People's Daily - April 23, 2026

Opinions of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council on Doing a Better Job in Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction at a Higher Level and with Higher Quality

Energy conservation and carbon reduction are important levers for promoting carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, accelerating the green transformation of development methods, and are important supports for safeguarding national energy security and promoting industrial quality improvement and upgrading. In order to do a better job of energy conservation and carbon reduction at a higher level and with higher quality, with the consent of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the following opinions are now put forward.

I. Overall Requirements

Guided by Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Plenary Sessions of the 20th CPC Central Committee, earnestly implement the deployment of the Fourth Plenary Session, fully, accurately, and comprehensively implement the new development concept, adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, adhere to the combination of an effective market and a promising government, coordinate development and security, consistently adhere to the principle of giving priority to conservation, integrate energy conservation and carbon reduction into all aspects of the entire process of economic and social development, do a better job of energy conservation and carbon reduction at a higher level and with higher quality, resolutely curb the unreasonable growth of total energy consumption, continuously improve the output efficiency of energy resources, effectively reduce carbon emissions from the source, and provide a strong guarantee for achieving carbon peaking and carbon neutrality and accelerating the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development.

II. Jointly Promote Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction and Green Transformation

(I) Coordinate energy conservation and carbon reduction with industrial optimization and upgrading. Strengthen the connection and coordination of energy conservation and carbon reduction with industrial planning, capacity regulation, and other policies, strengthen the incentive and constraint of energy conservation and carbon reduction and the leading role of standard improvement, and continuously reduce the dependence of industries on energy. Vigorously promote energy-saving, low-carbon, and clean production technologies, equipment, and products, actively promote market-oriented energy conservation and carbon reduction services, and support the use of digital intelligence technology and green technology to transform and upgrade traditional industries. Powerfully and effectively control high-energy-consuming and high-emission projects, promote the clearing of backward and inefficient production capacity and process equipment in accordance with the law and in an orderly manner, and jointly resolve structural contradictions in key industries. Accelerate the development of advanced manufacturing, high-tech industries, and modern service industries, vigorously develop green and low-carbon industries, and actively cultivate new industries and new business forms that are conducive to energy conservation and carbon reduction. Promote the construction of zero-carbon parks, and develop the "green manufacturing with green energy" model of manufacturing green products with green energy.
(II) Coordinate energy conservation and carbon reduction with energy green transformation. Properly handle the relationship between energy conservation and carbon reduction and energy security, scientifically regulate the total energy consumption, strictly control the consumption of fossil energy, deeply promote coal reduction and oil control, strengthen the management of new coal and oil consumption demand, actively promote the clean replacement of coal-fired equipment such as existing coal-fired boilers and industrial kilns, promote the replacement of bulk coal in an orderly manner, and promote the gradual peaking of coal consumption and oil consumption. Reasonably control the installed capacity and power generation of coal-fired power, vigorously develop non-fossil energy and new energy storage, accelerate the construction of a new power system, scientifically lay out pumped storage, innovate and develop formats such as direct green electricity connection and intelligent microgrids, promote the consumption of green electricity, and promote the gradual coverage of new clean energy power generation to the new electricity demand of the whole society. Improve energy production efficiency, promote efficient mining technology and equipment for fossil energy, strengthen energy conservation and carbon reduction transformation and flexible transformation of coal-fired power, reasonably determine the scheduling sequence and peak shaving depth of coal-fired power, continuously improve the power generation efficiency of wind and solar power and the energy conversion efficiency of energy storage devices, and steadily reduce the comprehensive line loss rate of the power grid.

III. Vigorously Promote Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction in Key Areas

(III) Strengthen industrial energy conservation and carbon reduction. Comprehensively improve the energy efficiency level of key industries such as steel, nonferrous metals, petrochemicals, chemicals, and building materials, focus on production processes, main processes, and key equipment to deeply implement energy conservation and carbon reduction diagnosis, and organize the implementation of a number of industrial energy conservation and carbon reduction projects. Deepen energy conservation and carbon reduction in industrial parks, promote the joint construction and sharing of infrastructure such as heating and cooling, strengthen energy exchange and cascade utilization between enterprises, support cross-industry coupling and efficiency improvement such as steel-chemical joint production and refining-chemical integration, carry out the construction of ecological industrial parks, and promote the overall optimization of the park energy system and the intensive, economical, and circular utilization of resources.
(IV) Strengthen building energy conservation and carbon reduction. Strictly manage the energy efficiency of new buildings, optimize the design of building energy conservation and carbon reduction, promote the large-scale development of ultra-low energy consumption buildings, and build safe, comfortable, green, and intelligent "good houses." In combination with the renovation of old residential areas and clean heating, actively promote the energy conservation and carbon reduction transformation of existing buildings, and strengthen the energy conservation and carbon reduction management of building operation. Establish a building energy efficiency rating system. Optimize the building energy consumption structure, promote the integrated construction of building photovoltaics in an orderly manner, and promote the replacement of residual heat resources and non-fossil energy heating according to local conditions. Deeply promote heating metering reform, orderly straighten out heating prices, support the renewal and transformation of aging heating pipe networks and other facilities and equipment, and the intelligent upgrading of heating systems, and strive to improve the energy utilization efficiency of all links in heating.
(V) Promote energy conservation and carbon reduction in transportation. Vigorously develop railway and waterway transportation, continuously improve the efficiency and green level of highway transportation, improve the operation efficiency of civil aviation air traffic control, and actively develop multimodal transportation. Continue to promote the construction of green transportation infrastructure, improve the green and intelligent level of transportation hubs, highways, and other facilities and equipment, and improve the network of charging and swapping stations, shore power, and other facilities. Build zero-carbon transportation corridors. Promote energy-saving and low-carbon transportation tools, reasonably optimize the vehicle energy consumption limit requirements, actively develop electric (hydrogen energy) heavy trucks and green fuel ships, and support the blending and replacement of clean and low-carbon fuels.
(VI) Accelerate energy conservation and carbon reduction in digital infrastructure. Promote energy conservation and carbon reduction transformation of infrastructure such as computing power, communication base stations, and computer rooms, promote the optimization and upgrading of equipment selection, cooling architecture, cabinet power density, and system intelligent operation strategies, and continuously improve the energy efficiency of unit computing power and the energy efficiency of unit information flow. Strengthen the evaluation and demonstration of computing power infrastructure projects and the control at the source, strictly implement the access management of energy efficiency indicators such as power utilization efficiency, improve the consumption of renewable energy and the recovery and utilization of residual heat resources, and support the development of green, low-carbon, intensive, and circular computing facilities.
(VII) Deepen energy conservation and carbon reduction in public institutions. Promote energy conservation and carbon reduction transformation of building envelope structures, heating, cooling, lighting, and other facilities and equipment in public institutions, promote contract energy management models such as energy cost trusteeship, and continuously reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions per unit of building area. Strengthen the management of energy consumption quotas in public institutions, and improve the management of information on energy conservation and resource conservation. Deeply carry out the construction of demonstration units of energy-saving public institutions, and comprehensively build energy-saving organs.

IV. Further Strengthen Supervision and Management of Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction

(VIII) Strictly review and evaluate energy conservation and carbon reduction. Effectively give play to the guiding role of energy efficiency, carbon emission, technology, and other standards, strengthen the comprehensive review and evaluation of project energy consumption, coal consumption, and carbon emissions, and new (reconstructed, expanded) high-energy-consuming and high-emission industrial projects should formulate carbon emission equivalent or reduction replacement plans when included in the national planning layout and fulfilling approval, verification, and filing procedures, and the implementation will be used as an important content of carbon emission evaluation. Dynamically adjust the authority to review energy conservation and carbon emissions of fixed asset investment projects. Regularly carry out supervision and evaluation of the implementation of the energy conservation and carbon reduction system, and for areas where energy conservation and carbon reduction indicators are seriously lagging behind and the review and evaluation capacity is insufficient, adjust or suspend their energy conservation review and carbon emission evaluation authority in accordance with laws and regulations, and implement project approval and restriction.
(IX) Strengthen the management of key energy-using and carbon-emitting units. Establish and improve energy conservation and carbon reduction management files for key energy-using and carbon-emitting units, explore the establishment of energy efficiency and carbon emission disclosure and classification systems, and comprehensively improve the level of refined management. Strengthen the reporting and review of annual energy utilization reports and carbon emission inventories of key energy-using and carbon-emitting units, urge them to implement energy audits in accordance with regulations, and strictly implement the system of energy and carbon emission measurement equipment allocation and information system construction. Encourage voluntary commitments to energy conservation and carbon reduction.
(X) Strengthen the whole-process supervision of energy conservation and carbon reduction. Carry out routine tracking and monitoring of energy consumption-related indicators such as coal, oil, and electricity, strengthen the comparative analysis of indicators in the same type of region, and promptly remind and warn of lagging target progress and unreasonable growth of indicators, and take precise control measures as appropriate. Strengthen the supervision and inspection of key energy-using and carbon-emitting units' implementation of energy conservation and carbon reduction laws, regulations, policies, and standards, regularly carry out special supervision and inspection of the implementation of energy conservation review and carbon emission evaluation opinions, and strengthen the application of results. Strengthen the connection and coordination between energy conservation and carbon reduction supervision and inspection and comprehensive administrative law enforcement, special equipment supervision, and ecological environment protection law enforcement, explore the joint law enforcement of departments, and improve law enforcement effectiveness. Strengthen the capacity building of energy conservation and carbon reduction management and supervision and law enforcement at all levels of government, and encourage local governments to rely on professional forces and information technology to assist in improving regulatory effectiveness.

V. Strengthen Support and Guarantee for Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction Work

(XI) Improve laws and regulations. Strengthen the overall planning of energy conservation and carbon reduction work, and accelerate the revision of the Energy Conservation Law. Revise and promulgate the Renewable Energy Law. Do a good job in revising administrative regulations such as the Regulations on Energy Conservation of Civil Buildings and the Regulations on Energy Conservation of Public Institutions, and improve regulations such as energy conservation supervision and energy efficiency labeling. Revise and issue the Measures for the Management of Key Energy-Using and Carbon-Emitting Units.
(XII) Improve the standard labeling system. Combining the requirements of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals, industrial development needs, and technological progress, accelerate the improvement of energy consumption and carbon emission limit standards for key industries, energy efficiency standards for key energy-using products and equipment, and gradually increase indicator requirements. Formulate and implement a number of national energy conservation and carbon reduction standards around new fields and new business forms, and continuously improve supporting standards for energy and carbon emission measurement, monitoring, and certification. Solidify the data foundation for standard formulation and revision, and strengthen standard implementation evaluation and feedback. Improve the green product certification and labeling system, strengthen the management and application of energy efficiency labels, and establish a product carbon label certification system.
(XIII) Strengthen policy support. On the basis of comprehensively considering energy consumption and environmental performance levels, study and improve differentiated electricity price policies in key industrial fields, optimize the residential tiered electricity price system, and improve the time-of-use electricity price mechanism. Improve the implementation of export control policies for high-energy-consuming products. Give play to the driving effect of government investment, and coordinate the use of existing funding channels to support eligible energy conservation and carbon reduction projects. Deeply implement the government's mandatory procurement and priority procurement system for energy-saving products, and encourage various entities to improve the procurement standards and proportion of energy-saving products. Give full play to the role of the market mechanism for energy conservation and carbon reduction, implement tax preferential policies that are conducive to energy conservation and carbon reduction, and guide financial institutions to provide diversified financial products and services around the needs of energy conservation and carbon reduction in key areas. Study and establish a national low-carbon transition fund to support the green transition of traditional industries and resource-rich areas.
(XIV) Strengthen technological innovation and application. Focusing on efficient energy-saving equipment, intelligent energy use, energy conservation and carbon reduction in key industries, and other fields, cultivate a number of science and technology innovation platform bases, increase the support of the national key research and development plan, and strengthen the tackling of key core technologies. Improve the market-oriented green technology innovation system, support leading enterprises to lead the formation of major energy-saving and low-carbon technology innovation consortia, and build a number of enterprise technology centers. Update the recommended catalogs of energy conservation and carbon reduction technologies and equipment in a timely manner, and accelerate the promotion and application of advanced and applicable equipment such as energy-saving boilers, permanent magnet motors, efficient refrigeration, green lighting, and high-temperature heat pumps.
(XV) Enhance basic work capabilities. Innovate talent training models, optimize the setting of relevant disciplines and majors and talent evaluation systems in the fields of energy management, energy conservation, and carbon reduction, improve relevant occupational standards, and deepen the integration of industry and education and the integration of science and education. Strengthen the professional capacity training of relevant personnel in government departments, law enforcement agencies, enterprises, and institutions in energy conservation and carbon reduction. Give better play to the role of industry associations, and strengthen the capacity building of energy conservation and carbon reduction in key industries and fields. Improve the national and provincial energy and carbon emission annual reports and express reports system, and improve the energy statistics system for energy varieties such as coal and key areas such as industry, construction, and transportation.

VI. Strengthen Organization and Implementation

(XVI) Strengthen organizational leadership. All regions and departments should strengthen overall planning under the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, pay attention to systematic policy implementation, and conscientiously implement this opinion in light of actual conditions. Leading cadres at all levels should establish and practice a correct view of performance, and steadily promote energy conservation and carbon reduction work in their respective regions and fields. Local party committees and governments at all levels are fully responsible for energy conservation and carbon reduction work in their respective administrative regions, and the main responsible comrades should effectively fulfill their responsibilities as the first responsible person. The National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) should earnestly fulfill its responsibilities for overall coordination of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality and the responsibilities of the energy conservation authority, strengthen work planning and implementation, strengthen tracking evaluation and supervision and guidance, coordinate and solve major problems, and incorporate the completion of energy conservation and carbon reduction targets and tasks into the comprehensive evaluation and assessment of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. All relevant departments should perform their respective duties, cooperate closely, and form a joint force. State-owned enterprises, especially central enterprises, should strengthen the demonstration and leadership of energy conservation and carbon reduction. State organs, people's organizations, enterprises, institutions, social organizations, etc. should steadily promote energy conservation and carbon reduction work in their respective units and fields. Major matters should be reported to the Party Central Committee and the State Council in a timely manner in accordance with procedures.
(XVII) Implement national action. Continue to carry out activities such as National Ecology Day, National Energy Conservation Publicity Week, and National Low-Carbon Day, advocate a simple, moderate, green, low-carbon, civilized, and healthy lifestyle and consumption patterns, and effectively enhance the intrinsic motivation of the entire society for energy conservation and carbon reduction. The broad masses of Party members should set an example and earnestly advocate and practice energy conservation and carbon reduction. Unblock social supervision channels, actively publicize advanced models and experiences in energy conservation and carbon reduction, and increase the exposure of illegal energy use and energy waste behaviors.
(XVIII) Strengthen international cooperation. Deepen international dialogue and pragmatic cooperation in the field of energy conservation and carbon reduction, expand dialogue and cooperation channels, actively participate in and lead international governance, and vigorously publicize China's achievements in green transformation. Learn from international advanced experience, strengthen technical cooperation in energy conservation and carbon reduction, support trade in energy-saving and low-carbon products, and encourage energy conservation and carbon reduction service enterprises to go global. Actively participate in the formulation and revision of international standards for energy conservation and carbon reduction, and promote international mutual recognition of energy conservation and carbon reduction standards and labels.

(Xinhua News Agency (新华社) Beijing (北京), April 22)

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Dare to take the initiative and be good at taking the lead in independent innovation.

By: 本报记者 刘诗瑶 李君强

China's aerospace industry is built on the foundation of independent innovation.

"Independent innovation requires daring to make the first move and being good at taking the initiative." "Exploring the vast universe, developing the aerospace industry, and building a strong aerospace nation are our unremitting aerospace dreams." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) is concerned about the aerospace industry, has made a series of important expositions, and is leading China's aerospace industry to take off one after another.

Bearing in mind the earnest entrustment, aerospace workers take the initiative, rely on their own efforts, strive to climb, gnaw at "hard bones" one after another, and make the Chinese people's exploration of space more confident and calm.

Completing the innovative leap "from 0 to 1" requires not only ambition but also strength.

On February 11, at a distance from the Hainan Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site (海南文昌发射场), on the South China Sea, China, a maritime recovery team composed of more than 200 people and more than a dozen ships was waiting for the opportunity to move. Peng Yue (彭越) from the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (中国航天科技集团一院) was one of them.

At 11:00 a.m., flames spewed out, and the first stage of the Long March 10 (长征十号) series carrier rocket rose from the Wenchang Launch Site (文昌发射场), carrying the Mengzhou spacecraft (梦舟飞船) to start an escape test. About 300 seconds later, the first-stage rocket body recovery program was activated.

"Here it comes!" Peng Yue (彭越) heard someone on the deck outside the control room of the ship suddenly shout that they saw a ball of fire with the naked eye, rushing towards them.

Peng Yue (彭越) stared at the real-time data of the rocket's flight on the screen, his palms a little sweaty. Although he had been dealing with rockets for more than ten years, it was his first time witnessing the sea recovery of a rocket.

"Got it!" The picture returned by the drone showed that the first stage of the Long March 10 (长征十号) series carrier rocket hovered steadily about 5 meters above the sea surface, and then landed at the predetermined recovery point on the sea surface, splashing water. Peng Yue (彭越) heard the cheers of his teammates on the ship.

"I reminded myself not to be too excited, there are still many things to do." Peng Yue (彭越) took a deep breath and found a slightly quiet corner to prepare to answer the chief engineer's call. "Please confirm the status of the rocket and report the accurate sea recovery coordinates." The chief engineer Rong Yi's (容易) voice was as calm as usual. After the report, Peng Yue (彭越) also heard the continuous applause and cheers in the command hall of the Wenchang Launch Site (文昌发射场) on the other end of the phone.

Later, the overall project announced that the low-altitude demonstration verification of the Long March 10 (长征十号) series carrier rocket system and the maximum dynamic pressure escape flight test of the Mengzhou spacecraft (梦舟飞船) system were successfully implemented. After completing a series of complex actions in the air, the first stage of the rocket accurately landed in the predetermined sea area. This is a major progress made by China in the field of reusable rocket technology.

Time was pulled back to one day in 2022. The academy received a request from its superiors to launch China's rocket recovery project. As a business backbone, Peng Yue (彭越) and his colleagues immediately devoted themselves to the preliminary research work.

"Turning a concept into a project is an innovation 'from scratch'." Participating in such a major project in the twelfth year of his work and challenging the tackling of key core technologies, Peng Yue (彭越) felt very lucky and deeply responsible.

At that time, foreign rocket reusable technology had already been at the forefront. "If others can do it, we Chinese people can definitely do it." The spirit of hard work flowing in the blood of aerospace people quickly condensed into a team that dared to fight and move forward.

Completing the innovative leap "from 0 to 1" requires not only ambition but also strength.

"The most difficult part of the whole thing is that we never know where the most difficult moment is." Peng Yue (彭越) said that whenever there was a problem with the experiment, they would ask the predecessors for help, and the reply was often "We have never encountered this problem before."

Principle design, simulation analysis, reduced-scale test... For the first flight of a new rocket, even if the test is carried out 100 times, the moment of ignition is still unknown. Fortunately, there are always more solutions than difficulties.

"Why don't we try changing the angle of the engine nozzle, and the load will come down?" "Maybe the flight attitude can be adjusted like this"... Over the past 4 years, Peng Yue (彭越) and his colleagues have repeatedly discussed and studied in the conference room.

Choosing sea recovery of rockets instead of land recovery is also intentional. Peng Yue (彭越) admitted frankly: "Sea recovery technology is more difficult, but it is also safer and has more application prospects. When two choices are placed in front of everyone, everyone does not hesitate to choose the more difficult but more correct path."

Breakthroughs and striving for the first also test everyone's endurance. Referring to the development work of China's new generation of carrier rockets Long March 5 (长征五号) and Long March 7 (长征七号), it took almost 10 years. This time, the team only took 4 years.

Peng Yue (彭越) said that China's successful implementation of the first sea recovery of rockets proved the team's ability and also made everyone aware of their shortcomings, "**看得见不足才能更好地往前走**" (kàn de jiàn bù zú cái néng gèng hǎo de wǎng qián zǒu - "only by seeing shortcomings can we move forward better," recognizing limitations is crucial for progress).

In a few days, Peng Yue (彭越) will be stationed at sea again, and there will be more new challenges next.

Whether you dare to take the first step and take the initiative to break the situation determines the height of innovation.

A lunar soil sample from 380,000 kilometers away was carefully placed in the laboratory. It is only a few tens of microns in size, but it records the history of the moon's evolution and may even unlock the mystery of the disappearance of the moon's magnetic field.

"Which magnetic minerals are in the lunar soil particles and what magnetic properties they carry are crucial to the study of the evolution of the lunar magnetic field." Li Jinhua (李金华), a researcher at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院地质与地球物理研究所), explained, "However, the cutting-edge magnetic imaging equipment that can be used for observation has long been monopolized by foreign countries, and it is difficult to introduce it into China."

The turning point occurred in an unexpected meeting of "netizens."

Li Jinhua (李金华) met Feng Jiandong (冯建东), a professor in the Department of Chemistry at Zhejiang University (浙江大学), at an academic conference. Before that, they had been working together for many years to study magnetic imaging of magnetotactic bacteria, but they had never met. At that time, this young scientist was leading a team to independently develop a quantum chemical microscope, trying to take a path that no one had taken before - using quantum sensing methods to capture "invisible" magnetic fields, electric fields and other signals in the microscopic single-molecule scale chemical world.

The stones of other mountains can be used to attack jade.

"Can we use quantum chemical magnetic imaging technology to 'look' at the lunar soil?" A question connected the two paths of pursuing the extremely macroscopic and the extremely microscopic across borders.

"We decided to cooperate on the spot!" Feng Jiandong (冯建东) said. The exploration of the tiny particles brought back by Chang'e 5 (嫦娥五号) was quickly launched.

After the project was really launched, a series of difficulties followed.

The lunar soil sample itself is extremely complex, containing various components such as nanoscale iron metal and magnetite, and the magnetic signals are weak and interfere with each other. "The signal is sometimes there and sometimes not, and the results of measuring the same position twice are different." Yang Yibo (杨熠博), a doctoral student in the Department of Chemistry at Zhejiang University (浙江大学), recalled that he was adjusting the equipment almost every day during that time, changing the configuration, adjusting the optical path, and changing the coupling, pushing it down and starting over again and again.

The most difficult step is how to make the quantum probe stably close to the lunar soil particles without destroying the magnetic information originally recorded by it. To this end, the team specially built a new positioning and control system, repeatedly tested and carefully verified.

On the other hand, data interpretation is also not easy. Xing Lin (邢琳), a doctoral student at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院地质与地球物理研究所), captured multiple sets of magnetic signals, but could not find corresponding minerals under the electron microscope, and was once confused. "I always feel that something is wrong, but I can't find the problem for a while." Xing Lin (邢琳) said.

As the research deepened, the team gradually realized that magnetic imaging is different from traditional observation methods, and those "temporarily invisible" parts proved the value of the new method. With a change of thinking, the original "contradiction" became self-consistent, and subsequent research was carried out smoothly.

After day and night fighting, the first single-particle magnetic microscopic image of lunar soil samples in human history was born, visualizing the distinctly different "magnetic fingerprints" recorded by different types of lunar soil particles on a microscopic scale.

Using China's own lunar soil samples and relying on the independent quantum chemical microscope, the world's first magnetic field imaging of single lunar soil particles was completed. Feng Jiandong (冯建东) and Li Jinhua's (李金华) team bravely broke into the no-man's land and successfully explored a new path.

In the basic research "from 0 to 1", whether you dare to take the first step and take the initiative to break the situation determines the height of innovation.

"The most critical thing is to take the first step towards the unknown." Feng Jiandong (冯建东) said with emotion, "The country has given us unprecedented conditions and opportunities. Today, we have more courage and confidence to become explorers and strive to do research that truly leads the world's scientific and technological frontiers and serves national strategies."

Make the commercial aerospace industry ecosystem more open and integrated

There is a supermarket in Xihu District (西湖区), Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江), that can actually "sell satellites"?

Sang Yi (桑毅) is the person who "sells satellites."

On April 18, on the occasion of the first anniversary of the establishment of the Dongfanghong Tiantian Supermarket (东方红天选超市) of the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (中国航天科技集团五院), Sang Yi (桑毅), the deputy director of the Hangzhou Center (杭州中心) of the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (中国航天科技集团五院), stood at the entrance of the supermarket early in the morning, with a smile on his face, ready to open for business.

Flexible solar wings, laser terminals, Hall electric propulsion... A wide range of commercial satellite products are neatly displayed on the shelves, and about 30%, a total of 87 products, come from external suppliers.

This supermarket is the first one-stop comprehensive trading platform for the commercial aerospace industry in China, which belongs to the innovative model of science and technology services - most of the people who come to buy things are practitioners in the commercial aerospace industry who want to build satellites; the people who sell things are innovators who independently develop satellite products, including both "national teams" and "folk teams," covering more than 170 entities. Members of the commercial satellite industry chain gather here to connect supply and demand and conduct fair transactions.

"It's like an e-commerce platform in the aerospace industry." Sang Yi (桑毅) made an analogy, the supermarket is a physical entity, and there is also an online mall corresponding to it.

In the past year, Sang Yi (桑毅) has warmly welcomed batches of customers interested in commercial aerospace, most of whom are business leaders, local government agencies, scientific research institutes, and even visiting groups from foreign space agencies. At the busiest time, he had to receive three or four groups of customers a day, receiving more than 300 visits a year.

Among them, one "transaction" impressed Sang Yi (桑毅) deeply.

That day, the procurement personnel of a leading domestic commercial aerospace company walked into the supermarket for the first time, and Sang Yi (桑毅) was responsible for receiving them. The company is responsible for promoting the relevant low-orbit satellite Internet constellation plan to realize the coordinated layout of stars and arrows.

"They went straight to the flexible solar wing exhibits as soon as they entered the door." Sang Yi (桑毅) remembered very clearly.

If a satellite wants to maintain normal operation in the vast universe, it needs to unfold its solar wings to absorb light energy and convert it into electrical energy. Traditional satellites are mostly equipped with rigid solar wings. With the rise of commercial aerospace, lightweight, highly integrated, and long-life satellites require thinner, more flexible, and more efficient solar wings. The flexible solar wing independently developed by the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (中国航天科技集团五院) was selected to the supermarket "shelves" for customers to choose from due to its excellent performance.

"How thick is it when folded?" "How much energy can it supply?" "What is the delivery cycle?" The people from this company asked very carefully.

"You can also go to the factory to see the real thing, which is next to the supermarket." Sang Yi (桑毅) extended an invitation.

Just across the wall is the production plant of commercial flexible solar wings of the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (中国航天科技集团五院).

The production line is operating in an orderly manner, the parameters on the display screen are jumping in real time, and technicians in work clothes are shuttling between them.

Sang Yi (桑毅) felt that the customers' eyes had obviously changed, "It's different from browsing online, and it's different from the feeling of seeing it in the supermarket. This front-store-back-factory model allows customers to see the process details and feel the product texture, so that they can establish true trust in the quality."

Two weeks later, the company officially signed a contract for flexible solar wings with the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (中国航天科技集团五院) through the supermarket platform.

On another occasion, the person in charge of a small and micro enterprise engaged in commercial satellite parts took the initiative to call Sang Yi (桑毅), hoping to try to put the products of his own enterprise on the shelves for sale. "That enterprise was very sincere, saying that through the supermarket, they learned that they could also produce products that meet the needs of commercial aerospace and participate in this industrial chain. They provided a lot of quality inspection reports and real cases, and the quality was good." Sang Yi (桑毅) said that the listing in the supermarket brought orders and a good reputation to that enterprise.

"Innovating the science and technology service model, helping the supply and demand sides to connect, and making the commercial aerospace industry ecosystem more open and integrated." Sang Yi (桑毅) said that this is the original intention of the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (中国航天科技集团五院) to establish a supermarket.

Linking more than 800 enterprises, the turnover exceeded 3 billion yuan. The operating results in one year have also proved the correctness of this service model innovation.

In the past, the products and services of the commercial aerospace industry chain were scattered in various places, and it was difficult for purchasers to figure out what was on the market and which one was good. In this supermarket, the things on the aerospace industry chain can basically be found in one stop.

In particular, the supermarket encourages similar products to be displayed and competed on the same stage, prompting suppliers to continuously optimize performance and prices, which helps to reduce the procurement costs of the entire commercial satellite industry, and also allows more R&D teams to obtain technical benchmarking and iteration directions, and improve the technical level of the entire industry.

Recently, Sang Yi (桑毅) has been thinking about only one thing: there are currently more than 400 commercial aerospace products and services on the supermarket shelves, how can it be turned into thousands?

From the repeated testing of a rocket to the ultimate exploration of a grain of lunar soil, and then to the open co-construction of an industrial ecosystem, three seemingly unrelated scenarios together form a vivid picture of the high-quality development of China's aerospace industry.

"The starry sky is vast and boundless, and there is no end to exploration. Only through continuous innovation can the Chinese nation better move towards the future." Independent innovation is a long-distance race without an end. On this journey, every "first move" may open up a new field, and every "initiative battle" may create a new world. Moving forward firmly along the road of independent innovation, China's aerospace industry will surely continue to expand the boundaries of human cognition and write a more magnificent chapter in the new journey of building a strong aerospace nation.

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Han Zheng Meets with Foreign Representatives Attending the 3rd High-Level Meeting of the Global Action for Shared Development Forum

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 22 (Reporters Dong Xue (董雪) and Wu Mengtong (吴梦桐)) Vice President Han Zheng (韩正) met in Beijing on the 22nd with foreign representatives attending the 3rd High-Level Meeting of the Forum on Global Action for Shared Development.

Han Zheng (韩正) stated that over the five years since President Xi Jinping (习近平) proposed the Global Development Initiative, it has received positive responses and broad support from the international community. With the joint efforts of all parties, the implementation of the initiative has achieved significant progress. China is willing to take this meeting as an opportunity to further build consensus with all parties, adhere to action-oriented principles, increase investment in global development cooperation resources, promote cooperation in key areas, promote green and sustainable development, enable more development results to benefit the people, and promote the building of a global community of shared future for development.

The foreign representatives attending the meeting congratulated China on the successful holding of this meeting, expressed their full support for the Global Development Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平), highly praised China's contribution to global development, reaffirmed that their governments firmly adhere to the one-China principle, and expressed their willingness to deepen cooperation with China to jointly promote greater progress in the global development cause.

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Photo Report

The Navy Fuyang Ship (海军阜阳舰) and the Navy Qiandaohu Ship (海军千岛湖舰) docked at the Shanghai Port International Cruise Terminal (上海港国际客运中心码头) and held a ship open day for the public from April 21st to 23rd to celebrate the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People's Navy. The picture shows people visiting the Navy Fuyang Ship (海军阜阳舰).

Ren Tongtong (任彤彤) and Ding Liang (丁樑) reported with photographs.

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China's Economic Resilience and Vitality: A Focus on the New and the Improved

By: 任 平

High-quality development is the primary task of building a socialist modern country in all respects.

"Consciously understanding and better following the laws of economic development" is an important experience for us to do a good job in economic work.

In the first quarter of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period, the gross domestic product increased by 5.0% year-on-year, and the growth rate rebounded sharply by 0.5 percentage points compared with the fourth quarter of last year. China's economy has started strongly, and high-quality development is moving towards new heights and better quality.

In the context of increased external shocks, the resilience and vitality of the Chinese economy have been further demonstrated. The fundamental reason lies in the leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, and in the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping's Economic Thought, to lead new development practices, continuously deepen the understanding of the laws of economic work, and continuously enhance the certainty and stability of high-quality development.

At this year's "first lesson of the year," General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) earnestly taught: "Adhere to proceeding from reality and acting according to the laws, and create achievements that can withstand the test of practice and history, truly benefit the people, and be recognized by the masses through scientific decision-making and hard work."

Understanding the laws, clarifying the direction, learning the methods, and increasing wisdom from the Party's innovative theories, and continuously improving the ability to manage the socialist market economy, is the secret to doing a good job in economic work.

From the three perspectives of strategic foresight, strategic adaptability, and social creativity, we can better decode why the Chinese economy has strong resilience and strong vitality.

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The certainty of development stems from the foresight of strategy. Why can the Chinese economy always "grow in the wind and rain and grow stronger after experiencing tests"? Accurate judgment and scientific planning in strategy allow us to increase resilience without fear of wind and rain, and firmly grasp the strategic initiative.

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "When we analyze the situation, we must not only consider all factors comprehensively, but also be good at grasping some key factors such as the new changes in the international situation, the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, etc."

Taking the new development concept as the guide, coordinating the domestic and international situations, coordinating development and security, strengthening strategic thinking, maintaining strategic focus, and unifying planning for events and planning for trends, planning for the present and planning for the future, is the way to the success of the Chinese economy.

Figuring out the laws, "proactively grasping the impact of the development and changes of the international situation on our country, and adjusting and optimizing the economic layout accordingly," can seize the opportunity period.

Energy is the food of industry and the lifeline of the national economy.

"We must deeply promote the energy revolution, promote energy consumption, supply, technology, and system reforms, strengthen international cooperation, and accelerate the construction of a strong energy country," "Continue to promote the transformation and upgrading of energy and industrial structures, and promote the research and application of green and low-carbon technologies," "Accelerate the construction of a new energy system."

Since the new era, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, China's energy industry has continuously achieved new achievements on the road of high-quality development.

Since the beginning of this year, international crude oil prices have fluctuated sharply, and China's energy supply has been stable and orderly.

From the transformation and upgrading of fossil energy to the vigorous development of the new energy industry; from increasing oil reserves to the scientific and technological breakthroughs of the "artificial sun," today's China's strategic decision-making to promote the energy revolution and stabilize the energy supply is based on a scientific judgment of the global energy transition trend, the constraints of China's resource endowment, and the trajectory of technological evolution.

Turning trend judgments into operable and sustainable institutional arrangements and policy supply makes the Chinese economy more stable.

Respecting the laws, "strengthening the forward-looking and leading layout of basic research fields, interdisciplinary frontier fields, and key fields," can seize the commanding heights.

As of March this year, China's average daily word token call volume exceeded 140 trillion, an increase of more than 40% compared with the end of last year, and the commercialization and large-scale application of artificial intelligence have achieved stage breakthroughs.

The end of artificial intelligence is computing power, and the end of computing power is electricity. China is anchoring 5 to 10-year goals to make forward-looking arrangements for power grid construction. Today, the installed power capacity exceeds the total installed capacity of the G7 countries, and the power generation accounts for nearly 1/3 of the world.

In March this year, the American magazine *Fortune* published an article stating that China's "comprehensive advantage combination" formed in energy, manufacturing, open-source ecology, and capital investment is changing the original pattern of global artificial intelligence competition and making China have the potential to become the biggest winner.

In the face of fierce global competition and technological blockade and suppression, China is making advanced layouts for future industries such as quantum technology, brain-computer interfaces, and 6G, and using institutional advantages to gather innovative synergy, transforming regular understanding into rich applications and rapidly iterative key capabilities, making the Chinese economy more future-oriented.

To promote Chinese-style modernization, "we must be good at strategic thinking and be good at looking at problems and thinking about problems from a strategic perspective."

Understanding the laws, making plans before acting, grasping the key points, and ensuring a new development pattern with a new security pattern, adhering to the mutual promotion of high-quality development and high-level security, China firmly grasps the strategic initiative and the development initiative.

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The stability of development depends on the adaptability of strategies, and economic work should be done in accordance with local conditions.

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The 'Fifteenth Five-Year Plan' has just begun, and everyone is planning to promote it. We should pay attention to calculating the input-output account and improve the adaptability. We must not ignore the shortcomings, nor should we be too advanced and cause waste."

"Improving adaptability," coordinating the present and the long-term, and taking into account what is needed and what is possible, provides a scientific method for doing a good job in economic work, and also reflects the pragmatic character of the Communists.

Building a modern industrial system and realizing the overall leap of the industrial system is an important strategic task during the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period. In the first quarter, China's manufacturing added value increased by 6.3% year-on-year, contributing 32% to economic growth, demonstrating strong development resilience and risk resistance.

Resilience is inseparable from more proactive and promising macro policies. The "two new" policies that have been continuously optimized this year have made great contributions.

On September 26, 2024, in the face of downward economic pressure, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee deployed the implementation of a package of incremental policies, which was hailed as "a milestone move in macro-control." As of the end of September 2024, the supporting detailed rules for increasing support for the "two new" have been fully introduced.

From the start of the policy to the expansion of the scope, and then to the precise efforts to improve quality and efficiency, the "two new" policies have been continuously adjusted and optimized in recent years, achieving the superimposed effects of expanding domestic demand, stabilizing growth, promoting transformation, and benefiting people's livelihoods, reflecting the continuously improving governance effectiveness.

Doing a good job in economic work in accordance with local conditions tests the understanding of the Party's innovative theories and the execution of promoting high-quality development. This requires us to adhere to systematic thinking and achieve the optimal solution by improving adaptability.

Look at one industry. "Enhance the adaptability and balance between supply and demand." Vigorously develop advanced manufacturing, lead new supply with new demand, create new demand with new supply, and achieve a higher level of dynamic balance between supply and demand.

Observe a city. "It should be moderately advanced, but not too advanced, to prevent the completed projects from 'sunbathing' and causing waste." Xiong'an (雄安) is building a high-quality future city. Building modern infrastructure, coordinating the urgent needs of the moment and long-term efforts, avoids waste and leaves enough "redundancy."

Plan a game. All localities take promoting high-quality and full employment as a priority goal for economic and social development, and vigorously cultivate new occupations and new positions. "Improve the adaptation mechanism between talent training and economic and social development needs," and adhere to the close combination of investing in things and investing in people.

"Promoting Chinese-style modernization is a systematic project that requires overall consideration, systematic planning, and overall promotion, and correctly handling a series of major relationships."

Following the laws, making scientific decisions, and doing practical work, and continuously improving adaptability in grasping implementation, and realizing the overall leap of the industrial system, we will surely promote the good start and good start of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan."

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The sustainability of development is rooted in the creativity of all sectors of society. Fully and accurately implementing the new development concept not only firmly grasps the implementation of the things determined by the Party Central Committee, but also closely combines its own reality to enhance the initiative and creativity of work, and the innovation and creation vitality of the whole society continues to surge.

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "We must adhere to seeking truth from facts and being pragmatic, plan our careers and work from reality, so that the ideas, policies, and plans we put forward conform to the actual situation, conform to objective laws, and conform to the scientific spirit, and use creative work to implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee."

"Creativity" contains the dialectical thinking of correctly understanding individuality and commonality. It is necessary to "consciously act under the overall situation and play a good game of chess across the country," and also to "adapt to local conditions and develop in a differentiated manner."

"Eastern Data and Western Computing" (东数西算) is the spatial optimization and allocation of resources, and even more so, the systematic reconstruction of the relationship between "energy-computing power-industry-ecology."

Actively integrating into the overall development situation, Sichuan (四川) uses its hydropower advantages to build a supply system integrating multiple computing powers; Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) gives full play to its "wind and solar" strengths, and the country's first data center green power direct connection source-grid-load-storage integration project has been put into operation, vividly interpreting "new quality productivity itself is green productivity."

The "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" proposes to "lead development with the new development concept and develop new quality productivity in accordance with local conditions." All regions and industries should find their own positioning, adhere to the direction of intelligence, greening, and integration, give full play to their comparative advantages, and form a vivid situation in which upstream and downstream industries are interconnected, each displaying its strengths, and working in the same direction.

"Creativity" also contains dialectical thinking of seeking progress while maintaining stability. It encourages "bold exploration and daring to be the first," and also emphasizes "steady progress and step-by-step operation."

Since the beginning of this year, the domestic GPU (graphics processing unit) "four little dragons" enterprises have ushered in intensive breakthroughs. Biren Technology (壁仞科技) landed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in January, Moore Threads (摩尔线程) signed a 660 million yuan Kua'e (夸娥) intelligent computing cluster order in March, and the registered developer users of Mu Xi (沐曦) shares exceeded 300,000... Although in the same track, enterprises have opened up new paths to explore a larger market.

Active innovation is inseparable from the support of the visible hand. Improving the new type of national system, the three major international science and technology innovation centers in Beijing (北京) (Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei), Shanghai (上海) (Yangtze River Delta), and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area have been expanded and upgraded, the National Venture Capital Guidance Fund and three regional funds are operating smoothly, and the innovation chain, industrial chain, capital chain, and talent chain are deeply integrated, and forward development will have greater driving force.

Apple CEO Tim Cook (蒂姆·库克) exclaimed at the China Development Forum 2026: The spirit of innovation is profoundly changing China's manufacturing industry, and the speed of industrial progress is amazing the world.

The development of China in the new era "must be scientific development that follows economic laws, must be sustainable development that follows natural laws, and must be inclusive development that follows social laws."

The start is related to the overall situation. Grasping the laws, based on reality, and fully mobilizing the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of the whole society, China with high-quality development is full of vitality and has a promising future.

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Introduction

Theory

Systematically Understand and Grasp the Original Contributions of the New Era's Strategy for Strengthening the Military Through Politics

Ninth Edition

New Era Picture Scroll

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Strengthening the Rule of Law in Religious Affairs Governance and Guiding Tibetan Buddhism to Adapt to Socialist Society

This newspaper Chengdu (成都) April 22nd (Reporter Li Changyu (李昌禹)) From April 18th to 22nd, Li Ganjie (李干杰), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, emphasized during his research in Gansu (甘肃) and Sichuan (四川) that it is necessary to adhere to Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as guidance, fully implement the Party's theory and policies on religious work in the new era, and in accordance with the requirements of systematically promoting the Sinicization of religion in China and strengthening the rule of law in the governance of religious affairs, actively guide Tibetan Buddhism to adapt to socialist society, and promote religious harmony, ethnic unity, social harmony, and the country's long-term stability and security.

Li Ganjie (李干杰) successively visited Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (甘南藏族自治州) in Gansu (甘肃) and Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture (阿坝藏族羌族自治州) and Chengdu (成都市) in Sichuan (四川), went deep into Tibetan Buddhist temples to understand the situation of standardized management according to law; visited Gansu Buddhist Academy (甘肃省佛学院) and the China Tibetology Research Institute of Sichuan University (四川大学中国藏学研究所) to investigate the construction of the sutra learning system, the training of monks, and Tibetan studies research; and went into schools and herdsmen's homes to have in-depth exchanges with teachers, students, and people of all ethnic groups. Li Ganjie (李干杰) stated that it is necessary to always adhere to the Party's leadership over religious work, resolutely implement the Party Central Committee's major decisions and deployments on religious work, adhere to the direction of Sinicization of religion in China, govern religious affairs according to law, strengthen and improve temple management, and effectively maintain normal order in the religious field. It is necessary to enhance the pertinence and effectiveness of ideological and political guidance, deepen and expand education on national consciousness, civic awareness, and the rule of law, strengthen the education, training, and management of representatives of Tibetan Buddhism, guide religious figures to carry forward the fine traditions of loving the country and religion, protecting the country and benefiting the people, feeling grateful to the Party, listening to the Party, and following the Party, and resolutely safeguard national unity and ethnic solidarity. It is necessary to focus on running religious colleges well, strengthen the training of "dual-proficient" talents, build and utilize Tibetan studies research institutions well, and promote Tibetan Buddhist research. It is necessary to carry out solid study and education on establishing and practicing correct views on performance, strengthen ideals and beliefs and a sense of responsibility, continuously improve the level of construction of the religious work cadre team, and further consolidate the grassroots foundation of religious work.

Li Ganjie (李干杰) also visited residents relocated to resettlement sites after the earthquake in Jishishan County (积石山县), Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture (临夏回族自治州), inspected designated assistance projects, and learned about the construction of embedded communities and the consolidation of the sense of community of the Chinese nation; and inspected the Sichuan Provincial Socialist Academy (四川省社会主义学院) to investigate education and teaching work. Li Ganjie (李干杰) stated that it is necessary to adhere to targeted assistance, improve the quality and effectiveness of the United Front's designated assistance work, especially to solidly promote the publicity and implementation of the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, and give the assistance projects more important significance in building consensus and cohesion. It is necessary to grasp the direction of running the Socialist Academy, highlight political training, strengthen political consensus, and continuously consolidate the common ideological and political foundation for unity and struggle.

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Visiting Fields and Entering Enterprises to Explore Fertilizer Supply Guarantee

Fertilizer is a fundamental material for agricultural production, playing a vital role in crop growth. The supply and price fluctuations of fertilizer directly affect farmers' enthusiasm for growing grain and are crucial to national food security.

Many areas are in the critical period of fertilizer application for agricultural production. Reporters went to the fields to hear major grain growers talk about scientific fertilization and effective methods to improve fertilizer utilization efficiency; entered workshops to see fertilizer production enterprises actively apply new concepts and technologies to stabilize production and ensure supply; and talked with experts to analyze how China, against the backdrop of international fertilizer price volatility, can rely on its industrial advantages and institutional advantages to ensure production capacity, promote circulation, and stabilize prices.

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Is it convenient for farmers to buy fertilizer?
"One phone call solves it, no need to transport it yourself"
By Zhang Wenhao (张文豪), reporter of this newspaper

In Zhaojing Town (照镜镇), Huojia County (获嘉县), Xinxiang (新乡), Henan (河南), in the high-standard farmland of Dongzhangyi Village (东彰仪村), the lush wheat seedlings are uniformly heading.

"The second topdressing a while ago worked well." Wang Guangying (王光营), a major grain grower, squatted on the ridge, busy straightening out the black drip irrigation tape. "Now that we are using integrated water and fertilizer intelligent equipment, it is even and convenient, and the wheat seedlings are growing strong."

Soon, Wang Qing'an (王庆安), an agricultural technology promotion researcher from the Soil and Fertilizer Station of the County Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau, came to the field. After checking the growth of the wheat seedlings and the soil moisture, he took out his mobile phone and opened the "Huojia County (获嘉县) Grain Crop Scientific Fertilization Scheme Online Inquiry System." After on-site positioning, the system suggested: "The nitrogen content in the field is too high. Less urea can be used for later topdressing, and the amount of phosphate and potash fertilizer can be appropriately increased."

"Great!" Wang Guangying (王光营) nodded repeatedly. Last year, he adopted scientific fertilization technology, reducing fertilizer use by 10% and increasing wheat yield by more than 50 kilograms per mu. "Fertilizer can be saved by 20 to 30 yuan per mu."

Every spring plowing, fertilizer is a major concern for Wang Guangying (王光营). "This year, buying fertilizer is more convenient. One phone call solves it, no need to transport it yourself."

At the Zhaojing Town (照镜镇) Supply and Marketing Cooperative, several small trucks were fully loaded with fertilizer, ready to drive to nearby villages.

"We have formed 8 agricultural assistance teams to provide one-stop services such as online telephone reservations, offline direct supply, and field distribution." Feng Yunli (冯运礼), the head of the supply and marketing cooperative, introduced that the cooperative connects with large fertilizer production enterprises, centralizes procurement, and unifies distribution, eliminating intermediate links, giving benefits to farmers, and has distributed more than 3,000 tons of fertilizer.

"A few days ago, I ordered 20 bags of humic acid urea and potassium dihydrogen phosphate, and they were delivered to the field the next day. The direct supply price can also save 10 yuan per bag." Wang Guangying (王光营) said.

"This year, Henan's (河南) wheat planting area is stable at more than 85 million mu. The current slight increase in agricultural material prices has put some pressure on planting costs." Yang Yajun (杨亚军), director of the Grain Crop Division of the Henan Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said that the use of central government financial funds for "one spray and three preventions" and provincial government emergency funds has made up for some production costs and stabilized grain planting expectations.

The total demand for fertilizer for spring plowing in Henan (河南) is about 2.2 million tons. According to the latest dispatch, as of the end of March, the amount of fertilizer in place was 1.94 million tons, and the rate of arrival was 1 percentage point higher than the same period last year. In the agricultural material reserve warehouse in Huojia County (获嘉县), reserves of agricultural materials such as urea and compound fertilizer are sufficient. The county's supply and marketing cooperative signed supply agreements with production enterprises in advance, prepaid purchase funds, and locked the fertilizer price in a parity range. At the same time, it connects with the provincial centralized procurement platform to smooth the allocation channels and ensure that farmers can take it as they use it and do not miss the farming season.

Currently, Henan (河南) Province has basically completed the topdressing in the middle of the wheat growing season. It is estimated that in early May, some areas of Henan (河南) will experience a phased small peak in demand for urea and potassium dihydrogen phosphate. "We have built a three-level agricultural material supply network at the county, township, and village levels. Agricultural and rural areas, market supervision, and other departments jointly inspect and crack down on acts such as driving up prices and selling fake and inferior agricultural materials, so that farmers can buy parity fertilizer and rest assured fertilizer." said the relevant person in charge of the Henan Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

How do enterprises stabilize and increase production?
"Upgrade equipment and technology to further release production capacity"
By Su Bin (苏滨) and Jiang Meng (江萌), reporters of this newspaper

In the production area of Guizhou Kailin Xifeng Synthetic Ammonia Co., Ltd. (贵州开磷息烽合成氨有限责任公司), a subsidiary of Guizhou Phosphate Group (贵州磷化集团), four 120-meter-high giant towers stand tall.

Inside the tower, urea, potassium sulfate, and monoammonium phosphate react violently, turning into a viscous slurry, which is pumped through pipelines to the rotating nozzle at the top of the tower.

"Buzz—" The nozzle rotates at high speed, and the slurry is thrown into fine droplets, which quickly solidify into spherical particles and fall on the receiving machine at the bottom.

Amidst the rumbling of the machines, bags of compound fertilizer walked off the conveyor belt, were grabbed and loaded by the robotic arm at the end, and transported to various places.

"We completed the technical transformation in the early stage, optimized the production formula and raw material ratio, and the high-concentration compound fertilizer produced can achieve a combination of quick-acting and long-acting." You Wen (游文), deputy general manager of the company, introduced that the company also uses the double-pressure method to produce dilute nitric acid, which guarantees high-quality raw materials for compound fertilizer production.

During the spring plowing season, Guizhou Phosphate Group (贵州磷化集团) pressed the "fast forward button," with a daily output of more than 10,000 tons and a cumulative supply of more than 1.9 million tons of phosphate fertilizer.

"We implement 'one crop, one formula,' combine the soil characteristics of various places, increase the research and promotion of special fertilizers, controlled-release fertilizers, and high-efficiency fertilizers, promote product development towards precision, efficiency, and greening, and continue to improve fertilizer efficiency." Huang Guoping (黄国萍), deputy secretary of the Party Committee and general manager of Guizhou Phosphate Agricultural Resources Co., Ltd. (贵州磷化农资有限责任公司), introduced.

The company has now successively launched new products such as acidic fertilizers, enhanced compound fertilizers, and functional water-soluble fertilizers, and through a "trunk line allocation + terminal distribution" three-dimensional transportation network, it ensures cross-regional rapid allocation and terminal precise distribution.

In the Qarhan Salt Lake (察尔汗盐湖) in Golmud (格尔木), Qinghai (青海), salt fields are like green chessboards spread across the Qaidam Basin (柴达木盆地). During the spring plowing season, about 20,000 tons of potash fertilizer are sent from here every day, and transported to major agricultural production areas through railway and road combined transportation.

Qarhan Salt Lake (察尔汗盐湖) is an important potash fertilizer production base in China. "During the spring plowing season this year, we plan to put 1.8 million tons of potash fertilizer on the market. As of April 19, 2,021,800 tons have been put on the market." Li Cunfu (李存福), general manager of Qinghai Salt Lake Industry Co., Ltd. (青海盐湖工业股份有限公司) Potash Fertilizer Branch, said.

Potash fertilizer production has obvious seasonal characteristics. "During this period, the plateau has not yet warmed up, which affects the brine collection and crystallization efficiency, and the potash fertilizer output is at a low level throughout the year." Li Cunfu (李存福) introduced, "In order to ensure the stable supply of potash fertilizer for spring plowing, the company began to reserve inventory last fall, and at the same time, it further released production capacity by upgrading equipment and technology."

In the potash fertilizer production base, 4 workshops are operating efficiently. "We have completed the series modification of the key equipment crystallizer. In the past, each crystallizer 'fought alone.' Now they are 'unified operations,' and the concentration consistency and potash fertilizer recovery rate have been improved." Li Cunfu (李存福) said that the intelligent upgrade of the centrifuge is also underway. After the upgrade is completed, the ratio of carnallite, mother liquor, and fresh water will be automatically controlled by artificial intelligence, and production will be smoother and more efficient.

Li Cunfu (李存福) calculated an account. By applying new equipment and technologies, the potash fertilizer recovery rate is expected to increase by 1 percentage point this year, which is equivalent to producing 50,000 tons of potash fertilizer more each year, which can meet the needs of about 5 million mu of wheat, rice, and other crops.

Why can China maintain stability when the international fertilizer market is volatile?
Long-term development has formed a resilient self-sufficiency capacity
By Yu Jingxian (郁静娴), reporter of this newspaper

At present, international market fertilizer prices are fluctuating sharply, and China's fertilizer wholesale price composite index shows a steady and slightly rising trend, which is in sharp contrast to the international market. Experts analyze that China's fertilizer industry has formed a resilient self-sufficiency capacity in its long-term development.

"Self-sufficiency is mainly manifested in a unique industrial structure and strong national regulation." He Ping (何萍), chief scientist of the Fertilizer and Fertilization Technology Innovation Team of the Institute of Agricultural Resources and Agricultural Zoning of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (中国农业科学院), introduced that China is the largest fertilizer producer, with an output accounting for about 1/3 of the global total. The fertilizer production capacity layout shows that nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer production capacity is sufficient, potash fertilizer production is stable, and the proportion of compound fertilizer is constantly increasing.

