Summary: Xi Jinping stressed the importance of disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief work during a Politburo study session, emphasizing the need to improve capabilities in responding to natural disasters. He highlighted the Party's achievements in disaster management since the 18th Party Congress and outlined principles such as Party leadership, prioritizing the people and life, respecting natural laws, and emphasizing prevention. Xi called for strengthening scientific and legal support, reinforcing grassroots efforts, and clarifying responsibility in disaster management. He also said that it was important to correct the tendency of prioritizing development over safety, and rescue over prevention. No mention was made of the United States.
Summary: In a congratulatory letter to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Green and Sustainable Development Forum, Xi Jinping stated China's commitment to ecological civilization and green development. He positioned China as a leader in global environmental efforts, emphasizing the "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" concept. Xi called for enhanced policy coordination and cooperation within the SCO to improve global environmental governance. The forum, co-hosted by the SCO Committee on Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and the Zhejiang Provincial Government, focused on implementing global governance initiatives for green and sustainable development within the SCO framework. The forum takes place during the 25th anniversary of the SCO's founding, and the start of China's 15th Five Year Plan.
Summary: Xi Jinping has recently emphasized the importance of respecting grassroots initiative and innovation in the context of the "Yiwu development experience," stressing reform, practical work, and sustained effort for high-quality development. He highlighted the crucial role of the working class in achieving China's modernization, emphasizing the need for skilled and innovative workers in both traditional and emerging industries. Xi also underscored the significance of cultivating a large, skilled workforce to support high-quality economic development, noting the importance of technological advancement and innovation. He encouraged workers to contribute to the modernization of China. The article did not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Zhao Leji, Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, met with NPC deputies to discuss implementing the spirit of the recent NPC session and contributing to the "15th Five-Year Plan." He emphasized the need for deputies to align their actions with the Party's decisions and contribute their expertise to national development. Zhao also urged representatives to support the NPC Standing Committee's work, participate in investigations, and promote the implementation of newly passed laws, including the ecological environment code. He stressed the importance of maintaining close ties with the people and reflecting their voices in legislative work. Li Hongzhong, a member of the Politburo and Vice Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, presided over the meeting.
Summary: Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, a member of the Politburo Standing Committee, addressed the opening of the 9th Digital China Summit in Fuzhou, emphasizing the strategic importance of advancing digital China for Chinese-style modernization. Ding highlighted the need to leverage artificial intelligence to reshape global development and empower economic and social progress. He stressed five key points for China's AI development: independent innovation to counter suppression, application-driven integration with the real economy, ecosystem collaboration, open and mutually beneficial international cooperation, and ensuring safety and control. Ding called for global AI governance and international cooperation in computing power, data, and talent. Before the opening ceremony, Ding Xuexiang visited the on-site experience area of the summit.
Summary: Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with both the President of the 80th UN General Assembly, Dennis Francis, and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong in Beijing. During the meeting with Francis, Han emphasized China's commitment to the UN and multilateralism, referencing Xi Jinping's global governance initiative. Francis affirmed China's role as a key UN partner. In his meeting with Wong, Han noted the progress and past challenges in China-Australia relations, emphasizing the importance of implementing the consensus reached between Xi and Australian Prime Minister Albanese to promote a more stable and fruitful partnership.
Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of effectively coordinating domestic and international imperatives during China's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030). It highlights Xi Jinping's call to balance domestic and international dynamics to ensure a strong start to the plan, viewing it as both a blueprint for China's development and an opportunity for the world. The piece stresses the need for strategic foresight, proactive adaptation to change, and a strong sense of risk awareness. It further argues that China should focus on strengthening its domestic capabilities, fostering technological innovation, and promoting common prosperity, while expanding institutional opening-up and deepening mutually beneficial cooperation with other countries. It mentions the need to be wary of Western containment strategies such as technological decoupling.
Summary: Chairman Zhao Leji presided over the 66th meeting of the 14th NPC Standing Committee in Beijing. The meeting reviewed draft revisions to the Prison Law and the Social Assistance Law. Reports were also heard on treaties regarding criminal justice assistance with Azerbaijan and on a treaty of amity and cooperation with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The meeting also reviewed reports on the qualifications of individual representatives and personnel appointments and removals. Li Hongzhong, Wang Dongming and other vice chairpersons of the NPC Standing Committee attended the meeting.
Summary: Over the past five years, China's non-Communist democratic parties and individuals without party affiliation have been conducting democratic oversight of the Yangtze River's ecological protection, focusing on "joint protection" and "no large-scale development." These groups conducted in-depth investigations and provided targeted advice to local governments, identifying problems and promoting solutions related to water quality, pollution control, and ecological restoration along the Yangtze River. The democratic parties leveraged their expertise in areas like environmental protection, technology, and data analysis to support their oversight work, leading to improvements in water quality and biodiversity. These efforts aim to promote the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the harmonious coexistence of humanity and nature. The article did not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: At a meeting on the ongoing campaign against organized crime, Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong stressed the importance of upholding Xi Jinping's directives and the Party's decisions to ensure a secure political and social environment for the "15th Five-Year Plan." Wang called for proactive and relentless action against organized crime, focusing on breaking major cases and addressing key crime categories, while also emphasizing comprehensive governance and prevention. He also pushed for improved law enforcement and grassroots governance to ensure long-term effectiveness. There was no reporting on the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The 2026 China Internet Civilization Conference will be held in Nanning, Guangxi, focusing on "Civilized Cyberspace, Inspiring and Striving Strength." According to Central Cyberspace Administration Deputy Director Niu Yibing, the conference will feature forums on topics like rural internet development and improving the online business environment. Central Propaganda Department official Zhao Shujie emphasized shaping online culture with mainstream values and promoting ethical AI practices. Guangxi Propaganda Department Chief Chen Yijun highlighted the use of AI to promote Guangxi's digital economy and cooperation with ASEAN countries on AI development and ethical governance. The conference aims to showcase achievements in national internet civilization and promote positive online values.
Summary: A farmer in Dengzhou, Henan Province, named Duan Aodi, is using a "Smart Farming" mini-program to monitor soil moisture and improve wheat cultivation. Initially skeptical of the technology, Duan experienced inaccuracies with the program's soil moisture data due to its unsuitability for local soil conditions. After adjustments to the program's model through cooperation between local agricultural experts, universities, and farmers, the program became more accurate, leading to water and fertilizer savings and increased wheat yield. Local officials are hoping to use this "Smart Farming" program to further digitize agriculture in the province. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: According to the article, Xi Jinping recently issued an important directive emphasizing the need to summarize and utilize the "Yiwu Development Experience," stressing reform, innovation, and diligent work. Xi Jinping highlighted the importance of labor and innovation for high-quality development, emphasizing the role of the working class in achieving modernization. Xi Jinping has called for building a knowledgeable, skilled, and innovative workforce. He urged workers to overcome difficulties in traditional industries and explore new technologies. He also encouraged the development of advanced manufacturing and new productive forces.
Summary: Chinese insurance industry data for Q1 2024 indicates growth, with premium income reaching 2.31 trillion yuan, a 6.2% year-on-year increase. Payouts also rose to 0.89 trillion yuan, up 7.5% year-on-year, with foreign insurance companies experiencing a 12.5% increase in premium income. Responsibility insurance saw significant growth, providing 22.9 trillion yuan in risk coverage, a 34% year-on-year increase, and paying 20.4 billion yuan. Development in technology insurance and new energy vehicle insurance is also expanding.
Summary: The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the National Data Administration jointly issued a notice to implement the "Model-Data Resonance" Action in 2026, aiming to synergize AI models and data resources. The initiative sets seven key tasks to create a positive feedback loop, driving the integration of "AI + Manufacturing." The action, guided by unified standards and multi-party collaboration, will prioritize cities and industries with strong AI foundations and data resources to create benchmarks for AI-enabled applications. It will focus on 20 key industries including steel, petrochemicals, and automobiles, while considering traditional industry transformation, emerging industry cultivation, and future-oriented layout.
Summary: Starting May 1st, China will implement zero-tariff policies for 53 African countries having diplomatic relations with China, while also promoting the negotiation of economic partnership agreements and upgrading "green channels" to expand access for African products into China. African figures have praised these measures, believing they will help achieve leapfrog growth in African countries and elevate Sino-African economic and trade cooperation. They view these measures as contributing to maintaining a free and open international trade system. Some reports emphasize that these policies will facilitate the diversification of markets amidst global trade uncertainties. The move is framed as a commitment to a rules-based global trade system, contrasting with rising protectionism elsewhere.
Summary: China will continue to create an open and efficient platform to promote global automotive industry development. The Beijing Auto Show demonstrates China's emergence as a global automotive hub, driven by its competitive ecosystem and rapid technological iteration. Foreign companies are increasingly viewing China not just as a sales market, but as an innovation and export base, with some planning to export China-developed EVs globally. This shift involves deeper integration into China's innovation ecosystem and collaborative development with Chinese partners. The article does not mention the United States.
Summary: Wang Yi met with UNGA President Dennis Francis in Beijing, reiterating China's commitment to multilateralism and a greater role for the UN, referencing Xi Jinping's global governance initiatives. Wang emphasized China's intention to promote global development and governance through its own progress and sound governance practices. Francis thanked China for its support and expressed a desire for continued cooperation to improve global governance. He confirmed that the current UNGA session would continue to abide by Resolution 2758. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: At the 30th South American International Multimodal Transport Logistics Exhibition in São Paulo, Brazil, over ten Chinese companies showcased technologies in shipping, equipment manufacturing, and new energy, focusing on "intelligentization," "greening," and "visualized supply chains." COSCO Shipping highlighted the smart green port of Chancay in Peru as a model for Latin American ports. Companies like Hangcha Group and XCMG Group emphasized their lithium battery forklifts and other equipment, citing significant growth in partnership with local Brazilian distributors due to the durability, stability, and cost-effectiveness of Chinese products. Zhenhua Heavy Industries discussed electrification upgrades and automation with Latin American port clients.
Summary: Italian man, Kareem, traveled from Milan to Guangdong after developing an affinity for Chinese candy. Invited by the candy's manufacturer, Kareem toured Dongguan, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, visiting factories and cultural sites. He expressed surprise at the advanced manufacturing and innovation he witnessed in the Greater Bay Area, contrasting it with his prior, limited understanding of China. Kareem stated that the trip gave him a vivid, three-dimensional image of China. He intends to return with his family.
Summary: During the 8th China-Australia Foreign and Strategic Dialogue in Beijing, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong that China seeks to implement the consensus reached between President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Albanese to strengthen communication, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, and solidify the positive momentum in bilateral relations. Wang emphasized maintaining high-level exchanges, expanding cooperation, and ensuring the safety and rights of Chinese personnel in Australia. He also stated that China's cooperation with Pacific Island countries is not targeted at any third party, and that China hopes to cooperate with Australia within APEC. Wang Yi also elaborated on China's position on Taiwan, while Wong affirmed Australia's commitment to the One China Policy.
Summary: China's Permanent Mission to Vienna hosted an event launching the "Group of Friends of Global Governance" at the UN headquarters in Vienna. Ambassador Li Song presented China's Global Governance Initiative, emphasizing its alignment with the UN Charter and its aim to address global challenges. The initiative focuses on promoting multilateralism, international law, and a people-centered approach. Representatives from over 40 countries and international organizations expressed support for China's initiative and its leading role in reforming global governance. The group intends to strengthen coordination on the Vienna multilateral platform to advance global governance.
Summary: Huang Runqiu, Minister of Ecology and Environment, reported to the National People's Congress Standing Committee that China successfully met its "14th Five-Year Plan" environmental goals, including reductions in PM2.5 levels and improvements in water quality. Finance Minister Lan Fo'an reported on state asset management, highlighting efforts to curb "involution" (cutthroat competition) among state-owned enterprises and reform local government financing platforms. The report also emphasized promoting technological innovation among state-owned enterprises and supporting small and medium-sized enterprises. There was no mention of the United States.
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of long-term strategic vision ("looking far ahead") coupled with diligent, practical effort ("hard work") for achieving success, drawing parallels between learning to ride a bicycle and national development planning. It highlights the significance of the upcoming "15th Five-Year Plan" and the need for local governments to implement plans effectively, learning from past successes like Xiamen's long-term development. The piece advocates for focusing on future competition, addressing vulnerabilities, and fostering strategic emerging industries. Citing Huawei's rolling strategic planning as an example, the article stresses the need for continuous adjustment and calibration in response to evolving circumstances.
Summary: A group of five model industrial workers met with Chinese and foreign journalists at a State Council Information Office press conference on April 29th. The workers, representing fields from construction and agriculture to traditional arts and oil extraction, discussed their contributions to China's development and technological advancement. Highlighting indigenous innovation, First Tractor Co. technician Gao Bin showcased a domestically developed smart tractor with Beidou navigation. Angang Group electrician Ma Zhigang emphasized the importance of self-reliance in critical technologies and his team's ability to repair and upgrade imported equipment. Zhang Ying, a gardener from the Summer Palace, discussed her work in preserving traditional Chinese floral art and promoting Chinese culture.
Summary: The State Council has announced personnel changes, appointing Song Youchun as Vice Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Sui Hongbo as Vice Minister of Veterans Affairs, Shang Rui as Deputy Director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, Liu Haoling as Vice Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, Zhang Liming as Deputy Director of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (National Park Administration), and Huang Guo as Director of the National Medical Products Administration. It also removed Liu Zhenguo, Shang Rui, Yuan Ye, Tang Fanglin, and Li Li from their previous positions as Vice Minister of Civil Affairs, Deputy Auditor General of the National Audit Office, Deputy Director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, Deputy Director of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (National Park Administration), and Director of the National Medical Products Administration, respectively.
Summary: Zhao Leji, Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, met with NPC deputies to discuss implementing the spirit of the 14th NPC. He emphasized the importance of deputies aligning their actions with the Party Central Committee's decisions to contribute to the "15th Five-Year Plan." Zhao urged deputies to use their expertise and act as a bridge between the people and the government, channeling public opinion into legislative and policy processes. He also highlighted three important laws passed this year that should be promoted by the deputies. Li Hongzhong, a member of the Politburo, presided over the symposium.
Summary: The city of Xiong'an New Area in Hebei province has launched its first double-decker sightseeing bus route. The route aims to enhance the city's cultural and tourism appeal by connecting urban landscapes and cultural landmarks. It integrates food, sightseeing, and culture to create an immersive experience. The launch is intended to improve Xiong'an New Area's tourism transportation services.
Summary: Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, a member of the Politburo Standing Committee, addressed the opening of the 9th Digital China Summit in Fuzhou, emphasizing the strategic importance of advancing digital development for Chinese-style modernization. Ding called for leveraging AI, insisting on independent innovation to resist "containment and suppression," and promoting the integration of AI with the real economy to foster new productive forces. He stressed the need for open international cooperation in areas like computing power, data, and talent, while also advocating for safe and controllable AI development. Ding also emphasized that China should not "build walls" in AI development. Approximately 1200 people attended the summit's opening ceremony.
Summary: Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with both the President of the 80th UN General Assembly, Dennis Francis, and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong in Beijing. During the meeting with Francis, Han emphasized China's commitment to the UN and multilateralism, referencing Xi Jinping's global governance initiative. Francis affirmed China as a key UN partner. In the meeting with Wong, Han noted the progress and past challenges in China-Australia relations, underscoring the importance of mutual respect and cooperation. Wong expressed Australia's desire to strengthen dialogue and cooperation with China.
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Summary: The article praises He Jiaolong, a local official in Xinjiang, as an example of a Communist Party member who achieved a positive reputation through practical work and dedication to the people. It emphasizes that true achievements come from serving the people, solving their problems, and promoting their well-being, contrasting this with officials who pursue short-term gains at the expense of long-term environmental or economic consequences. The piece argues that officials should prioritize the people's interests and use their positions to serve the Party, the country, and the people.
Summary: An article in the People's Daily discusses Tianjin's ecological restoration efforts and their positive impact on biodiversity, specifically highlighting the return of migratory birds to the Haihe River. The piece emphasizes the shift from resource extraction to "ecological empowerment" and the development of eco-tourism and agriculture. It highlights initiatives such as bird-watching科普区 and湿地交响音乐会, and notes the economic benefits derived from these efforts, including increased tourism and agricultural value. The article frames these developments as contributing to the goals outlined in the "15th Five-Year Plan" for enhancing ecological sustainability and stability. The United States is not mentioned in the article.
Summary: This article emphasizes the growing integration of technology with arts and culture in China, highlighting how advancements like AI and robotics are enhancing artistic expression and lowering production costs. It discusses the potential of technology to inspire creativity and the importance of balancing innovation with ethical considerations, particularly regarding AI-generated content. The article stresses that human creativity and emotional expression remain central to artistic creation, even with technological advancements. It advocates for a coordinated approach to managing technology in the arts, encouraging innovation while addressing potential risks. Ultimately, the article suggests that technology should serve to enhance human artistic endeavors and contribute to a harmonious development of both material and spiritual civilization.
Summary: The article criticizes the tendency in some local governments to overthink ("琢磨") initiatives, leading to delays and inaction, prioritizing avoiding mistakes over achieving results. It uses the example of Hefei's innovative drone delivery system for car license plates as a counter-example, highlighting the importance of problem-solving, inter-agency cooperation, and utilizing technology to improve efficiency and public service. The article stresses the importance of fieldwork and solving concrete problems to improve results. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs reported a 98.5%合格率 in its routine first-quarter 2026 monitoring of 125 varieties of agricultural products, including vegetables, fruits, livestock, and aquatic products. The regular monitoring aims to precisely identify and eliminate potential risks. This will force producers to standardize production, strengthen food safety, and promote high-quality agricultural development. The report did not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article, authored by a Chongqing Party School Associate Professor, critiques instances of local governments prioritizing superficial "image projects" (政绩工程) over projects that genuinely benefit the populace, such as a costly but useless "agricultural training base." It emphasizes Xi Jinping's call for officials to remember that "serving the people is the greatest achievement" (为民造福是最大政绩). The author argues that true achievements are grounded in pragmatism (实), perseverance (恒), and a focus on long-term benefits rather than short-term gains. Officials should avoid constantly overturning previous plans and instead focus on building lasting value for the people. The piece stresses the importance of a correct view on political achievement (政绩观) during the "15th Five-Year Plan."
Summary: This announcement from the *People's Daily* solicits submissions for several opinion and commentary sections, including "Notable Discussions," "Heartwarming News and Hot Reviews," "The Chinese Road and the Chinese Dream," and "Commentary." It specifies the preferred email address for submissions and requests that contributors avoid submitting the same manuscript to multiple publications simultaneously. There is no mention of any official, their activities, or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: Wu Yong, a veteran assembler at the Capital Aerospace Machinery Company, is dedicated to ensuring the precision and quality of rocket assembly, focusing on minimizing errors in every procedure. He has mastered over 400 general assembly processes and proposed over 300 key technical solutions for rockets, addressing challenges like pipe sealing under extreme conditions. Wu Yong emphasizes rigorous preparation and risk identification before each operation, and has trained over 2000 people in key operational skills. He aims to continue focusing on core technologies such as reusable spacecraft and heavy-lift rockets, contributing to China's aerospace endeavors.
Summary: At the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Green and Sustainable Development Forum in Ningbo, National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Vice Chairman Shen Yueyue delivered a keynote address, reading a congratulatory letter from President Xi Jinping. Shen stated that Xi's letter demonstrates the importance he places on deepening exchanges among SCO countries and strengthening practical cooperation in green and sustainable development. She emphasized that promoting green and sustainable development within the SCO is a shared aspiration and key area for collaboration. Shen called for implementing global governance initiatives and building consensus on green development, advocating for technological innovation, industrial alignment, ecological protection, and enhanced people-to-people exchanges.
Summary: The China Multimodal Transport Development Alliance was established in Beijing on April 29th, spearheaded by the China State Railway Group. The alliance, co-founded with four other state-owned enterprises, aims to build the "95306 National Multimodal Transport Platform." This initiative includes constructing collaborative platforms for rail-sea and rail-road transport, as well as promoting technological innovation in the sector. The focus is on improving efficiency, reducing carbon emissions, and establishing a national multimodal transport service hotline. The alliance seeks to improve the coordination and standardization of multimodal transport across China.
Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of effectively coordinating domestic and international imperatives ("two overall situations") for the successful implementation of the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030). It highlights Xi Jinping's call to balance domestic and international dynamics, accelerate the construction of a new development pattern, and strive for a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan". The analysis stresses the need for a systemic approach, strategic initiative, and bottom-line thinking to navigate global changes and potential risks, advocating for strengthening China's industrial base and technological self-reliance. It also calls for expanding institutional opening-up and deepening mutually beneficial cooperation, while addressing global challenges and promoting global governance initiatives. To ensure the plan's success, the article underscores the importance of strong leadership, tailored implementation based on local conditions, and improved performance evaluation mechanisms.
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Summary: The jasmine flower industry in Guangxi's Hengzhou is thriving due to technological advancements and diversified products. AI-powered cameras and a "Digital Jasmine" platform aid in crop yield prediction and market transactions. The local government has invested in infrastructure and provided support to companies, including a Taiwanese-funded jasmine oil producer. The industry has expanded into tourism, food products, and potted plants, contributing significantly to local farmers' incomes. Hengzhou jasmine and jasmine tea are recognized as national geographical indications, and the industry is expanding into ASEAN markets via the China-ASEAN Expo.
Summary: China's latest mineral resource survey reveals it holds the top position globally in both reserves and production for numerous minerals, securing its status as a leading producer and processor. The report, announced at a Ministry of Natural Resources press conference on April 29th, highlights that China leads in reserves for 14 minerals and production for 17, including rare earths, tungsten, and tin. The value of China's mining industry accounts for 23.3% of its GDP, emphasizing its crucial role in the national economy. This dominance ensures stability for domestic supply chains and supports the growth of strategic emerging industries. The report suggests that China is making an important contribution to the global economy by securing global supply chains.
Summary: The *National Data Resources Survey Report (2025)*, released at the 9th Digital China Summit, indicates a rapid growth in China's data resources, with a total production of 52.26 ZB, a 27.28% year-on-year increase, primarily driven by enterprise data from industrial manufacturing and new fields like embodied AI and the low-altitude economy. Data sharing, opening, and authorized operation of public data have increased, with a rise in requests for data sharing and released amount of public data. Data circulation and cross-border data flow are also increasing, with an increase in enterprises buying data. Data is also identified as fueling new developments in AI, especially as the demands on AI move from general models to specialized industry data sets.
Summary: Starting April 1st, Chikungunya fever is classified as a Class B infectious disease under China's infectious disease prevention and control law. To prevent this acute infectious disease primarily transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, over 800 personnel from Anhui Province's disease control departments have deployed to monitor mosquito populations. They have established over 330 monitoring stations across 104 counties and districts in 16 cities to track mosquito population dynamics, habitat distribution, density changes, seasonal patterns, and disease transmission risk. This aims to create a mosquito control network. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced the expansion of its "secondary number refresh" service, which helps users unbind old internet application accounts, now covering 249 common applications and serving over 9.12 million users. MIIT also reported increased convenience in telecommunications services, with over 91% of services handled online. Furthermore, accessibility improvements for elderly and disabled users have been implemented across numerous websites and apps. Basic telecommunication companies have provided "one-click access to manual customer service" for seniors, serving nearly 700 million people. The report did not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) announced a significant increase in lending to agricultural sectors, with outstanding loans for grain and key agricultural products reaching 1.45 trillion yuan, a 20.34% increase, and "Huinong e-loan" reaching 2.08 trillion yuan. An ABC official stated that the bank will further improve financial services in rural areas, aiming to relocate 180 branches to townships and build 3,000 "Huinong service stations." ABC will also promote specialized loans and consumption loans, and implement normalized assistance policies to make credit services more accessible to farmers. The announcement focuses on domestic agricultural development and does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article discusses the prevalent issues in China's car rental market during the "May Day" holiday, including low-price baiting, hidden fees, and disputes over vehicle inspection. Xu Xinkong from the Hainan Automotive Rental Industry Association advises tourists to use official channels, avoid private car rental services, and carefully inspect vehicles, while also noting that proper companies would not force insurance purchases. Fu Yi, from the Hainan Provincial Market Supervision Bureau, stated that regulators are strengthening the supervision of the car rental industry and cracking down on illegal activities, such as inducing consumers to purchase "vehicle damage insurance" and demanding high vehicle repair fees when returning cars. Consumers are advised to complain to the platform in the event of a dispute through online channels, or report through the 12345 government service hotline if the channels are offline. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The city of Shouguang in Shandong province has implemented a program to regulate and support "xiaosanxiu" (small repair) vendors, providing designated service points for bicycle repair, shoe repair, and key cutting. Starting in 2025, the city established 18 initial service points with unified management, equipment, and a digital map for citizens. This initiative aims to balance the convenience these vendors provide with the need for urban order, addressing issues of traffic congestion and city aesthetics. Cui Guanglei, deputy director of the Shouguang Urban Management Bureau, emphasized the importance of managing the city with both order and consideration for the public. The city has expanded to 99 service locations, including 74 fixed stores.
Summary: A popular short-form drama ("mini-drama") series set in Changshan County, Zhejiang Province, has boosted tourism to the area, demonstrating the potential of these series to promote cultural tourism. The trend of "traveling following mini-dramas" aligns with the preferences for mobile viewing and experiential travel. While mini-dramas can effectively showcase local culture and boost regional economies, some suffer from formulaic content and a lack of cultural depth. To succeed, these productions must focus on unique regional characteristics and prioritize quality cultural expression over chasing fleeting trends.
Summary: Guizhou has initiated its 2026 city and county health check program, emphasizing a "check first, then update" mechanism. Hainan province is launching a new three-year action plan (2026-2028) to improve rural roads. Tibet has opened its first museum dedicated to the Tibetan language and script. The 2026 China (International) Fruit Conference was held in Kunming, Yunnan, bringing together domestic and international representatives from the fruit industry. Fuzhou, Fujian has launched its first community intelligent robot space station, utilizing 5G and AI to provide various services.
Summary: The concept of "Chinese-style security" is gaining traction on social media, with Chongqing attracting foreign tourists due to its unique cityscape, cuisine, and culture. These tourists find the everyday, safe environments particularly noteworthy. Improved entry policies have facilitated increased tourism to China, with Chongqing's airport experiencing a record 137,000 foreign arrivals in the first quarter of 2024, a 106% increase year-on-year. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Researchers at the Henan Academy of Sciences are utilizing space-based mutation techniques to develop new wheat varieties, such as "Yutong 125," which boasts higher yields and disease resistance. Seeds are sent into space aboard spacecraft like Shenzhou-4 to induce genetic mutations through radiation and microgravity. The process, involving extensive selection and testing, aims to overcome yield plateaus in the Huanghuai wheat region. "Fumai 2008" and "Yufeng 11" are previously created strains which have been widely produced. A new batch of seeds is being prepared for future space travel.
Summary: Xiaomi's automobile factory in Beijing has opened parts of its facilities to the public, popularizing "industrial tourism." Visitors can observe advanced manufacturing processes, including robotic assembly and high-pressure die casting. Zhao Liangtao, head of the factory's comprehensive management department, stated that the factory tailors explanations to different visitor groups, focusing on technical details for experts and educational aspects for students. The initiative allows the public to witness the scale of automated manufacturing while minimizing disruption to production.
Summary: A team led by Professor Deng Jianguo from Sichuan University of Light Chemical Technology has successfully applied a nano-silica composite emulsion to over 3,000 dinosaur egg fossils at the Qinglongshan National Nature Reserve in Hubei. This is reportedly the first time nano-materials have been used for overall preservation of such a large-scale dinosaur egg fossil site. The "nano-coating" aims to protect the 86-million-year-old fossils from weathering and erosion by consolidating the minerals and creating a protective barrier against air and moisture. Testing showed increased resistance to water, acid, temperature fluctuations, and aging after the treatment. By March of this year, the team was able to implement the spraying of the solution across the entire core fossil area.
Summary: The article discusses trademark infringement cases in China involving counterfeit products that "touch porcelain" (碰瓷) or imitate well-known brands, such as fake "Liu Shen" (六神) floral water and "Shan Zha Shu" (山楂树) beverages. Courts have ruled against sellers who could not prove they legally obtained the goods and were unaware of the trademark infringement. A case involving "Shan Zha Shu Xia" (山楂树下) beverages highlighted that similar packaging and lower prices indicated infringement and unfair competition, resulting in a ruling ordering the offending beverage company and convenience store to cease sales and compensate the trademark holder. The article focuses on the importance of sellers' due diligence and the legal consequences of selling counterfeit goods in China.
Summary: Two young men, Liu Jiang and Yan Jiangxu, in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, have been providing free meals to elderly residents in over 20 villages since September 2025 using a self-funded "Love Mobile Food Truck." Motivated by personal experience and a desire to support elderly people, they prepare and deliver home-style meals to those over 70 years old. Their immediate plan is to expand the service to 100 villages across Shanxi. The article does not mention any US-China relations, or any statements or actions of officials.
Summary: Hu Yuying, a student at Jinhua Polytechnic, stated her commitment to national security through diligent study and skilled service during a national security education class on April 15th. Hu emphasized her dedication to contributing to national and aviation security through her expertise in aircraft maintenance and drone technology, referencing her gold medal in the World Vocational Colleges Skills Competition and her team's victory in the National Youth Intelligent Unmanned System Application Competition. She highlighted using her drone skills for agricultural applications, identifying crop issues in rural areas. Her achievements underscore the importance of technical skills in safeguarding national interests. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of labor in achieving China's "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" goals, highlighting Xi Jinping's emphasis on labor as the fundamental force for societal progress. It stresses the need for workers to embody the spirit of model workers, craftsmanship, and dedication to contribute to socialist modernization. The piece underscores the necessity of fostering a social environment that values labor and provides platforms for workers' development, calling for breaking down employment barriers and promoting innovation. The article also advocates for strengthening labor unions to guide workers in aligning personal aspirations with national development.
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of perseverance and strategic focus for Chinese Communist Party (CCP) cadres in achieving genuine progress, particularly in the context of the upcoming 15th Five-Year Plan. It stresses the need to accurately identify problems, maintain consistent effort over time, and address difficult challenges head-on, rather than seeking quick wins. The piece advocates for adapting strategies to changing circumstances and avoiding a "one-size-fits-all" approach. Ultimately, it calls on cadres to avoid formalism and focus on tangible results to translate the 15th Five-Year Plan into reality. The article did not mention or allude to the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article emphasizes the use of digital technologies to promote ecological awareness and sustainable practices in China. It argues that digital platforms can enhance ecological education, drive green production, and enable more effective environmental governance through data integration and public participation. The piece suggests leveraging digital tools to create interactive platforms, incentivize low-carbon lifestyles, and build comprehensive monitoring systems for ecological preservation. It also advocates for developing digital ecological culture brands, promoting ecological literacy through short videos and other media, and encouraging online participation in ecological initiatives. This digital push aims to cultivate a society-wide commitment to ecological civilization.
Summary: This article discusses China's approach to regulating its rapidly developing AI sector through "sandbox regulation." It emphasizes the need to balance innovation with risk management by creating controlled environments for AI experimentation. The author advocates for classifying AI applications by risk level, using dynamic monitoring, and employing flexible regulatory tools. The author also calls for a supportive regulatory environment that encourages innovation while preventing the spread of risks, highlighting the importance of clear entry criteria, real-time monitoring, and well-defined exit strategies from the "sandbox." The goal is to promote the healthy and orderly development of China's AI industry.
Summary: During the National People's Congress, Xi Jinping stressed that major economic provinces like Jiangsu should explore new situations and solve new problems to provide experiences for the country. The article emphasizes that these provinces should lead in technological and industrial innovation, developing new quality productive forces tailored to their local conditions. They should also address challenges related to domestic and international economic cycles, supply and demand, and development and security and innovate institutionally, and contribute to common prosperity. The article does not explicitly mention the United States or U.S.-China relations. Examples are given from Jiangsu, Guangdong, Henan and Fujian provinces, where officials describe the innovative measures and positive results in their regions.
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Summary: Several new regulations came into effect in May focusing on domestic issues. The revised laws cover a range of topics including regulations on fishing, pharmaceuticals, SMS messaging, and quality control for products like fireworks. New regulations also address food safety issues related to online food sales and attempt to prevent the use of false business qualifications by online vendors. Stricter price transparency measures have also been introduced for the funeral industry.
Summary: The revised PRC Fisheries Law, passed on December 27, 2025, and effective May 1, 2026, emphasizes food safety, green development, and the protection of fishery producers' rights. The law strengthens regulations on aquaculture, including feed and waste management, and updates fishing practices, including controlling fishing capacity. It clarifies the division of responsibilities and law enforcement powers between fishery law enforcement agencies and coast guard agencies. The law seeks to address the issue of illegal fishing vessels and encourages the use of recommended fishing gear.
Summary: China's State Council revised the "Implementation Regulations of the Drug Administration Law," effective May 15, 2026, to refine drug regulation and promote high-quality development in the pharmaceutical industry. The revisions encourage pharmaceutical innovation through measures like accelerated registration procedures for breakthrough therapies and market exclusivity for certain pediatric and rare disease drugs. The regulations also strengthen oversight of drug production, including stricter requirements for contract manufacturing, overseas production standards, and refined management of traditional Chinese medicine. Finally, the rules clarify drug safety supervision, detail definitions of counterfeit drugs, and enhance regulation of online drug sales, including prohibitions on certain drugs being sold online. No mention of the United States or U.S. - China relations were made.
Summary: China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has announced revised regulations for managing SMS services, set to take effect on May 1st. The updated rules aim to curb unwanted commercial spam by requiring providers to offer easy opt-out options and prevent them from obstructing users' attempts to unsubscribe. The regulations also target transparency in billing practices, mandating clear communication of service details and pricing. Furthermore, the revisions enhance traceability of SMS messages by requiring providers to transmit the sender's identity and retain detailed records for at least six months, facilitating investigations of unsolicited messages. These measures address persistent user complaints regarding excessive marketing texts and opaque charging practices.
Summary: This article, written by a Shandong Hi-Speed official, discusses the importance of providing considerate and precise service to the public. It highlights examples of highway workers offering assistance and support to travelers in need, like providing noodles and recovering lost livestock. The piece emphasizes the company's "front-line work method," which emphasizes understanding situations, solving problems, and evaluating effectiveness directly in the field. The Shandong Hi-Speed group strengthens Party leadership and proactively assumes responsibility, donates money to support the "Caring for the Elderly" activity, and helps about 47,000 elderly people in need of assistance. By focusing on small details and making people feel respected, the author argues that a positive relationship between the government and the public can be fostered.
Summary: Heilongjiang Province recognized several units and individuals with national awards ahead of the 2026 International Workers' Day. Awardees included technicians, factory workers, and historical preservationists, and institutions such as the Exhibition Hall of Evidence of Crime by Unit 731 of the Japanese Army, an automobile testing company, and a Siberian tiger breeding center. The Exhibition Hall of Evidence of Crime by Unit 731 of the Japanese Army was recognized for overseas evidence collection related to Japanese war crimes. The awards highlight contributions to technological innovation, industrial development, and historical preservation in Heilongjiang.
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Summary: This article highlights the Chinese government's focus on boosting domestic consumption through various initiatives. These initiatives include promoting domestic brands ("Guochao"), offering subsidies for new products and trade-ins, and integrating cultural experiences with tourism. The development of new consumption scenarios and the expansion of commercial infrastructure in rural areas are also emphasized as key drivers. The goal is to establish an economic model driven by domestic demand and consumption-led growth. The article asserts that China has increased confidence in its development as a result of these policies.
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Summary: The 2025 National Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries were announced in Beijing, highlighting significant finds across various periods, including the origins of Chinese civilization, the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties. Discoveries like the Nanzuo site in Gansu, dating back 5100-4700 years, are challenging previous understandings of early civilization along the Yellow River. The Zhengjiagou site in Hebei extends the timeline of Hongshan culture, while the Zhengzhou Shangcheng site reveals a well-planned early Shang capital with advanced infrastructure. These discoveries, often aided by multidisciplinary approaches, are providing archaeological evidence for the evolution of Chinese civilization.
Summary: The Party Secretary of the Beijing University of Science and Technology (北科大) discusses the construction of its雄安校区 campus as part of the broader雄安新区 development plan. The new campus aims to facilitate the university's development by focusing on emerging and interdisciplinary subjects, as well as promoting industry-education integration. The university intends to align its academic strengths with雄安新区's industrial needs, fostering regional innovation and development. The goal is to integrate education and talent development with industrial and innovation chains. By embedding students in the雄安新区 project, the university hopes to instill a sense of national purpose and innovation.
Summary: The China (Beijing) Aerospace Science Center, a new immersive space experience hall, opened in Beijing on April 28th. The center features six themed exhibition areas showcasing China's space exploration milestones, including a replica of the Tiangong space station core module and lunar base simulations with rover driving experiences. It also includes specialized laboratories designed for young people and educational content, guided by institutions such as the Deep Space Exploration Laboratory. The center features interactive exhibits on lunar base construction and the "Zhurong" Mars rover. Visitors can also use virtual reality equipment to simulate interstellar travel.
Summary: Guangdong province is launching a new province-wide political education (思政) course called "Guangdong Practices at the Forefront" in universities starting in the fall of 2025, aiming to connect theory with practice. The course will focus on 10 topics including high-quality economic development, the Greater Bay Area, and technological innovation, using practical teaching and social engagement to bridge the gap between traditional classroom learning and real-world experience. Students will visit various locations like smart factories and medical cooperation pilot hospitals, fostering a sense of innovation and responsibility. The initiative involves systemic reforms such as expert-led curriculum development and leaders delivering political education lectures. The goal is to inspire students to align their growth with national development and transform belief into action.
Summary: China Meteorological Administration announced the second AI-powered weather forecasting model demonstration plan on April 29th, focusing on short-term (0-15 days), very short term (0-3 hours), and seasonal (15-60 days) forecasting. The plan aims to foster innovation by soliciting global teams to compete and address key forecasting challenges, particularly in convective storms and climate prediction. The initiative, running until October 2027, will evaluate models for operational use, building on the success of previous models like "Fuxi" and "Fengwu."
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Summary: Su Yunkai, a Taiwanese businessman and deputy director of the Kunming Association of Taiwan-funded Enterprises, is promoting Yunnan coffee and facilitating cross-strait youth exchanges. He initially came to Yunnan to promote agricultural technology but found success after winning a local entrepreneurship competition. He now operates a coffee brand and trading company, noting Yunnan's growing importance as a coffee producer and its increasing popularity in Taiwan. Su is actively involved in organizing exchange programs for Taiwanese youth to visit Yunnan, aiming to dispel misconceptions and foster understanding. He hopes to encourage more Taiwanese youth to start businesses in Yunnan.
Summary: A Ministry of Civil Affairs press conference on April 29th highlighted increased efforts in social security, elderly care, social affairs management, and child welfare. The Ministry is promoting social assistance legislation and has allocated 156.68 billion yuan in central government subsidies for people in need. Efforts to strengthen elderly care include bolstering safety management in care facilities and promoting community-based, mutual aid elderly care services. Newly revised regulations on funeral management also came into effect, and convenient services were upgraded to better serve the people.
Summary: The article profiles Xie Chao, the head of a metering team at the State Grid Corporation of China's Xiaoshan branch in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Xie was recognized for her dedication to accurate electricity metering, her innovative solutions such as developing an automated acceptance tool for new residential electricity meters, and her leadership in improving the efficiency and quality of her team's work. She won first place in the electricity track of the inaugural "Red Flag Cup" national team leader competition. She also received the National May Day Labor Medal. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Xu Yuanzi Township Health Center in Shandong Province has implemented a novel, cost-effective solution using repurposed soy sauce bottles to manage elderly residents' queues for annual health checkups. This system, where residents insert their ID cards into labeled bottles to secure their place in line, eliminates the need for early morning queuing and reduces staff workload. Deputy Director Wu Hongyan conceived the idea to address past issues with overcrowding and inefficiency during the annual health checkup period for over 1900 residents aged 65 and older. The implementation of this system reduced the time spent on checkups from 25 to 20 days. The health center staff worked together to ensure the placement and use of the bottles was readily understandable.
Summary: The article praises a simple, cost-free innovation – repurposing a soy sauce bottle to manage patient flow – implemented at a local clinic to alleviate long wait times and anxiety for elderly patients undergoing physical examinations. This "grassroots" solution highlights the importance of empathetic, people-centered governance and problem-solving. The article argues that by understanding and addressing the practical needs of the population, even seemingly insignificant measures can significantly improve people's lives. It encourages local governments to adopt similar innovative, empathetic approaches to address livelihood issues, thereby strengthening public welfare. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A "field classroom" labor activity was conducted in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province. Chengxu Community and Banqiao Yihai Elementary School partnered to allow children to participate in planting, weeding, and watering activities at the community farm. The children experienced the difficulties and joys of agricultural labor. Community workers guided the children in planting green pepper seedlings.
Summary: A woman was saved from drowning on a Hainan beach by a vacationing nurse couple from Zhejiang University First Affiliated Hospital. The nurses, Jiang Zhiwen and Yuan Yuan, performed CPR and rescue breathing, successfully reviving the woman after she had stopped breathing and had no pulse. Bystanders helped clear a path for emergency services, and the nurses briefed the arriving paramedics and the woman's family on the critical details of the rescue. The rescued woman was transferred to a higher-level hospital and is in better condition. The article makes no mention of the United States or US-China relations.
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Summary: The Chinese delegation to the Sixth Asian Beach Games (ABG) in Hainan secured the top spot in both the gold and total medal count, achieving record highs in both categories. Delegation Secretary-General Zhang Xin noted breakthroughs in multiple areas and historical progress in several sports. The delegation aimed to solidify existing strengths, explore potential, and cultivate new growth areas in beach sports. Zhang Xin also acknowledged shortcomings in certain sports, including the absence of a team in beach kabaddi and weaknesses in emerging sports like Jujutsu and Teqball.
Summary: Iranian beach athletics athlete Hassan Ajami Bakhtiari repeatedly expressed gratitude to China at the Asian Beach Games. He praised the Chinese athletes Chen Chengyu and Zhang Haochen. Athletes from 45 delegations gathered in Sanya to compete and foster understanding. International Olympic Committee honorary president Thomas Bach, who was invited to the event, remarked on the unity felt in Sanya.
Summary: At a press conference, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and the Sanya Asian Beach Games (ABG) Organizing Committee jointly reviewed the achievements of the Games. Zou Jiaming, Deputy Secretary-General of the Sanya ABG Organizing Committee, highlighted the Games' success in integrating sports and tourism, upgrading the city, enhancing international influence, and promoting the Hainan Free Trade Port. OCA Director General Husain Al-Musallam praised the event as a green, safe, simple, and digital model, noting Chinese athlete Zhao Yicheng's world record in speed climbing. OCA Vice President Song Luzeng summarized the Games with five highlights, including excellent facilities, strong organizational support, outstanding competitive results, broad participation, and prominent media coverage. The statements did not mention the U.S. or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article discusses the integration of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) with sports in China, arguing that this fusion helps preserve and promote traditional culture by engaging a wider audience. The author notes that current integration efforts sometimes lack depth and suggests focusing on deep extraction of ICH core values, categorizing and converting them into sports-related applications. They advocate for innovative mechanisms that shift policy focus towards creating experiential settings and open access to sports infrastructure for ICH integration. The piece emphasizes the need for technological and talent-based support, including digital preservation of ICH and interdisciplinary education, to foster sustainable innovation in this area.
Summary: The 2026 National Chess Championship (Team) concluded in Daqing, Heilongjiang, with Chongqing's men's team and Hebei's women's team winning their first titles in the event. The Chongqing men's team finished undefeated after nine rounds, while the Hebei women's team secured victory with a final-round win. Hangzhou and Shanghai placed second and third in the men's division, respectively. Jiangsu and Hangzhou took the corresponding positions in the women's division. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Beijing Changping district hosted the Classic race of the Beijing Kangyang 2026 Mountain Running World Cup, the only Asian stop in the global series. Athletes from 19 countries, including the United States, competed in the event. Kenyan runners won the elite men's and women's Classic races, while Italian and Swiss runners won the elite Uphill races at the Great Wall. Chinese athletes achieved fifth and tenth place in the women's and men's elite Classic races, respectively.
Summary: China's General Administration of Sport's Mountaineering Management Center issued a notice on April 29th to tighten safety controls for mountaineering and outdoor activities during the rainy season. The notice emphasizes strict enforcement of approval processes for high-altitude activities like mountain running and rock climbing, focusing on mitigating risks from rain, lightning, floods, and landslides. It calls for detailed safety measures, emergency plans, and a "circuit breaker" mechanism to halt activities when necessary. Local sports administrations are instructed to coordinate with various departments like public security, transportation, and meteorology to improve emergency response and clarify responsibilities. The notice does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Hubei province launched its 2026 "Double Hundred" mass fitness campaign in Huanggang and Xiaogan, featuring various sports events and activities intended to promote health and community engagement. The campaign, running from April to November, includes events in both rural towns and urban communities across the province. Activities range from traditional sports like basketball and table tennis to cultural performances and fitness workshops led by sports professionals and champions. The initiative aims to make fitness more accessible to residents and integrate sports with local development to benefit the broader population. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: The 9th Digital China Summit's digital sports forum was held in Fuzhou, Fujian, focusing on the integration of digital technology and sports. Discussions centered on integrating new information technologies like AI and big data into sports and planning for digital sports development during the 15th Five-Year Plan. The forum highlighted innovations such as the Internet of Things and cloud broadcasting to support the upgrading of competitive sports, fitness, and the sports industry. The event was hosted by the General Administration of Sport of China and organized by the Sports Information Center of the General Administration of Sport and the Fujian Provincial Sports Bureau. There was no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
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Summary: By 2026, Yunnan province is undergoing an agricultural transformation leveraging technology and green practices, aiming for high-quality development of its unique plateau agriculture. Digital technologies like IoT, big data, and AI are being used to modernize farming practices, with over 100 digital agriculture innovation bases established, boosting online retail sales of agricultural products. The province is also focused on seed industry revitalization, developing national-level breeding bases to secure its agricultural "chip." Yunnan is also promoting its agricultural products globally, with several geographical indication products included in the China-EU agreement. The report does not mention the United States.
Summary: Zhang Xue motorcycles debuted at the Canton Fair and quickly became a popular product, highlighting the advancements of "Made in China." China's motorcycle industry, having developed a complete and resilient industrial chain over decades, is accelerating its transformation towards electrification, intelligence, and high-end manufacturing. Chinese motorcycles, ranging from small electric scooters to high-performance models, are expanding into overseas markets, selling well in Latin America, Africa, and Europe.
Summary: Chinese motorcycle exports are booming, with a 21.33% increase in volume and a 26.78% increase in value in 2025, driven by demand from Africa, Latin America, Europe, and Southeast Asia. The city of Jiangmen is a major production hub, with one in five exported motorcycles bearing its label. This success is attributed to intelligent manufacturing, supply chain upgrades, and a shift from low-cost competition to brand building and quality improvement. Local government support and financial services are also playing a key role in this transformation. The article makes no mention of the U.S. or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: Xinjiang's People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is focused on strengthening the "sense of community of the Chinese nation" through various initiatives, including promoting cultural activities and ethnic unity. CPPCC members are engaging with local communities to disseminate policies and address local concerns, with over 10,000 members working at the grassroots level. Activities include promoting the history of Xinjiang as part of China, encouraging cultural preservation, and fostering interaction between different ethnic groups. The goal is to build a shared national identity and promote social harmony within the region. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: This article addresses the growing challenge of providing adequate care for China's increasing population of elderly individuals living alone. It suggests strengthening a diversified elderly care service system by clarifying the responsibilities of government, market, families, and society, with an emphasis on community-based home care services. The author stresses leveraging technology to enhance elderly care, including AI and data-driven solutions, while also focusing on narrowing the urban-rural gap in elderly care provisions. Finally, the author emphasizes the importance of training and supporting the elderly care workforce and strengthening the role of family in elderly care, including incentives for family members who provide care. The article does not discuss or allude to the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Central Committee of the China Democratic League proposed addressing the safety risks and quality of life issues posed by aging electrical infrastructure in older residential areas. Their proposal outlines problems including weak safety awareness, lagging standards, and funding obstacles. They suggest strengthening public awareness campaigns, implementing smart monitoring systems for real-time warnings, and adopting differentiated renovation plans based on detailed surveys. The proposal also calls for diversified funding sources, including government funds, market operations, resident participation, and social capital, to support the necessary upgrades.
Summary: National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) member and orthopedic director Huang Wei has focused his research on health-related issues, particularly osteoporosis. His investigations revealed low awareness, diagnosis, and treatment rates of osteoporosis among the elderly in rural communities across Chongqing, Guizhou, Tibet, and Inner Mongolia. Consequently, he submitted proposals during the National People's Congress (NPC) meetings, advocating for the inclusion of osteoporosis and related diseases into the national chronic disease prevention system. Huang also emphasizes bringing grassroots voices to policymakers, particularly regarding healthcare technology in rural areas.
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Summary: The article highlights local innovations in grassroots governance and conflict resolution across three locations in China, showcasing modern adaptations of the "Fengqiao Experience." In Zhejiang's Zhuji city, the "Three Matters, Separate Discussions" mechanism facilitates democratic consultation. In Jiangxi's Xunwu county, the "Linking Villages and Households" initiative ensures cadres connect with residents to address their concerns, supported by legal service teams. Guangdong's Jiaoling county utilizes traditional Hakka walled villages as mediation spaces, resolving disputes through community discussion and leveraging local customs. No mentions of the United States or U.S.-China relations were made in the article.
Summary: The article discusses the challenges that AI and big data technologies pose to the protection of workers' rights in China, highlighting instances of companies using technology to monitor employees excessively and discriminate against job applicants. It emphasizes that technological applications cannot override legal constraints, calling for stricter regulations and enforcement to address issues like algorithm-based assessments and discrimination. The piece advocates for clarifying the legal boundaries of digital management by employers and strengthening the digital regulatory capabilities of labor protection departments. Overall, the article stresses the need for a collective effort from government, businesses, and society to safeguard labor rights in the digital age. The United States is not mentioned in the article.
Summary: A woman, Ms. He, sued Ctrip, a travel platform, after her confirmed hotel booking was canceled and the same room was later available at a higher price. Ctrip argued they were only a booking service and not responsible for the hotel's actions, but the court ruled in favor of Ms. He, stating Ctrip was liable for the inaccurate room availability information and must compensate her for the original booking and price difference. The judge noted that regulations need to be in place to prevent similar scenarios in the future. The court did not find evidence of fraudulent intent. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Beijing People's Procuratorate No. 2 Branch (二分院) and the Chinese People's Public Security University (公安大学) are collaborating to cultivate legal talent through a "joint construction" (检校共建) initiative. This involves prosecutors delivering practical legal courses based on real cases, such as cross-border telecom fraud, to university students. Simultaneously, university scholars provide lectures to prosecutors on topics like evidence law and interrogation techniques. The initiative aims to bridge the gap between legal theory and judicial practice, enhancing both academic research and prosecutorial capabilities. They are also collaborating on joint research projects into things such as virtual currency crimes. Zhang Yukun, the Procuratorate Chief, emphasized the goal of establishing a lasting mechanism for integrating judicial practice and legal education.
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Summary: The 16th Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF) concluded, showcasing the power of the Chinese film market. Discussions at the festival focused on the impact of AI on filmmaking, with creators expressing both excitement and concern about its potential to change authorship and aesthetics. The festival also highlighted the integration of "film+" with technologies like VR and AR, as well as with tourism and other industries, to create a new film economy. The festival included screenings of 260 foreign and domestic films, attracting large audiences and sparking conversations about what defines a "good" movie. The BJIFF emphasized the importance of both economic and cultural factors in the sustainable development of the Chinese film industry. There was no explicit mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the provided text.
Summary: An actor from the Northern Kunqu Opera Theater discusses the revival of the classic Kunqu opera, "Fifteen Strings of Cash" (《十五贯》). The revival aims to attract a younger audience by streamlining the plot, modernizing the language, and focusing on the protagonist's wisdom and integrity. The actor highlights the play's significance for showcasing the skills of Kunqu opera's "old male" (老生) actors and promoting the art form's enduring appeal. The production seeks to balance traditional aesthetics with modern sensibilities to engage new audiences. Initial audience feedback from social media platforms indicates success with younger audiences.
Summary: This article is written by an unnamed young actor who reflects on their approach to acting and character development. The actor emphasizes the importance of understanding a character's inner motivations, struggles, and the impact of their time period. They believe true performance lies in portraying characters authentically and connecting with the audience through shared emotions. They also highlights the need for actors to focus on the inner logic of their characters and the values they represent, such as justice and perseverance. The actor concludes that the role of an actor is to bridge the gap between characters and the audience, honestly conveying their emotions and experiences. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The playwright of the musical drama "Love Song," which tells the life story of Wang Luobin, discusses their creative process and the desire to capture Wang's unwavering dedication to folk songs despite personal hardships. The playwright emphasizes Wang's pure love for the land, music, and beauty as the soul of his work and a continuation of the *Classic of Poetry* tradition. The play employs a unique episodic structure, inspired by the modern short video format, and was directed by Zhang Guoli. The play aimed to honor Wang Luobin and his legacy and has been met with positive and emotional responses from the audience.
Summary: The director of the TV series "Eight Thousand Miles of Cloud and Moon" emphasizes the show's focus on the resilience and rebirth of the Chinese people during the Second Sino-Japanese War, highlighting the experiences of ordinary citizens through the lens of the "people's perspective." The series uses the imagery of the Mid-Autumn Festival moon to connect the front lines with the home front, and the living with the dead, showcasing the enduring desire for reunion, peace, and dignity amidst hardship. The director notes the production team strived for historical accuracy in details ranging from currency to clothing, aiming to create a realistic portrayal of the era. The director hopes to show that the Chinese are not a warlike people, but neither will they be submissive to others.
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■ It is necessary to stand at the strategic height of coordinating high-quality development and high-level security, fully recognize the importance of doing a good job in disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief, focus on improving the ability to prevent and respond to natural disasters, and effectively safeguard the lives and property of the people.
■ Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee has insisted on taking disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief work as a major task related to the safety of the people and national security, and has made many deployments in terms of concept transformation, system reform, system construction, and capacity improvement, leading the vast number of cadres and the masses to overcome a series of major and extremely serious natural disasters, and the results have been universally recognized. In practice, it is deeply recognized that doing a good job in disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief work must adhere to the comprehensive leadership of the Party, adhere to the people first and life first, adhere to respecting the laws of nature, adhere to prevention first, adhere to reform and innovation, adhere to the concept of system, and adhere to social co-governance.
■ Reducing disaster risks and mitigating disaster losses focuses on prevention in advance. It is necessary to establish a bottom-line thinking and extreme thinking, and constantly improve the ability to respond to major disasters. It is necessary to strengthen the scientific and technological support and legal protection for responding to natural disasters. The grassroots level is the front line for resisting natural disasters, and the work of grasping the grassroots level and strengthening the foundation must not be relaxed at all times. It is necessary to conscientiously grasp the implementation of responsibilities for disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief.
■ Establish and practice a correct view of political achievements, and resolutely correct the tendency to emphasize development over safety and emphasize disaster relief over prevention.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), April 29th. The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held its 25th collective study on the afternoon of April 28th on improving the ability to prevent, mitigate, and provide disaster relief. Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, emphasized when presiding over the study that it is necessary to stand at the strategic height of coordinating high-quality development and high-level security, fully recognize the importance of doing a good job in disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief, focus on improving the ability to prevent and respond to natural disasters, and effectively safeguard the lives and property of the people.
Yang Siquan (杨思全), of the National Institute of Natural Disaster Prevention of the Ministry of Emergency Management (应急管理部), gave an explanation on this issue and put forward work suggestions. The comrades of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee listened carefully to the explanation and conducted discussions.
Xi Jinping (习近平) made an important speech after listening to the explanation and discussion. He pointed out that China has a vast territory, complex geography, and diverse climate, and natural disasters are prone to occur frequently. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee has insisted on taking disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief work as a major task related to the safety of the people and national security, and has made many deployments in terms of concept transformation, system reform, system construction, and capacity improvement, leading the vast number of cadres and the masses to overcome a series of major and extremely serious natural disasters, and the results have been universally recognized. In practice, it is deeply recognized that doing a good job in disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief work must adhere to the comprehensive leadership of the Party, adhere to the people first and life first, adhere to respecting the laws of nature, adhere to prevention first, adhere to reform and innovation, adhere to the concept of system, and adhere to social co-governance.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that reducing disaster risks and mitigating disaster losses focuses on prevention in advance. It is necessary to adhere to source control and integrate safety resilience requirements into territorial space planning and various construction plans. Strengthen hidden danger investigation and systematically sort out and accurately identify various disaster risks. Strengthen engineering governance, reasonably improve the design standards of key infrastructure in important cities and disaster-prone areas, and step up efforts to make up for relevant shortcomings.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that it is necessary to establish a bottom-line thinking and extreme thinking, and constantly improve the ability to respond to major disasters. Conduct in-depth research and judgment on the risks of major disasters, strengthen monitoring and early warning, and improve emergency plans. Improve the emergency command mechanism under the framework of great safety and great emergency, and promote the construction of national comprehensive fire and rescue teams and national regional emergency rescue centers. Coordinate and do a good job in comprehensive rescue, transitional resettlement, and reconstruction.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that it is necessary to strengthen the scientific and technological support and legal protection for responding to natural disasters. Promote scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation in the emergency field, strengthen the construction of emergency disciplines and talent training, conduct in-depth basic research on natural disasters, and deepen international exchanges and cooperation. Improve the legal system in the emergency field and further enhance the legalization level of disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that the grassroots level is the front line for resisting natural disasters, and the work of grasping the grassroots level and strengthening the foundation must not be relaxed at all times. It is necessary to improve the grassroots emergency rescue force system, strengthen the construction of emergency places and the guarantee of materials and equipment, and do a good job in mass monitoring, mass prevention, and mass governance. Increase the intensity of popular science publicity and improve the public's awareness and ability to prevent and avoid disasters.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that it is necessary to conscientiously grasp the implementation of responsibilities for disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief. All regions and relevant departments must **守土尽责** (shǒu tǔ jìn zé - "guard the territory and fulfill one's duty," to be responsible for one's own post), adhere to the combination of unification and division, the connection between prevention and rescue, and the linkage between upper and lower levels, and promote the formation of a working pattern of joint management, collaborative cooperation. Establish and practice a correct view of political achievements, and resolutely correct the tendency to emphasize development over safety and emphasize disaster relief over prevention. Strengthen education and training to improve the ability of cadres at all levels to prevent, mitigate, and provide disaster relief.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 29th. On April 29th, President Xi Jinping (习近平) sent a congratulatory letter to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Green and Sustainable Development Forum.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that China adheres to the concept that **绿水青山就是金山银山** (lǜ shuǐ qīng shān jiù shì jīn shān yín shān - "green mountains and clear water are gold and silver mountains," environmental protection is essential for economic prosperity), unswervingly follows the path of ecological priority and green development, and is a participant, contributor, and leader in global ecological civilization construction.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that this year marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the first year of China's "15th Five-Year Plan." China is willing to work with all parties to promote the "Shanghai Spirit," demonstrate "SCO responsibility," strengthen policy alignment, experience exchange, and project cooperation, promote the improvement of the global environmental governance system, and work together to build a clean, beautiful, and sustainable world.
The forum opened on the same day in Ningbo (宁波), Zhejiang (浙江) Province, with the theme of "Implementing Global Governance Initiatives and Jointly Promoting Green and Sustainable Development of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation," and was co-sponsored by the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Committee on Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (生态环境部), and the People's Government of Zhejiang Province (浙江省人民政府).
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"Respect the pioneering spirit of the grassroots and the masses, reform and innovate, work diligently and practically, and achieve success over time." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) recently made important instructions and emphasized the need to further summarize and utilize the "Yiwu Development Experience (义乌发展经验)."
On March 30 this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) participated in the capital's voluntary tree planting activity with cadres and the masses. Shoveling soil, building embankments, watering... the skilled movements revealed the unchanging essence of labor over the years.
From becoming the country with the largest and fastest increase in greening globally to the total economic volume reaching a new level of 140 trillion yuan, the remarkable achievements since the new era have all condensed the hard work of laborers, fully demonstrating that "Chinese-style modernization is achieved through hard work, and great undertakings are accomplished through practical efforts."
Embarking on a new journey and setting sail again, high-quality development is the primary task of building a socialist modern country in all respects.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out the main point: "We must focus on promoting high-quality development and mobilize and inspire the vast number of workers and working people to make contributions and innovate."
To promote high-quality development, labor is an important foundation.
"High-quality development cannot be separated from high-quality labor creation." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) attaches great importance to the role of the vast number of working people as the main force and has repeatedly encouraged everyone.
In March 2024, at the deliberation site of the Jiangsu delegation to the Second Session of the 14th National People's Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) had face-to-face exchanges with female welder Sun Jingnan (孙景南), and his words filled the hearts of industrial workers with strength:
"Great craftsmen are the cornerstone and pillars of our Chinese nation's edifice. After the founding of New China, we started from scratch, from nothing to something, introducing, digesting, absorbing, and redeveloping, relying on our own efforts and working hard to create an independent and self-reliant manufacturing foundation."
From the "new three items" leading the trend to the artificial intelligence large model stunning the world, and then to the manufacturing added value scale maintaining the world's first for 16 consecutive years... one high-quality development achievement after another relies on the innovation and creation of the working people.
Emphasizing that the technical worker team "plays an important role in promoting high-quality economic development"; pointing out that "scientific researchers are the backbone of promoting Chinese-style modernization"... the General Secretary's repeated care and condolences, and heartwarming words, have gathered the strength of hundreds of millions of workers.
Promoting high-quality development puts forward new requirements for workers.
"Overcoming difficulties in the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, forging ahead in the development and growth of emerging industries, and boldly exploring in the cultivation and growth of future industries." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out the direction for achieving high-quality labor creation.
In January 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to Benxi (本溪), Liaoning (辽宁), to inspect the Third Cold Rolling Mill of Benxi Iron and Steel Plate Cold Rolling General Plant (本钢板材冷轧总厂第三冷轧厂).
Looking at the labor models, young technical backbones, and front-line employee representatives in front of him, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) said earnestly: "We must continue to work hard, make up for the shortcomings, optimize the structure, and continue to contribute more to Chinese-style modernization."
Anchored in "intelligent transformation and digital transformation," the labor productivity of this century-old steel enterprise has increased by 65%, the sales volume of automotive steel has reached the best level in history, and the company's production record has been refreshed many times this year.
At the symposium with representatives of national labor models, he emphasized that "contemporary workers should not only have strength, but also have wisdom and technology, and be able to invent and innovate"; at Taiyuan Iron and Steel (太钢) in Shanxi (山西), he expressed his hope to employee representatives that they would "take new and greater steps in supporting advanced manufacturing"; during his inspection of Rizhao Port (日照港) in Shandong (山东), he pointed out that "new quality productive forces can also be developed through the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries"... The General Secretary's overall planning and careful guidance lead the vast number of workers to explore new technologies and activate new momentum.
