People's Daily - May 20, 2026

General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council issued "Specific Measures on Effectively Utilizing the List of Matters for Townships (Subdistricts) to Perform Their Duties"

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 19th (北京). Recently, the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央办公厅) and the General Office of the State Council (国务院办公厅) issued the "Specific Measures on Utilizing the List of Matters for Townships (Sub-districts) to Perform Their Duties" (《关于用好乡镇（街道）履行职责事项清单的具体措施》) (hereinafter referred to as the "Specific Measures") and issued a notice requiring all regions and departments to conscientiously implement them in light of their actual conditions.

The "Specific Measures" clarify that efforts should be made to fully implement the list of basic duties. Townships (sub-districts) should refine and decompose the basic duties to specific positions and personnel, perform their main functions such as Party building, economic development, people's livelihood services, and safe rule of law, and especially focus on implementing the duties of ensuring people's livelihood, ensuring safety, and ensuring the bottom line. Efforts should be made to coordinate the implementation of the list of duties to be cooperated with. Higher-level departments should clarify the specific institutions responsible for undertaking the duties, perform the work tasks listed in the list, and provide necessary support and guarantees in terms of business training, policy guidance, personnel strength, capital investment, and equipment for the duties that townships (sub-districts) cooperate with. Efforts should be made to connect and implement the list of matters withdrawn by higher-level departments. Higher-level departments should clarify the institutions undertaking the withdrawn matters, adjust and optimize the allocation of forces, and coordinate with townships (sub-districts) to avoid management gaps. According to the list of duties, the operation mechanism of "street and township blowing the whistle, departments reporting" should be further improved, and the demand dispatch directory of government service platforms such as "12345" should be adjusted and optimized to promote the digital management of the list and the online operation of duties. When county-level Party committees and governments study plans, policies, documents, and major tasks involving townships (sub-districts), they should use the list of duties as an important basis. Except for the unified deployment of the Party Central Committee (党中央), the State Council (国务院), and provincial Party committees and governments, higher-level departments shall not arbitrarily delegate duties not included in the list to townships (sub-districts) or indirectly delegate them in the form of authorization or entrustment.

The "Specific Measures" clarify that the list of duties should be used as the basic basis for assessing townships (sub-districts). County-level Party committees and governments should mainly adjust and optimize the content of comprehensive assessments of townships (sub-districts) based on the list of basic duties, and scientifically evaluate the leading bodies and leading cadres of townships (sub-districts). The assessment of the leading duties of county-level departments and the cooperative duties of townships (sub-districts) should be based on the list of cooperative duties, assessing the leading organization and coordination of county-level departments, the implementation of the duties undertaken, and the guarantees provided for the cooperative duties of townships (sub-districts), as well as assessing the implementation of the cooperative duties of townships (sub-districts) and the cooperation with county-level departments. Townships (sub-districts) shall not be assessed on matters withdrawn by higher-level departments.

The "Specific Measures" clarify that accountability work should be carried out in conjunction with the list of duties. Corresponding responsibilities should be distinguished according to the list of basic duties and the list of cooperative duties. When accountability is required for failing to perform or incorrectly performing basic duties, the responsibilities of townships (sub-districts) and their working bodies, relevant leading cadres and staff of townships (sub-districts) shall be investigated in accordance with regulations, disciplines, and laws. When there is dereliction of duty in cooperative duties that requires accountability, higher-level departments shall bear the primary responsibility, and townships (sub-districts) shall bear responsibility for their own faults within the scope of their cooperative duties. Townships (sub-districts) shall not be held responsible for responsibility accidents or incidents caused by higher-level departments failing to properly handle matters when townships (sub-districts) have correctly performed their cooperative duties. Townships (sub-districts) shall not be held responsible for dereliction of duty in matters withdrawn by higher-level departments.

The "Specific Measures" clarify that the policy of financial support for duties should be implemented, and project arrangements such as economic and social development of townships (sub-districts) should be made in connection with the list of duties. A dynamic adjustment mechanism for the list of duties should be established and improved, adhering to the principle of "major stability, minor adjustments," and on the basis of fully listening to the opinions of the masses, townships (sub-districts) and county-level departments should be organized to propose adjustment opinions, which should be implemented after being reported for approval in accordance with procedures.

The "Specific Measures" require that Party committees at all levels in local areas should strengthen the organizational leadership of adhering to and improving the system of the list of duties of townships (sub-districts), and Party committees at the county and township levels should earnestly assume their responsibilities, and Party secretaries should take the lead in using the list. Central and state organs and departments should take the lead in promoting the implementation of specific measures related to the list of duties, and should clarify specific tasks for the work that needs to be implemented by townships (sub-districts) in the process of formulating policies, and should not directly require townships (sub-districts) to be included in the list, and resolutely put an end to "interference from various departments" (条条干预 (tiáo tiáo gān yù - "each department interferes," refers to excessive interference from various departments, hindering local initiatives)). All localities should take the implementation of the list of duties as an important content of rectifying formalism to reduce the burden on the grassroots and inspections and patrols. The "12310" reporting telephone of the organization and establishment department should be unblocked, typical problems should be publicly notified, and serious consequences should be dealt with seriously.

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Striving to Write a New Chapter of Cultural Prosperity

By: 本报记者 耿 磊

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Building a strong cultural country is related to the overall situation of Chinese-style modernization, the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and the enhancement of international competitiveness."

Since the new era, under the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, we have strengthened our cultural confidence, adhered to integrity and innovation, and taken solid steps in building a strong socialist cultural country.

The "Guochao (国潮) trend" is popular online, Chinese-style animation amazes the world, and Chinese aesthetics demonstrate unique charm; classic dramas have soaring box office revenues, and the "Village Super League" bursts with vitality; nationwide reading is becoming a trend, and museums and cultural centers are increasingly popular... Every step forward in building a strong cultural country adds to the people's sense of cultural gain and happiness.

Since 2023, the Cultural Power Construction Summit Forum has been held for three consecutive sessions. On May 21, the 2026 Cultural Power Construction Summit Forum will open in Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东). In the first year of the "15th Five-Year Plan," this grand event closely focuses on the theme of the times, builds a platform for exchange, leads the direction of culture, and gathers the powerful strength to build a strong cultural country.

Strengthening the Foundation
Building the Spiritual Mansion of the Chinese Nation

To promote cultural prosperity and build a strong cultural country, we must use the Party's innovative theories to unite people's hearts and minds.

Recently, in Jiangtou Village (江头村), Baisha Town (白沙镇), Taishan City (台山市), Jiangmen (江门), Guangdong (广东), Lei Wenbin (雷文斌), a member of the propaganda team, sat with the villagers. "From the first Five-Year Plan to the current '15th Five-Year Plan' Outline, the Party has led us to work one after another, drawing a blueprint to the end, so that we have the good days we have now." Lei Wenbin spoke in a casual manner.

An old man said with emotion: "The road in our village was also built section by section, and it has become so wide and easy to walk today." Lei Wenbin smiled and nodded: "You are right! This is the embodiment of the advantages of our system, which can unite people's hearts and concentrate our efforts to do things that everyone expects."

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Since the new era, the Party's theoretical innovation and practical innovation have been very vivid, and our learning should also be vivid." Local areas use local dialects and stories to transform the Party's innovative theories into warm words that the people can understand, remember, and resonate with, so as to promote the Party's innovative theories to take root, blossom, and bear fruit at the grassroots level.

The "15th Five-Year Plan" Outline proposes to "vigorously promote cultural undertakings" and "accelerate the development of cultural industries." The construction of a strong cultural country not only enriches the spiritual soil, but also empowers economic construction and consolidates the foundation of people's livelihood, promoting the mutual promotion of material and spiritual civilization.

In the Longfusi (隆福寺) area of Dongcheng District (东城区), Beijing (北京), the fragrance of ink and books is intertwined with the everyday life of the people, and the coming and going customers inject vitality into the ancient and modern streets and alleys.

In February of this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized during his inspection in Beijing (北京): "Actively develop modern service industries, make good use of rich cultural resources, and promote the integrated development of culture, commerce, tourism, sports, and exhibitions."

The Longfusi (隆福寺) area, with a history of nearly 600 years, has been revived in the carving of urban renewal, transforming into a new cultural consumption landmark that integrates historical heritage, hutong (胡同) life, artistic temperament, and trendy life.

Seeing the magnificent mountains and rivers, tasting intangible cultural heritage, and tasting special snacks, major scenic spots are crowded with people... During the "May Day" holiday, 325 million domestic tourists traveled across the country, with a total expenditure of 185.492 billion yuan. The integrated development of culture and tourism has strong momentum and remarkable results.

A person without spirit cannot stand, and a country without spirit cannot be strong. With the solid advancement of the construction of a strong cultural country, the people always maintain an enterprising spirit, and their patriotic enthusiasm is transformed into an internal driving force for striving forward and forging ahead courageously.

"The Red Army is not afraid of the difficulties of the Long March, regarding ten thousand rivers and mountains as nothing..." In the Zunyi Conference Memorial Hall (遵义会议纪念馆) at No. 96 Ziyin Road (子尹路), Honghuagang District (红花岗区), Zunyi City (遵义市), Guizhou (贵州), students recited "The Seven-Character Poem - The Long March" in unison.

"You see, the Red Army soldiers adhered to their beliefs, were not afraid of difficulties and dangers, and were not afraid of sacrifice, just so that our people would not be oppressed and could live a good life." Ms. Yang (杨), a tourist from Hubei (湖北), stopped in front of the map of the Red Army's transfer route, pointing to a mark on the map and said to her child. In her opinion, taking her child into the memorial hall is not only a revolutionary tradition education, but also a spiritual inheritance.

Key works such as "The Great Expedition," "Ten Thousand Waters and Thousand Mountains," and "Three Days in Zunyi" have been filmed or launched; large-scale national symphony chorus "Walking Towards the Light" and national orchestral works "The Long March" and other dramas have been staged one after another; books such as "A Brief Reading of the Long March" and "The Story of the Long March for Teenagers" have been published one after another... A series of literary and artistic works allow people to more intuitively understand the story of the Long March and inherit the spirit of the Long March.

Ideals and beliefs give people strength, and civilized practices enrich people's hearts and shape people's spirits.

At 3 pm, in Yanglou Town (杨楼镇), Xiao County (萧县), Anhui (安徽), the "Harmonious and Beautiful Village Live Broadcast Room" started on time. Village cadres and party member volunteers transformed into anchors, talking about "simple banquets" and calculating "favors," using the people's language to interpret the "Xiao County Customs and Habits Advocacy Standards." Barrages such as "praising the new style" and "rejecting high-priced betrothal gifts" continued to roll.

"High-priced betrothal gifts bring a burden to many families. Such civilized advocacy is too timely. Our whole family supports it, and we will promote it to the people around us!" said Ms. Li (李), a resident after watching the live broadcast.

Wherever people are, the focus of uniting people's hearts and minds is there. On the Internet, distinctive theoretical communication brands such as "Reasoning China" and "Reasoning Online" promote the Party's innovative theories to penetrate people's hearts; major central news media carefully plan and launch integrated media columns such as "General Secretary's People's Feelings" and "Picking Up Time," using the banner to lead the direction and the mainstream to establish the dominant position... One masterpiece after another, influencing people and uniting their hearts.

Holding high the banner, gathering people's hearts, cultivating new people, revitalizing culture, and displaying images, when skyscrapers stand tall on our land, the mansion of the Chinese national spirit also stands tall.

Culture for the People
Cultural Construction Focuses on People and Lands on People

In the early summer afternoon, in Yuzhang Street (豫章街道), Donghu District (东湖区), Nanchang City (南昌市), Jiangxi (江西), after finishing the midday peak orders, takeaway brother Zhou Taiyu (周泰宇) turned into the Jingwei Branch (经纬分馆) of the Nanchang Ruzi Bookstore (南昌孺子书房) and took a book from the bookshelf and sat down to read - this has become his "fixed route."

From the "boring gap" between meals to the "reading journey" on the delivery route, from bowing his head to swipe his phone to holding a book - the public cultural space all over the city gives him not only a temporary resting place, but also a spiritual habitat. "Running outside all day, flipping through books, I feel that there is more to look forward to in ordinary days," said Zhou Taiyu (周泰宇).

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly pointed out: "It is necessary to improve the ability to provide cultural services and cultural products, and enhance the people's sense of cultural gain and happiness."

On February 1 this year, the "National Reading Promotion Regulations" officially came into effect, and national reading entered the era of legal protection. From the central to the local level, investment has been continuously increased to make service facilities carrying the fragrance of books more and more complete. Data shows that by the end of 2025, there will be more than 70,000 public libraries in urban and rural areas in China.

"Now there are more and more new cultural spaces in the city, not only can you read books, but also see exhibitions and visit markets, and the activities are very rich." Walking in the Baili Chunqiu Chuncheng Parlor (百里·春秋春城会客厅) next to the Kunming Confucian Temple (昆明市文庙), Zhang Lingxi (张玲溪), a citizen of Kunming (昆明), Yunnan (云南), couldn't help but sigh, "The cultural life at my doorstep is becoming more and more flavorful."

Improving the quality and efficiency of public cultural services, accurately connecting with the needs of the masses, and innovating the service supply model make the achievements of cultural development become the beauty that people can easily reach.

Talent is the cornerstone of career development.

The "15th Five-Year Plan" Outline proposes to "cultivate and form a large-scale, structurally reasonable, and innovative high-level cultural talent team." In recent years, China's cultural system and mechanism reform has been continuously deepened, and the philosophical and social science circles and cultural circles have deeply implemented the strategy of strengthening the country with talents, promoting and optimizing resource integration, carrying out targeted talent training, effectively cultivating and gathering high-end cultural talents, and effectively improving the "quality" and "quantity" of the cultural talent team.

The vitality of culture lies in innovation and creation.

During the 2026 National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国两会), "new mass literature and art" became a hot topic among deputies and members, and "prospering new mass literature and art under the conditions of the Internet" was written into the "Government Work Report" for the first time.

The hot words of the two sessions are a reflection of the people's lives. More and more people, such as takeaway poets, "village evening" actors, and online literature authors, have begun to spontaneously create and disseminate literary and artistic works.

In Beiliangjia Village (北梁家庄村), West Coast New District (西海岸新区), Qingdao City (青岛市), Shandong (山东), barbers, individual merchants, and farmers have now become short drama "creators." Without professional actors, the villagers' true rural life short drama "Flowers Blooming on Stone" has received 320 million views after being launched, and the village's chestnuts, sweet potatoes, and cherries have also successfully "gone out of the circle."

The vigorous development of new mass literature and art has stimulated the masses' enthusiasm for innovation and creation, and gathered a magnificent atmosphere of thousands of sails competing.

On the first day of the third lunar month this year, the rural market in Guapo Town (瓜坡镇), Huazhou District (华州区), Weinan City (渭南市), Shaanxi (陕西) was particularly lively: Qinqiang (秦腔) performances were melodious and melodious, calligraphy teachers splashed ink and waved their pens, and representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage gave free lessons. The villagers who came to the market stopped to watch and laughed... At the entrance of the market, the activity sign of "Rural Direct Train Cultural Market" was particularly eye-catching.

"Let cultural activities jump out of fixed venues and bring literary and artistic teams to the masses, so that the supply of grassroots culture can be more accurate and direct," said Tian Jian (田建), director of the Weinan City Cultural and Art Center (渭南市文化艺术中心), who organized the event.

The "Work Plan for 'Literary and Artistic Empowerment of Beautiful Villages' (2025-2027)," issued in September last year, proposes to improve the public cultural service system, promote the direct access of high-quality cultural resources to the grassroots, and better meet the spiritual and cultural needs of farmers. Today, the efforts to sink public cultural resources to the grassroots level have increased, the cultural supply is closer to daily life, and the spiritual and cultural life of the masses is richer and more fulfilling.

Continuing the Cultural Heritage
Continuously Enhance the Country's Cultural Soft Power and the Influence of Chinese Culture

Using the palm as the body and manipulating the cloth bag puppets with ten fingers, between the dancing of the fingers, the cloth bag puppets make fine movements such as wielding sticks, shooting arrows, and pouring wine like flowing clouds and flowing water. In the puppet art performance hall in Zhangzhou Ancient City (漳州古城), Zhangzhou City (漳州市), Fujian (福建), the classic puppet show "Damingfu" (大名府) is often "hard to get a ticket."

This puppet art performance hall is an important display and inheritance base of the national intangible cultural heritage "Zhangzhou Cloth Bag Puppet Show." "There are nearly 20 performances every month, with an average attendance rate of over 80%." Actor Zhang Zhao (张钊) told reporters, "The establishment of the performance hall has provided a fixed venue for performances, increased performance opportunities, and closer interaction with the audience."

Those with deep roots have long streams, and those with deep roots have lush leaves. Excellent traditional Chinese culture is the cultural root of the Chinese nation, and we must vigorously inherit and promote excellent traditional Chinese culture.

The fourth national cultural relics census has newly discovered more than 130,000 cultural relics, and the family property of cultural relics resources has been basically clarified; the newly revised Law on the Protection of Cultural Relics is implemented, and the institutionalization and systematization of the cultural relics protection system are constantly improved; "Western Xia Mausoleums" has been included in the "World Heritage List," and the total number of Chinese World Heritage sites has increased to 60; the Zidanku Silk Book "Five Elements Order" and "Attack and Defense Occupation" have returned to their homeland, and China's work on the recovery and return of lost cultural relics has taken solid steps...

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly pointed out: "It is necessary to continue the Chinese cultural heritage in creative transformation and innovative development." Since the new era, adhering to the principle of making the past serve the present and bringing forth the new, new technologies, new methods, and new concepts have helped excellent traditional Chinese culture to radiate new vitality.

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院), the exhibition "Centennial Protection - From the Forbidden City to the Palace Museum" attracted the attention of tourists from all over the world. One piece after another of handed down treasures witnessed the splendid history and long cultural heritage of the Chinese nation. In the exhibition, the "Meet Your Palace Museum Color" naked-eye 3D digital exhibition attracted many visitors to stop and experience.

"Each generation has its own mission." Su Yi (苏怡), deputy director of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院), said, "Our mission is to use the most advanced technology of the present to preserve and revitalize the imprints of civilization to the greatest extent."

In April this year, the "Digital Palace Museum" traveled across the ocean to bloom in Vienna. At the exhibition "Taihe is Full - Meeting the Palace Museum at the United Nations in Vienna," the construction of the Forbidden City, the collection of objects, and the masterpieces of calligraphy and painting were transformed into immersive exhibition content that can be seen, heard, and experienced, vividly demonstrating the profound heritage of excellent traditional Chinese culture on the multilateral platform of the United Nations, and continuing to write a new chapter in mutual learning among civilizations.

From the emergence of "Ne Zha" in early 2025, which swept the world, to the cumulative play volume of the "Midushan Song" hand gesture dance on global short video platforms exceeding 6 billion at the beginning of this year, triggering netizens from all over the world to flip and dance, the integration and collision of tradition and modernity have made Chinese culture bloom with more brilliant era brilliance.

Data shows that there are about 200 million active overseas users of Chinese online literature; more than 100 overseas applications of micro-short dramas have been launched, covering more than 160 countries and regions. Chinese online literature, online games, and online film and television dramas have successfully "gone overseas" and become vivid models for telling Chinese stories well.

The country is beautiful and the flowers are like brocade. Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, anchoring the strategic goal of building a strong cultural country by 2035, hundreds of millions of Chinese sons and daughters are confident and self-reliant, full of pride, striving forward and forging ahead courageously, and constantly creating new glories of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

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Taking the lead in belt-tightening, earnestly delivering benefits to the people.

By: 本报记者 史一棋

Practicing thrift and opposing waste are our Party's glorious tradition and fine style. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The purpose of the Party and the government taking the lead in living frugally is to ensure a good life for the people. This is determined by our Party's mission and nature. No matter what level our country develops to, no matter how much the people's lives improve, the spirit of hard work and thrift must never be abandoned."

In May of last year, the newly revised "Regulations on Practicing Thrift and Opposing Waste in Party and Government Organs" (《党政机关厉行节约反对浪费条例》) (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations") were issued. Over the past year, Party and government organs at all levels have combined the in-depth implementation of the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation with the study and education on establishing and practicing correct views on performance, focusing on implementing the requirement of taking the lead in living frugally, firmly establishing the concept of benefiting the people, tightening institutional bolts, curbing extravagance and waste, carefully calculating various expenditures, strictly prohibiting extravagant spending, and using limited financial resources for grasping reform, promoting development, and doing practical work.

Strict Management –
Implement the principle of strictness in all aspects of the "Regulations"

Vehicle configuration, expense details, usage frequency... Open the Guangdong Province Official Vehicle Management Platform (广东省公务用车管理平台), and you can see the key data and real-time status of all official vehicles of administrative institutions at the provincial, municipal, and county levels.

In the past, official vehicle maintenance costs were a major blind spot in supervision. "With the vehicle management platform, any vehicle appearing in a place where it shouldn't be, or abnormal maintenance, will automatically trigger a system warning," said Fan Zexiong (范泽雄), staff member of the Official Vehicle Management Office of the Guangdong Provincial Government Affairs Administration (广东省机关事务管理局公务用车管理处). A complete operating cost accounting ledger can clearly show the vehicle's maintenance, refueling, and other information.

Since the platform's operation, violations such as "repeated repairs for the same problem," "using ordinary repair procedures for repairs that fall within the scope of insurance," and "repeated refueling in a short period of time" have been effectively curbed.

The Central Government Offices Administration (中央直属机关事务管理局) strictly controls the number of official vehicles, strictly reviews applications for vehicle renewal and allocation, and increases the proportion of new energy vehicles. The National Government Offices Administration (国家机关事务管理局) promotes full coverage of official vehicle management at all levels, vehicle ranges, and management links, implements classified policies to promote vehicle revitalization, and avoids idle waste.

In addition, Shanxi (山西) has achieved comprehensive supervision of all official vehicle refueling, maintenance, servicing, insurance, and other operating behaviors at designated locations; Sichuan (四川) has increased supervision and inspection of official vehicle dispatch, driver assessment, and other links... Various regions strictly implement the "Regulations" and strictly manage the allocation and use of official vehicles.

In addition to official vehicles, strict management is also reflected in official receptions, meetings and activities, office building construction and use, and other aspects.

The Central Government Offices Administration (中直管理局) does a simple and pragmatic job in the general affairs of central meetings and activities, ensuring precise and appropriate catering, and not uniformly distributing office supplies.

The National Government Offices Administration (国管局) coordinates existing and new assets in the asset management and allocation process, emphasizing priority allocation through public goods warehouses to reduce unreasonable demand. The number of asset allocation plans for the agency's own level and the agency service center in 2025 was reduced by 7,043 items, a reduction rate of 7.45%, and the amount was reduced by 28.31 million yuan, a reduction rate of 13.42%.

Jiangxi (江西) created the "Gan Meal Code" (赣餐码) for official receptions, which retrieves real-time information such as meal time, diners, and scan code location in the background, and compares it with the meal subsidy reimbursement records of various units.

The Henan Provincial Government Affairs Administration (河南省机关事务管理局) conducted supervisory inspections of office building management in 18 cities, 104 counties (cities, districts), and 92 provincial-level units in a planned and phased manner, providing on-site feedback on problems, establishing ledgers, and urging rectification.

"The primary principle followed by Party and government organs in practicing thrift and opposing waste is 'adhering to strictness and simplicity.' In practice, central departments strictly manage official activities, and local governments strictly control 'three public' expenditures, implementing the principle of strictness in all aspects stipulated in the 'Regulations'," said the relevant person in charge of the National Government Offices Administration (国管局). Party and government organs take the lead in living frugally, reducing unnecessary administrative expenses, and freeing up more funds for development needs and people's expectations.

Establishing Systems –
The anti-waste system is gradually formed, and prominent problems in work style are curbed

Adding new office equipment without spending a penny. In the Golden Bay Public Goods Warehouse (黄金湾公物仓) in Shapingba District (沙坪坝区), Chongqing (重庆), operator Zhu Xuetao (朱学涛) is processing the release of three idle computers, "Recycling them twice saves 8,000 yuan in procurement costs."

In the public goods warehouse, common office supplies such as tables, chairs, computers, and printers are readily available, and each item is labeled "Idle Assets Shared and Used" (闲置资产 共享共用). These neatly arranged office supplies are all "second-hand" and can be reused. Units in need can "place orders" on the public goods warehouse online platform.

"The public goods warehouse is a good thing! It allows assets to circulate and be reused between different units, avoiding asset idleness and duplicate purchases, reducing the operating costs of government agencies, and ensuring that public expenditures are spent where they are needed," said Zhang Guojing (张国竟), deputy director of the Shapingba District Government Affairs Administration (沙坪坝区机关事务管理局).

The exploration of public goods warehouses has a long history. Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东) established the first public goods warehouse in the country in 1996, and many places have since carried out practical explorations.

Good experiences gained from exploration need to be implemented through the establishment of systems.

The National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) optimizes the operating mechanism of public goods warehouses, strictly controls new asset allocation matters, strictly reviews asset disposal, and standardizes disposal procedures; Jining City (济宁市), Shandong (山东) builds an information management system and supporting systems, handling and approving all aspects of public goods warehouse operation online; Chengdu City (成都市), Sichuan (四川) revitalizes and utilizes idle assets, carries out asset borrowing, allocation, and other work in accordance with regulations, and helps small and micro enterprises.

In December 2025, the National Government Offices Administration (国管局) and the Central Government Offices Administration (中直管理局) jointly issued the "Opinions on Further Strengthening the Management of Public Goods Warehouses in Central Administrative Institutions and Promoting the Revitalization and Sharing of State-owned Assets" (《关于进一步加强中央行政事业单位公物仓管理 推进国有资产盘活共享的意见》), promoting the revitalization and sharing of state-owned assets from the "entry" to the "exit" of the entire process.

The public goods warehouse is just a microcosm of building a solid anti-waste system.