The demand for nitrogen fertilizer for spring plowing accounts for about 55% of the total annual demand. According to statistics from the China Nitrogen Fertilizer Industry Association (中国氮肥工业协会), the average operating rate of urea enterprises across the country is maintained at about 80%, and the daily output is stable at more than 200,000 tons, which can fully meet the demand for nitrogen fertilizer for spring plowing.

Sulfur is the core raw material for phosphate fertilizer and is partially dependent on imports. The National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) issued a notice at the beginning of the year to encourage domestic sulfur to be directly supplied to domestic phosphate fertilizer production enterprises first. Since the Spring Festival, the daily output of potash fertilizer from the Qinghai Salt Lake Base (青海盐湖基地) and the Guotou Luobupo Xinjiang Base (国投罗钾新疆基地) has remained high, ensuring the supply of potash fertilizer during the spring plowing season. "A combination of policies such as ex-factory price ceiling control, reserve release, and suspension of exports of some fertilizers has effectively guaranteed market price stability." He Ping (何萍) said.

On the basis of production capacity, a long-term system has been escorting the supply of fertilizer for spring plowing. Ye Xingqing (叶兴庆), a researcher at the Development Research Center of the State Council (国务院发展研究中心), introduced that China established a commercial fertilizer reserve system as early as 2005, and deployed "strategic large warehouses" in major agricultural provinces. The fertilizer reserve is sufficient to meet the demand for fertilizer for spring plowing. During the spring plowing season this year, China launched the release of more than 10 million tons of national commercial reserves of nitrogen, phosphorus, and compound fertilizers. This "reserve in the off-season and release in the peak season" model has guaranteed the stability of the fertilizer market.

To cope with market fluctuations, we also need to continue to strengthen ourselves. "In recent years, the domestic fertilizer industry has undergone profound transformation, and trends such as greening, intelligence, efficient resource utilization, and channel service have become more obvious." He Ping (何萍) introduced that many fertilizer companies actively apply industrial Internet and artificial intelligence algorithms to optimize production parameters and improve production efficiency and product qualification rates. In addition, the market for green and efficient products such as water-soluble fertilizers, soil conditioners, and microbial fertilizers is also growing rapidly.

The upgrading of fertilizer application methods promotes cost reduction and efficiency increase in agriculture. In recent years, various places have accelerated the promotion of new technologies such as side-deep fertilization of rice, seed-fertilizer co-sowing of corn, and mechanical deep application of wheat, new products such as slow-release and controlled-release fertilizers, and new machines such as integrated water and fertilizer equipment, which have promoted the continuous improvement of fertilizer utilization. At the same time, organic fertilizer, microbial fertilizer, green manure, and other diversified alternatives are used to replace some fertilizers. In order to guide more farmers to apply fertilizer reasonably, more than 17,000 socialized service organizations for scientific fertilization have been cultivated across the country, which can provide services such as intelligent fertilizer distribution, expert fertilization, and drone operations.

In 2025, the fertilizer utilization rate of China's three major grain crops, wheat, corn, and rice, will be 43.3%, an increase of 3.1 percentage points compared with 2020. Experts introduced that calculated according to the annual input of 26 million tons of nitrogen fertilizer, each 1 percentage point increase in the utilization rate is equivalent to reducing urea input by 565,000 tons, which can save input costs of about 1.1 billion yuan.

In order to ensure the supply of fertilizer in the fields, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部) has strengthened dynamic price monitoring and implemented "daily monitoring, weekly scheduling, and ten-day consultation," and coordinated the supply and marketing cooperative system and key enterprises to increase investment in areas with low arrival rates. At the same time, it strengthens communication and coordination with relevant departments to promote the role of the fertilizer supply and price stabilization mechanism.

From production enterprises to grassroots terminals, the distribution link operates in an orderly manner. The railway department focuses on ensuring the cross-regional transportation needs of phosphate fertilizer "South-to-North Transportation" and potash fertilizer "West-to-East Transportation." The supply and marketing cooperative system, large agricultural material circulation enterprises, and e-commerce platforms jointly build a three-level sales network of counties, townships, and villages. Many places have achieved "24-hour direct access to county-level central warehouses and 48-hour delivery to township outlets"...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部) dispatch shows that as of now, the national provincial fertilizer placement arrival rate is 94.7%, 1.4 percentage points faster than the same period last year; the city-level arrival rate is 89.2%, 0.2 percentage points faster than the same period last year; the county-level arrival rate is 88.5%, 1.1 percentage points faster than the same period last year. The total supply of fertilizer for spring plowing is sufficient, which can meet the needs of agricultural production.

This issue is coordinated by: Qi Jiarun (祁嘉润)

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Cherishing Natural Resources, Protecting Beautiful China (Authoritative Release)

By: 本报记者 李晓晴

The State Council Information Office held a meeting with Chinese and foreign journalists on April 22 on the theme of "Strivers on the New Journey." The day coincided with the 57th World Earth Day, and five representatives of the "Most Beautiful Natural Guardians" shared their experiences on the theme of "Cherishing Natural Resources and Protecting Beautiful China."

Wang Weimin (王卫民), Deputy Director of the Natural Resources and Planning Bureau of Anji County (安吉县), Zhejiang Province, has been rooted in the front line of natural resources for more than 30 years. Over the years, he has traveled all over the villages and farmland of Anji (安吉), working with the vast number of cadres and the masses to promote the integrated advancement of arable land protection, land consolidation, ecological restoration, and comprehensive rural revitalization, both safeguarding the bottom line of food security and protecting the ecological base.

In recent years, the "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" project has taken root and achieved results in Anji (安吉), and the villages, farmland, rivers, mountains, and roads of Anji (安吉) have become increasingly harmonious and orderly. Starting in 2010, Wang Weimin (王卫民) and his colleagues promoted the implementation of land comprehensive consolidation projects, relocating some villages with relatively backward infrastructure and scattered farmhouses as a whole, while introducing ecological restoration projects. "Seeing the bright smiles on everyone's faces after moving into their new homes, I feel that the work is very worthwhile," said Wang Weimin (王卫民).

Ren Xiubo (任秀波), a senior engineer of the First Geodetic Survey Team of the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部), is a natural resource surveying and mapping worker. "For more than 20 years, while surveying and mapping the mountains and rivers of the motherland in the field, I have also been committed to popularizing national territory knowledge, natural resource protection, surveying and mapping science, and promoting the spirit of surveying and mapping," said Ren Xiubo (任秀波). Auxiliary driving and food delivery ordering, these map-related services rely on surveying and mapping basic data, making daily life more convenient.

The field work environment is harsh. Speaking of the belief that supports him and his teammates to persevere, Ren Xiubo (任秀波) said: "This stems from the original intention of surveying and mapping for the country, and also from the surveying and mapping spirit of 'loving the motherland, loving the cause, working hard, and selfless dedication.' The more difficult the environment in the field, the more you can feel the preciousness of the measurement data."

Wang Guiling (王贵玲), a researcher at the Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (中国地质科学院), said: "My job is to carry out research on geothermal resource investigation, evaluation, development and utilization. Geothermal energy is a clean, stable, safe and efficient renewable energy source. For more than 30 years, we have been exploring the thermal energy resources in the deep part of the earth to provide clean energy security for energy transition and green development."

"With the advancement of technology and the further expansion of geothermal development scale, geothermal work is facing new opportunities and challenges," said Wang Guiling (王贵玲). He will work with his colleagues to tackle the scientific and technological problems of the "deep earth," continue to serve major regional strategies, and continue to carry out groundwater geothermal resource investigation and evaluation work in key areas such as the Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) and the Yangtze River Economic Belt (长江经济带) to ensure water supply security and support clean development.

Jiang Wenkai (姜文凯), director of the Haiyang Marine Station (海阳海洋站) of the Beihai Forecasting and Disaster Reduction Center, used to work for a long time on Qianliyan Island (千里岩), the isolated island farthest from the land in the northern Yellow Sea. "Qianliyan Marine Station (千里岩海洋站) belongs to the national benchmark marine observation station. We observe data and transmit data every day, and the data obtained is widely used in marine disaster prevention and mitigation and economic construction."

The construction of a beautiful China also puts forward new requirements for marine observation. "Marine intelligent observation technology is developing rapidly. We will apply new technologies such as intelligent wave video inversion and intelligent sea ice drone recognition to observation, so that intelligent observation can become a 'sharp tool' for protecting the ocean," said Jiang Wenkai (姜文凯).

"Chongming Dongtan Reserve (崇明东滩保护区) is located at the easternmost end of Chongming Island (崇明岛) and is an important stopover and wintering ground on the East Asia-Australasia migratory bird flyway." Niu Dongliang (钮栋梁), director of the Shanghai Chongming Dongtan National Nature Reserve Management Center (上海市崇明东滩自然保护区管理事务中心), has been engaged in management and law enforcement, research and monitoring of waterbirds and their habitats, ecological restoration and other work, and has personally experienced the changes in the Dongtan Reserve (东滩保护区).

"Standing on this land full of vitality and hope in Chongming Dongtan (崇明东滩), as the 'Most Beautiful Natural Guardian,' the mission is glorious and the responsibility is great," said Niu Dongliang (钮栋梁). In the next few years, he wants to cultivate new talents for the "bird whistle skill." The "bird whistle skill" refers to using a small piece of bamboo to make a blowing tool, using it to imitate the calls of birds and attract birds, and then environmental sampling and monitoring by scientific researchers. This work is a characteristic of Chongming Dongtan (崇明东滩). He hopes that this special skill will be passed on and strive to train two or three more new people.

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Photo Report

On April 22nd, the first scheduled China-Central Asia train from Zhangjiakou (张家口), Hebei (河北) Province, departed from the Jingzhang International Land Port (京张国际陆港) in Xiahuayuan District (下花园区). This container train, fully loaded with automobile parts and other goods, will head to Almaty (阿拉木图), Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦) via the Alashankou Port (阿拉山口口岸).

Photo by Wu Diansen (武殿森) (Image China (影像中国))

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The Yangtze River Economic Belt's 11 Provinces and Cities Achieve Record High Import and Export Value in the First Quarter

According to reports from Nanjing Customs (南京海关), the foreign trade import and export value of the 11 provinces and cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt (长江经济带) reached 5.51 trillion yuan in the first quarter, a record high for the same period in history, with a year-on-year increase of 15.4%, accounting for 46.5% of the country's total import and export value. Among them, exports were 3.42 trillion yuan and imports were 2.09 trillion yuan.

In terms of markets, economic and trade cooperation with countries jointly building the "Belt and Road" is constantly deepening. In the first quarter, the import and export volume of the 11 provinces and cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt (长江经济带) to countries jointly building the "Belt and Road" was 2.8 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 16.4%, accounting for 46.2% of the country's import and export volume to countries jointly building the "Belt and Road." In terms of products, the "new content" continues to increase. In the first quarter, the import and export of high-tech products in the 11 provinces and cities of the Yangtze River Economic Belt (长江经济带) was 1.71 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 27.7%, accounting for 48.7% of the country's import and export of high-tech products.

Reported by Ouyang Jie (欧阳洁), reporter of this newspaper from Beijing (北京) on April 22.

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China launches a three-year campaign to prevent and combat illegal financial activities.

According to Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), April 22nd (Reporter Zhang Qianqian (张千千)) - The 2026 Inter-Ministerial Joint Conference on Preventing and Combating Illegal Financial Activities (Expanded Meeting) and the Overall War Mobilization and Deployment Conference on Preventing and Combating Illegal Financial Activities were held in Beijing (北京) on April 22nd. The joint conference decided to launch a three-year overall war on preventing and combating illegal financial activities starting in 2026.

It is understood that since the two-year national special campaign against illegal fundraising was launched in 2024, a number of major cases have been effectively investigated and dealt with, a three-level local mechanism for preventing and combating illegal activities has been fully established, joint management and control by all industries has been continuously strengthened, and publicity and education have become more extensive and in-depth. The work of preventing and combating illegal activities has achieved important stage results. The joint conference decided to launch a three-year overall war on preventing and combating illegal financial activities starting in 2026, based on the special actions of the previous two years, to consolidate and expand the results of the special actions.

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Page 1 Editors: Xu Nuo, Luan Xinyi, Zhang Yujie; Page 2 Editors: Lü Li, Qi Jiarun, Guo Xueyan; Page 3 Editors: Wu Gang, Zhou Zhou, Wang Xuchen; Page 4 Editors: Liu Nian, Chen Zhen, Zhang Xueyan

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Adhere to action-oriented approach and promote common development

By: 本报记者 任 彦 陈尚文 王海林

Development is the eternal theme of human society, and shared development is an important path to building a better world.

From April 21 to 22, the 3rd High-Level Meeting of the Forum on Global Action for Shared Development was held in Beijing (北京). The theme of the meeting was "Adhering to Action-Oriented Approach and Promoting the Building of a Global Community of Development with a Shared Future." More than 600 representatives from over 140 countries, international and regional organizations, and specialized agencies gathered online and offline to discuss major global development plans. Participants believed that the Global Development Initiative is based on development priority, bridged by inclusive mutual learning, and focused on win-win cooperation, injecting Chinese strength into the global development cause.

"Provides a valuable platform for all parties to share knowledge and promote cooperation"

In September 2021, President Xi Jinping (习近平) delivered an important speech at the general debate of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, proposing the Global Development Initiative, which played a key leading role in promoting common development and building a community of human destiny. The forum has successfully held two high-level meetings in July 2023 and July 2024, respectively.

In the past five years, with the promotion of all parties, the Global Development Initiative has expanded from a Chinese proposition to an international consensus, and from a concept of cooperation to rich practice, promoting the global development cause to take new steps and achieve new results.

"Development is the fundamental cornerstone for achieving world peace and stability, safeguarding national sovereignty, and ensuring the dignity of the people." Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi said that China's proposition to place development at the center of the global agenda and to unite all parties around priority areas such as poverty eradication, food security, industrialization, innovation, and sustainable development is of great significance. Nyusi said that international cooperation should move towards a partnership-based model, the core of which is mutual respect, mutual benefit and win-win results, and pragmatism. It is in this spirit that Mozambique attaches great importance to cooperation with China, regarding it as an important tool to promote its own transformation and development, and is willing to fully promote the Global Development Initiative to continue to lead the global economic and social transformation and development.

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo said that the world today faces multiple challenges and requires the international community to pool wisdom, innovate thinking, and seek inclusive solutions. "The 3rd High-Level Meeting of the Forum on Global Action for Shared Development is being held at an opportune time, providing a valuable platform for all parties to share knowledge and promote cooperation. Ghana appreciates the Global Development Initiative, the role played by the Global Development Promotion Center Network, and the practical actions taken, which are crucial to broadening the path of common development for countries in the Global South."

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that the Global Development Initiative profoundly reflects a common belief that lasting peace and stability are based on inclusive growth, poverty eradication, and equal opportunities for all countries. The Global Development Initiative helps to deepen and strengthen South-South cooperation. Pakistan is willing to work closely with China to promote cooperation under the framework of the Global Development Initiative, high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road," and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (中巴经济走廊), to transform common visions into practical results, and further consolidate the all-weather strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries.

"China's development and prosperity is an opportunity for the world"

The conference also held three sub-forums: "Digital Empowerment for High-Quality Development in the Global South," "Integrating Global Wisdom and Building a Climate-Resilient Future Together," and "From Commitment to Action: Leading Capital with Multilateral Cooperation and Creating a Sustainable and Beautiful Future Together," to promote in-depth exchanges among all parties on building development consensus, gathering development resources, and enhancing sustainable development capabilities, and jointly explore solutions and pragmatic paths to promote the building of a global community of development with a shared future.

"For countries in the Global South, digital technology is an important force for promoting high-quality sustainable development." Senegalese Minister of Communication, Telecommunications and Digital Economy Moussa Bocar Thiam visited China last year, and he was deeply impressed by both the digital ecological practice in Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江), and the sustainable development of Tianjin (天津) Eco-City, "China's rich experience and practice in digital technology development provide important lessons for African countries, including Senegal."

In recent years, China has helped developing countries improve their ability to cope with climate change by implementing projects such as the "Climate Information Early Warning System," forest fire prevention, and sustainable development marine toolkits. Egyptian Meteorological Authority Chairman Tarek El Tohamy said that the Chinese government attaches great importance to global meteorological cooperation, and the "Mazu (妈祖)" Chinese solution for early warning for all has been deployed in Egypt and is carrying out customized work. In addition, many Egyptian meteorological visiting scholars have come to China to learn from China's advanced experience in meteorological modernization development.

"China has demonstrated leadership in addressing climate change with practical actions." World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General Celeste Saulo said that China has developed rapidly in recent years in the fields of renewable energy, artificial intelligence, and satellite applications. The World Meteorological Organization will continue to strengthen practical cooperation with China and looks forward to benefiting a wider range of people with more innovative achievements.

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank President Jin Liqun (邹加怡) said that developing countries face a huge gap of up to $4 trillion annually in sustainable development goal investment. The world needs to take joint action to increase investment in developing countries and support the development of infrastructure and production sectors. The Global Development Initiative aims to bring together multilateral actions to accelerate the achievement of sustainable development goals. In this regard, the AIIB will be committed to playing an active role.

East Timorese Deputy Prime Minister Mariano Sabino Lopes said that China's rapid development over the past few decades has not only benefited its own people, but also made important contributions to world economic growth, technological progress, and development cooperation. China's experience provides valuable lessons for developing countries such as East Timor to achieve inclusive and sustainable development. "China's development and prosperity is an opportunity for the world."

"Development requires unity and cooperation, and requires pragmatic action"

The current international situation is intertwined with turmoil and change, the development deficit continues to expand, and problems such as climate change, the digital divide, and food and energy security are constantly intensifying, and global development faces various new challenges.

Development has always been the fundamental way to enhance the well-being of the people of all countries and promote the progress of the international community. The conference released the "List of Achievements of the Action Plan for Building a Shared Future," which further builds platforms, gathers resources, accelerates actions, and promotes cooperation around the eight key areas of the Global Development Initiative, making new contributions to global development and prosperity. The list includes 50 important measures, such as building the "Global Women's Capacity Building Center" well, building the South Asia and Southeast Asia Agricultural Science and Innovation Center, releasing a new generation of "Mazu" cloud public version, and creating a "Digital South" brand.

Vanuatu Minister of Lands and Natural Resources Ralph Regenvanu said that since joining the "Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative" in 2024, Vanuatu has benefited greatly from deepening cooperation, knowledge sharing, and pragmatic support that fits its national priorities. "The Global Development Initiative provides an important platform for promoting cooperation in areas such as poverty reduction, food security, climate adaptation, and sustainable development, demonstrating the spirit of global partnership and playing a positive role in translating common visions into tangible results for developing countries."

Bangladeshi Prime Minister's Advisor on Finance and Planning Mashiur Rahman said that China is one of Bangladesh's most important development partners. In recent years, relying on China's advanced infrastructure construction technology and experience, Bangladesh's infrastructure has been optimized and upgraded. The Padma Bridge (帕德玛大桥) Railway Link project has been fully opened to traffic, directly benefiting 80 million people, and has become a model of economic and trade cooperation between the two countries. Rahman highly appreciated the major concepts such as the four major global initiatives proposed by China, "We are willing to work with China to jointly address challenges, seize development opportunities, and safeguard world peace, stability, and development."

"As the ancient Chinese saying goes, 千里之行，始于足下 (qiān lǐ zhī xíng, shǐ yú zú xià - "a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step," great achievements come from gradual accumulation), development requires unity and cooperation, and requires pragmatic action." Grenadian Minister of Tourism, Creative Economy and Culture Lennox Andrews said that China has always firmly safeguarded the interests of developing countries with practical actions, actively expanded cooperation with countries in the Global South, and fully respected and taken care of the concerns of developing countries. "We support high-quality joint construction of the 'Belt and Road' and high-quality cooperation under the global development agenda. We are willing to strengthen cooperation with China in areas such as renewable energy, digital transformation, climate resilience, and health services to safeguard the common well-being of the people."

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Sliding Towards "Predatory Hegemony," the United States is "Stumbling into the Future Backwards" (Zhong Sheng)

The United States is accelerating its regression towards "power above all else." Stepping outside the logic of hegemony, opening one's eyes to see the world, and truly embracing multilateralism and international cooperation is the right path for a major power.

Since the United States and Israel launched military strikes against Iran, the continued turmoil in the Middle East has captured global attention. While the international community hopes for an early end to the war, it is also questioning: What is the cause of this war? The concept of "predatory hegemony" proposed by Stephen Walt, a professor of international relations at Harvard University in the United States, provides a new perspective for the world to understand the logic of American foreign policy.

The so-called "predatory hegemony" refers to the United States using its privileged position in the international system to extract "concessions, tributes, and obedience" from allies and opponents alike. In short, it is to regard all bilateral relations, not only with opponents but also with partners and allies, as a zero-sum game, trying to extract the maximum benefit from every interaction. "What's mine is mine, what's yours is negotiable" is its core principle.

The actions of the United States have fully exposed "predatory hegemony." From arbitrarily "withdrawing from groups" and abandoning international responsibilities to "using international rules when they suit it and discarding them when they don't"; from attempting to carry out economic blackmail against the world through tariff wars and trade wars to now using or threatening to use force against sovereign countries at every turn, unscrupulously seizing resources and demanding territory... All of this clearly confirms that the United States is accelerating its regression towards "power above all else."

This "regression" is reflected on two levels. The first is the regression of its role positioning. After the end of the Cold War, although the United States was not without hegemonic undertones, it at least maintained the image of a "responsible actor" on the surface: maintaining alliances, providing certain international public goods, and leading the formulation and implementation of international rules. Now, this mask has been rapidly peeled off, and the United States has completely regressed into a "rule disruptor" and a "cooperation saboteur," instead relying on the naked "law of the jungle" to maintain its hegemony.

The second is the regression of its strategic mentality. The relative decline of hegemony has triggered deep anxiety in the United States. According to World Bank data, the proportion of the United States' gross domestic product in the world has fallen from about 40% in 1960 to about 25% in 2023. The insecurity brought about by the relative decline in strength has made it increasingly difficult for Washington to accept the changes in the world. The further development of economic globalization and the collective rise of the Global South have become a concern for some American politicians. They believe that maintaining the existing international system is not worthwhile, and coupled with the rise of domestic populism and the intensification of political polarization, their mentality has regressed to "America alone," going further and further down the path of unilateral bullying.

"Predatory hegemony sows the seeds of its own destruction from the very beginning," Walt wrote in *Foreign Affairs* magazine. Why make this judgment?

First, "predatory hegemony" confuses the essential difference between power and influence. True international influence is based on shaping common interests and maintaining the credibility of rules. When a major power begins to justify its predatory behavior with a "victim narrative" and threatens the international community with "breaching contracts and withdrawing from groups" at every turn, it is actually overdrawing its international credibility, and its international influence will inevitably decline "gradually, then suddenly."

Second, "predatory hegemony" falls into the cognitive trap of zero-sum thinking. When every interaction is aimed at extracting the "maximum benefit," then allies will no longer feel safe, and neutrals will be forced to look for alternatives. Currently, for American allies, the trend of being placed on the "hegemonic table" is becoming increasingly obvious, and accelerating strategic autonomy has become a necessary option for these countries to safeguard their own interests, and "trust in American great power politics has been lost." A recent global public opinion survey released by the American polling organization Gallup showed that in 2025, the United States' support rate in 44 countries plummeted by more than 10 percentage points, especially in NATO allies, where the decline was particularly significant. The United States is losing friends at an alarming rate, which is the price of "predatory hegemony."

Third, "predatory hegemony" underestimates the resilience of world multipolarity. The American magazine *The National Interest* published an article pointing out that the thinking of some American officials "still remains in the thinking of 19th-century strongmen - seizing territory, plundering resources, and defeating opponents." The times are different, and this set of thinking no longer has realistic soil. What the world needs today is leadership that promotes win-win cooperation. The evolution of the international landscape will not be stagnated by the will of any one country, and the world will instead accelerate towards diversity due to the self-marginalization of hegemonic countries.

The United States' slide towards "predatory hegemony" is tantamount to choosing to "enter the future in a regressive way." From a "builder" of international rules to a "saboteur," from a "promoter" of global cooperation to an "extractor," from a "truster" of allies and partners to an "extortionist" - this series of regressions is essentially the self-exile of the United States driven by hegemonic anxiety. Walt gives a pungent and sober judgment: In the short term, "predatory hegemony" may extract some "benefits," but in the long run, the United States will become poorer, more insecure, and gradually lose influence.

Stepping outside the logic of hegemony, opening one's eyes to see the world, and truly embracing multilateralism and international cooperation is the right path for a major power.

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Wang Yi Attends the 3rd High-Level Meeting of the Global Action for Shared Development Forum

This newspaper reported from Beijing on April 22nd (Reporter Ren Yan (任彦), Chen Shangwen (陈尚文), Wang Hailin (王海林)): On April 22nd, the 3rd High-Level Meeting of the Global Shared Development Action Forum was held in Beijing (北京). Wang Yi (王毅), Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.

Wang Yi (王毅) stated that this year marks the 5th anniversary of President Xi Jinping's (习近平) proposal of the Global Development Initiative. Over the past 5 years, with the promotion of all parties, the Global Development Initiative has expanded from a Chinese proposition to an international consensus, and from a cooperative concept to rich practice, providing vitality for the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and promoting the global development cause to take new steps and achieve new results.

Wang Yi (王毅) emphasized that China is willing to work with all parties to take the implementation of the Global Development Initiative as a platform, gather extensive development resources, build a solid development foundation, adhere to the path of peaceful development, create an open development environment, and continuously move towards the lofty goal of building a community of human destiny. China will take active actions, deepen cooperation, always be a promoter and contributor to global development, and work with all parties to create a new situation in global development with pragmatic actions.

The conference was hosted by the China International Development Cooperation Agency (国家国际发展合作署) with the theme of "Adhering to Action-Oriented Approach and Promoting the Building of a Global Community of Development Destiny." President Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique (莫桑比克), President John Mahama of Ghana (加纳), Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan (巴基斯坦), Deputy Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith of Laos (老挝), Deputy Prime Minister Mariano Sabino Lopes of Timor-Leste (东帝汶), and Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Amina J. Mohammed (阿明娜) attended the meeting or delivered video speeches. Representatives from more than 140 countries, international organizations, and other institutions participated in the conference online and offline.

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Opinions of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council on Doing a Better Job in Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction at a Higher Level and with Higher Quality

Energy conservation and carbon reduction are important means to promote carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, accelerate the green transformation of development methods, and are important support for safeguarding national energy security and promoting industrial quality improvement and upgrading. In order to do a better job in energy conservation and carbon reduction at a higher level and with higher quality, with the consent of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the following opinions are now put forward.

I. Overall Requirements

Guided by Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the plenary sessions of the 20th Central Committee, earnestly implement the deployment of the Fourth Plenary Session, fully, accurately, and comprehensively implement the new development concept, adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, adhere to the combination of an effective market and a promising government, coordinate development and security, consistently adhere to the principle of giving priority to conservation, and integrate energy conservation and carbon reduction into all aspects of the entire process of economic and social development. We will do a better job in energy conservation and carbon reduction at a higher level and with higher quality, resolutely curb the unreasonable growth of total energy consumption, continuously improve the output efficiency of energy resources, effectively reduce carbon emissions from the source, and provide a strong guarantee for achieving carbon peaking and carbon neutrality and accelerating the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development.

II. Synergistically Promote Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction and Green Transformation

(1) Coordinate energy conservation and carbon reduction with industrial optimization and upgrading. Strengthen the connection and coordination of energy conservation and carbon reduction with industrial planning, capacity regulation, and other policies, strengthen the incentive and restraint of energy conservation and carbon reduction and the leading role of standard improvement, and continuously reduce the industry's dependence on energy. Vigorously promote energy-saving, low-carbon, and clean production technologies, equipment, and products, actively promote market-oriented energy conservation and carbon reduction services, and support the use of digital intelligence technology and green technology to transform and upgrade traditional industries. Powerfully and effectively control high-energy-consuming and high-emission projects, promote the clearing of backward and inefficient production capacity and process equipment in accordance with the law and in an orderly manner, and synergistically resolve structural contradictions in key industries. Accelerate the development of advanced manufacturing, high-tech industries, and modern service industries, vigorously develop green and low-carbon industries, and actively cultivate new industries and new business forms that are conducive to energy conservation and carbon reduction. Promote the construction of zero-carbon parks and develop the "green manufacturing green products" model of using green energy to manufacture green products.

(2) Coordinate energy conservation and carbon reduction with energy green transformation. Properly handle the relationship between energy conservation and carbon reduction and energy security, scientifically regulate the total energy consumption, strictly control the consumption of fossil energy, deeply promote coal reduction and oil control, strengthen the management of new coal and oil consumption demand, actively promote the clean substitution of coal-fired equipment such as existing coal-fired boilers and industrial kilns, orderly promote the substitution of bulk coal, and promote the gradual peaking of coal consumption and oil consumption. Reasonably control the installed capacity and power generation of coal-fired power, vigorously develop non-fossil energy and new energy storage, accelerate the construction of new power systems, scientifically layout pumped storage, innovatively develop green electricity direct connection, intelligent microgrids, and other business forms, promote the consumption of green electricity, and promote the gradual coverage of new clean energy power generation to the new electricity demand of the whole society. Improve energy production efficiency, promote efficient mining technology and equipment for fossil energy, strengthen energy conservation and carbon reduction transformation and flexible transformation of coal-fired power, reasonably determine the scheduling order and peak shaving depth of coal-fired power, continuously improve the power generation efficiency of wind and solar power and the energy conversion efficiency of energy storage devices, and steadily reduce the comprehensive line loss rate of the power grid.

III. Vigorously Promote Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction in Key Areas

(3) Strengthen industrial energy conservation and carbon reduction. Comprehensively improve the energy efficiency level of key industries such as steel, nonferrous metals, petrochemicals, chemicals, and building materials, focus on production processes, main processes, and key equipment to deeply implement energy conservation and carbon reduction diagnosis, and organize the implementation of a number of industrial energy conservation and carbon reduction projects. Deepen energy conservation and carbon reduction in industrial parks, promote the co-construction and sharing of infrastructure such as heating and cooling, strengthen energy exchange and cascade utilization between enterprises, support cross-industry coupling and efficiency improvement such as steel-chemical joint production and refining-chemical integration, carry out the construction of ecological industrial parks, and promote the overall optimization of park energy systems and the intensive, economical, and circular utilization of resources.

(4) Strengthen building energy conservation and carbon reduction. Strictly manage the energy efficiency of new buildings, optimize the design of building energy conservation and carbon reduction, promote the large-scale development of ultra-low energy consumption buildings, and build safe, comfortable, green, and intelligent "good houses." In combination with the renovation of old residential areas and clean heating, actively promote the energy conservation and carbon reduction renovation of existing buildings, and strengthen the energy conservation and carbon reduction management of building operation. Establish a building energy efficiency rating system. Optimize the building energy consumption structure, orderly promote the integrated construction of building photovoltaics, and promote the substitution of waste heat resources and non-fossil energy heating according to local conditions. Deeply promote heating metering reform, orderly straighten out heating prices, support the renewal and transformation of aging heating pipe networks and other facilities and equipment and the intelligent upgrading of heating systems, and focus on improving the energy utilization efficiency of all links in heating.

(5) Promote energy conservation and carbon reduction in transportation. Vigorously develop railway and waterway transportation, continuously improve the efficiency and green level of highway transportation, improve the operating efficiency of civil aviation air traffic control, and actively develop multimodal transportation. Continuously promote the construction of green transportation infrastructure, improve the green and intelligent level of transportation hubs, expressways, and other facilities and equipment, and improve the network of charging and swapping stations, shore power, and other facilities. Build zero-carbon transportation corridors. Promote energy-saving and low-carbon transportation tools, reasonably optimize vehicle energy consumption limit requirements, actively develop electric (hydrogen) heavy trucks and green fuel ships, and support the blending and substitution of clean and low-carbon fuels.

(6) Accelerate energy conservation and carbon reduction of digital infrastructure. Promote energy conservation and carbon reduction transformation of infrastructure such as computing power, communication base stations, and computer rooms, promote the optimization and upgrading of equipment selection, cooling architecture, cabinet power density, and system intelligent operation strategies, and continuously improve the energy efficiency of unit computing power and the energy efficiency of unit information flow. Strengthen the evaluation and demonstration of computing power infrastructure projects and the control at the source, strictly implement the access management of energy efficiency indicators such as power utilization efficiency, improve the consumption of renewable energy and the recovery and utilization of waste heat resources, and support the development of green, low-carbon, intensive, and circular computing facilities.

(7) Deepen energy conservation and carbon reduction in public institutions. Promote energy conservation and carbon reduction transformation of building envelope structures, heating, cooling, lighting, and other facilities and equipment in public institutions, promote energy management models such as energy cost trusteeship, and continuously reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions per unit of building area. Strengthen the energy consumption quota management of public institutions and improve the information management of energy conservation and resource conservation. Deeply carry out the construction of demonstration units of conservation-oriented public institutions and comprehensively build conservation-oriented organs.

IV. Further Strengthen Supervision and Management of Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction

(8) Strictly review and evaluate energy conservation and carbon reduction. Effectively give play to the guiding role of energy efficiency, carbon emission, technology, and other standards, strengthen the comprehensive review and evaluation of project energy consumption, coal consumption, and carbon emissions, and new (reconstruction, expansion) high-energy-consuming and high-emission industrial projects should formulate carbon emission equivalent or reduction replacement plans when included in the national planning layout and fulfilling approval, verification, and filing procedures, and the implementation situation should be used as an important content of carbon emission evaluation. Dynamically adjust the authority for energy conservation review and carbon emission evaluation of fixed asset investment projects. Regularly carry out supervision and evaluation of the implementation of energy conservation and carbon reduction systems, and adjust or suspend the authority for energy conservation review and carbon emission evaluation of regions with seriously lagging energy conservation and carbon reduction indicators and insufficient review and evaluation capabilities in accordance with laws and regulations, and implement project slow approval and limited approval.

(9) Strengthen the management of key energy-consuming and carbon-emitting units. Establish and improve energy conservation and carbon reduction management files for key energy-consuming and carbon-emitting units, explore the establishment of energy efficiency and carbon emission disclosure and classification systems, and comprehensively improve the level of refined management. Strengthen the reporting and review of annual energy utilization reports and carbon emission inventories of key energy-consuming and carbon-emitting units, urge them to implement energy audits in accordance with regulations, and strictly implement systems such as the allocation of energy and carbon emission measurement instruments and the construction of information systems. Encourage voluntary commitments to energy conservation and carbon reduction.

(10) Strengthen the whole-process supervision of energy conservation and carbon reduction. Carry out routine tracking and monitoring of energy consumption-related indicators such as coal, oil, and electricity, strengthen the comparative analysis of indicators in the same type of regions, and promptly remind and warn of lagging target progress and unreasonable growth of indicators, and take precise control measures as appropriate. Strengthen the supervision and inspection of key energy-consuming and carbon-emitting units' compliance with energy conservation and carbon reduction laws, regulations, policies, and standards, regularly carry out special supervision and inspection of the implementation of energy conservation review and carbon emission evaluation opinions, and strengthen the application of results. Strengthen the connection and coordination of energy conservation and carbon reduction supervision and inspection with comprehensive administrative law enforcement, special equipment supervision, and ecological environment protection law enforcement, explore the implementation of joint law enforcement by departments, and improve law enforcement effectiveness. Strengthen the capacity building of energy conservation and carbon reduction management and supervision and law enforcement at all levels of government, and encourage local governments to rely on professional forces and information technology to assist in improving supervision effectiveness.

V. Strengthen Support and Guarantee for Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction Work

(11) Improve laws and regulations. Strengthen the overall planning of energy conservation and carbon reduction work and accelerate the revision of the Energy Conservation Law. Revise and promulgate the Renewable Energy Law. Do a good job in revising administrative regulations such as the Regulations on Energy Conservation of Civil Buildings and the Regulations on Energy Conservation of Public Institutions, and improve regulations such as energy conservation supervision and energy efficiency labeling. Revise and issue the Management Measures for Key Energy-Consuming and Carbon-Emitting Units.

(12) Improve the standard and identification system. In combination with the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality target requirements, industrial development needs, and technological progress, accelerate the improvement of energy consumption and carbon emission limit standards for key industries, energy efficiency standards for key energy-consuming products and equipment, and gradually increase the indicator requirements. Formulate and implement a number of national energy conservation and carbon reduction standards around new fields and new business forms, and continuously improve supporting standards for energy and carbon emission measurement, monitoring, and certification. Solidify the data foundation for standard formulation and revision, and strengthen standard implementation evaluation and feedback. Improve the green product certification and identification system, strengthen the management and application of energy efficiency labels, and establish a product carbon label certification system.

(13) Strengthen policy support. On the basis of comprehensively considering energy consumption and environmental performance levels, study and improve differentiated electricity price policies in key industrial fields, optimize the residential tiered electricity price system, and improve the time-of-use electricity price mechanism. Improve the implementation of export control policies for high-energy-consuming products. Give play to the driving effect of government investment, and use existing funding channels to support eligible energy conservation and carbon reduction projects in a coordinated manner. Deeply implement the government mandatory procurement and priority procurement system for energy-saving products, and encourage various entities to improve the procurement standards and proportions of energy-saving products. Give full play to the role of the energy conservation and carbon reduction market mechanism, implement tax preferential policies that are conducive to energy conservation and carbon reduction, and guide financial institutions to provide diversified financial products and services around the energy conservation and carbon reduction needs of key areas. Study and establish a national low-carbon transition fund to support the green transition of traditional industries and resource-rich regions.

(14) Strengthen technological innovation and application. Focus on high-efficiency energy-saving equipment, intelligent energy use, energy conservation and carbon reduction in key industries, and other fields, cultivate a number of science and technology innovation platform bases, increase the support of the national key research and development plan, and strengthen the tackling of key core technologies. Improve the market-oriented green technology innovation system, support leading enterprises to lead the formation of major energy-saving and low-carbon technology innovation consortia, and build a number of enterprise technology centers. Timely update the recommended catalog of energy conservation and carbon reduction technologies and equipment, and accelerate the promotion and application of advanced and applicable equipment such as energy-saving boilers, permanent magnet motors, high-efficiency refrigeration, green lighting, and high-temperature heat pumps.

(15) Improve basic work capabilities. Innovate talent training models, optimize the setting of relevant disciplines and majors and talent evaluation systems in the fields of energy management, energy conservation, and carbon reduction, improve relevant occupational standards, and deepen the integration of industry and education and the integration of science and education. Strengthen the professional capacity training of energy conservation and carbon reduction-related personnel in government departments, law enforcement agencies, enterprises, and institutions. Give better play to the role of industry associations and strengthen the capacity building of energy conservation and carbon reduction in key industries and fields. Improve the national and provincial energy and carbon emission annual report and express report system, and improve the energy statistics system for energy varieties such as coal and key areas such as industry, construction, and transportation.

VI. Strengthen Organization and Implementation

(16) Strengthen organizational leadership. All regions and departments should strengthen overall planning under the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, pay attention to systematic policy implementation, and implement these opinions in light of actual conditions. Leading cadres at all levels should establish and practice a correct view of performance and solidly promote energy conservation and carbon reduction work in their respective regions and fields. Local party committees and governments at all levels are fully responsible for energy conservation and carbon reduction work in their respective administrative regions, and the main responsible comrades should effectively fulfill their responsibilities as the first responsible person. The National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) should earnestly fulfill its responsibilities for coordinating carbon peaking and carbon neutrality and the responsibilities of the energy conservation authority, strengthen work planning and promotion and implementation, strengthen tracking evaluation and supervision and guidance, coordinate and solve major problems, and incorporate the completion of energy conservation and carbon reduction targets and tasks into the comprehensive evaluation and assessment of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. All relevant departments should perform their respective duties, closely cooperate, and form a joint force. State-owned enterprises, especially central enterprises, should strengthen the demonstration and leading role of energy conservation and carbon reduction. State organs, people's organizations, enterprises, institutions, social organizations, etc. should solidly promote energy conservation and carbon reduction work in their respective units and fields. Major matters should be reported to the Party Central Committee and the State Council in a timely manner in accordance with procedures.

(17) Implement national action. Continue to carry out activities such as National Ecology Day, National Energy Conservation Publicity Week, and National Low-Carbon Day, advocate a simple, moderate, green, low-carbon, civilized, and healthy lifestyle and consumption pattern, and effectively enhance the intrinsic motivation of the whole society for energy conservation and carbon reduction. The broad masses of Party members should set an example and earnestly advocate and practice energy conservation and carbon reduction. Unblock social supervision channels, actively publicize advanced models and experiences in energy conservation and carbon reduction, and increase the exposure of illegal energy use and energy waste behaviors.

(18) Strengthen international cooperation. Deepen international dialogue and pragmatic cooperation in the field of energy conservation and carbon reduction, expand dialogue and cooperation channels, actively participate in and lead international governance, and vigorously publicize China's achievements in green transformation. Learn from international advanced experience, strengthen technical cooperation in energy conservation and carbon reduction, support trade in energy-saving and low-carbon products, and encourage energy conservation and carbon reduction service enterprises to go global. Actively participate in the formulation and revision of international standards for energy conservation and carbon reduction, and promote international mutual recognition of energy conservation and carbon reduction standards and labels.

(Xinhua News Agency (新华社), Beijing (北京), April 22)

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China and Cambodia Hold First Meeting of "2+2" Strategic Dialogue Mechanism Between Foreign and Defense Ministers

Xinhua News Agency, Phnom Penh, April 22 (Reporter Wu Changwei (吴长伟)) The first meeting of the China-Cambodia Foreign Ministers and Defense Ministers "2+2" Strategic Dialogue Mechanism was held in Phnom Penh on the 22nd. Foreign Minister Wang Yi (王毅) and Defense Minister Dong Jun (董军) co-chaired the meeting with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sok Chenda Sophea (布拉索昆), and Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Tea Seiha (迪西哈). The two sides exchanged in-depth views on bilateral relations, political security and defense security cooperation, the international and regional situation, and other issues, and reached broad consensus.

Wang Yi said that the current international situation is undergoing drastic turbulence, with intertwined changes and chaos, and the stable development of regional countries is suffering from shocks. Facing the complex and severe external environment, China and Cambodia have maintained strategic clarity, adhered to mutual assistance, consolidated mutual trust, and continuously enhanced strategic resilience. President Xi Jinping's (习近平) historic visit to Cambodia last April and in-depth strategic communication with Cambodian leaders opened a new chapter in building a China-Cambodia community with a shared future in the new era. The leaders of the two countries decided to establish a China-Cambodia Foreign Ministers and Defense Ministers "2+2" strategic dialogue mechanism to inject new impetus into both sides' efforts to enhance strategic mutual trust and strengthen strategic coordination. The holding of the first meeting of the mechanism fully demonstrates the ironclad friendship between China and Cambodia that has stood the test of time, and highlights the high importance both sides attach to deepening China-Cambodia strategic cooperation. China is willing to work with Cambodia to build the mechanism into a strategic platform for enhancing political security and defense security cooperation, consolidate the important grasp of China and Cambodia in helping each other and cooperating in unity, and make new contributions to promoting the construction of a China-Cambodia community with a shared future.

Wang Yi said that facing the accelerated evolution of the world's century-old changes, China and Cambodia need to unite more closely than ever before. The two sides should deepen political security cooperation, strengthen exchanges of governance experience, enhance their respective governance capabilities, and firmly grasp the initiative of development and security in their own hands. China supports Cambodia and Thailand in implementing the consensus reached at the Fuxian Lake meeting between China, Cambodia, and Thailand, making good use of existing bilateral mechanisms, strengthening dialogue, rebuilding mutual trust, and turning around relations, and is willing to provide a platform for Cambodia and Thailand to conduct more comprehensive and effective communication. China will continue to support Cambodia in accelerating development and revitalization, continuously improving people's livelihoods, and is willing to continue to provide humanitarian support for the resettlement of Cambodian border residents, and promote poverty reduction demonstration cooperation projects.

Wang Yi said that the current international community is experiencing the most profound turbulent changes since the end of the Cold War. China appreciates Cambodia's active support for the four major global initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping, and is willing to deepen cooperation with Cambodia within the framework of relevant initiatives, build an Asian security model of shared security, seeking common ground while reserving differences, and dialogue and consultation, and promote the development of the global governance system in a more just and reasonable direction.

Dong Jun said that the synchronized resonance and coordinated efforts of China and Cambodia in the two fields of foreign affairs and national defense are a strategic choice to cope with risks and challenges and build a solid security barrier, which will surely inject new impetus into safeguarding the security and development interests of the two countries and the long-term peace and stability of the region. The current international and regional security situation is complex and volatile. China is willing to work with Cambodia to deeply cultivate military security mutual trust, continue to write a new chapter of "古交如真金 (gǔ jiāo rú zhēn jīn - "ancient friendship like real gold," a long-lasting and precious friendship)," and make new and greater contributions to building a China-Cambodia community with a shared future in the new era.

Sok Chenda Sophea said that the Cambodia-China Foreign Ministers and Defense Ministers "2+2" strategic dialogue mechanism reflects the height and depth of Cambodia-China relations, and has an irreplaceable important role in enhancing strategic mutual trust and deepening pragmatic cooperation between the two sides, which will surely promote the long-term development of bilateral relations. China is Cambodia's most trusted friend, and Cambodia is grateful to China for its all-round support. The ironclad friendship between Cambodia and China is rooted in the people of the two countries and benefits the people of the two countries. Cambodia firmly adheres to the one-China principle, firmly supports all efforts made by China to achieve national reunification, and is willing to continuously enrich the "Diamond Hexagon" cooperation framework and pragmatic cooperation such as the "Industrial Development Corridor" and the "Fish and Rice Corridor," and jointly promote the construction of the Cambodia-China community with a shared future to achieve more results. Cambodia highly appreciates China's adherence to a fair and objective position in international and regional affairs, supports the series of major global initiatives proposed by China, and is willing to closely coordinate with China in multilateral affairs, jointly safeguard multilateralism, and promote the construction of an equal and orderly world multipolarization and an inclusive economic globalization.

Tea Seiha said that this dialogue fully demonstrates the unbreakable traditional friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership between Cambodia and China, enhances high-level strategic communication between the two countries, and deepens political mutual trust between the two sides. Cambodia has always attached great importance to cooperation between Cambodia and China in the fields of national defense and security, and is willing to summarize experience, build consensus, actively explore new paths of cooperation, and promote greater development of Cambodia-China relations under the existing bilateral framework.

Both sides agreed that in the face of the current international situation, both sides should maintain strategic clarity and strategic determination, defend political security and regime security, support each other's core interests, solidly promote pragmatic cooperation in various fields, and continue to add new connotations to the China-Cambodia community with a shared future; coordinate and promote high-quality development and high-level security, oppose any forces that alienate the ironclad friendship between China and Cambodia; deepen law enforcement and defense cooperation between the two countries, jointly crack down on online gambling and telecom fraud, and safeguard their respective cybersecurity; actively carry out cooperation within the framework of the four major global initiatives, support the settlement of regional disputes through dialogue and negotiation, jointly oppose unilateral bullying and power politics, and safeguard global free trade and international fairness and justice.

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Liu Haixing Meets with Guests from the European Parliament and Mozambique Respectively

Beijing, April 22nd (People's Daily) - On April 22nd, Minister Liu Haixing (刘海星) 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 (北京) with European Parliament Vice President Othmar Karas (奥马吉) and General Secretary Roque Silva Samuel of the Mozambique Liberation Front (莫桑比克解放阵线党) Abubacar José Suale (阿布巴卡尔) respectively. They exchanged views on jointly implementing the consensus reached by the leaders of both sides and strengthening inter-party exchanges and cooperation.

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The 9th China International Import Expo Promotion Conference and Hongqiao International Economic Forum Consultation Held at the African Union Headquarters

The 9th China International Import Expo Promotion Conference and Hongqiao International Economic Forum Consultation was held at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa (亚的斯亚贝巴), the capital of Ethiopia (埃塞俄比亚), on April 22nd. The event was attended by more than 80 representatives from the African Union (非盟), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (联合国非洲经济委员会), related enterprises, and business associations. (Reported by Dai Kairan (戴楷然) of this newspaper)

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From Having to Having the Best: "Poetry and the Distant Place"

By: 本报记者

Since the beginning of this year, China's tourism market has delivered a remarkable performance: Data from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部) shows that during the Spring Festival holiday, there were 596 million domestic tourist trips nationwide, with a total tourism expenditure of 803.483 billion yuan, both setting new historical records. During the Qingming Festival holiday, there were 135 million domestic tourist trips nationwide, an increase of 6.8% year-on-year, with a total domestic tourism expenditure of 61.367 billion yuan, an increase of 6.6% year-on-year.

Behind this surging wave is not only a breakthrough in numbers but also a profound industrial transformation. Policy dividends continue to be released, and market demand is forcing upgrades. From "having it or not" to "how good it is," from "scale expansion" to "value reconstruction," China's tourism industry is undergoing a "quality leap" centered on supply-side structural reform.

Change in Logic

From Resource Dependence to Culture-Driven

"In the past, when making tourism plans, we first looked at what resources were available locally and let tourists follow the attractions. Now, tourists will think more about: 'What exactly do I want to see and experience?'" A senior cultural tourism planner in Quanzhou (泉州), Fujian (福建) Province, expressed the change in the development logic of China's tourism industry in recent years.

Upgrading from "vigorously developing the tourism industry" to "high-quality development of the cultural tourism industry" - this change in wording in this year's "Government Work Report" (《政府工作报告》) reveals the direction of industrial transformation. Dai Bin (戴斌), President of the China Tourism Academy (中国旅游研究院), said: "Today's tourism has surpassed the traditional model of seeing scenery and joining in the fun. The role of nourishing the mind and cultivating sentiments is becoming increasingly apparent."

Local culture is becoming a core competitiveness. In Quanzhou (泉州), Fujian (福建) Province, tourists wearing "Zanhua Wai" (簪花围) on their heads can be seen on the streets. Ms. Li (李女士), a tourist from Shanghai (上海), said: "I came to Quanzhou (泉州) this time not for a specific attraction, but to experience this kind of 'living' folk custom."

Guangdong (广东) Chaoshan Yingge Dance (潮汕英歌舞) and other local folk customs have gone viral at home and abroad, and events such as "Village BA" (村BA) and "Village Super League" (村超) have become popular. "Deeply exploring culture and making resources experiential, story-based, and commercialized has become the key to winning," said Jin Zhun (金准), Secretary-General of the Tourism Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院).

In Qinhuangdao (秦皇岛), Hebei (河北) Province, the Shanhaiguan Scenic Area (山海关景区) has built a tangible and touchable Great Wall (长城) cultural experience system through a closed loop of "cultural communication + service improvement + digital marketing." As night falls, the "Guan·Shanhai" (《观·山海》) immersive light and shadow show uses modern technology to tell the story of the Great Wall (长城). "The deep integration of cultural core and technological presentation allows tourists to achieve an understanding and resonance of history in light and shadow," said Wang Yan (王岩), Deputy Director of the Qinhuangdao (秦皇岛) Municipal Bureau of Tourism and Culture, Radio and Television.

In Shaoxing Ancient City (绍兴古城), Zhejiang (浙江) Province, tourists and locals stroll through the streets, dine in small shops, and watch the sunset on the bridge. A relevant person in charge of the Shaoxing (绍兴) Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism introduced: "Our concept is 'integrated city and scenic spot' (景城一体), creating a touchable and immersive 'Jiangnan life' (江南生活)."

"These explorations upgrade the experience through digital technology and embed the cultural experience into people's clothing, food, housing, and transportation," said Zhang Xiangyu (张祥宇), Dean of the Henan (河南) Provincial Academy of Culture and Tourism Planning.

Change in Integration

"Culture, Tourism + All Industries" Reconstructs the Industrial Value Chain

From the "Promoting the Integrated Development of Culture and Tourism" in the "14th Five-Year Plan" (《“十四五”规划纲要》) to the "Promoting the Deep Integration of Culture and Tourism" in the "15th Five-Year Plan" (《“十五五”规划纲要》), the logic of the integrated development of culture and tourism has become clearer. The two-way empowerment of "Culture, Tourism + All Industries" is accelerating, and integrated business formats are emerging.

In Kaifeng (开封), Henan (河南) Province, Mr. Zhang (张), a tourist from Shandong (山东) Province, saw a staff member in ancient costume come up to him as soon as he entered a scenic spot: "Young hero, there is a martial arts competition ahead. There will be rewards for winning!" The multi-business format integration of "performance + game + commerce" has made the scenic spot a popular destination.

"I originally came to watch the game, but I stayed for 3 days and bought a lot of local specialties." In Yangzhou (扬州), Jiangsu (江苏) Province, Mr. Zhang (张), a fan from Nanjing (南京), said. Last year, the "Su Super League" (苏超) attracted 2.43 million on-site spectators, achieving a remarkable result of "1 yuan ticket driving 7.3 yuan of surrounding consumption."

Wang Zhenjun (汪振军), Director of the Cultural Industry Research Center of Zhengzhou University (郑州大学), believes that the supply-side reform of tourism has broken down industry barriers and promoted the deep integration of "Culture, Tourism + All Industries." "This is not only a superposition of business formats, but also a rediscovery and reintegration of the value of culture, technology, sports, and other industries with tourism as the link, thereby opening up new areas of value growth."