Promoting high-quality development requires strengthening the new type of workforce.
"Strive to build a knowledge-based, skilled, and innovative workforce." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has this in mind.
In November 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized at the National Labor Model and Advanced Worker Commendation Conference: "Create a vast industrial workforce with ideals and beliefs, understanding of technology and innovation, and the courage to take responsibility and make contributions."
In less than a month, the General Secretary sent a letter to congratulate the opening of the first National Vocational Skills Competition, emphasizing "encouraging more workers, especially the younger generation, to take the road of skill-based talent and skill-based service to the country, and cultivate more highly skilled talents and great craftsmen."
From personally guiding the deepening of the reform of the industrial worker team construction, to deploying large-scale vocational skills training, to instructing "striving to make the WorldSkills Competition a new and widely influential event," major changes have taken place in the quality structure of China's labor force, with the total number of skilled workers exceeding 220 million, including more than 72 million highly skilled talents, and talent advantages are more prominent.
Labor creates happiness, and hard work achieves great undertakings.
In March this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) and encouraged cadres and employees to "**一马当先** (yī mǎ dāng xiān - "take the lead," to be in the forefront; to take the initiative) and work diligently and steadily to create a better future for Xiong'an (雄安) together."
High-quality development has a myriad of appearances, and hundreds of millions of working people are the main force, and everyone is the protagonist. "Everyone's contribution can be gathered into an overwhelming force, and every person's accomplishment of one thing and doing a good job can push the cause of the Party and the country forward."
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on April 29th (Reporter Peng Bo (彭波)) Zhao Leji (赵乐际), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), held a symposium with NPC deputies attending the 22nd meeting of the 14th NPC Standing Committee on the afternoon of the 29th. He emphasized the need to conscientiously study and understand the important speech and spirit of the 14th NPC Fourth Session by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), to perform duties and play the role of deputies in accordance with the law, and to contribute to a good start for the "15th Five-Year Plan."
At the symposium, the deputies spoke about implementing the spirit of the conference, combined with their actual performance of duties, and put forward opinions and suggestions. Zhao Leji (赵乐际) listened carefully and exchanged views with the deputies in depth. He said that the "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a critical period for laying the foundation and fully exerting efforts to basically realize socialist modernization. Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, we must unite our efforts, overcome difficulties, and unswervingly manage our own affairs well. NPC deputies should consciously unify their thoughts and actions with the Party Central Committee's analysis and judgment of the situation and its decisions and deployments, integrate the performance of their duties as deputies and the performance of their duties into the overall situation of the Party and the country, and contribute the wisdom and strength of deputies in serving the development of the "15th Five-Year Plan." It is necessary to give play to their own professional expertise, make contributions to their posts, actively publicize the spirit of the conference, and lead the surrounding masses to think in one direction and work together. Deputies' motions and suggestions have an important role in promoting the strengthening and improvement of relevant work. During this year's conference, the deputies put forward 8,406 suggestions, involving all aspects of economic and social development. The undertaking units should strengthen communication with the deputies throughout the whole process, improve the quality and efficiency of handling, and effectively promote the solution of problems and the improvement of work. It is hoped that the deputies will continue to put forward high-quality opinions and suggestions on the implementation of the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline, tell the truth, offer practical solutions, and seek practical results.
Zhao Leji (赵乐际) pointed out that it is necessary to demonstrate the responsibility of deputies in promoting the high-quality development of the work of the National People's Congress (NPC). The main points of the work of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) for 2026 and the plans for legislation, supervision, deputies, and foreign affairs have been officially issued and implemented. It is hoped that the deputies will, as always, support and participate in the work of the Standing Committee, conduct in-depth research in accordance with the arrangements of the main points and plans, put forward more practical and feasible opinions and suggestions, and jointly promote the improvement of the quality and efficiency of the work of the National People's Congress (NPC). It is necessary to actively study and publicize the three important laws passed by this year's conference: the Ecological Environment Code, the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, and the National Development Planning Law, and act as legal publicity officers in daily work and life, promote the spirit of the rule of law, and help promote the implementation of the law.
Zhao Leji (赵乐际) emphasized the need to play the role of deputies as a bridge in closely connecting with the people. Consciously practice whole-process people's democracy, establish a firm mass viewpoint, enhance the ability to do mass work, and draw wisdom from the practice of the people. Actively participate in centralized inspections and special research activities, make good use of platforms such as deputies' home stations, deputies' groups, and grassroots legislative liaison points, listen to and reflect the voices and aspirations of the masses, and embody public opinion and wisdom in deliberation speeches and motions and suggestions, so as to promote laws and policies to better connect with the people, understand public sentiment, gather public wisdom, and benefit people's livelihoods.
Li Hongzhong (李鸿忠), a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), presided over the symposium.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Fuzhou, April 29th (Reporters Qi Zhongxi (齐中熙) and Gao Kang (高亢)) The 9th Digital China Summit opened in Fuzhou (福州) on the 29th. Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a keynote speech.
Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) stated that deeply advancing the construction of Digital China and enhancing the level of digital and intelligent development are strategic tasks concerning the overall situation of Chinese-style modernization. The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core attaches great importance to the construction of Digital China, and has made a series of decisions and deployments. China's digital infrastructure is constantly improving, the potential of data elements is continuously released, and new industries and new models are constantly emerging, painting a picture of development that is new and promising.
Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) pointed out that the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation is accelerating breakthroughs, and digital and intelligent technologies represented by artificial intelligence are profoundly reshaping the global development landscape. The development of the digital economy is entering a new stage of the intelligent economy. It is necessary to grasp the general trend of artificial intelligence development, accelerate the construction of Digital China, comprehensively empower economic and social development, and inject strong impetus into Chinese-style modernization.
Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) talked about five perspectives on the development of artificial intelligence in China. First, adhere to independent innovation. China's artificial intelligence can only have the confidence to cope with any containment and suppression by following the path of independent innovation and development. It is necessary to deploy frontier technology exploration on multiple routes, promote the tackling of key core technologies across the entire chain, and continuously consolidate the leading position in the development of artificial intelligence. Second, adhere to application traction. China's artificial intelligence has advantages in a complete industrial system, rich data resources, and broad application scenarios. It is necessary to deeply implement the "Artificial Intelligence +" action, promote the deep integration of artificial intelligence and the real economy, and accelerate the cultivation and growth of new quality productive forces. Third, adhere to ecological collaboration. The development of artificial intelligence cannot be separated from a complete innovation ecosystem. It is necessary to continuously strengthen collaborative innovation, promote close collaboration between upstream and downstream of the innovation chain and industrial chain, and multiple entities, and promote the continuous improvement and prosperity of the artificial intelligence ecosystem. Fourth, adhere to openness and win-win cooperation. The development of artificial intelligence should not build closed walls, but should build bridges for mutually beneficial cooperation. It is necessary to implement the Global Artificial Intelligence Governance Initiative, deepen international cooperation in areas such as computing power, data, and talent, and better benefit the people of all countries. Fifth, adhere to safety and controllability. No matter how artificial intelligence develops, it should be utilized by humans and controlled by humans. It is necessary to coordinate development and security, improve systems, strengthen supervision, and promote the healthy and orderly development of artificial intelligence.
Before the opening ceremony, Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) visited the on-site experience area of the 9th Digital China Summit.
The theme of this summit is "Accelerating the Innovation and Development of Digital and Intelligent Technologies and Deeply Promoting the Construction of Digital China." About 1,200 people, including responsible comrades from relevant local governments and departments, business people, heads of industry organizations, and experts and scholars, attended the opening ceremony.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 29th, April 29th, Vice President Han Zheng (韩正) met with the President of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Dennis Francis, and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong (黄英贤) in Beijing (北京) respectively.
During the meeting with Dennis Francis, Han Zheng (韩正) stated that the current international situation is characterized by intertwined turbulence and changes, and the international system with the United Nations as its core is facing severe challenges. In September last year, President Xi Jinping (习近平) proposed the Global Governance Initiative, sending a clear signal of firmly defending the authority and central role of the United Nations, which has received widespread support from the international community. China is willing to take the implementation of the initiative as an opportunity to continuously deepen cooperation with the United Nations, support the United Nations General Assembly in adhering to true multilateralism, prioritizing development, and upholding integrity and innovation, and jointly safeguard world peace and security and promote development and prosperity.
Dennis Francis stated that China is a key partner of the United Nations and an important pillar of multilateralism. I appreciate the important initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平) and am willing to deepen cooperation with China to revitalize multilateralism and jointly promote global peace and development.
During the meeting with Penny Wong (黄英贤), Han Zheng (韩正) stated that Sino-Australian relations have made considerable progress over the past decade, but have also experienced twists and turns. In recent years, President Xi Jinping (习近平) and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have held multiple meetings, reaching important consensus, providing strategic guidance for the continued development of Sino-Australian relations, and promoting practical results in exchanges and cooperation between the two countries in various fields. China and Australia adhering to equal treatment, seeking common ground while reserving differences, and mutually beneficial cooperation are in the fundamental interests of both sides. China is willing to work with Australia to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, grasp the correct direction of the development of bilateral relations, strengthen the alignment of development strategies, enhance dialogue and exchanges, and build a more mature and stable, and more fruitful Sino-Australian comprehensive strategic partnership.
Penny Wong (黄英贤) stated that the current development momentum of Australia-China relations is good, and mutually beneficial cooperation is steadily advancing. Australia attaches great importance to Australia-China relations and is willing to strengthen communication and dialogue with China, expand pragmatic cooperation, and promote the continuous development of bilateral relations.
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The new journey is a new Long March. Entering the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, we have entered a crucial five years for building on past achievements and ushering in the basic realization of socialist modernization. The year 2026, as the starting year of the "15th Five-Year Plan," is of utmost importance for achieving effective initial results.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The '15th Five-Year Plan' proposal outlines a blueprint for China's economic and social development in the next five years, and also provides the world with a 'list of opportunities'." This important assertion demonstrates the broad vision and wide perspective of the Chinese Communists in the new era in coordinating the domestic and international situations, and provides practical direction and methodological guidance for us to effectively implement the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline.
On April 28, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) presided over a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, which pointed out: "We must adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, fully and accurately implement the new development concept, accelerate the construction of a new development pattern, better coordinate the domestic and international situations, and coordinate development and security," and "further strengthen the domestic circulation, optimize the domestic and international dual circulation, and strive to achieve a good start to the '15th Five-Year Plan'."
The torch of thought guides the path of practice. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) recently made an important instruction, pointing out: "Yiwu's small commodities have carved out a large market and developed into a large industry, forming the 'Yiwu Development Experience,' which is a successful practice of developing the county economy in accordance with local conditions." From "chicken feathers for sugar" to "world supermarket," Yiwu (义乌) has continuously written a new chapter of "small commodities, big market" with reform and innovation, practical work, and perseverance, with trade covering more than 230 countries and regions, and its foreign trade export volume ranking first among counties (cities, districts) in the country in 2025. The development of Yiwu (义乌) is a vivid example of coordinating the two major situations and promoting high-quality development on the new journey, and the "Yiwu Development Experience" provides valuable inspiration for us to effectively implement the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline.
To ensure a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan" and run well the key stage of the "15th Five-Year Plan," it is necessary to deeply understand and better coordinate the two major situations, and to run them through the entire process of plan implementation. We must establish and practice a correct view of political achievements, solve problems with reform, increase vitality with innovation, and seek practical results with hard work, find our position and enhance our advantages in better coordinating the two major situations, take firm steps one by one, lay a more solid foundation for the basic realization of socialist modernization, and make greater contributions to the cause of world peace and development with new leaps in China's development.
To effectively implement the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline, the primary task is to better coordinate the two major situations in terms of ideological understanding and working methods.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Leading cadres should have the two major situations in mind, one is the strategic overall situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and the other is the major changes unseen in a century in the world. This is the basic starting point for us to plan our work." Coordinating the two major situations marks the overall coordinate system for our party's governance in the new era.
The strategic overall situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation defines our development goals, directions, and tasks; the major changes unseen in a century in the world constitute the external environment and historical background of our country's development. The two major situations unfold in the same historical time and space, intertwining, interacting, and dialectically interacting simultaneously, with both opportunities and challenges, both mutual constraints and mutual promotion, forming an overall situation concerning where China is going and where the world is going.
In the historical context of the two major situations converging, without a strategic vision that takes into account both, it is impossible to discern the general trend of development and find the direction of development in the changing times; without proactive actions that take into account both, it is impossible to seize opportunities and take the initiative in the global changes. To effectively implement the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline, the primary task is to better coordinate the two major situations in terms of ideological understanding and working methods. This is the epistemological and methodological foundation for ensuring that the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline does not deviate, does not go astray, and proceeds steadily and far in its implementation.
——Adhere to the concept of systems, and expand development space through internal and external linkage.
The concept of systems is a fundamental ideological and working method, and it is also the core essence of better coordinating the two major situations, requiring us to think about and solve problems from the perspective of universal connection and internal and external consideration. Opening the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline, the ideological method of coordinating the two major situations penetrates the paper: it connects the historical context of national development and fits the forward direction of the trend of the times; it builds a top-level framework for China's development and brings a mighty east wind to world development. The "15th Five-Year Plan" outline realizes the organic unity of the domestic and international situations, and is itself a reflection of coordinating the two major situations.
To effectively implement the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline, we need to systematically view domestic development and the external environment, and deeply recognize that China's development itself is a key variable affecting the world's major changes. At the meeting commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) solemnly declared: "The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is unstoppable! The noble cause of human peace and development will surely be victorious!" Today's China is the world's second largest economy and the largest trading nation in goods, and its contribution to global economic growth has remained at around 30% for many years. China's influence on the world has never been so comprehensive, profound, and far-reaching as it is today. At the same time, we must recognize that changes in the world pattern profoundly affect China's development path. A new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation is accelerating breakthroughs, geopolitical conflicts are intensifying, and major power games are becoming more complex and intense, all of which will have a profound impact on domestic development. Responding to new changes in key factors in the domestic and international situation and adjusting development strategies in a timely manner can seize the historical initiative and win the development opportunity.
In Yiwu (义乌), Zhejiang (浙江), merchants expand into the global market through cross-border e-commerce, and also bring global good things into China; the Shanghai (上海) Free Trade Pilot Zone continues to promote high-level opening up to the outside world, forming a large number of leading and breakthrough institutional innovation achievements, and vigorously serving the overall situation of national reform and opening up through replication and promotion... These vivid practices tell us that internal and external circulation are mutually reinforcing organic wholes. To effectively implement the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline, we must adhere to the concept of systems, take China's development as the vertical coordinate, take the changes in the world pattern as the horizontal coordinate, grasp the general trend of the world, pay close attention to the development and changes in the international situation, and take into account the linkage of domestic and international dual circulation. We must not only base ourselves on domestic demand, but also stabilize external demand, and continuously expand the development space of Chinese-style modernization in promoting the mutual promotion of the two circulations and the benign interaction of the two major situations.
——Grasp the strategic initiative, and create a new situation for development in recognizing, responding to, and seeking change.
The two major situations are not only the objective existence of the present, but also the future that can be shaped. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Our party has always analyzed and grasped the general trend of history with the basic principles of Marxism, correctly handled the relationship between China and the world, and is good at seizing and making good use of various historical opportunities." To better coordinate the two major situations, we must borrow the momentum, use the momentum, and create the momentum, plan for the long term with forward-looking thinking, nurture new opportunities in crises, create new situations in changes, and firmly grasp the strategic initiative of development.
Looking back at the magnificent development process in the new era, great achievements have been made in actively recognizing, responding to, and seeking change, and have been achieved in seeking opportunities in crises and turning crises into opportunities. Faced with external technological blockades, we have not retreated, but have instead faced difficulties head-on, increased investment in technological innovation, improved the technological innovation system, and enhanced technological innovation capabilities, achieving a leap from follower to leader in some fields. Faced with the reverse trend of unilateralism and protectionism, we have actively expanded autonomous opening up. China has become the main trading partner of more than 150 countries and regions, and the concept of "walking with China is walking with opportunities" has taken root in the hearts of the international community. Faced with the challenges of global climate governance, we have proactively proposed the "dual carbon" goal and focused on developing the new energy industry. Today, China leads the world in industries such as photovoltaics, wind power, and new energy vehicles.
By proactively laying out plans, transforming external pressure into reform momentum, and transforming domestic advantages into international competitiveness, we can win the strategic initiative. From systems, markets, industries, and technology to talent, infrastructure, opening up, and green development, China has multiple and systematic advantages and conditions. This is not only the foundation for us to cope with various risks and challenges, but also our greatest capital for participating in fierce international competition. The "15th Five-Year Plan" outline deploys a series of strategic measures to break the situation, open the way, and seize opportunities: accelerating high-level technological self-reliance and self-improvement, deepening the construction of digital China, building a strong domestic market, and accelerating the construction of a high-level socialist market economic system... Fully leveraging our own advantages and implementing these strategic measures can effectively complete the core tasks of high-quality development, shape new advantages in international competition, and lead the times and win the future.
——Enhance the bottom-line thinking and move forward steadily in **居安思危** (jū ān sī wēi - "live in peace, think of danger," be vigilant in peacetime).
**居安思危，有备无患** (jū ān sī wēi, yǒu bèi wú huàn - "live in peace, think of danger; be prepared, have no worries," be prepared for eventualities). The "15th Five-Year Plan" outline puts "building a modern industrial system and consolidating and strengthening the foundation of the real economy" in the first place among various strategic tasks. Why such a "move"? From a domestic perspective, only by firmly guarding the real economy, the foundation of our existence, can we lay a solid material foundation for building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation. From an international perspective, in the process of in-depth development of a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, putting the construction of a modern industrial system in the first place can occupy the commanding heights in the future global industrial division of labor. Analyzing this strategic arrangement can help us understand General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) emphasis on adhering to bottom-line thinking and coordinating development and security with profound consideration.
Better coordinating the two major situations inherently requires enhancing bottom-line thinking and coordinating development and security. The world's changes are turbulent, and risks and challenges such as geopolitical shocks, technological blockades, supply chain disruptions, and external containment and suppression are emerging one after another. In the context of the deep linkage of the two major situations, international changes profoundly transmit domestic risks, and internal shortcomings are easily "stuck in the neck." To effectively implement the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline, we must run safe development through all fields and the entire process, and achieve a virtuous interaction between high-quality development and high-level security.
In the first quarter of this year, the SCO Demonstration Zone operated 253 China-Europe freight trains, transporting a total of more than 170,000 tons of goods, and the number of train arrivals and departures and the volume of freight both hit record highs for the same period in history. The "steel camel team" connects the Eurasian continent, which is not only a "vital artery" for opening up the domestic and international dual circulation, but also an important channel for responding to geopolitical shocks and ensuring supply chain stability. The China-Europe freight train is a vivid example of our coordinating the two major situations and achieving the two-way unity of development and security.
Enhancing bottom-line thinking and coordinating development and security requires not only always having a sense of worry, but also playing the first move and fighting the proactive battle. Preventing and resolving domestic risks is the foundation. We must focus on key areas such as finance, real estate, and local debt, and improve the long-term mechanism for preventing and resolving risks in key areas. Responding to external risks is the key. Only by guarding the bottom line of security in politics, technology, and the industrial chain can the development environment be stable and the modernization process not be interrupted. We must proactively predict risks, resolve hidden dangers at the source, and focus on enhancing our own competitiveness and risk prevention and control capabilities. Building development on the basis of security and allowing security to continuously escort development will allow us to move forward steadily in the turbulent situation.
Focusing on the strategic overall situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and focusing on the primary task of high-quality development will make the foundation of development more stable and the resilience stronger.
Planning the layout can make the move, and taking advantage of the situation can make a difference. The strategic overall situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the starting point and foothold for better coordinating the two major situations and effectively implementing the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline. We must focus on this overall situation, fully and accurately implement the new development concept, focus on the primary task of high-quality development in building a socialist modern country in all respects, implement the requirements of high-quality development in all fields and aspects of economic and social development, and make the foundation of development more stable and the resilience stronger.
——Put development on the basis of our own strength and always grasp the historical initiative.
Knowing oneself is wise, and conquering oneself is strong. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "No matter in the past, present, or future, we must put the development of the country and the nation on the basis of our own strength." Materialist dialectics believes that the internal cause is the basis for the development and change of things. Relying on our own strength means grasping the internal cause that affects the overall situation and shapes the overall situation, which can break the passive situation and guard the bottom line of independence, autonomy, and self-reliance.
In the preparation of carbon fiber, an important industrial material known as "black gold," China was once "deeply besieged." Foreign technology blockades and product embargoes meant that without high-performance carbon fiber, the manufacturing of cutting-edge equipment in fields such as aviation and aerospace would have "no rice to cook." Racing against time and competing with adversity, the Chinese people relied on themselves to achieve technological breakthroughs, and spent 20 years to complete the localization of high-end carbon fiber, with successive breakthroughs and mass production of high-performance carbon fiber technology.
To effectively implement the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline in better coordinating the two major situations, we need to focus on practicing internal skills and strengthening ourselves. China has a population of more than 1.4 billion and more than 400 million middle-income groups, and the advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, the advantages of a super-large market, the advantages of a complete industrial system, and the advantages of abundant talent resources are becoming more prominent. The "15th Five-Year Plan" outline clarifies the guiding ideology, 6 principles, 7 main goals, and 20 main indicators that must be followed in economic and social development in the next five years. Advantages increase confidence, and planning clarifies the direction. We have a lot to do in relying on our own strength to promote high-quality development.
From improving the income distribution system, improving the social security system, and allowing residents to "dare to consume and be willing to consume," and continuously digging deep to release the potential of domestic demand; to optimizing the government investment structure and guiding investment towards fields such as technological innovation, green transformation, and people's livelihood shortcomings; and then to strengthening the construction of national security capabilities in key areas and forging practical and useful national security capabilities... Based on the basis of our own strength, we can always firmly grasp the destiny of our country's development and progress in our own hands, and win the victory and lock in the victory for building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation by effectively implementing the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline.
——Accelerate the cultivation of new quality productive forces and continuously enhance the momentum of development.
**务其本者功遂，执其要者事成** (wù qí běn zhě gōng suì, zhí qí yào zhě shì chéng - "Those who attend to the fundamentals will succeed, and those who grasp the key will accomplish things," focusing on the fundamentals leads to success). General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "To promote high-quality development, the most important thing is to accelerate high-level technological self-reliance and self-improvement and actively develop new quality productive forces." To achieve national rejuvenation, national strength is the foundation, and accelerating high-level technological self-reliance and self-improvement and actively developing new quality productive forces are the keys that determine the overall trend. Firmly grasping this key, no matter what kind of storms we encounter, we can ensure that the country's comprehensive strength continues to increase and always stand invincible.
In Huairou Science City (怀柔科学城) in Beijing (北京), "Jill," the world's first intelligent breeding robot that can automatically cruise for hybrid pollination, has completed testing and been put into the front line of breeding, and new quality productive forces in agriculture are surging with surging momentum; Shougang (首钢) has launched an electrical steel product with a thickness of only 0.1 mm, which can be used in motors to improve energy conversion efficiency and significantly increase the range of electric vehicles; by the end of 2025, there will be more than 6,000 artificial intelligence enterprises in China, and artificial intelligence models have become a universal tool that can be easily called by all walks of life... Today's China, new quality productive forces are constantly stimulating the vigorous vitality of high-quality development.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" outline focuses on key issues such as "strengthening original innovation and tackling key core technologies" and "improving the ability of systematic innovation" to form specific planning guidance that leads the development of new quality productive forces, making the vitality of science and technology the strongest and most lasting driving force for high-quality development, and writing a high-quality answer sheet that responds to various uncertainties with the certainty of high-quality development. To effectively implement the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline, we must lead high-quality development with the new development concept, continuously promote the emergence of new quality productive forces, promote the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, focus on promoting the development of strategic emerging industries such as new-generation information technology, new energy, and new materials, proactively lay out the development of future industries such as quantum technology, bio-manufacturing, hydrogen energy, and nuclear fusion energy, optimize and upgrade traditional industries, promote development towards new and better directions, and effectively seize the commanding heights of future development.
The high point determines the end point, and the starting point determines the situation. Breaking through the difficulty of "from 0 to 1" and realizing the leap of "1 to 100," one technological achievement after another will accumulate and become a trend, which will surely enable us to always grasp the strategic initiative of developing new quality productive forces and continuously enhance the ambition and confidence to fear no headwinds and move forward against the wind.
——Promote common prosperity for all people and widely gather majestic strength.
——Promoting Common Prosperity for All and Broadly Pooling Tremendous Strength.
"A prosperous people makes a strong country, and the peace of the people leads to a stable nation." The grand narrative of national rejuvenation often finds its most vivid annotation and most powerful explanation in the shared destiny with individual lives and in the details of everyone's happy life. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Whether the path of modernization can ultimately be successful and stable depends on whether we adhere to a people-centered approach." Comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization not only means the growth of economic aggregate and comprehensive national strength, but also means promoting common prosperity for all and sharing the fruits of development among the people.
High-quality development is development that embodies the new development concept and continuously meets the people's growing needs for a better life. High-quality development and high-quality life are complementary and mutually reinforcing. Embodiment of development results in the improvement of the quality of life of the people, enhancing the people's sense of gain in clothing, food, housing, transportation, education, medical care, elderly care, and other aspects, is the value purpose of high-quality development, but also can continue to spawn new formats, new industries, and new tracks, providing a core engine for driving high-quality development. Guaranteeing and improving people's livelihoods in development, and expanding development space in meeting people's livelihood needs, only in this way can the cause of rejuvenation take root in the people, unite the people's hearts, and gain lasting momentum for steady and long-term progress.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要) adheres to the people-first approach and makes a special deployment on "increasing efforts to guarantee and improve people's livelihoods and steadily promoting common prosperity for all." To implement the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要) well, we must strive to narrow the gap between urban and rural areas, the gap between regions, and the income gap, strengthen the employment-first policy, and steadily promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside. Improve the basic public service system, implement more equitable, inclusive, precise, and effective social policies, strengthen inclusive, basic, and bottom-line livelihood construction, and let the fruits of modernization construction benefit all the people more and more fairly.
Always adhering to the people-centered approach to promote high-quality development and focusing on creating a high-quality life will surely enhance the people's sense of identity and participation in development. The people's historical initiative and innovative and creative vitality will be further unleashed. With one heart and one mind, and working together, we will write a new chapter of the times in the historical scroll of national rejuvenation in accordance with the blueprint drawn by the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要).
Focusing on the major changes unseen in a century, providing certainty and new opportunities for the world with our own development.
"Although there is wisdom, it is better to take advantage of the situation." Today's world is intertwined with changes and chaos. Hegemonism and power politics are rampant, and multilateralism and free trade are severely impacted, but the trend of peace, development, cooperation, and win-win is irreversible. The Global South is growing strongly and has become a key force in maintaining international peace, promoting world development, and improving global governance. As Chinese-style modernization and world modernization deeply integrate, the changes unseen in a century create new opportunities and spaces for the overall rejuvenation, but also bring new risks and challenges. In the face of profound and complex changes, we must better coordinate the two overall situations and promote the implementation of the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要) with a global perspective, providing certainty and new opportunities for the world with our own development.
——Steadily expanding institutional opening-up, creating broader development space for the world.
The historical trend of economic globalization is mighty and unstoppable, and an open and cooperative international environment is needed for the development of all countries. In the face of frequently rising unilateralism and protectionism, China adheres to open cooperation and mutual benefit and win-win with a more firm attitude, and promotes reform, development, and innovation with a higher level, deeper level, and more systematic institutional opening-up, injecting strong open momentum into the prosperity and development of all countries in the world.
In the face of international high-standard economic and trade rules represented by the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA), China's choice is not to avoid them, but to actively study and proactively connect with them. The Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港), as a distinct banner and important gateway for China's reform and opening up in the new era, is an ideal "experimental field" for connecting with international high standards, conducting stress tests, and integrating systems. Compared with the flow-type opening-up of goods and factors, institutional opening-up focuses on rules, regulations, management, standards, and other fields, breaking down the institutional barriers to cross-border factor flows with institutional convergence, and opening up the key blockages of domestic and international dual circulation with rule mutual recognition, achieving a leap in the dimension of opening-up.
Although there are setbacks and reefs in the long river of the times, its direction of surging forward will not change. China's giant ship has always conformed to the trend of the times and dared to ride the wind and waves. The "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要) proposes to "steadily expand institutional opening-up and build a new system of a higher-level open economy," and makes deployments from expanding opening-up in the service industry, connecting with rules in the digital and green fields, and improving the investment and business environment system. In the face of the noise of "decoupling and breaking chains," we will steadily expand institutional opening-up, take institutional innovation as the core and rule connection as the starting point, create a first-class market-oriented, rule-of-law, and internationalized business environment, inject institutional momentum into high-quality development, transform the Chinese market into a world opportunity, and provide a broad stage for all countries to share development opportunities.
——Deepening mutually beneficial cooperation and reshaping new advantages in international cooperation and competition.
"Strength comes from unity, weakness from isolation." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "China's development cannot be separated from the world, and the world's prosperity also needs China." "Only cooperation and win-win can accomplish things, do good things, and do big things." Cooperation is needed between countries. No country can cope with the various challenges facing humanity alone. Only through exchanges, cooperation, and healthy competition can countries stimulate wisdom, learn from each other, cope with challenges, and develop together. China adheres to the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, continuously deepens mutually beneficial cooperation with various countries, and provides new opportunities for the development of various countries.
Since May 1 this year, China has fully implemented zero-tariff measures for 53 African countries that have diplomatic relations with China, and will further expand access to African products to China by upgrading the "green channel" and other measures. This is a new measure for China to expand high-level opening to the outside world, and it is also the first major economy in the world to implement full coverage of zero tariffs for African countries that have diplomatic relations with China.
Those who share the same ideals do not regard mountains and seas as distant. High-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" (一带一路) is an important starting point for expanding new spaces for international cooperation and consolidating and expanding the "circle of friends." To implement the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要) well, it is necessary to improve the mechanism for promoting high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" (一带一路), deepen the "hard connectivity" of infrastructure, the "soft connectivity" of rules and standards, and the "heart connectivity" of the people of the co-construction countries, outlining a new picture of interconnection and drawing a happy picture of common development for the co-construction countries.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要) proposes: "Implement the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative, and the Global Governance Initiative," and makes specific deployments for "actively participating in and leading global economic governance," "promoting the construction of a new type of international relations," and "providing more international public goods." Efforts should be made to transform these initiatives from consensus into action, promote an equal and orderly world multipolarization, and an inclusive and beneficial economic globalization, and make new contributions to promoting the development of the global governance system in a more just and reasonable direction.
"It is easy to exert strength when acting in accordance with the principles, but it is difficult to succeed when acting against the times." In the face of the "blockade" attempts of some developed countries to build "small yards and high walls" and "technological decoupling," we must firmly grasp the initiative of development in our own hands. Give play to the advantages of the new type of national system, concentrate efforts on conducting original and leading scientific and technological research, and promote the decisive breakthrough of key core technologies in key areas such as integrated circuits, industrial machine tools, high-end instruments, basic software, advanced materials, and bio-manufacturing in the entire chain, consolidating the foundation of new competitive advantages. At the same time, adhere to "holding hands" instead of "letting go," and build a more resilient and secure international industrial chain and supply chain. We will not only adhere to "bringing in," but also attract and utilize foreign investment with greater efforts, guide foreign investment to advanced manufacturing, modern services, high-tech and other fields, and support its participation in upstream and downstream supporting cooperation in the industrial chain. We will also adhere to "going out," promote international industrial and investment cooperation, effectively implement foreign investment management, guide the rational and orderly cross-border layout of the industrial chain and supply chain, and form an industrial ecology with internal and external linkage, safety and efficiency.
——Coordinating development and security, and building a solid external security barrier.
**安而不忘危，存而不忘亡，治而不忘乱** (ān ér bù wàng wēi, cún ér bù wàng wáng, zhì ér bù wàng luàn - "be mindful of danger in times of peace, be mindful of ruin in times of survival, be mindful of chaos in times of order," always be vigilant and prepared for potential threats or crises). To implement the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要) well, we must unswervingly implement the overall national security concept, consolidate security in development, seek development in security, and ensure that when the external environment undergoes drastic and complex changes, the country's core interests are not damaged and the development process is not interrupted.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要) proposes: "Focus on key varieties to strengthen the guarantee of strategic materials, focus on systemically important areas to prevent and resolve major risks, and focus on new industries, new business forms, and new application scenarios to enhance the risk prevention and control capabilities of weak links, so as to comprehensively improve security guarantee capabilities by accurately making up for shortcomings." As the "blood" and "lifeline" of economic and social operation, energy security is related to the overall situation of economic and social development. We must accelerate the adjustment and optimization of the energy structure, deeply implement the new energy security strategy, accelerate the construction of a clean, low-carbon, safe, and efficient new energy system, and build a strong energy country, providing a safe and reliable energy guarantee for the construction of Chinese-style modernization. Solving the problem of feeding more than one billion people has always been the top priority of our party's governance. We must adhere to self-reliance, basing ourselves on domestic production, ensuring capacity, moderately importing, and supporting science and technology, improving the coordinated guarantee capacity of grain production, purchase, storage, processing, and sales, ensuring basic self-sufficiency in grains and absolute security in staple foods; at the same time, actively participate in global food security governance, establish stable and controllable overseas supply channels, promote the diversification of agricultural product imports, and reduce supply chain risks. Data is the core asset of the digital economy era. We must accelerate the construction of a data security capability system with more advanced technology, more complete systems, and more effective governance, effectively guarantee national data security, and defend national sovereignty and master the dominance of rules in the deep transformation of the global data governance landscape. **备豫不虞** (bèi yù bù yú - "prepare for the unexpected," be prepared for any eventuality). To build a solid security barrier, we must also establish and improve a risk early warning and rapid response mechanism, strengthen emergency response and disposal capabilities, promote the effective connection of risk monitoring, judgment, early warning, and disposal, and enhance the strategic initiative to maintain and shape national security.
In today's world, certainty has become a very scarce resource and a powerful source of confidence. With high-level security to guarantee high-quality development, China will continue to provide a "ballast stone" and "power source" with the stability of its own development, and maximize the strength of world peace and development.
Bearing in mind the two overall situations, adhering to pragmatic and hard work, and ensuring the smooth implementation of the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要).
Nine points of implementation for one point of deployment. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized at this year's National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国两会): "It is necessary to do a good job in planning and also promote implementation. Good planning and execution must be combined." After the Two Sessions (两会), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) first went to the local area for inspection, that is, to the Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) in Hebei (河北). From a blueprint to a city, over the past 9 years, Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) has been steadily and practically working hard according to the plan, and the "city of the future" has gradually become a "realistic scene." Yiwu (义乌) has become a "world supermarket" for "buying and selling globally," which also relies on generations of people basing themselves on their own reality, being determined to innovate, and working hard and practically.
Pragmatism is the way to plan things and also the way to accomplish things. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要) period, we must bear in mind the two overall situations, both "achieve breadth," carry out long-term planning and actively seek potential energy in better coordinating the two overall situations; and "exhaust the subtle," and grasp implementation with the spirit of nailing nails, with the practical energy of grasping, the courage to grasp, the skill to grasp, and the tenacity to grasp, so that the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要) can be transformed from "paper" to "ground," and various tasks can be transformed from "construction drawings" to "real-life paintings."
——Strengthening responsibility and gathering joint efforts for implementation.
Adhering to the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee is an important experience for us in formulating and implementing the Five-Year Plan. Party members and cadres must continuously improve their political judgment, political understanding, and political execution, deeply understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments," and resolutely achieve the "Two Safeguards." Take the two overall situations as the basic starting point for our planning work, assess the situation, take overall consideration, understand the changes, tightly grasp the main contradictions and main tasks, lay the foundation, consolidate the foundation, benefit the long term, and increase the momentum. Establish and practice the correct view of achievements, with a strong sense of political responsibility and historical mission, be in their position, seek their politics, fulfill their responsibilities, come up with practical measures, do practical things, seek practical results, make achievements for the people, make achievements with practical work, and demonstrate the political character of Communists with responsibility and action.
"Grasp its key points at the top, and divide its details below." It is necessary to establish and improve the planning implementation mechanism, decompose the goals and tasks determined in the plan to various regions and departments, list the timetable, formulate the roadmap, clarify the responsible person, connect up and down, and implement effectively, to ensure that the actual effect of various tasks meets the decision-making intentions and policy intentions of the Party Central Committee. Stimulate the endogenous power and innovation vitality of the whole society, gather the strong joint force of the whole country as a whole, and spread out a vivid picture of Chinese-style modernization construction with unity and hard work.
——Pay attention to adapting to local conditions and improve the effectiveness of implementation.
China has a vast territory, and the situation varies greatly from place to place. In the 1980s, Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平), who worked in Ningde (宁德), Fujian (福建), proposed: "We must explore a way to develop the economy in accordance with local conditions." Today, focusing on the overall situation of national development, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Different regions and different fields should proceed from reality and develop new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions." Proceeding from reality and adapting to local conditions is an effective means of organically combining the firmness of strategy and the flexibility of tactics.
In the process of development, many problems do not have ready-made answers, and different regions need to explore a path of high-quality development that conforms to their respective realities. When implementing the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要), it is necessary to accurately grasp its own positioning in the overall situation of national development, give play to comparative advantages based on its own resource endowments, carry out differentiated development, and better serve and integrate into the overall situation of national development. Respect the grassroots initiative, encourage the masses to actively explore, carry out differentiated and diversified attempts, study new situations, and solve new problems.
Major economic provinces should take the lead, the eastern region should accelerate the promotion of modernization, the central region should accelerate its rise, the western development should form a new pattern, and the northeast region should anchor comprehensive revitalization. Plan a region from the overall situation and serve the overall situation with a region. Taking the implementation of the Party Central Committee's decisions and deployments as a prerequisite, combine with the actual situation, take into account needs and possibilities, carry out work creatively, and add color to the overall situation with the light of a region. Strategically plan and precisely exert efforts in tactics, start from the big picture, break through from the small, plan for the future, plan for the long term, and scientifically and orderly grasp the rhythm and progress, so that the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要) can take root, blossom, and bear fruit locally.
——Improve performance appraisal and improve the implementation mechanism.
China in the new era is opening up boundaries with every step forward and creating history with every step upward. The two overall situations interact with each other. To implement the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要) well, it is necessary to cope with a more complex environment and solve more deep-seated contradictions. It is necessary to implement the Party Central Committee's decisions and deployments more effectively, adhere to using reform methods to solve the problems restricting development, and guarantee the implementation of the plan with the system.
It is necessary to educate and guide the vast number of Party members and cadres to establish and practice the correct view of achievements, further improve the performance appraisal and evaluation system and supervision system for promoting high-quality development, improve pertinence and scientificity, and give full play to the role of the inspection and assessment as a command stick, a weather vane, and a booster. It is necessary to look at both obvious achievements and potential achievements; it is necessary to look at both vitality and resilience; it is necessary to look at both the quantity of work and the quality of development. Improve the dynamic monitoring and evaluation mechanism for the implementation of the plan, closely track the situation, accurately judge risks, and reasonably optimize the work tasks for the next stage and scientifically adjust the work rhythm and methods based on the progress of the plan implementation and changes in the internal and external environment. Through the implementation of specific tasks and the overcoming of difficult and blocked points, we will unswervingly grasp the implementation and effectiveness of the plan.
It is necessary to educate and guide the vast number of party members and cadres to establish and practice a correct view of achievements, further improve the performance evaluation system and supervision system for promoting high-quality development, enhance pertinence and scientificity, and give full play to the guiding, indicative, and propelling roles of supervision and assessment. We must look at both immediate and long-term achievements; both vitality and resilience; both the quantity of work and the quality of development. We must improve the dynamic monitoring and evaluation mechanism for the implementation of plans, closely track the situation, accurately analyze risks, and, based on the progress of plan implementation and changes in the internal and external environment, reasonably optimize the work tasks for the next stage and scientifically adjust the pace and methods of work. Through the implementation of specific tasks and the overcoming of difficult and blocked points, we must implement the outline of the plan to achieve results without compromise.
With a grasp of the overall trend, one can go far; with a broad picture in mind, one can prevail. The implementation of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" outline is a systematic project. Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, we must better coordinate the overall strategic situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the major changes unseen in a century in the world, coordinate development and security, maintain strategic clarity, enhance strategic determination, strive for strategic initiative, and, with a full mental state and an enthusiastic and striving attitude, earnestly implement and work diligently, constantly moving towards the grand goal of building a strong country and national rejuvenation. We will surely win new and greater victories. 心有大势方致远 (xīn yǒu dà shì fāng zhì yuǎn - "having a grasp of the overall trend leads to going far," understanding the big picture allows for long-term success) and 胸有大局能制胜 (xiōng yǒu dà jú néng zhì shèng - "having a broad picture in mind leads to prevailing," a comprehensive perspective is key to victory).
Return to TopBeijing, April 29th (Reporter Peng Bo) The 66th Chairman’s Meeting of the 14th National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会) Standing Committee was held at the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂) in Beijing (北京) on the morning of the 29th. Chairman Zhao Leji (赵乐际) presided over the meeting.
The meeting listened to Xin Chunying (信春鹰), Chairman of the National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会) Constitution and Law Committee, report on the revision opinions of the draft revision of the Prison Law and the revision opinions of the draft Social Assistance Law, and deliberated the revised drafts of the relevant laws.
The meeting listened to Lou Qinjian (娄勤俭), Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会), report on the deliberation of the "Treaty between the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国) and the Republic of Azerbaijan on Criminal Justice Assistance" and the "Treaty on Permanent Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation between the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国) and the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan," and deliberated the draft decision on the approval of the treaty.
The meeting listened to Liu Qi (刘奇), Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会), report on the report on the qualifications of individual deputies and the deliberation of the appointment and removal cases.
The meeting listened to Liu Junchen (刘俊臣), Deputy Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会), report on the newly added personnel appointment and removal matters.
The Chairman’s Meeting decided to submit the above-mentioned revised draft to the Standing Committee meeting for deliberation.
Vice Chairpersons of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会) Li Hongzhong (李鸿忠), Wang Dongming (王东明), Xiao Jie (肖捷), Zheng Jianbang (郑建邦), Ding Zhongli (丁仲礼), Hao Mingjin (郝明金), Cai Dafeng (蔡达峰), He Wei (何维), Wu Weihua (武维华), Tie Ning (铁凝), Peng Qinghua (彭清华), Zhang Qingwei (张庆伟), Losang Jamcan (洛桑江村), and Shohrat Zakir (雪克来提·扎克尔) attended the meeting.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李昌禹
The rolling Yangtze River, vast and mighty, connects the past and present, benefiting the world.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Protecting the ecological environment of the Yangtze River Basin is the prerequisite for promoting the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and it is also an inevitable requirement for safeguarding the cradle of Chinese civilization."
Entrusted by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央), since June 2021, the central committees of various democratic parties and personages without party affiliation have carried out five-year democratic supervision focusing on the ecological environmental protection of the Yangtze River. Each democratic party central committee is paired with one to two provinces along the main stream of the Yangtze River, and personages without party affiliation carry out special supervision facing the entire basin.
Over the past five years, the central committees of various democratic parties and personages without party affiliation, guided by Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization and adhering to the principle of "jointly grasping major protection and not engaging in large-scale development," have gone deep into the front lines and taken root at the grassroots level, measuring the riverbanks with their footsteps and offering advice and suggestions with their wisdom, writing a moving chapter of working together to protect the clear waters of the great river into the sea.
Answering the Same Question Together, Exerting Efforts in the Same Direction
"Jointly grasping major protection and not engaging in large-scale development," the key lies in the word "jointly." Answering the same question together, how can we exert efforts in the same direction with various regions and departments to jointly do a good job in the democratic supervision of the ecological environmental protection of the Yangtze River?
In order to answer this question of the times well, the central committees of various democratic parties have respectively established research groups led by the chairmen of the party central committees, and established special working bodies, closely focusing on the key and difficult issues of ecological environmental protection of the Yangtze River in the paired provinces, carrying out targeted supervision and immersive research.
"What is the water quality of this water intake, and does it change greatly throughout the year?" "What is the maximum daily sewage treatment capacity?" In May 2023, the research group of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang (民革中央) conducted democratic supervision research on the Yujiatou Jiangtan (余家头江滩) in Wuhan (武汉), Hubei (湖北). At the local water plant, the research group listened, watched, smelled, and touched, and their pragmatic style and serious spirit left a deep impression on the locals.
In order to do a good job in special supervision, the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang (民革中央) constructed a "1 leadership group + 1 expert advisory group + 1 working group + 9 supervision and research groups" "1119" working system, carrying out systematic and normalized supervision of 17 cities and prefectures in Hubei Province (湖北省). Over the past five years, through 130 supervision and research activities at different levels and in different forms, basic coverage of county-level administrative regions along the main stream and major tributaries of the Yangtze River in Hubei Province (湖北省) has been achieved, and 477 opinions and suggestions have been put forward at different working levels.
"We don't go to 'demonstration points,' we want to see 'non-demonstration points.'" This was the clear requirement put forward by the research group of the Central Committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy (民进中央) to the local government during a research trip to Jiangxi (江西) in early 2024.
For some time, the construction and renovation of urban domestic sewage pipe networks in Nanchang City (南昌市), Jiangxi (江西), located on the southwest bank of Poyang Lake (鄱阳湖), has been significantly lagging behind, and problems such as direct sewage discharge, mixed rain and sewage discharge, and overflow are prominent.
"Be a sincere friend, not a passerby." The research group of the Central Committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy (民进中央) combined overt and covert investigations, and combined centralized exchanges with individual interviews, aiming at problems "unpredictably," so that special supervision truly reflects the problem orientation.
Under the strong promotion of the Central Committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy (民进中央), Nanchang City (南昌市) implemented a sewage system整治工程, carrying out rain and sewage diversion改造 for 6073 drainage units in the city, and the centralized collection rate of sewage increased from 52.73% in 2021 to 84.88% in 2025. A clear river has become a dynamic landscape of Nanchang (南昌).
Connecting distant mountains and swallowing the Yangtze River, Dongting Lake (洞庭湖), located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, is the "kidney of the Yangtze River" and has huge ecological benefits, but it was once severely damaged due to ecological environmental destruction, and problems such as water pollution, water surface reduction, and wetland function degradation were prominent.
"Integrating assistance with supervision and combining assistance and supervision," the Central Committee of the China National Democratic Construction Association (民建中央) innovatively built a supervision model of "annual key supervision and research + key topic research + regional supervision and supervision + regular supervision of grassroots monitoring points" in Hunan (湖南), achieving full coverage of grassroots monitoring points in the Dongting Lake area; Hunan Province (湖南省) included the problems fed back by special supervision into the comprehensive supervision content of the provincial party committee and the provincial government, and promoted rectification in a list-based manner.
With the help of the Central Committee of the China National Democratic Construction Association (民建中央) and the joint efforts of all parties, the total phosphorus concentration in Dongting Lake (洞庭湖) has now decreased, and the water quality of West and South Dongting Lake (西、南洞庭湖) has reached Class III, and the number of fish and overwintering migratory birds has steadily increased.
Working together in the same direction and tackling key problems hand in hand, this pattern of "jointly grasping major protection" has become a distinct feature of democratic supervision of ecological environmental protection of the Yangtze River.
Over the past five years, the central committees of various democratic parties and personages without party affiliation have submitted more than 30 opinions and suggestions to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央) and the State Council (国务院), more than 220 opinions and suggestions to relevant departments of the central and state organs, and more than 2,800 opinions and suggestions to local party committees and governments at all levels, continuously promoting the ecological environmental protection and restoration of the Yangtze River, and working together to build consensus and contribute strength to protecting the mother river of the Chinese nation.
Based on Reality, Each Displaying Its Strengths
Ecological environmental protection of the Yangtze River is a systematic project, which is both professional and complex. How can we give full play to the advantages of the democratic parties and personages without party affiliation, who are rich in talent and intelligence, and prescribe "accurate prescriptions" for the ecological environmental protection of the Yangtze River?
Over the past five years, the central committees of various democratic parties have given play to their respective sectoral characteristics, based on reality, each displaying its strengths, taking technology as its wings and professionalism as its foundation, conducting in-depth analysis and scientific judgment, and extending from "discovering problems" to "solving problems."
Ecological environment is one of the main sectors of the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party (农工党). In order to carry out the democratic supervision of ecological environmental protection of the Yangtze River, the Central Committee of the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party (农工党中央) actively mobilized experts and scholars in the field of ecological environmental protection to participate, and formed a special working group composed of 199 experts to continuously track key issues.
The Jiangsu-Shanghai section of the Yangtze River (长江苏沪段) was once a typical area of "chemical industry surrounding the river." Chemical enterprises were densely located within 1 kilometer of the river, with prominent environmental risks, and the people "could not see the river by the river, and could not get close to the water."
Faced with this historical problem, the Central Committee of the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party (农工党中央) carried out fixed-point monitoring cooperation with 5 scientific research institutions, set up monitoring stations in the Jiangsu-Shanghai section of the Yangtze River (长江苏沪段), and also identified the types of aquatic organisms through biological DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) sequencing to grasp the real situation of the Yangtze River's ecology, and formed a "Yangtze River Fixed-Point Monitoring Analysis Report" every quarter.
Today, with the joint efforts of all parties, the proportion of excellent (I-II) water quality in the national assessment section of the main stream of the Yangtze River in the Jiangsu-Shanghai section (长江苏沪段) has reached 100%, and the average water quality of Taihu Lake (太湖) has reached Class III for the first time in 30 years. Finless porpoises have also frequently appeared in the Jiangsu section of the Yangtze River (长江江苏段), becoming a vivid footnote to the improvement of the Yangtze River's ecology.
Sectoral advantages are the "golden key" to solving problems, and the use of the Internet, big data and other technological means by the central committees of various democratic parties and personages without party affiliation is the "clairvoyance" and "clairaudience" for carrying out democratic supervision, making ecological problems nowhere to hide.
In Anhui (安徽), the Central Committee of the China Zhi Gong Party (致公党中央) relied on the technical support of scientific research institutes and used satellite remote sensing to conduct dynamic real-time monitoring of the Anhui section of the Yangtze River (长江安徽段), compiled remote sensing monitoring atlases and special reports, and promoted precise policies for ecological protection and restoration;
In Yunnan (云南), in response to the problem of agricultural non-point source pollution in Erhai Lake (洱海), the Central Committee of the China Democratic League (民盟中央) promoted the establishment of the Gusheng Village (古生村) Science and Technology Small Courtyard, providing data support for precise prevention and control of non-point source pollution through more than 3,000 sample collections and more than 20,000 water sample analyses, and also achieved an increase in green ecological rice yield of about 30% per mu, achieving a win-win situation for ecological protection and increased farmer income;
In Sichuan (四川), the Central Committee of the Jiu San Society (九三学社中央) innovatively implemented a collaborative mechanism of "scientific and technological support + democratic supervision" to solve the problem of acidic mine water treatment in the Dashu Mining Area (大树矿区) in Xuyong County (叙永县), set up a temporary laboratory deep in the mining area, clarified the pollution diffusion path, and quantified and analyzed key data such as pollutant concentration and emissions, providing solid support for supervision work.
The updating of a series of data and the solution of a series of problems have witnessed the effectiveness of special supervision—
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the main stream of the Yangtze River has continuously maintained Class II water quality, and the total phosphorus and total nitrogen concentrations and comprehensive nutrient status index of Taihu Lake (太湖) have decreased, all of which have reached the best levels since monitoring records began... The scenes of clear water, green banks, and fish swimming in shallow waters are increasing, the Yangtze River is greener and more beautiful, and the mother river of the Chinese nation is焕发新活力 (**huàn fā xīn huó lì** - "radiating new vitality," to regain vitality and vigor).
Consistent, Persistent Effort
Ecological environmental protection of the Yangtze River is a long-term project, which must be continuously strengthened and persistently pursued.
In the democratic supervision of ecological environmental protection of the Yangtze River, the central committees of various democratic parties and personages without party affiliation have consistently considered the overall situation, long-term, and strategic aspects, taking one step at a time, and continuously promoting the simultaneous progress of ecological protection and green development of the Yangtze River.
More than 8,000 hydropower stations have been built in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, which has brought about prominent ecological environmental problems such as "lake and reservoirization" of rivers while promoting economic and social development.
"How to deal with the relationship between hydropower development and ecological environmental protection? What is the important significance of the coordinated promotion of hydropower development and ecological protection for the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt?" At the beginning of the research, the Central Committee of the Jiu San Society (九三学社中央) set its sights on the long-term development in the future.
Five years of research, exploration, and practice have formed a high-quality annual proposal of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协) - "Proposal on Coordinated Promotion of Hydropower Development and Ecological Environmental Protection in the Yangtze River Basin," contributing the wisdom of the participating parties to handling the relationship between development and protection. This has become a vivid practice of the democratic parties fulfilling their democratic supervision functions in the new era.
The dialectic of big problems and small breakthroughs, and the coordination of upstream and downstream, have witnessed the integrity of democratic supervision work, and also witnessed the systematic nature of ecological environmental protection of the Yangtze River.
In the practice of special supervision work, personages without party affiliation took "water ecological protection and restoration" as the main line of supervision for 5 years, promoting it layer by layer, starting from difficult problems such as "aquatic biodiversity" in the early stage, to paying attention to systematic problems such as coordinated protection of upstream and downstream, left and right banks, and main and tributary streams in the later stage, and jointly studying ecological environmental protection with economic and social development issues such as the realization of water ecological value, industrial development, and green transformation, going deeper step by step and久久为功 (**jiǔ jiǔ wéi gōng** - "achieve success through persistent effort," persistent effort will lead to success), achieving the supervisory effect of "making a breakthrough at one point and driving the overall situation."
Emergency contact with relevant departments in the paired provinces and cities within half an hour, preliminary verification feedback from the local area within 1 hour, and on-site investigation by the local area within 24 hours... This is the speed of promotion of a network "public opinion supervision" by the Central Committee of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League (台盟中央) on a certain county along the Yangtze River in Chongqing (重庆) in 2024.
"The integration of democratic supervision and public opinion supervision allows environmental problems to be discovered earlier and solved faster," said Jiang Yi (江燚), deputy director of the Water Ecological Environment Department of the Chongqing Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau (重庆市生态环境局).
"Discovering problems is only the first step, the key is to promote solutions." The Central Committee of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League (台盟中央), in carrying out special supervision work, not only explored the "democratic supervision + public opinion supervision" model, but also paid more attention to doing a good job in the "second half of the article" of supervision work, handling multiple environmental risk events in the process of special supervision, allowing the tentacles of supervision to sink to the front line and落到实处 (**luò dào shí chù** - "implemented in a practical way," to put something into practice).
A river of clear water, all things grow. Today's Yangtze River is full of vitality.
Through five years of vivid practice, the central committees of various democratic parties and personages without party affiliation have personally felt the historical changes in the ecological environment of the Yangtze River.
"Carrying out democratic supervision of ecological environmental protection of the Yangtze River, effectively transforming the results of democratic supervision into policy measures, helping the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt and realizing the harmonious coexistence of man and nature, is a concrete measure to enhance the effectiveness of China's new type of party system," said Yang Hongming (杨洪明), vice chairman of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the China National Democratic Construction Association (民建湖南省委会) and vice president of Changsha University of Science and Technology (长沙理工大学).
The Yangtze River stretches for thousands of miles,奔腾不息 (**bēn téng bù xī** - "surging on ceaselessly," to surge forward without stopping). Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), the central committees of various democratic parties and personages without party affiliation work together with one heart and one mind to create a great cause, writing an era chapter of "drinking water from the same river and jointly protecting the beauty of the Yangtze River."
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on April 29th (Reporter Zhang Tianpei (张天培)) - A meeting to advance the normalization of the fight against organized crime by public security organs nationwide was held on the 29th. Wang Xiaohong (王小洪), Secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Public Security, attended and delivered a speech. Wang Xiaohong (王小洪) emphasized the need to thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions and the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, firmly uphold the "Two Establishes" and resolutely achieve the "Two Safeguards," firmly establish and deeply practice a correct view of performance, take on the mission and responsibility of achieving performance for the people and achieving performance through hard work, resolutely carry out the normalized fight against organized crime, continuously achieve new results that satisfy the Party and the people, and strive to create a safe and stable political and social environment for a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan."
Wang Xiaohong (王小洪) demanded that the situation and tasks be accurately grasped, that the principles of taking the initiative, striking at the first sign, and relentlessly pursuing be adhered to, that the tough battles of breaking through major cases and investigating key types of cases be resolutely fought, and that fierce offensives against organized crime be continuously launched. He called for the continuous promotion of comprehensive governance, adhering to the combination of punishment and prevention, addressing both symptoms and root causes, strengthening systematic governance and comprehensive measures, vigorously rectifying key areas, promoting the strengthening of grassroots governance, improving the level of governance in accordance with the law, and striving to achieve long-term stability. He stressed the need to strengthen organizational guarantees for work, optimize operational mechanisms, refine the division of tasks, strengthen responsibility at all levels, build a strong professional team, and promote the in-depth and solid development of the normalized fight against organized crime. He urged to 惩防并举 (chéng fáng bìng jǔ - "punishment and prevention go hand in hand," to emphasize both punitive and preventative measures). He also urged to 标本兼治 (biāo běn jiān zhì - "treat both the symptoms and the root cause," to address both immediate problems and underlying issues).
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On April 29th, the State Council Information Office held a press conference to introduce the relevant situation of the 2026 China Internet Civilization Conference and answer questions from reporters.
Niu Yibing (牛一兵), Deputy Director of the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) (中央网信办（国家网信办）), introduced that the 2026 China Internet Civilization Conference will be held in Nanning (南宁市), Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区), from May 19th to 20th, with the theme of "Civilized Cyberspace, Inspiring Progress." It is co-sponsored by the Cyberspace Administration of China, the Central Spiritual Civilization Construction Office (中央精神文明建设办公室), the CPC Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Committee (中共广西壮族自治区委员会), and the People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区人民政府), and jointly undertaken by the China Federation of Internet Societies (中国网络社会组织联合会), the Cyberspace Administration of the CPC Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Committee (广西壮族自治区党委网信办), the Spiritual Civilization Construction Office of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区精神文明建设办公室), the CPC Nanning Municipal Committee (中共南宁市委), and the Nanning Municipal People's Government (南宁市人民政府). The conference will hold an opening ceremony and main forum, 14 sub-forums, and the theme activity of "Building the Soul and Leading the Way, Promoting a Clear and Bright Guangxi (铸魂领航 清朗八桂)."
The main forum will invite comrades from relevant departments to deliver keynote speeches, arrange for mainstream media, online platforms, MCN institutions, high-quality online streamers, positive energy online celebrities, and representatives of good Chinese netizens to share and exchange ideas, release excellent cases of national internet civilization construction in 2026, and launch the 2026 National Digital Literacy and Skills Improvement Month.
Yang Dong (杨栋), Secretary-General of the China Federation of Internet Societies (中国网络社会组织联合会), said that the 14 sub-forum topics are designed to respond to concerns, with rich content and clear themes, and the first-time setting of five sub-forums on internet and civilized rural customs construction, new mass art development, optimization of the online business environment, following the online mass line, and cultivating good Chinese netizens. The forum incorporates Guangxi elements, fully reflecting the characteristics of the host location. In addition, the sub-forums will release more than 30 achievements, covering research reports, work achievements, typical cases, solicitation and display activities, and online thematic communication activities in the field of internet civilization construction.
Zhang Ziying (张自英), member of the Standing Committee of the Nanning Municipal Committee and Minister of the Publicity Department, introduced that in order to ensure the smooth holding of the conference, Nanning (南宁) has coordinated and integrated resources and forces to build a collaborative, efficient, and orderly linkage mechanism to promote the implementation of various preparatory matters. Actively explore the empowerment of artificial intelligence in conference affairs, build a smart registration platform to achieve one-click input and full access to conference information. Highlight the elements of civilization, AI (artificial intelligence), and orientation to the sea to organize and plan thematic activities, and showcase the vivid practices and major achievements of national internet civilization construction in diverse forms.
Regarding specific measures to continuously improve the level of civilization in cyberspace and cultivate a positive and upward trend of civilization, Zhao Shujie (赵树杰), Director of the Civilization Cultivation Bureau of the Central Propaganda Department (中央宣传部文明培育局), said that mainstream values should be used to shape internet culture, the project of disseminating the Party's innovative theories online should be implemented in depth, the supply of high-quality online culture should be increased, and key media should be supported in building mainstream cultural corpora and digital intelligence platforms. The cultivation of civilization should be used to enhance the national internet literacy, the special activity of "Nourishing the Internet with Virtue and Jointly Cultivating New Customs (以德润网、共育新风)" to enhance internet literacy should be implemented, and activities such as "Civilization Makes Youth More Beautiful" online fashion communication should be carried out. Online platforms should practice the concepts of "intelligent for good" and "algorithm civilization," and oppose behaviors that prioritize traffic, disregard public morality, and ignore social responsibility. In addition, the spirit of the rule of law should be used to promote the governance of the internet ecosystem.
The application of artificial intelligence is deeply integrated into daily life and online communication. Chen Yijun (陈奕君), member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Committee and Minister of the Publicity Department, said that Guangxi (广西) fully utilizes technologies such as AI to improve and innovate language and narrative expressions, and create a digital human "Liu Sanjie (刘三姐)"; focusing on "AI empowerment + Guangxi characteristics + people-benefiting science popularization," using AI to tell the story of Guangxi's digital economy, internet civilization, and convenient services; organizing the "White Dolphin Cup (白海豚杯)" online literature competition, and holding AI short video collection and photography competitions. Actively promote the construction of the "Artificial Intelligence + ASEAN Corpus," and deepen cooperation with ASEAN countries in the fields of language translation, digital entertainment, and digital cultural tourism. Comprehensively promote the ethical and safety governance of artificial intelligence, focus on strengthening the management of technology sources, and build an ethical code and safety risk prevention and control system.
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The morning mist had not yet completely dissipated, and the fresh scent of earth filled the air. Duan Aodi (段傲笛), a farmer from Wenqu Town (文渠镇), Dengzhou City (邓州市), Henan Province (河南省), squatted on the ridge of his field. In previous years, he had to stick his hand into the soil to feel its moisture and decide whether or not to send the agricultural machinery into the field. But now, he only needs to open the "Huigengyun" (慧耕耘) mini-program on his mobile phone, and prompts such as "soil moisture 21%, suitable for mechanical cultivation" give him confidence.
"Agricultural time cannot be delayed. In the past, I had to run back and forth and repeatedly touch the soil to check the moisture, but now I can just look at my mobile phone," Duan Aodi (段傲笛) said with a smile.
Dengzhou (邓州) has windy and dry springs, and soil moisture evaporates quickly. Soil moisture is related to seedling growth and harvest. Duan Aodi (段傲笛) has been farming for more than 20 years, tending to more than 300 mu of wheat fields, but every spring he is still afraid of not being able to accurately grasp the "temperament" of the land.
"Grab a handful of soil, clench it into a ball, and it scatters when it falls to the ground, that means the moisture is suitable," Duan Aodi (段傲笛) demonstrated the soil method passed down from his ancestors, "but this method has a large error, and it often happens that the surface soil is wet and the deep soil is dry. Even if the judgment is correct, it depends on the weather. If it rains after watering the spring, the excess water in the field can easily suffocate the wheat seedlings."