The Central Government Offices Administration (中直管理局) issued the "Specific Measures of the Central Government Offices Administration for Demonstratively Implementing the 'Regulations on Practicing Thrift and Opposing Waste in Party and Government Organs'" (《中直管理局示范落实〈党政机关厉行节约反对浪费条例〉具体措施》), ensuring that the spirit of the "Regulations" is implemented throughout the entire process and in all aspects of government affairs work. The National Government Offices Administration (国管局) formulated guidelines for the procurement of administrative, service support, and business-related maintenance projects for Party and government organs to promote the implementation of thrift and frugality; the national standard "Statistical Guidelines for the Operating Costs of Government Agencies" was released and implemented, and the statistical indicator system was continuously refined and improved...

Today, an anti-waste system with the "Regulations" as the main framework and supplemented by special supporting rules and regulations in various aspects has gradually formed, and prominent problems in work style such as "corruption on wheels," "waste on the tip of the tongue," and "unhealthy trends in clubs" are constantly being curbed.

Continuous Deepening –
Guiding the vast number of Party members and cadres to promote the spirit of thrift with correct views on performance

Recently, the Central-level Special Class for Establishing and Practicing Correct Views on Performance and the General Office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection publicly reported the problems of deviation in the views on performance and disregard for the actual use of financial funds in Zhaojue County (昭觉县), Sichuan Province (四川省), the Department of Culture and Tourism of Hubei Province (湖北省文化和旅游厅), and the Hubei Art Vocational College (湖北艺术职业学院). The report pointed out that the implementation of the Party Central Committee's requirements on Party and government organs taking the lead in living frugally was not in place, and the procurement project of cultural and tourism promotion songs was promoted without careful evaluation of the publicity effect.

The report pointed out that it is necessary to resolutely implement the Party Central Committee's requirements on Party and government organs taking the lead in living frugally, firmly establish the concept of benefiting the people, earnestly prioritize ensuring and improving people's livelihood, improve the efficiency of financial fund use, carefully calculate all expenditures, strictly prohibit extravagant spending, and use every penny where it is needed and where it is critical, so that the people have real and tangible feelings.

"Hard work and thrift are our Party's glorious tradition and are also the meaning of establishing and practicing correct views on performance," said the relevant person in charge of the Central Government Offices Administration (中直管理局). It is necessary to strengthen the rigid constraints of the "Regulations," optimize resource allocation and improve work efficiency through practicing thrift, promote the concentration of funds and resources on key links related to the country's development strategy, concentrate on people's livelihood undertakings that benefit the people, and serve and promote the people's "good life" with the Party and government organs' habit of living a "tight life."

In order to implement the requirements of Party and government organs taking the lead in living frugally, the Central Government Offices Administration (中直管理局) regards practicing thrift as a key focus of auditing, sorts out the list of items, and strictly analyzes and judges the necessity, rationality, and effectiveness of economic matters in accordance with the list, and discovers potential and emerging problems. On this basis, it summarizes the common problems and weak links in the management of funds, assets, and projects, and puts forward work suggestions. It also incorporates the rectification of common problems found in audits into the study and education on thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation and establishing and practicing correct views on performance.

Party and government organs in various places cultivate a culture of thrift and oppose waste in various forms, promote the construction of frugal government agencies, and play a demonstrative role in forming a culture of thrift in the whole society.

In promoting energy conservation in government agencies, the Huainan Municipal Government Affairs Center (淮南市政务中心) in Anhui (安徽) has launched an energy cost trusteeship model, inviting professional energy-saving service companies through bidding to carry out energy-saving transformation of old equipment.

"All 28-watt ordinary light bulbs in the garage have been replaced with LED radar sensor lights, reducing the constant lighting state to 18 watts, and only 3 watts when no one is there, with an energy saving rate of 70%," said Sun Yuhui (孙于惠), chief of the Public Institution Energy Conservation Section of the Huainan Municipal Government Affairs Administration (淮南市机关事务管理局公共机构节能科). "All expenditures of government agencies are carefully calculated, and efforts are made to avoid the problem of extravagant spending." Compared with 2021, various measures saved electricity costs of 1.2127 million yuan throughout 2025.

In recent years, the National Government Offices Administration (国管局) has also strengthened the revitalization and utilization of idle office buildings, encouraging various places to adopt cross-system and cross-level allocation methods, which not only saves daily maintenance funds and uses every penny where it is needed, but also helps the development of local public services and benefits the people.

From curbing "waste on the tip of the tongue" to improving the efficiency of office equipment utilization, from "awakening" idle assets to controlling official reception expenditures, various regions and departments promote the construction of frugal government agencies in accordance with local conditions, guide the vast number of Party members and cadres to establish and practice correct views on performance, and the concept of taking the lead in living frugally is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

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Promulgation of the Revised Regulations on the Procedures for Formulating Administrative Regulations

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 19th (Xinhua) - Premier of the State Council Li Qiang (李强) recently signed a State Council decree, announcing the revised "Regulations on Procedures for the Formulation of Administrative Regulations" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations"), which will come into effect on July 1, 2026.

The "Regulations" aim to implement the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee regarding legislative work, elaborate on the relevant provisions of the Legislation Law, summarize the practical experience in formulating administrative regulations, standardize the procedures for formulating administrative regulations, ensure the quality of administrative regulations, and promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities. The "Regulations" consist of 8 chapters and 48 articles, and the main contents of the revision are as follows:

First, improve the overall requirements. It is clarified that the formulation of administrative regulations should adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), fully and accurately implement the new development concept, pay attention to the coordination of legislation with reform, development, and stability, pay attention to safeguarding and promoting social fairness and justice, and adhere to scientific legislation, democratic legislation, and legislation in accordance with the law. It is stipulated that administrative regulations that are urgently needed for the overall work of the Party and the state, are urgently expected by the people, have a single scope of adjustment, and have no major disputes among relevant parties should respond quickly and accelerate relevant legislative work.

Second, strengthen legislative coordination. Relevant departments are required to implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee (党中央) and the State Council (国务院), and submit project applications that are needed in practice and have mature legislative opportunities; the legal affairs department of the State Council (国务院法治部门) should combine the maturity and urgency of legislative projects, highlight key areas, emerging areas, and foreign-related areas, and comprehensively consider drafting the State Council's annual legislative work plan; the drafting department should strictly implement the legislative work plan and implement the ex-ante evaluation mechanism, and the legal affairs department of the State Council (国务院法治部门) should strengthen organization, coordination, supervision, and guidance.

Third, improve the working mechanism. It is clarified that drafting administrative regulations should adhere to problem-oriented approaches, follow the laws of economic and social development, adhere to and develop whole-process people's democracy, expand the channels for the people to participate in legislation in an orderly manner, and strengthen the evaluation of legislative timing and expected implementation effects. The legal affairs department of the State Council (国务院法治部门) is required to improve the government legislative review system and improve the quality and efficiency of review.

Fourth, adapt to the needs of reform. It is stipulated that the formulation of administrative regulations should guide, promote, standardize, and guarantee relevant reforms; if some provisions of administrative regulations are temporarily adjusted or temporarily suspended, timely evaluation and argumentation should be carried out, and relevant provisions should be amended or restored according to the situation. It is clarified that the legal affairs department of the State Council (国务院法治部门) shall organize and carry out the cleaning up of administrative regulations with the approval of the State Council (国务院).

(The full text of the "Regulations" can be found on page 10)

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National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Holds a Special Consultative Conference on "Promoting the Integrated Development of Education, Science and Technology, and Talent"

People's Daily, Beijing, May 19th (Reporter Jiang Jie) The National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协) convened a special consultation meeting in Beijing (北京) on the theme of "Promoting the Integrated Development of Education, Science and Technology, and Talent" on the 19th. Wang Huning (王沪宁), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC, attended and delivered a speech.

Wang Huning (王沪宁) stated that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (中共十八大), the CPC Central Committee (中共中央) with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has placed the development of education, scientific and technological innovation, and talent cultivation in a prominent position in governing the country. They have deeply implemented the strategy of invigorating the country through science and education, the strategy of strengthening the country through talent, and the innovation-driven development strategy, making important deployments around the integrated promotion of education, science and technology, and talent development, and promoting the construction of a strong country in education, a strong country in science and technology, and a strong country in talent to take solid steps. The CPPCC should thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on the integrated promotion of education, science and technology, and talent development, thoroughly implement the relevant deployments of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee (中共二十届四中全会) and the "15th Five-Year Plan," firmly grasp that education, science and technology, and talent are the fundamental and strategic support for Chinese-style modernization, focus on establishing and improving a coordinated mechanism for the integrated promotion of education, science and technology, and talent, collaboratively cultivating top-notch innovative talents, improving the policy mechanisms for discovering, cultivating, and using national strategic talents, optimizing the allocation of regional education, science and technology, and talent resources, and shaping new competitive advantages in international education, science and technology, and talent. We must earnestly do a good job in investigation and research, consultation and suggestions, and democratic supervision, and help promote independent innovation in science and technology and independent cultivation of talent. We must practice the "service for the people" of the members' performance of duties, rely on the "Members' Science Lecture Hall" and other activities to carry out popular science work, and create a social atmosphere of love for science and respect for science.

Nearly 100 members of the National Committee of the CPPCC (全国政协) attended the meeting. The responsible comrades of the Education, Science, Health and Sports Committee of the National Committee of the CPPCC (全国政协教科卫体委员会) introduced the special research situation. 22 CPPCC members and experts spoke, focusing on establishing and improving a coordinated mechanism for the integrated promotion of education, science and technology, and talent development, optimizing the discipline settings of universities, innovating talent cultivation models, strengthening the leading role of national scientific research institutions and high-level research universities, deepening the integration of science and education, and the integration of industry and education, strengthening the construction of national strategic talent strength, cultivating young scientific and technological talents, and promoting the coordinated development of talent regions, and other consultative suggestions.

State Councilor Shen Yiqin (谌贻琴) attended the meeting and delivered a speech. She said that under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee (党中央) with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, China has achieved positive results in promoting the integrated development of education, science and technology, and talent. The driving ability of scientific and technological innovation, the supporting role of education foundation, and the competitive advantage of scientific and technological innovation talents have been further enhanced, and the development ecology of education, science and technology, and talent has been continuously optimized. It is necessary to thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on the integrated promotion of education, science and technology, and talent development, take high-quality development as the goal, establish and improve a coordinated mechanism for promotion, forge high-quality talents with high-level scientific research, collaboratively promote the cultivation of innovative talents, and coordinate and promote the integrated reform of the system and mechanism, focusing on solving the deep-seated and fundamental problems restricting integrated development, accelerate the formation of development synergy, and provide stronger support for Chinese-style modernization.

Shi Taifeng (石泰峰), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央政治局) and Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC (全国政协), presided over the morning meeting. Hu Chunhua (胡春华), Shen Yueyue (沈跃跃), Wang Yong (王勇), Bater (巴特尔), Su Hui (苏辉), Mu Hong (穆虹), Wang Dongfeng (王东峰), and Zhu Yongxin (朱永新), Vice Chairmen of the National Committee of the CPPCC (全国政协), attended the meeting. Responsible comrades from relevant departments and units of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央) and the State Council (国务院) attended the meeting to listen to opinions and suggestions and conduct consultations and exchanges with CPPCC members.

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Ding Xuexiang Meets with Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Manturov

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 19th. Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, met with Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Manturov in Beijing (北京) on the 19th.

Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) stated that under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping (习近平) and President Putin (普京), relevant parties in China and Russia have worked together to promote sound development of investment cooperation between the two countries. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the China-Russia strategic partnership of coordination and the 25th anniversary of the signing of the "China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation." The two sides should take this as an opportunity to further implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, give play to the overall coordinating role of the China-Russia Investment Cooperation Committee, steadily advance key projects, expand cooperation areas, achieve more practical results, and continuously inject strong impetus into the development of bilateral relations.

Manturov stated that Russia is willing to strengthen strategic alignment with China, enrich cooperation content, actively solve problems of mutual concern, and continuously improve the level of investment cooperation between the two countries.

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The number of registered private enterprises in China exceeds 61 million.

This newspaper Beijing (北京), May 19th (Reporter Lin Lili (林丽鹂)) - The reporter learned from the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局): As of the end of April, there were 61.022 million registered private enterprises nationwide, an increase of 5.6% year-on-year. "Four New" (new technologies, new industries, new business formats, and new models) private enterprises numbered 24.619 million, an increase of 6.9% year-on-year, accounting for 40.3% of the total number of private enterprises.

The private economy is a vital force in advancing Chinese-style modernization and an important foundation for high-quality development. Since the implementation of the Law on Promoting the Private Economy on May 20, 2025, market regulatory departments have focused on implementing the Law on Promoting the Private Economy, adhering to the principle of giving equal importance to regulatory standardization and promoting development. Going forward, market regulatory departments will innovate regulatory methods for the private economy and deepen the application of credit regulatory tools. They will explore non-onsite, contactless, and "scan-to-enter-enterprise" regulatory models, promote the effective connection between random inspections and "one comprehensive inspection," and advance the construction of an application system for the credit identification of business entities. At the same time, they will enhance their ability to serve the development of the private economy.

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Railways transported 1.555 billion passengers in the first four months.

Beijing, May 19 (Reporter Li Xinping (李心萍)) The reporter learned from China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (中国国家铁路集团有限公司): In the first four months, the national railway sent 1.555 billion passengers, a year-on-year increase of 6.8%; the average daily operation of passenger trains was 11,574, a year-on-year increase of 6.3%; and 7.829 million foreign passengers were sent, a year-on-year increase of 33.9%.

In the first four months, the China-Laos Railway (中老铁路) sent 143,000 cross-border passengers, a year-on-year increase of 36.3%; the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-Speed Railway (广深港高铁) sent 11.777 million cross-border passengers, a year-on-year increase of 14.8%. In terms of tourist trains, in the first four months, the national railway operated a total of 1,020 tourist trains.

According to the National Railway Administration (国家铁路局): In the first four months, the national railway completed a total freight volume of 1.727 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 2.8%; and completed a freight turnover volume of 1227.427 billion ton-kilometers, a year-on-year increase of 5.4%. Looking at the transportation of different categories, in the first four months, the national railway sent a total of 920 million tons of coal, 349 million tons of containers, and 21.15 million tons of fertilizers and pesticides, a year-on-year increase of 3.4%, 9.1%, and 14.6% respectively.

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2026 China Internet Civilization Conference Held in Nanning

The 2026 China Internet Civilization Conference was held in Nanning (南宁) on May 19, according to a report in this newspaper. Li Shulei (李书磊), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部), attended and delivered a keynote speech.

Attendees agreed that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, we have successfully embarked on a path of internet governance with Chinese characteristics, and the construction of a cyber superpower has taken new strides. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has delivered a series of important expositions on the construction of internet civilization, providing fundamental guidance for promoting the joint construction of a beautiful spiritual home online. It is necessary to deeply study and comprehend and fully implement these expositions, and use the new achievements in the construction of internet civilization to help promote the high-quality development of spiritual civilization construction.

Attendees stated that the "15th Five-Year Plan" outlines a comprehensive plan for strengthening the construction of internet civilization. It is necessary to continuously enrich the supply of high-quality online content and strengthen mainstream values, mainstream public opinion, and mainstream culture online. It is necessary to improve the long-term mechanism for internet ecology governance and continue to create a clean and upright online space. It is necessary to promote the integrated online and offline civilization construction, promote civilization cultivation, civilization practice, and civilization creation to extend to the internet, form a good situation of joint construction and sharing of internet civilization, and allow the internet to better benefit the people.

The conference, themed "Civilized Internet Space, Inspiring and Enterprising Strength," was co-sponsored by the Cyberspace Administration of China (中央网信办), 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). Responsible comrades from relevant central and local units, heads of key central news websites, online social organizations, and internet companies, as well as experts, scholars, and representatives of internet celebrities, attended the conference.

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Fiscal and Monetary Policies Show Tangible Results (Policy Interpretation)

By: 本报记者 曲哲涵 王 政

From proposing in February this year to "continue to implement a more proactive fiscal policy and a moderately loose monetary policy" to proposing in April to "implement a more proactive fiscal policy and a moderately loose monetary policy in a precise and effective manner," the Political Bureau of the Central Committee has placed greater emphasis on the scientific precision and pragmatic efficiency of macro-control. Economic data for the first four months show that the policy effects are gradually emerging, injecting strong momentum into promoting the effective improvement of economic quality and the reasonable growth of quantity, and striving to achieve a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan."

Expanding domestic demand, with policies focusing on both supply and demand sides
Mr. Lu from Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江), recently renovated his new house. A few days ago, he received a notice from Hangzhou United Rural Commercial Bank (杭州联合银行) that credit card transactions could enjoy installment interest subsidies. "My credit limit is 50,000 yuan, and I will repay it in 9 installments. Because of the 1 percentage point fiscal subsidy, the saved interest can be used to buy a small appliance."
Chai Leiying (柴雷鹰), Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Hangzhou United Rural Commercial Bank (杭州联合银行), introduced that as of the end of March this year, the bank had signed credit card installment fiscal subsidy agreements with 3,358 customers, with an installment amount of approximately 57 million yuan.
[Policy] Since the beginning of this year, China has focused on expanding effective domestic demand. In addition to arranging 250 billion yuan of ultra-long-term special treasury bonds to support the replacement of old consumer goods, the central government has also established a special fund of 100 billion yuan for fiscal and financial coordination to promote domestic demand, and introduced a package of policies to support the expansion of domestic demand: optimizing the implementation of interest subsidy policies for service industry business entities, expanding the scope of support to 11 key consumption areas such as digital, green, and retail; optimizing the implementation of personal consumption loan interest subsidy policies, including compliant consumption scenarios for credit card installment payments within the scope of subsidies.
This year, the People's Bank of China (中国人民银行) has broadened the scope of special re-lending support for service consumption and elderly care, and optimized the pricing of relevant re-lending rates; guided financial institutions to conduct credit objection processing and compliant credit repair for trustworthy entities that meet the conditions, in accordance with regulations; the Ministry of Finance (财政部), together with the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) and the State Taxation Administration (国家税务总局), has determined 50 cities to carry out prize-winning invoice pilots; the Ministry of Commerce (商务部), together with 9 departments, issued "Happy Shopping New Year" consumer coupons, subsidies, and red envelopes during the Spring Festival holiday... **握指成拳** (wò zhǐ chéng quán - "clench fingers into a fist," to unite efforts and work together effectively), policies are powerful.
[Effect] In the first quarter, the total amount of newly issued small and micro enterprise loans, equipment renewal loans, service industry business entity loans, and personal consumption loans related to fiscal and financial coordination policies exceeded 8.8 trillion yuan, an increase of 4.2% year-on-year; relevant policies cumulatively supported corporate financing of approximately 330 billion yuan, an increase of 12.8% year-on-year, which is 11.1 percentage points higher than the national fixed asset investment growth rate during the same period, helping to turn fixed asset investment from decline to increase and narrow the decline in private investment. As of May 4, this year's consumer goods replacement policy has cumulatively benefited 86.204 million people, driving sales of 629.27 billion yuan.

Promoting innovation, empowering the entire cycle and entire chain
Recently, Hubei Xiangyun (Group) Chemical Co., Ltd. (湖北祥云（集团）化工股份有限公司) and Hubei Shenghong Building Materials Co., Ltd. (湖北盛鸿建材有限公司) have cumulatively received 7.48 million yuan in national and provincial equipment renewal loan interest subsidies. This funding not only effectively alleviated the pressure on enterprises' production and operation, but also drove industrial transformation and upgrading, increased employment and income for the masses, and green and low-carbon development.
[Policy] Focusing on cultivating new quality productive forces and promoting industrial upgrading, since the beginning of this year, China's fiscal and financial policies have continued to increase support for the field of technological innovation. The central government has allocated the second batch of 91.5 billion yuan in equipment renewal subsidy funds, and the total scale of equipment renewal-related funds arranged throughout the year is 200 billion yuan, focusing on supporting enterprises' technological transformation and equipment iteration upgrades; at the same time, the re-lending quota for technological innovation and technological transformation has been expanded from 800 billion yuan to 1.2 trillion yuan, optimizing special interest rate pricing. Since the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) and the Ministry of Finance (财政部) launched the pilot program for the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises in cities, they have allocated 8.1 billion yuan in funds to support 101 pilot cities and over 40,000 small and medium-sized enterprises in carrying out digital and intelligent transformation and upgrading in three batches.
Various regions have introduced differentiated support measures in accordance with local conditions, implementing precise policies for science and technology innovation enterprises in the early, growth, and mature stages, and strengthening full-cycle and full-chain cultivation and support. Jiangsu (江苏) relies on the pilot program of policy-based science and technology insurance, focusing on future industries and emerging fields such as artificial intelligence and quantum technology, and the provincial finance provides subsidies of up to 50% of the actual premium for eligible insured enterprises; Beijing (北京) gives full play to the guiding effectiveness of municipal government investment funds, and jointly promotes the development of national-level venture capital funds in the same direction, adhering to investing early, investing in small businesses, and investing in hard technology, empowering the growth and expansion of science and technology innovation enterprises; Zhejiang (浙江) organized the implementation of the 2026 Science and Technology New Little Dragon Cultivation and Escort Special Action, providing full-cycle comprehensive services for science and technology innovation enterprises in terms of policy guidance, capital docking, and resource empowerment.
[Effect] Data shows that in the first quarter, investment in equipment and tooling purchases increased by 13.9% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 2.4 percentage points faster than in January-February; the balance of loans to science and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises increased by 20.9% year-on-year; 294,600 high-tech enterprises received loan support, with a loan approval rate of 58.6%, which was 1.3 percentage points higher than at the end of last year. Innovation sources have "living water," promoting the formation of a diversified investment pattern of "fiscal subsidies + financial support + social capital."

Guarding the bottom line, building a solid foundation for security
Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委), together with relevant departments, officially issued the second batch of "Two Major" construction project lists for 2026. The Weishi County (尉氏县) High-Standard Farmland Construction Project in Kaifeng (开封), Henan (河南), from 2026 to 2028 received 226 million yuan in ultra-long-term special treasury bond support, covering a farmland area of 100,000 mu. This funding will focus on projects such as field consolidation, irrigation and drainage, farmland fertility improvement, farmland power transmission and distribution, and farmland protection and ecological environmental protection. After the project is completed, it will effectively make up for the shortcomings in agricultural infrastructure, enhance the ability of farmland to resist natural disasters, and steadily increase grain production capacity.
[Policy] Since the beginning of this year, China's fiscal and financial policies have adhered to coordinating development and security. In terms of defusing risks in key areas, government debt management has been strengthened, the structure of local government debt has been optimized, and local government special bonds will continue to be issued to replace existing implicit debt; in accordance with market-oriented and rule-of-law principles, the risk resolution of small and medium-sized financial institutions will be promoted in a powerful, orderly, and effective manner. In terms of food security, the central government has arranged 213.8 billion yuan to stabilize the implementation of policies such as subsidies for arable land fertility protection, subsidies for corn and soybean producers, and subsidies for rice, effectively ensuring the income of grain farmers. In terms of energy security, focusing on fields such as new energy and energy storage, investment and credit support have been increased to promote the optimization and upgrading of the energy structure and improve energy self-sufficiency.
[Effect] Positive progress has been made in resolving local government debt. As of April 17 this year, local governments had issued 1.12 trillion yuan of special refinancing bonds for local governments to replace existing implicit debt, accounting for 56% of this year's quota (2 trillion yuan). The issuance progress of special refinancing bonds for replacing existing implicit debt in Hebei (河北), Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), Jilin (吉林), and other 8 regions has reached 100%. The reform and risk resolution of small and medium-sized financial institutions have been vigorously promoted, and the number and asset scale of high-risk institutions have been significantly reduced compared to their peak. Nine provinces have achieved "dynamic clearing" of high-risk small and medium-sized institutions.
The "rice bowl" of food and energy is held more firmly. Guizhou Province (贵州省) has deeply implemented the grain production capacity improvement action, and this year is making every effort to promote the construction of 2.03 million mu of high-standard farmland; various regions have implemented relevant subsidies for grain farmers in a timely manner as required, effectively stimulating farmers' enthusiasm for growing grain. Various regions rely on fiscal subsidies and financial support to accelerate the layout and construction of new energy projects, and the installed capacity of new energy power generation nationwide has maintained steady growth; Zhejiang (浙江), Jiangsu (江苏), and other regions are simultaneously promoting the clean and low-carbon transformation of traditional energy, and continue to increase investment in energy storage projects, comprehensively building a solid energy security guarantee defense line.

As various fiscal and financial policies are implemented and take effect, the synergistic effectiveness of policies continues to be released. Various regions and departments are implementing precise policies and targeting efforts to continuously solve the bottlenecks and difficulties in economic development and promote high-quality development to move steadily and far.

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Moving towards the new, connecting the future.

By: 本报记者 罗珊珊

On May 18th, the 2026 Global Trade and Investment Promotion Summit, hosted by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (中国贸促会), was held in Beijing (北京). More than 800 representatives from foreign government departments, international organizations, economic institutions, foreign chambers of commerce and trade promotion agencies, and Chinese and foreign enterprises from 51 countries and regions participated in the summit.

The theme of this summit was "Moving Towards the New, Connecting the Future." Participating guests had in-depth exchanges and built consensus around topics such as global industrial chain and supply chain cooperation, the development of artificial intelligence, and the deep integration of the service industry and manufacturing.

The international economic order is undergoing dramatic turbulence. Adhering to "holding hands" rather than "letting go," and "extending the chain" rather than "breaking the chain," is the common aspiration of the business community in various countries.

"This summit further demonstrates China's determination to steadfastly promote high-level opening up to the outside world, adhere to mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation, and uphold multilateralism. China's economic size, industrial capabilities, digital innovation, and continuously expanding connections with developing countries continue to create opportunities for common development," said Siddharth Chatterjee, United Nations Resident Coordinator in China. He believes that China is not only a global innovation pioneer but also a pivotal global trading partner, proactively playing a leading role in promoting trade, investment, and innovation to synergistically contribute to sustainable development.