Change in Pattern

Inbound Tourism Ushers in a Period of Rapid Growth

Examining from an international perspective, China's supply of high-quality tourism products is opening up a broader space. Last year, the number of inbound tourists in China reached 154.5 million, an increase of 17.1% year-on-year; the total expenditure of inbound tourists was 131.1 billion US dollars, an increase of 39.2%. With the continuous expansion of visa-free policies and the increasingly improved international service system, inbound tourism is ushering in a period of rapid growth.

The travel mode of foreign tourists is changing from a fleeting "China Travel" to an in-depth experience of "Becoming Chinese." More and more foreign tourists are choosing to eat tripe in old hot pot restaurants in Chongqing (重庆), learn tie-dyeing in Shaxi Ancient Town (沙溪古镇) in Yunnan (云南), go to Jingdezhen (景德镇) in Jiangxi (江西) to pull blanks and burn porcelain, and participate in ancestral hall sacrifices in ancient villages in Huizhou (徽州), Anhui (安徽)...

Policies to facilitate inbound tourism have become a catalyst for tourists to "stay longer." In the Shanhaiguan Scenic Area (山海关景区), Heshig (赫希格) from Mongolia completed the ticket purchase in less than a minute with a gentle scan of his mobile phone. "It supports payment in 29 currencies, which is so convenient!" Currently, the scenic area can provide services in 24 languages and supports convenient ticket purchases for tourists from 39 countries and regions.

As foreign tourists truly come in and stay, the gold content of inbound tourism is also rising: consumption scenarios are extending from traditional scenic spots to cultural and museum venues, characteristic blocks, and rural homestays, and consumption categories are also spreading from basic consumption to diversified fields. Data shows that during the Spring Festival holiday this year, the "purchase" consumption amount of inbound tourists in Beijing (北京) increased by 73.2% year-on-year.

The Road to Transcendence

Further Realizing the Leap from Having to Being Excellent

How to further realize the leap from having to being excellent is a must-answer question for promoting China from a large tourism country to a strong tourism country.

——Cultural transformation needs to be further explored in depth.

Data from the China Tourism Academy (中国旅游研究院) shows that 78.3% of respondents hope to participate in cultural experience activities during tourism. Cultural consumption has become a rigid demand in the tourism market. "For the integration of culture and tourism, the primary task is to shift from 'creating scenery' to 'creating soul'," Dai Bin (戴斌) believes that local areas should form a cultural "excavation and translation" team to achieve a full-process connection of "gene decoding - transcoding - expression."

——Technological empowerment needs to truly "understand" tourists.

In some scenic spots, there is still a disconnect between technology applications and tourist needs. Zhu Tonghui (朱彤晖), Deputy Chairman of the Henan (河南) Provincial Committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy (民进河南省委会), believes: "Technology should also take into account humanistic temperature." Zhang Lizhe (张立哲), a professor at the Party School of the Sichuan (四川) Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, suggests that scenic spots should rely on big data to promote the transformation of services from "standardization" to "personalization." Some experts also suggest promoting the construction of a national smart cultural tourism platform from the national level to avoid duplication of construction and dispersion of resources.

——The supply of compound talents needs to be strengthened.

With industrial upgrading, the structural shortage of cultural tourism talents is becoming increasingly prominent, and the supply of compound cultural tourism talents is in short supply, which restricts the high-quality development of the industry. Wu Guoping (吴国平), Chairman of Jiangsu Wuxi Nianhuawan Cultural Tourism Development Co., Ltd. (江苏无锡拈花湾文化旅游发展有限公司), suggests cultivating compound talents who "understand culture, understand operation, and understand users" through school-enterprise cooperation to form a virtuous ecology of talent introduction, cultivation, retention, and use.

——Synergistic integration requires mechanism innovation.

Some places still face bottlenecks in tourism synergistic integration, such as unsmooth horizontal linkage and unclear vertical responsibilities. Industry insiders suggest that the pressure of the cultural tourism department's leadership can be transformed into a common responsibility list for multiple departments through forms such as special working groups promoted at a high level; by forming market-oriented operation companies and establishing regional tourism common development funds, every resource investment can find returns in value appreciation.

(Reporters Li Jiaqi (李佳祺), Wang Zikai (王子凯), Liu Yang (刘扬), Li Junjie (李俊杰), Dou Hanyang (窦瀚洋), You Yi (游仪), Li Weijun (李维俊), Zhang Wenhao (张文豪), Ma Ruishan (马睿姗))

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The 6th Asian Beach Games Opens in Sanya

Xinhua News Agency, Sanya, April 22nd. The 6th Asian Beach Games opened in Sanya (三亚市), Hainan Province (海南省) on the 22nd. State Councilor Chen Yiqin (谌贻琴) attended the opening ceremony and announced the opening.

Under the night sky, Sanya Asian Beach Games Park (三亚亚沙公园) was brightly lit and resplendent with color. At 8:00 PM, the opening ceremony of the Asian Beach Games began. Accompanied by dynamic melodies, sports delegations from all 45 member countries and regions of the Olympic Council of Asia entered the stadium successively. Liu Xiaoming (刘小明), Chairman of the Sanya Asian Beach Games Organizing Committee and Governor of Hainan Province (海南省省长), and Prince Randhir Singh (焦安亲王), Acting President of the Olympic Council of Asia, delivered speeches. At 8:45 PM, Chen Yiqin (谌贻琴) announced: The 6th Asian Beach Games Sanya 2026 is open! The audience burst into warm applause. Subsequently, a wonderful artistic performance was presented, organically integrating sports elements with regional culture, fully demonstrating tropical customs and sports vitality. Under the spotlight, the Asian Beach Games flame was lit, with light and shadow intertwined with the night, and passion and dreams continued here.

Before the opening ceremony, Chen Yiqin (谌贻琴) met with Prince Randhir Singh (焦安亲王), Acting President of the Olympic Council of Asia. Chen Yiqin (谌贻琴) said that China is willing to continue friendship and strengthen cooperation with the Olympic Council of Asia to promote the development of the Asian Olympic Movement, advance Asian sports governance, and make greater contributions to building an Asian community with a shared future. Prince Randhir Singh (焦安亲王) thanked China for its long-term support and expressed his willingness to work with China to promote greater progress in the Asian Olympic cause.

The Sanya Asian Beach Games is the first large-scale international comprehensive sports event that China's Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港) has ushered in since the closure operation. This Asian Beach Games has a total of 14 major events and 62 minor events, with more than 1,600 athletes participating. The Chinese sports delegation will have 171 athletes participating in 60 minor events in 13 major events, excluding beach kabaddi.

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All-China Federation of Trade Unions Launches "Deliver Culture, Benefit Workers" Campaign

According to the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (全国总工会), the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (全国总工会) recently issued a notice to officially launch the 2026 "Deliver Culture, Benefit Workers" campaign. The campaign focuses on "delivering ideology, delivering culture and sports, delivering health, delivering skills, delivering services, and delivering consumption" as its main content, providing regular, high-quality cultural services to the vast number of workers, and cultivating a healthy, civilized, uplifting, and all-inclusive worker culture.

In terms of "delivering ideology," the "Chinese Dream, Labor Beauty" National Worker Propaganda Group (中国梦·劳动美”全国职工宣讲团) will be organized to enter the National People's Congress (人大), the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (政协), ministries and commissions (部委), campuses (校园), platform enterprises (平台企业), and major projects (重大项目) to publicize Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and the "15th Five-Year Plan" Outline; in terms of "delivering culture and sports," special "May Day" programs, worker New Year's concerts, and grassroots慰问 performances will be held. Relying on offline and online positions such as workers' cultural palaces and the "Worker's Home" APP, regular worker cultural and sports activities will be held to create spiritual and cultural homes; in terms of "delivering health," a worker scientific fitness plan will be launched, worker fitness exercises will be created, professional forces will be coordinated to carry out health science popularization and psychological counseling, and worker recuperation and mobile physical examinations for new employment forms of workers will be carried out; in terms of "delivering skills," high-quality skill courses will be produced and opened to workers, the role of craftsman colleges and trade union night schools will be used to carry out training, and in conjunction with the "Model Worker Craftsman Helping Enterprises" activity, technical assistance and skill improvement will be carried out; in terms of "delivering services," focusing on the urgent and difficult problems of workers in terms of career growth, workplace pressure, and family balance, humanistic care and physical and mental health services will be strengthened through cultural salons and cultural classes; in terms of "delivering consumption," welfare preferential packages will be customized according to the needs of workers, and projects such as film viewing, spring and autumn tours, and friendship and dating will be launched to boost worker cultural consumption.

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The nation awaits, heroes return home.

By: 本报记者 李龙伊

In the name of the nation, welcome the heroes home.

On the morning of April 22, the Air Force Y-20B transport aircraft carrying the remains of the thirteenth group of Chinese People's Volunteer Army martyrs in South Korea landed steadily at Shenyang Taoxian International Airport (沈阳桃仙国际机场) in Liaoning (辽宁). Two columns of water gushed out on the tarmac, forming an arched water gate. The special plane slowly passed through, and the airport welcomed the Volunteer Army martyrs home with the highest aviation honor of a "water gate salute."

Covered coffins with the national flag, escorted by military aircraft, lined up honor guards, and sounded salutes... The motherland and the people welcomed the heroic spirits of 12 Volunteer Army martyrs back to the embrace of the motherland with the most solemn ceremony.

They set out as young men, and returned as bodies dedicated to the country.

"The mighty dragon roars, and the sky is lined up. The Red Eagle formation welcomes the heroes home, escorting them throughout the journey. The predecessors exchanged their sacrifices for national peace and prosperity, and magnificent mountains and rivers. Pay tribute to the martyrs of the Volunteer Army!"

"Let us escort the heroes home together, and let the spirit of the martyrs shine for thousands of years and be immortal!"

They set out as young men, and returned as bodies dedicated to the country. During the process of welcoming back the remains of the martyrs, a dialogue between the Y-20B and the J-20, the "national heavyweights," brought tears to the eyes of countless people.

The Y-20B, which carried the remains of the martyrs back to China, is equipped with engines completely independently developed and manufactured in China, possessing a complete "Chinese heart." This is the first time that this model has undertaken the task of transporting the remains of Volunteer Army martyrs back to China. Its call sign is "Ronggui 50 (荣归50)," symbolizing the glorious return of the heroes who set out in 1950.

"For this mission, we used the latest equipped transport aircraft, hoping to let the martyrs feel that today's People's Army has the strength to safeguard the peace and tranquility of the motherland," said Yang Minghui (杨明辉), the pilot of the Y-20B.

When the Y-20B flew over a military port in Liaoning (辽宁), the Chinese Navy welcomed the heroes back with the highest honor.

In the military port, warships were lined up, and flags fluttered. The Navy's Ordos Ship (鄂尔多斯舰) was fully flagged, and all officers and soldiers of the ship were lined up in separate areas, giving a solemn salute, with their eyes like torches and their posture like pine trees. All ships in the military port sounded their horns for a long time, the sound shaking the sky and echoing for a long time.

At this moment, Xiao Bo (肖波), a member of the Ordos Ship (鄂尔多斯舰), had tears in his eyes: "My grandfather participated in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. His greatest wish during his lifetime was to see his comrades return to their homeland as soon as possible. Today, I brought a photo of my grandfather from home—we are witnessing together the return of the Volunteer Army martyrs."

The heroic city welcomes heroes, and the heroic people protect loyal souls.

After the ceremony to welcome back the remains of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army martyrs in South Korea, a motorcycle team composed of 70 police motorcycles was lined up, ready to escort the remains of the martyrs from Taoxian International Airport (桃仙国际机场) to the Shenyang Anti-U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea Martyrs Cemetery (沈阳抗美援朝烈士陵园). The 29.7-kilometer journey took 47 minutes, with the wheels rolling and the police lights shining brightly.

The heroic city welcomes heroes, and the heroic people protect loyal souls. "In those days, the heroes were not afraid of strong enemies on the battlefield, and they used their lives to protect the country and the people behind them." Zhang Lanfeng (张岚峰), deputy captain of the Iron Cavalry Escort Team of the Traffic Management Detachment of the Shenyang Public Security Bureau (沈阳市公安局交通管理支队铁骑护卫队), who participated in the escort mission, looked firmly ahead, "Today, it is our turn to protect them."

In order to carry out this task well, the motorcycle police had been training for more than a month, carefully polishing their movements around service image, driving skills, and formation riding, striving to pay the highest tribute to the martyrs with the most orderly formation and the most昂扬风貌.

More than 70 years ago, the heroes fought bloody battles to defend their country; more than 70 years later, the motherland has beautiful mountains and rivers, and the country is prosperous and the people are safe.

The convoy drove through Shenyang Youth Avenue (沈阳青年大街), with tall buildings standing tall and the long street solemn. Thousands of five-star red flags fluttered along the road, reflecting the last journey of the heroes' return home. "Why is the earth always in spring, and the lives of heroes bloom with flowers" "In the name of the city, welcome the heroes" - on the electronic screen, the words were烫. Shenyang (沈阳) lit up "China Red" just to welcome the most beloved people.

As the convoy slowly drove into the Shenyang Anti-U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea Martyrs Cemetery (沈阳抗美援朝烈士陵园), eight Volunteer Army veterans with an average age of over ninety stood up together and solemnly saluted their returning comrades. Nan Qixiang (南启祥), a 90-year-old veteran, raised his bugle and blew the melody he had practiced countless times. The sound of the bugle was雄劲, moving. "I am happy that my comrades are home! I want to blow the bugle so they can hear it. I also want to tell them: We have won, we are home!" Nan Qixiang (南启祥) said excitedly.

See the world you have not seen, write the poems you have not written.

Time is silent, and the monument is proof.

The Shenyang Anti-U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea Martyrs Cemetery (沈阳抗美援朝烈士陵园) is the resting place of revolutionary martyrs, and even more so a spiritual highland for promoting the spirit of heroes and inheriting the red gene.

"Welcoming heroes home is a mission, and inheriting the spirit of heroes is a responsibility," said Wang Chunjie (王春婕), Minister of the Social Education Department of the cemetery. "In recent years, we have been searching for relatives of martyrs and giving names to the nameless, hoping to let the stories of heroes be understood and remembered by more people. Only by passing on the spirit will the bloodline not be broken." In recent years, the cemetery has widely carried out a series of activities such as public sacrifices for martyrs and searching for relatives of martyrs. One activity after another, one explanation after another, has made the fashion of respecting heroes deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and has allowed patriotic education to permeate the soul in silence.

Welcoming heroes home welcomes back not only their remains, but also their immortal spirit.

Since 2014, the annual welcoming ceremony has become a common national defense education class for the people of the whole country. The great spirit of the Volunteer Army martyrs deeply inspires everyone.

See the world you have not seen, write the poems you have not written.

Zhang Zixuan (张梓轩), a professor at the School of Foreign Languages and News Communication of Beijing Jiaotong University (北京交通大学), made a special trip from Beijing (北京) to Shenyang (沈阳) to participate in the ceremony to welcome back the remains of the martyrs. "The moment the Y-20B landed, I thought of the heroes returning, and the land under their feet was already prosperous, and my eyes were filled with tears," she said emotionally.

In recent years, Zhang Zixuan (张梓轩) has been guiding students to use their professional knowledge to promote the great spirit of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea, and to tell the heroic stories of the Volunteer Army sacrificing their lives and defending their country. "After returning to school, I will bring this shock to my students, encourage them to study and work hard better, and let the spirit of the heroes take root and sprout in the hearts of the younger generation," she said.

The Shenzhou XX (神舟二十号) astronaut crew also came to the ceremony. Astronaut Chen Dong (陈冬) said: "The soldiers who left their lives in foreign lands in those days, and the people who are fighting on all fronts today, are all striving for national prosperity and people's happiness. This is the deepest protection of the motherland. To unite the strength of the nation and promote patriotic feelings, we should cherish the present and do our job well, so that the heroes can rest in peace."

The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs introduced that since 2014, China and South Korea have followed international law and humanitarian principles and have handed over the remains and related relics of 1,023 Volunteer Army martyrs in South Korea in 13 consecutive batches. "We will continue to actively promote the relevant work on the protection of the remains of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army martyrs in South Korea, so that the heroic souls of more Volunteer Army martyrs can return to the motherland as soon as possible," the person in charge said.

(Liu Jiahua (刘佳华) and Wang Dong (王栋) participated in the writing)

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The Thirteenth Batch of Remains of Chinese People's Volunteer Army Martyrs in South Korea Returns Home

This newspaper's Shenyang (沈阳) and Incheon (仁川), South Korea, April 22nd dispatch (Reporters Li Longyi (李龙伊), Liu Jiahua (刘佳华), and Mang Jiuchen (莽九晨)) The thirteenth batch of remains of Chinese People's Volunteer Army martyrs in South Korea were brought back to Shenyang (沈阳), Liaoning (辽宁) by the Chinese Air Force Y-20B from South Korea on the morning of April 22. The heroic spirits of 12 Volunteer Army martyrs and 146 relics returned to the embrace of the motherland.

On the morning of the 22nd, China and South Korea held a handover ceremony for the remains of Volunteer Army martyrs at Incheon International Airport (仁川国际机场) in South Korea. At about 9:50, the Y-20B, callsign "Ronggui 50," took off. After entering Chinese airspace, four J-20s with the callsign "Red Eagle" greeted and escorted it. The "Double 20s" lined up in the sky to pay their highest respects. At 11:25, the Y-20B landed smoothly at Shenyang Taoxian International Airport (沈阳桃仙国际机场) in Liaoning (辽宁), where the airport used the highest "water gate" salute to cleanse the heroic spirits.

At 11:53, the welcoming ceremony for the thirteenth batch of remains of Chinese People's Volunteer Army martyrs in South Korea began. The People's Liberation Army officers and soldiers stood upright in neat formation, holding their guns. Honor guards held up the coffins of the Volunteer Army martyrs, covered with the five-star red flag, and slowly walked off the special plane, placing them neatly in designated positions. All personnel at the scene bowed three times to the coffins of the martyrs.

More than 1,800 people participated in the ceremony. Among them were veterans of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, representatives of the families of martyrs, representatives of officers and soldiers of heroic companies in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Shenzhou-20 (神舟二十号) astronaut crew, Olympic athletes, teachers and students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and representatives of young students.

After the welcoming ceremony, the coffins of the Volunteer Army martyrs were escorted to the Shenyang Anti-US Aggression and Aid Korea Martyrs Cemetery (沈阳抗美援朝烈士陵园). In the vibrant spring of Shenyang (沈阳), people from all walks of life waited along the long street to pay tribute to the heroic spirits of the Volunteer Army. The burial ceremony for the thirteenth batch of remains of Chinese People's Volunteer Army martyrs in South Korea will be held on the 23rd.

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"Walking" Closer to the Hero, Stroke by Stroke

By: 人民网记者 汤 龙 邱宇哲

"Stroke by stroke, it's like getting closer to him step by step." On the eve of the Qingming Festival, teachers and students of the Bei Hong Art School of Northeast Yucai School in Shenyang (沈阳), Liaoning (辽宁) Province, used their brushes to realize a "meeting" with the martyrs.

On October 25th of last year, the Ministry of Veterans Affairs announced new progress in the identification of the remains of Chinese People's Volunteer Army martyrs in South Korea. The identities of eight Volunteer Army martyrs were confirmed, one of whom was Qian Kunhua (钱坤华), a martyr from the 218th Regiment of the 73rd Division of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army. In those days, 20-year-old Qian Kunhua signed up to become a soldier in the Chinese People's Volunteer Army. Two years later, his unit was bombed by enemy planes, and Qian Kunhua heroically sacrificed his life.

During his lifetime, Qian Kunhua did not leave any photos. Today, only his niece, 82-year-old Qian Xiujuan (钱秀娟), has seen her uncle. The whole family's wish is to have the opportunity to see a portrait of Qian Kunhua.

Learning of this situation, the Bei Hong Art School of Northeast Yucai School took the initiative to take on the task and quickly established a relevant team. Teachers and students connected with Qian Xiujuan, who lives in Yixing (宜兴), Jiangsu (江苏) via video, communicating time and time again, sketching little by little.

"'Guo'-shaped face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, looks very kind." Qian Xiujuan recalled, "I didn't know he was going to join the army. Until that day, the village organized us to see off the Volunteer Army. I saw my uncle standing at the ferry, wearing a big red flower on his chest. He saw me from afar and waved with a smile."

After each video call, the teachers and students would sit around the drawing and discuss it, and also find photos of Qian Xiujuan and her family as references, repeatedly deliberating and revising. Under the guidance of the teacher, student Zhao Xinyi (赵芯熠) gradually painted a handsome face on the paper.

Finally, this sketch was presented to Qian Xiujuan via video. "It's like him, very like him." The old woman's eyes were red, but she smiled again.

After that, the Bei Hong Art School of Northeast Yucai School successively received requests from several other martyrs' families. Another group of teachers and students sat in the studio, "walking" closer to the heroes stroke by stroke.

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China's National Performance Market Generated Total Revenue of 83.722 Billion Yuan Last Year

According to reports from our newspaper on April 22nd in Beijing (北京) (Reporter Zheng Haiou (郑海鸥)), the 2025 national performance market is showing a vigorous upward trend, with various new formats, new scenarios, and new models rapidly emerging, and the underlying tone of high-quality development in the industry is becoming increasingly distinct. According to monitoring and research calculations from the ticketing information collection platform of the China Association of Performing Arts (中国演出行业协会), the overall revenue of the national performance market in 2025 was 83.722 billion yuan, an increase of 5.19% year-on-year. Box office revenue from performances was 61.655 billion yuan, an increase of 6.39% year-on-year; other revenue was 22.067 billion yuan, an increase of 1.98% year-on-year. There were 640,400 commercial performances nationwide (excluding performances in entertainment venues), an increase of 6.58% compared to 2024 on a comparable basis; the number of audience members was 194 million, an increase of 4.22% year-on-year.

In 2025, the number of large-scale performances with more than 5,000 people nationwide, box office revenue, and the number of audience members increased by 12.7%, 9.49%, and 18.81% year-on-year, respectively. Large-scale performances have become a powerful engine for local cultural tourism consumption. Large-scale performances with more than 5,000 people nationwide directly drove consumption in transportation, accommodation, catering, tourism, shopping, and other areas beyond box office revenue by more than 220 billion yuan; original stage plays showed a vigorous development trend, with significant improvements in creation and production capabilities. Theater performances in professional theaters, small theater new spaces, and other venues totaled 438,700, an increase of 7.3% compared to 2024; the activity of performance projects on social media platforms has significantly increased. Dance dramas, musicals, concerts, music festivals, and other content have continuously produced short video hits, and the marketing function of online platform plays has become increasingly prominent.

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Photo Story

In order to inherit the historical and cultural heritage, Xiangyang City (襄阳市), Hubei Province (湖北省) has continuously worked to improve the ecological restoration of the Xiang River (襄水) shoreline in recent years. Through the construction of ecological corridors, the improvement of urban appearance, and the supporting of public service facilities, the city is creating an urban "ecological jade belt" integrating leisure and recreation, ecological conservation, and cultural display. The picture shows the Xiang River (襄水) shoreline taken on April 22.

Yang Dong (杨 东) photographed (Image China (影像中国))

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Let the Fragrance of Books Permeate the Galaxy of Civilization (Commentator's Observation)

By: 余 璇

Let readers and reading move towards each other, and the east wind of national reading will blow out the warmth of cultural construction and the height of the national and national spirit.

Browsing social media, I was attracted by a topic - what are the famous scenes in literary history?

Clicking into the comments section, many literature lovers showed their love. When it comes to ancient poetry, Li Bai (李白), Du Fu (杜甫), Su Shi (苏轼), and Xin Qiji (辛弃疾) will "fight like immortals"; when it comes to modern and contemporary literature, there are many wonderful sentences written by Lu Xun (鲁迅), Lao She (老舍), Xiao Hong (萧红), etc.; flipping down, foreign writers such as Shakespeare, Maupassant, and Borges launched a cross-century "dialogue"... Thoughts drifted away with "searching for chapters and extracting sentences," and feelings lingered between the opening and closing of books.

The classics shine and the fragrance of books curls up, which is a vivid footnote to national reading.

According to the "National Reading Promotion Regulations," the fourth week of April this year is my country's first statutory "National Reading Activity Week." This setting is in line with the current reality that the reading atmosphere is becoming increasingly strong. Data shows that in 2025, the average per capita reading volume of paper books and e-books by adult citizens in my country will exceed 8 books; in 2025, national public libraries will receive 1.47 billion visits, an increase of more than 500 million visits compared to 2019.

"Farming and reading to pass on the family" and "poetry and books to continue the world" have been inherited for thousands of years. Why do they still nourish people's hearts today? It is precisely because it has stepped on the rhythm of the times and sings and follows the ever-increasing spiritual needs of people. "Yimeng Second Sister" Lu Yuxia (吕玉霞), "Construction Site Uncle" Liu Shili (刘诗利), and truck driver Chen Hao (陈浩), each ordinary figure is extraordinary because of their literary spirit, providing a realistic annotation for the benefits of reading. Through words, they express their feelings, measure right and wrong, and understand the past and present. The vast volumes are transformed into an inexhaustible spiritual nourishment, answering questions for confusion and quenching thirst for needs, leading people to be upward and kind.

The continuous power of public services helps the fragrance of books to continue. As of the end of 2025, there were more than 70,000 public libraries in urban and rural areas in my country, with an average of 20,000 people covered per library. When city study rooms and farmers' bookstores are blooming everywhere, "book fragrance buses" travel through streets and alleys, and "listening libraries" are deeply rooted in people's hearts, "soaking" in bookstores and libraries and "immersing" in books has become the daily life of more and more people. The fragrance of books is being transformed into the fashion of society and the scale of civilization, nourishing our nation and our era.

Today, the fragrance of books has more forms and media, adding color to life in a richer posture. The "reading +" cross-border scene is becoming increasingly diverse, with audio reading, comic adaptation, and cultural tourism integration flourishing, and fresh and diverse cultural formats are transformed into the narrative of the times; from literary groups "going overseas" to Chinese bookstores "settling" on the streets of Milan (米兰), Italy, when the fragrance of books travels across the ocean, friendship also travels across the ocean, forming a bond of emotion in spiritual resonance and building a bridge for cultural communication and exchange.

Just as boiling a good soup requires simmering over a low heat and adding firewood at the right time. To promote the formation of a national reading trend, it is also necessary to observe new situations and new needs from time to time, and it is not appropriate to engage in "charge" or suddenly "withdraw fire." Although my country's public libraries have reached the international advanced level in terms of quantity, the investment in new book purchases still fluctuates, and the phenomenon of "one seat is hard to find" also reflects that resources and services are not enough to meet the needs of readers; public cultural spaces still have problems such as emphasizing form over content. Paying attention to quality over quantity and devoting patience and calmness can make the fragrance of books last longer.

The fragrance of books is not just one flavor. In Dongcheng District (东城区), Beijing (北京), the market in Longfusi (隆福寺) Street integrates "book fragrance + cultural creation + flower fragrance + coffee fragrance" to provide readers with an immersive experience; in Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江), book therapy and "listening groups" are offered to different groups of people, offering a "tasteful" feast; in the vast countryside, books that farmers want to read and love to read are newly launched, and the full intention makes each farmer's bookstore bloom with vitality... Adapting to local conditions and enriching supply, using ingenuity to customize a book fragrance charm with quality and characteristics, so that readers and reading move towards each other, the east wind of national reading will blow out the warmth of cultural construction and the height of the national and national spirit.

Culture educates people, and culture prospers the country. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must build a learning society and a learning power for lifelong learning for all, promote learning for everyone, learning everywhere, and learning at all times, continuously improve the level of education of the people, comprehensively improve the level of human resource development, and promote the all-round development of people." Deepening national reading activities and promoting the construction of a book-fragrant society can not only meet the spiritual needs of individuals, but also accumulate profound strength for building a strong country and national rejuvenation. Let the curling fragrance of books permeate the civilization galaxy, and we will continue to write a vigorous chapter for the construction of a strong country.

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Why the Real-Life "Return to the Garden" is Touching (Jin Tai Essay)

By: 李忱阳

From singularity to complexity, from tradition to innovation, diverse business formats are taking root and flourishing, making the countryside a place for value creation and emotional refuge.

In spring, amidst the vibrant vitality of burgeoning vegetation, a new form of agriculture is entering people's lives.

More and more office workers are choosing to visit the countryside in their leisure time, adopting a piece of farmland, a fruit tree, or a domestic animal, immersing themselves in the fun of farming. The booming adoption agriculture is opening up new ways of emotional consumption and paving new paths for the experience economy between cities and villages.

Speaking of adoption agriculture, many people will recall the fun memories of "planting vegetables and harvesting vegetables" on online social platforms many years ago. In the "cyber farms" at that time, everyone clicked the mouse to shovel the ground, water, remove insects, and weed, enjoying themselves. Today, with the support of big data, the Internet of Things, and other technologies, the real-life version of adoption has a richer presentation.

Why does the ingenious real-life version of "returning to the countryside" have such charm?

The answer may lie in three simple dimensions.

The pastoral poetry engraved in the genes. The figure of "rising early to manage the wilderness, carrying a hoe back under the moon," and the artistic conception of "picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, leisurely seeing the Nanshan Mountain" have long been integrated into the cultural blood of the Chinese people. Adoption agriculture makes this poetry a tangible and touchable life experience, quietly awakening the "nostalgia" in people's hearts and satisfying the "rural complex" in their bones.

Natural healing to soothe the body and mind. Studies have shown that activities that contact nature, such as plant cultivation, can significantly reduce the level of cortisol in the human body, which helps relieve stress and stabilize emotions. This is also similar to the "20-minute park effect." Walking into the countryside and participating in farming, rebuilding a deep connection with nature, helps to find inner peace.

The substantial harvest of manual cultivation. From sowing to maturity, participating in the whole process, the final harvest is green and healthy agricultural products. This steadfastness and joy that grows from the soil is difficult to replace with other consumer experiences.

From "pastoral dream" to "food on the plate," this may be the reason why adoption agriculture touches people's hearts.

In fact, adoption agriculture is a new exploration that integrates order agriculture, agricultural tourism integration, and experience economy. Compared with simply eating farm meals, buying agricultural products, and living in farmhouses, it transforms the entire chain of agricultural production into a supply chain of "emotional value."

For example, in Lüxiang Town (吕巷镇), Jinshan District (金山区), Shanghai (上海), the "Peach Tree Adoption 2.0" model deeply integrates the flat peach industry with leisure experience and cultural emotion. The "basic version" provides fresh fruit, the "parent-child version" includes agricultural experience and cute pet feeding, and the "romantic version" can unlock experiences such as flower boat boating and planting concentric trees together. Different models meet diverse needs, allowing tourists to have more fun interactions with the countryside, extending the industrial chain of the rural economy and increasing the added value of agricultural products.

From "selling products" to "selling experiences" and "selling emotions," the emerging business formats represented by adoption agriculture are a vivid portrayal of today's agricultural transformation and upgrading. "Shared farms" turn vegetable growing into a way of weekend healing and socializing, "coffee + spring plowing" allows people to immerse themselves in the integration of coffee culture and rural life, and the pear blossom art festival strings together public welfare tree planting, folk experience, and rural cuisine into a chain... From single to compound, from tradition to innovation, diverse business formats take root and sprout, making the countryside a place for value creation and emotional habitat. Traditional agriculture has been rejuvenated in the wave of creative quality improvement, cultural empowerment, and consumption upgrading.

Through the upsurge of adoption agriculture, we can also see the general trend of urban-rural integration and development. It is not a one-way gift or demand, but a two-way rush for supply and demand docking and emotional resonance. In this process, the deep-seated ecological beauty, profound cultural heritage, and unique experience value of the countryside are seen and cherished, and the quality consumption needs and spiritual rest needs of the city are met and placed. What this brings is a virtuous circle of information exchange, talent flow, and resource sharing between urban and rural areas. For example, in Zhongshan (中山), Guangdong (广东), the fields welcome "village coffee shop managers"; in Qichun (蕲春), Hubei (湖北), tea has become an "spiritual product" that can be experienced and consumed, and new positions such as natural guides and healing activity assistants are attracting more and more young people to return to their hometowns.

Of course, whether these new business formats are a flash in the pan or flourish still needs to be tested by practice. But we believe that more and more explorations rooted in the countryside and responding to people's hearts will surely allow the vast countryside to "grow" more vitality and hope, make the connection between urban and rural areas more closely in cultivation, and make the picture of comprehensive rural revitalization full of innovation.

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"Far Away" is for "Serving Those Nearby" (New Insights)

By: 李铁林

【Phenomenon】Cherry tomatoes were successfully cultivated using plant aeroponic culture devices, the first in-orbit space science experiment with rodent mammals was carried out, and the zebrafish experiment achieved China's breakthrough in cultivating vertebrate animals in space... For some time, China's space life science has achieved fruitful results, and topics such as "space laboratory" and "Tiangong Farm" have aroused widespread attention on social media. At the same time, new business forms such as aerospace breeding and space pharmaceutical research and development are also booming.

【Commentary】
What's the point of doing experiments in space hundreds of kilometers from the Earth's surface? What is the relationship between "high-end" space biology experiments and daily life? The hard-won achievements of space scientific research are encouraging, but some people also have doubts about "why".

The law that quantitative change leads to qualitative change applies to scientific breakthroughs and the implementation of results. Only by carrying out research in a stable and systematic manner can we have a rich pool of results as a source of living water for transformation and application.

In the past, China's space life science experiments were in a state of "hitchhiking" for a long time—relying on limited carrying capacity of recoverable satellites and spacecraft, with short experimental windows and limited conditions. Today, long-term in-orbit experimental platforms and gradually refined and automated experimental facilities help realize intensive and meticulous systematic research. This has laid the foundation for the scale of scientific output and promoted the accelerated emergence of application results.

Innovation and breakthroughs depend on people. In the past, space experiments were mainly operated by astronauts who had received certain professional training. "It is the long-cherished wish of every payload expert to bring their own designed experiments to the space station," said an astronaut from Shenzhou XXI (神舟二十一号). Nowadays, it is becoming a reality that "scientists become astronauts, and astronauts are scientists." Professionals doing professional things will help further improve the quality and efficiency of in-orbit experimental operations.

Returning to the initial question, space experiments have their own unique value. Higher vacuum, stronger cosmic radiation, and more extreme temperature changes are all "unique" experimental conditions in space. From the long-term microgravity environment to micro-meteoroids with diameters as small as micrometers, to atomic oxygen generated at the edge of the atmosphere, all are valuable "catalysts" for changes in the properties of experimental materials. Therefore, space experiments are not "abandoning the near for the far," but "taking a different approach" and opening up more stages.

Aerospace rice seed production is being promoted and planted in Heyuan, Guangdong (广东河源); Xunhua, Qinghai (青海循化) has launched a space breeding and planting industrialization project for line peppers; new materials tested in Tiangong-2 (天宫二号) are directly applied to smart products... More and more "extraterrestrial" achievements are appearing in industrial development and serving food, clothing, housing, and transportation. This is not a "single point breakthrough," but a product of the deep integration of the innovation chain, industrial chain, capital chain, and talent chain.

To connect the top and bottom and coordinate space and Earth, we need a foundation of scientific research accumulation with both quantity and quality, as well as a sound system and mechanism to guarantee it.

The "multiple points blooming" of space science, application experiments, and technology test projects to be carried out on the Chinese space station in 2025 cannot be separated from the joint participation of diverse entities such as scientific research institutes, universities, hospitals, and high-tech enterprises. Previously, the first solicitation of aerospace medical experiments received 387 project applications; not long ago, multiple science and application projects clearly opened international cooperation application channels.

Consolidating the joint force of collaborative innovation and open innovation can transform more experiments and tests that are "far away" into development results that are "close at hand."

Not long ago, the Chinese research team successfully completed an in-orbit test mission, realizing the fully autonomous eclosion and wing expansion of "space butterflies" inside the payload. Pepper seedlings produce oxygen, microorganisms "clean up," and butterflies act as "residents," forming a small ecosystem and verifying the strong adaptability of Earth life in the extreme environment of space.

There is reason to believe that whether it is space life science or other new technologies and new fields, every small step in space can be transformed into a big step forward for human well-being.

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Photo Story

It is currently the peak season for spring tea picking. From Jingmai Mountain (景迈山) in Pu'er (普洱), Yunnan (云南), to Yanziwo (燕子窠) in Wuyishan (武夷山), Fujian (福建), and Anji (安吉), Zhejiang (浙江), tea gardens are bustling not only with busy tea farmers but also with many tourists. Various regions are leveraging their resource endowments and innovating business models to promote the integration of tea and tourism. Data shows that in 2025, the scale of China's tea industry chain has exceeded 1 trillion yuan. By boosting production through tea and promoting tourism through tea, the potential of the tea industry will be further released.

This is precisely:

New green dyes the ridge,
Subtle fragrance fills the fields.
The fields are full of poetry,
Tea and tourism are both suitable.

Liao Yuanwen (廖沅文)

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Igniting the Value of Sports with the Spark of Everyday Life (Perspective)

By: 丁慎毅

Recently, a sponsorship list for the 2026 Jiangsu Football Super League has become popular. From the trillion-yuan-scale Bank of Jiangsu (江苏银行) to the braised food stalls on the streets of Nanjing (南京) and the milk tea shops in the alleys of Suqian (宿迁), the 34 sponsors span large enterprises and small, local businesses, forming a rare sponsorship ecosystem in the sports field.

This "braised food and banks on the same stage" event reveals the deep code of contemporary sports development in a simple way – the root of sports is not in the magnificent venues, but in the bustling life; the soul of sports is not the performance of a few, but the participation of the masses.

In the past, small and medium-sized business entities rarely had the opportunity to participate in sports sponsorships. Now, the "Jiangsu Super League" offers small sponsorship slots of 50,000 yuan, attracting more than 3,000 local enterprises to sign up, with 32 small and micro enterprises successfully "getting on board." When the signboard of "Shi Wei Tian Braised Food Shop (食为天卤菜店)" stands side by side with international brands, and the advertisements of street barbecue shops are broadcast on the big screen of the stadium, the event transcends the scope of sports competition and further extends into a living carrier rooted in the local community and connected to thousands of families.

For small and micro enterprises, this is not a simple advertisement placement, but an opportunity to be seen and respected. The owner of a braised food shop in Nanjing (南京) frankly said that after obtaining the sponsorship opportunity, they sold more than 200 extra fan套餐 (tào cān - "set meals") every day, and many customers even made a special trip to check in. Behind this is the boost of event traffic to the real economy. For the audience, the familiar local brands appearing in the stadium bring a strong sense of belonging and closeness. Watching the game is no longer just about watching the competition, but also about watching their own lives and their own city.

The "Jiangsu Super League" is changing people's perception of the relationship between sports and society. Sports is not just about pursuing competitive standards, but can use localized competition rules and low-threshold sponsorship mechanisms to allow ordinary citizens and small businesses to become the "owners" of the event. Players can be company employees, teachers, and university students, rushing to the training ground in their spare time; sponsors can be small shops that neighbors often visit, and fans can see their familiar signs when watching the game. This model of "everyone can participate, everyone can share" liberates football from "competition anxiety" to a certain extent, returning to the original source of happiness and the essence of social interaction, and better connecting people's hearts.

From the Guizhou "Village Super League" to the Jiangsu "Jiangsu Super League," grassroots sports have become popular across the country in recent years, vividly interpreting that the vitality of sports has never been in the glamorous appearance, but in the depth of rooting in the market; the value of sports is not only limited to the level of competition, but also reflected in the breadth of benefiting the public.

We look forward to sports events being better integrated into life and bringing happiness. At that time, we may usher in more "shopping mall basketball leagues" and "cafe Go games," so that sports can truly become a daily activity that everyone can participate in and love, using the 市井烟火 (shì jǐng yān huǒ - "marketplace fireworks," the everyday life of ordinary people) and sports vitality to create a beautiful picture of life in the new era.

(Excerpted and edited from *Workers' Daily*, original title: *Jiangsu Super League's "Loose" Sponsorship, the Vitality of Sports is Hidden in the Marketplace Fireworks*)

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Creating a Favorable Environment Requires a "Partnership Mindset" (Commentary)

Li Zheng (李拯), Commentator of this newspaper
Ma Bin (马彬), Executive Vice President of China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (中国中小企业协会)

Li Zheng (李拯): The business environment is the soil for the survival and development of enterprises. After the start of the new year, many places have taken continuous optimization of the business environment as the focus of opening up the work situation. From the perspective of field research, what are the changes in the current development environment of enterprises?
Ma Bin (马彬): Up to now, all parts of the country have issued relevant local laws or regulations on the provincial business environment. This is a very remarkable achievement. The "2025 SME Development Environment Assessment Report" released by the SME Development Promotion Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) shows that in the past three years, the SME development environment has undergone a significant change from stabilizing and recovering to continuous optimization, the sense of gain and satisfaction of enterprises has increased year by year, and the service system has also shifted from "helping enterprises in distress" to "empowering high-quality development."
In our long-term enterprise research, we deeply feel that the current business environment continues to improve and the results are remarkable, which is concentrated in the improvement of enterprises' sense of convenience, burden reduction, and security. From "running errands until legs break" to "handling at fingertips," the efficiency of government services has been greatly improved, and the sense of convenience in handling affairs has been significantly enhanced. Both "undisturbed when nothing happens" and "ubiquitous," standardizing enterprise-related inspections, continuing to reduce taxes and fees, and the sense of reducing the burden of operation is more real. From intellectual property protection, clearing arrears of enterprise accounts, to improving the resolution of enterprise-related disputes, and protecting the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises and entrepreneurs in accordance with the law, the rule of law guarantee has been continuously strengthened, and the sense of security for development has been continuously consolidated.
These have stabilized entrepreneurs' expectations and become a source of confidence for enterprises to dare to venture, invest, and develop with peace of mind.
Li Zheng (李拯): Some time ago, some places carried out self-examination and self-correction of the business environment, exposing many stubborn diseases. To gnaw down on the "hard bones," what kind of work ideas are needed?
Ma Bin (马彬): On the basis of continuous improvement, there are still some "hard bones" to gnaw in optimizing the business environment. Some areas have prominent problems of government dishonesty, "patting their chests" when attracting investment, and difficulties in fulfilling promises after landing, which directly affects enterprises' expectations; the credit information sharing mechanism for small and micro enterprises is not sound, and the problems of difficulty in obtaining the first loan and expensive renewal loans are common; there are still hidden barriers such as "glass doors" and "revolving doors" in market access... These problems in development need to be solved by means of reform.
It is crucial to make good use of the methodology of both breaking and establishing. "Establishing" means doing a good job in system design, using the system to ensure the realization of policies, and implementing the requirements of fair competition from the system and the law, so that private enterprises can obtain equal treatment in financial support, market access, and other aspects. "Breaking" lies in increasing the intensity of accountability and resolutely rectifying behaviors that undermine the business environment. For example, Liaoning (辽宁) has taken heavy measures to rectify typical problems such as "staff in the government affairs hall collecting 16.14 million yuan in benefits for 8 years," which has played a deterrent effect.
Li Zheng (李拯): To develop new quality productive forces, government departments need to actively take action and work with enterprises to deal with new situations and new problems, and find paths for innovation and breakthroughs.
Ma Bin (马彬): To adapt to the development requirements of new quality productive forces, the role of the government should be shifted from "regulation" to "partnership." Upgrading from passively solving problems to actively creating opportunities, government departments are increasingly becoming "partners" in jointly solving new problems and creating new things.
For example, service is advanced, breaking the passive model of "enterprises looking for services," and the service system is reconstructed around the life cycle needs of emerging industries such as the low-altitude economy and artificial intelligence. For another example, implement inclusive and prudent supervision, and follow up on the innovative business needs of enterprises in a timely manner, so that regulatory rules can accommodate the emergence of new things. For another example, some regions have built an industrial early warning mechanism to prevent development bottlenecks for enterprises from the source, and realize the transformation from "passive firefighting" to "active fire prevention."
Li Zheng (李拯): Optimizing the business environment is an important starting point for boosting social confidence, stimulating market vitality, and enhancing the momentum of development. Starting from cultivating new quality productive forces, only by better combining the visible hand and the invisible hand can the seeds of innovation bloom everywhere and the innovation ecosystem be more efficient.

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Editor in charge of this edition: Li Bin, Li Hongxing, Cui Yan

This edition's email: rmrbpl@peopledaily.cn

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"We treat the space station as a friend we live with day and night" (Special Report: Promoting the Spirit of Scientists)

By: 刘诗瑶 占 康

Xi Jinping (习近平) General Secretary pointed out: "Exploring the vast universe, developing the space industry, and building a strong space nation are our unremitting pursuit of the space dream." On the occasion of the April 24th "China Space Day (中国航天日)," this edition launches a special report, telling the story of the Shenzhou-20 (神舟二十号) crew's 204-day space life, as well as the thrilling story behind the emergency space rescue, presenting their calm and composed attitude in the face of challenges and their persistent pursuit of the stars.
——Editor

About 2/3 of the antibiotics used in human clinical practice are produced by microorganisms such as Streptomyces, and it is crucial to study their response and adaptation to the space environment. Recently, a study by the Institute of Microbiology (微生物研究所) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院) showed that the space microgravity environment promotes the development, differentiation, and siderophore synthesis of Streptomyces, and that space microgravity may be conducive to plasmid migration between Streptomyces hyphae, which has important implications for the development of new antibiotic drugs.
The results of this study came from Streptomyces that returned to Earth with the Shenzhou-20 (神舟二十号) crew. This is one of the many space science experiments carried out by the space application system during the Shenzhou-20 (神舟二十号) mission. The three astronauts of the Shenzhou-20 (神舟二十号) crew stayed in orbit for 204 days and, with the close cooperation of ground researchers, completed a large number of space science experiments in the fields of microgravity basic physics and space materials science. During their stay in orbit, they also completed 4 extravehicular activities and multiple cargo in/out cabin missions, including a thrilling emergency space rescue.
Chen Dong (陈冬), commander of the Shenzhou-20 (神舟二十号) crew, said: "The road for mankind to explore space is not smooth, it is full of difficulties and challenges, and that is why we want to take this road."

Joint Efforts Between Space and Earth
"We are very proud that we have successfully completed the mission, and China's aerospace has withstood the test"
On November 4, 2025, the day before the Shenzhou-20 (神舟二十号) crew was originally scheduled to return to Earth, a suspected crack appeared in the porthole of the Shenzhou-20 (神舟二十号) spacecraft, and the Shenzhou-20 (神舟二十号) crew was forced to stay in space due to an accident. With concerted efforts between space and Earth, the Shenzhou-20 (神舟二十号) crew "transferred" to the Shenzhou-21 (神舟二十一号) spacecraft to return to Earth, and the Shenzhou-22 (神舟二十二号) spacecraft also quickly arrived at the Chinese space station (中国空间站) in an unmanned state. China (中国) successfully achieved an unprecedented emergency space rescue in the history of human spaceflight.
Regarding this emergency crisis, Chen Dong (陈冬) recalled in detail his psychological activities and real reactions at the time.
With the naked eye, there was a triangular thing on the porthole. Chen Dong (陈冬) suspected that a piece of debris was stuck to the outside of the glass. Chen Dong (陈冬) quickly called astronaut Chen Zhongrui (陈中瑞), 02, and asked, "Do you see anything abnormal in our porthole?"
Chen Zhongrui (陈中瑞) recalled that it did look a bit like a "leaf" stuck on the outside, but it looked different from another angle. He immediately called astronaut Wang Jie (王杰), 03.
Before becoming an astronaut, Wang Jie (王杰) was a space technology worker involved in the construction of the space station. After careful observation for a while, Wang Jie (王杰) was also unsure: "It is difficult to determine what kind of shape it is. It feels like there is a crack on the outside of the porthole, and there is also one on the inside, but it is difficult to determine whether the two sides are connected."
The three immediately searched for all the equipment in the space station that could be used for photography and recording, including working tablets, mobile phones, magnifying glasses, and 40x microscopes. Chen Dong (陈冬) said: "It looks like some small cracks, with a few longer ones and one shorter one."
"How could there be cracks? It's a bit unbelievable." Chen Dong (陈冬) said that they quickly reported this sudden situation to ground researchers.
"We can't use our personal judgment to influence the judgment of ground researchers, so we only said that there was an abnormality on the porthole and see how they handle it." Chen Dong's (陈冬) wording was very cautious, and he did not easily draw conclusions about things he was not sure about. In the face of the crisis, the astronaut, who had been to space three times and served as commander twice, remained calm and composed.
After receiving the report, ground researchers immediately organized an expert team to conduct research and judgment on the damage to the porthole. Chen Dong (陈冬) said that when an accident occurs, astronauts can calmly wait and concentrate on their work, which comes from a kind of "belief."
"We believe in the ground researchers, they will do everything possible to formulate the safest return plan for us; we believe in ourselves, we are well-trained astronauts, and we have the ability to deal with various emergencies." Chen Dong (陈冬) took the initiative to communicate with ground researchers, "You don't have to think too much, we are very calm, and we accept any decisions you make."
This rare two-way comfort and care between space and Earth is the result of the trust accumulated between space and Earth like comrades-in-arms in the manned space program over the past 30 years.
After research and rapid decision-making, the overall project decided that the Shenzhou-20 (神舟二十号) crew would "transfer" to the Shenzhou-21 (神舟二十一号) spacecraft to return to Earth. Chen Dong (陈冬), Chen Zhongrui (陈中瑞), and Wang Jie (王杰) began to practice the flight operations to return to Earth in full swing.
Since the crew had to "drive away" the Shenzhou-21 (神舟二十一号) spacecraft, the remaining Shenzhou-21 (神舟二十一号) crew in the space station would have no spacecraft. Chen Dong (陈冬) was uneasy and said to Zhang Lu (张陆), the commander of the Shenzhou-21 (神舟二十一号) crew: "After we take the Shenzhou-21 (神舟二十一号) spacecraft away, if you encounter any risks, there will be no spacecraft to return in." Zhang Lu's (张陆) reply was touching: "It's okay, we will be relieved if you are safe." Because everyone highly trusts the operational safety of the space station.
On November 14, Chen Dong (陈冬), Chen Zhongrui (陈中瑞), and Wang Jie (王杰) returned safely to the Dongfeng Landing Site (东风着陆场).
After coming out of the return capsule, Chen Dong (陈冬) said excitedly: "It is very reassuring to go home on the Shenzhou-21 (神舟二十一号) spacecraft. This mission was an exercise and a test. I am very proud that we successfully completed the mission, and China's aerospace has withstood the test."
Just 11 days after they returned to Earth, on November 25, the Shenzhou-22 (神舟二十二号) spacecraft was launched in an unmanned state under the support of the Long March 2F Y22 carrier rocket (长征二号F遥二十二运载火箭). This was the first emergency launch mission executed by China's manned space program.
Re-preparing for the launch, shortening the preparation process that originally took nearly a month to nearly 16 days, ground researchers worked day and night and devoted themselves to tackling key problems. Chen Dong (陈冬), Chen Zhongrui (陈中瑞), and Wang Jie (王杰) were very moved: "Ground researchers have done a lot of work, and they have withstood tremendous pressure."
Later, Chen Dong (陈冬) reviewed the entire experience and wrote in his diary: "It is my luck to be born in China (华夏) in this life, and it is my oath to dedicate myself to China (华夏) in this life. Everyone says that astronauts are the pearls on the crown and heroes, but in fact, ground researchers are supporting us, and they are the heroes behind the scenes."

Sharing Space Life
"Through these experiments, the conditions of the Chinese space station will be gradually improved"
Also stranded in space with the Shenzhou-20 (神舟二十号) crew were the first batch of mammalian "visitors" to the Chinese space station (中国空间站) - 4 mice. The food needed for the mission was only enough for the mice to eat for 5 to 7 days. What did they eat during their stay in space?
Since the mice's food was sealed in the feeding device, with only a water injection port left, the astronauts thought of using soy milk instead. Chen Dong (陈冬) suggested making the soy milk thicker, which is equivalent to feeding the mice liquid food. With the supplement of soy milk, the mice were in good condition.
Chen Dong (陈冬) recalled that he felt very kind when he saw the mice for the first time, and sometimes he would talk to them through the glass: "Enjoy the weightlessness with us." The crew was also very pleased to see the mice safely through the stranded period.
An interesting experiment was also carried out in the Chinese space station (中国空间站) - space barbecue.
Along with the Shenzhou-21 (神舟二十一号) crew, a hot air oven also entered space. Chen Zhongrui (陈中瑞) said that when the marinated chicken wings were placed in the oven, the chicken wings also "floated" up and were suspended in the oven. Because of the space microgravity environment, the oil in the oven can evenly adhere to the surface of the chicken wings, making them more flavorful.
"The six of us were sitting around, all staring at the chicken wings. When we took the chicken wings out, they were still sizzling with oil, which made people's mouths water." Chen Zhongrui (陈中瑞) said.
Chen Dong (陈冬) described everyone eating chicken wings like Zhu Bajie eating "ginseng fruit." "I picked it up and smelled it, it was really fragrant, and it was also very soft and tender when I poked it with a fork."
Wang Jie (王杰) and Wu Fei (武飞), an astronaut from the Shenzhou-21 (神舟二十一号) crew, also jointly grilled steak. "Through these experiments, the conditions of the Chinese space station (中国空间站) will be gradually improved. In the future, it is expected that more frozen food will be sent up to improve the diet." Wang Jie (王杰) said.

