lead in cultivating new industries and expanding new kinetic energy.
Shandong insists on placing scientific and technological innovation at the core of the overall development situation. "During the '15th Five-Year Plan' period, we will deeply implement the scientific and technological innovation capability climbing project, and create a nationally important regional innovation highland, talent gathering highland, and source of scientific and technological innovation." Zhou Naixiang (周乃翔) said that the focus will be on four aspects:
First, strengthening platforms, giving play to the leading role of strategic scientific and technological forces such as Laoshan Laboratory (崂山实验室), accelerating the pre-research and construction of major scientific facilities, and striving to create a national regional science and technology innovation center; second, strengthening integration, building a strong Shandong Science and Technology Market (山东科技大市场), supporting leading enterprises to form innovation consortia, and letting enterprises play the leading role in scientific and technological innovation; third, strengthening key research, implementing key industrial science and technology innovation actions, focusing on industrial mother machines, artificial intelligence and other fields, and striving to achieve about 300 landmark major innovation achievements by the end of the "15th Five-Year Plan"; fourth, strengthening talent, implementing 25 talent policy measures, deepening the classification and evaluation reform of scientific and technological talents, and stimulating the vitality of talent innovation and creation.
Actively Serving and Integrating into the National Opening-up Strategy, Creating a New Highland for High-Level Opening to the Outside World
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the Jinan (济南) and Qingdao (青岛) two national-level metropolitan areas were approved for construction, and Yantai (烟台) entered the ranks of cities with a regional GDP of over one trillion yuan, and the province's total economic volume accounted for the northern region increased from 20.5% to 21.1%. At a new starting point, Shandong will fully implement the national strategy of ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin (黄河流域), and strive to build an important economic growth pole in the northern region.
In the next 5 years, Shandong will promote regional integrated development with the "dual-circle" linkage of Jinan (济南) and Qingdao (青岛). At the same time, it will introduce and implement a new round of action plans to break through the rise of Heze (菏泽) and the revitalization and development of the Yimeng (沂蒙) revolutionary old area, and promote the realization of higher-level balanced development.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the main indicators of Shandong Province's open economy were stable and progressive. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, Shandong will actively serve and integrate into the national opening-up strategy, promote the deep integration of domestic and international markets, and create a new highland for high-level opening to the outside world.
Align with international high-standard economic and trade rules to create high-level opening platforms. Build the SCO Demonstration Zone (上合示范区) with high standards, focusing on international logistics, modern trade, two-way investment cooperation, and business, tourism, and cultural exchange development "four centers," and create a new platform for "Belt and Road" international cooperation. Deeply implement the free trade pilot zone upgrading strategy, and promote systematic integrated reform in marine economy and other fields. Accelerate the innovative development of comprehensive bonded zones with "one zone, one policy."
Deepen international economic and trade cooperation and accelerate the construction of a strong trading province. Implement two major projects: the "one country, one policy" key market development and the "one industry, one policy" specialized, refined, and new foreign trade quality product cluster cultivation, and increase efforts to develop emerging markets such as Central Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa. Implement a three-year cultivation plan for Shandong export brand enterprises, promote the high-quality development of cross-border e-commerce, and expand intermediate goods trade and green trade.
Expand the space for two-way investment cooperation. Hold high-level major opening events such as the Qingdao Summit of Multinational Corporation Leaders (跨国公司领导人青岛峰会) and the Confucian Merchants Conference (儒商大会). Give play to the role of the Singapore-Shandong Business Council mechanism and accelerate the construction of the Sino-Singapore Jinan Future Industrial City (中新济南未来产业城). Deeply integrate into the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and accelerate the construction of international logistics corridors. Carry out actions to improve overseas service capabilities and build the "Shan Hai Jing" (山海经) overseas comprehensive service port.
Accelerate the Cultivation of a Complete Domestic Demand System and Deepen the Construction of a Pilot Zone for Green, Low-Carbon, and High-Quality Development
Shandong has a "double over 100 million" registered and permanent population, with great demand potential and broad market space. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, Shandong will closely combine benefiting people's livelihoods and promoting consumption with investing in material objects and investing in people, and accelerate the cultivation of a complete domestic demand system.
Actively expand effective investment. Do a good job in the hierarchical and classified guarantee of land, funds, energy consumption, coal consumption and other factors. Encourage and support more private enterprises to participate in the construction of projects in railways, water conservancy, public utilities and other fields.
Deeply implement special actions to boost consumption, fully tap the potential for consumption growth, and promote the formation of an economic development model that is more dominated by domestic demand, driven by consumption, and endogenously grown. Serve the construction of a unified national market with greater efforts, eliminate barriers in access to factors, qualification certification, bidding and tendering, government procurement, etc., and resolutely eliminate bottlenecks and blockages. Accelerate the construction of a modern circulation system, enhance the capacity of national logistics hubs and cold chain logistics bases, and build a high-standard backbone circulation corridor for bulk commodities in Jin, Ji, Lu and Yu (晋冀鲁豫).
The "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a critical 5 years for Shandong to deepen the construction of a pilot zone for green, low-carbon, and high-quality development. Shandong will resolutely shoulder its responsibilities, anchor the "dual carbon" goal, and while grasping environmental governance and ecological protection, focus on optimizing the energy structure, promoting industrial upgrading, and leading a green and low-carbon lifestyle.
In the next 5 years, Shandong will strengthen the "industrial upgrading" article, optimize the "smooth flow of goods" article, and beautify the "harmony between people and the sea" article. "Bearing in mind the entrustment, we will strive to manage the ocean and strengthen ourselves through the sea, continue to improve the modern marine industry system, build a highland for the development of the modern marine economy, improve the quality of the marine ecological environment, and make greater contributions to accelerating the construction of a maritime power." Zhou Naixiang (周乃翔) said.
Return to TopFujian Province, Fuqing City, continues to promote ecological restoration and the integrated development of culture and tourism, transforming former mining pits into ecological and cultural tourism parks, providing the masses with more high-quality leisure and living spaces. The picture shows a campsite in Fulushan (福庐山), Fuqing City, which has been transformed from a mining pit, where citizens and tourists wander and enjoy the spring scenery.
Xie Guiming (谢贵明) Photo (People's Vision)
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), April 21st. The State Council has appointed and removed national personnel.
Lu Wuqin (吕武钦) has been appointed as Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Public Security (公安部); Chi Jingyang (池景阳) has been appointed as Deputy Director of the National Immigration Administration (国家移民管理局) (the Exit and Entry Administration of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国出入境管理局)); Feng Chengyou (丰成友) has been appointed as Deputy Director of the China Geological Survey (中国地质调查局).
Lin Tao (林涛) is removed from the position of Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council; Zhang Yong (张勇) is removed from the position of Deputy Director of the National Immigration Administration (国家移民管理局) (the Exit and Entry Administration of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国出入境管理局)); Xu Xueyi (徐学义) is removed from the position of Deputy Director of the China Geological Survey (中国地质调查局).
Return to TopAccording to a report from our newspaper in Beijing on April 21st (Reporter Han Xin (韩鑫)), the Maritime Safety Administration of the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部海事局) recently released the "Guidelines for Shipping Companies to Implement the Main Responsibility for Production Safety (Version 1.0)" and 6 supporting work guidelines, initially constructing a "1+6" safety management system for shipping companies, laying a solid foundation for the safe development of China's shipping industry.
The content of the guidelines runs through the entire process, all elements, and all positions of shipping companies' safety production: focusing on deepening the dual prevention mechanism of risk grading control and hidden danger investigation and management, guiding enterprises to establish a normalized risk prevention and resolution mechanism, focusing on curbing the occurrence of typical accidents such as collisions between commercial and fishing vessels; highlighting the strengthening of safety control during key periods, guiding enterprises to standardize the upgrading and control of major hazard sources, and achieving precise prevention of major risks such as passenger ship capsizing in severe weather; focusing on improving the inherent safety level of ships, guiding enterprises to strengthen hardware guarantees from new construction, updates, and technological applications; focusing on improving the ability of ship and shore personnel to perform their duties, guiding enterprises to strengthen the construction of the crew team, standardize performance behavior, and strengthen education, training, and assessment.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 21st (date) - The State Council has appointed and removed national personnel.
Removed Zhou Liang's (周亮) position as Deputy Director of the National Financial Regulatory Administration (国家金融监督管理总局).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 杨颜菲
In Xiajiang County (峡江县), Ji'an City (吉安市), Jiangxi Province (江西省), food engineer Hou Xiaohong (后小红), carrying new juice samples, departed from the R&D building of Zhongrun Food Co., Ltd. (中润食品有限公司) and soon arrived at the Xiajiang County Biomedical Comprehensive Testing Center (峡江县生物医药综合检测中心). Registration and sample submission were smooth, taking less than half an hour.
In recent years, Xiajiang County (峡江县) has promoted the clustered development of industries such as biomedicine and health, and green food. The number of enterprises has continued to grow, and new food and drug products are accelerating their iterations. At the same time, a problem has become increasingly prominent: products need professional testing reports as a "pass" to be launched on the market, but the county level lacks highly qualified testing institutions.
Recalling the experience of sending products for testing in previous years, Hou Xiaohong (后小红) said, "Going to the city was considered close, and sometimes we had to run to other provinces. The expenses and time spent on travel added up to a considerable cost."
Gao Xinguo (高新国), head of the Xiajiang County (峡江县) Biomedical Industry Development Center, further introduced that in the past, companies often had to go to Ji'an City (吉安市) to test food and cosmetics; testing medical devices and drugs often required traveling to Nanchang (南昌), or even Guangzhou (广州) and Shanghai (上海). "High testing thresholds, high costs, and long cycles are common problems faced by many companies."
In response to this pain point, Xiajiang County (峡江县) applied for more than 18 million yuan in general local government bond funds in 2023 to build a county-level biomedical comprehensive testing center, based on the principles of government leadership and public welfare attributes. Because the site was selected in the Xiajiang County Hexi Biomedical Science and Technology Industrial Park (峡江县河西生物医药科技产业园), the basic supporting facilities such as water and electricity pipe networks and road greening were relatively complete, which effectively saved construction costs.
In June 2024, the testing center officially began operations, with clear divisions for professional testing areas for food, cosmetics, and drugs. More than 160 sets of precision instruments were "on duty" to provide convenient services close to the "doorstep" for local enterprises. The government is responsible for investing in infrastructure and purchasing testing equipment to create a "move-in ready" platform; third-party operating companies can start lightly and enter the platform, focusing on improving testing efficiency and qualification declaration, and transforming cost advantages into service advantages.
Zhou Feng (周峰), head of Jiangxi Zhongke Baishi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (江西中科佰氏药业有限公司), calculated an account: testing in the county can enjoy a 30% discount on the market price, and conventional testing can generally produce results within 5 working days. "Including travel and accommodation, it can save the company 20,000 to 30,000 yuan a year."
Since its operation, the testing center's testing qualifications have expanded from more than 400 items in the initial stage to more than 1,000 items, and 780 batches of testing contracts have been signed, saving companies nearly 1 million yuan in costs. On the other hand, the research and development and listing cycles of enterprise products have also been shortened accordingly, which has helped promote the quality and upgrading of industrial development. Taking the biomedical and health industry as an example, Xiajiang County (峡江县) has gathered 227 enterprises and has 305 product approvals.
Gao Ronghang (高荣航), the technical head of the testing center, introduced that this year, they also plan to promote the testing center to obtain CNAS (China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment) laboratory accreditation and CATL (Certificate for Qualification of Agricultural Product Quality and Safety Testing Institution) certification to further enhance operational effectiveness. "We will continue to extend the service chain and inject new vitality into the high-quality development of related industries."
Return to TopBeijing, April 21st (Reported by Li Xinping (李心萍)) A reporter learned from the China Railway 12306 Technology Center (中国铁路12306技术中心) that since the sale of train tickets for the "May Day" holiday began, the demand for tickets has been strong. To maximize the satisfaction of passengers' ticket purchasing needs, the railway department plans to adjust the "window" maintenance time of high-speed trains at night during the peak travel periods at the beginning and end of the holiday and in directions where passenger travel is relatively concentrated. Under the premise of ensuring safety, from the night of April 29th to the early morning of May 2nd, and from the night of May 4th to the early morning of May 6th, direct night high-speed trains will be arranged to run on high-speed railway main lines such as the Beijing-Shanghai (京沪), Beijing-Guangzhou (京广), and Beijing-Harbin (京哈) lines. An average of about 700 additional trains can be added per day.
The additional direct night high-speed trains will implement tiered ticket sales by direction. Tickets for some trains will begin to be sold 7 days before departure, and tickets for the remaining trains will begin to be sold 5 days before departure, to prevent temporary cancellation of train services due to abnormal conditions such as severe weather after tickets are sold too early. The specific start date for ticket sales for each direct night high-speed train is subject to the information displayed on the 12306 website (12306网站) purchase page. The railway department reminds passengers: You can learn about the additional train information in advance and purchase tickets online 7 to 5 days before departure.
Return to TopGeneral Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Only by continuously promoting the development of the Party and the country and benefiting the people with good political achievements can we practice the Party's purpose well and fulfill the Party's historical mission." The effectiveness of learning must ultimately be tested by practice. In this issue of "Everyone Talks," we have selected three submissions to explore how to better apply what we have learned.
——Editor
Eat as Much as Your Bowl Allows
Xia Mingwei (夏明炜), Anhua County (安化县), Hunan Province (湖南省)
Not long ago, a notice was issued in a certain area stating that a county there, without fully demonstrating the feasibility of a project, blindly launched an integrated fertilization project. Moreover, the special fertilization equipment purchased did not meet the actual needs of the masses, resulting in idle and wasted equipment. This reminds me of a saying I heard during a visit to a village: Eat as much as your bowl allows.
Upon careful consideration, this contains two layers of meaning. One layer is to "do the right thing." We must not be overly ambitious, let alone blindly set unrealistic goals due to political achievement impulses, seeking nominal achievements beyond our own capabilities. Only by doing as much as we are capable of, not issuing "empty checks," and not raising expectations too high, can we accomplish practical things and do good things well.
The other layer is to "do things correctly." Guarding the "bowl" is not about sitting idle and depleting resources or being passively lazy, but about understanding the material, depth, and function of the "bowl" before taking proactive action. This means seeing clearly what the advantages of a place are, what you "can do," and understanding what the masses "need," identifying the key areas for development, and avoiding blind and reckless actions.
By both acting according to our capabilities and doing our best, eliminating the desire for quick and easy success, and adhering to precise efforts and taking steady steps, we can avoid "one term's achievements, multiple terms' burdens."
Beware of "Packaged Implementation"
Han Tao (韩涛), Yushu City (榆树市), Jilin Province (吉林省)
Policies are just issued, and results are already summarized; tasks are just assigned, and achievements are already compiled; activities are just launched, and experiences are already summarized... A few localities and departments have a bad tendency of "insufficient practical work, compensated by materials," which is worth vigilance.
"Packaged implementation" has many manifestations: some cadres regard "holding a meeting" as "implementation," satisfied with procedural compliance and loud statements; some package "writing materials" as "accomplishing a career," indulging in exquisite ledgers and brilliant reports; some equate "filling in numbers" with "seeing results," indulging in glamorous reports and eye-catching figures. These practices all replace implementation with "packaging" and equate "traces" with achievements, using "superficial" tricks to replace "thorough" practical work, breeding formalism and bureaucracy.
"Packaged implementation" appears to be a matter of working methods on the surface, but the root lies in deviations in the view of political achievements. Some cadres believe in "packaging produces political achievements," thinking that "doing well is not as good as summarizing well," so they spend their energy on attracting attention rather than on genuine hard work. In fact, no matter how gorgeous the "packaging" is, it cannot cover up the discerning eyes of the masses; only exquisite materials cannot be transformed into tangible development. Correcting from the ideological level, correcting in the assessment mechanism, and guiding cadres to establish themselves through hard work and speak with practical results can eliminate the market for "packaged implementation."
Be Good at Thinking Ahead and Acting Ahead
Kong Lingdan (孔令丹), Harbin City (哈尔滨市), Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省)
Not long ago, I called the community to inquire about personal matters. I was originally worried that the service hours would overlap with working hours, which might delay work. Unexpectedly, the staff informed me that the convenience service window not only extends service for 2 hours on weekdays but also opens a weekend appointment service channel. It turns out that the community has specifically adjusted service hours in response to the dilemma of office workers who "have no time to handle matters during work hours and no place to handle matters after work." A small adjustment has solved the practical difficulties of many people.
The masses' recognition of convenience services comes from the convenience of handling affairs and the warmth of having their demands responded to. If we ignore the needs of the masses and hold the mentality of 只求无过、不求有功 (zhǐ qiú wú guò, bù qiú yǒu gōng - "only seek to avoid mistakes, not seek merit," to be content with maintaining the status quo and avoiding mistakes rather than striving for achievements), and are satisfied with completing the prescribed actions and ensuring that the work is error-free, it will be difficult to win the recognition of the masses. Extended service hours and weekend appointments are heartwarming because they put the needs of the masses first and the work ahead.
Wherever the needs of the masses are, convenience services should extend to. In fact, this is often the breakthrough to open up a new situation and the focus of work innovation. Being good at thinking ahead and acting ahead, so that the needs of the masses and the direction of work are precisely aligned, will surely make convenience services warmer and make the masses feel more satisfied.
Return to TopBy: 李铭轩
When independent technology gathers global developers in an open-source format, promoting co-construction and sharing, it forms an irreplaceable technological ecosystem, becoming an effective path to break through technological blockades.
Not long ago, at the "Artificial Intelligence Theme Day" series of events at the 2026 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Meeting, Zhongzhi FlagOS 2.0 was officially released. This is the artificial intelligence system software stack in the world that supports the most types of chips. At the same time, the Zhongguancun Artificial Intelligence Open Source Alliance announced its official establishment, using technology open source and global cooperation to build an independent and controllable artificial intelligence open source ecosystem. Open source, openness, and collaboration have become distinct characteristics of China's cutting-edge technological innovation.
Currently, the focus of technological innovation has shifted to building an efficient innovation system. Especially in cutting-edge technological innovation, what is being compared is not only technological innovation capabilities, but also ecosystem construction capabilities, resource aggregation capabilities, and regional collaboration capabilities, requiring the improvement of the overall effectiveness of the national innovation system. From the three dimensions of open source, openness, and collaboration, one can understand how China is winning competitive advantages with systemic capabilities.
Open source is an effective path to forming a competitive advantage in science and technology. Some people worry that open-sourcing technology will provide convenience for competitors to copy. This is the logic of the industrial era. The digital economy has a significant network effect, and the value of technology and platforms grows with the expansion of the ecosystem scale. The essence of open source is to exchange technology sharing for ecological scale, and then build competitive advantages by virtue of the network effect.
In today's cutting-edge technology competition, China has unique advantages in terms of application scenarios, user scale, and talent reserves. The open source model can superimpose and amplify these advantages, transforming them into ecological advantages. Some domestic large language models have emerged in the "Thousand Model War" through open source methods, becoming base models with international influence. More importantly, when independent technology gathers global developers in an open-source format, promoting co-construction and sharing, it forms an irreplaceable technological ecosystem, becoming an effective path to break through technological blockades.
Openness is the inevitable choice for gathering global innovation resources. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Independent innovation is innovation in an open environment. We must never engage in it behind closed doors, but rather gather the energy of the world and borrow the strength of all parties." Cutting-edge technological innovation has never been "building cars behind closed doors," but rather the result of the efficient flow and rational allocation of elements such as talent, capital, platforms, and scenarios in a wider range.
Experience shows that the more open a country's innovation system is, the more it can achieve "from 0 to 1" breakthroughs in cutting-edge technologies. The Chang'e-6 (嫦娥六号) achieved the first human sampling return from the far side of the moon, and also carried four international payloads from the European Space Agency (欧空局), France (法国), Italy (意大利), and Pakistan (巴基斯坦); the "China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor (中国环流三号)" controlled nuclear fusion experimental device has made breakthroughs, and researchers from all over the world have jointly participated in the device operation, data analysis, and theoretical research. Responding to closure with openness, and responding to decoupling with cooperation, implementing a more open, inclusive, and mutually beneficial international science and technology cooperation strategy can achieve complementary advantages and improve innovation efficiency.
Collaboration is an important method for promoting the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation. The core issue that collaboration needs to solve is how to efficiently connect "from 0 to 1" scientific and technological innovation with "from 1 to 100" industrial innovation. China's main scientific research resources are concentrated in a few central cities, while industrial innovation requires a broader space to carry it. Through regional collaboration, giving play to the comparative advantages of different regions, and forming a pattern of "R&D in core cities, transformation in surrounding cities," can continuously transform scientific and technological innovation into real productivity. An important case is the construction of the Beijing (京津冀) International Science and Technology Innovation Center, which closely combines Beijing's (北京) technological innovation advantages, Tianjin's (天津) advanced manufacturing advantages, and Hebei's (河北) industrial carrying advantages, and strives to build a global science and technology innovation highland.
As the open source ecosystem continues to grow, international cooperation continues to deepen, and regional collaboration accelerates, China's cutting-edge technological innovation will develop strong systemic advantages and overall advantages. Shifting from single-point breakthroughs to overall efficiency improvement, and from solo operations to ecosystem construction, China will surely stand at the forefront of the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation.
Return to TopBy: 李 梅
Two wooden sticks holding paper pieces, with three colorful flower buds sandwiched in between, what kind of tricks can you play? When I hold the fan-flower, recite the patter, and pull it, blessings and longevity extend endlessly; a pair, flowers bloom in wealth; three shakes, the three yangs bring prosperity... In techniques such as horizontal flip, vertical flip, diagonal flip, and swing flip, the originally folded and compressed paper flowers instantly unfold and transform, changing into more than a dozen patterns with light pulling and slow shaking. This is Fanlihua, a traditional craft originating in Beijing (北京) with a history of more than 300 years.
Interestingly, I started out as an English teacher, with absolutely no connection to Fanlihua. The connection lies entirely in the three words "reluctant to give up." Fanlihua is my father-in-law's family craft, but as he got older, he mentioned several times that he wanted to close the workshop. Looking at those exquisite flower buds, my heart was full of regret. Although Fanlihua is traditional, it can bring people the joy of playing, and it also contains culture and craftsmanship. There are flowers within flowers, and flowers changing within flowers, hiding the wisdom of time - able to withstand the precipitation of years under a hundred layers of paper, and able to unfold the ever-changing new life of the world, endlessly and cyclically.
Behind the charm of a flip and a change is a meticulous craftsman's spirit. From selecting paper, applying glue, and cutting, to binding, dyeing, and drying, and then to screening and assembling, the entire production process takes nearly 20 days. The most challenging part is the honeycomb-shaped flower bud made of hundreds of layers of crescent-shaped paper pieces. Dyeing three colors and presenting five colors requires not only precise control of the dyeing position, without deviation, but also mastering the dwell time to allow it to naturally blend and transition smoothly. It would be a pity if this unique skill were not inherited. Starting from the reluctance to let go, and encouraging the responsibility to "carry it on," after thinking about it, I resolutely quit my job and plunged into this square inch of paper.
The best inheritance is not to deliberately emphasize "this is intangible cultural heritage," but to continuously innovate, so that it keeps up with the times, integrates into daily life, and is often new in the soil of life. In recent years, in addition to learning the craft, I have spent my time figuring out how to improve it, hoping to flip out more patterns in the process of 日进一寸 (rì jìn yī cùn - "make daily progress by an inch," to make steady progress). From "Fanhua Dragon" and "Great Wall Fanlihua" to this year's "Fanhua Horse DIY Kit," I have developed hundreds of new products so far, and the small paper flower has cultural and creative attributes and educational functions.
Now, in front of my stall, there are old people holding my hand and telling me to "keep doing it," and there are also children standing on tiptoes and shouting "it's so magical." Seeing people, seeing things, and seeing life, not giving up the skills of our ancestors, and not being trapped in the old rules, making progress little by little, accumulating time after time, this flower can always bloom.
At present, the door of national opening is opening wider and wider, and my English teaching experience has become a "unique advantage" in spreading the craft. With the increase of foreign tourists, I am planning to launch English experience exchange activities, preparing to teach them how to cut, dye, and flip flowers, tell the rich connotations in paper flowers, and also tell about the customs and culture of our China, so that this small craft can become a window to showcase culture.
Some people joke that I am in the alley, but I have the heart of a cultural ambassador. As an inheritor, my responsibility is not only to leave the skill itself, but also to learn how to "translate" it well, and share and spread the stories in it. This paper flower, one person flipping is a skill, and ten thousand people flipping is culture.
I am a craftsman, and even more a guardian of the craft. As long as there are people who are willing to pay attention and are willing to flip it, there will always be flowers hidden in the flowers, and there will always be new life bred in the changes. Inheriting the excellent traditional Chinese culture, the Party and the state attach importance to it, and the people love it, which is the most solid backing. I will continue to learn and innovate in a down-to-earth manner, and strive to protect, inherit, and spread this craft well!
(The author is the inheritor of Beijing (北京) Fanlihua making skills, interviewed and compiled by He Siqi (何思琦), reporter of this newspaper)
Return to TopThe Grand Canal is a precious legacy left to us by our ancestors. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, China will launch a new round of mother river revitalization actions, continue to promote the full-line water flow of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (京杭大运河) and other rivers, and ensure the ecological security of key rivers and lakes. Since 2022, the Ministry of Water Resources (水利部) has organized and implemented the full-line connection and water replenishment of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (京杭大运河) for five consecutive years. This year's water replenishment plan will continue until the end of June, which will effectively promote the restoration and improvement of the aquatic ecosystem in the areas along the route.
This is precisely:
Clear water flows into the long canal,
The rivers and streams are full of beautiful scenery.
One vein connects the north and south,
The shadows of sails play in the clear waves.
By Xu Zhiwen (徐之文)
Return to TopBy: 曾诗阳
In my growth memories, stockpiling was a standard feature of life: the balcony piled with boxes of tissues, laundry detergent stuffed under the bed, the refrigerator packed with meat... The logic of the older generation was simple: buy more when it's cheap, better safe than sorry.
In the past, the supply of goods was relatively insufficient, prices fluctuated greatly, and the scope of commodity circulation was limited. Stockpiling and holding more could reduce frequent purchases and also resist price fluctuations and cope with emergencies.
Later, supermarkets and hypermarkets rose, and commodities became extremely abundant. Stockpiling was instead strengthened. Sales strategies such as "family packs" and "buy two get one free" prompted consumers to engage in another form of stockpiling. After the rise of e-commerce, in order to meet the minimum purchase amount for discounts or to combine orders, people stockpiled daily necessities, more like to alleviate the anxiety of "losing out if you don't buy." However, today, the logic supporting stockpiling has loosened. Young people are no longer as enthusiastic about stockpiling as the older generation. Why?
Commercial infrastructure has changed. In recent years, from grains, oils, and non-staple foods to daily necessities, and then to seasonal fresh produce and emergency supplies, China's market supply has been sufficient and stable, eliminating people's concerns about material shortages from the source. At the same time, community stores, pre-positioning warehouses, and instant delivery and other business formats have risen. With convenient transportation and efficient supply chains, the convenience of consumption has reached an unprecedented level. When buying at any time becomes a reality, the necessity of stockpiling in advance naturally decreases significantly.
Space costs are being valued by more and more people—the living space occupied by stockpiling is itself a considerable hidden cost. In addition, shopping time is a cost, and decision-making energy is also a cost. When these costs are added together, stockpiling is actually a "more expensive" choice. People refuse excessive stockpiling and pay more attention to the lightweighting of consumption. This shift also reflects the upgrading of consumption concepts, from pursuing quantity to pursuing quality and efficiency, and from passively responding to uncertainty to actively enjoying convenience.
Consumers' mentality is also changing. Everyone is becoming more and more sober: there are promotions throughout the year, and platform subsidies take turns. Instead of being led by marketing, it is better to buy when needed.
The change in consumption habits reflects the optimization of China's market supply capacity, circulation efficiency, and consumption environment. A strong supply chain, commercial network, and digital services jointly build the cornerstone of secure consumption, and people no longer need to stockpile to obtain a sense of security. This also inspires us that more efficient supply, more convenient services, more stable expectations, and more attractive consumption scenarios can also release domestic demand vitality.
(Excerpted from *Economic Daily* (经济日报), originally titled "Buy at Any Time" Replaces "Stockpile in Advance")
Return to TopBy: 刘洪超
A small residence permit once made a non-local resident living in Dandong, Liaoning (辽宁丹东) wait for four and a half years. She inquired many times, and the answer she received was always "wait a little longer" and "wait until there are enough to process together." Problems such as her child's schooling and social security were hindered as a result.
Focusing on the pain points of the masses and optimizing government services, Liaoning (辽宁) is taking action. Now, after implementing the reform of "instant issuance" of residence permits, the public only needs to submit materials to the police station, and after the information is verified, they can get a brand-new certificate in 5 minutes. This scene is a microcosm of Liaoning's (辽宁) optimization of business processes and the business environment. Continuously optimizing the environment and improving the convenience of the people will gather strength and unite people's hearts for development.
The business environment is the "first move" to boost development and the "key move" to promote the comprehensive revitalization of Northeast China in the new era. Taking the pain points of the masses as the focus of rectification and turning the "demand list" of enterprises into a "task list" for reform, Liaoning (辽宁) focused on optimizing the business environment at the beginning of 2026, and relevant action plans were also implemented simultaneously. Taking real action and tackling tough issues, pointing the sword at outstanding problems and 开刀问斩 (kāi dāo wèn zhǎn - "beheading," to thoroughly solve problems), government departments have shifted from "passive response" to "proactive action," promoting the business environment from "superficial improvement" to "deep change."
Improving the quality and efficiency of services requires doing a good job of "addition and subtraction." "Those who meet the conditions must be handled on the spot." 52 high-frequency items at the provincial level and an average of 179 items in each city have achieved "instant issuance." The completion time limit for residence permits, real estate registration, and other businesses has been reduced from several days to minutes. This is a "addition" of heartfelt promises and pragmatic work. Shenyang (沈阳) launched the "one-stop shop for chain changes of citizen information." After residents change their names, related information is "updated in seconds with one click," reducing the average number of trips by 12; Tie岭 (Tiě lǐng) government personnel handled matters spanning three places for the masses, and remote handling achieved "no need to run even once." This is a "subtraction" of matter integration and process reengineering. Whether it is "adding" services or "subtracting" troubles, considering problems from the perspective of the masses and finding the right solutions can enhance the "multiplier effect" on the sense of gain.
Changing the "soft environment" requires "hard support." For example, making good use of smart government affairs and promoting the "scan code to enter enterprises" system requires law enforcement officers to be approved, scan codes, and leave traces when entering enterprises, achieving "no inspection without data and no disturbance without risk"; another example is innovating law enforcement mechanisms. The Dalian (大连) Ecology and Environment Bureau implemented the "one-time comprehensive inspection" reform and "positive list" management, which reduced the number of law enforcement inspections by 50% year-on-year and increased the problem detection rate by 10%. Benefiting and assisting enterprises is more precise, and law enforcement supervision is more standardized, demonstrating a pragmatic and responsible attitude and the effect of refined governance. Benchmarking the needs of the masses, the expectations of enterprises, and advanced standards, comparing their own shortcomings and weaknesses, and taking practical measures and innovative practices provide a strong guarantee for the continuous improvement of the business environment.
To do a good job of "optimization," we must not only put in enough embroidery work, but also dare to face ourselves with a knife. The masses often criticize the "official standard" style, so we must "take action" against problems such as weak service awareness, asking for kickbacks, and low administrative efficiency. The changes are quite significant: some functional department staff have begun to "sink" to work, unblocking the "last mile" of policy entry into enterprises; in relevant law enforcement fields, within the allowable range, "post-event punishment" has become "pre-event prevention," stimulating the endogenous power of enterprises to actively comply. For stubborn diseases, we must attack with iron fists and grasp them to the end. The discipline inspection and supervision departments have established a closed-loop management mechanism of "discovery-verification-rectification-feedback" for complaints about business environment issues, leading to the formation of a good development environment with a clean and upright political ecology. Self-change and proactive change fundamentally bring good results that win people's hearts and increase confidence.
From the "small incision" of government services to the "major change" of the system and mechanism, from the "breakthrough" of individual cases to the "improvement" of the environment, reconstructing the business environment with the courage of self-revolution can achieve clearer rules, smoother handling, and a more pragmatic style. Continuing to tackle key problems and increase efforts to overcome obstacles, a first-class business environment will surely become a strong support for revitalization and development, allowing the black soil to radiate new vitality.
(The author is a reporter from this newspaper's Liaoning (辽宁) branch.)
Return to TopThis edition's email: rmrbpl@peopledaily.cn
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 孙海天
**A Brief Biography**
Qian Qian (钱前), born in March 1962 in Anqing, Anhui (安徽安庆), is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院) and a rice germplasm resources expert, currently serving as the Deputy Director of Hainan Yazhou Bay National Laboratory (海南崖州湾国家实验室). He has long been engaged in the exploration of rice genetic resources, the genetic basis analysis of important agronomic traits, and molecular breeding research. He led his team to create a large-scale rice mutant library and genetic analysis materials, which are open and shared with hundreds of institutions at home and abroad. He presided over the construction of an internationally leading rice genetic research platform, and related achievements have won the first and second prizes of the National Natural Science Award (国家自然科学奖), and the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award (国家科技进步奖).
In the Nanfan breeding base (南繁育种基地) in Sanya (三亚), Hainan (海南), researchers are working vigorously, covered in sweat and mud. Not long ago, the new type of rice "Xiaowei" (小薇), led by Academician Qian Qian (钱前) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院), ushered in a bumper harvest in the experimental field, achieving a yield of over 400 kilograms per mu. This ultra-dwarf rice, less than 30 centimeters tall, contains huge potential: it is not only suitable for high-density industrialized "vertical farms," but also completed a space journey in the Wentian experimental module (问天实验舱), sowing hope for future "space farms."
From a peculiar "dwarf rice" plant to a "space farm" in the vast universe, behind this lies Qian Qian's (钱前) more than four decades of long exploration in the field of rice germplasm resources.
**Creating a Rice Mutant Library Containing Nearly 50,000 Materials**
The pursuit of perfect genes—higher yield and stronger plants—seems to be a matter of course in traditional germplasm research. However, in Qian Qian's (钱前) experimental field, he has a special liking for those "sickly," "weak," and "oddly shaped" plants.
"People often joke that other people's rice is tall and strong, but you only pick these inconspicuous ones?" But in Qian Qian's (钱前) view, these "heterogeneous" plants with different traits are the most direct embodiment of genetic diversity. He exemplified, "Classic cases are often breakthroughs in a certain medical field. Agronomy is also the same. If a rice plant grows very healthily, it is difficult to find a research focus. However, through careful study of 'oddly shaped' mutants, we can know which gene has gone wrong, thereby understanding its normal function. A mutant is a key that can open the door to a gene's function."
In 1998, in the germplasm resource nursery, a rice material named "Bao Da Li" (宝大粒) caught Qian Qian's (钱前) eye. "It is almost as tall as me, with large ears and strong stalks, and full grains, which is particularly eye-catching in the field."
At that time, gene cloning technology was not yet mature, but Qian Qian (钱前) keenly realized that this "giant" with extreme traits might hide the key code for regulating yield. After continuous multi-generational hybridization and fine mapping, the team finally successfully cloned the key gene GS2 controlling grain type, providing a new molecular target for high-yield rice breeding.
Starting from a different perspective, Qian Qian (钱前) led the team to practice in the field year after year, and finally created a rice mutant library containing nearly 50,000 materials. "It is like a giant library, treasuring the magical stories of tens of thousands of rice genes, which can allow researchers to quickly find research focuses and break down complex traits," Qian Qian (钱前) said.
Why is he so persistent in collecting and creating these bizarre "genes"?
"The earth has experienced countless disasters, but life can always continue, and the secret lies in the diversity of genes," Qian Qian (钱前) explained. In his view, every seemingly insignificant gene may contain a unique code to deal with some unknown challenge—some can resist drought, and some can tolerate saline-alkali. Protecting and enriching genetic diversity is to reserve valuable solutions for various crises that may arise in the future.
"We don't know what we will face in the future, but the solution is likely to be hidden in these seemingly inconspicuous genes," Qian Qian (钱前) said.
**Sharing Rice Genetic Variation Materials to Help Improve Rice Breeding Level**
Behind the creation of the rice mutant library is decades of hard work. Since the 1990s, Qian Qian's (钱前) team has taken the lead in using genetic mutagenesis to construct a large number of rice genetic variation materials, established a parental resource library for molecular breeding of high-yield, high-quality, and high-resistance rice, and the first set of near-isogenic lines with indica rice background in the world.
"The creation of each material is very difficult," Qian Qian (钱前) said, the temperature in the rice field often exceeds 40 degrees Celsius in the hot summer, "We brave the scorching sun, find them one by one like treasure hunting, and harvest them one seed by one seed like taking care of children." However, facing these precious materials that condense countless efforts, he made an admirable decision: open sharing.
"It is impossible to say that there are no concerns," Qian Qian (钱前) admitted, "But in the environment at that time, although we found many 'keys,' we found that there were more 'locks' that needed to be opened, and the technical means could not keep up and there was no way to start. Rather than letting these valuable materials be buried in our own hands, it is better to share them with everyone, let more people participate, and jointly promote the development of the entire discipline."
In order to put this idea into practice, he not only distributed materials to hundreds of units at home and abroad, but also took the lead in holding four national symposiums on rice mutants, functional genomics, and biotechnology breeding. At that time, many research teams were working hard in their respective corners. It was Qian Qian (钱前) who took the initiative to build this bridge, allowing colleagues from all over the world to gather together to share and exchange ideas.
"In the long course of human scientific development, open cooperation and sharing have always been the fundamental driving force for promoting scientific progress," Qian Qian (钱前) said, "**关起门来** (guān qǐ mén lái - "close the door," to isolate oneself; to be secretive and uncooperative) is not feasible for rice research."
Professor Wang Yonghong (王永红) of Shandong Agricultural University (山东农业大学) has a deep understanding of this. There are many "weird" rice materials in the rice mutant library shared by Qian Qian (钱前), such as single-tiller mutants and lazy seedlings. In 2006, when she was still at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院遗传与发育生物学研究所), she used a mutant called "leaf sequence disorder" to reveal the regulatory mechanism of rice leaf sequential growth from the molecular level for the first time.
Upon learning of this achievement, Qian Qian (钱前) sent congratulations as soon as possible. "We are sincerely happy to see that everyone has made good achievements using our materials. Only in this way can we truly promote the rapid improvement of rice breeding level," Qian Qian (钱前) said.