Liu Fei (刘飞), a large grain grower who felt the same困扰, joined hands with Nanjing Agricultural University (南京农业大学) and Dengzhou (邓州市) Smart Agriculture Center (智慧农业中心) after the autumn harvest in 2024 to try to overcome the problem of spring ploughing soil moisture. The agricultural technology department is responsible for local climate and soil moisture data collection and technical support, the university and research institution team is responsible for model algorithm research and development, and the large grain growers connect with farmers' needs.
Duan Aodi (段傲笛) also joined the wheat planting cooperative led by Liu Fei (刘飞). Soon after, the "Huigengyun" (慧耕耘) large model was developed, which has the functions of precise monitoring of soil moisture, integrated water and fertilizer management, and digital planting.
"I have seen a lot of high technology in the past few years, some of which are good-looking but not useful, and not suitable for our place," Duan Aodi (段傲笛) said skeptically.
Liu Fei (刘飞) and the staff of the Smart Agriculture Center (智慧农业中心) enthusiastically invited him to observe the site, explained the monitoring network composed of satellite remote sensing, drones, and ground sensors, and showed the weather, soil moisture, and other data updated every 5 minutes. Duan Aodi (段傲笛) made up his mind to learn digital planting.
However, in the spring ploughing of 2025, Duan Aodi (段傲笛), who used the new technology, was not happy: the soil moisture data provided by "Huigengyun" (慧耕耘) often had deviations, and the agricultural advice pushed was inconsistent with the actual situation in the field.
"It's not as accurate as touching it with my hand," Duan Aodi (段傲笛) and several farmers complained.
Liu Fei (刘飞) found Li Zhan (李占), director of the Smart Agriculture Center (智慧农业中心). After collecting block samples, he found that the model used by "Huigengyun" (慧耕耘) was more suitable for southern soil and was not adapted to the sandy ginger black soil of Dengzhou (邓州).
During the day, Duan Aodi (段傲笛) took agricultural technicians to run the fields, and at night Liu Fei (刘飞) communicated online with experts from Nanjing Agricultural University (南京农业大学). The model parameters were repeatedly optimized, the traditional soil moisture measurement results were compared with the sensor data one by one, and the characteristics of sandy ginger black soil, climate patterns, and wheat growth habits were entered into the system. In more than 3 months, the model was calibrated in combination with the local reality, and the accuracy rate was increased to 92%.
This year's spring ploughing, relying on the "Huigengyun" (慧耕耘) soil moisture monitoring, Duan Aodi's (段傲笛) more than 300 mu of land has achieved integrated water and fertilizer management, automatic early warning when the soil moisture is lower than 18%, and immediate stop of irrigation after reaching the standard. Spring irrigation water consumption was reduced by nearly 20%, topdressing fertilizer usage was saved by more than 20%, the cost per mu was saved by 30 to 40 yuan, and the wheat emergence rate was increased by nearly 30%.
"I can earn more than 100,000 yuan a year, and digital planting is labor-saving and efficient," Duan Aodi (段傲笛) calculated the income.
With the support of the Smart Agriculture Center (智慧农业中心), Liu Fei (刘飞) launched the "Professional Farmer Field Classroom". Agricultural experts and Liu Fei (刘飞) taught farmers how to operate mobile phones and interpret data, and mobile phones became new agricultural tools that everyone kept close at hand. More than 800 local farmers have learned digital planting, and the farmland that used to **靠天收** (kào tiān shōu - "rely on the heavens for harvest," dependent on the weather) has become a precisely operating "agricultural workshop."
Duan Aodi (段傲笛) still has some expectations for the "Huigengyun" (慧耕耘) mini-program, "I hope the model will be further adapted to the scattered plots of small farmers, and the operation will be simplified." Li Zhan (李占) said, "We will launch a simplified version of the function for small farmers and improve the supporting services for equipment maintenance and data interpretation."
"The purpose of creating this system is to let big data solve practical problems and become a new agricultural technology that we can all afford and use well," said Liu Fei (刘飞).
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"Respect the pioneering spirit of the grassroots and the masses, reform and innovate, work hard and practically, and achieve success over time." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) recently made important instructions and emphasized the need to further summarize and utilize the "Yiwu Development Experience (义乌发展经验)."
On March 30 this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) participated in the capital's voluntary tree planting activity with cadres and the masses. Shoveling soil, building embankments, watering... the skilled movements revealed the unchanging labor character of the years.
From becoming the country with the most and fastest increase in greening in the world to the total economic volume reaching a new level of 140 trillion yuan, the remarkable achievements since the new era have all condensed the hard work of workers, fully demonstrating that "Chinese-style modernization is achieved through hard work, and great undertakings are accomplished through practical work."
Embarking on a new journey and setting sail again. High-quality development is the primary task of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out the main point: "We must focus on promoting high-quality development and mobilize and encourage the vast number of workers and working people to make contributions and innovate."
To promote high-quality development, labor is an important foundation.
"High-quality development cannot be separated from high-quality labor creation." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) attaches great importance to the role of the vast number of working people as the main force and has repeatedly encouraged everyone.
In March 2024, at the deliberation site of the Jiangsu delegation to the Second Session of the 14th National People's Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) had face-to-face exchanges with female welder Sun Jingnan (孙景南). His words filled the hearts of industrial workers with strength—
"Great craftsmen are the cornerstone and pillars of our Chinese nation's mansion. After the founding of New China, we were poor and blank, from scratch, introducing, digesting, absorbing, and redeveloping, relying on our own efforts and working hard to create an independent and self-reliant manufacturing foundation."
From the "new three items" leading the trend to artificial intelligence large models stunning the world, and then to the scale of manufacturing added value remaining the world's first for 16 consecutive years... one high-quality development achievement after another relies on the innovation and creation of the working people.
Emphasizing that the technical worker team "plays an important role in promoting high-quality economic development"; pointing out that "scientific researchers are the backbone of promoting Chinese-style modernization"... the General Secretary's repeated care and condolences, and warm words, have gathered the fighting strength of hundreds of millions of workers.
Promoting high-quality development puts forward new requirements for workers.
"Overcoming difficulties in the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, forging ahead in the development and growth of emerging industries, and boldly exploring in the cultivation and growth of future industries." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out the direction for achieving high-quality labor creation.
In January 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to Benxi (本溪), Liaoning (辽宁), to inspect the Third Cold Rolling Plant of Benxi Steel Plate Cold Rolling General Plant (本钢板材冷轧总厂第三冷轧厂).
Looking at the labor models, young technical backbones, and front-line employee representatives in front of him, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) said earnestly: "We must continue to work hard to make up for the shortcomings, optimize the structure, and continue to contribute more to Chinese-style modernization."
Anchoring "intelligent transformation and digital transformation," the labor productivity of this century-old steel enterprise has increased by 65%, the sales volume of automotive steel has reached the best level in history, and the company's production record has been refreshed many times this year.
In a symposium with representatives of national labor models, he emphasized that "contemporary workers should not only have strength, but also have wisdom and technology, and be able to invent and innovate"; at Taiyuan Iron and Steel (太钢) in Shanxi (山西), he expressed his hope to employee representatives that they would "take new and greater steps in supporting advanced manufacturing"; during an inspection of Rizhao Port (日照港) in Shandong (山东), he pointed out that "new quality productive forces can also be developed through the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries"... The General Secretary takes an overall view, provides careful guidance, and leads the vast number of workers to explore new technologies and activate new momentum.
Promoting high-quality development requires strengthening the new type of workforce.
"Strive to build a knowledge-based, skilled, and innovative workforce." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has this in mind.
In November 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized at the National Labor Model and Advanced Worker Commendation Conference: "Create a vast industrial worker team with ideals and beliefs, understanding of technology and innovation, and the courage to take responsibility and make contributions."
In less than a month, the General Secretary sent a letter to congratulate the opening of the first National Vocational Skills Competition, emphasizing "encouraging more workers, especially the younger generation, to take the road of skill-based talent and skill-based service to the country, and cultivate more highly skilled talents and great craftsmen."
From personally guiding the deepening of the reform of the construction of the industrial worker team, to deploying large-scale vocational skills training, to instructing "striving to make a WorldSkills Competition that is innovative and widely influential," major changes have taken place in the quality structure of China's labor force. The total number of skilled workers exceeds 220 million, including more than 72 million highly skilled talents, and talent advantages are more prominent.
Labor creates happiness, and hard work achieves great undertakings.
In March of this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) and encouraged cadres and employees to "take the lead and work steadily to create a better future for Xiong'an (雄安) together."
High-quality development is full of vitality, and hundreds of millions of working people are the main force, and everyone is the protagonist. "Everyone's contribution can be gathered into an overwhelming force, and every person's accomplishment of one thing and doing a good job can push the cause of the Party and the country forward."
Return to TopThe Beijing (北京) April 29th dispatch of this newspaper (Reporter Qu Xinming (屈信明)): The reporter learned from the Insurance Association of China (中国保险行业协会) that in the first quarter, the insurance industry achieved premium income of 2.31 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.2% year-on-year; indemnity expenditure was 0.89 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.5% year-on-year. Among them, property insurance companies achieved a year-on-year increase of 2.9% in premium income and a year-on-year increase of 3.4% in claims expenditure. Life insurance companies achieved a year-on-year increase of 7.3% in premium income and a year-on-year increase of 9.3% in indemnity and payment. Foreign-funded insurance companies achieved a year-on-year increase of 12.5% in premium income.
In the first quarter, liability insurance provided 22.9 trillion yuan in risk protection, a year-on-year increase of 34%, with indemnity of approximately 20.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.6%.
Science and technology insurance has initially formed a multi-level insurance product system for scientific and technological research and development, achievement transformation, and industrialization promotion, providing liability insurance products for high-tech technologies and products, exclusive insurance products for scientific research expense losses and intellectual property protection, and first (set) and first batch insurance to serve the promotion and application. According to preliminary statistics, nearly 70 property insurance companies have developed intellectual property and cybersecurity insurance, with more than 640 insurance products.
In terms of new energy vehicle insurance, in 2025, China's (中国) new energy vehicle insurance premium income reached 190 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 34.94%.
This newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on April 29th (Reporter Wang Zheng (王政)) - Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) and the National Data Administration (国家数据局) jointly issued the "Notice on Jointly Implementing the 2026 'Model-Data Resonance' Action," setting seven key tasks to promote the synergistic interaction and synchronous resonance of artificial intelligence models and data resources, forming a virtuous "flywheel" of "industry models empowering application practices, application practices generating scenario data, and scenario data optimizing industry models," so that "artificial intelligence + manufacturing" can be deeply and practically implemented.
The action will be carried out in accordance with the principles of "unified standards, multi-party collaboration, comprehensive deployment, and highlighting key points," covering all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government and relevant central enterprises, guiding all parties to independently select cities and industries with a good foundation in the artificial intelligence industry and abundant data resources as the focus of the "Model-Data Resonance" action, and differentiate the creation of artificial intelligence-enabled application benchmarks.
In terms of landing scenarios, the action focuses on 20 key industries or fields such as steel, petrochemicals, non-ferrous metals, and automobiles, taking into account the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, the cultivation and strengthening of emerging industries, and the forward-looking layout of future industries.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 戴楷然
Starting May 1st, China will fully implement zero-tariff measures for 53 African countries that have diplomatic relations with China, while continuing to promote the negotiation and signing of agreements on economic partnerships for common development, and further expand access for African products to China by upgrading the "green channel" and other measures. People from all walks of life in Africa highly appreciate these measures, believing that they will help African countries achieve leapfrog growth, promote Sino-African economic and trade cooperation to a new level, and make positive contributions to maintaining a free and open international trade system.
"Zero-tariff policy means greater opportunities"
A matchmaking meeting between the Zimbabwean government and Chinese agricultural product purchasers was held recently, and Zimbabwean agricultural officials, farmer representatives, and Chinese purchasers reached a number of cooperation intentions. "In recent years, Zimbabwean agricultural products such as avocados, blueberries, and macadamia nuts have successively entered the Chinese market and are widely welcomed due to their excellent quality. Zimbabwe is improving various measures to further expand the export of agricultural products to China by utilizing zero-tariff measures." Allen Majuru (艾伦·马朱鲁), CEO of the Trade and Investment Development Corporation (津巴布韦贸促会), said that the continuously deepening Zimbabwe-China trade relations help enhance the confidence of Chinese purchasers, and he looks forward to strengthening cooperation with China to jointly welcome growth opportunities.
Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat (优素福) said that China's decision to fully implement zero-tariff measures for 53 African countries that have diplomatic relations with China is "important and timely" and a "brotherly move" that will help Africa cope with the current economic challenges.
"The zero-tariff policy means greater opportunities, which will greatly drive the export of agricultural products, mineral products, and some manufactured products to China." Bakary Sambe (巴卡里·桑布), Director of the Timbuktu Institute (廷巴克图研究所) in Senegal, said that the zero-tariff measures will bring opportunities for the development of African industries. If African countries can take this opportunity to increase the added value of products and improve logistics and standards systems, it will effectively promote the industrialization process.
"Ethiopian flower exporters welcome China's zero-tariff measures, which will strongly promote the export of Ethiopian horticultural products to China." Tewodros Zewdie (特沃德罗斯·祖迪埃), Executive Director of the Ethiopian Horticultural Producers and Exporters Association (埃塞俄比亚园艺生产者和出口商协会), said that the Chinese market provides hundreds of millions of potential buyers for agricultural products from Africa, and the opportunities in the Chinese market will help Ethiopia increase foreign exchange earnings and create more jobs locally.
The coffee industry is one of Kenya's important economic pillars, ranking among the top in agricultural export earnings for a long time. Mbra (姆布拉), founder of Wutach Coffee Company (乌塔克咖啡公司) in Kenya, said that with the implementation of zero-tariff measures, it is expected that Kenya's coffee exports to China will increase significantly, which will help companies improve efficiency and expand business scale. "The company also plans to use the zero-tariff advantage to further explore the Chinese market through cross-border e-commerce platforms and direct supply to Chinese coffee shops."
"Everyone is talking about the big Chinese market." Robert Rukundo (罗伯特·鲁昆多), Chairman of the Rwanda Horticultural Exporters Association (卢旺达园艺出口商协会), said that the Rwanda Horticultural Exporters Association brings together 102 companies, some of which have already carried out trade with China, and many other companies are full of interest in the Chinese market and are actively contacting Chinese partners. "We are very confident that with the driving force of zero-tariff measures, the export volume of Rwandan agricultural products will continue to grow."
"Enhance Africa's visibility and competitiveness in global trade"
Bacar (巴卡尔), Director of Radio Dialogue (对话电台) in Guinea-Bissau, wrote that the relevant measures demonstrate China's responsibility to promote the construction of a Sino-African community with a shared future in the new era, and open up a convenient channel for Guinea-Bissau's distinctive high-quality products to enter the Chinese market. The article believes that China has previously taken the lead in implementing zero-tariff measures on all tariff items for 33 of the least developed African countries, including Guinea-Bissau. This time, the full implementation of zero-tariff measures for 53 African countries that have diplomatic relations with China realizes a leap from key support to full coverage and from phased arrangements to institutional guarantees.
"The zero-tariff measures mark a deeper level of Sino-African cooperation and enhance Africa's visibility and competitiveness in global trade." Payson José (派尚·若泽), a scholar at Agostinho Neto University (阿戈什蒂纽·内图大学) in Angola, published an article in the Jornal de Angola (基安达邮报) saying that if Africa makes full use of the zero-tariff measures, it will enhance its competitiveness in the global economy and achieve a transformation from a supplier of raw materials to a producer of high value-added products.
Côte d'Ivoire is the largest natural rubber producer in Africa. Local official Soumahoro Kolo Koné (苏马希拉·科洛·科内) said that the zero-tariff measures are "a major piece of good news that will help our rubber products enter a broader market." He believes that the zero-tariff measures will drive Ivorian rubber companies to increase investment, improve the processing system, and promote the extension of the industrial chain to the mid-to-high end. "This measure is also conducive to increasing the income of rubber planters and front-line employees, and further promoting a virtuous cycle of common development between enterprises and local areas."
"The zero-tariff measures will become an important turning point for the African continent to change its development pattern." Alexander Elly Odonkor (亚历山大·艾尔蒂·奥东科尔), Director of the China Studies Center (加纳中国研究中心) in Ghana, recently wrote that the relevant measures provide an opportunity for Africa to achieve economic diversification. The article believes that supporting measures such as the "green channel" will drive the upgrading of African agricultural product trade and industrial chains, and become an important support for Africa to achieve long-term development in a complex international environment.
"China provides a huge market space for African agricultural products and manufactured goods." The Guinean newspaper La Liberté (自由报) published an article stating that the zero-tariff measures are not just tax reductions, but are also accompanied by infrastructure investment, facilitation of cargo transportation, technology transfer, and support for local processing industries. The article believes that Guinea should seize the opportunity to make the zero-tariff measures a catalyst for promoting the upgrading and transformation of local industries.
"The zero-tariff measures not only expand market access, but also provide opportunities for African countries to deeply participate in the global value chain." The Ethiopian Reporter (报道者) magazine published an article stating that the full opening of the Chinese market will prompt more Chinese companies to increase investment in Africa, thereby promoting the improvement of local production capacity in Africa.
"Make a positive contribution to building a free and open international trade system"
Against the background of increasing uncertainty in the current international trade environment, China unswervingly promotes high-level opening to the outside world, practices the mission and responsibility of a responsible major country with practical actions, continues to inject stability and certainty into the international trade system, and actively creates an open, inclusive, and win-win trade environment.
David Monyae (戴维·蒙亚埃), Co-Director of the University of Johannesburg (约翰内斯堡大学)'s Africa-China Studies Centre (非洲中国研究中心) in South Africa, said that China's zero-tariff measures are pragmatic actions to implement the Global Development Initiative and support South-South cooperation. The policy will not only expand the scale of African exports to China, but also optimize the export structure, promote the export of more high value-added products to China, and help Africa's economic transformation and industrialization process.
"China's zero-tariff measures for 53 African countries that have diplomatic relations with China will bring new opportunities for both sides to jointly build modernization. The coherence of China's trade policy, especially its trade policy towards Africa, reflects China's commitment to promoting a rules-based global trade system." The South African Independent Online (独立在线新闻网站) published an article stating that at a time when genuine partnerships are needed more than ever, China and Africa are building closer trade relations.
The Rwandan mainstream media The New Times (今日基加利) published an article stating that China's zero-tariff measures will "reshape the African trade landscape." The article stated that China is Africa's largest trading partner, and the zero-tariff measures mark a deeper shift towards trade liberalization in China. "As the African continent's vigilance against trade protectionism increases day by day, the zero-tariff measures open up new space for the development of the African continent."
The Zimbabwean newspaper The Herald (先驱报) believes that against the background of increasing global trade fragmentation and rising protectionism, China's opening measures provide a rare window of development for African countries. This policy will promote the upgrading of traditional industries such as agriculture and mining, and create conditions for the development of manufacturing, helping to promote the transformation of Africa's economic structure.
The Kenyan newspaper Business Daily (商业日报) believes that China's zero-tariff measures will significantly reduce the institutional transaction costs for African products to enter the Chinese market, especially forming a direct benefit for characteristic agricultural products such as tea, coffee, and flowers. The report stated that the measures send a clear signal of market opening to the Global South. For companies facing trade uncertainty in other regions, deepening integration into the Sino-African trade channel can not only effectively achieve market diversification, but also obtain stable policy expectations.
Morocco World News (摩洛哥世界新闻网) published an article pointing out: "China's zero-tariff measures help enhance the competitiveness of African products, and are of practical significance in the context of rising global tariff barriers, and will make a positive contribution to building a free and open international trade system."
(Reported by the newspaper from Johannesburg (约翰内斯堡) on April 29)
Return to TopChina will continue to embrace all rivers with a broad mind, working with all parties to build a fair, efficient, and vibrant development platform, jointly promoting the development of the global automotive industry, and injecting more vitality and impetus into the world economy.
"The Beijing Auto Show confirms that China is the new center of the automotive industry," "China is gradually becoming an important hub for exporting the next generation of automobiles to the global market," "This is not just an auto show, but also a story of industrial transformation"... The ongoing 2026 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition has once again broken the global auto show record in scale. "China is like a 'gym' for the automotive industry. Nowhere else is the technology iterating so quickly and user demands changing so rapidly." The analogy of Oliver Blume (奥博穆), Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Group, accurately interprets the unique attraction of the Chinese market to global automakers.
How has China become an indispensable super "gym" for global automakers? Looking through the popular "auto show fever," it is not difficult to find that the core attraction here has long since jumped from the former "scale dividend" to a more competitive "ecological dividend."
Chinese independent brand automobiles are achieving "overtaking on a curve" with intelligent technology, continuously moving towards the high-end of the global industrial chain and value chain, and demonstrating strong competitiveness in the global automotive market. At this auto show, Chinese automakers intensively released flagship models, power batteries with a range of 1,500 kilometers, AI intelligent bodies that realize a new experience of cabin-driving integration, and assisted driving solutions for L3-level autonomous driving... Many new technologies and new products collectively demonstrate the leading advantages of China's intelligent connected new energy vehicles. Some foreign company executives said that in the past, the development cycle of a complete vehicle for traditional multinational automakers usually took as long as 4 to 5 years. Now in China, a development cycle of 2 to 2.5 years has become a new industry benchmark. Deeply cultivating the Chinese market, thoroughly understanding Chinese needs, and many development problems can be easily solved, and the "amplification effect" is very significant.
China's open and inclusive ultra-large-scale market provides fertile ground for in-depth cooperation between Chinese and foreign companies. Since the 2023 Shanghai Auto Show, many multinational automakers have deeply realized the leading advantages of China's intelligent electric vehicle industry in key technologies and supply chains, and have successively deployed new product research and development functions in the Chinese market. At this Beijing Auto Show, these multinational automakers have entered the intensive listing stage of "localization 2.0" products. The cooperation logic between Chinese and foreign automakers has also undergone profound changes. Overseas automakers have long surpassed simple vehicle manufacturing or simple technology trading, and have taken the initiative to deeply integrate into the Chinese innovation ecosystem to carry out all-round cooperation. This can be seen from Volkswagen's practice: it has deeply cooperated with Chinese partners to create a new local electronic and electrical architecture in just 18 months; the advanced driver assistance capability center established in China has achieved a significant effect of shortening the research and development cycle in China by 30% and reducing platform development costs by 50%.
From "in China, for China" to "in China, for the world," multinational automakers no longer regard China as a mere sales base, but as a global innovation and export base. Some Japanese and German automakers plan to gradually launch new energy vehicles developed and produced in China into the international market, while several French automakers have clearly designated the Chinese market as a global technology test field and innovation incubator, feeding back into global vehicle development. From "product going overseas" to "system going overseas," the technical solutions and management models fully tempered and polished by the Chinese market provide all-round empowerment for the development of the global automotive industry.
An open arena, where everyone can give full play to their strengths and share progress. In the future, China will continue to embrace all rivers with a broad mind, working with all parties to build a fair, efficient, and vibrant development platform, jointly promoting the development of the global automotive industry, and injecting more vitality and impetus into the world economy.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 29th. Wang Yi (王毅), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with Dennis Francis, President of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, in Beijing (北京) on the 29th.
Wang Yi (王毅) stated that President Xi Jinping (习近平) has proposed the Global Governance Initiative, sending a clear signal to uphold multilateralism, reform and improve the global governance system, and strengthen the role of the United Nations. China will firmly safeguard the international system with the United Nations as its core, drive the common development of all countries with China's development, and empower global governance with China's good governance.
Francis thanked China for its long-term and firm support for the work of the United Nations and the General Assembly, and stated that in the face of emerging global challenges, only by working together can all parties jointly respond. He looks forward to continuing to strengthen cooperation with China to promote the improvement of global governance. The current session of the General Assembly will continue to abide by Resolution 2758.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 陈一鸣
The 30th South American International Multimodal Transport Logistics Exhibition recently concluded in São Paulo (圣保罗), Brazil's largest city. More than 10 Chinese companies showcased their latest technologies and solutions at the exhibition, covering shipping, equipment manufacturing, new energy, and other fields.
"Intelligence," "Green Transformation," and "Visualized Supply Chain" were the keywords of this exhibition. Focusing on topics such as artificial intelligence, digital management, multimodal transport collaboration, and low-carbon transition, many companies focused on displaying solutions, reflecting the logistics industry's development towards efficiency improvement and system optimization.
"As the first smart green port in South America, the Chancay Port (钱凯港) in Peru deeply integrates cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, digital twins, and the Internet of Things, and comprehensively deploys advanced equipment such as automated rail cranes and intelligent collection trucks to achieve 24-hour automated port operations and full-process visualized control." According to Christian Calderón, head of the new business department of COSCO SHIPPING Lines Peru (中远海运集运秘鲁公司), Chancay Port (钱凯港) provides replicable and scalable smart and green transformation experience for traditional Latin American ports.
At the Hangcha Group's (杭叉集团) booth, an EZ-GO mini pallet truck was being demonstrated on-site: staff issued instructions through a smartphone, and the equipment smoothly moved straight, turned, reversed, and accurately stopped in front of the goods to be loaded and unloaded. The whole process was efficient and stable. Lucas Porto, president of Brazilian logistics equipment service provider Santos e Porto (桑托斯与波尔托公司), said that cooperation with Hangcha Group (杭叉集团) is one of the key factors for the company's rapid development: in four years, the company's valuation has increased by about 10 times, and the number of operating equipment exceeds 1,200 units. The lithium battery forklifts promoted by Hangcha Group (杭叉集团) have the advantages of zero emissions, low energy consumption, fast charging, and low maintenance costs, which meet the Brazilian market's demand for green and efficient logistics solutions.
XCMG Group (徐工集团) brought a variety of products such as container cranes, heavy-duty forklifts, and electric counterbalance forklifts. XCMG Brazil Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (徐工巴西制造有限公司) maintains in-depth cooperation with local distributors to continuously serve logistics scenarios such as port loading and unloading and warehousing and transshipment. Brazilian Extra Machinery Company (巴西埃克斯特拉机械公司) has now become its largest distributor in Brazil. Percio Briante, president of Brazilian Extra Machinery Company (巴西埃克斯特拉机械公司), said that since cooperating with Chinese companies in 2020, the company's sales revenue has increased by about 10 times. "Chinese products stand out in the Brazilian logistics equipment market with their sturdiness, durability, stable operation, and high cost performance."
During the exhibition, the ZPMC (振华重工) booth welcomed visits from many important port customers in Latin America. In response to the complex operating environment and the continuously increasing throughput demand commonly found in South American ports, the two sides focused on discussing issues such as the electrification of old equipment, the construction and upgrading of automated terminals, the full life cycle service of port machinery and equipment, and the development trend of green and smart ports.
Claudia Januzzi, president of the Brazil China Innovation Economics Institute (巴西中国创新经济研究院), said that compared with previous sessions, this exhibition has more prominent innovative performances in artificial intelligence applications, sustainable development, digital transformation, multimodal transport integration, and energy efficiency.
Ermano Pinto, head of the infrastructure sector of Informa Markets (英富曼会展集团), the organizer of the exhibition, believes that this exhibition not only focuses on displaying the latest technologies and solutions in the global logistics industry, but also reflects the trend of Latin America accelerating its transformation and upgrading in the context of supply chain restructuring. With the continuous deepening of digitalization, intelligence, and green transformation, multimodal transport, as an important link connecting different modes of transportation, is increasingly becoming a key engine for promoting the modernization of regional logistics systems.
Return to TopBy: 贺林平 余宝珠
"I never imagined that a piece of candy could forge such a deep connection between me and China." Recently, Karim, a young Italian man, carrying a treasured piece of Guang-style crispy candy wrapper, came from Milan to Guangdong (广东) to embark on a journey of exploring "Chinese Goodies."
Karim is a front desk worker at a hotel in Milan. He had the opportunity to taste Chinese crispy candy and has been thinking about it ever since. In February of this year, he took out his treasured candy wrapper and asked a tourist from China to buy him some candy. This wonderful experience was shared by the tourist on social media, which immediately attracted the attention of netizens. Many local Chinese and tourists went to the hotel to bring Karim candy. Guangdong (广东) Xu Fu Ji (徐福记), the candy's manufacturer, then invited Karim to visit China to see it for himself.
Karim admitted that before coming to China, his impression of China was still limited to well-known landmarks such as the Great Wall and the Forbidden City (故宫), and he knew very little about the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区). He originally thought that this might just be an experiential visit to a time-honored candy company, but he realized after truly embarking on the trip that it was a rewarding journey of innovation and technology.
During his five days in China, Karim visited the three cities of Dongguan (东莞), Guangzhou (广州), and Shenzhen (深圳). In Dongguan (东莞), the "Manufacturing City," he visited many manufacturing enterprises to experience the integration of intelligent production and traditional craftsmanship. In Guangzhou (广州), the "Millennial Commercial Capital," he checked in at the Yongqingfang (永庆坊)'s bluestone streets and Lingnan (岭南) arcade buildings, experiencing the collision of intangible cultural heritage skills and trendy culture. In Shenzhen (深圳), the "Innovation Capital," he went deep into cutting-edge science and technology enterprises, shuttling through the dazzling "Intelligent Manufacturing World," stopping to experience various novel products, and appreciating the city's vitality. Karim said that every stop had new gains, and every trip had irreplaceable significance. "Whether it is the modern urban landscape or the unique local customs, they have left me with an extremely deep impression."
"Take making a crispy candy, for example. At first, I thought it was the simplest thing, but after visiting the site, I was greatly shocked," Karim said. At the crispy candy factory, he witnessed the entire process from raw material screening, cooking, shaping to quality inspection and packaging, and truly understood that such a small candy has such a complex and rigorous process behind it. "Every link is 一丝不苟 (yī sī bù gǒu - "not a thread loose," meticulous and conscientious), full of craftsmanship." At a shopping mall counter in Dongguan (东莞), Karim directly placed an order for a new smart phone, "hoping to use the lens to record every beautiful moment of this journey."
Karim said that this trip allowed him to recognize a vivid, three-dimensional, enthusiastic, and lovely China in the most direct and authentic way. "This is definitely the most precious experience in my life. I will definitely bring my family back to the Greater Bay Area (大湾区) and share this beauty with them."
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 29th (Reporter Shao Yibo (邵艺博)) Politburo Member of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (王毅) held the eighth round of China-Australia Foreign and Strategic Dialogue with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong (黄英贤) in Beijing (北京) on the 29th.
Wang Yi (王毅) stated that President Xi Jinping (习近平) conducted strategic communication with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (阿尔巴尼斯) last year, injecting new impetus into bilateral relations. China is willing to work with Australia to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, strengthen communication and coordination, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, consolidate the positive momentum of bilateral relations, truly implement the comprehensive strategic partnership, and provide more certainty for the region and the world.
Wang Yi (王毅) said that China and Australia should maintain high-level exchanges, enhance strategic mutual trust, expand areas of cooperation, and continuously add positive factors to bilateral relations. China-Australia cultural exchanges are in the interests of both sides, and the two governments should do more to enhance mutual understanding. It is hoped that Australia will effectively protect the safety and legitimate rights and interests of Chinese personnel. China's friendly cooperation with Pacific Island countries is not targeted at any third party, and Australia should view it objectively and rationally. As the rotating chair of APEC, China is willing to strengthen cooperation with all parties, including Australia, to activate and revitalize the APEC community process. China and Australia should jointly safeguard the global free trade system and the stability and smooth flow of industrial and supply chains, and play a constructive role in the political settlement of hotspot issues.
Wang Yi (王毅) elaborated in depth on China's position on the Taiwan issue.
Penny Wong (黄英贤) stated that Australia adheres to the one-China policy, does not support "Taiwan independence," and hopes that the Taiwan issue will be resolved peacefully. The Australian and Chinese economies are highly complementary, and close cooperation in economic, trade, and other fields is in the common interest of both sides. Australia actively supports China in hosting the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, does not exclude any country from carrying out cooperation for the development of island nations, and is willing to work with China to jointly safeguard international rules and ensure energy security.
Return to TopOur newspaper's Berlin dispatch on April 29th (Reporter Liu Zhonghua (刘仲华)): Vienna news: The Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations in Vienna held a thematic event on the Global Governance Initiative and the launch ceremony of the Vienna "Group of Friends of Global Governance" at the United Nations headquarters in Vienna on the 28th. More than 130 people attended the event, including permanent representatives from more than 40 countries, including the founding members of the Group of Friends, UNIDO Director-General Gerd Müller, UNCITRAL Secretary Anna Joubin-Bret, representatives from other international organizations, and experts from international think tanks. Li Song (李松), Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations Office at Vienna and other International Organizations, presided over the event and delivered a keynote speech.
Li Song (李松) said that the current global challenges are emerging one after another, and the United Nations is at a new crossroads. China has solemnly put forward the Global Governance Initiative, which is highly consistent with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, conforms to the trend of the times, and reflects the common aspirations of the international community. The Vienna "Group of Friends of Global Governance" aims to promote exchanges and cooperation among member states, actively advocate and practice the five core concepts of sovereign equality, international rule of law, multilateralism, people-centered approach, and action-oriented approach, jointly revitalize the United Nations, safeguard the United Nations, strengthen the United Nations, and contribute to building a more just and reasonable global governance system.
The participants spoke enthusiastically, highly agreeing with and supporting the Global Governance Initiative proposed by China, and highly appreciating China's important leading role in supporting the United Nations, advocating multilateralism, safeguarding fairness and justice, and reforming and improving the global governance system. All parties stated that the establishment of the Group of Friends is timely, and they look forward to strengthening communication and coordination on the Vienna multilateral platform, building broader consensus, and making new contributions to safeguarding multilateralism and promoting the construction and reform of the global governance system.
Return to TopThe "14th Five-Year Plan" Ecological Environment Quality Improvement Goals Successfully Completed
By Peng Bo (彭波), reporter of this newspaper
On April 27th, the 22nd meeting of the 14th National People's Congress Standing Committee heard the report on the completion of the 2025 environmental situation and environmental protection goals by Huang Runqiu (黄润秋), Minister of Ecology and Environment. The report pointed out that the ecological environment quality improvement goals set in the "14th Five-Year Plan" were all successfully completed. The average concentration of PM2.5 in cities at or above the prefecture level nationwide decreased by 20% cumulatively, and the proportion of days with excellent air quality was 1.8 percentage points better than the planned target; the proportion of surface water sections with water quality of Class I-III increased by 8 percentage points cumulatively; emissions of nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds, chemical oxygen demand, and ammonia nitrogen decreased by 17.8%, 12.1%, 8%, and 29.9% respectively compared with 2020, all meeting the planned targets.
The report pointed out that in 2025, the national ecological environment quality continued to improve, the environmental safety situation remained stable, and public satisfaction with the ecological environment reached 91.37%. In terms of ambient air quality, the average concentration of PM2.5 in cities at or above the prefecture level nationwide was 28 micrograms/cubic meter, a year-on-year decrease of 4.4%; the proportion of days with excellent air quality was 89.3%, a year-on-year increase of 1.9 percentage points; there were a total of 246 cities nationwide with air quality meeting standards, an increase of 24 year-on-year. In terms of water environment quality, the proportion of surface water sections with water quality of Class I-III nationwide was 91.4%, a year-on-year increase of 1 percentage point; the water quality of the main stream of the Yangtze River (长江) has remained stable at Class II for six consecutive years, and the water quality of the main stream of the Yellow River (黄河) has remained stable at Class II for four consecutive years. In terms of soil environment quality, the safe utilization rate of polluted arable land nationwide reached 93%; the safe utilization of key construction land was effectively guaranteed, and the pollution control rate of priority supervision plots reached more than 95%. The overall national natural ecological situation was stable. In 2025, 53.453 million mu of afforestation, 73.9064 million mu of grassland planting and improvement, and 49.3372 million mu of desertification and stony desertification land were treated, and the newly added area of soil and water loss control exceeded 62,000 square kilometers.
The report pointed out that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's pollution prevention and control campaign was vigorously promoted, and new progress and new achievements were made in the Blue Sky Defense War, the Clear Water Defense War, and the Pure Land Defense War. A total of 940 million tons of crude steel, 470 million tons of cement clinker, and 360 million tons of coking capacity were completed for ultra-low emission transformation of the entire process; a total of 491,000 sewage outlets into rivers and 66,000 sewage outlets into the sea were investigated; a total of 124 major engineering projects for source control of soil pollution were implemented, and 399 special remediation projects for groundwater pollution in chemical industrial parks were promoted in depth; a special remediation project for illegal dumping and disposal of solid waste was implemented, promoting the treatment of 34.6 million tons of various solid wastes.
The pace of green and low-carbon transformation has accelerated, in-depth special actions for energy conservation and carbon reduction in key industries have been carried out, and a series of policies and measures to promote new energy consumption and regulation have been introduced, effectively managing high-energy-consuming and high-emission projects. The national carbon emission trading market has newly included three industries: steel, cement, and aluminum smelting, and has cumulatively cultivated more than 8,000 national green factories and more than 600 green industrial parks.
Ecological environment legislation and supervision and law enforcement have been continuously strengthened. The third round of central ecological environment protection inspections was carried out in depth, and special actions and special work such as "Peaceful Wilderness" and "Kunlun" were continuously promoted. In 2025, ecological environment departments at all levels handled a total of 43,100 administrative penalty cases.
The report proposed that in 2026, the adjustment of industrial structure, pollution control, ecological protection, and climate change response will be coordinated, and carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth will be promoted in coordination. More emphasis will be placed on precise pollution control, scientific pollution control, and law-based pollution control, and more attention will be paid to comprehensive governance, systematic governance, and source governance, to consolidate the ecological security barrier, enhance the momentum of green development, and strive to promote new and major progress in the construction of a beautiful China.
Guiding Central Enterprises to Take the Lead in Resisting "Involutionary" Competition
By Zhang Xun (张璁), reporter of this newspaper
On April 27th, at the 22nd meeting of the 14th National People's Congress Standing Committee, entrusted by the State Council, Minister of Finance Lan Fo'an (蓝佛安) made a report on the research and handling of the review opinions on the report on the management of state-owned assets in 2024 and the situation of rectification and accountability.
Lan Fo'an first introduced the implementation of the review opinions on the 2024 state-owned assets report from the aspects of continuously optimizing the layout of the state-owned economy, focusing on improving the effectiveness of supervision and the quality of operation.
The report shows that the "three concentrations" of state-owned capital are being accelerated. The National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) has worked with relevant departments to formulate and implement a guiding catalog for optimizing the layout and structural adjustment of the state-owned economy, clarifying the key investment fields and directions of state-owned capital. Promoting the orderly withdrawal of backward production capacity, the National Bureau of Statistics (国家统计局) carried out a "look back" on the special rectification of statistical fraud to continuously consolidate the quality of statistical data. In-depth rectification of "involutionary" competition, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) continued to consolidate the comprehensive rectification results of industry "involutionary" competition, and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (国务院国资委) guided central enterprises to highlight their main responsibilities and businesses, and take the lead in resisting "involutionary" competition.
In terms of accelerating the reform and transformation of local government financing platforms, policy documents on promoting the reform and transformation of local government financing platforms were issued, requiring the clarification of the rights and responsibilities of the government and enterprises in accordance with laws and regulations, and promoting the substantial transformation of local government financing platforms by category. The Ministry of Finance (财政部) has increased its supervision and inspection efforts, and publicly reported typical cases of accountability for newly added implicit debts of local governments by financing platforms. The People's Bank of China (中国人民银行) has worked with relevant departments to steadily promote financial support for resolving the debt risks of financing platforms. As of the end of December 2025, compared with the beginning of 2023, the number of financing platforms and the scale of outstanding financial debt have decreased by more than 70%.
The report shows that strengthening the main position of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation and building a high-level innovation ecosystem, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (国务院国资委) has worked with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) to continuously promote the matching of supply and demand between state-owned enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises and the sharing of results, and promote the integrated innovation of upstream, midstream, and downstream industries and large, medium, and small enterprises in the industrial chain. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) actively supports state-owned enterprises to promote technological breakthroughs, application of results, and ecosystem construction in an integrated manner. To improve the incentive mechanism for innovation and development, in December 2025, the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) and the Ministry of Finance (财政部) jointly launched the National Venture Capital Guidance Fund, which focuses on hard technology, adheres to a long cycle, improves the tolerance for errors, and invests in technology-based enterprises through market-oriented methods.
Lan Fo'an said that in terms of cooperating in doing a good job in the supervision work of the National People's Congress and the rectification and accountability of problems found in audits, the Ministry of Finance (财政部), the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部), and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (国务院国资委) and other units have conducted in-depth research on key issues, held multiple seminars to communicate opinions, and earnestly cooperated with the Financial and Economic Committee of the National People's Congress and the Budget Work Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress to do a good job in the legislation of the State-owned Assets Law and the revision of the Enterprise State-owned Assets Law. At the same time, in response to the problems found in the audit of enterprise state-owned assets, state-owned assets of financial enterprises, administrative and institutional state-owned assets, and state-owned natural resource assets, relevant regions, departments, and units have further increased their efforts to implement rectification, and taken multiple measures to improve management systems, plug loopholes, and strengthen supervision, achieving significant results.
Lan Fo'an said that in the next step, in terms of the management of state-owned assets of financial enterprises, the legal system for the management of state-owned financial capital will be improved, and relevant departmental rules on the evaluation and transfer of state-owned assets of financial enterprises will be studied and revised to effectively prevent the loss of state-owned assets. The reform of state-owned financial enterprises will be further deepened, the quality and efficiency of the management of state-owned financial capital will be improved, and financial risks will be prevented and resolved.
The report shows that in terms of the management of state-owned natural resource assets, the improvement of the unified survey, evaluation, and monitoring system for natural resources will be promoted, the updating and application of the results of the registration of collective land ownership will be continued, the accounting of the economic value of natural resource assets will be promoted in an orderly manner, and important support will be provided for comprehensively and accurately determining the state-owned natural resource assets.
Return to TopBy: 段伟利
In the park, parents teach their children to ride bicycles, saying, "If you don't want to fall, you must look far ahead." Upon careful consideration, riding a bicycle and doing things have quite a few things in common.
Beginners are often tense, staring at the front wheel, constantly adjusting and wobbling, making it easy to fall. Similarly, if you don't have foresight when doing things, you will inevitably be short-sighted. If you don't walk the road in front of you well, it will be difficult to go far in the future. What to look at and how to look at it are of great significance in the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan."
Consider whether current decisions and work are in line with the general trend, beneficial to the long term, and able to withstand historical scrutiny.
In July 1986, Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) presided over the launch of the Xiamen (厦门) Municipal Mid- to Long-Term Development Plan, comprehensively considering "several major issues in strategy," pioneering the earliest 15-year development strategy compiled by a local government in China. Following the blueprint, one term after another, the former coastal defense town has become a modern city that is "even better than we imagined at the time."
Look at the future competitive high ground and "chokehold" risks, and strengthen strengths, make up for weaknesses, and strengthen weak links in a targeted manner.
It is precisely because of the keen grasp of the times and trends, the cultivation and expansion of strategic emerging industries, and the rise of a number of important emerging industries such as biomedicine that we are constantly shaping new competitive advantages for our country.
Without looking far ahead and making forward-looking plans, how could there be precise breakthroughs in important fields and a leap at a critical moment?
Observing the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline from this perspective, "implementing the industrial base re-engineering project" and "promoting the coordinated layout of green electricity and computing power"... 109 major engineering projects are aimed at the present and support the future.
From a city to an industry to a country, establishing short-term goals and planning for the long term is an important methodology for coordinating the present and the long term, and what is needed and what is possible. At present, local plans and special plans have been released one after another, and it is necessary to strengthen overall planning, implement them in place, and achieve practical results.
Riding a bicycle requires looking into the distance and exerting effort with your feet. If you are unwilling to put in effort, you will never reach your destination. Similarly, hard work and solid work are the way to success. Without solid work, even the best vision and the most beautiful blueprint are just a flower in the mirror and the moon in the water.
Dalu Wu Community (大路吴社区) in Yingyang Town (颍阳镇), Xiangcheng County (襄城县), Henan (河南), has been managed by a hand-drawn village plan for more than 40 years, and the former poor village has become a harmonious and beautiful new home. What does it rely on?
"The masses have opinions, are reluctant to part with their old houses, and are unwilling to work." While the party members and cadres worked hard to persuade them, they took the lead in doing the work. The old party secretary recognized a principle: "When you are a village cadre, you must plan more, take on more responsibilities, suffer more losses, and do more practical work."
Since the new era, from poverty alleviation and ecological protection to scientific and technological innovation and social governance, which achievement has not been achieved through hard work?
Starting this year, the leading bodies at all levels in various localities will be replaced one after another. How to maintain the continuity of work? "Don't overturn everything when a new leadership takes over, and don't start a new set of things just to show off so-called achievements." This is the key to achieving practical results.
No matter how far the road is, it can be reached by walking step by step. No matter how grand the goal is, it can be achieved by doing it bit by bit.
Riding on the road, move steadily forward in the coordinated cooperation of eyes, hands, and feet.
How can "seeing" and "doing" be more coordinated and consistent?
Huawei (华为) implements a rolling strategic plan internally, that is, every year, in conjunction with the current year's business plan, it plans five years ahead to maintain a focus on the long term and a focus on the present.
Today, technology is accelerating its iteration and development is changing with each passing day. Only by constantly adjusting and repeatedly calibrating with the development of practice and the changing needs of the people can we move steadily and far.
Some time ago, the topic of "building ourselves like building a new China" sparked discussion on the Internet. Looking back, it is precisely because we have always looked far and done solid work that one five-year plan after another can continue to write miracles. Hundreds of millions of people are willing to work hard, strive, and create, and will surely continue to write a new chapter of "going up step by step."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 易舒冉
Industrial workers are the main force of the working class and the backbone for implementing the innovation-driven development strategy and accelerating the construction of a manufacturing powerhouse. On April 29th, the State Council Information Office (国新办) held a meeting with Chinese and foreign journalists on "Strivers on the New Journey," inviting five outstanding industrial worker representatives to exchange ideas on "Labor Creates Happiness, Hard Work Achieves Greatness."
"Over the years, I have participated in the construction of many landmark buildings, and I am honored to have gradually grown from a child in the mountains to a skilled urban builder who has mastered the operation and maintenance theory of tower cranes," said Jike Dafu (吉克达富), head of the tower crane team of the Tower Crane Branch of Shanxi No. 1 Construction Group Co., Ltd. (山西一建集团有限公司).
Tower cranes are one of the most commonly used and important tools on construction sites. Jike Dafu's daily work is to operate tower cranes at heights of tens or even hundreds of meters, completing hoisting tasks time after time, building high-rise buildings on the ground like building blocks.
After years of training, Jike Dafu can operate smoothly and safely when facing吊物 ranging from a few kilograms to several tons. In his spare time, Jike Dafu goes to enterprises and schools to tell students about his growth experience, encouraging more young people to forge ahead, bravely pursue their dreams, and realize their life value on the road of becoming skilled and serving the country with skills.
At the meeting, Gao Bin (高斌), the head of the debugging team of the sub-assembly workshop of the Large Tractor Company of the First Tractor Co., Ltd. (第一拖拉机股份有限公司), brought a model of a high-horsepower intelligent tractor.
"This tractor is equipped with core technologies such as our independently developed intelligent driving, Beidou navigation (北斗导航), power shift, and power steering," said Gao Bin. "It achieves precise operation and stable control, and can be called a 'major country weapon' of agricultural equipment. It also carries our mission of safeguarding national food security and promoting the modernization of agricultural development."
At the end of 2024, when Gao Bin and his colleagues were trial-producing a new type of high-horsepower tractor, Gao Bin discovered a minor problem with the chassis. Although it did not affect its use, it would shorten its service life. He and his colleagues repeatedly disassembled and tested the chassis, and finally solved the problem. "Assembling each car well is being responsible to the position, to the user, and to the country," Gao Bin said, expressing his belief.
Zhang Ying (张莹), an employee of the Gardening and Flower Center of the Summer Palace Management Office (北京市颐和园管理处), has been with the flowers and plants of the Summer Palace (颐和园) for more than 30 years and is the fifth-generation inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage "Traditional Flower Arrangement." After more than 10 years of collection and arrangement, she led the team to restore more than 100 court flower arrangement works and created more than 1,000 innovative works.
"In the future, I will continue to take root in the land of the Summer Palace (颐和园), so that the beauty of the garden and the light of intangible cultural heritage complement each other, and spread the excellent traditional Chinese culture," said Zhang Ying.
Ma Zhigang (马志刚), the head of the electrical maintenance team of the Maintenance Operation Zone of the Dong Anshan Branch of Ansteel Group Mining Co., Ltd. (鞍钢集团矿业有限公司), spent 30 years gradually growing from a maintenance electrician to an engineer proficient in automatic control.
Loving what you do and striving for excellence, Ma Zhigang always pursues excellence in his ordinary work. "Key core technologies cannot be bought or waited for, they must be created by front-line workers. In the past, if imported equipment broke down, we had to wait for others to repair it. Now, we can repair it ourselves, modify it, and even upgrade it intelligently," said Ma Zhigang. He feels extremely honored to do his best to protect national resource security.
Ma Zhigang also has an idea: to pass on his maintenance experience to more young people. In his opinion, cultivating one more business backbone who can stand alone will add more confidence to the safety of the industrial chain.
Day after day of perseverance and hard work is the most touching essence of labor. Feng Mengmeng (冯萌萌), the head of the Second采注 Operation and Maintenance Team of the Second Oil Production Plant of China National Petroleum Corporation Dagang Oilfield (中国石油大港油田), has been working for 19 years. During the day, she is busy repairing pumping units, and at night, she returns to the innovation studio to concentrate on tackling technical problems, solving more than a thousand on-site problems.
In summer, the work clothes on her body dry and wet again and again, and the back is covered with salt stains; in winter, there are often cracks on her hands; sometimes after repairing equipment, her arms are so sore that she can't lift them. Taking root in the front line of the oilfield, Feng Mengmeng is not afraid of tests: "Seeing our pumping units running smoothly and the oil extracted continuously transported to the places where the country's development and construction need it, I feel that the suffering I have endured is worth it."
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 29th (Xinhua) -- The State Council has appointed and removed national personnel.
Song Youchun (宋友春) has been appointed as Vice Minister of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development; Sui Hongbo (隋洪波) has been appointed as Vice Minister of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs; Shang Rui (尚锐) has been appointed as Deputy Director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council; Liu Haoling (刘浩凌) has been appointed as Vice Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission; Zhang Liming (张利明) has been appointed as Deputy Director of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (National Park Administration); Huang Guo (黄果) has been appointed as Director of the National Medical Products Administration.
Liu Zhenguo (刘振国) has been removed from the post of Vice Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs; Shang Rui (尚锐) has been removed from the post of Deputy Auditor General of the National Audit Office; Yuan Ye (袁野) has been removed from the post of Deputy Director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council; Tang Fanglin (唐芳林) has been removed from the post of Deputy Director of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (National Park Administration); Li Li (李利) has been removed from the post of Director of the National Medical Products Administration.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on April 29th (Reporter Peng Bo (彭波)) Zhao Leji (赵乐际), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, held a symposium on the afternoon of the 29th with deputies to the National People's Congress attending the 22nd meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress. He emphasized the need to conscientiously study and understand the important speech and spirit of the 14th National People's Congress delivered by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) at the fourth meeting, to perform duties in accordance with the law, to play the role of deputies, and to contribute to achieving a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan."
At the symposium, the deputies spoke about implementing the spirit of the conference, combined with their actual performance of duties, and put forward opinions and suggestions. Zhao Leji (赵乐际) listened carefully and exchanged views with the deputies in depth. He said that the "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a crucial period for laying the foundation and fully exerting efforts to basically realize socialist modernization. Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, it is necessary to unite efforts, overcome difficulties, and unswervingly manage our own affairs well. Deputies to the National People's Congress should consciously unify their thoughts and actions with the Party Central Committee's analysis and judgment of the situation and its decisions and deployments, integrate the performance of their duties as deputies and the performance of their duties into the overall situation of the Party and the country, and contribute the wisdom and strength of deputies in serving the development of the "15th Five-Year Plan." It is necessary to give play to their own professional expertise, make contributions to their posts, actively publicize the spirit of the conference, and drive the surrounding masses to think in one direction and work together. The proposals and suggestions of the deputies have an important role in promoting the strengthening and improvement of relevant work. During this year's conference, the deputies put forward 8,406 suggestions, involving all aspects of economic and social development. The undertaking units should strengthen communication with the deputies throughout the whole process, improve the quality and efficiency of handling, and effectively promote the solution of problems and the improvement of work. It is hoped that the deputies will continue to put forward high-quality opinions and suggestions around the implementation of the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline, tell the truth, offer practical solutions, and seek practical results.
Zhao Leji (赵乐际) pointed out that it is necessary to demonstrate the responsibility of deputies in promoting the high-quality development of the work of the National People's Congress. The main points of the work of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for 2026 and the plans for legislation, supervision, deputies, and foreign affairs have been officially issued and implemented. It is hoped that the deputies will, as always, support and participate in the work of the Standing Committee, conduct in-depth research according to the arrangements of the main points and plans, put forward more practical and feasible opinions and suggestions, and jointly promote the improvement of the quality and efficiency of the work of the National People's Congress. It is necessary to actively study and publicize the three important laws passed by this year's conference, namely the Ecological Environment Code, the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, and the National Development Planning Law, and act as legal publicity officers in daily work and life, promote the spirit of the rule of law, and help promote the implementation of the law.
Zhao Leji (赵乐际) emphasized that it is necessary to play the role of deputies as a bridge in closely connecting with the people. Consciously practice whole-process people's democracy, establish a mass concept, enhance the ability to do mass work, and draw wisdom from the practice of the people. Actively participate in centralized inspections and special research activities, make good use of platforms such as deputies' home stations, deputies' groups, and grass-roots legislative liaison points, listen to and reflect the voices and aspirations of the masses, reflect public opinion and wisdom in deliberation speeches and proposals, and promote laws and policies to better connect with the ground, observe public sentiment, gather public wisdom, and benefit people's livelihoods.
Li Hongzhong (李鸿忠), a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, presided over the symposium.
Return to TopOn April 29th, the first urban double-decker sightseeing bus in Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区), Hebei Province, was officially launched. The sightseeing bus connects the city's appearance and cultural tourism highlights, innovatively creating an immersive experience of "food + sightseeing + culture," further improving the tourism transportation service system of Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) and enhancing the city's cultural tourism appeal.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Fuzhou, April 29th (Reporters Qi Zhongxi (齐中熙) and Gao Kang (高亢)) The 9th Digital China Summit opened in Fuzhou (福州) on the 29th. Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a keynote speech.
Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) stated that deeply advancing the construction of Digital China and enhancing the level of digital and intelligent development is a strategic task concerning the overall situation of Chinese-style modernization. The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core attaches great importance to the construction of Digital China, has made a series of decisions and deployments, and China's digital infrastructure has been continuously improved, the potential of data elements has been continuously released, and new industries and new models have continued to emerge, painting a picture of development that is moving towards the new and the better.
Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) pointed out that the current new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation is accelerating breakthroughs, and digital and intelligent technologies represented by artificial intelligence are profoundly reshaping the global development landscape, and the development of the digital economy is entering a new stage of the intelligent economy. It is necessary to grasp the general trend of artificial intelligence development, accelerate the construction of Digital China, comprehensively empower economic and social development, and inject strong impetus into Chinese-style modernization.
Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) talked about five points of view on the development of artificial intelligence in China. First, adhere to independent innovation. China's artificial intelligence can only have the confidence to cope with any containment and suppression if it takes the road of independent innovation and development. It is necessary to deploy cutting-edge technology exploration on multiple routes, promote the tackling of key core technologies across the entire chain, and continuously consolidate the leading position in the development of artificial intelligence. Second, adhere to application traction. China's artificial intelligence has advantages in a complete industrial system, rich data resources, and broad application scenarios. It is necessary to deeply implement the "Artificial Intelligence +" action, promote the deep integration of artificial intelligence and the real economy, and accelerate the cultivation and growth of new quality productive forces. Third, adhere to ecological collaboration. The development of artificial intelligence cannot be separated from a complete innovation ecosystem. It is necessary to continuously strengthen collaborative innovation, promote close collaboration between upstream and downstream of the innovation chain and industrial chain, and multiple entities, and promote the continuous improvement and greater prosperity of the artificial intelligence ecosystem. Fourth, adhere to openness and win-win cooperation. The development of artificial intelligence should not build closed walls, but should build bridges for mutually beneficial cooperation. It is necessary to implement the Global Artificial Intelligence Governance Initiative, deepen international cooperation in areas such as computing power, data, and talent, and better benefit the people of all countries. Fifth, adhere to safety and controllability. No matter how artificial intelligence develops, it should be utilized by humans and controlled by humans. It is necessary to coordinate development and security, improve systems, strengthen supervision, and promote the healthy and orderly development of artificial intelligence.
Before the opening ceremony, Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) visited the on-site experience area of the 9th Digital China Summit.
The theme of this summit is "Accelerating the Innovation and Development of Digital and Intelligent Technology and Deeply Promoting the Construction of Digital China." About 1,200 people, including responsible comrades from relevant local governments and departments, business people, heads of industry organizations, and experts and scholars, attended the opening ceremony.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 29th, April 29th, State Vice President Han Zheng (韩正) met with the President of the 80th United Nations General Assembly, Dennis Francis, and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong in Beijing (北京) respectively.
During the meeting with Dennis Francis, Han Zheng (韩正) stated that the current international situation is intertwined with turmoil and changes, and the international system with the United Nations as its core is suffering severe impacts. Last September, President Xi Jinping (习近平) proposed the Global Governance Initiative, sending a clear signal of firmly defending the authority and central position of the United Nations, which has received widespread support from the international community. China is willing to take the implementation of the initiative as an opportunity to continuously deepen cooperation with the United Nations, support the United Nations General Assembly in adhering to true multilateralism, adhering to development priority, and upholding integrity and innovation, and jointly safeguard world peace and security and promote development and prosperity.
Dennis Francis stated that China is a key partner of the United Nations and an important pillar of multilateralism. I appreciate the important initiatives put forward by President Xi Jinping (习近平) and am willing to deepen cooperation with China to revitalize multilateralism and jointly promote global peace and development.
During the meeting with Penny Wong, Han Zheng (韩正) stated that Sino-Australian relations have made considerable progress over the past decade, but have also experienced twists and turns. In recent years, President Xi Jinping (习近平) and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have held multiple meetings and reached important consensus, providing strategic guidance for the continued development of Sino-Australian relations and promoting practical results in exchanges and cooperation between the two countries in various fields. China and Australia adhering to equal treatment, seeking common ground while reserving differences, and mutually beneficial cooperation are in line with the fundamental interests of both sides. China is willing to work with Australia to implement the important consensus of the leaders of the two countries, grasp the correct direction of the development of bilateral relations, strengthen the alignment of development strategies, enhance dialogue and exchanges, and build a more mature and stable, and more fruitful Sino-Australian comprehensive strategic partnership.
Penny Wong stated that the current development momentum of Australia-China relations is good, and mutually beneficial cooperation is steadily advancing. Australia attaches great importance to Australia-China relations and is willing to strengthen communication and dialogue with China, expand pragmatic cooperation, and promote the continuous development of bilateral relations.
Return to TopBy: 李 斌
The "Jiaolong" rose in the new era is a vivid portrayal of countless Communist Party members establishing achievements for the people, undertaking missions for the masses, and building reputation through solid work.
Visitors stream into the Jiaolong Hall in the Lighthouse Educated Youth Hall in Zhaosu County (昭苏县), Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture (伊犁哈萨克自治州), Xinjiang (新疆). In February of this year, a new variety of rose named "Jiaolong" set off from Yunnan (云南), crossed thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, and "settled" in Jiaolong Hall, continuing He Jiaolong's (贺娇龙) original aspiration in another form, carrying people's remembrance of her.
This leads us to think, how can today's party members and cadres leave a good reputation among the people?
Instead of pursuing a momentary sensational effect, they try every means to promote the cultural tourism of their hometown and leave a "seed" for the development of a region; instead of pursuing personal dividends, they focus on developing live broadcast e-commerce to create universal benefits for the people... He Jiaolong's (贺娇龙) journey of rooting in the grassroots, working hard and diligently, proves a truth: a good reputation comes from solid achievements.
The achievements of Communists are the street lights lit at the doorsteps of the people, the flood control dikes that stand firm in the face of storms, and the convenient and fast "one-window service," embodied in concrete actions to do practical things and solve problems for the people. Liao Junbo (廖俊波) "did what he believed in, even carrying stones up the mountain," building an industrial park in Zhenghe County (政和县), Fujian (福建), which had no industrial base; Xu Limin (徐利民) felt that "we always have to leave something for this land," so he advocated building reservoirs for natural villages, organizing "civil sentiment sentry posts," and making every effort to promote the culture of going up the mountains. With unreserved dedication and action, developing industries and seeking benefits for the people, such achievements can stand the test of time and live up to the expectations of the people.
A good reputation also comes from a pragmatic and responsible work style. The masses are grateful to He Jiaolong (贺娇龙) not only because she loves her hometown, but also because of her perseverance in rooting in the grassroots and caring for the masses. Netizens admire He Jiaolong (贺娇龙), moved by her tireless efforts to promote agricultural and livestock products by sacrificing her rest time, and admire her bravery in insisting on riding a horse to promote Zhaosu (昭苏) despite falling from her horse many times. The horseback is the stage, the live broadcast is the bridge, the solid work writes the answer sheet, and the integrity builds the base color. This pragmatic style and responsible backbone are precisely the spiritual outlook that party members and cadres should have.
Building roads and canals and improving people's livelihood is a blessing; leaving behind a clean and upright atmosphere and setting up a practical example is also a blessing. Huang Wenxiu (黄文秀) left the spirit of self-improvement in Baini Village (百坭村), inspiring young talents to devote themselves to the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside; Zhang Guimei (张桂梅) rooted in mountain education, lighting up the path to learning for children in mountainous areas, and also inspiring more students to return to their hometowns to teach. Good achievements are like timely rain, benefiting the present; good work styles are like lighthouses, illuminating the direction of strivers. Imitating from action, relaying from the spirit, moving forward with solid work, interpreting loyalty with responsibility, the actions and work style of being close to the people, loving the people, and benefiting the people will become a grand sight.
On the other hand, some cadres, in order to pursue high growth, arbitrarily introduce high-polluting and high-energy-consuming enterprises, which have driven the economy in the short term, but have caused irreversible damage to the ecological environment. Demolishing and building on a large scale to create image projects, deviating from actual needs and the wishes of the masses, leaving only unfinished projects and debt black holes. An incorrect view of achievements will inevitably leave endless troubles. This warns every party member and cadre: the position is given by the people and can only be used to serve the people; power is a double-edged sword, and we should be in awe, abide by laws and disciplines, and use power to share worries for the party, do things for the country, and seek benefits for the people.
Party members and cadres must have a selfless spirit. The preciousness of He Jiaolong's (贺娇龙) character lies in turning "traffic" into a "increment" for people's livelihood and treating the post as a position of dedication. It is precisely because of her dedication to the people, not admiring vanity, and not seeking personal gain that the "Jiaolong" rose brings people lasting gratitude and warmth.