Xi Guohua (奚国华), Chairman of CITIC Group (中信集团), said that in the intelligent era, no company can complete all innovations alone, and no country can cope with global challenges alone. We should solidify "hard links," deepen transnational intelligent collaboration, and help the global industrial and supply chain become a "win-win chain" and a "symbiotic chain"; deepen "soft links" to make new quality productive forces stronger and remove the bottlenecks in the coordinated linkage of "science, industry, and finance"; and improve "heart links" to make digital development more inclusive and accelerate the implementation of technology for the benefit of all.

Technological innovation is redefining global industrial chain and supply chain cooperation. At the summit, innovation became a high-frequency word, and topics such as new quality productive forces and artificial intelligence aroused heated discussions.

"Over the past 10 years, China has made great progress, especially in innovation and industrial upgrading. In addition to manufacturing, this is also the case in cutting-edge industries, such as batteries, artificial intelligence, robotics, digital platforms, advanced engineering, and electric vehicles," said Craig Allen, former President of the US-China Business Council (美中贸易全国委员会) and Senior Advisor at the Cohen Group (美国科恩集团). Many multinational companies not only regard China as a manufacturing base but also as an important innovation and R&D center.

"China is actively promoting the development of new quality productive forces, and Malaysian small and medium-sized enterprises must pay attention to this opportunity," said Dr. Ng Yih Pyng (吴逸平), President of the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (马来西亚中华总商会). China has a very mature industrial chain and technological ecosystem, and Malaysian companies can participate through technical cooperation, supply chain coordination, brand joint ventures, and even jointly developing the ASEAN market.

At the summit, Ren Hongbin (任鸿斌), Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (中国贸促会), on behalf of the participating business community, released the "2026 Global Trade and Investment Promotion Summit Beijing Initiative." The initiative, after full communication and consultation with the business communities of participating countries, reached a broad consensus: first, cultivate new quality productive forces and expand new space for global economic growth; second, promote open cooperation in industrial and supply chains and build a safe, stable, efficient, and smooth global industrial ecosystem; third, empower economic and trade cooperation with artificial intelligence and jointly build a new ecosystem for digital development; fourth, promote the deep integration of the service industry and manufacturing, and lead the upgrading of the global industry; and fifth, deepen cooperation among the global business community and promote global sustainable development.

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Stepping Up Efforts to Tap Potential and Expand Capacity in Emerging Industries

According to Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), May 19th (Reporter Zhou Yuan (周圆)) - On May 19th, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) convened a meeting to study and deploy key tasks for employment promotion in 2026. The meeting proposed adhering to an employment-first orientation, creating high-quality employment positions, cultivating and expanding employment capacity, and realizing a virtuous cycle of mutual empowerment and benign circulation between industrial transformation and upgrading and employment expansion and quality improvement.

The person in charge of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) stated at the meeting that it is necessary to consolidate the joint efforts of employment promotion and grasp all tasks with more powerful measures. Stabilize and expand the employment scale of traditional manufacturing industries such as light industry and textile and apparel, and increase efforts to tap potential and expand capacity in emerging industrial fields such as intelligent connected new energy vehicles, high-end equipment, and aerospace; launch an artificial intelligence SME entrepreneurship support plan, and build and utilize the "one network" of national SME services. In addition, it is also necessary to organize talent supply and demand matching activities such as the "Hundred-Day Recruitment".

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Go to the grassroots where you can weather the storm, grow your skills, and build your career (Vigorously promote employment and entrepreneurship)

By: 本报记者 李 蕊

Employment is the foundation of people's livelihood. Promoting employment for college graduates and other young people is a matter of national importance as well as a family affair.

Since the beginning of this year, various regions and departments have focused on stabilizing employment by expanding job opportunities, optimizing services, and strengthening guidance. Many universities have actively broadened job resources, strengthened employment guidance, and provided employment assistance. The vast number of young people continue to establish correct employment views, integrate their personal growth into the overall situation of national development, and dedicate their youth to starting businesses and making contributions at the grassroots level.

Starting today, this section will launch the "Vigorously Promote Employment and Entrepreneurship" column to see how all parties are making every effort to promote high-quality and full employment for college graduates and other young people.

——Editor

Zhanglou Town (张楼镇), Chengwuxian County (成武县), Heze (菏泽), Shandong (山东) Province, the market is bustling with noise. A girl is seen holding a loudspeaker, plunging into the crowd, and picking up a string of dried peppers to shout.

Her name is Lu Mei (卢玫), and she is the Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Mayor of Zhanglou Town. Everyone calls her "Doctor Mayor."

In 2022, Lu Mei (卢玫) graduated with a doctorate from Renmin University of China (中国人民大学) and applied for the Shandong (山东) selection and assignment program. "Heze (菏泽) is in a period of rising momentum." She said, "If I am going to go, I will go to the depths of the countryside where I can weather the storm, develop my skills, and start a career."

After joining the job, Lu Mei (卢玫) was assigned to Dongbei Village (东北村) in Mudan District (牡丹区), Heze City (菏泽市). As a newcomer, full of scholarly air, she carried a notebook and a computer, and visited households according to pre-set questions, but soon ran into a wall: it was not that she could not understand the dialect, but that the villagers did not quite understand those bookish questions. Back and forth, there was an invisible wall between them.

"After the organization learned of my difficulties, they sent a village cadre to act as a 'translator.' I asked questions, and he said it again in the language that the villagers were used to." Lu Mei (卢玫) said that it was not a solution to always trouble others, so she forced herself to run more, listen more, and ask more. "Day by day, the wall gradually disappeared."

As a provincial directed selection and assignment student, Lu Mei (卢玫) has enjoyed a series of policy guarantees since joining the job. The province arranges working funds for each directed selection and assignment student every year, which is directly allocated to the village; Heze City (菏泽市) promotes a "mentor assistance" mechanism, with a county-level cadre acting as her mentor, talking and guiding her regularly. The rear unit, the Heze Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department (菏泽市委宣传部), also provides support, providing working funds every year to help integrate resources and coordinate projects. "The support of the organization makes me more confident in starting a business." Lu Mei (卢玫) said.

Familiar with the village, she began to think: there are many left-behind women in the village, as well as disabled people. Everyone has the idea of employment, but they lack the way.

To drive villagers' employment, a place to settle down must be found. Lu Mei (卢玫) selected a vacant courtyard in the village, named it "Building Dreams Rural Courtyard" (筑梦乡村小院), and also figured out a partner model of "village collective + agricultural entrepreneur + villager + college student": the village collective provides the venue, the agricultural entrepreneur brings the project, the villagers provide labor and skills, and the college students contribute creativity and technology. "The four forces are twisted together, each showing their strengths." Lu Mei (卢玫) said.

After the small courtyard was built, Lu Mei (卢玫) first started a vocational school, but unexpectedly ran into a wall again - the training notice sent in the WeChat group received few responses.

Lu Mei (卢玫) was not discouraged and called one by one. Slowly, many villagers took the initiative to come to the door: "I want to learn live streaming, can you guide me?"

Starting from the actual needs of the villagers, the news of organizing live broadcast training was sent out again, and everyone signed up. Lu Mei (卢玫) invited local internet celebrities from platforms such as Taobao (淘宝), Douyin (抖音), and Xiaohongshu (小红书) to teach on-site.

"The villagers learned the skills and can sell things themselves. The young people in the small courtyard also designed the 'Under the Big Willow Tree' logo, and the village's agricultural products have a brand, and the price has also gone up." Lu Mei (卢玫) said.

According to the policy, selection and assignment students can return to the municipal direct unit after two years of stationing in the village. In July 2024, Lu Mei (卢玫) chose to stay on the front line and was transferred from Mudan District (牡丹区) to Zhanglou Town (张楼镇), Chengwu County (成武县).

Arriving at the new post, she helped 7 administrative villages build elderly care canteens according to actual needs. In order to ensure the long-term sustainable operation of the canteens, she also conducted research village by village to plan characteristic industries, and used the industrial income to give back to people's livelihood.

Lüwa Village (吕洼村), Zhanglou Town (张楼镇), is adjacent to the state-owned forest farm and has the advantage of under-forest resources. Lu Mei (卢玫) acted as a bridge, connecting the village's returning college students' mushroom planting project with the state-owned forest farm to develop the under-forest edible mushroom planting industry. After the project was implemented, the villagers worked nearby and increased their income "at their doorstep."

Lu Mei's (卢玫) choice is not an isolated case. On this hot land that is eager for talents, more and more college graduates are coming along with their original intentions. Ni Bowen (倪博闻), a doctor from Tsinghua University (清华大学), graduated in 2020, two years earlier than Lu Mei (卢玫) came to Heze (菏泽). In the summer of 2023, the Heze Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League (团菏泽市委) held the "Talent Neighborhood Festival," and the two shared their stories with Heze (菏泽) for the first time on the same stage. When Ni Bowen (倪博闻) spoke, Lu Mei (卢玫) listened to it, and a resonance arose in her heart - they are not just stationed in the village, but also regard themselves as people in the village.

On the platform of her alma mater, Lu Mei (卢玫) often said to her younger students: "The countryside has opened up a stage for everyone, and there is much to be done." Later, a younger student sent her a WeChat message, saying that he had also taken root in the rural front line, which made her feel quite gratified.

In these years of taking root in the countryside, Lu Mei's (卢玫) luggage has always contained her favorite book - "From the Soil: The Foundations of Chinese Society" ("乡土中国"). Living with the villagers day and night, and working hard in the fields, she has long read the countryside in the book as the hot land under her feet.

Reporter's Notes

Go to the grassroots level and shine your youth in dedication

In Lu Mei's (卢玫) office, a childlike clay photo frame is particularly eye-catching. This is a small gift made and given to her by the children when she was stationed in Dongbei Village (东北村). From Dongbei Village (东北村) to Zhanglou Town (张楼镇), she always carries this simple little ornament with her.

"Putting it here is to remind myself." She said, "To make the children's eyes shine and the old people smile." This gift of childlike innocence constantly reminds her of her original intention of taking root at the grassroots level: to bend down and do practical things for the people.

Rushing to the countryside to start a business, Lu Mei (卢玫) handed in an answer sheet with practical work. Revitalizing vacant courtyards, running vocational schools, carrying out live broadcast training, and developing under-forest industries, building employment and entrepreneurship platforms for left-behind women, etc., turning rural resources into industries that enrich the people.

The countryside is a broad stage for young people to grow, become talents, and start businesses. May more and more young people rush to the grassroots level, temper themselves in the countryside, and shine their youth in dedication.

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National Enterprise Sales Revenue Grew Steadily in the First Four Months

This newspaper reported from Beijing on May 19th (Reporter Wang Guan (王观)): The latest invoice data from the State Taxation Administration (国家税务总局) shows that from January to April this year, the national enterprise sales revenue achieved steady growth, presenting many highlights.

Industry maintained rapid growth. From January to April, industrial sales revenue increased by 6.6% year-on-year, with manufacturing and mining sales revenue increasing by 6.9% and 6.4% year-on-year, respectively, both maintaining a rapid growth trend. The equipment manufacturing industry continued to play the role of a "ballast stone," with sales revenue increasing by 7.6% year-on-year. In particular, the sales revenue of computer communication equipment manufacturing, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing, and instrumentation manufacturing increased by 14.7%, 10.3%, and 9.1% year-on-year, respectively.

New driving force industries are growing stronger. From January to April, the sales revenue of high-tech industries increased by 15.3% year-on-year, with the sales revenue of high-tech manufacturing increasing by 14.9% year-on-year, accounting for 18.1% of the total manufacturing sales revenue, an increase of 1.3 percentage points compared to the same period last year. The vitality of digital industrialization continues to be released. From January to April, the sales revenue of the core digital economy industries increased by 9.4% year-on-year, with the sales revenue of digital product manufacturing and digital technology application industries increasing by 12.9% and 12.3% year-on-year, respectively.

The driving effect of artificial intelligence is evident. From January to April, the sales revenue of electronic special material manufacturing and integrated circuit manufacturing, which are directly related to the production and application of artificial intelligence, increased by 70% and 54.4% year-on-year, respectively; the sales revenue of intelligent vehicle equipment and robots, which are related to artificial intelligence terminal applications, increased by 50.7% and 27.5% year-on-year, respectively.

Consumption potential continues to be released. From January to April, driven by policies such as trading in old consumer goods for new ones and prize-winning invoices, the retail sales revenue of communication equipment increased by 17.4% year-on-year. At the same time, the popularity of the service consumption market remains unabated. The sales revenue of leisure and sightseeing activities, travel agencies and related services, and cultural and sports entertainment industries increased by 32%, 14.6%, and 14% year-on-year, respectively; the sales revenue of catering delivery services and homestay services increased by 7.7% and 14.1% year-on-year, respectively.

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Agricultural insurance effectively supported spring plowing and production in the first quarter.

This newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on May 19th (Reporter Qu Xinming (屈信明)) - This reporter learned from the National Financial Regulatory Administration (金融监管总局): From January to March this year, the scale of agricultural insurance premiums was 44.258 billion yuan, providing 1.57 trillion yuan in risk protection, and involving 0.33 billion farmer households. The full cost insurance and planting income insurance policies for the three major grain crops of rice, wheat, and corn have been expanded to all regions. Agricultural insurance provides 433.3 billion yuan in risk protection for the planting industry, including the three major staple grains, effectively supporting spring agricultural production. The full cost insurance and planting income insurance policies for soybeans have also been expanded to all regions this year.

The relevant person in charge of the specialized committee of the Insurance Association of China (中国保险行业协会) introduced that, taking Hebei (河北) as an example, all counties in the province have implemented full-cost insurance for staple grains. The insured amounts for wheat, corn, and rice have been increased to 950 yuan/mu, 800 yuan/mu, and 1500 yuan/mu, respectively, and the level of protection has been improved. Farmers only need to bear a small amount of premiums.

This year's No. 1 Central Document proposed "supporting the development of local specialty agricultural product insurance." The relevant person in charge of the specialized committee of the Insurance Association of China (中国保险行业协会) said that local specialty insurance has achieved positive results after years of development. According to research, the number of specialty varieties has increased significantly, exceeding 700, including key industries such as fruits, vegetables, tea, traditional Chinese medicine, crayfish, and beef cattle. The level of protection has been significantly improved. In 2024, the risk protection for local specialties increased to 1.3 trillion yuan, providing a cumulative compensation of 50.3 billion yuan to 8.61 million farmers, effectively guaranteeing farmers' basic income.

Swine insurance is the largest agricultural insurance category in China, accounting for about 1/5 of the national agricultural insurance premium scale. This year, the National Financial Regulatory Administration (金融监管总局) jointly issued the "Notice on Strengthening Collaboration to Promote High-Quality Development of Swine Insurance" with the Ministry of Finance (财政部) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部), establishing a regular premium adjustment mechanism, deepening the application of science and technology, and improving the accuracy of underwriting and claims settlement in the field of swine insurance. In the first quarter, this type of insurance provided 494.4 billion yuan in risk protection for the breeding industry, including swine.

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Deepen China-Russia Education Cooperation, Promote People-to-People Connectivity

By: 本报记者 曲 颂

On December 31, 2025, President Xi Jinping (习近平) and Russian President Vladimir Putin exchanged New Year's greetings, announcing that the two countries would hold the "China-Russia Year of Education" in 2026-2027. The "China-Russia Year of Education" will promote higher quality and higher-level development of China-Russia educational cooperation, inject strong impetus into deepening cultural exchanges and people-to-people connectivity between the two sides, and promoting the development and revitalization of the two countries.

Continuous Efforts, Fruitful Results in Educational Cooperation

The breadth and depth of China-Russia educational exchanges have continued to expand in recent years. Under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, government departments of the two countries have carried out mechanism docking, and participating units have continued to innovate. The scale of two-way student exchanges between China and Russia has now exceeded 80,000. Russian Ambassador to China Igor Morgulov said: "The goal set in the 'Roadmap for Russia-China Humanitarian Cooperation until 2030' to reach 100,000 two-way students before 2030 is expected to be achieved ahead of schedule."

To date, 15 university alliances of the same type, including the China-Russia Alliance of Engineering Universities, the Alliance of Medical Universities, and the Alliance of Cultural and Art Universities, have brought together more than 800 universities in the two countries to carry out joint scientific research, collaborative innovation, and have achieved a series of internationally influential scientific research results.

Chinese and Russian universities are actively exploring new models of cooperative education, and have established more than 150 cooperative education institutions and projects, realizing complementary advantages in educational resources and the common improvement of educational levels. On November 4 last year, the Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications-Far Eastern Federal University Joint Institute, jointly built by Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications (重庆邮电大学) and Far Eastern Federal University (俄罗斯远东联邦大学), was unveiled, offering majors such as Computer Science and Technology, Digital Media Technology, and Internet of Things Engineering. It has now enrolled nearly 100 students from 8 provinces and cities in China.

Xi Junfei (席浚斐), the foreign affairs secretary of the college, once studied at Far Eastern Federal University (俄罗斯远东联邦大学). He believes that Sino-Russian joint training can empower Chinese students in both directions. While students gain "Russian + professional" knowledge and skills, they can also gain a broad perspective and mature mentality in cross-cultural communication, "especially suitable for young people who aspire to engage in China's foreign cooperation."

Valery Falkov, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, said that Sino-Russian educational cooperation has also achieved remarkable results in a multilateral framework. During China's rotating presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization from 2024 to 2025, the number of member institutions of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization University expanded from 70 to 125.

Expanding Fields, Focusing on the Future Development of Young People

The enthusiasm for Chinese-Russian language exchanges continues to rise. There are 185 universities in China offering Russian majors, and the number of people learning Russian in China has increased by nearly 7% in the past 5 years. Last year, Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classrooms in Russia had 27,000 students and held more than 1,200 cultural activities of various types. Liu Xiaolong (刘小龙), Deputy General Manager of the Center for Language Education and Cooperation of the Ministry of Education of China, said that the Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) is developing rapidly in Russia, with test centers covering more than 30 cities in Russia, and the number of candidates last year was nearly 30,000.

Artyom Usov (阿尔乔姆·乌索夫) from Irkutsk (伊尔库茨克), Russia, whose online name is "Ant", went to Donghua University (东华大学) at the age of 19 to study for a bachelor's degree. Now he is a self-media video blogger with more than 1.5 million fans across the network. Ant said that he has lived in China for more than ten years, and Chinese culture has never stopped giving him surprises. He will continue to improve his Chinese and create more high-quality videos to show China to his Russian friends through the lens. "I think it is very promising for Russian and Chinese young people to learn each other's languages and cultures. With the holding of the 'Russia-China Year of Education', exchanges between the two countries will continue to deepen, and there will be more and more opportunities."

Currently, the "language + culture" or "language + major" composite talent training model has become a new trend. Alexey Maslov (阿列克谢·马斯洛夫), Dean of the Institute of Asian and African Studies at Moscow State University (俄罗斯莫斯科国立大学), said that Chinese has become a practical professional skill, and Russia needs talents who master Chinese in many fields.

In June 2025, the Russian Luban Workshop (俄罗斯鲁班工坊), jointly built by Moscow State University of Telecommunications and Informatics (俄罗斯莫斯科国立通信与信息技术大学) and Tianjin Sino-German University of Applied Sciences (天津电子信息职业技术学院), was officially unveiled. The Luban Workshop is not only a milestone in Sino-Russian vocational education cooperation, but also opens a new chapter in the in-depth synergy between the two countries in the field of digital talent training.

Veronika Antonova (维罗妮卡·安东诺娃), Director of the Department of Fixed Communications at Moscow State University of Telecommunications and Informatics (莫斯科国立通信与信息技术大学), said that in 2022, two students from the university teamed up with two students from Tianjin Sino-German University of Applied Sciences (天津电子信息职业技术学院) to win the gold medal in the Information Technology Application Innovation Project of the first World Vocational Colleges Skills Competition. The two universities have also expanded exchanges and cooperation, and have reached a consensus on jointly building "technical stations" and "cultural bridges." Yuri Mironov (尤里·米罗诺夫), Head of the Department of Network and Communication Systems at Moscow State University of Telecommunications and Informatics (莫斯科国立通信与信息技术大学), believes that the establishment of the Luban Workshop is a sign of the continuous progress of Russian-Chinese scientific and technological cooperation, and its development will contribute to promoting digital innovation in the two countries.

Moving Towards Each Other, Consolidating the Foundation of People-to-People Friendship

In the northwest of Moscow (莫斯科), the Alyoshkinsky Forest Nature Reserve (阿廖什金自然保护区) is lush green, and the new teaching building of the Russian-Chinese International School (俄罗斯中国国际学校) is hidden among them. This is the first full-time international school in Russia featuring Chinese and Chinese culture education, which officially opened on September 1, 2024. The school is based on Russian national textbooks and Chinese textbooks jointly compiled by China and Russia, offering international courses covering primary school, junior high school, and high school stages. The faculty is composed of local teachers from Moscow (莫斯科) and Chinese teachers hired from China.

At present, among the more than 100 students enrolled, there are both Russian school-age children and children of overseas Chinese and employees of Chinese-funded institutions working and living in Russia. "We believe in the advantages of integrated education." Wu Hao (吴昊), the principal of the Russian-Chinese International School (俄罗斯中国国际学校), introduced that for Russian children, the Chinese teaching level here is stronger, the Chinese culture elective courses are richer, and it can also provide more opportunities for exchanges with Chinese primary and secondary schools and universities; for Chinese children, the school provides more targeted Russian courses tailored to the children's Russian proficiency. Chinese and Russian children study in the same class, which makes it easier for them to improve their language skills and forge friendships in daily communication.

Igor Pozdniakov (伊戈尔·波兹尼亚科夫), Education Counselor of the Russian Embassy in China and Representative of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation in China, once compared Russian-Chinese educational cooperation to a "wide two-way street." In addition to universities, educational cooperation between the two countries presents a trend of "**全面开花** (quán miàn kāi huā - "full bloom," a situation where things are developing in an all-round way)." The China-Russia Middle School Alliance brings together more than 140 middle schools, and the academic and cultural exchange activities between the two sides are rich and colorful.

Yin Bin (尹斌), Academician of the Russian Academy of Engineering and Chairman of the Russian-Chinese Center for Humanitarian Cooperation and Development, said that he fully felt the promotion of practical cooperation between the two countries to the cause of education. In his daily work, he observed that many Chinese and Russian educational institutions have a strong desire to establish contacts and strengthen cooperation with their counterparts in the other country. "International exchanges cannot be separated from exchanges between people. There is much that young people in the two countries can do to learn each other's languages and cultures." Yin Bin (尹斌) said.

Holding the "China-Russia Year of Education", strengthening knowledge sharing, talent cultivation and cultural mutual learning, will inject more vitality into the mutual understanding and affinity between the people of the two countries, and consolidate the foundation of public opinion for the inheritance of friendly relations from generation to generation.

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Foreign Ministry: We believe that under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, the China-Russia friendship from generation to generation will be more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

People's Daily, Beijing, May 19th (Reporter Li Anqi (李安琪)) Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) stated on the 19th at a routine press conference, in response to questions regarding a Sino-Russian friendship survey, that the survey results reflect the friendly public sentiment between the two countries, especially the positive desire of the younger generation to further strengthen exchanges. It is believed that under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, the Sino-Russian friendship for generations will be even more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

A reporter asked: Recently, the Sino-Russian Friendship, Peace and Development Committee's Education Council conducted a "Sino-Russian Youth Friendship and Cultural Exchange Survey" targeting young people aged 18-35 in both countries. Recently, the Global Public Opinion Survey Center of Renmin University of China (中国人民大学) held a press conference on the survey report, stating that over 80% of Chinese and Russian youth believe that Sino-Russian relations are friendly. What is China's comment on this?

Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) said that the survey results reflect the friendly public sentiment between the two countries, especially the positive desire of the younger generation to further strengthen exchanges, reflecting the high level of Sino-Russian relations.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (普京) began a state visit to China on the 19th. "We believe that under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping (习近平) and President Putin (普京), the Sino-Russian friendship for generations will be even more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the youth of the two countries will also join hands to gather the strength of youth and inject vitality into the Sino-Russian comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era," Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) said.

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Advance China-Russia Relations to a Deeper Level and Higher Standard (Harmony Voice)

At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping (习近平), Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay a state visit to China from May 19th to 20th. This is President Putin's twenty-fifth visit to China and the first face-to-face meeting between the two heads of state this year. The international community widely expects that, under the leadership of the two heads of state, China and Russia will continue to develop along the right track, making new and positive contributions to maintaining global strategic stability and international fairness and justice.

Looking back on the development of China-Russia relations, the leadership of the heads of state has always been the greatest advantage and fundamental guarantee for the high-level development of bilateral relations. Since 2013, President Xi Jinping (习近平) and President Putin have met on more than 40 occasions. From the joint signing of the joint statement on a new stage of comprehensive strategic partnership in 2014, to the joint decision in 2019 to upgrade China-Russia relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era; from the official announcement in 2021 to extend the "China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation" and give it new connotations of the times, to the joint signing of the "Joint Statement on Further Deepening the China-Russia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of Coordination for a New Era" in 2025... Under the joint planning and personal promotion of the two heads of state, China-Russia relations have become increasingly calm, confident, stable, and resilient, setting a model for a new type of major-country relations, bringing tangible benefits to the two countries and their peoples, and making important contributions to maintaining global strategic stability and improving global governance. During this visit, the two heads of state will exchange views on bilateral relations, cooperation in various fields, and international and regional issues of common concern, which will surely promote China-Russia relations in the new era to a new height and inject positive energy into world peace and development.