Completing In-Orbit Missions
"Having lived for 204 days, this is our home"
Chen Zhongrui (陈中瑞) and Wang Jie (王杰) are the first extravehicular operation combination team in the history of Chinese spaceflight composed entirely of third-batch astronauts.
Without the commander leading the extravehicular activity, Chen Zhongrui (陈中瑞) and Wang Jie (王杰) were a little uneasy. Chen Zhongrui (陈中瑞) admitted frankly that before, when he went out of the cabin with the commander, the commander would always remind him in time if he did something wrong. This time, only he and Wang Jie (王杰) were going out of the cabin, so they needed to work together to do all the work thoroughly and carefully to ensure that the extravehicular activity was foolproof.
The two described this feeling as "mutually supporting each other." "I believe in him, he believes in me, and the commander will also give us support inside the space station cabin." Chen Zhongrui (陈中瑞) made full preparations, drew down the details such as the handrails on the cabin, and deeply imprinted them in his mind to ensure that every step was correct.
As a space technology worker who had participated in the construction of the space station, Wang Jie (王杰) took the opportunity of the extravehicular activity to carefully observe the design details of the space station.
Wang Jie (王杰) said that it is difficult to see the complete shape of the space station's solar wing and related components on the ground. This time, he viewed the whole picture up close and had a more intuitive and comprehensive understanding. He fed back these observations and thoughts to ground researchers, allowing space station designers to understand the most real on-orbit status, which helps to improve and optimize more designs.
When the day of departure came, the three astronauts were full of reluctance.
Chen Dong (陈冬) was reluctant to leave the space station and looked at it again and again. "The space station is not a piece of iron, we regard the space station as a friend who gets along with us day and night and fights alongside us."
Chen Zhongrui (陈中瑞) said that he waved goodbye to the space station and did not dare to look back.
"Having lived for 204 days, this is our home, and I want to come again." Wang Jie (王杰) said.

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How Shenzhou Spaceships Iterate and Upgrade (Further Reading)

By: 肖雪迪

Since the establishment of the manned space program, the Shenzhou spacecraft has been continuously upgraded and iterated, successively breaking through core technologies such as manned flight, rendezvous and docking, and on-orbit stay, laying a solid foundation for the construction of the space station. Since the space station mission, the Shenzhou spacecraft has been continuously optimized in terms of rendezvous and docking, return and recovery, and payload transportation, strongly supporting the normalized operation of the China Space Station.

In terms of rendezvous and docking, Shenzhou-12 (神舟十二号) first achieved a 6.5-hour autonomous rapid rendezvous and docking, upgrading the orbit determination and orbit change strategy from "ground-led" to "spacecraft autonomous," significantly reducing the rendezvous and docking time. Shenzhou-21 (神舟二十一号) further upgraded the GNC guidance, navigation, and control system, achieving the first 3.5-hour autonomous rapid rendezvous and docking, significantly improving the efficiency of round-trip transportation between Earth and space and the ability to respond to major failures.

In terms of return and recovery, Shenzhou-13 (神舟十三号) first achieved a rapid return, reducing the number of return orbits from 11 to 5. Shenzhou-21 (神舟二十一号) broke through again, achieving the first 3-orbit rapid return, further shortening the return time. At the same time, the de-orbit braking parameters were changed from ground calculation to real-time calculation by the spacecraft computer, which can correct flight deviations in real time, resulting in higher landing accuracy.

In terms of payload transportation, the Shenzhou spacecraft has continuously improved its up and down payload transportation capabilities through layout optimization and product lightweight improvements. The uplink transportation capacity has increased by 50%, and the downlink transportation capacity has increased by 200%, providing strong support for space science experiments and research.

The Shenzhou spacecraft always takes safety as the bottom line. Through continuous technical upgrades such as compressing the round-trip time between Earth and space, improving autonomous capabilities, and enhancing payload transportation capabilities, it has laid a solid foundation for the normalized operation of the China Space Station and future deep space exploration.

(Author's affiliation: China Academy of Space Technology (中国航天科技集团五院), reported and compiled by Liu Shiyao (刘诗瑶), reporter of this newspaper)

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Understanding the Constants and Changes in China's Manned Space Program (Editor's Notes)

By: 刘涓溪

The space stories shared by the Shenzhou-20 (神舟二十号) crew are a vivid microcosm of China's manned space program's continuous advance into the vast cosmos. Looking back at the many years of exploration in China's manned space program, the changes and constants within it offer us inspiration.

From "short-term visits" to "long-term stays," what has changed is the constantly escalating difficulty of the missions, while what remains unchanged is the tenacity of being "especially able to endure hardship and especially able to fight." Astronauts must overcome various physiological challenges and complete a series of high-density tasks, while ground researchers silently wait, bringing more confidence and assurance to the astronauts. It is this tacit cooperation that enables them to be of one mind between heaven and earth, calmly tackle tough problems, and precisely resolve crises.

From "technology follower" to "innovation leader," what has changed is the continuous enhancement of scientific research capabilities, while what remains unchanged is the striving spirit of being "especially able to tackle key problems and especially able to dedicate." From "space needle threading" rendezvous and docking to the updating and iteration of the China Space Station (中国空间站); from intensive and arduous extravehicular activities to cutting-edge experiments spanning multiple fields, aerospace personnel leverage the power of teamwork to promote the continuous emergence of innovative achievements in China's manned space program.

The journey is long, and only through struggle can we succeed. By understanding the changes and constants in China's manned space program, we will draw more strength for progress from it and continue to write new dreams and glories in our respective positions. 征途漫漫，惟有奋斗 (zhēng tú màn màn, wéi yǒu fèn dòu - "the journey is long, only struggle," the road ahead is long and arduous, success can only be achieved through continuous hard work).

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Dare to take the initiative in independent innovation and be good at fighting proactively.

By: 本报记者 刘诗瑶 李君强

China's aerospace industry is built on the foundation of independent innovation.

"Independent innovation requires daring to make the first move and being good at taking the initiative." "Exploring the vast universe, developing the aerospace industry, and building a strong aerospace nation are our unremitting aerospace dreams." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) is concerned about the aerospace industry, has made a series of important expositions, and leads China's aerospace industry to take off one after another.

Bearing in mind the earnest entrustment, aerospace workers take the initiative, rely on their own efforts, strive to climb, gnaw at "hard bones" one after another, and make the Chinese people's steps to explore space more confident and calm.

Completing the innovative leap "from 0 to 1" requires not only ambition but also strength.

On February 11, at a distance from the Hainan Wenchang Launch Site (海南文昌发射场), on the South China Sea (南海), a maritime recovery team composed of more than 200 people and a dozen ships was waiting for action. Peng Yue (彭越) from the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (中国航天科技集团一院) was one of them.

At 11:00 a.m., flames spewed out, and the first stage of the Long March 10 series carrier rocket (长征十号系列运载火箭) rose from the Wenchang Launch Site (文昌发射场), carrying the Mengzhou spacecraft (梦舟飞船) to start an escape test. About 300 seconds later, the first stage rocket body recovery program was activated.

"Here it comes!" Peng Yue (彭越) heard someone on the deck outside the control room of the ship suddenly shout that they saw a ball of fire with the naked eye, rushing towards them.

Peng Yue (彭越) stared at the real-time data of the rocket's flight on the screen, his palms a little sweaty. Although he had been dealing with rockets for more than ten years, it was his first time witnessing the sea recovery of a rocket.

"Got it!" The picture returned by the drone showed that the first stage of the Long March 10 series carrier rocket (长征十号系列运载火箭) hovered steadily about 5 meters above the sea surface, and then landed at the predetermined recovery point on the sea surface, splashing water. Peng Yue (彭越) heard the cheers of his teammates on the ship.

"I reminded myself not to be too excited, there are still many things to do." Peng Yue (彭越) took a deep breath and found a slightly quiet corner to prepare to answer the chief engineer's call. "Please confirm the status of the rocket and report the accurate sea recovery coordinates." The chief engineer Rong Yi's (容易) voice was as calm as usual. After the report was completed, Peng Yue (彭越) also heard the continuous applause and cheers in the command hall of the Wenchang Launch Site (文昌发射场) on the other end of the phone.

Later, the overall project announced that the low-altitude demonstration verification of the Long March 10 series carrier rocket system (长征十号系列运载火箭系统) and the maximum dynamic pressure escape flight test of the Mengzhou spacecraft system (梦舟飞船系统) were successfully implemented. The first stage of the rocket completed a series of complex actions in the air and accurately landed in the predetermined sea area. This is a major progress made by China in the field of reusable rocket technology.

Time was pulled back to one day in 2022. The academy received a request from its superiors to launch China's rocket recovery project. As a business backbone, Peng Yue (彭越) and his colleagues immediately devoted themselves to the preliminary research work.

"Turning a concept into a project is an innovation 'from scratch'." Participating in such a major project in the twelfth year of his work, challenging and overcoming key core technologies, Peng Yue (彭越) felt very lucky and deeply felt the great responsibility.

At that time, foreign rocket reusable technology had already been at the forefront. "If others can do it, we Chinese people can definitely do it." The spirit of hard work flowing in the blood of aerospace people quickly condensed into a team that dared to fight and move forward.

Completing the innovative leap "from 0 to 1" requires not only ambition but also strength.

"The most difficult part of the whole thing is that we never know where the most difficult moment is." Peng Yue (彭越) said that whenever there was trouble in the experiment, they asked their predecessors for help, and the reply was often "We have never encountered this problem before."

Principle design, simulation analysis, reduced-scale test... For the first flight of a new rocket, even if the test is done 100 times, the moment of ignition is still unknown. Fortunately, there are always more solutions than difficulties.

"Why don't we try changing the angle of the engine nozzle, and the load will come down?" "Maybe the flight attitude can be adjusted like this"... For 4 years, Peng Yue (彭越) and his colleagues have repeatedly discussed and studied in the conference room.

Choosing rocket sea recovery instead of land recovery is also intentional. Peng Yue (彭越) admitted frankly: "Sea recovery technology is more difficult, but it is safer and has more application prospects. When two choices are placed in front of everyone, everyone chooses the more difficult but more correct path without hesitation."

Breakthroughs and striving for the lead also test everyone's endurance. Referring to the development work of China's new generation of carrier rockets Long March 5 (长征五号) and Long March 7 (长征七号), it took almost 10 years. This time, the team only took 4 years.

Peng Yue (彭越) said that China's successful implementation of the first rocket sea recovery proved the team's ability and also made everyone aware of their shortcomings, "Seeing the shortcomings can better move forward."

In a few days, Peng Yue (彭越) will be stationed at sea again, and there will be more new challenges next.

Whether you dare to take the first step and take the initiative to break the situation determines the height of innovation.

A lunar soil sample from 380,000 kilometers away was carefully placed in the laboratory. It is only a few tens of microns in size, but it records the history of the lunar evolution process, and even is expected to unlock the mystery of the disappearance of the lunar magnetic field.

"Which magnetic minerals are in the lunar soil particles and what magnetic properties they carry are crucial to the study of the lunar magnetic field evolution problem." Li Jinhua (李金华), a researcher at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院地质与地球物理研究所), explained, "However, the cutting-edge magnetic imaging equipment that can be used for observation has long been monopolized by foreign countries, and it is difficult to introduce it into China."

The turning point occurred in an unexpected "netizen" meeting.

Li Jinhua (李金华) met Feng Jiandong (冯建东), a professor in the Department of Chemistry at Zhejiang University (浙江大学), at an academic report. Before that, they had been cooperating in the study of magnetic imaging of magnetotactic bacteria for many years, but they had never met. At that time, this young scientist was leading a team to independently develop a quantum chemical microscope, trying to take a path that no one had taken before - using quantum sensing methods to capture the "invisible" magnetic fields, electric fields and other signals in the microscopic single-molecule scale chemical world.

The stones of other mountains can be used to attack jade.

"Can we use quantum chemical magnetic imaging technology to 'see' the lunar soil?" One question cross-connected the two paths of pursuing the extremely macroscopic and the extremely microscopic.

"We decided to cooperate on the spot!" Feng Jiandong (冯建东) said. The exploration of the tiny particles brought back by Chang'e 5 (嫦娥五号) quickly unfolded.

After the project was really launched, a series of difficulties followed.

The lunar soil sample itself is extremely complex, containing various components such as nanoscale iron metal and magnetite, and the magnetic signals are weak and interfere with each other. "The signal is sometimes there and sometimes not, and the results of measuring the same position twice are different." Yang Yibo (杨熠博), a doctoral student in the Department of Chemistry at Zhejiang University (浙江大学), recalled that he adjusted the equipment almost every day during that time, changing the configuration, adjusting the optical path, and changing the coupling, overturning and restarting again and again.

The most difficult step is how to make the quantum probe stably close to the lunar soil particles without destroying the magnetic information it originally recorded. To this end, the team specially built a new positioning and control system, repeatedly tested and carefully verified.

On the other hand, data interpretation is also not easy. Xing Lin (邢琳), a doctoral student at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院地质与地球物理研究所), captured multiple sets of magnetic signals, but could not find corresponding minerals under the electron microscope, and once fell into confusion. "I always feel that something is wrong, but I can't find the problem for a while." Xing Lin (邢琳) said.

As the research deepened, the team gradually realized that magnetic imaging is different from traditional observation methods, and those "temporarily invisible" parts proved the value of the new method. With a change of thinking, the original "contradiction" became self-consistent, and subsequent research was carried out smoothly.

After day and night fighting, the first single-particle magnetic microscopic image of lunar soil samples in human history was born, visualizing the distinctly different "magnetic fingerprints" recorded by different types of lunar soil particles on a microscopic scale.

Using China's own lunar soil samples, relying on the independent quantum chemical microscope, and completing the world's first lunar soil single-particle magnetic field imaging, Feng Jiandong (冯建东) and Li Jinhua's (李金华) team bravely broke into the no-man's land and successfully explored a new path.

In the basic research "from 0 to 1", whether you dare to take the first step and take the initiative to break the situation determines the height of innovation.

"The most critical thing is to take the first step towards the unknown." Feng Jiandong (冯建东) said with emotion, "The country has given us unprecedented conditions and opportunities. Today, we have more courage and confidence to become explorers and strive to do research that truly leads the world's scientific and technological frontiers and serves the national strategy."

Make the commercial aerospace industry ecosystem more open and integrated.

There is a supermarket in Xihu District (西湖区), Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江) that can actually "sell satellites"?

Sang Yi (桑毅) is the person who "sells satellites".

On April 18, on the occasion of the first anniversary of the establishment of the Dongfanghong Tianxuan Supermarket (东方红天选超市) of the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (中国航天科技集团五院), Sang Yi (桑毅), the deputy director of the Hangzhou Center (杭州中心) of the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (中国航天科技集团五院), stood at the entrance of the supermarket early in the morning, with a smile on his face, ready to open for business.

Flexible solar wings, laser terminals, Hall electric propulsion... A wide range of commercial satellite products are neatly displayed on the shelves, with about 30% of the total of 87 products coming from external suppliers.

This supermarket is the first one-stop comprehensive trading platform for the commercial aerospace industry in China, which belongs to the innovative model of science and technology services - most of the people who come to buy things are practitioners in the commercial aerospace industry who want to build satellites; those who sell things are innovators who independently develop satellite products, including both "national teams" and "folk teams", covering more than 170 entities. Members of the commercial satellite industry chain gather here to connect supply and demand and trade fairly.

"It's like an e-commerce platform in the aerospace industry." Sang Yi (桑毅) made an analogy, the supermarket is a physical entity, and there is also an online mall corresponding to it.

In the past year, Sang Yi (桑毅) has warmly welcomed batches of customers interested in commercial aerospace, most of whom are business leaders, local government agencies, research institutes, and even visiting groups from foreign space agencies. At the busiest time, he had to receive three or four groups of customers a day, and received more than 300 batches of visitors a year.

Among them, there was one "transaction" that impressed Sang Yi (桑毅).

That day, the procurement personnel of a leading domestic commercial aerospace company entered the supermarket for the first time, and Sang Yi (桑毅) was responsible for receiving them. The company is responsible for promoting the relevant low-Earth orbit satellite Internet constellation plan to realize the coordinated layout of stars and arrows.

"They went straight to the flexible solar wing exhibits as soon as they entered the door." Sang Yi (桑毅) remembered very clearly.

If a satellite wants to maintain normal operation in the vast universe, it needs to unfold solar wings to absorb light energy and convert it into electrical energy. Traditional satellites are mostly equipped with rigid solar wings. With the rise of commercial aerospace, lightweight, highly integrated, and long-life satellites require thinner, more flexible, and more efficient solar wings. The flexible solar wing independently developed by the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (中国航天科技集团五院) has been selected to the supermarket "shelves" for customers to choose from due to its excellent performance.

"How thick is it when folded?" "How much energy can it supply?" "What is the delivery cycle?" The people from this company asked very carefully.

"You can also go to the factory to see the real thing, which is next to the supermarket." Sang Yi (桑毅) extended an invitation.

Just across the wall is the production plant of commercial flexible solar wings of the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (中国航天科技集团五院).

The production line is operating in an orderly manner, the parameters on the display screen are jumping in real time, and technicians in work clothes are shuttling between them.

Sang Yi (桑毅) felt that the customers' eyes had obviously changed, "It's different from browsing online, and it's different from the feeling of seeing it in the supermarket. This front-store-back-factory model allows customers to see the process details and feel the texture of the product, so that they can establish real trust in the quality."

Two weeks later, the company relied on the supermarket platform and the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (中国航天科技集团五院) to formally sign a contract for flexible solar wings.

Another time, the person in charge of a small and micro enterprise engaged in commercial satellite parts took the initiative to call Sang Yi (桑毅), hoping to try to put the products of his own enterprise on the shelves for sale. "That enterprise was very sincere, saying that through the supermarket, they learned that they could also produce products that meet the needs of commercial aerospace and participate in this industry chain. They provided a lot of quality inspection reports and real cases, and the quality was good." Sang Yi (桑毅) said that putting the supermarket on the shelves brought orders and a good reputation to that enterprise.

"Innovating the science and technology service model, helping the supply and demand sides to connect, and making the commercial aerospace industry ecosystem more open and integrated." Sang Yi (桑毅) said that this is the original intention of the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (中国航天科技集团五院) to establish a supermarket.

Linking more than 800 enterprises, the transaction volume exceeded 3 billion yuan. The operating results of one year have also proved the correctness of this service model innovation.

In the past, the products and services of the commercial aerospace industry chain were scattered in various places, and it was difficult for purchasers to figure out what was on the market and which was good. In this supermarket, the things on the aerospace industry chain can basically be found in one stop.

In particular, the supermarket encourages similar products to be displayed and competed on the same stage, prompting suppliers to continuously optimize performance and price, which helps to reduce the procurement costs of the entire commercial satellite industry, and also allows more R&D teams to obtain technical benchmarking and iteration directions, and improve the technical level of the entire industry.

Recently, Sang Yi (桑毅) has been thinking about only one thing: There are currently more than 400 commercial aerospace products and services on the supermarket shelves. How can it be turned into thousands?

From the repeated testing of a rocket, to the ultimate exploration of a grain of lunar soil, and then to the open co-construction of an industrial ecosystem, three seemingly unrelated scenarios together form a vivid picture of the high-quality development of China's aerospace industry.

"The starry sky is vast and boundless, and there is no end to exploration. Only through continuous innovation can the Chinese nation better move towards the future." Independent innovation is a long-distance race without an end. On this journey, every "first move" may open up a new field, and every "initiative battle" may create a new world. Moving forward firmly along the road of independent innovation, China's aerospace industry will continue to expand the boundaries of human cognition and write a more magnificent chapter in the new journey of building a strong aerospace nation.

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Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Answers Reporter's Question Regarding Taiwan Authorities' Claim that Lai Ching-te "Postponed" His Collusion Visit to Eswatini

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 22nd. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外交部) answered reporters' questions on the 22nd regarding the Taiwan authorities' claim that Lai Ching-te (赖清德) had "temporarily postponed" his visit to Eswatini.

A reporter asked: According to reports, Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te (赖清德) has canceled his visit to Eswatini. The Taiwan authorities stated that due to pressure from mainland China, the relevant country temporarily canceled the relevant flight permit. What is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (外交部) comment on this? Can you provide more relevant information?

The spokesperson said that all 53 African countries except Eswatini have established diplomatic relations with China, and together with the African Union, adopted the 2024 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation "Beijing Declaration" (北京宣言), repeatedly expressing their firm adherence to the one-China principle, reiterating 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, and firmly supporting all efforts made by the Chinese government to achieve national reunification. The relevant countries' adherence to the one-China principle is fully in line with international law and the basic norms of international relations, and China expresses its high appreciation.

The spokesperson pointed out that the fact is very clear that there is no so-called "President of the Republic of China" in the world. Anyone who uses this identity to swindle and deceive is moving against the trend of history and will only bring disgrace upon themselves. The one-China principle is what people want, the general trend, and where justice lies. No one can stop the historical trend that China will eventually be reunified. The separatist schemes of the "Taiwan independence" forces are like 螳臂当车 (táng bì dāng chē - "a mantis trying to stop a chariot," to overrate oneself and attempt the impossible), and they will surely bring about their own destruction.

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Taiwan Affairs Office: Unification is the only future for Taiwan and is also tied to the interests and well-being of Taiwanese compatriots.

This newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on April 22nd (Reporter Jiang Lin (江琳)) - At a regular press conference on the 22nd, State Council Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Zhang Han (张晗) stated in response to questions that reunification is Taiwan's (台湾) only future and is also related to the well-being of Taiwan (台湾) compatriots; "Taiwan independence" (台独) is a dead end and will only bring profound disasters to the Taiwan Strait. It is hoped that more Taiwan (台湾) compatriots will follow the general trend of history, uphold national righteousness, recognize the great benefits of reunification, and actively participate in the just cause of promoting the peaceful development of cross-strait relations and advancing the reunification of the motherland.

After Kuomintang (中国国民党) Chairman Cheng Li-wen (郑丽文) visited the mainland and returned to Taiwan (台湾), the Taiwan "Democracy and Culture Education Foundation" (民主文教基金会) released the latest poll on cross-strait issues on the island, showing that more than half of the respondents agreed that Taiwan (台湾) should proactively face and discuss the issue of cross-strait reunification, and nearly 70% of the people supported strengthening cross-strait contact and interaction to maintain peace and stability. Zhang Han (张晗) made the above response when answering questions on this matter. She also stated that the relevant poll showed that Chairman Cheng Li-wen's (郑丽文) leading a delegation from the Kuomintang (中国国民党) to visit the mainland responded to the mainstream public opinion on the island of wanting peace, development, exchange, and cooperation, and conformed to the general trend of compatriots on both sides of the strait getting closer and coming together, which is of great significance for promoting the peaceful development of cross-strait relations and safeguarding the interests and well-being of Taiwan (台湾) compatriots.

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Editor in charge of this edition: Zhang Yanchun, Song Yu, Zhang Ziqi

Layout Design: Zhang Fangman (张芳曼)

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Gansu Pingliang's Attentive Service Enables "Efficient Completion of One Task" (China Highlights)

By: 平凉日报记者 柳 娜

"Can I get the 'red book' in less than 40 minutes?" On the morning of April 20th, Li Chun (李春), a citizen of Pingliang (平凉) City, Gansu (甘肃) Province, received his brand-new real estate certificate at the Pingliang (平凉) Municipal Government Service Center, still somewhat surprised. A process that used to take several days can now be completed at one window with a single submission. He smiled and called out to his wife, "Quick, take a picture of our 'big red book' as a souvenir."

In the commercial registration service area, entrepreneur Lan Liang (兰亮) had just submitted a complete set of application materials at a comprehensive window. Subsequently, the processes of official seal engraving, tax registration, and bank account opening appointment were simultaneously processed in the background in parallel. Half a day later, a document bag containing a business license, official seal, and tax digital certificate was handed to him. "One window, everything is done!" He happily called his entrepreneurial partners.

Last year, Pingliang's (平凉) government service "efficiently handling one matter" was selected as a national standardization pilot project for 2025. From "40-minute completion" of individual property rights to "half-day completion" of business establishment procedures, this reform is continuously bringing tangible convenience to the people and enterprises of this small northwest city.

In the past, the windows in the government service hall were divided by department, and people had to go back and forth between them. Now, the comprehensive acceptance windows are orderly, which is due to the reshaping of business processes. Taking real estate registration as an example, the reform has opened up the systems of the housing management, taxation, and registration departments, transforming serial approval into background data sharing and parallel processing. When people handle business, they only need to face one window.

Citizen Wang Chen (王琛) recently applied to open a pharmacy. She found that multiple items, such as drug business licenses, medical device business licenses, and filings, which were previously accepted in different stages, have been integrated into "efficiently handling drug and medical device business matters." Only one set of materials needs to be submitted at one window, and the data will be diverted and approved in parallel within the industry system. The process, which originally took months and multiple trips, has been reduced to within 2 working days.

In front of the provident fund window at the government service center, Liu Hongbin (刘宏斌), a freelance photographer, originally just came to inquire. The window staff introduced him in detail to the new model of "flexible payment and independent selection of tiers" for flexible employment personnel, as well as the government's payment subsidies. Under the guidance of the staff, he opened an account online through a mini-program on the spot and chose a one-time payment. Soon, he met the qualifications and successfully applied for a commercial loan to be converted into a provident fund loan. "Calculated, the total interest can be saved by more than 40,000 yuan." Liu Hongbin's (刘宏斌) tone was full of joy.

The tentacles of service actively extend outward and downward from the windows of the government service center. Staff from the provident fund management center carry mobile terminals and go into zero-work markets and industrial parks to deliver policy interpretation and participation guidance to workers. The 118 bank convenience service points throughout Pingliang (平凉) City extend consultation and acceptance windows into communities. Since the pilot implementation of the "Pingliang (平凉) City Management Measures for Flexible Employment Personnel to Pay and Use Housing Provident Funds (Trial)" in April 2024, and its approval as a national pilot city for flexible employment personnel to participate in the housing provident fund system in November of the same year, Pingliang (平凉) has had 17,300 flexible employment personnel establish provident fund accounts, and more than 1,700 households have used provident fund loans.

In response to the problem of "difficult registration" of real estate reflected by some residents in some communities, the Pingliang (平凉) City Natural Resources, Housing and Construction, Taxation, and other departments formed a joint special team to take various measures to focus on solving the blockages and difficulties faced by the masses in terms of incomplete historical data. The real estate registration window of the government service center has opened a green channel for such businesses, with dedicated personnel and windows. The connection between policies and services has opened up the certification channel for 24 communities and 4,099 houses.

In recent years, Pingliang (平凉) City has handled more than 3 million items of various types every year. Intimate service adds points, and the people's running around subtracts points - this people-oriented "addition and subtraction" confirms "taking the creation of happiness for the people as the greatest political achievement" and embodies the spirit of 以民为本 (yǐ mín wéi běn - "people as the foundation," prioritizing the people's interests).

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Attracting Tourists is Only Half the Battle: The Key is Keeping Them (Sounding Out the World)

By: 赵川博

In April of this year, during the Qingming Festival holiday, domestic travel reached 135 million trips, with spring breaks in primary and secondary schools driving continued enthusiasm in the cultural tourism market. As the upcoming "May Day" holiday approaches, various regions are actively preparing to welcome tourists. Among the many tourist attractions, ancient cities and streets have become a favorite for many tourists. Ancient cities and streets such as Lijiang Ancient City (丽江古城) in Yunnan Province and Pingjiang Road (平江路) in Suzhou (苏州), Jiangsu Province, soothe the hearts of tourists with beautiful scenery and a vibrant atmosphere, responding to everyone's pursuit of poetic living, and are deeply loved and frequently "going viral."

However, some ancient cities and streets also have some problems that need to be solved in the development of cultural tourism. For example, some regions, in order to develop tourism, have launched related construction projects without conducting thorough market research. Some ancient streets and alleys have large visitor traffic, but the service reception capacity needs to be improved. Still others have ancient city and street operators who blindly follow trends and imitate, resulting in serious homogenization of attractions. These not only erode the enthusiasm of tourists, but also damage the image of the city.

How to solve it? Looking at the practices of some ancient city and street scenic spots in China may have reference value.

Build muscles and veins with "ancient meaning." Phoenix Ancient City (凤凰古城) in Xiangxi (湘西), Hunan Province, has a well-preserved traditional culture, with unique and organically integrated folk customs, cuisine, and natural scenery. This unique "ancient meaning" attracts tourists. The construction of ancient cities and streets should deeply grasp local historical and cultural resources, adapt to local conditions, and never imitate 照猫画虎 (zhào māo huà hǔ - "draw a cat like a tiger," to imitate poorly) or 亦步亦趋 (yì bù yì qū - "to follow another's steps," to imitate slavishly).

Open up the situation with innovation. In Sanfang Qixiang (三坊七巷) in Fuzhou (福州), Fujian Province, the history behind the cultural relics is revitalized in the digital context: tourists scan codes to participate in interactions, obtain clues through fixed-point "check-ins," and then unlock the plot, immersively experiencing history. With the continuous enrichment of innovative gameplay, ancient cities and streets continue to be full of vitality.

Retain tourists with service. Developing the cultural tourism industry is not a "morning-to-night" journey, but requires long-termism. It is not only necessary to "attract" but also to "retain." In addition to careful planning and publicity, it is also necessary to provide thoughtful services to tourists. Pingyao Ancient City (平遥古城) in Jinzhong (晋中), Shanxi Province, has added parking spaces, increased the number of tour guides, and provided free drinks, making tourists feel at home, and the brand will become brighter and brighter.

May more ancient cities and streets gain a firm foothold in market competition and become carriers of cultural heritage and bright business cards of the city.

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How an invoice can unlock consumption potential

By: 新华社记者

In Wuhan (武汉), Hubei (湖北) Province, a citizen named Su Yihan (苏一涵) spent 375 yuan at a barbecue restaurant in Qiaokou District (硚口区). As usual, she requested an electronic invoice from the store, then opened the Alipay (支付宝) lottery invoice mini-program and uploaded a screenshot of the invoice. As the mini-program's lottery screen changed, a 20 yuan prize was immediately credited to her Alipay balance.

The scenario of "lottery draws for invoices" is becoming a daily occurrence for consumers in many cities. To further stimulate consumption demand and release consumption potential, the Ministry of Finance (财政部), the Ministry of Commerce (商务部), and the State Taxation Administration (国家税务总局) issued a notice at the end of December 2025, supporting approximately 50 cities in carrying out pilot programs for lottery invoices, with a policy implementation period of 6 months.

Reporters recently learned from interviews in various locations that pilot cities mostly design their prize distribution systems according to the idea of "**小额为主、大额为辅**" (xiǎo é wéi zhǔ, dà é wéi fǔ - "small amounts as the main, large amounts as supplementary," focusing on smaller prizes with some larger ones). The highest prize can reach several hundred yuan.

"Lottery invoices provide consumers with an expectation of 'random discounts,' enhance consumers' sense of experience and gain, and help stimulate consumption vitality," said Shi Shaobin (石绍宾), Dean of the School of Economics at Shandong University (山东大学).

Today, lottery invoice activities have been extended to accommodation, cultural tourism, and other fields. "The pilot program does not set up a merchant registration system or a whitelist. Tax-paying merchants operating normally in related industries can participate, and the industry affiliation is judged by the invoice category, effectively expanding the merchant coverage," said a relevant person in charge of the Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Commerce (武汉市商务局).

As the pilot program continues to advance, various regions are also improving relevant mechanisms, continuously optimizing technology and rules, and strengthening policy coordination.

Many places have achieved full online processing of invoice uploading, lottery draws, and prize redemption by connecting to platforms such as Alipay, WeChat (微信), and UnionPay Cloud QuickPass (云闪付), reducing the operational threshold. Consumers can participate in activities through multiple platforms, and some e-commerce scenarios even achieve automatic invoicing and one-click lottery draws.

"In the next step, lottery invoices can be strengthened in combination with festival activities, the night economy, and the weekend economy, and the policy effect can be amplified through scenario linkage," said Shi Shaobin. Relevant departments can further expand the universality and influence of the policy by improving reward settings and optimizing prize redemption methods.

(According to Xinhua News Agency (新华社) reporters Li Aoqiu (李傲秋), Gong Liankang (龚联康), Sang Tong (桑彤), and Su Xing (苏醒))

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Embroidery with nimble fingers creates a good life.

In Liping County (黎平县), Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture (黔东南苗族侗族自治州), Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village (肇兴侗寨), and other Dong ethnic areas, intangible cultural heritage skills such as indigo dyeing and embroidery have been passed down for thousands of years. Spinning, weaving, indigo dyeing, garment dyeing, and embroidery are integrated into daily life. The local area revitalizes the ancient intangible cultural heritage in the new era through skills training, branding, and other methods. Exquisite indigo-dyed fabrics and embroidered ornaments are sold well in various places through e-commerce, cultural tourism experiences, and order processing, becoming a characteristic industry that helps the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside and drives the common prosperity of the masses.

Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Xu (刘续) photography report.

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Express Delivery from All Directions

Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) Launches Service Menu for Relocation

Hebei Daily, Xiong'an (雄安), April 22nd (Reporter Kang Xiaobo (康晓博)) The Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) Comprehensive Service Center has compiled the "Heart-to-Heart" Bay Service Menu for Relocation Services, launching 254 service items in 6 categories. Relocated personnel can scan the service menu online to "place orders" and submit requests. Staff will promptly provide services upon receiving requests to solve problems for relocated personnel.

Guangxi (广西) Issues "Good Housing Technical Standards"

Guangxi Daily, Nanning (南宁), April 22nd (Reporter Guo Yaqiong (郭亚琼)) The Guangxi (广西) Engineering Construction Local Standard "Good Housing Technical Standards" has been released and will officially take effect on May 1st. The standard focuses on the "good housing" requirements of safety, comfort, greenness, and intelligence, combining Guangxi's (广西) climate characteristics, environmental resources, economic conditions, social culture, urban and rural features, and other characteristics, and proposes corresponding technical requirements for the entire process of design, construction, and operation and maintenance of newly built and renovated housing in Guangxi (广西) cities and towns.

Hainan (海南) Launches "Take a Photo on the Go" Function for City Operations

Hainan Daily, Haikou (海口), April 22nd (Reporter Sun Hui (孙慧)) The "Take a Photo on the Go" function for city operations in Hainan Province (海南省) was recently launched on the "Haiyiban (海易办)" Hainan (海南) government service platform and is linked to the 12345 government service convenience hotline platform. Citizens and tourists who discover urban management problems can report them at any time via their mobile phones, upload them instantly, and transfer them quickly, allowing them to enter the handling chain more smoothly.

Shaanxi Xianyang (陕西咸阳) Excavates a Large Tomb from the Sixteen Kingdoms Period

According to Xinhua News Agency, a large tomb from the Sixteen Kingdoms period has been excavated in Xianyang City (咸阳市), Shaanxi Province (陕西省). It is large in scale, complete in shape, and special in structure, and more than 10 pottery figurines and other cultural relics have been unearthed. Previously, the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology (陕西省考古研究院) excavated 4 ancient tombs and 1 pottery kiln in Weicheng District (渭城区), Xianyang City (咸阳市). Among them, the tomb numbered M4 is a tomb from the Sixteen Kingdoms period. Through the pottery figurines unearthed from the tomb, it can be clearly determined that the era of the tomb is the late Sixteen Kingdoms period.

Qinghai Xining (青海西宁) Chengzhong District (城中区) Releases Vocational Skills Training Map

Qinghai Daily, Xining (西宁), April 22nd (Reporter Liu Yi (刘祎)) The Chengzhong District (城中区) of Xining City (西宁市), Qinghai Province (青海省) recently released a vocational skills training map. After systematically surveying, accurately verifying, and dynamically summarizing private vocational training schools, technical colleges, and other training institutions in the district, Chengzhong District (城中区) drew a vocational skills training map, integrating and visually displaying information such as the geographical location, qualification scope, and characteristic majors of each institution in one map. Users can simply tap their mobile phones to "select a school with one click."

Minnan (闽南) Culture Comedy Performance Held in Zhangzhou (漳州), Fujian (福建)

Fujian Daily, Zhangzhou (漳州), April 22nd (Reporters Xiao Zhenping (萧镇平) and Zhao Wenjuan (赵文娟)) The "Weekend Drama Meeting - 'Happy is Good' Minnan (闽南) Culture Comedy Performance" recently kicked off at the People's Theater in Zhangzhou City (漳州市), Fujian Province (福建省). This event highlights the three elements of "Minnan (闽南) wisdom, Minnan (闽南) lifestyle, and Minnan (闽南) culture" and aims to create new mass art forms that are close to the times and close to the masses. Stand-up comedy, magic, and cross-border opera performances took to the stage in turn.

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A Showdown of Quality Goods to Brighten "Su Chao"

By: 本报通讯员 白 雪

On the evening of April 18th, the first match of the 2026 Jiangsu Provincial City Football League Xuzhou Division kicked off. The Xuzhou Olympic Sports Center (徐州奥体中心) was filled with dreams and passion, while the "Xuzhou Olympic Sports Good Market" (徐州奥体有好市) was launched simultaneously outside the venue. A lively competition of good products resonated with the "Jiangsu Super League" (苏超), adding color to the event with distinctive goods.

At the market, red tents were scattered and the lights were warm. At a meat sauce rice noodle stall, the staff deftly poured the savory meat sauce. Amidst the steaming aroma, college student Wang Hao (王浩) held a bowl and exclaimed, "Authentic hometown flavor, it's so satisfying to have this while watching the game." A long queue formed in front of the Wangji Sausage (王集香肠) booth, where the stall owner, wearing gloves, sliced the sausage and invited people to taste it: "We can sell hundreds of sausages every day, everyone loves this old taste."

Good products and sports events empower each other, and the atmosphere of everyday life blends with the taste of competition. At the Western Preferred Products (西部优选) booth, Qinghai (青海) agricultural specialties attracted citizens. Aunt Zhang (张阿姨) picked up a wolfberry fruit cake and smiled, "These plateau specialty products are really good."

Outside the stadium, good products competed for glory, while inside the stadium, passion surged. When the giant screen broadcast the game, fans who had finished browsing the market sat around cheering, resonating with the atmosphere inside the venue. This competition of good products not only built a stage for the display of intangible cultural heritage flavors and distinctive "Jiangsu products," but also made the "Jiangsu Super League" more warm, enriched the citizens' viewing experience, and, with sports as a link, demonstrated the urban charm of Xuzhou (徐州).

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From selling goods to selling experiences, intangible cultural heritage is becoming more popular.

By: 新华社记者 安路蒙

A few years ago, stepping into a specialty store in Hohhot (呼和浩特市), Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), customers would enter, pay, and leave in just a few minutes. This "buy and go" sales model confined intangible cultural heritage (ICH) food to the category of "specialty products."

Changes are happening. Stepping into the Baiyinhanggai Courtyard (白音杭盖小院) in Saihan District (赛罕区), Hohhot (呼和浩特市), a "grassland ingredient wall" catches the eye, attracting many customers to take pictures. Behind the wall, the melodious sound of instrumental music faintly drifts, intertwined with the rich aroma of milk and charcoal-grilled meat. Bai Xiuzhi (白秀枝), a representative inheritor of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区)-level ICH "Charcoal-Grilled Beef Jerky Making Technique," is making delicacies. Milk curds paired with beef cakes and pancakes, steaming hot, are quickly baked. Made-to-order and eaten on the spot has become a highly recognizable characteristic experience of the courtyard.

Unlike traditional specialty stores, Baiyinhanggai Courtyard (白音杭盖小院) has set up a leisure area, a product wall, and a cultural and creative area, where customers can watch the ancient process of charcoal-grilled beef jerky making on-site and participate in making ICH delicacies such as milk tofu.

The transformation from "selling goods" to "selling experiences" is especially recognized by young consumer groups. "Young people like this atmosphere, relaxing while consuming. Since the courtyard opened last year, the flow of customers has continued to grow, and experience projects have become an important source of income," said Du Niya (都尼雅), the person in charge of the courtyard's operations.

(According to Xinhua News Agency (新华社))

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Green light timing adjusted for elderly-friendliness, crossing the street is now safer.

By: 北京日报记者 吴 娜

"Walk when the green light is on. I feel like I have enough time and don't feel nervous." At the south side intersection of Xuanwu Hospital (宣武医院) in Beijing (北京市), Auntie Li (李阿姨), in her seventies, walked across the zebra crossing from north to south at a leisurely pace with her daughter's support when the green light turned on.

At 10:30 a.m., although the morning peak for medical visits had passed, the flow of people and vehicles at the south side intersection of Xuanwu Hospital (宣武医院) was still considerable. During each red light cycle, the proportion of elderly people waiting to cross the street in the north-south direction exceeded 1/3.

Currently, the duration of the north-south pedestrian green light at the intersection has been adjusted from 44 seconds to 50 seconds during off-peak hours.

Auntie Li (李阿姨) has a leg ailment and went to Xuanwu Hospital (宣武医院) for treatment accompanied by her daughter. They started from the north side of the intersection and the green light ended just as they stepped onto the south side sidewalk. It generally took the other elderly people about 50 seconds to walk across.

Is a 50-second green light still stressful for elderly people with slow walking speeds? Zhuo Wei (卓为), a police officer from the Police Technology Support Branch of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau Traffic Management Bureau (北京市公安局交通管理局警务科技支援支队), explained that each traffic light timing has "redundancy." In addition to the 50-second green light that pedestrians see, after the yellow light for motor vehicles ends, all directions maintain a 4-second "red light time" to facilitate the safe and rapid passage of pedestrians entering the intersection at the end of the green light. This means that the actual "safe passage time" for pedestrians is 54 seconds.

"The timing of this intersection previously met national standards, but considering the large number of elderly people around the hospital, we made another age-appropriate adjustment on the basis of compliance," Zhuo Wei (卓为) introduced.

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Half-day practice every week, returning to authenticity and exploring.

By: 吉林日报记者 刘晓娟

On the afternoon of April 17th, fifth-grade students from the Affiliated Primary School of Northeast Normal University arrived at Xinmin Street (新民大街) in Changchun (长春), Jilin (吉林) Province. Holding research task sheets, they either attentively copied the upturned eaves of buildings or listened to elderly people recount stories of the neighborhood. This was a regular advancement of the school's "Half-Day Practice Every Week" course.

Starting in early March, Xinmin Street (新民大街), known as a "Famous Chinese Historical and Cultural Street," was incorporated into the fifth-grade inquiry curriculum of the Affiliated Primary School of Northeast Normal University. For more than a month, students have visited the Changchun (长春) History and Culture Museum, tracing the evolution of the neighborhood by comparing old photos with urban planning maps, and engaging in in-depth dialogues with museum guides and history professors.

During the immersive group practice on April 17th, students chose their own topics based on research interests: identifying the original names and current functions by comparing them with building nameplates, capturing architectural style details, and interviewing veteran craftsmen to learn about the inheritance of brick and stone craftsmanship. The closed-loop design of "having a theme, having a task, having a record, having a sharing, and having an evaluation," as well as the diverse feedback mechanism of student self-evaluation, peer mutual evaluation, teacher evaluation, and parent evaluation, allows the "Half-Day Practice Every Week" to go deeper and become more solid.

"Practical courses are not simple activity experiences, but rather an exploration of returning education to its original essence," said Wang Tingbo (王廷波), Principal of the Affiliated Primary School of Northeast Normal University. The school allows students of different grades to measure their hometown with their footsteps around different themes, discover beauty with their eyes, and consolidate the foundation for growth in practice.

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Interacting with "Little Erhei" in Zhao Shuli's Hometown

By: 本报通讯员 裴囡囡

On April 17th, in Yuchi Village (尉迟村), Qinshui County (沁水县), Jincheng City (晋城市), Shanxi Province (山西), a shout broke the morning quiet: "You've come to hear the story of me and Xiaoqin (小芹)? Come in and have a drink of water!"

The "Xiao Erhei (小二黑)" speaking, wearing a faded, washed-out Chinese-style jacket, had an honest smile on his face. People crowded on the courtyard wall: "'Xiao Erhei (小二黑)', how did you find a wife!" Amidst the laughter, the character from writer Zhao Shuli's (赵树理) pen stood vividly before the villagers.

This isn't filming a play, but a new way for Qinshui (沁水) people to read. Qinshui (沁水) is Zhao Shuli's (赵树理) hometown. In promoting reading for all, the local area has launched an immersive theater, regularly performing the drama "Meeting Shuli (遇见树理)," and setting up interactive sessions to turn static reading into a perceptible and participatory scene.

78-year-old villager Pan Fengqin (潘凤琴) sat on a stone pier shelling string beans, watching "Xiao Erhei (小二黑)" and "Xiaoqin (小芹)" perform. She hasn't read much, but through repeated viewing and interaction, she has memorized the story 滚瓜烂熟 (gǔn guā làn shú - "ripe as a melon," very fluent; thoroughly familiar with).

Beyond the lively atmosphere, Qinshui County (沁水县) is steadily expanding its reading venues: making good use of 1 public library, 50 employee reading rooms, and 10 community libraries, achieving full coverage of Zhao Shuli's (赵树理) works in 182 rural libraries; shopping malls, supermarkets, stations, and hospitals also have "Shuli (树理) small bookshelves" that are updated regularly. Qinshui County (沁水县) is also building a "Shuli (树理) Town": using digital technology to converse with Zhao Shuli (赵树理), unlocking character images through comics, scanning QR codes to listen to the original text... A series of measures make Zhao Shuli's (赵树理) works more vivid and approachable.

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Editor(s) for this section: Zhang Ye, Yang Xiaoyu, Dong Wenxin

Layout Design: Zhang Fangman (张芳曼)
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Tieling, Liaoning: Accelerating Projects to Promote Development and "Embrace the New"

Since the beginning of this year, Tieling Guixin Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. has been receiving good news within the Liaoning Vein Industrial Park, located in Tieling County (铁岭县), Tieling City (铁岭市), Liaoning Province (辽宁省): The company successfully secured its largest out-of-province order in history—a 27 million yuan order from a private refinery; the construction of a new high-quality nickel-aluminum powder utilization production line is nearing completion, and it is estimated that it can add 50 million yuan in revenue annually; the output value in the first quarter of this year has increased significantly, the order volume has increased by 4 times year-on-year, and the net profit has also increased...

In April, northern Liaoning is gradually filled with the breath of spring. On this fertile land of Tieling (铁岭), a surge of development is underway, and project construction is in full swing. From the Liaoning Huadian 450,000 kW Wind Power Hydrogen Production Coupling Green Methanol Integrated Demonstration Project with towering cranes in the Diaobingshan (调兵山市) Chemical Industrial Park, to the newly built New Core (Tieling) Carbon Material Project factory buildings in the Tieling South Economic Development Zone (铁南经济开发区), and then to the Jvde Food Intelligent Production Project, which is accelerating in the Xifeng County (西丰县) Industrial Park... One major project after another is taking root and growing on the land of Tieling (铁岭) with a proactive attitude and a spirit of hard work, moving from blueprint planning to real-world implementation, and striving to write the "Tieling Answer Sheet" for the comprehensive revitalization of Liaoning (辽宁).

Taking the rhythm of "grabbing" to run out of construction speed.

"Dong dong dong..." The heavy and powerful sound of pile driving is the main theme of the construction site of the Liaoning Huadian Diaobingshan (辽宁华电调兵山) 450,000 kW Wind Power Hydrogen Production Coupling Green Methanol Integrated Demonstration Project. Two pile drivers are operating precisely, with pile body docking, welding reinforcement, verticality calibration, and repeated hammering carried out in an orderly manner, driving 17-meter to 19-meter-long pipe piles into the foundation. Currently, the pile foundation construction is nearing completion.

The project officially started civil construction in April and is expected to have steel frames erected in June, the office area put into use by the end of October, and equipment installation and unit commissioning completed by the end of this year.

This momentum of "running" has been fully rolled out in Tieling (铁岭) since the beginning of the year. Just after the Spring Festival, the Tieling City (铁岭市) Conference on Strengthening Work Style Construction to Empower High-Quality Development was held, making work arrangements for the whole year's development and clarifying the goal of "striving to start or resume construction of more than 75 projects in the first quarter." The city has established a full-cycle project management mechanism, sorting out and accounting for each project, refining the timetable, clarifying the responsible person, drawing the roadmap, carrying out wall chart operations, implementing cancellation management, accurately solving bottlenecks and difficulties, promoting the opening and accelerating of project construction, and the resumption of construction as much as possible, and a wave of project construction is surging.

Taking the "new" path to cultivate development momentum.

Where does Tieling's (铁岭) "new" come from?

"From the wind, to the alcohol." The Liaoning Huadian Diaobingshan (辽宁华电调兵山) 450,000 kW Wind Power Hydrogen Production Coupling Green Methanol Integrated Demonstration Project, with a total investment of approximately 3.9 billion yuan, integrates wind power, hydrogen production, hydrogen storage, and green methanol synthesis, and is a typical zero-carbon cycle demonstration project. After the project is completed, it can produce 19,000 tons of green hydrogen and 100,000 tons of green methanol annually. Since construction began in September 2025, more than 100 builders have been sticking to the front line and working hard to seize the construction period. At present, the foundations of the two major tank areas for hydrogen production and methanol have been completely poured, and underground pipelines are being laid simultaneously. The project construction has rapidly transitioned from the pile foundation stage to the civil construction stage.

The project uses green electricity generated by wind power to decompose water to obtain hydrogen, and then captures carbon dioxide from factory exhaust gas, and finally synthesizes green methanol. It is expected that in the summer of 2027, the project will be able to continuously produce qualified green methanol.

The "new" is contained in the production lines that are expanding and upgrading. In the production workshop of the Angel Yeast (Tieling) Co., Ltd. (安琪酵母（铁岭）有限公司) Phase II project, workers are making final adjustments to the intelligent production line for mixed feed additives with an annual output of 10,000 tons. This new production line is not only a key supplement to the original fermentation product system, but also means that the company will realize a new product matrix from "single fermentation" to "composite function." Through finely adjusting various additives, the production line will produce green feed products that can accurately meet different breeding needs, allowing traditional yeast production to "grow new branches" and injecting technological momentum into agricultural development.

The "new" is still growing in the fields. In the Xifeng County (西丰县) Life and Health Industry Park, the skeleton of a modern cold chain storage and logistics park with a total construction area of nearly 100,000 square meters and a storage capacity of 87,000 tons is beginning to take shape. In the future, this will be a warehouse for storing fresh produce and a center for the urban and rural cold chain system in Xifeng County (西丰县). Locally picked fruits and vegetables and slaughtered meats will start from here and be transported to surrounding cities; distinctive foods from afar will also continuously appear on the tables of Xifeng County (西丰县) people through this hub.

Taking the effect of "gathering" to build an industrial ecology.

A good project can attract a string of industries.

As soon as the Liaoning Huadian Diaobingshan (辽宁华电调兵山) 450,000 kW Wind Power Hydrogen Production Coupling Green Methanol Integrated Demonstration Project was launched, manufacturing enterprises such as hydrogen production power supplies, electrolyzers, and hydrogen purification devices followed. Now, hydrogen energy equipment supporting projects such as Huadian Technology & Industry (华电科工), Lvdao Hydrogen Energy (鹭岛氢能), and Leidong Technology (雷动科技) have started construction one after another, gradually forming an industrial cluster covering green hydrogen equipment manufacturing, hydrogen energy electrolyzers, and IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor) fully controlled hydrogen production power supplies.

In the New Core (Tieling) (新核（铁岭）) Carbon Material Project factory building, advanced carbon fiber pultrusion production lines are operating efficiently. As a high-performance material, carbon fiber is lighter than aluminum and stronger than steel. The carbon fiber products produced by the project will become part of the wind turbine blade skeleton and become the "spine" of the "wind-catching giant arm." The products produced by the project can be directly supplied to wind power equipment manufacturing enterprises 5 kilometers away and can be delivered in 10 minutes, with very low transportation costs. This "door-to-door" industrial chain effectively reduces the burden on enterprises.

In recent years, Tieling City (铁岭市) has been based on its own resource endowments and industrial foundation, focusing on "strengthening the chain, strengthening the chain, and extending the chain," accurately planning, accurately attracting investment, and accurately implementing projects, and striving to introduce a batch of high-tech, strong driving ability, and good green benefits of high-quality projects to promote the multi-point flowering and cluster development of projects. At the same time, adhering to differentiated layout and clustered advancement, Tieling County (铁岭县) is deeply cultivating advanced equipment manufacturing, Kaiyuan City (开原市) is strengthening corn deep processing, Changtu County (昌图县) is expanding wind power hydrogen energy equipment, and Diaobingshan City (调兵山市) is optimizing fine chemicals. Each county and city is based on its advantages and differentiated development. One characteristic project is stringing beads into chains and gathering chains into groups, promoting the transformation of Tieling City's (铁岭市) industry from "scattered layout" to "cluster development" and from "resource dependence" to "innovation-driven," accumulating strong momentum for high-quality development.

Taking the "practical" work style to optimize the business environment.

Projects are racing for speed, and behind them is service.

From a vacant lot to a production line ready to go, the Blue Ocean Love Nature Food & Beverage (Liaoning) Co., Ltd. (蓝岸爱自然食品饮料（辽宁）有限公司) project took only 7 months to land. The service team followed closely, and the approval process was "handled specially," reducing the overall approval time limit by more than 60%... To ensure the project's gas consumption, the Shuangjingzi Town (双井子镇) service team in Tieling County (铁岭县) directly stationed in the gas company, and an exclusive gas pipeline was laid to the factory within a week, solving the company's gas consumption problem.