"If it is for love, then it is invincible." The "Jiaolong" rose in the new era is a vivid portrayal of countless Communist Party members establishing achievements for the people, undertaking missions for the masses, and building reputation through solid work. Those seeds sown in the hearts of the people will eventually grow into a solid foundation for the people to support the party, and gather a powerful force to promote social development and progress.
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From the "drain the pond to catch all the fish" style of resource plunder to the "eat the ecological meal" style of ecological empowerment, understanding is constantly deepening, and development is gradually transforming.
Spring is warm and flowers are blooming, seagulls are calling in Tianjin (天津). Not long ago, birdwatching volunteers in Tianjin divided into multiple groups and squatted by more than 20 bridges in the Haihe (海河) urban area. Finally, they counted 21 species of seagulls visiting the Haihe (海河), with the "main force" Siberian Gull at 1339, the "old acquaintance" Black-headed Gull at 115, and the first discovery of Lesser Black-backed Gull in the Haihe (海河) urban section. Some people humorously call this Tianjin people "registering the seagulls."
Tianjin (天津) has a variety of ecosystems such as mountains, forests, wetlands, and oceans, and is one of the world's important bird migration channels. Locals like birdwatching, and many out-of-town birdwatchers will also come at the right time. People watch from afar and appreciate up close, take photos and check in, watch and protect birds, and people and birds live in harmony, becoming a vivid footnote to the harmonious coexistence of humans and nature.
The harmony between people and birds is hard-won. Seagulls are "ecological detectors," and their willingness to come is the best affirmation of the ecological environment.
More than 10 years ago, the Haihe (海河) River was dotted with sewage outlets and industrial facilities, and the water quality was in the inferior Class V category for a long time. Migratory birds only appeared sporadically. In 2017, Tianjin (天津) launched the "871" ecological project to comprehensively protect and restore wetlands, build a green ecological barrier, and comprehensively manage the coastline of the bay. Today, the average temperature in the green ecological barrier area has dropped by 5.9%, the relative humidity has increased by 9.6%, and the habitat environment for species has been effectively improved, attracting more than 40 species of wild birds such as swans and egrets, as well as more than 10 species of terrestrial wild animals such as foxes and weasels, which are full of wildness and vitality.
Practice has proved that adhering to long-termism and dedicating to ecological restoration can better protect biodiversity, thereby strengthening the ecological foundation.
The harmony between people and birds nurtures people's hearts. Mountains and rivers reflecting each other, grass growing and warblers flying, such poetic and picturesque scenes can not only please the eye, but also "nourish the heart." "Nourishing the heart" means cultivating ecological awareness.
Tianjin Zoo (天津动物园) has set up a birdwatching science popularization area, and bird behavior has become a research topic for primary and middle school students; Nankai District Library (南开区图书馆) held the "Book Fragrance Encounters Birdsong" event, where young people listened to natural stories in the fragrance of books; Qilihai Wetland (七里海湿地) held the "Wetland Symphony Concert," where the beauty of ecology and the meaning of humanities intertwined, attracting tourists to stop.
"Nourishing the heart" can cultivate the conscious action of ecological protection. Volunteer seagull protectors at the old wharf in Binhai New Area (滨海新区) have been sticking to their posts for many years, sharing birdwatching and bird protection knowledge with tourists, and driving more people to know and love birds; there are also enterprises adopting "Seagull Protection Forests," citizens spontaneously formulating "No Trace Birdwatching Conventions," and wetland birdwatching enthusiasts establishing "Do Not Disturb" observation stations... When people and nature get along, the pleasure at the level of hearing and vision often transforms into value recognition at the level of emotion and thought. The two interact benignly, and the concept of ecological civilization that respects nature, conforms to nature, and protects nature is constantly deepening in people's hearts.
The harmony between people and birds promotes industry and benefits the people. From ecological degradation to increased biodiversity, from the "竭泽而渔" (jié zé ér yú - "drain the pond to catch all the fish," to focus only on immediate gains without considering long-term consequences) style of resource plunder to the "eat the ecological meal" style of ecological empowerment, understanding is constantly deepening, and development is gradually transforming.
Qilihai Wetland (七里海湿地) has built a mature crab-rice symbiosis model, with double harvests of rice and crabs, and the biodiversity dividend helps agricultural value-added; Baodi Chaobai River National Wetland Park (宝坻潮白河国家湿地公园) carries out mass sports events such as dragon boat races and marathons, attracting 2 million athletes and tourists every year, driving comprehensive consumption of 200 million yuan; Xiaolongpa Village (小龙扒村) in Yuyang Town (渔阳镇), Jizhou District (蓟州区), uses the egrets that inhabit and breed here all year round as a medium to gradually form a "photography + picking + homestay + health preservation" industrial chain, and the integration of agriculture, culture and tourism opens up new paths; Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City (中新天津生态城) and the woodland carbon sink trading in Jinnan District (津南区) bring considerable income... Consolidating the foundation of a good ecological environment, building a solid ecological security barrier, making good use of institutional innovations such as carbon sink trading and ecological compensation, and developing agricultural, cultural, tourism and other related industries in accordance with local conditions can add impetus to green development.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" outline proposes to enhance the diversity, stability and sustainability of ecosystems. Protecting the ecological environment is not only pollution prevention and control and ecological restoration at the technical level, but also protecting productivity and developing productivity. In practice, we should adhere to the integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grass and sand, coordinate natural restoration and artificial restoration, pay more attention to improving quality, promoting industry and benefiting the people, and build a large pattern of protection and management from the top of the mountain to the ocean. Green ecology will surely continue to nurture a better life.
(The author is a reporter from the Tianjin Branch of this newspaper)
By: 程 红
People's firm stance, clear judgment, and indomitable resilience are the key to technology's pursuit of good and art's pursuit of beauty.
From humanoid robots performing on the Spring Festival Gala at the beginning of the year to the recent trend of short videos generated by artificial intelligence, a trend cannot be ignored: literature and art are embracing technology tightly. How to make literature and art more vibrant, infectious, and leading, and enhance technological thinking and application, is undoubtedly an important option.
Seeking effectiveness from technology.
Humanoid robots dance and perform Kung Fu, digital technology allows the Jiahu Bone Flute and Shang and Zhou chimes to sound again, and artificial intelligence technology renders the shocking scenes in the movie "Ne Zha." The expressiveness shown by "technology + literature and art" is unprecedented. Good use of technology in literary and artistic creation can not only significantly reduce production costs but also optimize the audio-visual effects, which can be described as 事半功倍 (shì bàn gōng bèi - "half the work, twice the effect," to achieve twice the result with half the effort).
The popularity of smartphones allows everyone to become a creator, using fragmented time to tell their own stories and explain their personal views. From a "one-person company" making a drama to "migrant worker literature" unfolding life narratives, the new mass literature and art are releasing diverse and fresh voices of the times, playing a "grand chorus" for the cultural cause.
Using technology to dig for inspiration.
The convergence of literature and art with technology often brings surprises. "The Three-Body Problem" imagined "nano-flying blades," and China's world-first T1200-grade carbon fiber responds to science fiction imagination in reality. In ancient times, there was an exaggerated description of "returning from Jiangling in a thousand miles in one day" (千里江陵一日还), and today there are high-speed trains in China speeding like the wind. The ancients envisioned reshaping the body with lotus roots, and now lotus root fibers can be 3D-printed to become bone scaffolds... Starting from people's yearning and imagination for a better life, the romantic conception of literature and art and the hardcore strength of technology have "homology."
Literature and art and technology can resonate at the same frequency. Letting literature and art have technological thinking is not only a technical issue but also an ideological issue. Focusing on the yearning for a better life, applying extraordinary imagination, and creating more literary and artistic scenes that resonate with reality and imagination, we can obtain more spiritual satisfaction in them.
Some people have proposed that literature and art are technology's ideal "testing ground" because the field of literature and art has a richer aesthetic track, and technology can efficiently find suitable paths in multi-track exploration. At the same time, the cost of trial and error is also low, which is suitable for the vigorous growth of technology. However, vigorous growth is not barbaric growth, and literature and art should also draw a clear line between what can and cannot be done. Recently, artificial intelligence-produced videos have become popular on the Internet, bringing creative works, but also bringing hidden dangers such as spreading rumors and infringement. Facing new needs and new characteristics, we cannot apply a "one-size-fits-all" approach, nor can we "open the floodgates." Using both hands well, "allowing flexibility" and "managing well," literature and art can ride the waves in the new trend.
People also have doubts. When artificial intelligence can write poetry and virtual people can star in dramas, will humans still have more creativity? Some practitioners pointed out that "the real originality and emotional expression are still in ourselves." This points out the subjective consciousness and active role of people.
From drawing on the rock walls with pebbles to using brushes to paint colorful pictures, to artificial intelligence producing pictures on demand, no matter how the carrier of artistic creation changes, people's creative spirit and thinking ability are always an important force driving literary and artistic change. People's pursuit of the unknown and the pursuit of the beautiful constitute the original driving force for the progress of literature and art; people's firm stance, clear judgment, and indomitable resilience are the key to technology's pursuit of good and art's pursuit of beauty.
Aesthetics believes that beauty is the unity of sensibility and rationality. Looking at the present, technological development and rational understanding promote each other, and sensibility is a unique characteristic of human beings. Letting literature and art have more technological thinking, breaking down the barriers between categories, and promoting cross-border integration are not only what the times need but also have the opportunity to realize what the public expects. Following this, we will depict a beautiful picture of the coordinated development of material and spiritual civilization.
Return to TopDon't Put the Cart Before the Horse When "Deliberating"
Zha Liangliang (查亮亮), Jinhua City (金华市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省)
A friend recently mentioned his worries: his work unit is promoting a project, and the proposal has been submitted for over half a month. Every time he asks about it, the reply is always "we're still deliberating." Some units have already achieved results, but they are still going around in circles in "deliberation."
In grassroots work, this kind of "let's deliberate further" is not uncommon. A plan is put forward, and they say let's deliberate further; the masses have urgent needs and expectations, and they still say let's deliberate further. Going back and forth, the effort is wasted, the opportunity is missed, and the problem remains.
Objectively speaking, deliberation has an aspect of prudent decision-making, which is necessary to some extent. But the problem is that deliberation cannot become "soft procrastination," and cannot be used to replace practical work. On the surface, it is about considering everything thoroughly, but in reality, it is valuing "not making mistakes" more than "getting things done." This kind of mentality deviates from the correct view of performance that emphasizes genuine hard work.
To return deliberation to its original meaning, on the one hand, time limits can be set. Routine matters should be completed within a limited time, and complex matters should have a clear timetable, with results required by the deadline. On the other hand, it is also necessary to frequently go to the site. Thinking about it a hundred times at your desk is not as good as seeing it once on site and talking to the masses once. In addition, clear evaluation criteria must be established. Whether the work is done well or not depends not on how many meetings are held, but on how many problems are solved. If there is repeated back-and-forth with no progress, it is necessary to reflect on whether the method is wrong or the determination is insufficient.
Going towards the problem, focusing on solving the problem, going to the masses, and going to practice are the only ways to turn the wisdom gained from deliberation into tangible results.
Inspiration from "Getting a License Plate is Like Ordering Takeout"
Wu Lianglun (吴良伦), Huaining County (怀宁县), Anhui Province (安徽省)
The problems of having to run around a lot, spending a lot of time, and low efficiency in obtaining car license plates once plagued many people. Not long ago, Hefei (合肥), Anhui (安徽) jointly launched an exclusive route for new energy vehicle license plate registration with postal services and low-altitude operation enterprises. After the license plate is manufactured and packaged, it is delivered point-to-point to the outlet by drone, with no transfer and zero waiting time, which can achieve extremely fast delivery within 1 hour, making "getting a license plate like ordering takeout."
In the face of difficulties, governance must have a "**有解思维**" (yǒu jiě sī wéi - "solution-oriented thinking," a mindset that believes solutions can be found to problems). "Getting a license plate is like ordering takeout" – the convenience behind it is a multi-dimensional governance synergy. For example, being good at finding application scenarios for new technologies to improve governance effectiveness; breaking the governance pattern of departmental divisions and optimizing collaboration efficiency; strengthening government-enterprise cooperation and giving play to the comparative advantages of multiple entities; and so on. If the crux of the problem is analyzed clearly and the resources are sorted out clearly, it may be possible to find the key to unlock the problem, and solving the problem will have a direction and a handle.
It's not just the service of getting a license plate. In recent years, relevant departments in Anhui (安徽) have adhered to a problem-oriented approach, taking "professionalism + mechanism + big data" as a breakthrough point, and launched a series of combined measures. Relying on platforms such as "Traffic Management 12123," dozens of high-frequency businesses have been moved to mobile phones, realizing "handling at your fingertips, anytime"; through big data, they "predict" the business needs of the masses in advance, and send processing reminders or even take the initiative to provide services in a timely manner. Taking the initiative to handle, handling nearby, and handling intelligently, giving convenience to the masses – this is the service attitude that governors should have, reflecting the original intention of creating benefits for the people.
Thinking about what the masses are thinking and creating more and more efficient and convenient service scenarios will surely continuously improve the sense of gain and satisfaction of the masses.
Return to TopThe routine monitoring of agricultural product quality and safety in the first quarter of 2026, organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部), showed that the pass rate for 125 varieties of vegetables, fruits, livestock products, and aquatic products was 98.5%. Through routine monitoring to accurately identify potential risks, it is conducive to forcing production entities to standardize production, build a solid food safety defense line, and promote high-quality agricultural development.
This is precisely:
Fresh seasonal vegetables and fruits enter the market,
Careful inspection and detailed testing add assurance.
Clearly establish standards to promote quality improvement,
Abundant goods and safe food protect one area.
Xu Zhiwen (徐 之文)
Return to TopBy: 杨蕾歆
Recently, I read a report that a certain place spent over 700 million yuan to build a "Modern Agriculture Public Training Base," which is actually a comprehensive service venue including a hotel, conference center, banquet hall, and chess and card room, with little connection to agriculture. This situation is thought-provoking.
Building a luxurious public toilet costing tens of millions, planting grass that doesn't survive for more than three months, and engaging in such performance projects that emphasize gimmicks over practical results clearly indicates a deviation in the concept of performance.
With "the people" at the forefront, performance has roots.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Communists must remember that creating happiness for the people is the greatest achievement." Only when every "small family" is thriving can China, the "big family," prosper. Caring about the people's well-being, addressing urgent needs and concerns, are the only ways to achieve genuine accomplishments that resonate in the hearts of the people.
For those who govern, the people are the foundation. The concept of performance cannot deviate from the "for the people" core; otherwise, all efforts will become a centrifugal movement—the faster it spins, the farther it deviates.
With "practicality" as the foundation, performance has quality.
Performance is not built on beautiful words; it is built on solid work. Such performance withstands the test of time without diminishing its brilliance and shines even brighter with the changes of the times. Jiao Yulu (焦裕禄) worked in Lankao (兰考), Henan (河南) for 475 days, and the paulownia trees had not yet grown into forests when he passed away, but decades later, the people still remember "Jiao's paulownia." Gu Wenchang (谷文昌) took root in Dongshan (东山), Fujian (福建) for 14 years, planting rows of casuarina trees, transforming a barren island ravaged by wind and sand into an "oasis" in the East China Sea, and the people of Dongshan praise "Father Gu" generation after generation.
Practical work is the most basic methodology and the golden key to overcoming difficulties. As an official in a region, one should do more practical work that lays the foundation and benefits the long term, avoid the **寅吃卯粮** (yín chī mǎo liáng - "eating next year's food this year," living beyond one's means or mortgaging the future) "overdraft account," and truly be responsible to history and the people.
With "persistence" as the key, performance can be consistently achieved.
Starting a business is not easy, and it is even more difficult to carry out a blueprint to the end. Some cadres "start a new stove" as soon as they take office, overturning and redoing even the best plans of their predecessors. This is not innovation; it is a deviation in the concept of performance.
Perseverance requires not only scientific decision-making but also the spirit and historical responsibility of "achieving success without necessarily being the one to claim it, but certainly contributing to it." Achieving success without necessarily being the one to claim it is not about being passive, negligent, or inactive, but about firmly establishing and practicing the correct concept of performance and striving to create achievements that can withstand the test of practice, the people, and history.
Don't ask about the harvest, just ask about the cultivation. We must not admire vanity, engage in empty work, or seek false fame, but instead, we must do practical work, come up with practical measures, and seek practical results, climbing one mountain after another, crossing one ditch after another, accumulating the benefits of a thousand autumns with the efforts of inches.
Li Bing (李冰) and his son took over the construction of the Dujiangyan Irrigation System (都江堰), leaving no boastful words. More than 2,000 years have passed, and this project is still benefiting the "Land of Abundance." This is a true achievement that benefits future generations—it can withstand the test of time and is engraved in the hearts of the people.
Striving for the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan," the blueprint has been drawn, and the bugle has been sounded. On the new journey full of glory and dreams, hardships and challenges, we must engrave the correct concept of performance into our genes and run it through all aspects of our work.
This is not to write achievements into summaries, but so that many years later, when we look back on the past, we can say with a clear conscience: We have not failed the times, and we have not failed the people.
(The author is an associate professor at the Chongqing Municipal Party School of the Communist Party of China (中共重庆市委党校)).
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 施 芳
On a track carrier, a rocket is entering the final assembly stage. Cleaning, installing sealing rings, tightening screws... The space between the oxidizer tank and the fuel tank is narrow. Wu Yong (吴勇), a general assembler from the General Assembly Division of the Capital Aerospace Machinery Co., Ltd. (首都航天机械有限公司), is bending over and squatting, carefully installing a valve. "This process requires symmetrical tightening, graded and progressive force application, and ultimately ensuring that the sealing gap is less than 0.02 millimeters," said Wu Yong (吴勇).
Good skills come from diligent study and practice. In 1995, Wu Yong (吴勇) was transferred from the machining workshop of Capital Aerospace Machinery Co., Ltd. (首都航天机械有限公司) to the general assembly workshop, and since then, he has been with rockets and key model products "day and night."
Through continuous learning and practice, Wu Yong (吴勇) has mastered more than 400 general assembly processes related to rockets, led the proposal of more than 300 key technical solutions, and improved more than 50 processes. Taking the rocket's pipeline system as an example, it faces harsh conditions such as extreme temperatures, high pressure, and vibration. It is necessary to handle the installation and sealing of more than 1,000 critical interfaces, just like a top surgeon performing "minimally invasive surgery" on precision instruments in a sealed cabin. Wu Yong (吴勇) took the lead in tackling key problems and solved various problems such as pipeline sealing and blind operation.
Challenges are always present. In October 2006, Wu Yong (吴勇) went to the Daliang Mountains (大凉山) in Sichuan (四川) to carry out a rocket launch mission. After the Long March 3A (长征三号甲) rocket was fueled, the poppet valve suddenly failed and could not be closed. At a critical moment, Wu Yong (吴勇) and his colleagues accurately completed key operations, eliminated the danger, and ensured that the rocket was launched on time.
"There must be no 'almost' mentality, and every process must ensure zero problems," said Wu Yong (吴勇). For more than 30 years, he has had a habit: before starting work, in addition to preparing the necessary tools, components, consumables, etc. in advance, he also has to review the operating procedures several times and identify the risk points in the operation process one by one. "We must integrate the spirit of meticulousness and 精益求精 (jīng yì qiú jīng - "strive for perfection," constantly improving) into every link to produce first-class quality products," said Wu Yong (吴勇).
In his spare time, Wu Yong (吴勇) also sorted out the risk points in the general assembly operation, the usage methods of special equipment and new equipment, etc., and made them into standard courseware to standardize the operation process.
Beidou Navigation Project (北斗导航工程), China's manned space program (中国载人航天工程), national key model product flight tests... Over the years, Wu Yong (吴勇) has led the team to complete the general assembly of more than 200 carrier rockets and more than 100 target range launch missions, successfully completing various tasks.
As the head of the labor model innovation studio, Wu Yong (吴勇) has successively opened key operation project post leader and command training courses. The training courses cover 23 skills such as "large product lifting, star-rocket, ship-rocket, star-shield, and ship-shield docking methods" and "spacecraft fairing longitudinal unlocking mechanism docking and assembly methods," training more than 2,000 people. He personally mentored 12 apprentices, three of whom became senior technicians.
"I will continue to be rooted in the front line and do a good job in tackling key technologies such as reusable spacecraft and heavy rockets," Wu Yong (吴勇) said firmly. "It is an honor for our front-line workers to contribute to China's aerospace industry."
Return to TopThis newspaper's Ningbo dispatch on April 29th (Reporter Dou Hao (窦皓)) On April 29th, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Green and Sustainable Development Forum opened in Ningbo, Zhejiang. Shen Yueyue (沈跃跃), Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Chairman of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Committee on Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation, read President Xi Jinping's (习近平) congratulatory letter and delivered a keynote speech.
Shen Yueyue (沈跃跃) stated that the congratulatory letter fully embodies President Xi Jinping's (习近平) high regard for deepening exchanges and mutual learning among SCO countries and strengthening practical cooperation in the field of green and sustainable development, providing more Chinese solutions and SCO solutions for jointly planning the path of global ecological civilization construction and improving global governance.
Shen Yueyue (沈跃跃) stated that jointly promoting green and sustainable development of the SCO is the common aspiration and key cooperation area of SCO countries. It is necessary to practice global governance initiatives, build consensus on green and sustainable development; accelerate technological innovation and activate the endogenous driving force of green development; strengthen industrial alignment and consolidate the foundation for green industrial cooperation; adhere to the ecological bottom line and jointly build a regional ecological security barrier; and deepen cultural exchanges to gather joint forces for green and sustainable development.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on April 29th (Reporter Li Xinping (李心萍)): A reporter learned from the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (中国国家铁路集团有限公司) that on the morning of April 29th, the China Multimodal Transport Development Alliance was established in Beijing (北京). The alliance was initiated by the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (中国国家铁路集团有限公司), together with four central enterprises: China COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited (中国远洋海运集团有限公司), China Merchants Group Co., Ltd. (招商局集团有限公司), China Logistics Group Co., Ltd. (中国物流集团有限公司), and China Digital Logistics Information Co., Ltd. (中国数联物流信息有限公司).
With the core goal of "building the 95306 National Multimodal Transport Platform," the alliance will jointly build three collaboration platforms: railway-water intermodal transport, railway-road intermodal transport, and technological innovation, as well as the 95306 National Multimodal Transport Service Hotline. The railway-water intermodal transport collaboration platform is responsible for formulating railway-water intermodal transport collaboration rules, analyzing market demands, and comprehensively improving the level of railway-water intermodal transport collaboration. The railway-road intermodal transport collaboration platform mainly focuses on railway-road intermodal transport logistics business based on railway logistics stations, promoting the transformation of railway-road intermodal transport towards green, low-carbon, intensive, and efficient development. The technological innovation collaboration platform will carry out joint research on intermodal transport standards, facility development, and other aspects, promoting the application of innovative achievements.
Return to TopBy: 任理轩
The new journey is a new Long March. Entering the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, we have entered a crucial five years that builds on the past and opens up the future for basically achieving socialist modernization. The year 2026, as the starting year of the "15th Five-Year Plan," is crucial for achieving effective initial results.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The '15th Five-Year Plan' proposal outlines a blueprint for China's economic and social development in the next five years and also provides the world with a 'list of opportunities.'" This important assertion demonstrates the broad vision and wide perspective of the Chinese Communists in the new era in coordinating the two major situations, both domestic and international, and provides practical direction and methodological guidance for us to implement the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline.
On April 28, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) chaired a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. The meeting pointed out: "We must adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, fully, accurately, and comprehensively implement the new development concept, accelerate the construction of a new development pattern, better coordinate the two major situations, both domestic and international, and coordinate development and security," and "further strengthen the domestic grand cycle, optimize the domestic and international dual cycles, and strive to achieve a good start to the '15th Five-Year Plan'."
The torch of thought guides the path of practice. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) recently made an important instruction, pointing out: "Yiwu's small commodities have broken into a large market and become a large industry, forming the 'Yiwu Development Experience,' which is a successful practice of developing the county economy in accordance with local conditions." From "chicken feathers for sugar" to "world supermarket," Yiwu, with its reform and innovation, pragmatic work, and persistent efforts, continues to write a new chapter of "small commodities, big market," with trade covering more than 230 countries and regions, and its foreign trade export volume ranking first among counties (cities, districts) in the country in 2025. Yiwu's development is a vivid example of coordinating the two major situations and promoting high-quality development on the new journey, and the "Yiwu Development Experience" provides valuable inspiration for us to implement the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline.
To ensure a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan" and run the key course of the "15th Five-Year Plan" well, it is necessary to deeply understand and better coordinate the two major situations and integrate them throughout the entire process of plan implementation. Establish and practice a correct view of political achievements, solve problems through reform, increase vitality through innovation, and seek practical results through hard work. Find the right position and enhance advantages in better coordinating the two major situations, take firm steps one by one, lay a more solid foundation for basically achieving socialist modernization, and make greater contributions to the cause of world peace and development with new leaps in China's development.
To implement the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline well, the primary task is to better coordinate the two major situations in terms of ideological understanding and working methods.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Leading cadres should have two major situations in mind, one is the strategic overall situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and the other is the major changes unseen in a century in the world. This is the basic starting point for us to plan our work." Coordinating the two major situations marks the overall coordinate system for our party's governance in the new era.
The strategic overall situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation stipulates our development goals, directions, and tasks; the major changes unseen in a century in the world constitute the external environment and historical background of our country's development. The two major situations unfold in the same historical time and space, intertwined simultaneously, interacting dialectically, with both opportunities and challenges, both mutual constraints and mutual promotion, forming an overall situation concerning where China is going and where the world is going.
In the historical context of the two major situations converging, without a strategic vision that takes into account both, it is impossible to discern the general trend of development and find the direction of development in the changing times; without proactive actions that take into account both, it is impossible to seize opportunities and take the initiative in the global changes. To implement the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline well, the primary task is to better coordinate the two major situations in terms of ideological understanding and working methods. This is the epistemological and methodological foundation for ensuring that the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline does not deviate, does not go astray, and moves steadily and far in its implementation.
——Adhere to the concept of systems, and expand development space through internal and external linkage.
The concept of systems is a fundamental ideological and working method, and it is also the core essence of better coordinating the two major situations, requiring thinking and solving problems from the perspective of universal connection and taking into account both internal and external factors. Opening the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline, the ideological method of coordinating the two major situations penetrates the paper: it connects the historical context of national development and fits the forward direction of the trend of the times; it builds a top-level framework for China's development and brings a mighty east wind to the world's development. The "15th Five-Year Plan" outline realizes the organic unity of the two major situations, domestic and international, and is itself a reflection of coordinating the two major situations.
To implement the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline well, it is necessary to systematically view domestic development and the external environment, and deeply recognize that China's development itself is a key variable affecting the major changes in the world. At the meeting commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) solemnly declared: "The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is unstoppable! The noble cause of human peace and development will surely be victorious!" Today's China is the world's second largest economy and the largest trading nation in goods, and its contribution to global economic growth has remained at around 30% for many years. China's influence on the world has never been so comprehensive, profound, and far-reaching as it is today. At the same time, it is necessary to recognize that changes in the world pattern profoundly affect China's development path. A new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation is accelerating breakthroughs, geopolitical conflicts are intensifying, and major power games are becoming more complex and fierce, all of which will have a profound impact on domestic development. Responding to new changes in key factors in the domestic and international situation and adjusting development strategies in a timely manner can seize the historical initiative and win the first opportunity for development.
In Yiwu (义乌), Zhejiang (浙江), merchants expand the global market through cross-border e-commerce and also allow global good things to enter China; the Shanghai Free Trade Pilot Zone continues to promote high-level opening up to the outside world, forming a large number of leading and breakthrough institutional innovation achievements, and vigorously serving the overall situation of national reform and opening up through replication and promotion... These vivid practices tell us that internal and external cycles are complementary organic wholes. To implement the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline well, it is necessary to adhere to the concept of systems, take China's development as the vertical coordinate, take the changes in the world pattern as the horizontal coordinate, grasp the general trend of the world, pay close attention to the development and changes in the international situation, and take into account the linkage of domestic and international dual cycles. Based on domestic demand, we must also stabilize external demand, and continuously expand the development space of Chinese-style modernization in promoting the mutual promotion of the two cycles and the benign interaction of the two major situations.
——Grasp the strategic initiative, and create a new situation for development in recognizing, responding to, and seeking change.
The two major situations are not only the objective existence of the present, but also the future that can be shaped. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Our party has always analyzed and grasped the general trend of history with the basic principles of Marxism, correctly handled the relationship between China and the world, and is good at seizing and using various historical opportunities." To better coordinate the two major situations, it is necessary to borrow momentum, use momentum, and create momentum, plan for the long term with forward-looking thinking, nurture new opportunities in crises, create new situations in changes, and firmly grasp the strategic initiative of development.
Looking back at the magnificent development process of the new era, great achievements have been made in actively recognizing, responding to, and seeking change, and have been realized in seeking opportunities in crises and turning crises into opportunities. Faced with external technological blockades, we have not retreated, but have instead faced difficulties head-on, increased investment in technological innovation, improved the technological innovation system, and enhanced technological innovation capabilities, achieving a leap from follower to leader in some fields. Faced with the reverse trend of unilateralism and protectionism, we have actively expanded independent opening up. China has become the main trading partner of more than 150 countries and regions, and the concept of "walking with China is walking with opportunities" has penetrated the hearts of the international community. Faced with the challenges of global climate governance, we have proactively proposed the "dual carbon" goal and focused on developing the new energy industry. Today, China leads the world in industries such as photovoltaics, wind power, and new energy vehicles.
By proactively laying out plans, transforming external pressure into reform momentum, and transforming domestic advantages into international competitiveness, we can win the strategic initiative. From systems, markets, industries, and technology to talent, infrastructure, opening up, and green development, China has multiple and systematic advantages and conditions. This is not only the foundation for us to cope with various risks and challenges, but also our biggest capital for participating in fierce international competition. The "15th Five-Year Plan" outline deploys a series of strategic measures to break the situation, open up the road, and seize opportunities: accelerating high-level self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology, deepening the construction of digital China, building a strong domestic market, and accelerating the construction of a high-level socialist market economic system... Fully leveraging our own advantages and implementing these strategic measures can effectively complete the core tasks of high-quality development, shape new advantages in international competition, and lead the times and win the future.
——Enhance bottom-line thinking, and move forward steadily in being prepared for danger in times of peace.
Be prepared for danger in times of peace, and be prepared for contingencies. The "15th Five-Year Plan" outline puts "building a modern industrial system and consolidating and strengthening the foundation of the real economy" in the first place among various strategic tasks. Why such a "move"? From a domestic perspective, only by firmly guarding the real economy, the foundation for standing, can we lay a solid material foundation for building a strong country and national rejuvenation. From an international perspective, in the process of in-depth development of a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, putting the construction of a modern industrial system in the first place can occupy the commanding heights in the future global industrial division of labor. Analyzing this strategic arrangement can help understand General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) emphasis on adhering to bottom-line thinking and coordinating development and security with profound consideration.
To better coordinate the two major situations, the inherent requirement is to enhance bottom-line thinking and coordinate development and security. The world's century-long changes are surging, and risks and challenges such as geopolitical shocks, technological blockades, supply chain disruptions, and external containment and suppression are emerging one after another. In the context of the deep linkage of the two major situations, international changes profoundly transmit domestic risks, and internal shortcomings are easily "stuck in the neck." To implement the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline well, we must integrate safe development throughout all fields and processes and achieve a virtuous interaction between high-quality development and high-level security.
In the first quarter of this year, the SCO Demonstration Zone operated 253 China-Europe freight trains, transporting a total of more than 170,000 tons of goods, with both the number of trains arriving and departing and the volume of freight reaching record highs for the same period in history. The "steel camel team" connects the Eurasian continent, which is not only a "vital artery" for opening up the domestic and international dual cycles, but also an important channel for responding to geopolitical shocks and ensuring supply chain stability. The China-Europe freight train is a vivid example of our coordination of the two major situations and the realization of the two-way unity of development and security.
To enhance bottom-line thinking and coordinate development and security, we must not only always be vigilant, but also play the first move and fight the initiative well. Preventing and resolving domestic risks is the foundation. We must focus on key areas such as finance, real estate, and local debt, and improve the long-term mechanism for preventing and resolving risks in key areas. Responding to external risks is the key. Only by guarding the bottom line of security in politics, technology, and industrial chains can the development environment be stable and the modernization process not be interrupted. We must predict risks in advance, resolve hidden dangers at the source, and focus on enhancing our own competitiveness and risk prevention and control capabilities. Building development on the basis of security and allowing security to continuously escort development will allow us to move forward steadily in the turbulent situation.
Focusing on the strategic overall situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and focusing on the primary task of high-quality development, make the foundation of development more stable and the resilience stronger.
Only by planning the overall situation can we make moves, and only by taking advantage of the situation can we achieve something. The strategic overall situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the starting point and foothold for better coordinating the two major situations and implementing the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline well. We must focus on this overall situation, fully, accurately, and comprehensively implement the new development concept, focus on the primary task of high-quality development in building a socialist modern country in all respects, and implement the requirements of high-quality development in all fields and aspects of economic and social development, so that the foundation of development is more stable and the resilience is stronger.
——Put development on the basis of our own strength and always grasp the historical initiative.
Knowing oneself is wise, and overcoming oneself is strong. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "No matter in the past, present, or future, we must put the development of the country and the nation on the basis of our own strength." Materialist dialectics believes that the internal cause is the basis for the development and change of things. Relying on our own strength, we can grasp the internal cause that affects the overall situation and shapes the overall situation, break the passive situation, and guard the bottom line of independence and self-reliance.
In the preparation of carbon fiber, an important industrial material known as "black gold," China was once "deeply besieged." Foreign technology blockades and product embargoes meant that without high-performance carbon fiber, the manufacturing of cutting-edge equipment in fields such as aviation and aerospace would have "no rice to cook." Racing against time and competing with adversity, the Chinese people relied on themselves to achieve technological breakthroughs, spending 20 years to complete the localization of high-end carbon fiber, with successive breakthroughs and mass production of high-performance carbon fiber technology.
In implementing the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline well in better coordinating the two major situations, we need to focus on practicing internal skills and strengthening ourselves. China has a population of more than 1.4 billion and more than 400 million middle-income groups, and the advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, the advantages of a super-large-scale market, the advantages of a complete industrial system, and the advantages of abundant talent resources are becoming more prominent. The "15th Five-Year Plan" outline clarifies the guiding ideology, 6 principles, 7 main goals, and 20 main indicators that must be followed in economic and social development in the next five years. Advantages increase confidence, and planning clarifies the direction. We have a lot to do in promoting high-quality development by relying on our own strength.
From improving the income distribution system, improving the social security system, and allowing residents to "dare to consume and be willing to consume," and continuously digging deep to release the potential of domestic demand; to optimizing the structure of government investment and guiding investment towards fields such as technological innovation, green transformation, and people's livelihood shortcomings; and then to strengthening the construction of national security capabilities in key areas and forging practical and useful national security capabilities... Based on the basis of our own strength, we can always firmly grasp the destiny of our country's development and progress in our own hands, and win the victory and lock in the victory for building a strong country and national rejuvenation by implementing the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline well.
——Accelerate the cultivation of new quality productive forces and continuously enhance the momentum of development.
Those who attend to the root will succeed, and those who grasp the key will achieve success. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The most important thing to promote high-quality development is to accelerate high-level self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology and actively develop new quality productive forces." To achieve national rejuvenation, strong national strength is the foundation, and accelerating high-level self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology and actively developing new quality productive forces are the keys that determine the overall trend. Firmly grasping this key, no matter what kind of storms we encounter, we can ensure that the country's comprehensive strength continues to increase and always stand invincible.
In Huairou Science City (怀柔科学城) in Beijing (北京), "Jill (吉儿)," the world's first intelligent breeding robot that can automatically cruise for hybrid pollination, has completed testing and put into the front line of breeding, and new quality productive forces in agriculture are surging with surging momentum; Shougang (首钢) has launched an electrical steel product with a thickness of only 0.1 mm, which can be used in motors to improve energy conversion efficiency and significantly increase the range of electric vehicles; by the end of 2025, there will be more than 6,000 artificial intelligence enterprises in China, and artificial intelligence models have become a universally accessible tool that can be easily called by all walks of life... Today's China, new quality productive forces are constantly stimulating the vigorous vitality of high-quality development.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" outline focuses on key issues such as "strengthening original innovation and tackling key core technologies" and "improving systematic innovation capabilities" to form specific planning guidance for leading the development of new quality productive forces, making the vitality of science and technology the strongest and most lasting driving force for high-quality development, and writing a high-quality answer sheet that responds to various uncertainties with the certainty of high-quality development. To implement the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline well, we must lead high-quality development with the new development concept, continuously promote the emergence of new quality productive forces, promote the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, focus on promoting the development of strategic emerging industries such as a new generation of information technology, new energy, and new materials, proactively lay out the development of future industries such as quantum technology, bio-manufacturing, hydrogen energy, and nuclear fusion energy, optimize and upgrade traditional industries, promote development towards new and better, and effectively seize the commanding heights of future development.
A high starting point determines the end point, and the start determines the situation. Breaking through the "from 0 to 1" problem and realizing the "1 to 100" leap, one technological achievement after another will accumulate and become a trend, which will inevitably enable us to always grasp the strategic initiative of developing new quality productive forces and continuously enhance the ambition and confidence to move forward against the current and against the wind.
——Promote common prosperity for all people and widely gather majestic strength.
——Promoting Common Prosperity for All and Broadly Pooling Tremendous Strength.
"A prosperous people makes a strong country, and public safety brings peace to the world." The grand narrative of national rejuvenation is often given the most vivid annotation and the most powerful explanation in the sharing of individual destinies and in the details of everyone's happy life. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Whether the path of modernization can ultimately be successful and stable depends on whether we adhere to a people-centered approach." Comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization not only means the growth of economic aggregate and comprehensive national strength, but also means promoting common prosperity for all and sharing the fruits of development among the people.
High-quality development is a development that embodies the new development concept and continuously meets the people's growing needs for a better life. High-quality development and high-quality life are complementary and mutually reinforcing. Reflecting the fruits of development in the improvement of the quality of life of the people and enhancing the people's sense of gain in clothing, food, housing, transportation, education, medical care, elderly care, and other aspects is the value orientation of high-quality development, and it can also continuously stimulate new business forms, new industries, and new tracks, providing a core engine for driving high-quality development. Guaranteeing and improving people's livelihoods in development, and expanding development space in meeting people's livelihood needs, only in this way can the cause of rejuvenation take root in the people, unite the people's hearts, and gain lasting momentum for steady and long-term progress.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要) adheres to the principle of putting the people first and makes a special deployment on "increasing efforts to guarantee and improve people's livelihoods and steadily promoting common prosperity for all." To implement the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要) well, we must strive to narrow the gap between urban and rural areas, the gap between regions, and the income gap, strengthen the employment-first policy, and steadily promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside. Improve the basic public service system, implement more equitable, inclusive, precise, and powerful social policies, strengthen inclusive, basic, and bottom-line livelihood construction, and let the fruits of modernization construction benefit all the people more and more fairly.
Always adhering to the people-centered approach to promote high-quality development and focusing on creating a high-quality life will surely enhance the people's sense of identity and participation in development. The people's historical initiative and innovative and creative vitality will be further unleashed. With one heart and one mind, and working together, we will write a new chapter in the era of national rejuvenation in accordance with the blueprint drawn by the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要).
Focusing on the major changes unseen in a century in the world, providing certainty and new opportunities for the world with our own development.
"Although there is wisdom, it is better to seize the opportunity." The world today is intertwined with changes and chaos. Hegemonism and power politics are rampant, and multilateralism and free trade are severely impacted, but the trend of peace, development, cooperation, and win-win is irreversible. The Global South is growing strongly and has become a key force in maintaining international peace, promoting world development, and improving global governance. As Chinese-style modernization and world modernization are deeply integrated, the century of changes creates new opportunities and spaces for the overall rejuvenation, and also brings new risks and challenges. In the face of profound and complex changes, we must better coordinate the two overall situations and promote the implementation of the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要) with a global perspective, providing certainty and new opportunities for the world with our own development.
——Steadily expanding institutional opening-up, creating broader development space for the world.
The historical trend of economic globalization is mighty and unstoppable. An open and cooperative international environment is what all countries need for development. Facing the frequent rise of unilateralism and protectionism, China adheres to open cooperation and mutual benefit and win-win with a more firm attitude, and promotes reform, development, and innovation with a higher level, deeper level, and more systematic institutional opening-up, injecting strong open momentum into the prosperity and development of all countries in the world.
Facing international high-standard economic and trade rules represented by the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA), China's choice is not to avoid them, but to actively study and proactively connect with them. The Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港), as a distinct banner and important gateway for China's reform and opening up in the new era, is an ideal "experimental field" for connecting with international high standards, conducting stress tests, and integrating systems. Compared with the flow-type opening-up of goods and factors, institutional opening-up focuses on rules, regulations, management, standards, and other fields, breaking down the institutional barriers to cross-border factor flows with institutional convergence, and opening up the key blockages in the domestic and international dual circulation with mutual recognition of rules, achieving a leap in the dimension of opening-up.
Although there are backflows and reefs in the long river of the times, its forward direction will not change. China's giant ship has always conformed to the trend of the times and dared to ride the wind and waves. The "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要) proposes to "steadily expand institutional opening-up and build a new system of a higher-level open economy," and makes deployments in terms of expanding the opening-up of the service industry, connecting rules in the digital and green fields, and improving the investment and business environment system. Facing the noises of "decoupling and breaking chains," we will steadily expand institutional opening-up, take institutional innovation as the core and rule connection as the starting point, create a first-class business environment that is market-oriented, law-based, and internationalized, inject institutional momentum into high-quality development, transform China's large market into a world opportunity, and provide a broad stage for all countries to share development opportunities.
——Deepening mutually beneficial cooperation and reshaping new advantages in international cooperation and competition.
"Strength comes from unity, weakness from isolation." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "China's development cannot be separated from the world, and the world's prosperity also needs China." "Only cooperation and win-win can accomplish things, accomplish good things, and accomplish big things." Cooperation is needed between countries. No country can cope with the various challenges facing humanity alone. Only through exchanges, cooperation, and healthy competition can countries stimulate wisdom, learn from each other, cope with challenges, and develop together. China adheres to the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, continuously deepens mutually beneficial cooperation with various countries, and provides new opportunities for the development of various countries.
Starting from May 1 this year, China has fully implemented zero-tariff measures for 53 African countries that have established diplomatic relations with China, and will further expand access to Chinese products from Africa by upgrading the "green channel," etc. This is a new measure for China to expand high-level opening-up to the outside world, and it is also the first major economy in the world to implement full coverage of zero tariffs for African countries that have established diplomatic relations.
Those with common aspirations do not regard mountains and seas as distant. High-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" (一带一路) is an important starting point for expanding new spaces for international cooperation and consolidating and expanding the "circle of friends." To implement the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要) well, it is necessary to improve the mechanism for promoting the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" (一带一路), deepen the "hard connectivity" of infrastructure, the "soft connectivity" of rules and standards, and the "heart connectivity" of the people of the co-construction countries, outlining a new picture of interconnectedness and drawing a happy picture of common development for the co-construction countries.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要) proposes: "Implement the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative, and the Global Governance Initiative," and makes specific deployments for "actively participating in and leading global economic governance," "promoting the construction of a new type of international relations," and "providing more international public goods." Efforts should be made to transform these initiatives from consensus into action, promote an equal and orderly world multipolarization, and an inclusive and inclusive economic globalization, and make new contributions to promoting the development of the global governance system in a more just and reasonable direction.
"It is easy to exert effort when following the principles, but difficult to succeed when acting against the times." Facing the "blockade" attempts of some developed countries with "small courtyards and high walls" and "technological decoupling," we must firmly grasp the initiative of development in our own hands. Give play to the advantages of the new type of national system, concentrate our efforts on conducting original and leading scientific and technological research, and promote the decisive breakthrough of key core technologies in key areas such as integrated circuits, industrial mother machines, high-end instruments, basic software, advanced materials, and biological manufacturing in the entire chain, and consolidate the foundation for new competitive advantages. At the same time, adhere to "holding hands" rather than "letting go," and build a more resilient and secure international industrial chain and supply chain. We will not only adhere to "bringing in," but also attract and utilize foreign investment with greater efforts, guide foreign investment to advanced manufacturing, modern services, high-tech and other fields, and support its participation in upstream and downstream supporting cooperation in the industrial chain. We will also adhere to "going out," promote international industrial and investment cooperation, effectively implement foreign investment management, guide the rational and orderly cross-border layout of the industrial chain and supply chain, and form an industrial ecology that is internally and externally linked, safe and efficient.
——Coordinating development and security, and building a solid external security barrier.
**安而不忘危，存而不忘亡，治而不忘乱** (ān ér bù wàng wēi, cún ér bù wàng wáng, zhì ér bù wàng luàn - "be aware of danger in times of peace, be aware of ruin in times of survival, be aware of chaos in times of governance," be vigilant and prepared for potential threats even in times of peace and stability). To implement the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要) well, we must unswervingly implement the overall national security concept, consolidate security in development, seek development in security, and ensure that when the external environment undergoes drastic and complex changes, the country's core interests are not damaged and the development process is not interrupted.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要) proposes: "Focus on key varieties to strengthen the guarantee of strategic materials, focus on systemically important areas to prevent and resolve major risks, and focus on new industries, new business forms, and new application scenarios to enhance the risk prevention and control capabilities of weak links, so as to comprehensively improve security guarantee capabilities by precisely making up for shortcomings." As the "blood" and "lifeline" of economic and social operation, energy security is related to the overall situation of economic and social development. We must accelerate the adjustment and optimization of the energy structure, thoroughly implement the new energy security strategy, accelerate the construction of a clean, low-carbon, safe, and efficient new energy system, and build a strong energy country, providing a safe and reliable energy guarantee for the construction of Chinese-style modernization. Solving the problem of feeding more than one billion people has always been the top priority of our party's governance. We must adhere to self-reliance, base ourselves on domestic production, ensure production capacity, moderately import, and provide scientific and technological support, enhance the coordinated guarantee capabilities of grain production, purchase, storage, processing, and sales, and ensure basic self-sufficiency in grains and absolute security in rations; at the same time, actively participate in global food security governance, establish stable and controllable overseas supply channels, promote the diversification of agricultural product imports, and reduce supply chain risks. Data is the core asset of the digital economy era. We must accelerate the construction of a data security capability system with more advanced technology, more complete systems, and more effective governance, effectively guarantee national data security, and defend national sovereignty and master the dominance of rules in the deep transformation of the global data governance landscape. **备豫不虞** (bèi yù bù yú - "prepare for the unexpected," be prepared for any eventuality). Building a solid security barrier also requires the establishment and improvement of a risk early warning and rapid response mechanism, strengthening emergency response and disposal capabilities, promoting the effective connection of risk monitoring, judgment, early warning, and disposal, and enhancing the strategic initiative to maintain and shape national security.
In today's world, certainty has become a very scarce resource and a powerful source of confidence. With high-level security to guarantee high-quality development, China will continue to provide a "ballast stone" and "source of power" with the stability of its own development, and maximize the gathering of forces for world peace and development.
Bearing in mind the two overall situations, adhering to pragmatic and hard work, and ensuring the smooth implementation of the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要).
One-tenth of the effort is in deployment, and nine-tenths is in implementation. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized 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): "It is necessary to do a good job in planning and promote implementation. Good planning and execution must be combined." After the "Two Sessions" (两会), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) went to Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) in Hebei (河北) for his first local inspection. From a blueprint to a city, in the past 9 years, Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) has steadily and practically worked hard and let go of its hands and feet in accordance with the plan. The "city of the future" has gradually become a "realistic scene." Yiwu (义乌) has become a "world supermarket" for "buying and selling globally," which also relies on generations of people basing themselves on their own realities, being determined to innovate, and working hard and practically.
Pragmatism is the way to plan things and the way to accomplish things. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要) period, we must bear in mind the two overall situations, both "broadening the scope" and making long-term plans and actively accumulating momentum in better coordinating the two overall situations; and "exhausting the details," and grasping implementation with the spirit of nailing nails, with the practical energy of grasping, the courage to grasp, the skill to grasp, and the tenacity to grasp, so that the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要) can be implemented from "paper" to "ground," and so that all work can be transformed from "construction drawings" to "real-life paintings."
——Strengthening responsibility and building a joint force for implementation.
Adhering to the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee is an important experience for us in formulating and implementing the Five-Year Plan. Party members and cadres must continuously improve their political judgment, political understanding, and political execution, deeply understand the decisive significance of the "two establishments," and resolutely achieve the "two safeguards." Taking the two overall situations as the basic starting point for our planning work, we must assess the situation, take overall consideration, understand changes, and tightly grasp the main contradictions and main tasks, lay the foundation, consolidate the foundation, benefit the long term, and increase momentum. Establish and practice the correct view of performance, with a strong sense of political responsibility and historical mission, be in their position, seek their politics, and fulfill their responsibilities, come up with practical measures, do practical things, and seek practical results, achieve performance for the people, achieve performance with practical work, and demonstrate the political character of communists with responsibility and action.
"Grasp the key at the top and divide the details below." It is necessary to establish and improve the planning implementation mechanism, decompose the goals and tasks determined in the plan to various regions and departments, list the timetable, formulate the roadmap, clarify the responsible person, connect up and down, and implement effectively, to ensure that the actual effect of various tasks meets the decision-making intentions and policy intentions of the Party Central Committee. Stimulate the internal driving force and innovative vitality of the whole society, gather the strong joint force of the whole country as one, and spread out a vivid picture of the construction of Chinese-style modernization with unity and hard work, riding the wind and waves.
——Pay attention to adapting to local conditions and improve the effectiveness of implementation.
China has a vast territory, and the conditions in various places vary greatly. In the 1980s, Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平), who worked in Ningde (宁德), Fujian (福建), proposed: "We must explore a way to develop the economy in accordance with local conditions." Today, focusing on the overall situation of national development, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Different regions and different fields should proceed from reality and develop new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions." Proceeding from reality and adapting to local conditions is an effective means of organically combining the firmness of strategy and the flexibility of tactics.
In the process of development, many problems do not have ready-made answers, and different regions need to explore a high-quality development path that conforms to their respective realities. When implementing the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要), it is necessary to accurately grasp its own positioning in the overall situation of national development, give play to its comparative advantages according to its own resource endowments, and carry out differentiated development, so as to better serve and integrate into the overall situation of national development. Respect the grassroots' pioneering spirit, encourage the masses to actively explore, carry out differentiated and diversified attempts, study new situations, and solve new problems.
Major economic provinces should take the lead, the eastern region should accelerate the promotion of modernization, the central region should accelerate its rise, the western development should form a new pattern, and the northeastern region should anchor comprehensive revitalization. Plan a region from the overall situation and serve the overall situation with a region. Taking the implementation of the Party Central Committee's decisions and deployments as a prerequisite, combining with the actual situation, taking into account needs and possibilities, and carrying out work creatively, adding brilliance to the overall situation with the light of a region. Strategically plan and make precise efforts in tactics, start from the big picture, break through from the small, plan for the future, plan for the long term, and scientifically and orderly grasp the rhythm and progress, so that the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要) can take root, blossom, and bear fruit locally.
——Improve performance assessment and improve the implementation mechanism.
China in the new era is opening up boundaries with every step forward and creating history with every step upward. The two overall situations interact with each other, and the implementation of the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要) requires coping with a more complex environment and solving more deep-seated contradictions. It is necessary to more effectively implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, adhere to using reform methods to solve the problems restricting development, and guarantee the implementation of the plan with the system.
It is necessary to educate and guide the vast number of party members and cadres to establish and practice the correct view of performance, further improve the performance assessment and evaluation system and supervision system for promoting high-quality development, improve pertinence and scientificity, and give full play to the role of the command stick, vane, and booster of supervision and assessment. It is necessary to look at both obvious achievements and potential achievements; it is necessary to look at both vitality and resilience; it is necessary to look at both the quantity of work and the quality of development. Improve the dynamic monitoring and evaluation mechanism for the implementation of the plan, closely track the situation, accurately judge risks, and reasonably optimize the work tasks for the next stage and scientifically adjust the pace and methods of work based on the progress of the plan and changes in the internal and external environment. Through the implementation of specific tasks and the overcoming of difficulties and blockages, we will unswervingly grasp the implementation of the plan and achieve results.
It is necessary to educate and guide the vast number of party members and cadres to establish and practice a correct view of performance, further improve the performance evaluation and supervision system for promoting high-quality development, enhance pertinence and scientificity, and give full play to the guiding, directional, and propelling roles of supervision and assessment. We must look at both visible achievements and potential achievements; both vitality and resilience; both the quantity of work and the quality of development. We must improve the dynamic monitoring and evaluation mechanism for the implementation of plans, closely track the situation, accurately analyze risks, and reasonably optimize the tasks for the next stage and scientifically adjust the pace and methods of work based on the progress of the plan and changes in the internal and external environment. Through the implementation of specific tasks and the overcoming of difficult and blocked points, we must implement the outline of the plan to achieve results without compromise.
Only with a grand vision in mind can we go far, and only with an overall picture in mind can we win. The implementation of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" outline is a systematic project. Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, we must better coordinate the overall strategic situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the major changes unseen in a century in the world, coordinate development and security, maintain strategic clarity, enhance strategic determination, and strive for strategic initiative. With a full mental state and an enthusiastic and striving attitude, we will work hard and diligently, and constantly move towards the grand goal of building a strong country and national rejuvenation. We will surely win new and greater victories.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 祝佳祺
The spring is bright, and hundreds of flowers are in full bloom. In Hengzhou (横州), Guangxi (广西), jasmine flowers, which bloom every year from April to early November, not only bring beautiful scenery but also become a prosperous industry that drives income growth for 340,000 flower farmers, blossoming with a unique fragrance.
"What a beautiful jasmine flower, fragrant and beautiful all over the branches." It is the jasmine flowering season, and the sun shines on the tens of thousands of acres of flower fields in the China Jasmine Garden (中华茉莉园) in Hengzhou (横州), Guangxi (广西), with dewdrops shimmering among the buds. Flower farmers come to the fields early to pick the mature buds that will bloom that day.
In Hengzhou (横州), jasmine is a major industry that enriches the people—with a planting area of 180,000 mu and a fresh flower output of 150,000 tons. Six out of every 10 jasmine flowers in the world come from here, with a comprehensive annual output value of over 19 billion yuan. From the first light of dawn to the deep darkness of night, observe how this fragrant industry in Hengzhou (横州) jasmine achieves a value leap from the fields to a pillar industry with all-weather vitality.
Morning in the Flower Fields
Artificial intelligence yield measurement cameras automatically capture images of flower buds every day, and calculate the yield per mu and total yield that day through image recognition technology.
In the early morning, flower farmer Zeng Huomei (曾火妹) is busy in the jasmine garden. "The yield has been higher in the past two years. On the same 0.8 mu of land, the yield of a batch of flowers used to be more than 300 jin, but now it can reach 400 to 500 jin." Zeng Huomei (曾火妹) picks flowers with both hands, and in the flower field behind her, the intelligent irrigation system is running quietly. By upgrading and transforming the pumping station, laying pipelines, and installing intelligent water meters, flower farmers can scan a code at any time to fetch water for irrigation. It used to take half a day to irrigate one mu of land, but now it only takes half an hour. Timely and sufficient irrigation has extended the jasmine flowering period by one month, and flower farmers can increase their income by about 3,600 yuan per mu per year.
At the "Digital Jasmine" full industrial chain service platform in Jasmine Jicui Garden (茉莉极萃园), a huge electronic screen displays real-time data related to Hengzhou (横州) jasmine flower agriculture, transactions, and services. After Hengzhou (横州) became a national digital village pilot area in 2020, the "Digital Jasmine" platform built an intelligent service system covering the entire industrial chain of "planting-processing-transaction."
Artificial intelligence yield measurement cameras installed in the fields automatically capture images of flower buds every day, and calculate the yield per mu and total yield that day through image recognition technology, providing accurate guidance for jasmine flower transactions.
Walking through the flower fields to Xiangxiang Garden (香香花园), students are experiencing the production process of jasmine essential oil inside a glass building. This is not only a production base for jasmine essential oil but also an important stop on Hengzhou's (横州) "Fragrance Tour."
"10,000 kilograms of jasmine flowers can be extracted to refine 2 kilograms of essential oil. Last year, our pure dew production was about 10 tons, and essential oil was about 10 kilograms," said Wu Yuming (吴育名), general manager of Guangxi Zhineng Modern Agriculture Co., Ltd. (广西植能现代农业有限公司). The company is a Taiwanese enterprise, and the government has reduced some land rent for the company, built the site, and the infrastructure is also very complete. It can be said that it is "move in with your bags." "The production experience activities are very popular. Not including research teams, we receive 300 people every day during peak periods, and can reach an average of 1,000 people per day on holidays," said Wu Yuming (吴育名).
In recent years, Hengzhou (横州) has created a jasmine cultural tourism IP, integrating the development of jasmine fragrant agricultural tourism, industry-university-research, health and wellness vacations, digital agriculture, and other formats. In 2025, it received a total of 5,145,900 domestic and foreign tourists, and the number of tourists and comprehensive tourism income both increased by nearly 10%.
Afternoon Flower Market
The networked intelligent scale synchronously uploads transaction data to the cloud, providing a reference for government decision-making and enterprise production.
In the afternoon, flower farmers are still busy in the fields, and the Hengzhou (横州市) Comprehensive Inspection and Testing Center (综合检验检测中心) enters the busiest period of the day. On the testing table, batches of jasmine flower samples are waiting for quality inspection, and the laboratory is filled with a rich floral fragrance.
"We have now entered the flowering season, and the amount of samples sent for inspection is gradually increasing. It will enter the peak period in about a month, when about 220 samples will be tested every month," said Lei Lei (雷蕾), deputy director and senior engineer of the Hengzhou (横州市) Comprehensive Inspection and Testing Center (综合检验检测中心), examining the flower tea sample in her hand. "In the past, most of the samples sent for inspection were third- and fourth-grade flower teas, but now more are special-grade and special teas, which reflects the overall improvement in the quality of the industry."
The testing center not only conducts routine safety indicator tests such as pesticide residues and heavy metals but also participates in the formulation of relevant standards for the jasmine flower industry.
Liubao tea (六堡茶) and jasmine flowers are both local specialties of Hengzhou (横州). In the past two years, tea companies have begun to make jasmine Liubao tea (茉莉六堡茶), which has both the fragrance of jasmine flower tea and the mellow and sweet aftertaste of Liubao tea (六堡茶). "When companies came to send samples for inspection, we could only test according to the standards for flavored tea at the beginning, but it was not targeted enough to regulate and improve product quality," said Lei Lei (雷蕾). After experimental verification, the center participated in the formulation of the quality standards for jasmine Liubao tea (茉莉六堡茶).
"We are studying the method of using machines to detect the content of jasmine flower aroma components, so that quality evaluation can be more objective and accurate," Lei Lei (雷蕾) introduced. Hengzhou (横州) has successively formulated 19 relevant standards for the jasmine flower industry, and will also introduce specifications for deep-processed products such as jasmine essential oil in the future.
At 4:30 in the afternoon, the jasmine flower market gradually opens. Zeng Huomei (曾火妹) opened the "Digital Jasmine" mini-program to check the real-time flower prices in various trading markets, and then went to the most suitable Shijing Jasmine Flower Trading Market (石井茉莉花交易市场). The market is bustling with noise and shouts. Flower farmers carry snow-white fresh flowers and line up in front of fixed stalls that have been qualified.
Handing over flowers, weighing, and scanning the code, the entire process takes less than two minutes, and the money for selling flowers has been credited in real time. Zeng Huomei (曾火妹) happily embarks on her way home. At the same time, the networked intelligent scale synchronously uploads transaction data to the "Digital Jasmine" cloud, providing a reference for government decision-making and enterprise production. "In the past, the trading market was like a vegetable market. Now the flower prices are open and transparent, and the trading process is standardized and efficient," said Zhou Weizheng (周维政), the person in charge of the "Digital Jasmine" project.
Night Workshop
Introducing digital intelligence technology, fresh flower maintenance, scenting, drying, and other processes have achieved streamlined unmanned operation.
As the lights come on, Hengzhou's (横州) jasmine flower processing enterprises are still busy. In Hengzhou (横州市) Xinhua Food Factory (新华食品厂), jasmine crystal rice dumplings, jasmine shortbread, jasmine ice cream... all kinds of jasmine flower foods go from here to the national market.
"In recent years, our jasmine food sales have increased by 30%," said Meng Yongbin (蒙永斌), head of Guangxi Hengzhou (广西横州市) Xinhua Food Factory (新华食品厂). This food processing enterprise, famous for its traditional pastries, has found new growth points in jasmine flower innovative products. Today, half of the factory's 20 million yuan annual output value comes from jasmine flower food.
Hengzhou (横州市) promotes regional brand effects by launching brand slogans and logos, and unifying standard marketing. "Hengxian Jasmine" (横县茉莉花) and "Hengxian Jasmine Tea" (横县茉莉花茶) have been approved as national geographical indication protection products. As the agglomeration effect of the Hengzhou (横州) jasmine flower industry continues to highlight, well-known enterprises such as Nongfu Spring (农夫山泉) and Zhang Yiyuan Tea House (张一元茶庄) continue to settle in. According to reports, during peak periods, a single large tea enterprise purchases 3 million yuan of jasmine fresh flowers locally in one day.
In Guangxi Longshengyuan Tea Industry Co., Ltd. (广西隆盛源茶业有限公司), fresh flowers self-planted in the base are loaded onto trucks and successively pass through weighbridges. "The organic jasmine fresh flower planting process strictly follows organic agricultural operation specifications for daily field management, and the labor cost per mu per year is nearly 10,000 yuan," said Wei Quanhui (韦全辉), the company's engineer. Through strict control, organic jasmine flower tea fully meets the certification standards of Chinese organic and EU organic. "In 2025, we processed and produced 120 tons of organic jasmine flower tea, with an output value of more than 8 million yuan, and we have no worries about sales at all."
In the evening, in the Jasmine Jicui Garden (茉莉极萃园) tea factory cluster area, fresh flowers just purchased from the trading market have been successively put in place. The fully automatic production line of Qinglei Tea Factory (清雷茶厂) is running at full capacity. This production line processes 20 tons of jasmine flower tea per day, and introduces digital intelligence technologies such as the Industrial Internet of Things, big data, and cloud computing, which can accurately control the temperature, humidity, oxygen content, oxygen permeability, and scenting time of the jasmine flower tea scenting environment, and achieve real-time online detection and precise control.
"Each scenting process takes 36 hours, and a total of 7 scenting processes are carried out, so that the jasmine aroma of the produced tea is more rich and pure," said Lei Rongke (雷荣柯), director of Qinglei Tea Factory (清雷茶厂). The workshop carries out fully automatic, clean, and off-ground scenting processing, and fresh flower maintenance, blending, scenting, and drying all achieve streamlined unmanned operation.