Permanent good-neighborliness and friendship, comprehensive strategic coordination, and mutually beneficial cooperation are the most essential characteristics of China-Russia relations. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the China-Russia strategic partnership of coordination and the 25th anniversary of the signing of the "China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation," as well as the launch of the "China-Russia Year of Education." The two sides will seize the new historical opportunity for the development of China-Russia relations, further enhance political mutual trust, continue to deepen all-round cooperation in various fields, and continuously consolidate the social and public opinion foundation for lasting friendship. In recent years, with the joint efforts of China and Russia, cooperation between the two countries in various fields has continued to deepen and become more practical, cooperation in key areas has blossomed in many places, the vitality of local cooperation has continued to burst forth, and cooperation in emerging areas has been fully expanded, achieving fruitful results. In 2025, the bilateral trade volume between China and Russia reached 227.9 billion US dollars, exceeding the 200 billion US dollar mark for three consecutive years, and China has remained Russia's largest trading partner for 16 consecutive years. In the first four months of this year, the bilateral trade volume between China and Russia reached 85.241 billion US dollars, an increase of 19.7% year-on-year. Holding theme years has become a fine tradition of China-Russia cultural exchanges and a highlight in the history of the development of bilateral relations. The "China-Russia Year of Education" ushered in this year is the tenth national-level theme year between the two countries, which will inject new impetus into enhancing mutual understanding between the two peoples and helping the two countries develop and revitalize.

In the face of the intertwined international situation, the stability and certainty of China-Russia relations are particularly valuable, which is not only a solid guarantee for the respective development and revitalization of the two countries, but also injects valuable stability and positive energy into maintaining global strategic stability and improving global governance. Over the years, as responsible major countries and permanent members of the UN Security Council, China and Russia have closely coordinated and cooperated within multilateral frameworks such as the United Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, BRICS, and the G20, contributing "China-Russia strength" to maintaining the core role of the United Nations in international affairs, forming a "China-Russia path" for building an inclusive economic globalization, and injecting "China-Russia momentum" into building an equal and orderly world multipolarization. In September last year, President Xi Jinping (习近平) solemnly proposed the Global Governance Initiative at the "Shanghai Cooperation Organization+" meeting, and President Putin gave a positive evaluation of the Global Governance Initiative proposed by China during the meeting, and the Russian side also clearly expressed its support for this initiative. Since the beginning of this year, the international situation has become increasingly turbulent. China and Russia's closer and more effective strategic coordination demonstrates a more active and promising major-country responsibility, which will promote the development of the international order in a more just and reasonable direction.

At present, China-Russia relations are at their best in history. Standing at a new historical starting point, China is willing to work with Russia to earnestly implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, continue to promote China-Russia relations to develop at a deeper level and a higher level, and make greater contributions to promoting the development and revitalization of the two countries and safeguarding international fairness and justice.

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Ahead of Visit to China, Russian President Putin Delivers Video Address

Xinhua News Agency, Moscow, May 19th. At the invitation of President Xi Jinping (习近平), Russian President Vladimir Putin (普京) will pay a state visit to China from May 19th to 20th. Prior to his visit to China, Putin (普京) delivered a video address. He stated that he was very pleased to accept the invitation of President Xi Jinping (习近平) to visit China again. Regular mutual visits and meetings between the Russian and Chinese heads of state are an important and indispensable part of our all-round development of bilateral relations and tapping into their truly unlimited potential.

This is the first time Putin (普京) has delivered a video address before a foreign visit. Putin (普京) pointed out that Russia and China are full of confidence in the future and will actively develop ties in the political, economic and other fields, expand cultural exchanges, and encourage people-to-people exchanges.

Putin (普京) said that close strategic coordination between Russia and China plays an important stabilizing role on the international stage. At the same time, Russian-Chinese friendship is not directed against any third party, but pursues peace and common prosperity.

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Wang Yi Holds Talks with Liberian Foreign Minister Nyanati

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 19th. Wang Yi (王毅), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, held talks with Liberian Foreign Minister Nyanati Tuan in Beijing (北京) on the 19th.

Wang Yi (王毅) stated that supporting African development is China's unwavering policy and consistent approach. The zero-tariff initiative for all African countries having diplomatic relations with China, personally announced by President Xi Jinping (习近平), has been officially implemented, and Liberia (利比里亚) is one of the earliest beneficiaries. China welcomes Liberia (利比里亚)'s signing as a new member of the International Mediation Institute. China and Liberia (利比里亚), as representatives of the Global South, are willing to jointly defend the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter.

Nyanati Tuan stated that Liberia (利比里亚) firmly adheres to the one-China policy, is willing to learn from China's experience in poverty alleviation and development, and highly appreciates and firmly supports the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind and a series of global initiatives.

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Zhang Guoqing Attends and Addresses the 13th World Urban Forum Leaders Summit

Xinhua News Agency, Baku, May 19th (Reporters Liu Shuchen (刘书辰) and Zhong Zhong (钟忠)) Local time, May 18th, Zhang Guoqing (张国清), Special Representative of President Xi Jinping (习近平), Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended and addressed the Leaders' Summit of the Thirteenth Session of the World Urban Forum in Baku (巴库), the capital of Azerbaijan.

Zhang Guoqing (张国清) stated that, guided by the concept of "cities are built by the people and for the people" proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平), China is deeply promoting a new type of urbanization centered on people, vigorously promoting urban structural optimization, kinetic energy conversion, quality improvement, green transformation, cultural heritage continuation, and governance efficiency enhancement, and striving to embark on a new path of urban modernization with Chinese characteristics. China is willing to work with all parties to jointly implement the four global initiatives, pay more attention to the livability, safety, and resilience of cities, improve the intelligent and refined level of urban governance, strengthen dialogue, exchange, project cooperation, and cultural exchanges between cities, and jointly build a better urban home.

Heads of state, heads of government, or high-level representatives from more than 30 countries, as well as heads of relevant international organizations, attended the summit.

During his stay in Azerbaijan, President Aliyev (阿利耶夫) of Azerbaijan met with Zhang Guoqing (张国清). Zhang Guoqing (张国清) conveyed President Xi Jinping's (习近平) cordial greetings, stating that China is willing to work with Azerbaijan to take the important consensus reached by the two heads of state as the fundamental guideline to promote the continuous deepening of the China-Azerbaijan comprehensive strategic partnership. President Aliyev (阿利耶夫) asked Zhang Guoqing (张国清) to convey his best wishes to President Xi Jinping (习近平), reiterated Azerbaijan's support for the four global initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平), emphasized the cherishment of Azerbaijan-China relations, and pledged to adhere to the one-China principle and to strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation with China in various fields. Zhang Guoqing (张国清) also met with Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director of UN-Habitat, at her request, and exchanged in-depth views on promoting sustainable urban development and other issues.

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The Second Meeting of the China-Central Asia Mechanism of Meetings of Ministers of Public Security and Internal Affairs Held; Wang Xiaohong Attended and Delivered a Keynote Speech

This newspaper Astana May 19th (Reporter Li Qiang (李强)) The second meeting of the China-Central Asia Public Security and Internal Affairs Ministers' Meeting Mechanism was held in Astana (阿斯塔纳), Kazakhstan on May 18th. State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong (王小洪) attended and delivered a keynote speech.

Wang Xiaohong (王小洪) stated that since the successful holding of the first meeting of the China-Central Asia Public Security and Internal Affairs Ministers' Meeting Mechanism, all parties have strengthened strategic dialogue and promoted pragmatic cooperation within the framework of the mechanism, achieving fruitful results and injecting new impetus into maintaining regional security and stability. Under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping (习近平) and the heads of state of the five Central Asian countries, China is willing to work with all parties to actively implement the Global Security Initiative and the Global Governance Initiative, vigorously promote the "China-Central Asia Spirit," continuously improve the China-Central Asia Public Security and Internal Affairs Ministers' Meeting Mechanism, continuously deepen pragmatic cooperation in areas such as counter-terrorism, combating transnational crimes such as telecom fraud, high-quality joint construction of "Belt and Road" security, and immigration management, promote high-quality development of regional law enforcement security cooperation, and better help build a China-Central Asia community with a shared future.

The meeting signed a memorandum and held a joint press conference of ministers to report on the results of the meeting.

Prior to the meeting, Kazakh President Tokayev (托卡耶夫) collectively met with the heads of delegations from various countries.

During his stay in Kazakhstan, Wang Xiaohong (王小洪) also met separately with the Minister of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan and the Chairman of the National Security Committee, and held meetings and exchanges with the Ministers of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

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APEC Senior Officials' Meeting 2 Convenes in Shanghai

This newspaper reported from Shanghai on May 19th (Reporter Chen Shangwen (陈尚文)): The second Senior Officials' Meeting of the 2026 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) was held in Shanghai (上海) from May 18th to 19th. Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu (马朝旭) attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.

Ma Zhaoxu (马朝旭) stated that President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that China will follow the trend of the times, listen to the voices of all members, and work with all parties to build an Asia-Pacific community, injecting new impetus into peace and development in the Asia-Pacific region and the world. This has pointed out the direction for APEC's "China Year" cooperation. China will focus on this year's APEC meeting theme of "Building an Asia-Pacific Community and Promoting Common Prosperity," take the "APEC Leaders' Shenzhen Declaration" as a platform, look forward to the roadmap for achieving the goal of an Asia-Pacific community, highlight the four pillars of trade, connectivity, innovation, and development, and prepare for the outcomes of the Leaders' Meeting.

The participating parties highly praised the progress of APEC cooperation in various fields since the beginning of this year, appreciated China's hosting of the APEC meeting, and expressed their willingness to jointly promote the APEC "China Year" to achieve fruitful results.

Prior to the Senior Officials' Meeting, APEC committees and working groups held nearly 40 meetings from May 11th to 17th, involving areas such as trade and investment, economic and technical cooperation, women, telecommunications, and food safety. More than 1,000 representatives from various member economies, the Secretariat, observers, and others attended.

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Building Consensus Through Dialogue, Promoting Development Through Cooperation (APEC China Year: Openness, Innovation, Cooperation)

By: 本报记者 陈尚文

From May 18th to 19th, the second APEC Senior Officials' Meeting (亚太经合组织) of the year was held in Shanghai (上海). This meeting brought together the early harvests of APEC cooperation this year and laid the groundwork for various activities and the Leaders' Meeting in the second half of the year. Senior officials and related personnel from various economies attending the meeting stated in interviews with reporters from this newspaper that the meeting provided an important platform for APEC members to build consensus and expressed their willingness to strengthen cooperation with China (中国) to promote the construction of the Asia-Pacific community from goals to actions and from blueprints to reality.

José Alberto (何塞·阿尔贝托), Undersecretary for Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Economy of Mexico and Head of the Planning and Negotiation Strategy Division, said that APEC is committed to carrying out multi-level and multi-field cooperation to promote exchanges and collaboration among economies, and its importance is self-evident. Faced with complex challenges, economies need to work together and share practices to enhance the resilience of the Asia-Pacific region and global value chains while promoting their own development. "China (中国) is an important partner of Mexico (墨西哥), and the two sides are continuously strengthening pragmatic economic cooperation to promote mutual benefit and win-win results."

Satoru Damusumarto (萨托·达莫苏马托), Director of Asia-Pacific and African Affairs at the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that it is of great significance for economies to gather together and work together within the APEC framework. He said that Indonesia (印尼) appreciates China's (中国) efforts to strengthen the construction of the multilateral trading system, "supports China's (中国) important role as the host of APEC in 2026, and is willing to strengthen cooperation with China (中国) to jointly promote stronger and freer trade cooperation in the region."

Rahui Ako (拉胡伊·阿科), APEC Affairs Advisor of Papua New Guinea (巴布亚新几内亚), said that the theme of "building an Asia-Pacific community and promoting common prosperity" is in line with APEC's original intention of promoting all members to move forward hand in hand and develop together. "Papua New Guinea (巴布亚新几内亚) attaches great importance to its relations with China (中国), and is willing to continue to maintain and deepen the friendship between the two sides, and strengthen coordination and cooperation with China (中国) in multilateral affairs."

Julio Chan (胡里奥·陈), Chairman of the APEC Trade and Investment Committee, said: "China (中国) has always adhered to opening up to the outside world and firmly promoted trade liberalization and facilitation, and its positive contributions deserve full recognition. For a long time, China's (中国) role in this field has become increasingly prominent. This year, China (中国) is the host of APEC, providing an important opportunity for all parties to deepen trade and investment cooperation."

Tan Khee Giap (陈企业), Chairman of the Singapore National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation, said, "China's (中国) research and development and application of artificial intelligence technology have achieved rapid development." He looks forward to taking the APEC "China Year" as an opportunity to transform China's (中国) advanced practical experience and application system into regional public goods, help narrow the digital divide, and enable innovation results to benefit more APEC members.

Twenty-five years ago, the Ninth APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting was held in Shanghai (上海), opening a new chapter in Asia-Pacific cooperation. Today, Shanghai (上海) is welcoming guests from all over the world with a more open attitude. Nguyen Tien Thinh (阮进盛), a representative from Vietnam (越南), said that Shanghai's (上海) vigorous vitality is impressive. Vietnam (越南) will host the APEC meeting in 2027 and hopes to take this visit as an opportunity to draw on China's (中国) practice and experience in hosting large-scale international multilateral meetings and continuously expand dialogue and exchanges with various economies.

Felipe Lopeandia (费利佩·恩里克斯), Director of Multilateral Economic Affairs at the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that the various initiatives proposed by China (中国) are in line with the concerns of various economies. From Shanghai (上海) to Beijing (北京), and then to Shenzhen (深圳), China (中国) is hosting APEC for the third time. It is believed that under the guidance of the APEC spirit and relying on the open and sincere dialogue platform built by China (中国), all parties will be able to build more consensus.

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Taiwan, China, Cannot Participate in the World Health Assembly: Clear Principles and Solid Legal Basis (Ambassador's Notes)

By: 贾桂德

On May 18, the 79th World Health Assembly once again refused to include the so-called "inviting Taiwan to participate in the WHA as an observer" proposal put forward by a few countries on the agenda. This is the tenth consecutive year that the WHA has rejected the so-called Taiwan-related proposal. The facts once again prove that the one-China principle, as a basic norm of international relations and a universal consensus of the international community, is what people want and the general trend. Any attempt to challenge this principle is doomed to be unpopular and will inevitably fail.

Over the past decade, whenever the WHA is held, the Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities have repeated their old tricks and deliberately disrupted the situation. On the one hand, they instigated a few so-called "allied countries" to put forward Taiwan-related proposals, attempting to challenge the one-China principle; on the other hand, they used the banner of so-called "international participation" to harass and put on shows everywhere, using farces to create a sense of presence. Individual countries, out of their dark calculations of "using Taiwan to contain China," have supported and encouraged them year after year, willingly acting as political accomplices of the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces. The international community has long seen through their outdated scripts, clumsy routines, and sinister intentions. Before each conference, the vast majority of countries reiterate their adherence to the one-China principle, support China's just position, and oppose the Taiwan region's participation in the WHA in various ways. Many national representatives have also told me that individual countries repeatedly manipulate Taiwan-related issues, wasting member states' valuable time, which is unbearable.

The fact that the Chinese Taiwan region cannot participate in the WHA is first and foremost a matter of principle and law. There is only one China in the world, Taiwan is an inseparable part of China's territory, and the government of the People's Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China. Taiwan's return to China is the result of the victory of the Chinese people's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the fruits of victory in World War II. A series of international legal documents such as the Cairo Declaration, the Potsdam Proclamation, the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, and UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 have firmly locked Taiwan's status. The issue of the Chinese Taiwan region's participation in international organizations, including the World Health Organization, must be handled in accordance with the one-China principle, which is also the fundamental principle confirmed by UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 and WHA Resolution 25.1. Since the principle is clear and the legal basis is clear, there is absolutely no so-called "special space" for the Taiwan region to participate in the WHA, and there is even less possibility of setting up another set of arrangements bypassing the Chinese Central Government. Any attempt to distort, dilute, or hollow out the one-China principle is undermining the post-war international order, challenging the authority of the United Nations, and trampling on international rule of law.

The various lies fabricated by the DPP authorities with ulterior motives to participate in the WHA are 不攻自破 (bù gōng zì pò - "collapse without attack," to fall apart of itself; to be self-defeating) in the face of facts. The so-called "international epidemic prevention gap" is a false proposition. The Chinese Central Government has always attached great importance to the health and well-being of Taiwan compatriots. Under the premise of adhering to the one-China principle, it has made proper arrangements for the Taiwan region to participate in global health affairs. The channels for the Taiwan region to obtain public health information and participate in technical exchanges are unimpeded. The so-called "being excluded from the global health system" is a false narrative. The DPP authorities stubbornly adhere to the "Taiwan independence" separatist position, which has led to the disappearance of the political basis for the Taiwan region to participate in the WHA. The responsibility does not lie with others, but entirely with the DPP authorities themselves. The so-called "caring about the health of the Taiwan people" is a false concern. What the DPP authorities really care about is not the lives and health of Taiwan compatriots, but using the WHA to hype up the "Taiwan independence" issue and expand the so-called "international space." Using public health as a guise, engaging in separatism through multilateral platforms, and using the Taiwan people as bargaining chips, this trick cannot deceive the international community, nor can it deceive Taiwan compatriots.

The WHA's repeated rejection of Taiwan-related proposals rejects political manipulation, safeguards international rule of law, defends the basic norms of international relations, and demonstrates the international community's just position of adhering to the one-China principle and supporting the Chinese government in safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity. The Taiwan issue arose from national weakness and chaos, and will inevitably be resolved with national rejuvenation. At present, the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is advancing with an unstoppable momentum, the grand blueprint of the "15th Five-Year Plan" has been drawn, and the great journey of building a strong country is advancing steadily. The wheels of history are rolling forward, China will eventually be unified, and it will inevitably be unified. No one and no force can stop it.

(The author is the Representative and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Other International Organizations in Switzerland)

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The Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and other departments deploy the mass-oriented thematic publicity and education activities of "Invigorating the Nation and Achieving Rejuvenation with Me" for 2026.

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 19th (北京新华社). Recently, 21 departments, including the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部), the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee (中央统战部), the Ministry of Social Work of the Central Committee (中央社会工作部), the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委), and the Ministry of Education (教育部), jointly issued a notice to deploy the "Strengthening the Country and Revitalizing the Nation Has Me" mass-themed publicity and education activities in 2026.

The notice emphasized that it is necessary to adhere to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想) as guidance, closely focus on singing the main theme of loving the Party, loving the country, and loving socialism, closely integrate the celebration of the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) and the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army's Long March (红军长征), carefully organize the "Strengthening the Country and Revitalizing the Nation Has Me" mass-themed publicity and education activities, focus on using the Party's innovative theories to strengthen the soul, focus on using socialist core values to strengthen the foundation, focus on using the Party's unity and leadership of the people's unremitting struggle to clarify the truth and increase confidence, focus on using the great achievements and great changes of the new era to inspire people, focus on using the bright prospects of Chinese-style modernization to inspire fighting spirit, and guide the vast number of cadres and the masses to actively participate in the great cause of building a strong country and revitalizing the nation.

The notice proposed that it is necessary to continue to promote the popularization, dissemination, and precision of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想), focus on entering the mind and heart, focus on going deep and solid, pay more attention to connecting with the ideological reality and work reality of cadres and the masses, and respond more specifically to the learning needs and theoretical concerns of different groups. Make full use of the important opportunities of celebrating the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) and the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army's Long March (红军长征), vigorously promote the great spirit of Party building and the great spirit of the Long March, and organize cadres and the masses to participate in mass activities such as retracing the Long March Road, presenting flower baskets, sweeping the tombs of martyrs, and reviewing the oath of joining the Party, the League, and the team. Carry out in-depth publicity and education on socialist core values, vigorously publicize advanced models, organize activities such as "Learn from Lei Feng (雷锋) and Do Good Deeds," carry out reading promotion activities such as famous experts' reading guidance and parent-child reading, and focus on grasping the theme education practice of young people. Focus on strengthening the publicity and education of the situation and policies of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan," strengthen the publicity and education of the rule of law around the implementation of the "Ninth Five-Year Plan" for popularizing the law, continue to deepen national defense education for all people, and carry out online publicity and education activities in a solid manner. Carefully organize mass cultural and sports activities that are beneficial to physical and mental health, provide more high-quality cultural products and services to the grassroots, encourage farmers to run their own cultural activities in combination with local characteristics, and widely carry out national fitness activities.

The notice required that it is necessary to adhere to the correct direction, closely focus on the theme, enrich the connotation, and make the mass-themed publicity and education activities truly become a carrier for carrying out ideal and belief education, revolutionary tradition education, and patriotism education. Strengthen work guidance, pay attention to practical results, design activities based on the actual production and life of the masses, and truly let the masses play the leading role. It is necessary to strictly implement the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation (中央八项规定) and its implementation rules, and must not increase the burden on the grassroots.

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Building a Service Network for Safeguarding the Rights and Interests of Workers in New Forms of Employment (Striving for the "15th Five-Year Plan": First-hand Observations · Strengthening the Protection of Workers' Rights and Interests)

By: 本报记者 刘晓宇

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized, "Steadily increase the well-being of the vast number of workers and working people" and "Create better employment and working conditions."

The "15th Five-Year Plan" outline proposes "Strengthening employment services and protection of workers' rights and interests."

When service stations carry heartwarming care and also provide professional rights protection services; when takeaway boxes contain delicious meals and are also filled with the pride of struggle... laborers will have more warmth and less worries, and work more comfortably for happiness.

Starting today, this newspaper launches a series of reports focusing on the policies and measures taken by various regions to strengthen the protection of workers' rights and interests, and listening to the feelings and expectations of workers.

——Editor

At 11:30 a.m., it is the peak of lunch delivery. At the gate of Xiamen No. 1 Middle School (厦门一中) in Xiamen (厦门), Fujian (福建) Province, takeaway rider Zhu Yuanlong (朱元龙) has beads of sweat on his forehead, busy scanning codes and storing meals in the smart takeaway cabinet. The silver-gray cabinets are lined up, and the brand-new sunshade casts a shade, and the traffic flow line has been optimized, and the electric vehicles are no longer congested.

"It's so good now, it's convenient to put meals, and there is a sunshade for sun protection." Zhu Yuanlong (朱元龙) is from Henan (河南) and has been running takeaways in Xiamen (厦门) for more than 3 years. "In the past, there was no special meal delivery point at the school gate. Takeaways could only be placed on the roadside steps, which were not only easy to lose, but also could be spilled by passers-by. I didn't expect that the problem would be solved after reporting it once."

The "reporting problem" Zhu Yuanlong (朱元龙) mentioned was the demand submitted through the mobile terminal of the Xiamen New Employment Form Labor Rights Protection Service Information System. After receiving the request, the Xiamen New Employment Form Labor Rights Protection Service Center quickly intervened. "After receiving the clues transferred from the center, we promptly contacted relevant departments for processing," said Wang Xian (王显), director of the Network Transaction Supervision Division of the Xiamen Municipal Market Supervision Bureau (厦门市市场监管局).

A "site office" coordinated by the center, specifically responsible by the Market Supervision Bureau, and participated by multiple departments such as subway and electricity, was launched immediately - the subway group optimized the surrounding traffic routes and provided land, the power company guided the search for suitable power access points, assisted in the installation of leakage protection and independent metering devices, and the school cooperated in site selection and installation. In less than a month, the "random placement point" that plagued the riders became a standardized and managed smart meal pick-up point.

"We must not only ensure food safety on campus, but also consider the safety and convenience of riders delivering meals," said Jiang Fuyuan (蒋馥远), director of the General Affairs Office of Xiamen No. 1 Middle School (厦门一中). Now, disputes such as lost meals have been significantly reduced.

Solving riders' demands on the spot is a microcosm of Xiamen's construction of a three-dimensional rights protection service network for new employment forms. In September 2023, Fujian Province's (福建省) first comprehensive service center dedicated to serving new employment form workers was unveiled in Xiamen (厦门). Subsequently, 6 district-level sub-centers and 3 industry mediation centers were established successively.

In the New Employment Form Labor Rights Protection Service Center located in the Xiamen Municipal Labor Building (厦门市劳动力大厦), the small space is fully equipped with windows for legal aid, trade union mediation, and arbitration consultation. The center not only provides offline services, but also built a "cloud mediation" platform, extending to various district-level sub-centers and industry mediation centers.

"It's much more reassuring to find the center when there is a problem," said Zhu Yuanlong (朱元龙).

What makes Zhu Yuanlong (朱元龙) even more at ease is the accidental injury protection. He took out his mobile phone to show reporters: "Joining the flexible employment personnel accidental injury insurance 'Yi Lu Bao (益鹭保)' can enjoy a maximum of 400,000 yuan in protection." Not long ago, Zhu Yuanlong (朱元龙) accidentally fell while delivering meals, and the medical expenses were fully reimbursed through "Yi Lu Bao (益鹭保)". In addition to "Yi Lu Bao (益鹭保)", Zhu Yuanlong (朱元龙) also enjoys occupational injury protection and pension insurance provided by the takeaway platform, and the triple protection makes him more at ease when running orders.

Zeng Yuanying (曾元颖), Minister of Rights Protection Department of Xiamen Municipal Federation of Trade Unions (厦门市总工会), introduced that since the establishment of the center, it has not only promoted the implementation of "Yi Lu Bao (益鹭保)", but also established nearly 800 service points in the city by integrating outlets, and promoted the implementation of "20% off love meal" in several fast food companies. "We are not just doing one thing, but building a system so that workers have someone to manage from eating, drinking water to protecting their rights and joining the union," said Zeng Yuanying (曾元颖).

"Now new employment form workers have access to rights protection, and there are more relevant regulations to support it," said Chen Xiangqiu (陈相秋), director of the Labor Relations Division of Xiamen Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (厦门市人社局). In August 2025, Xiamen (厦门) issued several regulations on the protection of labor rights and interests of online delivery personnel, providing legal support for the protection of the rights and interests of new employment form workers.

Recently, Zhu Yuanlong's (朱元龙) younger sister also came to Xiamen (厦门) from her hometown in Henan (河南) and became a new employment form worker. At present, the brother and sister are busy applying for public rental housing provided by Xiamen (厦门) for new employment form workers. "With more work and life security, life is getting more and more promising," said Zhu Yuanlong (朱元龙).

The wind blows past the ears, carrying the breath of the sea and the warmth of home.