**Striving to Build a Wild Rice Germplasm Resource Nursery and Excavate the Excellent Genes Therein**
In the winter of 1983, Qian Qian (钱前), a college graduate, set foot on the land of Hainan (海南) for the first time as a Nanfan (南繁) staff member of the China National Rice Research Institute (中国水稻研究所). He carried his luggage, a box full of seeds and farm tools, took trains, changed buses, and then took a boat, arriving after several days of bumpy travel. What greeted him was a simple bed borrowed from a local villager's house and field work that was "**低头一身汗，抬腿两脚泥** (dī tóu yī shēn hàn, tái tuǐ liǎng jiǎo ní - "head down a body of sweat, leg up two feet of mud," describes hard physical labor in the fields).
There is also the joy of discovery in the hardship.
He tasted the local green-skinned banana for the first time, "I thought it was raw and prepared for a mouth full of astringency, but I didn't expect it to be surprisingly fragrant." Out of curiosity, he specifically consulted local chronicles and learned that this is a unique local native banana. "At that time, I thought that these excellent germplasm resources must be protected and utilized."
A simple idea planted the seeds of guarding the "gene treasure house" in his heart, and this original intention has accompanied him for 43 years.
"Making hybrids and conducting surveys under the scorching sun is our normal state. Agricultural researchers must do one thing to the extreme day after day to achieve something," For more than 40 years, Qian Qian (钱前) has been like a migratory bird, in Hainan (海南) in winter and Hangzhou (杭州) in summer, "**一年当两年用** (yī nián dāng liǎng nián yòng - "one year used as two," to work very hard and efficiently), putting all his energy into small seeds.
Now that he is over sixty years old, he could have slowed down, but he chose to set off again. In this science and innovation city of Sanya Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City High-tech Zone (三亚崖州湾科技城高新区), he serves as the Deputy Director of Yazhou Bay National Laboratory (崖州湾国家实验室), devoting himself to the construction of "Nanfan Silicon Valley" (南繁硅谷). His new goal is to lead the team to build the world's largest national wild rice germplasm resource nursery with the strongest preservation capacity, and to excavate the excellent genes contained in these germplasm resources and apply them to breeding practice.
"Wild rice research is full of difficulties, difficult to plant, difficult to harvest, and difficult to identify," Qian Qian (钱前) said, "But every time I see those young figures in the field, I think that difficulties will always pass, and as long as we persist, we can see hope."
"Every major breeding breakthrough is inseparable from the excavation of excellent germplasm resources. The initial breakthrough of Mr. Yuan Longping's (袁隆平) hybrid rice came from a wild rice male sterile plant discovered in Sanya (三亚), Hainan (海南)," Qian Qian (钱前) said, he is now guarding the "gene treasure house" for future rice breeding in China and even the world.
"With the development of urbanization and modern agriculture, the habitat of wild rice is shrinking dramatically. When I first started working, I could still find patches of wild rice in the swamps of Hainan (海南), but now I can hardly see them," Qian Qian (钱前) said, wild rice contains a large number of valuable genes that cultivated rice has long lost, and their disappearance means that humans may lose some possibilities to deal with future crises. "We must strive to protect and thoroughly study these diverse genetic resources."
From discovering a peculiar rice seedling to establishing a huge gene treasure house, Qian Qian (钱前) has interpreted his scientific research dream with decades of perseverance. Today, he is leading a younger team, running on the hopeful fields of Nanfan (南繁), sowing new hope for the future.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 姜 峰
Spotlight on Expertise
Chen Huili (陈卉丽), a researcher at the Dazu Rock Carvings Research Institute (大足石刻研究院), leads a team responsible for the protection and restoration of over 50,000 statues at the World Cultural Heritage site of Dazu Rock Carvings (大足石刻). She was named a "National Great Craftsman of Cultural Relics" in 2025. As the leader of the stone restoration team for the Dazu Rock Carvings Thousand-Hand Guanyin (大足石刻千手观音) Rescue and Protection Project, a significant national stone cultural relic protection project, she and her team spent eight years successfully restoring the Thousand-Hand Guanyin, which had suffered from hundreds of years of wind and rain erosion and as many as 34 types of damage. She has made positive contributions to the restoration of large-scale immovable cultural relics in China and published a 450,000-word monograph, "Exploration and Practice of Dazu Rock Carvings Protection."
Looking back on her sixty years of life, Chen Huili (陈卉丽) (pictured, photo by Jiang Feng (姜峰), reporter for this newspaper) spent her first 30 years in Sichuan (四川), with no connection to cultural relics; fatefully, she came to Dazu (大足), Chongqing (重庆) to repair the rock carvings, achieving great success. She compares herself to a doctor for stone cultural relics, "treating stones" for half her life, which can be described in four aspects:
First, a career change midway.
A Sichuanese (四川人) with a secondary vocational education, she studied textile engineering and worked in silk weaving factories and plastic factories. To resolve the issue of living apart from her husband, she transferred to the Dazu Rock Carvings Art Museum (大足石刻艺术博物馆) in Chongqing (重庆) in 1995.
A novice, what could she do? The then-curator Guo Xiangying (郭相颖) had an unwavering principle: all new employees started as tour guides – to familiarize themselves with the cultural relics and understand their history. Chen Huili (陈卉丽) began to memorize the script, and as she memorized, she developed a feeling, telling the story to tourists while feeling sorry for the damaged cultural relics: "How wonderful it would be if I could restore them!"
After 11 months as a tour guide, she ranked first in an exam among more than 40 people. Guo Xiangying (郭相颖) was impressed with her, and after further discussion, realized she understood materials and chemistry, "You are perfect for repairing cultural relics, go to the maintenance department!"
Second, three realizations about her profession.
Chen Huili (陈卉丽) has an impatient personality and was bold when she entered the field. The Liu Benzun (柳本尊) statue in Baoding Mountain (宝顶山) had a piece of skin fall off its face. Chen Huili (陈卉丽), who is less than 1.6 meters tall, "zoomed" up a 20-meter-high scaffolding and spent three hours anchoring and pasting at high altitude.
In 2004, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage (国家文物局) organized a year-long training program, "The assessment was very strict, and those who failed would be 'returned'." Restoration experts from Longmen (龙门), Yungang (云冈), and Dunhuang (敦煌) competed on the same stage. She studied theory in the morning and painting in the afternoon, "reading books until 12 o'clock every night." In the field of stone cultural relics, 17 people were finally admitted nationwide, including Chen Huili (陈卉丽), who later went to various places in China and Italy to learn on-site, "This became a turning point in my career."
What was the change? "Having poetry and books in your belly makes you naturally elegant." Chen Huili's (陈卉丽) understanding of her profession became deeper and deeper: initially, she was just a craftsman who "repaired and patched" all day long; later, she was "a doctor standing in front of the operating table," "the life of cultural relics is only once, walking on thin ice"; later, she taught herself archeology, history, and religion, "not only to extend the life of cultural relics, but also to make them valuable." Her words were full of demeanor and self-awareness of her mission.
Third, "leaving a hand."
If Baoding Mountain (宝顶山) is the crown of Dazu Rock Carvings (大足石刻), then the Thousand-Hand Guanyin (千手观音) is the pearl on the crown. How many "hands" are there? 1007. You would never guess that one of them is detachable.
The Dazu Rock Carvings Thousand-Hand Guanyin (大足石刻千手观音) Rescue and Protection Project is an important national stone cultural relic protection project. Chen Huili (陈卉丽) is the leader of the stone restoration team, "For 8 years, I was so busy that my home became a hotel."
One of the statue's hands stumped her: this hand was incomplete from the wrist. To find a basis for restoration, Chen Huili (陈卉丽) consulted a large number of documents and conducted field investigations of more than 30 Guanyin (观音) statues in grottoes in Chongqing (重庆), Sichuan (四川), Hebei (河北), and Shandong (山东), but still could not find a suitable solution.
For this "one thousand and seventh," she suffered and worried. Finally, based on the authenticity requirements of cultural relic restoration and considering historical and artistic value, she boldly innovated – based on the symmetry principle of the Thousand-Hand Guanyin (千手观音) statue, according to the shape of the corresponding hand on the other side, a detachable "new hand" was connected to the original repair hole of the broken hand, ensuring the integrity of the statue and leaving space for future repairs.
"Leaving a hand" leaves room for awe and the possibility of the future.
Fourth, finding joy in hardship.
Chen Huili's (陈卉丽) responsibilities for stone cultural relic restoration are not limited to Dazu (大足).
In Yuanba Village (元坝村), Bashan Town (巴山镇), Chengkou County (城口县), Chongqing (重庆), on a rock on the Daliang Mountains (大梁山脉), there are Red Army slogans carved, which are precious red cultural relics.
In the late winter of 2024, Chen Huili (陈卉丽) received an urgent task to investigate and test the restoration of cultural relic diseases. At 7 a.m., she led the team from Dazu (大足), drove for 9 hours to Yuanba Village (元坝村), and the comrades from the local cultural management station led the way. Everyone carried tools and materials up the mountain. "There was no road at all, and some places had a vertical slope of nearly 30 degrees." The group struggled to climb through the bushes. "I fell twice, and my knees were broken. I was afraid of delaying the time, so I didn't say a word and walked silently." At 6 p.m., they arrived at the cultural relic site in the protective shed. "We cleaned the surface pollutants and strengthened the weathering. It was dark when we finished."
Going down the mountain was even more "deadly." Everyone used flashlights, and when they encountered cliffs, they only dared to shrink and move forward. The leaves and weeds on the mountain were covered with dew, "**平安下山** (píng ān xià shān - "safe down mountain," to descend safely from a mountain; to overcome a difficult situation and return safely)," everyone was soaked.
Cultural relic protection sounds good, but it is actually very hard. For 30 years, Chen Huili (陈卉丽) has lost count of such things and such hardships.
Now that she has stepped down from her administrative position and continues to work as an expert, Chen Huili (陈卉丽) is still very busy. Title? "Just write researcher at the Dazu Rock Carvings Research Institute (大足石刻研究院)." She muttered, "I want to take care of my health and have a good old age"; at the same time, she said with deep affection, "When I look at the rock carvings, they seem to frown, feeling uncomfortable here and uncomfortable there; after they are repaired, when you look at them again, you feel that they are smiling, 'I have recovered, thank you...'"
Return to TopIn order to solve the problem of rural elderly care, the village committees of Tuwang Village (图王村), Yueshan Town (月山镇), Bo'ai County (博爱县), Jiaozuo City (焦作市), Henan Province (河南省) utilized idle resources to create a "Community Kitchen" ("村中大伙房") to provide free lunch and dinner for all villagers over 70 years old. This precisely addresses the "difficulty in cooking and eating" for elderly people living alone or of advanced age, reduces the worries of young people working away from home, and, supported by the village collective economy, gathers the strength of loving people to ensure the sustainability of public welfare services.
Cheng Quan (程全) Photo (Image China (影像中国))
Return to TopAccording to a report from our newspaper on April 21st in Beijing (北京) (reporter Lin Lili (林丽鹂)), the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) announced on the 21st that in 2025, the national market regulation system investigated and handled 3,845 cases of illegal fertilizer quality, with fines and confiscations totaling 51.49 million yuan, and transferred 30 cases to public security organs.
2026 marks the beginning of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan." Doing a good job in combating counterfeit agricultural materials is of great significance for stabilizing grain production and promoting high-quality agricultural development. At present, quality problems with agricultural materials such as fertilizers are repeatedly prohibited but not eradicated. Some business entities, under the guise of "new fertilizers," exaggerate efficacy through false advertising, illegally produce, and sell fake and inferior fertilizers online.
In response to the above problems, the national market regulation departments will focus on consolidating the regulatory foundation. Improve the standard system, actively cooperate with relevant departments, and accelerate the development of mandatory national standards such as fertilizer naming. Promote the revision of regulations, cooperate with the competent department to revise and improve the "Fertilizer Registration Management Measures" as soon as possible, and fill the loopholes in the registration and filing system. Enhance technical capabilities, do a good job in the qualification certification of relevant inspection and testing institutions, and provide strong technical support for supervision.
At the same time, continuously strengthen supervision and law enforcement. Currently, the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) is organizing market regulation departments in Henan (河南), Guangxi (广西), Guangdong (广东) and other places to jointly investigate and deal with a number of major cases of fake and inferior fertilizers with public security organs.
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 韩 鑫
With the spring breeze and bright sunshine, we enjoy a panoramic view of the vast land of China. Giant ships come and go, loading and unloading non-stop; hundreds of boats race against each other, their prows stretching for miles... In the first quarter of this year, the number of ships entering and leaving ports along China's coast and inland rivers reached 8.1106 million, and the cargo throughput reached 4.795 billion tons, representing year-on-year increases of 6.57% and 21.72% respectively.
Behind the busy shipping network lies a vast security network. According to data from the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部), China has now built the world's largest comprehensive maritime security system, forming a navigation and aid network covering coastal ports and channels. Why is maritime security important? How was the system built? Our reporter conducted interviews.
"Guardian" of Maritime Safety, "Pioneer" of Marine Economy
"Maritime security provides technical service support such as spatial geographic information, navigation and aids, communication, and environmental awareness for maritime activities, ensuring the safety of ship navigation, improving shipping efficiency, and supporting the development of the marine economy," said a relevant person in charge of the Maritime Safety Administration (海事局) of the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部).
Maritime security is the "guardian" of maritime navigation safety.
On October 25, 2025, a ship collision occurred in the Pearl River Estuary (珠江口) waters. The South China Sea Maritime Security Center (南海航海保障中心) urgently launched an emergency response and carried out efficient emergency disposal: Guangzhou Coast Radio Station (广州海岸电台) broadcast maritime safety information in Chinese and English, the survey ship carried out surveys of the sunken ship's position and temporary channels, and the buoy tender urgently set up navigation marks, effectively maintaining normal navigation order.
Behind the rapid disposal is an efficient security system integrating navigation marks, surveying and mapping, communication, and other means.
In the South China Sea (南海), navigation marks in the Sansha (三沙) waters have fully utilized the Beidou (北斗) satellite system for telemetry and remote control, effectively ensuring the safe passage of more than 100,000 ships every year; in the East China Sea (东海), China's first set of thematic electronic nautical charts for fisheries was put into use at the end of last year, integrating key navigation information such as high-risk warning areas for collisions between commercial and fishing vessels and the coastal north-south corridor, effectively ensuring the safety of marine fisheries production.
A maritime security network covering "sea, land, and air" operates around the clock, silently guarding waters and ships. Data shows that in 2025, the maritime system efficiently ensured the safe entry and exit of 34.647 million ships throughout the year, and the number of water transport accidents decreased by 36.7% year-on-year.
Maritime security is also the "pioneer" serving the development of the marine economy.
In the Xiamen-Kinmen (厦金) waters of Fujian (福建), the Xiamen-Kinmen Bridge (厦金大桥) is under construction; in the channel, Xiamen-Kinmen "Mini Three Links" (小三通) passenger ships shuttle back and forth. On one side is a major project growing vigorously, and on the other is a "golden channel" for cross-strait exchanges. How can construction and navigation be "both correct"?
The Xiamen Maritime Safety Administration (厦门海事局), together with the navigation mark department, carried out a "minimally invasive surgery" on the channel: by adjusting 3 light buoys, adding 3 new light buoys, and 4 virtual Automatic Identification System (AIS) navigation marks, a 3.93-kilometer temporary channel was opened up, creating operating space for bridge construction without affecting the normal operation of passenger routes.
"A large amount of global trade is completed by sea, which means that the maritime security system plays an important role in serving national strategies and maintaining the stability of the international logistics supply chain," said a relevant person in charge of the Maritime Safety Administration (海事局) of the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部). At present, China's maritime security system completes an average of about 23,000 equivalent square kilometers of hydrographic surveying annually, and the annual distribution of electronic nautical charts exceeds 5 million copies, providing high-precision basic data support for port planning, channel expansion, and navigation efficiency improvement.
Solid Support for Technological Innovation, Continuous Upgrading of Infrastructure
As of the end of March this year, China managed 24,600 coastal navigation marks, an increase of 65% compared to 10 years ago. Chart services have developed from mainly paper charts to full coverage of electronic nautical charts for coastal ports and channels; the average annual public welfare communication volume exceeds 2.2 million times, and more than one million safety information messages are broadcast, realizing "one network connection" for coastal maritime safety communication and building a safe communication radio wave connecting world ports and ships.
How was the huge, three-dimensional maritime security system built?
Behind it is the solid support of technological innovation.
"As a technology integration and application industry, maritime security covers many cutting-edge technology fields such as artificial intelligence, big data, and satellite positioning and navigation." In the view of Li Shigang (李世刚), director of the East China Sea Maritime Security Center (东海航海保障中心), the shipping industry is currently accelerating its transformation towards intelligence and greening, and intelligent maritime security is a prerequisite for achieving safe, efficient, and coordinated development of intelligent shipping.
In March 2024, the Maritime Safety Administration (海事局) of the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部) launched the "One Map" platform for sea-land integration. By integrating sea chart, river chart, and land chart data into one system and terminal for display, it solved the problem of users being unable to use data from two services simultaneously within the same system. At present, the platform has cumulatively provided spatiotemporal data basemaps for more than 50,000 ships and more than 20 ports, with annual service calls reaching tens of billions of times, helping the construction of offshore wind power, submarine oil pipelines, and other projects.
In the busy Yangtze River Estuary (长江口), 14 multi-functional navigation marks, 16 Automatic Identification System (AIS) base stations, and 13 hydrological stations have been built. By collecting and processing various ship, meteorological, hydrological, and other data, chart information is richer and updated more timely, and seamless connection between river and ocean electronic maps is realized.
In September 2025, a new generation of international standard ship intelligent navigation system was officially launched in the Pearl River Estuary (珠江口) of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区). The system integrates real-time data such as tides, currents, and weather, and realizes accompanying intelligent navigation services such as route recommendation and safety early warning, further improving the navigation efficiency of the Pearl River Estuary (珠江口).
The construction of the maritime security system is also inseparable from the continuous upgrading of infrastructure.
In the Bohai Sea (渤海), the North China Sea Maritime Security Center (北海航海保障中心), together with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (中海油) and telecommunications operators, used offshore oil platforms to build multi-mode 5G base stations. The Liaoning-Shandong (辽鲁) route, which transports millions of people every year, bid farewell to communication interruptions during the 7-hour voyage. It is expected that full coverage of communication perception in the Bohai Sea (渤海) area will be achieved by the end of this year.
In the South China Sea (南海), the South China Sea Maritime Security Center (南海航海保障中心) formed the largest drone flight team in the maritime system, forming a "drone+" operation mode in navigation and aid facility inspection, surveying and mapping data collection, and emergency disposal, realizing the normalization of three-dimensional maritime security in the South China Sea (南海).
"China is accelerating the digital and intelligent upgrading of maritime security infrastructure." According to a relevant person in charge of the Maritime Safety Administration (海事局) of the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部), from lighthouses and Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) to communication stations and the "One Map" system for sea-land integration, continuous infrastructure investment is pushing maritime security from "visible in coastal waters" to "manageable in all areas."
Extending to "Depth," Expanding to "New," Transforming to "Intelligence"
Significant achievements, but shortcomings still exist. "At present, China's maritime security still has problems such as weak construction of advanced equipment, insufficient security capabilities in deep-sea and remote sea areas, and insufficient perception capabilities in important sea areas." A relevant person in charge of the Maritime Safety Administration (海事局) of the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部) proposed that in the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, it is necessary to accelerate the construction of a modern maritime security system and achieve systematic leaps in service capacity, technological resilience, and international influence.
How to extend to "depth"?
"As China's marine activities expand from nearshore and coastal areas to deep-sea, remote sea, and polar sea areas, maritime security services must also extend their scope, continuously expand geographic space and functional boundaries, make up for shortcomings in deep-sea and remote sea security, and better ensure the stability of the international logistics supply chain." Li Shigang (李世刚) introduced that the next step will be to strengthen the construction and application of satellite Internet at sea and improve the communication supervision capabilities of key sea areas, islands, and important straits.
How to expand to "new"?
"China's offshore wind power, marine ranching, and other new industries are booming. While injecting 'blue energy' into the development of the marine economy, they also bring new challenges to the maritime safety of related waters." Jiang Jianyu (蒋见宇), director of the South China Sea Maritime Security Center (南海航海保障中心), said that future maritime security services should shift from focusing on ships themselves to accelerating expansion to new industries. By providing customized and precise services, the breadth of maritime security services will be further expanded to better promote the development of the marine economy.
In response to the 122 offshore wind farms and 24 national-level marine ranches that have been planned and constructed in the South China Sea (南海) sea area, the South China Sea Maritime Security Center (南海航海保障中心) deepened the integration of maritime security businesses and provided comprehensive maritime security service solutions for new marine industry projects. As of now, the implemented comprehensive maritime security services have covered 46 key projects.
How to transform to "intelligence"?
"Driving the intelligent upgrading of services with technological innovation is the key to improving the service capacity of maritime security. We must aim at independent control and promote the deep integration of new technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data with maritime security businesses." Yang Zhe (杨哲), director of the North China Sea Maritime Security Center (北海航海保障中心), said that in the future, we will focus on breaking through key core technologies and help promote the development of intelligent shipping.
At present, the multi-source ship dynamic perception system built by the North China Sea Maritime Security Center (北海航海保障中心) has been connected to data from 18 domestic satellites, receiving an average of 3.66 million Beidou (北斗) data messages per day. The stable and reliable real-time ship data flow provided by the Automatic Identification System (AIS) provides decision-making references for port and shipping companies to optimize resource scheduling and improve operational efficiency.
From coastal waters to the deep blue sea, from tradition to intelligence, a modern maritime security network that is becoming increasingly dense and highly collaborative will more steadily support the construction of a transportation powerhouse and better serve economic and social development.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 胡妍妍
On April 13, on the eve of the 31st World Book Day, the 2026 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration was officially announced at the Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy. "Cai Gao (蔡皋)!" The name and photo of the winner that appeared on the big screen triggered enthusiastic cheers from children's book practitioners present.
The Hans Christian Andersen Award was established in 1956 by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), and the Illustrator Award was added in 1966. It is awarded every two years and is a lifetime achievement award in the global field of children's literature and illustration. Cai Gao (蔡皋) is the first Chinese illustrator to receive this honor in 60 years.
Regarding the award, Cai Gao (蔡皋) is grateful: "This is not an award for myself, but for many colleagues who witnessed the start and development of Chinese picture books with me." At the age of 80 this year, she has never received professional training, and her connection with children's picture books came very late, but she knocked on the door of art with love and perseverance, allowing the world to see the beauty of original Chinese children's books.
In 1946, Cai Gao (蔡皋) was born in Changsha (长沙), Hunan (湖南). Enlightened parents, a caring and interesting grandmother who arranged the family's life, stories and nursery rhymes with strong local accents... The ubiquitous folk customs deeply nourished her. "My feelings and tastes were all given by my childhood." Culture flows in family life, used daily without awareness, "The sparkling things in life are the value of culture," Cai Gao (蔡皋) said.
In the 1960s, after graduating from Hunan First Normal School (湖南省第一师范学校), Cai Gao (蔡皋) worked as a primary school teacher in the countryside of Zhuzhou (株洲), Hunan (湖南) for six years. Located in a remote and materially poor area, Cai Gao (蔡皋), in her daily interaction with the children, also looked at the grass, trees, mountains and rivers with a fresh perspective. At that time, she began to do a lot of sketching, and her sketchbooks were filled with her daily life with students and villagers.
At the age of 36, Cai Gao (蔡皋) was transferred to Hunan Juvenile and Children's Publishing House (湖南少年儿童出版社) and officially became an art editor. "The publishing house is my university. People who make books must have a lamp in their hearts to light other people's lamps." She began to come into contact with a large number of excellent children's books from around the world. At that time, there was still a large area of land in Chinese children's books waiting to be cultivated. Cai Gao (蔡皋) edited and created at the same time, exploring side by side with children's book people of the same era.
Based on her own life experience and love for traditional culture, Cai Gao (蔡皋) chose to use her paintbrush to depict Chinese stories. Her painting "Bao'er" (宝儿) (originally named "Wild Garden Fox Spirit" (荒园狐精)), is taken from "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" (《聊斋志异》), and tells the story of a child who uses his wisdom and courage to hunt demons and save his mother. The bold composition, the strong red and black color scheme, and the brave and determined spirit are unforgettable. In 1993, "Wild Garden Fox Spirit" (荒园狐精) won the "Golden Apple Award" at the 14th Bratislava International Biennial of Illustrations (BIB), which greatly encouraged Chinese children's book people.
In 1995, the Chinese branch of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) hosted the "Little Pine Tree" children's picture book award event. The four winning books from Hunan Juvenile and Children's Publishing House (湖南少年儿童出版社) were all from the same editor, Cai Gao (蔡皋). One of the organizers, Tadashi Matsui (松居直), a leading figure in the Japanese picture book publishing industry, was very surprised and asked to meet this Chinese editor. The two hit it off immediately and later collaborated on the picture book "The Story of Peach Blossom Spring" (《桃花源的故事》).
"The grass is delicious and the fallen flowers are colorful" (芳草鲜美，落英缤纷), the Peach Blossom Spring (桃花源) in Tao Yuanming's (陶渊明) writings is well-known, but few people have visualized it. Over the course of 5 years, Cai Gao (蔡皋) discarded countless drafts, and finally integrated her familiar rural life and her understanding of the relationship between man and nature into the paintings, depicting a gorgeous and peaceful, dreamlike and realistic Peach Blossom Spring (桃花源). "The Story of Peach Blossom Spring" (《桃花源的故事》) has won numerous awards after its publication and has become a good story of Sino-Japanese cultural exchange.
Her experience in education and editing has been integrated into Cai Gao's (蔡皋) artistic creation. Works such as "Hundred Birds Feather Clothes" (《百鸟羽衣》) with unique oriental connotations and warm children's perspectives have been published. After retiring, she is still full of creativity, and "Hua Mulan" (《花木兰》), "Fire City 1938" (《火城1938》), and "The Story of Birth" (《出生的故事》) have been published one after another. She calls children "little teachers" and firmly believes that "the best things should be given to childhood." She always creates with love and respect, and pours the power of integrity, kindness and love for life into her pen.
Today, Cai Gao (蔡皋) is affectionately called "Grandma Picture Book" and "Grandma Treasure" by young people on the Internet, not only because of her artistic creation, but also because of her attitude towards life. She grows flowers and vegetables in the rooftop garden, writes and paints, records the affairs of the four seasons, and sincerely sighs that "life is a million times worth it." She compares herself to "Nongken 58" (农垦58) in rice, which matures very late, has no additives, and everything comes naturally. She uses the Changsha (长沙) dialect "一蔸雨水一蔸禾" to encourage young people, meaning that everyone has a sky above their heads, and there will be rain and dew, so don't be discouraged, don't give up, broaden your horizons and minds, and grow up with an atmosphere, health and cheerfulness.
At the age of 80, Cai Gao (蔡皋) is still seeking breakthroughs. "Can't Live Without" (《不能没有》), which won the National Excellent Children's Literature Award last year, jumped out of the traditional cultural themes she is good at and explored contemporary children's lives, showing the preciousness of life education. Cai Gao (蔡皋) said that she also wants to deeply cultivate picture books for young children aged 0-3. "There are too few children's works at this stage, and original works are too difficult, but because it is difficult, someone still has to do it."
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on April 21st (Reporter Liu Zhiqiang (刘志强)) - A reporter learned from the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委): According to changes in international market oil prices, starting from 24:00 on April 21st, domestic gasoline and diesel (standard grade) prices will be reduced by 555 yuan and 530 yuan per ton, respectively. It is reported that after this adjustment of refined oil prices, private car owners will spend about 20 yuan less to fill up a tank of gas, and large truck owners will spend about 230 yuan less to fill up a tank of gas.
Since the domestic refined oil price adjustment on April 7th, international market crude oil prices have fluctuated sharply. After a sharp decline in the previous few days, there was another relatively large increase on April 20th, but the average price of the first 10 working days of this price adjustment is still lower than the average price of the first 10 working days before the last price adjustment.
Relevant officials from the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) stated that China National Petroleum Corporation (中石油), China Petrochemical Corporation (中石化), China National Offshore Oil Corporation (中海油), and other crude oil processing enterprises should organize the production and transportation of refined oil to ensure stable market supply and strictly implement national price policies. Relevant departments in various regions should increase market supervision and inspection efforts, severely investigate and deal with behaviors that do not implement national price policies, and maintain normal market order. Consumers can report price violations through the 12315 platform.
Return to TopRecently, the first batch of greenhouse-grown Yangmei plums in Cixi (慈溪), Zhejiang (浙江) Province, matured and entered the market. The area has introduced technologies such as fully automated double-membrane light, water, fertilizer, and temperature increase to precisely simulate the natural growth environment, extend the Yangmei plum's market period, and help increase income and prosperity. The photo shows on April 21st, the person in charge of the Qiyuan Yangmei Professional Cooperative (戚源杨梅专业合作社) in Kuangyan Town (匡堰镇), Cixi (慈溪), checking the ripeness of the Yangmei plums in the double-membrane greenhouse.
Xinhua News Agency (新华社) reporter Xu Yu (徐昱) photographed.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on April 21st (Reporter Ni Yi (倪弋)) The Supreme People's Procuratorate (最高人民检察院) released the "White Paper on Intellectual Property Procuratorial Work (2025)" on the 21st, and launched an English version on the Supreme People's Procuratorate's (最高人民检察院) English website for the first time. The white paper comprehensively demonstrates the positive results of procuratorial organs nationwide in serving the national innovation-driven development strategy and creating a first-class market-oriented, law-based, and international business environment through data, charts, cases, and other forms.
The white paper comprehensively introduces the basic situation of procuratorial organs comprehensively fulfilling their criminal, civil, administrative, and public interest litigation procuratorial functions related to intellectual property in accordance with the law in 2025. In 2025, procuratorial organs at all levels comprehensively and accurately implemented the criminal policy of combining leniency and severity, punished crimes infringing on intellectual property rights in accordance with the law, accepted and reviewed 11,341 cases involving 25,160 people for prosecution, prosecuted 9,135 cases involving 19,102 people, and did not prosecute 5,105 people. In addition, procuratorial organs nationwide also handled 1,251 civil procuratorial cases related to intellectual property rights; handled 1,795 administrative procuratorial cases related to intellectual property rights; and accepted 741 clues of public interest litigation in the field of intellectual property rights, filing 612 cases.
The white paper also focuses on introducing the achievements made by procuratorial organs in continuously improving the quality and efficiency of procuratorial supervision and effectively safeguarding judicial justice. Among them, procuratorial organs focused on new-generation information technology, artificial intelligence, new energy, high-end equipment, biomedicine and other emerging industries and future industries, and strengthened criminal judicial protection of intellectual property rights for enterprises' original innovation and key core technologies. At the same time, it comprehensively fulfilled the procuratorial functions of intellectual property rights, and continued to strengthen civil and administrative procuratorial supervision of technical cases involving patents, integrated circuit layout designs, new plant varieties, and computer software.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Haikou (海口) April 21st dispatch (Reporter Cao Wenxuan (曹文轩)): The reporter learned recently from Haikou Customs (海口海关) that since the Hainan (海南) offshore duty-free policy was officially implemented on April 20, 2011, Haikou Customs (海口海关) has cumulatively supervised Hainan (海南) offshore duty-free shopping amounting to 286.4 billion yuan, with 347.8843 million items purchased and 50.8667 million shoppers.
Over the past 15 years, the Hainan (海南) offshore duty-free policy has been iterated and upgraded 10 times: from a quota of 5,000 yuan per person per year to a quota of 100,000 yuan, from a single "port of departure pickup" to multiple pickup methods such as "postal delivery," "immediate purchase and pickup," and "return island pickup" in parallel, and from 35 categories of goods to covering 47 major categories of goods.
Currently, a competitive landscape of 6 operating entities and 12 offshore duty-free shops has been formed on the entire island of Hainan (海南). Sanya International Duty Free City (三亚国际免税城) has become the only duty-free shop in the country rated as a 4A-level scenic spot. The offshore duty-free policy also effectively activates the development momentum of industries such as culture and tourism, conventions and exhibitions, and performing arts.
Based on the actual construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港), Haikou Customs (海口海关) has continuously launched "duty-free and bonded connection," conditional release of Hainan (海南) offshore duty-free imported food and cosmetics, a "centralized + automated" intelligent review mechanism, and a "low-altitude distribution + intelligent warehousing and distribution" linkage model for duty-free goods, which greatly improves the turnover efficiency of the entire chain from shelf to sale of duty-free goods.
At the same time, Haikou Customs (海口海关) continues to weave a dense prevention and control network for the entire chain from duty-free goods declaration and entry, warehousing supervision, store sales to offshore verification, conducts normalized comprehensive management of offshore duty-free resale smuggling, severely cracks down on illegal and irregular activities, resolutely maintains the operating order of the duty-free market, and effectively protects the legitimate rights and interests of consumers.
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 曹怡晴 施 芳 周 欢
How far can the fragrance of books travel?
From the island bookstore in Bailizhou (百里洲), Yichang (宜昌), Hubei (湖北) Province, to the "Light Up Reading Micro-Wish" program in the Daliang Mountains (大凉山) of Sichuan (四川) Province, the People's Daily (人民日报) Culture section has witnessed many heartwarming reading companionship stories since the launch of the "Rural Reading Companion Program" in 2022. This year, we stepped out of the editorial office, joined hands with more social forces, entered rural bookstores, and participated in and recorded a rural reading club.
The "Golden Orange Reading Space" in Ehu Village (鹅湖村), Xunwu County (寻乌县), Ganzhou (赣州), Jiangxi (江西) Province, with the help of residents of Chaowai Subdistrict (朝外街道), Chaoyang District (朝阳区), Beijing (北京) and two express delivery couriers, added thousands of books to this rural bookstore through the "books for oranges" initiative. On April 10, writers and volunteers from Beijing came here to bring a reading sharing session.
As the first "National Reading Week" arrives, we turn our attention to cities and rural areas, focusing on the reading promotion practices of ordinary people, and feeling the strong atmosphere of loving to read, reading good books, and being good at reading in the increasingly fertile reading environment.
-- Editor
On the afternoon of April 10, Ehu Village (鹅湖村), Liuche Town (留车镇), Xunwu County (寻乌县), Ganzhou (赣州) City, Jiangxi Province (江西省), was bathed in warm spring sunshine, and the small village was quiet. In the "Golden Orange Reading Space" of the rural bookstore, a reading club was in progress.
How to use a map perspective to see the historical context clearly? The curious children listened with great interest to this topic, because the sharer was Li Bubai (李不白), the map maker and author of the book *A General History of China on Maps*. On the same day, Zhang Lei (张磊), the station manager of an express delivery station in Chaowai Subdistrict (朝外街道), Chaoyang District (朝阳区), Beijing (北京), and a batch of books sent by the People's Daily Publishing House (人民日报出版社) also came to the village with the writer. In the "Golden Orange Reading Space," many books are "floating" from Beijing one by one.
From Beijing to Xunwu (寻乌), Jiangxi (江西), from book drifting to offline reading clubs, spanning nearly 2,000 kilometers, the story of the "Golden Orange Reading Space" begins in the autumn of 2025, when the oranges are fragrant.
The mountains of oranges are exchanged for a room full of books
"It is because of the oranges that our village's rural bookstore has thousands more books." At the reading club, Hou Fochuan (侯佛传), a villager of Ehu Village (鹅湖村) and an express delivery courier working in Chaowai Subdistrict (朝外街道) in Beijing, told the story of the relationship between oranges and reading, "Last autumn, the navel oranges in the village had a bumper harvest, but sales were not good. I mentioned this to my colleagues at the express delivery station. Without saying a word, the brothers in the station pooled money to buy 1,000 kilograms of oranges and gave them to the neighbors to try."
Learning that the oranges were unsalable, residents near Chaowai Subdistrict (朝外街道) spontaneously organized group purchases, merchants in the subdistrict relayed to adopt them, and many people paid for the oranges but left them at the express delivery station. How to continue to pass on the warmth in the oranges? The idea of "books for oranges" emerged.
"The money we raised could have covered the cost of the villagers' orange planting, but there were still a lot of navel oranges in the express delivery station. Why not use oranges to exchange for books with residents, and then donate the books to the rural bookstore in Ehu Village (鹅湖村)?" Hou Fochuan (侯佛传) and Zhang Lei (张磊) discussed.
"Speaking of books, we have to mention the 'Golden Orange' volunteer project in Chaowai Subdistrict (朝外街道)," Zhang Lei (张磊) said, "In addition to delivering express deliveries to everyone, I am also a volunteer in the subdistrict. At the beginning of last year, with the support of the 'Golden Orange' volunteer project, I launched the 'Turning Books Over Mountains' book donation campaign, raising a lot of books for the Hope Primary School in Shangcai County (上蔡县), Zhumadian City (驻马店市), Henan Province (河南省), my hometown." The habit of donating and exchanging books has continued among the express delivery couriers and residents of Chaowai Subdistrict (朝外街道).
In November 2025, the "books for oranges" campaign began. Thousands of books gathered from all corners of the subdistrict, including picture books and fairy tales that children love to read, classic books that residents have kept for many years, and new books donated by nearby enterprises and institutions. Two months later, the sorted and classified books were loaded into a car and set off, traveling nearly 2,000 kilometers to Ehu Village (鹅湖村).
The "Golden Orange" project in Chaowai Subdistrict (朝外街道) is a public welfare brand in the capital; the sweet navel oranges in southern Jiangxi are a symbolic achievement of the old revolutionary base area's industrial development. The "oranges" in the north and south meet because of books, which is backed by a simple respect for reading and a warm kindness to help others.
Reading club, how to start?
"'Books for oranges' has exchanged for what we want." Hou Guoqiang (侯国强), the administrator of the bookstore, was very pleased as he sorted out the full bookshelves.
The rural bookstore in Ehu Village (鹅湖村) has been built for more than 10 years. In Hou Guoqiang's (侯国强) view, it is the "cultural gas station" in the village: "Villagers used to rely on old experience when they encountered troubles in farming, but now they can find answers by flipping through agricultural technology books. Children come more often. On weekends and winter and summer vacations, this is their 'second classroom' for reading and doing homework." However, the problem of insufficient collection has always been his trouble.
"We have too few historical story books here. We have to wait in line for a long time to borrow a *Romance of the Three Kingdoms*." Twelve-year-old Hou Minxi (侯敏曦) is a "Three Kingdoms fan." Before she could get her hands on the book, she would "complain" to the administrator uncle.
Now, the bookstore's collection has increased significantly, from phonetic picture books to classic masterpieces, from encyclopedic knowledge to historical stories. In the "Golden Orange Reading Space," children and books are more "compatible." The problem that Hou Guoqiang (侯国强) is talking about is also different from before: "With more books, I have to quickly learn how to classify and register them, so that people who are looking for and borrowing books don't have to wait for a long time!"