At 11 pm, the live broadcast base of Guangxi Lifei Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. (广西莉妃农业科技有限公司) in Hengzhou (横州) Dazhu New District (大竹新区) is still brightly lit, and several anchors are enthusiastically introducing jasmine potted plants to consumers in the live broadcast room: "This 'Xiangfei No. 3' (香妃3号) is the most popular, so hurry up and place your order!"
"We cooperated with the Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences (广西农业科学院) to cultivate 11 jasmine flower varieties, of which 'Xiangfei No. 3' (香妃3号) has 6 to 9 layers of corolla, and the flowers are like containing treasures when they bloom, which is of high ornamental value," said Bi Donghai (闭东海), the company's general manager. Some customers like to collect different varieties of jasmine flowers. Compared with the conventional jasmine flowers planted and sold in the past, the number of flowers sold now is smaller, but the sales are higher and the maintenance cost is lower.
In recent years, the jasmine potted plant industry in Hengzhou (横州市) has developed rapidly, accelerating technology sharing and market expansion. At present, it radiates 55 bases with a planting scale of over 3,000 mu. In 2025, the online sales of Hengzhou (横州) jasmine potted plants reached 184 million yuan.
From flower tea to potted plants, from health and wellness to cultural tourism, Hengzhou (横州) has created a three-industry integrated jasmine flower industry system. The jasmine flower industry has become the largest and most distinctive agricultural and forestry pillar industry in the local area, driving the stable income increase of nearly 10,000 people lifted out of poverty and 340,000 flower farmers. Today, this fragrant little flower is entering the ASEAN market relying on the China-ASEAN Expo (中国—东盟博览会) and is exported to more than 70 countries and regions, and the road to development is getting wider and wider.
Illustration: Wang Zheping (汪哲平)
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on April 29th (Reporter Chang Qin (常钦)). The reporter learned from the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部)'s regular press conference in April on the 29th that China's latest mineral resource "family wealth" has been officially revealed. The data shows that China has achieved a "double lead" in mineral resource reserves and production, with a total of 31 indicators firmly ranking first in the world. China's position as a major global mineral resource producer and a dominant supplier of smelting and processing industries has been further consolidated.
With abundant "family wealth," 31 "world firsts" have solidified the resource baseline. Strategic minerals are the "grain" of modern industry and the "foundation" for the development of emerging industries. The newly released data shows that China ranks first in the world in both reserves of 14 minerals and production of 17 minerals—first in reserves (14 types): rare earth, tungsten, tin, molybdenum, antimony, gallium, germanium, indium, fluorite, graphite and other mineral reserves rank first in the world; first in production (17 types): In 2025, the production of minerals such as coal, vanadium, titanium, zinc, rare earth, tungsten, tin, molybdenum, antimony, gallium, indium, gold, and tellurium ranked first in the world. According to reports, the substantial increase in resource reserves has not only continued to brighten the "business card" of China's advantageous minerals, but also laid a solid foundation for achieving resource independence and control, and securing the industrial rice bowl.
Leading in scale, with over 23% of the proportion highlighting the role of economic "ballast stone." The deep development and utilization of mineral resources is injecting strong momentum into the macro economy. At present, China's mineral production and smelting processing scale has been firmly ranked first in the world. In 2025, China's mining output value (including mining, beneficiation, smelting and processing) will be approximately 32.7 trillion yuan, accounting for 23.3% of the gross domestic product, and is an important part of the national economy. This set of new data with extremely high "gold content" fully demonstrates the huge volume of China's mining industry and the strong resilience of the real economy.
It is understood that relying on a complete industrial system and a huge production and processing scale, China is not only a major mineral resource producer, but also a dominant supplier and important leader in the global smelting and processing industry. This advantage not only ensures the absolute stability of China's local industrial chain and supply chain from the source, and escorts the vigorous development of strategic emerging industries such as new energy and new materials; at the same time, it also makes an irreplaceable Chinese contribution to ensuring the smooth operation of the global industrial chain and supporting global economic growth and improvement of people's livelihoods.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on April 29th (Reporter Wang Yunshan (王云杉)) On the 29th, the "National Data Resource Survey Report (2025)" was released at the 9th Digital China Construction Summit. The report shows that the scale of China's data resources continues to maintain a high-speed growth trend. In 2025, the total annual data production in the country reached 52.26ZB (zettabytes), a year-on-year increase of 27.28%, and the growth rate increased by 2.28 percentage points compared with the previous year. China's total data production accounts for approximately 27.44% of the world's total.
From the perspective of the main body, enterprises have become the main force in data production, with approximately 90% of the increase in data production coming from enterprise data, and the effectiveness of industrial digital transformation is obvious.
From the perspective of industries and fields, industries such as industrial manufacturing, transportation and logistics, and software and information technology services have seen relatively large increases in data production, effectively playing the role of "**领头羊**" (lǐng tóu yáng - "leading sheep," a leading role) and "**压舱石**" (yā cāng shí - "ballast stone," a stabilizing force). Emerging fields such as embodied intelligence and the low-altitude economy have experienced high-speed growth in data production, with growth rates of 477.78% and 75%, respectively.
The development and utilization of data resources are more efficient. The amount of public data used for sharing, opening, and authorized operation has increased rapidly. The number of datasets applied for sharing has increased by nearly 30% year-on-year, and the amount of public data opened and the amount of authorized operation data have increased by 31.71% and 53.96% year-on-year, respectively. The vitality of enterprises using data is accelerating. In 2025, corporate data technology investment increased by 17.37% year-on-year, and data products and services have shifted from digital by-products to driving engines that empower business growth.
The effect of data circulation and trading is initially apparent. The construction of a national integrated data market is accelerating, and the value of data elements is being released at an accelerated pace. The activity of data circulation continues to increase. In 2025, the total amount of cross-border data circulation in the country was 142.34EB (exabytes), a year-on-year increase of 14.88%. The willingness to pay for data continues to increase. Among the sample companies, 11.65% of the companies have purchased data.
Data empowerment of artificial intelligence has entered a new stage. The development of artificial intelligence has evolved from general-purpose large models to industry-specific vertical domain models and agent-type artificial intelligence forms, and the demand for data has also expanded from basic corpus to high-quality industry datasets. In 2025, the number of high-quality datasets in the country exceeded 110,000, with a scale of over 908PB (petabytes), a year-on-year increase of 61.13% and 142.58% respectively; the national average daily token invocation volume increased from over one trillion at the beginning of the year to 100 trillion at the end of the year, showing exponential growth; the cumulative token invocation volume for the whole year reached approximately 211 million trillion, and tokens are becoming a new measure of artificial intelligence.
Return to TopStarting April 1st of this year, Chikungunya fever will be managed as a Class B infectious disease as stipulated by the Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases. To prevent this acute infectious disease, which is mainly transmitted through the bites of Aedes mosquitoes, more than 800 staff members from the Anhui Provincial Center for Disease Control (安徽省疾控部门) have transformed into mosquito "detectives" in recent days. They have set up over 330 monitoring outposts in 104 counties and districts across 16 cities in the province to monitor the population dynamics of mosquito vectors, habitat distribution, density changes, seasonal growth patterns, and disease transmission risk levels in real-time, gradually weaving a mosquito control network.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) April 29th dispatch (Reporter Liu Wenxin (刘温馨)) The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) recently released the first quarter 2026 telecommunications service quality announcement, showing that the "secondary number renewal" service access scope continues to expand, helping users to unbind historical Internet application accounts with one click. Currently, the service covers 249 commonly used applications, serving over 9.12 million users, with over 560 million application unbinding requests.
The convenience level of telecommunications service processing continues to improve, with online service processing accounting for over 91%, and video customer service serving over 11 million users. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) guided 3,108 websites, APPs, and mini-programs closely related to the lives of the elderly and disabled to complete age-appropriate and barrier-free transformations. Basic telecommunications companies' "one-click call to manual customer service" elderly care hotline has served nearly 700 million people cumulatively.
Return to TopAccording to the Agricultural Bank of China, since the beginning of this year, the Agricultural Bank of China has continued to strengthen county credit and financial supply. As of the end of March, the loan balance in the fields related to the supply of grain and important agricultural products was 1.45 trillion yuan, an increase of 20.34%; the balance of "Hui Nong e-Loan" (惠农e贷), a loan product exclusively for farmers, exceeded 2 trillion yuan, reaching 2.08 trillion yuan, an increase of 246.7 billion yuan compared with the beginning of the year.
The relevant person in charge of the Agricultural Bank of China (中国农业银行) stated that it will further enhance the financial service capabilities to townships and villages. Accelerate the sinking of financial services to the countryside, and strive to relocate 180 outlets to townships this year, and ensure the completion of 3,000 Hui Nong Service Stations (惠农服务站). Through the "service station + mobile service" method, strengthen basic rural financial services. At the same time, closely focusing on the new needs and changes in farmers' production and life, vigorously promote products such as professional large household loans, order loans, and consumer loans, implement normalized assistance policies, and launch assistance microcredit products to make farmers' credit services readily available.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 曹文轩
During the "May Day" holiday, many tourists choose to rent cars for self-driving tours. However, in the car rental sector, issues such as using low prices to attract customers, hidden charges, and disputes over vehicle inspection occur from time to time. These not only affect the travel experience of tourists but also tarnish the image of tourist cities and disrupt the healthy ecology of the industry. How to avoid pitfalls in the car rental process? How should one protect their rights?
"The most common trap is using low prices to attract customers combined with hidden charges. Many tourists are attracted by low-price advertisements such as '0 yuan car rental,' '99 yuan/day,' and '999 yuan/week,' but end up spending a lot," said Xu Xinkong (许信孔), Secretary-General of the Hainan (海南) Province Car Rental Industry Association. He introduced that a tourist once saw a low-price advertisement from a car rental company on a short video platform. When they went to the store to pick up the car, they were required to purchase expensive insurance and were charged cleaning fees and night service fees. What was originally thought to be 400 yuan for two days ended up costing nearly 1,000 yuan.
Xu Xinkong (许信孔) reminded tourists to first recognize formal channels when renting a car. "Prioritize choosing large chain car rental companies or merchants cooperating with formal platforms, and avoid contacting private car dealerships through informal channels." He said that formal enterprises will clearly publicize the items included in the rental fee, will not forcibly bundle insurance, and all vehicles have complete records, and the enterprise qualifications can be verified online. At the same time, be wary of lures such as "cash back" and "free test runs."
The vehicle inspection process is the key to avoiding subsequent disputes. Xu Xinkong (许信孔) suggested that it is necessary to record the entire process when picking up the car, take complete exterior shots around the car, and focus on recording scratches on the body, wear on the wheels, and glass defects. At the same time, take pictures of the mileage on the dashboard and the fuel gauge scale, take pictures of each page of the contract terms, and refuse blank contracts or handwritten additional terms. "A tourist was once asked by the merchant to pay 1,500 yuan for 'scratches on the car cover' when returning the car because they did not carefully inspect the car. In fact, the scratches already existed when the car was picked up." He reminded that problems found during the vehicle inspection should be marked on the vehicle inspection form on the spot, and both parties should sign to confirm, and all videos and photos should be properly kept.
Regulating the car rental market requires a combination of industry self-discipline and regulatory efforts. In recent years, the Hainan (海南) Province transportation, public security, and market supervision departments have continued to increase their efforts to rectify the car rental industry and increase the crackdown on illegal activities such as operating without qualifications and failing to fulfill contracts. "Some illegal merchants induce consumers to purchase 'vehicle damage insurance' and demand high vehicle repair fees when returning the car. This behavior is suspected of being illegal," said Fu Yi (符毅), Director of the Network Transaction Supervision Division of the Hainan (海南) Provincial Market Supervision Bureau.
Fu Yi (符毅) said that when consumers encounter disputes such as hidden charges and failure to return deposits, if they rent a car through online channels, they should complain to the platform in a timely manner; if they rent a car through offline channels, they can report it through the 12345 government service hotline as soon as possible. At the same time, they should keep payment vouchers, contracts, vehicle inspection videos, and other evidence to facilitate investigation and processing by the platform and regulatory authorities.
Return to TopBy: 大众日报记者 王佳声 石如宽
In the early morning, at the southwest corner of the intersection of Jinhai Road and Jiankang Street in Shouguang City (寿光市), Weifang (潍坊), Shandong (山东), repairman Li Jishun (李继顺) punctually opens his blue parasol and arranges his tools one by one within the yellow lines. The words "'Xiao San Xiu' No. 1" are particularly eye-catching on the umbrella.
"I used to run around, but now I finally have a fixed 'home,' and I feel at ease," said Li Jishun (李继顺), referring to the convenient service points specially set up by Shouguang (寿光) for "Xiao San Xiu" stalls, which include repairing non-motorized vehicles, shoes, bags, locks, and keys.
These "old trades," which once caused headaches due to occupying roads but also contained the warmth of life, have now taken on a new look.
At the No. 12 convenient stall at the intersection of Jinguang Street (金光街) and Qimi Lane (启秘巷), Mr. Liu Mingyu (刘明宇) is concentrating on grinding keys. "The government has specially allocated a piece of land for us. This kindness is heartwarming." This simple sentence expresses the common sentiment of the stallholders.
"Xiao San Xiu" seems inconspicuous, but it is connected to the daily life of the masses and maintains the livelihood of a group of craftsmen. In Shouguang (寿光), these stalls used to operate mostly on the streets and alleys. Although convenient, they also caused problems such as traffic congestion and affecting the appearance of the city, forming a dilemma with the rigid requirements of urban management.
The turning point came in 2025. The Shouguang Municipal Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement Bureau (寿光市综合行政执法局) conducted a comprehensive survey of the "Xiao San Xiu" stalls in the urban area, visiting each household, listening to the needs of the stallholders, and collecting opinions from citizens. "These small repair stalls are like the 'capillaries' of the city, carrying the daily convenience of the masses and the livelihood of some people. Managing the city requires both order and human touch, and cannot be simply banned," said Cui Guanglei (崔广磊), Deputy Director of the bureau.
Following the idea of "combining dredging and blocking, facilitating the people and standardizing," after several rounds of field investigations, in August 2025, the first batch of 18 convenient service points landed on the "life nodes" such as back streets and alleys, residential areas, and schools in the urban area of Shouguang (寿光). The principle of "one person, one point, settling down" is clear, and a notice is signed with the stallholders, clarifying the "fixed person, fixed point, fixed responsibility" management, so that the mobile stalls have a "legal identity" and a stable place.
Today, on the streets of Shouguang (寿光), behind each small blue umbrella is a set of refined management measures:
Unified numbering to show identity, the exclusive number of each point is printed on the umbrella, which is convenient for citizens to identify and also gives the stallholders a sense of belonging; unified line marking to determine the territory, the yellow solid line clearly defines the business area; unified distribution of "equipment," the government uniformly configures parasols and trash cans, and the appearance of the stalls is neat; unified electronic map display, all 18 points are moved to the electronic map, marking the location and service items, and citizens can easily find the required services with a light touch of their fingertips; unified establishment of "household registration book," a dynamic management file is established for each stallholder, with a clear understanding of the base and the situation. "After the implementation of these measures, the effect is immediate," said Zhang Bo (张博), captain of the Eighth Squadron directly under the Shouguang Municipal Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement Bureau (寿光市综合行政执法局).
From mobile tire repair to fixed points, Li Jishun (李继顺) serves several surrounding communities. "With a fixed place, obeying unified management, working smoothly, old customers can easily find us, and income has also increased," said Li Jishun (李继顺).
At the No. 10 convenient stall at the northwest corner of the intersection of Park Street (公园街) and Guangming Road (光明路), resident Wang Shuya (王淑雅) is waiting to repair her unglued leather shoes. "I used to have to wander around the streets to find it, but now I can come at any time, and the master is always there," said Wang Shuya (王淑雅). These small repairs and patches are not expensive, but they really facilitate daily life.
The Shouguang Municipal Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement Bureau (寿光市综合行政执法局) has simultaneously established a dynamic supervision mechanism to ensure that the "Xiao San Xiu" industry is operating in a standardized and long-term manner. Law enforcement officers regularly inspect to see whether the stalls are within the marked area, whether the surrounding area is clean and tidy, and whether the site is cleaned up after closing.
Under each small blue umbrella, there are craftsmen focusing on their busy figures, and even more a vivid answer sheet of a city's refined governance, retaining the atmosphere of life and integrating a sense of order.
"At present, Shouguang (寿光) has deployed 99 convenient points throughout the city, of which 74 are fixed small stores, with more standardized services and greater coverage," said Cui Guanglei (崔广磊). He said that he will continue to improve this convenient service system, make life more convenient for citizens, ensure the livelihood of stallholders, and make urban management more efficient.
Return to TopBy: 周 元
Recently, the micro-drama "The Tale of an Orphaned Horse" (《孤马传》), set in Changshan County (常山县), Quzhou City (衢州市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), has become popular online, with over 100 million views across the internet, attracting many tourists to this "treasure small city" of Changshan (常山), becoming a vivid illustration of how micro-dramas can empower the development of culture and tourism.
"Traveling following micro-dramas" is gradually becoming a trend, benefiting from the inherent characteristics of micro-drama dissemination. Compared to traditional cultural tourism promotional videos, scenic short videos, and other forms of communication, some micro-dramas integrate landscapes, human history, and the atmosphere of everyday life into storytelling, expressing themselves more flexibly, presenting richer content, and having a stronger emotional appeal, becoming a new "breakthrough" path for cultural tourism communication.
The "micro-drama + cultural tourism" craze also contains a distinct logic of the times. On the one hand, in the mobile internet era, public information reception is characterized by lightness, and micro-dramas have short durations and low viewing thresholds, adapting to the public's mobile viewing habits. On the other hand, people's expectations for travel today are no longer limited to simple sightseeing and checking in, but tend towards emotional, personalized, and experiential travel. Micro-dramas empower scenery with plot and immerse culture with stories, precisely meeting the new demands of public cultural tourism consumption.
In addition to helping cultural tourism communication, micro-dramas can also integrate functions such as urban image shaping, regional IP creation, and cultural tourism consumption activation, realizing the superimposed release of multi-dimensional value. Jingzhou City (荆州市), Hubei Province (湖北省), relied on the popularity of the micro-drama "Once Upon a Time There Was a Spirit Sword Mountain" (《从前有座灵剑山》) to launch related themed activities, during which the number of tourists increased by nearly two times year-on-year. The micro-drama "Sleepless on the Duku Highway" (《独库夜未眠》), filmed in Kuqa City (库车市), Xinjiang (新疆), integrates Silk Road customs and Kizil culture, bringing the regional culture hidden in landscapes and historical sites to life, allowing more people to appreciate the local natural beauty and cultural charm.
Beneath the craze, there is also a need for sober reflection. At present, some places have problems such as homogenization and superficiality in the integration of "micro-drama + cultural tourism." Many places follow suit, with highly similar plot routines and monotonous visual expressions, making it difficult to form unique memory points. Some works emphasize traffic over substance, lack sufficient exploration of excellent traditional culture, and find it difficult to precipitate and form lasting cultural tourism brands.
Only by proceeding steadily can we go far, and empowerment requires quality improvement. To promote micro-dramas to better empower cultural tourism development, we must adhere to content as king and uphold integrity and innovation. Only by deeply exploring regional cultural characteristics, reducing routine traffic pursuits, and increasing heartfelt cultural expressions can stories have roots, souls, and lasting appeal. May more places be able to tell local stories through new forms such as micro-dramas, achieving a win-win situation for traffic and word-of-mouth, and the integration of humanities and economy.
Return to TopGuizhou Launches 2026 City (County) Physical Examination Work
Guizhou Daily, Guiyang (贵阳), April 29th (Reporter Chen Lu (陈露)) - Guizhou's 2026 city (county) physical examination work has been fully launched recently. According to the requirements, Guizhou will promote the integration of urban physical examination and renewal, and establish a "physical examination first, then renewal" working mechanism. In terms of urban physical examination, 16 cities with districts are required to comprehensively carry out urban physical examinations within the built-up areas of the central urban areas; in terms of county physical examination, following the principle of "phased and orderly advancement," county physical examinations will be fully launched in 2026, and full coverage will be achieved in 2028.
Hainan Launches a New Round of Three-Year Action Plan to Upgrade Rural Roads
Hainan Daily, Haikou (海口), April 29th (Reporter Cao Mazhi (曹马志)) - The "Hainan Province New Round of Three-Year Action Plan for Rural Road Upgrading (2026-2028)" was recently issued, deploying five major actions and clarifying 16 key tasks to further improve the service quality and function of roads in rural areas. This round of rural road upgrading action plans five major categories of projects, including new construction, reconstruction, and expansion of roads, and widening of narrow road surfaces. From 2026 to 2028, it will focus on implementing 1,171 projects, with a construction mileage of approximately 744 kilometers.
Tibet Tibetan Language and Writing Museum Opens
Tibet Daily, Lhasa (拉萨), April 29th (Pingcuo Nuoji (平措诺吉), Li Xinmeng (李欣梦)) - The first national Tibetan language and writing thematic exhibition hall - the Tibet Tibetan Language and Writing Museum - officially opened in the Tibetan Language Work Committee Office (Compilation Bureau) of the Tibet Autonomous Region (西藏自治区). The museum integrates academic research, teaching practice, and cultural popularization, with a collection of more than 3,000 exhibits. The exhibition hall takes historical development as its main line, and is divided into three major themes and 10 sections: the origin and evolution of Tibetan language and writing, learning and use, and inheritance and protection. It clearly sorts out the development process of Tibetan writing from its creation to its information application, and vividly reflects its role in promoting exchanges, interactions, and integration among all ethnic groups.
2026 China (International) Fruit Conference Held in Kunming (昆明), Yunnan (云南)
Yunnan Daily, Kunming (昆明), April 29th (Reporter Liu Weiwei (刘薇薇)) - On April 27th, the 2026 China (International) Fruit Conference was held in Kunming (昆明), Yunnan (云南) Province. The conference attracted representatives from domestic and foreign fruit planting and production units, import and export trading companies, large-scale fruit wholesale markets, chain stores, and fresh food e-commerce companies to gather together to discuss the development of the fruit industry.
Fuzhou (福州), Fujian (福建) Community Intelligent Robot Space Station Lands
Fujian Daily, Fuzhou (福州), April 29th (Reporter Zhang Wenkui (张文奎)) - Recently, the first community intelligent robot space station in Fujian (福建) landed in the City of Light Community, Jianxin Town (建新镇), Cangshan District (仓山区), Fuzhou (福州). Relying on technologies such as 5G and AI (artificial intelligence), the space station creates an integrated digital community public service platform, which not only has the function of delivering express delivery to the door, but also provides services such as door-to-door garbage recycling, sending and receiving packages, unmanned cleaning, and security patrols.
Nanjing (南京), Jiangsu (江苏) to Open Over 50,000 Free Parking Spaces During "May Day" Holiday
Xinhua Daily, Nanjing (南京), April 29th (Reporter Liu Chun (刘春)) - During the "May Day" holiday, Nanjing (南京) City, Jiangsu (江苏) Province, will release a total of 53,059 parking spaces, which will be open to non-commercial passenger cars with 7 seats or less and non-local license plates, free of charge around the clock.
Tourists can enter "Le You Nanjing" through the official link of "Nanjing Wenlv" (南京文旅), click "Reservation/Parking Service" to find nearby parking lots; they can also follow the WeChat official account of "Nanjing Municipal Urban Management Bureau" (南京市城管局), or search for the "Ning Tingche" (宁停车) mini program, click "Holiday Free Parking" to find parking lot information.
In addition, on May 2nd, the day of the "Su Chao" related event, 10 units around the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center (南京奥体中心) will provide 2,556 free parking spaces for fans.
Return to TopRecently, "Chinese-style sense of security" has continued to spark heated discussions on social media platforms both domestically and abroad. Chongqing (重庆), a city known as "Mountain City," with its unique urban landscape and local customs, has attracted many foreign tourists to taste its cuisine, visit its attractions, and experience its culture. From bustling streets to quiet parks, these everyday, safe, and trustworthy life scenes that we are accustomed to have become a special experience for many foreign tourists visiting China.
In recent years, continuously optimized entry policies have provided more convenience for overseas tourists to visit China. According to data provided by the Chongqing Entry-Exit Border Inspection Station (重庆出入境边防检查总站), in the first quarter of this year, the number of foreign passengers entering the country through the Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport (重庆江北国际机场) port reached more than 137,000, an increase of 106% year-on-year, reaching a record high.
Return to TopBy: 河南日报记者 师 喆 郭丁然
When people turn their attention to the vast starry sky, in the wheat breeding experimental field of the Henan Academy of Sciences (河南省科学院) High-Tech Base, there is a group of people bending over, examining the wheat ears one by one.
"This is our team's latest cultivated wheat new line 'Yutong 125 (豫同125)', which was cultivated using aerospace mutation technology. It is more productive and disease-resistant than ordinary varieties," said Zhang Fuyan (张福彦), deputy director of the Isotope Research Institute of the Henan Academy of Sciences (河南省科学院同位素研究所), proudly. "The wheat I grow has been to space."
In 2002, more than 1,000 carefully selected wheat seeds were aboard the Shenzhou IV spacecraft (神舟四号飞船).
Some people ask: The wheat grows well in the ground, why bother sending it to space?
"At present, wheat breeding in the Huanghuai wheat region has reached a very high level, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to increase production," Zhang Fuyan (张福彦) explained. The combined effects of strong radiation, high vacuum, microgravity and other factors in space may induce gene mutations in seeds, allowing excellent genes to recombine.
From a seed taking a spacecraft to becoming a variety that can be promoted on a large scale, it takes at least several years. During this period, researchers must go through countless sowings, observations, records, eliminations, and resowings. The average success rate is only a few ten thousandths, and this may be the key to breaking the bottleneck of wheat yield increase. The batch of seeds that went to space that year later became "Fumai 2008 (富麦2008)", with a cumulative promotion of over 10 million mu. Later, "Yufeng 11 (豫丰11)" was promoted to nearly 20 million mu in the Huanghuai wheat region.
"We have prepared the next batch of seeds to be sent to space," Chen Xiaojie (陈晓杰), director of the Nuclear Agricultural Science Division of the Isotope Research Institute of the Henan Academy of Sciences (河南省科学院同位素研究所核农学事业部), pointed to several rows of wheat in the experimental field, "They are currently growing in the ground. After the harvest, we will carefully select the seeds and prepare them for their space travel."
As the sun sets, several researchers are still busy in the wheat field. They are "astronauts" who have not been to space, and grains of wheat have gone to space for them.
Return to TopBy: 新华社记者 吉 宁
Watching the mechanical arms on the assembly line waving up and down, personally touching real mechanical parts... a trip down the line feels like stepping into a science fiction blockbuster. For some time now, some companies and factories have opened up parts of their areas to the public, and industrial tourism has become a popular emerging form of tourism.
In the lobby of the Xiaomi Automobile Factory (小米汽车工厂) complex building located in the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (北京经济技术开发区), tour groups are constantly coming and going in the exhibition hall. Tourists watch the automobile architecture in the science and technology exhibition area and compete to test drive the cars. The automobile platform architecture and super motors attract visitors to stop and take photos.
The workshop area is the most popular. Sightseeing vehicles shuttle through it, and tourists follow the guides to gain an in-depth understanding of each process: in the clean workshop, logistics robots deliver materials to each process on time, huge robotic arms precisely coordinate to install the car doors, and a 9,100-ton die-casting machine allows the raw materials to be integrally formed in 100 seconds.
Zhao Liangtao (赵良涛), Minister of the Comprehensive Management Department of Xiaomi Automobile Factory (小米汽车工厂综合管理部部长), said: "We have currently opened up the die-casting, stamping, and body workshops, allowing tourists to clearly watch from a safe distance, which not only does not interfere with production, but also allows them to experience the shock of robot-coordinated operations up close."
"We flexibly adjust the depth of explanation according to the age, occupation, and interest preferences of tourists. We focus on technology and craftsmanship for professional visitors, popular science and inspiration for students, and more on fun and interaction for family tourists," said Zhao Liangtao (赵良涛).
(According to Xinhua News Agency (新华社))
Return to TopBy: 本报通讯员 李安清
After 5 years of scientific research and on-site construction, the Qinglongshan Dinosaur Egg Fossil Group National Nature Reserve (青龙山恐龙蛋化石群国家级自然保护区) in Shiyan (十堰), Hubei (湖北) has given more than 3,000 dinosaur egg fossils a "nano coat." According to reports, this is the world's first overall sealing and protection of an ultra-large-scale dinosaur egg fossil site using nanomaterials.
The dinosaur egg fossils in the Qinglongshan (青龙山) Reserve were formed approximately 86 million years ago. The existing 3,000-plus eggs are among the largest, most concentrated, and best-preserved dinosaur egg fossils in the world. Because the eggshells are mainly composed of calcium carbonate and are buried in coarse sandstone that is extremely prone to disintegration during thermal expansion and contraction, the fossils are subject to the long-term effects of moisture, temperature differences, and acid-base erosion, which accelerates weathering and damage.
In response to the geological and climatic characteristics of the site, the Qinglongshan (青龙山) Reserve invited Deng Jianguo (邓建国), a professor at Sichuan University of Science & Engineering (四川轻化工大学) and an expert in paleontological fossil protection materials, to develop a new special protective material for Qinglongshan (青龙山) dinosaur egg fossils: nano-silica composite emulsion.
"Giving dinosaur egg fossils a 'nano coat' allows it to penetrate the entire dinosaur egg and surrounding rock, solidifying the mineral gaps into a whole, and finally forming a micron-level film on the surface of the fossil, isolating the outside air and water vapor," Deng Jianguo (邓建国) explained.
After more than a year of testing, the water resistance, acid and alkali resistance, aging resistance, and temperature difference resistance of the fossils and surrounding rocks wearing the "nano coat" have been greatly improved, and the hardness and consolidation have been significantly improved. In March of this year, the reserve used a "solidification + sealing" process to carry out comprehensive spray protection of the fossil site in the core area. As of now, all of the Qinglongshan (青龙山) dinosaur egg fossil sites have been given a "nano coat."
Return to TopBy: 新华社记者 黄江林
Fake "Liushen" Florida Water, "Xianzhashu" beverages, "Xiangxiangpiao" milk tea... These counterfeit goods not only involve illegal production but also put the sellers in the defendant's seat.
"I run a small supermarket in the town. These goods were promoted by people who came to my door. I didn't sell many bottles, and I really didn't know they were fake." Until he was in the defendant's seat, Liu (刘某) still felt wronged. On April 21, at the trial, the defendant Liu (刘某) repeatedly stated that he was unaware of the authenticity of the goods. However, Liu (刘某) could not produce the invoice for the purchase at that time. Under the auspices of the court, both parties reached a consensus mediation opinion, and Liu (刘某) was willing to compensate the plaintiff for the corresponding economic losses.
Wei Kai (魏凯), the judge in charge of the case and a first-level judge of the Fourth Civil Division of the People's Court of Heping District (和平区人民法院) in Tianjin (天津), said that according to the Trademark Law, selling goods that are not known to infringe the exclusive right to use a registered trademark does not entail liability for compensation if it can be proved that the goods were legally obtained and the provider is identified. However, the subjective element of "not knowing" requires the defense to produce evidence.
Counterfeit goods such as "Xianzhashu" (仙楂树) and "Xiangxiangpiao" (香香飘) that "piggyback" on well-known brands are also "major disaster areas" for trademark infringement. A typical case released by the Jiaozuo Intermediate People's Court (焦作市中级人民法院) in Henan (河南) provides a clear warning.
The plaintiff, Tianjin Guanfang Cola Beverage Co., Ltd. (天津冠芳可乐饮料有限公司), holds the registered trademarks related to "Shan Zha Shu Xia" (山楂树下) and "Shan Zha Shu" (山楂树). In 2023, the company discovered a beverage sold in a convenience store with packaging highly similar to that of "Shan Zha Shu Xia" (山楂树下) beverages and priced far below the normal price. It then filed a lawsuit on the grounds of trademark infringement and unfair competition. After hearing the case, the court held that the beverage in question used words similar to the plaintiff's registered trademark, and the product packaging and decoration were highly similar to the plaintiff's well-known goods. The defendant, a certain food company and a certain convenience store, had constituted an infringement of the plaintiff's exclusive right to use the registered trademark and unfair competition. Finally, the defendant food company and the defendant convenience store were ordered to immediately cease the infringing act and compensate the plaintiff 50,000 yuan, with the convenience store bearing joint and several liability for 3,000 yuan of the compensation.
(According to Xinhua News Agency)
Return to TopBy: 山西日报记者 李 炼
In the villages of Jinyuan District (晋源区), Taiyuan City (太原市), Shanxi Province (山西省), a white van emblazoned with the slogan "Love Mobile Canteen" has become a touch of warmth in the hearts of left-behind elderly. Since September 2025, Liu Jiang (刘江) and Yan Jiangxu (闫江旭), two young men from Wangguo Village (王郭村) in Jinyuan District (晋源区), have been using their spare time and personal funds, bringing their own ingredients, and driving this canteen to deliver bowls of hot and delicious meals free of charge to villages, placing them in the hands of left-behind elderly aged 70 and above.
Today, their footprints have reached more than 20 villages. A bowl of homemade noodles, a spoonful of hot soup, warms the hearts of the elderly.
"I always felt that I spent too little time with my grandmother. She often cooked and ate alone, which was quite lonely." Last May, Liu Jiang's (刘江) grandmother passed away, and the companionship he couldn't make up for left him with deep regret. Liu Jiang (刘江) told Yan Jiangxu (闫江旭), who had grown up with him, about his worries, and the two decided to do something for the elderly in the village.
Soon, a simple canteen carrying their good intentions was prepared. Yan Jiangxu (闫江旭), who had studied as a chef and run a restaurant, was responsible for purchasing and cooking, while Liu Jiang (刘江), who was good at communication, was responsible for contacting and organizing. Last autumn, this canteen, adorned with public service slogans and missing person notices, officially started and drove towards the countryside.
Before each trip, the two would contact the village in advance to confirm the number of elderly people, and then carefully select fresh and tender ingredients. "The elderly have poor teeth and weak digestive functions, so the food should be soft, well-cooked, and light." Yan Jiangxu (闫江旭) said. On their menu, most of the dishes are home-style meals such as stir-fried noodles, braised noodles, and stew.
"Our first goal is to travel to 100 villages in Shanxi (山西)." Liu Jiang (刘江) and Yan Jiangxu (闫江旭) are full of expectations for the future. They plan to drive the canteen out of Taiyuan (太原), towards Xinzhou (忻州), Lüliang (吕梁), Jinzhong (晋中)... so that this glimmer of light can illuminate more places.
Return to TopBy: 金华日报记者 季俊磊
"Maintaining and shaping national security, for me, means diligent study and practice, serving the country with skills." On April 15th, during the national "Ideological and Political Class" on the holistic view of national security for students of all levels, Hu Yuying (胡钰莹), a sophomore majoring in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) application technology at the School of Aviation Engineering of Jinhua Polytechnic (浙江金华职业技术大学) in Zhejiang (浙江), spoke forcefully.
In the aviation transportation competition for higher vocational colleges at the 2025 WorldSkills Competition Finals Selection Competition, contestants competed on how to quickly and accurately "repair" aircraft. Hu Yuying (胡钰莹) and her team won the gold medal in this competition.
Behind this glorious moment were 92 days of high-intensity training: she needed to wear a full set of safety protective equipment, climb a ladder to approach the 3-meter-high tail of the aircraft, accurately disassemble the 6 screws of the airspeed tube, and then place the screws into the positioning box with no deviation. "Sometimes I practiced until my arms trembled, and I couldn't even hold chopsticks steadily," Hu Yuying (胡钰莹) said, "But training cannot stop, aircraft maintenance is something that cannot be done carelessly."
After taking off her work clothes, Hu Yuying (胡钰莹) began to study UAV application technology. In October last year, Hu Yuying's (胡钰莹) team went through many stages and won the championship trophy of the National Youth Intelligent Unmanned System Application Competition.
Her UAV also flew into the fields. In the villages around Jinhua City (金华市), the UAV controlled by Hu Yuying (胡钰莹) skimmed over the farmland, and the images on the screen were transmitted back in real time - which field has potential pest and disease hazards, and which plot of land is short of water, all clear at a glance.
From campus aerial photography inspections to community elderly care services, from science and technology popularization to helping farmers increase income, she has written the word "skill" into her vibrant life. Hu Yuying (胡钰莹) said that she wants to fly higher and farther, and contribute her strength to national defense security and aviation safety.
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By: 赵 忠
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Labor is the fundamental force driving the progress of human society. Happiness will not fall from the sky, and dreams will not automatically come true." The "15th Five-Year Plan" period holds a vital position of building on the past and opening up the future in the process of basically realizing socialist modernization. It is a crucial five years in the historical process of our country comprehensively building a modern socialist country and realizing the second centenary goal. Labor is the fundamental force for achieving the development goals of the "15th Five-Year Plan" period. Continuing to advance Chinese-style modernization cannot be separated from the solid work and continuous struggle of hundreds of millions of workers. The vast number of workers must thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on labor, and use hard work, honest labor, and creative labor to write a new chapter in economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period.
The power of workers comes from the great spiritual character of the working class.
Ideology is the guide to action, and belief is the cornerstone of practical work. The labor struggle in the new era must consolidate the foundation of ideals and beliefs, deeply understand the main position and important role of the working class in national development and national rejuvenation, always adhere to the people-centered development ideology, closely integrate personal ideals and career development with the future of the country and the destiny of the nation, and always maintain the ideological consciousness, political consciousness, and action consciousness of practical struggle. Vigorously promote the spirit of model workers, the spirit of labor, and the spirit of craftsmanship, and gather the mighty power of the vast number of workers with the common goal of promoting Chinese-style modernization.
The sense of ownership of the working class has forged the mission and responsibility of workers. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized in his important speech at the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (中华全国总工会) and the National Model Workers and Advanced Workers Commendation Conference: "Practice has fully proved that the working class in our country is worthy of being the most solid and reliable class foundation of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), worthy of being the leading class of our socialist country, worthy of being the representative of advanced productive forces and relations of production, and worthy of being the main force in adhering to and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics." Looking back on the past hundred years of struggle, the vast number of workers have always been of one heart with the Party and walked together with the country, sprinkling blood and sweat on the land of the motherland, forging historical achievements with practical responsibility, and writing the glory of the times with hard work. Looking forward to the great journey of Chinese-style modernization, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "In the new era and on the new journey, we must closely focus on the central tasks of the Party and gather the mighty strength of the working class and the vast number of working people." Carrying forward the fine tradition of struggle and continuing the red bloodline of struggle, the vast number of workers always stand tall as the backbone of the times with practical responsibility. Standing at the crucial node of the start of the "15th Five-Year Plan," it is the glorious mission and historical responsibility entrusted to every worker in the new era to consolidate the foundation of development with hard work, adhere to the bottom line of value with honest labor, activate innovation momentum with creative labor, and strive to write a magnificent new chapter in Chinese-style modernization.
The spirit of model workers, the spirit of labor, and the spirit of craftsmanship inject strong spiritual motivation into the vast number of workers. A person cannot stand without spirit, and a country cannot be strong without spirit. Spiritual strength is the internal support for workers to overcome difficulties and forge ahead, and it is the guiding star for workers to be unafraid of difficulties and firmly pursue their careers. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "We must firmly establish the concept that labor is the most glorious, the most noble, the most great, and the most beautiful, so that all the people can further ignite their enthusiasm for labor and release their creative potential, and create a better life through labor." This requires us to transform our love for the country, our sincerity for our careers, our yearning for a better life, and our pursuit of happiness into conscious actions of continuous struggle. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "In the long-term practice, we have cultivated the spirit of model workers who love their jobs and dedicate themselves, strive for excellence, work hard, dare to innovate, are indifferent to fame and fortune, and are willing to dedicate themselves; the spirit of labor who advocates labor, loves labor, works hard, and works honestly; and the spirit of craftsmanship who is persistent and focused, strives for perfection, is meticulous, and pursues excellence." This requires us to vigorously promote the spirit of model workers, the spirit of labor, and the spirit of craftsmanship, and cultivate a social atmosphere that respects labor, respects labor, and loves labor. Taking the spirit of model workers as a banner, we will encourage thousands of ordinary workers to create extraordinary achievements in the era in their daily adherence; taking the spirit of labor as the cornerstone, we will encourage the vast number of workers to write their lives with hard work, and build a broad stage for every dreamer to get rich through labor, pursue happiness, and achieve their dreams; taking the spirit of craftsmanship as the pursuit, we will guide workers to strive for perfection and pursue excellence, and strive to create a good environment where "every profession produces its own master."
The spirit of unity and concerted efforts gathers the mighty power of the vast number of workers to forge ahead. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly pointed out: "There are thousands of things to talk about in trade union work, but the most fundamental one is to closely unite the vast number of workers around the Party and unite and struggle to achieve the central tasks of the Party." The construction of Chinese-style modernization and the realization of the "15th Five-Year Plan" blueprint are a great cause for hundreds of millions of workers to join hands and struggle together. Unity is a powerful force to overcome all difficulties, and it is an important guarantee for gathering people's hearts and achieving great undertakings. The working class has always had a high degree of political consciousness, strict organization, and iron-like discipline, always cherishing great ideals and adhering to common struggle goals, and has a deep feeling of being responsible for the country and dedicating itself to the people. The power of an individual may be limited, and the wisdom of one person may be meager, but if a thousand people are of one mind, they will gain the strength of a thousand people, and if ten thousand people work together, they will achieve the cause of ten thousand generations. Hundreds of millions of workers with one heart and one mind, moving in the same direction, will surely gather into a mighty force to promote national development, social progress, and national rejuvenation.
The power of workers is reflected in the excellent work style of solid work and perseverance.
The people create history, and labor creates the future. To achieve our struggle goals and create our beautiful future, we must rely closely on the people and always be for the people. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), the working class and the vast number of workers have used hard work to erect one development milestone after another: After the founding of New China (新中国), they started from scratch and established an independent and relatively complete industrial system and national economic system; since the reform and opening up, they have worked hard and made progress, creating miracles of rapid economic development and long-term social stability; entering the new era, they have worked hard and made progress, realizing the historic leap from solving the problem of food and clothing to overall well-being and then to comprehensive well-being. Chinese-style modernization is a people-centered modernization, a common cause of all the people, a great journey of unity, and a struggle goal of the vast number of workers, providing a wonderful stage for every worker.
Continuously improve skills with meticulousness. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Quality is the foundation of life, and skills are the foundation of career. The vast number of working people should be diligent in learning, learning culture, science, skills, and all aspects of knowledge, constantly improve their comprehensive quality, and develop excellent skills." During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation will accelerate breakthroughs, the industrial structure will be deeply adjusted, the task of converting new and old kinetic energy will be arduous, and higher requirements will be put forward for the ability and quality of workers. The vast number of workers must actively adapt to the needs of technological revolution and industrial transformation, establish the concept of lifelong learning, and learn from their posts, from their masters, from their colleagues, from books, and from practice. High-quality development cannot be separated from high-quality labor creation, and the core support of high-quality labor creation is a high-quality workforce. Only by standing on their posts, working hard, studying hard, delving deeply, constantly honing excellent skills, improving professional skills, and improving comprehensive qualities, and developing real skills to overcome difficulties and mastering good techniques of meticulousness, can workers in the new era gain a firm foothold in the tide of the times, realize their life values, and achieve brilliant careers in solid work and perseverance.
Be down-to-earth, love your job, and be dedicated to your work. Practical work is the distinct character of labor, and responsibility is the valuable quality of workers. All development achievements stem from down-to-earth hard work; all grand blueprints rely on responsible workers to strive to achieve them. The vast number of workers must adhere to the principle of practical work as the foundation and practical results as the priority, take the post as the battlefield and responsibility as the driving force, consolidate the foundation of development with diligent labor, and create excellent results with a pragmatic work style. Practical work is to be based on one's own job, strive for perfection, implement all tasks in detail, and make every effort pay off. Responsibility is to meet difficulties head-on and move forward bravely, practice the original intention in ordinary positions, and show achievements in daily work. The vast number of workers should let honest labor and solid work and perseverance become a common practice, and write a new chapter in economic and social development in the new era with diligent dedication and responsible fulfillment of duties.
Be innovative and stay ahead of the times. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "We must adapt to the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation and comprehensively improve the quality of workers. This is the inevitable requirement for the Chinese working class as the 'most progressive class' to always stay ahead of the times." Science and technology are the primary productive forces, talent is the primary resource, and innovation is the primary driving force. Innovation is not only the core engine leading development, but also the distinct background color of creative labor. New quality productive forces take the improvement of workers' quality, the innovation of labor materials, the expansion of labor objects, and the optimization and combination of elements as the basic connotation. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, the key to developing new quality productive forces and promoting the optimization and upgrading of the economic structure lies in innovation, and the main body lies in workers. The vast number of workers should actively adapt to the wave of technological change, actively embrace the development trend of digitalization and intelligence, and continuously improve digital skills and innovation capabilities. Solid work and perseverance means daring to break through and explore boldly while adhering to the original intention and fulfilling responsibilities, and integrating innovation and creation into labor. To inject strong impetus into the high-quality development of the "15th Five-Year Plan," the vast number of workers must not only be based on their own jobs and be conscientious and responsible, but also dare to break the mindset and be the first to dare to do things, be practical in innovation, and innovate in practical work, and make positive contributions to developing new quality productive forces and promoting high-quality development.
Actively create a social environment that stimulates the vitality of workers to start businesses.
A good development environment is the fertile ground for those who work hard and the stage for workers. To forge ahead in the "15th Five-Year Plan," we must create a social atmosphere that respects labor with our hearts and emotions, build a platform for workers to start businesses, and gather the mighty power of hundreds of millions of workers to devote themselves to the construction of the motherland, and inject inexhaustible power into the high-quality development of the "15th Five-Year Plan."
Create a social atmosphere that respects labor. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "In our socialist country, all labor, whether manual or mental, is worthy of respect and encouragement." "There is no distinction between high and low in labor, and any profession is glorious." "The whole society should be proud of hard work and ashamed of laziness. At any time, no one should look down on ordinary workers, and no one should covet a life of not working for nothing." These important expositions profoundly explain the value and dignity of labor, and provide fundamental guidelines for promoting the spirit of labor in the new era and creating a social atmosphere that respects labor. This year is the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan." We must strengthen public opinion and propaganda guidance, tell the stories of model workers, labor stories, and craftsman stories, so that the concept that labor is the most glorious, the most noble, the most great, and the most beautiful is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and that respecting labor, caring for workers, and devoting oneself to labor become a common practice in the whole society.
Build an employment-friendly development mode. Employment is the foundation of people's livelihood, and it is also an important carrier for workers to realize their life values and make contributions, and it is a bridge connecting workers with the development of the times. The core of building an employment-friendly development mode lies in adhering to the people-centered approach, providing workers with a larger number and higher quality of employment opportunities, and also focusing on stimulating workers' endogenous motivation and creative vitality, so that workers' wisdom and talents can be fully released. Building an employment-friendly development mode requires breaking down employment barriers, optimizing the labor environment, building a broader stage for the vast number of workers to struggle, so that workers with different skills and in different fields can find space to display their talents, can obtain growth and improvement through their own efforts, and can obtain more opportunities to get rich through hard work, reap happiness in struggle, and achieve themselves in practical work.
Strengthen the organizational leadership of workers. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must adhere to the fundamental policy of wholeheartedly relying on the working class, fully mobilize the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of the vast number of workers, and actively devote ourselves to the great cause of comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and national rejuvenation." As the home of workers, the trade union is a bridge and link connecting the vast number of workers, and it is also a mass organization that gathers the strength of workers and serves the overall development situation. We must firmly adhere to the leadership of the Party, continuously strengthen the construction of trade union organizations, improve the work system of extensive contact and service to workers, strengthen organizational leadership, guide workers to integrate their personal ideals into the great cause of national development, and organize and mobilize hundreds of millions of workers to actively devote themselves to the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation.
(The author is a professor at the School of Labor and Human Resources of Renmin University of China (中国人民大学))
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Establishing and practicing a correct view of performance for Party member and cadre requires both resolve and perseverance, a critical test. Since the new era, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has repeatedly emphasized promoting the spirit of nail-driving, requiring Party members and cadres to "grasp iron with traces, step on stone to leave prints, and move forward steadily," and to "observe the truth, produce practical measures, and seek practical results." Promoting the spirit of nail-driving is not only an important requirement for establishing and practicing a correct view of performance, but also an effective method for accomplishing tasks. By engaging in work and entrepreneurship with the spirit of nail-driving, without coveting temporary achievements or seeking temporary fame, one can surely create solid and substantial achievements.
The first step in driving a nail is to accurately grasp the direction and anchor the target. Where to drive the nail and where to place it requires careful consideration, clear discernment, and precise planning before the hammer falls. When Jiao Yulu (焦裕禄) first arrived in Lankao (兰考), facing the ravages of waterlogging, sandstorms, and saline-alkali land, he did not rush to make decisions, but instead chased floods, investigated wind gaps, and explored quicksand, using his footsteps to understand the bottom line of the "three harms," and ultimately led the masses to find good methods for turning over silt to suppress sand and planting trees to fix sand. Finding the right direction avoids blind exertion. Currently, various regions are implementing the "15th Five-Year Plan." How can top-level design be transformed into a construction blueprint for a specific region? The key lies in precise strokes. Some places, upon receiving the blueprint, hastily set up stalls and launch projects, seemingly bustling with activity, but in reality, they are far removed from the local resource endowment and the expectations of the masses. If the direction is off, the faster the speed, the farther the deviation. Grasping the right direction is both a political ability question and a mass line question. Only by thoroughly understanding the situation above, understanding the situation below, and accurately grasping the actual situation can the nail be driven in the crucial place.
Driving a nail into wood cannot be accomplished with a single hammer; it relies on successive blows, with sustained force. The slightest slackening may lead to previous efforts being abandoned. Similarly, the value of engaging in work and entrepreneurship lies in perseverance and sustained effort. In reality, some Party members and cadres "new officials disregard old accounts," keen on being innovative and starting anew; some are eager to shift direction as soon as their work shows signs of progress, leaving "unfinished projects" unattended. The reason for these problems is that there is too much impatience for quick results and too little resilience for long-term success. Zhejiang's "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" ("千万工程") project has not changed "channels" for more than 20 years, starting with improving the living environment, deepening year by year, and promoting village by village, eventually creating thousands of beautiful villages. Perseverance is not a realization that comes out of thin air, but a character supported by the broad-mindedness of "achieving success does not necessarily have to be me" and the responsibility of "achieving success definitely has to have me." Party members and cadres must not only properly handle urgent matters that are right under the noses of the masses, such as employment, medical care, and schooling, but also solidify the potential contributions that are difficult to see results in a short period of time, such as improving the business environment, ecological governance, and establishing systems. By remaining calm and steady, the nail can be driven with depth and resilience.
Whether a nail can be driven firmly depends on the strength of the attack when encountering difficulties. Light taps are sufficient where it is easy to enter, but where there are hard obstacles, concentrated and heavy blows are needed. As reform has progressed to today, most of the things that are easy to achieve have already been done, and what remains are mostly hard bones with intertwined contradictions and conflicting interests. The deeper one goes, the more "the road becomes steeper halfway up the mountain." Facing hard bones that are difficult to chew, bravely meet them head-on. Collisions are inevitable, but each difficulty overcome reduces the number of remaining difficulties. If one bypasses them, it may save effort and worry for a while, but problems accumulate and will eventually become hidden dangers. Those who do not avoid difficulties advance. Each time a hard bone is gnawed down, the cause moves forward a step, and the cadre tempers a point of skill. To gnaw hard bones, one must have the courage to not detour or retreat, dare to face contradictions directly, and be willing to go all out; one must also have the wisdom to not act blindly or recklessly, be good at recognizing stages, grasping laws, coordinating resources, and implementing policies scientifically, and use strength in the crucial place.
When driving nails, it is also necessary to dynamically calibrate and correct deviations in a timely manner. As the situation changes and problems change, adapting to the circumstances is the only way to avoid 刻舟求剑 (kè zhōu qiú jiàn - "carve boat seek sword," acting foolishly; trying to fit changing circumstances to a fixed standard). Adjusting strategies and optimizing paths according to the characteristics of different stages of work is the only way to achieve practical results. The most taboo thing in engaging in undertakings is a "one-size-fits-all" approach. In-depth investigation and research, precise analysis and judgment, attention to summarizing experience, and strengthening learning and improvement should be carried out to continuously enhance the ability to recognize and respond to changes, and ensure that every nail is driven straight and firmly with the clarity and consciousness of timely calibration.
Engaging in undertakings is just like driving nails, requiring accurate direction and sufficient resolve, as well as the courage to attack difficulties and the ability to adjust. Only when Party members and cadres establish and practice a correct view of performance, and do not engage in formalism or superficiality, can they consciously drive nails accurately and firmly, and transform the grand blueprint of the "15th Five-Year Plan" from "paper" to "ground" and from vision to reality.
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General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "We must promote the concept of ecological civilization, cultivate an ecological culture, and make a green and low-carbon lifestyle a common practice." "We should deepen the application of digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, construct a digital governance system for a beautiful China, and build a green and intelligent digital ecological civilization." The Ecological Environment Code stipulates: "Promote the application of information technology, digital technology, artificial intelligence technology, etc. while ensuring safety, and improve the scientific and technological level of ecological environment protection." "Promote ecological culture." Empowering ecological culture construction with digital intelligence is conducive to promoting the dissemination, promotion, and transformation and utilization of ecological culture, stimulating the endogenous power of ecological civilization construction, promoting the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, and providing strong scientific and technological support for accelerating the advancement of modernization featuring harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature.
To cultivate ecological concepts and build green consensus. The cultivation of ecological culture begins with value leadership and the rooting of concepts. Digital intelligence can break through the boundaries of traditional communication and help build a comprehensive and immersive communication system. To empower the cultivation of ecological concepts with digital technology, one is to use digital technology to build science popularization platforms to popularize ecological knowledge; the second is to rely on social networks to create interactive communities to guide the public to pay attention to and participate in green topic discussions; and the third is to promote green lifestyles into a social consensus through digital incentive mechanisms. For example, integrating Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization into the entire process of national education and social education can rely on big data technology and new media matrix to build a full-domain communication network, and promote ecological concepts into schools, communities, enterprises, and families by developing online quality courses and producing popular science short videos.
Drive the transformation of green production and promote a low-carbon lifestyle. The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposes: "Accelerate the formation of green production and lifestyles." Green production and lifestyles are a concrete manifestation of ecological culture. Digital empowerment of green production and low-carbon living has become a powerful driving force for promoting sustainable development. Relying on industrial Internet and big data technology, we can optimize production processes, reduce energy consumption, promote green manufacturing and recycling, establish a digital certification and traceability system for green products, and force companies to improve their green competitiveness through market demand, thereby promoting the green transformation of production methods and the optimization and upgrading of industrial structures. In daily life, we can build carbon inclusive platforms to encourage water and electricity conservation, old object recycling, and other low-carbon behaviors, making a green and low-carbon lifestyle 成风化俗 (chéng fēng huà sú - "become a custom," to become a common practice).
Empower ecological governance and promote social collaboration. Digital intelligence breaks down information barriers through data integration, optimizes governance processes, and realizes the precision and efficiency of ecological governance; expands public participation channels through digital platforms, promotes the transformation of governance models from passive response to active prevention, comprehensively improves governance effectiveness, and promotes the widespread penetration of ecological culture. For example, through satellite remote sensing, the Internet of Things, etc., we can build an integrated three-dimensional monitoring system of the sky and the earth to monitor ecosystems such as forests, wetlands, and grasslands in real time, and form a full-domain ecological digital map. Relying on intelligent sensing systems, we can accurately identify ecological risks, evaluate governance effectiveness, provide data support for scientific decision-making, and realize the transformation of ecological governance from local breakthroughs to full-domain collaboration. For example, in the practice of Saihanba (塞罕坝) ecological construction and Kubuqi Desert (库布其沙漠) governance, digital technology has played an important enabling role. In addition, digital intelligence can help the entire people participate in the construction of ecological civilization by encouraging and guiding the public to adopt trees online and participate in low-carbon emission reduction activities, forming a joint force for co-governance and promoting ecological protection to become a cause for the entire people.
Expand ecological culture communication channels and build a diversified communication matrix. Using digital technology to innovate communication forms and transform traditional communication mechanisms has realized the personalized and interactive communication of information. New mass literature and art is an important means of ecological culture communication in the new era. Digital intelligence has opened up new paths for ecological art creation and communication. By creating ecological culture IPs with warmth and influence, ecological stories can be spread and remembered, and transformed into deeply rooted ecological value recognition. We can rely on digital technology to promote the quality of ecological art works, and guide literary and art workers to use short videos, animation, drama, and other forms to create and show the beauty of ecology. Create digital ecological culture brands, carry out ecological digital reading and other activities, and launch lightweight and easy-to-spread ecological culture masterpieces to bring ecological stories to the public.
(Author's unit: School of Cultural Industry Management, Communication University of China (中国传媒大学))
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In recent years, China's artificial intelligence has developed rapidly, and its value in empowering various sectors is gradually becoming apparent. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must comprehensively promote scientific and technological innovation, industrial development, and empowerment applications of artificial intelligence, improve the regulatory system and mechanism for artificial intelligence, and firmly grasp the initiative in the development and governance of artificial intelligence." The "15th Five-Year Plan" outline proposes: "Establish an efficient and convenient access mechanism adapted to the development of new business forms, and explore new regulatory methods such as 'sandbox regulation' and trigger-based regulation." Currently, China's artificial intelligence development is at the forefront globally, and it is deepening and expanding "artificial intelligence +," empowering economic and social development and improving governance capabilities. To implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech and the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, it is necessary to coordinate development and security, actively explore "sandbox regulation," and promote the healthy and orderly development of China's artificial intelligence in a beneficial, safe, and fair direction through effective regulatory governance.
"Sandbox regulation" is a brand-new regulatory concept and method, which refers to delineating a scope, adopting inclusive and prudent regulatory measures for business entities within this scope, while the regulatory authorities implement full supervision of the operation process of the regulatory objects within this scope, implementing fault tolerance and error correction within a controllable range, and preventing the spread of problems and contradictions.
Exploring "sandbox regulation" is conducive to creating a safe and controllable "experimental field," which can provide sufficient space for relevant enterprises to test new products, operate new business models, and strengthen technological innovation in a real market environment, making up for the shortcomings of conventional regulation in balancing innovation, benefits, and risks. It can also effectively prevent the spread of potential problems by imposing restrictive conditions and control measures. At the same time, it should be noted that "sandbox regulation" is not laissez-faire, but an exploration carried out on the premise of adhering to the bottom line of safety. This requires strict access, absolutely not allowing illegal and high-risk matters to enter the "sandbox"; strengthening monitoring, with regulatory authorities following up in real time, correcting deviations and decisively stopping them in time; and smooth exit, promoting one mature experimental result at a time, and terminating the testing of projects with prominent problems and uncontrollable risks in accordance with the law and removing them from the "sandbox" to ensure that risks do not spill over. This helps to effectively balance innovation and risk, stimulate the vitality of the artificial intelligence industry, build a solid security defense line, and achieve healthy and orderly development of the artificial intelligence industry. Specific efforts can be made in the following aspects.
Delineate the scope of regulation and adjust it dynamically in a timely manner. Artificial intelligence technology iterates quickly, involves a wide range of fields, and has new business models. In exploring the applicable boundaries of "sandbox regulation," there must be more clear and operable institutional arrangements. To this end, we can adhere to the principle of classification and grading, setting more prudent regulatory standards and operating procedures for high-risk areas involving data security and financial security; for areas with relatively mature technology and limited spillover risks, we can moderately relax conditions so that limited regulatory forces can be concentrated on key objects as much as possible. At the same time, dynamically adjust the regulatory objects, monitor the operating status and risk characteristics of "in-box" projects in real time, and if the operation is stable and the risk is controllable, it can be transferred to conventional regulation and continuously tracked. If it is found that its data exceeds the normal range and the risk intensity exceeds the standard, it should be terminated in time to prevent risk spillover.
Innovate regulatory tools and optimize regulatory methods. The promotion of "sandbox regulation" should flexibly adopt regulatory tools and methods that meet the needs of technological innovation in accordance with the laws of artificial intelligence technology and industrial development. We can strengthen the empowerment of digital intelligence technology to achieve panoramic real-time monitoring, adaptive regulation, and precise guidance and intervention of relevant entities within the "sandbox," and give full play to the advantages of "sandbox regulation" in proactive prevention, dynamic adjustment, and transparent visibility; promote precise and flexible regulation, and formulate practical regulatory methods and differentiated regulatory strategies based on the business models, credit levels, and risk levels of innovative entities within the "sandbox."
Improve the regulatory mechanism and enhance regulatory effectiveness. Establishing a scientific, reasonable, flexible, and feasible regulatory mechanism is of great significance for achieving a virtuous interaction between the innovative development of artificial intelligence technology and industry and compliance with governance. We can improve the elastic fault-tolerance mechanism, exempt or mitigate the accountability of relevant entities that have made mistakes or failed to achieve expected results in the process of pioneering trials, allow enterprises to independently set test cycles according to the needs of technological innovation, and reserve space for algorithm optimization, hardware upgrades, and risk debugging. Strengthen service guidance, provide support in market access, financial support, and other aspects, give priority to promoting artificial intelligence industry projects with compliant behavior and good credit, and provide guidance and suggestions in key stages such as algorithm development, information processing, and performance verification to create a regulatory environment that encourages innovation and exploration, precise fault tolerance, and error correction. Optimize the evaluation and feedback mechanism, conduct regular comprehensive evaluations of "in-box" projects, and adjust the regulatory direction and measures in a timely manner based on the feedback results to build a full-process, full-chain, and full-cycle artificial intelligence industry governance system.
(The author is a researcher at the Shandong Province Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era Research Center)
By: 本期主讲人：国家发展改革委国土开发与地区经济研究所所长 周毅仁
During this year's National People's Congress (全国两会), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized during his participation in the deliberation of the Jiangsu (江苏) delegation that major economic provinces like Jiangsu (江苏) are at the forefront of reform and opening up and should put effort into studying new situations and solving new problems to gain experience.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has repeatedly issued important instructions and approvals on major economic provinces taking the lead, pointing out the direction and providing fundamental guidelines for major economic provinces to take the lead. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, facing a more complex environment and more deep-seated contradictions, major economic provinces must actively answer the questions of the times and history, and provide solid support for advancing Chinese-style modernization.
Major economic provinces taking the lead is a vivid practice and strategic choice of using dialectics to carry out economic work under the new situation.
China has a vast territory and a large population, and there are huge differences in resource endowments and development foundations among regions. This national condition determines that economic development in various regions cannot be uniform and synchronized. It is necessary to use dialectics to properly handle the relationship between key points and the whole, depending on the time and situation.
Currently, the complex and severe external environment and the profound changes in the international situation have a significant impact on domestic development. China has entered a critical period of consolidating the foundation and fully exerting its strength in basically achieving socialist modernization. Major economic provinces have become a "key area" concerning the overall national development.