At Wop精工 Manufacturing (Tieling) Co., Ltd. (沃柏精工制造（铁岭）有限公司), after it was officially put into production in April 2025, winter factory heating and wind and rain protection for the connecting corridor and the entrance gate became problems. After learning about the urgent needs and concerns of the enterprise, the Tieling Economic and Technological Development Zone (铁岭经济技术开发区) quickly coordinated relevant departments and completed the improvement of heating facilities and the construction of rolling shutter windproof structures and outdoor corridor rainproof canopies in just one month, effectively solving the wind and rain protection problems.

In Tieling (铁岭), enterprises are not fighting alone. In the face of labor shortages, the government organizes special recruitment fairs to "supplement" people; in the face of tight funds, bank-enterprise docking meetings "lend" money; in the face of slow progress, leaders conduct on-site office work to "dredge" bottlenecks. Cadres often carry a list of project problems in their pockets, solving one and crossing one out. The government escorts the whole process and provides precise services, so enterprises have no worries and only focus on sprinting towards their goals. From accelerating approvals to warming hearts with services, from policy implementation to cadre sinking, the "Tieling temperature" of business environment services is being transformed into the "Tieling speed" of project construction.

Grass and trees are sprouting, and spring mountains can be expected. From "a gust of wind" to "a barrel of alcohol," from "a thread" to "a leaf," the industrial puzzle is being filled with one project after another. Tieling (铁岭) is showing its responsibility with practical work and striving to develop the economy, and is striving to create a new situation of high-quality development on this vibrant fertile land.

Data source: Publicity Department of the Tieling Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共铁岭市委宣传部)

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Systematically Understand and Grasp the Original Contributions of the New Era's Strategy for Strengthening the Military Politically (In-depth Study and Implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era: A Comprehensive Discussion of Original and Iconic Concepts)

By: 刘光明

Strengthening the military must first start with political strength, and political strength is the most fundamental strength. On April 8, President Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized at the opening ceremony of the training course for senior military cadres: "We must take Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as our guide, thoroughly implement Xi Jinping's thinking on strengthening the military, carry out ideological rectification, deepen political rectification, strengthen the revolutionary forging of our military's cadre ranks, always maintain the purity and glory of the people's army, and greet the centenary of the army's founding with a new political outlook." This important speech is a rich development of the strategy of building a strong military through politics in the new era, and provides a fundamental guide for leading the strengthening and revitalization of the military from a political perspective. The strategy of building a strong military through politics in the new era is an important component of Xi Jinping's thinking on strengthening the military with distinctive characteristics, and is the latest achievement in the innovative development of our party's thinking on building the military through politics. We must deeply understand the original contributions of the strategy of building a strong military through politics in the new era, give full play to the unique advantages of building the military through politics, and ensure high-quality modernization construction with high-quality political building of the military.

Original Expansion of Building the Military Through Politics from Principles to Strategies

The proposal and rich development of the strategy of building a strong military through politics in the new era is a theoretical sublimation carried out in the extremely extraordinary and unusual practice of building the military through politics in recent years, fully demonstrating the rich practical experience and theoretical contributions of our party in leading and promoting the building of the military through politics. The strategy of building a strong military through politics in the new era not only systematically summarizes the content related to building the military through politics in Xi Jinping's thinking on strengthening the military, but also profoundly reflects the action program and basic requirements for guiding the practice of building the military through politics.

Promote the expansion and deepening from the principle of building the military through politics to the strategy of building a strong military through politics in the new era. Since the founding of the people's army, our party has made unremitting explorations in building the military through politics. During the Nanchang Uprising, it was proposed that "the role of the party is above all else," and most of the troops of the three major uprisings also had party organizations and established party representatives. During the Sanwan Reorganization, it was established that "the branch is built on the company." The Gutian Conference in 1929 put forward a series of principles, systems, and methods for building the military through politics. In the subsequent practice of building and governing the army, our party has continuously promoted the building of the military through politics with the development of the times. Entering the new era, President Xi Jinping has deeply considered how the party should build and control the army ideologically and politically, and has promoted theoretical innovation on the basis of stabilizing the situation and consolidating the foundation, achieving fruitful results. From the "four establishments" to the "six great strengths," and then to the "ten clarifications" and "six guarantees," theoretical innovations have condensed the successful experience of building the military through politics, marking the expansion of the principle of building the military through politics from guiding ideology to a grand and specific practical strategy, and successfully realizing the integration and new sublimation of the party's thinking on building the military through politics.

Promote the expansion and deepening from the basic strategy of "adhering to the party's absolute leadership over the people's army" to the strategy of building a strong military through politics in the new era. The party's absolute leadership over the army is the fundamental direction of building the military through politics, and building the military through politics is the fundamental way to realize the party's absolute leadership over the army. The Party Central Committee, the Central Military Commission, and President Xi Jinping have planned the adherence to the party's absolute leadership over the army and the promotion of building the military through politics as a whole, and have successively used "basic strategy" and "strategy" to make positioning and generalization. In October 2017, the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed the "Fourteen Adherences" basic strategy, including "adhering to the party's absolute leadership over the people's army." The word "basic" in the basic strategy indicates that this strategy points to the macro goals and guidelines. In June 2024, President Xi Jinping used "ten clarifications" to summarize the main content of the strategy of building a strong military through politics in the new era, namely, "clarifying that building the military through politics is the foundation of the people's army, clarifying that political work is always the lifeline of our army, clarifying that political rectification should highlight the correction of deviations at the political level, clarifying that mastering ideological leadership is the basis for mastering all leadership, clarifying that the party's strength comes from organization, and the troops' cohesion and combat effectiveness come from organization, clarifying that the gun must always be in the hands of those who are loyal and reliable to the party, clarifying that strictness can rectify discipline, strictness can strengthen military prestige, and strictness can produce combat effectiveness, clarifying that there must be no hiding place for corrupt elements in the military, clarifying that excellent work style can shape heroic troops, and clarifying that the unity of the military and the government and the military and the people is the magic weapon for our army's victory." The basic strategy of "adhering to the party's absolute leadership over the people's army" and the strategy of building a strong military through politics in the new era are consistent and coherent, and have achieved innovative development with the times. The strategy of building a strong military through politics in the new era not only has the political strategy direction of the party commanding the gun, but also uses political work in all aspects to construct a grand system and construction layout for building the military through politics, so that the party's absolute leadership over the army is truly rooted in national defense and military construction.

Promote the expansion and deepening from the military outlook and methodology of "adhering to political leadership" to the strategy of building a strong military through politics in the new era. Xi Jinping's thinking on strengthening the military adheres to using Marxism to examine contemporary Chinese military issues, and proposes the military outlook and methodology of "five adherences," providing us with sharp weapons to promote the cause of strengthening the military in the new era. Among them, "adhering to political leadership" ranks first among the "five adherences," runs through all the contents of the "five adherences," plays a unifying role, is the soul and essence of the strategy of building a strong military through politics in the new era, and is also the theoretical basis and cognitive tool for forming and enriching the strategy of building a strong military through politics in the new era. The strategy of building a strong military through politics in the new era is the rational understanding and practical strategy derived from the application of this military outlook and methodology, and is also the specific embodiment and theoretical form of this military outlook and methodology. "Adhering to political leadership" contains profound truths, principles, and philosophies such as the essential attributes of the army originating from politics, the fundamental functions of the army depending on politics, and the army's actions and decisions being considered in politics. The strategy of building a strong military through politics in the new era develops these truths, principles, and philosophies into theoretical principles and practical guidelines with guiding significance, so that the practice of building the military through politics demonstrates the fundamental method of "adhering to political leadership" and transforms it into the actual actions of the people's army faithfully fulfilling its duties and responsibilities.

Original Sublimation of Building the Military Through Politics from Theory to System

The proposal and rich development of the strategy of building a strong military through politics in the new era marks the completion of the analysis and sorting of the ideological theory of building the military through politics from major core concepts to theoretical modules and then to theoretical logic, so that the practical experience of building the military through politics in the new era has achieved systematic generalization and original sublimation.

Clarify the theoretical logic of "building the military through politics - political work - political rectification" and construct a corresponding theoretical system. Among the main contents of the "ten clarifications" of the strategy of building a strong military through politics in the new era, the first three "clarifications" respectively explain the status and role of building the military through politics, political work, and political rectification, as well as the connotation, essence, and practical requirements, and make clear distinctions and accurate positioning of these three concepts that all contain the word "politics." Among them, "building the military through politics" covers the widest range and occupies the highest level, pointing out the fundamental direction and principles of army building, and demonstrating macro political design and guiding principles. "Political work" is the party's ideological and organizational work in the army, is the practical carrier of building the military through politics, focuses on daily management and education work, and is the specific path to achieve the goals and tasks of building the military through politics. "Political rectification" is the revolutionary forging of the people's army by our party, is a powerful weapon to comprehensively strengthen the party's leadership and party building in our army, is an important way to reshape the people's army, is a political work practice that focuses on correcting deviations, and is also a strategic grasp of building the military through politics. The first three "clarifications" of the strategy of building a strong military through politics in the new era mark the respective strategic levels and positions. From the third to the tenth "clarification," the specific practice of building the military through politics is gradually unfolded, which is also a comprehensive deployment of the army's political work, covering political rectification, ideological work, organizational work, cadre work, strict governance of the army, anti-corruption struggle, work style construction, and mass work, clarifying the connotation and extension of the strategy of building a strong military through politics in the new era. In general, the theoretical system constituted by the "ten clarifications" runs through the theoretical logic of "building the military through politics - political work - political rectification," and spreads out into a systematic layout of building the military through politics, successfully realizing a major principled innovation in the theory of building the military through politics by the proletarian party.

Clarify the theoretical logic of "era topic - era theme - era requirements" and construct a corresponding theoretical system. What kind of socialism with Chinese characteristics should be upheld and developed in the new era, and how to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics, is one of the major era topics that Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era focuses on answering. This major era topic, specific to the field of national defense and military construction, requires building a solid national defense and a strong people's army, making it a strategic support for upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. In the field of building the military through politics, President Xi Jinping creatively proposed the scientific concept of "the era theme of army political work" and clarified it as closely focusing on realizing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, providing a strong political guarantee for realizing the party's goal of strengthening the army in the new era and comprehensively building the people's army into a world-class army, scientifically responding to and answering the strategic needs of national defense and military construction for major era topics. In June 2024, at the Central Military Commission Political Work Conference, President Xi Jinping also put forward the era requirements of political building of the army "six guarantees," namely, "ensure that the people's army always maintains its nature and purpose, always dares to fight and win, always unites and struggles, always produces talents, always remains pure and glorious, and always has strict laws and disciplines." These "six guarantees" outline the principles and goals of deeply promoting the political building of the army from six dimensions: strengthening the foundation of the people's army, fundamental functions, source of strength, key support, political background, and important guarantee, establishing the mission leadership of the political building of the army on the new journey, which is an expansion and deepening of the era theme of army political work, running through the theoretical logic of "era topic - era theme - era requirements."

Clarify the theoretical logic of "outstanding problems - ideological roots - key work" and construct a corresponding theoretical system. Many contents of the strategy of building a strong military through politics in the new era are put forward in the study and solution of outstanding problems in the ideological and political field of our army. In October 2014, President Xi Jinping attended the All-Army Political Work Conference in Gutian (古田) and profoundly analyzed the 10 outstanding problems existing in the ideology, politics, and work style of the troops, especially leading cadres, pointing out that "the reasons for these problems are multifaceted, but the most fundamental ones are problems in ideals and beliefs, party spirit principles, revolutionary spirit, organizational discipline, and ideological work style," and then pointed out that strengthening and improving our army's political work under the new situation should focus on five aspects. At the Central Military Commission Political Work Conference, President Xi Jinping profoundly analyzed the deep-seated contradictions and problems that need to be solved in the current political building of the army, emphasizing that "these problems are manifested in politics, ideology, organization, work style, and discipline, and the roots are in ideals and beliefs, party spirit cultivation, official morality, and personal character," and then clarified the six key tasks to be grasped in promoting the political building of the army on the new journey. Whether it is the theoretical system constituted by the "five aspects" or the "six key tasks," it runs through the theoretical logic of "outstanding problems - ideological roots - key work," reflecting the diagnostic thinking of prescribing the right medicine for deep-seated practical problems such as "what to do when joining the party, what to do when joining the army, and what to do as a general," and the practical requirements of grasping the root and curing the root, leading our army to treat both the symptoms and the root causes, systematically implement governance, break and establish simultaneously, correct and build simultaneously, and promote the political building of the army to create a new situation.

Original Combination of Principles and Culture in Building the Military Through Politics

The ideological theory that guides the development of practice by our party not only has scientific truthfulness but also demonstrates cultural subjectivity. The strategy of building a strong military through politics in the new era is formed by the profound "chemical reaction" between Marxist military building theory and the excellent traditional Chinese culture. It is not only an innovative achievement of our party's consistent thinking on building the military through politics but also the essence of the creative transformation and innovative development of the excellent traditional Chinese culture.

Combine the principle of governing the country must govern the military with the excellent traditional Chinese culture. "If the root is not shaken, the branches and leaves will flourish." The strategy of building a strong military through politics in the new era adheres to and develops the basic principles of the proletarian party leading the new type of people's army, fully draws on the essence of the excellent traditional Chinese culture, solves the fundamental problems of what banner our army should hold, what road it should take, who it should listen to, and who it should fight for, and forms extremely rich theoretical creations. Marxism believes that after the proletariat smashes the old state machine through violent revolution, it must firmly lead its own army, revealing the universal law that governing the country must govern the military. In this regard, Chinese culture also has rich ideological content. Confucius (孔子) and Sun Tzu (孙武), among others, advocated that the leadership and command of the army must be placed under the overall control of the highest ruler. The strategy of building a strong military through politics in the new era integrates the essence of Marxist principles and the essence of excellent traditional Chinese culture from the height of strengthening the foundation of the army, requiring that the party's leadership and party building in our army must be comprehensively strengthened, a series of fundamental principles and systems for the party to lead the army must be implemented, the chairman responsibility system of the Central Military Commission must be comprehensively and deeply implemented, and our army must faithfully fulfill the missions and tasks entrusted by the party and the people.

Combine the principle of fighting political and military battles with the excellent traditional Chinese culture. "All war methods must be based on political victory." The strategy of building a strong military through politics in the new era connects the Marxist principles of fighting political and military battles with Chinese military science, puts forward a series of new ideas, new viewpoints, and new conclusions, and enriches and develops Marxist war theory. Marxism believes that war is bloody politics, politics determines military affairs, and political strategy determines strategy. The decision-makers and executors of military actions must not only have military minds but also have political minds. When considering how to fight military battles, they should consider how to fight political, economic, and diplomatic battles, and consider how to maximize the strategic interests of the country and the nation. Chinese sages also have similar ideas and viewpoints. From the "major events of the country are sacrifice and war" in the *Zuo Zhuan* (《左传》), to the "war is a major event of the country" in *Sun Tzu's Art of War* (《孙子兵法》), to the "the victory or defeat of war is based on politics" in the *Huainanzi* (《淮南子》), all explain the relationship between military affairs and politics. The ideas of attacking the mind, attacking diplomacy, attacking the army, and attacking cities, as well as cases such as the Battle of Baiju (柏举之战) and Tian Ji's horse racing (田忌赛马), reflect the idea of mixed game theory to achieve "political victory" through multiple strategies, combining the virtual and the real, combining the strange and the orthodox, and optimizing the whole. The strategy of building a strong military through politics in the new era combines Marxist war theory with the excellent traditional Chinese military culture, integrates the political building of the army with war preparation and combat, leads the victory from the political direction with a series of new concepts, new ideas, and new strategies, inspires the victory from the spiritual infusion, supports the victory from the talent training, and ensures the victory from the work style tempering, making our army a model for fighting political and military battles.

Combine the principle of focusing on the central task with the excellent traditional Chinese culture. Adhering to the role of service and guarantee around the central task of the party and the army is the successful experience and fine tradition of our party's political building of the army. The strategy of building a strong military through politics in the new era profoundly reflects the basic principle that political building of the army must focus on the central task, adheres to the world feelings of the Chinese nation, and opens up a new realm for the army's political work to serve and guarantee the central task. Marxism believes that the main social contradiction is the concentrated embodiment of the basic contradictions constituted by the productive forces and production relations, the economic base and the superstructure in a specific historical stage. The Marxist ruling party must dynamically adjust and determine the central task of the party and the country according to the changes in the main social contradiction, and all construction and work, including the political building of the army, should be closely centered on the central task. In line with this, Chinese civilization has also formed a sense of the overall situation that the world is important, a sense of overall planning that grasps the fundamentals and follows the ends, and a historical view that moves forward with the times in the course of more than 5,000 years of development, such as Mencius (孟子) advocating "happiness with the world, worry with the world," and Fu Zi (傅子) proposing "holding the outline and the eyes will open, grasping the root and the ends will follow." The strategy of building a strong military through politics in the new era integrates these ideas and concepts, requiring our army's political work to closely focus on comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the nation with Chinese-style modernization, providing a strong political guarantee for realizing the party's goal of strengthening the army in the new era, and elevating "adhering to the role of service and guarantee around the central task of the party and the army" to a new height of leading the entire army to strive for a world-class strong army. We must deeply study and understand the strategy of building a strong military through politics in the new era, adhere to, use, and develop the important magic weapon of building the military through politics, and write a new chapter in strengthening the army and revitalizing the military that is worthy of the revolutionary predecessors, worthy of the century-old foundation, and worthy of the great era with the political initiative of rebirth and progress, and with the unprecedented unity under the new historical conditions.
Integrating the principles of focusing on the central task with outstanding traditional Chinese culture. Adhering to serving and guaranteeing the central tasks of the Party and the military is our Party's successful experience and fine tradition in building the military politically. The new era's strategy for building the military politically profoundly reflects the fundamental principle that political building of the military must focus on the central task, uphold the Chinese nation's global perspective, and open up a new realm for the military's political work to serve and guarantee the central task. Marxism believes that the main social contradiction is the concentrated embodiment of the basic contradictions constituted by productive forces and production relations, the economic base and the superstructure, etc., in a specific historical stage. The Marxist ruling party must dynamically adjust and determine the central tasks of the Party and the state according to the changes in the main social contradiction. All construction and work, including the political building of the military, should be closely centered on the central task. In line with this, in the course of more than 5,000 years of development, Chinese civilization has also formed a grand view of prioritizing the world, a holistic view of grasping the fundamentals, and a historical view of advancing with the times. For example, Mencius advocated "joy with the world, worry with the world," and Fu Zi proposed "hold the rope and the net will open, grasp the root and the branches will follow." The new era's strategy for building the military politically integrates these thoughts and concepts, requiring our military's political work to be closely centered on comprehensively promoting the building of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization, providing a strong political guarantee for achieving the Party's goal of strengthening the military in the new era, and elevating "adhering to serving and guaranteeing the central tasks of the Party and the military" to a new height of leading the entire army to strive for a world-class strong military. We must deeply study and comprehend the new era's strategy for building the military politically, adhere to, utilize, and develop this important magic weapon of building the military politically, with the political initiative of rebirth from the ashes and advancing towards strength, and with unprecedented unity under new historical conditions, write a new chapter in strengthening the military and rejuvenating the army that is worthy of the revolutionary predecessors, worthy of the century-old foundation, and worthy of the great era.

(The author is a researcher at the Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era Research Center of the National Defense University (国防大学).)

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Using positive and negative examples to correct the view of performance (Ideological Perspectives)

By: 李永进

Our Party has always attached importance to grasping and using typical examples to clarify right and wrong, determine choices, and correct guidance. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized in his instructions on carrying out study and education on establishing and practicing a correct view of performance throughout the Party: "We must make good use of both positive and negative examples. Positive examples must be accurate and able to withstand scrutiny. We must strengthen publicity and avoid deliberate packaging. Negative examples should be distinguished by different levels and categories, and the existing problems and manifestations should be sorted out and analyzed in a targeted manner to truly play a warning role." This profoundly inspires us that making good use of both positive and negative examples is an important method for educating and guiding the vast number of Party members and cadres to firmly establish a correct view of performance, and it is also an effective means to cultivate a good political ecology and promote the development of the Party and the country.

Making good use of both positive and negative examples means clearly highlighting what is a correct view of performance and what is a wrong view of performance. What are positive examples? They are achievements that are loyal to the Party, benefit the people, and can withstand the test of practice and history; they are the realm of "achieving success does not necessarily require me" and the responsibility of "achieving success definitely requires me"; they are respecting laws, seeking truth from facts, being down-to-earth, and persevering. What are negative examples? They are the hasty pursuit of quick success and instant benefits, flashy but impractical, and wasteful actions that harm the people and waste money; they are the bubbles of "image projects" and "performance projects"; they are the shortsightedness and selfishness of only seeking one's own "brilliance," regardless of the warmth and coldness of the masses, and disregarding long-term consequences. Making good use of both positive and negative examples is not just for show, but to answer the fundamental question of the view of performance with facts.

Positive examples are important carriers for establishing value benchmarks, strengthening political leadership, and inspiring striving forces. Ma Xiwu (马锡五) did not sit in court to handle cases, but often led a donkey to the countryside, listening to disputes and asking about the truth in the fields, emphasizing right and wrong, and de-emphasizing official formalities; Jiao Yulu (焦裕禄) governed the "three harms" in Lankao (兰考), Henan (河南), braving the wind and sand to check the wind gaps, and enduring the pain to visit the people's conditions. What he had in mind was not how to "look good" during his term of office, but how to make the people's lives "better"; Ren Changxia (任长霞) stuck to her post for decades, punishing the black and evil forces, promoting righteousness and integrity, and faithfully practiced the original mission of the people's police for the people... One resounding name and one moving deed transformed the principles of Party spirit, the requirements of the purpose, and the standards of performance into people and things that can be seen, touched, and remembered. The more clearly positive examples are established, the more appealing, persuasive, and guiding the correct view of performance will be.

Negative examples are not for simple "public display," but to sound the alarm, draw red lines, and correct the atmosphere. Some wrong views of performance are not just problems of cognitive deviation and superficial style, but are mixed with a strong utilitarian calculation and selfish thoughts: some talk about high-quality development, but what they are thinking about is how to "gain experience" and "get on the page" as soon as possible; some turn investigations into "scouting" and projects into "showgrounds," with entourages and flashing cameras, seemingly busy, but in fact, they avoid the most strongly reflected problems of the masses; some are keen on "short, flat, and fast" projects, erecting signs today, cutting ribbons tomorrow, and reporting experiences the day after tomorrow, as for the follow-up situation and whether the people buy it, it is lightly described and glossed over. Pointing out these negative examples is not to "kill people with one blow," but to explain the problem, find the lesion, and explain the cost, so that those who fantasize about becoming famous by tossing, shining by packaging, and achieving results by falsifying will know when to stop and when to be wary.

The key to making good use of both positive and negative examples lies in their use. Positive examples must be established accurately, and cadres and deeds that truly work hard, benefit the people, and can withstand scrutiny must be selected, especially those "potential achievements" that do not show mountains or reveal water but lay the foundation, benefit the long term, and benefit people's livelihoods must be brought into view. Negative examples must be exposed thoroughly, and we cannot simply draw a general conclusion and end the matter hastily. Instead, we must explain the background of the problem, the path of evolution, the losses caused, and the deviations in Party spirit reflected in a deep and thorough manner, so that people can see the selfishness, laziness, and arbitrary actions behind it. Cases should be told vividly, both how positive examples solve problems in difficult situations and achieve success in practice, and how negative examples gradually slide into the pursuit of quick success and instant benefits and falsification, so that Party members and cadres are touched when they hear it and have shadows when they look at it. The results should be used effectively, and both positive and negative examples should be embedded in cadre education, assessment and evaluation, etc., so that positive examples are not just a list of honors posted on the wall, but also a weather vane for employing people; so that negative examples are not just a warning record printed on paper, but also a hard constraint for disciplinary restraint and rectification accountability.

Making good use of both positive and negative examples establishes rules, corrects Party spirit, and rectifies the atmosphere. We must let positive examples truly set a benchmark for doers, so that Party members and cadres who benefit the long term, have public hearts, seek truth, and seek effectiveness have honor, a stage, and a future; we must also let negative examples truly become a warning bell for speculators, so that there is no market and no way out for those who engage in wasteful, flashy, and impractical practices. Only in this way can we better encourage the vast number of Party members and cadres to devote their minds and energy to investigating the truth, making practical moves, doing practical things, and seeking practical results, and truly creating practical achievements that can withstand the test of practice, the people, and history.

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Fastening the "First Button" of Rule of Law Awareness for Minors (Special In-Depth Thinking)

By: 王艳敏

The cultivation of legal awareness among minors is related to individual development, family and social harmony, and is one of the important foundations for promoting the comprehensive rule of law. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) made important instructions on the ideological and moral construction of minors, emphasizing that "we must adhere to taking the ideological and moral construction of minors as a strategic and fundamental task" and "jointly create a good social environment for the healthy growth of minors." The cultivation of legal awareness is an important part of the ideological and moral construction of minors, and family education plays a fundamental role in the collaborative education mechanism. General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions on the ideological and moral construction of minors profoundly expound the strategic positioning and practical path of the ideological and moral construction of minors, the cultivation of legal awareness, and family education, providing a fundamental guideline for giving play to the fundamental role of family education in cultivating minors' legal awareness.
As the first place for minors to socialize, the family has unique advantages in its educational function, such as imitation and acquisition, initial norms, and emotional infiltration. The family rules set by parents, the way they deal with violations, etc., constitute the earliest legal concepts in the minds of minors; parents' respect and practice of legal authority form the initial judgment of minors on the effectiveness of the law; the natural emotional attachment between parents and children makes the rules conveyed by parents easier to be accepted and internalized. This integration of emotion, reason, and law provides an emotional foundation and cognitive starting point for the true internalization of minors' legal awareness and its externalization into action. At present, minors in China are growing up in a complex environment intertwined with profound economic and social transformation and the information technology revolution, and family legal education faces certain challenges. From a realistic point of view, problems such as the younger age and diversification of juvenile delinquency occur from time to time, and phenomena such as campus bullying and online violations have repeatedly received social attention. Behind these problems, the absence, misplacement, and dislocation of some family education in the legal cultivation link are reflected. For example, some parents have a weak sense of responsibility and insufficient legal education; some parents have insufficient legal literacy and find it difficult to guide effectively; some parents focus on intellectual education and neglect moral education, ignoring the shaping of values; some parents' education methods are simple and crude, and even indulge, condone, and physically punish; and so on. These problems warn us that we must consolidate the foundation of family education and promote legal education to take root in the family field in a multi-dimensional and multi-level manner.
Strengthen and enhance parents' subjective awareness and literacy ability in legal education. The Family Education Promotion Law and the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency Law incorporate family education from traditional "family affairs" into the national education development plan and the rule of law track. For example, the Family Education Promotion Law stipulates: "Cultivate their good social ethics, family virtues, personal morality awareness and legal awareness"; the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency Law stipulates: "The state, society, schools and families shall strengthen the education of socialist core values for minors, carry out crime prevention education, and enhance minors' legal awareness." This requires us to further guide parents or other guardians to establish a sense of responsibility that "the family is the first classroom and parents are the first teachers," and fully recognize that legal education is one of the core contents of family education. Both parents jointly participate in and work together to assume the main responsibility of family education, respect the physical and mental development laws and individual differences of minors, grasp the characteristics of family education, implement scientific family education concepts and methods, and integrate the cultivation of legal awareness into the entire process of minors' growth. Focus on improving parents' legal literacy, promote their learning of legal knowledge, enhance their awareness of legal education, and become role models in respecting, learning, abiding by, and using the law, so that legal awareness can be effectively transmitted from parents to children, allowing legal awareness to take root in the hearts of minors, and develop a habit of thinking and behavior of consciously abiding by the law, seeking the law in case of trouble, and relying on the law to solve problems.
Build a long-term mechanism for family legal education. The cultivation of the spirit of the rule of law is reflected in daily life. Therefore, it is necessary to integrate legal education into daily life. For example, by clarifying family behavior norms, guiding children to establish a sense of rules; by respecting minors' ownership of property rights and privacy rights, establishing a concept of property rights; by democratic consultation and joint decision-making on family affairs, cultivating procedural awareness; and by the influence of family traditions of equal rights and obligations, establishing a correct view of rights and obligations. Especially with the development of information technology, we must attach great importance to family legal education in the Internet era. Focusing on new issues such as online privacy, intellectual property rights, and network security, combined with news events and cases around us, we will focus on improving minors' online legal literacy and guide them to become responsible digital citizens. Deeply integrate family style construction with legal education, cultivate the spirit of the rule of law with excellent family style, and effectively connect family style and family rules with national laws and moral norms, so that minors can deeply understand that the law is a larger range of "rules" that guarantee the operation of society.
Improve the coordination network of family legal education. The cultivation of minors' legal awareness is a systematic project, and the role of family education as a foundation cannot be separated from the collaborative cooperation and support of schools, society, judicial organs, etc. Promote the improvement of the home-school cooperation mechanism. Parents should actively cooperate with schools to carry out moral education, legal education, life education, and mental health education, actively participate in training and practical activities held by schools and communities, master scientific family education methods, correct minors' bad behaviors in a timely manner, and take the initiative to communicate with schools when they find psychological or behavioral abnormalities in minors, and jointly promote the healthy growth of minors. Government functional departments should strengthen guidance and support, and departments such as education, women's federations, working committees, and judicial departments should work together to strengthen family education guidance services relying on platforms such as children's homes and women's homes. Unblock social support channels, encourage parents to accompany minors to participate in publicity and education activities on the prevention of juvenile delinquency and education activities in youth legal education practice bases, so that minors' legal education can be carried out in multiple channels and carriers, in a practical and experiential manner, and plant the seeds of abiding by rules and laws in the hearts of minors in a silent way, and cultivate more new people of the era who can shoulder the great task of national rejuvenation, and lay a solid foundation for building a higher level of safe China and rule of law China.
(The author is a professor at the National Prosecutors College)

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Readers Everywhere (A Scroll of the New Era)

April 23rd is "World Book Day." The 5th National Reading Conference was held in Nanchang (南昌), Jiangxi (江西) from April 20th to 22nd. During the conference, a National Reading Photography Exhibition was held simultaneously. The exhibition, themed "Readers Everywhere," focused on displaying over a hundred photographic works on the theme of reading.

All the works in this exhibition come from daily snapshots. Children reading quietly under desk lamps, migrant workers reading during work breaks, elderly people reading in front of bookshelves, parents and children reading together in libraries... These unadorned images truthfully record the vivid details of how the fragrance of books integrates into the urban and rural fabric, and how reading becomes a daily part of life.

The photography exhibition is not only a visual display, but also a social observation and warm presentation of the effectiveness of national reading. These moments from real life directly reflect that the concept of national reading is deeply rooted in people's hearts, and that national reading has 蔚然成风 (wèi rán chéng fēng - "become a common practice," to become a general trend).

The "fragrant visual" under the lens is being painted wider and wider - from the long queues in front of libraries to the focused expressions of reading in street corner bookstores, from campus libraries to multi-format physical bookstores, reading scenes are becoming increasingly diverse. May reading be more deeply integrated into our daily lives, and may the whole society have a stronger fragrance of books.

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Editor in charge of this edition: Lei Sheng, Jiang Yushi

Layout Design: Shen Yiling (沈亦伶)

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When AI Can Write, Do We Still Need to Read Every Word? (Special Report on National Reading)

By: 本报记者 陈圆圆 刘 畅 李 娜

With "National Reading Week" in full swing, April 23rd of this year marks the arrival of the 31st "World Book Day" as scheduled.

In this moment filled with the fragrance of books, we invited writers Mo Yan (莫言) and Yu Hua (余华) to engage in a dialogue on topics such as reading and literary creation in the age of AI (Artificial Intelligence), and the growth of young people – Why do people read? How do the "miscellaneous books" read in youth affect one's life? How can young people who have just left campus and entered society find their direction in life when they are confused? When AI can also write, do we still need to read word by word?

Reading is an important way for human beings to acquire knowledge, develop intelligence, and cultivate morality. In an era of fast pace and fragmentation, we still believe that quiet reading is an irreplaceable form of growth. We hope that this dialogue can bring inspiration and comfort to readers, and that the trend of national reading can blow into the daily lives of more people.

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Topic 1: Why We Started Writing

Question from an Internet User

How did you embark on the path of writing? Was there a decisive moment when you decided, "I want to become a writer"?

Mo Yan (莫言): I first became an avid reader, and then slowly became an author. When I was a child in the countryside, there were too few books to borrow. Borrowing books was often limited to one day, so I would hide away and read 废寝忘食 (fèi qǐn wàng shí - "forget food neglect sleep," to be so absorbed in something as to forget eating and sleeping), neglecting the housework and not herding the sheep. Although I read quickly, I still remember the plot clearly. So, reading should be done when you are young, when you are in your prime, to achieve twice the result with half the effort.

The first full-length novel I read was "Heroes of Lüliang" (《吕梁英雄传》), which my primary school teacher left on my bedside. Later, the teacher lent me red classics such as "Red Flag Over Great Gate Island" (《红旗插上大门岛》), "Taming the East Sea's Vast Waves" (《踏平东海万顷浪》), and "Song of Youth" (《青春之歌》). After reading these, I borrowed "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" (《三国演义》), "Investiture of the Gods" (《封神演义》) and others from the village. My elder brother left behind his junior and senior high school Chinese textbooks, which excerpted fragments of Chinese and foreign masterpieces such as "The Lin Family Shop" (《林家铺子》), "Thunderstorm" (《雷雨》), "Prairie Fire" (《平原烈火》), and Pushkin's novels, with diverse styles that broadened my horizons.

The more I read, the more I wanted to write. Of course, there was also a utilitarian motive: to live a good life, eat dumplings, wear leather shoes, and wear a watch. There was also a "high-end" ideal: to use my pen to write the emotions in my heart and describe real life.

Yu Hua (余华): Mo Yan (莫言) said that the more you read, the more you want to write. Sometimes, you want to write even if you don't read much. When I was young, most of the foreign novels I read were incomplete, missing a dozen pages at the beginning or a dozen pages at the end. I could only rely on my imagination to fill in the story. That's how my imagination was cultivated. Later, after reading one or two works, I was suddenly inspired to write. That "moment" just came.

Looking back, there were actually many preparations before that "moment" arrived. When I was a child, I loved reading idiom dictionaries. Each idiom was a story, which was particularly interesting. I also read the annotations to "Selected Works of Mao Zedong" (《毛泽东选集》), which contained many stories of historical figures. I read them over and over again two or three times. In high school, a neighbor had more than a dozen old issues of "Harvest" (《收获》) magazine, which I read all of. Later, I borrowed "Bright Sunny Skies" (《艳阳天》), "The Golden Road" (《金光大道》) and others from the library, adding up to more than 30 books.

The most unforgettable thing was reading the handwritten copy of "La Dame aux Camélias" (《茶花女》). At that time, I thought, there is such a touching story in the world. A classmate and I copied it down 废寝忘食 (fèi qǐn wàng shí - "forget food neglect sleep," to be so absorbed in something as to forget eating and sleeping), like a relay race. Later, I learned that we had copied an abridged version.

Later, when I was studying to be a dentist, an ophthalmologist lent me Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" (《罪与罚》), which had to be returned the next morning. I read it all night, and went to work the next day feeling dizzy. I asked the director for leave, saying that I had been reading a novel all night, and went back to the dormitory to sleep.

Topic 2: The Relationship Between AI and Literature

Question from an Internet User

Now AI can write poetry and paint, creating with one click. Are you worried that the writing profession will be replaced?

Yu Hua (余华): I saw a list that ranked the 50 professions most likely to be replaced by AI, and writers were ranked in the twenties. In the face of AI, the stronger the originality, the greater the probability of "survival." Writing is not just a technical job. AI cannot yet do the kind of emotions, details, and things that can only be written after experiencing life.

Mo Yan (莫言): The writing profession, especially literary creation with strong personality and originality, cannot be replaced in the short term. For articles that are highly technical, such as regulated verse and parallel prose, AI can write them with flowery language and perfect antithesis, but without thought, they are empty. I tried to get AI to write a fu (赋) about Lingyin Temple (灵隐寺), and it wrote it in a few minutes, but it was flashy and insubstantial. Later, I injected an idea into it – "Temples are not markets, and almsgiving is not a transaction" – and it did write much better. Therefore, the power of AI is built on the basis of continuous "feeding." AI can be a good auxiliary tool, but truly good works still need people to inject ideas.

Yu Hua (余华): For a while, I loved watching videos of "watching a movie in a few minutes," and I could watch seven or eight movies in one night. But later I found that it greatly affected the viewing experience – I knew the outline of the story, and when I watched the original film, I always felt like I had seen it but hadn't seen it. In fact, like novels and movies, what really moves people is not the story itself, but the "saturation" supported by details, emotions, and dialogue.

Mo Yan (莫言): "Reading a novel in a few minutes" is like drinking juice. Although it is convenient, it is definitely not as nutritious and flavorful as eating fruit. I also like to watch short videos, and I often come across the creations of the account "Yimeng Mountain Ga Laotai" (沂蒙山尕老太), which mainly features rural market days. There are now many such professional "online theater troupes," which is a new phenomenon worth paying attention to. New life is coming, and there are various possibilities in the AI era. Facing AI, writers are both anxious and confused, but on the other hand, they firmly believe that they cannot give up – the process of inner contradiction and struggle is precisely the soil for producing works.

Yu Hua (余华): We should also be wary of AI fake videos. In the past, some people would take one or two paragraphs we had written, mix them with other people's words to make an article, and sign our names. Now AI technology has gone a step further, directly using our voices to "speak," making it difficult for netizens to distinguish.

Mo Yan (莫言): I call for AI-generated content in the future to be accompanied by indelible marks like birthmarks, so that everyone can distinguish them.

Topic 3: Choosing a Reading Taste

Question from an Internet User

I'm too tired from work. When I get home, I just want to read "爽文" (shuǎng wén - "refreshing novels," novels that provide instant gratification) to relax. I don't want to read serious literature. What should I do?

Mo Yan (莫言): There is no insurmountable barrier between "爽文" (shuǎng wén - "refreshing novels," novels that provide instant gratification) and serious literature. Good novels are often both "爽" (shuǎng - "refreshing," gratifying) and "虐" (nüè - "torturing," emotionally intense), making people laugh through tears. It is completely understandable for young people to read some "爽文" (shuǎng wén - "refreshing novels," novels that provide instant gratification) to relax after a tiring day at work. But if you have the energy, you can still change your taste and read something else.

Yu Hua (余华): Reading is a choice, and behind the choice there is bound to be expectation. When I am ready to read a serious novel, I can finish it even if it is boring, such as Kafka's "The Castle" (《城堡》).

Also, don't easily equate "good stories" with "not profound." Some stories are written particularly well, but they are equally profound. Márquez once recommended "The Count of Monte Cristo" (《基督山伯爵》), believing that it is a book about education – a near-illiterate person learns multiple languages in prison. Everyone reads the same book from a different angle and gains different things. So my suggestion is that reading should be diversified, like eating, with constantly changing tastes.

Topic 4: Talking to Young People

Question from an Internet User

Many young people who have just graduated and entered society are in an "Odyssey period" of feeling confused, drifting, and uncertain. Did you have such a stage in your life? What advice do you have?

Mo Yan (莫言): I also had a long period of confusion. When I was herding cattle in my teens, I wondered if I would spend my whole life like this. At that time, rural youth generally wanted to go out by joining the army, being recruited as workers, or going to college. I went to a cotton factory as a temporary worker and joined the army. Every step I took, I wanted to go outside, see a wider world, meet more people, and learn more knowledge. When I was in the army, I also served as a librarian, desperately reading and writing, hoping to change my destiny through writing.

In fact, in a person's life, there is no stage that can be relied upon once and for all. I am now over 70 years old, and I still have confusion in my writing, trying every means to write something different. Whether it is reading or contacting various cultures on the Internet, it is ultimately to write better works.

Odysseus drifted at sea for 10 years, but finally returned to his hometown. 一山放出一山拦 (yī shān fàng chū yī shān lán - "one mountain releases, another blocks," there will always be challenges), young friends, don't be anxious, this stage will always pass.

Yu Hua (余华): My "Odyssey period" was probably the 5 years I spent as a dentist. But confusion and anxiety are not the "patent" of young people. It will accompany a person throughout their life.

At the end of last year, I opened a short video account, and most of my followers are young people. It happened to be the end of the semester, and a netizen asked: The grades will be released tomorrow, and I'm so anxious, what should I do? My suggestion is: get a good night's sleep first, and then be anxious when you wake up. Anxiety and confusion cannot be pushed away, but they can be shortened as much as possible, and don't let them occupy you for a long time.

The important thing is to learn from life, experience more, and then you can compete with confusion, anxiety, and setbacks. Remember the pleasant things, and try to forget the unpleasant things, so that happiness is prolonged and unhappiness is shortened.

This issue coordinated by: Cao Yiqing (曹怡晴)

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Let the charm of opera art transcend time and space (New Discourse: Experts Talk About Building a Strong Cultural Nation)

By: 王 勇

The elegant charm of Peking Opera, with its singing, recitation, acting, and acrobatics, is a stage that carries the roots of Chinese opera and conveys the spirit of the nation. The "15th Five-Year Plan" outlines the need to "stimulate the cultural innovation and creativity of the entire nation and promote the prosperity and development of socialist culture," pointing the way for the development of opera. As an opera artist, I deeply feel that only by upholding the right and innovating, and by taking root in the people, can ancient opera transcend time and space, allowing more audiences to truly appreciate its unique oriental beauty and artistic charm.

Upholding the right means strengthening cultural confidence in the continuation of cultural traditions. Opera, represented by Peking Opera and Kunqu Opera, serves as an important carrier of outstanding traditional Chinese culture. Its "upholding the right" means upholding the correctness of Xi Jinping (习近平)'s cultural thought, upholding the correctness of the "second integration," and upholding the correctness of the artistic laws of Peking Opera.

The reason why Peking Opera art has endured for a century is precisely because it has a complete and unique expression system. Upholding the right means respecting this system and respecting artistic laws. In opera creation, respecting artistic laws is itself a law. We must adhere to the essential characteristic of "telling stories through song and dance," adhere to the aesthetic essence of "freehand brushwork," "virtualization," and "stylization," and adhere to the collective creation tradition of "one vegetable."

Taking the National Peking Opera Company (国家京剧院) as an example, we adhere to the policy of "three parallel approaches" for traditional plays, newly written historical plays, and modern plays. We insist on sorting out, adapting, and transplanting excellent traditional plays, deeply exploring classics such as "Duel of Spear Flowers" (对花枪) and "Red Mushrooms of the North Country" (北国红菇娘), and reviving retained plays such as "The Yang Family Women Generals" (杨门女将) and "The Tale of the White Snake" (白蛇传). Peking Opera is a human intangible cultural heritage, and we must transform the essence of tradition into creative vitality with awe, so that the "spiritual charm" of Peking Opera art continues to shine.

Innovation revitalizes artistic vitality in the development of the times. Upholding the right and innovation are dialectically unified and complementary. Upholding the right is the foundation and the soul; innovation is the life and the way out. The relationship between the two is like roots and leaves, source and flow – only deep roots can make the leaves flourish, and only a long source can make the flow long.

Those who understand the constant and are clear about change win, and those who uphold the right and innovate advance. We actively explore the creative ideas of "two adaptations" – adapting classic masterpieces and adapting classic famous plays, actively integrating literary and opera classics such as "The Protagonist" (主角), "The Peony Pavilion" (牡丹亭), and "Five Daughters Celebrating Longevity" (五女拜寿) with contemporary connotations, and bringing them to the Peking Opera stage. We innovate broadcasting models, make good use of new technologies such as 5G, 8K, and online broadcasting, create online broadcasting brands such as "The Dragon and the Phoenix," and launch classical poetry concerts, Peking Opera short videos, cloud performances, the "Mei Lanfang Grand Theater (梅兰芳大剧院) Broadcasting Theater," and immersive experience projects, allowing Peking Opera to break through the boundaries of the theater, enter young groups, and integrate into daily life.

At the same time, the theater has also jointly created experimental Peking Operas such as "Faust" (浮士德), "Princess Turandot" (杜兰朵公主), and "Eugene Onegin" (奥涅金) with artists from Germany, Italy, Russia, and other countries, telling world stories in Chinese language and spreading Chinese aesthetics with an international perspective. This is a vivid practice of Peking Opera art expanding its cultural space through innovation.

Serving the people means practicing the original artistic intention by taking root in the people. In 2025, the Youth Troupe of the National Peking Opera Company (国家京剧院青年团), adhering to the original intention of "art for the people," went to Luotian County (罗田县) in Hubei Province (湖北省), deep in the Dabie Mountains (大别山), to carry out grassroots performances. Luotian is the hometown of the famous Peking Opera actor Yu Sansheng (余三胜), and in the tunes of the local Dongqiang Opera, one can vaguely discern the distant charm of Peking Opera singing. At that moment, I truly felt that Peking Opera came from the people and grew out of the mountains and fields.

A sudden heavy rain caused the performance to be temporarily changed to the Yu Clan Ancestral Hall (余氏宗祠). Even though the space was narrow and there were only 15 elderly people and children in the audience, the 18 performers still presented a wonderful performance with full enthusiasm and high spirits. After the performance, an old man excitedly patted the actor's arm and thanked him repeatedly: "We never dared to imagine that the artists from the National Peking Opera Company (国家京剧院) could come to our mountain village!" Along the way, our young actors also deeply felt that when the applause sounds, the people are the real protagonists. Yu Sansheng (余三胜) went from the mountain village of Luotian (罗田) to Beijing (北京) and to the peak of art, and the long river of Peking Opera art always starts from the trickling streams of the people and heads towards the vast starry sky of history.

The root of art is always in the people, and the fertile soil is always at the grassroots level. The grass and trees in the mountains can only bloom with brilliant colors that reach the hearts of people if they are deeply rooted in the soil. Originating from the people and feeding back to the people can not only make artistic value shine, but also strengthen the original intention and belief and stimulate creative inspiration.

From promoting the implementation of 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）), to paying attention to the rescue and protection of endangered opera genres, to encouraging the integration of opera with modern technology and expanding international communication... In recent years, a series of work has been carried out at the national level and in various regions around the revitalization of Peking Opera, Kunqu Opera, and the promotion of the inheritance and development of local operas, providing strong support for the creative transformation and innovative development of opera art.

**乘之愈往，识之愈真。如将不尽，与古为新。** (chéng zhī yù wǎng, shí zhī yù zhēn. rú jiāng bù jìn, yǔ gǔ wéi xīn - "The more you ride, the more you know. As if it will never end, and renew with the old," the more you delve into something, the more you understand it; constantly innovating while preserving tradition). Standing at a new historical starting point, we will adhere to the Chinese cultural stance, adhere to the people-centered creative orientation, follow artistic laws, and create artistic works with backbone, morality, and warmth with the determination and vigor of upholding the right and innovating, and promote the high-quality development of opera art.

(The author is the President of the National Peking Opera Company (国家京剧院))

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First International Standard in Embodied AI Successfully Approved

This newspaper reported from Beijing on April 22nd (Reporter Lin Lili): The reporter learned from the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) (国家市场监督管理总局) (National Standardization Administration) (国家标准委) that China has successfully initiated the world's first international standard in the field of embodied intelligence, "Humanoid Robot Dataset," within the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and has promoted the establishment of the first working group with a Chinese expert as the convener.

The international standard initiated this time references the content of China's national standard series on humanoid robot datasets under research. Experts from around the world will work together to participate in the development of this standard and other subsequent standards in the field of humanoid robots.

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Photo Report

Readers read books at a bookstore in Tangdong Subdistrict, Zixing City (资兴市), Hunan Province (湖南省).
Li Ke (李科) Photo (Image China)

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"Leaving the fragrance of books in every place visited"

By: 本报记者 李茂颖 人民网记者 蔡树菁

"8, 9, 10..." Countless turns later, the clouds slowly descended from the top of the mountain to its waist, and the Miao village in Daguan County (大关县), Zhaotong City (昭通市), Yunnan Province (云南省) finally came into view. On the "mobile library," volunteers got up to move books; below, pairs of eager eyes had been waiting for a long time.

Daguan County (大关县), as its name suggests, is a place of many mountains and passes, with scattered villages hidden in the folds of the deep Wumeng Mountains (乌蒙山).

"It's difficult for villagers to leave the mountains, so we bring the books into the mountains," recalled Zhou Rongyan (周荣燕), curator of the Daguan County Library (大关县图书馆). In 2016, the "Mobile Book Fragrance - Backpack Library" project was officially launched. Volunteers carried backpacks and walked for hours on narrow paths that only one person could pass, delivering books and stationery to children in the mountains. At the end of the day, they would always have several blisters on their feet.

"Once, when we were delivering books to a school in Tianxing Town (天星镇), a little girl looked at me expectantly and said, 'Teacher, can you come and read with me often? I really like your books.'" Those eyes are always etched in Zhou Rongyan's (周荣燕)'s mind. "Opening a book is like entering a world, and I don't want children in the mountains to miss out on opportunities for growth because they can't read books."

In 2018, Zhou Rongyan (周荣燕) took over as curator of the Daguan County Library (大关县图书馆), and worked hard to raise funds, gradually expanding the library's collection to more than 80,000 books, optimizing the reading environment in the library, and building a digital library simultaneously, further expanding the boundaries of reading.

In 2022, rural roads throughout the county were hardened and upgraded, making the roads into the mountains smoother. Zhou Rongyan (周荣燕) and her team upgraded the "Backpack Library" to a "Mobile Library." Since then, minibuses marked with the words "Mobile Library" have often traveled through the mountains, bringing valuable "spiritual food" to the depths of the mountains.

"We leave the fragrance of books wherever we go," said Zhou Rongyan (周荣燕). Over the past 10 years, from the "Backpack Library" to the "Mobile Library," a total of more than 380 volunteers from 22 departments in the county have been mobilized, serving more than 90 remote villages in 10 townships throughout the county, providing personalized and precise public cultural services to meet the diverse needs of people of different ages and educational levels.

"This is a bunny, a giraffe, an elephant." Encouraged by Zhou Rongyan (周荣燕), a 3-year-old girl described the picture book in her hand with fragmented sentences, and said in a childish voice that she "liked it." Adults, under the guidance of volunteers, were learning to use the Daguan County (大关县) Digital Library on their mobile phones. Using the library's collection of books as a carrier, Zhou Rongyan (周荣燕) and the young people on her team operate the "Daguan Library (大关图书馆)" official WeChat account and video account. Through these platforms, readers can read and listen to the library's collection of books at any time.

"授人以鱼不如授人以渔 (shòu rén yǐ yú bù rú shòu rén yǐ yú - "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime," it is better to teach someone how to do something than to simply provide them with the result)." Zhou Rongyan (周荣燕) and her team know this truth well. The library not only has books, but also carries out various parent-child activities, skills training, and legal education. In order to break down reading barriers and meet the spiritual and cultural needs of special groups, volunteers also send smart audio players to visually impaired people.

In the depths of the mountains, the "Mobile Library" shuttles through the bamboo forest, and the breeze blows, rustling the bamboo waves. "Reading resources are 'activated' and cultural services are 'sunk' down. In the flowing fragrance of books, there is hope for growth," said Zhou Rongyan (周荣燕).

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Origin Wukong Launches Quantum Artificial Intelligence Application

According to the Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Computing Chips on April 21st, Hefei (合肥) reported on April 22nd (Reporter Xu Jing (徐靖)): China's third-generation independently developed superconducting quantum computer, "Origin Wukong (本源悟空)," has initially acquired the ability to carry artificial intelligence calculations and has launched several quantum artificial intelligence tools, including a quantum knowledge large model.

"Origin Wukong (本源悟空)" has provided quantum computing power services to over 47 million users in 163 countries and regions worldwide. The series of quantum artificial intelligence tools launched this time aims to significantly lower the barrier to entry for quantum computing and promote the opening of quantum computing power to more developers and industry scenarios.

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"Hong Kong Engineering Marvels Exhibition @ Capital" Opens

This newspaper Beijing (北京), April 22nd (Reporter Yu Sinan (喻思南)) The reporter learned from the China Association for Science and Technology (中国科协): "Hong Kong Engineering Legend Exhibition @ Capital" was held in Beijing (北京) on the 20th. The exhibition will continue to be on display at the National Science and Technology Communication Center (国家科技传播中心) until April 28.

This exhibition is an activity to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (香港工程师学会), and it is the first large-scale engineering exhibition held by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (香港工程师学会) in Beijing (北京). The exhibition has four exhibition areas, covering a number of engineering achievements of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (香港工程师学会), as well as forward-looking displays of the integrated development of emerging technologies and the engineering industry, comprehensively presenting the development achievements of the Hong Kong engineering community.

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This edition's editors: Xiao Yao, Dong Yingxue, Zhao Shuaijie

Layout Design: Shen Yiling (沈亦伶)

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Express Delivery Growth Reflects Development Vitality (Data Readout: First Quarter of the "15th Five-Year Plan")

By: 本报记者 韩 鑫

The State Post Bureau (国家邮政局) released data on the 22nd showing that in the first quarter of this year, China's express delivery volume totaled 47.73 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 5.8%.

The express delivery industry, connecting production and consumption, is often regarded as a "barometer" of economic operation. What kind of economic situation does the 5.8% growth rate reflect?

Vertically, compared with the growth rate in the same period in recent years, the 5.8% growth rate has declined. However, it should be noted that behind this, there are objective factors such as the overlapping of the Spring Festival and the super-long holiday. Entering March, with the resumption of work and production and the warming of demand, the express delivery volume rebounded rapidly, and the monthly business volume has exceeded the same period last year.