Not long ago, Hou Fochuan (侯佛传) returned to his hometown from Beijing to renovate his house and would go to the bookstore every day. "Many places have reading clubs. Can we also have one in our village?" Hou Jintao (侯锦涛), a fifth-grade student at Liuche Central Primary School (留车中心小学) in Liuche Town (留车镇), made a wish to Hou Fochuan (侯佛传).
"Reading club, how to start?" Hou Fochuan (侯佛传) called Zhang Lei (张磊) to discuss. Zhang Lei (张磊) thought of finding a publishing house. In the two book donation and exchange activities last year, the "Golden Orange" project became associated with the People's Daily Publishing House (人民日报出版社). Zhang Lei (张磊) tried to contact the People's Daily Publishing House (人民日报出版社) and told them his idea. Unexpectedly, the editorial department of the publishing house readily agreed. After preparation, the "Rural Reading Companion Program" jointly initiated by the People's Daily Publishing House (人民日报出版社), the People's Daily Culture Time Studio (人民日报文化时间工作室), and the Xunwu County (寻乌县) Party Committee Propaganda Department landed in Ehu Village (鹅湖村), and also donated new books to the "Golden Orange Reading Space." This is the scene of the reading club at the beginning of the article.
"We ordinary people, as long as we think in one place and work hard in one place, we can really gather a fire and do some great things that can warm people's hearts." As the reading club came to an end, Zhang Lei (张磊) said with emotion, "These books exchanged for by 'Golden Oranges' are like 'anywhere doors' and 'telescopes', which can allow children to see farther and a bigger world." Listening to the reading experiences shared by the children at the reading club, Zhang Lei (张磊) felt a burst of warmth in his heart.
Next to the express delivery station, there is a "bookstore that does not sell books"
Nearly 2,000 kilometers away from Ehu Village (鹅湖村), in Chaowai Subdistrict (朝外街道), not far from Zhang Lei's (张磊) express delivery station, there is a "Golden Orange Sharing Station."
In the orange hut of less than 10 square meters, various books are neatly arranged. "The station only sends and exchanges books, but does not sell books. Everyone calls it a 'bookstore that does not sell books'." Song Yumeng (宋雨萌) is a volunteer of the "Golden Orange" project and the manager of the bookstore.
Accumulated 7,090 books donated by residents with love, 961 books borrowed, and more than 4,900 book exchanges completed... Each piece of data records the trajectory of the fragrance of books flowing in the "bookstore that does not sell books." "There are picture books sent by mothers with their children, with childish graffiti clipped in the pages; there are old books selected by the elderly from their collections, and the yellowed paper exudes the fragrance of time..." Song Yumeng (宋雨萌) tells the stories that happened in the bookstore, "Once, I found a black suitcase outside the bookstore door. When I opened it, there were 40 neatly stacked books and 5 brand new notebooks. There was no name left, only good intentions."
Books are not only carriers of knowledge, but also connect the warmth and kindness between people, cities and villages.
"Encourage and support social forces to participate in the construction of public reading spaces, carry out the exchange and circulation of old books, innovate reading service models, and enrich national reading scenarios..." These clauses in the *Regulations on Promoting National Reading* implemented on February 1 this year have become the specific practice of volunteer service in Chaowai Subdistrict (朝外街道). Zuo Xiangjun (左向军), deputy director of the Chaowai Subdistrict (朝外街道) Office, told reporters that after the "books for oranges" came to an end, the "books for books" activity was launched and a normalized book sharing platform was built.
About 500 kilometers away from Ehu Village (鹅湖村), in Nanchang (南昌), the Fifth National Reading Conference is underway. "The changes in the rural bookstore in Ehu Village (鹅湖村) are a microcosm of the promotion of national reading in Xunwu County (寻乌县). As the place where the 'Xunwu Survey' occurred, Xunwu County (寻乌县) is promoting the fragrance of books to nourish urban and rural areas with the theme of 'Civilization Practice + Red Culture + National Reading', further optimizing rural reading environment conditions and improving rural reading service effectiveness," said Gao Lei (高磊), member of the Standing Committee of the Xunwu County (寻乌县) Party Committee and Deputy County Mayor.
Return to TopBy: 智春丽
Express delivery stations embody the vitality of a mobile China; rural libraries are a warm and steadfast guardian of rural China. On one end is the world's largest delivery network connecting urban and rural areas, and on the other is a public welfare cultural project with a book collection roughly equivalent to that of public libraries. One city, one village, one dynamic, one static, spanning nearly 2,000 kilometers, express delivery stations and rural libraries are so closely connected because of the fragrance of books.
This connection, seemingly originating from a chance thought, upon closer reflection, also has an inevitable deep connection. Among those working hard in the city, who doesn't have a hometown they care about in their heart? The express delivery parcels in the hands of deliverymen, constantly accelerating with same-day and next-day delivery, reflect the speed of urban-rural integrated development in China today, and also reflect the inevitable demand from material abundance to spiritual enrichment. When one's own life is good, one also hopes that others are better; when material conditions are good, one also expects spiritual life to be better. The common yearning for a better life, the greatest kindness to help others, and the most simple respect for reading converge in the fragrance of books.
Reading carries the Chinese people's persistent pursuit and yearning for "poetry and distant places." Farmer reader Liu Shili (刘诗利) said, "Reading makes me better"; migrant worker Wu Guichun (吴桂春) said that the library is "the best place" in his life in recent years. These words have moved many people. The "National Reading Promotion Regulations (全民阅读促进条例)" propose encouraging and supporting social forces to participate in the construction of public reading spaces. With books as the medium, we look forward to more stories of "exchanging books for oranges," allowing the flowing fragrance of books to connect you and me, and also illuminate the distance.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 何 聪 顾 春
On April 11th, in Jidong Town (稽东镇), Keqiao District (柯桥区), Shaoxing (绍兴), Zhejiang (浙江), spring rain drizzled like silk, falling on the hinterland of Kuaiji Mountain (会稽山). In the Feixiang Bookstore (榧香书舍), a public welfare class called "When Ancient Paintings Meet AI" was underway. The children clapped their little hands "pa pa" when they heard something wonderful. That day, teachers and student volunteers from the Media and Culture Industry Research Center of Zhejiang University (浙江大学传媒与文化产业研究中心) came here to conduct weekend classes. The bookstore often holds activities like this. The Feixiang Bookstore (榧香书舍) was established in 2020 and is a favorite place for nearby children to go after school and on holidays.
"When our town government said it wanted to set up the Feixiang Bookstore (榧香书舍), I thought it was a great opportunity. We must ensure that children in rural areas can enjoy the same reading environment as children in cities," said Ying Hualiang (应华亮), the person in charge of the Feixiang Bookstore (榧香书舍) (Farmhouse Bookstore) and a national rural reading promoter. Under his operation, the bookstore has held more than 1,000 activities, received more than 20,000 visitors, and lent more than 30,000 books in recent years.
"Anne is so brave, I want to be like her too!" After reading "Anne of Green Gables," 11-year-old Qiu Wenyan (裘文嫣) lay on the table and wrote this sentence. Before, when she got home from school, Qiu Wenyan (裘文嫣) would feed the pigs and drive the geese. After the bookstore opened, she became a regular here. "Opening a book is like going to a place I've never been before, it's so much fun."
In the hands of bookstore administrator Li Weidi (李威娣), there is a stack of "reading record cards" that record these children's "reading experiences": Xu Dongyue (徐栋玥) wrote "Don't envy others, just be yourself" after reading a book; Wang Wenjie (王文杰) read "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" and wanted to see "what's at the bottom of the sea."
"The best way for children in rural areas to broaden their horizons and increase their knowledge is to read," said Ying Hualiang (应华亮).
Speech and elocution classes and traditional Chinese culture and etiquette classes boost confidence; lacquer fan, tie-dye, and gourmet food production classes cultivate interests; and science and technology workers are invited to talk about cutting-edge robots... The bookstore works with the Keqiao District Charity Federation (柯桥区慈善总会) and schools in the city to bring public welfare activities to people's doorsteps. "Children who come here often write more inspired compositions," said Gan Jinhai (干金海), a teacher at Jidong Town Central Primary School (稽东镇中心小学) who often "moves" public welfare reading classes to the bookstore.
"I invite teachers from all walks of life to teach classes because I hope to build confidence in children through reading and sow seeds, and I think there will always be one seed that will germinate," said Ying Hualiang (应华亮). He introduced that since last year, the bookstore has held 128 rural cultural activities, 235 educational classes, and 15 public welfare services, with nearly 600 children coming to the bookstore to participate in activities.
"The bookstore not only lets children read books, but also often takes them out to broaden their horizons," said Ying Hualiang (应华亮). He introduced that the bookstore has a rule: reading experiences can be exchanged for points, and points can be exchanged for stationery and opportunities to visit places. In recent years, the children have used the points they have accumulated to go to Beijing (北京), Shanghai (上海), Nanjing (南京), Hangzhou (杭州) and other places.
Li Siyue (李思悦) tossed and turned and couldn't sleep the night she found out she could go to Beijing (北京). When Li Siyue (李思悦) stood on the Great Wall (长城), the wind was blowing, but her heart was warm: "When I grow up, I want to be a teacher and tell the children about the great rivers and mountains of our motherland."
In the view of Chen Gaoming (陈高明), the principal of Jidong Town Central Primary School (稽东镇中心小学), the Feixiang Bookstore (榧香书舍) is a microcosm of the improvement of the quality and efficiency of rural reading services. The operation of the Feixiang Bookstore (榧香书舍) explores the participation of social forces in public cultural services, solving the problem of some children lacking companionship at home; high-quality teaching activities also enrich children's lives and help the school's education and teaching.
A bookstore gathers faint light, connects the fields and the distance, and accompanies children to grow up. Hong Yu (洪宇), director of the Media and Culture Industry Research Center of Zhejiang University (浙江大学传媒与文化产业研究中心), said that mobilizing social forces to participate in rural public cultural services is very meaningful, and college students who come here can also feel the role of culture in helping the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside in practice.
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I come from the Yimeng Mountain area (沂蒙山区) in Shandong (山东), and I am an ordinary farmer. Before the age of 50, I was always farming and working, dealing with crops, land, firewood, rice, oil, and salt every day. If there is anything unique about me, it may be that I always have books in my heart and can always see the poetry in ordinary days.
When I was a child, my family's conditions were not very good, and my schooling was not so smooth. Later, I went to work in a textile factory in my hometown. The roar of the loom accompanied me through most of my life. At that time, on the factory assembly line, the machines kept turning. I carried a small piece of chalk and took advantage of the break to write the heartwarming and powerful sentences from the books on the wall. There were also some unobtrusive places where I would sometimes carry a book and read it next to the machine.
Later, I started writing, which is inseparable from reading. After reading more books, and accumulating more feelings in my heart, I naturally wanted to write them down.
In the spring of 2022, I started learning how to do self-media, shooting, editing, and live broadcasting. For a farmer in my 50s, this is a "new book." With the help of the Internet, I can access more books, and the rustic poems I write are also more widely spread. As netizens say, "the pattern has been opened," and "**熬日子**" (áo rì zi - "endure the days," to eke out a miserable existence) has become "**过日子**" (guò rì zi - "live life," to live a fulfilling life), full of flavor.
Books are the root of my creation, and life is the soil of my creation. In the past, I never gave up reading, and I will not in the future.
(The author is a farmer poet and self-media blogger "Yimeng Second Sister" (沂蒙二姐), interviewed and compiled by Chen Shuang (陈爽), a reporter from this newspaper)
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on April 21st (Reporter Yang Hao (杨昊)): The reporter learned from the All-China Women's Federation that the "Fragrant Homes Read Classics" 5th National Reading Conference · Family and Child Reading Forum, jointly organized by the Family and Children's Work Department of the All-China Women's Federation, the Bureau of Civilization Cultivation of the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部), the Office of the State Council's Women and Children's Work Committee, and the Jiangxi Provincial Women's Federation, was held in Nanchang (南昌), Jiangxi (江西) on the 20th. Approximately 500 people, including relevant responsible comrades from propaganda departments and women's federation systems from various regions, family reading promoters, and family representatives from Jiangxi Province, gathered together to cultivate scientific family education and inherit good family traditions through classic recitation.
At the forum, book-loving families vividly performed classic chapters, demonstrating the excellent family traditions of thrift and patriotism; descendants of the Red Army passionately recounted the stories of the Long March, polishing their red faith and drawing strength for progress; volunteers from rural reading shared their reading companionship and innovative practices; experts and scholars interactively interpreted the important significance and methods of reading in helping children's physical and mental health growth, and profoundly expounded the unique role of classic recitation in cultivating good family traditions and fostering a deep sense of national identity.
The "Fragrant Homes Read Classics" activity was launched at the forum. Focusing on the theme of family reading, the activity will launch "Lianlian Accompanies You to Recite Classics" AI (Artificial Intelligence) masterpieces throughout the year on a regular basis, and carry out activities such as "Recitation in My Home" hundred demonstration events.
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"Can we add another class each week?" At Shengli Road Primary School in Yanjin County (延津县), Xinxiang (新乡), Henan (河南), many children asked after an "Love My Yanjin" class had just finished.
Why is a local culture class so "satisfying"? The lecturers are not all teachers, but also include ancient building guardians; the students do not all sit in the classroom, but go to the wheat fields to carry out practice.
This spring, this set of courses, coordinated by the Zhongyuan Publishing and Media Group (中原出版传媒集团) and jointly participated in by education departments and front-line schools, was written into the curriculum of Yanjin County schools. Li Cunzhen (李存真), director of the Teaching and Research Office of the Yanjin County Education, Sports and Technology Bureau (延津县教体局教研室), commented: "It deeply integrates ideological and political education, local education, and labor practice, allowing the 'Great Ideological and Political Class' to truly integrate into students' daily lives."
Behind a class is Henan's in-depth exploration of promoting national reading. Henan is a large province in terms of population and agriculture, with a weak foundation for grassroots reading and a significant gap between urban and rural areas. How can we sow the seeds of reading in the fields and let the fragrance of books reach more places?
Taking teenagers as the starting point, innovative carriers as the grasp, urban and rural networks as the framework, and high-quality publishing as the core, Henan has embarked on a reading promotion path that suits local conditions.
Henan Xinhua Bookstore (河南省新华书店) has created "Off-Campus Five Education Integration Experience Centers," carrying out an average of more than 6,000 research and study activities per year, covering 200,000 students. Among them, "immersive script research and study" allows children to actively immerse themselves in reading through role-playing; Henan Broadcasting System (河南广播电视台) and Zhongyuan Publishing and Media Group (中原出版传媒集团) jointly launched the "Teenagers Read China" activity, forming a "three-dimensional reading class" with TV programs, book lists, and essay competitions, with over 3.8 billion views across the entire network.
Reading promotion should not only cover urban and rural areas, but also be precisely targeted.
Every year in the second half of the year, the annual "Fragrant Henan National Reading Conference" connects provinces, cities, and counties, weaving a "precise irrigation network." During the conference, Henan Xinhua Bookstore (河南省新华书店) opens benefit-the-people book exhibitions and distributes millions of yuan in benefit-the-people book purchase coupons. Up to now, Henan has built 1,200 characteristic reading spaces and 46,000 rural bookstores. The "Henan Digital Bookstore" covers all administrative villages in the province, and millions of farmers can learn agricultural techniques, listen to operas, and read e-books at any time.
Based on local culture, Henan is deeply cultivating high-quality content. Since 2020, Henan has launched the "Chinese Cultural Heritage" book series as a key publishing project, planning to spend 10 years creating a publishing brand based on Central Plains culture and Yellow River culture. In the past 6 years, it has launched 44 high-quality books, winning more than 40 provincial and ministerial-level awards, and some works have been "exported" as cultural IP and have gained international recognition. In 2024, Henan established a provincial publishing fund to precisely target projects that "national funds cannot reach and are not highly market-oriented."
The rich fragrance of books moistens urban and rural areas. From a local culture class in Yanjin (延津), to a reading network covering urban and rural areas, from a series of high-quality works to a series of institutional innovations, Henan promotes national reading with both continuous effort and persistent dedication, 久久为功 (jiǔ jiǔ wéi gōng - "achieve success through persistent effort," continuous efforts will lead to success).
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Technological innovation is the strategic support for improving social productivity and comprehensive national strength, and technological self-reliance and self-strengthening are the foundation of national prosperity and the key to security. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out at this year's National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (中国人民政治协商会议): "China's technological development should, while carrying out international cooperation, adhere to independence, self-reliance, and self-strengthening, and better undertake our historical responsibilities." This important exposition profoundly reveals the rich connotation and great significance of strengthening technological innovation and promoting technological self-reliance and self-strengthening. Since the new era, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has made a series of important expositions on strengthening technological innovation and promoting technological self-reliance and self-strengthening, guiding China's scientific and technological undertakings to achieve historic achievements and undergo historic changes. The "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划) outlines an important deployment for "accelerating high-level technological self-reliance and self-strengthening to lead the development of new quality productive forces." To implement this important deployment, it is necessary to deeply grasp the contemporary significance and original contributions of strengthening technological innovation and promoting technological self-reliance and self-strengthening, and to lead the development of new quality productive forces with technological innovation.
A concentrated embodiment of deeply grasping the general trend of development and scientifically applying the laws of scientific and technological development.
Attaching importance to the role of science and technology in the development of productive forces is a basic viewpoint of Marxism. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党第十八次全国代表大会), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has adhered to the Marxist materialist conception of history, and based on a deep understanding of the world's development trends, the trends of scientific and technological development, and the national development situation, has made important judgments such as "technological innovation is the core, and grasping technological innovation means grasping the 'bull nose' (牛鼻子) that drives China's overall development" and "the key to building a strong socialist modern country lies in technological self-reliance and self-strengthening," which reflects a deep grasp of the general trend of development and the scientific application of the objective laws of scientific and technological development.
A concentrated embodiment of a deep understanding of the major changes unseen in a century in the world. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must cultivate new opportunities in crises and open up new prospects in changing situations, and we must seek answers from technological innovation." After the 2008 international financial crisis, the economic growth of some countries was weak, internal contradictions became more prominent, leading to a rise in protectionism and unilateralism, and a shrinking of international trade and investment; the rise of a number of emerging market countries and developing countries has led to profound changes in the balance of international forces. In this series of new situations and new changes, technological innovation is a key variable. Accelerating technological innovation and promoting technological self-reliance and self-strengthening have become important means for China to actively grasp and respond to this major change unseen in a century, and to promote and expand Chinese-style modernization. Only with strategic vision and a global perspective, strengthening technological innovation and promoting technological self-reliance and self-strengthening, can we grasp the initiative and move steadily and far in the midst of major changes.
A concentrated embodiment of a deep understanding of the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The new scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation will be one of the most difficult to control but must be faced uncertainties. Grasp it and it is an opportunity, fail to grasp it and it is a challenge." Science and technology are universal and contemporary. Entering the 21st century, with the rise of a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, some important scientific issues and industrial key technologies show signs of revolutionary breakthroughs, and the energy of transformation and breakthrough is constantly accumulating. It should be seen that in the traditional international science and technology development arena, the rules have largely been set by others, and we are only followers and participants, without more initiative. The new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation brings us major opportunities, enabling us to become rule-makers and leaders, joining in the construction of new arenas from the beginning and dominating some arena construction. Keenly grasping the trends of world scientific and technological innovation and development, strengthening technological innovation and promoting technological self-reliance and self-strengthening, can seize the initiative and occupy the commanding heights in future development.
A concentrated embodiment of a deep understanding of the new stage and new characteristics of China's development. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Chinese-style modernization must be supported by technological modernization, and achieving high-quality development must rely on technological innovation to cultivate new driving forces." Shifting from a stage of high-speed growth to a stage of high-quality development, China's economic development presents a series of new characteristics and new changes, mainly reflected in changes in the factor conditions, combination methods, and allocation efficiency of economic development, and the economic structure shifting from mainly incremental expansion to adjusting the stock and optimizing the increment. In this new situation, innovation has become the primary driving force for leading development, determining the speed, effectiveness, and sustainability of development. Strengthening technological innovation and promoting technological self-reliance and self-strengthening are deeply rooted in an accurate grasp of the national conditions of China's new development stage, firmly grasping the "bull nose" (牛鼻子) that drives the overall economic and social development, pointing out the direction for us to promote high-quality development in the new development stage, and can promote the quality change, efficiency change, and power change of China's economic development.
In 2016, at the National Science and Technology Innovation Conference (全国科技创新大会), the Academician Conference of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院院士大会) and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (中国工程院院士大会), and the Ninth National Congress of the China Association for Science and Technology (中国科协第九次全国代表大会), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The goal of China's scientific and technological development is to make China an innovative country by 2020, to make China one of the leading innovative countries by 2030, and to make China a world power in science and technology by the 100th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China." Under the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想), and with the joint efforts of all parties, China's scientific and technological undertakings have achieved historic achievements and undergone historic changes, entering the ranks of innovative countries. Standing at a new starting point for scientific and technological development, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly pointed out at the 20th Academician Conference of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院第二十次院士大会), the 15th Academician Conference of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (中国工程院第十五次院士大会), and the 10th National Congress of the China Association for Science and Technology (中国科协第十次全国代表大会) in 2021: "Based on the new development stage, implementing the new development concept, building a new development pattern, and promoting high-quality development, we must deeply implement the strategy of revitalizing the country through science and education, the strategy of strengthening the country through talent, and the strategy of innovation-driven development, improve the national innovation system, accelerate the construction of a strong country in science and technology, and achieve high-level technological self-reliance and self-strengthening." From "technological self-reliance and self-strengthening" to "high-level technological self-reliance and self-strengthening," it reflects the substantial improvement of China's overall scientific and technological level, demonstrates the continuous deepening of the understanding of the laws of scientific and technological development in the new era, and shows that the foundation, confidence, and confidence in seizing the opportunities of the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation are more solid.
Opened up a new realm of Marxist view of science and technology.
The view of science and technology is an important part of the worldview and values, which determines how people view science and technology, use science and technology, and other major issues. Based on their profound observations of the industrial revolution, Marxist classical writers came to the important conclusion that "science is a revolutionary force that plays a driving role in history," which provided guidance for mankind to use science and technology and develop science and technology. General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on strengthening technological innovation and promoting technological self-reliance and self-strengthening profoundly answer important questions such as "what is science and technology, what can science and technology do, how can science and technology develop, and who does science and technology serve," and have opened up a new realm of the Marxist view of science and technology.
Promote the upgrading of science and technology from "tool support" to "strategic support" and clarify the key role of technological innovation. Marxism believes that science and technology play an important role in promoting the development of productive forces, changing social structures, and even promoting changes in the world pattern. However, on the whole, the understanding of the role of science and technology by Marxist classical writers is mainly concentrated on promoting the development of productive forces and changing the relations of production, and regards science and technology as "tool support" for promoting economic and social development. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) adheres to the basic principles of historical materialism, and based on a deep insight into the history of scientific and technological revolution and China's modern history, closely links technological innovation with the future and destiny of the country, emphasizing that "technological self-reliance and self-strengthening have become the basic ability that determines China's survival and development" and "only by mastering key core technologies in our own hands can we fundamentally ensure national economic security, national defense security, and other security." These important expositions profoundly clarify the key role of strengthening technological innovation and promoting technological self-reliance and self-strengthening in coordinating development and security, promoting and expanding Chinese-style modernization, placing technological innovation at the core of the overall national development, and upgrading the role of science and technology from "tool support" to "strategic support."
Deepen the understanding of the two-sided nature of science and technology and clarify the ethical principles of science and technology for good. Marxist classical writers believe that science and technology have a positive role in promoting the development of productive forces, and at the same time will trigger a series of social and ethical issues. In recent years, the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation represented by information technology is profoundly reshaping the pattern of economic and social development and the way of production and life, and has also triggered a series of risks and challenges in the fields of employment and ethics. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly pointed out: "Science and technology are a sharp tool for development, but they may also become a source of risk" and "we must prospectively judge the rule conflicts, social risks, and ethical challenges brought about by scientific and technological development, and improve relevant laws and regulations, ethical review rules, and regulatory frameworks," especially in the face of the rapid development of artificial intelligence, requiring "grasping the development trends and laws of artificial intelligence, stepping up the formulation and improvement of relevant laws and regulations, policy systems, application norms, and ethical guidelines, and building a technical monitoring, risk early warning, and emergency response system to ensure that artificial intelligence is safe, reliable, and controllable." These important expositions not only profoundly reveal the two-sided characteristics of technological innovation as a sharp tool for development and a source of risk, but also provide theoretical guidance and practical guidance for resolving this inherent contradiction, and provide fundamental guidance for China to carry out emerging technology governance and promote science and technology for good while strengthening technological innovation and promoting technological self-reliance and self-strengthening.
Adhere to science and technology for the people and clarify the fundamental position of technological innovation. "Who to serve" is one of the fundamental questions that must be answered to promote technological innovation. Marxism believes that the purpose of development is to promote the continuous improvement of people's well-being. The same is true of technological innovation. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that "the needs and calls of the people are the voice of the times for scientific and technological progress and innovation" and requires "adhering to the strategic orientation of 'four orientations'," one of which is to face the people's life and health. These important expositions clearly show that strengthening technological innovation and promoting technological self-reliance and self-strengthening under socialism is aimed at safeguarding the fundamental interests of the people and improving people's well-being, rather than serving the increase of capital under the capitalist mode of production, and clarifies the fundamental position of China's technological innovation. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has further extended science and technology for the people to the global level, proposing to "work with all countries in the world to create an open, fair, just, and non-discriminatory international science and technology development environment, and jointly address global challenges such as climate change, food security, and energy security, so that science and technology can better benefit mankind."
Promote the major development of Marxist theory of productive forces.
Productive forces are the fundamental driving force for the development of human society. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Promote high-level technological self-reliance and self-strengthening, and firmly grasp the lifeline of science and technology and the initiative of development in our own hands" and "solidly promote the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, and help develop new quality productive forces." General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions have made breakthrough developments in the important role of technological innovation in promoting the development of productive forces, and enriched and developed the Marxist theory of productive forces.
Enriched and expanded the connotation and extension of Marxist theory of productive forces. Marxist classical writers' research on productive forces was mainly carried out within the framework of political economy, and the same is true for the research on the role of science and technology in promoting the development of productive forces. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly grasped the new stage, new characteristics, and new requirements of China's economic development, creatively proposed the new development concept, and led the practice of high-quality development in China in the new era. The new development concept not only pays attention to the role of technological innovation in promoting the development of productive forces, but also pays attention to the impact of technological innovation on culture, society, ecological civilization, and other fields, and clarifies that "culture and technology are mutually reinforcing" and "protecting the environment is protecting productive forces, and improving the environment is developing productive forces." These important expositions profoundly clarify the close relationship between science and technology and economy, politics, culture, society, ecological civilization, etc., and place technological innovation under the overall layout of "five-in-one" for overall planning, enrich the connotation of Marxist theory of productive forces, and expand the extension of Marxist theory of productive forces.
Deepened the understanding of the non-linear leap of productive forces. Marx (马克思) profoundly realized that the development of productive forces is not linear and uniform. The Communist Manifesto (共产党宣言) pointed out: "The bourgeoisie, during its rule of less than one hundred years, has created more massive and more colossal productive forces than have all preceding generations together." Since then, some economists have deepened and developed this view, believing that the world economy since the industrial revolution has shown a cyclical wave-like growth trend, and the driving force behind it is the technological innovation leading the "technology-economic" paradigm shift and the wave of corporate innovation. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Compared with previous industrial revolutions, the Fourth Industrial Revolution is unfolding at an exponential rather than linear speed. We must find a way out in innovation," and new quality productive forces are "catalyzed by revolutionary breakthroughs in technology, innovative allocation of production factors, and in-depth transformation and upgrading of industries." These important expositions systematically reveal the deep mechanism and main driving force of the non-linear leap of productive forces. Grasping major historical opportunities, daring to innovate, and being brave in reform, promoting revolutionary breakthroughs in technology, innovative allocation of production factors, and in-depth transformation and upgrading of industries can promote the non-linear leap of productive forces.
Revealed the core role of technological innovation in the leap of productive forces. Throughout history, in each industrial revolution, there are always some technologies (groups) that have extremely strong diffusion and penetration effects, profoundly promoting the transformation of industrial structure and greatly improving production efficiency. Marxist classical writers believe that labor productivity is determined by a variety of factors, including "the average skill of the workers, the level of development of science and its degree of application in technology, the social combination of the production process, the scale and effectiveness of the means of production, and natural conditions," and science and technology is one of them. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must adhere to the view that science and technology is the primary productive force, talent is the primary resource, and innovation is the primary driving force" and "we must promote the integrated development of education, science and technology, and talent, and strive to achieve new breakthroughs in strengthening original innovation and tackling key core technologies, and seizing the commanding heights of science and technology." These important expositions not only inherit the basic principles and connotations of Marxist theory of productive forces, but also break through and integrate the Marxist thought on the multi-factor determination of productive forces, and profoundly point out the important role of talent, education, etc. in the development of productive forces, which is a major innovative development of Marxist theory of productive forces.
Lead the development of new quality productive forces with technological innovation.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The most important thing to promote high-quality development is to accelerate high-level technological self-reliance and self-strengthening and actively develop new quality productive forces." During the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五) period, it is necessary to place the development of new quality productive forces in a more prominent strategic position in accordance with local conditions, strengthen technological innovation, promote technological self-reliance and self-strengthening, and lead the development of new quality productive forces.
Strengthen original innovation and tackle key core technologies. Practice repeatedly tells us that key core technologies cannot be obtained, bought, or begged for. We must strive for self-reliance and dare to break through. We must improve the new type of national system, strengthen the strategic, forward-looking, and systematic layout of basic research, increase long-term and stable support, and produce more iconic original achievements; highlight national strategic needs, deploy and implement a number of major national science and technology tasks, and promote the decisive breakthrough of key core technologies in key areas such as integrated circuits, industrial mother machines, and high-end instruments throughout the entire chain. At the same time, cultivate an innovation culture and create an open innovation ecosystem with global competitiveness.
Promote the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation. As the core element of the development of new quality productive forces, technological innovation can only be transformed into real productive forces when it is deeply integrated with industrial innovation. We must coordinate the construction of national strategic scientific and technological forces and enhance the ability to tackle key problems in a systematic way; strengthen the independent guarantee of scientific and technological infrastructure, improve the regional innovation system, accelerate the efficient transformation and application of major scientific and technological achievements, and strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights; strengthen the main position of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation, support enterprises to lead the formation of innovation consortia, undertake more national scientific and technological research tasks, cultivate and strengthen leading technology enterprises, and support the development of high-tech enterprises and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises.
Promote the integrated development of education, science and technology, and talent. Education, science and technology, and talent are the fundamental and strategic support for building a modern socialist country in all respects. Education provides talent reserves and knowledge base for scientific and technological innovation, scientific and technological development injects vitality into the innovation of education content and methods, and talent becomes the core carrier of the synergistic effect of education and science and technology. The three form a symbiotic logic of "education laying the foundation - scientific and technological transformation - talent driving". It is necessary to accelerate the establishment and improvement of a coordinated mechanism for integrated promotion, strengthen planning coherence, policy coordination, resource integration, and evaluation linkage; cultivate people in a coordinated manner around scientific and technological innovation, industrial development, and national strategic needs, and accelerate the construction of a national strategic talent force; and deepen project review, institutional evaluation, talent evaluation, and income distribution reform, with innovation ability, quality, effectiveness, and contribution as the evaluation orientation.
Deeply promote the construction of Digital China. The digital economy is an important direction for the development of the world economy. It is necessary to accelerate the construction of Digital China and promote the integrated development of the real economy and the digital economy. Data is a key element in the development of the digital economy and an important support for the development of new quality productive forces. It is necessary to build an open, shared, and secure national integrated data market, accelerate the innovation of digital intelligence technologies such as artificial intelligence, and strengthen the efficient supply of computing power, algorithms, and data; fully implement the "Artificial Intelligence +" action to comprehensively empower thousands of industries.
(The author is the Party Secretary of the Chinese Academy of Science and Technology for Development (中国科学技术发展战略研究院).)
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"Everything is difficult at the beginning, and so it is with every science," wrote Karl Marx in the preface to the first edition of the first volume of *Das Kapital*. For any scientific endeavor, the difficulty lies in taking the first step well. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly pointed out: "It won't work if the first step is wrong. If you hold the idea of seeking personal gain as an official, then everything you do will be wrong." For Party members and cadres, taking the first step well is an important requirement for establishing and practicing a correct view of performance. Only by understanding from the beginning why one becomes a cadre and what one does in the position can one ensure that the direction is right and the path is correct; only by making a good start and working diligently can one create achievements that can withstand the test of practice, the people, and history.
In terms of understanding, clarifying the concepts in one's mind is the crucial first step. Communists do not work for personal gain but strive for lofty ideals and great causes. As Party members and cadres, one must first understand that one's primary identity is that of a Communist Party member, one's primary responsibility is to work for the Party, and one's primary goal is to seek benefits for the people. If some Party members and cadres have impure motives for their work, their actions will inevitably become distorted; if some Party members and cadres' work habits are superficial and they avoid urgent, difficult, and dangerous tasks, they will naturally find it difficult to shoulder great responsibilities and achieve great things. Only by always firmly adhering to ideals and beliefs, consciously strengthening Party spirit training, and constantly arming one's mind with the Party's innovative theories can one better stimulate the spirit of entrepreneurship.
Taking the first step well is inseparable from an accurate grasp of the actual situation. The beginning is related to the overall situation, and the starting point determines the subsequent journey. Whether it is promoting reform and development, planning practical matters for people's livelihood, solving governance problems, or promoting the implementation of work, the prerequisite is to grasp the laws of development of things and recognize objective reality. One must never make decisions blindly based on subjective assumptions or relying on empiricism. It is necessary to conduct solid and in-depth investigations and research, adhere to close ties with the masses, achieve both "physical presence" and "heartfelt presence," and "ask for needs" and "ask for advice" in order to form a correct understanding of reality and laws. For example, in promoting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, only by conducting in-depth research on the industrial foundation, resource endowments, and villagers' wishes of the countryside can we develop suitable industries such as characteristic planting and rural tourism in accordance with local conditions. When optimizing urban governance, only by widely listening to residents' demands and understanding the actual situation can we effectively solve people's livelihood pain points such as parking difficulties and the renovation of old residential areas. Reality is the starting point of action, and law is the basis for doing things. Only by truly finding the starting point and focus of entrepreneurship can each task be more grounded, more effective, and more popular.
As the saying goes, "One practical action is more important than a dozen programs," once the direction of action is found, the first step must be taken resolutely. In 1983, Xi Jinping (习近平), then Secretary of the Zhengding County (正定县) Party Committee, strongly advocated the promotion of the household contract responsibility system (大包干) throughout the county, dispelling the concerns of some Party members and cadres about "the first bird getting shot" with a firm attitude: "If there is no ready-made model to follow, explore it yourself; if there is no road paved by predecessors, open it up yourself. The important thing is whether you dare to take this step." The first step of action does not require immediately reaching the highest standard, nor does it require immediately achieving the ultimate goal, but lies in adhering to starting from reality, acting in accordance with the law, and bravely taking this step. What is to be feared is not 万事开头难 (wàn shì kāi tóu nán - "everything is hard at the beginning," the initial stage of anything is always the most difficult), but remaining in the preparatory stage of starting forever.
The first step is not an isolated step but a link in the overall chain. This step should be conducive to subsequent work and should not be simplified to "one step at a time." In practical work, some Party members and cadres mistakenly believe that "making a good start" means "opening with great fanfare," simply understanding "doing things" as "creating momentum," and blindly pursuing the so-called "good start," but the result is a anticlimactic ending, or even a "rotten tail," wasting development resources and missing development opportunities. This kind of thinking and practice that only knows how to "sprint" but does not understand how to "start," only wants to "cap" but is unwilling to "lay the foundation," is a deviation and misalignment in the view of performance, leading to "impatience" and "vanity," thinking only of producing results quickly and highlighting early, and facing work that cannot produce obvious achievements for a while, they cannot sit on the cold bench and find it difficult to maintain focus. If you run off course in order to pursue "one step at a time," the faster you run, the farther you are from the goal.
Comrade Mao Zedong (毛泽东) said: "A drama must begin with an overture, but the overture is not yet the climax." This year is the first year of the "15th Five-Year Plan." Standing at a new historical starting point, taking the first step well requires putting the establishment and practice of a correct view of performance in a prominent position, always adhering to the fine style of seeking truth from facts and working hard, implementing the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee with the spirit of nailing nails, and promoting high-quality development to achieve new breakthroughs with solid achievements, laying a more solid foundation for comprehensively promoting Chinese-style modernization.
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Building a new development pattern is a strategic measure to cope with the world's profound changes unseen in a century, and it is also a preemptive move to adapt to changes in the domestic development stage and grasp the initiative in development. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Building a unified national market is not only a need for building a new development pattern and promoting high-quality development, but also a need for winning the initiative in international competition." Accelerating the construction of a unified national market can promote the smooth flow of commodity and factor resources on a larger scale, which is an inherent requirement for accelerating the construction of a new development pattern. The "15th Five-Year Plan" outlines specific deployments for "promoting the construction of a unified national market in depth." It is necessary to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speeches and the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, promote the construction of a unified national market in depth, and provide a solid support for building a new development pattern.
Building a unified national market is a need to consolidate the foundation of the new development pattern. The market is the world's most scarce resource. Having a super-large and potential market is China's unique advantage in development and an important support for coping with profound changes unseen in a century. To make full use of China's super-large market advantages and consolidate the foundation for building a new development pattern, it is necessary to accelerate the construction of a unified national market. From a domestic perspective, China has a large population, a large market, a complete industrial system, and strong development momentum, which provides conditions for accelerating the construction of a new development pattern. Promoting the construction of a unified national market in depth, achieving a coordinated national approach, and gradually forming a unified market basic system and unified market infrastructure are conducive to forming a domestic cycle of mutual promotion of supply and demand, simultaneous production and sales, and smooth and efficient operation. From an international perspective, the current international economic and trade environment is undergoing profound changes, the situation of struggle is complex and severe, and uncertainty is increasing. Promoting the construction of a unified national market in depth and fully tapping the potential of domestic demand are not only conducive to relying on China's super-large market advantages to continuously enhance the endogenous power of the domestic cycle and effectively hedge against the uncertainty of the external environment, but also conducive to coordinating development and security, using the unified national market as a support, effectively utilizing global factors and market resources, promoting better connection between the domestic market and the international market, enhancing China's voice in international economic governance, and shaping new advantages in international competition and cooperation.