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Protecting Rights and Interests Starts with Small Things (Editor's Notes)

By: 张雪妍

Installing smart takeout lockers to solve the pain points of takeout loss and spillage is a "single matter" serving new employment form laborers. Building a mediation platform, providing accident insurance, and launching "20% off charity meals" are all measures that aggregate efforts to build a multi-dimensional rights protection system. Xiamen (厦门) is safeguarding new employment form laborers with such exploration and action.

Building a complete service system starts with doing every little thing well. After rider Zhu Yuanlong (朱元龙) reported that the school had no dedicated meal drop-off point, the chaotic meal drop-off point was transformed into a smart meal pick-up point in less than a month. The accumulation of small things lays a solid foundation for the construction of the service system.

The key to the leap from doing one thing well to building a system lies in the upgrading of concepts and the application of systematic thinking. We must put ourselves in their shoes, consider the diverse needs of new employment form laborers, transform passive response into active service, refine small things, complete services, and weave a tight security network from rights protection, housing, and other aspects.

The temperature of a city is reflected in the all-round care for its citizens. Xiamen's (厦门) practice provides useful lessons. It is hoped that all regions can start with small things and build a more effective security system, so that every new employment form laborer can find a sense of belonging and grow together with the city.

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"On-site service" solves the "difficulty in obtaining certificates" (On the spot)

By: 本报记者 杨颜菲

"Almost installed!" In Yuantou Village (源头村), Qingshan Town (青山镇), Anyuan District (安源区), Pingxiang City (萍乡市), Jiangxi Province (江西省), villager Huang Qiao (黄侨) beamed as he watched the power supply department staff install a charging pile for his home.

Technician Xu (许) tightened the last interface, closed the power switch, and the charging pile screen immediately lit up with a green indicator light, displaying the words "Equipment Normal." Huang Qiao (黄侨) shook Technician Xu's (许) hand and thanked him repeatedly.

In the past two years, more and more villagers have been buying new energy vehicles. However, some people have encountered "difficulty in obtaining certificates" when installing charging piles.

"That's the case with my uncle's family," said Huang Qiao (黄侨). "It was quite a hassle to get the certificate."

"Your uncle's own land wasn't suitable, so he applied to install a charging pile on public land." The Yuantou Village (源头村) village official present explained that according to relevant requirements, villagers who want to connect electricity to their charging piles must first obtain a construction permit from the village committee and then apply to the power department. "Involving public land, the ownership and safety responsibilities are complicated, so this certificate is not easy to obtain."

To solve this problem, the village officials reported the situation on the Pingxiang City (萍乡市) Smart Party Building Platform, and the Social Work Department of the Pingxiang Municipal Party Committee (萍乡市委社会工作部) immediately launched a joint investigation with the power supply department.

"The investigation found that the relevant difficulties and contradictions have a certain universality." Zhong Yong (钟勇), Minister of the Social Work Department of the Pingxiang Municipal Party Committee (萍乡市委社会工作部部长), said that some cases involve lengthy and repeated docking processes between users, village committees, and power supply departments, resulting in "difficulty in obtaining certificates"; others lack sufficient demonstration, leading to ownership disputes after the certificate is issued, or causing hidden dangers because the charging pile installation location is close to gas pipelines or public passages.

Based on the investigation, the Social Work Department of the Pingxiang Municipal Party Committee (萍乡市委社会工作部) and representatives from the power supply department and village officials conducted multiple rounds of communication and discussed a new "three-party confirmation" mechanism: If the charging pile installation location is on public land outside the villagers' property boundary, the user, village officials, and power supply department staff should all be present to conduct on-site surveys and immediate coordination, thereby reducing the docking process. After confirming feasibility, the power supply department will issue an "Opinion Solicitation Letter for Charging Pile Installation Location" as the basis for the village to issue a certificate.

"The village committee is familiar with the housing property rights in rural areas and is mainly responsible for avoiding ownership disputes; the power supply department personnel conduct professional assessments of the installation location, lines, etc., to ensure compliance with safe electricity standards and avoid mutual interference with other pipelines." Zhong Yong (钟勇) said that everyone being present and working on-site can greatly improve docking efficiency.

The advantages of this new mechanism have also been tested in practice. Yuantou Village (源头村) villager Gao Benjiang (高本江) bought a new energy vehicle to run a taxi business. "On the morning of picking up the car, I sent photos of the property certificate and ID card to the village staff. In the afternoon, the power supply department staff and village officials arrived. The three of us looked at the location, determined the line, and quickly installed the charging pile," said Gao Benjiang (高本江).

From "difficulty in obtaining certificates" to "on-site handling," what has been updated is not only the process, but also the service concept behind it. Pingxiang City (萍乡市) is 举一反三 (jǔ yī fǎn sān - "infer other things from one instance," to draw inferences about other cases from one example), promoting the reduction of certificates and convenience for the people on a larger scale. Currently, it has been clarified that 27 types of certificates, such as guardianship certificates and no criminal record certificates, will no longer be issued by villages (communities). "To this end, Pingxiang City (萍乡市) has formulated the 'Handling Flow Chart for Matters for Which Villages (Communities) Should Not Issue Certificates' and the 'Contact Manual for Alternative Ways for Matters for Which Villages (Communities) Should Not Issue Certificates' to facilitate cadres and the masses to inquire and handle relevant matters." Zhong Yong (钟勇) said, "With a 'map' in hand, everyone can clearly see who to contact and how to handle things, making it more efficient and accurate to get things done."

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Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Emergency Management urgently allocate 120 million yuan of central natural disaster relief funds in advance

This newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on May 19th (Reporter Qu Zhehan (曲哲涵)) - Recently, Liuzhou (柳州), Guangxi (广西) Province, experienced two 5.2 magnitude earthquakes, causing casualties and damage to houses. Hubei (湖北), Hunan (湖南), Guangxi (广西), Chongqing (重庆), Guizhou (贵州) and other places encountered the first round of continuous heavy rainfall this year, triggering floods and geological disasters. On May 19th, the Ministry of Finance (财政部) and the Ministry of Emergency Management (应急管理部) urgently allocated 120 million yuan in central natural disaster relief funds to support the 5 provinces (autonomous regions, and municipalities) of Hubei (湖北), Hunan (湖南), Guangxi (广西), Chongqing (重庆), and Guizhou (贵州) in carrying out disaster emergency rescue and disaster relief work for affected people.

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Liuzhou, Guangxi has set up 7 temporary resettlement sites.

This newspaper reported from Nanning on May 19th (Reporter Pang Ge Ping (庞革平)) The reporter learned from the Liuzhou (柳州) Earthquake Relief Headquarters in Guangxi (广西) that Liuzhou (柳州) has currently set up 7 temporary resettlement sites, providing centralized resettlement for more than 4,100 people, and the supplies at the resettlement sites are fully prepared. According to the first batch of statistics, the Office of the National Disaster Reduction Committee, the Ministry of Emergency Management (应急管理部), together with the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration, urgently allocated 10,000 pieces of central disaster relief supplies such as tents and folding beds to Guangxi (广西). The Red Cross Society of China (中国红十字会总会) urgently allocated 2,000 pieces (sets) of disaster relief supplies such as family relief packages to the disaster-stricken areas of Liuzhou (柳州). The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区) Department of Finance, together with the Emergency Management Department, allocated 20 million yuan of autonomous region natural disaster relief funds, which will be used for emergency rescue and disaster relief for the affected people in the disaster-stricken areas. As of 17:00 on May 19, Liuzhou (柳州) had received more than 2.72 million yuan in donations from caring enterprises and individuals, and donated materials worth more than 3.67 million yuan.

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Xiong'an New Area's First Residents' Committee in Newly Built Area Officially Inaugurated

This newspaper's Shijiazhuang (石家庄) May 19th dispatch (Reporter Shao Yuzi (邵玉姿)) Recently, the Yi'an Community (易安社区) Residents' Committee in the starting area of Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) was officially inaugurated. This is the first residents' committee established in the newly built area of Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区).

At the event, the "Unified Social Credit Code Certificate for Grassroots Mass Autonomous Organizations as Special Legal Persons" was issued, and certificates of election were presented to members of the residents' committee.

This unveiling marks another important step in Xiong'an New Area's (雄安新区) transition to an urban management system. The urban grassroots mass autonomy system has been further improved, 筑牢根基 (zhù láo gēn jī - "strengthen the foundation," to consolidate the foundation, build a solid base) for subsequent standardized community management and refined services.

It is reported that all 35 residents' committees in the newly built community areas of Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) will be fully established in the coming days.

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Striving to Write a New Chapter of Cultural Prosperity

By: 本报记者 耿 磊

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Building a strong cultural country is related to the overall situation of building Chinese-style modernization, the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and the enhancement of international competitiveness."

Since the new era, under the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, we have strengthened our cultural confidence, adhered to integrity and innovation, and taken solid steps in building a strong socialist cultural country.

The "Guochao (国潮) trend" is popular online, Chinese-style animation amazes the world, and Chinese aesthetics demonstrate unique charm; classic dramas have high box office returns, and the "Village Super League" bursts with vitality; national reading becomes a trend, and museums and cultural centers are increasingly popular... Every step forward in building a strong cultural country adds to the people's cultural gains and happiness.

Since 2023, the高峰论坛 (Gāofēng lùntán - Peak Forum) for building a strong cultural country has been held for three consecutive sessions. On May 21, the 2026高峰论坛 (Gāofēng lùntán - Peak Forum) for building a strong cultural country will open in Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东). In the first year of the "15th Five-Year Plan," this grand event closely focuses on the theme of the times, builds a platform for exchange, leads the cultural trend, and gathers a powerful force for building a strong cultural country.

Strengthening the Foundation
Building the Spiritual Mansion of the Chinese Nation

To promote cultural prosperity and build a strong cultural country, we must use the Party's innovative theories to unite people's hearts and minds.

Recently, in Jiangtou Village (江头村), Baisha Town (白沙镇), Taishan City (台山市), Jiangmen (江门), Guangdong (广东), Lei Wenbin (雷文斌), a member of the publicity team, sat with the villagers. "From the first Five-Year Plan to the current '15th Five-Year Plan' outline, along the way, the Party has led us to work one after another, drawing a blueprint to the end, so that we have the good days we have now." Lei Wenbin (雷文斌)娓娓道来 (wěiwěidàolái - "to narrate slowly," to explain something in a detailed and unhurried manner) in a casual manner.

An old man said with emotion: "Our village road was also built section by section, and it has become so wide and easy to walk today." Lei Wenbin (雷文斌) nodded with a smile: "You are right! This is the embodiment of our institutional advantages, which can unite people's hearts and concentrate efforts to do things that everyone expects."

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Since the new era, the Party's theoretical innovation and practical innovation have been very vivid, and our learning should also be vivid." Local areas use local dialects and stories to transform the Party's innovative theories into warm words that the people can understand, remember, and resonate with, promoting the Party's innovative theories to take root, blossom, and bear fruit at the grassroots level.

The "15th Five-Year Plan" outline proposes to "vigorously promote cultural undertakings" and "accelerate the development of cultural industries." The construction of a strong cultural country not only enriches the spiritual soil but also empowers economic construction and consolidates the foundation of people's livelihood, promoting the mutual enhancement of material and spiritual civilization.

In the Longfusi (隆福寺) area of Dongcheng District (东城区), Beijing (北京), the fragrance of ink and books intertwines with the everyday life of the people, and the passing customers inject vitality into the ancient and modern streets.

In February of this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized during his inspection in Beijing (北京): "Actively develop modern service industries, make good use of rich cultural resources, and promote the integrated development of culture, commerce, tourism, sports, and exhibitions."

The Longfusi (隆福寺) area, with nearly 600 years of history, has been revived in the carving of urban renewal, transforming into a new cultural consumption landmark that integrates historical heritage, hutong (胡同) life, artistic temperament, and trendy lifestyle.

Watching the magnificent mountains and rivers, tasting intangible cultural heritage, and sampling special snacks, major scenic spots are crowded with people... During the "May Day" holiday, 325 million domestic tourists traveled across the country, with a total expenditure of 185.492 billion yuan. The integrated development of culture and tourism has strong momentum and significant effects.

A person without spirit cannot stand, and a country without spirit cannot be strong. The construction of a strong cultural country is steadily advancing, and the people always maintain an upward and enterprising spirit, and patriotic enthusiasm is transformed into the internal driving force for 踔厉奋发 (chuō lì fèn fā - "vigorous and striving," to exert oneself vigorously) and courageous advancement.

"The Red Army fears not the trials of a distant march; to them a thousand mountains, ten thousand rivers are nothing..." In the Zunyi Conference Memorial Hall (遵义会议纪念馆) at No. 96 Ziyin Road (子尹路), Honghuagang District (红花岗区), Zunyi City (遵义市), Guizhou (贵州), students visiting the museum recited the poem "The Long March" in unison.

"You see, the Red Army soldiers adhered to their beliefs, were not afraid of difficulties, and were not afraid of sacrifice, just so that our people would not be oppressed and could live a good life." A tourist from Hubei (湖北), Ms. Yang (杨), stopped in front of the Red Army's transfer route map, pointing to a mark on the map and said to her child. In her opinion, taking her child to the memorial hall is not only a revolutionary tradition education but also a spiritual inheritance.

Key works such as "The Great Expedition," "Thousands of Mountains and Rivers," and "Three Days in Zunyi" have begun filming or been released; large-scale national symphonic chorus "Walking Towards the Light" and national orchestral works "The Long March" have been staged one after another; books such as "A Simple Reading of the Long March" and "The Story of the Long March for Teenagers" have been published successively... A series of literary and artistic works allow people to more intuitively understand the story of the Long March and inherit the spirit of the Long March.

Ideal beliefs give people strength, and civilized practices enrich people's hearts and shape people's spirits.

At 3 p.m., in Yanglou Town (杨楼镇), Xiaoxian County (萧县), Anhui (安徽), the "Harmonious and Beautiful Village Live Broadcast Room" started on time. Village cadres and party member volunteers transformed into anchors, talking about "simple banquets" and calculating "favor debts," using the language of the people to interpret the "Xiaoxian County Customs and Habits Advocacy Standards." Barrages such as "praising new customs" and "rejecting high bride prices" rolled continuously.

"High bride prices bring a burden to many families. Such civilized advocacy is too timely. Our whole family supports it and will promote it to those around us!" said Ms. Li (李), a resident after watching the live broadcast.

Wherever people are, the focus of uniting people's hearts is there. On the Internet, distinctive theoretical communication brands such as "Reason Sounds in China" and "Reason Goes Online" promote the Party's innovative theories to penetrate people's hearts; major central news media carefully planned and launched integrated media columns such as "General Secretary's People's Feelings" and "Moments in Time," using the flag to lead the direction and the mainstream to establish dominance... One masterpiece after another, shaping people with virtue and uniting people's hearts.

Holding high the banner, gathering people's hearts, cultivating new people, promoting culture, and displaying images, when high-rise buildings stand tall on our land, the spiritual mansion of the Chinese nation also stands巍然耸立 (wēirán sǒng lì - "towering majestically," standing tall and firm).

Culture for the People
Cultural Construction Focuses on People and Lands on People

In the early summer afternoon, in Yuzhang Street (豫章街道), Donghu District (东湖区), Nanchang City (南昌市), Jiangxi (江西), after finishing the midday peak orders, takeaway deliveryman Zhou Taiyu (周泰宇) detoured into the Jingwei Branch (经纬分馆) of the Nanchang Ruzi (南昌孺子) Bookstore, took a book from the shelf, and sat down to read - this has become his "fixed route."

From the "boring gap" between two meals to the "reading journey" on the delivery route, from looking down at his mobile phone to holding a book - the public cultural space all over the city gives him not only a temporary resting place but also a spiritual home. "Running outside all day, flipping through a book, I feel that there is more to look forward to in ordinary days," said Zhou Taiyu (周泰宇).

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly pointed out: "We must improve the ability to provide cultural services and cultural products, and enhance the people's sense of cultural gain and happiness."

On February 1 this year, the "National Reading Promotion Regulations" officially came into effect, and national reading entered the era of legal protection. From the central to local levels, investment has been continuously increased to make service facilities that carry the fragrance of books more and more complete. Data shows that by the end of 2025, there will be more than 70,000 public libraries in urban and rural areas in China.

"Now there are more and more new types of cultural spaces in the city, not only can you read books, but also see exhibitions and visit markets, and the activities are very rich." Walking in the Chunqiu Chuncheng (春秋春城) Living Room by the Confucius Temple (文庙) in Kunming City (昆明市), Yunnan (云南), citizen Zhang Lingxi (张玲溪) couldn't help but sigh, "The cultural life at my doorstep is becoming more and more flavorful."

Improving the quality and efficiency of public cultural services, accurately connecting with the needs of the masses, and innovating service supply models make the fruits of cultural development become the beauty that people can easily reach.

Talent is the cornerstone of career development.

The "15th Five-Year Plan" outline proposes to "cultivate and form a large-scale, structurally reasonable, and innovative high-level cultural talent team." In recent years, China's cultural system and mechanism reform has been continuously deepened, and the philosophy and social science circles and cultural circles have deeply implemented the strategy of strengthening the country with talents, promoting and optimizing resource integration, carrying out targeted talent training, effectively cultivating and gathering high-end cultural talents, and effectively improving the "quality" and "quantity" of the cultural talent team.

The vitality of culture lies in innovation and creation.

During the 2026 National People's Congress (全国两会), "New Mass Literature and Art" became a hot topic among deputies and members, and "Prospering New Mass Literature and Art under the Internet Conditions" was written into the "Government Work Report" for the first time.

The hot words of the two sessions are a reflection of the people's lives. More and more people, such as takeaway poets, "village evening" actors, and online literature authors, are beginning to spontaneously create and disseminate literary and artistic works.

In Beiliangjia Village (北梁家庄村), West Coast New District (西海岸新区), Qingdao City (青岛市), Shandong (山东), barbers, individual merchants, and farmers have now become short drama "creators." Without professional actors, the villagers' true rural life short drama "Flowers Blooming on Stone" has received 320 million views after its launch, and the village's chestnuts, sweet potatoes, and cherries have also successfully "gone out of the circle."

The vigorous development of new mass literature and art has stimulated the masses' enthusiasm for innovation and creation, and gathered a vast atmosphere of thousands of sails competing.

On the first day of the third lunar month this year, the rural market in Guapo Town (瓜坡镇), Huazhou District (华州区), Weinan City (渭南市), Shaanxi (陕西) was particularly lively: Qinqiang (秦腔) performances were melodious and melodious, calligraphy teachers splashed ink and waved their pens, and representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage gave free lessons. The villagers who came to the market stopped to watch, laughing and laughing... At the entrance of the market, the activity sign of "Rural Direct Train Culture Catching the Market" was particularly eye-catching.

"Let cultural activities jump out of fixed venues and bring literary and artistic teams to the masses, so that grassroots cultural supply can be more accurate and direct," said Tian Jian (田建), director of the Weinan City Cultural and Art Center (渭南市文化艺术中心), who organized the event.

The "Work Plan for 'Literary and Artistic Empowerment of Beautiful Villages' (2025-2027)" issued in September last year proposed to improve the public cultural service system, promote high-quality cultural resources to reach the grassroots level, and better meet the spiritual and cultural needs of farmers. Nowadays, the efforts to sink public cultural resources to the grassroots level have increased, the cultural supply is closer to daily life, and the spiritual and cultural life of the masses is more abundant and fulfilling.

Continuing the Cultural Heritage
Continuously Enhancing the Country's Cultural Soft Power and the Influence of Chinese Culture

Using the palm as the body and controlling the cloth bag puppets with ten fingers, between the movements of the fingers, the cloth bag puppets make fine movements such as playing with sticks, shooting arrows, and pouring wine like flowing clouds and flowing water. In the puppet art performance hall in Zhangzhou Ancient City (漳州古城), Zhangzhou City (漳州市), Fujian (福建), the classic puppet show "Daming Mansion" is often "hard to get a ticket."

This puppet art performance hall is an important display and inheritance base for the national intangible cultural heritage "Zhangzhou Cloth Bag Puppet Show." "There are nearly 20 performances every month, with an average attendance rate of over 80%," actor Zhang Zhao (张钊) told reporters, "The establishment of the performance hall has provided a fixed venue for performances, increased performance opportunities, and closer interaction with the audience."

A source that is deep flows far, and roots that are deep have luxuriant leaves. Excellent traditional Chinese culture is the cultural root of the Chinese nation, and we must vigorously inherit and promote excellent traditional Chinese culture.

The fourth national cultural relics census has newly discovered more than 130,000 cultural relics, and the family property of cultural relics resources has been basically clarified; the newly revised Cultural Relics Protection Law has been implemented, and the institutionalization and systematization of cultural relics protection have been continuously improved; "Western Xia Mausoleums" has been included in the "World Heritage List," and the total number of Chinese World Heritage sites has increased to 60; the Zidanku Silk Book "Five Elements Order" and "Attack and Defense Occupation" have returned to their homeland, and China's work on the repatriation of lost cultural relics has taken solid steps...

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly pointed out: "We must continue the Chinese cultural heritage in creative transformation and innovative development." Since the new era, adhering to the principle of using the past for the present and bringing forth the new, new technologies, new methods, and new concepts have helped excellent traditional Chinese culture to radiate new vitality.

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院), the exhibition "Centennial Guardianship - From the Forbidden City to the Palace Museum" attracted the attention of tourists from all over the world. One piece of handed down treasure after another witnessed the splendid history and long cultural heritage of the Chinese nation. In the exhibition, the "Meet Your Palace Museum Color" naked-eye 3D digital exhibition attracted many visitors to stop and experience.

"Each generation has its own mission." Su Yi (苏怡), deputy director of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院), said, "Our mission is to use the most advanced technology of the present to preserve and revitalize the imprint of civilization to the greatest extent."

In April this year, the "Digital Palace Museum" traveled across the ocean to bloom in Vienna. At the exhibition "The Harmony is Full - Meeting the Palace Museum at the United Nations in Vienna," the construction of the Forbidden City (紫禁城), the collection of objects, and the masterpieces of calligraphy and painting were transformed into immersive exhibition content that can be seen, heard, and experienced, vividly demonstrating the profound heritage of excellent traditional Chinese culture on the multilateral platform of the United Nations, and continuing to write a new chapter in mutual learning among civilizations.

From the emergence of "Ne Zha" in early 2025, which swept the world, to the cumulative playback volume of the "Midushan Song" hand gesture dance on global short video platforms exceeding 6 billion at the beginning of this year, triggering remakes by netizens around the world, the integration and collision of tradition and modernity has made Chinese culture bloom with a more brilliant era light.

Data shows that there are approximately 200 million active overseas users of Chinese online literature; more than 100 overseas applications of micro-short dramas have been launched, covering more than 160 countries and regions. Chinese online literature, online games, and online film and television dramas have successfully "gone overseas," becoming vivid examples of telling Chinese stories well.

The country is beautiful and the flowers are like brocade. Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, anchoring the strategic goal of building a strong cultural country by 2035, hundreds of millions of Chinese sons and daughters are confident and self-reliant, full of pride, 踔厉奋发 (chuō lì fèn fā - "vigorous and striving," to exert oneself vigorously) and forging ahead bravely, constantly creating new glories in socialism with Chinese characteristics.

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Page 1 Editors: Hu Anqi, Zhang Shuaizhen, Luan Xinyi; Page 2 Editors: Lü Li, Qi Jiarun, He Biao; Page 3 Editors: Han Xiaoming, Wei He, Jiang Bo; Page 4 Editors: Yuan Zhenxi, Liu Jingwen, Chen Zhen

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Turning scattered strengths into packaged advantages (Online commentator)

Participants:
Li Zheng (李拯), *People's Daily* commentator
Dong Yu (董煜), Executive Vice President of the Institute for China Development Planning, Tsinghua University (清华大学)

Li Zheng (李拯): Recently, Wuhan (武汉) in Hubei (湖北), Changsha (长沙) in Hunan (湖南), and Nanchang (南昌) in Jiangxi (江西) formed the Provincial Capital City Cultural Tourism Alliance of the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River (长江) to launch the "Three Famous Towers of Jiangnan (江南)" boutique tourism route featuring the Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼), Yueyang Tower (岳阳楼), and Tengwang Pavilion (滕王阁). From cultural and tourism interaction to scientific and technological cooperation, from transportation connectivity to industrial synergy, relevant provinces are driving the coordinated development of the city cluster in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River with cross-regional innovation and linkage. The "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要) proposes: "Promote the accelerated development of city clusters in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, etc." How should we understand the strategic considerations behind this?

Dong Yu (董煜): China has a vast territory and a large population. Coordinating regional development has always been a major issue. Because the country is vast, it is necessary to consider the spatial layout of productivity from a holistic perspective of "**一盘棋**" (yī pán qí - "a game of chess," viewing the situation as a whole), and to coordinate the coordination and linkage between regions. This is a unique feature of a large economy.

"Promoting the accelerated development of city clusters in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River" is a move based on the overall situation of coordinated regional development. The city cluster in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River actually covers three city clusters: Wuhan (武汉) Metropolitan Area, Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan (长株潭) City Cluster, and Poyang Lake (鄱阳湖) Eco-economic Zone. Integrating the three into one is precisely to activate its function of connecting the east and west, and linking the north and south, so that the unified national market can connect the meridians and operate smoothly.

Li Zheng (李拯): The advantages of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) region and the Yangtze River Delta (长三角) are cutting-edge technological innovation and the cultivation of future industries. The Pearl River Delta (珠三角) leads the way in opening up, while the Chengdu-Chongqing (成渝) region expands strategic depth. Compared with these, what is the positioning of the city cluster in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River?

Dong Yu (董煜): Major city clusters have unique geographical locations on the national map, and they also have different and complementary economic functions in terms of economic structure. From the perspective of building a new development pattern, the city cluster in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River can effectively link the resource elements of the eastern region and open up the market space in the western hinterland, playing an "arterial" role in promoting the domestic circulation. From the perspective of industrial layout, the city cluster in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River is located in the transition zone of industrial gradient transfer, which is convenient for undertaking the functional relocation and factor flow of the eastern region.