Looking deeper, since the "14th Five-Year Plan," China's express delivery industry has shown a trend of rapid development, with the express delivery volume increasing year by year, and the time taken to "break 100 billion" has been continuously shortened. In the first quarter of the "15th Five-Year Plan," this steady growth on a high base has become a window to observe China's economic development towards new and better directions.

Towards new, where does the "new" come from?

The new lies in technology. At the winter fishing site of Chagan Lake (查干湖) in Jilin (吉林), unmanned vehicles at the end and trunk public-rail-air transport capacity cooperate, and fresh fish can reach Beijing (北京) and Shanghai (上海) as early as the next morning; in tea gardens in Guizhou (贵州) and Yunnan (云南), drones have opened up "air tea routes," reducing order damage rates by 40%... In the first quarter, the delivery volume of Neolix (新石器) unmanned logistics vehicles increased by nearly 3 times year-on-year. Unmanned delivery capacity is greater and coverage is wider, which helps the industry reduce costs, improve quality and efficiency, and continuously form new development advantages.

The new lies in scenarios. Jointly with cultural and tourism enterprises, launch a new "logistics + surfing" program; work with manufacturing enterprises to create new energy battery transportation business; launch urban "mini warehouses" to provide new independent storage options... Guided by demand, the express delivery industry continues to innovate supply and extend its reach to thousands of households and hundreds of industries, and new market space continues to expand.

Behind the accelerated application of new technologies and the continuous emergence of new scenarios are the advantages of China's complete industrial system and super-large-scale market. Relying on these advantages, when more technological innovation and scenario innovation resonate at the same frequency, the express delivery and logistics industry will accelerate its capacity expansion and quality improvement, and inject vigorous new momentum into the economic cycle.

Towards excellence, where does "excellence" go?

Structural optimization. Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," the proportion of express delivery volume in the central and western regions in the country has increased by a cumulative 7.5 percentage points. On this basis, in the first quarter of this year, this proportion further increased to 32%. The central and western regions have become a new engine for industry growth, reflecting the new progress of "e-commerce entering the west" and the expansion of the "shipping included area," and also reflecting a more balanced new pattern of regional development.

Development optimization. Increasing the price of receiving packages and adding fuel surcharges... Recently, express e-commerce packages have ushered in a slight price increase. The reason is that, in addition to oil price factors, the essence is that "anti-involution" is taking effect. Since last year, China has been deeply rectifying the industry's "involution" competition, and many provinces have successively increased express delivery prices, and service quality has steadily improved. Continuing this trend, the steady price increase this year is not only one of the reasons for the short-term slowdown in industry growth, but also releases a long-term positive signal that the industry is gradually returning from price competition to value competition.

Whether it is regional structural adjustment or market order optimization, it is inseparable from the in-depth promotion of the construction of a unified national market. Continuously breaking blockages, smoothing circulation, and promoting fairness, a more smooth and accessible large market will continue to stimulate new vitality in industry development and powerfully support China's express delivery to reach new heights.

"He who overcomes others is powerful, he who overcomes himself is strong." China has built the world's largest postal network with the largest number of beneficiaries, relying on hard power and pursuing new quality productivity. Firmly follow the "new" to advance, and be determined to move towards "excellence," step by step upwards, a more dynamic and resilient modern postal network will become a vibrant pulse of high-quality development, making the flowing China more prosperous.

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New delivery service helps travelers travel light

By: 本报记者 刘新吾 韩 鑫

With the gentle breeze and bright sunshine, the Jiefangbei (解放碑) business district in Yuzhong District (渝中区), Chongqing (重庆) is bustling with people.

"I put my luggage in the lockers at the rail station and traveled hands-free. It's so comfortable!" In the bustling crowd, Auntie Li (李阿姨), a tourist from Chengdu (成都), Sichuan (四川), held her partner's hand and leisurely strolled through the time-honored shops. "Originally, I planned to only shop for an hour with two suitcases, but now I'm traveling light and plan to enjoy half a day of shopping."

Auntie Li's (李阿姨) easy trip is thanks to a new "rail transit + express logistics" cross-city luggage delivery service. In April of this year, Chongqing Rail Transit Group (重庆轨道集团) joined forces with SF Express (顺丰速运) to deploy 129 sets of smart lockers at 83 key rail transit stations, extending convenient storage and delivery services to business districts and scenic spots, allowing more travelers to easily store luggage and conveniently send packages.

At the Xiaoshizi (小什字) subway station in Yuzhong District (渝中区), the reporter saw several sets of smart lockers neatly arranged in a prominent position in the station hall, with clear distinctions between large and small compartments. The largest compartment is large enough to accommodate a 28-inch suitcase.

"After scanning the code, there's no need for a deposit or reservation, and you can complete the storage in one step. If the itinerary changes temporarily, you can also switch to express delivery with one click." Inside the station hall, a staff member was patiently guiding tourists on how to operate the lockers.

As soon as he finished speaking, Mr. Wang (王先生), a tourist from Xi'an (西安), Shaanxi (陕西), completed the baggage storage operation. "Before, when I came to Chongqing (重庆), I had to drag my suitcase up the stairs and squeeze onto the subway, which made the trip less enjoyable. Now that there is a storage service, I want to check in at Hongyadong (洪崖洞) and the Mountain City Trail (山城步道)."

Where did the new express delivery model come from?

Demand-led. "In recent years, with more convenient transportation networks, weekend cross-city travel and short-distance surrounding tours have become the norm, and more tourists hope to unload their luggage burden and immerse themselves in the charm of cultural tourism," said the person in charge of the Yuzhong District Transportation Commission (渝中区交通运输委).

Innovation-driven. The smart delivery equipment opens a dedicated channel for "rail + high-speed rail + storage," and passengers can enjoy 6-hour same-city express delivery by scanning the code to place an order. The "store and forward" is seamlessly connected, realizing "people have not arrived, but the items arrive first." According to the relevant person in charge of SF Express Chongqing Co., Ltd. (顺丰速运重庆有限公司), Yuzhong District (渝中区) has currently deployed 23 sets of smart lockers at 16 rail stations with high tourist density, such as Xiaoshizi (小什字) and Jiaochangkou (较场口). Chengdu (成都) has simultaneously deployed pick-up outlets in Jinjiang District (锦江区) to realize a closed loop of inter-delivery of luggage between Chengdu (成都) and Chongqing (重庆).

The new express delivery service is quietly boosting cultural tourism consumption.

"In the past, many tourists came with luggage and left after a short time." The owner of a hot pot restaurant near the Hongyadong (洪崖洞) scenic spot told reporters that now that tourists have unloaded their "burdens," they stay longer, and the flow of customers and turnover have increased significantly.

Data shows that since the launch of the hands-free travel service, it has served nearly one million tourists. The average stay of tourists in the core scenic area of Yuzhong District (渝中区) has increased by 1.5 hours, and the passenger flow of surrounding catering, retail, cultural and creative and other business formats has increased, and the vitality of cultural tourism consumption has continued to be released.

"I used to worry about dragging my suitcase around when I went out to play, but now I'm relieved. I'll bring my friends to Chongqing (重庆) again next time." When preparing to return, Auntie Li (李阿姨) specially took a photo of the locker at the rail station and shared it with her relatives and friends.

"From carrying heavy burdens to traveling light, it is an innovative measure for the postal express industry to serve people's livelihood and promote consumption." The person in charge of the Yuzhong District Transportation Commission (渝中区交通运输委) said that the next step will be to continue to focus on the needs of tourists, optimize service processes, gradually expand the scope of services, and link up with surrounding "high-speed rail circle" cities such as Xi'an (西安) and Guiyang (贵阳) to allow more tourists to travel hands-free and promote the continued release of cultural tourism economic vitality.

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Scientifically Plan the Path of High-Quality Development and Accelerate the Construction of a Space Powerhouse

By: 单忠德

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Exploring the vast universe and building a strong space power is our unremitting pursuit of the space dream."

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has made a series of important expositions and instructions on building a strong space power, which has pointed out the direction and provided fundamental guidance for accelerating the construction of a strong space power.

This year is the first year of the "15th Five-Year Plan" and the 70th anniversary of the founding of China's space industry. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China clearly proposed to accelerate the construction of a strong space power. We must thoroughly implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions and instructions on building a strong space power, earnestly implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, scientifically plan the path of high-quality development, accelerate the construction of a strong space power, and make new and greater contributions to comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.

New Era Space Power Construction Achieves Historic New Achievements

China's space industry has grown from scratch, from small to large, from weak to strong, and from blueprint dreams to striving to realize dreams. It has achieved a series of brilliant achievements represented by the "Two Bombs, One Satellite" (两弹一星), manned spaceflight, deep space exploration, and the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (北斗导航), and has built a sound and complete aerospace science and technology industry system, achieving historic, high-quality, and leapfrog development.

Entering the new era, China's construction of a strong space power has continuously achieved new progress and new breakthroughs.

Major projects continue to refresh China's space height. The China Space Station (中国空间站) has been fully completed and entered a new stage of application and development. The manned space program has carried out 16 manned missions, with a total of 44 people entering space; Chang'e-6 (嫦娥六号) achieved the first human landing on the far side of the moon and sample return; Tianwen-1 (天问一号) and Tianwen-2 (天问二号) promoted China's leap from the Earth-Moon system to interplanetary exploration; the high-resolution Earth observation system has comprehensively formed all-weather, all-day, and full-coverage high-resolution observation capabilities; and the BeiDou Satellite Navigation System (北斗卫星导航系统) provides positioning, navigation, and timing services to global users.

Space infrastructure is constantly improving. The Long March (长征) series of carrier rockets has launched more than 630 times, with a success rate of over 97%. The research on reusable carrier rockets is accelerating, the national satellite internet is accelerating construction, application satellites have achieved serialized development and operational operation, the number of satellites in orbit exceeds 1,200, and the layout of space launch sites and space tracking and control networks has been further optimized and improved.

The aerospace industry's capabilities continue to increase. A small core, large collaboration, specialized, and open aerospace research and production capacity system has been built, with the ability to independently develop and produce various rockets, satellites, spacecraft, probes, space stations, and other products.

Space science has achieved major original results. "Wukong" (悟空), "Huiyan" (慧眼), and the China-France Astronomical Satellite explore the mysteries of the formation and evolution of the universe. "Zhangheng-1" (张衡一号) and "Xihe" (羲和号) deepen the understanding of the Sun-Earth environment. "Tianqin-1" (天琴一号) and "Taiji-1" (太极一号) lay the foundation for future space gravitational wave detection, achieving a series of original results.

Satellite applications continue to enhance people's well-being. Providing live television services to 149 million households in rural and remote areas, and direct satellite connection services to mobile phone users exceeding 10 million; satellite remote sensing widely serves more than 30 industries, providing more than 23,000 scenes of remote sensing data for emergency rescue and disaster relief in 2025; satellite navigation closely serves production and life, with an industrial scale of over 600 billion yuan.

Commercial space is booming. Completing 50 commercial launches in 2025, with more than 310 commercial spacecraft in orbit; the number of commercial space companies exceeds 600, covering the entire industry chain of star-arrow manufacturing, launch measurement and control, and satellite applications, forming a number of distinctive commercial space industry clusters.

New prospects have been opened up for international space cooperation. Taking the lead in initiating the International Lunar Research Station, and signing cooperation agreements on the International Lunar Research Station with a total of 17 countries and international organizations; carrying out joint satellite observation, data exchange, and application cooperation through the BRICS remote sensing satellite constellation; the export of aerospace products and services continues to expand, and aerospace products have become a new business card for China's high-end equipment "going out."

Accurately Grasp the Situation and Challenges Facing the Construction of a Strong Space Power

At present, the world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century, and the global space development pattern is undergoing profound changes. Space is a key area for major power competition and game, and disruptive innovation and commercial expansion are driving space into a new stage of all-round competition. China's construction of a strong space power is facing new situations and challenges.

The global space development pattern is undergoing profound adjustments, and the space security situation is becoming increasingly severe and complex. Aerospace science and technology innovation is unprecedentedly active, and new technologies such as reusable carrier rockets, large-scale constellation networking, and quantum communication and navigation are constantly emerging. New fields such as on-orbit service, space computing, space manufacturing, and space embodied intelligence are continuously being developed. New business forms such as low-cost launch and satellite internet are deepening. Whoever can gain the first opportunity in the aerospace technology and industrial revolution will be able to win the initiative in the reshaping of the future global space pattern. Competition for space resources is becoming increasingly fierce, and multiple giant constellations are accelerating construction and operation, and frequency orbit resources are becoming increasingly scarce. Space development has brought new problems and challenges in terms of technological innovation, industrial base, industrial development, and international governance.

China's space industry is in a new stage of moving towards high-quality development. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made major decisions and deployments such as accelerating the construction of a strong space power. This year's "Government Work Report" proposed to build emerging pillar industries such as aerospace. Commercial space, satellite internet, and deep space exploration were written into the "Outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of the People's Republic of China", which more clearly defined the strategic position of space in promoting Chinese-style modernization. We must accurately grasp the new situation and new requirements, and accelerate the construction of a strong space power with a higher political position, a stronger sense of responsibility, and more practical work measures.

Gathering a Powerful Force to Accelerate the Construction of a Strong Space Power

The "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a critical period for China to lay the foundation and fully exert its strength in basically realizing socialist modernization. We must take the high-quality development of space as the guide, create new quality productive forces in the space field, build a new pattern of space development, and accelerate the construction of a strong space power.

Strengthen confidence and determination, and unswervingly build a strong space power. In the face of fierce competition in the world's space industry, maintain strategic focus, strengthen confidence and determination, and shoulder the mission and task of building a strong space power with a sense of responsibility of **时时放心不下** (shí shí fàng xīn bù xià - "never let your guard down," always being concerned and vigilant) and the execution of **事事落实到位** (shì shì luò shí dào wèi - "ensure everything is implemented," ensuring every task is carried out effectively). Give full play to the advantages of the new national system, coordinate all parties' strengths, integrate high-quality resources, strengthen collaborative research, and gather a powerful force for building a strong space power.

Adhere to deepening reform and accelerate the improvement of the space governance system. Accelerate the construction of space rule of law, build and improve the space policy and regulatory system with the Space Law as the core, and provide guarantees for various space activities, especially the development and utilization of space resources, space traffic management, and space environment governance. Establish and improve the space safety supervision system and industry supervision and management system, and improve mechanisms such as competition, supervision, credit evaluation, and incentive and punishment. Deepen the reform of space scientific research management and improve the efficiency of scientific research management. Use big data, artificial intelligence, and other technologies to build a full life cycle management system for space missions.

Adhere to innovation-driven development and focus on achieving high-level self-reliance and self-improvement in space science and technology. Further optimize the space innovation environment, promote the integration of industry, academia, and research, and strengthen the exploration of space frontier technologies, the development of new systems, and the cultivation of new business forms. Build strategic scientific and technological forces and sources of original technology, and deepen the construction of innovation platforms such as national key laboratories and innovation centers in the space field. Intensify the implementation of major space projects such as manned spaceflight, lunar exploration, the second phase of planetary exploration, and the national satellite internet, develop reusable heavy-lift carrier rockets, and demonstrate and implement a new generation of civil space infrastructure, near-Earth asteroid defense projects, and a number of new space projects. Consolidate key basic capabilities. Build an independent space talent training system and cultivate more strategic scientists, outstanding engineers, and highly skilled talent teams.

Coordinate development and security, and build an "integrated national strategic system and capability" in the space field. Practice the overall national security concept and optimize the layout of the space system. Promote the coordinated use and co-construction and sharing of resources and capabilities. Build and improve the national space security system, accelerate the construction of space traffic management and space debris environment governance capabilities, and effectively maintain the safety of space activities, assets, and the environment.

Strengthen digital empowerment and build a modern space industry system. Accelerate the promotion of the space industry towards high-end, intelligent, and information-based development, carry out the promotion and application of new technologies such as artificial intelligence in space research and development design, experimental testing, and production and manufacturing, build digital flexible production lines and intelligent manufacturing workshops, and create low-cost, large-volume rapid delivery capabilities for space products. Gradually release the development potential of commercial space under the premise of ensuring safety, give play to the guiding role of the government and the leading role of the market, and develop space characteristic industries according to local conditions. Expand satellite application scenarios, cultivate new business models that integrate sensing, communication, computing, and application, and integrate space, air, and ground, promote the cross-border integration of space technology, and empower thousands of industries.

Practice the four major global initiatives and build a new pattern of open cooperation and win-win results in space. Adhere to the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, implement the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative, and the Global Governance Initiative, and promote the construction of a new pattern of equal, mutually beneficial, cooperative, and win-win international space cooperation. Actively participate in global space governance and promote the formulation of fair and reasonable international space rules within the framework of the United Nations. Deepen international cooperation in space engineering technology such as lunar and deep space exploration and space science, and jointly carry out mission demonstration, technical exchanges, and data sharing. Accelerate the construction of the "Belt and Road" (一带一路) space information corridor, provide satellite remote sensing, communication, navigation, and other application services for co-building countries, and help global sustainable development.

(The author is a member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部), and Director of the China National Space Administration (国家航天局))

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Ningma Line Begins Initial Operation

This newspaper's Nanjing (南京) April 22nd dispatch (Reporters Bai Guangdi (白光迪) and Tian Xianjin (田先进)) At 10:00 AM on April 22nd, the first inter-provincial urban rail transit line opened between Jiangsu (江苏) and Anhui (安徽) provinces—the Ningma Line—officially began its initial operation, achieving a 30-minute direct connection between the central urban areas of Nanjing City (南京市), Jiangsu Province (江苏省), and Ma'anshan City (马鞍山市), Anhui Province (安徽省). This is also the first municipal railway in the country to be jointly built, managed, and operated across provinces.

As a demonstration project for the integrated transportation of the Nanjing Metropolitan Area, the Ningma Line project commenced construction in Ma'anshan (马鞍山) and Nanjing (南京) in 2021. The line starts from Xishanqiao Station (西善桥站) in Nanjing (南京) and ends at Taibai Station (太白站) in Ma'anshan (马鞍山), with a total length of approximately 54.23 kilometers, featuring 16 stations and a designed maximum operating speed of 120 kilometers per hour. In addition, the Ningma Line connects with Nanjing Metro Line 7 at Xishanqiao Station (西善桥站), integrating into the Nanjing (南京) urban rail transit network, enabling convenient access to all stations across the entire Nanjing Metro network.

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China's international passenger and cargo transport volume grew rapidly in the first quarter.

According to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (中国民航局), in the first quarter of 2026, China's civil aviation industry completed a total transport turnover, passenger traffic, and cargo and mail traffic of 42.80 billion tonne-kilometers, 200 million passengers, and 2.452 million tons, respectively, representing year-on-year increases of 10.9%, 6.5%, and 9.3%. Among them, the international market maintained rapid growth, with year-on-year growth rates of 10.0% and 17.6% for international passenger and cargo traffic, respectively.

In the first quarter, the domestic and international markets grew steadily, with the international market showing particularly strong growth. The industry completed a total transport turnover of 42.80 billion tonne-kilometers, of which domestic routes completed 26.39 billion tonne-kilometers, an increase of 7.2% year-on-year; international routes completed 16.41 billion tonne-kilometers, an increase of 17.5% year-on-year. The proportion of international transport volume reached 38.3%, an increase of 2.1 percentage points compared with the same period last year.

In terms of the passenger transport market, the industry completed a total of 200 million passenger trips, of which domestic routes completed 180 million passenger trips, an increase of 6.1% year-on-year; international routes completed 20.819 million passenger trips, an increase of 10.0% year-on-year.

In terms of the cargo transport market, the industry completed a total of 2.452 million tons of cargo and mail traffic, of which domestic routes completed 1.347 million tons, an increase of 3.3% year-on-year; international routes completed 1.105 million tons, an increase of 17.6% year-on-year. In terms of cargo and mail traffic and turnover, the proportion of international freight volume was 45.1% and 80.3% respectively, an increase of 3.2 and 2.3 percentage points compared with the same period last year. The international market is the main driving force for the rapid growth of the air cargo market.

In the first quarter, the operation of transport airports remained stable, with a total of 392 million passenger throughputs, 5.203 million tons of cargo and mail throughputs, and 2.996 million takeoffs and landings, representing year-on-year increases of 6.3%, 6.2%, and 1.4%, respectively. The industry's regular passenger load factor and regular load factor were 86.0% and 72.8% respectively, an increase of 2.2 and 1.7 percentage points year-on-year.

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The 2nd World Humanoid Robot Olympics to be held in Beijing in August

This newspaper reported from Beijing on April 22nd (Reporter Wang Haonan (王昊男)): It was learned from a press conference held by the Beijing Municipal Government Information Office (北京市政府新闻办) that the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Olympics will be held at the National Speed Skating Oval "Ice Ribbon" (国家速滑馆“冰丝带”) from August 22nd to 26th. This Olympics is jointly hosted by the Beijing Municipal People's Government (北京市人民政府), China Media Group (中央广播电视总台), the World Robot Cooperation Organization (世界机器人合作组织), and the RoboCup Asia-Pacific International Council (亚太机器人世界杯国际理事会). More than 30 events will be presented at that time.

Compared with the previous session, this Olympics has more abundant events. In the competitive events, in addition to traditional star events such as the 100-meter race, soccer, and martial arts, there are new robot tug-of-war events that require teamwork to form the greatest synergy, as well as Pitch-Pot, which originates from the traditional Chinese archery ceremony and tests precise force control and perception level, and weightlifting, which challenges upper limb load capacity. In the scenario events, new events from real needs such as factories, hotels, homes, emergency rescue, and retail have been added, which will comprehensively test the humanoid robot's "brain, eyes, and hands" coordination ability of environmental perception, decision-making planning, and fine operation.

Jiang Guangzhi (姜广智), Director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology (北京市经济和信息化局), introduced that holding various robot competitions is to provide enterprises with a platform for innovation, display, and verification, accelerate technological progress, promote industrial development, and help application implementation, to achieve the goal of "promoting research through competition, cultivating talents through competition, and revitalizing the industry through competition." In recent years, Beijing has successively launched support policies such as robot "first trial use" and key component "whoever reveals the list takes command," and promoted the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center (北京人形机器人创新中心) to build four platforms for common technology research and development, embodied intelligent data, pilot verification, and industrial public services. Multiple robot industrial parks and pilot bases have been built in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region (京津冀), and a government investment fund with a total scale of 100 billion yuan has been established to systematically support the growth of the humanoid robot industry.

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This section edited by: Lü Zhongzheng, Wu Kai, Huang Jinyu

Cartography: Zhang Fangman (张芳曼)

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Helping those who are busy on the road find stable relationships ("get off the singles market") (Grassroots Perspective)

By: 本报记者 李 蕊

"Will you deliver my takeout in the future?"

In the Youth Reception Hall of the Bohai International Business Circle in Bincheng District, Binzhou City, Shandong Province, the girl's words made takeout rider Han Shao (韩绍) (pseudonym) feel his heart race. He paused for two seconds and quickly nodded, "Yes! I definitely will!"

"I was busy running orders every day, and now I've finally found someone." Han Shao recalled the first time he met his love, Shan Shan (姗姗) (pseudonym), and always felt like it was a scene from a movie. This is thanks to the full-chain marriage and love services provided by the Bohai International Business Circle.

In Shandong (山东), a series of innovative marriage and love service practices targeting new employment groups are quietly unfolding, allowing young people running on the road to steadily meet love and settle down.

Data Connection, Business Integration
Creating a Full-Chain Marriage and Love Service

Three years ago, Han Shao came to Binzhou (滨州) from his hometown and became a takeout rider. He gradually figured out every alley and every store here, but he couldn't find the "right person." Friends introduced him to two or three people, but when they were free on weekends, it was when he was busiest delivering meals. He made appointments three times, and all three fell through.

"Sometimes when I'm waiting for food, I see couples in the store, and I'm quite envious," Han Shao said with a shy smile.

Many new employment groups have similar problems: long and fragmented working hours, and narrow social circles, all of which have become stumbling blocks on the road to finding a partner.

In 2025, the Bohai International Business Circle focused on data empowerment, and jointly established a smart marriage and love database with marriage and love companies in the business circle, accurately recommending 137 single young people. Offline, relying on the "Feng Xiaoyi" (蜂小驿) new employment group service station, "blind date corners" and "heartbeat contact points" were set up.

"A matchmaking event will be held next Monday in the business circle's youth reception hall. Come and meet that special someone!" Last year, Han Shao received a text message from the Bohai International Business Circle, and he decided to give it a try. Matchmaking events for new employment groups are generally arranged between 8:00 and 10:30 in the morning and 2:00 and 4:30 in the afternoon, which are also relatively less busy times for everyone. In addition to new employment groups, the event also attracted single young people from business circle merchants, supermarket staff, and employees of enterprises and institutions.

On the day of the event, the youth reception hall was decorated with balloons and lights, creating a warm atmosphere. In the games of "one-minute rapid dating" and "balloon defense war," everyone went from being reserved to relaxed. During the "heartbeat speed dating" session, Han Shao and Shan Shan were assigned to a group and cooperated to complete "you draw, I guess." The two cooperated well and laughed constantly. At the end of the event, Han Shao plucked up the courage to walk up to her: "Can I add you on WeChat?"

Thus, a relationship began, and their feelings continued to heat up, finally reaching the stage of wedding preparations.

The young couple encountered a new problem at this time—they ran to more than 20 stores, and were dazzled, and the prices were not transparent.

The Comprehensive Party Committee of the Bohai International Business Circle leveraged the business advantages of gathering wedding dress shops and photography shops in the circle, and jointly established a marriage and love alliance with 32 merchants to launch a "worry-free package"—one-stop services such as wedding planning, wedding photography, and makeup.

Han Shao found the staff of the alliance, and the other party tailored a wedding plan for him based on his work nature and working hours, optimizing the process, coordinating shooting time, and offering exclusive discounts. "I didn't expect to run orders in the business circle and be able to start a family here." Now, Han Shao has become the "happiness spokesperson" in the business circle, often recommending to single colleagues around him: "Don't just focus on running orders, participate more in the business circle's matchmaking events, maybe your fate is waiting for you there."

Song Yiqun (宋逸群), Secretary of the Comprehensive Party Committee of the Bohai International Business Circle, introduced that since January 2025, the business circle has effectively carried out 55 marriage and love service activities, helping new employment form laborers such as anchors, takeout riders, and e-commerce practitioners find their ideal partners, and many single young people have established connections through the platform.

Scene Empowerment, Light Social Interaction
Unlocking Natural Dating Mode

"My love life is all about 'stability'—very stable singlehood." Li Xue (李雪) (pseudonym), a post-95s new media anchor in Linyi City (临沂市), couldn't help but smile wryly when talking about her love life, "I rush to write plans during the day and do live broadcasts at night, my schedule is upside down, where do I have time to find a partner?"

She also tried to participate in blind dates. "But as soon as we met, it became a 'background check,' how much is your salary, have you bought a house, when are you getting married... Later, I became a little resistant to blind dates," Li Xue said.

Not long ago, a matchmaking event broke into her view. At first, she was still hesitant: would it be the same old routine? Self-introduction on stage, awkward talent show? But the moment she saw the details of the event, she was moved.

This is a public welfare matchmaking event organized by the Communist Youth League of Hedong District Committee of Linyi City (共青团临沂市河东区委), and the location was chosen at a "Youth Store" created by the Communist Youth League of Linyi City Committee (共青团临沂市委)—Yalu Camping Base (雅露营基地).

At the event site, there was a breeze, warm sunshine, and the scent of green grass. There was a just-right sense of relaxation in the air, and Li Xue instantly relaxed.

She, who usually talks eloquently in front of the camera, was stumped in the handicraft session—other people's camping lights were almost finished, but her stand couldn't be glued firmly. The boy next to her silently handed over tools and small decorations, gently reminding: "Try this, it's very stable."

With one glance, the distance between the two quietly narrowed. From handicrafts to camping, from work to life, the two were more and more surprised—similar work nature, consistent schedules, and highly overlapping hobbies. As the event was about to end, they both went on stage in the confession session and "locked" each other.

Behind this beautiful encounter is the innovative exploration of the Communist Youth League of Linyi City Committee to solve the marriage and love problems of new employment groups, focusing on the word "light": lightweight positions, relaxed scenes, and light-burden encounters. Previously, the Communist Youth League of Linyi City Committee integrated various resources to create a "Youth Store" special support project to help young people open a small store in Linyi (临沂). They used the "Youth Stores" scattered in the corners of the streets as fulcrums, and slightly transformed scattered spaces such as camping bases, themed cafes, and specialty shops into dating positions "without a sense of oppression." Let young people unload their defenses and return to the true encounter in familiar and relaxed daily scenes.

According to statistics from the Communist Youth League of Linyi City Committee, since the "Small Store + Social" model was implemented in 2025, the city has carried out more than 40 special activities such as mobile classrooms and matchmaking, covering more than 1,500 new employment youths.

"I used to think that blind dates were like interviews, and I felt uncomfortable all over. I didn't expect that a camping event would bring fate," Li Xue said with a smile.

Party and Mass Bridge, Departmental Linkage
Being a "Public Welfare Matchmaker" for New Employment Groups

On the second floor of the New Industry and New Employment Group Party and Mass Service Center in Dongying District, Dongying City (东营市东营区), there is a blind date area. Just after the morning peak, the blind date area became lively, and hundreds of single young people's information was posted on the wall. As soon as takeout rider Zhuang Tongtong (庄童童) entered the door, a familiar colleague joked: "Oh, why are you here again?"

It turned out that Zhuang Tongtong met his girlfriend here before the Spring Festival this year. Hearing everyone's teasing, he quickly waved his hand: "My cousin asked me to come, to help her find a partner!"

Every day from 9:30 to 10:30 in the morning, as long as Xi Xi (郗希), the head of the Party and Mass Service Center, has time, she will stand in front of the information wall as a "matchmaker": "This time period is a relatively concentrated rest time for takeout riders, and I and the other two staff members try our best to do the matchmaking work."

Why take on the responsibility of "matchmaker"? Liu Nannan (刘楠楠), Organization Member of the Huanghe Road Street Party Working Committee in Dongying District (东营区黄河路街道党工委), introduced that a story told by a takeout rider at a symposium touched everyone: "Entering this industry, I'm out in the wind and rain every day, and I don't have time to find another half of my life at all..."

Soon, Huanghe Road Street established a public welfare matchmaker team, and Xi Xi and two staff members worked part-time as "matchmakers." During holidays, when organizing blind date activities, the street will also send volunteers to support.

How to collect personal information of single new employment groups? How to build a "trust chain"? In 2025, after conducting an in-depth special survey, Liu Nannan found that the problem was more complicated than imagined—

"Many single young people have relatively introverted personalities, are shy to express themselves, and rarely take the initiative to make friends; traditional forms such as holding symposiums and offline registration have low information collection efficiency, and concerns about information leakage also affect the enthusiasm of young people to sign up and participate," Liu Nannan said.

Before the Qixi Festival in 2025, an organization team serving the marriage and love of new employment groups, led by Huanghe Road Street and participated by the Dongying District Committee Propaganda Department, the District Committee Social Work Department, and the District Rong Media Center, was established. District media played the platform advantage and opened an online filling window on the Zhi Dongying APP, where applicants could fill in their name, occupation, family, age, and other information. Staff converted the name into a serial number and displayed the information on the wall, and the contact information was kept confidential and only available for staff to view in the background.

"After the online information of applicants enters the local APP background, the 'matchmakers' will strictly keep the name, contact information, and other information confidential, and only present it on the blind date wall in serial number. Only after confirming consent through telephone communication will the specific information be notified," Xi Xi said.

Liu Nannan told reporters that after the first single personal information was posted on the wall, they found that the proportion of men was relatively high. In order to expand the coverage of the event, the street took the lead, and multiple district-level units participated, and took multiple measures to carry out promotion. Now, the ratio of men to women is basically balanced.

There is still some time before "5·20" (May 20th), and recently, this place has quietly prepared for this year's "Fate Gathering 520" theme blind date and dating event.

"How many young people have gained happiness through your matchmaking?" the reporter asked.

"We haven't specifically counted," Liu Nannan said with a smile, "You see, on the table at the door, there are piles of wedding candies and flowers sent by the newlyweds every two or three days. This is the best affirmation of our work."

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Consolidate the common political foundation and jointly plan the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

By: 王英津

On April 10th, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) met with a delegation from the Chinese Kuomintang (中国国民党) led by Chairman Eric Chu (郑丽文) in Beijing (北京), and delivered an important speech on promoting relations between the two parties and across the Taiwan Strait. This was the first meeting between leaders of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China in 10 years, and it is of great significance. This is a major action by the two parties under the new situation to jointly safeguard peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, promote the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations, and jointly seek the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. It sends a clear political signal to Taiwanese society: as long as they adhere to the "1992 Consensus" and oppose "Taiwan independence," all political parties, groups, and people from all walks of life in Taiwan can exchange and dialogue with the mainland on this common political basis, seek peace for both sides of the Strait, seek well-being for compatriots, seek rejuvenation for the nation, and firmly grasp the future of cross-Strait relations in the hands of the Chinese people themselves.

At the meeting between the leaders of the two parties, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), taking into account the overall strategic situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the major changes in the world unseen in a century, put forward the important exposition of "Four Adherences," comprehensively clarifying the major policies, principles, positions, and propositions for developing cross-Strait relations under the new situation. The core meaning is to consolidate the common political foundation of adhering to the "1992 Consensus" and opposing "Taiwan independence," point out the correct direction for the development of relations between the two parties and across the Taiwan Strait, and unite the vast number of Taiwanese compatriots to pool strength for the great cause of national rejuvenation. The "Four Adherences" are systematic, complete, far-sighted, and rich in content, providing directional guidance for the development of cross-Strait relations from the four dimensions of identity, peace, integration, and rejuvenation.

First, adhere to promoting spiritual harmony with correct identity, and consolidate the foundation of both sides of the Strait belonging to one China from the national and cultural levels. It emphasizes that compatriots on both sides of the Strait share the same roots, the same culture, and are connected by blood, guiding Taiwanese compatriots to firmly recognize the Chinese nation, Chinese culture, and the great motherland, correctly understand the differences in social systems on both sides of the Strait, eliminate the misleading "de-Sinicization" of the Democratic Progressive Party (民进党) authorities and the false narrative of "democracy versus authoritarianism," and fundamentally confirm the historical and legal facts that both sides of the Strait belong to one China, laying a solid ideological foundation for adhering to the one-China principle.

Second, adhere to safeguarding the common homeland with peaceful development, and adhere to the one-China principle from the level of the common homeland of the Chinese nation. It clearly points out that "China is the common homeland of the Chinese nation," emphasizing that compatriots on both sides of the Strait must safeguard and build this common homeland well. The fundamental thing is to adhere to the "1992 Consensus" and oppose "Taiwan independence," and the core is to recognize that both sides of the Strait belong to one China. This is to strengthen the peaceful discourse from the perspectives of national identity, cultural identity, and national identity, closely linking peaceful development with the one-China principle, and emphasizing that "Taiwan independence" is the culprit for undermining peace in the Taiwan Strait.

Third, adhere to promoting the well-being of the people through exchange and integration, and safeguard the one-China principle from the level of practical path. Promoting exchanges in various fields with the concept of "both sides of the Strait are one family" and allowing compatriots to share the fruits of development is essentially to deepen the integrated development of both sides of the Strait on the basis of the one-China principle, strengthen common interests and common beliefs, and allow people on both sides of the Strait to recognize and safeguard the one-China principle in their own interests.

Fourth, adhere to uniting and struggling to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and sublimate the historical mission of the one-China principle from the level of strategic goals. Realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the common aspiration of all Chinese sons and daughters, and national reunification is an inevitable requirement for national rejuvenation. This incorporates the development of cross-Strait relations into the overall strategic situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, encouraging compatriots on both sides of the Strait to work together on the basis of the one-China principle, jointly promote reunification, and jointly seek rejuvenation.

General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech runs through history, the present, and the future, demonstrating the pattern, mind, and demeanor of a leader of a major party and a major country, reflecting the mission and historical responsibility of seeking peace for both sides of the Strait, seeking well-being for compatriots, and seeking rejuvenation for the nation, and is full of concern, love, and deep affection for Taiwanese compatriots, arousing strong resonance among Chinese sons and daughters at home and abroad and a warm response from the international community, which will surely have a major and far-reaching impact on the development of cross-Strait relations.

The development process of cross-Strait relations over the past few decades has clearly engraved the common adherence of the two parties to the one-China principle and the "1992 Consensus," and the joint promotion of cross-Strait exchanges and cooperation. However, the road to peaceful development of cross-Strait relations has not been smooth sailing. After Eric Chu (郑丽文) took office as Chairman of the Kuomintang (国民党) in November 2025, the new Kuomintang leadership clearly expressed its attitude of adhering to the "1992 Consensus" and opposing "Taiwan independence," and promoted dialogue to ease the situation and safeguard peace. The CPC Central Committee (中共中央) and General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) invited Chairman Eric Chu (郑丽文) to lead a delegation to visit, and successfully realized the meeting between the leaders of the two parties. This not only brought an opportunity for improvement to the depressed relations between the two parties, but also set an example for political parties in Taiwan to promote the development of cross-Strait relations. This meeting between the leaders of the two parties shows that only by adhering to the "1992 Consensus" and opposing "Taiwan independence" can the exchanges and dialogue between the two parties be smoothly promoted, can cross-Strait relations be stable and far-reaching, and can peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait be firmly guaranteed.

Historical facts have proved that only by adhering to the one-China principle and the "1992 Consensus" can the Taiwan Strait be calm, Taiwan can prosper and develop, and compatriots on both sides of the Strait can share well-being; otherwise, the situation in the Taiwan Strait will be turbulent and full of crises. Facts have also repeatedly proved that "Taiwan independence" is the culprit for undermining peace in the Taiwan Strait and the common enemy of compatriots on both sides of the Strait. Through this meeting, the two parties have gathered a firm consensus against "Taiwan independence," demonstrating the firm determination of the two parties to safeguard the common homeland of the Chinese nation. This has also laid a more solid foundation for deepening exchanges and dialogue between the two parties in the future.

For more than 30 years, the mainland has always adhered to the "1992 Consensus" and opposed "Taiwan independence" as the political basis for carrying out exchanges and dialogue with political parties, groups, and people from all walks of life in Taiwan. Whether to adhere to the "1992 Consensus" and oppose "Taiwan independence" is a touchstone for testing the political positions of political parties, groups, and people from all walks of life in Taiwan, and it is also the golden key to determining whether they can open the door to exchanges and dialogue with the mainland.

At present, cross-Strait relations are at a critical historical juncture. Promoting the development of cross-Strait relations and realizing the great rejuvenation of the nation urgently requires more political parties, groups, and people from all walks of life on the island to recognize and participate. General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech this time shows a clear position, hoping that more political parties, groups, and people from all walks of life in Taiwan can recognize the general trend of history, adhere to national righteousness, resolutely oppose "Taiwan independence" separatism and external interference, actively participate in cross-Strait exchanges, interactions, and integration, and work together to create a better future for the reunification of the motherland and the rejuvenation of the nation. The mainland has always adhered to the concept of "both sides of the Strait are one family," and is willing to listen to the opinions and suggestions of political parties, groups, and people from all walks of life in Taiwan with the greatest sincerity. As long as they adhere to the "1992 Consensus," oppose "Taiwan independence," and participate in promoting the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations, the mainland welcomes them.

Realizing the complete reunification of the motherland and promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is an irresistible historical trend. Deeply implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on work related to Taiwan and the overall strategy of the Party in the new era for resolving the Taiwan issue, deeply understand and implement the important exposition of the "Four Adherences," use exchanges and dialogue between political parties on both sides of the Strait to drive exchanges and cooperation in all fields, continuously enhance political mutual trust between the two sides, and jointly safeguard peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, we will surely be able to work together to create a better future for national reunification and national rejuvenation.

(The author is the Director and Professor of the Cross-Strait Relations Research Center of Renmin University of China (中国人民大学)).

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Do a good job in the open recruitment of teachers for primary and secondary schools and kindergartens.

This newspaper reported from Beijing on April 22nd (Reporter Ding Yasong (丁雅诵)) The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源社会保障部) and the Ministry of Education (教育部) recently jointly issued the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in the Open Recruitment of Primary and Secondary School and Kindergarten Teachers in 2026," guiding various regions to scientifically coordinate the demand for teachers in light of factors such as changes in the school-age population, give full play to the important role of open recruitment in public institutions, and attract more outstanding talents to teach.

Overall planning for teacher recruitment. All regions should conduct integrated research on teacher recruitment in conjunction with the dynamic adjustment of the staffing of primary and secondary school teachers and the staffing guarantee for kindergartens, and focus on optimizing the structure of teachers between urban and rural areas, between schools, and between academic stages. All regions are encouraged to organize open recruitment of primary and secondary school and kindergarten teachers at the provincial or municipal level to ensure that the recruitment plan matches long-term changes in student enrollment and school development plans. All regions should broaden teacher recruitment channels and do a good job in organizing and implementing special programs for publicly funded education, such as the "Special Post Plan (特岗计划)," the "National Excellence Plan (国优计划)," and the publicly funded normal school students of the ministry and the "Excellent Teacher Plan (优师计划)" normal school students.

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Photo Story

On April 21st, elderly people in the Shilinggang Road Community of Shuanghe Subdistrict, Huaying City (华蓥市), Sichuan Province (四川省), are dining in the community's elderly canteen. In recent years, Huaying City (华蓥市) has made solving the dining problem for the elderly a key livelihood project. By renovating idle resources and building new and expanded facilities, it has built a universal elderly meal assistance system covering urban and rural areas.

Photo by Qiu Haiying (邱海鹰) (Image China)

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Spring: Be Aware of Infectious Disease Prevention

This newspaper reported from Beijing on April 22nd (Reporter Shen Shaotie (申少铁)) The National Disease Control and Prevention Administration (国家疾控局) held a press conference on the 22nd. Xi Jingjing (席晶晶), spokesperson for the National Disease Control and Prevention Administration (国家疾控局), stated that since entering April, there have been fluctuations in the epidemic of respiratory infectious diseases in China, with an upward trend in the activity levels of influenza viruses and rhinoviruses. With the approach of the "May Day" holiday, the movement of people and gathering activities will increase significantly, and attention needs to be paid to mosquito-borne infectious diseases such as dengue fever and chikungunya fever, as well as intestinal infectious diseases such as norovirus infection and hand-foot-mouth disease.

The National Disease Control and Prevention Administration (国家疾控局) reminds the public to pay attention to the weather and add or remove clothing in a timely manner. When traveling, it is important to understand the situation of the destination in advance, pay attention to food and drinking water hygiene, and strictly prevent diseases from entering through the mouth, 病从口入 (bìng cóng kǒu rù - "disease enters by the mouth," illness often originates from improper diet). Do a good job in health monitoring, focusing on the elderly and young children in the family.

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Chongqing Tongnan District Pilots "Bus to Campus" Program

The newspaper Chongqing (重庆) April 22nd (Reporter Liu Xinwu (刘新吾)) In order to ensure the safety of middle school students traveling from evening self-study and alleviate the traffic congestion around the campus, Tongnan District (潼南区), Chongqing (重庆) has launched a pilot "bus into campus" service, using caring measures to protect students' return journey and build a solid safety line for students going to and from school.

At 9 p.m. every night, several buses at Tongnan Middle School (潼南中学) and Tongnan No. 1 Middle School (潼南一中) are neatly parked in designated areas, waiting for students finishing evening self-study. Students line up in an orderly manner to board the bus, without having to leave the school gate to conveniently take the bus, bidding farewell to the cumbersome and unsafe aspects of waiting for the bus outside the school and crossing the road. "You can take the bus on campus without crossing the road, which is safe and convenient." Zhang Hanyue (张瀚月), a student at Tongnan Middle School (潼南中学), said that the new measure makes their journey home more reassuring and worry-free.

The "bus into campus" pilot program has now been implemented in Tongnan Middle School (潼南中学) and Tongnan No. 1 Middle School (潼南一中). 30 buses have optimized operating routes, directly reaching the campus at fixed times, realizing students "taking the bus immediately after school," effectively eliminating the safety risks of students waiting outside the school, and also alleviating traffic congestion at the school gate during school hours. In order to ensure the orderly progress of the service, the school simultaneously demarcated exclusive boarding areas, arranged teachers to be on duty to guide, and implemented a staggered boarding system, comprehensively ensuring students' boarding safety and smooth passage.

In order to further consolidate the safety line for students going to and from school, Tongnan District (潼南区) also strictly implements the "three sightings" during school hours and the normalized control mechanism of the school protection post, promoting the full coverage of the smallest emergency units in 147 primary and secondary schools and kindergartens in the district, with an average daily investment of 178 person-times of school protection personnel. During peak hours of going to and from school, the system of fixed personnel, fixed posts, and fixed responsibilities for stationed duty is strictly implemented; at the same time, in coordination with public security, traffic management and other departments, the comprehensive management of road traffic order around the campus is deepened, resolutely preventing safety hazards such as overloading and illegal carrying of students' pick-up and drop-off vehicles, and comprehensively safeguarding students' travel safety.

The relevant person in charge of the Tongnan District (潼南区) Transportation Commission stated that, in the next step, Tongnan District (潼南区) will continue to optimize the route layout and capacity allocation based on the pilot operation, and gradually promote this measure to more middle schools, benefiting more students.

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This edition's editors: Tang Tianyi, Liu Mengdan, Min Fangzheng

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Chasing the Asian Beach Games Dream: Vitality Shines in Asia (Focus on the Asian Beach Games)

By: 本报记者 陶相安 董泽扬

With the vast sea as the backdrop, the beach as the stage, the gentle breeze of coconut palms, and the melodious rhythm of the sea, the opening ceremony on the evening of April 22, blending the vitality of Hainan (海南) and the charm of Sanya (三亚), ushered people into the time of the sixth Asian Beach Games (hereinafter referred to as "Asian Beach Games"). Next, more than 1,600 athletes from 45 member countries and regions of the Olympic Council of Asia will bravely compete on the stage built by beaches and waves.

Chasing dreams at the Asian Beach Games, vitality shines in Asia. This Asian Beach Games has a total of 14 major events, 15 sub-events, and 62 minor events, which will produce 62 gold medals. In terms of event settings, there are not only water sports such as dragon boat racing and sailing, but also ball sports such as beach volleyball and beach soccer, as well as combat sports such as jujutsu and beach wrestling.

In the beach handball preliminaries, which started on April 21, accompanied by dynamic music, the players completed aerial shots on the beach. Different from traditional handball, beach handball has more diverse scoring methods: regular shots score 1 point, spin (360-degree rotation) shots, fast break (aerial relay) shots, 6-meter shots, and goalkeeper shots score 2 points. The rich scoring methods make the game more watchable and competitive. The Chinese men's beach handball team, which debuted on the same day, won one game and lost one game. Player Ma Huifeng (马会锋) said: "We need to be more confident and strive to发挥出自己的水平 (fā huī chū zì jǐ de shuǐ píng - "bring out one's own level," to perform at one's best)."

The athletics competition of this Asian Beach Games includes 5 minor events each for men and women, including 60 meters, 4×60 meters relay, long jump, high jump, and shot put. The soft sand poses higher requirements for athletes and also brings new experiences. "Throwing the shot put on the beach, the venue is more open, and the sense of technical control is stronger after the rotating throwing action is magnified," said Song Jiayuan (宋佳媛), a female shot put athlete from the Chinese team.

The water polo event started on April 22, and the Kazakhstan women's water polo team defeated the Thai team to win the first victory. Aida Alpysbay, captain of the Kazakhstan team, said: "The competition will be affected by factors such as wind, waves, light, and seawater salinity. We conducted several days of adaptive training before the competition, and we performed well today."

Beach soccer with aerial shots at the beach, teqball "playing football on a ping pong table," as well as 3x3 basketball, beach volleyball, and speed climbing, which have become Olympic events... More excitement will bloom on the field of the Asian Beach Games.

Wonderful events cannot be separated from high-quality venue conditions and meticulous event services. This Asian Beach Games relies on Sanya's (三亚) coastal resources to layout the venues, organically integrating the coastline, beaches, and event space; 4,680 volunteers are distributed in various positions to provide event services; special activities such as intangible cultural heritage experiences, folk performances, and beach concerts are attractive. Song Luzeng (宋鲁增), Vice President of the Olympic Council of Asia and Chairman of the Sports Committee of the Olympic Council of Asia, said that the Asian Beach Games is an important platform for Asian athletes to compete and enhance friendship, and will inject new impetus into promoting the development of Asian sports.

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China Team Gets Off to a Flying Start (Focus on Asian Beach Games)

Sanya, April 22nd (Reported by Liu Shuoyang (刘硕阳) and Wang Liang (王亮)) On the 22nd, the Asian Beach Games women's water polo event commenced. In the first round of the round-robin tournament, the Chinese team defeated the Hong Kong, China team with a score of 3-1, achieving a successful start.

This marks the first time that women's water polo has been included as a competition event in the Asian Beach Games. Unlike the traditional indoor seven-a-side water polo competition, the Asian Beach Games water polo competition adopts a four-a-side format, with each period lasting 5 minutes. The team that wins three periods first is declared the victor.

In the first period, the Chinese team lost with a score of 1-2. "I was a bit nervous at the beginning of the match, and my shots were too hasty, which affected the stability of my movements," said Xie Linshan (谢琳珊), the captain of the Chinese team. As the match progressed, the Chinese team gradually improved and gained better control of the game's pace, consecutively scoring two 4-0 runs to reverse the score. Entering the fourth period, the Chinese team became increasingly courageous and skilled, winning with a score of 7-1, ultimately securing a 3-1 victory.

A total of 4 teams are participating in this Asian Beach Games women's water polo event. After the single round-robin competition, the rankings will be determined based on points. In another match held on the 22nd, the Kazakhstan team defeated the Thailand team with a score of 3-2. On the afternoon of the 23rd, the Chinese team will face the Kazakhstan team.

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Sports Fever in the Third Month of the Lunar Calendar

By: 本报记者 李维俊

During this year's "March 3rd" festival, Guangxi showcased a strong sporting vibe across various regions. From the crowded "County Super League" (县超) matches to the intense firecracker-snatching competitions, and the distinctive song festivals and markets, sports activities not only enhanced the festive atmosphere but also spurred a new landscape of "watching games + consumption + tourism," transforming lively sports events into tangible development vitality.

-- Editor

Guangxi in April is never short of excitement. Once the mountain songs begin, the festive atmosphere is present; once the soccer game kicks off, the popularity follows. This year, during the "March 3rd" festival, sports events across the Guangxi region were particularly "out of the circle."

Packed Soccer Games

"Goal! Goal!"

Last weekend, the "Guokong Cup" (国控杯) 2025-2026 Guangxi County-Level Football Super League saw its final matches in several divisions. On the evening of April 18th, in the Guidong Division, the Xincun Stadium in Shilong Town (石龙镇), Guiping (桂平), Guangxi, was filled to capacity, with over 8,000 people watching the game between the Guiping City (桂平市) team of Guigang (贵港) and the Pinggui District (平桂区) team of Hezhou (贺州). In the second half, Chen Yujian (陈宇健), a player from the Guiping City team, scored with a long-distance free kick near midfield, instantly igniting the stadium. Moments later, he scored again, turning the rice-scented stadium into an ocean of cheers with two "world-class goals."

"When the hometown team scored, I was so excited I almost jumped up!" said Ms. Deng (邓女士), a resident of Guiping, who felt the trip was worthwhile. Why is the league so popular? A relevant official from the Autonomous Region Sports Bureau believes: "The players might be the young men from the neighboring village, or your own relatives; this is a league for everyone." Chen Yujian could not hide his excitement after the game: "The cheers of the folks are more satisfying than winning the game!"

The excitement on the field wasn't limited to soccer. During halftime, a song festival took the stage, with the classic mountain song duet of "Liu Sanjie and Master Mo" (刘三姐与莫老爷) resonating throughout the stadium; villagers, dressed in clothing from the 1980s and 1990s, carrying shoulder poles and pushing old-fashioned bicycles, brought the scene of a market to the stadium. Outside the field, small stalls lined up, with the aroma of five-color glutinous rice and other snacks filling the air, leading many spectators to exclaim: "Watching the game, singing, and eating, it's like celebrating a festival!"

The popularity of soccer has spread throughout Guangxi. On the evening of April 19th, the Lingshan County (灵山县) stadium in Qinzhou (钦州) was equally lively. The local area spent nearly a month upgrading the lighting and seating to fully enhance the viewing experience. Although the home team narrowly lost, the audience's enthusiasm was not diminished. "Letting the masses enter the stadium and feel the joy of sports is the original intention of hosting the event," said a relevant official from the Autonomous Region Sports Bureau.

Firecracker Snatching Passed Down Through Generations

"Charge! Go for it!" "Stop him!" On April 19th, the firecracker-snatching competition in Wuming District (武鸣区), Nanning (南宁), was in full swing. The players, shirtless, ran, sprinted, positioned themselves, and passed, engaging in fierce competition around the red firecracker circle symbolizing good fortune. The sidelines were packed with local residents and tourists from other places. Yang Miaoling (杨妙玲), a tourist from Shenzhen (深圳), exclaimed: "This is the first time I've seen firecracker snatching live; I didn't expect it to be so lively!"

As a highlight of the "March 3rd" festival, firecracker snatching is highly competitive and fast-paced. It was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list in 2021 and is now attracting more and more people to participate. This year's participating teams included new forces from universities. The players from the Guangxi University for Nationalities (广西民族大学) team have a foundation in rugby and wrestling, making their competition more strategic. "We not only rely on strength but also focus on teamwork," said a team member. Ultimately, the team won the championship with a group charge tactic. After the game, Liu Sheng (刘声), a teacher at the university's School of Physical Education, said: "Young people are the fresh blood for inheriting traditional sports. Passing it down through generations will allow firecracker snatching to go further."