Building a unified national market already has a good foundation. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, the construction of a unified national market has achieved positive results. For example, the market system is more sound. The "Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of a Unified National Market" was issued, and a series of supporting measures were formulated around improving laws and regulations or operating guidelines, promoting the construction of basic market economy systems such as property rights protection and market access to a higher level. For example, infrastructure is efficient and smooth. The "6 axes, 7 corridors, and 8 channels" of the national comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network are accelerating their improvement. The operating mileage of high-speed railways and the completed mileage of highways rank first in the world. China has the world's largest optical fiber and mobile broadband network. The ratio of total social logistics costs to GDP has dropped to the lowest level in history, and the supporting effect of logistics on economic development has been continuously enhanced. Under the promotion of a series of policies and measures, the unity, openness, competitiveness, and orderliness of China's market system have been greatly enhanced. The market scale effect has continued to emerge, and business entities have grown stronger, exceeding 190 million. In 2025, the contribution rate of final consumption expenditure to economic growth reached 52%, laying a solid foundation for accelerating the construction of a new development pattern. At the same time, it should also be noted that there are still bottlenecks in China's economic cycle, and local protectionism, market segmentation, and "**内卷式**" (nèi juǎn shì - "involution," a situation where increased effort yields diminishing returns due to excessive competition) competition have affected the effectiveness of the construction of a unified national market.
Building a unified national market is a systematic project, as well as an arduous battle and a protracted war. To implement the relevant deployments of the "15th Five-Year Plan" and promote the construction of a unified national market in depth, efforts can be focused on the following aspects. First, promote in-depth rectification of "**内卷式**" (nèi juǎn shì - "involution," a situation where increased effort yields diminishing returns due to excessive competition) competition, govern enterprises' disorderly low-price competition in accordance with laws and regulations, and urge enterprises to consciously regulate price behavior; standardize government procurement and bidding, and strengthen the fairness review of bidding results; standardize local investment promotion, strengthen the disclosure of investment promotion information, and strictly prohibit illegal and irregular preferential policies; focus on key issues such as enterprises' disorderly low-price competition, local government procurement and bidding, and investment promotion, and improve the working mechanism for problem discovery, clue verification, supervision and rectification, and interview and notification. Second, promote the integrated development of domestic and foreign trade, cultivate a number of high-quality domestic and foreign trade enterprises, build a platform for foreign trade high-quality products to expand domestic sales, cultivate independent brands of foreign trade enterprises, and establish a policy publicity mechanism directly to enterprises. Third, continue to carry out standardized law enforcement actions involving enterprises, accelerate the promotion of unified market supervision and law enforcement standards, and standardize the management of discretionary power; closely monitor key issues, key areas, and key regions, and continue to correct arbitrary charges, arbitrary fines, arbitrary inspections, and arbitrary seizures, and correct illegal extraterritorial law enforcement and profit-seeking law enforcement behaviors; strictly prohibit abuse of power, bending the law for personal gain, failure to punish when due, extortion, obstruction, and rude law enforcement and other behaviors that violate law enforcement norms. At the same time, guide party members and cadres to establish and practice a correct view of political achievements, improve the high-quality development assessment system and the cadre performance assessment and evaluation system, adhere to achieving political achievements for the people and achieving political achievements through hard work, and consciously act in accordance with the laws.
(The authors are specially-invited researchers at the Beijing Research Center for Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and researchers at the School of Education, Peking University (北京大学) respectively.)
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General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized, "To advance Chinese-style modernization, we must promote the high-quality development of the marine economy and embark on a path of strengthening the country through the sea with Chinese characteristics," and "Promote the construction of blue bays, beautiful coastlines, and harmonious and beautiful islands." The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposes to improve the island development, protection, and management system, and promote island development in a classified and orderly manner.
China has more than 11,000 islands, which have important ecological, economic, and equity value. We must remember the General Secretary's instructions, adhere to Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as our guide, and coordinate the high-quality development and high-level protection of islands to contribute to the construction of a maritime power.
Deeply Understand the Importance of Coordinating High-Quality Development and High-Level Protection of Islands
Islands are an important support for expanding the marine economy and expanding development space, an important platform for protecting the marine environment and maintaining ecological balance, and a strategic frontier for defending national rights and safeguarding national defense security. In order to accelerate the construction of a maritime power and steadily advance the construction of Chinese-style modernization, it is urgent to coordinate the high-quality development and high-level protection of islands.
Coordinating the high-quality development and high-level protection of islands is the inherent meaning of marine ecological civilization construction. Islands are a typical geographical unit integrating mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grass, and sand, and also a natural testing ground for building a large pattern of protection and governance from mountain tops to the ocean. Protecting the island ecosystem is not only related to biodiversity conservation, but also to the bottom line of national ecological security. Doing a good job in island development and protection means taking islands as a basic platform for maintaining marine ecological balance and protecting island biodiversity, and safeguarding the green background of a beautiful China with the concept of ecological priority.
Coordinating the high-quality development and high-level protection of islands is the only way to achieve common prosperity in island areas. Island areas are restricted by remote geographical locations and weak infrastructure, and development is unbalanced and insufficient, making them areas that need key attention to achieve common prosperity. Doing a good job in island development and protection means always adhering to the people-centered development ideology, taking enhancing people's well-being as the starting point and end result of island development and protection, focusing on improving production and living conditions, solving the urgent and difficult problems of the masses, and allowing island residents to share the fruits of development in the blue sea and sky, and steadily move towards common prosperity in high-quality development.
Coordinating the high-quality development and high-level protection of islands is an inevitable requirement for accelerating the construction of a maritime power. Islands connect land and sea, and are a key area for land-sea coordination and mountain-sea synergy. They are a strategic frontier for maintaining maritime stability and expanding the development and energy reserves of the deep sea, and also an important platform for participating in global ocean governance. Doing a good job in island development and protection means taking islands as a fulcrum, vigorously promoting the economic development of islands, deepening practical cooperation with island countries, and making islands a vivid example of expanding blue development space and promoting the construction of a maritime community with a shared future.
Accurately Grasp the New Situation and New Requirements Faced by Island Development and Protection
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China's island development and protection has achieved positive results. Ecological protection has been significantly effective, island infrastructure has been gradually improved, and island industries have developed in an orderly manner.
On the one hand, the hard power of island development has continued to strengthen. More than 190 marine island protected areas, such as the Huangyan Island (黄岩岛) National Nature Reserve, have been selected and established nationwide. The construction of Chongming (崇明) Ecological Island and Changdao (长岛) International Zero-Carbon Island has continued to deepen. The construction of islands and reefs in the South China Sea has been actively promoted. Since 2010, the central government has cumulatively supported more than 180 islands to implement ecological protection and restoration, and the ecological conditions of islands have continued to improve. More than 150 island-connecting bridges and 6,500 kilometers of graded highways have been built, more than 80 seawater desalination projects have been implemented, all inhabited islands have achieved electricity and communication coverage, and the creation of the first batch of 33 harmonious and beautiful islands integrating ecological beauty, living beauty, and production beauty has been promoted. The Pingtan (平潭) International Tourism Island and Hengqin (横琴) International Leisure Tourism Island have achieved initial results. A number of major national projects such as transportation ports, logistics storage and transportation, and energy and chemical industries have been launched on islands. Island ports adjacent to main shipping routes, such as Ningbo Zhoushan Port (宁波舟山港) and Shanghai Yangshan Port (上海洋山港), have developed into international shipping hub ports. Projects such as the Zhoushan Islands (舟山群岛) megawatt-level tidal power unit remain world-leading.
On the other hand, the soft power of island development has continued to improve. The ability to explore and disseminate island culture has continued to strengthen. The Mazu (妈祖) culture of Meizhou Island (湄洲岛), the Austronesian culture, and the traditional culture of Mount Putuo (普陀山) enjoy international fame. The reclamation spirit of Dachen Island (大陈岛) and the island-guarding spirit of Kaishan Island (开山岛) are widely promoted. Blue partnerships have been continuously expanded, and practical cooperation has been carried out with island countries such as Indonesia, Fiji, and the Maldives in areas such as climate change response, poverty reduction and development, disaster prevention and mitigation, education, and medical care. International cooperation in island governance has presented a new pattern. Island management laws and regulations have been established from scratch. Systems such as island ecological protection, island name management, and compensated use of uninhabited islands have been basically constructed. The territorial space planning system has achieved full coverage of islands, and the property rights and use control system for natural resource assets on islands has been continuously improved.
At present, the global marine development pattern is undergoing profound adjustments, and major countries in the world are competing to shift their development focus to the ocean. The internal and external environment in which China's development is located has undergone complex and profound changes, and island development and protection is facing new development opportunities and challenges.
First, island protection needs to be continuously strengthened. The "Two Mountains" concept (指“绿水青山就是金山银山”) continues to deepen, and harmonious coexistence between humans and nature has become a social consensus. The demand of island residents for a beautiful ecological environment is constantly growing, but the ecological background of some islands has not yet been fully understood, and the diversity, stability, and sustainability of ecosystems urgently need to be improved.
Second, island development needs to be continuously strengthened. China is moving from a major maritime country to a maritime power, and new marine economic formats and models are constantly emerging. However, due to insufficient linkage of "land, sea, and island" resources, there are still shortcomings in the infrastructure of island areas, the layout of emerging industries still needs to be deepened, and the development potential of islands needs to be further stimulated.
Third, island governance needs to be continuously strengthened. In recent years, the governments of island areas have continued to deepen the transformation of functions, but the lack of top-level design for island development and protection, the relative lack of talent and technical support, and the insufficient level of participation in international cooperation in the island field are not adapted to the requirements of high-quality island development, and the island governance capacity urgently needs to be further improved.
Make New and Greater Progress in Promoting Island Development and Protection
The Sixth Meeting of the Central Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs emphasized that to promote the high-quality development of the marine economy, we must pay more attention to innovation-driven development, more attention to efficient coordination, more attention to industrial upgrading, more attention to harmony between people and the sea, and more attention to win-win cooperation.
Standing at a new historical starting point, we must thoroughly implement the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), adhere to the overall planning of development and security, the overall planning of domestic and international affairs, adhere to the primary task of development, resolutely safeguard the bottom line of security, take "five more attentions" as the guide, strive to solve the bottleneck problems of island development, and constantly promote island development and protection to a new level.
Adhere to land-sea coordination and continuously optimize the pattern of island development and protection. Coordinate and promote the linkage of "land, sea, and island" resources, strengthen the overall planning of island and surrounding sea and land space, strengthen the functional connection and facility interconnection with coastal economic belts and urban agglomerations, and support islands to integrate into the development of marine economic circles. Deepen the comprehensive pilot projects for island protection and development in Zhoushan (舟山), Zhuhai (珠海), Yantai (烟台), and Pingtan (平潭), and create a number of characteristic islands. Combining island classification and development foundation, clarify the functional positioning and development path of islands by category, and guide the classified protection and development of islands.
Adhere to systematic protection and continuously consolidate island ecological security. Combining the new round of marine comprehensive surveys and the construction of real-scene three-dimensional China and other tasks, further clarify the ecological background and problems faced by islands. Strictly implement the relevant requirements for island protection, increase the protection of natural coastlines of islands, and reasonably control the development intensity and scale of islands. Adhere to natural restoration as the main focus and artificial restoration as a supplement, orderly promote the integrated protection and restoration of islands and nearshore sea areas, continuously improve the diversity, stability, and sustainability of island ecosystems, and gradually form a new situation of island greenness, beach cleanliness, water clarity, and abundant resources.
Adhere to the people-centered approach and continuously improve island people's livelihood conditions. Taking the construction of harmonious and beautiful islands as the traction, focusing on the urgent and difficult problems of the masses, coordinate and promote inclusive, basic, and guaranteed livelihood construction, and solve the pain points and difficulties of island people's livelihood such as transportation, water and electricity supply, medical education, and network communication. Optimize the layout of island public services, improve disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief facilities, improve the social security and assistance system, and improve the level of living environment and infrastructure support, so that the achievements of island people's livelihood construction can benefit all island people more and more fairly, continuously enhance the sense of gain, happiness, and security of island people, and draw a new picture of island common prosperity and livability.
Adhere to innovation-driven development and continuously stimulate new momentum for high-quality development. Accelerate the transformation of traditional island aquaculture methods, develop deep-sea aquaculture, build a green guarantee base for distant-water fisheries and marine pastures, and promote the prosperity of marine fisheries depending on islands. Vigorously promote island tourism, form tourism complex formats such as cruise ships, yachts, and sea fishing, and promote the prosperity of island tourism depending on islands. Support islands to rely on port and deep-water coastline resources, and gradually promote the gathering of port-adjacent industries such as shipbuilding, energy and chemical industries, and marine engineering equipment depending on islands. Build emerging industry clusters, explore the construction of multi-energy complementary energy islands, and promote the strengthening of emerging industries such as low-altitude economy and smart economy depending on islands.
Adhere to comprehensive measures and continuously improve the level of island governance. Study and formulate policy documents for coordinating the high-quality development and high-level protection of islands, promote the revision of the Island Protection Law, and continuously improve the legal system for island development, protection, and management. Build a three-dimensional application scenario covering islands, and coordinate the inclusion of natural resource management and territorial space planning into a "single map." Increase major scientific and technological breakthroughs in the island field, strengthen the construction of island-related innovation platforms, and improve the independent innovation capability of marine science and technology. Promote the establishment of an island talent support mechanism, cultivate and strengthen the island talent team, and support the establishment of high-end think tanks for island development. Continue to carry out publicity and education on island development and protection, and tell the story of Chinese islands well. Deeply participate in global ocean governance and strengthen practical cooperation with island countries.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on April 21st (Reporter Li Xinping (李心萍)): A reporter learned from China Railway Urumqi Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (中国铁路乌鲁木齐局集团有限公司) that as of the 21st, the Horgos Railway Port (霍尔果斯铁路口岸) has handled over 3,000 China-Europe and China-Central Asia freight trains this year, and the historical cumulative number of China-Europe and China-Central Asia freight trains handled has exceeded 55,000. The Horgos Port (霍尔果斯口岸) has 91 train routes, radiating to 46 cities and regions in 18 countries, carrying more than 200 kinds of goods.
The Xinjiang (新疆) railway department has smoothed port transportation organization, carried out smart port construction, and maintained the number of trains passing through for 6 consecutive years at an average of more than 10,000 trains per year. In 2025, the cargo volume of Alashankou (阿拉山口) and Horgos (霍尔果斯) dual ports will be 32.1 million tons, an increase of 12.1% year-on-year, ensuring 18,000 China-Europe and China-Central Asia freight trains, an increase of 7.4% year-on-year, and promoting the development of China-Europe and China-Central Asia freight trains towards higher quality, better efficiency and greater safety.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on April 21st (Reporter Ouyang Jie (欧阳洁)) In the first quarter of this year, customs offices in the Yellow River Basin issued 240,000 free trade agreement certificates of origin to 22,000 exporting companies, with a value of 86.67 billion yuan for goods enjoying preferential treatment, representing year-on-year increases of 13.3%, 17.3%, and 7.3% respectively. Among them, 52,000 RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement) certificates of origin were issued, with a value of 15.67 billion yuan for goods enjoying preferential treatment, representing year-on-year increases of 14.3% and 11% respectively.
In addition, the Yellow River Basin Customs RCEP Policy Promotion Month officially launched on April 20th in Linyi (临沂), Shandong (山东) Province. During the promotion month, customs offices in the Yellow River Basin, relying on the jointly established Certificate of Origin Technical Service Team, will carry out a series of policy promotion activities, providing tariff technical guidance and coordination to address obstacles to preferential treatment for key enterprises and industries, and promote the full release of policy dividends such as tariff reductions. It is predicted that more than 2,000 foreign trade companies in the nine provinces of the Yellow River Basin will directly benefit.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Shenyang (沈阳) April 21st dispatch (Reporter Xin Yang (辛阳)) With the grid connection of Liaoning (辽宁) Tieling (铁岭) Changtu Runhang (昌图润航) 500,000-kilowatt wind power project on April 20th, the installed capacity of new energy power generation in Liaoning Province exceeded 42 million kilowatts (including biomass), surpassing the installed capacity of thermal power, and rising to become the largest power source type in Liaoning.
Liaoning's economic and social green and low-carbon transformation is accelerating, and the construction of an integrated wind, solar, thermal, nuclear, and storage energy base with Liaoning characteristics is continuously accelerating. By the end of the "14th Five-Year Plan," the total installed power capacity in Liaoning Province will exceed 90 million kilowatts, of which the installed capacity of clean energy will cross the 50 million kilowatt mark. The coordinated and interactive capabilities of source, grid, load, and storage have been significantly improved, and the construction of a strong clean energy province has achieved stage results. Liaoning has relatively abundant wind and solar resources and is one of the few provinces in the country with both onshore wind and solar and offshore wind power resources.
According to the Liaoning Provincial Development and Reform Commission (辽宁省发展改革委), Liaoning's new energy development momentum is strong this year, and the annual newly installed capacity will exceed 4 million kilowatts. It is expected that during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, through conducting a comprehensive survey of new energy resources throughout the province and scientifically planning new energy projects, the proportion of new energy supply will continue to increase, and Liaoning Province's new energy industry will further achieve high-quality development.
Return to TopDream Agriculture is the smart agriculture division under the Dreame Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (追觅科技（苏州）有限公司) (referred to as "Dreame Technology" (追觅科技)) ecosystem, and it made its debut on March 12th at the 2026 Appliance & Electronics World Expo (AWE2026). Dreame Agriculture is committed to firmly grasping the initiative in technological development, using cutting-edge technology to empower the future development of agriculture, and better serve the people's aspirations for a better life.
Dreame Technology (追觅科技), which is based on hard-core technology, set up an independent pavilion covering thousands of square meters at AWE2026, and joined hands with Dreame Agriculture's ecological partners to depict future agricultural scenarios: Hexin Power (Shenzhen) Technology Co., Ltd. (禾芯动力（深圳）科技有限公司) (referred to as "Hexin Power" (禾芯动力)) showcased robot products and solutions applicable to agricultural scenarios; Tuoye Zhizao Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (拓野智造科技（北京）有限公司) (referred to as "Tuoye Zhizao" (拓野智造)) explored standardized, mobile overall solutions for plant factories that can be built in deserts or snowfields; Yunxiao Zhikong Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (耘霄智控科技（苏州）有限公司) (referred to as "Yunxiao Zhikong" (耘霄智控)) uses a deep-space controlled ecological support system to help develop space agriculture.
Hexin Power (禾芯动力): Empowering Agricultural Production with Embodied Intelligence
Currently, global agriculture is at a critical juncture of intelligent transformation, and China has leading strengths in high-end manufacturing, artificial intelligence, and other fields. Hexin Power (禾芯动力) has joined forces with Tsinghua University (清华大学), Harbin Institute of Technology (哈尔滨工业大学), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (中国农业科学院), Zhejiang University (浙江大学) and other universities and research institutes to jointly create robot products and smart solutions that serve global agricultural scenarios.
Hexin Power (禾芯动力) has established a full-stack technology route of "hardware self-research + vertical scene algorithm," mastered the core technology of high-speed digital motors, and self-developed the YOLO-Fi crop recognition model. The product line covers plant protection drones, hoisting drones, orchard plant protection robots, weeding robots, inspection robots, and indoor inspection drones, running through the entire process of "cultivation, planting, management, and harvesting." Many products have entered the stage of small-batch verification and delivery. Hexin Power (禾芯动力) is actively expanding its global layout and has now entered markets in Central Asia, South America, Africa, and other regions, not only promoting product exports, but also accelerating the export of technology, standards, and industries.
Since its establishment, Hexin Power (禾芯动力) has completed tens of millions of yuan in angel round financing, jointly invested by Yibin High-tech Frontier Technology Industry Venture Capital Fund and Xiamen Guosheng Zhuichuang Robot Industry Venture Capital Fund. Among them, the Yibin High-tech Frontier Technology Industry Venture Capital Fund is jointly funded by Yibin High-tech Investment Group (宜宾高新投资集团), Yibin Development Holding Group (宜宾发展控股集团) funds, and Dreame's (追觅) ecological-related investment platforms, focusing on investment in intelligent equipment and modern agriculture fields.
Tuoye Zhizao (拓野智造): Reshaping Plant Factories with Industrial Thinking
The plant factory built by Tuoye Zhizao (拓野智造) can achieve year-round, soil-free clean production, and improve fruit quality with AI precision control. The company is positioned as a "demand-driven overall solution provider for plant factories," providing complete solutions covering crop model libraries, intelligent environmental control systems, modular hardware platforms, and full-chain quality control systems for overseas scenarios such as strawberry planting in Dubai (迪拜), UAE, Chinese herbal medicine cultivation in Singapore (新加坡), and mushroom factories in Moscow (莫斯科), Russia. The product line covers high-density containerized planting systems, industrialized production solutions for edible fungi, and more. In March of this year, Tuoye Zhizao (拓野智造) signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with the Moroccan Exporters Association to carry out cooperation in the fields of plant factories, intelligent greenhouses, and water-saving irrigation.
Yunxiao Zhikong (耘霄智控): Serving Space Agriculture Development with Cutting-Edge Technology
Yunxiao Zhikong (耘霄智控) is deeply involved in the entire chain of space agriculture solutions, building a closed-loop system of terrestrial and space collaboration. At the AWE2026 Spring Partner Conference, it launched strategic cooperation with Guizhou Aerospace Smart Agriculture Co., Ltd. (贵州航天智慧农业有限公司), China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (中国航天科技集团有限公司), and China Academy of Space Technology (中国空间技术研究院), and will rely on Dreame's (追觅) AI intelligent control system and high-precision automation technology to build a life support system for long-term deep space exploration.
Enterprise-Local Collaboration: Using Technology to Help Agricultural Modernization
In Yibin High-tech Zone (宜宾高新区), Sichuan Province (四川省), Hexin Power (禾芯动力) has jointly established a research and development center with Zhejiang University (浙江大学), and the construction of the first production line has been put on the agenda. Yibin's (宜宾) 1.3 million mu of tea gardens and more than 600,000 mu of special grain bases for winemaking provide ideal scenarios for agricultural equipment verification. In Chengdu (成都市), Tuoye Zhizao (拓野智造) is jointly promoting smart agriculture projects with China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (中国航天科工集团有限公司); in Longmatan District (龙马潭区), Luzhou City (泸州市), Hexin Power (禾芯动力) and the district government have jointly funded the establishment of a 1 billion yuan industrial fund to help and attract upstream and downstream cooperative enterprises in the industrial chain to jointly support local industrial development; in Suiyang District (睢阳区), Shangqiu City (商丘市), Hexin Power (禾芯动力) has jointly established a "Plain Research and Development Center" and pilot production line with Guizhou Aerospace Smart Agriculture Co., Ltd. (贵州航天智慧农业有限公司) to promote the large-scale application of agricultural drones and other intelligent equipment. Dreame Agriculture (追觅农业) is also cooperating with local governments in Shihezi (石河子), Xinjiang (新疆), Qianjiang (潜江), Hubei (湖北), Mile (弥勒), Yunnan (云南), Ganzhou (赣州), Jiangxi (江西) and other places to carry out comprehensive pilot projects for unified prevention and control and green planting, and improve the agricultural socialization service system.
Looking to the future, Dreame Agriculture (追觅农业) is committed to reshaping agriculture with technology and driving the future with innovation, relying on the domestic industrial system to provide Chinese technology enterprise solutions for global agricultural development.
Data source: Hexin Power (Shenzhen) Technology Co., Ltd. (禾芯动力（深圳）科技有限公司)
Return to TopEditor's Note: President Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Building a strong, modern navy is an important symbol of building a world-class military, a strategic support for building a maritime power, and an important part of realizing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation." In recent years, the People's Navy has fully liberated and developed new quality combat capabilities. Aircraft carrier formations have carried out combat-oriented training, and the takeoffs of carrier-based aircraft from the deck have witnessed the continuous leap in the combat effectiveness of the People's Navy.
Different stories, same feelings. April 23 is the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People's Navy. Our reporter recently interviewed three naval officers and soldiers and three ordinary people to show the determination of naval officers and soldiers to sharpen their swords in the deep blue and accelerate the improvement of new quality combat capabilities, and to express the people's infinite respect and deep concern for the People's Navy.
Liu Haijun (刘海军), Second-Class Sergeant of the Navy Guangxi Ship (广西舰):
Inscribing the Belief in Victory into Every Operation
By Jin Zhengbo (金正波), reporter of this newspaper
In a certain sea area of the East China Sea, the Guangxi Ship (广西舰) braved the waves and moved forward in the morning light. In the wheelhouse, Second-Class Sergeant Liu Haijun (刘海军) steadily held the steering wheel, adjusting his fingers with subtle force to keep the ship moving along the predetermined course.
Twenty-four years ago, the squad leader of the recruit company looked at his name tag, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Your name is Liu Haijun (刘海军), so you have to live up to this name. The helm is your battle station, and the course is your mission." This sentence took root in his heart. In his 24-year military career, from a clueless recruit on a 600-ton service oil tanker to a skilled helmsman on a 3,000-ton landing ship, he has held three generations of helms and witnessed the leapfrog development of the People's Navy's amphibious combat capabilities.
What really made him understand the immense weight of the words "Navy" was the moment he boarded the Guangxi Ship (广西舰). As a domestically produced new-type amphibious assault ship, the steering accuracy of the Guangxi Ship (广西舰) is directly related to the system combat effectiveness of ship-borne aircraft coordination and three-dimensional delivery. The old standard of "keeping the ship steady" can no longer keep up with the new requirements for generating new quality combat capabilities.
The lights in the wheelhouse often stayed on until late at night. The corners of his notebook were wrinkled by the humid sea breeze, and the edges of the pages were filled with steering data under different wind speeds and surges. Each set of numbers came from hundreds of practical operation verifications. Combining his experience of fighting the wind and waves for more than ten years, he sorted out the operating rules for ship-borne aircraft coordinated steady steering under complex sea conditions, and transformed the practical experience of individual soldiers into training standards that can be replicated and promoted by the squad, effectively widening the boundary for the safe takeoff and landing of ship-borne aircraft. Comrades-in-arms often say: "As long as Squad Leader Liu (刘班长) holds the helm, we people on the deck feel steady in our hearts."
As the warship advances into the far sea, practical tests are everywhere. During a certain far sea exercise, the Guangxi Ship (广西舰) was about to enter the core mission phase. When Liu Haijun (刘海军) was steering, he keenly noticed a slight lag in the rudder effect feedback, but the system had not yet triggered the alarm threshold. He reported to the commander immediately, started the emergency plan simultaneously, and avoided the risk of failure.
Liu Haijun (刘海军) inscribed his love for the Navy and his belief in victory into every operation. "One more minute of meticulousness during training will give you one more minute of confidence to step forward at a critical moment," he said. "We will take root in our battle stations, refine our skills and strengthen our capabilities, and continue to advance into the deep blue."
(Jin Jingjing (金晶晶) and Jin Hanyu (金涵宇) participated in the writing)
Wang Tongyan (王同严), Helmsman Technician of a Certain艇員隊 (Ting Yuan Dui - Submarine Crew Team) of a Certain Base of the Northern Theater Navy:
Practicing Hard Day After Day, Integrating Actions into Muscle Memory
By Jin Zhengbo (金正波), reporter of this newspaper
"What does it feel like to steer in the deep sea for nearly 30 years?" With this question in mind, the reporter came to a military port of a certain base of the Northern Theater Navy. After boarding the submarine and drilling through layers of watertight doors, the reporter met helmsman technician Wang Tongyan (王同严) in the helmsman's battle station of less than 1 square meter.
Wang Tongyan (王同严) has experienced hundreds of submarine missions of all sizes, and has grown from a naive recruit to a well-known "gold medal helmsman" in the unit. His battle station is the key node for the submarine to surface, dive, turn, and change depth, and the accuracy of the control is directly related to the safety of the entire submarine. Over the years, he has led the helmsman squad to continuously tackle tough problems, and has continuously advanced the precision and accuracy of submarine control to higher standards. In the submarine handling competition of the base, he stabilized the submarine body in a short period of time during the special situation of depth drop, helping the team win the championship.
Stroking the helm in front of him, Wang Tongyan (王同严) said that this is his weapon for fighting in the deep sea. "I have dealt with hundreds of simulated dangerous situations, and the actions have long been integrated into muscle memory." He pointed to the helm and said, "If you want to break through the limit, you can only practice hard day after day."
A more precise annotation of "day after day" is preserved in Wang Tongyan's (王同严) battle station notes. Opening this already dog-eared notebook, it records densely packed operating points and equipment notes, and many of the footnotes also supplement the special situation handling experience of maritime missions.
Over the years, Wang Tongyan (王同严) and his comrades-in-arms have witnessed the iterative changes of generations of submarines. From mechanical helms to intelligent control; from the stuffy heat inside the submarine like a steamer to constant temperature air conditioning; from manual recording to information-based data... Submarines are becoming more and more sensitive and quieter, and this quietness contains the power of the Chinese Navy.
In recent years, this submarine crew team has set off a wave of refining skills and strengthening capabilities: officers and soldiers have focused on actual combat needs, carried out mass collective problem-solving, and many innovative achievements have been promoted by higher authorities; they have successfully completed many far sea combat patrol missions, and their ability to conceal and break through defenses has been steadily increasing. They have been awarded a collective third-class merit once and commended by higher authorities as an "advanced unit in preparing for war and fighting."
"The submarine travels thousands of miles, and the Party points the way. We sail in the depths of the sea, and we write loyalty with our blood." This is his heartfelt voice, and it is also the oath of all the officers and soldiers of the submarine.
(Song Runpeng (宋润鹏) participated in the writing)
Zhang Yunhong (张运宏), District Captain of a Certain Department of the Fujian Ship (福建舰):
Be a Person Who Cares About Combat Capability Building
By Jin Zhengbo (金正波), reporter of this newspaper
The April wind is warm and the spring is strong. In a certain sea area, white waves are rolling and smoke is billowing. The aircraft carrier formation of the Navy Fujian Ship (福建舰) is organizing a live-fire training. Above the deck, war eagles are lined up, engines are roaring, and carrier-based aircraft are soaring into the sky, fighting in the sea and air.
Zhang Yunhong (张运宏), the youngest district captain of a certain department of the Fujian Ship (福建舰), and his comrades-in-arms are sticking to their damage control and battlefield rescue positions, always maintaining a state of readiness. For them, every smooth return and every successful takeoff of carrier-based aircraft is the most reassuring signal.
"On the front line of damage control and battlefield rescue, time is life." With the efficiency and persistence of "handling immediately" and "leave it to me," Zhang Yunhong (张运宏) directly faces the problems restricting the construction of combat capabilities in his position. With one down-to-earth and practical "small invention" after another, he solves the difficulties of support and improves the efficiency of disposal, vividly interpreting the strong military practice of grassroots officers and soldiers in the new era who are based on their battle stations to seek innovation and focus on winning and strengthening their capabilities.
Observing that it takes a long time for damage control team members to wear one-piece fire suits, which is not conducive to efficient preparation, he repeatedly experimented and polished, and designed a quick-response fire suit hanger that won a national invention patent and was applied throughout the ship, winning the first prize in the first "I Contribute a Plan to the Fujian Ship (福舰)" small invention and small creation competition; in order to solve the problem of difficult-to-distinguish fire hoses, he developed a multi-functional hose and support frame... In the cabin late at night, Zhang Yunhong's (张运宏) figure is lying between books and drawings, and the faint light of the screen reflects his focused face.
"Small innovations are connected to great missions, and small positions support great responsibilities. To be a person who cares about combat capability building, the opportunity to display talent and realize value is hidden in the subtle places that most people have not noticed," Zhang Yunhong (张运宏) said. Starting from the subtle aspects of daily training and keeping the needs of training and preparation for war in mind, Zhang Yunhong (张运宏) has proved with one research after another and one achievement after another that the battle station is the fertile ground for innovation and the crew members are the main body of innovation.
Under his leadership, many crew members actively participated in the "I Contribute a Plan to the Fujian Ship (福舰)" small invention and small creation competition and won awards one after another. It has become a common practice in the formation to be based on their positions and pioneer innovation.
(Li Zhuang (李壮) participated in the writing)
An Invitation Letter Spanning 27 Years
Chen Yuwen (陈虞文)
"Set sail!" On the eve of the Spring Festival, when I boarded the Guangxi Ship (广西舰) with 10 Young Pioneers from Guangxi, the dream of that 5-year-old boy 27 years ago finally resonated on the deep blue of the East China Sea.
In 1999, I was 5 years old. Once, when I heard my father talk about the construction of national defense, I insisted on sending my long-saved 140 yuan of pocket money to Beijing with only one wish - to support the country in building warships. My father accompanied me to the post office four times to send out this childlike heart. Months later, I received a reply from the General Armament Department of the People's Liberation Army. The donation was solemnly returned, and a New Year's card was attached to the letter. A seed of national and family resonance was planted in my young heart.
After growing up, I went to work in Beijing. Months ago, I was pleasantly surprised to receive an invitation letter from the Guangxi Ship (广西舰), allowing this 27-year-old wish to meet the magnificent journey of strengthening the army and revitalizing the military in the new era.
The winter military port is cold and windy, and the Guangxi Ship (广西舰) with hull number 32 stands majestically. The ship's motto of "**攻有所取，攻无不克** (gōng yǒu suǒ qǔ, gōng wú bù kè - "attack to take, attack to conquer," to be invincible)" shines brightly in the sun. As the second domestically produced Type 075 amphibious assault ship, this steel giant ship carries not only the combat mission of guarding the sea frontier, but also the century-old dream of a nation to become strong at sea.
From one person's small wish to a group of teenagers' passionate yearning, from the distant vision of a strong national defense in the past to the domestic giant ships now splitting the waves, standing on the Guangxi Ship (广西舰), I seem to embrace myself from the past across time and space, and I can't help but feel excited.
The children surrounded the wide deck and ship-borne equipment, their eyes filled with respect and curiosity. They presented the officers and soldiers with hand-made Spring Festival gifts, and the officers and soldiers explained national defense knowledge to the children. This is a vivid microcosm of military-civilian unity, a warm inheritance of the fine tradition of supporting the army and giving preferential treatment to families of soldiers in the new era, and a relay transmission of red genes and national defense dreams.
(The author is a youth from Qinzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区钦州市), working in Beijing, interviewed and compiled by Ren Tongtong (任彤彤) and Jin Hanyu (金涵宇))
Taking Two Photos with Warships at the "Doorstep"
Dai Ziling (戴紫翎)
In 2017, I was a junior high school student in Hong Kong. After learning that the Liaoning Ship (辽宁舰) would arrive in Hong Kong and be open to the public, I, a small military enthusiast, was so excited that I couldn't sleep all night. On the day of the visit, it was drizzling, but the enthusiasm of the visitors was not diminished at all. I wore a sailor suit and boarded the connecting boat with my mother. In the shaking and bumping of the waves, I gradually approached the Liaoning Ship (辽宁舰), which was as tall as a mountain.
When this giant ship, which I could only see on military programs and magazines before, suddenly appeared in front of me, I shouted excitedly: "It's as tall as a mountain! A mountain made of steel!" Before leaving, I walked around the deck again and again, and stood under the fluttering flag, reluctantly taking a photo.
The time came to 2025, and I am already studying for a master's degree in a university in Guangdong. That day, I accidentally saw a news item: "The aircraft carrier formation of the Navy Shandong Ship (山东舰) will visit Hong Kong, and the formation's ships will be open to Hong Kong citizens for visits." I excitedly opened the online platform, filled in the information, and booked tickets... I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to board the ship again.
The warship came to the "doorstep" again. This time, I found that the various facilities on the ship were more complete, and rich interactive projects were also prepared. Interesting rope knot classes, exquisite cultural and creative souvenirs... Looking around, a sense of pride arose spontaneously. Standing on the deck of the Shandong Ship (山东舰), I held the photo I took 8 years ago and took another photo to commemorate it.
My impression of the People's Navy used to be limited to news footage, escorting, evacuating overseas Chinese, joint exercises... But from the moment I first stepped on a warship, the image of the People's Navy became vivid and lively. Their weight in my heart is not just admiration, but also a heavy concern.
(The author is a Hong Kong resident and a master's student at a university in Guangdong, interviewed and compiled by Ren Tongtong (任彤彤), reporter of this newspaper)
From "Navy Blue" to "Soldier Teacher"
Deng Linan (邓立楠)
The spring breeze is warm and the sun shines on the plastic runway of the playground. During the break between classes, I told the students the story of the Liaoning Ship (辽宁舰): "I used to be a carrier-based aircraft mooring officer on the Liaoning Ship (辽宁舰). Every day, I had to carefully check the devices to ensure the safety of every takeoff and landing."
My father was a Marine Corps member. Influenced by my father, I always imagined what I would look like in a military uniform when I grew up. At the age of 21, when I really put on the ocean camouflage and stood on the dock looking up at the Liaoning Ship (辽宁舰) with my backpack, I realized the weight of this military uniform. I experienced the biting winter sea breeze in the Bohai Bay with the Liaoning Ship (辽宁舰), admired the magnificence of the aircraft carrier formation in the wheelhouse, experienced the hardship of "40,000 steps a day" on the deck, and felt the smooth cooperation of the "man-ship-aircraft" entire process in the tower. These two years of experience broadened my horizons and tempered my will. Two years of military service left a strong mark on my youth.
After retiring, I became a teacher. While doing a good job in teaching, I also lead students to carry out simulated military training, plan national defense knowledge competitions, and share my aircraft carrier service experience and interpret conscription policies with them. I told them: "Every bit of knowledge you accumulate and every page of book you read will be the ballast in the future storms."
From "Navy Blue" to "Soldier Teacher," the "battle station" has changed, but my original intention has not changed. I will always maintain the true qualities of a soldier, shine for the country's education cause, and sow the "seeds" of becoming strong at sea and making contributions to national defense in the hearts of students.
(The author is a retired soldier of the Liaoning Ship (辽宁舰) and a physical education teacher at a middle school in Nanyang, Henan, interviewed and compiled by Ren Tongtong (任彤彤), reporter of this newspaper)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 魏哲哲
The Supreme People's Court released typical intellectual property cases of the People's Court in 2025 on the 20th, among which the "Xu Chang Pang Mou Trading Group Co., Ltd. (许昌市胖某商贸集团有限公司), Yu Moumou (于某某) v. Chai Moumou (柴某某) et al. Commercial Defamation and Reputation Rights Dispute Case" clarified: severely punish commercial defamation acts of "online black mouths" fabricating rumors and speculating for profit in accordance with the law. The case clarifies the boundary between public opinion supervision and malicious infringement, which is of positive significance for boosting entrepreneurs' confidence in development, purifying the network ecology, and continuously optimizing the business environment.