Li Zheng (李拯): The city cluster in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River is a key area for promoting the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt (长江经济带), promoting the rise of the central region, and consolidating the "two horizontal and three vertical" urbanization strategic pattern. How can we transform the superimposed strategic advantages into development advantages?

Dong Yu (董煜): To implement the strategy, we must promote integration and linkage through mechanism innovation. Taking the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta (长三角) as an example, breaking physical boundaries and realizing mechanism coordination are important factors for the overall advancement of scientific and technological innovation, industrial investment, and environmental protection in the Yangtze River Delta. This experience is equally applicable to the city cluster in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.

To give full play to the superimposed strategic advantages, the key lies in finding the connection points and intersections between the regional coordinated development strategy, the regional major strategy, and the main functional area strategy. For example, using special funds for promoting the green development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt (长江经济带) and superimposing special support for promoting the high-quality development of the central region will be more conducive to the city cluster in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River to find differentiated and characteristic industrial upgrading paths, especially to promote the development of green industries. For another example, by integrating into the development strategy of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the city cluster in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River can better connect with the New Eurasian Land Bridge (新亚欧大陆桥) and the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor (西部陆海新通道), fully integrate into the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" ("一带一路"), and create a new platform for high-level opening up in the inland.

Li Zheng (李拯): Any "shortcomings" in the development of any region will restrict the improvement of the overall development quality of the country. How can the city cluster in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River contribute to cultivating new quality productive forces and promoting high-quality development?

Dong Yu (董煜): Coordination is not homogeneity, and integration is not uniformity. Every place has its own unique beauty. The key is to adhere to the methodology of adapting to local conditions and find the "key" that suits itself.

The city cluster in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River has a number of first-class universities, a solid industrial base, and strong innovation capabilities. It can open up differentiated innovation tracks from Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) and the Yangtze River Delta (长三角), do a good job in integrated innovation and application innovation, and make a fuss about the integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation. In recent years, the optoelectronic information industry in Wuhan (武汉) and the engineering machinery industry in Changsha (长沙) have developed brightly, which is a vivid embodiment. Each place can give full play to its strengths and cooperate with each other. This is also the meaning of "optimizing the layout of major productive forces, giving play to the role of key regional growth poles, and building a regional economic layout and territorial space system with complementary advantages and high-quality development" in the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要).

Li Zheng (李拯): China's regional development levels are uneven, and resource endowments vary, forming an economic ecology that is both competitive and complementary, and that both releases individuality and forms synergy. All localities should base themselves on the overall situation to find their positioning, focus on reality to plan development, and explore a path of high-quality development that conforms to their respective realities. "**散装有特色**" (sǎn zhuāng yǒu tè sè - "bulk packaging has characteristics," each region has its own unique characteristics); different places and different regions can also develop in linkage and cooperate in coordination to form a synergy for high-quality development, "**整装有优势**" (zhěng zhuāng yǒu yōu shì - "packaged has advantages," when combined, there are advantages). This is the unique advantage of China's economic development: it can fully release regional development vitality, and it can gather points into surfaces and make a fist, and constantly aggregate bulk characteristics into packaged advantages.

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Steps of Development, Resolute Strides (Commentator's Observation)

By: 李洪兴

Standing tall and ensuring that the steps of development are higher and more stable requires consolidating the foundation with policy innovation, expanding the height with technological breakthroughs, and broadening the vision with an open mind.

Every time I go to the Beijing City Library (北京城市图书馆), I linger and observe for a while in the stepped reading area.

On this day, facing the steps, I saw this scene: many readers sitting on the steps, some with books spread open on their laps, reading attentively; some holding newly borrowed books, slowly climbing the steps; students in school uniforms, taking notes with pens; some pointing to the literary golden quotes on the edge of the steps, reading aloud softly; and children counting while climbing the steps...

This reading space formed by steps silently supports various postures of seeking knowledge. When the gaze flows between the pages of books and the light and shadow, going up the steps is like stepping on the accumulation of knowledge, climbing towards a broader world.

The process of ascending the steps is just like the course of high-quality development. Consolidating the foundation in the face of wind and rain, and steadily climbing higher through hard work, is a spiral upward movement formed by the accumulation of quantity and the improvement of quality, and an iterative upgrade from "having it or not" to "good or not." Each layer of steps is engraved with the imprint of struggle, and each step of climbing carries the expectations of the era.

The steps of development are a dialectical unity of upholding tradition and breaking through with innovation, and the fruitful results of opening up new realms on the basis of the foundation.

Only by polishing the background color and daring to break through can we open up a new situation. In Luoyang City (洛阳市), Henan Province (河南省), the Yingtianmen Site Museum (应天门遗址博物馆) is brightly lit, the "Tang Palace Music Banquet" (唐宫乐宴) performance begins, and tourists shuttle through it. The collision between traditional culture and modern consumption scenes transforms the cultural heritage of the ancient capital into economic momentum; in Shanghai's (上海) "Brain-Intelligence Land" (脑智天地), many brain-computer interface companies gather, and "going up and down the stairs is like going up and down the industrial chain," improving the transformation efficiency of cutting-edge technology to clinical application and benefiting the people. From the revitalization and utilization of cultural resources to the exploration and leadership of technological innovation, the intertwining and integration of tradition and modernity, present and future, promote the extension of the steps of development to higher and farther places.

The steps of development are the synergistic linkage of endogenous driving force and open win-win, and the two-way rush between rooting in the local and embracing the world.

To stimulate the potential of China's (中国) large market, we strengthen the domestic circulation and smooth the domestic and international dual circulation, consolidate the foundation with endogenous power, and broaden the space with open cooperation. Internally, the "Su Chao" (苏超) and other sports event economies are heating up, and better policies for "two new" and "two heavy" projects are driving stable investment and expanding domestic demand; externally, the number of China-Europe Railway Express (Xi'an) (中欧班列（西安）) trains exceeded 2,000, five days earlier than last year, and in the first four months of this year, China's (中国) integrated circuit exports increased by 78.3% year-on-year. With internal and external linkage, the steps of development are rooted in the land of China (中国) and extend to the global stage, thereby enabling open cooperation in self-reliance and self-improvement, and enhancing confidence in open cooperation.

The steps of development are a dynamic balance between overcoming difficulties and seeking progress while maintaining stability, and a courageous advance in the face of risks and challenges.

To boost the confidence of private investment, Hunan (湖南) has optimized its policies, setting no upper limit on the shareholding ratio of private capital for projects with a high degree of marketization, so that enterprises dare to invest and are willing to invest; China's (中国) research team, relying on the China Spallation Neutron Source (散裂中子源), has enabled the precise anti-cancer nuclear medicine to achieve curie-level production capacity, breaking the long-term dependence on imports of cutting-edge nuclear medicine for tumor treatment in China (中国)... From optimizing the business environment to solving the "bottleneck" problem, from promoting green transformation to narrowing the gap between urban and rural areas, each solution to a problem paves the way for climbing to a higher level and accumulating strength for future ascent. Our development has always been moving forward step by step in the spirit of not fearing difficulties, not admitting defeat, and daring to overcome difficulties.

Now, new steps have been laid out, and the journey of the "15th Five-Year Plan" calls for more vigorous climbing. This new step has both challenges on the road ahead: the undercurrents of international competition, the tipping point of technological revolution, and the arduous task of industrial transformation and upgrading, each step of climbing requires greater effort; and there are also inspiring expectations: the accelerated cultivation of new quality productive forces, the continuous improvement of people's well-being, and the increasingly open door, each progress marks the direction of upward leap.

The steps of development never appear out of thin air, nor are they gifts from others, but are built by generations of people who are down-to-earth and continue to struggle. Standing tall and ensuring that the steps of development are higher and more stable requires consolidating the foundation with policy innovation, expanding the height with technological breakthroughs, and broadening the vision with an open mind. Unifying "daring to act" and "being good at acting" so that every step is as solid as a rock and strong, can we go far and steadily in the tide of the times.

There is no end to the steps of development. With firm steps and a down-to-earth approach, stepping onto one step of development after another, a brighter future is at our feet.

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Helping small shops, protecting the vitality of local communities (People's Daily commentary)

By: 齐志明

"Optimize staffing to reduce fixed costs," "Set up an outdoor display at the entrance, using freshly made, eye-catching, and fragrant products to attract customers," "Add a set of light boxes horizontally to make the store name visible from afar"... This is not a modular operating manual, but a "prescription" specifically prescribed for small street-side shops.

Recently, on various platforms, a new business model of "online diagnosis and prescription" for small shops has quietly emerged. Some bloggers specialize in providing support to small shop owners, especially inexperienced entrepreneurs. They often provide services through live interactive methods and profit through "paid video calls" and "online course sales," and are called "small shop advisors."

For micro and small business entities, this lightweight business consulting service is very down-to-earth. By following the shop owner's camera, one can "on-site" explore the shop, review the operating status, and propose improvement plans. From cost accounting to customer traffic operations, from offline layout to online traffic acquisition, targeted suggestions can be obtained for reference.

Such "one-on-one" consultations and interactive advice accurately address the real needs of many small shops, fill market gaps, help enhance the competitiveness of small shops, and better activate the "capillaries" of the economy.

For a long time, small shops scattered throughout the streets and alleys have been the starting point for many people's entrepreneurship. Today, with changes in concepts and technological advancements, the entrepreneurial landscape has become more diverse and richer. In some fields, the threshold for entrepreneurship has been lowered, and new forms such as "one-person companies" and "super individuals" are constantly emerging. Entrepreneurial motivations are also becoming more diverse. In addition to traditional "livelihood-oriented" entrepreneurship, there are also "experience-oriented" and "interest-driven" entrepreneurship.

More diverse entrepreneurs mean a more active market ecosystem. However, regardless of the size of the shop, operating itself is a profession that requires systematic capabilities. Small businesses have low risk resistance and few opportunities for trial and error. If any aspect of site selection, decoration, traffic acquisition, cost control, inventory turnover, or customer complaint handling is not done well, the business may be difficult to sustain.

How to enhance the endurance of small shops and better protect the vitality of urban life?

Empower with professionalism to strengthen strengths and make up for weaknesses. Small shops have some natural disadvantages, such as high procurement costs, difficulty in financing, and weak digital capabilities. These shortcomings are difficult to overcome on their own and require the introduction of external support, preferably in a low-cost, lightweight manner.

From this perspective, the value of "small shop advisors" lies in providing economical and practical one-stop consulting services that address operational pain points and difficulties. This is a professional track, not a stage for gaining traffic.

In the "Internet+" era, platform institutions with both online and offline resources and channels are important enablers for small shops. For example, some places have joined forces with leading e-commerce platforms to provide policy support such as online shop opening guidance and online operation training for micro and small businesses, which not only makes up for the shortcomings of small shops lacking traffic and skills but also amplifies their strengths of flexible service and human touch.

Increase vitality and tap potential with systematic support. Small shop formats are complex and entities are scattered, with different operating conditions, demands, and pain points. It is necessary to systematically plan from aspects such as access supervision, financial services, and ecological cultivation to build a long-term development support system for them.

In reality, many small shops face operating pressure. Policy support must be integrated and have penetration to ensure they can reach and use it. For example, the "Small Shop Assistance (小店帮)" initiative pioneered in Zhejiang (浙江) integrates services such as financing loans, legal aid, and brand promotion into one platform, which is both professional, standardized, convenient, and accessible.

Survival of the fittest is the basic law of market competition. Supporting small shops is not about preventing elimination, but about helping them better adapt to the modern business ecosystem and allowing more potential operators to stand out in fair competition.

Convenient small businesses, develop great vitality. The small shops on the streets are economic cells that optimize supply and demand and smooth circulation, as well as living nodes that are constantly present and watch out for each other. Supporting them is to protect the diversity of the business ecosystem; activating them is to light up the vibrant life.

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It's graduation season again. To better help college graduates find employment and start businesses smoothly, various regions and departments are constantly innovating measures to promote supply and demand matching. Conducting policy briefings, organizing vocational skills training, and having employment mentors provide industry consulting and guidance on resume optimization... From building platforms to improving the "granularity" of services, various measures have formed a joint force to comprehensively broaden employment and entrepreneurship channels, escorting graduates in their job search and career choices.

This is precisely:

Youth chasing dreams is the right time,
Implementing policies to build bridges to help them go far.
Sharpening skills to establish lofty aspirations,
Stepping firmly on the road to a strong country.

Liao Yuanwen (廖沅文)

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Don't Let a "Transitional Mentality" Undermine the Passion for Getting Things Done (Commentary)

By: 新疆且末县 李妍娇

"Just do it casually first, and adapt later," "You just arrived, it doesn't matter if it's just passable"... Similar words reflect the mentality of some new cadres. They sound ordinary, but we need to be vigilant. Of course, when you first arrive at a job, you need to familiarize yourself with the new environment and transform into a new role, and a certain adaptation process is essential. But if you always have a "transitional mentality," using the adjustment period as a shield, not investing, not studying, and not taking responsibility, you can easily fall into the predicament of "being boiled like a frog in warm water." Over time, without sharpness and losing fighting spirit, it will not only be difficult to make progress, but may also become slick.

What is most valuable in young cadres is precisely the passion for doing things without perfunctoriness and daring to be serious. A post is a battle position, and not a single day is a rehearsal. The development of the cause and the expectations of the masses will not lower the standards just because someone is new. At the beginning of employment, you must not give yourself the psychological suggestion of "that's good enough." You may lack experience, but you must not be lax in attitude; you may temporarily have few methods, but you must not be absent from responsibility. In reality, there is never a state of "being fully prepared." Only by biting the bullet and going forward, throwing yourself into the work, and taking the initiative to practice things, can you learn to swim by swimming.

Pragmatism is the most effective adaptation and the best way to grow. Dai Dongyuan (代东援), the "Most Beautiful Grassroots College Graduate," visited all 25 administrative villages in the first month of going to the township, remembered the roads leading to every village and every team, and was regarded as "one of our own" by the villagers. Ouyang Chenni (欧阳辰妮), an experienced "old technician" despite being born after 2000, has repeatedly volunteered since joining the coal-to-oil plant, bending over and drilling into narrow pipe crevices to help eliminate more than 20 faults. Bidding farewell to waiting and wasting time, injecting vigorous energy into every task, and choosing to devote yourself to starting a business with a running attitude, can you write a life chapter that lives up to your youth and lives up to the times.

We must avoid 温水煮青蛙 (wēn shuǐ zhǔ qīng wā - "boiling a frog in warm water," a gradual process of decline or complacency leading to a negative outcome).

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Which Cities Understand Youth Better? (New Insights)

By: 杨 昊

[Phenomenon] Beijing (北京) recently launched 3,500 apartments specifically for university graduates; Shanghai (上海) is developing a city-wide youth-friendly ecosystem, creating "youth economy" gathering spaces... Youth are the vitality of urban development, and youth growth and urban development can mutually empower each other. Not long ago, the "Opinions on Deepening the Construction of Youth Development-Oriented Cities to Help Build a Modern People's City" (《关于深化青年发展型城市建设  助力建设现代化人民城市的意见》) (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions") was issued, proposing to systematically optimize the development environment for young people to "enter, stay, live, and succeed." Abandoning the crude approach to attracting talent, and instead carefully understanding and attracting young people, is becoming increasingly urgent for urban development.

[Commentary]

"Get a 'Youth Lemon Code' for free access to parks, subways, and buses, plus discounts on shopping and movies." A post-95s designer's positive impression of Nanjing (南京) in Jiangsu (江苏) stems from a genuine experience. The competitiveness of urban development is not only reflected in rising numbers and growing indicators, but also in the increasing magnetic attraction to young talent, which is an important factor in maintaining the city's long-term vitality.

To understand young people, first understand their thoughts and expectations, and provide good public services from the smallest details.

In the past, many cities relied on one-time subsidies and other methods to attract talent. Nowadays, young people value the quality of life more, and care about work-life balance, commuting costs, and security. Jinan (济南) in Shandong (山东) has launched youth hostels to provide short-term free accommodation for job-seeking students; Shenzhen (深圳) in Guangdong (广东) is increasing the supply of talent housing to consolidate housing security... These policies are in line with the "Opinions" requirement to "build dormitory-style and small-sized youth apartments according to local conditions, reduce commuting costs, and promote work-life balance."

Accurately addressing the needs of young people, keeping their income and expenditure accounts, commuting times, and housing demands in mind and incorporating them into overall considerations, the warmth and sincerity of the city's talent attraction and retention efforts are hidden in the details.

Youth growth requires a safe harbor to live, but also a stage to work. A solid industrial base and abundant employment opportunities are important supports for stable expectations.

Hefei (合肥) in Anhui (安徽) focuses on emerging industries such as integrated circuits and artificial intelligence, linking resources to provide young scientific and technological talents with employment platforms and stages to display their talents. Ningbo (宁波) in Zhejiang (浙江) has opened up channels for the promotion of young technicians through a diversified evaluation system that emphasizes both performance and ability. Hangzhou (杭州) in Zhejiang (浙江), Chengdu (成都) in Sichuan (四川), and other places rely on the digital economy and cultural and creative industries to encourage innovation and trial and error, and support the diversified development of young people.

Developing new quality productive forces must be adapted to local conditions, and urban development also needs to get rid of the 千城一面 (qiān chéng yī miàn - "thousand cities one face," lack of individuality among cities). Choosing the right path and cultivating a complete industrial ecosystem can create growth space and broaden development tracks for various talents.

Choosing a city to settle down in is not just about salary, but also about choosing a lifestyle. Therefore, to understand young people, we must also understand their life interests and aesthetic pursuits, and cultivate a temperament that matches them.

The increasing number of urban greenways, the characteristic bookstores on the corners of the streets, the regular cultural performances, and the diverse and inclusive cultural atmosphere are all pluses for retaining young people. Some cities are implementing youth-oriented renovations in corresponding areas, turning idle street corners into youth social spaces; some places are creating "15-minute living circles" to enrich the supply of high-quality cultural and entertainment activities. Shaping a distinctive urban cultural temperament and cultural coordinates is an inherent requirement for attracting young talent, and it is also a matter of expanding the city's connotation and making it a spiritual habitat for people.

It should also be noted that there are shortcomings in the construction of some cities. Some blindly create internet-famous scenes, emphasizing traffic and neglecting practical effects; some copy talent attraction policies from other places, falling into a dilemma of homogenization; and some policies lack systematicness, making it difficult to form a long-term attraction to young people.

Building a youth development-oriented city is also an iterative upgrade of governance thinking. Stepping out of the manager's perspective, optimizing services from the perspective of young people, unblocking channels for young people to make suggestions, and supporting young people to transform from "bystanders" to "partners," the city's forward development can have a continuous source of youthful power.

Cities are more friendly to young people, and young people are more promising in cities. Strengthening security with warm services, adding opportunities with high-quality industries, and moisturizing people's hearts with an inclusive atmosphere, listening to the voices of young people and empowering the development of young people, the two-way rush between young people and cities and mutual achievement, this is an indispensable and moving picture of a modern people's city.

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Editor in charge of this edition: Chen Ling, Zou Xiang, Chang Jin

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It Feels So Good to Be Close to the Azure Sea and Golden Sands (Visit: Gulf Development)

By: 本报记者 王 沛

On the shores of the Yellow Sea, Rizhao (日照), Shandong (山东) province, 226 kilometers of coastline are strung together like pearls with bays: Zhangbei Bay's (张北湾) greenway meanders, Shijiu Bay (石臼湾) boasts azure seas and golden sands, Kuishan Bay (奎山湾) sees giant ships setting sail, and Lanshan Bay's (岚山湾) industry is innovating... In 2024, Rizhao (日照) was listed as one of the national pilot cities for the construction of beautiful bays across the region, and its blue homeland is undergoing a transformation. In 2024 and 2025, Zhangbei Bay (张北湾) and Shijiu Bay (石臼湾) were successively selected as excellent cases of national beautiful bays, while Kuishan Bay (奎山湾) and Lanshan Bay (岚山湾) were selected as typical cases of provincial beautiful bays in 2025. "We must care for the ocean as we care for our own lives." In Rizhao (日照), how is this concept integrated into the protection and development of the bays? Our reporter went to investigate.

Barren Beaches Transformed into Greenways: Ecological Restoration Protects the Coastline

On the Sunshine Coast of Zhangbei Bay (张北湾阳光海岸), tourists strolling, cycling, and taking photos can be seen everywhere. Not far away, drones are patrolling the air, and volunteers promptly address any environmental issues discovered along the coast.

The Sunshine Coast Greenway has gone from nothing to something, and fisherman Lao Zhang (老张) is a witness. "This used to be a barren beach, but now it has been built into a greenway and has become a popular tourist attraction. The change is huge," said Lao Zhang (老张). "Look, these 'little airplanes' can handle things, even better than the eyes of us old fishermen!"

When he first heard about building the greenway, Lao Zhang (老张) was not very happy. "Will this black pine forest be affected?" Lao Zhang (老张) wondered. It turned out that in the 1950s, black pines were planted as the first ecological barrier, taking root in the coastal zone and becoming a beautiful evergreen landscape. People have a deep affection for the black pine forest.

"Do not move a single black pine, do not move a single reef, do not move a single beach, and do not use heavy machinery." Rizhao (日照) established the "four no's" principle during ecological restoration to minimize disturbance to the marine ecosystem.

However, the difficulty of design and surveying also increased. "If we couldn't use tools, we used our feet to measure, supplemented by instrument calibration, to 'walk' out a design route," recalled Zhang Bo (张波), a planning designer at Rizhao City Planning and Design Institute Group Co., Ltd. (日照市规划设计研究院集团有限公司). Now, the 28-kilometer Sunshine Coast Greenway has become a new shared memory for the people of Rizhao (日照).

Changes are not only happening in Zhangbei Bay (张北湾). At Hailong Bay (海龙湾), the southernmost end of Shijiu Bay (石臼湾), the port industrial coastline's "returning the port to the sea" project restored 1,882 meters of coastline, forming 460,000 square meters of beach, transforming the former coal yard into azure seas and golden sands.

The drone takes off, and in the lens, the seawater is crystal clear. In recent years, Rizhao (日照) has adhered to the principles of ecological priority and green development, establishing a four-level bay chief system, with the municipal party secretary and mayor serving as the chief bay chiefs, ensuring responsibility for patrolling and protecting the bays. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, a total of 5,903 bay patrols were conducted, with a patrol mileage of 10,521 kilometers, continuously implementing marine environment improvement actions.

"The city has divided 55 responsible bay sections, implementing 'one policy per bay' for precise management and protection, strengthening the source tracing and remediation of sewage outlets into the sea, and building a smart marine supervision platform to achieve online handling of marine garbage inspection, transfer, and other matters, improving work efficiency," said Song Jun (宋君), Party Secretary and Director of the Rizhao Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment (日照市生态环境局). During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Rizhao (日照) established 27 monitoring points to conduct on-site monitoring and analysis of indicators such as seawater quality and plankton in nearshore waters. Among them, Zhangbei Bay (张北湾) has maintained a 100% proportion of excellent water quality in nearshore waters for many consecutive years, with a water quality excellence rate of 100% for five consecutive years.

Today, overlooking Rizhao's (日照) bays, thousands of acres of dawn redwood forests create a spectacular view in Zhangbei Bay (张北湾), red-billed gulls gather and dance in Shijiu Bay (石臼湾), the wings of the Chinese crested tern sweep across the sky of Kuishan Bay (奎山湾), and the "giant panda of the water," the finless porpoise, swims and frolics in Lanshan Bay (岚山湾)... More and more former "rare guests" have taken root in Rizhao (日照), becoming a vivid portrayal of a good bay ecosystem.

Azure Seas Increase Benefits: Promoting Green Industries and Development

Following the Sunshine Coast north, a small village comes into view. Old houses, terrace houses, small courtyard houses... The original ecological homestays each have their own characteristics, attracting many tourists.

This is Qiaojiadunzi Village (乔家墩子村), located in the Rizhao Shanhaitian Tourist Resort (日照山海天旅游度假区). Early in the morning, Jin Fei (靳菲), the owner of "Liwu Homestay" (里屋民宿), is busy replying to messages on her phone: "There are many guests booking, and every weekend and holiday, the vehicles here are guaranteed to form a long queue." She smiled and introduced the peak season income: "Leisurely, 10,000 in 3 days."

"The seaside environment is getting better and better, and there are many attractions to play. With more tourists, our homestays are also becoming popular," said Jin Fei (靳菲). "Liwu Homestay" (里屋民宿), which was transformed from an old house, is popular with tourists because it is clean, tidy, fresh, and beautiful, and it is difficult to find a room during the peak season.

Twenty years ago, Qiaojiadunzi Village (乔家墩子村) started the first batch of "fishermen's fun" in Rizhao (日照); later, Qiaojiadunzi Village (乔家墩子村) was included in the upgrading and renovation of the Shanhaitian Tourist Resort (山海天旅游度假区), and the homestays and commercial streets were焕然一新 **(huàn rán yī xīn - "completely new," to take on a completely new appearance)**; in the past two years, after the Sunshine Greenway was built, the village's popularity has continued to increase.

"Guarding the azure sea and blue sky, we have a firm grip on the tourism industry," said Jin Fei (靳菲). "Tourists can not only see the sea and catch the sea, but also cycle, visit night markets, watch performances, and watch competitions. The content is very rich!"

With beautiful bays, cultural tourism is booming. Like Qiaojiadunzi Village (乔家墩子村), many fishing villages in Rizhao (日照) have started characteristic homestays and developed rural tourism. At the same time, the number of events and performances in Rizhao (日照) is also increasing rapidly. "We deeply connect events and performances with consumption scenarios such as catering, accommodation, and shopping to build a full-industry chain consumption ecology," said Ge Xin (葛新), Deputy Party Secretary and Second-level Researcher of the Rizhao Municipal Sports Bureau (日照市体育局). In 2025, the number of tourists and consumption during the peak tourist season in Rizhao (日照) increased by 31% and 39% respectively year-on-year. In 2025, Rizhao (日照) achieved a domestic tourism income of 43.91 billion yuan and received over 68 million domestic tourists, an increase of 11.8% and 10.3% respectively year-on-year.