Major economic provinces have superior geographical locations, strong economies of scale, sufficient innovation vitality, large tax contributions, and active domestic demand markets. They have a huge market capacity and strong production capacity, and are the core support for the domestic circulation. At the same time, they are also an important cornerstone for enhancing China's voice in the global value chain and global governance, and achieving a virtuous interaction between high-quality development and high-level security. Under the new historical orientation, major economic provinces need to be at the forefront, set an example, and take the lead, truly becoming the ballast stone, stabilizer, and source of power for the steady operation of China's economy and society. If major economic provinces perform well and can shoulder the responsibility, China will have sufficient confidence and determination to deal with various uncertainties and difficult problems.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) requested, "Better leverage the radiating and driving force of major economic provinces on regional and even national development." Major economic provinces taking the lead is by no means just a local "going it alone," nor is it to exacerbate regional imbalances, but to better leverage the driving role of key regions, handle the relationship between key points and the whole with a systemic view, and serve the overall leap with a "key area." By enhancing the leading demonstration role and radiating driving function of major economic provinces, we can lead other regions to accelerate the formation of a joint force for high-quality development, promote the full play of comparative advantages among different regions to achieve tiered and linked development, and promote relative balance among regions in the overall national situation.
Major economic provinces taking the lead must first take the lead in promoting the integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, and develop new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized, "Take the lead in promoting the integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation." For major economic provinces to shoulder the responsibility of taking the lead, the primary task is to firmly grasp the strategic initiative of the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, take technological innovation as the lead, and take the real economy as the foundation, focusing on promoting the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, creating a source of technological innovation and industrial transformation, driving the transformation and upgrading of China's industries, continuously promoting the development of new quality productive forces, and promoting the improvement of development quality, efficiency, and resilience with new industrial momentum, supporting China to master the initiative and voice in global industrial competition.
First, lead technological innovation and increase the supply of high-quality technology. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out, "New quality productive forces are mainly generated by revolutionary breakthroughs in technology." Basic research and original innovation capabilities are the underlying support for forming national strategic scientific and technological strength and are the key to achieving high-level scientific and technological self-reliance. Major economic provinces have abundant scientific and technological resources and strong innovation capabilities. They must take the initiative to shoulder the important task of providing high-quality technological supply for the development of new quality productive forces nationwide. On the one hand, it is necessary to focus on the urgent needs of the national strategic layout and industrial upgrading, concentrate efforts to promote original and disruptive technological innovation, and promote basic research in an organized manner, striving to seize the initiative in "from 0 to 1" source innovation breakthroughs. On the other hand, it is necessary to focus on the key areas and weak links in the construction of a modern industrial system, and take the lead in breaking through a number of "bottleneck" technical problems such as integrated circuits, industrial mother machines, basic software, and advanced materials, to ensure that key core technologies are independent, secure, and controllable.
Second, promote industrial innovation and focus on transforming new technologies into new driving forces for industrial development. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized, "We must promote industrial innovation with technological innovation." The ultimate requirement for developing new quality productive forces is to transform scientific and technological achievements into tangible productive forces. Major economic provinces have complete industrial systems, large-scale foundations, active business entities, and broad application scenarios, and can better explore the practical paths for the transformation and application of scientific and technological achievements, and serve as the "locomotive" for China's industrial upgrading. For major economic provinces to grasp industrial innovation, they must firmly adhere to the foundation of the real economy based on their own resource endowments, industrial foundations, and scientific research conditions. They must not only adapt to local conditions to use new technologies to transform and upgrade traditional industries, but also aim at the commanding heights of future technology and industrial development, and actively develop strategic emerging industries and future industries. At the same time, major economic provinces should promote cross-regional industrial collaboration through technology spillover and standard output, promote other regions to embed themselves in the division of labor and collaboration of the industrial system, so as to jointly build innovation chains, industrial chains, and supply chains on a larger scale.
Third, lead the transformation of the innovation ecosystem and explore systems and mechanisms that adapt to the development of new quality productive forces. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized, "The relations of production must be adapted to the requirements of the development of productive forces. To develop new quality productive forces, we must further comprehensively deepen reforms and form a new type of relations of production that is compatible with it." The formation of new industries, new models, and new driving forces may not be fully matched with existing systems. It is necessary to break down institutional barriers through deep-level reforms and build a full-chain, multi-level, and open innovation ecosystem to form the internal vitality of the integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation. Major economic provinces are at the forefront of new technology applications and emerging industry development, and often encounter contradictions and problems in the development of new quality productive forces earlier, and are most qualified to take the lead in piloting and forming reform experience. Major economic provinces should actively explore reforms of the technological innovation system, establish flexible and efficient mechanisms for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, strengthen the innovation subject status of enterprises, strengthen the supply of new fields and new track systems, build a science and technology financial system compatible with technological innovation, and coordinate the integrated reform of the education, science and technology, and talent system and mechanism to promote the concentration of various advanced production factors towards the development of new quality productive forces and achieve seamless connection between the innovation chain and the industrial chain.
Major economic provinces taking the lead should strive to answer advanced questions and take the lead in advancing Chinese-style modernization and set an example.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that major economic provinces such as Jiangsu (江苏) "should put effort into studying new situations and solving new problems to gain experience." This puts higher demands on how major economic provinces take the lead, and it is necessary to transform the "problem list" into an "experience list" and explore the way forward for Chinese-style modernization.
First, actively respond to new changes and answer the questions of the times. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out, "The more our cause advances and develops, the more new situations and new problems there will be, the more risks and challenges we will face, and the more unpredictable things we will face." On the new journey, the problems facing China's development are more complex. Major economic provinces should give their own answers in handling the relationship between domestic and international circulation, supply and demand, and development and security. In the relationship between domestic and international circulation, major economic provinces should adhere to strengthening the domestic circulation, enhancing the hub and bottom support functions of the domestic circulation, and better connecting the domestic and international markets. In the relationship between supply and demand, major economic provinces should adhere to expanding domestic demand as a strategic base point, leading new supply with new demand, creating new demand with new supply, and promoting the virtuous interaction between supply and demand. In the relationship between development and security, major economic provinces should actively enhance their ability to maintain national industrial chain and supply chain security, food security, and energy and resource security, and prevent various risks with a bottom-line thinking.
Second, be a pilot area for institutional innovation and actively contribute experience and paths. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized, "Continuously remove obstacles and increase momentum through deepening reform and opening up" and "Steadily expand institutional opening up and continuously expand international cooperation space." Major economic provinces have always been the source of institutional innovation in China. To answer advanced questions, it is necessary to better leverage the "leading goose" effect of opening up, further comprehensively deepen reforms, expand high-level opening up to the outside world, and provide strong impetus and institutional guarantees for Chinese-style modernization. On the one hand, it is necessary to actively carry out original, integrated, and breakthrough reforms, and accelerate the formation of a batch of practical experiences in new fields such as market-oriented allocation of factors, development of the private economy, new types of consumption, cultivation of new industries, green and low-carbon development, and people's city construction, to provide institutional impetus for advancing the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities. On the other hand, it is necessary to steadily expand institutional opening up, actively align with international high-standard economic and trade rules, and launch a batch of leading opening up measures in key and difficult areas such as higher-level investment liberalization, trade facilitation, trade in services, digital trade, cross-border movement of personnel, and financial opening up, do a good job in stress testing, and support China in forming new advantages in participating in international economic cooperation and competition.
Third, enhance the radiating and driving role and solidly promote common prosperity. Chinese-style modernization is the modernization of common prosperity for all the people, and it is the largest-scale modernization in human history, with no ready-made experience to follow. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) requested, "Major economic provinces are developing faster and should actively explore experience and play a demonstration and driving role in promoting common prosperity for all the people." Major economic provinces have a solid material foundation, diverse employment channels, and a high level of social security. They have reached a stage where they can better respond to the expectations of the people and explore the path to common prosperity. Major economic provinces should put effort into narrowing the gap between regional urban and rural development and improving people's livelihoods, actively explore effective paths to better invest in people, and actively promote high-quality and full employment, increase the income of urban and rural residents, and improve the quality of education, medical care, childcare, and elderly care services. At the same time, major economic provinces should also drive other provinces to achieve common prosperity in regional cooperation, lead and promote the deepening implementation of regional strategies and the coordinated development between regions, and deeply promote east-west collaboration and counterpart assistance, promote mutual integration, mutual promotion, and mutual benefit and win-win results between regions, and achieve a global effect of "leading from points to areas."
(Ren Yan (任妍) and Li Qiaochu (栗翘楚), reporters from People's Daily Online, compiled)
Case 1
Deep Integration of New Technologies and Industrial Scenarios
Speaker: Zhu Hailong (朱海龙), Head of the TSN Technology Team of Zijin Mountain Laboratory (紫金山实验室) in Nanjing (南京), Jiangsu Province (江苏省)
Traditional industrial networks have unstable time delays and poor compatibility with heterogeneous devices, making it difficult to meet the real-time control needs of fields such as smart grids and rail transit. Foreign technology monopolies have led to high prices for related equipment. As a strategic science and technology innovation platform focusing on future network construction, we have formed a special team to attack this industry pain point.
There were many obstacles on the road to tackling the problem. There was no ready-made general solution. The equipment protocols of different manufacturers were not unified, and compatibility tests repeatedly ran into obstacles. Scientific researchers rooted themselves in the laboratory, repeatedly deduced algorithms, and built a test platform simulating industrial scenarios. They carried out thousands of tests and finally developed the first controller in China to pass the TSN (Time Sensitive Network) industry chain directory evaluation, achieving nanosecond-level synchronization and microsecond-level jitter control.
Technological breakthroughs are only the first step, and the transformation of achievements is the ultimate goal. We innovated the "laboratory + enterprise + capital" collaborative model, cooperated deeply with many enterprises, and jointly built a joint test bed to deeply integrate TSN technology with industrial scenarios and develop commercial TSN switches, gateways, and other products.
The institutional and mechanism innovation escorts the transformation of achievements. The laboratory implements the chief scientist responsibility system, giving the scientific research team full autonomy; it has introduced incentive policies for the transformation of achievements, and the scientific research team can enjoy 90% of the net income from the transformation of achievements, which stimulates innovation vitality. The laboratory's TSN technology has been widely used in smart manufacturing, rail transit, smart cars, and other fields, driving the coordinated development of upstream and downstream industrial chains. Facing the future, we will continue to lead industrial upgrading with technological innovation, activate development momentum with mechanism innovation, and contribute more to the construction of a strong network country.
(Xia Xiaolun (夏晓伦), reporter from People's Daily Online, compiled)
Case 2
New Solutions Help "Shenzhen Smart Manufacturing" Sell to the World
Speaker: Deng Wei (邓维), Deputy Director of the Foreign Trade Division of the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Commerce (深圳市商务局) in Guangdong Province (广东省)
The Xiaomo International Logistics Port (小漠国际物流港) in the Shenzhen-Shanwei Special Cooperation Zone (深汕特别合作区), new energy vehicles are ready to go; in the western port area of Shenzhen Port (深圳港), automated terminals operate efficiently, and international routes extend in all directions... The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区) is full of vitality for opening up to the outside world.
From BYD (比亚迪) new energy vehicles to Insta360 (影石创新) panoramic cameras, to Bambu Lab (拓竹) 3D printers and Narwal (云鲸) sweeping and mopping integrated robots, a large number of "Shenzhen Smart Manufacturing" technology trendy products are selling well in the global market. In the first quarter of this year, Shenzhen's foreign trade import and export reached 1.32 trillion yuan, an increase of 33.6%, and the scale hit a record high for the same period in history. The development of Shenzhen's high-tech industry is constantly injecting new momentum into the high-quality growth of foreign trade.
Where does the continuous burst of foreign trade "hard power" come from? This stems from the resonance of an effective market and a promising government, from the deep cycle of technological innovation, agile manufacturing, and global trade, from the integrated coordination of production, supply, sales, domestic and foreign trade, and upstream and downstream, and even more from the solid support of a first-class business environment that is market-oriented, rule-of-law, and internationalized.
We are closely following the changes in the global economic and trade pattern, and have introduced a series of measures to stabilize foreign trade and stabilize growth in accordance with the times and the situation, support enterprises to participate in exhibitions in groups to expand the market and attract orders; increase efforts to cultivate customs senior certified enterprises and continuously expand the main body of foreign trade; support the development of new foreign trade formats such as cross-border e-commerce, overseas warehouses, and bonded maintenance... All-round service guarantees help enterprises face the whole country, look at the world, and climb to the high end of the value chain.
We must not only contribute to stable economic growth, but also output feasible solutions for high-quality development, so that more "Shenzhen Smart Manufacturing" can be sold to the world.
(Tang Jia (唐佳), reporter from People's Daily Online, compiled)
Case 3
New Varieties Go from the Laboratory to the Field
Speaker: Chen Jianhong (陈剑虹), Executive Deputy Director of the Zhongyuan Agricultural Valley Management Committee (中原农谷管委会) in Henan Province (河南省)
In October 2024, a wheat variety named "Pubing 03" was auctioned for a high price of 6.66 million yuan in the Zhongyuan Agricultural Valley (中原农谷) in Henan Province (河南省). Eight months later, it has signed contracts with 65 agents, covering 73 counties and districts, and the coverage rate of key markets has exceeded 90%.
Behind this seed is the 38-year effort of the team of Li Lihui (李立会), a researcher at the Institute of Crop Science of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (中国农业科学院作物科学研究所). As a member of the team, Zhang Jinpeng (张锦鹏), a researcher at the Institute of Crop Science of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (中国农业科学院作物科学研究所), is committed to allowing more improved varieties to bear fruit and harvest on a wider range of land. Today, "Pubing 03" has been promoted and applied in Jiangsu (江苏), Anhui (安徽), Henan (河南), Shaanxi (陕西), and other places.
In 2025, Henan (河南) used 1/16 of the country's arable land to produce 1/4 of the country's wheat and 1/10 of the country's grain, and transferred 60 billion catties of raw grain and its finished products every year. As a major economic province, Henan's (河南) "ballast stone" role is not only reflected in output, but also in the institutional and mechanism innovation built to ensure national food security.
In the Zhongyuan Agricultural Valley (中原农谷), this seed industry innovation highland with a planned area of 1612 square kilometers, gathers 17 academicians, 69 innovation teams, and more than 470 high-level seed industry talents, has built 67 provincial-level and above scientific research platforms, preserves 200,000 copies of germplasm resources, and has explored a set of "enterprise proposes the topic, government establishes the topic, and scientists answer the topic" "golden triangle" transformation model, allowing scientists to do research without distraction and allowing new varieties to quickly go from the laboratory to the field.
From a seed to an industry, Henan (河南) uses the hard power of agricultural science and technology innovation to safeguard the "Zhongyuan Granary" and writes a vivid footnote for "stabilizing the foundation."
(Sun Yang (孙阳) and Li Qiaochu (栗翘楚), reporters from People's Daily Online, compiled)
Case 4
New Industries Build a "Mountain-Sea Common Prosperity Bridge"
Speaker: Zhuang Zeping (庄泽平), Leader of the Hongsipu District Working Group (红寺堡区工作组) of the 14th Fujian Aid Ningxia Working Team (福建省第十四批援宁工作队)
Narrator: Zhuang Zeping (庄泽平), Leader of the Hongsipu District Working Group of the 14th Fujian Aid-Ningxia Working Group
Who could have imagined that the "desert wilderness on the frontier" would be transformed into a "treasure bowl" with booming production and sales?
"The cowpeas picked this morning will be on the tables of people in coastal Fujian tomorrow night!" In the greenhouse of the Huihong Modern Facility Agriculture Industrial Park in Yangliu Village, Hongsipu District, Wuzhong City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (宁夏回族自治区), growers are busy sorting and packing, their faces full of joy.
This bustling production and sales scene is a vivid portrayal of Fujian and Ningxia, spanning more than 2,000 kilometers, empowering the development of the "West" with the advantages of the "East."
As a key assistance area for the Minning Collaboration, Huian County (惠安县) of Quanzhou City (泉州市), Fujian, and Hongsipu District (红寺堡区) of Wuzhong City (吴忠市), Ningxia, are "running in both directions." The Huihong Modern Facility Agriculture Industrial Park is an epitome of this practice. The total investment of the project is 112 million yuan, of which about 13 million yuan of Minning collaboration funds are precisely invested, effectively leveraging social capital to participate in the construction. After the park is put into use, it drives more than 8 million yuan of labor income for the masses every year, and increases the collective economic income of Yangliu Village (杨柳村), where it is located, by more than 1.8 million yuan.
"The village is becoming more and more popular, and more and more young people are returning to the village!" Ma Zhirui (马志瑞), secretary of the Party branch of Yangliu Village, said with joy, "The governments of the two places organized us to participate in exhibitions in Fujian and other places, and we don't have to worry about the sales of our products." More and more Ningxia people have transformed from migrant workers into e-commerce anchors and entrepreneurial bosses. The "Mountains and Seas Love" has built more "common prosperity bridges" with complementary advantages and win-win results.
As a major economic province, Fujian has shouldered the important task of coordinated regional development. Lin Liangzhen (林两贞), director of the Rural Revitalization Pairing Assistance Division of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Fujian Province (福建省农业农村厅), introduced that over the past 30 years, Fujian has cumulatively coordinated more than 7 billion yuan in aid funds to Ningxia, implemented more than 4,000 projects, and built 12 Minning industrial parks.
(People's Daily reporter Sun Boyang (孙博洋) and Lin Ying (林盈) compiled)
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Return to TopEngaging in activities such as breeding production, transportation, and sales is prohibited from using bait and feed that are prohibited by the state; supporting the clinical promotion and use of new drugs, stipulating the conversion mechanism of prescription drugs and over-the-counter drugs; if the recipient clearly refuses to receive it, the provider cannot transmit relevant short messages to it again... From May, a batch of laws and regulations such as the newly revised "Fisheries Law of the People's Republic of China" (《中华人民共和国渔业法》), "Regulations for the Implementation of the Drug Administration Law of the People's Republic of China" (《中华人民共和国药品管理法实施条例》), and "Regulations on the Administration of Communication Short Message Services (Revised)" (《通信短信息服务管理规定（修订）》) will be implemented, focusing on solving prominent problems reflected by the masses and injecting legal strength into the high-quality development of the economy and society.
Give play to the role of commodity barcode quality and safety traceability.
The newly revised "Commodity Barcode Management Measures" (《商品条码管理办法》) clarifies that producers, sellers, and service providers are encouraged to provide quality and safety traceability information such as commodity production and sales, administrative licenses, certifications, and inspection and testing to the National Commodity Barcode Work Technical Institution (全国商品条码工作技术机构).
Fireworks and firecrackers product standards are stricter.
The mandatory national standard "Fireworks and Firecrackers Safety and Quality" (《烟花爆竹 安全与质量》) strictly limits the amount of medicine in personal fireworks products, and further clarifies the packaging marks and signs such as product names, hazard levels, and warning words, requiring the content to be comprehensive and accurate, the font to be clear and eye-catching, and easy for consumers to read and understand.
Targeted measures are proposed for "ghost take-out".
The "Supervision and Administration Regulations on Online Food Sales Operators Implementing the Main Responsibility for Food Safety" (《网络食品销售经营者落实食品安全主体责任监督管理规定》) requires platform providers to conduct substantive reviews of the food production and operation licenses of online food sellers, and the information collection form for filing only pre-packaged food sales, to prevent any unit or individual from using false or other people's business qualifications and filing information to sell food online.
Refine the requirements for clearly marked prices in the funeral field.
The "Regulations on Clearly Marked Prices in the Funeral Field (Trial)" (《殡葬领域明码标价规定（试行）》) requires operators to comprehensively, completely, clearly, and standardizedly mark the price information of funeral supplies and services, promote the use of demonstration texts of funeral service contracts, and carry out centralized online publicity of charges.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 魏哲哲
On December 27, 2025, the 19th session of the 14th National People's Congress Standing Committee (十四届全国人大常委会) voted and approved the draft revision of the Fisheries Law. The newly revised "Fisheries Law of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国渔业法)" will take effect on May 1, 2026.
The quality and safety of aquatic products are related to the life and health of the people. The newly revised Fisheries Law emphasizes that engaging in breeding production, transportation, sales, and other activities must not involve the use of baits, feeds, feed additives, drugs, or other toxic and harmful substances prohibited by the state. The sale or transportation of aquatic seedlings shall be subject to quarantine in accordance with relevant laws and administrative regulations. Strengthen supervision of fishery production and circulation, requiring aquatic seedling producers and units engaged in aquaculture to truthfully record and preserve information such as the introduction and cultivation of aquatic seedling parents and seedling breeding production.
The newly revised Fisheries Law proposes that fisheries adhere to green development. In response to environmental pollution caused by aquaculture, it requires that aquaculture production should scientifically determine breeding density, scale, etc., reasonably feed and administer drugs, and aquaculture tailwater discharge should meet relevant pollutant discharge standards. Further improve the fishing intensity control system, requiring the determination of control indicators for fishing vessel and net gear tools based on the principle of adapting fishing capacity to the catchable amount of fishery resources.
The newly revised Fisheries Law places the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of fishery producers in an important position. It advocates that fishery producers voluntarily establish industry associations in accordance with the law and encourages the development of various forms of fishery insurance. In response to fishermen who have been transferred to other industries due to the "reducing boats and changing production" policy, the government is required to do a good job in providing employment and entrepreneurship support, social assistance, and other work.
The newly revised Fisheries Law significantly improves supervision and management measures. In response to the prominent problems faced in fishery law enforcement, it clarifies the division of responsibilities and law enforcement powers between fishery law enforcement agencies and coast guard agencies, and establishes a departmental collaborative law enforcement mechanism according to actual needs. Improve the fishing gear management system, while retaining the list of prohibited fishing gear, encourage and support the use of fishing gear specified in the recommended fishing gear list for fishing operations. In response to the difficult problem of governing fishing vessels that are "three-no" (无船名船号 (wú chuán míng chuán hào - "no vessel name or number," vessels operating illegally without proper identification), 无渔业船舶证书 (wú yú yè chuán bó zhèng shū - "no fishing vessel certificate," lacking required documentation), 无船籍港 (wú chuán jí gǎng - "no port of registry," not registered in a specific port)), it is clearly prohibited from engaging in fishing operations and providing oil, water, ice, and other services to them.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 申少铁
On December 31, 2025, the 76th Executive Meeting of the State Council revised and adopted the "Implementation Regulations of the Drug Administration Law of the People's Republic of China," which will come into effect on May 15, 2026. Relevant officials from the National Medical Products Administration (国家药监局) stated that the purpose of this revision is to summarize the implementation of the Drug Administration Law, refine the institutional measures stipulated by the law, further deepen the reform of drug supervision, and promote the virtuous interaction between high-level drug safety and high-quality industrial development.
"The newly revised regulations further encourage drug innovation," analyzed Deng Yong (邓勇), professor and doctoral supervisor at the Department of Law, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (北京中医药大学). The newly revised regulations support drug research and innovation oriented towards clinical value, encourage the research and creation of new drugs, and support the clinical promotion and use of new drugs; establish accelerated drug marketing registration procedures such as breakthrough therapy drug programs, clarify drug re-registration procedures, and stipulate mechanisms for the conversion of prescription drugs and over-the-counter drugs; grant market exclusivity periods to pediatric drugs and rare disease treatment drugs that meet the conditions, and provide data protection for drugs containing novel chemical ingredients.
Drug production is an important link in ensuring drug safety. Deng Yong (邓勇) stated that the newly revised regulations put forward stricter requirements for the management of entrusted drug production, requiring drug marketing authorization holders to fulfill responsibilities such as supplier review, change management during the drug production process, and drug release, supervise the entrusted production enterprises, and clarify the circumstances under which segmented drug production can be entrusted; stipulate that if drugs marketed in China are produced overseas, their production activities should comply with the relevant requirements of China's laws and regulations; improve the management system for the production of traditional Chinese medicine, stipulate that Chinese medicinal materials can be processed at the place of origin according to their characteristics, and clarify the management requirements for the production and sale of prepared slices of Chinese crude drugs and granules of traditional Chinese medicine formula.
The newly revised regulations clarify drug safety supervision and inspection measures, detail the circumstances for identifying counterfeit drugs; detail the drug quality sampling and inspection process, stipulate that if a party has objections to the inspection results, they can apply for re-inspection; improve the drug online sales management system, consolidate the responsibilities of third-party platform providers for drug online transactions, and clarify the scope of drugs prohibited from online sales.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘温馨
Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) announced the "Regulations on the Administration of Communication Short Message Services (Revised)," which will be implemented on May 1st.
The revised regulations mainly modify and improve five aspects: further standardizing SMS service behavior, strengthening the management of port-type SMS, improving the governance mechanism of commercial SMS, strengthening the protection of user rights, and refining supervision and management measures.
Many clauses focus on solving prominent problems reflected by users. For example, there are too many commercial marketing SMS messages, and in many cases, replying "TD" has no effect. The revised regulations clearly state that when communication short message service providers transmit commercial communication short messages, they shall provide convenient and effective ways to refuse to receive them and inform the communication short message recipients along with the communication short messages, and shall not in any way obstruct the communication short message recipients from refusing to receive commercial communication short messages. "Simply put, if the recipient clearly refuses to receive it in the future, the provider cannot transmit relevant short messages to them again," said the relevant person in charge of the relevant departments and bureaus of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部). At the same time, the revised regulations also require basic telecommunications business operators and mobile communication resale business operators to provide communication short message anti-harassment services to users who are willing to refuse to receive commercial communication short messages.
In response to issues such as opaque charges, the revised regulations clarify that communication short message service providers should do a good job in service notification, ensure that billing complies with relevant laws and regulations and telecommunications standards, and clearly inform users in advance of service content, fee standards, and charging methods.
In terms of transmission management, the revised regulations require that communication short message service providers should transmit the real identity information of the SMS sender when transmitting port-type communication short messages, accurately record and retain information such as the SMS sending and receiving time, the sending end and receiving end code number for no less than 6 months, and be able to achieve effective traceability. In other words, in the future, when users receive spam SMS messages, they can trace and find out who the sender is, and the basis for complaints and reports will be more sufficient.
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To put effort into the details, making services both precise and warm, and allowing the public to feel "respected" is the only way to form positive interactions.
Not long ago, a heavy fog struck, and the Jingshan South Toll Station on the G42 Shanghai-Chengdu Expressway implemented emergency traffic control, with the traffic flow stretching as far as the eye could see. Drivers and passengers looked at the vast white fog, their anxiety and fatigue written all over their faces.
Toll collector Liu Hai (刘海) walked through the traffic, carrying steaming noodles: "Sir, do you need noodles? Is one bowl enough?"
Xiao Song (小宋), a Henan (河南) truck driver, was touched by this scene and casually took a video and posted it on social media, garnering 280,000 likes. Netizens said, "This bowl of noodles is small, but it soothes the anxiety, makes people feel warm, and embodies the responsibility of the staff." Faced with the comments from netizens, Liu Hai (刘海) smiled calmly: "This is our daily routine. What everyone sees in the video is a bowl of noodles, but we don't know how many bowls we have given away."
During my time stationed at the Langjun Toll Station on the G42 Shanghai-Chengdu Expressway, I met an old man in his seventies. Previously, his flock of sheep had mistakenly entered the expressway. The company's road management staff guided the vehicles while surrounding and capturing the sheep, spending more than two hours to return all the sheep. The old man led his granddaughter tremblingly to the gate and thanked them repeatedly: "Children, what you helped me find was not just sheep, but my lifeline! This spinach is what I just pulled from the ground, take it and eat it." Before leaving, the little girl handed over a paper crane she had folded herself and said, "Uncle, I hope you will be safe and successful every time you go on a mission!" This paper crane has been hanging at the entrance of the road management department head's office. He said, "Every time I see it, I feel the burden on my shoulders is a little heavier."
In order to better safeguard the smooth flow of the road network, Shandong Hi-Speed (山东高速) launched the "Frontline Work Method," requiring employees to "grasp the situation on the front line, solve problems on the front line, and test the results on the front line." In the end, it means that everyone should go deep into the front line to change their work style, move the office to the road surface, go deep into the front line, and treat the affairs of the masses as their own. In recent years, the group has strengthened the leadership of Party building, taken the initiative to take responsibility, donated money to support the "Warm the Sunset" activity, and helped about 47,000 elderly people in need and disabled. It also selected the first secretary to be stationed in the village and built public spaces such as "Happiness Cultural Square" and "Happiness Canteen" to enhance the villagers' sense of gain and happiness.
Good service lies in precision and pragmatism. To put effort into the details, making services both precise and warm, and allowing the public to feel "respected" is the only way to form positive interactions.
(The author is a member of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager of Shandong Hi-Speed Hubei Wujing Expressway Development Co., Ltd. (山东高速湖北武荆高速公路发展有限公司))
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Return to TopOn the occasion of the 2026 "May Day" International Labor Day, Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省) frequently reports good news of commendations: 12 units across the province have won the National May Day Labor Award (全国五一劳动奖状), 53 individuals have won the National May Day Labor Medal (全国五一劳动奖章), and 49 collectives have won the National Worker Pioneer Award (全国工人先锋号).
Among them, Cao Yuxuan (曹宇轩), Pan Huiquan (潘惠泉), and Li Hongliang (李洪亮), recommended by the Heilongjiang Provincial Federation of Trade Unions (黑龙江省总工会), won the National May Day Labor Medal (全国五一劳动奖章). The Women's Team (female employee collective) of the Exhibition Hall of Evidence of Crimes Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Army in Harbin (哈尔滨市侵华日军第七三一部队罪证陈列馆巾帼团队), the R&D Center of Heilongjiang Honghe Valley Automobile Testing Co., Ltd. (黑龙江红河谷汽车测试股份有限公司研发中心), and the Hengdao Tiger Park Breeding Department (female employee collective) of Hailin Hengdao Hezi Siberian Tiger Development Co., Ltd. (海林市横道河子东北虎开发有限公司横道虎园饲养繁育部) won the National Worker Pioneer Award (全国工人先锋号).
The advanced models recognized this time come from all walks of life and have their own responsibilities: there are skilled masters who have been rooted in the front line of aluminum processing maintenance for 13 years, obtained 9 national patent authorizations, and helped build an intelligent ingot storage warehouse in the non-ferrous metal industry; great country craftsmen who have forged ultra-large special-shaped hydrogenation cylinder forgings; industry pacesetters who provide postal security for the Harbin Asian Winter Games (哈尔滨亚冬会); historical guardians who have collected evidence overseas more than 40 times and collected more than 20,000 cultural relics; scientific and technological teams that have built closed all-season low-temperature test sites; and biological conservation pioneers who have bred more than 1,100 Siberian tigers.
With their dedication to excellence and willingness to contribute, they vividly interpret the firm belief of "being in the northernmost part, with their hearts towards the Party Central Committee" (身在最北方，心向党中央), and demonstrate the spiritual outlook of the new era of Longjiang (龙江) workers.
Selected Personal Achievements
★ Cao Yuxuan (曹宇轩)
Technician and first-level technician of the System Group of the Electromechanical Engineering Zone of the Zhongyuan Plate Factory of Northeast Light Alloy Co., Ltd. (东北轻合金有限责任公司中原板厂机电工区系统组), winner of the National May Day Labor Medal (全国五一劳动奖章), and winner of the "Good Master" title in the "Famous Teachers Leading High Apprentices" activity of the Heilongjiang Provincial Staff Labor and Skills Competition (黑龙江省职工劳动和技能竞赛“名师带高徒”活动“好师傅”). Rooted in the front line of aluminum processing maintenance for 13 years, he has obtained 9 national patent authorizations and completed more than 60 technical breakthroughs. In 2019, he developed an automatic exhaust device for stretching machines, solving industry problems; in 2023, he led a team to successfully repair a 3950 mm rolling mill main motor in only 48 hours, avoiding significant production losses. The optimization of the water immersion flaw detection scheme and the jaw optimization scheme were adopted by Italian manufacturers and promoted globally. He helped build the first intelligent ingot storage warehouse in the non-ferrous metal industry and completed the core rolling mill private cloud upgrade, increasing computing efficiency by 3 times. In 2024, the Dongqing Cao Yuxuan Model Worker Innovation Studio (东轻曹宇轩劳模创新工作室) was selected into the key support list of the Heilongjiang Provincial Federation of Trade Unions (黑龙江省总工会). Cao Yuxuan (曹宇轩) has compiled more than 10 sets of post textbooks and trained more than 20 technical backbones.
★ Pan Huiquan (潘惠泉)
Squad leader of Forging Class 8 of the Forging Plant of the Materials Industry Department of China First Heavy Group Co., Ltd. (中国一重集团有限公司材料产业部锻造厂锻八班), senior technician, winner of the National May Day Labor Medal (全国五一劳动奖章). Rooted in the forging front line for 36 years, he participated in the innovative research and development of the integrated transition section forming technology of hydrogenation reactors, achieving "international leadership," and led the team to forge ultra-large special-shaped hydrogenation cylinder forgings. He innovated the online cleaning technology of iron oxide scale, adhered to the standard of “每一火次一次做好” (měi yī huǒ cì yī cì zuò hǎo - "do it well every time," emphasizing meticulousness and precision in each step of the forging process), and guarded the front line as a party member backbone, practicing loyalty and responsibility.
★ Li Hongliang (李洪亮)
Clerk of Harbin Deppon Goods Transportation Co., Ltd. (哈尔滨德邦货物运输有限公司), winner of the National May Day Labor Medal (全国五一劳动奖章). He has been deeply involved in the logistics industry for 9 years and has established an employee consultation hotline. During the Harbin Asian Winter Games (哈尔滨亚冬会), on his suggestion, the company invested special funds to add 3 security inspection machines, significantly improving the security inspection capabilities of mail and express delivery. He strictly implements the "three systems" and "secondary security inspection," establishes cross-departmental collaboration and a 24-hour duty mechanism, and innovates the "self-pickup + appointment delivery" terminal service. Through multiple rounds of training and inspection and assessment mechanisms, he helped ensure zero safety accidents during the event.
Selected Collective Achievements
★ Women's Team (female employee collective) of the Exhibition Hall of Evidence of Crimes Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Army in Harbin (哈尔滨市侵华日军第七三一部队罪证陈列馆巾帼团队)
National Worker Pioneer Award (全国工人先锋号) winning collective. Deeply engaged in historical research, they have collected evidence overseas more than 40 times, visited more than 80 former members, and completed 423 hours of oral audio-visual archives; collected more than 20,000 cultural relics and more than 300,000 historical materials, built a bacterial warfare archive of more than 3,000 volumes, and submitted materials to help the archives of crimes committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Army be selected into the Chinese Archives and Literature Heritage List. They completed digital archiving of 1,824 collections, promoted the preservation of 27 former sites, and helped the former site of Unit 731 of the Japanese Army be selected into the "China World Cultural Heritage Tentative List." They innovated the publicity and education model, received more than 7 million visitors, and cooperated with more than 150 schools and more than 70 troops to carry out more than 20,000 volunteer explanations; created a women's volunteer brand, trained more than 5,000 volunteers, and won the gold award in the Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省) New Era Civilization Practice Volunteer Service Project Competition. The "Cross-border Evidence Collection: The Case-Solving Journey of 731 Oral History" project of the Exhibition Hall of Evidence of Crimes Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Army (侵华日军第七三一部队罪证陈列馆) was selected into the "Top Ten Oral History Projects of 2025."
★ R&D Center of Heilongjiang Honghe Valley Automobile Testing Co., Ltd. (黑龙江红河谷汽车测试股份有限公司研发中心)
National Worker Pioneer Award (全国工人先锋号) winning collective. They tackled key problems and built the first closed all-season low-temperature test site in Asia. The test site has an investment of 260 million yuan and covers an area of 260,000 square meters, realizing year-round low-temperature testing. They built a full-industry chain testing capability, created more than 40 professional road surfaces, and served more than 200 car companies. They undertook key research and development projects in Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省) and obtained 52 national patent authorizations and computer software copyright authorizations, and participated in the formulation and revision of 54 international, national, industry, group, and enterprise standards.
★ Hengdao Tiger Park Breeding Department (female employee collective) of Hailin Hengdao Hezi Siberian Tiger Development Co., Ltd. (海林市横道河子东北虎开发有限公司横道虎园饲养繁育部)
National Worker Pioneer Award (全国工人先锋号) winning collective. They have adhered to the front line of Siberian tiger protection for more than 40 years, built a professional breeding system, and innovated the "precise nutrition regulation + behavioral intervention" technology, which has increased the survival rate of tiger cubs to 98%, and has cumulatively bred more than 1,100 Siberian tigers. They innovated the "semi-free-range + live bait release" wilding model, successfully rescued and released the wild Siberian tiger "Wandashan No. 1 (完达山1号)" in 2021, and undertook the wildlife rescue task in Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省).
Data source: Heilongjiang Provincial Federation of Trade Unions (黑龙江省总工会)
Return to TopConsumption is linked to the macroeconomy on one end and the daily lives of ordinary people on the other. Driven by policies to expand domestic demand, the consumer market is steadily warming up, with new supplies, new scenarios, and new business formats constantly emerging, demonstrating the vitality and potential of China's super-large-scale market.
New supply stimulates new demand, and consumer choices are more abundant. Domestic trendy brands are becoming more refined and stronger. Domestic products that integrate modern technology with traditional aesthetics and combine quality and appearance are favored by consumers. The implementation of policies such as the "New National Subsidy" and trade-ins for consumer goods not only benefit people's livelihoods but also promote the coordinated development of consumption promotion and industrial cultivation.
New scenarios expand new experiences, and consumer content is more vivid. Traditional cultural experiences are deeply integrated with cultural tourism consumption, allowing tourists to immerse themselves in the charm of folk customs. Urban renewal rejuvenates old spaces, creating new destinations for citizens' leisure and consumption. Markets are opening lively, and various consumer promotion activities are being staged in turn. Immersive and interactive consumption is heating up, driving the recovery of offline consumption.
New markets unleash new potential, and consumer space is broader. Various regions are deepening the integrated development of agriculture, culture, tourism, and other industries. Characteristic projects in the fields are full of highlights, attracting consumers to check in. The continuous improvement of county-level commercial facilities and logistics distribution systems promotes the two-way flow of urban and rural elements and stimulates the consumption vitality of the sinking market.
Promoting the formation of a more domestic demand-led, consumption-driven, and endogenous growth economic development model will strengthen China's development confidence and make it more confident.
-- Editor
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 珏
From April 28th to 29th, the final evaluation meeting for the "Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries in China in 2025," supervised by the National Cultural Heritage Administration (国家文物局) and hosted by the China Cultural Relics News (中国文物报社) and the Archaeological Society of China (中国考古学会), was held in Beijing (北京). The Jilin (吉林) Eastern Changbai Mountain (长白山) Paleolithic Site Cluster, the Henan (河南) Xinzheng (新郑) Peiligang Site (裴李岗遗址), the Hebei (河北) Xuanhua (宣化) Zhengjiagou Site (郑家沟遗址), the Gansu (甘肃) Qingyang (庆阳) Nanzuo Site (南佐遗址), the Shanxi (山西) Xiyang (昔阳) Zhongcun Site (钟村遗址), the Henan (河南) Zhengzhou (郑州) Shang City Site (商城遗址), the Shaanxi (陕西) Fuping (富平) Changchun Site (长春遗址), the Shandong (山东) Qingdao (青岛) Langyatai Site (琅琊台遗址), the Zhejiang (浙江) Shaoxing (绍兴) Yue State Capital and Han-Six Dynasties Kuaiji Prefecture Site (越国都城和汉六朝会稽郡遗址), and the Ningxia (宁夏) Helan (贺兰) Suyukou Porcelain Kiln Site (苏峪口瓷窑址) were among the 10 projects selected as the "Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries in China in 2025."
These important discoveries are outstanding representatives of fieldwork archaeology over the past year, covering multiple fields such as the Paleolithic Age, the origin, formation, and early development of Chinese civilization, and Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasty archaeology, demonstrating the prominent characteristics of Chinese civilization and possessing irreplaceable important value. Wang Wei (王巍), a member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院), introduced that in recent years, the talent pool for Chinese archaeology has continued to expand, old sites have been continuously and deeply cultivated, new sites have continued to emerge, and archaeology in various periods has been advancing 齐头并进 (qí tóu bìng jìn - "advance shoulder to shoulder," to advance simultaneously; to keep pace with each other).
Research on the Origin of Chinese Civilization Continues to Exert Effort
Many of the achievements of the "Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries in China in 2025" directly point to the origin of Chinese civilization, constantly refreshing people's understanding of the development of prehistoric civilization and providing solid archaeological evidence for the history of Chinese civilization.
The main period of the Gansu (甘肃) Qingyang (庆阳) Nanzuo Site (南佐遗址) is the late Yangshao Culture (仰韶文化), with carbon-14 dating ranging from 5100 to 4700 years ago, and the total area of the site is preliminarily confirmed to be approximately 6 million square meters. The core area consists of a large-scale building area, a large rammed-earth platform, and a moat. A large high-level courtyard covering an area of 4,000 square meters was discovered in the northern part of the core area. The related buildings discovered are the best-preserved and largest-scale palace-style architectural remains in China from around 5,000 years ago. Chen Xingcan (陈星灿), a member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院) and Chairman of the Archaeological Society of China (中国考古学会), said that the size and scale of the Nanzuo Site (南佐遗址) exceeds well-known capital city sites such as Erlitou (二里头), Taosi (陶寺), and Shimao (石峁). The significant discovery of the Nanzuo Site (南佐遗址) not only rewrites the existing understanding of the early civilization evolution in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River (黄河), but also strongly supports and reconfirms the fact that Chinese civilization is more than 5,000 years old from an archaeological evidentiary level.
The Hebei (河北) Xuanhua (宣化) Zhengjiagou Site (郑家沟遗址) extends the timeline of the Hongshan Culture (红山文化) by nearly 200 years, filling the archaeological gap of the Hongshan Culture (红山文化) in northwestern Hebei (冀西北). More than 110 tombs and more than 190 sacrificial remains were discovered at the site, and more than 600 pieces (sets) of various cultural relics were unearthed. Zhao Hui (赵辉), a professor at the School of Archaeology and Museology of Peking University (北京大学考古文博学院), said that this is the first time that typical remains of the Hongshan Culture (红山文化) have been discovered and excavated far from the core area of the Hongshan Culture (红山文化), which not only extends the timeline of the Hongshan Culture (红山文化), but also expands its distribution range. "The relevant archaeological results provide new data for studying the shift of the center of gravity of the Hongshan Culture (红山文化), population migration, social structure, and the evolution of burial rituals, and are important archaeological support for interpreting the formation of the pluralistic and integrated pattern of Chinese civilization," Zhao Hui (赵辉) said.
Fruitful Archaeological Achievements of Capital Cities
Many archaeological discoveries of capital cities have emerged in the "Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries in China in 2025," outlining the historical context of capital city planning, urban patterns, and national governance.
The Henan (河南) Zhengzhou (郑州) Shang City Site (郑州商城遗址), which is currently recognized as the largest and highest-level capital city site in the early Shang period, has yielded fruitful archaeological results in 2025. The large-scale storage base complex revealed for the first time, the artificial water network system running through the entire city revealed for the first time, the high-standard sacrificial remains distributed at multiple points, and the newly discovered noble tombs have improved the development context of the urban regulations of the early Shang Dynasty. Wang Wei (王巍) said that the Zhengzhou (郑州) Shang City Site (郑州商城遗址) completely presents the orderly planning and complete functions of the Zhengzhou (郑州) Shang City (郑州商城) as a capital city from multiple dimensions such as storage, water conservancy, handicrafts, and sacrifices. The relevant achievements fill many academic gaps, promote the study of Xia and Shang civilizations, and provide key evidence for interpreting the development of early states in China.
The Zhejiang (浙江) Shaoxing (绍兴) Yue State Capital and Han-Six Dynasties Kuaiji Prefecture Site (越国都城和汉六朝会稽郡遗址) achieved a major breakthrough in the archaeology of the Yue capital, clarifying the pattern of the Yue State city walls, palace platform foundations, and high-level sacrificial sites, and providing concrete evidence for the historical records of Goujian (勾践), the King of Yue, establishing his capital in Shaoxing (绍兴). The remains of official buildings of the Kuaiji Prefecture (会稽郡) of the Han and Six Dynasties superimposed on it connect the urban continuation from the Yue State capital to the Jiangnan (江南) prefecture, providing a sample for the study of ancient city construction and local governance in the south. Huo Wei (霍巍), Academic Dean and Professor of the School of History and Culture of Sichuan University (四川大学历史文化学院), said that for a long time, Shaoxing (绍兴) as the capital of the Yue State and the seat of the Kuaiji Prefecture (会稽郡) was only seen in written records and lacked archaeological evidence. This excavation corroborates the written records and archaeological discoveries, reconstructing the pattern of the Yue State capital and the Kuaiji Prefecture (会稽郡); the buildings of the Eastern Zhou and Han-Six Dynasties periods all adopted a construction method combining underground wooden foundations and above-ground platforms, which is a rare urban evolution sample of "unchanged city site and continuous cultural context."
It is worth mentioning that these capital city archaeological works are carried out in urban construction. By balancing urban construction and archaeological excavation, the scientific protection and utilization of archaeological results have been realized.
Multidisciplinary Integration Allows Archaeological Results to "Speak"
From the perspective of the "Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries in China in 2025," the scope of archaeological research continues to broaden, research methods are constantly iterating and upgrading, and professional technical barriers are gradually being broken down. The research perspective has shifted from the excavation of a single site to macro-comprehensive research on the origin of civilization, social structure, and cultural integration.
With the empowerment of comprehensive means, the value of a large number of sites has been reinterpreted.
The Jilin (吉林) Eastern Changbai Mountain (长白山) Paleolithic Site Cluster relies on technologies such as raw material tracing to construct the technological evolution process of ancient humans from 220,000 to 13,000 years ago, confirming that the obsidian produced in Changbai Mountain (长白山) not only supported large-scale stone tool production in the region, but also circulated over long distances to the Russian Far East, the Korean Peninsula, and Shanxi (山西), China. At the same time, there was an input of foreign raw materials, forming a two-way cross-regional resource circulation network, highlighting the ancient roots of Chinese civilization.
The Henan (河南) Xinzheng (新郑) Peiligang Site (裴李岗遗址) comprehensively uses multidisciplinary methods such as carbon-14 dating and optically stimulated luminescence dating to confirm the earliest red-burned soil house building remains for the first time, confirm the earliest use of red yeast rice for winemaking in northern China for the first time, and newly discover deeply accumulated and continuous Late Paleolithic remains in the site. Chen Xingcan (陈星灿) said that a series of new major discoveries and research present a more three-dimensional and comprehensive picture of ancient life supported by evidence chains, revealing a continuous picture from hunting and gathering to settled agriculture, and providing solid archaeological evidence for exploring the roots of Chinese civilization.
In addition, the Shanxi (山西) Xiyang (昔阳) Zhongcun Site (钟村遗址) discovered the highest-level noble tomb from the late Xia Dynasty to date. The archaeological team jointly launched multidisciplinary cooperation with many scientific research institutions at home and abroad, and traced the origin of relics such as scallops, turquoise, and cinnabar, locking in the raw material producing areas such as Xiangqian (湘黔) and Luonan (洛南), providing concrete evidence for the cross-regional trade network and diversified cultural interaction pattern in the late Xia Dynasty; the Shaanxi (陕西) Fuping (富平) Changchun Site (长春遗址) explored a large-scale cemetery and multi-palace grid settlement and specialized handicraft area that are rare in the Western Zhou Dynasty, combined with settlement archaeology and systematic investigation, to complete the key puzzle of the political and geographical pattern of the Western Zhou royal domain; the Shandong (山东) Qingdao (青岛) Langyatai Site (琅琊台遗址) verified the historical fact that Qin Shi Huang (秦始皇) toured the east and built the Langyatai Terrace (琅琊台) through the comparison of architectural forms and unearthed tile bricks, reflecting the governance strategies and maritime strategies of the Qin and Han dynasties; the Ningxia (宁夏) Helan (贺兰) Suyukou Porcelain Kiln Site (苏峪口瓷窑址) adopted multidisciplinary collaboration to confirm the identity of the Western Xia official kiln, sorted out four major technological breakthroughs in porcelain making, and clearly witnessed the historical process of the integration of ceramic techniques between the north and the south and the mutual learning and integration of cultures of various ethnic groups.
Wang Wei (王巍) introduced that multidisciplinary intersection and the empowerment of scientific and technological means allow archaeological results to accurately "speak," systematically restore the evolution process of Chinese civilization, and provide solid archaeological support for continuing the Chinese cultural heritage and forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation.
Return to TopBy: 徐晓萍
Building the Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) is a millennium plan and a national priority. As one of the first universities to relocate, the Xiong'an campus of the University of Science and Technology Beijing (北京科技大学) (hereinafter referred to as "USTB") is gradually taking shape. Between each brick and tile, there is both the weight of the times in this millennium plan and the long-term consideration of the connotative development of higher education.
For relocating universities, the construction of the Xiong'an campus is not just an expansion of space, but also a development opportunity to adapt to the times. Taking this as a fulcrum, firmly rooting the "roots" of running and governing the school, stretching the "branches" of professional upgrading, and bearing the "fruits" of fostering virtue and cultivating people, can we write a new answer sheet for the two-way empowerment of the school and the locality.
Running and governing a school lies in anchoring the direction and cultivating deep roots, so that the development of the school always resonates with the overall situation of the country.
For universities going to Xiong'an (雄安) to run schools, the primary task is to adhere to the original intention of running the school and grasp the direction of development. Facing new development space, we do not take the old path of "relocation and replication," but instead build a pattern of "one school, two districts, and coordinated development": the Beijing (北京) campus focuses on ensuring basic disciplines, advantageous disciplines, and cultural inheritance; the Xiong'an (雄安) campus, on the basis of consolidating and developing the advantages of traditional disciplines, focuses on emerging and interdisciplinary disciplines, industry-education integration, and reform and innovation. The two are connected by blood and develop in a differentiated manner, promoting the school's transformation from spatial reconstruction to system reconstruction, and from functional upgrading to value upgrading.
Professional upgrading lies in closely following needs and stretching new branches, so that discipline construction becomes a powerful engine for serving regional development.
On Xiong'an Yanzhao Street (雄安燕赵大街), university campuses are built adjacent to the National Medical Center (国家医学中心) and headquarters of leading enterprises. The continuous increase in R&D investment intensity and the accelerated rise of trillion-yuan industrial clusters in Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) provide direction and support for university discipline construction.
On the one hand, USTB (北京科技大学) should base itself on its own disciplinary strengths, promote the deep integration of traditional advantageous disciplines such as materials, metallurgy, and mining with emerging fields such as intelligent manufacturing and green and low-carbon technologies, and at the same time proactively lay out disciplines and majors such as new materials, carbon neutrality, and future cities, to promote discipline construction towards newness and excellence. On the other hand, USTB (北京科技大学) should base itself on the industrial needs of Xiong'an (雄安), connect industry, academia, and research, and link schools, localities, and enterprises to activate the engine driving regional and industrial innovation and development. In the future, the innovative achievements of universities will be continuously transformed into regional development momentum, promoting the "seamless connection" of the education chain, talent chain, industrial chain, and innovation chain.
Fostering virtue and cultivating people lies in rooting in practice and nurturing new people, so that the seeds of youth can take root and sprout in the fertile soil of Xiong'an (雄安).
Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) has built more than 10 industrial carriers such as Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park (中关村科技园), pilot test bases, and science and innovation centers, building a practical platform. USTB (北京科技大学) has established the Xiong'an Advanced Institute of Technology (雄安高等研究院), and 20 research centers led by academicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院) and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (中国工程院) have been established, with school-enterprise collaboration and teacher-student co-creation, brightening the youthful color of this city.
Good education should be like a gentle breeze and silent rain. The construction of Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) itself is a vivid ideological and political lesson. To this end, USTB (北京科技大学) actively organizes teachers and students to go into the construction site and personally experience the rich connotation of Chinese-style modernization; promotes the two-way rush between the school's "steel spirit" and Xiong'an's (雄安) innovative genes, and stimulates students' conscious action of innovation and creation...
"Xiong'an (雄安) is 'evergreen' and continuously developing. It is necessary to achieve long-term success under the premise of conforming to its positioning." This determination and patience is precisely the meaning of universities taking root in Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) and serving national strategies.
With the mighty east wind, the future is promising. The construction of the Xiong'an (雄安) campus is not only the path of relocating universities to serve national strategies, but also the path of leapfrogging development of the connotative development of higher education. Seizing this opportunity, universities will surely be able to draw a new chapter in building a strong education country in the symbiosis and co-prosperity with the city of the future.
(The author is the Party Secretary of the University of Science and Technology Beijing (北京科技大学))
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on April 29th (Reporter: Pan Junqiang (潘俊强)) On the 28th, the China (Beijing) Aerospace Science Center (中国（北京）航天科学中心), located in Changping District (昌平区), Beijing (北京), opened to the public. This immersive aerospace experience hall, covering an area of more than 3,000 square meters, opens a "space journey" for the public with scenes that combine technology and fun.
The venue has six themed exhibition areas set up along the lines of human space exploration. The "Time and Space Tunnel" in the prologue hall connects the complete context of China's aerospace development with aerospace milestones; the rocket launch site restores the entire process of rocket assembly, testing, transfer, and launch; the Satellite Research Institute delves into the internal structure of satellites, decrypting the precise engineering logic of a satellite from design to testing; the Tiangong Space Station (天宫空间站) presents a 1:1 real-life core module, overlooking the blue earth from the perspective of astronauts, unlocking space experiences such as inverted space; the Lunar Base is equipped with a lunar landing area, which can unlock experiences such as trying on lunar landing suits and driving lunar rovers; the Deep Space Exploration Center uses digital technology to restore the spectacular Martian weather and provides a panoramic interpretation of the future deep space exploration mission blueprint.
As a "borderless aerospace classroom" designed for teenagers, the center is based on the concept of "scenario-based + task-based + gamification" and is equipped with four special laboratories: "Rocket, Satellite, Deep Space, and AI Comprehensive." The laboratory introduces domestic aerospace research equipment and provides a comprehensive disassembly display. The exhibition area is guided by institutions such as the Deep Space Exploration Laboratory (深空探测实验室) and the Beijing Institute of Space Science and Technology Information (北京空间科技信息研究所) to ensure the professionalism, systematicness, and authority of the popular science content.
In the deep space exploration popular science experience section, the venue presents a panoramic view of China's manned lunar landing development plan and replicates lunar exploration scenes. In addition, the venue launched a lunar base construction simulation interactive game, restored and exhibited the "Zhurong (祝融号)" Mars rover, and popularized space exploration knowledge. Immersive experience projects built with digital technology allow visitors to achieve interstellar roaming with the help of virtual reality equipment.
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Stamping, welding, painting, final assembly—hundreds of industrial robots on a fully automated production line precisely complete each process... The smart factory of GAC Aion New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd. (广汽埃安新能源汽车股份有限公司) is attracting attention with its innovative achievements. Here, faculty and students from South China University of Technology (华南理工大学) attended a vivid ideological and political lesson centered on the theme of "Encouraging Youth with Scientific and Technological Innovation, Taking on Important Responsibilities with Self-Improvement and Independence."
Starting from the fall semester of 2025, an ideological and political practice course named "Guangdong Practice at the Forefront" will be fully launched in various universities in Guangdong (广东). The course revolves around 10 teaching topics, including promoting high-quality economic development, the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区), scientific and technological innovation, and cultural prosperity, taking practical teaching and the social mega-classroom as its two wings, breaking down the boundaries between ideological and political education and traditional classrooms.
Why launch such a course? The rapid changes in urban development, the hard-core breakthroughs in scientific and technological innovation... vivid practices are precisely fresh teaching materials for ideological and political lessons. Under the promotion of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department (广东省委宣传部) and the Provincial Department of Education (省教育厅), the course explores six practical teaching routes: reform pioneers, scientific and technological innovation, Lingnan (南粤) cultural context, green and beautiful Guangdong (绿美广东), charming bay area, and common prosperity, moving the classroom to a broader world.
South China University of Technology (华南理工大学), relying on the ideological and political course virtual simulation experience teaching center, constructs a two-way online and offline interactive teaching scenario. Here, students use virtual simulation technology to immerse themselves in the innovative theories of the Party.
At Southern Medical University (南方医科大学), students, in the identity of "future doctors," enter pilot hospitals for medical cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao, witnessing how innovative policies such as "Hong Kong and Macao Medicine and Equipment Access" benefit the people, and experience the digital management of residents' health records in the community.
From the ecological tourism of Nan'ao Island (南澳岛) in Shantou (汕头) to the intangible cultural heritage and creative space of Yongqingfang (永庆坊) in Guangzhou (广州), "the classroom has brought teachers and students closer to Guangdong practice." The person in charge of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department (广东省委宣传部) said that it is necessary to guide students to feel the innovative achievements and draw strength from their struggles in the "walking classroom," so that the mission of cultivating people for the Party and talents for the country can take root in the hearts of students.
"Walking" provides realistic scenarios, while the deliberation within the classroom promotes the internalization of ideas. One characteristic of the course is that students change from recipients to active thinkers.
"The social software that everyone often uses is actually the accumulation of technological changes over the years. What will the next generation of technologies that change life be in the next 10 years?" When talking about new quality productive forces, Sun Xiaohui (孙晓晖), a teacher at Guangdong University of Finance and Economics (广东财经大学), raised questions in the classroom, stimulating students' discussions. He found that when students realize that what they have learned can resonate with the changes of the times, their enthusiasm for innovation and creation is even stronger.
"When it comes to changes around them, students' attention has obviously increased," said Wang Ling (王玲), a teacher at Guangdong Medical University (广东医科大学). When talking about the topic of ecological civilization construction, she guided students to think about the changes in the environment around them. A student from Shantou (汕头) talked about the tourism industry in his hometown, discussing not only local development but also analyzing transportation, environmental protection, and other issues, as well as the measures taken by relevant departments, and believed that "only by protecting the ecological environment can sustainable development be achieved."
The exploration of a course is an epitome of Guangdong's (广东) construction of a new pattern of "Great Ideological and Political Course" in recent years. Behind it is a systematic mechanism change: relevant departments actively promote it, gathering expert teams to polish teaching materials; provincial leaders take the lead in entering campuses to give ideological and political lessons, and the "university secretaries and principals give the first lesson" system is extended to primary and secondary schools...
"Ideological and political education needs to transform faith and theory into the spiritual power of growth, and its vitality lies in 'being present' and 'transformation'," said Chen Jinlong (陈金龙), professor at South China Normal University (华南师范大学) and leader of the course textbook writing expert group. He believes that the exploration of this ideological and political practice course shows that effectively connecting theory with reality and the growth stories around students can guide students to think about how their own growth can resonate with national development. Coming from the heart, going to reality, and finally transforming into the spiritual coordinates of action.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on April 29th (Reporter Li Hongmei (李红梅)): On April 29th, the China Meteorological Administration (中国气象局) released the second Artificial Intelligence Meteorological Forecasting Model Demonstration Program.
The demonstration program is divided into three special demonstration directions: nowcasting (0-3 hours), short-to-medium range (0-15 days), and sub-seasonal (15-60 days). It focuses on solving the core pain points in the field of artificial intelligence meteorological forecasting, and opens up to the world to solicit high-quality R&D teams, and selects a group of excellent models to "compete on the same stage."
Among them, the nowcasting demonstration direction focuses on breaking through the operational bottleneck of the rapid generation, dissipation, and evolution of convective storms. The short-to-medium range forecasting demonstration direction comprehensively tests the model's deterministic forecasting and probabilistic ensemble forecasting capabilities. The sub-seasonal forecasting demonstration direction focuses on promoting the construction of an open and shared artificial intelligence climate prediction multi-model ensemble platform to solve the industry problem of unstable single-model signals in climate prediction.
The demonstration program will be implemented until October 2027. The China Meteorological Administration (中国气象局) will conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the models participating in the demonstration program to promote business access and application.
From 2024 to 2025, the China Meteorological Administration (中国气象局) launched the first Artificial Intelligence Meteorological Forecasting Model Demonstration Program, and a number of models such as "Fu Xi (伏羲)" and "Feng Wu (风乌)" emerged. Currently, the "Fu Xi (伏羲)" and "Feng Wu (风乌)" models have been granted business access and are running in the meteorological department.
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During his leisure time, Su Yunkai (苏允恺) enjoys visiting a coffee shop near the Cuihu Park (翠湖公园) in Kunming (昆明), Yunnan (云南), ordering a cup of Yunnan coffee, and enjoying the afternoon in the overflowing aroma of coffee until the sunset dyes half the sky.
Su Yunkai (苏允恺) is from Taipei (台北市). He says that such a scene makes him feel familiar, as there is also a Cuihu (翠湖) in Zhongshan Park (中山公园) in Taipei. "Yunnanese often call themselves 'hometown treasures' (家乡宝)," Su Yunkai (苏允恺) said. "Having worked and lived in Yunnan for 11 years, I have now become a 'hometown treasure' here."
As the vice president of the Kunming Association of Taiwan Compatriot Invested Enterprises (昆明台湾同胞投资企业协会), the founder of the "San Ke Ka" (三颗咖) brand, and a son-in-law of Kunming (昆明), Su Yunkai (苏允恺) has many "labels," each of which is inextricably linked to Taiwan (台湾) and Yunnan (云南). In the more than 10 years of starting a business in Yunnan, Su Yunkai (苏允恺) has witnessed the rapid changes in this land. He has found a new direction for his career development and has also personally promoted exchanges between young people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
"Good policies have strengthened my belief in staying and developing."
Su Yunkai's (苏允恺) ancestral home is in Yunnan (云南).
"Yunnan is my second hometown. My maternal grandfather was from Zhaotong (昭通), and my maternal grandmother was from Tonghai County (通海县), Yuxi (玉溪). When I was a child, my mother was busy with work, and for several years my maternal grandparents took care of me in Hualien (花莲). They spoke Yunnan dialect and ate Yunnan cuisine," said Su Yunkai (苏允恺).
Su Yunkai's (苏允恺) maternal grandfather was a veteran of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and participated in the Western Yunnan Campaign. When he was a child, Su Yunkai (苏允恺) often heard his grandfather talk about the stone roads and banyan trees in his hometown. "When my grandfather was alive, he often said ‘树高千丈，叶落归根’ (shù gāo qiān zhàng, yè luò guī gēn - "a tree may grow a thousand feet tall, but its leaves return to its roots," people, away from home for long, eventually long to return to their roots), this kind of attachment to roots is deeply rooted in my growth process and also made me want to develop in Yunnan," Su Yunkai (苏允恺) recalled.
In 2015, Su Yunkai (苏允恺) came to the mainland to start a business with "physical biological rapid fermentation system" technology. This is an agricultural technology that recycles and utilizes livestock and poultry manure, straw, kitchen waste, etc., and converts them into liquid organic fertilizer. It was developed by Taiwanese researchers, and Su Yunkai (苏允恺) is responsible for promoting the technology and equipment in the mainland market.
With a feeling of local affection and optimism about the development of Yunnan's plateau characteristic agriculture, Su Yunkai (苏允恺) set his first stop for entrepreneurship in Yunnan, but the market promotion process was not satisfactory. Su Yunkai (苏允恺) repeatedly ran into obstacles and made almost no gains after two years of hard work. Su Yunkai (苏允恺) summarized the reasons for the failure at that time, including the high cost of technology and equipment, as well as his lack of familiarity with the mainland market. He almost wanted to give up his business and return to Taiwan (台湾).