It is reported that Xu Chang Pang Mou Trading Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Pang Mou Company" (胖某公司)) and its affiliated companies adhere to the business philosophy of "refund if not satisfied" and "exchange sincerity with genuine products," and their business scale continues to expand, gaining consumer recognition. Yu Moumou (于某某) is the founder and legal representative of Pang Mou Company (胖某公司).
Since March 2025, Chai Moumou (柴某某), with the help of the account "Chai Mou Dui" (柴某怼) registered under the real name of Wen Moumou (温某某), has continuously released videos on multiple online social media platforms involving Pang Mou Company's (胖某公司) profit model, product quality, corporate reputation, and Yu Moumou's (于某某) personal reputation, maliciously smearing and defaming Pang Mou Company (胖某公司) and Yu Moumou (于某某), and taking the opportunity to attract fans and drive traffic to create a competitive advantage for its affiliated companies, Wenzhou Mou Jewelry Co., Ltd. (温州市某珠宝有限公司) and Wuhan Mou Jewelry Co., Ltd. (武汉市某珠宝有限公司).
In response, Pang Mou Company (胖某公司) and Yu Moumou (于某某) believed that the above behavior constituted commercial defamation and infringed on their right to reputation, so they filed a lawsuit requesting the court to order the four defendants to delete the infringing videos, issue a written apology and publish the apology content on the video account, and compensate for various losses totaling 6 million yuan.
The court held that Chai Moumou (柴某某) implemented the act of fabricating and disseminating false and misleading information, which caused undue suspicion among the public towards Pang Mou Company (胖某公司), resulting in damage to the public trust accumulated by Pang Mou Company (胖某公司) over the years, and causing some of Pang Mou Company's (胖某公司) products to be returned, which also had an indirect negative impact on the sales of other business formats, disrupting the normal market competition order. The above behavior of Chai Moumou (柴某某) constituted commercial defamation. At the same time, Chai Moumou (柴某某) used insulting and vulgar words to publish false negative remarks against Yu Moumou (于某某), and implemented insults and slanders against Yu Moumou (于某某), objectively causing the public to have a negative perception of Yu Moumou's (于某某) character and reputation, reducing his social evaluation. The above behavior of Chai Moumou (柴某某) constituted an infringement of Yu Moumou's (于某某) right to reputation.
So, should the person who "lends" the account and the party enjoying the traffic dividend bear responsibility? The court held that Wen Moumou (温某某) neither fulfilled the supervisory obligation to verify the use of the account after lending his social media account, nor took remedial measures such as canceling the account, nor did he stop the infringing act. Wenzhou Mou Jewelry Co., Ltd. (温州市某珠宝有限公司) and Wuhan Mou Jewelry Co., Ltd. (武汉市某珠宝有限公司) were at fault for taking a laissez-faire attitude towards the false information released by Chai Moumou (柴某某) in order to enjoy the traffic dividend brought by the infringing act and obtain improper commercial benefits. The above-mentioned behaviors directly combined with Chai Moumou's (柴某某) sued behaviors to produce the same damage consequences, constituting joint infringement.
In the end, the court ruled that the four defendants cease the infringement, delete the infringing videos, issue an apology statement and publish it on the video account, and compensate Pang Mou Company (胖某公司) and Yu Moumou (于某某) for economic losses and pay reasonable expenses totaling 2.6 million yuan.
This newspaper reported from Chengdu and Chongqing on April 21st (Reporters You Yi (游仪) and Shen Jingran (沈靖然)) On the 21st, the Higher People's Courts of Sichuan and Chongqing jointly held a press conference via video link to introduce the state of intellectual property judicial protection in the Sichuan-Chongqing area in 2025.
In 2025, Sichuan courts newly accepted 20,647 first-instance, second-instance, application for retrial, and retrial cases of various types of intellectual property, a year-on-year decrease of 4.16%. In 2025, the number of intellectual property cases in the province has steadily decreased for four consecutive years, and the source governance of cases has achieved remarkable results. Last year, Sichuan courts successfully resolved two complex and large-sum foreign-related intellectual property disputes through entrusted mediation, continuously enhancing the confidence of overseas entities in Sichuan's intellectual property judicial protection.
In 2025, Chongqing courts newly accepted 14,438 intellectual property cases of various types and concluded 14,323 cases, a year-on-year decrease of 9.95% and 8.29% respectively. Among them, the court applied punitive damages in 13 cases, with the amount reaching more than 34 million yuan, the highest single-case compensation multiple reaching 4 times, and the amount exceeding 28.95 million yuan, effectively deterring infringement. In 2025, Chongqing courts adhered to "protecting innovation with innovative methods," making full and good use of punitive damages, so that "true innovation" is "truly protected" and "high quality" is "strictly protected."
It is understood that this is the sixth consecutive year that Sichuan and Chongqing have jointly released a white paper on intellectual property judicial protection and jointly held a press conference to collectively showcase to the society the judicial achievements of the courts in Sichuan and Chongqing in protecting intellectual property and safeguarding the development of new quality productive forces; Chengdu Intermediate People's Court (成都中院) and Chongqing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court (重庆一中院) jointly issued an implementation plan for jointly building and sharing a technical investigator pool, breaking down regional barriers and realizing the interconnection of technical expert resources in the two places.
Return to TopGuangzhou, April 21st (Reported by He Linping (贺林平) of this newspaper) On the 20th, 24 entities including leading technology companies, industry associations, open-source foundations, and open-source communities from the national artificial intelligence industry chain, as well as well-known experts and scholars in the industry and heads of administrative agencies, gathered at the Guangdong Provincial High People's Court (广东省高级人民法院) to jointly release the nation's first "Consensus on Strengthening Collaborative Innovation to Promote the Prosperity of the Artificial Intelligence Open Source Ecosystem" (hereinafter referred to as the "Consensus").
Currently, artificial intelligence, as the core engine of the technological revolution, is profoundly reshaping the global competitive landscape. Guangdong (广东) is projected to have an artificial intelligence core industry scale of 300 billion yuan by 2025, accounting for approximately 1/4 of the nation's total. Open source has become a key model for driving the accelerated iteration of artificial intelligence technology and its widespread application. However, with the deepening advancement of open-source practices, cutting-edge legal issues such as intellectual property ownership, disputes over the fulfillment of license agreements, and the construction of market competition order are becoming increasingly prominent, becoming the focus of attention in the industry.
The "Consensus" directly addresses the most challenging legal and commercial problems in the current open-source field. All parties explicitly recognize the legal effect of open-source licenses, and promise to regulate the use, modification, derivative development, and commercial application of behaviors within the licensing framework, giving the market a "reassurance." The "Consensus" also calls on the industry to jointly resist ecological-damaging behaviors such as plagiarism, alteration, and theft of achievements, and especially emphasizes the need to protect the legitimate rights and interests of open-source parties of basic large models, respect their huge investments in computing power, data, research and development, maintenance, etc., resolutely resist the negative trend of "whoever invests loses," and promote more high-quality technologies to embrace open source.
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Return to TopMidea Group's ESG Rating Performance
Achieved ISS (Institutional Shareholder Services) ESG "Prime" certification in 2025.
Selected for S&P Global's "Sustainability Yearbook 2025" (Global Edition) and received the Best Mover Award.
● 37 factories are ISO 14001 environmental management system certified.
● 37 factories are ISO 50001 energy management system certified.
● 5 AWS (Amazon Web Services) factories are certified to the international sustainable water management standard.
● 39 national-level green factories.
● 19 waste-to-landfill management system certified factories.
● 17 water conservation evaluation factories.
Technology Leads Innovation, Jointly Building the Industry Ecosystem
● R&D investment of 17.8 billion yuan in 2025, an increase of 9.6% year-on-year.
● Established 41 R&D centers in 12 countries.
● Has over 23,000 R&D personnel (including more than 6,600 with master's and doctoral degrees).
● Accumulated over 90,000 authorized patents.
● Formulated and revised 188 technical standards (including 4 international standards, 105 national standards, 14 industry standards, and 65 local and group standards).
Data source: Midea Group (美的集团)
Technological Perfection, Beautiful Life
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 杨 昊
On an afternoon in April, at the Huanglong Sports Center in Xihu District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, a youth badminton social event organized by the Communist Youth League Xihu District Committee of Hangzhou was in full swing, with the sounds of hitting shuttlecocks and laughter rising and falling. Dozens of young men and women who signed up for the event released their energy and relaxed their bodies in sports, and also got to know each other in the interaction, completing the "ice-breaking" from strangers to acquaintances.
Narrow social circles and fast work pace make "difficulty in finding a partner" a pain point for many young people. Attending blind date events, introducing each other's conditions is like a rigid "checking of household registration"; going to marriage and dating agencies, there are worries about unreliability. How to help single young people solve the problem of marriage and love? The Communist Youth League Xihu District Committee is building a multi-level and diversified youth marriage and love service system. Innovating scene carriers and creating immersive interest-based social interactions allow youth marriage and love services to be precisely aligned, improve the success rate, and effectively enhance the happiness and sense of belonging of young people.
Innovating Scene Carriers
Making Friendships Change from "Passive" to "Active"
For Xiao Wang, a programmer at Hangzhou Ruicheng Information Technology Co., Ltd. (杭州瑞成信息技术股份有限公司), love was once just an aspiration.
"My work and life are a two-point line, and my social circle is small," Xiao Wang said. After seeing the notice of the "Xin Xin Xiang Xi" (心心相西) single youth event organized by the Communist Youth League Xihu District Committee, he immediately signed up. "At that time, I just wanted to meet new friends, and I didn't have any hope for finding a partner," Xiao Wang said.
However, on the banks of the Xin'an River (新安江) in Jiande (建德), Hangzhou, Xiao Wang not only released the daily work pressure, but also met Xiao Lu, an elementary school teacher. During the event, the two participated in climbing, rock climbing and other projects together, and gradually became familiar with each other. As the communication deepened, Xiao Wang found that Xiao Lu was patient, gentle and good at listening, and Xiao Lu was also moved by Xiao Wang's stability and sincerity.
Two years after they met, the two were invited to walk hand in hand on the red carpet of the traditional Song Dynasty collective wedding of "Youth Staying in Hangzhou First District" (青年留杭第一区) in Xihu District. "This city has not only given me a stage to struggle, but also allowed me to find a warm home," Xiao Wang said.
"We found in our research that many young people don't not want to get married, but they don't like the traditional blind date format and don't want to be 'forced' together. We changed our thinking and embedded dating activities into various interest scenarios, allowing young people to naturally meet and narrow the distance in a common experience," said the relevant person in charge of the marriage and dating work of the Communist Youth League Xihu District Committee.
The Communist Youth League Xihu District Committee moved dating into the mountains and rivers, allowing young people to relax their bodies and minds in outdoor activities, and also explored the "Youth Night School + Dating" model, relying on the "I Met You in Night School" (我在夜校遇见你) series of themed activities, opening badminton, archery and other interactive sports courses, allowing young people to enhance their understanding in the exchange of skills. At the same time, it focuses on exploring the cultural connotation and landmark value of the city, relying on the two towns and six street districts of Xihu District to organize and carry out "Heartbeat Tianmuli" (怦然心动天目里), "Leave the Ancient Bridge, Leave You" (留下古桥留下你) and other friendship activities. Everyone selects books and cards in the bookstore, and cooperatively completes collage poetry creation; in the search for ancient bridge relics and City Walk, they jointly explore urban cultural landmarks, realizing the transformation from "passive blind date" to "active social interaction."
Precise Matching of Needs
Activities Change from "Extensive" to "Classified"
Young people with different professional backgrounds also have different marriage and love needs. In order to improve the matching degree and success rate of dating, the organizers conducted in-depth research on the professional characteristics and social needs of young people in different industries and fields, and provided classified services based on youth portraits.
In February 2025, the New Employment Group Service Center (新就业群体服务中心) in Cuiyuan Street (翠苑街道), Xihu District, more than 20 takeaway delivery drivers, couriers and other single young men and women from various industries participated in the "Micro-Friendship" (微联谊) activity organized by the Communist Youth League Xihu District Committee and the Cuiyuan Street League Working Committee. Considering the characteristics of the new employment group, such as fast work pace, fragmented time, and relatively single social circles, the Communist Youth League Xihu District Committee used their relatively free afternoon hours to organize "small and refined" meetings in familiar street communities.
"The event is held next to the station, and it doesn't delay delivering orders during the evening peak, which is very considerate," said a takeaway delivery driver. Ice-breaking dating and interactive mini-games such as "Balloon Defense War" and "Reindeer Antler Ring Toss" were carried out on site. The originally restrained young people gradually opened up in a relaxed atmosphere, sharing interesting stories about delivering orders and details of their lives. In the end, two takeaway delivery drivers successfully held hands with their favorite objects. Chen Duanni (陈端霓), deputy secretary of the Cuiyuan Street League Working Committee, said that this "close and convenient" model breaks the social barriers caused by the busy work of young people in the new employment group.
In the Alibaba Center (阿里中心) Xihu Park, a friendship event for young scientific and technological talents was in full swing.
"Many young people yearn to find a spiritual partner, and simple entertainment-style blind dates are difficult to meet their needs for deep emotional communication," said Shu Yue (束悦), office planning of Alibaba Center Xihu Park. By cooperating with the District League Committee, the park has built a platform for everyone to not only "play together" but also "talk deeply." The event specially set up links such as "Fate Blind Box," "Tacit Understanding Challenge," and "Fate Acceleration." Young people can draw question cards and find a matching partner in the collision of views, or they can fight side by side in fun activities to narrow the distance between each other. "This method skips the ice-breaking link, and everyone directly enters into deep communication," said a young person who participated in the event.
Improving the Long-Term Mechanism
Service Changes from "Occasional" to "Regular"
How to let more young people who yearn for love and marriage "meet beauty"?
The Communist Youth League Xihu District Committee integrates social resources to create a normalized position, and is committed to upgrading marriage and love services from "one-time activities" to "long-term mechanisms." In 2025, more than 20 blind date and dating activities were carried out, serving nearly 800 young people.
On the one hand, strengthen the construction of positions. The Hangzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League has established the second Saturday of each month as a "Fixed Dating Day" to carry out friendship and dating activities, and carefully selects points within the city to draw a "Hangzhou Youth Love Map" (杭城青年爱情地图), so that young people can accurately understand the points where "Fixed Dating Day" activities are carried out. The "Qingyunli" (青云里) Park in Xihu District, as an important point on the map, regularly carries out youth marriage and love concept guidance, marriage and love group counseling, and emotional individual counseling services, so that young people can "find a place and find people" when they want to make friends.
At the same time, introduce professional forces to improve activity planning capabilities and psychological counseling levels. "Our services not only focus on traditional marriage and love matching, but also guide young people to establish correct marriage and love concepts, empower them to improve their love skills, and establish a long-term service mechanism. For example, some young people are shy and don't know how to get along with their favorite objects. Through our stress relief and communication skills counseling, they can communicate with their favorite objects more smoothly and generously," said Liu Peng (柳鹏), founder of Zhejiang Aijiang Social Work Service Center (浙江省爱匠社会工作服务中心).
Online, the new media matrix releases activity information and love psychology courses in real time; offline, various salons such as film viewing dating and sports dating are covered. By solving the "major life events," the sense of belonging of young people to the city is effectively enhanced. This "warmly retaining people" measure is becoming an important part of the talent introduction and cultivation ecology in Xihu District.
The relevant person in charge of the Communist Youth League Xihu District Committee said that in the future, it will continue to explore more modern service models, treat marriage and love as a major livelihood issue, and make Xihu District a fertile ground for young people to struggle, and a warm home for them to settle down and embrace happiness.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 程远州
In Foshan (佛山), Guangdong Province (广东省), a shop called "Mo's Chicken Pot" (莫氏鸡煲) has recently become popular with customers. When introducing the shop's medicinal diet soup base, the owner emphasized its dampness-removing effect. What exactly is the "dampness" that traditional Chinese medicine often refers to? What physical problems can heavy dampness bring? How can one treat dampness according to the symptoms?
"When I wake up in the morning, I feel dizzy, as if I have a wet towel wrapped around my head; when I look in the mirror, there is a layer of greasy coating on my tongue; I obviously haven't eaten much, but my stomach is bloated like I've swallowed a balloon..." Yang Zhimin (杨志敏), Deputy Director of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine (广东省中医院), gave examples to illustrate what dampness is.
The damp evil that traditional Chinese medicine refers to is one of the six excesses (wind, cold, summer heat, dampness, dryness, and fire), and is a pathogenic factor. Its characteristics can be summarized as "heavy, turbid, sticky, stagnant, tending downward, and lingering." "In layman's terms, damp evil is like the greasy dirt in the kitchen that can never be wiped clean - heavy and sticky." Yang Zhimin (杨志敏) said that because it is sticky and lingering, diseases caused by damp evil often have a long course and are not easy to eradicate.
Yuan Jiamin (原嘉民), attending physician at Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine (广东省中医院), introduced that from a seasonal perspective, late summer and early autumn and the plum rain season are the main stages for dampness; from a regional perspective, South China (华南), Southwest China (西南) and other places have a warm and humid climate, which are high-incidence areas for dampness syndrome. "Guangdong people love to cook dampness-removing soups, and Sichuan people love spicy food to sweat, which are both life wisdoms to fight against dampness. Nowadays, people often stay in air-conditioned rooms and sit for a long time, so even if they are in the north, dampness can still find them." Yuan Jiamin (原嘉民) said.
What are the hazards of heavy dampness? Yang Zhimin (杨志敏) explained that traditional Chinese medicine divides the human body into the upper jiao (上焦) (skin, head, face, lungs), the middle jiao (中焦) (spleen and stomach), and the lower jiao (下焦) (kidneys, bladder, intestines). The symptoms vary depending on the location where the damp evil resides - in the upper jiao (上焦), heavy dampness can cause symptoms such as a heavy head, oily face, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and phlegm in the throat that cannot be coughed up; in the middle jiao (中焦), it manifests as poor appetite, abdominal distension, nausea, loose stools that stick to the toilet, thick and greasy tongue coating, and physical fatigue; in the lower jiao (下焦), it manifests as cloudy urine, dripping, edema and heaviness in the lower limbs, and soreness and weakness in the waist and knees.
Yuan Jiamin (原嘉民) introduced that clinical observations show that men tend to have damp-heat, while women tend to have phlegm-dampness. Men have more social activities, and smoking, alcohol, and rich, fatty foods help dampness transform into heat; women's physiques are more yin and soft, and insufficient spleen function causes fluid to condense into phlegm-dampness. Therefore, the symptoms are that men are prone to bitter mouth, oily face, and irritability, while women are more likely to be obese and tired.
Around the theme of "removing dampness," many businesses have launched various medicinal diets. Yang Zhimin (杨志敏) reminded that the medicinal diets on the market often ignore individual differences, and dampness removal should not blindly follow others. "The essence of medicinal diet is an auxiliary conditioning method of 'integrating medicine into food'. It cannot replace drug treatment. The selection of dampness-removing medicinal diet should be under the guidance of a doctor. First, clarify the cold, heat, deficiency, and excess bias of your own physique, and then accurately match it according to the cold, heat, warm, and cool properties of the ingredients." Yang Zhimin (杨志敏) suggested that it is necessary to guide according to the location of the damp evil and defeat them one by one.
The two doctors recommend the following food therapies for differentiating and removing dampness:
If it is upper jiao (上焦) dampness, then it is necessary to sweat and ventilate, "open the windows above." Moderate exercise and sweating is a natural method of removing dampness. Jogging, brisk walking, and practicing Baduanjin (八段锦) can make the body sweat slightly, and dampness will be relieved with sweat.
Recommended almond mulberry leaf tea. Take 8 grams of southern almonds and 6 grams of mulberry leaves, brew with boiling water and drink as tea. Almonds promote lung qi, and mulberry leaves are light and clear, and the combination of the two helps the upper jiao (上焦) dampness to penetrate from the muscle surface. The taste is clear and moist, and it can be used as a daily tea.
If it is middle jiao (中焦) dampness, then it is necessary to strengthen the spleen and resolve dampness, "manage the central hub well." The key is to control your mouth, eat less raw, cold, greasy, and sweet foods, and the diet should be light, warm, and hot. It is advisable to eat only 70% full on a daily basis.
Recommended tangerine peel, poria, and yam porridge. Take a small piece of tangerine peel (about 3 grams), 15 grams of poria, 100 grams of fresh yam (cut into small pieces), and 50 grams of japonica rice, and cook them together into porridge. Tangerine peel regulates qi and resolves dampness, poria strengthens the spleen and permeates dampness, and yam nourishes the spleen and benefits qi. The combination of the three can be called the "golden combination" for removing dampness in the middle jiao (中焦). The taste is mild and suitable for all ages.
If it is lower jiao (下焦) dampness, then it is necessary to lightly seep and promote diuresis, "find an outlet for dampness." For lower jiao (下焦) damp evil, the best way out is to excrete it through urination. Avoid sitting for a long time on a daily basis, get up and move around every hour, and use ingredients that lightly seep and promote diuresis.
Recommended adzuki bean and coix seed soup. Take 30 grams of adzuki beans and 20 grams of raw coix seeds (raw coix seeds are slightly cold, and those with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold can use fried coix seeds instead), add water and bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and cook for 40 minutes. You can add a little tangerine peel to taste. This formula lightly seeps and promotes diuresis, clears and benefits the lower jiao (下焦), and is suitable for daily drinking for those with poor urination and heavy lower limbs.
Yang Zhimin (杨志敏) reminded that symptomatic treatment, combined with a healthy lifestyle - control your mouth, move your legs, avoid greed for cold, and sweat more, and dampness will naturally have nowhere to hide. However, if the symptoms of dampness persist or are more serious, diet therapy and exercise are far from enough. It is recommended to seek medical attention in time and ask a Chinese medicine doctor to differentiate and treat the syndrome and tailor a conditioning plan.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on April 21st (Reporter Liu Wenxin (刘温馨)): The Ministry of Emergency Management (应急管理部) deployed key safety precautions for the current period on the 20th, emphasizing the need to deeply analyze and assess safety risks before and after the "May Day" holiday, adopt targeted measures for strict prevention, and ensure a stable safety situation.
Addressing the problems and hidden dangers discovered during the first quarter's central work safety assessment and inspection, rectification will be urged through "one order per province," implementing a tracking and supervision mechanism, and centrally exposing typical problems.
Strengthen the investigation of fire hazards in densely populated places such as high-rise buildings, restaurants and hotels, commercial gathering areas, and multi-business mixed operations, promote the strengthening of on-site safety management for sports events, and strictly prevent accidents from occurring. Solidly promote special work such as "combating illegal activities and rectifying violations" in key industries and fields, as well as the safety of external insulation materials and oil fume pipelines. Urge enterprises to strengthen safety training and on-site management, and strictly implement safety regulations for special operations such as maintenance, hot work, and confined spaces.
Adhere to bottom-line thinking, increase the frequency of consultation and judgment, promptly issue early warnings and reminders to key areas, and urge preparations for the prevention and response to natural disasters. Solidly carry out the investigation of flood season hidden dangers in key areas, focus on the prevention of severe convective weather, and promptly remind the public to avoid risks. Strengthen the control of outdoor fire sources and the monitoring and early warning of lightning fires and border fires, and 打早打小打了 (dǎ zǎo dǎ xiǎo dǎ le - "fight early, fight small, fight it out," extinguish fires quickly and thoroughly).
Return to TopOn April 21st, police officers from the Tezinafu Border Police Station of the Kashgar Border Management Detachment of the Xinjiang Entry-Exit Border Inspection General Station conducted anti-fraud publicity to farmers. The police officers went deep into the fields to help farmers carry out spring plowing and sowing, and combined typical cases such as false agricultural material sales, fraudulent agricultural subsidies, and online loan fraud to explain fraud routines, reminding the masses to protect their wallets.
Photo by Li Zhanpeng (李展朋) (Image China)
Return to TopThis newspaper's Lanzhou (兰州) April 21st dispatch (Reporter Song Chaojun (宋朝军)) "May Day" holiday is approaching, Gansu Province Market Supervision Administration dispatched 5 law enforcement guidance groups to Lanzhou (兰州), Dingxi (定西), Zhangye (张掖), Jiayuguan (嘉峪关), Linxia (临夏) and other key tourist areas of Gansu (甘肃) to carry out law enforcement guidance.
This action focuses on popular scenic spots such as the White Pagoda Mountain (白塔山) and Yellow River Cableway (黄河索道) in Lanzhou (兰州), Guiqing Mountain (贵清山) in Dingxi (定西), Fantawild Adventure (方特) in Jiayuguan (嘉峪关), and Eight Lanes and Thirteen Alleys (八坊十三巷) in Linxia (临夏), focusing on prices, food, special equipment, advertising, product quality and other fields, and severely cracking down on illegal and irregular activities. The key is to check the food material procurement, processing operations, and tableware disinfection of catering units in and around the scenic spots, strictly investigate expired and deteriorated food and food without labels, verify the regular inspection and maintenance records of special equipment such as cableways and amusement facilities, and the certification status of operators, standardize clear price tags, investigate and deal with price fraud, false advertising, and the sale of fake and shoddy goods, implement closed-loop rectification of discovered hidden dangers, and fully maintain the order of the holiday market.
At the same time, in order to ensure the stable and orderly market order during the festival, the Gansu (甘肃) Provincial Market Supervision Administration also organized law enforcement guidance groups to conduct unannounced visits and law enforcement guidance to agritainment facilities in and around scenic spots throughout the province, adopting a three-level linkage model of province, city, and county, comprehensively using on-site verification, clue investigation, and complaint and report return visits, going directly to the grassroots level, facing problems directly, and correcting and setting deadlines for rectification of illegal acts such as illegal price increases, false advertising, fraudulent consumption, deceiving and ripping off customers, measurement cheating, substandard food hygiene, and operation of special equipment with defects, and making every effort to investigate various safety hazards, creating a safe and secure holiday consumption environment for the public.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 齐志明
A DIY product called Perler Beads has recently become popular in the toy market. It involves arranging colored plastic beads in an orderly manner on a baseplate, and then using a heated device to iron and set them, creating various patterns. With its simple operation, strong appeal, and stress-relieving qualities, Perler Beads have quickly gained popularity among young people, sparking a wave of consumer enthusiasm. However, Perler Bead toys also carry hidden risks. According to media reports, this popular toy has caused multiple safety incidents, even leading to serious consequences such as burns and deaths among children. On April 21, the China Consumers Association (中国消费者协会) reminded consumers to pay attention to the following aspects when purchasing and using Perler Bead products:
Choose rationally and stay away from "three-no" products. Recognizing genuine products is the first step in preventing safety risks. When purchasing Perler Bead toys, consumers should ask the seller for a product quality inspection report and carefully check key information such as the product name, manufacturer, and certificate of conformity. The accompanying iron should have the CCC (China Compulsory Certification (中国强制性产品认证)) mark. Do not choose low-priced "three-no" products. Some irons do not meet safety standards for electrical appliances in terms of materials, assembly methods, and power plugs, posing a deadly risk. It is particularly important to note that some Perler Bead irons on the market have a rated voltage that exceeds national standards. According to the national standard "Safety of Electric Toys" (《电玩具的安全》), the toy's supply voltage should not exceed 24 volts. Consumers must check the voltage parameters on the iron before use. If the voltage is found to be excessive or no parameters are marked, stop using it immediately and report it to the market supervision department.
Operate scientifically and ensure environmental ventilation. The health hazards of popular products should not be ignored. Some consumers have inhaled a large amount of pungent gas during the high-temperature melting process of Perler Beads, and subsequently experienced adverse physical reactions such as eye irritation, dry and itchy throat, facial redness and swelling, and rashes on their arms. Genuine Perler Bead products mostly use PE (polyethylene) or EVA (ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer) materials, while inferior products often use ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer) or recycled plastic, which may release substances such as formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and carbon monoxide when heated. Consumers should prioritize purchasing products that clearly indicate PE or EVA materials. When ironing, avoid prolonged heating, maintain ventilation, and wear a mask to reduce the inhalation of harmful gases. In addition, pregnant and breastfeeding women should not perform ironing operations. If you experience discomfort symptoms such as dizziness or nausea after using Perler Bead products, stop immediately and seek medical attention promptly.
Use with caution, with full parental supervision. Parents should ensure that Perler Bead products are stored in a place that children cannot reach on their own. Perler Bead particles are small, and children under 3 years old should be strictly prohibited from contact to prevent accidental ingestion and choking. When children use an iron to iron Perler Beads, parents must be present to supervise and provide correct guidance to avoid risks such as burns and electric shock. Currently, many products on the market lack a temperature control device for the heating element of the iron. The temperature of the heating plate may exceed 130 degrees Celsius after 3 minutes of power-on. If the power-on time is extended, the temperature will continue to rise. Children are easily severely burned if they touch it. In addition, most toy irons are not equipped with a stand. Parents should prevent children from moving or placing the iron randomly during heating. It is important to note that the iron's power cord is not resistant to high temperatures. If a child accidentally touches the heating element to the power cord, it may damage the sheath and insulation layer, which may cause a risk of electric shock. At the same time, the high-temperature heating plate coming into contact with flammable and explosive materials may also cause a fire, with unimaginable consequences.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 付明丽
On April 13th, Zhang Jian (张健), a 25-year-old from Caoxian (曹县), Heze (菏泽), Shandong (山东) Province, was driving back home from Shanxi (山西) when he encountered a truck fire in the Baota Mountain Tunnel (宝塔山隧道) within Jinzhong City (晋中市). Following the calls for help, he found one driver covered in blood and unable to move, and another driver waving and calling for help.
At that time, the fire was less than 10 meters away from Zhang Jian (张健), with fierce flames and thick smoke. If the injured were not transferred in time, their lives could be in danger. "Get out of the car and save people!" Zhang Jian (张健) didn't have time to think and, together with a rideshare passenger, lifted the injured driver into the passenger seat. Because the injured person's legs could not move, the vehicle could only move forward with the door open. Thick smoke kept pouring into the car, and the three gradually had difficulty breathing, so they could only wet their bodies with mineral water and brace themselves.
Zhang Jian (张健) was afraid that the injured person would fall asleep, so he kept talking to him. In the conversation, he learned that the tunnel was more than 10 kilometers long. "I didn't expect it to be so long, I panicked all of a sudden!" Zhang Jian (张健) recalled that the vehicle was in the middle of the tunnel at the time, completely dark, and it was difficult to move forward or backward. The car moved forward slowly, and Zhang Jian (张健) had more and more difficulty breathing. "Won't we be able to get out..." In despair, Zhang Jian (张健) called his mother, "I'm trapped in the Baota Mountain Tunnel (宝塔山隧道). If I can get out, I'll call you again in two hours at most." After hanging up the phone, Zhang Jian (张健) and the passenger cheered each other on: "We are lucky, we will definitely be able to get out!"
During the journey, thick smoke continued to pour into the car, and Zhang Jian (张健) was dizzy and his vision was blurred. "Must hold on!" Zhang Jian (张健) bit the bullet and drove forward. The 5-kilometer road became particularly long. He didn't know how long he drove before he finally saw the tunnel entrance. Traffic police and paramedics were already in place. After sending the injured person to the ambulance, Zhang Jian (张健) did not delay and safely delivered the rideshare passenger to Xingtai (邢台), Hebei (河北). He rested there for one night before returning to his hometown of Caoxian (曹县) the next day.
Yao Yong (姚勇), the captain of the Fifth Brigade of the Sixth Detachment of the Shanxi (山西) Expressway Traffic Police, introduced that the Pingyu Expressway (平榆高速) monitoring center received an alarm that day that two coal-carrying semi-trailer trucks had an accident and caught fire in the middle of the Baota Mountain Tunnel (宝塔山隧道) on the Donglu Expressway (东吕高速) (Ludong direction). At that time, the front vehicle had a malfunction and was driving slowly in the tunnel with its hazard lights on. The rear vehicle misjudged the distance and rear-ended the front vehicle, causing a gas leak and fire. The driver of the front vehicle rescued the driver of the rear vehicle and sought help. The injured person was sent to the hospital that night and is currently out of danger and is receiving follow-up treatment.
After the incident, the injured person's family called Zhang Jian (张健) to thank him. "I would feel bad if I didn't save him," Zhang Jian (张健) said. He usually works with his parents in Qingdao (青岛) and has a one-and-a-half-year-old daughter. Afterwards, he told reporters that when he called his mother, he especially wanted to say a word to his daughter, but he was afraid that he would lose control of his emotions, so he held back. "When I was trapped in the tunnel, my daughter was my greatest spiritual support. Thinking that my child is so young, I must drive out."
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Kunming (昆明) on April 21st (Reporter Zhang Chi (张驰)) - This reporter learned from the Yunnan Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development: Yunnan (云南) recently launched the "One Thing" reform for urban road excavation and repair, promoting integrated handling of decentralized approval items, reducing completion time, simplifying application materials, and exploring the implementation of a notification commitment system for simple projects with small engineering volumes and controllable risks, to achieve "reduced runs, reduced links, reduced time limits, and reduced materials," and improve the quality and effectiveness of urban road excavation and repair approval services.
The Yunnan Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the Yunnan Provincial Public Security Department (云南省公安厅) jointly issued the "Yunnan Province Urban Road Excavation and Repair 'One Thing' Work Plan" (《云南省城市道路挖掘修复“一件事”工作方案》). The plan requires the integration of five decentralized items into "One Thing": approval for occupying and excavating urban roads, approval for various pipelines and poles attached to urban road construction, approval for temporary occupation of urban green space, approval for felling urban trees and relocating ancient and famous trees, and traffic safety review for road-related construction. A joint survey mechanism will be established, organized uniformly by the lead department, with relevant departments conducting "one on-site visit, one survey, and one issuance of opinions," streamlining 16 links. Application materials will be integrated and streamlined, reducing the materials required by each department to 11 copies. At the same time, the promised completion time limit for the entire process of on-site survey and approval will be reduced from the statutory 95 working days to 10 working days. The implementation of a notification commitment system will be explored for simple projects with small engineering volumes and controllable risks, to further improve approval efficiency.
It is reported that the reform will be carried out offline relying on special windows in municipal and county-level government service centers, and online relying on the Yunnan (云南) Government Service Network project approval system to achieve "**一网通办**" (yī wǎng tōng bàn - "one network for all services," providing all government services through a single online platform).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 常 钦
Editor's Note: April 22nd this year marks the 57th World Earth Day. The theme of the event is "Cherishing Natural Resources and Protecting Beautiful China."
China first proposed the concept of "ecological red lines" in 2011 and comprehensively completed the demarcation of national land and sea ecological protection red lines in 2022. Establishing and improving the ecological protection red line management system prioritizes the inclusion of areas with extremely important ecological functions and extremely sensitive and fragile ecological areas into the ecological protection red lines for strict protection. Let us cherish the land under our feet and the mountains and rivers around us—adhering to the ecological protection red lines and safeguarding our Earth home.
On the desk of the Department of Territorial Space Planning of the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部国土空间规划局), a special "Map of China" is spread out. On the map, bright red lines crisscross, tightly protecting the country's famous mountains and rivers, important water sources, and biological habitats. This is not only a geographical boundary but also a solemn commitment to nature.
From the first proposal of the "ecological red line" concept in the 2011 "Opinions of the State Council on Strengthening Key Environmental Protection Work" (《国务院关于加强环境保护重点工作的意见》) to the start of demarcation pilot work in 2012, and then to the comprehensive completion of the demarcation of national land and sea ecological protection red lines in 2022, this "lifeline" safeguarding national ecological security has propelled China's ecological civilization construction to a new height. As of now, China has demarcated a total ecological protection red line area of approximately 3.19 million square kilometers, including approximately 3.04 million square kilometers of land area and 150,000 square kilometers of marine area. The implementation of the ecological protection red line management system not only effectively safeguards national ecological security but also provides Chinese solutions and Chinese wisdom for global ecological governance.
Scientific Demarcation, Safeguarding the Boundary of Natural Ecological Security
Xie Haixia (谢海霞), Director of the Department of Territorial Space Planning of the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部国土空间规划局局长), introduced that following the principles of "strengthening overall planning, combining demarcation and management, prioritizing protection, and demarcating everything that should be demarcated," and based on resource and environmental carrying capacity and suitability evaluation for territorial space development, and fully connecting with the construction of the natural protected area system, China comprehensively demarcated ecological protection red lines in 2022. "All areas with extremely important ecological functions such as water source conservation and biodiversity maintenance, as well as extremely sensitive and fragile ecological areas such as soil erosion, desertification, and rocky desertification, have been included," Xie Haixia (谢海霞) introduced. This process has consolidated the "Three Zones and Four Belts" national ecological security barrier, covering the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Ecological Barrier Area (青藏高原生态屏障区), the Yellow River Key Ecological Area (黄河重点生态区), the Yangtze River Key Ecological Area (长江重点生态区), the Northeast Forest Belt (东北森林带), the Northern Sand Prevention Belt (北方防沙带), the Southern Hilly Mountain Area Belt (南方丘陵山地带), and the Coastal Zone.
During the demarcation process, in order to enhance the diversity, stability, and sustainability of ecosystems, in addition to forests, grasslands, and wetlands, China has further included habitats of extremely small populations of species, mangroves, glaciers and permanent snow cover, coral reefs, seagrass beds, and other typical and precious ecosystems into the ecological protection red lines, safeguarding the boundary of natural ecological security and consolidating the foundation of national ecological security.
In Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park (海南热带雨林国家公园), the reporter heard a story of "making way."
In order to make room for the "aborigines" within the ecological protection red lines—the critically endangered Hainan gibbon, an overall ecological relocation was implemented in the core area. Fu Zhiming (符志明), Director of the Xingaofeng Village Committee of Yacha Town, Baisha Li Autonomous County (白沙黎族自治县牙叉镇新高峰村村委会主任), recalled: "Everyone has lived in the deep mountains for generations, relying on the mountains for a living. At first, we were indeed reluctant. But the red line is the bottom line. For the 'national treasure' in the rainforest, we had to make sacrifices." In the process of demarcating the red lines, Hainan (海南) not only delineated the scope but also refined the control, dividing the national park into more than 1,700 grids. Now, the Hainan gibbon population has increased to 7 groups with 44 individuals.
459 households with 1,975 villagers moved out of the mountains and into buildings. Before the relocation, the per capita annual income of the villagers was more than 2,000 yuan. Through rubber forests after land replacement, the development of under-forest economy and edible fungus projects, the per capita annual income has increased to more than 20,000 yuan. In Maona Village, Shuiman Township, Wuzhishan City (五指山市水满乡毛纳村), villagers such as Wang Jinyou (王进友) have also achieved a monthly income of nearly 1,000 yuan by serving as ecological rangers.