In recent years, Rizhao's (日照) primary, secondary, and tertiary industries have all been extending towards green. On the shores of Lanshan Bay (岚山湾), "green steel" is leading the development, and the steel industry is comprehensively promoting ultra-low emission transformation. Shandong Iron and Steel Group Rizhao Co., Ltd. (山东钢铁集团日照有限公司) and Rizhao Iron and Steel Holding Group Co., Ltd. (日照钢铁控股集团有限公司) have been rated as environmental performance A-level enterprises; the "blue granary" is moving towards the deep sea, and the breeding of salmon seedlings is driving industrial development...

"The construction of beautiful bays is about seeking benefits from green and seeking power from ecology. We are transforming the protection and restoration of the marine ecological environment into a valuable opportunity to cultivate new quality productive forces and expand new development space, and strive to走出一条 **(zǒu chū yī tiáo - "walk out a path," to find a new way)** a new path of win-win for ecology and economy, and coordinated protection and development," said Song Jun (宋君).

Enjoying the Sea Freely: Harmony between People and the Sea Shows Smiles

The sea breeze caresses the face, and the waves roar. On weekends, at the "Catching Shells" parent-child seaside park in Lanshan Bay (岚山湾), Mr. Zhang (张先生), a citizen, carries a small bucket and walks along the shore with his child, squatting down from time to time to dig for a while, leaving two strings of large and small footprints on the beach.

Before long, the small bucket is filled with many small crabs, and the child excitedly shows off his "spoils." Mr. Zhang (张先生) smiles: "In recent years, the sea in Rizhao (日照) has become bluer and the water clearer. We often bring our children to play by the sea, and it feels really good to be close to the azure sea and golden sands."

Along the coast, arriving at Zhangbei Bay (张北湾), tents dot the camping park, and children's voices are clear in the Marine Aesthetics Museum. A "Green Awakening Journey" environmental study tour is underway, and the children learn about marine knowledge and enhance their understanding of nature while visiting and playing, asking and answering questions.

The Marine Aesthetics Museum was originally an abandoned seedling farm. During the coastline remediation process, the original facility resources were revitalized, and homestays, bookstores, and cafes were opened along the coast, becoming a popular tourist attraction and often hosting science education activities for young people.

"Cycling on the Sunshine Coast Greenway, the Shanhai Style Greenway, and the Wulian Mountain to Jiuxian Mountain section, the flowing ecological scenery is pleasing to the eye, and the ride is enjoyable," said Li Xue (李雪), who had just participated in a cycling competition, praising Rizhao's (日照) coastline.

The setting sun casts gold, the tide whispers, and in the evening, the wind carries a faint smell of the ocean, and people stroll along the boardwalk, leisurely and carefree.

"The construction of beautiful bays is to make the azure sea, blue sky, and clean beaches an ecological benefit that citizens can easily access, so that the people can truly enjoy the sense of gain and happiness brought about by ecological improvement," said Song Jun (宋君).

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Old Village Renewal, Collective Prosperity (Great Country, Small Village)

By: 本报记者 刘鑫焱 郑洋洋

On the southern foothills of the Taihang Mountains, along the Fanxi River. At 9 a.m., in Huangcheng Village (皇城村), Beiliu Town (北留镇), Yangcheng County (阳城县), Jincheng City (晋城市), Shanxi Province (山西), the opening ceremony of the Huangcheng Xiangfu Scenic Area (皇城相府景区) began on time, attracting many tourists to stop and watch.

Villager Qin Jinlin (秦晋林) has been performing for more than 20 years. After the performance, Qin Jinlin switched roles and became a gold-medal tour guide for the scenic area. "Chen Tingjing (陈廷敬), the owner of Huangcheng Xiangfu, was a Grand Scholar during the Kangxi (康熙) period..." He narrated eloquently under the Zhongdaozhuang (中道庄) gate plaque. The tall He Shan Lou (河山楼), the winding Zangbing Cave (藏兵洞), and the heavy ancient city walls, 100,000 square meters of the double-walled ancient castle are scattered in a well-arranged manner.

Qin Jinlin has witnessed the village's transformation. In the early years, he made a living by selling tourist souvenirs. In 2001, with the popularity of the TV series "Kangxi Dynasty" (康熙王朝), Huangcheng Xiangfu, the filming location, became "popular," and Qin Jinlin was selected to participate in the scenic area's performance.

Huangcheng Village was once a typical resource-based village. Relying on high-quality coal resources, the village made money, but the hidden dangers of a single industry, ecological degradation, and resource depletion became increasingly prominent. "Relying solely on coal will not take us far or steadily," said Fan Jinchao (樊进朝), deputy secretary of the village Party committee and general manager of Huangcheng Xiangfu Group (皇城相府集团). In the late 1990s, the village committee clearly defined its transformation strategy, focusing on the well-preserved Ming and Qing dynasty ancient castle complex in the village.

Relocating the entire village, protecting the ancient castle, developing cultural tourism, and revitalizing the ancient buildings in accordance with the principle of "restoring the old as before"... In 1998, the Huangcheng Xiangfu Scenic Area officially opened to the public. In 2003, the village collective established Shanxi Huangcheng Xiangfu Group (山西皇城相府集团), which is involved in multiple industries such as coal, tourism, pharmaceuticals, and construction real estate, and now has more than 6,000 employees.

In Fan Jinchao's view, this northern ancient castle, which integrates residences and defense works, is a cultural treasure and the foundation for the village's transformation. "The ancient castle has 16 existing courtyards and more than 640 houses. For more than 20 years, we have systematically sorted out ancient books, stone tablets, and calligraphy and paintings, established complete cultural relic archives, and protected the historical context."

Deeply cultivating culture and revitalizing resources. The local area has deeply explored folk culture, built the Chen Tingjing Memorial Hall (陈廷敬纪念馆), created the live-action drama "Return to the Prime Minister's Residence Again" (再回相府), and held intangible cultural heritage exhibitions. Under the night, immersive performances are wonderful, extending the average stay of tourists from half a day to more than two days, and in recent years, it has undertaken an average of 300,000 research tourists annually.

With cultural tourism as the core, all industries are prospering. The local area continues to extend the industrial chain, layout rich business formats such as health and wellness, and cultural creation, promote the quality improvement project of large scenic spots, upgrade the health and wellness resort area, improve supporting facilities such as hotels and homestays, and health and wellness centers, cultivate more than 20 local enterprises, and develop more than 300 kinds of cultural and creative products.

Industrial prosperity benefits people's livelihoods. "Villagers have achieved employment at their doorstep and stable income growth. Through house rentals, homestay operations, and shareholding dividends, villagers' income structure is more diversified," Fan Jinchao introduced. The village has uniformly built villa-style new villages, supporting facilities such as schools and cultural squares, and villagers' water, electricity, heating, and education expenses are subsidized, and their sense of gain and happiness continue to increase. "Our villagers have particularly good benefits!" Ma Rongrong (马荣荣), a tour guide from the neighboring Guoyu Village (郭峪村), is very proud every time she talks to tourists about the development of this area. In order to help everyone achieve common prosperity, Huangcheng Village has joined hands with four surrounding administrative villages to differentiate labor, mutual benefit dividends, and each village develops in a staggered manner according to local conditions, with complementary homestays, research, health, and leisure business formats.

In 2025, the per capita disposable income of villagers in Huangcheng Village reached 70,000 yuan, and the per capita income of linked villages reached 37,000 yuan. From single mining to diversified operations, Huangcheng Village has embarked on a revitalization path of transformation and upgrading of resource-based villages and group co-prosperity in the Taihang Mountains.

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Taking the lead in belt-tightening, earnestly delivering benefits to the people.

By: 本报记者 史一棋

Practicing thrift and opposing waste are our Party's glorious tradition and fine style. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The purpose of the Party and the government taking the lead in living frugally is to ensure a good life for the people. This is determined by our Party's purpose and nature. No matter what level our country develops to, no matter how much the people's lives improve, the spirit of hard work and thrift must never be abandoned."

In May of last year, the newly revised "Regulations on Practicing Thrift and Opposing Waste in Party and Government Organs" (《党政机关厉行节约反对浪费条例》) (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations") were issued. Over the past year, Party and government organs at all levels have combined the in-depth implementation of the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation with the study and education on establishing and practicing a correct view of performance, focusing on implementing the requirement of taking the lead in living frugally, firmly establishing the concept of benefiting the people, tightening institutional bolts, curbing extravagance and waste, carefully calculating various expenditures, strictly prohibiting lavish spending, and using limited financial resources to focus on grasping reforms, promoting development, and doing practical things.

Strict Management—
Implement the principle of strictness in all aspects of the "Regulations"

Vehicle configuration, expense details, usage frequency... Open the Guangdong Province Official Vehicle Management Platform (广东省公务用车管理平台), and you can see the key data and real-time status of all official vehicles of administrative institutions at the provincial, municipal, and county levels.

In the past, official vehicle maintenance costs were a major blind spot in supervision. "With the vehicle management platform, the system will automatically issue a warning if any vehicle appears in a place where it shouldn't be, or if there is abnormal maintenance," said Fan Zexiong (范泽雄), a staff member of the Official Vehicle Management Office of the Guangdong Provincial Government Affairs Administration (广东省机关事务管理局公务用车管理处). A complete operating cost accounting ledger can clearly show the vehicle's maintenance, refueling, and other situations.

Since the platform's operation, violations such as "repeated repairs for the same problem," "using ordinary repair procedures for repairs that fall within the scope of insurance," and "repeated refueling in a short period of time" have been effectively curbed.

The Central Government Offices Administration (中央直属机关事务管理局) strictly controls the establishment of official vehicles, strictly reviews applications for vehicle renewal and allocation, and increases the allocation ratio of new energy vehicles. The National Government Offices Administration (国家机关事务管理局) promotes full coverage of official vehicle management levels, vehicle scope, and management links, implements classified policies to promote vehicle revitalization, and avoids idle waste.

In addition, Shanxi (山西) has achieved comprehensive supervision of all official vehicles' designated refueling, maintenance, servicing, insurance, and other operating behaviors; Sichuan (四川) has increased supervision and inspection of official vehicle dispatch, driver assessment, and other links... Various regions have strictly implemented the "Regulations" and strictly managed the allocation and use of official vehicles.

In addition to official vehicles, strict management is also reflected in official receptions, meetings and activities, office building construction and use, and other aspects.

The Central Government Offices Administration (中直管理局) does a simple and pragmatic job in the general affairs of central meetings and activities, with precise and appropriate catering guarantees and no unified distribution of office supplies.

The National Government Offices Administration (国管局) coordinates inventory and increments in the asset management and allocation links, emphasizing priority allocation through the public property warehouse to reduce unreasonable demands. The number of asset allocation plans for the agency's own level and the agency service center in 2025 was reduced by 7,043 items, a reduction rate of 7.45%, and the amount was reduced by 28.31 million yuan, a reduction rate of 13.42%.

Jiangxi (江西) has created a "Gan Meal Code" (赣餐码) for official receptions, which can retrieve real-time information such as meal time, diners, and scan code location in the background, and compare it with the meal subsidy reimbursement records of various units.

The Henan Provincial Government Affairs Administration (河南省机关事务管理局) conducts supervision and inspection of office building management in 18 cities, 104 counties (cities, districts), and 92 provincial-level units in a planned and phased manner, providing on-site feedback on problems, establishing ledgers, and urging rectification.

"The primary principle followed by Party and government organs in practicing thrift and opposing waste is 'adhering to strictness and simplicity.' In practice, central departments strictly manage official activities, and local governments strictly control 'three public' expenditures, implementing the principle of strictness in all aspects stipulated in the 'Regulations'," said the relevant person in charge of the National Government Offices Administration (国管局). Party and government organs take the lead in living frugally, reducing unnecessary administrative expenses, and freeing up more funds for development needs and people's expectations.

Establishing Systems—
The anti-waste system is gradually formed, and outstanding problems in work style are curbed

Adding new office equipment without spending a penny. In the Golden Bay Public Property Warehouse (黄金湾公物仓) in Shapingba District (沙坪坝区), Chongqing (重庆), operator Zhu Xuetao (朱学涛) is handling the delivery of three idle computers, "Recycling and borrowing twice saves 8,000 yuan in procurement costs."

In the public property warehouse, common office supplies such as tables, chairs, computers, and printers are readily available, and each item is labeled with "Idle Assets Shared and Used" (闲置资产  共享共用). These neatly arranged office supplies are all "second-hand" and can be reused. Units in need can "place orders" on the public property warehouse online platform.

"The public property warehouse is a good thing! It allows assets to circulate and be reused between different units, avoiding asset idleness and repeated purchases, reducing the operating costs of agencies, and spending public expenditures where they are most needed," said Zhang Guojing (张国竟), deputy director of the Shapingba District Government Affairs Administration (沙坪坝区机关事务管理局).

The exploration of public property warehouses has been around for a long time. Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东) established the first public property warehouse in the country in 1996, and many places have carried out practical explorations since then.

Good experiences gained from exploration need to be implemented through the establishment of systems.

The National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) optimizes the operating mechanism of the public property warehouse, strictly controls new asset allocation matters, strictly reviews asset disposal, and standardizes disposal procedures; Jining City (济宁市), Shandong (山东) builds an information management system and supporting systems, and handles and approves all aspects of the public property warehouse operation online; Chengdu City (成都市), Sichuan (四川) revitalizes and utilizes idle assets, and carries out asset borrowing, allocation, and other work in accordance with regulations to help small and micro enterprises.

In December 2025, the National Government Offices Administration (国管局) and the Central Government Offices Administration (中直管理局) jointly issued the "Opinions on Further Strengthening the Management of Public Property Warehouses in Central Administrative Institutions and Promoting the Revitalization and Sharing of State-owned Assets" (《关于进一步加强中央行政事业单位公物仓管理  推进国有资产盘活共享的意见》), promoting the revitalization and sharing of state-owned assets from the "entrance" to the "exit" of the entire process.

The public property warehouse is just a microcosm of building a solid anti-waste system dam.

The Central Government Offices Administration (中直管理局) issued the "Specific Measures for the Central Government Offices Administration to Demonstrate the Implementation of the 'Regulations on Practicing Thrift and Opposing Waste in Party and Government Organs'" (《中直管理局示范落实〈党政机关厉行节约反对浪费条例〉具体措施》), ensuring that the spirit of the "Regulations" is implemented throughout the entire process and all aspects of government affairs work. The National Government Offices Administration (国管局) has formulated procurement guidelines for administrative, service guarantee, and business-related maintenance projects of Party and government organs to promote the implementation of thrift and frugality; the national standard "Statistical Guidelines for the Operating Costs of Agencies" has been released and implemented, and the statistical indicator system is constantly refined and improved...

Today, an anti-waste system consisting of the "Regulations" as the main framework and various special supporting rules and regulations has gradually formed, and outstanding problems in work style such as "corruption on wheels," "waste on the tip of the tongue," and "unhealthy trends in clubs" have been continuously curbed.

Continuous Deepening—
Guide the vast number of Party members and cadres to promote the spirit of thrift with a correct view of performance

Recently, the Central-level Special Class for Establishing and Practicing a Correct View of Performance and the General Office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection publicly reported the problems of deviation in the view of performance and disregard for the actual use of financial funds in Zhaojue County (昭觉县), Sichuan Province (四川省), the Department of Culture and Tourism of Hubei Province (湖北省文化和旅游厅), and Hubei Art Vocational College (湖北艺术职业学院). The implementation of the Party Central Committee's requirements on Party and government organs taking the lead in living frugally was not in place, and they followed the trend of promoting the procurement project of cultural and tourism promotion songs without seriously evaluating the publicity effect.

The notice pointed out that it is necessary to resolutely implement the Party Central Committee's requirements on Party and government organs taking the lead in living frugally, firmly establish the concept of benefiting the people, earnestly put ensuring and improving people's livelihood in a priority position, improve the efficiency of financial fund use, carefully calculate all expenditures, strictly prohibit lavish spending, and use every penny where it is most needed and critical, so that the people can have a real and tangible feeling.

"Hard work and thrift are our Party's glorious tradition and also the meaning of establishing and practicing a correct view of performance," said the relevant person in charge of the Central Government Offices Administration (中直管理局). It is necessary to strengthen the rigid constraints of the "Regulations," optimize resource allocation and improve work efficiency through practicing thrift, promote the concentration of funds and resources to key links related to the country's development strategy, concentrate on people's livelihood undertakings that benefit the people, and serve and promote the people's "good life" with the Party and government organs' habit of living a "tight life."

In order to implement the requirements of Party and government organs taking the lead in living frugally, the Central Government Offices Administration (中直管理局) regards practicing thrift as a key focus of auditing, sorts out the list of items, and strictly analyzes and judges the necessity, rationality, and effectiveness of economic matters in accordance with the list, and discovers potential and tendency problems. On this basis, it summarizes common problems and weak links in the management of funds, assets, and projects, and puts forward work suggestions. It also incorporates the rectification of common problems found in the audit into the study and education on thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation and establishing and practicing a correct view of performance.

Party and government organs in various places cultivate a culture of thrift and oppose waste in various forms, promote the construction of thrifty organs, and play a demonstrative role in forming a frugal atmosphere in the whole society.

In promoting energy conservation in government offices, the Huainan Municipal Government Affairs Center (淮南市政务中心) in Anhui (安徽) has launched an energy cost trusteeship model, inviting professional energy-saving service companies through bidding to carry out energy-saving renovation of old equipment.

"All 28-watt ordinary light bulbs in the garage have been replaced with LED radar induction lights, reducing the constant light state to 18 watts, and only 3 watts when no one is there, with an energy saving rate of 70%," introduced Sun Yuhui (孙于惠), chief of the Public Institution Energy Conservation Section of the Huainan Municipal Government Affairs Administration (淮南市机关事务管理局公共机构节能科). "All expenditures of the agency are carefully calculated, and we strive to avoid the problem of lavish spending." Compared with 2021, various measures saved electricity costs of 1.2127 million yuan throughout 2025.

In recent years, the National Government Offices Administration (国管局) has also strengthened the revitalization and utilization of idle office buildings, encouraging various places to adopt cross-system and cross-level allocation methods, which not only saves daily maintenance funds and uses every penny where it is most needed, but also helps the development of local public undertakings and benefits the people.

From curbing "waste on the tip of the tongue" to improving the efficiency of office equipment utilization, from "awakening" idle assets to controlling official reception expenditures, various regions and departments promote the construction of thrifty organs in accordance with local conditions, guide the vast number of Party members and cadres to establish and practice a correct view of performance, and the concept of taking the lead in living frugally is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

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Photo Story

On May 19th, the main structure of the track-bearing layer of Nanjing North Railway Station (南京北站), located in Jiangbei New Area (江北新区), Nanjing (南京), Jiangsu Province (江苏省), was completed. Nanjing North Railway Station (南京北站) is an important hub in the railway transportation system of Jiangsu Province (江苏省) and the only comprehensive passenger station in Nanjing (南京) that integrates high-speed railways, intercity railways, and regular-speed railways. As a national-level comprehensive transportation key project, after Nanjing North Railway Station (南京北站) is put into use, it will complete the key puzzle of Nanjing's (南京) "米" (mǐ - "rice")-shaped high-speed rail network and help enhance the radiation capacity of Nanjing Metropolitan Area (南京都市圈) as a central city.
　　
The picture shows the construction site of the Nanjing North Railway Station (南京北站) project on the 19th.
　　
Photo by Jiang Yushi (蒋雨师), reporter of this newspaper.

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Total electricity consumption in April increased by 6.0% year-on-year.

The Beijing (北京) May 19th report of this newspaper (Reporter Wang Yunshan (王云杉)): The National Energy Administration (国家能源局) recently released data: In April, the total electricity consumption of the whole society was 820.5 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 6.0%. In terms of electricity consumption by industry, the primary industry consumed 11.2 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 2.0%. The secondary industry consumed 558.4 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 5.3%; among them, the industrial electricity consumption was 553.8 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 5.5%, and the electricity consumption of high-tech and equipment manufacturing industries was 105 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 10.1%. The tertiary industry consumed 151.7 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 8.9%; among them, the electricity consumption of charging and swapping service industry and Internet data services was 13.7 billion and 8.2 billion kWh respectively, with growth rates reaching 61.9% and 42.8% respectively. Electricity consumption for urban and rural residents was 99.2 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 6.0%.
From January to April, the total electricity consumption of the whole society was 3334.5 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 5.4%. Jiang Debin (蒋德斌), Deputy Director of the Statistics and Digital Intelligence Department of the China Electricity Enterprise Federation (中国电力企业联合会), introduced that driven by technological innovation and industrial upgrading in cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence and bio-manufacturing, the electricity consumption of high-tech and equipment manufacturing industries performed prominently in April, with a year-on-year increase of 10.1%, an increase of 7.1 percentage points compared with the same period last year.

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This edition's editors: Guan Xuanyue, Zhang Weihao, Zhai Qinqi

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"Culture and Tourism Boom" Becomes New Growth Driver for Service Consumption (Reading the Data)

By: 王东辉

The latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics (国家统计局) shows that from January to April this year, China's service retail sales increased by 5.6% year-on-year, 0.1 percentage points faster than in the first quarter, and significantly faster than the growth rate of commodity retail sales. Among them, retail sales of tourism consulting and leasing services, transportation services, and cultural, sports, and leisure services all maintained double-digit growth, which was not only significantly faster than the growth rate of service retail sales, but also accelerated and improved compared with the first quarter.

The "cultural tourism craze" and "sports event craze" have become new highlights and growth points in the development of service consumption, demonstrating the vigorous momentum and strong resilience of China's consumer market, and injecting abundant "warm currents" into boosting consumption, expanding domestic demand, and high-quality economic development.

Since the beginning of this year, consumption in cultural tourism, sports events, and other fields has shown a trend of normalization, quality, and integration. Consumption scenarios have continued to expand, business formats have continued to evolve, and market vitality has been fully released. Behind the upsurge are not only the direct results of the implementation of various policies, but also the inevitable trend of China's economic structure moving towards new and better directions and the transformation and upgrading of the consumption structure, reflecting the logic of high-quality economic and social development.

Many places have implemented precise policies to activate the cultural tourism consumption market, implemented a series of pro-people and pro-consumption policies such as promoting spring breaks for primary and secondary schools and issuing cultural tourism consumption coupons, which, coupled with the Qingming (清明) and May Day (五一) holidays, have effectively activated the cultural tourism market and driven the accelerated growth of related service consumption such as travel and accommodation. Data shows that during the Qingming holiday, the total domestic tourism expenditure was 61.367 billion yuan, an increase of 6.6% year-on-year; during the May Day holiday, the total domestic tourism expenditure was 185.492 billion yuan, an increase of 2.9% year-on-year.

China's residents' consumption is accelerating its upgrade from survival-oriented and basic-level to development-oriented and quality-oriented, and is shifting from commodity consumption as the mainstay to equal emphasis on commodity and service consumption. From watching mountains and rivers to immersive experiences, from "buying goods" to "buying services" and "buying experiences," consumption in cultural tourism, sports events, and other fields is transforming into a new consumption pattern of deep participation and emotional resonance under the reshaping of the emotional economy and the experience economy.

Extending the time dimension and looking at the development trend of the whole year, we can feel the surging vitality of the cultural tourism industry in driving domestic demand and empowering economic growth. In 2023, the number of domestic tourist trips exceeded 6.5 billion, an increase of more than 16% year-on-year, and tourism expenditure reached 6.3 trillion yuan, an increase of 9.5% year-on-year, hitting a record high. Scenic spots are crowded with tourists, business districts and streets are bustling with activity, and sports stadiums are filled with cheers... A series of lively and vivid consumption scenes are a vivid microcosm of China's super-large-scale market advantages being fully utilized, the industrial consumption structure being continuously upgraded, and the economy continuing to stabilize and improve.

Delving into the development context of the industry, the cultural tourism industry is gradually growing into a people's livelihood industry, a happiness industry, and a pillar industry. This year is the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan" ("十五五"), and "building a strong tourism country" was written into the national five-year plan for the first time. Based on the dual opportunities of consumption upgrading and industrial upgrading, continuously promoting the high-quality development of cultural tourism and other industries will make it more convenient for people to embark on a "just go" journey to "poetry and the distance" with ease, and help accumulate economic development momentum in the surging crowds and the flow of factors.

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A Musical Theater World on the 12th Floor of the Mall

By: 本报记者 曹玲娟

Standing on Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street (南京路步行街) in Shanghai (上海) and looking up, the lights of the 12th floor of New World City (新世界城) illuminate the night.

On the 12th floor, there is a "12th Floor Musical City" with an area of nearly 7,000 square meters, complete with 8 immersive small theaters, rehearsal halls, merchandise stores, and audience interaction spaces. "This is not just a theater, but a musical world built on top of a shopping mall," said one audience member.

"This is a small theater cluster, with plans to stage 20 to 25 productions each year. In addition to the resident productions of Museker Musical (缪时客音乐剧), the theater will also be open to industry partners, creating a shared musical performance platform," said Zhang Zhilin (张志林), founder of Museker Musical.

Arriving on the 12th floor, you can immediately see the sign for the musical "Chef Show" (厨神秀). This long-term resident production is characterized by highly interactive performances. With flashing lights and burning rhythms, the audience is close to the stage and may be pulled onto the stage to interact at any time... "You can watch the show, you can interact, and the program is very exciting," said one tourist.

Deep integration is the characteristic of "12th Floor Musical City." Here, small theater clusters are integrated with catering consumption and art popularization, realizing a closed loop of functions that are playable, watchable, learnable, and edible.

Before the show, take a set of musical-themed photo booth pictures at the check-in point; after the performance, the coffee area is also a social center for musical lovers, and some actors will take photos and exchange viewing experiences with the audience here; if you are not satisfied, there are also musical series album, theme puzzles and other derivatives that you can take home; in the rehearsal hall, Museker Musical is recruiting and selecting actors, "12th Floor Musical City" provides the musical industry with a full-chain support from content incubation to market operation...