The turning point came quickly. In 2017, at the invitation of the Kunming Taiwan Affairs Office (昆明市台办), Su Yunkai's (苏允恺) team participated in an entrepreneurship competition held in Kunming (昆明) with this technology. After fierce competition, they stood out and won first place, receiving a reward of 100,000 yuan and related support. The competition strengthened his confidence and also made his technology well-known. Su Yunkai's (苏允恺) orders gradually increased, and his career began to improve.
"Good policies have strengthened my belief in staying and developing," said Su Yunkai (苏允恺). Later, he met his other half, became a son-in-law of Kunming (昆明), settled down in Kunming (昆明), and became a veritable "new Yunnanese."
"Did you know that Yunnan is a particularly important coffee producing area?"
"Did you know that Yunnan is a particularly important coffee producing area!" "Yunnan small-grain coffee is rich but not strong, fragrant but not bitter, slightly fruity, and has a unique flavor"... Su Yunkai (苏允恺) often "recommends" Yunnan coffee to his relatives and friends. He also uses social media accounts to promote Yunnan coffee, and has become a Yunnan coffee "recommender."
Su Yunkai (苏允恺) himself is a coffee lover. "I didn't have a deep impression of Yunnan coffee before. I thought it was mostly used as a blending raw material for instant coffee." In 2023, at the invitation of a friend, Su Yunkai (苏允恺) went to Pu'er (普洱), Baoshan (保山) and other Yunnan coffee producing areas for field trips, which changed his impression of Yunnan coffee.
In a coffee plantation in Menglian Dai, Lahu and Va Autonomous County (孟连傣族拉祜族佤族自治县), Pu'er City (普洱市), Su Yunkai (苏允恺) saw coffee forests all over the mountains. The mature coffee fruits were full of branches, but the villagers were not in a hurry to pick them, but waited until the fruits were all red before picking them.
"The villagers told me that in the past, the harvesting was a mixture of red and green fruits, and the quality of the coffee beans was uneven. Now, the harvesting has turned to all red fruits, the quality is guaranteed, and the rate of high-quality products has been greatly improved." The change in the villagers' harvesting standards made Su Yunkai (苏允恺) see the trend of Yunnan's coffee industry transforming to high-quality products. In recent years, Yunnan has introduced relevant policies to support Yunnan coffee to take the road of high-quality and intensive processing transformation. The rate of high-quality Yunnan coffee has increased from 8% in 2021 to 31.6% today.
Seeing this opportunity, in 2025, Su Yunkai (苏允恺) and his partners established a coffee brand in Yunnan covering the entire industrial chain of planting, processing and sales, named "San Ke Ka" (三颗咖). "Yunnan coffee has become one of the main raw material supply bases for major coffee brands at home and abroad, and has also gained popularity in Taiwan," said Su Yunkai (苏允恺). He also established a company specializing in coffee trade, which is currently actively exploring the Taiwan market.
This coffee trading company, registered and established in Kunming National High-tech Industrial Development Zone (昆明国家高新技术产业开发区), had staff assisting in handling the entire process from submitting materials to obtaining a license, and successfully completed all procedures in one day. Such efficiency is due to the Kunming High-tech Zone Management Committee (昆明高新区管委会) continuously optimizing the business environment. The Kunming High-tech Zone Management Committee (昆明高新区管委会), together with market supervision, taxation, and government service departments, provides one-stop services for enterprise registration, reducing the cost of enterprise operations, which Su Yunkai (苏允恺) praised repeatedly.
In Su Yunkai's (苏允恺) view, Yunnan has a superior natural environment and abundant characteristic resources, making it a hot spot for entrepreneurial investment. "Compared with the coastal areas of the mainland, the cost of starting a business and living in Yunnan is lower, which can become a 'newbie village' for Taiwanese youth to develop in the mainland," he said.
"Willing to be a link for youth exchanges across the Taiwan Strait"
Water splashes and enthusiasm spills. In the cheerful rhythm of the water splashing dance music, more than 30 self-media bloggers from Taiwan (台湾) joined this water splashing festival carnival to experience unique customs.
On April 13, the fourth "Ties Across the Strait, Yunnan and Taiwan Together" and Taiwan New Media People's Lincang Trip Exchange Activity was launched. As the head of the media exchange delegation, Su Yunkai (苏允恺) led Taiwanese self-media bloggers to Gengma Dai and Va Autonomous County (耿马傣族佤族自治县), Lincang City (临沧市), to celebrate the Water Splashing Festival with people of all ethnic groups.
"These bloggers almost all came from Taiwan (台湾) specifically for this event, including professional self-media people, well-known hosts, film stylists, etc.," Su Yunkai (苏允恺) introduced. Many Taiwanese youths came to Yunnan (云南) for the first time. They were very satisfied with this event, which not only felt the cultural charm of ethnic minorities, but also learned about the local economic and social development achievements. "Many people only learned after coming here that Lincang City (临沧市) is the world's largest macadamia planting base, with a macadamia planting area of 2,627,700 mu, accounting for 53% of the country and 36.8% of the world," said Su Yunkai (苏允恺).
Promoting youth exchanges across the Taiwan Strait is one of the most important tasks for Su Yunkai (苏允恺). In 2017, he joined the Yunnan Overseas Friendship Association (云南海外联谊会). In the exchange and interaction with young people, Su Yunkai (苏允恺) realized that promoting cultural exchanges across the Taiwan Strait and deepening the integrated development of both sides is a common need of young people on both sides.
"Exchanges in various fields across the Taiwan Strait, especially exchanges between young people, cannot be stopped, interrupted, or reduced," Su Yunkai (苏允恺) told reporters. Many years ago, he did street interviews in Taiwan (台湾) and found that many Taiwanese youths lacked understanding of Yunnan (云南), thinking that it was remote and backward. Even fewer Taiwanese youths had been to Yunnan.
Living in Yunnan (云南) for many years, Su Yunkai (苏允恺) not only loves the diverse ethnic culture and beautiful natural scenery here, but also often goes hiking and camping with his family and friends in his spare time. He is also delighted by the achievements of Yunnan's economic and social development. "In the past 10 years, high-speed rail has connected many cities in Yunnan (云南), such as Lincang (临沧), Shangri-La (香格里拉), and Baoshan (保山). After the opening of the China-Laos Railway, Kunming (昆明) to Vientiane (万象), Laos (老挝), can be reached from morning to evening," said Su Yunkai (苏允恺). Yunnan's development is changing rapidly, and he hopes that more Taiwanese youths will come to Yunnan (云南) in person to experience "a kind of life called Yunnan."
In recent years, exchanges between Yunnan (云南) and Taiwanese youths have become increasingly warm. In 2025 alone, more than a thousand Taiwanese youths came to Yunnan (云南) to participate in activities such as the Yunnan-Taiwan Fair (云台会) and Colorful Yunnan·Meet in Taiwan (七彩云南·相约台湾). As the vice president of the Kunming Taiwan Association (昆明台协), in 2025, Su Yunkai (苏允恺) led Taiwanese self-media bloggers to take the China-Laos Railway train and visit the Kunming Dounan Flower Market (昆明斗南花卉市场)... He also actively promoted youth summer camps, self-media trips, cultural and art exhibitions and other activities to land on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, building bridges to enhance interaction and exchange between compatriots on both sides.
"Seeing is believing. Through on-site visits, Taiwanese youths will pass on what they see, hear, and feel to the people around them, so that more Taiwanese people can understand the real and beautiful Yunnan," said Su Yunkai (苏允恺). "I am willing to be a link for youth exchanges across the Taiwan Strait." Next, he plans to learn from the experience of coastal cities, operate a Taiwanese youth entrepreneurship base in Yunnan (云南), strive for more preferential policies for entrepreneurship, encourage and drive more Taiwanese youths to travel, live and start businesses in Yunnan (云南), and rush to the "new blue ocean" of career development.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on April 29th (Reporter Wu Chuqi (吴储岐)) On April 29th, the Ministry of Civil Affairs (民政部) held a press conference to introduce the latest developments and policy arrangements in areas such as basic livelihood security, elderly care service development, work related to the elderly, social affairs management, and child welfare protection.
Basic livelihood security continues to be strengthened. The Ministry of Civil Affairs (民政部) actively promotes social assistance legislation, continues to improve the tiered and classified social assistance system, promotes the efficient handling of "one matter of social assistance," and, in conjunction with the Ministry of Finance (财政部), has allocated 156.68 billion yuan in central government financial assistance funds for people in need for 2026, building a solid line of defense for the lives of people in need. As of the end of March, the national average urban minimum living standard was 835 yuan per person per month, and the average rural minimum living standard was 623 yuan per person per month, with a steady increase in the level of security.
In terms of the development of elderly care services, on February 4th of this year, the General Office of the State Council forwarded the "Opinions on Further Strengthening the Safety Management of Elderly Care Institutions" from the Ministry of Civil Affairs (民政部) and 10 other departments, deploying actions to strengthen the foundation and consolidate the safety management of elderly care institutions, researching and drafting mandatory national standards for elderly care services and soliciting public opinions, to ensure the safety of elderly care services. The Ministry of Civil Affairs (民政部), in conjunction with relevant departments, issued the "Opinions on Promoting the Development of Mutual Aid Elderly Care Services," clarifying the definition of mutual aid elderly care services at the national level, proposing goals for promoting the development of mutual aid elderly care services, so that the elderly can enjoy convenient and caring elderly care services at their doorsteps. In April 2026, the "Happy Silver Age" series of activities will be fully launched, with elderly volunteers active in paired assistance, grassroots governance, and social service, the "Silver Age Action" will be revitalized, grassroots elderly associations will continue to grow and develop, and the atmosphere of an elderly-friendly society will become increasingly strong.
On March 30th, the newly revised "Funeral Management Regulations" officially came into effect, making funeral services more standardized and transparent. During this year's Qingming Festival holiday, 66,300 funeral service institutions across the country provided on-site memorial services, receiving 62.734 million on-site memorial visitors, and the public's memorial activities were safe, stable, and orderly.
Convenient service measures have been further upgraded to clear the "last mile" of serving the people. Since the implementation of "National Handling" of marriage registration on May 10, 2025, 682,000 couples have been processed in various places so far, completely solving the problem of "running back and forth" for people who marry across provinces; the living allowance for people with disabilities in difficulty and the nursing allowance system for people with severe disabilities, which were fully implemented on January 1, 2016, have achieved remarkable results, benefiting 11.998 million people with disabilities in difficulty and 16.826 million people with severe disabilities as of the end of March, and a total of 3,941 "cross-provincial handling" applications and 293,000 "full online handling" applications have been accepted.
Child welfare protection has been continuously strengthened. The Ministry of Civil Affairs (民政部) announced the newly revised "Administrative Measures for Child Welfare Institutions" and the newly formulated "Interim Administrative Measures for Juvenile Assistance and Protection Institutions," which came into effect on April 1st, providing institutional guidelines for child welfare services. Efforts have been strengthened to protect orphans and de facto unattended children. As of the end of March, the basic living security standards for centrally raised orphans, socially dispersed orphans, and de facto unattended children nationwide reached 2093.4 yuan, 1627.2 yuan, and 1614.6 yuan per person per month, respectively.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘军国
"Young lady, this time I believe you!" Grandpa Wang (王爷爷) held Xie Chao's (谢超) hand tightly, finally dispelling his doubts.
Grandpa Wang (王爷爷) is a resident of Yucai Xiyuan (育才西苑) in Xiaoshan District (萧山区), Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang Province (浙江省). With the summer peak electricity consumption season approaching and electricity bills rising significantly, Grandpa Wang (王爷爷) suspected that his home's electricity meter was "running fast." Xie Chao (谢超), the team leader of the Metering Section of the Business Service Branch of the State Grid Xiaoshan District (萧山区) Power Supply Company in Hangzhou (杭州), received the request and visited his home six times, calibrating the meter, replacing it with a new one, and sending the old meter to a laboratory and a third-party organization for verification.
"Running a few more trips to earn the user's trust in fair measurement is worth it!" Xie Chao (谢超) said. To dispel Grandpa Wang's (王爷爷) doubts, she had the old and new meters compared simultaneously, using the most direct data to resolve the old man's concerns.
Xie Chao (谢超), 35 years old this year, has been working in the field of electricity metering for 10 years and is known as the most meticulous "electricity meter doctor."
The team Xie Chao (谢超) belongs to is responsible for the on-site inspection of electricity meters for more than 1 million customers in Xiaoshan District (萧山区). "Metering work must be precise." In her opinion, this job requires meticulousness.
Over the past 10 years, Xie Chao's (谢超) footprints have covered substations, factory buildings, and residential building corridors. 干一行，钻一行 (gàn yī háng, zuān yī háng - "do one line, delve into one line," be proficient in the work you do). Xie Chao (谢超) said that in her eyes, there is no "almost," only "up to standard."
In recent years, with the acceleration of urbanization, the task of acceptance of household meter relationships before the delivery of new residential areas has become increasingly heavy. Traditional manual verification of each household is not only time-consuming and labor-intensive but also prone to errors. Faced with this problem, Xie Chao (谢超) had an idea: "It would be great if machines could automatically verify it."
Without a ready-made solution, Xie Chao (谢超) led the team into the laboratory. Drawing sketches, modifying designs, and writing programs, they experimented and improved again and again. During that time, the laboratory became her home.
After more than a year of hard work, the automatic acceptance tool for the electricity meter relationship in new residential areas was finally successfully developed, reducing the acceptance time to 18% of the original and the error rate to almost zero.
Improving the accessories of the calibration instrument, optimizing the printing of meter box labels, assembling simulated load devices... As the leader of the Zhejiang Province (浙江省) Female Workers' Innovation Studio, Xie Chao (谢超) leads the team to continuously overcome difficulties at a pace of "one achievement per year," turning the "troublesome things" of grassroots work into "easy things" that improve quality and efficiency.
As the team leader for 7 years, Xie Chao (谢超) knows that one person being strong is not enough; a strong team is stable. Under her leadership, the team has completed the high-quality metering acceptance of more than 20 new and renovated substations, the rotation of electricity meters in more than 70 substations, and the on-site inspection of more than 10,000 high-voltage customers, and has been awarded many honors such as the National Grid Corporation (国家电网公司) Safety Culture Demonstration Team, the Zhejiang Electric Power Company (浙江省电力公司) Excellent Team, and the National Quality Trustworthy Team.
With ten years of meticulous dedication, innovation and breakthroughs based on the front line, and pragmatic and mature team management capabilities, Xie Chao (谢超) stood out from 130,000 participating team leaders across the country in the first National "Red Flag Cup" Team Leader Competition in 2024, winning first place in the power track. This year, she also won the National May 1st Labor Medal.
"Even for one kilowatt-hour of electricity, it is worth our 100% effort." Returning with honors, Xie Chao (谢超) continues to work on the front line of electricity metering, using a meticulous spirit to ensure the safe electricity consumption of thousands of households.
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In Xuyuanzi Township Health Center (徐园子乡卫生院), Qingyun County (庆云县), Dezhou City (德州市), Shandong Province (山东省), sunlight fills the courtyard. Groups of elderly people gather in the yard, some sitting on their own stools chatting, others leaning back in chairs dozing off, with bursts of hearty laughter from time to time. "Uncle Xu, it's your turn!" shouted Wu Hongyan (吴红艳), the deputy director of the health center. An old man responded and slowly walked into the examination room.
It wasn't like this before.
According to the national basic public health service program policy, Xuyuanzi Township (徐园子乡) conducts free health checkups for elderly people aged 65 and above every year. More than 1,900 elderly people in the township begin their checkups on April 1st each year. "Those years worried us to death," said Wu Hongyan (吴红艳), shaking her head. They had tried many methods. Initially, village doctors distributed health checkup slips to the elderly in advance, and they queued up with the slips. However, the elderly arrived at different times, making it difficult to manage the timing, which actually affected the efficiency of the checkups. Later, they switched to issuing numbers on the spot, but the elderly would come as early as four or five in the morning on an empty stomach to queue up. By the time the doctors started work at 6:30, some of the elderly were almost unable to stand, leading to a lot of complaints.
Wu Hongyan (吴红艳) racked her brains: "We need to find a suitable tool that meets six conditions: first, it shouldn't cost too much; second, it should be easy for the elderly to use without assistance; third, the size of the tool must match the size of an ID card; fourth, it must have a handle for easy fixing and a lock to ensure it cannot be taken away casually, preventing the loss of documents; fifth, the order of placement must be maintained when retrieving the cards; and the sixth and most important condition is that it must be transparent so that the elderly can see it and feel at ease."
In March of this year, before the checkups started, the colleagues at the health center gathered to brainstorm. They had a flash of inspiration: could they try using bottles to hold the ID cards? They found soy sauce bottles of the right size and cut a hole in the bottle with scissors, just big enough to insert an ID card. At the same time, they divided the more than 1,900 elderly people into groups by village and notified 100 to 200 people to come for checkups each day. At the end of March, the health center gathered the village doctors to show them the fixed position of the bottles and asked them to describe the location and placement method of the bottles in detail when notifying people by phone.
On the morning of April 1st, the health center arranged for dedicated staff to guide the elderly in learning this new queuing method: "When you arrive, put your ID card in, and you're in the queue. Then you can chat or rest, and we'll call your number in order."
The method worked like a charm. The elderly no longer had to rush to queue up early or worry about being cut in line. They could rest comfortably on the side and wait for their number to be called. "This girl is really smart. A soy sauce bottle solved our queuing problem!" said Xu Xingshan (徐兴山), 66, giving a thumbs up.
Wu Hongyan (吴红艳) calculated the savings: previously, they had to send someone to issue numbers and maintain order on the spot, but this year, they saved that manpower. The checkup task that used to take 25 days to complete was completed in just 20 days this year, almost a week faster than before. Most importantly, this method didn't cost a penny; it just relied on an old soy sauce bottle.
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A soy sauce bottle, with a hole dug in it and fixed in a suitable position—this seemingly "rustic" little device has solved the problem of elderly people queuing for physical examinations that has plagued grassroots health centers for many years. Without high technology and without spending a penny, this ingenuity relies on empathetic thinking and the warm-hearted practice of thinking about the difficulties of the elderly a little more, and then a little more.
The elderly no longer have to queue up in the dark on an empty stomach early in the morning, no longer worry about cutting in line, or suffer from waiting. Instead, they sit together chatting and waiting for their numbers to be called. Behind this calmness and steadiness is the most vivid footnote to grassroots mass work: as long as you truly think about what the masses think and are anxious about what the masses are anxious about, even the most inconspicuous "rustic method" can become a "golden key" to solving the problems around the masses.
It is hoped that more down-to-earth, people-worry-solving, and people-warming practices will emerge in grassroots work in various places, exerting efforts in subtle places, using ingenious innovations and warm and practical things to consolidate the foundation of people's well-being, and let the masses feel real care and warmth. 想群众之所想、急群众之所急 (xiǎng qún zhòng zhī suǒ xiǎng, jí qún zhòng zhī suǒ jí - "think what the masses think, be anxious about what the masses are anxious about," to be concerned about the people's concerns).
Return to TopOn April 29th, at the Chengxu Community Farm in Banqiao Street (板桥街道), Lianyungang (连云港市) City, Jiangsu (江苏省) Province, community workers (third from the left) guided children in planting green pepper seedlings.
On the same day, Chengxu Community (程圩社区) joined with the local Banqiao Yihai Primary School (板桥益海小学) to carry out a "Field Classroom" labor practice activity. The children went into the community farm and personally participated in farming work such as planting, weeding, and watering, experiencing the hardship of labor and the joy of harvest.
Photographed by Wang Jianmin (王健民) (People's Vision)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 董泽扬
On the afternoon of April 26th, around 6 PM, the golden beach of Shenzhou Peninsula (神州半岛) in Wanning City (万宁市), Hainan (海南) was bustling with tourists. Cui Jingluo (崔经络), a local resident planning to apply for a job at a nearby hotel, was walking along the beach with a friend.
"Look there, it looks like someone is floating!" his friend exclaimed. They saw a woman floating motionless on the water's surface. Cui Jingluo (崔经络) and his friend pulled the woman onto the beach while calling for help. The woman's face was purplish-blue, and she was foaming at the mouth, her condition critical.
The cries for help broke the tranquility of the beach, and more and more tourists gathered around. Jiang Zhiwen (姜智文) and Yuan Yuan (袁苑), a nurse couple from the First Affiliated Hospital of the School of Medicine, Zhejiang University (浙江大学医学院附属第一医院) who were vacationing in Hainan (海南), also rushed forward. Bending down, checking the neck, feeling for a pulse—in just a few seconds, Jiang Zhiwen (姜智文) made a judgment: the patient had no heartbeat or breathing, and no carotid pulse.
"Call 120 quickly!" Jiang Zhiwen (姜智文) knelt heavily on both knees, interlaced his hands, and immediately began chest compressions. At the same time, his wife, Yuan Yuan (袁苑), knelt at the patient's head, quickly clearing the white foam constantly flowing from her mouth. Disregarding the filth, she unhesitatingly lifted the patient's jaw, pinched her nostrils, and bent down to perform artificial respiration.
Compressions, ventilation; then compressions, then ventilation... The "muscle memory" that the couple had developed in the hospital racing against death now transformed into precise coordination to save a life on the beach.
"Cough..." A short, choking cough came from the drowning woman's throat, and she regained spontaneous breathing and heartbeat. It was 6:11 PM, four minutes after the rescue began. A relieved cheer erupted from the crowd, and Cui Jingluo (崔经络) and his friends also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Everyone, please make way, ask where the ambulance is." Yuan Yuan (袁苑) and Jiang Zhiwen (姜智文) continued to kneel, monitoring the drowning woman's pulse and checking her pupils, while also reminding the onlookers to clear a path for rescue. After the 120 emergency personnel arrived, the couple assisted in transferring the patient and explained the critical time points of the rescue process to the rescued woman's family, facilitating communication with subsequent medical personnel.
"So professional!" The rescue process was filmed and recorded by tourists and uploaded to social media, where netizens praised them. "Didn't get to see the sunset, but saving a life is worth it." said Jiang Zhiwen (姜智文). Through information sent by the rescued woman's family, the couple learned that the woman had been transferred to a higher-level hospital and her condition had further improved. "The family kept thanking us, and we are also very gratified."
Cui Jingluo (崔经络) and his friends were also very happy. A life-and-death rescue saved a vibrant life; a group of people who didn't get to see the sunset, instead helped usher in another "sunrise" of life.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 陶相安 人民网记者 胡雪蓉
The 6th Asian Beach Games (hereinafter referred to as "Asian Beach Games") will come to a close on the evening of April 30 in Sanya (三亚), Hainan (海南). As of the evening of April 29, the Chinese sports delegation had won a total of 24 gold, 17 silver, and 13 bronze medals at this Asian Beach Games. Although the competition has not yet ended, it has already secured the top spot in both the gold medal and total medal counts. Zhang Xin (张新), Deputy Head and Secretary-General of the Chinese sports delegation, stated that the Chinese sports delegation has achieved breakthroughs in many areas, with a wider range of gold medals, and historical progress in several events, with both the number of gold medals and total medals reaching new highs.
This Asian Beach Games features a total of 14 major events, 15 sub-events, and 62 minor events. The Chinese sports delegation sent a total of 255 people, including 171 athletes, to participate in 60 minor events across 13 major events, excluding beach kabaddi. This is the highest participation rate for China in the Asian Beach Games. In the completed events, Chinese rock climbing athlete Zhao Yicheng (赵一程) broke the world record in men's speed climbing with a time of 4.58 seconds, and the women's shot put and open water men's 5km events set the best records of the competition. The aquathlon and open water swimming events achieved a gold medal sweep, and the rock climbing women's individual speed competition swept the top four. The sailing event won 5 gold medals in one day... In Zhang Xin's view, the Chinese sports delegation's advantageous events are more stable, new events have achieved breakthroughs, the event layout is more balanced, and young athletes have performed outstandingly. China's overall strength in beach sports has greatly improved, achieving the goal of "consolidating advantages, exploring potential, and cultivating new growth points."
The excellent results demonstrate an **昂扬向上** (áng yáng xiàng shàng - "spirited and upward," full of vigor and vitality) spirit. Song Jiayuan (宋佳媛), a women's shot put athlete who recovered from injury, won the championship with her personal best result of the season and broke the competition record. The Chinese women's water polo team withstood the pressure in a crucial battle and made the final decision in the 5-meter penalty shootout. Li Guisen (黎桂森), a 58-year-old dragon boat athlete, lived, ate, and trained with the young team members, imparting his competition experience. Guided by the Olympic motto of "Faster, Higher, Stronger - Together," the Chinese sports delegation vigorously promoted the Chinese sports spirit and interpreted the value of sports with practical actions.
This Asian Beach Games features mostly non-Olympic events. The athletes of the Chinese sports delegation are mainly from professional teams, and widely absorb social forces to participate. For example, the Chinese jujutsu team members come from groups such as students, teachers, and freelancers, and most of them stepped onto the international arena through semi-professional training. The professional strength and social forces of the delegation worked together, fully reflecting the fruitful results of the integration of sports and education, national fitness, and social forces running sports, demonstrating to the world China's good development trend of sports being open, inclusive, innovative, and diverse.
With the help of the Asian Beach Games stage, a number of characteristic non-Olympic events such as dragon boat, teqball, jujutsu, beach wrestling, and beach soccer have been concentratedly displayed, effectively expanding social attention and participation, and injecting vitality into the long-term development of the projects.
Zhang Xin introduced that in this Asian Beach Games, there are obvious gaps in China's short-board events. Beach kabaddi, as a permanent event of the Asian Beach Games, is rarely carried out in China, and the Chinese sports delegation failed to form a team to participate. For emerging projects such as jujutsu and teqball, we have a weak foundation and insufficient competitiveness. In addition, traditional gold medal events such as beach track and field were not fully prepared and performed unstably. "China's overall beach sports started relatively late, and the ability of special training and venue adaptation needs to be further improved," said Zhang Xin.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘硕阳 董泽扬 王 亮
"Thank you, China!" In the mixed interview area, Iranian beach athletics athlete Hassan Ajami Bakhtiarvand said this sentence three times in a row, his tone sincere and firm. Talking about the Chinese team athletes Chen Chengyu (陈成雨) and Zhang Haochen (张浩辰) who competed in the same event, Hassan praised their performance: "They are both very good opponents and very friendly."
The 6th Asian Beach Games is about to come to an end. In nearly 10 days of competition, more than 1,600 athletes from 45 delegations gathered in Sanya (三亚), competing for honors in the blue waters and golden sands, and also communicating and enhancing understanding in the cheerful songs of the sea. "We gather in Sanya (三亚), compete, exchange cultures, and build friendships. This feeling is very good." In the view of Chalado Bendsri, an official with the Thai delegation, this Asian Beach Games has brought Asian athletes closer together and made the world a better place.
"Feel the unity of Asia in Sanya (三亚)." said Thomas Bach, Honorary Life President of the International Olympic Committee, who was invited to watch the games. In 2021, during his tenure as President of the International Olympic Committee, "Together" was officially written into the Olympic motto. Since then, the Olympic motto has become "Faster, Higher, Stronger - Together." Unity and friendship stretch along the 22 kilometers of coastline of Sanya Bay (三亚湾): after the awarding ceremony of the open water swimming competition, Wu Se-beom (吴世范), the South Korean athlete who won the bronze medal, enthusiastically invited the champion Chinese team and the runner-up Vietnamese team to take a group photo; in the beach jujitsu competition, Saudi Arabian athlete Issa Shmaisani was injured in the leg and unable to move, and a Kazakh athlete stepped forward to carry him off the field...
The host's careful arrangements have built a bridge for good communication between the athletes. In the athletes' village, the intangible cultural heritage exhibition area is always crowded with people. Li brocade (黎锦), coconut carvings (椰雕) and other intangible cultural heritage projects with Hainan (海南) characteristics attract many delegation members to stop and experience them; on the dragon boat race track of the Sanya River (三亚河), the athletes of each team paddle hard, interpreting the spirit of 同舟共济 (tóng zhōu gòng jì - "crossing the river in the same boat," to be in the same boat; to stick together in difficulties).
As Olympic Council of Asia (亚奥理事会) President Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani (焦安亲王) said at the opening ceremony, although the athletes of each delegation have different traditions, cultures and languages, their love for sports brings their hearts closely together. Now, the competition at the ends of the earth is about to end, but the friendship forged here will last forever.
Return to TopSanya, April 29th (Reported by Wang Liang (王亮) from this newspaper) On the 29th, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and the Sanya Asian Beach Games (亚沙会) Organizing Committee held a press conference at the Main Media Center to summarize the Games, jointly reviewing the achievements of this Asian Beach Games, sharing the value and experience of the Games, and responding to issues of concern to the media.
At the press conference, Zou Jiaming (邹家明), Deputy Secretary-General of the Sanya Asian Beach Games Organizing Committee, introduced that this Asian Beach Games is the first large-scale international comprehensive event held after the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) implemented full island customs clearance. It has achieved remarkable results in the integration of sports and tourism, urban upgrading, enhancing international influence, and heritage utilization, truly achieving the goal of "hosting a successful event and upgrading a city," and building an important platform for Sanya (三亚) to build an international coastal tourism city and for Hainan Free Trade Port to open up to the outside world.
Husain Al-Musallam (侯赛因·穆萨拉姆), Director General of the Olympic Council of Asia, highly praised the organization of the Games, praising this Asian Beach Games as a model of green, safe, simple, and digital, with meticulous preparation by the Organizing Committee and adequate security measures, allowing all delegations to fully experience the enthusiasm and charm of Sanya. He specifically mentioned that Zhao Yicheng (赵一程), a 16-year-old Chinese athlete, broke the world record with 4.58 seconds in the men's speed climbing competition on April 28th. This breakthrough not only demonstrated an extremely high level of competition but also highlighted the rapid development and huge potential of Asian beach sports, greatly enhancing the international influence of this Games and setting an example for Asian youth athletes. "The successful hosting of this Asian Beach Games provides a reference for Sanya to host more international events in the future and plays an important role in the development of Sanya's sports industry and the enhancement of its social influence," Husain Al-Musallam introduced.
Song Luzeng (宋鲁增), Vice President of the Olympic Council of Asia, summarized this Asian Beach Games with five highlights: first-class facilities and environment, excellent venue conditions, convenient access, cleanliness, and environmental protection; strong organizational support, efficient handling of windy and rainy weather to ensure the smooth progress of the Games; excellent competition results, with world records being broken, demonstrating the high level of Asian beach sports; wide participation, with all 45 members of the Olympic Council of Asia participating, the highest coverage in history; and outstanding media coverage.
Return to TopBy: 郇 瓛
More and more intangible cultural heritage projects, with the support of sports, are no longer limited to explanation and display, but are participated in, perceived, and inherited by more people in richer forms, and deeply integrated into the fabric of modern life.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" outline proposes to "improve the protection and inheritance level of intangible cultural heritage and cultivate new scenes for inheritance experience." When the lion dance team in Guangzhou (广州), Guangdong (广东) soars on high stilts, and when the Jianzi (毽球) of Qingzhou (青州), Shandong (山东) flutters in the Jianzi Open, more and more intangible cultural heritage projects, with the support of sports, are no longer limited to explanation and display, but are participated in, perceived, and inherited by more people in richer forms, and deeply integrated into the fabric of modern life.
However, in the practice of integrating intangible cultural heritage and sports, there is still a phenomenon of "resemblance without substance," and many innovations stop at "appearance" and are difficult to "take root." To break this dilemma, it is necessary to identify the direction and make precise efforts.
Integration and transformation are valuable in deep cultivation according to categories. Deeply extract the core value of intangible cultural heritage and promote transformation by category: sports and recreation focus on the innovation of competitive rules and competition systems; performing arts focus on the translation from aesthetics to scientific fitness; crafts and folk customs promote the connection between the aesthetic system and the sports industry to create high-quality products with cultural identity. For example, the Chengdu (成都) World Games used intangible cultural heritage bamboo weaving to create medal packaging boxes, combining the sense of order of the "hexagonal hole" weaving method with the sense of sports honor, which is a beneficial exploration of precise transformation.
Scene-driven, the focus is on mechanism innovation. Promote the policy focus from resource input to "giving scenes, building interfaces, and promoting implementation." Zhejiang Province (浙江省) launched the "Follow the Games to Tour Zhejiang" project, embedding intangible cultural heritage experiences such as Haining (海宁) shadow puppetry into the marathon track, transforming the linear competition space into a mobile corridor for in-depth cultural experience. Managers urgently need to strengthen scene thinking, open up large-scale event routes, public sports venues, urban public spaces and other carriers to innovative entities, and create a "test field" for integrated innovation that can be tested, verified, and iterated.
Innovation support lies in collaborative tackling of key problems. Build an innovation ecosystem driven by both technology and talent, use digital technology to systematically preserve and intelligently develop intangible cultural heritage, and provide a practical platform for cross-border innovation. Innovate the talent training mechanism of interdisciplinary disciplines, industry-education integration, vigorously promote the two-way training of inheritors, cultural communication talents and sports industry talents, and inject sustainable endogenous power into the integration cause.
"The integration of tradition and modernity makes Chinese culture shine more brilliantly." The two-way rush between intangible cultural heritage and sports deeply roots cultural genes and cultivates cultural confidence in people, especially the younger generation, which is not only a vivid manifestation of the vitality of outstanding Chinese traditional culture in the new era, but also a vivid footnote to building a strong sports country and a strong cultural country.
(The author is the Party Secretary of the School of Cultural Industry Management, Communication University of China (中国传媒大学))
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on April 29th (Reporter Zheng Yi (郑轶)) The 2026 National Chess Championship (Team) recently concluded in Daqing (大庆市), Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省). The Chongqing (重庆) men's team and the Hebei (河北) women's team each won their first championship in the event.
A total of 15 teams participated in the men's competition, which was conducted over 9 rounds using the Swiss system. The Chongqing (重庆) men's team led the way and ultimately won the championship with an undefeated record of 6 wins and 3 draws. The Hangzhou (杭州) men's team and the Shanghai (上海) men's team finished second and third, respectively. A total of 12 teams participated in the women's competition, which adopted an 11-round single round-robin system. The Hebei (河北) women's team defeated the Tianjin (天津) women's team in the final round, securing the championship with a one-point lead in the standings. The Jiangsu (江苏) women's team and the Hangzhou (杭州) women's team finished second and third, respectively.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on April 29th (Reporter Pan Junqiang (潘俊强)) The Beijing (北京) Health and Wellness 2026 Mountain Running World Cup China (中国)·Beijing (北京) Changping (昌平) Station Classic Race was recently held in Yanshou Town (延寿镇), Changping District (昌平区), Beijing (北京). This event is the only Asian leg among the 16 events of the 2026 Global Mountain Running World Cup, marking the first time the Mountain Running World Cup has landed in Beijing (北京). The event attracted 1,500 athletes from 19 countries and regions, including the United States, Italy, Australia, Kenya, and South Korea. After fierce competition, Kenyan athlete Micelle Saoli won the men's elite group championship with a time of 1 hour, 25 minutes, and 49 seconds. The women's elite group championship was won by Kenyan mountain running star Joyce Njeru, with a time of 1 hour, 45 minutes, and 02 seconds. Chinese elite athletes performed impressively, with Liu Junhui (刘君慧) winning fifth place in the women's elite group with a time of 1 hour, 48 minutes, and 43 seconds, and Yang Tao (杨涛) winning tenth place in the men's elite group with a time of 1 hour, 37 minutes, and 15 seconds.
In addition, the Beijing (北京) Health and Wellness 2026 Mountain Running World Cup China (中国)·Beijing (北京) Changping (昌平) Station Uphill Race was held at the Juyongguan Great Wall (居庸关长城). Ultimately, Italy's Isacco Costa won the men's elite group championship with a time of 22 minutes and 31 seconds, and Swiss star Maud Mathys won the women's elite group championship with a time of 26 minutes and 13 seconds.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on April 29th (Reporter Zeng Huafeng (曾华锋)): In order to fully protect the safety of people's lives and property, and to strictly manage and prevent risks in mountaineering and outdoor activities during the rainy season, on the 29th, the Mountaineering Movement Management Center of the General Administration of Sport issued the "Notice on Strengthening the Safety of Mountaineering and Outdoor Sports During the Rainy Season."
The notice requires that, in accordance with the rainy season climate conditions, the approval procedures for mountaineering and outdoor sports events such as high-altitude mountaineering, mountain trail running, and natural rock climbing should be strictly implemented, with a focus on strengthening risk prevention and control for rain, lightning, flash floods, landslides, and other hazards. Safety precautions should be refined, emergency response plans should be improved, and the "circuit breaker" mechanism for events should be clearly defined and strictly implemented to resolutely maintain the safety bottom line for mountaineering and outdoor sports. Local sports administrative departments at all levels should strengthen communication and coordination with public security, transportation, meteorology, emergency management, water resources, maritime affairs, health, market supervision, and other departments, focusing on strengthening rainy season weather warnings, geological disaster prevention, and emergency rescue linkage. Work responsibilities should be further clarified, and a multi-departmental collaborative work mechanism should be improved to form a joint effort in the safety supervision of mountaineering and outdoor activities.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 季 芳
Recently, Shangbahe Town of Tuanfeng County, Huanggang City, Hubei Province, and Xiannvshan Street of Hanchuan City, Xiaogan City, were bustling with activity. The 2026 Hubei Province "Hundred Towns and Thousand Villages" and "Hundred Streets and Thousand Alleys" National Fitness Series (hereinafter referred to as the "'Double Hundred' Activities") simultaneously kicked off in the two locations, launching a prelude to 40 sub-station competitions and 1 final competition, totaling 528 events throughout the year.
At the ball sports center in Shangbahe Town (上巴河镇), Tuanfeng County (团风县), eight events popular among the masses, such as basketball, table tennis, and square dancing, were staged in turn. On the tug-of-war field, the Zhupeisi Village (竹陂寺村) team shouted in unison and worked hard. Team leader Wang Xuwen (汪序文) said excitedly after the game: "It is a rare opportunity to participate in provincial-level events at our doorstep. It not only exercises our bodies but also enhances neighborhood relationships." In the 3-kilometer healthy running competition around the village, Liang Qiang (梁强), a 55-year-old villager, was the first to cross the finish line. "I enjoy the competition very much, and I also feel the changes in my hometown. The activity is very meaningful." It is understood that the healthy running track connects local landmarks, allowing runners to enjoy the rural scenery while running. Outside the venue, the sales of local specialties such as Bahe (巴河) lotus root powder were booming. Liu Changwen (柳长文), the person in charge of the booth, said with a smile: "Thanks to the popularity of the event, sales exceeded 1,800 yuan in two hours."
At the same time, Xiannvshan Street (仙女山街道) in Hanchuan City (汉川市) was equally lively. The 10-kilometer walking team moved along the Han River (汉江) embankment. The contestants enjoyed the river view, strengthened their bodies, and filled the track with laughter. Inside the stadium, the street sports meet set up projects such as basketball and table tennis, with more than 6,000 people signing up, covering all age groups from old, middle-aged to young. In the Tai Chi performance, Ms. Li (李), 62 years old, moved smoothly, "Such events allow us to show ourselves and also drive more people to participate in sports activities."
The two places also simultaneously carried out three major supporting activities. In the "Champion Campus Tour" activity, weightlifting Olympic champion Wang Zhouyu (汪周雨) and dragon boat Asian Games champion Wang Ying (王颖) respectively entered 3 primary and secondary schools to tell their dream-chasing stories; in the "Physical Test Benefits Thousands of Families" session, sports experts popularized scientific fitness knowledge and prescribed exercise prescriptions for residents; in the "Community Lecture Hall", Chen Dong (陈东), "National Most Beautiful Social Sports Instructor" and associate professor of Wuhan University of Technology (武汉理工大学), led residents to practice soft ball and explained the key points of the movements.
The main person in charge of the Mass Sports Department of the Hubei Provincial Sports Bureau (湖北省体育局) introduced that the 2026 "'Double Hundred' Activities" will last from April to early November, and the finals will be held in Ezhou City (鄂州市) in late November. The "Hundred Towns and Thousand Villages" section focuses on rural areas, and the "Hundred Streets and Thousand Alleys" section takes root in urban communities. The event selects 20 townships and 20 streets as venues to accurately connect with the fitness expectations of urban and rural people, so that people can enjoy convenient and high-quality fitness services at their doorsteps.
Since its launch in 2024, the "'Double Hundred' Activities" have held more than 800 events, covering 40 townships and 20 streets in 17 cities and prefectures and 52 counties and districts in Hubei Province, driving more than 1,600 rural communities and about 160,000 people to participate directly. This year, the events have been extended to areas such as the Dabie Mountains (大别山) and the Wuling Mountains (武陵山), adding fun sports such as rolling iron rings and kicking shuttlecocks, making the activities more down-to-earth and more popular; at the same time, further deepen the integrated development of "sports +", so that sports dividends benefit more people.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Fuzhou (福州) dispatch on April 29th (Reporter: Sun Longfei (孙龙飞)) The 9th Digital China Summit Digital Sports Sub-Forum was held in Fuzhou (福州), Fujian (福建) on the 29th. With the theme of "Digital Intelligence Empowering the Construction of a New Pattern of a Sports Power," the forum focused on the deep integration of digital technology and the sports industry, comprehensively showcasing cutting-edge explorations and innovative practical achievements in digital sports.
The forum deeply explored the integration paths of new-generation information technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, computing power networks, and embodied intelligence with the entire chain and all scenarios of sports, planned the development direction of digital sports during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, and injected digital momentum into accelerating the construction of a sports powerhouse. Innovative applications such as the Internet of Things, large models, cloud broadcasting, and embodied intelligence continue to spawn new products, new business forms, and new models, providing strong technical support and an industrial foundation for the quality improvement and upgrading of competitive sports, national fitness, and the sports industry. This Digital Sports Sub-Forum was hosted by the General Administration of Sport of China (国家体育总局) and organized by the Sports Information Center of the General Administration of Sport of China (国家体育总局体育信息中心) and the Fujian Provincial Sports Bureau (福建省体育局).
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Return to TopIn the early morning, in the fields of Yuanmou County (元谋县), Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture (楚雄彝族自治州), 3,700 sensors have quietly transmitted the first set of data; at the nut base in Zhenkang County (镇康县), Lincang City (临沧市), the "Cloud Nut" platform is scheduling drones to start a new day of patrol; in the blueberry greenhouses at an altitude of about 1,800 meters in Lijiang City (丽江市), the fruits have matured out of season, filling the market's "window period"...
This is Yunnan (云南) in the spring of 2026.
From the memories of "slash-and-burn" farming to the reality of "farming at your fingertips," from the commitment to "green mountains and clear waters" to the harvest of "golden mountains and silver mountains," an agricultural revolution using technology as a pen and green as ink is being splashed across the red soil plateau. By the end of 2025, 971 agricultural product brands had been labeled with the eye-catching "Green Yunpin" label; in 2026, 60 key agricultural technologies in Yunnan Province (云南省) formed a joint force to promote the high-quality development of modern agriculture with plateau characteristics.
Seed Industry "Core" Power: Holding Tight to the Agricultural "Chip"
Seeds are the "chips" of agriculture. Relying on its unique climate and biodiversity advantages, Yunnan (云南) is fully promoting the revitalization of the seed industry. From space breeding to southern breeding bases, from the purification and rejuvenation of local varieties to molecular marker-assisted breeding, the province has built 10 national-level breeding bases and 60 provincial-level seed industry bases, with an annual output value of over 10 billion yuan. One by one, Yunnan (云南) seeds are moving from the laboratory to the fields.
Walking into Yuanmou County (元谋县), Chuxiong Prefecture (楚雄州), the 21,700-mu southern breeding base stretches as far as the eye can see. 126 scientific research institutes and enterprises have set up camp here, breeding a considerable number of seeds every year. In the past, Yuanmou County (元谋县) was considered a "difficult breeding ground" - hot and dry, water-scarce, and with barren land. Today, the breeding cycle of highland barley here has been shortened by half, and multiple new tomato varieties have emerged from the molecular breeding assembly line, each seed carrying a "digital ID card."
To the north, the apple blossoms in Zhaotong City (昭通市) have just faded, and fruit farmers are full of hope for the autumn harvest. Zhaotong (昭通) apples were once supplied as fresh fruit to astronauts on the space station, soaring into space aboard manned spacecraft, and were selected into the National Agricultural Brand Boutique Cultivation Plan.
From space back to the fields, Yunnan (云南) is firmly holding the agricultural "chip" in its own hands.
Digital "Smart" Agriculture: Making Data a New Agricultural Resource
Digital technology is reshaping the production methods of Yunnan (云南) agriculture. The Internet of Things, big data, artificial intelligence, and intelligent equipment are accelerating their implementation. Moving from "relying on experience" to "relying on data," the province has cumulatively built 100 provincial-level digital agriculture innovation application bases. By the end of 2025, the province's online retail sales of agricultural products increased by 10.1% year-on-year.
In the nut base in Zhenkang County (镇康县), Lincang City (临沧市), mountainous areas account for 98%, and the traditional manual management model is costly and inefficient, restricting industrial development. Yunnan Mobile (云南移动), in conjunction with its partners, has tailored the "Cloud Nut" industrial big data platform for Tianba Village (田坝村), Zhenkang County (镇康县). The front end is equipped with IoT monitoring stations, and the back end is equipped with intelligent IoT AI, aerospace agricultural service, and other systems. From soil moisture to tree growth, from pest warnings to agricultural scheduling, everything can be sensed in real-time, automatically analyzed, and precisely decided. Relying on 5G/5G-A networks, drones inspect the nut forests as needed, completing the processes of research and judgment, fertilization, and spraying in one go, turning the mountain orchards that originally relied on manual inspection into smart farms at your fingertips.
In Chenggong District (呈贡区), Kunming City (昆明市), not far from the Dounan Flower Market (斗南花卉市场), rows of intelligent greenhouse flower planting bases operate in an orderly manner. Here, cut flowers achieve standardized production like industrial products - hundreds of thousands of roses depart from here every day, and can appear in vases in cities such as Beijing (北京), Shanghai (上海), Guangzhou (广州), and Shenzhen (深圳) within 48 hours. At the flower planting base, data provides solid support for watering, supplemental lighting, and temperature control. One-click operation of digital agriculture makes the Yunling (云岭) land "smart."
Green "New" Ecology: Win-Win for Protection and Development
Ecological priority and green development are the fundamental principles of Yunnan (云南) agriculture. Focusing on the protection of plateau lakes, the reduction of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and circular agriculture, Yunnan (云南) has explored a new path of coordinated production and protection, making green production a "standard feature" in the fields.
In Gusheng Village (古生村), Wanqiao Town (湾桥镇), Dali City (大理市), the local area has cooperated with academician teams to explore and launch a green ecological rice planting model. By optimizing the fertilization structure and constructing an ecological ditch interception system, water pollution is minimized and the ecological environment is protected. This model significantly reduces nitrogen and phosphorus emissions and greenhouse gas emissions, while also achieving coordinated fertilizer reduction and stable rice production and increased production. Currently, this model has been promoted in more than 130,000 mu in the Erhai (洱海) basin. What is reduced is chemical fertilizer, and what is gained is the clarity of Erhai (洱海) and the higher value of agricultural products.
Deep in the Nujiang Grand Canyon (怒江大峡谷), among the high mountains and valleys, the cardamom forest under-planting model makes "trees above and fruits below" a reality - without cutting down trees or destroying forests, the idle under-forest space can bring thousands of yuan in income to farmers every year. In the past, the masses mainly sold fresh cardamom fruits, which were not only low in price but also prone to loss. Today, local cooperatives and processing enterprises have successively equipped themselves with environmentally friendly drying, extraction, and other equipment to promote the initial and deep processing of cardamom locally, significantly increasing the added value of products.
Protecting the ecology is accumulating wealth, and green development is the long-term way. Yunnan (云南) agriculture strives to achieve a win-win situation for ecological protection and green development.
Brand "Chain" Global: From Deep Mountains to World Shelves
Brands are the concentrated embodiment of agricultural competitiveness. Yunnan (云南) vigorously cultivates "Green Yunpin" to promote plateau characteristic agricultural products out of the mountains and into the world. Pu'er tea (普洱茶), Wenshan Panax Notoginseng (文山三七), and other 11 geographical indication products have been selected into the China-Europe Geographical Indication Agreement, and the "Yunpin out of Yunnan" channel is getting wider and wider.
In the matsutake processing plant workshop in Shangri-La City (香格里拉市), Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (迪庆藏族自治州), the machines are roaring and the aroma is overflowing, and the staff is skillfully sorting matsutake slices. These "mountain treasures" from above 3,000 meters above sea level will be turned into probiotic nutritional powder and freeze-dried crispy slices, labeled with the "Green Yunpin" label, and flown to supermarkets in Beijing (北京), Shanghai (上海), and even Paris (巴黎), France. The construction of the processing plant has driven the income increase of surrounding farmers, allowing good products in the deep mountains to be sold at good prices.
In the Wenshan Panax Notoginseng (文山三七) processing workshop, automated equipment operates at high speed, and large-scale health products are produced in batches. In the past, Wenshan Panax Notoginseng (文山三七) was mostly sold as primary agricultural products. As a "chain owner" enterprise of Chinese medicinal materials in Yunnan Province (云南省), Yunnan Baiyao (云南白药) has built an important seed source core base for the province's layout here, promoting seed source innovation and helping the transformation and upgrading of the Wenshan Panax Notoginseng (文山三七) industry. Today, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (文山壮族苗族自治州) has built the largest and most standardized Panax Notoginseng (三七) raw material supply base in the country. The "Wenshan Panax Notoginseng" geographical indication certification trademark has been approved for registration in 99 countries and regions, and related products are sold to more than 40 countries and regions.
In Daju Township (大具乡), Yulong Naxi Autonomous County (玉龙纳西族自治县), Lijiang City (丽江市), in the blueberry base at an altitude of about 1,800 meters, the fruits are on the market from November every year and continue until May of the following year, filling the "window period" of the winter fresh fruit market, and the staggered layout doubles the value of the products.
From selling raw materials to selling products and selling brands, the value chain of Yunnan (云南) agricultural products is quietly climbing.
Technology "Benefits" Thousands of Households: New Agricultural Tools, New Agricultural Work, New Farmers
The ultimate goal of technological innovation is to increase farmers' income. In 2026, Yunnan Province (云南省) selected two major leading technologies and taught them to farmers in many parts of the province in the form of "field schools." Technological revitalization of agriculture is like new agricultural tools in the hands of farmers, making the crops growing in the soil the "password" for farmers to increase their income and become rich.
In Xingfu Town (幸福镇), Yunxian County (云县), Lincang City (临沧市), in the sky above the nut forest, plant protection drones are traversing along preset routes. Xingfu Town (幸福镇) is the main producing area of Lincang (临沧) nuts, with a planting area of 102,700 mu. Through drone operations, the workload of several hundred mu can be completed in one day, and the utilization rate of pesticides is also greatly improved.
In Huaping County (华坪县), Lijiang City (丽江市), on a steep slope of 45 degrees, a mini train is carrying a full basket of mangoes steadily. With the press of a button by the fruit farmer, the fruits can "take the train" out of the mountains by themselves. The mountain orchard train solves the transportation problem in mountainous areas.
Yunnan (云南) is exploring the green transformation of agriculture with technology to revitalize agriculture. Striving forward in the "15th Five-Year Plan," Yunnan (云南) will continue to activate new quality productive forces in agriculture with technology, anchor the goal of becoming a first-class characteristic agricultural province, and write a new answer on the red land to the question of "how can green mountains and clear waters become golden mountains and silver mountains."
Data source: Publicity Department of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共云南省委宣传部)
Return to TopZhang Xue Motorcycle's debut at the Canton Fair made it a star product in the eyes of exhibitors and buyers, marking another brilliant appearance of "Made in China" on the world stage. After decades of development, China has formed a complete and resilient motorcycle industry chain system, and the industry is accelerating towards electrification, intelligence, and high-end development. From small commuter electric motorcycles to medium and large displacement high-performance motorcycles, Chinese motorcycles are constantly expanding into overseas markets, selling well in Latin America, Africa, Europe and other places. This is another example of 守株待兔 (shǒu zhū dài tù - "guard stump wait rabbit," to rely on luck or wait idly for opportunities).
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The ongoing 139th Canton Fair features bustling crowds at the booths of Chinese brand motorcycles, with overseas buyers showing great enthusiasm for inquiries, negotiations, test rides, and test drives. In particular, Zhang Xue Motorcycles, which achieved two championships in the Portugal round of the World Superbike Championship in March, has received requests from over 5,000 merchants to become local agents.
From "youthful aspirations, mid-life comebacks" to "affordable transportation, rising quality and price," the "Zhang Xue Effect," which continues to attract international attention, began as a winding story of an ordinary Chinese person's struggle, and gradually transformed into a deep exploration of the growth code of Chinese manufacturing.
In 2025, China's complete motorcycle exports exceeded 13 million units for the first time, a year-on-year increase of 21.33%, with an export value of US$8.85 billion, a year-on-year increase of 26.78%. From Africa to Latin America, from Europe to Southeast Asia, whether for commuting, transportation, exhibitions, or competitions, "Made in China" motorcycles are indispensable. As for foreign consumers, their purchasing philosophy has long shifted from "cost-effectiveness" to "recognition," and is forming a trend of "pursuing novelty."
Tracing the origin of Chinese motorcycle export orders, I arrived in Jiangmen (江门), Guangdong (广东). According to statistics, one out of every five exported motorcycles bears the Jiangmen label. On Zhang Xue Motorcycle's championship-winning motorcycle, the "beginning and end" – the helmet, exhaust pipe, and the engine's "heart," the ceramic cylinder – are all made in Jiangmen. This small Lingnan (岭南) city, which once filmed the TV series "The Knockout," has ushered in another "Knockout" – in 2025, Jiangmen's complete motorcycle export value reached 19.27 billion yuan, with an average annual growth of over 30% in the past three years.
How did Chinese motorcycle companies achieve a comeback? I observed three significant characteristics in Jiangmen.
First, new quality productive forces empower industrial intelligence. Stepping into the production workshop of Jiangmen Zhufeng Motorcycle Co., Ltd. (江门珠峰摩托车有限公司), on the engine production assembly line, high-precision screw torque tightening equipment safeguards the engine's lifeline; in the intelligent testing room, fully automated engine offline thermal testing equipment accurately detects the engine's operating conditions; on the complete vehicle intelligent assembly line, automatic guided vehicles assist in ensuring that every process is "precisely timed." Technological empowerment is the foundation of Chinese manufacturing, and the continuous improvement of production efficiency and the pursuit of excellence in product quality support strong order-taking capabilities.
Second, the industrial chain and supply chain are continuously improving in quality and upgrading. In Duruan Town (杜阮镇), Pengjiang District (蓬江区), Jiangmen, an area of only about 80 square kilometers gathers more than 1,000 motorcycle and parts-related enterprises. All motorcycle parts can be found within half an hour, and complete vehicles can be "hand-crafted" without leaving the town. The huge agglomeration effect is also conducive to researching technology and upgrading products: Zhufeng Motorcycle is developing low-fuel-consumption, large-displacement models, Ruiyue Industrial (瑞跃实业) is "tenaciously tackling" the forming and welding problems of titanium alloy materials, and Pengcheng Helmet (鹏程头盔) specializes in carbon fiber technology. The Jiangmen government has formulated and implemented a "chain service" list covering investment promotion, enterprise support, and supervision, and local banks have launched "motorcycle enterprise loans" covering the entire chain of complete vehicles, parts, supporting facilities, and exports, allowing companies to borrow money based on orders. From industry leaders to "hidden champions," "technological breakthroughs" are deeply integrated into the production and supply chain.
Third, the brand leap of "China Intelligent Manufacturing." At its peak, Chinese motorcycles had a high market share in Southeast Asia. However, as the "price war" intensified, Chinese motorcycles were once reduced to being "sold by the kilogram." Many companies were lost in OEM, low prices, and internal competition, leaving overseas markets with the stereotype of "OEM products" and "not durable." Today, Chinese motorcycle companies have shifted their focus to improving quality and building brands: creating low-fuel-consumption, high-durability products for the needs of users in different countries and regions; relying on international competitions, motorcycle clubs, overseas social platforms, etc., to develop a complete set of brand promotion programs... These combined efforts have brought a group of "returning customers" to Chinese motorcycle exports, and have also attracted a group of "loyal" distributors.
Walking through Jiangmen, one can deeply feel the "pragmatism" and "upward mobility" of Chinese manufacturing. The workers in the workshops appear somewhat shy in front of the camera, but they are very knowledgeable when talking about their work; "user needs" and "pursuit of quality" are the buzzwords of company leaders; the workshops are clean and tidy, and every staff member uses their focused and dedicated attitude to cherish the golden brand of Chinese manufacturing. The "Zhang Xue Effect" and the comeback of Chinese manufacturing brands mutually corroborate each other. I feel that the motorcycle industry, once regarded as a representative of the "sunset industry," is accelerating the transformation of its driving force through technological innovation and brand building, and is焕发出新的生机与活力 焕发出新的生机与活力 (huàn fā chū xīn de shēng jī yǔ huó lì - "radiating new vitality," to regain vitality and vigor) in the wave of globalization.
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At the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, in Guyuan Lane Community, Erdaoqiao Street, Tianshan District, Urumqi (乌鲁木齐) City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区), over 90% of the residents are ethnic minorities. Zhao Jinxin (赵金鑫), a member of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区) CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference) and his social work team have been rooted here for eight years. Last year, a song called "I Sing Xinjiang (新疆) to You" was widely sung in the community. When Zhao Jinxin (赵金鑫) was teaching the children to sing, one child looked up and said, "When I sing this song, I seem to see the oasis in the desert and the magnificent mountains and rivers of our motherland."
In July 2025, Zhao Jinxin (赵金鑫) took the children to Beijing (北京) for a "singing tour." On the Great Wall, their singing was clear and bright, and tourists stopped to applaud. The children held hands with their friends from all over the country and told stories about their hometowns. The children from Guyuan Lane (固原巷) enthusiastically invited, "Come on, I'll take you to eat grapes and see the grasslands!" The children from Beijing (北京) were full of expectations: "Xinjiang (新疆) is so beautiful, I must go and see it!"
Today, such heartwarming stories of exchanging hearts and blending emotions happen every day.
2026 marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区) CPPCC. In recent years, strengthening the sense of community of the Chinese nation has been the most prominent theme on the Xinjiang (新疆) CPPCC's path of performing its duties. CPPCCs at all levels throughout the region have worked together, answering the same question. More than 10,000 CPPCC members from all ethnic groups and all walks of life have taken root at the grassroots level and gone deep among the masses. Through repeated investigations and consultations, proposals and suggestions, and publicity activities, they have sown the seeds of ethnic unity in the hearts of people of all ethnic groups.
Party Building Leads, Gathering the Power of Unity
In Xinyuan (新源) County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture (伊犁哈萨克自治州), in the heart of the Tianshan Mountains, the Narat Grassland is picturesque. Today, some herdsmen still live by water and grass, moving with the seasons and living scattered in the deep mountains. Many grazing spots have inconvenient transportation and communication.
Janar Nurmukhan (贾娜尔·奴尔木汗) is a member of the Xinyuan (新源) County CPPCC and also the "ears" and "eyes" of the herdsmen. Through the four seasons, Janar's footsteps have never left. She goes into the mountains every month to give publicity, and the roads she takes are all narrow paths, requiring good riding skills. Someone asked her: Are you afraid?
"No! This is my responsibility and my mission," Janar (贾娜尔) replied firmly. Janar (贾娜尔) is good at using metaphors and examples, turning major policies into heartfelt words that herdsmen can understand in a casual way. National affairs and policies that benefit the people are thus delivered warmly to the hearts of the herdsmen.
Janar's (贾娜尔) story is a vivid microcosm of the Xinjiang (新疆) CPPCC system using thought leadership to build consensus. The Autonomous Region (自治区) CPPCC implements the Party's leadership throughout the entire process and all aspects of its work. CPPCCs at all levels throughout the region take Party building as the lead, focusing on strengthening the sense of community of the Chinese nation to offer advice and work together.
To this end, the Xinjiang (新疆) CPPCC has put in a lot of "embroidery work." The CPPCC Party Group strictly implements the "First Topic" system, and the study and discussion of various special committees continue to deepen; the "Xinjiang (新疆) CPPCC · Rain and Dew Forum" invites hundreds of experts and scholars to take the stage to give lectures; the main responsible comrades of the Autonomous Region (自治区) CPPCC take the lead in entering universities to teach ideological and political courses; special committees organize members and representatives of democratic parties to enter enterprises to carry out "Scholarly CPPCC" publicity; and party members of various party branches of the agency go deep into the community, both publicizing and listening to the voices of the people.
CPPCCs in various places are also constantly on the move. The Hami (哈密) City CPPCC relies on carriers such as member studios to tell ethnic unity stories such as "A Bowl of Highland Barley, Four Generations of Affection" and "Pomegranate Seed Relatives Team" vividly; the CPPCCs at all levels in Ili (伊犁) Prefecture jointly hold reading activities; the CPPCCs at all levels in Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture (博尔塔拉蒙古自治州) jointly run special training classes for members to perform their duties; and the Kashgar (喀什) Regional CPPCC Working Committee continues to promote members to go deep into villages, enterprises, and bazaars...
Every year, Xinjiang (新疆) CPPCC members actively participate in the "CPPCC Members Go to the Grassroots" and member duty performance "Service for the People" activities, and CPPCCs at all levels continue to promote village-based work and the "Ethnic Unity Family" activities.
Performing Duties and Offering Advice, Jointly Drawing a Picture of Unity
"A Zuo Gong (左公) willow greened the frontier, and a heroic history warmed people's hearts." Walking into the Zuo Gong (左公) Cultural Garden in Hami (哈密) City, Uyghur (维吾尔族) tour guide Dilinigar Ainiwar (迪丽妮尕尔·艾尼娃尔) is telling the magnificent history of Zuo Zongtang (左宗棠) recovering Xinjiang (新疆).
This cultural garden, which is soaked in national memories, cannot be separated from the performance of duties and responsibilities of CPPCC organizations and CPPCC members at all levels. "In 2014, a group of Hami (哈密) City CPPCC members suggested building a Zuo Zongtang (左宗棠) Memorial Hall, which formed a complete proposal in 2019 and was implemented effectively," said Wang Haopeng (王昊鹏), a member of the Hami (哈密) City CPPCC and deputy curator of the Zuo Zongtang (左宗棠) Cultural Research Museum.
For nine consecutive years, the Autonomous Region (自治区) CPPCC has focused on "strengthening the sense of community of the Chinese nation" for consultation and deliberation at the first special political consultation standing committee meeting each year. From the demonstration creation of ethnic unity and progress to the promotion and popularization of the national common language and writing, the Autonomous Region (自治区) CPPCC has conducted in-depth consultations to guide all sectors of society to firmly establish the "four togethers" community concept and the "five common" Chinese national historical view.