Strict Control, Curbing Illegal Development and Construction
Over the past decade, China has comprehensively built a strict control system.
The ecological protection red line management system has been written into the ecological environment code. The formulation and revision of laws and regulations such as the National Park Law (国家公园法) and the Regulations on Nature Reserves (自然保护区条例) have consolidated the legal foundation for red line management. At the institutional level, the promulgation of a series of policy documents such as the "Notice on Strengthening the Management of Ecological Protection Red Lines (Trial Implementation)" (《关于加强生态保护红线管理的通知（试行）》) has clarified the control requirements and management procedures.
In the Yangtze River Key Ecological Area (长江重点生态区), the reporter came to Chongqing Tiaodeng River (重庆跳磴河). As a first-level tributary on the north bank of the Yangtze River (长江), its ecological condition once caused local people heartache.
"At that time, white foam floated on the water, and there were scattered small workshops on the riverbank," recalled Old Wang (王老伯), who has lived on the bank of the Tiaodeng River (跳磴河) for 30 years. Since 2018, Jiulongpo District (九龙坡区) and Dadukou District (大渡口区) in Chongqing (重庆) have依法关停 (yī fǎ guān tíng - "legally shut down," shut down according to the law) 550 "scattered, disorderly, and polluting" enterprises, demolished 243,000 square meters of illegal buildings, and vacated 652,900 square meters of ecological space for the river.
This "brave man breaking his wrist" pain has been resolved through institutional innovation. The local area has launched a "Administrative River Chief + Enterprise River Chief" joint river management model, and the heads of 25 key polluting enterprises have been hired as "Enterprise River Chiefs." The former polluters have become guardians, prompting enterprises to achieve in-depth treatment of wastewater.
The strict management of the Tiaodeng River (跳磴河) is not only limited to "closing, stopping, merging, and transferring" but also lies in the systematic water ecological reshaping. The local area has built a three-dimensional ecological shoreline system by replanting more than 20 kinds of aquatic plants such as reeds, and has added microbial preparations in batches and introduced "algae-eating insects" to guide water ecological restoration.
Now, the chemical oxygen demand, ammonia nitrogen, and total phosphorus at the Tiaodeng River (跳磴河) estuary into the Yangtze River (长江) have decreased by 46%, 97%, and 64% respectively. The former stinky ditch has been transformed into a "riverside park," and the turnover of related industries such as catering and accommodation in the area has increased by 75%. This transformation is a vivid portrayal of strict management being implemented and protection seeing practical results.
Strict management cannot be separated from hard-core technical support. Zhang Bingzhi (张炳智), President of the China Land Surveying and Planning Institute (中国国土勘测规划院院长), revealed that China has built an integrated "air-sky-ground" monitoring network. Using modern technologies such as remote sensing, big data, and artificial intelligence, various human activities within the red lines have achieved "dynamic and accurate perception."
In the vast uninhabited areas, technology has become the "telescope" and "ears" of strict management. The Qinghai area of the Qilian Mountain National Park (Candidate Area) (祁连山国家公园（候选区）青海片区) is focusing on building an "integrated sky-ground" monitoring network, deploying more than 1,700 sets of monitoring equipment on the mountains, laying 520 kilometers of optical cables, and building 16 meteorological observation stations. Through this system, not only has full coverage of daily supervision of various human activities been achieved, but also satellite tracking of 5 snow leopards and 10 wildcats has been successfully carried out, filling the gap in China's monitoring data on these flagship species.
In Shandong (山东), the developed rapid identification technology for human activities is accurately discovering illegal map spots; in Jiangxi (江西), the Poyang Lake Basin Ecological Protection Red Line Field Scientific Observation and Research Station (鄱阳湖流域生态保护红线野外科学观测研究站) has accumulated millions of ecological data to support decision-making. Within the marine ecological protection red lines, the intensity of sea use has decreased significantly, and the sea use area has decreased by 873 square kilometers compared with 2022, a decrease of more than 35%. This scientific supervision effectively curbs illegal development and construction within the red lines.
Results are Showing, Ecological Functions are Continuously Enhanced
Since the implementation of the ecological protection red line management system, the land has recorded intuitive changes.
The "China Ecological Protection Red Line Blue Book (2025)" (《中国生态保护红线蓝皮书（2025）》) data shows that since the demarcation of ecological protection red lines, the forest land area within the red lines has increased by 3,344 square kilometers, and the water area has increased by 320 square kilometers. The area of urban and rural construction land within the red lines has decreased by 6.5 square kilometers, and the area of mining land has decreased by 5.6 square kilometers. The average vegetation coverage within the red lines has increased by 1.29%, the average net primary productivity has increased by 2.22%, and ecological functions such as water source conservation and soil and water conservation have been continuously enhanced.
Ecological protection red lines are not only "defense lines" but are also becoming "value lines." During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China has laid out 27 integrated protection and restoration projects for mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands, and deserts, and 68 demonstration projects for ecological restoration of historical abandoned mines, involving ecological protection red lines. Among them, some projects are turning red lines from abstract planning maps into "green passbooks." In Hainan (海南), the total value of the gross ecosystem product (GEP) has increased to 208.752 billion yuan. The Diaoluo Mountain area (吊罗山片区) successfully completed the first 350,000 yuan transaction of tropical rainforest carbon sinks, marking a substantial step in the value transformation of ecological products within the red lines.
In Xinyu City, Jiangxi Province (江西省新余市), Jinshi Mountain in Ouli Town (欧里镇金石山) once left scarred abandoned mine pits due to extensive mining. The local area introduced 260 million yuan of national debt funds to implement systematic restoration, transforming 1,278 acres of abandoned industrial and mining areas into a multi-functional mine park, and the regional vegetation coverage rate has jumped from less than 10% to 80%.
"Red lines are not only drawn on maps but also engraved in the genes of green development," said Xie Haixia (谢海霞).
This issue is coordinated by: He Yuche (何宇澈)
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) April 21st dispatch (Reporter Li Xiaoqing (李晓晴)) The General Office of the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部) recently issued the "Notice on Organizing the 57th World Earth Day Themed Publicity Activities," which clarified the event's theme as "Cherishing Natural Resources, Protecting Beautiful China (中国)."
The notice pointed out that this year is the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan," and April 22nd is the 57th World Earth Day. In order to deeply study and publicize Xi Jinping's (习近平) ecological civilization thought, further guide the whole society to support and participate in natural protection and ecological restoration, comprehensively promote the construction of a beautiful China (中国), and accelerate the promotion of a modernization in which humans and nature coexist in harmony, the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部) will organize World Earth Day themed publicity activities.
The notice clarified that publicity will be carried out in the form of an activity week, focusing on the activity theme to produce and release promotional videos, posters, and other new media products, carry out mass public welfare publicity and public education activities such as "Most Beautiful Natural Guardians" publicity, planting and protecting greenery, and photography theme exhibitions, and tell the Chinese (中国) story of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on April 21st (Reporter Jiang Xuehong (蒋雪鸿)) The China Meteorological Administration (中国气象局) recently released the first list of precious first-class meteorological archives. The "1885-1944 Monthly Meteorological Summary Book of Houji Island Customs (猴矶岛海关)" collected by the Meteorological Archives of the China Meteorological Administration (中国气象局气象档案馆), the "1890-1931 Meteorological Statistics Table of the Meteorological Observatory of the Engineering Department of the British Concession (英租界工部局工程处测候所)" collected by the Tianjin Meteorological Archives (天津市气象档案馆), and the "1951 Group Photo (Photo) of the National Meteorological Work Conference of the Meteorological Bureau of the People's Revolutionary Military Commission of the Central People's Government (中央人民政府人民革命军事委员会气象局)" collected by the Liaoning Meteorological Archives (辽宁省气象档案馆), and other 59 sets of meteorological archives were included in the first list of precious first-class meteorological archives.
Precious meteorological archives are a valuable asset of China's meteorological undertaking. They include historical records such as texts, charts, audio-visual materials left by pioneers of the meteorological undertaking and well-known people from all walks of life who participated in meteorological work; historical records of meteorological events that had a significant impact on a global, national, or regional scale, during various historical periods and important historical nodes; official documents, historical records, rare books, or manuscripts related to meteorology in history, as well as objects related to meteorology such as instruments, paintings, prints, rubbings, and stone carvings; representative and valuable original meteorological observation records, meteorological instruments, or equipment from various historical periods.
Since 2019, the China Meteorological Administration (中国气象局) has successively carried out the preliminary review and appraisal of precious meteorological archives collected by the Meteorological Archives of the China Meteorological Administration (中国气象局气象档案馆), provincial meteorological archives, and the China Ocean Archives (中国海洋档案馆) nationwide. After reviewing and appraising the precious first-class meteorological archives, the "Naming Rules for Precious Meteorological Archives" was formulated to give full play to the important role of precious meteorological archives in business support, scientific research, popular science publicity, and cultural inheritance.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on April 21st (Reporter: Pan Junqiang (潘俊强)). It was learned from the 2026 Beijing Forty-fourth Bird-Loving Week publicity event that the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Landscape and Greening officially released the "Beijing Terrestrial Wildlife List (2026)". The data shows that the city's terrestrial wildlife has reached 33 orders, 108 families, and 625 species, including 531 species of birds, 63 species of mammals, and 31 species of amphibians and reptiles. There are 5 new species of terrestrial wildlife compared to 2025, including 4 species of birds: the Black-crowned Night Heron, Pale Sand Martin, Booted Eagle, and Red-breasted Goose, which have been identified by experts as new records for Beijing; and 1 species of reptile: the North China Viper, which has been elevated from the original Siberian Viper subspecies to an independent species based on the latest classification research results.
Beijing (北京) is located at a key hub of the East Asia-Australasia migratory bird migration route, and bears a significant responsibility for bird protection. In recent years, Beijing (北京) has continuously built a solid ecological security barrier and effectively improved the level of biodiversity by constructing a smart monitoring network, systematically restoring habitats and migration corridors, improving the wildlife rescue system, and strengthening scientific research and monitoring support; at the same time, it has cultivated a professional talent team, improved supporting bird watching facilities, and accelerated the construction of a biodiversity protection spatial pattern with capital characteristics. The full connection of Beijing's (北京) five major rivers and the increasing perfection of the six major ecosystems have provided an excellent environment for birds to inhabit and reproduce.
In order to protect the safety of migratory birds, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Landscape and Greening has continued to strengthen the protection of migratory bird migration corridors, strengthen law enforcement supervision and multi-departmental coordination, and severely crack down on illegal activities such as illegal hunting and trading of birds and their products.
Return to TopThis newspaper Xining (西宁) April 21st (Reporter Jiang Meng (江萌)) The reporter learned from the Qinghai Lake (青海湖) Scenic Area Protection and Utilization Administration that the Qinghai Lake Naked Carp Rescue Center recently released the "Qinghai Lake Basin Aquatic Life Survey Report." The report shows that by 2025, the total resource volume of Qinghai Lake naked carp reached 133,000 tons, with an average individual weight of about 250 grams. The naked carp resource volume increased from 2,600 tons to 133,000 tons in 23 years, an increase of more than 50 times, and the population size and individual specifications have been improved simultaneously.
In order to comprehensively understand the ecological status of the basin, the Qinghai Lake Naked Carp Rescue Center conducted a baseline survey of aquatic life in the Qinghai Lake basin in 2025. The naked carp resource volume increased from 100,400 tons before the lake closure for fish breeding in 2020 to 133,000 tons, an increase of 32,600 tons in 5 years, an increase of 32.5%, and the total resource volume has continued to grow steadily.
The Qinghai Lake naked carp is a key species in the Qinghai Lake "grass-river-lake-fish-bird" symbiotic ecosystem. In recent years, in order to promote the steady recovery of Qinghai Lake naked carp resources, Qinghai (青海) has closed the lake for fish breeding six times and continues to do so. The Qinghai Lake naked carp has also been downgraded from an "endangered" species to a "vulnerable" species.
According to a report from Chengdu on April 21st (reported by Li Kaixuan (李凯旋)), Chengdu (成都) City, Sichuan Province (四川省), recently launched a citizen gardener initiative. Citizens can report nearby greening issues at any time through methods such as leaving messages in the WeChat official account backend and email feedback. Relevant departments will supervise the handling of these issues and make timely rectifications.
Chengdu (成都) is simultaneously carrying out a special action to investigate and rectify "problem street trees." Through systematic investigation, "health records" are being established for street trees, and rectification measures are being formulated tree by tree in accordance with the principle of "**一树一策**" (yī shù yī cè - "one tree, one policy," tailor-made solutions). Combining urban renewal and city-wide greening efforts, the initiative promotes the orderly resolution of existing problems in stages and phases. As of the end of March this year, Chengdu (成都) has cumulatively investigated 386 various tree problems throughout the city, and 351 have been rectified.
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According to Japan's Kyodo News, the Japanese government passed a cabinet decision on April 21, completing the revision of the "Three Principles on Transfer of Defense Equipment" and its implementation guidelines, which will, in principle, allow the export of lethal weapons. Kyodo News stated that Japan has long been positioned as a "peaceful nation," and this revision is a major turning point in Japan's security policy. On the same day, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗), in the name of "Prime Minister of the Cabinet," offered a ritual offering called "Masakaki" to the Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社), which enshrines Class A war criminals of World War II. Recently, a series of "re-militarization" actions and ambitions by Japanese right-wing forces have continued to trigger large-scale protests among the Japanese people and have also aroused strong opposition from the international community. People from all walks of life have called on the Japanese government to face up to its historical mistakes, adhere to the peaceful constitution, and not go further and further down the wrong path.
"Strongly protest the Takaichi government's forceful promotion of constitutional revision; no one wants to send their children to the battlefield."
On the afternoon of April 19, approximately 36,000 people gathered around the Japanese Diet (国会議事堂) to strongly protest the Takaichi government's attempt to revise the constitution (see photo, reported by Liu Wenzhang (刘文璋), reporter of this newspaper). This is the second large-scale anti-constitutional revision rally of around 30,000 people near the Japanese Diet since April 8. Protesters held signs with slogans such as "Oppose War," "Don't Destroy Article 9 of the Constitution," and "Takaichi Step Down," calling for the protection of the peaceful constitution.
"We oppose war. The constitutional revision content currently promoted by the Japanese government will fundamentally change the Japanese constitutional order. The constitution is the cornerstone of Japan's peaceful development. We firmly oppose constitutional revision and must stop related trends." Ikeda (池田), a Japanese high school teacher who participated in the protest rally, said that her grandfather died in the war of aggression against China, her uncle died on the spot in the Nagasaki atomic bomb explosion, and her uncle, who served as a military doctor, once revealed to her that "war will make people extremely cruel."
"Many of us are gathered here to strongly protest the Takaichi government's forceful promotion of constitutional revision; no one wants to send their children to the battlefield." Ayumi Yamamoto (山本歩美), a 29-year-old IT consultant, said that she has participated in protest rallies many times. "My younger brother is a member of the Ground Self-Defense Force. When he saw the Self-Defense Forces participating in disaster relief on TV, he said, 'I also want to help others,' so he joined the Self-Defense Forces immediately after graduating from high school. However, now I worry about my brother's life every day. I don't want my brother to have his life taken away or to harm the people of other countries. War must be avoided. No matter how many missiles are deployed on Japanese soil, I cannot feel at ease."
"The continuous increase in defense spending, which increases the burden on people's livelihoods in the name of national defense, has already had a real impact on people's lives, which is really unacceptable." Kaori (香美), a Tokyo citizen, told reporters, "Japan once caused extremely serious harm to the people of Asia. I sincerely hope that Japan can become a country that can get along with its neighbors in a friendly manner, and I hope the government will listen to the voices of the people."
"Japan must make a formal apology to China and show a responsible attitude to its people."
In recent years, harassment and provocations against Chinese diplomatic missions in Japan have continued. Recently, a series of serious and malicious incidents, such as an active-duty officer of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces breaking into the consulate with a knife, have occurred. These incidents have had a bad impact, exposing many deep-seated problems in Japan today, and have also triggered reflection and protests among the Japanese people.
"Many Japanese people are deeply concerned and vigilant about the illegal acts of Self-Defense Force members. This act of breaking into the embassy with a knife is absolutely unacceptable from both a humanitarian and diplomatic perspective." Masataka Mori (森正孝), a Japanese historical documentary director and expert on bacteriological warfare issues, told reporters that this incident is directly related to the Takaichi government's erroneous remarks regarding Taiwan.
"The frequent occurrence of malicious incidents against Chinese diplomatic missions in Japan is rooted in the Japanese government's long-term incitement of anti-China sentiment and deeply ingrained historical cognitive biases." Akika Takanashi (高梨晃嘉), Secretary-General of the "Citizens' Association for Considering History Education in Kanagawa," told reporters that the Japanese government is using the so-called "China threat theory" as an excuse to massively expand its military and prepare for war, and is constantly creating an atmosphere of confrontation. "It is questionable what the education and management situation is like within the Japanese Self-Defense Forces that a 23-year-old suspect would commit such an extreme act."
"This incident is by no means an ordinary illegal intrusion into a building, but a serious incident of extremely bad nature internationally." Hisashi Inoue (井上久士), Chairman of the Japan-China Friendship Association, severely criticized the Japanese government's perfunctory handling attitude. He told reporters that the Takaichi government lacks sincerity, and the Japanese media's coverage of this matter is insufficient, which is not conducive to the improvement and development of Japan-China relations.
Shinichi Takado (高堂真一), a retired world history teacher at a Japanese high school, told reporters that the suspect claimed that his motive was to hope that China would stop making tough remarks against Japan, which is completely putting the cart before the horse. The real root of the problem lies in the Takaichi government's erroneous remarks regarding Taiwan. "Japan must make a formal apology to China and show a responsible attitude to its people."
"The act of building a 'war country' violates the spirit of the peaceful constitution, and the people firmly oppose it."
The Japanese government's revision of the "Three Principles on Transfer of Defense Equipment" and its implementation guidelines means that Japan will remove the previous restrictions on weapon exports limited to five categories of non-combat use, and will, in principle, allow the export of finished weapons, including lethal weapons; in specific circumstances, it will also allow the export of weapons to countries in conflict. The Japanese side is also using the guise of "defense" and "counterattack" to strengthen the deployment of a series of offensive weapons and equipment such as missiles in relevant areas adjacent to China. This series of dangerous policy moves has aroused widespread concern and opposition from all sectors of Japan.
"Whether it is relaxing weapon exports or developing and deploying missiles that can attack foreign countries, these acts of building a 'war country' violate the spirit of the peaceful constitution, and the people firmly oppose it." Tomoko Tamura (田村智子), Chairman of the Japanese Communist Party, told reporters that the Japanese constitution clearly stipulates that Japan will not wage war, will not use force to resolve international disputes, and will not promote international conflict.
"The current Japanese government's promotion of missile deployment, development of 'attack enemy base capabilities,' and 'rearmament' run counter to the spirit of the peaceful constitution." Nahoko Hishiyama (菱山南帆子), Secretary-General of the Japanese civil organization "Citizens' Liaison Association to Absolutely Not Allow Constitutional Revision," said that Japan has committed numerous crimes in many Asian countries in the past and has also suffered the disasters of large-scale air raids and atomic bomb explosions. "**正视历史错误、坚守和平宪法**" (zhèng shì lì shǐ cuò wù, jiān shǒu hé píng xiàn fǎ - "face history errors, adhere to peaceful constitution," to acknowledge past wrongdoings and uphold the principles of peace), so that tragedies will not be repeated.
"When the Japanese government promotes major security decisions such as missile deployment, it ignores the opinions of the Japanese people and adopts a forced approach, which seriously undermines democratic procedures." Kazuya Tsukamoto (塚本和也), a lawyer at the Shibuya Law Office in Japan, told reporters, "The so-called 'security threat' is more of a government-level exaggeration. Japan is accelerating its transformation into a 'war country' from both institutional and capability aspects, which is worrying."
Hiroshi Onishi (大西广), Professor Emeritus at Keio University in Japan, analyzed from a financial perspective that the practice of continuously relaxing the rules for issuing government bonds and paving the way for large-scale military expansion is extremely dangerous. This is both the consensus of the economics community and the painful lesson Japan has learned from its pre-war history. Previously, the upper limit of Japan's defense spending accounting for 1% of its gross domestic product has been broken to 2%. If it is further expanded, Japan's economic vitality and people's consumption capacity will be severely squeezed.
Yumiko Nakajima (中島由美子), Chairman of the Tokyo Southern Committee of the National Union of General Workers in Japan, believes that since the Takaichi government came to power, it has significantly increased investment in the military industry, and the salaries of employees in the military industry and defense industry have increased, while the lives of small and medium-sized enterprises, non-regular employees, and female workers have become increasingly difficult. "The union will always adhere to the concept of 'no more war, not being involved in war' and resolutely oppose the government's wrong policies."
(Reported from Tokyo, April 21, by this newspaper)
Beijing, April 21 (Reporter Chu Jun (褚君)) Regarding Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗)'s offering of sacrifices to the Yasukuni Shrine on April 21, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) stated on April 21 in response to a reporter's question that China firmly opposes and strongly condemns Japan's negative moves regarding the Yasukuni Shrine and has lodged solemn representations and strong protests with Japan.
Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) stated at a regular press conference that the Yasukuni Shrine is a spiritual tool and symbol of Japanese militarism's external wars of aggression and is, in fact, a "war criminal shrine." This year marks the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Tokyo Trials. Eighty years ago, judges from 11 countries, after two and a half years of trials, used overwhelming evidence and rigorous laws to expose the aggressive wars launched by Japanese fascists and militarists and the monstrous crimes they committed, laying the foundation for the post-war international order. However, it is outrageous that, 80 years later, the notorious Yasukuni Shrine still enshrines Japanese Class A WWII war criminals who bear direct responsibility for the wars of aggression. Japanese officials and politicians have repeatedly visited or offered sacrifices and ritual fees. Japan's negative moves on the Yasukuni Shrine issue are essentially an evasion of its own guilt, a desecration of historical justice, a provocation to the countries that were invaded, and a challenge to the achievements of World War II, which has been unanimously condemned and firmly opposed by the international community.
Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) stated that Japan must reflect on whether to continue to allow the remnants of militarism to grow and spread, distorting history and beautifying aggressive crimes, or to deeply and sincerely reflect on aggressive crimes, establish and practice a correct view of history, and truly gain the trust of its Asian neighbors and the international community. "What Japan should answer is, how can it call itself a 'peaceful country' when it is significantly expanding its military spending, deploying medium- and long-range offensive missiles, relaxing restrictions on arms exports, promoting the revision of the pacifist constitution, and hinting at abandoning the 'three non-nuclear principles'?! What exactly does Japan intend to do? What Japan should face squarely is that all peace-loving and just forces in the world will never allow 'neo-militarism' to become a menace and endanger regional peace and stability, and will surely meet it with a head-on blow," he said.
"Forgetting history means betrayal, and denying guilt means repeating it. The international community must be highly vigilant against Japan's 'historical revisionism' tactics, jointly curb the reckless actions of Japan's 'neo-militarism,' and work together to safeguard regional and world peace and stability," said Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆).
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on April 21st (Reporter Chu Jun (褚君)) Regarding the Japanese government's cabinet decision on the 21st to allow the export of lethal weapons, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) stated at a regular press conference on the 21st, in response to a question, that China is gravely concerned about this. The international community, including China, will remain highly vigilant and resolutely resist Japan's "new militarism" from acting rashly.
A reporter asked: On April 21st, the Japanese government passed a cabinet decision to formally revise the "Three Principles on Transfer of Defense Equipment," in principle allowing the export of lethal weapons without prior approval from the Diet. What is China's comment on this?
"China is gravely concerned about this," said Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆). In the past, Japanese militarism carried out rampant aggression and expansion, committing heinous crimes against China and its Asian neighbors. It is precisely based on Japan's history of aggression that, in order to prevent the resurgence of Japanese militarism, a series of documents with full international legal effect, such as the Cairo Declaration, the Potsdam Proclamation, and the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, clearly stipulate that Japan should be completely disarmed and should not maintain industries that could enable it to rearm.
Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) said that the Japanese Constitution also imposes strict restrictions on its own military strength, the right of belligerency, and the right to wage war. After the war, Japan also established strict norms such as "exclusively defense-oriented policy" to restrict the development of military strength and arms exports. In 1976, the Japanese government issued a unified view on arms exports, explicitly stating that Japan, as a peaceful nation, should handle arms exports with caution.
Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) pointed out that Japan's recent series of dangerous moves in the military and security fields have exposed its self-proclaimed status as a "peaceful nation" and its "exclusively defense-oriented policy." Many experts and scholars worry that Japan is reopening the "war machine" and "exporting war" to the outside world. Japan's accelerated "remilitarization" is a fact and a reality, with an actual route and actions. The international community, including China, will remain highly vigilant about this and resolutely resist Japan's "new militarism" from acting rashly.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Tokyo (东京) April 21st dispatch (Reporter Liu Wenzhang (刘文璋)) The Chinese Embassy in Japan (中国驻日本大使馆) recently held a press conference regarding a series of recent terrorist threats. Regarding the incident on March 24th where Murata Akihito (村田晃大), a third-class lieutenant of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (日本陆上自卫队), forcibly broke into the Chinese Embassy in Japan (中国驻日本大使馆) with a knife after climbing over the wall, the embassy once again urged the Japanese side to thoroughly investigate the matter as soon as possible and give China (中国) a responsible explanation.
The Chinese Embassy in Japan (中国驻日本大使馆) stated that Murata (村田) trespassed into the embassy by climbing over the wall with a sharp knife as long as 31 centimeters, threatening to kill Chinese (中国) diplomats. The facts are clear and the evidence is conclusive. Before Murata (村田) was handed over to the police, the embassy took necessary measures to ensure the safety of the embassy premises and personnel, and completed the necessary procedures to allow the Japanese police to enter the embassy to jointly handle the case.
The Chinese Embassy in Japan (中国驻日本大使馆) stated that Murata (村田) received approximately 9 months of training courses after joining the Self-Defense Forces (自卫队). During this process, what kind of ideology did the Self-Defense Forces (自卫队) instill in him, and what kind of education did they conduct? Murata (村田) went to Tokyo (东京) to commit the crime while being absent from his post. Did the unit to which he belonged not notice this at all? Is it mismanagement or indulgence within the Self-Defense Forces (自卫队)? The Japanese side should answer the above questions, thoroughly investigate the ideological roots and motives of the people involved, and whether there are any behind-the-scenes forces, and completely eliminate the recurrence of such incidents. The Japanese side has expressed regret to the Chinese side regarding the intrusion incident, but this is not enough.
The Chinese Embassy in Japan (中国驻日本大使馆) stated that since the beginning of this year, Chinese (中国) embassies and consulates in Japan (驻日使领馆) have frequently been harassed, threatened, and intimidated, but no one has been punished for such illegal acts, which in fact constitutes condoning such behavior. What's more, some right-wing elements even "cheer" for such terrorist threats. Such an abnormal social environment will inevitably encourage the occurrence of more similar cases. The people involved in the series of terrorist threat incidents all have or claim to have a background in the Self-Defense Forces (自卫队), which is very unusual. It should be clarified whether there is a systematic organization behind it, and whether it has been instructed or directed by any forces.
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The French National Assembly recently passed a draft law simplifying the procedure for returning illegally obtained cultural relics with an overwhelming result of 170 votes in favor and 0 votes against. This result is not common in European political circles, indicating that a certain consensus has been formed in France on the issue of returning cultural relics.
At the meeting, French parliamentarian Patrick Hetzel cited the famous saying of French literary giant Victor Hugo: "I hope that one day, a liberated and clean France will return this trophy to the plundered China (中国)." Patrick Hetzel also exclaimed: "This day has finally arrived." Although this statement has obvious narrative color of a speech, it is undeniable that the passage of this bill has indeed brought Hugo's wish closer to reality.
Prior to this, French law clearly stipulated that cultural relics included in the national collection are in principle "non-transferable," and the return of any public collection of cultural relics requires legislation on a case-by-case basis. In the past few years, when France returned cultural relics to Benin, Senegal, and Côte d'Ivoire, it adopted a "case-by-case legislation" model, which was cumbersome, lengthy, and repeatedly made the issue of returning cultural relics a controversial political issue.
The important breakthrough of the new bill is to simplify "legislation one by one" into "one law for all." The bill applies to foreign cultural relics obtained by France through theft, plunder, and other illegal means from 1815 to 1972. The return application must be submitted by a sovereign state and promise to meet international standards for storage and display conditions. After a double review, it can be quickly promoted through administrative decrees. The French government has also promised to publish a list of public cultural relics with questionable sources every year to provide clear clues for claimant countries.
Of course, the road to the return of cultural relics is still not smooth. From a legal point of view, the draft still needs to be reviewed and finally confirmed by the Senate, and there are still uncertainties in the subsequent promotion. French Minister of Culture Rima Abdul Malak clearly stated that the bill establishes a rigorous review procedure, "The French government will not be subject to any mandatory constraints for return applications that lack legitimate grounds or may even endanger the safety of national collections." This also means that the opening of the institutional channel is only the first step in the process of returning cultural relics, and the real realization of the return of cultural relics still requires the joint efforts of all parties.
The repatriation of cultural relics is not just a simple legal issue, but is also closely linked to the trends of the times and international relations. In recent years, with the rise of the Global South, "cultural relics returning home" has become an undeniable phenomenon in the adjustment of international relations. France's legislation this time is not only in line with the trend of the "decolonization" era, but also an active effort to enhance its international moral image. Previously, the Netherlands, Germany and other countries have returned a large number of bronzes to Benin, forming moral pressure to promote the return of cultural relics within Europe, and also providing a reference for France's legislative actions.
For countries seeking the return of cultural relics, the lost cultural relics carry the nation's historical memory and cultural identity, and are an important fulcrum for constructing national narratives; for countries holding cultural relics, facing reasonable and legitimate claims, avoidance and delay will not only fail to resolve disputes, but will continue to deplete their own international credibility. Moving towards each other and jointly promoting the return of cultural relics is not only a restoration and activation of history, but also a vivid embodiment of equal dialogue and mutual respect between civilizations.
There have been positive precedents in the field of cultural relic returns between China (中国) and France (法国), which have set a good example for other countries. In 2015, France returned 32 Qin State (秦国) gold ornaments from the Spring and Autumn Period (春秋时期), originally housed in the Guimet Museum of Asian Arts, to China (中国), demonstrating the mutual trust and consensus between the two countries in the cultural field. At the important juncture of the anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China (中国) and France (法国), themed cultural relic exhibitions such as "Han" (汉) and "Tang" (唐) entered France (法国), allowing Chinese (中国) cultural relics to have close contact with the local public, becoming a vivid practice of China (中国) and France (法国) moving towards each other and deepening cultural exchanges.
France's (法国) passage of legislation this time to open up institutional channels for the return of cultural relics is a positive step. It is hoped that more countries can follow the trend of the times, abandon the outdated thinking of the colonial era, and take practical actions to promote the early return of more lost cultural relics to their homeland, so that the memory of civilization can continue and flourish in their homeland.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 郭梓云
According to the latest data from the German Federal Statistical Office, Germany's total grain output in 2025 reached 45 million tons, an increase of 16% compared to 2024. The output of winter wheat in 2025 reached 22.6 million tons, an increase of 27% over the previous year, with a planting area of 2.9 million hectares; the output of winter rapeseed in 2025 reached 4 million tons, an increase of 10% compared to 2024. The German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (德国联邦农业、食品和区域认同部) will invest approximately 10 million euros to support the digital transformation and technological innovation of agriculture.
Nearly half of Germany's land is used for agriculture, of which about 70% is arable land. Over the years, the number of people employed in agriculture and the number of farms in Germany have been decreasing, but the size of farms has been increasing. Thanks to agricultural mechanization, agricultural digitalization, and the development of organic agriculture, grain yield per mu has been continuously increasing. With the improvement of production efficiency, the population that a German farmer can feed has increased from 17 in 1960 to 153 in 2023.
Whether it is high-tech agricultural machinery, robotics, or drones, digitalization has become an important driving force for the transformation of agricultural development in Germany. Between 2019 and 2025, the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (德国联邦农业、食品和区域认同部) continuously invested approximately 70 million euros to fund 14 "digital experimental fields" to promote the research and application of agricultural digital technology. The government supports the widespread application of artificial intelligence in agriculture and rural areas, and plans to invest 44 million euros to fund 36 joint projects involving agriculture, the food chain, healthy diets, etc. Germany has a number of leading companies in the field of smart agriculture, including CLAAS (克拉斯), Bayer (拜耳), Bosch (博世), BASF (巴斯夫), etc., covering segmented areas such as precision agriculture, agricultural automation, agricultural Internet of Things, and agricultural software. Surveys show that approximately 80% of German farmers use digital technologies such as drone monitoring, soil analysis, and automated irrigation systems.
The German government issued the "2035 Cultivation Strategy" in 2021, which strongly promotes the simultaneous advancement of agricultural production increase and ecological balance. A market report from the German Farmers' Association (德国农民协会) shows that organic food sales in 2025 exceeded 18 billion euros, an increase of approximately 8%. In 2024, the area of organic cultivation in Germany increased by 1.3% to 1.91 million hectares, and currently 11.5% of agricultural land is used for organic production. In 2024, German organic food sales reached 16.99 billion euros, making it the largest organic food market in Europe. The "2030 Organic Strategy" formulated by the German government aims to increase the coverage of organic agriculture to 30% nationwide by 2030.
Agricultural development in Germany also faces some challenges. For many years, the number of people employed in agriculture in Germany has been declining, and the younger generation has less interest in engaging in agriculture. According to statistics, in 2023, there were only 876,000 people employed in agriculture in Germany, and the shortage of agricultural technical talents is constantly expanding. The continuous increase in production costs also puts pressure on German agriculture when dealing with international market competition.
The German Agricultural Industry Association (德国农业产业协会) warns that in recent years, Germany's food self-sufficiency rate has been declining, with an average self-sufficiency rate of 83%, and suggests that the government take more targeted measures to help farmers stabilize production and ensure income. Siedler, a grain market expert at the German Agricultural Cooperative Raiffeisen Association (德国农业合作社莱夫艾森协会), believes that in the face of climate change, the agricultural sector should adjust its farming methods in a timely manner, and it is crucial to improve the drought resistance of plants through breeding. Joachim Rukwied (鲁克维德), President of the German Farmers' Association (德国农民协会会长), said that in view of the increasing number of pests and diseases, relevant plant protection strategies should be formulated and the approval process for plant protection products should be accelerated.
(Reported from Berlin (柏林) on April 21 by this newspaper)
Return to TopSeoul, April 21st (People's Daily reporter Mang Jiuchen (莽九晨)) The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs (韩国外交部) stated on the 21st that the South Korean government expresses deep disappointment and regret over the offering of sacrifices by high-ranking Japanese officials to the Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社), which enshrines Class-A war criminals from World War II.
The South Korean government issued a statement the same day in the form of a commentary by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (韩国外交部) spokesperson, stating that South Korea urges high-ranking Japanese officials to squarely face history and demonstrate humility, repentance, and sincere reflection on the history of aggression through their actions, and emphasized that this is an important foundation for building a future-oriented South Korea-Japan relationship based on mutual trust.
Return to TopBeijing, April 21st (Reporter Chu Jun (褚君)) Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) stated at a regular press conference on the 21st, in response to questions regarding the situation in the Middle East Gulf region, that President Xi Jinping's (习近平) four proposals for maintaining and promoting peace and stability in the Middle East provide a Chinese solution for emerging from conflict and achieving peace. China will, in accordance with the spirit of President Xi Jinping's (习近平) four proposals, work with the international community to play a positive and constructive role.
Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) said that the Iranian war is one of the most pressing challenges facing the international community. Recently, President Xi Jinping (习近平) put forward four proposals for maintaining and promoting peace and stability in the Middle East: First, adhere to the principle of peaceful coexistence; second, adhere to the principle of national sovereignty; third, adhere to the principle of international rule of law; and fourth, adhere to the integrated development and security. The four proposals fully embody China's consistent position and active efforts to promote peace and stop war, advocate dialogue to resolve differences, provide a Chinese solution for emerging from conflict and achieving peace, and win more and more recognition and support from countries in the region and the international community.
Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) said that the current situation is at a critical stage of transition between war and peace. The more such a moment, the more all parties need to show the greatest sincerity, adhere to the direction of political settlement without wavering, maintain the momentum of ceasefire and negotiation without regression, and strive to restore normal passage through the Strait of Hormuz as soon as possible, and restore peace and stability in the Middle East and the Gulf region. "China will, in accordance with the spirit of President Xi Jinping's (习近平) four proposals, work with the international community to play a positive and constructive role in this regard."
Return to TopApril 22nd is World Earth Day. The Earth is humanity's only home, and sustainable development concerns the common future of mankind. Chinese enterprises incorporate green development throughout the entire process of "**走出去**" (zǒu chū qù - "going out," referring to Chinese companies investing and operating overseas), actively engaging in green infrastructure, green energy, and green transportation cooperation around the world. They promote energy conservation, carbon reduction, and ecological restoration, taking practical actions to protect local mountains, rivers, trees, and plants, promote biodiversity conservation, and jointly build a beautiful world where humans and nature coexist in harmony.
Nairobi River Basin Ecological Restoration Project, Kenya
The Nairobi River Basin Ecological Restoration Project in Kenya, undertaken by China Energy Construction Group Guangxi Electric Power Design Institute Co., Ltd., officially commenced last year. The project covers a total river section of approximately 27.2 kilometers and a treatment area of approximately 2.59 million square meters. The main construction content includes the construction of Nairobi River sewage main pipes and sewage treatment plants, the restoration and protection of water sources, the cleaning and treatment of solid waste, and the improvement of urban comprehensive landscapes. Upon completion, the project will comprehensively enhance the environmental carrying capacity and urban comprehensive functions of the Nairobi River Basin, and construct a blue-green interwoven ecosystem integrating flood control safety, ecological conservation, public space expansion, and residential environment improvement.
The Nairobi River has long faced prominent problems such as river siltation and blockage, severe water pollution, and insufficient flood control and drainage capacity. I have personally witnessed the river gradually widening, the water becoming clearer, and a number of public leisure and fitness facilities such as football fields being built one after another, which makes me feel very gratified. After the project is completed, it will effectively improve the living environment of residents along the coast, and at the same time promote the development of tourism, injecting new green momentum into Kenya's economic and social development.