Wuming District is promoting the regular development of firecracker snatching: building dedicated training bases, incorporating it into school courses, and innovating by opening women's events. "Traditional sports cannot only remain in festival memories; we must allow more people to participate," said a relevant official from the Wuming District Culture, Radio, Television, and Tourism Bureau.

The grand occasion of firecracker snatching in Wuming is an epitome of the vigorous development of traditional sports in Guangxi. The Firecracker Festival in Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County (三江侗族自治县), Liuzhou (柳州), has been held for over 150 sessions, attracting tens of thousands of tourists to watch the games each year; the masses in Baise (百色) actively participate in projects such as bamboo pole dancing and board shoe racing... Traditional culture is rejuvenated in the competition on the field, and the circle of ethnic unity grows larger in sweat and laughter.

The Incremental Growth of Ticket Stubs

In Guangxi, event traffic is quietly transforming into crowd "retention" and consumption growth. "In the past, people would go home after watching the game. Now, many people will stay to visit the beautiful scenery and taste the delicious food," said a relevant official from the Autonomous Region Sports Bureau. Guangxi is creating a "ticket stub economy," expanding the single path of "leaving after watching the game" into a composite consumption chain of "watching a game, staying one or two nights, and visiting multiple scenic spots."

Qinzhou launched the "One Ticket, Free Tour of Mountains and Seas" model, turning event tickets into coupons, uniting more than 10 scenic spots such as Bazhai Valley (八寨沟), Wuhuang Mountain (五皇山), and Sanniang Bay (三娘湾), and superimposing the double discounts of "March 3rd" and ticket stubs. Fans can enjoy discounts on scenic spots and reductions on food and accommodation with their tickets. Qixing District (七星区) in Guilin (桂林) moved the spring cultural market into the stadium square, "Viewers can visit the market on the way after watching the game, and receive gifts with their tickets." Xie Wenji (解文吉), the market director of Guangxi Chenxi Cultural Development Co., Ltd., said. Rich interactive projects attract people to stop, buy local coffee, light food, cultural and creative products, and intangible cultural heritage products, driving a significant increase in per capita consumption; car trunk markets and free stalls also provide low-cost entrepreneurial space for small and micro businesses.

Looking at Guangxi, many places are using measures such as the "ticket stub economy," scenic spot linkage, and cultural and sports consumption coupon packages to make "watching games + tourism" a new trend. From watching games to eating, shopping, and accommodation, the consumption chain is gradually being opened up. Sports provide the stage, the economy performs, and culture empowers. This year's "March 3rd" related sports activities in Guangxi are more lively and down-to-earth than in previous years. From the rice paddy stadium in Guiping to the firecracker competition field in Wuming, and to the markets and scenic spots in various places, Guangxi uses sports events full of the atmosphere of everyday life to record nostalgia and retain popularity.

(People's Daily Online reporter Feng Xiaohui (冯肖慧) participated in the writing)

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Wuxing, Huzhou, Zhejiang: Supporting Youth to Build Dreams in the Countryside and Jointly Compose a New Chapter of Comprehensive Rural Revitalization

South of Taihu Lake, in Wuxing District (吴兴区), Huzhou City (湖州市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), a "new" wave is surging, with young talents and rural areas heading towards each other, unleashing innovative and creative vitality.

From Xisai Science Valley (西塞科学谷) to Daochang Township (道场乡) Smart Farm, young people are heading to the countryside with technology and dreams, and the countryside is paving a broad stage for young people to realize their dreams through hard work. Wuxing (吴兴) is writing a moving chapter of comprehensive rural revitalization with an endless wave of innovation.

A Youth Innovation Corridor Connects New Urban-Rural Integration Scenery

How many possibilities can a road connect? In Wuxing District (吴兴区), Huzhou City (湖州市), the "Youth Metamorphosis" Miaoxin Youth Innovation Corridor (青来蝶变”妙新青创走廊), covering more than 200 square kilometers, takes the Miaoxin Line (妙新线) rural road as its main axis, forming a "one axis and two wings" layout. The west wing focuses on science, technology, cultural innovation and tourism, and the east wing focuses on intelligent manufacturing, scientific and technological agriculture, and the beautiful economy. It not only connects 4 towns and 41 administrative villages, but also connects the entrepreneurial dreams and common prosperity hopes of young people entering the countryside.

In recent years, Wuxing District (吴兴区) has taken the creation of a benchmark for urban-rural integration of young people entering the countryside as its overall goal, and the "Youth Metamorphosis" Miaoxin Youth Innovation Corridor (青来蝶变”妙新青创走廊) as a demonstration zone, and promoted the work of young people entering the countryside in the whole region. Up to now, 37 youth innovation projects have been introduced and cultivated, effectively realizing a win-win situation for talents, industries, and rural areas.

Wuxing District (吴兴区) has also further deepened the construction of the corridor. In terms of spatial layout, it strives to build an entrepreneurial platform through 6 landmark points such as Xisai Science Valley (西塞科学谷), innovatively promotes the "AI+Single Person Company" entrepreneurial model, and explores a new path of "agriculture, culture, tourism and commerce" integration, allowing technology projects to "take root and sprout" in the fields.

Platform construction and model innovation are promoting the deep linkage, integrated development of youth, industry and rural areas in Wuxing District (吴兴区).

A Science and Technology Innovation Base Surges with Innovative Development Momentum

As the first place for the construction of Huzhou (湖州) "Innovation Valley", Xisai Science Valley (西塞科学谷) is located at the intersection of the Yangtze River Delta G60 Science and Technology Innovation Corridor (长三角G60科创走廊) and the Ninghu-Hangzhou Ecological Science and Technology Innovation Corridor (宁湖杭生态科技创新廊道). The green mountains and rivers of 25 square kilometers have become a fertile ground for nurturing innovation.

Under the joint promotion of Wuxing District (吴兴区) and Huzhou Industrial Group (湖州市产业集团), high-energy-level platforms are accelerating their agglomeration. In Xisai Science Valley (西塞科学谷), a number of key national laboratories and other research institute platforms have settled in, a new generation of industrial control system comprehensive security large scientific device is about to land, and emerging industries are gathering into a chain; Panwei Software (泛微软件), Dingjie Digital Intelligence (鼎捷数智) and other leading projects have gathered more than 1,000 mid-to-high-end talents, building a full-chain support system from research and development to transformation.

The once quiet Xisai Mountain (西塞山) is now a fertile ground for talents and a surge of scientific and technological innovation. More than 200 young science and technology innovators have taken root here, 8 young science and technology innovation teams are working hard, and a number of science and technology innovation projects such as AI medical intelligence and scenic spot free cars have taken root, and more than 100 science and technology innovation jobs have emerged.

From rural pastoral areas to science and technology innovation highlands, Xisai Science Valley (西塞科学谷) is becoming a strong innovation engine driving the high-quality development of Wuxing District (吴兴区) with its vigorous youthful energy.

A Practice Site Deepens the Fertile Ground of Smart Agriculture

In the fields of Daochang Township (道场乡), Wuxing District (吴兴区), the Huihong Youth Entering the Countryside Practice Site (卉弘青年入乡实践站点) is demonstrating the vivid practice of "moving the laboratory to the field".

In terms of school-local-enterprise collaboration, the site links universities and fields, transforms scientific research results into practical technologies, and forms a standardized planting manual; at the same time, it establishes a "salary + performance + equity incentive" model, where young people can receive 5% to 10% of the annual operating profit of the project as a bonus, realizing the transformation from "wage earners" to "partners".

The site also creates a "rural entrepreneurial circle", using the Internet of Things for real-time monitoring and precise operation of water and fertilizer systems, reducing losses by 15%; at the same time, it integrates resources such as orchards and farms to develop picking research, e-commerce live broadcasting and other formats. In 2025, live broadcasting alone will help farmers increase their income by more than 860,000 yuan.

From technology landing to benefit sharing, from smart agriculture to diversified operations, the Huihong Youth Entering the Countryside Practice Site (卉弘青年入乡实践站点) has embarked on a path to prosperity where youth and the countryside achieve each other.

A Set of Security Networks Supports the Dreams of Young People Entering the Countryside

To allow young people to "be willing to come and stay", it is inseparable from a warm institutional design.

Wuxing District (吴兴区) promotes a dual-mentor assistance system, equipping each young person entering the countryside with a "policy mentor" and a "market mentor", which not only helps connect policy resources, but also guides business practices; at the same time, it forms an alliance model of "youth innovation project + village collective + farmers" to achieve three-party risk sharing and benefit sharing.

In terms of policy guarantees, Wuxing District (吴兴区) promotes the "one thing" reform for young people entering the countryside, forming a full-cycle service chain; in response to agricultural risks, it innovatively establishes agricultural policy insurance, covering risks such as natural disasters and market fluctuations; in addition, it also innovatively launches a "cultural tourism blind box" recruitment model, establishes digital archives for idle resources scattered in the countryside, and makes short videos to provide young people with full-process guidance services.

From "one road" to "one network", from "one person" to "a group of people", Wuxing District (吴兴区) is using a full-chain service system of platform construction, scientific and technological innovation leadership, and policy support to allow young people to "be willing to stay in the countryside, be able to stay, and be able to get rich", and jointly write a vivid answer sheet of "Youth Metamorphosis (青来蝶变)".

Data source: Organization Department of the CPC Huzhou Wuxing District Committee (中共湖州市吴兴区委组织部)

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Letting Civilization "Speak Up": Egypt Takes Multiple Measures to Tap Tourism Potential (International Viewpoint)

By: 本报记者 黄培昭

In the early morning, the pyramids gradually appear in the mist, and the first ray of sunlight slowly climbs along the rough stone steps, as if taking people back thousands of years. In the afternoon, the coastal resort of Hurghada is sunny, the sea is crystal clear, divers jump into the water, schools of fish shuttle between the blue light and shadows, playing among the corals, and the underwater world is quiet and vivid. As night falls, the Khan el-Khalili market in the old city of Cairo lights up, the aroma of spices and coffee intertwines, and the sounds of hawking and laughter echo in the alleys.

Egypt, with civilization as its vein and scenery as its medium, unfolds a three-dimensional and vivid tourism picture to the world. From civilization excavation, resource integration to service upgrades, Egypt continues to explore the potential for tourism growth, accelerate the reshaping of its tourism image, and let the thousand-year civilization and diverse scenery radiate new vitality. According to data from the United Nations World Tourism Organization, in 2025, Egypt will receive 19 million international tourists, an increase of approximately 20% year-on-year, and tourism revenue will increase by 17% year-on-year, continuing to lead the Middle East and North Africa tourism market.

Upgrading cultural relic protection and display methods—

“Let tourists immerse themselves in the charm of Egyptian civilization”

On a clear morning, the sun shines through the clouds and onto the tomb walls of Meresankh III. Meresankh III was the granddaughter of Pharaoh Khufu (胡夫法老) and the wife of Pharaoh Khafre (哈夫拉法老). Her tomb is located on the east side of the Giza Pyramid (吉萨金字塔) scenic area, about 13 kilometers southwest of downtown Cairo (开罗), complementing the three pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure (孟卡拉) and the Sphinx (狮身人面像). Because it is well preserved, it is considered one of the most beautiful and exquisitely decorated tombs, carrying the life imprints and civilization details of the ancient Egyptian aristocracy.

"Look, this relief is so beautiful. It depicts the farming scene of ancient Egyptians. On the left are farmers sowing seeds, and on the right is the sacrificial ceremony after the harvest. These details hide the life wisdom of ancient Egyptians." Wael (瓦伊勒), a 32-year-old Egyptian tour guide, explained the reliefs on the tomb walls of Meresankh III to a tourist group from Chengdu (成都), China (中国) in fluent Chinese. Wael held a tablet, pointed to the traces of colored pigments on the reliefs, and said with pride: "This used to be a niche attraction with very few tourists. Many reliefs were not maintained for a long time, and the colors gradually faded. Two years ago, the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities (埃及文物部) invested funds to carry out large-scale repairs to the tomb, strengthening the walls, restoring the reliefs, and introducing a digital tour guide system." He clicked on the AR (augmented reality) function on the tablet, and the reliefs on the screen instantly "came alive," dynamically presenting the scenes of ancient Egyptians farming and sacrificing. Tourists raised their mobile phones to take pictures.

Ms. Li (李女士) from Chengdu listened carefully with her child. She told reporters: "I originally thought that Egyptian cultural relics could only be viewed from a distance, but I didn't expect to be able to 'travel' back to ancient Egypt through AR technology here. My child was very fascinated and took the initiative to ask many questions about ancient Egyptian civilization. This immersive experience is more meaningful than simply looking at exhibits."

In the newly opened Grand Egyptian Museum (大埃及博物馆), bustling crowds slowly flow through the spacious exhibition halls, and statues stand quietly gazing at visitors. The reporter followed a tour group led by a young guide, Samir (萨米尔), to visit. He did not rush to explain, but first asked the tourists to stand in front of a huge relief and close their eyes. "Please imagine the sounds that were once here," Samir said. Then, the lights changed slightly, and the wall projected a restored image of an ancient Egyptian sacrificial scene. The tourists gradually quieted down, and some even reached out to touch the light and shadows in the air.

"We now emphasize 'telling stories' rather than 'reporting information'," Samir told reporters. He had worked in other museums and, after receiving professional training, his current focus is on how to allow tourists to understand the civilization logic behind cultural relics more deeply through narration, interaction, and scenario design. Behind this transformation is Egypt's re-recognition of the value of cultural tourism. Mahmoud (马哈茂德), general manager of Seti I Travel Agency (塞提一世旅行社) in Egypt, told reporters that Egyptian civilization is not only ancient but also has continuity, "We want to let tourists understand the civilization behind the cultural relics and monuments more deeply."

In recent years, the Egyptian government has continuously promoted the upgrading of cultural relic protection and modern display methods, including the launch of new cultural tourism projects, the large-scale introduction of digital technology, immersive experiences, and multilingual services. In Luxor (卢克索), a nighttime light show attracts a large number of tourists. The local ancient temples are "revived" in light and shadow, and the hieroglyphs on the walls are dynamically projected and interpreted one by one. A tourist from Italy (意大利) told reporters: "This is not like a visit, but more like entering a period of history."

"We are no longer satisfied with letting tourists 'see cultural relics', but hope to use digital technology and scenario-based presentation to 'bring ancient civilizations to life' and let tourists immerse themselves in the charm of Egyptian civilization," said Salim (萨利姆), head of the marketing department of the Egyptian Tourism Promotion Board (埃及旅游促进局). The Egyptian government attaches great importance to the development of cultural tourism, and from "seeing history" to "entering history," it regards "activating" cultural relics as the core direction for promoting the upgrading of the cultural tourism industry. It plans to invest billions of dollars to protect and promote historical and cultural heritage, and will also upgrade more niche attractions to create differentiated cultural tourism products, making Egypt's cultural tourism more attractive.

Creating a multi-scene integrated experience—

“'Connecting' rich and diverse tourism resources”

At noon, the reporter followed a small expedition team into the inland desert. The off-road vehicle traveled through the undulating sand dunes. After several hours, the outline of the Black and White Desert came into view.

The Black and White Desert (黑白沙漠) is located in the Bahariya Oasis (拜哈里耶绿洲), a magical desert secret. The basalt particles of the Black Desert cover the surface of the sand dunes, presenting a mysterious ink black color, which contrasts sharply with the creamy white limestone of the White Desert, like nature's palette.

At the campsite in the Black and White Desert, Idris (伊德里斯), 45 years old this year, is helping tourists set up tents. Idris's ancestors were all Bedouins (贝都因人) nomads. With the development of desert tourism, he gave up his nomadic life and became a desert guide, and also opened a campsite. "In the past, we relied on grazing for a living, and our income was unstable. Now, more and more tourists come to the desert to experience it. I can not only be a guide, but also provide tourists with Bedouin cuisine, desert sandboarding, and other services. My income has increased several times compared to before."

As night falls, Idris and the tourists sit around the campfire, enjoying roasted lamb and mint tea while singing traditional Bedouin songs. Anna (安娜), a tourist from Germany (德国), told reporters: "Seeing the unique landforms in the desert, experiencing the life of the Bedouins, tasting local cuisine, and listening to traditional songs, this immersive desert experience is unforgettable."

Egypt not only has vast deserts, but also vast oceans. The Red Sea (红海) is famous for its clear blue waters and rich marine ecology, and has become one of the world's most important diving destinations. In the evening, the surface of the Red Sea is tinged with a soft blue-green luster. At a pier near Hurghada, a tourist resort on the Red Sea coast of Egypt, a diving boat has just returned. "The underwater coral reefs are like a city, and the schools of fish are the residents," a diving enthusiast from Poland (波兰) told reporters with lingering interest. With the local tourism department continuing to improve port facilities, diving services, and resort facilities, the maritime tourism experience here is becoming more mature.

"Egypt is 'connecting' rich and diverse tourism resources. Diving into the sea during the day and looking up at the starry sky at night; walking through ancient temples in the morning and galloping on the sand dunes in the afternoon, forming a multi-scene superimposed immersive tourism model," Mahmoud said.

Khaled (哈立德), head of the northern region of the Egyptian Tourism Promotion Board, told reporters that in recent years, the Egyptian government has made overall plans and strived to promote the multi-faceted integration of "culture + coastal + desert + city," breaking the boundaries of different tourism scenes and providing tourists with a one-stop tourism experience. To support this model, Egypt continues to improve and upgrade its transportation network, promote the modernization of Cairo Airport (开罗机场), expand the Egyptian civil aviation fleet, and vigorously introduce foreign investment. Currently, the investment in tourism projects on the North Coast and the Red Sea region has exceeded $20 billion. The government has also introduced a number of support measures, such as providing e-visas for citizens of multiple countries and regions, and issuing 5-year multiple-entry visas.

Attracting more Chinese tourists—

“Chinese tourists bring stable passenger flow and new standards”

As night falls, the Khan el-Khalili market is brightly lit. At the entrance of a silver jewelry store, the owner, Ali (阿里), is enthusiastically greeting customers in slightly awkward Chinese: "Brother, please come in, welcome to take a look!" Ali told reporters that he learned Chinese online, "Now there are more and more Chinese tourists. Knowing a little Chinese makes me feel closer to the tourists, and business will be better."

Not far away, the menu of a coffee shop has Chinese instructions printed on it, and a mobile payment QR code is pasted on the cashier. The waiter skillfully guides customers to complete the payment process.

Chinese tourists have become one of Egypt's important and stable sources of international tourists. Ahmed Youssef (艾哈迈德·优素福), a relevant person in charge of the Egyptian Tourism Promotion Board, said that Egypt received 360,000 Chinese tourists in 2025, and Egypt's goal is to attract at least 1 million Chinese tourists every year. Chinese tourists have an impact on the local tourism industry in terms of consumption patterns, travel habits, and service needs. "The arrival of Chinese tourists has shortened our off-season a lot. Now there is almost no completely deserted time of the year," said a person in charge of a hot air balloon project in Luxor. "Chinese tourists bring stable passenger flow and new standards."

At a travel agency in Cairo, the reporter saw a itinerary specially designed for the Chinese market: small group travel, Chinese-speaking guides, in-depth cultural explanations, photography services, and more flexible scheduling. "In the past, we arranged the itinerary for tourists, but now tourists 'customize us'," said Nadia (纳迪娅), the head of the travel agency. Chinese tourists pay more attention to travel experiences and service details, such as whether the explanations are vivid, whether the itinerary is flexible, and whether the payment is convenient. "These needs are promoting the upgrading of the entire industry."

In order to attract more Chinese tourists, the Egyptian side has taken a number of targeted measures, including continuously increasing the number of Chinese-speaking guides and Chinese signs, promoting digital payment methods in scenic spots and commercial places, strengthening cooperation with Chinese travel platforms, and conducting special promotional activities during holidays.

From the millennia-old ruins to the diverse landscapes of sea and sand, ancient civilization and modern experience converge and grow here. From the constantly optimized service system to the increasingly open development posture, Egypt is striving to move from a "major tourism resource country" to a "strong tourism country," allowing this land to continue to radiate new charm.

(Reported from Cairo (开罗) on April 22)

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Why Chinese is Called "The Language of the Future" (Global Observations)

By: 邹 松

April 20th is the United Nations Chinese Language Day. The author recently visited the world's only Confucius Institute themed on "Green Technology" - the University of Venda Green Technology Confucius Institute in South Africa. The sense of opportunity and future associated with the Chinese language is particularly evident here.

"Can learning Chinese help me participate in these scientific projects?" "What is the connection between South Africa's astronomy projects and China's 'Tianyan' (天眼)?"... At the Chinese Language Day event held at the university, the questions raised by young students revealed both their keen interest in Chinese technology and their firm determination to learn Chinese.

In the classroom, "environmental protection" and "green" are frequently used words, with Chinese language learning and scientific knowledge being "input" simultaneously. On the bookshelves, Chinese science and technology books are neatly arranged, becoming an important window for local students to understand China. In the campus experimental field, Beidou satellite receivers precisely regulate agricultural irrigation, and intelligent transportation mobile signal vehicles are about to "take up their posts"... These visible and tangible Chinese technologies allow South African youth to deeply realize that Chinese is never simply a tool for communication, but a "hard currency" for reaching dreams and embracing the future.

Similar scenarios are constantly emerging on the African continent. Currently, 17 African countries have included Chinese in their national education systems. The effect of Chinese education is becoming increasingly apparent: at China-Africa cooperation project sites, Chinese and foreign researchers use Chinese to communicate smoothly and collaborate efficiently; in the recruitment advertisements of African companies, the notation "Chinese proficiency preferred" is becoming increasingly prominent... In Africa, the consensus that "learning Chinese is grasping the future" is being widely conveyed among the younger generation.

Where does the sense of future of the Chinese language come from?

It comes from the future of development, which is the most solid foundation. Some say, "The influence of a language is essentially the influence of a country." As China continues to break through and lead the world in areas such as electric vehicles, artificial intelligence, clean energy, and e-commerce, and as China becomes the world's second-largest economy and an important force in global technological innovation, Chinese naturally becomes an indispensable "stepping stone" for those who want to learn advanced technologies and share development opportunities. "Learning Chinese means getting on the fast track of China's development" has become a common aspiration of African youth. Eric Maluta, the foreign dean of the University of Venda Green Technology Confucius Institute, put it plainly: "Chinese opens a window for the remote Venda region, allowing us to achieve development with the help of Chinese technology, and also provides a more solid foundation for South-China cooperation."

It comes from the future of openness, which is the broadest stage. As the "Belt and Road" initiative takes root, blossoms, and bears fruit in Africa, China-Africa cooperation has long expanded from infrastructure to various fields such as technology, education, and culture. In each cooperation project, local builders who understand both Chinese and technology have become the "lubricant" and "bridge" for China and Africa to move forward hand in hand. As China's door of openness widens and the momentum of China-Africa cooperation increases, the scope for the Chinese language to be used also becomes wider and wider, and its future value is self-evident.

It comes from the future of civilization, which is the deepest attraction. The reason why Chinese can continue to attract the world is not only because it is "useful," but also because behind it stands a civilization system that has lasted for thousands of years and has never been interrupted. Learning Chinese is essentially mastering a "new way of opening" to understand the world. The Eastern wisdom of 和而不同 (hé ér bù tóng - "harmony without uniformity," seeking common ground while reserving differences) and 和谐共生 (hé xié gòng shēng - "harmonious coexistence," living together in peace and harmony) contributes solutions rich in Eastern logic to global governance. Chinese is an important carrier for conveying this wisdom.

Chinese, a gift that transcends time and space. The closer you get to China and the deeper you delve into Chinese culture, the more you can appreciate its strength and warmth. Chinese becoming the "language of the future" is backed by China's rise, the resonance of civilizations, and the world's pursuit of openness and win-win cooperation.

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Global Scan

U.S. Media: U.S. Extension of Ceasefire with Iran is Not "Indefinite"

According to a Xinhua News Agency (新华社) report from Washington (华盛顿) on April 22nd (Reporters Huang Qiang (黄强) and Xu Jianmei (徐剑梅)), the American Axios news website reported on the 22nd that the ceasefire extension announced by U.S. President Donald Trump (唐纳德·特朗普) will not be "indefinite." He is giving all parties in Iran a "brief window" to "unite" and propose a unified plan.

The report quoted U.S. sources as saying that Trump is willing to extend the ceasefire for another 3 to 5 days to "allow the Iranian side to sort things out," but the ceasefire will not be extended indefinitely. U.S. negotiators believe that reaching an agreement with Iran is still possible. The report also stated that Trump held an emergency meeting with his national security team on the afternoon of the 21st. Many U.S. officials and Trump's aides believe that Trump will not restart the war before exhausting all other options.

Trump stated in a statement on social media on the 21st that he will extend the ceasefire with Iran until the Iranian side submits its plan and completes relevant consultations.

U.S. Media: FBI Investigates Deaths or Disappearances of Multiple Scientists

According to a Xinhua News Agency (新华社) report from Los Angeles (洛杉矶) on April 21st (Reporter Tan Jingjing (谭晶晶)), U.S. media reported on the 21st that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating the deaths or disappearances of at least 10 scientists and is investigating whether there is a connection between the incidents. These individuals had participated in government research projects or had access to relevant sensitive information.

CNN reported that the first incident occurred in 2023 when Michael Hicks, a scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (美航空航天局喷气推进实验室) who studied comets and asteroids, died that year. Since then, multiple scientists have died or disappeared, including space research experts, aerospace engineers, nuclear energy researchers, and university researchers, with varying circumstances. Some cases have been filed for investigation by the police. There is currently no evidence of a direct connection between the incidents.

The FBI stated that it is leading the investigation and coordinating with the U.S. Department of Energy (美能源部), the Department of Defense (国防部), and state and local law enforcement agencies. FBI Director Kash Patel stated in a media interview that the investigation will focus on whether there are potential connections between the incidents, including whether they involve classified permissions or access to sensitive information.

The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (美众议院监督与政府改革委员会) stated that these deceased and missing scientists "had access to sensitive scientific information" and have launched an investigation into the related incidents, requesting briefings from the FBI, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and NASA.

Germany Releases National Military Strategy, Aims to Build Europe's Strongest Army

According to a Xinhua News Agency (新华社) report from Berlin (柏林) on April 22nd (Reporters Zhang Yirong (张毅荣) and Li Chao (李超)), the German Ministry of Defense (德国国防部) released its first national military strategy on the 22nd, emphasizing that it will build the Bundeswehr (联邦国防军) into the strongest conventional army in Europe.

The content released on the day was part of the national military strategy. The strategy believes that the boundaries of war are increasingly blurred, and countries, economies, and people can all become targets of attack. The entire German society is facing threats. In addition, the form of war is undergoing profound changes, data has become an important operational resource, and the accelerated production and reduced costs of weapon systems have once again highlighted the importance of war economics.

The strategy points out that by 2035, the Bundeswehr will reach a scale of 260,000 active-duty soldiers and 200,000 reservists.

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (皮斯托里乌斯) stated at the press conference that expanding the size of the army is the key to Germany maximizing its deterrence and defense capabilities. He said: "In the short term, we will improve defense and continuous combat capabilities; in the medium term, we will strive to achieve a significant improvement in cross-domain capabilities; in the long term, we will establish technological advantages."

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Japan's negative moves regarding Yasukuni Shrine trigger widespread criticism.

Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, April 22 (Reporters Li Ziyue (李子越) and Chen Ze'an (陈泽安)) More than a hundred Japanese politicians collectively visited the Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社), which enshrines Class-A war criminals from World War II, on the 22nd. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) also offered "Tamagushi-ryo" (玉串料) (sacrificial fee) to the Yasukuni Shrine on the same day. The Japanese side's negative moves regarding the Yasukuni Shrine have triggered widespread criticism.

Sunazaki Kyo (孙崎享), a former official of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in an interview with Xinhua News Agency reporters on the 22nd that the Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社) enshrines Class-A war criminals from World War II, and relevant personnel of the Japanese government and members of the Diet should absolutely not participate in the offering. This behavior will not only cause concern among neighboring countries such as China, but also violate Japan's commitments to the international community.

Fujita Takanori (藤田高景), chairman of the "Association for Inheriting and Developing the Murayama Statement," told reporters that Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) had been visiting the Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社) for a long time before becoming prime minister, and after taking office, she continued this position by offering sacrifices and sacrificial fees, which is unacceptable. He believes that this behavior of failing to face history squarely has made it difficult to improve Japan-China relations. "As Japanese citizens, we must urge politicians to correct this wrong direction as soon as possible."

Koizumi Atsushi (纐缬厚), professor emeritus at Yamaguchi University (山口大学), told reporters that Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) has long held a certain "enthusiasm" for the Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社). The collective visit to the Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社) by a large number of Diet members reflects to some extent the trend in Japanese political circles of "assessing the situation" and catering to Takaichi's position. He believes that this trend reflects to some extent the tendency of the dangerous militaristic ideology in Japan to continue to strengthen, which is undoubtedly stimulating for countries invaded such as China and South Korea.

The Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社) has been holding a three-day spring regular festival since the 21st. On the morning of the 22nd, Haruko Arimura (有村治子), Chairman of the General Affairs Council of the Liberal Democratic Party (自民党), visited the Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社) and offered sacrificial fees in the name of "President of the Liberal Democratic Party" on behalf of Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗).

Minoru Jonouchi (城内实), Minister in charge of Economic and Fiscal Policy, visited the Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社) on the morning of the 22nd, becoming the first cabinet member in the Takaichi Cabinet (高市内阁) to visit. On the same day, 126 members from the cross-party Diet members' league "Everyone Visits the Yasukuni Shrine" (大家一起参拜靖国神社) collectively visited, exceeding the scale of previous years.

Previously, Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) offered a sacrifice called "Masakaki" (真榊) to the Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社) on the 21st in the name of "Prime Minister of the Cabinet" (内阁总理大臣). On the same day, many politicians, including House of Representatives Speaker Etsuke Mori (森英介) and House of Councillors Speaker Shoichi Sekiguchi (関口昌一), also offered "Masakaki" (真榊) to the Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社).

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Japan's negative moves regarding Yasukuni Shrine reflect its challenge to the Tokyo Tribunal's conclusions and the post-war international order.

This newspaper reported from Beijing on April 22nd (Reporter Han Xiaoming (韩晓明)) Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) stated on the 22nd in response to a reporter's question that Japan's negative moves regarding the Yasukuni Shrine reflect Japan's disregard for the concerns of the international community, its disregard for just public opinion at home and abroad, its persistent refusal to acknowledge its history of aggression during World War II, its attempt to overturn the verdict on the war of aggression and Class A war criminals, and its challenge to the Tokyo Tribunal's conclusions and the post-war international order. Japan's "new militarism" threatens world peace and stability, and the international community must resolutely counter it.

At the regular press conference that day, a reporter asked: According to reports, following her offering of sacrifices to the Yasukuni Shrine on the 21st, Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae (高市早苗) offered "Tamagushi-ryo" (玉串料) (sacrificial fee) to the Yasukuni Shrine on the 22nd. Japanese Minister in charge of Economic and Fiscal Policy Shiroshi Minoru (城内实), Chairman of the General Council of the Liberal Democratic Party Arimura Haruko (有村治子), and many members of the Diet visited the shrine. What is China's comment on this?

"I have already clarified China's solemn position yesterday. Japan's series of negative moves regarding the Yasukuni Shrine openly provoke international justice and brutally trample on human conscience. China is very indignant and strongly condemns the above-mentioned evil deeds," said Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆).

He said that during World War II, Japanese militarism committed countless heinous crimes, bringing profound disasters to China and other Asian countries and the world. The Yasukuni Shrine is a spiritual tool and symbol of Japanese militarism's launching of external wars of aggression, and is a de facto "war criminal shrine," enshrining Class A war criminals of World War II who were directly responsible for the war of aggression, including the war maniac and top war criminal Tojo Hideki (东条英机), the chief bandit of the invasion of China Doihara Kenji (土肥原贤二), the chief culprit of the Nanjing Massacre Matsui Iwane (松井石根), the person who ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor Nagano Osami (永野修身), and the culprit who killed countless anti-Japanese people on the Korean Peninsula Koiso Kuniaki (小矶国昭), all of whom were important war responsible persons who committed heinous crimes against the people of Asia and even the world.

"The essence of the Yasukuni Shrine issue is whether Japan can correctly understand and deeply reflect on its militarist history of aggression, and whether it can learn from historical lessons and avoid repeating historical mistakes. This concerns the political foundation of Sino-Japanese relations, Japan's national credibility, and the post-war international order and international peace and justice," said Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆). Japan's negative moves regarding the Yasukuni Shrine reflect Japan's disregard for the concerns of the international community, its disregard for just public opinion at home and abroad, its persistent refusal to acknowledge its history of aggression during World War II, its attempt to overturn the verdict on the war of aggression and Class A war criminals, and its challenge to the Tokyo Tribunal's conclusions and the post-war international order.

Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) said that recently, the Japanese government's negative moves on issues involving China's Taiwan, the history of World War II, and military security have been prominent, and provocative and adventurous actions have been frequent. Takaichi (高市) made fallacious remarks about Taiwan, which seriously impacted Sino-Japanese relations. In the face of strong criticism and opposition from China and at home and abroad in Japan, some Japanese politicians and right-wing forces not only do not repent, but instead become more and more intense. The Chinese people, the people of all countries that suffered from the Japanese army's aggression, and all peace-loving and just forces in the world will never agree to this.

"This year is the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Tokyo Tribunal. This trial judged the Japanese militarism and militarist elements for launching and implementing wars of aggression and related crimes, and defended historical truth, international justice, and human dignity. 80 years later, Japan's 'new militarism' is once again baring its fangs and becoming a threat, threatening world peace and stability. The international community must resolutely counter it and never allow Japanese militarism to be 死灰复燃 (sǐ huī fù rán - "ashes revive burning," to come back to life; to revive; to make a comeback)." said Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆).

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This edition's editors: Zou Zhipeng, Zhang Huizhong, Chu Jun

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From "handling" suggestions by deputies to systematic "governance" (Upholding and Improving the System of People's Congresses)

By: 本报记者 倪 弋

This year's "Supreme People's Procuratorate Work Report" shows that in 2025, the number of prosecutions by procuratorial organs for crimes infringing upon minors and the number of cases accepted for review and prosecution of crimes committed by minors decreased by 2.2% and 9.8% year-on-year, respectively, marking the first "double decrease" in the past five years.

Behind the "double decrease" is the result of the concerted efforts of all relevant parties. The suggestions of National People's Congress (NPC) deputies have also played an important role. A complete process of people's democratic system chain, from the "proposal" of deputies' suggestions to the "handling" and then to the systematic policy "governance," is clear and powerful.

At the 2025 National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) (全国两会), Wu Meifang (吴梅芳), a National People's Congress (NPC) deputy and a second-level professor at the Party History Research Institute of the Anhui Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) (中共安徽省委党史研究院) (Local Chronicles Research Institute of Anhui Province (省地方志研究院)), put forward the "Suggestions on Performing Procuratorial Functions to Strengthen the Prevention and Governance of Juvenile Delinquency" (《关于履行检察职能加强未成年人犯罪预防和治理工作的建议》) (hereinafter referred to as the "Suggestions").

The "Suggestions" were identified by the Chairman's Meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大常委会委员长会议) as key supervised suggestions, sponsored by the Supreme People's Procuratorate (最高人民检察院), and co-sponsored by the Cyberspace Administration of China (中央网信办), the Ministry of Education (教育部), the Ministry of Public Security (公安部), and the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League (共青团中央). The "Suggestions" and their handling practices have been listed by the General Office of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大常委会办公厅) and the Deputies Work Committee (代表工作委员会) as one of the typical cases of high-quality handling of deputies' suggestions.

A weighty suggestion from an NPC deputy.

The "Suggestions" originated from the deep concern of a teacher.

Eight years ago, during a grassroots visit, Wu Meifang (吴梅芳) heard the concerns of a rural teacher: "The child's parents are not around, and he is with the elderly. Recently, he has been hanging out with some young people in society. I am really afraid that he will learn bad things, but besides worrying, I don't know what I can do."

The words of the rural teacher deeply touched Wu Meifang's (吴梅芳) heart and triggered her attention and reflection.

In the eight years since then, her focus has been tightly locked on the theme of "safeguarding the healthy growth of minors." Her desk has gradually accumulated thick research materials and analysis reports.

Wu Meifang (吴梅芳) noted that from 2021 to 2023, the number of juvenile criminal suspects aged 14 to 16 handled by procuratorial organs has increased, and juvenile delinquency has shown new characteristics and new trends. The lack of family education, hidden dangers in campus safety, the erosion of negative information on the Internet, and insufficient care for left-behind children... The problems are complex and cannot be cured by a single prescription.

Years of continuous attention have made Wu Meifang (吴梅芳) deeply aware that the problem of juvenile delinquency prevention and governance is manifested in individuals, rooted in the environment, and the key lies in prevention.

From strengthening mental health education to rectifying the surrounding environment of campuses, from regulating cyberspace to strengthening social support systems... She transformed her thinking into a series of suggestions from NPC deputies.

"Reflecting a phenomenon is the beginning of performing duties, but promoting systematic governance is the purpose of performing duties," Wu Meifang (吴梅芳) said frankly.

After years of accumulation, success comes naturally. On the basis of previous suggestions, Wu Meifang (吴梅芳) submitted the mature "Suggestions" at the 2025 National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) (全国两会).

This "Suggestions" is not a matter of "addressing the issue itself," but focuses on building a system. It clearly proposes that a three-dimensional governance closed loop of "sensitive front-end prevention, accurate mid-end intervention, and effective back-end correction" should be promoted, and specific and feasible paths are proposed from three dimensions: "improving the level of guardianship," "strengthening legal publicity," and "building social consensus."

"It's like a child I have carefully nurtured for many years," Wu Meifang (吴梅芳) said. This suggestion, which embodies eight years of in-depth thinking, was identified by the Chairman's Meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大常委会委员长会议) as a key supervised suggestion. A cross-departmental collaborative effort dedicated to the protection of minors was launched.

A pragmatic handling of cross-departmental collaboration.

When this "Suggestions" carrying deep concern and systematic thinking was delivered to the desk of Fan Xiangli (范向利), Director of the Juvenile Procuratorial Office of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (最高检未成年人检察厅), this "veteran" who has been fighting on the front line of juvenile inspection work for a long time felt both heavy pressure and strong resonance.

"The issues mentioned in the 'Suggestions,' such as hierarchical intervention, supervision of guardianship, and the substantiveization of the position of vice-principal for the rule of law, all address the difficulties in our work and the direction of future efforts. The deputy and we thought of the same thing!" Fan Xiangli (范向利) said.

The Party Leadership Group of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (最高检党组) attached great importance to this and made it clear that the handling of this "Suggestions" should be taken as an opportunity to promote the deepening of juvenile inspection work from "handling cases well" to "treating diseases before they occur" and to achieve "implementation-oriented" handling.

The handling process jumped out of the traditional "you ask, I answer" model.

The General Office of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (最高检办公厅) and the Juvenile Procuratorial Office (未成年人检察厅) quickly established a normalized communication mechanism with the deputy. It is not a simple report on results, but a frank discussion of issues. The procuratorial organs have repeatedly invited Deputy Wu Meifang (吴梅芳) to participate in special investigations and symposiums, introduce the progress of the work face-to-face, and also frankly discuss the practical difficulties, and repeatedly solicit the deputy's opinions on specific issues such as "how to make the supervision order more rigid" and "how to better implement special correction education."

"We not only provide feedback on the progress of the handling, but also frankly discuss the difficulties and listen to the deputy's feedback on specific measures to ensure that the handling of the 'Suggestions' is closely related to the actual needs," Fan Xiangli (范向利) said. "The reply should not only talk about the 'past tense,' but also talk about the 'future tense' - tell the deputy about our plans and ask the deputy to see if the path is right and the steps are solid. This is being responsible to the deputy and even more responsible to the people."

This kind of "mutual consultation during the handling" has also been extended to the co-organizers, converging into a joint force of "answering the same question." The Cyberspace Administration of China (中央网信办) focused on purifying the network ecology and proposed specific measures to consolidate the main responsibility of the platform; the Ministry of Education (教育部) focused on controlling dropout rates and mental health education, and came up with a plan to strengthen the main position of schools; the Ministry of Public Security (公安部) combined with public security management and clarified the deployment of rectifying key places; and the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League (共青团中央) focused on improving the social support system and mobilized youth social organizations to participate extensively.

The feedback from multiple departments and units is not a list of tasks, but is woven into a "network" with the same goals and complementary measures. The final draft of the reply is itself a high-quality collaborative work plan for the prevention and governance of juvenile delinquency.

The reply draft of the "Suggestions" handling won the first place in the comprehensive score in the selection of excellent reply drafts of the National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) (全国两会) suggestions and proposals organized by the Supreme People's Procuratorate (最高检) in 2025. But the real "answer sheet" is in the campus, in the community, on the Internet, and in every environment that concerns the growth of children.

In response to "improving the level of guardianship," the procuratorial organs, together with the Women's Federation (妇联), the Caring for the Next Generation Working Committee (关工委) and other departments and units, vigorously promoted the "Supervision Order" and explored a follow-up return visit mechanism, and released a series of typical cases of family education guidance, so that "bringing up children in accordance with the law" can move from concept to practice and strive to make up for the missing guardianship.

In response to "strengthening legal publicity," tens of thousands of procuratorate legal vice-principals across the country have deepened their performance of duties, from regular lectures to helping schools cultivate their own legal education forces, and widely use immersive experiences such as simulated courts and legal situation dramas to allow the seeds of the rule of law to take root in the hearts of minors.

In response to "building social consensus," the procuratorial organs have strengthened legal supervision, promoted the standardized management of emerging industries such as e-sports hotels and script killings, and coordinated with relevant departments to continuously rectify network chaos, and strived to create a clear online and offline space for minors.

A vivid practice of whole-process people's democracy.

The effectiveness of the "Suggestions" handling will ultimately be tested by practice. The "double decrease" in crimes involving minors in 2025 is one of the most direct footnotes to this effectiveness. Behind the data, many children who may have gone astray were brought back to the right track in time, and many potential risks were resolved in the bud.

"NPC deputies should act as a bridge between the Party and the state and the people," Wu Meifang (吴梅芳) commented. "The undertaking unit not only regards me as the 'proposer' of the suggestion, but also regards me as the 'community' for solving the problem. It not only provides feedback on 'what has been done,' but also is willing to discuss with me 'why it is done this way' and 'how can it be done better.' This interaction has given me a deeper understanding of whole-process people's democracy."

"The purpose of selecting and promoting typical cases of high-quality handling is to set a benchmark, promote a virtuous cycle of 'high content quality' and 'high handling quality,' encourage more deputies to put forward insightful opinions, and urge the undertaking to transform from 'reply-oriented' to 'implementation-oriented,'" the relevant person in charge of the Deputies Work Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大常委会代表工作委员会) pointed out when explaining the selection criteria for typical cases, focusing on "three views": First, whether the content of the suggestion revolves around the center, serves the overall situation, and hits the nail on the head; second, whether the handling process is in-depth consultation and full communication; and third, whether the handling effect promotes the solution of problems and improves work.

The "Suggestions" put forward by Wu Meifang (吴梅芳) and its handling practice originated from the deputies' performance of duties rooted in the masses and long-term research, were achieved by the undertaking unit's handling measures of "taking the suggestions as a valuable asset," and were reflected in the actual effect of building consensus and promoting governance.

It is understood that during the Fourth Session of the 14th National People's Congress (十四届全国人大四次会议), the deputies put forward a total of 8,406 suggestions, criticisms and opinions, which were submitted to 206 undertaking units for research and handling.

Deputies conduct in-depth research to discover problems - gather public opinion to put forward systematic suggestions - relevant departments coordinate to promote and supervise the implementation of suggestions - stimulate new momentum for performing duties in interactive feedback. In the work of handling deputies' suggestions, effectively transforming the public opinion and wisdom reflected by the deputies and the opinions and suggestions put forward into practical measures to improve work, promote social progress and improve people's livelihood is a vivid practice of whole-process people's democracy.

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"Caring for children, embroidering flowers, earning money and supporting the family" (NPC Deputies at the Grassroots Level)

By: 本报记者 杨 迅

"Rural revitalization cannot only focus on 'hard investment' and neglect 'soft power'. To get high-quality products out of the mountains, we must put the 'golden key' of brand building into the hands of the villagers." These were the words of Shi Jia (石佳), a National People's Congress representative and chairman of Xiangxi Qixiufang Miao Costume Culture Co., Ltd. (湘西七绣坊苗服饰文化有限责任公司), in a recent interview.

This reflection on brand development stems from her nine years of dedicated practice rooted in the countryside.

Located in the hinterland of the Wuling Mountains (武陵山区), Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (湘西土家族苗族自治州) in Hunan (湖南) Province is the birthplace of targeted poverty alleviation and Shi Jia's (石佳) cherished hometown.

In the early spring, the tea gardens in the distant mountains are gathering strength to sprout, while the embroidery workshops at the foot of the mountains are already full of spring – embroiderers' fingertips fly, colorful threads shuttle, and they are busy with orders for the new year.

This happy picture woven from "every stitch and thread" and "every bud and leaf" began in 2017. That year, Shi Jia (石佳), who had achieved entrepreneurial success outside, returned to her hometown and was deeply stung by the eyes of the groups of left-behind children at the village entrance, longing for their mothers to return.

To allow more "mothers" to return to their children's sides, she resolutely returned to Shilan Town (石栏镇), relying on Xiangxi Miao embroidery (湘西苗绣), a national intangible cultural heritage project, to launch a public welfare project and founded Qixiufang (七绣坊).

The simple promise of "taking care of the children, embroidering flowers, earning money and supporting the family" has led more and more migrant mothers to embark on the journey home. Today, the embroidery workshop has cumulatively driven more than 3,000 women of various ethnic groups to achieve flexible employment at their doorsteps, successfully reuniting more than 300 left-behind children with their mothers.

However, Shi Jia (石佳) did not stop there. She knows that not only must the villagers "stay," but also "prosper," and more diverse income-generating channels must be expanded.

In 2019, Shi Jia (石佳) led the embroiderers and villagers to reclaim barren mountains in Youma Village (油麻村), Shilan Town (石栏镇), and built more than 1,800 mu of ecological tea gardens. The "Shibadong Black Tea (十八洞红茶)" produced here has not only become a "green bank" driving an average annual income increase of 20,000 yuan for more than 200 households, but also forms a virtuous complement to the embroidery workshop of "tea picking in spring and summer, and embroidery in autumn and winter."

In 2025, the agricultural, cultural, and tourism integration project promoted by Shi Jia (石佳) received more than 10,000 tourists, benefiting thousands of villagers in the surrounding four towns.

As the industry rises and the products become richer, new confusions also arise.

During her visits, Shi Jia (石佳) found that the current rural industrial project funds mostly flow to "hard investments" such as factories and equipment, while support for "soft investments" such as brand planning, design, and promotion, which determine long-term value, is insufficient.

"Although our company can independently complete the brand building, I raise it because I see that most companies in rural areas engaged in agriculture and intangible cultural heritage currently do not have the ability to complete it independently. Developing together is a better choice," said Shi Jia (石佳).

To this end, at this year's National People's Congress (全国两会), she put forward the "Suggestion on Refining Project Support Guidance and Clearly Incorporating Brand Building 'Soft Investment' into the Assessment System for the Development of Rural Industries and Intangible Cultural Heritage Industries."

"Looking forward to the '15th Five-Year Plan,' we will promote the industry to leap from 'selling resources' to 'selling culture' and 'selling creativity'," said Shi Jia (石佳). Next, they will fully refine the Xiangxi intangible cultural heritage IP (intellectual property), modernize the core patterns, and develop youthful products such as trendy toy figures and cultural and creative blind boxes, so that the ancient intangible cultural heritage can truly become "trendy," thereby driving the development of other small and micro enterprises in the industrial chain.

From "intangible cultural heritage" to "fingertip economy," from "hardware investment" to "brand empowerment," Shi Jia (石佳) has spent nine years exploring the advanced path of rural revitalization. She hopes that through policy guidance, more "soft investment" can be transformed into the "hard support" for high-quality development of rural industries, allowing villagers to embroider a more prosperous new picture of common prosperity in the stable days of "taking care of their children and embroidering flowers."

(Long Xia (龙霞) participated in the writing)

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"Small Stool Classroom" Filters Out Legislative "Golden Ideas" (Connecting with Local People's Congresses)

By: 本报记者 银 燕

"The wires hanging from upstairs are like spider webs, unsafe and unsightly!"

At a "Connecting Hearts to Promote Governance" residents' meeting in Baojingli Community, Guangzhou Road Subdistrict, Jinchuan District, Jinchang City (金昌市), Gansu (甘肃) Province, the blunt remarks of the elderly Liu Xinquan (刘新泉) resonated with everyone.

These urgent voices were quickly "captured" by the legislative liaison point. Staff members went deep into the buildings, soliciting opinions from door to door, and sorted out simple suggestions such as "no charging in corridors" and "build charging stations quickly" into a "Legislative Suggestion Demand List," listing "no charging in corridors," "renovating and building charging stations," and "property management promptly dissuading violations" as core content of the "Legislative Suggestion Demand List."

Starting this year, the "Jinchang City Property Management Regulations" (《金昌市物业管理条例》) officially came into effect, and these two suggestions were directly adopted. Today, 53 charging stations and 441 charging ports in the community have replaced the former messy "flying wires." "These regulations are well-defined and solve major problems!" said the elderly Liu Xinquan (刘新泉) with a smile.

With a large elderly population, many schools, and numerous government agencies and enterprises, this old community with more than 8,000 residents has an active and precise "public opinion collection system." Since being designated as a provincial and municipal grassroots legislative liaison point, the community has cumulatively completed the collection of opinions on more than 40 draft laws and regulations, reported 79 suggestions, of which nearly 20 have been adopted.

Whenever draft laws and regulations arrive in the community, the community widely solicits opinions through methods such as "small bench classrooms." In response to obscure legal terms, legal workers and People's Congress representatives also enter the "small bench classrooms" to turn legal language into everyday language.

The community has also carefully built an "online + offline" public opinion network: exclusive QR codes are all over the farmers' market and small gardens, and residents can directly reach the community with a scan; offline, with 8 industry information stations and 40 mobile collection points as tentacles, reaching into supermarkets, pharmacies, and squares. "If you want to make a suggestion, you can do it with your mobile phone, which is very convenient," said one resident.

More crucial is the "transformation." The residents' words are full of everyday life, and the community is like a patient "refiner," sifting out legislative "golden ideas" from everyday conversations and polishing them into professional suggestions. "We have to be vigilant at all times," said Li Jinhua (李金花), Secretary of the Party Committee of Baojingli Community (宝晶里社区), "The demands of the masses are not necessarily directly related to legislation, but we can rely on grassroots organizations to transform everyone's life-oriented and fragmented opinions into structured and compliant legislative suggestions, and reflect them to the legislative departments when the time is right."

The masses strongly reacted to telecommunications network fraud. Based on the telecommunications fraud risks and opinions and suggestions learned from regular visits, the community proposed adding clauses to combat telecommunications network fraud when soliciting opinions on the "Gansu Province Peaceful Construction Regulations (Draft Amendment)," and the suggestion was adopted and transformed into specific legal provisions.

Residents say that giving legislative suggestions "is not in vain," and they have a special sense of participation and accomplishment. "This is a vivid 'two-way rush'." A relevant person in charge of the Standing Committee of the Gansu Provincial People's Congress (甘肃省人大常委会) said that the people's "inner words" directly reach the provincial and municipal legislative bodies, allowing the legislative bodies to harvest authentic public opinion and also allowing the roots of the regulations to be deeply rooted among the masses.

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Doing "Big Things" in the Rice Fields (Voice of the Representatives)

By: 沈燕芬

During this year's National People's Congress (全国两会), I promoted the Simiao rice from my hometown, Zengcheng District (增城区) of Guangzhou (广州), at a special study session of the Guangdong (广东) delegation. Unexpectedly, this speech, after being reported by the media, attracted the attention of many netizens, and "Simiao rice" became a hot topic at the Two Sessions.

Why can a grain of rice become popular? I pondered for a long time. On the surface, it is the power of media communication; at a deeper level, it is the consumers' desire for high-quality grain, and even more so, the signal of an era in which agriculture is transforming from "sweat agriculture" to "smart agriculture."

As a "new farmer" who returned to his hometown from Shenzhen (深圳) to start a business six years ago, I have done a lot of things with the villagers in the fields over the years. In the past, one person could spread fertilizer on a maximum of 5 mu of land per day, but now a plant protection drone can spread fertilizer on 500 mu of land per day, which is 100 times more efficient than in the past. We have united 56 agricultural machinery operators and 91 sets of agricultural machinery, cultivating more than 100,000 mu of land a year.

However, the deeper we get involved, the more problems we discover. Drones are easy to use, but charging has become a problem. There are no charging piles in the fields, so drone operators either pull wires or use generators, which is costly and unsafe. Many farmers pull their own wires, which are messy, and agricultural machinery often gets caught on the wires during operation, affecting efficiency.

The brand has become well-known, but processing and storage cannot keep up. After the Two Sessions, more and more netizens asked where they could buy Simiao rice, but our drying, processing, and storage capacity is limited. The rice harvest period is short, and wet rice will mold if it is not dried in time; insufficient processing capacity makes it difficult to produce good rice; without a sufficient number of cold storage facilities, it is difficult to achieve a stable supply throughout the year. In addition, some areas classify electricity for drying and processing as industrial and commercial electricity, and the price of electricity is relatively high, which is a considerable burden for new agricultural business entities.