The "Party and government leaders take the lead in supervising and handling key proposals" mechanism has achieved full coverage in prefecture-level cities, prefectures, and county-level cities and districts CPPCCs. The Altay (阿勒泰) Regional CPPCC promotes the excavation of regional history and culture; the Aksu (阿克苏) Regional CPPCC promotes the implementation of major projects such as creating a world-class Kuqa (龟兹) cultural tourism destination... Taking strengthening the sense of community of the Chinese nation as the main line of duty performance, batches of countermeasures and suggestions have yielded fruitful results that benefit the people.
Liang Yuchun (梁玉春), a member of the Autonomous Region (自治区) CPPCC, comes from the Institute of Ethnology and Sociology of Xinjiang (新疆) Normal University. In March 2024, the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of the Autonomous Region (自治区) CPPCC investigated the phenomenon of farmers and herdsmen holding extravagant weddings and funerals, and Liang Yuchun (梁玉春) was one of them.
"It's not enough to just sit in the office and listen to reports, policies must come from the soles of your feet," Liang Yuchun (梁玉春) plunged into farming and pastoral areas, entering herdsmen's yurts, township canteens, and wedding banquet halls. At the symposium on soliciting opinions on the Autonomous Region's (自治区) document on promoting changing customs and habits, the suggestions he brought had data and cases, and were eventually incorporated into the official document. To date, Liang Yuchun (梁玉春) has participated in nearly 10 investigations organized by the Autonomous Region (自治区) CPPCC. In his words, "CPPCC members must take root in the soil and keep their hearts close to the people."
Under the guidance and help of the Autonomous Region (自治区) CPPCC, CPPCCs in various places have shown their strengths. The Turpan (吐鲁番) City CPPCC encourages members to go deep into the masses of their respective sectors to tell the story of the Chinese national community; the Urumqi (乌鲁木齐) City CPPCC promotes the "Qi Consultation" brand to become a carrier for district and county CPPCCs to perform their duties; and the Tacheng (塔城) Regional CPPCC Working Committee builds the "Ta Consultation · Sincere Suggestions" platform to promote the resolution of more than 1,000 problems.
Cultural Immersion, Jointly Building a Spiritual Home
Kalajun Grassland, Keketuhai, Kanas Lake, Tianchi Lake in the Tianshan Mountains, Kizil Caves... Speaking of the beautiful scenery of Xinjiang (新疆), Yue Feng (岳峰), a member of the Standing Committee of the Autonomous Region (自治区) CPPCC and vice president of the Xinjiang (新疆) New Social Stratum Association, can name them all.
In October 2023, the Xinjiang (新疆) New Social Stratum Association invited representatives of national online personalities to Xinjiang (新疆) to carry out "Seeking Beauty" activities. "Pay tribute to the Pamir eagles who guard the motherland in the cloud!" Facing the vast Kunlun Mountains, Yue Feng (岳峰) and his partners paid the deepest respect to the border guards. In just 5 days, the Weibo topic "Seeking Beauty in Xinjiang (新疆)" had over 200 million views.
Cultural enrichment of Xinjiang (新疆) is an important part of the Party's strategy for governing Xinjiang (新疆) in the new era. The Autonomous Region (自治区) CPPCC conducts expert consultations to promote the establishment of the first batch of 25 characteristic museums in Xinjiang (新疆); establishes a joint consultation mechanism for "Comprehensive Cultural Research around the Tarim Basin," focusing on the protection and utilization of historical and cultural heritage such as the Western Regions Protectorate; assists in the systematic protection and innovative development of intangible cultural heritage such as Muqam and Manas; and promotes the digital protection technology of grotto murals throughout Xinjiang (新疆)...
Cultural identity is the deepest level of identity. "Every cultural relic and every site is a spatial and temporal coordinate that proves history." Airken Barat (艾里肯·巴拉提), a member of the Standing Committee of the Autonomous Region (自治区) CPPCC and dean of the Turpan (吐鲁番) Academy, has been deeply involved in the field of Turpan (吐鲁番) studies for many years, promoting the "revival" and "heating up" of unpopular disciplines with his performance of duties and responsibilities.
From academic research to historical data preservation, from theoretical research to mass communication, CPPCCs at all levels in Xinjiang (新疆) promote the inheritance and development of outstanding Chinese traditional culture through solid performance of duties. The Hami (哈密) City CPPCC, in conjunction with universities, continues to carry out the research project "Historical Evidence of the Chinese National Community in Hami (哈密)," forming more than 30 achievements; the Karamay (克拉玛依) City CPPCC opens its doors to compile historical and cultural materials, rescuing and collecting more than 800,000 words of historical materials; and the Shihezi (石河子) City CPPCC integrates "military reclamation culture" elements into literary and artistic creations, holding more than 200 themed exhibitions and intangible cultural heritage displays, covering more than 50,000 people.
"Cultural enrichment of Xinjiang (新疆) must have both a profound history and a fresh expression of the times." Kongduzi Tashi (孔都孜·塔西), a member of the Autonomous Region (自治区) CPPCC, played the role of "Aysha (阿依夏) Mama" in the popular CCTV drama "Red Pomegranate Restaurant," which was loved by the audience.
Last November, the filming location "Red Pomegranate Restaurant" was opened to the public. When Kongduzi Tashi (孔都孜·塔西) went to carry out research on promoting cultural tourism and promoting exchanges, interactions, and integration among all ethnic groups, tourists from Shanghai (上海), Heilongjiang (黑龙江), and Guangdong (广东) surrounded her: "We just want to taste the taste of the 'Red Pomegranate Restaurant' and feel the warm atmosphere of all ethnic groups being as close as one family!"
"On the new journey, CPPCCs at all levels throughout the region will further boost the spirit of forging ahead and striving for the first place, continuously consolidate and deepen the results of their duty performance, actively expand the breadth and depth of exchanges, interactions, and integration among all ethnic groups, and contribute more CPPCC strength to strengthening the sense of community of the Chinese nation," said the main responsible comrade of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区) CPPCC.
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China's aging population is deepening. According to statistics, by the end of 2025, the population aged 60 and above will be approximately 323 million, accounting for 23% of the total population. Modern family structures and work patterns have also undergone tremendous changes. Elderly people living alone, whose children are not around, face greater risks in their later years, which has become a pressing social and public issue. Further meeting the elderly care needs of elderly people living alone, increasing "investment in people," and continuously enhancing their sense of gain, happiness, and security are concrete manifestations of adhering to the people-centered development philosophy.
The key to solving the problem of elderly care for elderly people living alone lies in strengthening the construction of a diversified elderly care service system. It is recommended that relevant departments strengthen top-level design and scientifically define the boundaries of rights and responsibilities of governments, markets, families, and society. Various regions should introduce and improve relevant policies and measures in light of local conditions to formulate standards, provide guidance, and integrate resources for enterprises, institutions, social organizations, and other entities participating in the elderly care service system, and do a good job in supervision and implementation. Establish and improve a dynamic screening and risk early warning system for elderly people living alone. Led by the community, in conjunction with public security, civil affairs, health and other departments, conduct regular screening of elderly people living alone in the jurisdiction, and implement "one person, one file, dynamic update."
Focus on developing home-based elderly care and continuously improving the community living care service system. Community elderly care allows elderly people living alone to enjoy their twilight years in a familiar environment, while also possessing the advantages of family elderly care and institutional elderly care. It is recommended to promote the construction of standardized happy-age elderly care service centers in communities, give full play to the role of connecting families and social services, and provide convenient service supporting functions such as cultural and sports health care, leisure and social interaction, health consultation, and legal aid. Strengthen the community elderly care volunteer service team, jointly recruit and professionally train volunteers with universities, enterprises, and social organizations, establish a "one-on-one" and "one-to-many" pairing assistance mechanism, and provide elderly people living alone with daily companionship, errands, psychological counseling, and other services. At the same time, improve the volunteer incentive mechanism, link volunteer service hours with points redemption, evaluation and commendation, etc., to enhance the enthusiasm of volunteers.
Strengthen the role of family elderly care and build a bridge for intergenerational communication. Respecting and loving the elderly is a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation. It is necessary to educate and guide children to establish good family traditions and strengthen their awareness of elderly care responsibilities. At the same time, by establishing and improving elderly care support policies, reduce the social burden and work pressure of children and relatives who participate in caring for the elderly through individual tax reductions, vacation subsidies, and other methods.
Accelerate the cultivation of elderly care talent teams and improve the professional ability and professional quality of elderly care service personnel. It is recommended that relevant departments promptly establish and improve the industry qualification certification system for elderly care service talents, and set up access thresholds and management mechanisms for relevant organizations. With the community as an internship base, rely on vocational colleges and other professional organizations to carry out special business training, on-the-job education, etc., to train full-time staff with professional knowledge such as medical care, social work, etc., and provide institutional guarantees for their salary benefits and career development.
Promote technology to empower elderly care services and eliminate home risks for elderly people living alone. It is recommended to actively explore the combination of technological innovation products such as artificial intelligence, big data, robotics, and high-precision satellite positioning with the elderly care service needs of elderly people living alone to prevent, avoid, and reduce their elderly care risks. Integrate the data chains of civil affairs, health and other departments, deploy intelligent bracelets, emergency calls and other devices, open up data channels between elderly people living alone, communities and hospitals, monitor relevant data of elderly people living alone in real time, and establish a dynamic intelligent early warning mechanism for the risk of living alone. Accurately connect with needs, and promote the research and development and promotion of elderly care robots and health care equipment. Combined with the renovation of old residential areas, carry out aging-friendly renovations of public spaces such as installing elevators, and provide certain financial assistance to aging-friendly renovation projects for families that meet the conditions after evaluation, to create a friendly and livable living environment for elderly people living alone.
Focus on the rural elderly population living alone and narrow the gap in urban and rural elderly care services. Due to weak infrastructure and scarce service resources in rural areas, the problems faced by elderly people living alone need more attention from the government and all sectors of society. It is recommended to increase investment in rural elderly care services, build regional elderly care service centers in townships, and set up elderly care service points in administrative villages. Relying on the rural collective economy and village regulations and folk conventions, establish a rural neighborhood mutual assistance elderly care mechanism, led by village cadres and villager representatives to take care of elderly people living alone in the village. At the same time, improve rural medical security and elderly care subsidy policies to alleviate the economic and health pressures of elderly people living alone in rural areas, so that elderly people in rural areas can also enjoy equal elderly care services.
(The author is a member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and Vice Chairman of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League (台盟中央副主席))
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Motion: The aging infrastructure of "high-age" residential areas, especially the old power grid lines, not only seriously affects the living quality of the people, but also poses serious safety risks. At present, there are still problems such as weak safety awareness, insufficient popular science publicity, lagging planning standards and prominent safety hazards, lagging policy support and serious misallocation of resources, and obstruction of funding mechanisms.
Suggestions: Strengthen popular science publicity and enhance residents' safety awareness. Organize experts or professional power personnel to form a "Power Grid Safety Knowledge Propaganda Group" to go deep into old residential areas and conduct lectures on electricity safety knowledge. Use community bulletin boards, WeChat groups, public accounts and other channels to regularly publish electricity safety knowledge and related policies and regulations. Encourage residents to conduct self-inspection and self-correction, and promptly discover and report potential electrical safety hazards in their homes and communities.
Strengthen intelligent monitoring to achieve intelligent real-time early warning. Relying on the "One Network Management" (一网统管) platform, pilot the installation of intelligent electricity consumption monitoring equipment in old residential areas, and use digital means to remotely monitor residents' electrical circuits. The intelligent Internet of Things platform helps old residential areas to sort out electrical fire hazard data.
Implement differentiated transformation to improve the efficiency of community transformation. On the basis of conducting a detailed survey of the current situation of the power grid in old residential areas, formulate personalized transformation plans. Give priority to the line transformation of communities with messy and severely aging power lines, replace wires and cables that meet national standards, and standardize line laying; for communities with aging distribution facilities and insufficient capacity, upgrade and transform distribution rooms, transformers and other facilities to improve power supply capacity.
Unblock funding sources and attract multi-party investment. Build a funding system that is guided by the government, operated by the market, participated by residents, and shared by multiple parties. Strengthen government guidance, establish special transformation funds and incorporate them into the financial budget, and jointly set up special funds with financial institutions to provide low-interest loans; launch a "power grid transformation + value-added service" cooperation model to encourage social capital to participate and obtain benefits; promote residents to share, establish a tiered cost-sharing mechanism; combine power grid transformation with parking space optimization, public space improvement and other projects to integrate resources and reduce costs.
(Text compiled by Tong (通))
By: 本报记者 李君强 王欣悦 方梓祎
In the early morning, before the outpatient building became noisy, Huang Wei (黄伟) had already changed into his white coat, reviewing the day's surgical schedule. As a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协委员) and the director of the Department of Orthopedics at the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University (重庆医科大学附属第一医院), he has been constantly shuttling between the operating table, the office, and the research site this past year.
In recent years, the keywords he has focused on have never strayed from health. Once, Huang Wei (黄伟) visited a rural community health station in Dazu District (大足区), Chongqing (重庆). The clinic of the health station was small, and Huang Wei (黄伟) sat with several elderly people in their seventies and eighties to chat. "Do you know how to prevent and control osteoporosis?" The elderly people shook their heads. "Isn't it normal for bones to become a little loose as you get older?" one elderly person said with a smile.
But as Huang Wei (黄伟) asked further questions, his expression gradually became serious. Some people already had obvious hunchbacks, some had knee pain so severe that they couldn't walk, and others had experienced multiple fractures throughout their bodies, but they didn't know that they had severe osteoporosis. "They have no concept of osteoporosis, and don't even know it's a disease," Huang Wei (黄伟) said, adding that he felt particularly distressed at that moment. As an orthopedic doctor, he knew all too well what kind of risks osteoporosis meant for the elderly.
The research did not stop in Chongqing (重庆). Since then, he has also gone to the mountainous areas of Guizhou (贵州), visited grassroots hospitals in Changdu City (昌都市), Tibet (西藏), communicated with doctors in the pastoral areas of Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), and also conducted questionnaires and screenings in many community hospitals in Chongqing (重庆). A reality became increasingly clear—osteoporosis has a high incidence rate among the elderly population in China, but the awareness rate, diagnosis rate, and treatment rate are low. He often says that this is a "quiet disease."
"Our country is aging rapidly, and we should be 未雨绸缪 (wèi yǔ chóu móu - "prepare for rain before it comes," to plan ahead)." Previously, he submitted relevant proposals at the National People's Congress (全国两会), and since then, diseases such as osteoporosis have been included in the national chronic disease comprehensive prevention and control system. "I am very pleased to see that Chongqing (重庆) and other places have included severe osteoporosis in the scope of specific disease management, and the reimbursement ratio for patients has increased and the drug security has continued to improve," said Huang Wei (黄伟).
Currently, the number of osteoporosis patients in China is huge. "Continuously improving the prevention and treatment level of osteoporosis is related to the changes in the quality of life of every elderly person," said Huang Wei (黄伟). If early screening and early intervention are carried out, many diseases can be avoided, and avoiding one fracture may avoid a risk of disability and disease.
In addition to osteoporosis, he also pays attention to the implementation of new medical technologies at the grassroots level and the "last mile" problem of the transformation of scientific research results. In the hospital, he led the team to promote the application of artificial intelligence-assisted diagnosis and treatment; in his work, he called for improving the mechanism for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, so that the innovative achievements in the laboratory can serve patients more quickly.
In Huang Wei's (黄伟) view, a major focus of his work is "whether he can bring out the real situation." "In the process of research, the first thing is to listen clearly to the voices of the grassroots," he said. On the research road, he is accustomed to carrying a notebook with him, recording the original words of the masses, recording the difficulties of grassroots doctors, and also recording the questions he has repeatedly thought about. "I hope to continue to discover problems and promote the solution of problems in my job in the future, and through our efforts, let more people live a healthy life," said Huang Wei (黄伟).
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The grassroots level is where conflicts and disputes originate, and it is also the front line for resolving them at the source. Some build democratic consultation platforms to respond to public demands and prevent conflicts from occurring; some promote cadres to go down to the grassroots level to connect with the masses and identify risks through investigation and research; some cultivate local culture to improve the effectiveness of conflict and dispute investigation and resolution... Various localities are actively exploring and innovating, proactively investigating and resolving emerging problems on the front lines of the grassroots level, and some good practices have emerged.
This issue of the Rule of Law section focuses on three examples, showcasing the moving picture of the "Fengqiao Experience" in the new era taking root and flourishing in the vast countryside.
——Editor
Fengqiao Town (枫桥镇), Zhuji City (诸暨市), Shaoxing City (绍兴市), Zhejiang Province (浙江)
"Three Matters Separately Discussed," Good Consultation for Everything
Arriving in Zhuji City (诸暨市), Shaoxing (绍兴), Zhejiang (浙江), the spring Fengqiao (枫桥) is characterized by clear waters and green banks, with the fragrance of tea wafting between the white walls and black tiles. Here, when villagers encounter troubles, they do not rush to slam the table or run upwards, but are accustomed to saying, "Let's go, let's discuss it."
As the birthplace of the "Fengqiao Experience" (枫桥经验), Fengqiao Town (枫桥镇) has innovatively explored the "Three Matters Separately Discussed" grassroots democratic consultation mechanism, namely, "three up and three down" for major matters, "ask, discuss, handle, and evaluate" for daily matters, and "discuss matters as they arise" for emergency matters.
Not long ago, the "two committees" of Fengyuan Village (枫源村) completed their re-election. The new leadership took office and pondered a major issue: the scattered plots of land at the head of the village have not been able to generate any benefits. It would be great if they could be integrated to build public facilities and develop collective industries.
The idea was good, but it was met with resistance as soon as it was leaked to the villagers involved in the land.
On this day, Luo Yineng (骆银锋), the secretary of the village Party committee, knocked on the door of villager Sister Xuan's (宣大姐) courtyard. Sister Xuan (宣大姐) was squatting to tidy up the vegetable seedlings, without even raising her head: "Secretary Luo (骆书记), my family has been planting this land for so many years, and you want to integrate it just like that? I don't agree."
Luo Yineng (骆银锋) was not in a hurry to reason, and squatted down to help her weed: "Don't get angry first. I'm here today just to listen to what you have to say."
Sister Xuan (宣大姐) straightened up, with a hint of gunpowder in her words: "If the land is gone, what will I eat? Besides, why move my family's land..."
Luo Yineng (骆银锋) kept her concerns in mind. Subsequently, he visited seven or eight other households, some of whom said "I don't want to move if I'm planting well," and some privately muttered "Some people are raising chickens with nets on those plots of land, it smells bad, it would be good if they could be tidied up."
A few days later, the village held a special meeting to sort out the opinions: the villagers are not unreasonable, but they are afraid of suffering losses and lack of security.
At the second round of "consultation meetings," Luo Yineng (骆银锋) explained the matter in detail: "Sister Xuan (宣大姐), I understand your concerns. But let's calculate the accounts: these plots of land are scattered, and the smell is unpleasant in the summer, and you don't feel comfortable living next to them. If the village unifies the planning, first rectify the environment, and then build a road and a activity room, everyone will benefit. Your land will be exchanged to another place, the area will not change, the rights and interests will not change, and the policy is clearly written."
Old Party member Uncle Luo (骆伯) also spoke: "In recent years, the land at the head of the village has been messy. The new leadership wants to do something, we can't just take care of ourselves, we have to leave some space for future generations."
Sister Xuan (宣大姐) didn't say anything, but her brow relaxed a little. Old Xu (老许) next to her asked: "What if the planning fails halfway, who does the land belong to?"
"It's yours." Luo Yineng (骆银锋) smiled, "The plan is clearly written, if the planning of the integrated land cannot be implemented, the land is still yours. The village will not take advantage of anyone."
The meeting that day lasted a long time, and Sister Xuan (宣大姐) finally said in a muffled voice: "If you can really do what you say, I agree."
On the day of the villagers' representative meeting, the plan was passed by a high vote in a secret ballot. Sister Xuan (宣大姐) also stood up and expressed her position: "The village cadres are sincere, and we can't be unreasonable. I'll sign."
Major matters have rules, and daily trivial matters also have solutions.
Villager Sister Li (李大姐) complained about the road at the entrance of the village on "Villagers' Speaking Day": "When a large truck passes by during the day, it's all mud, and no one cares about it."
The next day, the village "two committees" held a meeting to come up with a plan. A month later, on "Villagers' Speaking Day," village cadre Old Chen (老陈) specially invited Sister Li (李大姐) to "evaluate the matter."
Sister Li (李大姐) smiled heartily: "This time it really works! The road is clean, and I can ride my bike with peace of mind."
"'Three Matters Separately Discussed' does not have profound theories, it is just about incorporating consultation into the daily life." The relevant person in charge of the Zhuji Municipal Party Committee (诸暨市委) said that the local area adheres to and develops the "Fengqiao Experience" (枫桥经验) in the new era, fully relying on the masses, organizing the masses, and mobilizing the masses, so that major matters are not decided arbitrarily, minor matters are not perfunctory, and urgent matters are not delayed. Through grassroots democratic autonomy, unstable factors are curbed before they occur and resolved in the bud.
Nanqiao Town (南桥镇), Xunwu County (寻乌县), Ganzhou City (赣州市), Jiangxi Province (江西)
"Joint Village Joint Household," Problems Have Responses
"Thank you so much! I thought there was no hope for work-related injury compensation, and I was so anxious that I couldn't sleep for several nights!" In Xunwu County (寻乌县), Ganzhou City (赣州市), Jiangxi Province (江西), Liu Wenhua (刘文华) (pseudonym), a villager in Gukeng Village (古坑村), Nanqiao Town (南桥镇), held the hands of the joint household cadre and members of the "123" legal service team tightly, full of gratitude.
Not long ago, joint household cadre Liu Jinhong (刘金洪) visited households and saw Liu Wenhua (刘文华) frowning, so he took the initiative to ask: "You look worried, have you encountered any difficulties?"
Liu Wenhua (刘文华) said with red eyes: "I accidentally scratched my arm with a machine while working in a furniture factory. The furniture factory only paid a little medical expenses. I have looked for the person in charge several times, but there has been no result. I don't understand the law and don't know how to protect my rights."
Liu Jinhong (刘金洪) quickly comforted: "Don't worry, we will help you manage this matter to the end. We will contact the '123' legal service team, and they will definitely be able to get justice for you."
In Nanqiao Town (南桥镇), the "123" legal service team consists of 1 legal advisor, 2 political and legal cadres, and 3 circuit trial liaisons. They go down to the villages and groups, take root in the front line, and provide the masses with a full chain of legal consultation, dispute mediation, and legal aid services, opening up the "last mile" of legal services.
After connecting with the legal service team, the legal advisor inquired in detail about the work-related injury process and medical treatment, and interpreted the "Work Injury Insurance Regulations" for Liu Wenhua (刘文华), clarifying his legitimate rights and interests; 2 political and legal cadres went to the furniture factory to communicate with the person in charge, explaining the relevant legal responsibilities and the legal consequences of refusing to compensate; 3 circuit trial liaisons combined similar work-related injury compensation cases to explain the law through cases, guiding both parties to negotiate rationally.
After multi-party coordination and explanation of the law, the person in charge of the furniture factory agreed to compensate. When the 50,000 yuan compensation was delivered to Liu Wenhua (刘文华), he said excitedly: "I used to think that it was difficult to protect rights and there was no way out. Now with the joint household cadres and legal service team, our people have a reliance on protecting our rights and it is easier to handle affairs."
In recent years, Nanqiao Town (南桥镇) has taken "units linking villages, cadres linking households, and the rule of law linking the grassroots" as the starting point, promoting the sinking of governance forces to the front line and taking root in the grassroots, resolving conflicts at the source and solving them in the bud. 11 county-level units and 333 cadres are paired to contact more than 8,800 households in 18 villages throughout the town. Joint household cadres maintain regular online contact every month and conduct on-site visits to households every quarter, so that "cadres recognize the door, the masses can find people, they arrive immediately when there is something, and ask how they are doing when there is nothing."
In the fields, joint household cadres are in a hurry, shuttling through the fields and courtyards, and sentences such as "Folks, have you had any troubles recently?" and "If you have any difficulties, tell me, and I will help you coordinate" have given the masses an outlet for their demands and a response to their problems.
"Joint household cadres have transformed into prevention officers, information officers, and mediators, measuring public opinion with their footsteps and listening to public voices with sincerity." The person in charge of the Xunwu County (寻乌县) Political and Legal Committee introduced that Nanqiao Town (南桥镇) uses grassroots "small governance" to protect social "big peace," realizing the "early detection, early prevention, and early resolution" of conflicts and disputes, allowing the flowers of harmony to bloom in every corner of the countryside.
Guangfu Town (广福镇), Jiaoling County (蕉岭县), Meizhou City (梅州市), Guangdong Province (广东)
"Hakka Enclosed Houses," Skillfully Resolving Thousands of Family Knots
In Jiaoling County (蕉岭县), Meizhou City (梅州市), Guangdong Province (广东), Hakka residential buildings in a semi-circular shape—enclosed houses—are scattered among the green hills and clear waters. From a high altitude, the semi-circular enclosed houses surround the main house, creating a magnificent momentum.
Walking into an enclosed house in Guangfu Town (广福镇), rows of family precepts and rules about family harmony and good neighborliness come into view.
These ancestral hall enclosed houses are not only a good place for villagers to chat, but also have a new identity—a conflict mediation room. When there are major and minor issues in the village involving land disputes and family conflicts, everyone is accustomed to going to the enclosed house to "talk about it."
The Zengkeng Hydropower Station (曾坑电站) post-disaster reconstruction project in Guangyu Village (广育村), Guangfu Town (广福镇), was repeatedly obstructed due to the masses' lack of understanding and concerns, and the project was once stalled.
"Uncles and aunts, come, sit around together, speak slowly if you have something to say, we are all fellow villagers!" Town and village cadres moved the mediation site to the enclosed house mediation room, using a square table as a "platform," benches as a "balance," and the law as a "criterion," and a discussion to resolve disputes began.
"We must consider from a long-term perspective. This project is a part of the flood control and disaster reduction guarantee system. It can not only achieve staggered peak water storage, but also provide reliable power security for the village." Town and village cadres, together with people's mediators and police officers, explained the benefits of the project to the hometown's water conservancy, electricity, and people's livelihood.
"Harmony is precious," "Fellow villagers, help each other," "Good neighborliness, refrain from fighting and settling disputes"... The village's "elders" and "five olds" also participated in the mediation. They patiently explained using Hakka ballads and combined Hakka ancestral precepts and family traditions to guide the villagers to jump out of the confrontational thinking of "competing for land boundaries and arguing about winning or losing," and instead focus on the common goal of "benefiting the people and benefiting the neighbors."
Combining the spirit of "respecting the law and understanding the truth" of the Hakka enclosed houses, the mediators also coordinated to solve the urgent problems of the masses, such as aging irrigation facilities and damaged roads.
"I used to be angry about obstructing the construction. After listening to the truth and learning about the policies in the enclosed house, we figured it out!" The stalemate turned around. In the end, the masses' concerns were dispelled, and the villagers changed from obstructing the construction to actively cooperating, and the hydropower station reconstruction project was successfully promoted.
In Jiaoling (蕉岭), the enclosed house is the "front line mediation position." One enclosed house mediation room after another, and one local mediator team after another, make full use of the characteristic forces of Hakka talents, Hakka women, and Hakka overseas Chinese to build the enclosed house into a mass discussion place that is inclusive and tolerant, truly achieving "small things do not leave the home" and "major things are discussed in the enclosed house," turning the "enclosed house" into a "harmonious house."
From leaking houses and land disputes to project construction and people's livelihood projects, matters of concern to the masses are jointly discussed and decided through the enclosed house discussion meeting, realizing that contradictions are discovered early, resolved at a small scale, and governed in advance.
Since 2025, Jiaoling County (蕉岭县) has successfully resolved more than 800 disputes over land ownership, neighborhood relations, and agricultural contracts using the "Hakka Enclosed House Dispute Resolution Method," with a resolution rate of 99.6%, and the effectiveness of grassroots governance has continued to improve.
The person in charge of the Jiaoling County (蕉岭县) Political and Legal Committee said that Jiaoling County (蕉岭县) is using Hakka enclosed houses as a carrier and the "Hakka Enclosed House Dispute Resolution Method" as a starting point to integrate local warmth and the power of the rule of law into grassroots governance, allowing the "Fengqiao Experience" (枫桥经验) of the new era to take root, blossom, and bear fruit, and empowering rural revitalization with micro-governance.
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No technological application can break through the rigid constraints of the law, let alone become a "shield" for exemption from infringement liability.
As the "May Day" International Labor Day approaches, the protection of workers' rights and interests has become a hot topic of social concern. In recent years, digital technologies such as AI (Artificial Intelligence) and big data have developed rapidly, profoundly changing labor patterns, employment models, and management methods. While improving production efficiency, they have also brought new issues and challenges to the protection of labor rights and interests.
In reality, some employers use technological advancements to "expand" their management authority over employees, monitoring workers' every move through means such as workstation cameras and background monitoring. For example, a company in Guangdong (广东) demanded the termination of a labor contract based on the monitoring discovery that a worker "closed their eyes for 3 minutes." Faced with the impact of AI on employment, some companies are taking the opportunity to circumvent their obligations to protect workers' rights and interests. For example, a map company in Beijing (北京) replaced human positions with AI, and then demanded to terminate contracts with workers on the grounds that "major changes have occurred in the objective circumstances at the time of the labor contract's conclusion." Some companies also use algorithms to set up invisible barriers, automatically filtering out female and over-35 job applicants. Some companies even "form alliances" to add special technical labels to the resumes of "those who have had disputes with their original employers," giving employment discrimination an invisible cloak of "technical neutrality."
The evolution of digital technology should not be distorted into "digital shackles" that infringe on the rights and interests of workers. The above-mentioned behaviors are essentially infringements on workers' legal rights such as the right to personality, the right to rest, and the right to equal employment. The Personal Information Protection Law clearly stipulates the principle of minimum necessity for personal information processing. The Labor Law, the Labor Contract Law, and other laws and regulations set strict legal procedures for employers to formulate rules and regulations and terminate labor contracts. The Employment Promotion Law explicitly prohibits all kinds of employment discrimination. No technological application can break through the rigid constraints of the law, let alone become a "shield" for exemption from infringement liability.
To solve the new problems of labor rights protection in the digital age, the key is to ensure that the construction of the rule of law keeps pace with the development of technology, and to weave a tight and secure institutional safety net.
At present, China (中国) has formed a labor security legal system composed of the Labor Law, the Labor Contract Law, etc., but in the face of new employment scenarios spawned by digital technology, it is still necessary to further refine the rules. For example, in response to algorithm-based assessments and big data monitoring, relevant departments should clarify the legal boundaries of employers' digital management and strictly prohibit excessive interference in workers' normal rest and personal freedom. In response to disputes related to AI-replaced positions, relevant judicial interpretation and guiding cases can be used to clarify relevant judicial identification standards, forcing companies to fulfill their legal obligations such as negotiated job transfers and training-based job transfers. In response to algorithmic employment discrimination, it is necessary to strictly implement algorithm filing and review mechanisms, strengthen the main responsibilities of platforms and employers, and increase penalties for hidden discriminatory behaviors. In addition, labor security departments should also upgrade their digital supervision capabilities, unblock channels for workers to protect their rights, reasonably allocate the burden of proof for technical details, break the pain point of workers' "difficulty in providing evidence," and make the road to rights protection smoother and more efficient.
Protecting the rights and interests of workers requires the formation of a strong synergy of multi-party governance involving relevant departments, enterprises, and society. Many companies have won a good reputation in society and enhanced their business reputation due to fully protecting labor rights and interests, thereby achieving rapid development. By running the protection of workers' rights and interests through the entire process of technological application, respecting the value of labor, and cherishing the dignity of workers, workers will inevitably devote themselves to work with greater enthusiasm, achieving a win-win situation for enterprise development and the protection of workers' rights and interests.
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Ms. He (何女士) booked a "Delicate Twin Room" at a hotel in Tianjin (天津) through the Zhi Mou (智某) platform, paying 825 yuan for 3 days, and immediately received a text message from the platform: the room has been successfully booked.
Originally planning to check in on time, Ms. He (何女士) soon received another text message: We are very sorry, the room you booked is full, and the order has been cancelled. To avoid affecting your trip, you can rebook.
When Ms. He (何女士) wanted to book other rooms, she found that the price was much higher than before, but she still booked a room. Subsequently, Ms. He (何女士) logged into the Zhi Mou (智某) platform and found that the hotel still had "Delicate Twin Rooms" available for booking on the day she was supposed to check in, but the price was higher.
How could they tell her that the room was full when there were still rooms available? In a fit of anger, Ms. He (何女士) sued Mou Cheng (某程) Company, the hotel booking service provider of the Zhi Mou (智某) platform, to the Changning District People's Court (上海市长宁区人民法院) of Shanghai (上海).
Ms. He (何女士) argued that Mou Cheng (某程) Company committed fraud and should compensate her for her losses in accordance with the provisions of the Consumer Rights Protection Law, at 3 times the hotel price.
Mou Cheng (某程) Company stated that it had signed an agreement with the operating company of a hotel in Tianjin (天津), stipulating that the hotel order confirmation should be connected in the form of free sales, that is, the hotel guarantees to provide all available room information to the platform in real time for guests to book freely; the platform can give guests confirmation before the hotel confirms. The company has established a network booking service contract relationship with Ms. He (何女士), only to provide booking services to Ms. He (何女士). Now that a hotel has been booked for Ms. He (何女士), the obligation has been fulfilled. The subsequent failure of the hotel to provide accommodation is a dispute between Ms. He (何女士) and the hotel.
In this regard, the judge believes that, in the conclusion and performance of the online hotel booking service contract, the platform rather than the hotel is in direct contact with consumers. According to the Civil Code, a contract established in accordance with the law is only binding on the parties. The agreement between the defendant Mou Cheng (某程) Company and the outsider, that is, the hotel, on the order confirmation model, is an internal agreement between the two and cannot be a reason for exemption against consumers. The booking service provider should notify the consumer that the booking is successful after the hotel confirms acceptance of the booking. However, in order to improve order conversion rate and reduce operating costs, the platform and the hotel agreed to adopt a free sales model. If there is an error in the room information, the platform's booking service provider should bear the responsibility. Regarding whether it constitutes fraud, the existing relevant evidence is not sufficient to determine that the defendant committed fraud at the contract conclusion stage.
The court finally determined that Mou Cheng (某程) Company should compensate Ms. He (何女士) for the hotel booking fee and the difference in the cost of rebooking the hotel, totaling more than 900 yuan.
As the holidays approach, everyone often books hotels through online platforms when traveling. However, recently many netizens have reported that some platforms or merchants are not honest in their operations and cancel successfully booked hotel rooms for various reasons. The judge reminded that relevant departments should investigate and rectify similar illegal acts, and jointly add a touch of joy and peace of mind to people's holiday travel.
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"If you were the prosecuting attorney handling this case, how would you review and determine the validity of this contradictory confession from the suspect?" Recently, Xie Li, Deputy Director of the Fourth Procuratorial Department of the Beijing Municipal People's Procuratorate Branch No. 2 (北京市人民检察院第二分院) (hereinafter referred to as "Branch No. 2"), asked in a classroom at the Chinese People's Public Security University (中国人民公安大学) (hereinafter referred to as "Public Security University") Detective College. The students sometimes pondered deeply and sometimes discussed in low voices.
This vivid scene is a daily occurrence in the "joint construction by the procuratorate and the university" carried out by Branch No. 2 and the Public Security University. Xie Li used a cross-border telecommunications network fraud case she had handled as a blueprint, focusing on the identification of massive electronic data and the transformation and recognition of overseas evidence, bringing the decision-making and thinking process in actual combat to the classroom in its original form.
The joint construction between the procuratorate and the university originated from the "Opinions on Strengthening Cooperation between Procuratorate Organs and Universities in the New Era" jointly issued by the Supreme People's Procuratorate and the Ministry of Education in February 2025. The opinions clearly require "focusing on deepening cooperation between the procuratorate and the university to jointly cultivate talents, and promoting talent exchange and training cooperation on a regular basis." Branch No. 2 and the Public Security University responded quickly and signed a joint construction agreement in August of that year. "The joint construction between the procuratorate and the university is a systematic project that serves the comprehensive rule of law and cultivates high-quality legal talents. One end is connected to the 'last mile' of judicial practice, and the other end is connected to the 'source of living water' of legal talents," said Zhang Yukun (张玉鲲), Procurator-General of Branch No. 2.
Soon, many prosecutors from Branch No. 2 with high political quality and strong professional skills carefully designed a "rule of law practice course package" covering 45 special courses, focusing on the core areas of procuratorial duties. The content includes topics such as "Evidence Review and Analysis of Some Practical and Difficult Issues in Duty Crime Cases" and "Court Trial Demonstration and Trial Response in Major and Difficult Cases," as well as practical hot topics such as "Review Practice of Contract Fraud Crime Cases" and "Evidence Review and Application of Cross-border Telecommunications Network Fraud Cases," and also includes cutting-edge explorations such as the "Digital Procuratorate Strategy."
As soon as this "course package" was launched, it was "snapped up" by the Law School, National Security College, Detective College, and Criminology College of the Public Security University, and all were included in the formal teaching plan, realizing the precise connection from the "curriculum" to the "talent chain."
In April of this year, 18 prosecutors from Branch No. 2 were hired by the Public Security University as off-campus cooperative graduate student supervisors and practical combat instructors. "Prosecutors have rich judicial practice experience and can transform the 'true knowledge' of the front line into the 'insightful views' of the classroom, helping students achieve the transformation from theory to practice," said the relevant person in charge of the Public Security University.
What the prosecutors brought was not only abstract concepts and static legal provisions in books, but also practical insights that "grew" from the files. When teaching about the review of evidence of duty crimes, Zhi Ruixian (支蕊娴), Director of the Third Procuratorial Department of Branch No. 2, "moved" the files of a complex bribery case to the podium, guiding students on how to build a chain of evidence: "We are not simply repeating legal provisions, but showing how to analyze and judge in judicial practice."
"It turns out that there are so many ways to review and judge electronic data!" "How to form inner conviction under 'zero confession'?" Exchanges and questions continued in the classroom. A graduate student from the Public Security University said with emotion: "What the prosecutors brought is not only knowledge, but also the way of thinking of 抽丝剥茧 (chōu sī bō jiǎn - "drawing silk from cocoons," meticulously analyzing and solving complex problems) in complex judicial practice. I used to think that 'excluding reasonable doubt' was a standard, but now I realize that behind it are specific and rigorous judgments."
The value of joint construction between the procuratorate and the university lies in mutual benefit and nourishment. While prosecutors "go out" to teach, the academic and theoretical achievements of the Public Security University are also "invited in" to give back to procuratorial practice. Many scholars from the Public Security University have entered Branch No. 2 to hold special lectures on the latest developments in evidence law, the forefront of investigation strategies, and interrogation psychology and technology, bringing innovative winds to the procuratorial team and expanding the perspective and thinking mode of handling cases.
In addition, the two sides have also launched a series of joint research projects focusing on cutting-edge issues such as cross-border investigation of virtual currency crimes, and are jointly committed to transforming "practical problems" into "theoretical topics," and then applying the research results to guide case handling.
From a joint construction agreement to a package of "rule of law practice courses," from the two-way rush of "procuratorate entering the campus" to "experts entering the procuratorate"... "We will provide a more solid support for cultivating high-quality legal talents in the new era by deeply carrying out joint construction between the procuratorate and the university, and constantly exploring, constructing and improving the regular and long-term mechanism of deep integration of judicial practice and legal education," said Zhang Yukun (张玉鲲).
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The 16th Beijing International Film Festival (北京国际电影节) has concluded. This was the first large-scale film festival held in the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan."
The 10-day event, themed around passion, brought filmmakers and movie fans together in Beijing (北京). 1,826 films from 139 countries and regions competed for the "Tiantan Award" (天坛奖), with international films accounting for 88%; 17 districts and over 50 business districts drove consumption exceeding 15.71 billion yuan... A series of record-breaking figures clearly demonstrate the quality and strength of the Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF) (北京国际电影节), and vividly highlight the strong appeal of Chinese films, Chinese audiences, and the Chinese market.
A mature film festival's role as a bellwether lies in its foresight and vision. Over these 10 days, the industry's interpretation of "AI fever," "film+," and audience aesthetics has left us with profound reflections.
Interpreting "AI Fever":
From a Revolution of Tools to a Revolutionary Tool
The AI (Artificial Intelligence) wave is sweeping in. Through discussions at multiple forums during the BJIFF, we can see the complex attitudes of the technology, platform, and creative ends towards "AI fever," and we can also understand the changes and constants in film under the AI wave.
On one hand, the model capabilities of the technology end are evolving exponentially, and production efficiency continues to improve. Technological iteration brings about the breaking of creative thinking and the rebirth of artistic appearance. This year's BJIFF, the AIGC (Artificial Intelligence Generated Content) unit's main competition track and the Wànxiàng Miàosī (万相妙思) theme competition received 2,840 entries from 14 countries and regions including China, Canada, Australia, Russia, and Japan, an increase of 89% compared to last year.
On the other hand, creators are repeatedly torn between anxiety and perseverance. They emphasize that stories, emotions, and human aesthetics and expression are always the core of creation and cannot be replaced by AI. And "AI has no destination, AI will permeate all fields" has almost become a consensus among creators. Some people ask: Is "AI fever" a real technological turning point or a bubble brought about by excessive expectations? What does AI really mean for the film industry and film aesthetics?
If traditional film is a co-creation, jointly inspired and created by directors, screenwriters, cinematographers, actors, art designers, and other departments and types of work, AI may rewrite the authorship of film. In the past two years, AI hits have continued to appear. Will AI, this revolutionary tool, give birth to new aesthetics? Director Yu Baimei (俞白眉) has participated in the selection of AI creations many times, and he frankly said that "the homogenization is too serious," mostly in the three styles of future cyberpunk, cute pets, and ancient style. "AI is a great tool, but many people are currently doing similar things."
"The human heart, human nature, the human soul, and the moments when the human soul shines are the most valuable parts of film, and the reason why film wins the respect of the audience," director Yi Xiaoxing (易小星) urged, facing AI, we must not be eager for quick success and instant benefits.
"AI is like a huge tsunami. We may have to adjust our working methods, lifestyles, adjust our swimming posture, and may even have to relearn how to swim, but we must never forget our original way of walking like 邯郸学步 (hán dān xué bù - "Handan Learns to Walk," to blindly imitate others, losing one's own identity)." Professor Chen Xuguang (陈旭光) of Peking University (北京大学) believes.
From the day it was born, every step of film's development has been inseparable from the powerful driving force of new technologies as the core. At the BJIFF, many filmmakers emphasized: Technology is never the problem, the real problem is how to tell a good story.
Interpreting "Film+":
A New Ecology of Film Economy is Booming
In 2025, a virtual reality film was awarded the "Dragon Seal" (龙标) for the first time, and related pilots, alliances, and theaters were successively established. At this year's BJIFF, the "Boundless ∞ Immersion" unit exhibition area expanded from 2,000 square meters last year to 5,000 square meters, including more than 50 high-quality global virtual reality works including VR (Virtual Reality), AR (Augmented Reality), and MR (Mixed Reality) were exhibited in a concentrated manner. In just one year, the creation of virtual reality films has gradually become a trend. This is a vivid footnote to "film + technology."
Taking film as the traction, the deep integration of culture, commerce, tourism, and sports, linking 17 districts, more than 50 business districts, more than 1,500 merchants, and 10 tourist routes, attracting more than 50.907 million visitors... At this year's BJIFF, "film + culture and tourism" has also added new imagination space.
This year is the year of promoting the film economy, and the "Film Economic Contribution Statistics" research released by the China Film Archive (中国电影资料馆) has been repeatedly mentioned at the BJIFF. Innovation combinations represented by "film +" are promoting the all-round value reshaping of the industry. "Film + technology" allows virtual production and artificial intelligence to move from concept to application, reshaping production processes and cost structures; "film + culture and tourism" allows light and shadow art to deeply integrate with local culture and the real economy, opening up a consumption model for film as a content engine; "film + IP" allows content to build a cross-media, cross-category value ecology, opening up a broad blue ocean for diversified realization... With the continuous expansion of industrial boundaries and the increasing richness of value connotations, a new ecology of the film economy is booming. The vitality of the new ecology lies in the fact that it is an open, inclusive, mutually beneficial, and symbiotic modern system, a thriving ecology that connects film with all walks of life.
How can the film economy be vibrant? Gao Shan (高山), Deputy General Manager of China Film Group (中影集团), used "two logics" to analyze: One is the logic of content output. Only good works can produce good "film +," and can make the film economy bigger and stronger; the second is the logic of industrial collaboration. China's existing film companies are still mainly operating independently and fighting alone, and industrial collaboration is precisely a shortcoming to be filled.
We must also dialectically view the relationship between economy and culture. "The film economy should provide strong support for film creation, reproduction, and the prosperity of film culture." Deng Guanghui (邓光辉), Secretary of the Party Group and Resident Vice Chairman of the China Film Association (中国电影家协会), believes that the development of new quality productivity in film and the construction of new forms of film culture are equally important. Economic empowerment of culture and cultural nourishment of the economy are the only way to achieve the sustainable development of the film industry.
Interpreting the Audience:
"What is a Good Movie" is Redefined
"Without an audience, film does not exist." This is by no means alarmist. At present, short videos and streaming media provide a massive amount of diverse content. As long-form content, film faces the severe challenge of audiences' attention being constantly divided. The craze triggered by *The Wandering Earth* (流浪地球) and *Nezha* (哪吒之魔童闹海) fully proves that high-quality films are enough to "invite" a large number of viewers back to the cinema. Seemingly a paradox, it is actually a test for filmmakers: Is film creation keeping up with the audience's aesthetics?
The popularity of the BJIFF is also an example. This year's "Beijing Film Panorama" (北京展映) featured 260 Chinese and foreign films, with more than 800 screenings, covering 28 cinemas in the city and promoting coordinated screenings in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, with a box office of over 16 million yuan. On Changxindian (长辛店) Centennial Avenue, in Rendinghu Park (人定湖公园), in the popular check-in spot Langyuan Station (郎园Station)... open-air films reunited with the audience. This year, the "Super Live" model was also introduced for the first time, with film festival activities jointly screened in Beijing (北京) and 25 provinces and cities across the country. From Shanghai (上海) to Xinjiang (新疆) to Hainan (海南), from theaters to commercial district screens, the "out-of-circle" BJIFF attracted more attention and delivered the warmth of film to every ordinary day.
At the creation forum, filmmakers Jia Zhangke (贾樟柯), Yu Shui (於水), Zhang Ji (张冀) and ordinary audiences such as college teachers and students, individual operators, and financial industry practitioners jointly participated in the "Sharp Ten Questions" roundtable exchange. The "Ten Questions" came from more than 450 questions collected online, condensing the "Ten Questions" into "One Question," which is "What is a good movie."
"Good works also need the understanding and appreciation of the audience. The birth of good works requires creation and appreciation to complement each other, and better works will also cultivate better audiences," said Tran Anh Hung (陈英雄), a judge of this year's BJIFF "Tiantan Award" (天坛奖).
The BJIFF has ended, but the exploration of the future has not stopped. In this "accelerated era" of rapid technological iteration and industrialization, the infinite possibilities of film are being "opened." How can there be more good movies? The answer lies in the long-standing Chinese civilization and profound narrative traditions, in the unique spiritual context of our nation, and in the rich soil of a super-large market and a super-large industrial system.
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In April 1956, the Zhejiang Kunsu Opera Troupe (浙江昆苏剧团) performed "Fifteen Strings of Cash" ("十五贯") in Beijing (北京) for more than 40 shows, attracting over 70,000 viewers, an unprecedented success. On May 18th of that year, the People's Daily (人民日报) published an editorial titled "Starting from 'One Play Reviving a Genre'." Kunqu Opera, once on the verge of extinction, was revitalized, and "Fifteen Strings of Cash" was praised by Premier Zhou Enlai (周总理) as a model of "Letting a hundred flowers bloom, weeding through the old to bring forth the new."
Now, 70 years later, with the support of the state and the dedication of generations of Kunqu Opera performers, the ancient Kunqu Opera is truly reflecting the spiritual world of contemporary people. Faced with a diverse range of art forms, how to further appeal to contemporary youth is a topic I, as a Kunqu Opera actor, must study.
This revival of "Fifteen Strings of Cash" is an exploration. In the past, Kunqu Opera has often been associated with stories of talented scholars and beautiful women, slow pacing, and archaic language. "Fifteen Strings of Cash," through several adaptations by veteran artists, changed the original two-line plot of Zhu Suchen (朱素臣)'s legend "Double Bear Dream" ("双熊梦") from the Qing Dynasty, retaining only the single plot line of Su Xujuan (苏戌娟) and Xiong Youlan (熊友兰), and removing the formulaic ending of the marriage between the hero and heroine, as well as the plot of divine guidance in overturning the case, highlighting Kuang Zhong (况钟)'s integrity in seeking justice for the people, and the wisdom and strategy embodied in the core of the play, "visiting the rat and measuring the character." The adapted "Fifteen Strings of Cash" has a tight plot, fast pace, and easy-to-understand lyrics, in line with modern aesthetics, which can break the audience's "stereotypical impression" of Kunqu Opera and greatly lower the threshold for appreciation. The hard-core content of solving and trying cases still has a strong appeal even today.
When I won the Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award (中国戏剧梅花奖) in 2025, it had been a full 20 years since the last Kunqu Opera Laosheng (老生) actor won the award, and I was only the fourth Laosheng to receive this honor. The roles of Kuang Zhong, Gu Yuzhi (过于执), and Zhou Chen (周忱) in "Fifteen Strings of Cash" cover different sub-categories of the Kunqu Opera Laosheng, such as "Zheng Sheng (正生)," "Wai (外)," and "Mo (末)," making it a benchmark drama for the Kunqu Opera Laosheng. Unlike the delicate, gentle, and lyrical singing of Shengdan (生旦) plays, the focus of "Fifteen Strings of Cash" is on the expression of inner emotions, which can be regarded as an artistic touchstone for Kunqu Opera Laosheng actors. This revival, from the perspective of the development of the acting profession, is expected to "revive a profession" after the play has revived a genre.
More than 20 years ago, when I was in the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe (上海昆剧团), under the careful guidance of teacher Ji Zhenhua (计镇华), I rehearsed "Fifteen Strings of Cash" with teacher Liu Yilong (刘异龙), who was nearly seventy years old at the time. Now, with the strong promotion of the Northern Kunqu Opera Theatre (北方昆曲剧院), the play is being revived. For the theater, this is the introduction, inheritance, and dissemination of excellent traditional repertoire; for me personally, it feels like a test of more than 20 years of artistic accumulation. Traditional opera is stylized performance. Putting actors with still-immature performance skills within the framework, following the procedures, and not going out of line, the play can be performed. As age increases and skills mature, it is necessary to "jump out" of the procedures and perform the characters. Although within the framework, one must be able to move freely within it with ease. From imitative performance to thinking about the psychological dynamics of Kuang Zhong in every look and every gesture, shaping the characters with a vivid three-dimensionality, I have benefited greatly.
The stage presentation of this revival strives to adhere to the foundation of Kunqu Opera's traditional aesthetics, using only simple scenery to explain the story scenes, meeting the basic needs of modern stage three-dimensional visual effects, and ensuring that the scenery does not overshadow the play. We are trying to find a balance between respecting the traditional aesthetics of old opera fans and attracting the attention of new opera fans, and also to find the optimal ratio between "ancient charm" and "modernity."
After the premiere of this revival, I looked at the feedback from young audiences on various social platforms and found that many viewers were indeed new to Kunqu Opera, and "Fifteen Strings of Cash" became their "entry point." Although we can hardly reproduce the grand occasion of that year, we deeply feel that the future is promising.
(The author is an actor of the Northern Kunqu Opera Theatre)
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I have followed many characters through their lives. From Gu Qianfan (顾千帆) in the TV series "A Dream of Splendor" to Shen Xingyi (沈星移) in the TV series "Nothing Gold Can Stay," and then to Gu Pingyuan (古平原) in the TV series "The Big Business Man," they have made me more convinced that only by truly stepping into a role can the performance directly touch people's hearts. This has also prompted me to constantly think about what an actor's duty is and where the root of performance lies.
Performance is not about showing off skills, but about portraying people "truthfully" and hearts "sincerely." Every character has a past and a future. To shape a character, one must first understand the heart—understand their struggles and perseverance, their silence and passion, and the weight of the era on them. Therefore, I prefer roles that are rooted in life and have a growth trajectory. They allow me to step outside of myself, see different lives, and also see myself in the characters.
Gao Jialin (高加林) in the TV series "The Road to Life," a young man who comes from the loess land, has unwillingness and confusion, but always adheres to the kindness in his heart. From him, I feel a young man's tireless pursuit and exploration, and the audience also sees familiar situations and common emotions in him, generating resonance.
Wu Zhenfeng (吴振峰) in "Being A Hero" walks between darkness and light, but always guards the justice in his heart. To get close to the character, I constantly looked for the power behind his silence, and gradually realized that what the actor conveys through the character is not only the story, but also the expression of justice, perseverance, and hope. When a role can give the audience a positive belief, the performance truly fulfills its mission.
I often remind myself that performance should focus on the inner logic of the character. Gu Pingyuan's adherence to business ethics and his persistence in integrity echo my belief in playing every role well—both require long-term patience and sustained effort. No matter how fate changes, Gu Pingyuan never gives up the direction in his heart. This restrained and lasting power allows me to constantly think about the original intention of being an actor in my performance.
Now, the creative pace of the film and television industry has obviously accelerated. In a rapidly updating information environment, "being seen" seems to be becoming more and more important. But I believe that truly touching performances are often quiet. In life, I am used to expressing myself in a "very light" way. What actors need to do is not to amplify emotions, but to understand why emotions exist. When a character has a real inner logic, the performance will naturally be perceived by the audience.
Listen to the characters, and also listen to life itself. Only when actors put down "preconceptions" and step into life can the characters slowly emerge. Sometimes after filming ends, I feel that the impact left by the role lasts longer than I imagined—the way of looking at the world and the attitude towards facing difficulties have subtly entered my own life.
If an actor is a bridge, then the characters are the people coming and going on the bridge. What the audience sees is not the bridge itself, but the stories between those characters and the era. Being able to honestly hand over the emotions and fate of the characters to the audience is the most important responsibility of an actor.
(The author is a young actor)
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"The three hundred poems of the *Book of Songs* can be summarized in a single phrase: 'no impure thoughts.'" This is Confucius' (孔子) concluding evaluation of the *Book of Songs*. Most of the poems in the *Book of Songs: Ballads of the States* were collected from the folk and are authentic, simple, and beautiful. Confucius (孔子) said in the *Analects*, "If one does not study the *Book of Songs*, one will be without the means of speaking." This speaks to the importance of the matter, extending far beyond the realm of literature and art.
Mr. Wang Luobin (王洛宾) dedicated his life to creating, collecting, organizing, and disseminating nearly a thousand folk songs. Thanks to his collection, organization, and creation, the treasure trove of Northwest folk songs in our country could be established and passed down. He brought Northwest folk songs to a world-class level, both in terms of vertical time dissemination and horizontal breadth of dissemination. In the present day, who can say that such an achievement is not a major event?
Longma Society (龙马社) has been established for 18 years, and I am one of the founders. My stage play writing began after experiencing poetry, prose, and film and television literature, starting with writing the drama *I Love Peach Blossoms* for the Beijing People's Art Theatre (北京人艺) at the beginning of this century. Before writing *Love Song*, I had created and staged 12 stage plays, accumulating some experience. But when it came to writing Wang Luobin's (王洛宾) life, especially how to write it, I was at a loss. The first thing I couldn't figure out was: why did he keep writing love songs despite experiencing so much displacement, hardship, and suffering, even in the prison? The first four lines of *Sa Adai* are written like this: I like to sit outside the gate, Sa Adai; gazing at the distant cliffs, Sa Adai; at a corner of that cliff, Sa Adai; beautiful white clouds float, Sa Adai. This is not much different from the love songs he wrote on the grassland, he still expresses beauty, love, and nature. "But there can be false poetry, no false folk songs." (Feng Menglong's (冯梦龙) words). Wang Luobin (王洛宾) supported his life with his unique spirit, expressing his sincere heart in the form of love songs. These songs can remain in the world, which is a continuation of the tradition of the *Book of Songs*.
Therefore, I firmly believe that such a figure engraved in music history must be written with heart and affection, so that more people can know his story. Through his life, we can more clearly see how resilient his heart is, how strong his spirit is, and how he is only committed to spreading songs throughout his life, 心无旁骛 (xīn wú páng wù - "heart without distraction," single-minded; focused).
His soul holds pure love. He poured all his emotions into this land, into folk songs, and into the pursuit of the beauty of the world. With this unadulterated love in his heart, he was able to create so many classic songs that touch people's hearts and transcend time and space. This great love is the soul of his music and the spiritual foundation that he most deserves to be remembered for.
He lived a detached life. His personal contribution to folk songs, his adherence to the direction of creation, his detachment from his own pain, and his personality all inspired my desire to write.
A biography cannot be written as a mere chronological account. The structure of *Love Song* is to string together his life with several love songs. I don't want to write it in the structure of several acts, or in the format of the unities, I want to write a new format, using a scene-by-scene structure, 聚沙成塔 (jù shā chéng tǎ - "gather sand to form a tower," many small things add up to something significant), ready to be called upon and released when used. I think it will be very useful for audiences who are now accustomed to watching short videos. Especially in the theater, if you don't hold him, he will look at his mobile phone, or "draw lots" (leave). This structure was also recognized by Longma Society (龙马社) and director Zhang Guoli (张国立). Director Guoli (国立) thought more carefully, his contribution was very great, and now it seems that the effect is very good.
In the script, whether it is the exchange between Wang Luobin (王洛宾) and Shaohua (韶华), or his monologue, including the dialogue between the two Wang Luobins (王洛宾), in addition to people and emotions, his thoughts on life are also included. This play has love and resentment, life and death, and you can see Wang Luobin (王洛宾) as an artist living for the art he truly pursues. I and Guoli (国立), including all the children in the crew, created this play with a respectful attitude. I didn't expect the audience's reaction to be so good. Many people sent me messages saying that they were in tears, and I was very moved.
Thank you for his life, thank you for what he experienced, and thank you for those songs that have been passed down for a long time.
(The author is the screenwriter of the musical drama *Love Song*)
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The core spirit that "Eight Thousand Miles of Cloud and Moon" (《八千里路云和月》) wants to convey is clear: how our nation, which suffered profound hardships and sacrifices more than 80 years ago, completed its spiritual tempering and rebirth.
The people's historical perspective is the unshakable cornerstone of this drama's creation. Our camera must "probe downwards," firmly locking onto those nameless soldiers in the trenches, the displaced but upright people, the myriad aspects of life in air-raid shelters and on the streets, the unyielding intellectuals, and patriotic merchants... Their joys and sorrows, their courage after being harmed by the war, their growth and awakening, are the most vivid carriers of the national spirit.
I was born in Shandong (山东), and from childhood, I heard elders tell stories of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, giving me a deep understanding of the cruelty that war inflicts on ordinary people. I want to share this understanding, along with my awe of the nation's resilience, with everyone: we are not a warlike nation, but we are definitely not a nation that can be slaughtered at will.
Under such reflections, the "Mid-Autumn Festival" and the image of the "moon," which can connect the emotions of the Chinese people, naturally emerged – the same bright moon that illuminates the broken mountains and rivers and separated relatives on countless Mid-Autumn nights is also an eternal witness connecting the front and the rear, the living and the dead. Using the nine different Mid-Autumn Festivals in which the story takes place as the narrative thread, let the moonlight shine on ordinary people with different identities such as Zhang Yunkui (张云魁), Ding Yujiao (丁玉娇), Meng Wanfu (孟万福), Tian Jiatai (田家泰), Zhang Ruxian (张汝贤), and Han Xiaoyue (韩小月), and ask how each person chooses, transforms, and transcends under national crisis. This round of bright moon ultimately points to our shared cultural genes and emotional structure – a kind of undying desire for reunion, peace, dignity, and being "**堂堂正正**" (táng táng zhèng zhèng - "upright and honorable," acting with integrity and dignity) even in the darkest moments.
Having established the latitude and longitude of the "people's perspective" and the "moon imagery," creation became a trek to find a balance between rigorous textual research and highly refined artistic expression. In terms of details, we strive for authenticity: the newspapers, legal tender, and boat tickets used in the play, the Shanghai (上海) vegetable prices and geographical locations mentioned in the lines, the way the Sichuan Army (川军) tied their straw sandals, the equipment of the Japanese army, the texture and degree of damage to the refugees' clothing, and even the soy sauce bottles in the kitchen, the surgical knives in the hospital, and the music boxes in the luggage, including the changes in clothing in different historical stages, all require rigorous research. In terms of scenes and props, we pursue a "sense of reality with the breath of the past," allowing the scenes and props to "tell" history together with the actors. Including the lunar phase of the moon hanging in the sky in all the key historical nodes in the play, which has also been carefully researched – the outbreak of the Battle of Shanghai (淞沪会战), the fall of Nanjing (南京), the victory of the Battle of Taierzhuang (台儿庄大捷), the Victory Day of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression... We consulted historical materials and used special effects to restore the lunar phase on the day the event occurred, just to let the audience feel that history is not a distant and blurred background, but it did happen on a specific day and at a specific moment, and it was a reality that had been gazed upon.
The filming itself was a hands-on "immersion." To reproduce the battlefield of the Battle of Shanghai (淞沪会战), we dug trenches in similar landforms, and groundwater gushed out instantly. The actors, like the martyrs of that year, completed their performances immersed in the mud. This "distant echo" convinced all of us that the past has not gone far, and the heroism of the martyrs can be truly perceived and transmitted through the most simple creative methods.
Those "atypical moments" ignored by history books, like amber, solidified the most delicate emotions and the most tenacious vitality of a nation. Therefore, we captured some "freehand strokes": the last Mid-Autumn Festival before the fall of Nanjing (南京) in 1937, in an air-raid shelter, strangers shared a hard-won mooncake, silent but warm; in moments of fear on the front line, soldiers gently hummed local tunes; crowds of refugees, exhausted in the deep night, raised their heads in unison and looked at the moon that was still shining brightly... These moments are full of the most authentic brilliance of human nature. The resilience of the Chinese nation is not only reflected in the heroic act of going to death generously, but also in the glimmer of mutual support in times of despair.
Focusing on depicting the dignity of the Chinese people in suffering, the undying kindness in the darkness, and the vitality that bursts forth under oppression, what we ultimately want to convey is the cherishing of peace and the defense of the value of "human beings." Zhang Yunkui's (张云魁) quest, Ding Yujiao's (丁玉娇) growth, and Meng Wanfu's (孟万福) confusion, the choices and dilemmas they face, the context is historical, but its core has a universality that transcends the times.
Use the camera to carve out that difficult and magnificent "eight thousand miles," because what illuminates the predecessors and also illuminates us along the way is the same round of bright moon symbolizing hope, reunion, and immortality.
(The author is the director of the TV series "Eight Thousand Miles of Cloud and Moon" (《八千里路云和月》))
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