--Ismail Muhiri Ireri, Engineer of the Nairobi River Basin Ecological Restoration Project in Kenya, China Energy Construction Group Guangxi Electric Power Design Institute (中国能源建设集团广西电力设计研究院)
Saudi Arabia Rakh Island Connection Road and Cross-sea Bridge Project
The Rakh Island Connection Road and Cross-sea Bridge Project, constructed by China Harbour Engineering Company (中国港湾), is located on the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia and is an important transportation artery for local Red Sea tourism development. The main bridge of the project is 2,170 meters long, and the key section needs to pass through a mangrove protection area of approximately 30,000 square meters. In order to minimize the impact of construction on the mangrove ecosystem, the project innovatively adopted a green construction plan of "fully prefabricated structure bridge + pile-beam integrated machine," operating in the air along the bridge axis to ensure that the construction equipment does not touch the ground throughout the entire process. This project, together with environmental protection measures such as protecting coral reefs, establishing seabird reserves, and scientifically constructing artificial nests, protects the local ecological environment while efficiently promoting construction progress.
During the construction of the project, we not only completed the construction tasks with high quality and efficiency, but also paid more attention to protecting the ecology and allowing more people to share the beauty of the ecology. The adherence to the concept of green construction and the application of innovative technologies provide a solid support for ecological protection. We believe that protecting the mangrove forest, a valuable ecological resource, can transform excellent ecological value into more lasting and considerable economic value.
--Mubeen, Employee of the Rakh Island Connection Road and Cross-sea Bridge Project
Guyana New Demerara River Bridge
The New Demerara River Bridge in Georgetown (乔治敦), the capital of Guyana (圭亚那), is constructed by China Railway Construction Corporation (中国铁建). At present, the daily traffic volume of the bridge has exceeded 50,000 vehicles, and the main navigation hole can meet the passage of 50,000-ton ships. While significantly improving the efficiency of land transportation, it has also comprehensively optimized the water transportation conditions of the New Demerara River, and has been widely praised by all sectors of local society. During the construction period, the project protected nearly 10,000 square meters of mangrove forest by optimizing the route, and strictly implemented the environmental protection requirement of "**滴油不入河**" (dī yóu bù rù hé - "not a drop of oil enters the river," meaning strict environmental protection to prevent pollution), practicing green construction throughout the entire process. After the bridge is opened to traffic, it not only effectively alleviates traffic congestion, but also creates a public space for local residents to enjoy leisure, sightseeing, and relaxation on the pedestrian walkway on the bridge, allowing green travel to better integrate into the lives of local people.
I am honored to participate in the construction of this "green bridge" as an engineer. At the construction site, what I saw was not only the transportation project constructed of reinforced concrete, but also the respect and protection of the ecological environment of Guyana by Chinese enterprises. From routine water quality monitoring to carrying out vegetation restoration in accordance with local conditions, the concept of green construction runs through the entire process of project construction. After the completion of the bridge, what is left for the local area is not only a convenient and efficient transportation link, but also a continuously improving ecological environment.
--Virendra Jiaram, Engineer of the New Demerara River Bridge Project of China Railway Construction Corporation (中国铁建)
Brazil Itaipu Hydropower Station Renovation Project
The Brazil Itaipu (伊泰普) Hydropower Station ±600 kV DC Transmission Renovation Project is undertaken by China Electric Power Equipment and Technology Co., Ltd. (中国电力技术装备有限公司). It is the first large-scale green upgrade of the DC converter station transmission project in more than 40 years of operation. After the project is fully completed, it will greatly improve the transmission efficiency of clean energy, effectively increase the availability of DC transmission projects, and provide safe, economical, and reliable hydropower for the state of São Paulo (圣保罗州), Brazil. This is a pragmatic action for China and Brazil to jointly address climate change, and it is also a "green electricity sample" of Chinese technology contributing to the global green energy transition.
I have personally witnessed Chinese companies turning the concept of "cherishing the Earth and harmonious coexistence between humans and nature" from slogans into actions. In the Itaipu (伊泰普) DC transmission renovation, we not only pursue technological leadership, but also adhere to green construction: discarded packaging materials are sorted, recycled, and reused, and noise and dust are strictly controlled during the construction process to minimize the impact on the forests and rivers of the Iguazu (伊瓜苏) region. What Chinese companies bring is not only advanced technology, but also a way to communicate with the Earth - making clean energy cleaner and allowing development and ecology to go hand in hand.
--Jefferson, Technology Manager of China Electric Power Equipment and Technology Co., Ltd. (中电装备) Brazil Co., Ltd.
Pakistan Gwadar Seawater Desalination Plant
The Gwadar (瓜达尔) Seawater Desalination Plant, a livelihood assistance project under the framework of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (中巴经济走廊), is located in Gwadar (瓜达尔), Balochistan Province (俾路支省) in southwestern Pakistan. It covers a total area of more than 3,600 square meters and has a daily output of 5,000 tons of fresh water. The seawater desalination plant adopts advanced "ultrafiltration-reverse osmosis membrane" dual-membrane seawater desalination integrated technology, which effectively alleviates the shortage of fresh water for local people's lives, and helps local green forestry cultivation. Together with the surrounding green industrial parks and ecological forest projects, it helps the sustainable development of the region.
This seawater desalination plant is a precious gift from our Chinese brothers. During the construction process, the Gwadar (瓜达尔) Seawater Desalination Plant practiced the concept of green development and minimized the disturbance to the local landform and ecology. After being put into operation, it uses advanced energy-saving seawater desalination technology to achieve low-carbon and efficient operation, scientifically disposes of concentrated brine, protects the marine environment, and realizes the coordinated progress of ecological protection and people's livelihood development.
--Gulzar Ahmed, Head of the Operations Team of the Gwadar (瓜达尔) Seawater Desalination Plant in Pakistan
Three Gorges Europe Company Pathfinder Photovoltaic Project
The Pathfinder Photovoltaic Project is a photovoltaic project acquired and operated by Three Gorges Europe Company (三峡欧洲公司) in Spain (西班牙). It consists of 10 photovoltaic power stations in the autonomous communities of Castilla-La Mancha (卡斯蒂利亚—拉曼查自治区) and Andalusia (安达卢西亚自治区), with a total installed capacity of 191.4 MW. It has significant advantages in large-scale development and standardized operation. The project fully relies on Spain's superior solar energy resources to provide stable and reliable clean energy for the local area, which is a vivid practice of Chinese enterprises helping Spain's energy transition and promoting sustainable development.
In order to reduce mechanical carbon emissions and chemical pollution in weeding operations, our photovoltaic power station innovatively promotes the "ecological grazing" operation and maintenance model, introducing sheep to replace machinery and herbicides for weeding work. The sheep naturally forage in the photovoltaic area, which not only effectively ensures the clean and stable operation of the power station, but also promotes soil and water conservation and vegetation circulation in an ecological way, exploring a green operation and maintenance concept of "photovoltaic + ecology."
--Rodrigo Sanchez, Manager of the Safety and Environmental Protection Department of Three Gorges Europe Company (三峡欧洲公司)
(The text in this edition was compiled and arranged by reporters Zhang Bolan (张博岚), Huang Weixin (黄炜鑫), Ren Haoyu (任皓宇), Shi Yuanhao (时元皓), and Zhao Yipu (赵益普) from this newspaper.)
Return to TopBy: 王 政
In just two days, the 19th Beijing International Automotive Exhibition will kick off. The 380,000-square-meter exhibition space and 181 world premiere models are attracting global attention. However, in my opinion, the most valuable and influential aspect of this year's auto show is the collective breakthrough in domestic HEV (hybrid electric vehicle) technology. At the Geely (吉利), Chery (奇瑞), and Changan (长安) booths, you can not only personally experience the extraordinary energy saving, emission reduction, and intelligent electrical feel of domestic HEVs, but also feel proud of another significant achievement in innovation by Chinese automakers.
With a global mass-produced engine thermal efficiency of up to 48.41%, a Guinness World Record-breaking measured comprehensive fuel consumption of 2.22 liters per 100 kilometers, over 80% electrical experience under WLTC (Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Cycle) conditions with better fuel economy than traditional hybrid electric vehicles, and the ability to drive over 500 kilometers more per tank of fuel compared to comparable gasoline vehicles... Taking the Geely i-HEV Zhijing Hybrid (吉利i-HEV智擎混动), released on April 13, as an example, whether it's engine thermal efficiency, fuel consumption per 100 kilometers, or pure electric driving conditions, it has broken the nearly 30-year technological monopoly of Japanese hybrid electric vehicle technology, filled the gap in China's core automotive technology, and set a new benchmark for global hybrid technology.
Faced with absolute monopoly of core patents, carpet-bombing patent layouts, and the strong cost control of mature architectures, how did Chinese automakers achieve breakthroughs and surpass them in one fell swoop?
Adhering to the strategic guidance of leapfrogging through a change of course. Just as China's new energy vehicle industry seized the opportunities of electrification and intelligent transformation, anchored itself in the pure electric track, successfully achieved leapfrogging and continues to lead the global automotive industry, the breakthrough in domestic hybrid technology also did not choose to follow and imitate, but actively opened up a new track. Since the mainstream technical route of electric drive as auxiliary and oil drive as the main requires a hard fight against Toyota's nearly 30 years of polishing, high-efficiency and low-cost planetary gear system, why not find another way, using our strengths, long-range plug-in hybrids with electric drive as the main, to develop a new system that is both fuel-efficient and full of electrical feel? Geely (吉利), Chery (奇瑞), and Changan (长安) all thought of this at the same time, and almost simultaneously achieved technological breakthroughs and mass production.
Adhering to demand-led, user-centric tactical path. After the penetration rate of new energy vehicles exceeds 50%, why go back and make up for this HEV lesson? In the words of Gan Jiayue (淦家阅), CEO of Geely Auto Group (吉利汽车集团), this is to meet user needs and to answer the era's proposition of energy security and energy saving and carbon reduction. On the one hand, China's stock market of fuel vehicles is still as high as 300 million, and the global market is nearly 1.4 billion. Market research has found that a large number of users are still cautious about the battery safety and range anxiety of electric vehicles, and HEV is obviously a realistic choice for further energy saving and emission reduction. On the other hand, existing HEV users generally have pain points such as insufficient power performance, frequent engine start and stop, and lack of sufficient power and computing power. Meeting their expectations for electrical control and intelligent cockpit and intelligent driving also requires subverting traditional HEV technology.
Adhering to the craftsman spirit of striving for perfection and persistent effort. Statistics show that 1 liter of gasoline contains 32.3 megajoules of energy, while the energy ultimately used for driving is less than 7 megajoules, which means that nearly 80% of the energy in the fuel drive system is wasted. The reason why the energy saving efficiency of domestic HEV systems can exceed existing hybrid systems by 10 percentage points is by reducing the waste of every joule of energy, and the core is to fully improve engine thermal efficiency. Whether it is Geely's (吉利) world-leading 48.41%, Chery's (奇瑞) 46.5%, or Changan's (长安) nearly 45%, the improvement in thermal efficiency is the ultimate squeeze on every joule of energy. And this "every bit counts" technological progress is the best portrayal of striving for perfection.
Adhering to the integration of digital and real, driving all-round innovation. In addition to working hard on the refinement of mechanical structures, the technological breakthrough of domestic hybrids is also inseparable from the comprehensive empowerment of artificial intelligence. In order to maximize the use of pure electric drive in urban congested road sections to reduce energy consumption, engineers moved out the Xingrui AI Cloud Power 2.0 (星睿AI云动力2.0) large model, which can not only real-time sense environmental data such as temperature and altitude, but also predict habitual routes and intelligently optimize energy based on past driving time, routes, and mileage data, storing electricity in smooth road sections and prioritizing the use of electricity in congested road sections, ultimately achieving a comprehensive energy saving improvement of more than 10%.
Leapfrogging through a change of course, demand-driven, striving for perfection, and the integration of digital and real are vivid reflections of innovation by Chinese automakers. Self-reliance, open cooperation, efficient collaboration of the industrial chain, and talent dividend are its distinct characteristics. Relying on the new type of national system and inheriting the spirit of "Two Bombs, One Satellite" (两弹一星 - "Two Bombs, One Satellite," refers to China's successful development of the atomic bomb, hydrogen bomb, and artificial satellite in the 1960s and 1970s, symbolizing national technological prowess), Chinese innovation is accelerating its iteration and upgrading, promoting Chinese manufacturing to achieve a fundamental leap from "following" to "leading" in the global competitive landscape.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 丁怡婷 李家鼎
In April, the China International Glass Industrial Technical Exhibition in Shanghai (上海) was bustling with people.
Borosilicate 4.0 fire-resistant glass with a softening point as high as 840 degrees Celsius and a fire resistance integrity of 3 hours, and ultra-white triple silver low-emissivity glass with a light transmittance of over 90% and capable of reducing air conditioning load by more than 30%... The innovative products brought by Yaohua Glass Group (耀华玻璃集团) under China National Building Material Group Corporation (中国建材), attracted many visitors for consultation.
The view shifts to Qinhuangdao (秦皇岛), Hebei (河北), where a simple red brick building stands amidst the bustling traffic. In 1922, Asia's first factory to use machines for continuous glass production—Yaohua Glass Factory (耀华玻璃厂)—was born here, known as the "cradle of China's glass industry."
From producing China's first machine-made flat glass in 1924 to the current flourishing of automotive glass, energy-saving glass, and specialty glass, Yaohua Glass (耀华玻璃) is a microcosm of the glass industry's accelerated transformation towards diversification and high-end development.
China is the world's largest glass producer and consumer, accounting for more than 60% of global production. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the glass industry has adapted to market demand, and the level of technology has been continuously improved. Data provided by the China Building Materials Federation (中国建筑材料联合会) shows that the sales revenue of technical glass in 2025 will increase by 46% compared to 2020, which is about 4 times that of flat glass raw sheets.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's annual output of flat glass accounted for more than 60% of the world's total, an increase of more than a thousand times compared to the early days of the People's Republic of China.
In 2012, the Qinhuangdao Glass Museum (秦皇岛市玻璃博物馆), built on the former site of the Yaohua Glass Factory (耀华玻璃厂), opened to the public.
Upon entering the museum, a sculpture called "Heaven and Earth凝光" catches the eye, with rough and cracked rocks at the bottom, a flowing curve in the middle, and a glass cube at the top. The three parts are perfectly integrated, telling the story of the birth of glass: the raw materials come from natural minerals, flow and shape under the catalysis of fire, and then form solid and transparent glass.
The museum is divided into four exhibition areas: "Ancient Glass and Development," "Cradle of China's Glass Industry," "Contemporary Chinese Glass Industry," and "Brilliant and Magical World of Glass." From the "dragonfly eye" glass beads and glass earrings of the Warring States period to the drawn glass six-panel screen of the Republic of China period, and then to the modern float flat glass production line model and the radiation-resistant glass cover used in aerospace, thousands of exhibits witness the development history of the glass industry.
Taking the popular tea-colored glass of the 1980s as an example, in 1985, Yaohua Glass Factory (耀华玻璃厂) produced China's first piece of tea-colored heat-absorbing glass, changing the situation of long-term reliance on imports. "At that time, the optical performance of tea-colored glass reached the standards of similar foreign products, while the price was only about 1/3 of that of imported products," said Cao Yang (曹阳), Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Yaohua Glass (耀华玻璃).
Leaving the museum and entering the new production line. Spanning a century, today, in the new base of Yaohua Glass Qinhuangdao Company (耀华玻璃秦皇岛公司), covering more than 600 acres, multiple production lines with 950 tons/day and 600 tons/day are operating in an orderly manner. Among them, the thin plate special line can produce high-precision glass as thin as 1.6 mm, which is used for the front windshields of automobiles, etc. The fully automatic detection system scans 24 hours a day, and can identify more than 20 kinds of defects such as bubbles, stones, and optical deformation.
Over the years, China's glass industry has grown from small to large, from weak to strong, and enterprises have achieved leapfrog development in core technology, product quality, and industrial chain supporting facilities.
First, let's look at a set of data. In 1949, only three factories in Qinhuangdao (秦皇岛), Dalian (大连), and Shenyang (沈阳) produced flat glass, with an annual output of 912,000 weight boxes, accounting for about 1.7% of the global total; during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's annual output of flat glass fluctuated steadily between 970 million weight boxes and 1.02 billion weight boxes, accounting for more than 60% of the global total, an increase of more than a thousand times compared to the early days of the People's Republic of China.
Let's look at another story. In 1964, China sent an expert group to foreign countries to investigate and discuss the introduction of float glass technology, but the other party did not allow them to access any technology, and even refused to sell samples even if they wanted to spend money. After returning to China, the expert group plunged into the laboratory and worked hard for six years. In 1971, they built China's first float glass production line, creating the "Luoyang Float Glass Process" (洛阳浮法玻璃工艺), which became one of the world's three major float glass processes; in 2018, 0.12 mm electronic touch glass was launched, creating the world's thinnest glass record for industrialized production of float technology at that time.
Sun Xingshou (孙星寿), Vice President of the China Building Materials Federation (中国建筑材料联合会), introduced that relying on advanced technology and equipment advantages, the international market competitiveness of China's glass industry has been continuously enhanced, the international engineering general contracting of glass construction projects accounts for more than 90%, the export volume of products accounts for more than 15% of the output, and the added value of export products has steadily increased.
Glass products are more diversified and technologies are more high-end, and the proportion of industrial glass in 2025 has exceeded 60%.
Affected by factors such as the adjustment of the real estate market, the contradiction between supply and demand of traditional building glass has become more prominent in recent years. At the same time, the glass industry is facing fierce homogeneous competition in bulk product areas such as float glass and photovoltaic glass. Facing market pressure, glass companies are focusing on improving their internal strength, and product types are becoming more diversified and technologies are becoming more high-end.
Some glass aims to improve the quality of life—Zaozhuang (枣庄), Shandong (山东), Wang Sanzhao (王三昭), Deputy General Manager of China National Building Material Optic-electronic Materials Co., Ltd. (中建材光芯科技有限公司), showed a thin glass sheet the size of a coin: "This is our latest developed high signal-to-noise ratio ultra-light-blocking glass, which can help smart watches achieve accurate monitoring of heart rate and blood oxygen."
In complex lighting scenarios such as strong outdoor light, the health monitoring data of smart watches is prone to fluctuations and deviations. The root cause is that ambient stray light enters the optical sensor, causing signal distortion, which also increases the computational load of the device's algorithm and increases power consumption.
Traditional light-blocking glass generally uses surface film or coating to block light, which not only has limited light-blocking effect, but also easily causes edge light leakage and coating aging and falling off. Aiming at this industry problem, the R&D team of Optic-electronic Materials Co., Ltd. (光芯科技) pioneered the "integrated through-blackening" technology, directly constructing a through-type light-absorbing structure inside the glass substrate to achieve effective directional transmission of optical signals and efficient isolation of ambient stray light.
"The actual measurement data shows that the stray light absorption rate of this glass is more than 99.9%, and the signal-to-noise ratio is more than 20 times higher than that of similar foreign products. Smart wearable devices equipped with this glass have improved heart rate and blood oxygen monitoring accuracy, and the device's battery life has also been extended from the traditional 1 to 2 days to more than 7 days," Wang Sanzhao (王三昭) introduced.
With the improvement of optical perception level, the application scenarios of high signal-to-noise ratio ultra-light-blocking glass will be broader, such as improving the perception ability of vehicle-mounted lidar and cameras, allowing autonomous vehicles to "see" farther and clearer; applied to optical components of virtual reality devices, making images more realistic and improving immersion.
Some glass focuses on tackling aerospace deep space—In May 2025, the Tianwen-2 (天问二号) probe was successfully launched, starting the journey of asteroid exploration and sample return. The low-permeability helium-resistant radiation-resistant high-purity quartz glass and high-stability quartz glass developed by China Building Materials Academy of Sciences (中国建筑材料科学研究总院) are used in the inertial navigation system of Tianwen-2 (天问二号).
"Low-permeability helium-resistant radiation-resistant high-purity quartz glass is like a super protective cover, which can resist the invasion of cosmic rays, has strong airtightness and excellent thermal stability, which can make the gyroscope run stably in extreme environments and accurately control the flight attitude; the pendulum made of high-stability quartz glass has both high sensitivity and long-term stability, supporting accurate measurement of aircraft acceleration," introduced Shao Zhufeng (邵竹锋), Deputy General Manager of the Quartz Division of the Beijing Branch of China Building Materials Academy of Sciences (中国建筑材料科学研究总院北京分公司石英事业部). The two materials exert their strength from the dimensions of attitude perception and trajectory control, contributing to the exploration of deep space.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the consumption structure of China's glass industry has undergone historic changes. In 2023, the consumption of flat glass for construction will drop to below 50%, and in 2025 it will drop to below 40%. By 2025, the proportion of industrial glass will exceed 60%.
Sun Xingshou (孙星寿) introduced that during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, the glass industry will accelerate the cultivation and expansion of emerging market fields, vigorously develop deep-processed glass, and continuously expand new market demands in different fields such as photovoltaic, new energy vehicles, electronic information, and building energy conservation, consolidate and expand a diversified development pattern, reduce homogeneous competition, and enhance the market competitiveness and profitability of enterprises.
The accelerated digital and green transformation of the glass industry brings new development opportunities.
In Baodi (宝坻), Tianjin (天津), in the production workshop of Tianjin NorthGlass Industrial Technology Co., Ltd. (天津北玻玻璃工业技术有限公司), a high-precision tempering furnace capable of processing 24-meter-long glass is in operation, and there is no one around the equipment.
"This set of equipment has a global adaptive heating function, which can monitor the glass temperature in real time to ensure that the glass comes out of the furnace at the best temperature, which improves the stability of product quality while reducing the difficulty of operation and energy consumption," introduced Yang Yuanxi (杨渊晰), Executive Deputy General Manager of the company.
In a corner of the workshop, a piece of glass is accurately sent to the fully automatic cutting table by a robotic arm. The cutter wheel cuts along the preset trajectory at a speed of nearly 100 meters per minute. The cutting edge is smooth, and the diagonal accuracy is controlled within 0.25 mm. "The cutting, edging, and tempering of each piece of glass, as well as the lamination and hollow and other processes, are closely connected by automated production lines," Yang Yuanxi (杨渊晰) told reporters that compared with the traditional model, the production efficiency of intelligent production lines has increased by about 30%.
Does intelligent production help improve product technology? In the production workshop, a 3-meter × 6-meter 3D multi-curved glass is completed from flat to multi-curved complex forming and tempering within 10 minutes. After scanning by the full-domain scanner, the final glass product is compared with the design model, and the tolerance is less than 2 mm.
Yang Yuanxi (杨渊晰) introduced that this type of multi-curved special-shaped glass involves ultra-large, ultra-thick and complex curved surfaces, which are difficult to achieve with traditional processes. Through years of hard work, the company has developed and manufactured ultra-wide high-performance tempering furnaces, single-curve forward and reverse bending tempering units, intelligent multi-curve tempering units, and intelligent glass deep processing automatic connection systems.
"Glass manufacturing is a high-energy-consuming industry, and we are also accelerating the exploration of energy-saving and consumption-reducing and green manufacturing methods," Yang Yuanxi (杨渊晰) introduced that since 2020, the company has laid photovoltaic equipment on the roofs of the factory buildings, and currently uses an average of about 6.5 million kWh of photovoltaic green electricity per year; all motors have been replaced with permanent magnet synchronous motors, which improves the utilization rate of electricity by reducing excitation losses and internal heating; all lighting systems have been replaced with LED (light-emitting diode) light sources, effectively reducing electricity consumption.
The level of digitalization and intelligence in the glass industry has steadily improved, and production process technologies such as one kiln and multiple lines have been maturely applied, promoting the transformation of glass enterprises to flexible production models and meeting the diversified needs of orders. At the same time, accelerate energy-saving and carbon-reducing transformation, vigorously adopt clean energy such as natural gas, develop distributed photovoltaic power generation, and increase waste heat recovery and utilization. In 2025, the carbon emission intensity per weight box of flat glass will decrease by more than 4% compared with 2020.
"With the help of artificial intelligence technology, it is expected to support the design and development of more high-end glass products and green and low-carbon related process equipment during the '15th Five-Year Plan' period," said Sun Xingshou (孙星寿).
In the Qinhuangdao Glass Museum (秦皇岛市玻璃博物馆), a "double set of diamond drills" composed of two flat glass pieces placed horizontally and vertically respectively is placed in the display cabinet. This is the Yaohua Glass (耀华玻璃) trademark that has been used since 1925. "It not only symbolizes that it will not break when placed horizontally and will not fall when placed vertically, but also implies 'with a diamond drill, dare to undertake porcelain work,' and enterprises must have an eternal spirit of innovation," said Cao Yang (曹阳).
Today, this eternal spirit of innovation is inherited and continued in China's glass industry...
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Thousands of layers of clouds and thousands of layers of water, the body is in the thousands of layers of clouds and water. Zhejiang, with "seven mountains, one water, and two parts farmland," not only has the gentle texture of poetic Jiangnan, but also the locational advantages of connecting rivers to the sea, nurturing a distinctive pattern of private economy and forging a unique spirit of Zhejiang merchants. From the coastal industrial development in eastern Zhejiang to the rise of commerce and trade in the central Zhejiang hinterland, from the industrial upgrading in the northern Zhejiang plain to the ecological enrichment of the people in the western Zhejiang mountainous area, Zhejiang's spatial pattern, cultural heritage, and industrial development resonate in the same frequency, composing a poem of the integration of poetic Jiangnan and the spirit of Zhejiang merchants under the "Double-Eight Strategy."
Natural endowments have laid a unique ecological and locational foundation for the development of Zhejiang merchants. Located on the southeast coast, the long coastline connects natural deep-water ports, and dense river networks run through the north and south, forming a geographical pattern of "connecting rivers to the sea, connecting domestic and foreign."
The Hangjiahu (杭嘉湖) and Ning Shao (宁绍) plains in the north have flat terrain and crisscrossing river networks. Since ancient times, they have been a land of fish and rice, and a thoroughfare for commerce and trade. Traditional silk and tea industries have taken root and sprouted here. "Southeast is a scenic spot, the three Wu (三吴) are metropolitan areas, and Qiantang (钱塘) has been prosperous since ancient times." Today, Hangzhou (杭州) has transformed from the "Silk Capital" into a digital economy highland, transforming the aura of mountains and rivers into innovative momentum.
Ningbo (宁波) and Zhoushan (舟山) on the coast of the East China Sea boast the Ningbo-Zhoushan Port (宁波舟山港), which ranks first in the world in terms of cargo throughput. The geographical environment of mountains and seas nurtured the "pragmatic, pioneering, and integrity-oriented" genes of the Ningbo Gang (宁波商帮). Relying on the port hub, coastal industries and foreign trade logistics are booming. Enterprises such as Youngor (雅戈尔) and AUX (奥克斯) are deeply involved in the real economy, deeply integrating the openness and inclusiveness of the ocean into their development concepts.
Jinhua (金华) and Yiwu (义乌), located in the Jinqu Basin (金衢盆地), are located in the transportation hub of central Zhejiang. Starting from "chicken feathers for sugar," Yiwu people have turned small commerce and trade into a large industry, using the market to write the development legends of "inexplicable," "creating something out of nothing," and "turning stones into gold," and using hard work to interpret the "four thousands" spirit of "traveling thousands of mountains and rivers, saying thousands of words, thinking of thousands of ways, and enduring thousands of hardships."
Wenzhou (温州) in southern Zhejiang has many hills and mountains. The constraints of barren land have forced people to break away from the mindset of "relying on farming for food." Starting from family workshops, they have gradually formed light industrial manufacturing industry clusters such as the footwear and electrical appliance industries. Lishui (丽水) in western Zhejiang relies on its high-quality ecological endowments, practices the concept of "green waters and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains," and transforms the advantages of mountain and water ecology into development advantages.
The interdependence of mountains and seas allows Zhejiang merchants to have both the gentle background of Jiangnan culture and the pioneering spirit of marine civilization. From Wang Yangming's (王阳明) philosophy of "unity of knowledge and action" to the pragmatic spirit of the Eastern Zhejiang School's (浙东学派) "practical application of knowledge," from the business ethics of the Jiangnan merchant groups in the Ming and Qing dynasties to the contemporary Zhejiang merchants' dedication to hard work, the inheritance of humanistic genes has enabled Zhejiang merchants to form a value orientation of "emphasizing both righteousness and profit."
Lu Guanqiu (鲁冠球) started from a blacksmith shop to create the Wanxiang (万向) business map, Hu Chengzhong (胡成中) "dared to eat crabs" to lead Delixi's (德力西) innovative development, and Yiwu's "ant merchants" created a world supermarket of "buying and selling globally"... Generations of Zhejiang merchants have taken the initiative to break through and stick to their original aspirations, accumulating character from market experience, always adhering to the business ethics of "integrity-based, emphasizing both righteousness and profit," so that the spirit of Zhejiang merchants can be passed down from generation to generation and continue to thrive, and also allow the strategic deployment of "cultural power province" to take root and bear fruit in the development of the real economy.
Mountains and rivers shape the soul, and poetry and painting forge the veins. The spirit of Zhejiang merchants is rooted in the natural endowments of Zhejiang's mountains and rivers, grows in the deep soil of human history, and drives Zhejiang to leap from a small resource province to a strong economic province. Today, in the construction journey of "Cultural Zhejiang, Poetic Jiangnan," Zhejiang merchants are taking mountains and rivers as their veins and spirit as their soul, forging ahead in the wave of economic globalization, and persevering on the road of revitalizing the country through industry. This is not only the development code of Zhejiang merchants, but also provides valuable reference for the co-existence and co-prosperity of geographical endowments, humanistic spirit, and industrial development for China's regional development and industrial economic growth.
(The author is a member of the Party School Committee of the Yiwu Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, and this report was compiled by Liu Wenxin (刘温馨), a reporter from this newspaper)
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General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized, "Deepen the implementation of the service industry capacity expansion and quality improvement action" and "Cultivate more 'China Service' brands."
Not long ago, the Ministry of Commerce (商务部), together with the Cyberspace Administration of China (中央网信办), the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部), and other eight departments, issued the "Policy Measures on Promoting the Export of Travel Services and Expanding Inbound Consumption" (hereinafter referred to as the "Policy Measures"), proposing measures such as creating a national tourism brand, strengthening global precision marketing, and continuously improving visa policies, so that more international tourists "want to come to China" and "can come to China," and promoting the creation of an inbound consumption destination with global appeal. The "Policy Measures" implement precise policies and exert systematic efforts, injecting new impetus into promoting the development of the inbound tourism market and polishing the "China Service" brand.
Travel services are the largest field in China's service trade, with the scale of imports and exports accounting for more than 1/4 of the total service trade. Inbound tourism is a window for observing "China Service." In recent years, China has continued to promote a series of measures such as visa facilitation, payment internationalization, and service standardization, and the attractiveness of inbound tourism and consumption has rapidly increased. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (国家统计局) shows that in 2025, the number of inbound foreign tourists nationwide was 35.17 million, an increase of 30.5% compared to 2024. Various consumption activities such as "eating, living, traveling, shopping, and entertainment" of inbound tourists in China are included in China's travel service exports. According to statistics from the Ministry of Commerce (商务部), the export scale in 2025 was 393.98 billion yuan, an increase of 49.5% year-on-year, which is 1.6 times that of 2019. From sightseeing to in-depth experiences, from cultural tourism consumption to cultural resonance, "China Tour" and "China Shopping" are sweeping the globe, not only allowing the world to understand the unique charm of Chinese culture, but also showing the sincerity and strength of "China Service" to the world with an open and inclusive attitude.
The prosperous development of inbound tourism benefits from a series of policy supports. The "Policy Measures" proposes 16 specific policy measures, covering seven aspects including expanding inbound tourism consumption and facilitating inbound business activities, building a full-chain promotion system that allows people to come, travel smoothly, and consume well. From orderly expanding the scope of unilateral visa-free countries to creating the "China Tour" brand, each measure is closely focused on the key points of expanding inbound tourism consumption, making China travel a convenient choice for global tourists, and opening up broad space for "China Service" to expand into the global market.
Enriching the supply of high-quality products is a strong support for the prosperous development of inbound tourism, and it is also an important measure for "China Service" to demonstrate differentiated competitiveness. China has profound cultural heritage and diverse natural landscapes, and has unique advantages in developing inbound tourism. It is necessary to deeply explore cultural resources, create characteristic products such as intangible cultural heritage experiences and folk custom study tours, so that international tourists can feel the breadth and depth of Chinese culture in immersive experiences; it is necessary to enrich the supply of business formats, promote the deep integration of "sports events + tourism," "performing arts + cultural tourism," and "health preservation + tourism," and develop new business formats such as nighttime tourism and rural tourism. At the same time, it is also necessary to encourage various regions to develop characteristic inbound tourism products in accordance with local conditions, launch "one trip with multiple stops" inbound tourism boutique routes, and promote "urban transportation + attractions + accommodation + consumption" joint promotion programs to activate consumption potential with diversified supply, so that "China Service" has both cultural warmth and market competitiveness.
To further tap the potential of inbound tourism, it is also necessary to continuously improve the quality of tourism services. At present, the needs of international tourists are shifting from traditional sightseeing to in-depth experiences and quality consumption, which puts higher demands on service quality. It is necessary to focus on the entire process of tourists' "eating, living, traveling, shopping, and entertainment" to better meet the increasingly diversified tourism consumption needs. In terms of language services, it is necessary to improve multilingual signage in scenic spots and promote the provision of multilingual versions of life service software to ensure barrier-free communication for international tourists; in terms of digital services, it is necessary to promote convenient functions such as intelligent tour guides and real-time translation to empower tourism experiences with technology; in terms of basic services, it is necessary to improve the foreign language service level of key places to allow international tourists to experience convenient, comfortable, and reassuring "China Service."
Developing inbound tourism not only helps to shape a good international image and promote mutual learning among civilizations, but also can drive consumption growth and achieve industrial prosperity, which has an important promoting effect on cultivating the cultural tourism industry into a pillar industry. The report of the "Inbound Tourism" research group of the Institute of International Service Trade of the Ministry of Commerce (商务部研究院) believes that with the superposition of service consumption upgrades and policy dividends in China, inbound tourism will enter a fast track of "simultaneous improvement in quantity and quality, and diversified momentum." The inbound tourism industry will adapt to the global trend of quality, experiential, and digital cross-border tourism, and accelerate towards a new stage of high-quality development. Facing new situations and new opportunities, it is necessary to implement various policy measures to make China tours more popular, and make inbound tourism an important window for showcasing the style of "China Service" and releasing the potential of service trade, shining more brightly on the global tourism stage.
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From April 13th to 18th, the 6th China International Consumer Products Expo was successfully held in Hainan (海南). This year's Expo attracted over 3,400 brands from more than 60 countries and regions, with international exhibits accounting for 65%. Twenty-two countries and regions set up consumer boutique pavilions, and the guest country of honor, Canada, made a stunning appearance with nearly 40 companies.
From the dazzling debut of various new products to the win-win cooperation between Chinese and foreign enterprises, from the establishment of overseas brands to the release of free trade port policies, this grand event not only demonstrates China's firm determination to expand high-level opening up to the outside world, but also writes a moving chapter of mutual empowerment and achievement between the Consumer Products Expo and the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港). Many vivid stories are unfolding inside and outside the exhibition halls.
Consumption upgrade trend "wind vane" -
The development trend of new consumption such as Guochao consumption and health consumption is booming.
Orange and white classic color schemes convey historical heritage, and palace iconic elements such as triple eaves, flower windows, and caissons highlight the characteristics of Guofeng... In the Guochao going overseas exhibition area newly added to this year's Consumer Products Expo, the booth of Zhangzhou Pientzehuang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (漳州片仔癀药业股份有限公司) is full of Guochao flavor.
In front of the booth, there are always audiences queuing up to try Chinese tea drinks such as tangerine peel white tea. "Chinese health tea is very popular among our young people, and I usually buy it," said Li Tong (李彤), an audience member who queued up to check in.
As a time-honored domestic brand, Pientzehuang has participated in the Consumer Products Expo for six consecutive years and is a proper "full attendance student."
At the first Consumer Products Expo, Pientzehuang appeared in the Fujian (福建) Pavilion. By the second Consumer Products Expo, it had set up an independent exhibition area of 210 square meters, becoming the focus of the domestic boutique pavilion with a brand-new Guofeng image. "This year's booth highlights the characteristics of the theme pavilion even more. First, it highlights Guochao, and second, it highlights going overseas. It not only expanded the exhibition area and optimized the exhibition design, but also added new IP (intellectual property) releases, free medical consultations by famous doctors, product sales, and investment promotion for famous doctor halls," introduced Lu Xiaoying (卢晓莹), head of the marketing planning department of Pientzehuang Pharmaceutical.
In the past 6 years, from the gradual increase in the scale of participation to the increasing number of visitors to the exhibition area, from the domestic boutique pavilion to the Guochao going overseas pavilion, Pientzehuang has continued to grow in the Consumer Products Expo, witnessing the rise of Guochao consumption and health consumption, and also witnessing the overseas breakthrough of domestic brands.
When young people become the main force in the consumer market, how can domestic products establish an emotional connection with young people? Creating IPs or co-branding with well-known IPs to achieve youthful expression has become the choice of many brands.
Modong Nuclear, a brand under Dongguan Dongxiu Culture Communication Co., Ltd. (东莞东秀文化传播有限公司), takes the heroic figures in ancient Chinese classics as prototypes, launches original animation IPs and transforms them into Guofeng mecha, which sell well in domestic and foreign markets; Dongguan Weishi Group (东莞微石集团) created its own Guochao cultural and creative brand, Pincool, draws inspiration from Guochao elements such as phoenix crowns and awakening lions, and launches new products in conjunction with domestic online dramas. So far, the cumulative global sales have exceeded 100 million; the "Tapir" series of Guochao Shanhaijing Company (国潮山海经公司) re-creates the mythical beasts in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" (《山海经》) into plush dolls with excellent feel, using Guochao to stir up emotional consumption ripples.
Guochao consumption is integrating into daily life and becoming a new fashion. Ren Luliu (任绿柳), head of the Modong Nuclear brand, introduced that in recent years, consumers' love for traditional culture has continued to deepen. "Our Guofeng mecha are very popular among young people overseas and have become popular in Europe, the United States, Southeast Asia and other regions, with a stable annual output value of 500 million yuan."
As an international consumer boutique exhibition, the Consumer Products Expo leads the new fashion of consumption and is also an important window to observe new consumption trends. At present, China's consumer market is undergoing structural adjustments in supply optimization and demand upgrading. AI accelerates application, and business formats continue to integrate. The supply side creates demand through product innovation; the demand side leads the supply with quality pursuit, preferring Chinese aesthetics and paying attention to physical and mental health. At the Consumer Products Expo, smart glasses are being tried on, backpacks made from recycled waste textiles are fashionable and environmentally friendly, and the jewelry exhibition area is hot... Vivid scenes show the vitality of new consumption.