At this year's National People's Congress (全国两会), I put forward suggestions such as optimizing the operation management of agricultural plant protection drones, strengthening field power supply, and including new farmers in the guarantee of new employment forms, hoping that drones can be charged at any time in the fields, dryers can operate at full capacity, and processing plants can use agricultural electricity prices. These seemingly small "hurdles," once overcome, can accelerate agricultural modernization.

Our team's main product, "Zengke No. 1" Simiao rice (增科1号), has won the gold medal in the National High-Quality Rice Food Taste Quality Appraisal. With good varieties, we also need good models. We are exploring "full production trusteeship" - farmers hand over their land to us, and we manage the entire chain from planting to harvesting, drying to processing, and storage to sales. In this way, farmers can work outside with peace of mind, and large-scale operations also reduce costs.

We have also developed the "Yudaoli" (遇稻里) mini-program and launched the "Adopt a Mu of Land" campaign. City dwellers adopt a mu of land, we manage the whole process, report on agricultural affairs regularly, store the harvest in the granary, freshly mill it as needed, and promote cost-price adoption. The effect is surprisingly good: some people give it to their parents, saying "this is the rice we watched grow up"; some people give it to their friends, saying "this gift is down-to-earth"; and some parents bring their children to the rice fields to plant and harvest rice, and the children write essays titled "I Have a Mu of Land."

To ensure food security, it is not enough to have good land and good technology; the key is to have people. We are preparing the "Yanfen Starts Talking" (燕芬开讲啦) new farmer course to teach young people how to operate agricultural machinery and build brands, and to sow more seeds for rural revitalization. The "Yudaoli" (遇稻里) brand we created features a drawing of our group of new farmers on the packaging. I want to tell everyone: young people are back, and they can grow good grain with technology; brand premiums are up, and farmers are more motivated.

There is a documentary film called "Return to the Countryside to Do Big Things" (回农村干大事), which is about our story of growing Simiao rice. Someone asked: Are you really doing "big things"? I said, to prevent arable land from being abandoned, to grow good rice, to sell good rice at a good price, and to make farmers earn money - these things may not seem "big," but doing them well one by one is a "big thing" that allows new quality productive forces to take root and sprout in the vast fields.

(The author is a representative of the National People's Congress (全国人大代表) and the chairman of the Guangzhou Zengcheng Star-rated Agricultural Machinery Professional Cooperative Federation (广州增城星级农机专业合作社联合社). This article was compiled by Li Zong (李纵), a reporter from this newspaper.)

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"Deceptive Trademark" Cannot Escape the Eye of the Law (Rule of Law Headlines)

By: 本报记者 魏哲哲

A trademark embodies a company's goodwill and is also related to the protection of consumer rights.

For some time, "copycat trademarks" and "tricky trademarks" have troubled consumers, and incidents of "brand imitation" and "free-riding" that damage corporate rights have occurred from time to time.

How to combat the use of "copycat trademarks" that play word games? Where is the boundary for protecting innovation and legitimate use? On the occasion of World Intellectual Property Day, the Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院) disclosed several cases to this newspaper to explain the judicial stance and respond to social concerns through judgments.

Invalidating "Tricky Trademarks" to Maintain Registration and Usage Order

"Hand-made" noodles, where "hand-made" has nothing to do with the handicraft, is just a registered trademark. Similar examples include "Qianhe 0 (千禾0)," "Yihao Tu (壹号土)," "120W," and "Duoban (多半)"... At first glance, these seem to describe product characteristics, but in fact, they are only trademarks and have nothing to do with actual quality. Recently, this type of phenomenon has attracted attention.

If consumers encounter this kind of "tricky trademark" situation, how should they handle it?

In one case, a consumer, Ms. Shen (申女士), believed that the "Zhenzheng (真正)" trademark, approved for use on instant noodles, vinegar, soy sauce, and other goods, easily misled relevant consumers into believing that only products using this trademark were authentic and of high quality. She filed an invalidation declaration application with the National Intellectual Property Administration (国家知识产权局). Because it was not supported, Ms. Shen chose to file a lawsuit in court.

Should the "Zhenzheng (真正)" trademark be declared invalid?

According to the Trademark Law, signs that are deceptive and easily cause the public to misunderstand the quality or origin of goods shall not be used as trademarks. If a registered trademark violates relevant provisions of the Trademark Law, other entities or individuals may request the registered trademark to be declared invalid.

"The disputed trademark 'Zhenzheng (真正)' has meanings such as 'substance matches name.' When used on approved goods, based on the public's general level of cognition and cognitive ability, it is usually easy for the public to believe that the approved goods have a high degree of quality, or it is easy for relevant the public to understand it as a direct description of the quality and other characteristics of the approved goods, rather than identifying it as a trademark," introduced Wu Yuanmei (吴园妹), a judge at the Beijing Intellectual Property Court (北京知识产权法院). The registration of the "Zhenzheng (真正)" trademark violated the provisions of the Trademark Law.

Accordingly, the court found that the disputed trademark was deceptive when used on the approved goods, easily causing public misunderstanding, and should be declared invalid.

"Copycat trademarks" and "tricky trademarks" are essentially trademark applicants setting up cognitive traps through word combinations, semantic designs, and other word games, deliberately guiding consumers to misunderstand the source, quality, function, and other aspects of the designated goods, thereby seeking unfair competitive advantages and commercial benefits.

"We will strictly examine trademark registration behaviors that disrupt the trademark registration order, damage public interests, unfairly occupy public resources, or seek illegitimate benefits in other ways, comprehensively judge them in combination with their actual usage methods, context, industry practices, and consumer cognition, and explore whether they are deceptive on the whole, so as to cause the public to misunderstand the quality and other characteristics or origin of the goods," said Li Jian (李剑), Director of the Third Civil Division of the Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院民三庭). The people's courts protect public interests and public order and good customs through judicial judgments.

In the field of online literature, a large number of APPs and websites named "Bi Qu Ge (笔趣阁)" have long disseminated pirated novels, even mixed with pornography and violence, which has a bad influence. A company applied to register the "Bi Qu Ge (笔趣阁)" trademark, which was approved for use on goods such as books and printed publications. A company in Shanghai (上海) and others requested that the aforementioned trademark be declared invalid on the grounds that it constituted a bad influence.

"The 'bad influence' clause of the Trademark Law aims to protect public interests and public order," said Zhu Lei (朱蕾), a judge at the Beijing Intellectual Property Court (北京知识产权法院). A large amount of evidence on file shows that before the application date of the disputed trademark and during the trial of the case, "Bi Qu Ge (笔趣阁)" had been regarded as a "gathering place for online literature piracy" or a "search term for pirated online literature." The registration and use of "Bi Qu Ge (笔趣阁)" on the main presentation carriers of online literary works such as books and printed publications would have a negative impact on the public interests in the field of online literature and the public order of copyright management. Registering piracy marks in the field of online literature as trademarks on online literature-related categories does not have a legitimate basis. Ultimately, the aforementioned trademark was declared invalid in accordance with the law.

Combating "Brand Imitation" for Profit, Maintaining Fair and Honest Operation

It's "Blue Girl (蓝妹)," not "Blue Charm (蓝魅)!" With the final judgment of the Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court (广州知识产权法院), a company's unfair competition behavior of maliciously clinging to goodwill was punished.

Since 2001, Lan (蓝) Company has applied to register the "Blue Girl (蓝妹)" and "Blue Girl Gold (蓝妹金装)" series of trademarks, approved for use on goods such as beer. Through continuous publicity and promotion, the "Blue Girl (蓝妹)" series of trademarks has a certain degree of popularity. A certain company is also a beer operator. From 2017 to 2022, it repeatedly entrusted a certain agency company to apply to register more than 10 trademarks such as "Blue Charm Beer (蓝魅啤酒)," "Zhenghan Blue Girl (正韩蓝妹)," and "Blue Flavor Gold Can (蓝味金罐)."

Lan (蓝) Company believed that the company's application to register trademarks identical or similar to Lan (蓝) Company's trademarks and the agency company's provision of agency services constituted unfair competition, and sued the other party to the Yuexiu District People's Court of Guangzhou City (广东广州市越秀区人民法院), Guangdong, requesting the other party to bear responsibility.

With the "Blue Girl (蓝妹)" trademark already in place, can trademarks such as "Blue Charm (蓝魅)" still be registered?

"The National Intellectual Property Administration's (国家知识产权局) ruling and prior judgments determined that the series of trademarks applied for registration by a certain company constituted similar trademarks used on the same or similar goods as the 'Blue Girl (蓝妹)' series of trademarks, and the prior judgments determined that the company's application to register trademarks such as 'Blue Charm (蓝魅)' had obvious intent to copy and plagiarize other people's well-known trademarks, violating the principle of good faith and obviously disrupting the normal trademark registration, use, and management order, which belongs to the situation of obtaining registration by improper means as stipulated in the Trademark Law," introduced Li Wenjun (李文君), a judge at the Yuexiu Court. The above-mentioned series of trademarks applied for registration by a certain company have been rejected for registration application, not allowed to be registered, or declared invalid.

With a prior ruling determining that registration should not be granted, how should the responsibility be determined for a company that still maliciously and massively registers?

"As an operator in the same industry, a certain company knew of Lan (蓝) Company's 'Blue Girl (蓝妹)' series of registered trademarks, but still continuously and repeatedly applied to register trademarks similar to Lan (蓝) Company's registered trademarks, and licensed two of the trademarks to others for use, which obviously exceeded the needs of normal production and operation and had the purpose of clinging to Lan (蓝) Company's goodwill and seeking illegitimate benefits, which belongs to the behavior of maliciously registering trademarks and hoarding for profit," the Yuexiu Court held. The court held that the company's trademark application and registration behavior constituted unfair competition and ordered it to compensate Lan (蓝) Company 500,000 yuan.

Should a certain agency company bear responsibility? "As a professional trademark agency, a certain agency company is located in the same Guangzhou (广州) area as Lan (蓝) Company and should know the popularity of the 'Blue Girl (蓝妹)' series of registered trademarks. After the 'Blue Charm Beer (蓝魅啤酒)' trademark it represented for registration was rejected, it continued to apply for as many as 15 similar trademarks for a certain company and represented the response to the opposition and invalidation declaration procedures for the trademarks involved in the case, which was obviously at fault and constituted contributory infringement," introduced Li Wenjun (李文君). The court ultimately ruled that a certain agency company should bear joint and several liability with a certain company within 100,000 yuan.

"This case is a typical case of using the Anti-Unfair Competition Law to regulate continuous and repeated malicious trademark registration. The judgment result can effectively curb malicious trademark registration behavior and maintain a fair and competitive market order," introduced Li Jian (李剑). At the same time, this case clarifies the responsibility of trademark agencies participating in the malicious trademark registration chain, directly targeting an important link in the malicious registration industry chain, which helps to force trademark agencies to improve their mechanisms and practice prudently, and has positive significance for building a healthy and orderly trademark ecology.

Punishing Counterfeiting, Helping Innovation-Driven Development

Is it an infringement to renovate and resell products with well-known trademarks? A case heard by the Haidian District People's Court of Beijing (北京市海淀区人民法院) reminded operators.

The "Huawei (华为)," "HUAWEI (HUAWEI)," and graphic trademarks registered by a certain technology company on goods such as program-controlled telephone exchange equipment in Class 9 were recognized as well-known trademarks. In order to make profits, Zhou (周) and others acquired second-hand Huawei (华为) exchange equipment and components at low prices, organized multiple people to carry out refurbishment activities such as disassembly, cleaning, replacement of components, modification of serial numbers, and spray painting and packaging, and affixed Huawei (华为) brand labels to sell them as new equipment.

The Haidian Court held that Zhou (周) and others manufactured and sold counterfeit "Huawei (华为)" exchanges, constituting the crime of counterfeiting registered trademarks, and sentenced them to corresponding criminal penalties.

Regarding the economic losses caused to the company by Zhou (周) and others, who were engaged in infringing intellectual property rights for profit and gained huge profits, a certain technology company filed a trademark infringement lawsuit and claimed punitive damages.

"Zhou (周) and others, without the permission of a certain technology company, renovated second-hand products, affixed commercial marks that were basically the same and similar to a certain technology company's series of registered trademarks, and sold them as new equipment, infringing on the trademark rights enjoyed by a certain technology company," said Wang Qiluan (王栖鸾), Deputy Director of the Intellectual Property Trial Division of the Haidian Court. The defendants had planned, organized, and cooperated to form a complete infringement chain, and the infringement methods were concealed and malicious; the scale of the infringement was large, and the profits were high. Their behavior constituted malicious infringement and the circumstances were serious, and punitive damages should be applied.

If the same infringement behavior has already been fined and the execution has been completed, can the liability for punitive damages be claimed to be reduced or exempted? "Implementing the rule that punitive damages for intellectual property rights and criminal fines are applied in parallel, the court will not support the defendant's defense, but it can be comprehensively considered when determining the multiple of punitive damages," said Wang Qiluan (王栖鸾).

Ultimately, the Haidian Court ruled that the defendants should be subject to 3 times punitive damages, fully supported a certain technology company's litigation requests, and ordered the defendants to jointly and severally compensate for economic losses of 20 million yuan and pay reasonable expenses of 100,000 yuan.

Li Jian (李剑) analyzed that this is a typical case involving the "criminal-civil intersection" issue in disputes over infringement of trademark rights. After the same infringement behavior is determined to constitute a crime, it is legally determined that the behavior constitutes civil infringement, and high compensation is made by applying punitive damages, which not only provides strong protection for the core competitiveness products of high-tech enterprises, but also deters and warns potential counterfeiters and sellers of counterfeit goods, achieving the coordinated governance effect of criminal and civil liability of "punishing crimes, compensating losses, preventing recidivism, and guiding compliance," and providing judicial assistance for the innovation-driven development of the high-tech industry.

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If You Encounter a "Tricky Trademark," How Can Consumers Protect Their Rights?

In daily life, if consumers are deceived by "tricky trademarks" and accidentally purchase the product, how can they protect their rights?

According to the Consumer Rights Protection Law, if an operator provides goods or services with fraudulent behavior, it shall increase compensation for the losses suffered by the consumer at the consumer's request. The amount of the increased compensation shall be three times the price of the consumer's purchase of the goods or the cost of receiving the services; if the amount of the increased compensation is less than 500 yuan, it shall be 500 yuan.

"If a merchant misleads consumers or makes false propaganda, infringing on consumers' right to know and right to choose, the circumstances may constitute fraud if they are serious. Consumers can claim 'refund one compensate three' punitive damages," reminded Gao Yanzhu (高燕竹), a judge of the First Civil Division of the Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院民一庭). Consumers can also file complaints and reports through the 12315 hotline or request the National Intellectual Property Administration (国家知识产权局) to declare the trademark involved in the case invalid.

Fu Lei (傅蕾), a judge of the Third Civil Division of the Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院民三庭), reminded consumers to pay attention to avoiding pitfalls when shopping and carefully distinguish whether the packaging statement is a "trademark" name or a descriptive feature of the product. If there is an unregistered trademark mark "™" or a registered trademark mark "®" after expressions such as "hand-made," it indicates that "hand-made" and other terms belong to trademarks, and it is necessary to further check product instructions and other information to determine the real craftsmanship used in the product.

(This newspaper reporter Wei Zhezhe (魏哲哲) interviewed and compiled)

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Regulating "Minors' Tipping" Demonstrates the Rule of Law (Jin Tai Sharp Commentary)

By: 亓玉昆

For platforms, this is not a "shackle" restricting development, but a "road sign" guiding progress.

An 8-year-old girl tipped streamers more than 70,000 yuan; a 10-year-old boy spent his family's medical money to tip internet celebrities; a 16-year-old student was induced by "fake love" to tip more than 60,000 yuan... Whenever incidents involving minors tipping in live streams are exposed online, they always attract special attention. The resulting refund disputes bring real problems to many families.

Recently, the Cyberspace Administration of China (中央网信办) issued the "Notice on Strengthening the Standardized Management of Online Live Streaming Tipping" (关于加强网络直播打赏规范管理的通知) (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"), introducing measures such as "improving the protection mechanism for minors." Absolute prohibition for those under eight years old, consent from guardians required for those between eight and sixteen years old, and consent from guardians or verification of income proof materials required for those over sixteen years old—these regulations implement segmented policies and precise regulations for minors' live streaming tipping, which not only connect with the Civil Code's definition of minors' capacity for civil conduct but also detail relevant clauses of the "Regulations on the Protection of Minors on the Internet" (未成年人网络保护条例). At the same time, it requires that refund disputes for minors' tipping be properly handled in accordance with the principle of the best interests of minors.

Delineating industry boundaries and consolidating the responsibilities of main entities with the rule of law thinking and methods, especially placing the protection of minors in a prominent position, building a solid institutional defense line for safeguarding "digital childhood," demonstrates the rule of law temperature and responsibility of cyberspace governance. For platforms, this is not a "shackle" restricting development, but a "road sign" guiding progress. There is no doubt that online live streaming has become an important cultural entertainment and social method in the digital age, and tipping, as an important profit model for platforms, while activating industry vitality, has also spawned chaos such as inducing consumption and irrational comparison, which urgently needs to be corrected and oriented with rigid legal norms.

As "digital natives" born and raised with screens, minors are a vulnerable group. Currently, the number of minor internet users in China is about 200 million, and the trend of younger internet access is becoming more and more obvious. From the cases tried by the people's courts, cases involving minors' recharge and tipping are showing a trend of increasing in batches. Live streaming platforms accurately grasp the cognitive weaknesses of minors with childlike scenes and ranking comparison gameplay. In addition, some streamers deliberately induce, and the platform's review is absent, leading to frequent cases of minors using their parents' accounts to make huge tips.

Between the "acceleration" of digital social development and the "warning line" of minors' rights protection, how to better safeguard "digital childhood" affects multiple entities. Parents should pay attention to "digital guardianship," strengthen supervision and guidance of their children's online behavior, and understand their children's internet usage and interests. Schools are the main battlefield for minors to grow and develop, and should strengthen online literacy education, guide minors to correctly understand and use the internet, and improve their information processing ability and self-protection awareness. Regulatory authorities at all levels should strengthen law enforcement supervision, and severely deal with and publicly expose platforms and streamers that violate the provisions of the "Notice" and infringe on the rights and interests of minors, forming a deterrent effect.

Platform governance is an important defense line for minors to use and access the internet. Taking the issuance of the "Notice" as an opportunity, platforms should adhere to the principle of unified legal responsibility of "whoever operates, who is responsible," implement real-name authentication, age verification, and guardian authorization from a technical level, and improve complaint reporting, violation punishment, and abnormal tipping identification mechanisms from a management level. Only through multi-party collaboration, co-governance, and sharing can legal norms truly take root in the live streaming ecosystem, and make cyberspace a fertile ground for the healthy growth of minors.

Cyberspace is not a place outside the law, and the live streaming industry should not become a "gray area" that infringes on the rights and interests of minors. When platform responsibilities can be quantified, protection measures can be implemented, and multi-party forces can collaborate, a series of defense lines will protect a clear cyberspace, and "digital childhood" can be sunny, brilliant, and colorful.

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Behind "Quick Marriage, Quick Divorce" Lurks Transnational Crime (Legal Case Study)

By: 本报记者 金 歆

One day, the police in Shenqiu (沈丘), Henan (河南) Province, received a report from the public. The report stated that a blind date partner they had met through an introduction had left home soon after the marriage and could not be contacted. When she left, she had taken sufficient luggage and money, which was clearly "**早有准备**" (zǎo yǒu zhǔn bèi - "prepared long ago," indicating premeditation or prior planning).

Surprisingly, within a short month, several local people reported similar problems to the public security authorities.

These people said that they had all paid high intermediary fees to the so-called "intermediaries" and suspected that they had been victims of blind date fraud.

After investigation, the police discovered that a transnational criminal gang was lurking behind this. Soon, eight criminal suspects, including Ma (马)某, Suo (索)某, Lü (吕)某, and Li (李)某, were arrested.

An investigation revealed that between January and May 2024, the gang organized a number of foreign women to illegally enter the country by crossing border wire fences and sent them to places such as Ruili (瑞丽), Yunnan (云南) Province, and Zhengzhou (郑州), Henan (河南) Province, to prepare for "quick marriages and quick divorces."

The eight people, led by Ma (马)某, scouted foreign women while looking for single men in China. They concealed critical information such as the fact that these women were already married and had children in their home countries, helped them forge names, ages, and even nationalities, and charged single men high intermediary fees under the guise of introducing partners, charging between 70,000 and 180,000 yuan per transaction, defrauding 15 families of more than 2 million yuan in total.

After receiving the fees, some of these women left after living with the victims for a short time, while others simply disappeared after receiving the money.

Does this kind of organized "quick marriage and quick divorce" constitute a crime?

The case was soon brought to court. The Shenqiu County People's Court (沈丘县人民法院) held that the eight defendants, including Ma (马)某, had defrauded the victims of huge amounts of money in the name of blind date marriages, and all constituted the crime of fraud. Among them, four people also constituted the crime of organizing others to illegally cross the national (border) border.

Ultimately, the eight were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from 2 to 12 years and fined. At the same time, the court ordered them to compensate the victims for economic losses, recover illegal gains, and seize赃款 (zāng kuǎn - "stolen money"), and the seized赃款 (zāng kuǎn - "stolen money") was returned to the victims in accordance with the law.

Marriage is a major event in life. Some criminals take advantage of young people's eagerness to marry to carry out various illegal and criminal activities.

To this end, relevant parties are constantly increasing their efforts to combat this. 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), the "Supreme People's Court Work Report" (最高人民法院工作报告) proposed to create a friendly marriage and childbearing environment. We will continue to promote the governance of high bride prices, regulate the extortion of property and improper profiteering by marriage agencies through marriage, and severely punish fraud in the name of marriage.

The judge reminded that marriage and dating require maintaining rationality, raising awareness of prevention, and never trusting foreign marriage introductions without formal qualifications. When facing high intermediary fees and blind date partners with unknown identity information, be sure to verify the information in a timely manner and be careful not to be deceived. If you discover suspected illegal and criminal behavior, you must report it to the public security authorities as soon as possible and use legal weapons to safeguard your legitimate rights and interests.

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Moving the "Fire Safety Classroom" to the Front Lines of Law Enforcement

By: 本报记者 亓玉昆

On the old street in Yintai District (印台区), Tongchuan City (铜川市), Shaanxi Province (陕西省), sunlight shines through the branches, casting dappled shadows, and the small restaurants along the street emit fragrant aromas of food. As usual, Zhang Huihui (张辉辉), a fire safety supervisor from the Yintai District Fire and Rescue Brigade (印台区消防救援大队), and his colleagues came to conduct a fire safety inspection.

Passing by a restaurant, they went inside, where the owner, Master Zhou (周师傅), was busy in the kitchen. They saw that the kitchen and warehouse were combined into one, and the evacuation通道 was blocked by cardboard boxes and debris, leaving only enough space for one person to pass. There were also two beds upstairs.

"Master Zhou (周师傅), this is not safe," said Zhang Huihui (张辉辉), squatting down and pointing to the blocked passageway. Here, accommodation, production, and business operations are mixed, which creates a high risk of fire.

Master Zhou (周师傅) rubbed his hands nervously and repeatedly explained, "It's a small business, the rent is expensive, no one lives upstairs, and there's no place to put the goods. I'll clear the passageway in the next few days, please don't fine me..."

This shop has been open for two years, and the business pressure is usually not small. Master Zhou's (周师傅) family relies on it for their livelihood. "A fine won't just make the merchant unhappy, it may not solve the problem," Zhang Huihui (张辉辉) knew in his heart.

"Punishment is not the goal, helping you maintain a safe bottom line is the key. We're all just trying to make money safely," Zhang Huihui (张辉辉) softened his tone and patiently explained, flipping through the videos stored on his phone, "Look, this restaurant also had this kind of hidden danger last year. The passageway was blocked, a fire broke out, and people couldn't escape at all."

After speaking, Zhang Huihui (张辉辉) helped Master Zhou (周师傅) calculate the costs: "You can move the beds upstairs first, and separate the goods in the kitchen with fireproof boards. It won't cost much, and you can continue doing business with peace of mind."

"Okay, I'll change it immediately, and I promise I won't be confused again in the future," Master Zhou (周师傅) felt much relieved listening to the firefighters helping him "come up with ideas."

Considering that Master Zhou (周师傅) was violating the relevant regulations for the first time, had a good attitude, and made quick rectifications, Zhang Huihui (张辉辉) did not issue a ticket, but instead gave him a "fire safety lesson" on the spot - explaining everything clearly, from keeping the passageway clear and warehouse management to the use of fire extinguishers. That evening, Master Zhou (周师傅) moved the beds, cleared the passageway and debris in the kitchen, and even reinstalled the safety exit signs properly.

A week later, when Zhang Huihui (张辉辉) and his colleagues came for a "look back," Master Zhou (周师傅) greeted them with a smile: "I not only rectified everything in place, but also joined the old street's merchant WeChat group to share fire safety knowledge with everyone."

In Tongchuan (铜川), many old residential areas in counties and districts have many elderly residents and merchants with weak safety awareness. Therefore, the firefighters came up with a way to move the "fire safety classroom" to the front lines of law enforcement, such as streets and communities.

"Grandpa, your electrical wires have been used for many years, right? You have to be extra careful when cooking," Tian Jiaying (田家英), a fire safety supervisor from the Tongchuan City Fire and Rescue Detachment (铜川市消防救援支队), would bend down and speak slowly into the ear of elderly people with poor hearing.

Occasionally, enthusiastic aunties would come up to ask for help: "What should we do if someone puts things randomly and blocks the corridor, and we can't persuade them?" Tian Jiaying (田家英) would patiently explain: "Auntie, don't worry, we're not just talking, we also have volunteers to help everyone clear it up together. If you find any problems, please tell us at any time."

Tian Jiaying (田家英) recalled that occasionally there would be "small oolongs." Sometimes, after completing fire safety training for other units, the other party would think they had to pay and would insist on giving "training fees." He would always patiently explain: "Our fire brigade does not charge a penny for dispatching or training, and we do not sell any products..."

Replacing fines with learning, delivering lessons to the door... This is a microcosm of Shaanxi's (陕西) proactive promotion of inclusive and prudent supervision and flexible law enforcement. In recent years, Shaanxi (陕西) has carried out fire prevention in accordance with local conditions, conducted training at the grassroots level, and has organized a total of 12,000 large-scale training sessions in various places, covering 628,000 people. As everyone's safety awareness continues to increase, merchants and residents no longer avoid the "blue friends."

"Firefighters use repeated patient explanations and proactive services to plant the seeds of fire safety in the hearts of the people." The person in charge of the Fire Investigation and News Propaganda Division of the Shaanxi Provincial Fire and Rescue Corps (陕西省消防救援总队火灾调查和新闻宣传处) said that they will continue to promote fire safety education and training activities with the main content of popularizing fire safety knowledge and emergency response skills, increase practical training for key groups, "enforce the law while spreading the law," comprehensively improve the public's fire safety awareness and self-rescue and mutual rescue capabilities, and effectively build a solid fire safety defense line.

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This section edited by: Jin Xin

Layout Design: Zhang Danfeng (张丹峰)

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Xiang Yu's Hometown: Let's Get Hyped! The 7th Generation Haizhilan Cheers for "Su Super"

National football, passion blooms.

The 2026 Jiangsu Provincial City Football League (referred to as "Su Super") kicked off on April 11th and welcomed the second week of competition on April 18th. The "city showdown" continues to attract attention. On that day, more than 90,000 people flocked to various venues to watch the games, with a total of 7 goals scored in 3 games. Host cities such as Suqian (宿迁) made full preparations to offer fans a "cultural tourism feast" for watching the games.

"Su Super" is not only a mass sports event, but also a stage to showcase the city's style. Localities host events to welcome guests, boosting consumption through culture and tourism, competing in urban strength and charm. The Suqian (宿迁) team played at home in this game. As the hometown of Xiang Yu (项羽), the Overlord of Western Chu, Suqian City (宿迁市) invited Peter Ho (何润东), the actor who once played Xiang Yu (项羽), to the Suqian Olympic Sports Center (宿迁奥体中心) to cheer for the team, and appeared in the same frame with the 7th generation Haizhilan (海之蓝) in the Yanghe (洋河) "Su Super" promotional video. As the official strategic partner of the 2026 Jiangsu Provincial City Football League, Yanghe Haizhilan (洋河海之蓝) actively supports Suqian (宿迁) in strengthening the sports economy, setting up Yanghe (洋河) exhibition areas and game areas outside the stadium; launching viewing areas in local night markets, taking fans to tour the "wine capital" and experience the cultural charm of Suqian (宿迁). Yanghe (洋河) also jointly launched "Haizhilan (海之蓝) Slightly Drunk Milk Tea" with "Su Super" micro-sponsors, using product forms loved by fans to help the sports economy continue to heat up.

Inside and outside the "Su Super" arena, the masses are the protagonists. Players on the field sweat hard, and the audience cheers them on. During the competition, Yanghe Haizhilan (洋河海之蓝) carefully created "second venues" in many places in Jiangsu Province (江苏省), using high-definition large screens for full, delay-free live broadcasts, so that fans can watch "Su Super," eat crayfish, and receive free "Su Super" cultural and creative products at their doorsteps. At the competition site, huge banners printed with the Suqian (宿迁) team's logo and Haizhilan (海之蓝) cheering slogans waved with every offensive and defensive transition and goal, forming a "blue ocean" together with the fan formations. Online, Haizhilan (海之蓝) joined hands with media live programs to take fans directly to the front line of the stadium, explore player dynamics, and witness moments full of passion and surprise.

Striving is the unchanging theme of "Su Super." Football passion blooms warmly, and urban vitality is accelerating its release. No matter what place, you must嗨起, Yanghe (洋河) 7th generation Haizhilan (海之蓝) cheers for "Su Super," looking forward to sharing the excitement of the entire season with fans!

Data source: Yanghe Co., Ltd. (洋河股份)

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Earthly Fragrance of Books - What Books Do Supplement Editors Read?

"Promoting nationwide reading and building a society that loves books." Today is the 31st "World Book Day." Let us follow six supplement editors to read together, feel the beauty of reading, experience the joy of reading, and think about the path of reading.

Without reading, there is no way to speak. We advocate lifelong reading, active reading, and quiet reading, reading classics, and learning new knowledge, both extensively and selectively with a focus. The supplement is the green space and garden of the newspaper, and the supplement editor is the gardener of this green space and garden. The reading of supplement editors cultivates sentiments, tempers character, and is the accumulation of their own knowledge and insights, as well as introducing an inexhaustible source of fresh water for spreading culture and running newspapers well.
——Editor

*The Seven Years of Educated Youth of Xi Jinping* (习近平的七年知青岁月)
Youth is "Not Hesitating to Exert Effort"
Cheng Hong (程红)

Recently, the unit organized young employees to read, and everyone sat around a table and reread *The Seven Years of Educated Youth of Xi Jinping* (习近平的七年知青岁月). As a result, I have a new understanding of the "flavor" of "youth."

The book does not talk about earth-shattering grand principles, but only tells how a young man in his teens and twenties lived and worked day after day, year after year, on a piece of loess land. People often say that youth is precious and should be cherished. But how to cherish it? The answer I read from the book: youth is "not hesitating to exert effort."

In 1969, Xi Jinping (习近平), less than 16 years old, came to Liangjiahe (梁家河), Yanchuan (延川), Shaanxi (陕西) from Beijing (北京). The flea barrier, the diet barrier, the labor barrier, and the ideological barrier were all difficult to overcome. This is not a romantic "experience of life," but a "restart" in the sense of survival. But in this situation of "starting from scratch" or even "starting from a negative number," the resilience of youth becomes more prominent. He joined the Communist Youth League and the Communist Party here. The starting point of his political path in life was "dug" out with sweat, one hoe at a time, and exchanged for the trust of the villagers. In those seven years, he truly became an ordinary farmer in Liangjiahe (梁家河), and a big class called "life" began.

This class teaches people to recognize the most authentic China. He slept on earthen beds with the villagers, ate corn buns together, and worked under the scorching sun together. In the daily interaction, he learned about the villagers' joys, sorrows, and joys, and understood the warmth and coldness of the stove and the cave. A detail in the book is touching: in order to solve the problem of coal and firewood shortage for the villagers, he went to Sichuan (四川) to learn biogas technology and returned to lead everyone to build the first biogas digester in Shaanxi (陕西). Although the method was learned from other places, the problem originated from the daily life of the villagers. This inspires us not to be bystanders in life, but to be participants who are involved in the situation.

Young people are not short of strength and ideas, but they are most afraid of being suspended in mid-air and getting caught up in internal friction. In Liangjiahe (梁家河), Xi Jinping's (习近平) youthful energy was almost entirely used on the word "do," and it was "do it when you say it!" Digging wells in the cold weather, he stepped into the icy river to dig mud without saying a word; running ironware cooperatives, sewing cooperatives, and consignment shops... none of them were easy. But the good thing about youth is that the body can withstand fatigue, and the mind can withstand setbacks. In "doing it when you say it," ideas were put into practice, strength was transformed into change, and the villagers praised him for "not hesitating to exert effort" and "not slacking off."

Of course, youth is not all about enthusiasm, but also about long-term confusion and arduous patience. What impressed me deeply in the book was the state of young Xi Jinping (习近平) always "actively learning." In his spare time from work, his greatest hobby was reading. After reading the two large boxes of books he brought, he tried to borrow them everywhere. In the earthen cave, under the kerosene lamp, he read Marxism-Leninism, as well as history and literature, and studied whenever he had the opportunity. Reading may not immediately dispel the difficulties in front of you, but it can illuminate people's hearts with wisdom. In the comparison of action and knowledge, the sense of mission in life becomes clear.

Perhaps everyone has their own "Liangjiahe Years" (梁家河岁月). It is not just a difficult past, but a youth tempering full of flavors. Being in this time, instead of getting caught up in internal friction and self-doubt, it is better to maintain a youthful spirit, go all out, and practice diligently, and slowly recognize yourself and see the world clearly in one down-to-earth thing after another. Use your strength soberly and grow enthusiastically.

"I will never forget everything Liangjiahe (梁家河) gave me in my life." This is the most simple and precious gift this book gives to everyone who is experiencing or missing youth.

*Yu Dafu in Sumatra* (苏门答腊的郁达夫)
The Motherland Has Not Forgotten Him
Zhu Dawen (竺大文)

It has been a long time since I read Yu Dafu (郁达夫). His former residence in Hangzhou (杭州), "Fengyu Maolu" (风雨茅庐), is not far from the unit. It has been reopened after renovation last year, and I have always wanted to visit it. Yu Dafu's (郁达夫) image in my reading memory is clear, a romantic Jiangnan (江南) scholar, a sensitive literary genius.

However, reading this book, *Yu Dafu in Sumatra* (苏门答腊的郁达夫), I read a very different Yu Dafu (郁达夫).

After the outbreak of the national war of resistance against Japan, Yu Dafu (郁达夫) first went to Singapore (新加坡). There, he was our colleague and senior, responsible for editing the supplements of several newspapers. Soon after Singapore (新加坡) fell, he had to continue south and finally arrived in Sumatra (苏门答腊), but disappeared shortly after the end of the war. Many readers may have heard of this experience, but they may not know it in detail.

The author of this book, Masao Suzuki (铃木正夫), went to Sumatra (苏门答腊) three times to conduct field investigations, consulted a large amount of data, and visited no less than a hundred parties or people who knew the truth, and finally revealed the truth about Yu Dafu's (郁达夫) murder.

I am reading the new version translated by Liu Gaoli (刘高力) in 2023. As early as 1996, Li Zhensheng's (李振声) translation was published in China. At that time, it was only one year after the publication of the original Japanese book. This new version has been revised and supplemented in more than 300 places, and more importantly, more than 70 photos have been added.

Reading this book is like walking with Yu Dafu (郁达夫) on the last journey of his life. A world-renowned writer, his companions gradually dispersed. Although he later resumed contact one after another, he was left alone when he arrived at his final settlement in Payakumbuh (巴爷公务). He lived in anonymity in the local area and was forced to serve as a translator for the Japanese military police, and later opened a winery. After closing the book, what remains in my mind for a long time is this picture: in the rented residence, Yu Dafu (郁达夫) sits in the middle of a pile of books, his face flushed, drinking and reading.

At this time, he had already used his identity to protect and help many people in a very dangerous situation, completing the tempering of a soldier. But in his bones, he is still a writer. Sometimes, he talks to visitors about Shelley's poems; sometimes, he writes detailed annotations in the margins of books.

It was such a frank and brave writer who fell in the dawn of victory. Along with him disappeared the wooden box he often carried with him, which may have contained his last manuscript.

I would also like to thank the author for solving this long-standing mystery of disappearance. Masao Suzuki (铃木正夫) initially started the investigation to falsify the claim that "the murderer was a Japanese military police officer," but the result was completely beyond his expectations. In the book, he examines layer by layer until he confronts the murderer. With the conscience of a scholar, he frankly said: "As a Japanese and a loyal reader of Yu Dafu (郁达夫), the author wrote this book with the hope of comforting his soul."

Today, Yu Dafu's (郁达夫) remains are still scattered in an unknown location in the Indonesian jungle. In Sumatra (苏门答腊), he gave himself a pseudonym: Zhao Lian (赵廉). It is said that the choice of "Zhao" (赵) is not because it is the first of the hundred family names, but because it means returning the jade intact to Zhao (完璧归赵). He really hoped to return to his homeland one day.

What is gratifying is that the motherland has not forgotten him. Yu Dafu's (郁达夫) name was included in the first batch of 300 famous anti-Japanese martyrs and heroic groups announced in 2014.

Rereading his words is a good way to remember him.

*Herding Gold Mountain* (放牧金山)
The Altai of Archaeologists
Yang Xuemei (杨雪梅)

"The herdsmen know the mountains inside and outside and the grasslands like the back of their hands. I have seen them countless times driving herds of cattle, sheep, horses, and camels, passing by in front of or beside me, sometimes like rivers, sometimes like carpets..." Every archaeologist has his own field, and also has his own poetry and distance. For Yu Jianjun (于建军), who has been engaged in archaeology in Xinjiang (新疆) since graduation, that field is the vast Altai (阿勒泰) region. Since 2008, he has gone to the Altai (阿勒泰) region for archaeology every year. *Herding Gold Mountain* (放牧金山) records an archaeologist's 20 years of galloping in this vast world. Why "herding"? Because in his opinion, archaeology in Altai (阿勒泰) is a special kind of nomadism. In the spring, they go up the mountain, and in the autumn, they go down the mountain. Like herdsmen chasing water and grass, archaeologists migrate after archaeological clues.

When I first started walking in Xinjiang (新疆) that year, it also started at the southern foot of the Altai Mountains (阿尔泰山). Therefore, reading this book is particularly亲切. I remember in the middle of the night in Sandaohaizi (三道海子), I walked out of the tent and saw the starry sky hanging in front of me. I also ran north of Habahe (哈巴河) county to see the Dogat (多尕特) rock paintings, and I will never forget those bright red handprints. I once communicated with Yu Jianjun (于建军), who was looking for rock paintings everywhere here: In those days, humans may have wanted to leave their names on the rocks, but there was no writing at that time. They believed that hands could best represent themselves, so they put their hands flat on the rocks and sprayed red paint, and the outline of the hands was left on the rocks. Reading the words in the book about their general survey of rock paintings everywhere, although full of hardships, is very yearning.

Yu Jianjun (于建军) advocates that the work on a site should have three results: the publication of professional materials, research papers, and readable popular science articles or archaeological notes. Only when the three results are complete can the hard-excavated site be worthy. This book is the crystallization of the third result. The words in the book have the power to travel through the scenery. The hardships and joys of the archaeological site, the silence and vitality of the rock paintings, seem to travel through the flowing Gobi, through the grass that drowns cattle and sheep, through the dense forest, and come to the face.

This is the Altai (阿勒泰) in the eyes of archaeologists. The beautiful Kanas (喀纳斯), with rock paintings and ancient tombs, is historical. Do you think it is a wonderful thing to do archaeological work here? Actually, it is not. "Few people think about how much impact the weather of 'a cloud comes and a rain comes' will have on field work, as well as the annoyance of being 'bombed' by various flying ants and mosquitoes."

Yu Jianjun (于建军) misses the days when he rode horses into the mountains. Through archaeology, he has a better understanding of the ancient people's feelings for horses. He told me about the horses unearthed from the Karasu (喀拉苏) ancient cemetery in Xinjiang (新疆) in 2014. Thirteen horses were unearthed from a large tomb. In his opinion, the deceased was very likely the chief who controlled 12 tribes. The upper 11 horses came from 11 small tribes and were buried in full dress. The lower 2 horses may have been the owner's mounts and had a deep friendship with the owner. However, reading this book, I saw his deep regret that he could not pack this batch of important tombs back to the laboratory as a whole that year, and could only make up for it through more detailed research later.

An important issue in Xinjiang (新疆) archaeology is the study of cultural exchange. Compared with the vast land of Xinjiang (新疆), the current archaeological work is far from enough, and there are still many gaps to be filled, and more archaeologists with feelings are needed to join in.

This book is one of the public archaeology series jointly planned and launched by the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the China Social Sciences Press. This large-scale academic popular reading material hopes to show the systematic process and rich aspects of archaeological discoveries from a professional perspective and with deep humanistic feelings, so as to uncover the mystery of archaeology.

*Suiyuan Shidan* (随园食单)
Flip Through at Will, and the Fun Comes Naturally
Ma Yong (马涌)

To edit the supplement and compile manuscripts, you have to flip through books. For example, when writing about food, you cannot avoid *Suiyuan Shidan* (随园食单).

When you swipe short videos, the more it is late at night, the easier it is to swipe to food, which is 百爪挠心 (bǎi zhǎo náo xīn - "hundred claws scratching heart," extremely itchy; fig. itching beyond endurance; frantic). *Suiyuan Shidan* (随园食单) has the same effect. Reading an article about sea cucumber, "Soak it in broth three times, and then simmer it in chicken and meat juice until it is extremely soft,"辗转; then reading an article about meatballs, "As big as a teacup, extremely delicate. The soup is especially fresh and clean, and it melts in your mouth," 反侧.

The most popular article in *Suiyuan Shidan* (随园食单) is "Jiang Shilang Tofu" (蒋侍郎豆腐), which became popular because of a segment in *Kangxi Weifu Sifang Ji* (康熙微服私访记). The actor's beautiful recitation is really due to Yuan Mei's (袁枚) good "lines": "A small cup of autumn oil, boil it again, add a pinch of sugar, boil it again, use fine scallions about half an inch long, one hundred and twenty sections, slowly remove from the pot." Who can stand this teasing of boiling it again and again, and slowly removing it from the pot?

"Jiang Shilang Tofu" (蒋侍郎豆腐) is just one of the "Nine Methods of Tofu" in *Suiyuan Shidan* (随园食单), and another "Cheng Liwan Tofu" (程立万豆腐) is even more fascinating. A pan-fried tofu, "slightly has the fresh taste of clams. However, there are no clams or other sundries in the plate." Someone claimed to be able to imitate it. The result was "greasy and unbearable" and "the taste is far inferior." Yuan Mei (袁枚) did not have time to ask Cheng Liwan (程立万) for advice on how to make it, and Cheng (程) had passed away. Yuan Mei (袁枚) "still regrets it. Still keep its name, in order to visit again." The writing stops abruptly here, like *Peach Blossom Spring* (桃花源记), "did not succeed, and soon died of illness, and later no one asked about it."

Telling recipes is to eat out of the way. Telling stories is to eat out of fun. Yuan Mei (袁枚) is more than that.

At the beginning, first make a general rule. "The way of learning is to know before doing, and so is eating and drinking. Make a 'Must Know List.'" "For those in power, it is better to eliminate a disadvantage than to create a benefit. If you can eliminate the disadvantages of eating and drinking, then you have thought more than half of it. Make a 'Prohibition List.'" The big rights and wrongs in eating and drinking are connected to the big rights and wrongs in the world in Yuan Mei's (袁枚) writing, so you have to make a summary.

He satirizes some people who only covet the precious ingredients when eating, and do not use their mouths to eat, but "eat with their ears." "If you only boast of face, it is better to put a hundred pearls in the bowl, which is worth ten thousand gold, but how can you eat it?" He criticizes gourmets for pursuing abundant dishes, "many plates and bowls," which is only to feed the eyes. "I don't know that famous writers must have bad strokes if they write too much; famous poets must have tired sentences if they bother too much." The writing is full of sarcasm. Are "eating with ears" and "eating with eyes" only on the table? Extravagance and forgetting the original meaning will eventually lead to a situation where even "pleasing the eye" cannot be achieved.

A *Suiyuan Shidan* (随园食单) can only be regarded as a tea snack in the vast sea of books. But why is it so interesting and true? Flip through it at will, and the fun comes naturally. You don't have to study hard to enjoy the fun of reading. Nowadays, it seems that reading has become a solemn and serious event, and you have to "sharpen your swords and prepare your horses" and climb a few book mountains. However, times have changed, and even if people today want to imitate the ancients and read by candlelight at night, they cannot withstand the busy work and life. Instead of insisting on "eating with ears" and "eating with eyes" in reading, it is better to pick some suitable "home-cooked dishes" first. It is beneficial to open a book, and reading is better than not reading.

"Things have their own nature, and they cannot be forced to do so." "Mediocre virtue and mediocre behavior, being a master at home is a saint." I think Yuan Mei (袁枚) is right, and so is eating and drinking, and so is reading.

*Old Men Older Than Me* (比我老的老头)
The Most Beautiful Scenery is People
Zhao Yu (赵玙)

When compiling an essay, I read about Huang Yongyu's (黄永玉) friendship with Zhang Ding (张仃) when he lived at No. 2, Jia, Dayabao Hutong (大雅宝胡同甲二号), Beijing (北京). Not satisfied, I found *Old Men Older Than Me* (比我老的老头) from the bookshelf.

When this book was first published, Huang Yongyu (黄永玉) was already an old man in his late seventies. This old man who walked to the edge of life missed a group of old men older than him.

Writing about Shen Congwen (沈从文): "Even at home, he hid alone in a messy small room to work, until he found a lovely guest entering the door, and then he smiled and drilled out of the inner room to say some happy words to each other."

Writing about Zhang Leping (张乐平): "Sanmao (三毛) was serialized in *Ta Kung Pao* (大公报) and was loved by the people of the whole country. At that time, the weather was cold, and Sanmao (三毛) was still wearing a single coat. The girls sent small woolen pants and sweaters knitted for Sanmao (三毛), and in the paintings, Sanmao (三毛) really wore these affectionate clothes. These clothes also warmed the sick Brother Leping (乐平)."

Writing about Huang Miaozi (黄苗子): When he was assigned to work in Northeast China, his wife Yu Feng (郁风) happily read the postcard he sent: "'...Through the forest, over the ridge, ah! What a beautiful scenery of the North Country!' Look, look, he still has this interest! Also 'North Country Scenery...'"

Writing about Li Keran (李可染): It is as if following a long shot, walking into the three-in-one courtyard at No. 2, Jia, Dayabao Hutong (大雅宝胡同甲二号), Beijing (北京). What comes to you is not only Li Keran (李可染), but also Li Kuchan (李苦禅), Zhang Ding (张仃), Dong Xiwen (董希文), Zhu Danian (祝大年)... Warm details are laid out one by one, and the sun is all over the ground.
Writing about Li Keran (李可染). It's like following a long camera shot, walking into the courtyard at No. 2, Jia, Dayaobao Hutong (大雅宝胡同甲二号), and greeting not only Li Keran (李可染), but also Li Kuchan (李苦禅), Zhang Ding (张仃), Dong Xiwen (董希文), Zhu Danian (祝大年)... Warm details are laid out one by one, and the sunlight is everywhere.

Works commemorating people are often solemn, affectionate, meaningful, and melancholic, but Huang Yongyu's (黄永玉) writing has an added touch of playfulness and unrestrainedness, with no shortage of casual strokes and "poisonous tongues," making it amusing to read. For example, writing about Lu Zhixiang (陆志庠): "Painting a twelve-page newspaper painting takes three or four days, slowly 'rubbing' it stroke by stroke. It's really good, really impressive, but the progress is slow, making those who watch him work feel that they are aging themselves."

Huang Yongyu (黄永玉) once wrote that when he bids farewell to the world one day, he will say two "satisfied," one of which is having many kind-hearted friends. In his later years, he used words to create portraits of these friends, writing about the scholarship, wisdom, and integrity of contemporary Chinese cultural masters, and also outlining the frankness, warmth, and romantic charm of this group of old men.

"Older Men Than Me" ("比我老的老头") scatters "melancholy fragments," but the beauty of human nature and the loveliness of the world can be seen everywhere. Xiao Qian (萧乾) commented on Huang Yongyu (黄永玉): "Floating between his rough lines are innocence, joy, and exuberance." This is true of his paintings, and it is also true of his writing. This reminds me of the name of a collection of essays by Huang Yongyu (黄永玉) - "Landscapes Under the Sun." He loves the sun so much that he burst into tears when he read Balmunt's line, "I came into this world for the sun."

"Young people often miss the elderly. Stories are strung together like dried fruits that wither on the tips of branches in winter..." Thank you to Huang Yongyu (黄永玉) for writing these stories. They should not be missed by young people. They are about ideals, beliefs, and truth, goodness, and beauty. They are both far and near - no matter which era you live in, maintaining inner enthusiasm and purity, and always having good intentions towards the world, you can walk comfortably and calmly all the way.

"The Book is Finished" ("书读完了")
Too Many Books ("书太多了")
Zhang Shanshan (张珊珊)
There is a book title that I think about from time to time. The title is special enough, even a bit "shocking," and it is Jin Kemu's (金克木) "The Book is Finished" ("书读完了").

When I bought this book, I had just started college. At that time, the door of reading was opening to me, and I was looking for a path. Suddenly, I saw the declaration that "The Book is Finished" and felt incredible - how could a book be finished? The article of the same name in this book, "'The Book is Finished'" ("“书读完了”"), was written in the 1980s, "Countless and immeasurable information is pouring in, and we can no longer read and seek knowledge in the same way as before." "How to deal with this endless stream of books is a big problem."

Therefore, Jin Kemu (金克木) wanted to break the mystery of how to "finish" reading a book. "There are always some books that are the basis of most books. Without these books, other books have nothing to rely on, because books and culture are always accumulated." Therefore, he believes that the first priority is to read these "indispensable must-read books or the necessary knowledge base." For ancient Chinese books, they are the "Book of Changes" ("易"), "Book of Poetry" ("诗"), "Book of Documents" ("书"), "Spring and Autumn Annals with Zuo Commentary" ("春秋左传"), "Book of Rites" ("礼记"), "Analects" ("论语"), "Mencius" ("孟子"), "Xunzi" ("荀子"), "Laozi" ("老子"), and "Zhuangzi" ("庄子"). To read history books, you must at least read "Records of the Grand Historian" ("史记") and "Zizhi Tongjian" ("资治通鉴"). To read literature books, you should always read "Selections of Refined Literature" ("文选") first.

It seems that books can indeed be "finished," provided that you only read those "fundamental books." The accumulation of a civilization for thousands of years seems vast, but the real main classics are only a few dozen: the essence of Chinese classics, history, philosophy, and collections, and the source of Western philosophy and literature. If you first understand these "main trunks," the "branches and leaves" will naturally grow out along with them.

In recent years, this book has been included in the "The Book is Finished" series, which are all books about books, including Lu Shuxiang's (吕叔湘) "Too Many Books" ("书太多了"), Zhu Ziqing's (朱自清) "Your and My Literature" ("你我的文学"), Tang Tao's (唐弢) "Hui'an Book Talks" ("晦庵书话"), etc. Jin Kemu (金克木) said "The Book is Finished" ("书读完了"), and Lu Shuxiang (吕叔湘) said "Too Many Books" ("书太多了"). The two book titles are placed together like an interesting pair of rivals. There are indeed too many good books to read. What should I do? Lu Shuxiang (吕叔湘) said: "Like swimming, go into the water and talk about it." If Jin Kemu (金克木) gave a method, Lu Shuxiang (吕叔湘) showed more of an attitude. Jin Kemu (金克木) pointed out a path - first establish the "main trunk." Lu Shuxiang (吕叔湘) reminded - it is never too late to start reading.

In fact, "The Book is Finished" ("书读完了") and "Too Many Books" ("书太多了") are interconnected. It is precisely because there are too many books that we need to find those fundamental books. Only by understanding these can we recognize which ones are worth reading carefully, which ones only need to be flipped through, and which ones can be put down in the vast sea of books. Reading is a long-term thing. Once the "main trunk" is established, it still needs to be constantly "branched and leafy" to make the "main trunk" stronger and the "reading tree" more lush.

At the end of "The Book is Finished" ("书读完了"), Jin Kemu (金克木) urged everyone to seize the time to read, "**不要等到二十一世纪再补课了**" (bù yào děng dào èr shí yī shì jì zài bǔ kè le - "Don't wait until the 21st century to catch up on lessons," urging people to read and learn now rather than procrastinating). Today, a quarter of the 21st century has passed, and the flood of information is far greater than it was then. The feeling of "Too Many Books" ("书太多了") has unknowingly turned into the anxiety of "no time to read." Jin Kemu's (金克木) reading method is not outdated, but the scope of "fundamental" and "main trunk" should perhaps be expanded. In addition to literature, history, and philosophy, the classics of social sciences and natural sciences should also be included.

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