Sheng Qiuping (盛秋平), Vice Minister of Commerce, said that the Consumer Products Expo has become a "wind vane" leading the trend of consumption upgrading. Closely focusing on the trend of residents' consumption upgrading and the demand for quality life, it promotes exhibits into commodities and trendy products into popular products, opening up a fast channel for global high-quality consumer goods to enter the Chinese market, and also injecting a continuous stream of new momentum into promoting consumption quality upgrading and stimulating the potential of China's large market.
"Bridgehead" of opening up to the outside world -
A supply and demand matchmaking meeting promotes cooperation between Chinese and foreign enterprises
On April 13, the opening day of the 6th Consumer Products Expo. At the supply and demand matchmaking meeting, an agreement brought Lausanne, Switzerland (瑞士洛桑) and Haikou, Hainan (海南海口) closer together - Haikou Laimeng Trading Co., Ltd. (海口市莱蒙贸易有限公司) and Boao Super Hospital (博鳌超级医院) signed a contract on the spot. At the moment of the handshake, a cooperation chain that started from the Consumer Products Expo booth two years ago has extended a new section.
Time goes back to the fourth Consumer Products Expo in 2024. In front of the booth of Laimeng Hospital in Switzerland (瑞士莱蒙医院), a delegation from Jieyun Group (洁昀集团) in China stopped. At that time, global economic and trade cooperation faced many uncertainties. This hospital, founded in Lausanne in 1998 and focusing on dermatology and anti-aging medicine, came to Haikou across the ocean with the expectation of exploring the Chinese market.
"What we do is cross-border e-commerce business, and the health products of Laimeng Hospital let us see the opportunity for cooperation," said Luo Jiang (罗江), the relevant person in charge of Jieyun Group.
An in-depth business dialogue unfolded in the exhibition hall. "The time we talked was very short, but the feeling was very right." Darrell Jacob, CEO of Laimeng Hospital, recalled that as soon as the first meeting ended, he called the CEO of the Swiss headquarters from a corner of the booth - "We may have met the best partner." The trade bridge built by the Consumer Products Expo quickly brought the two companies together.
After the exhibition ended, the sales team of Jieyun Group flew to Switzerland to conduct on-site inspections of the hospital's qualifications, production system and R&D process. From Lausanne to Hainan, from the first meeting to the official launch of the product in the Chinese market, it took the two parties a whole year.
Looking at the 6th Consumer Products Expo again, in front of the Laimeng Hospital booth, a micro-nutrient supplement called "Health Boost" attracted many purchasers to stop.
This health product is the result of the cooperation between Laimeng Hospital and Jieyun Group. "Facing the huge potential of the Chinese market, we have joined hands to deeply localize and upgrade the Health Boost product system, and accurately connect with domestic consumers' refined health needs in terms of sleep, immunity, and bones," introduced Cheng Jinling (成金玲), Asia market development manager of Laimeng Hospital. The mature e-commerce operation network of Jieyun Group has paved a fast track for the product to directly reach consumers across borders.
The market gave a warm response. In 2025, Health Boost products officially entered the Chinese market, and the turnover exceeded 30 million yuan in just one year.
"This year, we plan to hit a sales target of 100 million yuan on e-commerce platforms," Luo Jiang said confidently. At present, the product has been expanded to more than 30 types, fully covering various health management needs.
A one-sided relationship at the Consumer Products Expo has yielded fruitful industrial results. Under the connection of cross-border resources, the concept of big health of Laimeng Hospital has opened the door to the Chinese consumer market; Jieyun Group has also enriched its product matrix and obtained a pass in the high-end medical health track.
The national economy started smoothly in the first quarter, and the demand for domestic service consumption and new consumption continued to be released. China continues to expand high-level opening up to the outside world, and the advantages of a super-large market inject strong confidence into multinational companies.
"We will take root in China's big health industry ecosystem," Jacob planned the future blueprint. From single-point cooperation to long-term co-construction, from product agency sales to system integration, Laimeng Hospital is planning to establish a joint venture company in the Hainan Free Trade Port with Jieyun Group; Haikou Laimeng Trading Co., Ltd., which signed a contract with Boao Super Hospital this time, is also a branch of Laimeng Hospital established in Haikou.
Taking the exhibition as a bridge to connect inside and outside. Starting from a meeting in front of the booth, landing on putting the product into the shopping cart of domestic consumers, and then settling down and building together, the story of Laimeng Hospital in Switzerland and Jieyun Group reflects the effectiveness of the Consumer Products Expo in building a high-level opening-up platform. Data shows that the number of Fortune 500 companies and industry leading companies participating in the exhibition has increased from 30 in the first session to 65 in the fifth session, and the cumulative number of domestic and foreign purchasers in the first five Consumer Products Expos has exceeded 230,000.
"Accelerator" for the construction of the Free Trade Port -
Foreign-funded enterprises are accelerating their settlement in Hainan and becoming an important force in building the Hainan Free Trade Port
"Everyone, look at this chocolate. The name is simple and straightforward, it's called 'Hainan Chocolate' (海南巧克力). The packaging is printed with the unique scenery of Hainan Island, which is very suitable as a souvenir..." At the Guochao boutique exhibition area in Hall 7 of the Consumer Products Expo, Meng Xinli (孟新力), chairman of Jialvqiao Food Manufacturing (Hainan) Co., Ltd. (加绿巧食品制造业（海南）有限责任公司) (hereinafter referred to as "Jialvqiao"), enthusiastically introduced the latest products to consumers.
Jialvqiao is a company from Canada. Jialvqiao has never been absent from the previous five Consumer Products Expos, and the booth has always been in Hall 3, the Health Consumption Hall. Why did it move to the Hainan Pavilion in Hall 7 this time? In the process of interviewing Meng Xinli, the story of a foreign-funded enterprise landing, integrating, and accelerating its development in the Hainan Free Trade Port came to life.
In 2021, Jialvqiao participated in the first Consumer Products Expo with Canadian chocolate. "At that time, it was the first time to participate in the exhibition, and we had not investigated the Hainan market. We were worried and always worried that the products would not sell well," Meng Xinli said. The products focused on green, and the purchasers and consumers at the scene were very interested. Before the exhibition was over, the products were sold out, which made him admire the platform effect of the Consumer Products Expo.
The effect of the Consumer Products Expo, coupled with the fact that after the exhibition, the person in charge of the relevant departments in Hainan explained the advantages of the Free Trade Port in person, made Meng Xinli, who was hesitant about where to build the factory, determined to settle in the Hainan Free Trade Port.
After choosing the site in Haikou Jiangdong New Area (海口江东新区), the service awareness and efficiency of the government departments also left a deep impression on him. "From policy docking to site selection to license processing, the Haikou Jiangdong New Area Administration (海口江东新区管理局) set up a service team to provide 'butler-style' full-process services. We achieved from signing to production within 3 months, and such a business environment has given us more confidence," Meng Xinli said.
With the blessing of multiple benefits of the Hainan Free Trade Port, Jialvqiao has lived up to expectations and has handed over a bright report card since its settlement in 2021: it has built 3 automated production lines, with an annual output value of 80 million yuan, and more than 100 types of products. Among them, vanilla chocolate made from local pandan leaves is in short supply for a long time.
Meng Xinli gave reporters a detailed account: through the unique processing and value-added duty-free policy of the Hainan Free Trade Port, the company's domestic sales costs have been reduced by more than 10%; through the "double 15%" tax preferential policy, the company has saved nearly 10 million yuan in taxes and fees. We have invested these funds in product research and development and technological innovation, forming a virtuous cycle of development.
Why participate in the Consumer Products Expo continuously? Why did you choose to place the products in the Hainan Pavilion this time? "The Consumer Products Expo is an excellent window to showcase new products. In the past few years, we have taken the initiative to integrate into Hainan, and through the innovative integration of local ingredients and chocolate, and the integration of local cultural elements into product design, we have created a unique 'Hainan flavor' chocolate series," Meng Xinli said.
From a Canadian company that just "looked at the Chinese market" to an important force in the food manufacturing field of the Hainan Free Trade Port, the company has new plans after the customs closure. Meng Xinli said that the "first line" opening up will make raw material import and product export more convenient and efficient. The company is actively laying out, taking Hainan as its headquarters base, and setting up overseas warehouses in Southeast Asia to achieve a new operating model of "global orders, Hainan overall planning, and nearby distribution."
As of now, more than 70 leading companies have settled in Hainan after participating in the Consumer Products Expo. Sheng Qiuping said that the Consumer Products Expo has effectively promoted the transformation of the policy dividends of the Hainan Free Trade Port into market vitality, industrial power and development effectiveness.
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Approaching the Phoenix-pattern Square Lei (凤纹方罍) housed in the Wuhan Museum (武汉博物馆), you will surely be captivated by the decorations on it. The entire Lei is lined with cloud and thunder patterns, and the figure of the phoenix bird pattern can be seen on the neck, shoulders, abdomen, and ring foot. The abdomen is dotted with scorched leaf patterns, and the animal face pattern is pressed in the center of the shoulders, with distinct layers and well-defined primary and secondary patterns.
Among them, the phoenix bird pattern is the highlight of the decoration of this vessel: the phoenix bird has a high crown, long feathers, and a curled tail, with vigorous and smooth lines and a lively and graceful posture, which forms a strong contrast with the heavy and solemn shape of the vessel itself, full of tension. What is even more amazing is that the decorations on the Lei body integrate high relief, shallow relief, and line carving, presenting a rich three-dimensional sense of layering on the extremely thin bronze surface, representing the highest level of decorative skills in the Bronze Age.
"The Lei is a large wine container, and it is also used as a ritual vessel. Its shape can be seen in the late Shang Dynasty, with two types: round and square." Liu Mingzhe (刘明哲), a curator at the Wuhan Museum (武汉博物馆), introduced that this Phoenix-pattern Square Lei (凤纹方罍) is a typical square Lei and is one of the treasures of the museum.
Carefully examining the Phoenix-pattern Square Lei (凤纹方罍), one can see that its neck is short and straight, the mouth rim is slightly flared, the lower abdomen is retracted, and the square ring foot is slightly flared outwards. The center and corners of the four sides of the vessel are decorated with raised flanges, and there are animal head rings on both sides of the shoulders. The overall shape gradually converges from top to bottom, the shape of the vessel is square, and the proportions are rigorous, giving people a sense of solemnity.
"In Shang Dynasty bronzes, the manufacturing difficulty of square Lei is much higher than that of round Lei. Each corner of the vessel body requires precise joining of multiple clay molds, and even a slight deviation will cause the vessel shape to be distorted." Ren Xiaofei (任晓飞), director of the Wuhan Museum (武汉博物馆), introduced that this Phoenix-pattern Square Lei (凤纹方罍) has clear edges, neat corners, and uniform wall thickness, which shows the superb skills of the craftsmen at that time.
The Wuhan Museum (武汉博物馆) has launched several cultural and creative products inspired by the Phoenix-pattern Square Lei (凤纹方罍), allowing cultural relics sleeping in display cases to enter daily life. Among them, the most popular is the "Startling Goose" series of accessories. The design team extracted the most recognizable phoenix bird image from the overall decoration of the Square Lei (方罍), abandoned the heavy bronze material, and instead used brass alloy combined with precision casting and hollow carving techniques, allowing the divine bird that spread its wings and soared 3,000 years ago to lightly land on modern people in the form of brooches, rings, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, and hairpins.
This series of accessories adopts modern minimalist design, which neither completely copies the complex and heavy original cultural relics, nor loses the unique vigorous lines and three-dimensional layering of the phoenix bird pattern. "The hollow carving process makes each piece of jewelry transparent and agile, which can not only be matched with the neat suits for workplace commuting, but also embellish a plain Hanfu, and even add a touch of oriental charm to weekend casual wear." Ren Xiaofei (任晓飞) said that among them, the "Startling Goose Bracelet" and "Startling Goose Hairpin" have become the two most popular single products, especially favored by young people.
From a symbolic point of view, the phoenix bird has been a symbol of auspiciousness since ancient times, and it is also a cultural totem of the Chu region. "Startling Goose" is taken from the meaning of "startling goose flapping its wings," this series of accessories is not only a dialogue with the aesthetics of the Chu ancestors more than 3,000 years ago, but also echoes the contemporary Wuhan's spirit of daring to break through and forge ahead. With the innovative expression of "cultural IP + modern design + practical value," the "Startling Goose" series of accessories was successfully selected into the 2025 list of Wuhan's fine gifts and became the city's souvenir.
In addition, the Wuhan Museum (武汉博物馆) has also launched cultural and creative products such as Jingfeng Chiven mobile phone bags, Jijin Qianzhong refrigerator magnets, and bottle openers based on the Phoenix-pattern Square Lei (凤纹方罍). Among them, the Jingfeng Chiven mobile phone bag continues the phoenix bird element, and reinterprets this pattern language carrying 3,000 years of historical memory with needle and thread, which is small and portable, and the market response is also good. In the future, the Wuhan Museum (武汉博物馆) will continue to expand the product boundaries of the Phoenix-pattern Square Lei (凤纹方罍) cultural IP (intellectual property), so that the artistic value and cultural connotation of this precious national treasure will continue to be transformed into the aesthetic nourishment of contemporary life.
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Recently, the Huai Opera excerpts special performance, jointly presented by the Jiangsu Provincial Huai Opera Troupe (江苏省淮剧团) and the Yancheng City Huai Opera Troupe (盐城市淮剧团) at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (国家大剧院) as part of the "A Panorama of Chinese Operas – Intangible Cultural Heritage Opera Performance" event, received a warm response.
"Recognizing the Son in the Golden Palace" (金殿认子) is the climax at the end of the traditional classic Huai Opera, "The Tooth Mark Record" (牙痕记). The *Wen Zhuangyuan* An Shoubao (安寿宝) and the *Wu Jiangjun* Wang Jinlong (王金龙) have a conflict because of "recognizing relatives," one saying "rich and noble, do not forget the poor son," and the other "willing to take a village woman as mother." Their mothers, Gu (顾) and Li (李), as well as An's (安) father, who is also Jinlong's (金龙) teacher, are all invited to the Golden Palace, seeking "imperial justice" in the debate of who gave birth to whom, who raised whom, and who is real and who is fake. After 21 years of running around, separation, and death, many characters are caught in a mix of joy and sorrow on multiple levels, including conscience, human feelings, ethics, morality, and even the order of the court. The brilliance of the play lies in the fact that when the characters are arguing and about to use "golden needle bloodletting" to test kinship, Gu (顾), seeing Li (李) in a dilemma, takes the initiative to give up the fight out of compassion, saying, "We are both mothers, how can I bear it? Her love for wealth and gold is deeper than mine." Li (李), feeling that "Although I am old and have no children, it is even more heartbreaking for her to be separated from her son," resolutely returns the blood letter agreement of that year "to the original owner." Two families and two mothers, from recognizing their son, fighting for their son, to finally giving up their son, demonstrate the warmth of human nature with extremely dramatic ethical choices.
The artistic height of an opera genre is ultimately reflected in the classics. "Recognizing the Son in the Golden Palace" uses a short scene with six characters to connect the large legend of "The Tooth Mark Record," which has many characters and a complex structure. Through the narrative perspective of "civil and military disputes" and "trivial family matters," the fate of the six main characters twists and turns. The play highlights the most distinctive feature of Huai Opera, its strength in the tragic expression of "bitter love dramas," and also achieves the traditional aesthetic position of "three families becoming one family." This full dramatic writing creates plots with great ups and downs, great sorrow and joy; shapes characters who are affectionate, righteous, benevolent, and filial; expresses themes that point to secular human virtues and the utmost importance of human relations; and presents art that has singing and acting, you and I enter together, forming stage tension. With its unique local personality and opera thinking, the play has become a unique representative in the treasure house of Chinese opera repertoire.
In fact, "The Tooth Mark Record," from one of the original Huai Opera "Nine Lotus Thirteen Heroes," to the upper and lower volumes compiled in 1962 based on the oral accounts of veteran artists, and then to the current stage play scale, which was upgraded again in 1981, has always been undergoing artistic re-creation and improvement in inheritance, witnessing Huai Opera's artistic leap from rural to urban, from northern Jiangsu (苏北) to Shanghai (沪上), and from creation to popularization. Several generations of famous Huai Opera artists and inheritors, such as Xiao Wenyan (筱文艳), Ma Xiuying (马秀英), He Jiaotian (何叫天), and Chen Delin (陈德林), have continuously strengthened the classic expression of the play with their genre styles over the past 60 years. Chen Cheng (陈澄), a famous Huai Opera artist who played Li (李) this time, also added a strong modern quality to the work with her exquisite and pure vocal personality and delicate and calm performance details.
The constant performance and renewal of "The Tooth Mark Record" and "Recognizing the Son in the Golden Palace" prove that excellent works of Chinese opera are always the result of years of polishing and generations of creation, achieving the popularity and appreciation of both refined and popular tastes by constantly adapting to and meeting the aesthetic needs of the audience. A classic work contains the basic laws of opera creation and performance, and also constitutes the fundamental basis for today's theaters, troupes, and creators to "write what they want to write and perform what they are good at."
This Huai Opera performance intentionally brought together excellent achievements in the creation of traditional operas, the transplantation and adaptation of classics, and the creation of new modern operas. "Chasing the Footsteps" (赶脚), adapted from the traditional opera "The Filial Lamp Record" (孝灯记), uses the plot setting of the protagonist disguising as a man, causing comedic effects in misunderstandings, and promoting the singing and acting performance of *sheng*, *dan*, and *chou* roles; "Beheading the Son at the辕门" (辕门斩子) is based on the traditional Huai Opera repertoire "White Tiger Hall" (白虎堂), with a unique mechanism, absorbing and drawing on the texts and stage characteristics of other opera genres, forming a stage appearance different from the traditional old opera; "Lord Song's Night Visit" (宋公夜访) comes from the newly compiled modern opera "Lord Song's Embankment" (宋公堤), achieving the expression of ideological concepts in the handover of emotional singing and character image performance. These works carry the diverse creative paths of Huai Opera, which is a concrete demonstration of Chinese opera's "three parallel" creation to the diversified development of reform and opening up in the last century.
The Jiangsu Provincial Huai Opera Troupe (江苏省淮剧团) and the Yancheng City Huai Opera Troupe (盐城市淮剧团), as representative troupes of Huai Opera, have been committed to creating new works. The Yancheng City Huai Opera Troupe's (盐城市淮剧团) "The Tenth-Grade Village Official" (十品村官), "Half-Car Teacher" (半车老师), and "Sending You Across the River" (送你过江), and the Jiangsu Provincial Huai Opera Troupe's (江苏省淮剧团) "Sister Xianglin" (祥林嫂), "Small Town" (小镇), and "Small City" (小城) and other works, focus on demonstrating their distinctive artistic styles. In particular, the Jiangsu Provincial Huai Opera Troupe (江苏省淮剧团) adapted Mark Twain's novel into "Small Town" (小镇) and went abroad, making important efforts to continuously expand the artistic influence of Huai Opera. These modern opera works complement the inheritance, adaptation, and creation of excellent costume dramas such as "Zhao Wuniang" (赵五娘), "Wang Yulian" (王玉莲), and "The Civet Cat for Crown Prince" (狸猫换太子), forming a benign trend that fits the creative laws of the opera genre. Diversified thematic creation, stylized theater positioning, and personalized genre inheritance from artistic masters such as Chen Cheng (陈澄), Chen Mingkuang (陈明矿), and Wang Shulong (王书龙) are all internal driving forces for the benign development of opera today, creating a benign artistic creation environment for the opera genre.
The overall efforts of the Yancheng (盐城) playwright group constitute the "Yancheng phenomenon" in contemporary creation. The team of screenwriters, led by playwrights such as Chen Ming (陈明), Xu Xinhua (徐新华), Yuan Liancheng (袁连成), and Yang Rong (杨蓉), relies on nearly 10 drama studios in various cities and counties in Yancheng (盐城), which not only meets the creative needs of more than 50 Huai Opera troupes in the province, but also exports to other provinces, launching more diverse repertoires. There are also relatively orderly talent echelons in the fields of directing, music, and stage art. In the intangible cultural heritage exhibition of Yancheng (盐城) Huai Opera, the artistic style of young talents left the most prominent impression on the audience. Under the guidance of famous artists, young actors are showing the youthful vitality that Huai Opera should have.
In 2021, the "Yancheng City Huai Opera Protection Regulations" (盐城市淮剧保护条例) was officially approved and implemented, providing guarantees for Huai Opera talent training, facility construction, and innovative development through local laws and regulations and institutional construction, allowing Huai Opera to maintain vigorous and orderly living development under the joint care of all parties. A special performance of excerpts allows people to see the overall development pattern of Huai Opera, focusing on the deep connection between Huai Opera and the city of Yancheng (盐城), the Huai Opera dissemination areas such as northern Jiangsu (苏北) and Shanghai (上海), the provincial and municipal Huai Opera troupes, and the famous artists and successors of the opera genre.
The "Three-Year Action Plan for the Revitalization of Drama (2026-2028)" (戏剧振兴三年行动计划（2026—2028年）) proposes "adhering to the combination of producing results and producing talents, and connecting grasping works and grasping the environment." Talents, works, theater troupes, audience groups, and the cultural environment together constitute the ecological foundation for the benign development of opera. How to create a good opera ecology and promote the prosperity and development of opera, the special performance of Huai Opera excerpts provides a useful reference.
(The author is the director of the Institute of Opera of the Chinese Academy of Arts (中国艺术研究院戏曲研究所) and the president of the Chinese Opera Society (中国戏曲学会))
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When I received the invitation to do the narration for the documentary film "Lunar Ascent" (Part One), my reaction was like a three-stage rocket: first, excitement; second, honor; and third, nervousness. Finally, there is a work that truthfully puts what my parents' generation did for a lifetime on the big screen, and I am fortunate enough to be involved in this. But I am not a professional voice actor, is it appropriate? The director called me specifically, and we talked for a long time. He said that this film does not need the voice of a "voice actor," but the voice of an "aerospace child." At that moment, I no longer declined.
My parents are both aerospace workers. One of my deepest childhood memories is the sight of them working at their desks under the dim light of the study late at night. Occasionally, when we cooled off together on summer nights, they would point to the stars in the sky and say that it was the universe that the ancient Chinese looked up to and imagined, and it was the place where Chinese aerospace workers were going. Although I didn't understand it very well, that ideal and sublimity has always influenced me. This voice-over work allows me to finally pay tribute to my parents' generation of aerospace workers and to the glorious years of Chinese aerospace with my voice.
In order to tell the story of the lunar exploration journey well, I did some homework. Before recording, I watched a lot of shooting footage and listened to the director share his shooting experiences. At first, I hoped that the voice-over would be filled with emotion and strength to narrate the magnificent epic of a great power project. So, I tried to make the voice have passion and pride—for fulfilling the millennium-old dream of flying to the sky; have awe and emotion—for the aerospace workers' pursuit of excellence; have softness and firmness—for the family and country feelings of sacrificing the small family for everyone. And in the end, I found that the most appropriate thing is actually the simplest narration, which is "the child of an aerospace worker talking about our family's affairs."
What touches me most about "Lunar Ascent" (Part One) is the "people" inside the hard shell of technology. The film records the entire 53-day process of the Chang'e-6 (嫦娥六号) mission, from the moment of ignition at the Wenchang Space Launch Site (文昌航天发射场), to the breathless expectation of the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center (北京航天飞行控制中心), to the day and night duty at the Kashgar Deep Space Station (喀什深空站). In every shot, you can see the busy figures of aerospace workers. There are no earth-shattering heroic words, no ups and downs of exciting narratives, only the meticulousness when repeatedly deducing data, and the warm moments when everyone encourages each other and strives forward. The camera decomposes "greatness" into ordinary and moving details. These details are like a key, awakening my memory and allowing the audience to see the spiritual world of generations of aerospace workers.
Chinese aerospace workers have a special temperament—that is, the resilience of self-reliance, self-improvement, and commitment to innovation, the rigor of being down-to-earth and striving for excellence, the responsibility of having the country in mind and daring to climb to the peak, and the strong will to never bow their heads in the face of technical blockades and other difficulties. I am no stranger to this spirit. In the movie "The Wandering Earth" series, I played the astronaut Liu Peiqiang (刘培强), who sacrificed himself to protect the Earth and protect his homeland. This can be regarded as an artistic microcosm of the spirit of Chinese aerospace workers. It was also during the filming of "The Wandering Earth" that I had an in-depth understanding of the daily work of aerospace workers and was deeply moved by their belief that "I don't have to be successful, but I must be successful." And in "Lunar Ascent" (Part One), I saw the most simple side of this spirit: the assembler holding his breath when tightening screws, the flight controllers staring at the data without blinking, the engineers rushing to the tower without hesitation in the rain, and the old master grabbing his apprentice's ear and saying, "Don't pay tuition, just do it to the extreme"... Thousands of ordinary people's "no difference" have accumulated the "miracle" of Chinese aerospace bit by bit.
When I walked out of the recording studio, I was thinking: I must take my children to see this movie! I hope that this film can plant an aerospace seed in the hearts of children across the country. The journey of Chinese aerospace has now reached the far side of the moon. The significance of Chinese people landing on the moon has long surpassed the technological achievements of a country—it is a "Chinese solution" for the peaceful use of space by mankind. When the Chinese probe looks back at the Earth from the far side of the moon, that frame of "Earthrise" is not only the pride of Chinese aerospace, but also a common memory of all mankind for this blue home. Every audience member can share the glory and pride that belongs to all Chinese people from the movie, and then, with this spiritual power, move forward with dreams and courage, and write a new chapter of the times in their respective positions.
On April 24, China Space Day, the movie "Lunar Ascent" (Part One) will be released nationwide. May everyone who walks into the theater be able to understand the original intention and mission of Chinese people landing on the moon through the dedication and love of aerospace workers. In the near future, Chinese astronauts will leave their footprints on the moon. Today's viewing is tomorrow's witness.
(The author is the voice actor for the movie "Lunar Ascent" (Part One))
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"Echoes from the Horizon" is a musical program co-produced by China and Kazakhstan. Invited to participate in this journey, what impressed me most was not the stage under the spotlight, but an ordinary afternoon in the folk village. We sat together with the local people, the music started, and we sang "Sayram," with songs and laughter intertwined, and warmth filled the air. I sang the Tibetan toast song "Gesang La (格桑拉)," the Chinese singer Ladan Zhu (拉丹珠) echoed, and the Kyrgyz singer Nur Cholpon (努尔乔尔蓬) played the komuz and sang softly. At that moment, music became the most sincere dialogue.
As a learner and inheritor of ethnic music, this gathering with young musicians from various countries has not only been an immersive musical journey for me, but also on this cross-border stage, I have seen the collision of tradition and modernity, and felt the millennial warmth of Silk Road music exchange.
Music is the most touching language on the Silk Road. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Central Plains music widely absorbed exotic rhythms such as Kucha music and Anguo music, and the pipa and konghou took root, transforming into the grand scene of "every family in Luoyang learning Hu music" in Tang poetry. In the 1930s and 1940s, Xian Xinghai (冼星海) and Kazakh musician Baikadamov (拜卡达莫夫) forged a deep friendship in the flames of war; Wang Luobin (王洛宾) adapted the Kazakh folk song "Dudar and Maria" into "A Lovely Rose," which became a classic enjoyed by Chinese and Kazakh audiences.
Stepping on this land, the temperature of history becomes real, and the musical narratives of different civilizations unfold in turn. Kazakh singer Nurzhas (努尔扎斯) transcends language barriers with his affectionate and mellow singing, Serbian singer Prince blends Balkan rhythms with pop rock, and Kyrgyz singer Nur Cholpon (努尔乔尔蓬) tries to combine komuz with coloratura singing. Young Chinese singers also show their protection and excavation of tradition: Zhang Xiyun (张曦匀) connects the old female (laodan) opera singing style with rap, and Ladan Zhu (拉丹珠) integrates the Yi ethnic group's high-pitched singing with Tibetan throat-trembling sounds... Young people from different countries gather in the program with their respective cultural memories, find resonance in dialogue, and inspire each other in collision.
Such an encounter has given me a new understanding of music art: good works are often born in a state of "between" - between tradition and modernity, between homeland and other countries, between individual expression and common emotions. Being too immersed in tradition can easily lose the atmosphere of the times; blindly pursuing new trends will lose the roots of culture.
True creativity comes precisely from mastering this tension: being able to dig out a deep enough foundation in one's own national music, and also being able to absorb the strengths of others with an open attitude, and finally refine an expression that is both recognizable and can resonate. The impromptu chorus in the folk village is so touching precisely because the music at that moment carries its own cultural imprints, but also transcends these imprints, and reaches the common ground of human emotions.
(The author is a singer and guest of the "Echoes from the Horizon" program)
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San San (李雪琴), played by Li Xueqin (李雪琴), is the original prototype for the story "Dining Together." In early 2022, while developing a script for a fantasy romance film and conducting field research, I heard a friend's story. She met a boy on a dating app, and they got along very well, quickly developing into "online mic buddies." A "online mic buddy" means each person turns on their microphone, can hear the other person's voice, and can chat or not. They connected almost every day, listening to each other's breathing as they fell asleep. In a city as large as Beijing (北京), the two were only 3 kilometers apart physically, but they never met in person until they broke up (blocked each other) several months later. This story touched me deeply at the time. The state of contemporary young people being afraid of loneliness, craving companionship, yet so afraid of real emotional investment resonated with me, as someone who also lives in a big city.
Later, I went to Shanghai (上海) for research and ate in small restaurants every day, often being forced to share tables with others. Shanghai (上海) is a city with a strong sense of boundaries, yet sharing tables for meals, an act that crosses some of those boundaries, is very common here. At the time, I wondered if two young people met by chance while sharing a table and then became dining buddies, could that form a correspondence with online mic buddies? My intuition told me that this restrained and boundary-conscious emotional relationship, combined with the everyday appeal of food, would create a wonderful chemical reaction.
In September 2022, I officially began writing the script. This creation was completely spontaneous and independent. Without a detailed outline, I only sorted out the character relationships and core story nodes. I set a daily goal of writing 2,000 words, after which I could freely experience the city; if I didn't finish, I would move to another place and continue writing. During the two months of immersive creation in Shanghai (上海), the city's everyday appeal and warmth completely healed me. The old man downstairs held the door for me every day, the restaurant owner chatted while complaining that I was wasting food, I casually chatted with the elderly people sunbathing in the cafe... The everyday life of the city and the avant-garde fashion were wonderfully intertwined here, and I wrote all these vivid daily occurrences into the script.
When I started writing the script, "dazi" (搭子, partner) had not yet become a culture; only the Shanghai (上海) dialect had the term "fan dazi" (饭搭子, dining partner). By the time the project was in preparation in 2023, "dazi culture" suddenly became popular, and I happened to have touched on this new type of social interaction among contemporary young people in advance. For me, I am writing a story about several lonely individuals looking for kindred spirits.
Choosing what kind of Shanghai (上海) to film was something we had been discussing since the beginning of the preparation and team building. The biggest challenge was to reach an aesthetic consensus among all the main creators, and how to grasp the creative scale of realism – whether to be "**贴地而行**" (tiē dì ér xíng - "walking close to the ground," to be very realistic and down-to-earth) or "one meter above the ground," the presentation effect would be completely different. We constantly collided, discussed, and even argued directly. Under the insistence of director Zhang Lu (张律), the film was shot entirely on location. In the selection of filming areas, we deliberately did not focus the camera solely on the "Plane Tree Area." The apartment rented by the female lead Zhang Jiayi (张嘉怡) and her boyfriend Ye Fan (叶凡) is near Zhongshan Park (中山公园) in Changning District (长宁区), with the city rail passing downstairs. When scouting locations, the crew members said, "This is too un-Shanghai." The male lead Lu Shigu's (陆拾谷) home is in a dormitory building built around 2000, with the North-South Elevated Road (南北延安高架) outside the window. And the rooftop where the male and female leads eat noodles together is the roof of the Sihang Warehouse (四行仓库), opposite the Suzhou Creek (苏州河). The most recognizable "Plane Tree Area," the Suzhou Creek (苏州河) area where old and new coexist, typical old western-style houses and atypical apartment buildings, we tried to preserve the diversity of Shanghai (上海) as much as possible.
The choice of food in the film also started from everyday life, selecting more street-style scallion oil noodles, stir-fried pork liver with sauce, and stir-fried eel with sizzling oil, which are Shanghai (上海) specialties and common local dishes. The addition of Hunan cuisine elements is, of course, related to me personally, but more importantly, it is my observation and expression of Shanghai's (上海) inclusiveness. When I was writing, I lived in a homestay on Taiyuan Road (太原路), and downstairs was a 90-year-old grandfather from Beijing (北京) who spoke with a pure Beijing accent, but his children spoke fluent Shanghai (上海) dialect. The Hunan cuisine in the film could also be Cantonese cuisine or Northwest cuisine, merely representing the complex sense of identity in this immigrant city of Shanghai (上海). This is Shanghai (上海) in the eyes of an outsider, or in a sense, a "de-Shanghai-ized" Shanghai (上海). The story of "Dining Together" takes place in Shanghai (上海), but it could also take place in other cities.
In the selection of actors, we chose two Shanghai (上海) native leads – Wang Chuanjun (王传君) and Jiang Shuying (江疏影), and tried to ensure that other actors spoke the language of their respective regions. From the two people initially speaking Mandarin when they first met (nowadays, young people in Shanghai (上海) generally speak Mandarin when they first meet in social situations), to Shanghai (上海) dialect after becoming familiar, and then back to Mandarin when maintaining distance, here, the language switch is a manifestation of the emotional relationship changes between the male and female leads. Therefore, we did not choose a purely Shanghai (上海) dialect film or a simpler Mandarin film, which would be more pleasing and commercially rewarding, but instead adopted a presentation method that combines various dialects.
After the release of "Dining Together," we conducted roadshows in more than a dozen cities across the country. This film with a Shanghai (上海) dialect label was also loved by many audiences in cities like Zhengzhou (郑州) and Jinan (济南). I remember after the screening in Zhengzhou (郑州), a girl who came to Zhengzhou (郑州) from Zhejiang (浙江) to study cried with red eyes. She said that she didn't have many friends in this city and hadn't had a good meal in a long time. I think this may be the emotional commonality behind the film, which transcends regions and languages.
(The author is the director and screenwriter of the film "Dining Together")
By: 王 丹
On the rainy night of April 9th, in the China Film Association Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Cinema (中国电影家协会金鸡百花影城), a crowd gathered in front of an inconspicuous doorplate. They were directors, screenwriters, actors, producers, film critics, and ordinary viewers, all attending a special premiere. This national premiere was specifically held for young directors, small and medium-budget films, and art films, and is a new initiative of the Golden Rooster Venture Capital of the China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival (中国金鸡百花电影节). The screening hall, which can accommodate 400 people, was packed, with everyone coming for a new domestic film called "Botanist." The director, Jing Yi (景一), is not yet 30 years old and is a Han Chinese youth from Xinjiang (新疆).
This is a quiet film. The audience held their breath, accompanying the teenager on the screen, placing their budding emotions into plant specimens. After the screening, 17 guests spoke freely for nearly an hour. Jing Yi (景一) said with emotion: "As a creator, I am so happy that many parts of my initial ideas have been deeply observed."
By establishing Golden Rooster Venture Capital, we are expecting such a beautiful picture: to "shoot the film and promote it." If it is not shot, the venture capital is just a story meeting and script competition; if it is not promoted, what is the point of shooting it? As the China Film Association (中国电影家协会) made clear when discussing the reform and innovation of the Golden Rooster Awards (金鸡奖): we do venture capital not only to select good projects, but also to "take care of both birth and upbringing," deeply participating in the entire process of the film industry chain.
The slogan of Golden Rooster Venture Capital is "Discover the future of film." This sentence has attracted countless filmmakers to join the judging panel, exploring innovative paths and cultivating a creative ecology for Chinese films. In 2020, judge Andy Lau (刘德华) said to Qiao Sixue (乔思雪), the director of "Umbilical Cord," on stage: "Shoot it, I support it!" The following year, Andy Lau (刘德华), Ning Hao (宁浩), and Wen Muye (文牧野) gathered again at Golden Rooster Venture Capital, presiding over various units. When "Umbilical Cord" was filmed and released, Andy Lau (刘德华) sent a congratulatory video at the first time. Passing on the torch is nothing more than this. In 2021, Golden Rooster Venture Capital added a work-in-progress unit. After watching "Rooftop Football" at the final roadshow, judge Huang Jianxin (黄建新) immediately expressed his investment in the production. Director Flying Fish (Liao Feiyu) (廖飞宇) cried: "I can finally tell my friends that we can finish this movie!" Huang Jianxin's (黄建新) reason is very simple: "I haven't seen such a wild creator for a long time, which makes me feel a long-lost power." Similar stories are 不胜枚举 (bù shèng méi jǔ - "cannot be fully enumerated," too numerous to mention individually). It is certainly necessary to calculate when making a movie, but true filmmakers always hold a strong sense of conviction and an undying love.
With the attention and support of all parties, Golden Rooster Venture Capital is constantly undergoing self-fission. In 2023, the "Sample Film Laboratory" was established, in 2024, the "Student Program" for universities was launched, in 2025, the "Role Program" aggregating actor resources was initiated, and this year, the "Golden Rooster Announces Dawn Premiere Program" was launched to help art films, small and medium-budget works, and directorial debut works open up the "last mile" to the audience. At the same time, Golden Rooster Venture Capital deeply links various resources to form a vertical incubation matrix: the "Micro Light Program" to discover warm realistic themes, the "Roar Program" focusing on western creation, the "Light Boat Program" telling urban stories, and the "Xiamen Double Hundred Program" (厦门双百计划) linked with local governments... These measures are linked together to form the underlying logic of Golden Rooster Venture Capital - exploring effective innovation in the creation and production mechanism, and providing endogenous power for the industry.
From 2019 to 2025, Golden Rooster Venture Capital has cumulatively selected and recommended more than 200 works, incubated and completed more than 50, of which more than 20 have been successfully released, and another 25 films have been filmed and are awaiting release.
The Golden Rooster Awards (金鸡奖) are the hall of honor for Chinese-language films, while Golden Rooster Venture Capital is the talent nursery of this hall, making honor no longer the end, but the starting point for talent growth. We hope to integrate industry resources, unite all forces, break down the barriers between creation and market, art and capital, campus and industry, explore effective mechanisms for the organization, guidance, and service of creation and production, so that small and medium-budget films are no longer ignored by the market, so that film art has a broader growing soil, and so that the film spirit can be renewed and set off in the new era challenges!
(The author is the Deputy Director of the Film Art Center of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles) (中国文联电影艺术中心)
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