The 12th floor is located on the top floor of the New World City commercial complex, with shopping, dining, and cultural and entertainment exhibition spaces below. "We hope to achieve the deep integration of culture, commerce, tourism, sports, and exhibition through the innovative practice of '12th Floor Musical City', and strive to create a new landmark for cultural tourism consumption," said Li Wei (李蔚), Deputy General Manager of Shanghai New World Co., Ltd. (上海新世界股份有限公司).

In Zhang Zhilin's view, "12th Floor Musical City" can be linked with the mall's business formats to achieve two-way diversion. "We can attract young people to the mall, and the mall can also bring us potential audiences."

Under the night, the "Twelve Nights Club" stages performances, and the audience enjoys food while listening to songs. Outside the glass window is the city night scene, and downstairs is a wide variety of mall displays. This city is creating more innovative new consumption scenarios through the deep integration of culture, commerce, tourism, sports, and exhibitions, and through the deep integration of full-scene formats, injecting new impetus and expanding new space for boosting consumption. Statistics show that in the first quarter, Shanghai (上海) achieved a total retail sales of consumer goods of 428.149 billion yuan, an increase of 5.5% year-on-year.

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Hometown culture offers tourists a unique experience.

By: 本报记者 李 纵

"Coming to Shantou and seeing this olive tree is like stepping into a movie." On May 19th, Cai Zhihong (蔡植宏), a tourist from Jieyang (揭阳), Guangdong Province, was taking photos with the over 500-year-old olive tree in Xialiao Village (下寮村), Jinzao Town (金灶镇), Chaoyang District (潮阳区), Shantou City (汕头市), Guangdong Province. This is the filming location of the movie "A Letter to Grandma." With the movie's popularity, a series of filming locations have quickly become popular, opening a new model of integrated development of "film + cultural tourism" for rural tourism in Shantou, Jieyang, and other places.

"In the movie, Grandma and her son pick olives under this olive tree, which is also a scene many locals experienced in their childhood, so it resonates with many people and attracts them to come and 'check in' for a tourist experience." Chen Fengrong (陈枫蓉), head of the Xialiao Ancient Tree Ecological Park (下寮古树生态园), introduced that the olive fruit tastes slightly astringent when first chewed, then becomes sweet, which is deeply loved by the locals. The highest annual output of this ancient olive tree can reach more than 400 kilograms, and the unit price per kilogram can be as high as more than 1,000 yuan.

Not only can you pick olives and taste the same olive vegetables as Grandma, but you can also pick bayberries, experience intangible cultural heritage handicrafts, and immerse yourself in the idyllic atmosphere... Xialiao Village is extending the industrial chain to allow tourists to "have scenery to see and projects to play." "I brought my family here after watching the movie. After playing, I feel that the environment here is very good. I used to hear elders say that when they went to Nanyang (南洋), they took olive vegetables all the way to Nanyang. This time, it can be regarded as an experience of nostalgia." Cai Zhihong (蔡植宏) said.

"'Since the May Day holiday, the village has received more than 4,200 tourists." Liu Chuangrong (刘创荣), Secretary of the General Party Branch of Xialiao Village (金灶镇下寮村党总支), Jinzao Town (金灶镇), said, "We will also hold a variety of activities such as rural lawn concerts to provide tourists with a richer travel experience."

Promoting tourism through culture and promoting agriculture through tourism. Closely following the theme of "Touring Chaoyang (潮阳) with 'Grandma'," Chaoyang District (潮阳区) uses the "ancient tree + culture + countryside" model to showcase the warm local cultural context of Chaoyang, focusing on creating new rural cultural tourism consumption scenarios, integrating diversified business formats such as under-forest leisure, picking experience, and cultural and creative consumption, effectively driving the direct sales of olive and other agricultural and sideline products on the spot, broadening income channels, and helping the prosperity of rural industries.

In order to better transform traffic into retention, Shantou (汕头) has launched a series of film-themed routes of "Touring Shantou with Grandma · Remembering Nostalgia in Overseas Chinese Charm," covering the old city's humanities, overseas Chinese houses' ancient charm, pastoral scenery, coastal leisure, and food experience; Jieyang (揭阳) and Chaozhou (潮州), in order to facilitate tourists to "check in" following the movie, have also carefully compiled tourist routes combining the plots and scenes in the movie, guiding tourists from all over to follow the footsteps of the movie to feel the deep affection in the overseas Chinese letters...

From the warm circle of the movie "A Letter to Grandma" to the multi-point blossoming of "film and television + cultural tourism" in Guangdong (广东), Guangdong is completing a high-quality transformation from filming location check-in to in-depth experience, from short-term traffic to long-term retention, using film and television works as a link to transform the Lingnan (岭南) scenery, urban warmth, and overseas Chinese memories in film and television works into cultural tourism experiences for tourists to experience the fireworks of Southern Guangdong and touch Lingnan culture.

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Rule of law safeguards the private economy

This newspaper reported from Beijing on May 19th (Reporter Liu Zhiqiang (刘志强)) The National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) issued the "Rule of Law Escorting the Private Economy" Action Plan (《“法治护航民营经济”行动方案》). This action will be carried out from May to December 2026, and then transformed into a regular work to continuously promote a series of key tasks.

Deeply carry out activities such as bringing laws into enterprises, parks, and government agencies. The tasks include carrying out publicity and interpretation of legal content, carrying out legal education for key groups, and listening to opinions and suggestions on the implementation of laws. Solidly promote the construction of supporting systems. The tasks include establishing and improving a supporting policy system, carrying out in-depth cleaning of enterprise-related policies, and providing convenient access to supporting policy inquiries. Effectively improve the effectiveness of law implementation. The tasks include establishing a problem clue collection mechanism, deepening the implementation of special actions to optimize the development environment, carrying out special actions to empower development in accordance with local conditions, guiding enterprises to improve governance capabilities, and promoting direct and rapid enjoyment of preferential policies for enterprises. Strengthen the summary, promotion, and application of experience and effectiveness. The tasks include summarizing the phased achievements of law implementation, exploring typical practices of private enterprises, publishing typical cases of law implementation, and strengthening publicity and experience promotion. Improve the long-term mechanism for law implementation. The tasks include improving the overall coordination mechanism, improving the enterprise-related service mechanism, and creating a brand for law implementation, and strive to build "Rule of Law Escorting the Private Economy" into a long-term brand for the implementation of the Law on Promoting the Private Economy.

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Promoting the Development and Growth of the Private Economy

This newspaper reported from Beijing on May 19th (Reporter Lin Lili (林丽鹂)) The State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) issued the "Key Work Points for Market Supervision Departments to Promote the Development and Growth of the Private Economy in 2026," proposing 34 key work tasks. It adheres to the equal emphasis on regulatory standardization and promotion of development, continuously creating a fair competition environment, innovating regulatory governance methods, and enhancing development service capabilities. With a better environment, more practical measures, and stronger support, it aims to promote the high-quality development of the private economy.

In strengthening the legal and policy guarantees for the private economy, it will improve the legal system for fair competition and the regulatory system for enterprise-related fees, enrich credit incentive measures and technical trade measures to strengthen enterprises, and strengthen the policy supply to promote the development of individual businesses. In maintaining a fair and competitive market order, it will resolutely eliminate barriers, advance the construction of a unified national market in depth, strengthen anti-monopoly compliance publicity and guidance, and thoroughly rectify "involution-style" competition. In improving the effectiveness of regulatory law enforcement, it will explore non-on-site, contactless, and scan-to-enter regulatory models, improve the fairness and civility of administrative law enforcement, and increase the rectification efforts in key areas. In enhancing the ability to serve the development of the private economy, it will deepen the precise assistance for individual businesses through classification, continue to build the "credit + service" brand, and strengthen the support of quality infrastructure.

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Collaboratively Conduct Financing Matchmaking for Micro and Small Enterprises in Key Areas

This newspaper reported from Beijing on May 19th (Reporter Qu Xinming (屈信明)) The National Financial Regulatory Administration (金融监管总局) issued the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in Financial Services for Micro and Small Enterprises in 2026." The notice requires deepening the coordination mechanism for supporting the financing of micro and small enterprises. Relying on the national integrated financing credit service platform network, improve the normalized online docking channels, organize offline centralized visits in accordance with local conditions, and enhance the directness and accessibility of financial services. Strengthen cooperation with industry authorities to carry out financing docking for micro and small enterprises in key areas. Promote the improvement of the cross-departmental "joint consultation" mechanism.

The notice clarifies that all levels of dispatched agencies should make full and good use of various reform measures, actively seek support from local Party committees and governments and relevant departments, and promote the improvement of risk sharing and compensation policies. Guide banking financial institutions to make full use of a package of fiscal and financial coordinated policies to promote domestic demand, such as interest subsidies for fixed asset loans to small and medium-sized enterprises and special guarantee plans for private investment. Deeply promote the sharing of credit information, and use technologies such as blockchain and privacy computing to carry out "bank-tax interaction" model innovation in accordance with laws and regulations.

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Main venue activities held for China Tourism Day

This newspaper reported from Guangzhou on May 19th (Reporter Jiang Xiaodan (姜晓丹)) The main venue event for the 2026 "May 19th China Tourism Day" was held in Guangzhou (广州市), Guangdong (广东) Province on the evening of the 19th. Various featured tourism products were released at the event, and a "Quality Tourism" initiative was launched, demonstrating the tourism industry's contemporary value in serving a better life, promoting economic development, building a spiritual home, showcasing China's image, and enhancing mutual learning among civilizations.

This year's "May 19th China Tourism Day" event is themed "Enjoying Quality Tourism, Embracing Beautiful Landscapes," and includes a series of activities such as theme days and theme months. It collaborates with relevant industry organizations, public cultural institutions, cultural and tourism business units, as well as railway, aviation, finance, and telecommunications operators to widely carry out activities such as benefiting the people through cultural tourism, improving quality services, promoting inbound tourism, and promoting civilized and safe tourism.

The Guangdong (广东省) Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism released ten key measures to promote the high-quality development of the tourism industry, covering the construction of tourism-friendly cities, the creation of four major cultural tourism corridors, the upgrading of cultural tourism facilities, the expansion of quality accommodation, the prosperity of performing arts events, the construction of a tourism development matrix, and the strengthening of inbound tourism, balancing tradition and innovation, helping cultural and tourism integration, and promoting the high-quality development of the tourism industry. Guangzhou's (广州) "China Tourism Day" theme month activities are based on a carnival of ten sections integrating six major fields of culture, commerce, tourism, agriculture, sports, and exhibitions. Relying on multiple characteristic scenes of Guangzhou's (广州) overall cultural tourism, a series of activities showcasing Lingnan (岭南) characteristics, Greater Bay Area (湾区) spirit, and the charm of the City of Flowers are launched, aiming to create a national cultural tourism event with connotation, warmth, and effectiveness.

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Photo Report

On May 19th, the 2026 "China Tourism Day" theme branch venue event of Tianshan District (天山区), Urumqi (乌鲁木齐), Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区), was held at the Urumqi Water Park (乌鲁木齐水上乐园). The event featured special projects such as cultural and tourism resource promotion, intangible cultural heritage interactive experiences, and a distinctive cultural and tourism market, showcasing the high-quality cultural and tourism resources of Tianshan District (天山区) from multiple perspectives and in all directions, and releasing the vitality of cultural and tourism consumption. The picture shows citizens and tourists purchasing handicrafts.

Photo by Sun Zhensong (孙振嵩) (Image China)

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Making Ship Smart Cockpits User-Friendly and Comfortable

By: 本报记者 吴 君

Walking into the prototype of China's first smart ship cockpit developed by the 712th Research Institute of China Shipbuilding Group (中国船舶集团第七一二研究所), it feels like sitting in the driver's seat of a new energy vehicle. Simply pushing the propulsion lever and holding the steering wheel makes ship operation easier. On the console, two connected 43-inch screens display real-time images of the ship's front and sides. In front of the console, another three connected 43-inch screens display data from instruments such as depth sounders and radar at a glance.

"You can also check the battery status, electronic charts, speed, and more," said Xia Yeliang (夏叶亮), a researcher from the ship intelligence innovation team, demonstrating the new functions of the cockpit by clicking on the screen.

"In recent years, China's inland river vessels have been developing towards intelligence, but the ship cockpits are full of dense, independent instruments, distributed in a chaotic manner, and complex to operate. Can we learn from the cockpits of China's new energy vehicles to improve the comfort of ship cockpits?" Xia Yeliang (夏叶亮) introduced. With this goal in mind, a team spanning computer science, automation, electrical engineering, and other disciplines gradually gathered.

At the end of 2024, the 712th Research Institute (第七一二研究所) officially launched the development of the smart ship cockpit, dedicated to solving the pain points—making the smart ship cockpit easy to use and comfortable.

"Easy to use means simplification," said Xia Yeliang (夏叶亮). In terms of design, in addition to retaining emergency and necessary buttons, the design team "moved" the physical buttons to the touch screen of the control console, and "moved" the display content to the five screens.

"These five screens integrate the functions of more than a dozen sub-devices of the ship, and these sub-devices contain many components. Connecting these components and functions are various software systems," Xia Yeliang (夏叶亮) explained.

The quality of the software system is based on the support of the hardware. The research team divided into different groups and went to ship manufacturing companies, electronics factories, internet companies, etc., to "find" the various equipment needed for the smart ship cockpit. "Thanks to China's complete industrial chain system and advanced manufacturing industry, we can find the equipment we need on the market," said Xia Yeliang (夏叶亮).

In order to maximize the effect of the "gathered" equipment, the research team first conducted a detailed study of each device used in the smart ship cockpit.

In addition, they also added new features to the cabin. "Click on the main screen of the cockpit to play music, adjust the music volume, switch the cockpit lights, etc." Xia Yeliang (夏叶亮) then sat in the driver's seat, "The seat can rotate 180 degrees in place, and can also move back and forth, up and down. The back also has massage functions, making sailing a pleasure."

In April of this year, in the Shandong (山东) section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (京杭大运河), this smart ship cockpit was hoisted onto a 3,000-ton liquefied natural gas-powered transport ship, and after debugging, it will be officially put into operation.

"Next, we will cooperate with shipbuilding companies to provide technical support for the intelligence and smartification of ships," said Xia Yeliang (夏叶亮).

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Aligning with the Nation's 15th Five-Year Plan: Planning a Blueprint for Development

By: 本报记者 富子梅

The Macao Special Administrative Region Government (澳门特区政府) announced the "The Third Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development of the Macao Special Administrative Region (2026-2030)" consultation document on May 19, and will conduct public consultations from May 20 to June 28 to solicit opinions and suggestions from all sectors of society and the general public.

In order to proactively and closely align with the national "15th Five-Year Plan," consolidate and enhance competitive advantages, and better integrate into and serve the overall national development, the Macao Special Administrative Region Government (澳门特区政府) has prepared the "Third Five-Year Plan" consultation document based on summarizing the implementation of the "14th Five-Year Plan" and conducting extensive preliminary research. The consultation document consists of 10 chapters and 36 sections, totaling 65,000 words, and clearly proposes eight development goals for Macao (澳门) during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period: the overall national security concept will be fully implemented, the effectiveness of governance according to law will be further improved, substantial new progress will be made in the moderately diversified development of the economy, the construction of the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin (横琴合作区) will be promoted with high quality, the integrated development of education, science, technology, and talent will show significant results, the well-being of residents will be effectively guaranteed and gradually optimized, significant progress will be made in building a beautiful and smart Macao (澳门), and better integration into and service of the overall national development will be achieved.

The consultation document places the chapter on safeguarding national security and social stability in an important position. The consultation document clearly proposes to implement the "overall national security concept," fully implement the principle of "patriots governing Macao" ("爱国者治澳"原则), focus on promoting the development and growth of patriotic and Macao-loving forces, build a high-level safe city, and safeguard high-quality development with high-level security.

According to Cheong Weng Chon (张作文), Director of the Policy Research and Regional Development Bureau of the Macao Special Administrative Region Government (澳门特区政府政策研究和区域发展局局长), the document adds new mechanisms to improve and perfect counter-sanctions, counter-interference, and counter-"long-arm jurisdiction," enhance national security capabilities in emerging fields such as networks, data, and artificial intelligence, promote the formulation of an overall plan for national security education for all people in the Macao Special Administrative Region (澳门特区), and improve the social organization funding system.

The consultation document proposes to promote the formulation of an overall plan for national security education for all people in the Macao Special Administrative Region (澳门特区), vigorously promote the popularization of the "big security" concept, achieve full coverage of national security education, popularize awareness of safeguarding national security to the whole society, and focus on strengthening national security education for young people.

"Promoting the high-quality construction of the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin (横琴合作区) is the key to 'breaking the situation' in Macao's (澳门) moderately diversified economic development," said Cheong Weng Chon (张作文). The consultation document devotes a special chapter to focusing on Hengqin (横琴), clarifying the need to solve development problems through reform, lead with science and technology and education, deepen the integrated development of Macao (澳门) and Hengqin (横琴), and promote the realization of highly coordinated economies, deep integration of rules, and efficient and convenient cross-border flow of various factors between Macao (澳门) and Hengqin (横琴).

Regarding the key points, highlights, and innovative points of the consultation document, Cheong Weng Chon (张作文) said that compared with the "14th Five-Year Plan," the "15th Five-Year Plan" has more in-depth and comprehensive preliminary research, more extensive and sufficient investigations and research, and a more complete and efficient working mechanism. Forty sessions such as symposiums and exclusive interviews were held, with about 500 people from 120 social organizations and institutions participating, and about 1,200 opinions were collected. Based on collective wisdom, the planning structure is more optimized, innovative measures and content have been greatly increased, the "Macao-Hengqin Integration" indicator has been added, and the indicator system is more complete.

In addition, the "15th Five-Year Plan" has added a special chapter on "Planning Implementation Guarantee Measures," clarifying the division of responsibilities for various major indicators, key projects, key tasks, and major reform measures, including the main responsible areas and coordinated cooperation areas, and improving the cross-departmental collaboration guarantee mechanism.

The consultation document also clearly proposes to conduct regular annual assessments, mid-term assessments, and summary assessments of the implementation of the plan, and adds three lists as attachments to the planning document: "List of Key Work Responsibilities," "List of Key Projects," and "List of Major Reform Measures," to further strengthen the main responsibility and effectively guarantee the effective implementation of the plan.

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

Map by: Wang Zheping (汪哲平)

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New Western Region, New Manufacturing, New Services: The 8th China Western International Investment and Trade Fair to be held in Chongqing

The tide surges in the west, a thousand sails compete, and openness empowers a new era. From May 21st to 24th, 2026, the 8th China Western International Investment and Trade Fair (西洽会) (referred to as "WCIFIT") will be held at the Chongqing International Expo Center (重庆国际博览中心) and the Chongqing Yuelai International Convention Center (重庆悦来国际会议中心). This conference is hosted by the Chongqing Municipal People's Government (重庆市人民政府) with the theme of "New West, New Manufacturing, New Services," based in the west, facing the world, and striving to create a national-level high-energy open platform integrating investment promotion, trade cooperation, industrial synergy, and consumption promotion, injecting strong impetus for the western region to accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system and improve the level of opening up to the outside world.

Since 2018, WCIFIT has been successfully held for seven sessions. As one of the most dynamic and influential international events in western China, WCIFIT deeply connects with the national strategic needs of the new era of western development and the construction of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, and has gradually become an important window for the western region to open up to the outside world, a key bridge for international and domestic two-way investment and trade, and an important carrier for cultivating new quality productive forces, witnessing and promoting the accelerated transformation of the western region from an inland hinterland to an open frontier.

This WCIFIT highlights internationalization, specialization, and marketization, inviting the United Kingdom as the guest of honor, Sichuan Province (四川省) as the permanent guest of honor province, and Gyeonggi Province (京畿道), South Korea, as the guest of honor city, to conduct all-round docking around two-way trade and investment, industrial technology innovation, and cultural exchange and mutual learning, and promote Sino-foreign linkage, east-west coordination, and regional win-win. The conference carefully creates four theme exhibition areas: comprehensive image, producer services, industrial integration and development, and international and regional cooperation, with an exhibition area of 110,000 square meters, presenting the new pattern of opening up and new momentum of development in the western region in the new era, and fully demonstrating the development vitality of the western region and the urban recognition of Chongqing (重庆).

In terms of achievement display, this WCIFIT will focus on presenting the achievements of the new era of western development and the high-quality development achievements of modern new Chongqing, and systematically present the landmark achievements of Chongqing's construction of the "33618" modern manufacturing cluster system and the promotion of the "416" science and technology innovation layout. In the comprehensive image exhibition area, the focus will be on displaying new technologies, new business forms, and new models in the fields of artificial intelligence, low-altitude economy, power equipment, and advanced materials. This WCIFIT will set up an independent exhibition area for producer services for the first time, and link it with the industrial integration and development exhibition area, with a total area of more than 60,000 square meters, focusing on displaying cutting-edge achievements in the fields of low-carbon environmental protection, modern logistics, inspection and testing, financial services, and industrial design, vividly demonstrating Chongqing's practical results in cultivating new quality productive forces in the co-generation and integration of "new manufacturing" and "new services."

In terms of investment negotiations, this WCIFIT will fully build a precise and efficient global resource docking platform, focusing on six major areas: intelligent connected new energy vehicles, modern logistics, big health, new energy, food and agricultural product processing, and enterprise going overseas, and opening special docking meetings. More than 100 high-quality enterprises from more than 20 countries and regions, such as Brazil, Myanmar, South Korea, and Malaysia, are invited to release procurement lists, and for the first time cover emerging markets in countries jointly building the "Belt and Road" such as Ghana and Kyrgyzstan. At the same time, foreign investment activities such as the Multinational Corporation Chongqing Tour, the European Enterprise Chongqing Tour and Industrial Docking Conference, as well as a series of international economic and trade activities such as the Vietnam-China (Chongqing) Trade and Investment Promotion Conference and the Chongqing-ASEAN Investment and Trade Cooperation Docking Conference will be held to enable enterprises to connect with global resources and reach cooperation intentions without leaving the exhibition hall.

In terms of opening up and exchange, this WCIFIT focuses on deepening opening up and cooperation and serving the construction of a new development pattern. As of now, nearly 1,400 enterprises and institutions from 50 countries and regions have signed up to participate in the exhibition, and the proportion of exhibitors from outside the city has exceeded 50%. The guest of honor, the United Kingdom, will hold the UK-China (Chongqing) Economic and Trade Cooperation Docking Conference; the guest of honor city, Gyeonggi Province (京畿道), South Korea, will hold the China-Korea Economic and Trade Industry Cooperation Promotion Conference, and jointly unveil the "China-Korea Economic and Friendly Cooperation Center." In addition, during this WCIFIT, the New Silk Road National Economic and Trade Docking Conference will also be held, inviting the Chambers of Commerce and Industry and trade promotion agencies of 12 countries jointly building the "Belt and Road" such as Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to jointly hold the "2026 Chongqing and New Silk Road National Economic and Trade Cooperation Docking Conference," covering major markets such as ASEAN, Central Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. It is worth mentioning that this WCIFIT will be held concurrently with the "Chongqing International Sister Cities Cooperation Conference" to achieve resource sharing and complementary advantages, and further expand new space for opening up to the outside world.

In terms of consumption promotion, this WCIFIT will fully release the multiplier effect of the convention and exhibition economy, create a new scenario for benefiting the people and benefiting the people, and hold the "Hi SHOW · Yu Meet Good Cars" intelligent connected new energy vehicle one-stop debut carnival, bringing together nearly 20 mainstream car brands to create a dynamic experience of immersive scenes. In the international and regional cooperation exhibition area, featured products from more than 30 countries and regions are gathered. The "Yu Taste 360 Bowls" Food Carnival and the International Sister City Food Culture Carnival will be held simultaneously to create a new consumption scenario for citizens and tourists to visit, buy, and taste; link merchants to carry out the "Renewal Consumption Week," superimposed with various consumption promotion policies such as purchase renewal, award-winning invoices, etc., to transform exhibition traffic into consumption increment, promote the deep integration of convention and exhibition and consumption, and make the convention and exhibition economy better benefit enterprises and citizens.

Striving in the new era and building dreams in the new west. On the occasion of the arrival of the 8th WCIFIT, Chongqing (重庆) is sincerely inviting global merchants to gather in the mountain city with an open and inclusive attitude to discuss cooperation, seek common development, and jointly draw a grand blueprint for the new era of western development, and work together to create a new situation in the opening up and development of the west, and make new and greater contributions to serving the country's high-quality development and high-level opening up to the outside world.

Data source: Chongqing Municipal Commission of Commerce (重庆市商务委员会)

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A Scientific Guide for Communists in the New Era to Undertake Careers and Create Achievements (In-depth Study and Implementation of Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era)

By: 谢春涛

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has made a series of important expositions on establishing and practicing a correct view of performance from an overall and strategic perspective. These expositions are far-reaching, rich in content, and profound in thought. They not only calibrate the ideological and action coordinates for the vast number of party members and cadres, but also provide a fundamental guideline for continuously creating new great achievements on the new journey. Currently, the entire party is conducting in-depth study and education on establishing and practicing a correct view of performance. Studying and implementing General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions on establishing and practicing a correct view of performance, grasping the essence and practical requirements that run through them, is of great and far-reaching significance for the vast number of party members and cadres to consolidate their political firmness with theoretical clarity, enhance their awareness of action, and better promote the construction of Chinese-style modernization.

It has advanced and expanded our party's understanding of the laws governing the view of performance, reflecting profound historical logic, theoretical logic, and practical logic.

The vitality of theory lies in innovation. General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions on establishing and practicing a correct view of performance are a major theoretical innovation achievement of our party's adherence to the unity of emancipating the mind and seeking truth from facts, and the unity of cultivating the foundation and strengthening the foundation and adhering to integrity and innovation. It is a scientific guide for communists in the new era to do their jobs and create achievements, and it has powerful truth and practical power.

Based on our party's great journey of exploring modernization, it profoundly expounds the importance of the view of performance to the development of the party and the country. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out clearly: "The issue of the view of performance is a fundamental issue, which is related to the party's commitment to serving the public and governing for the people." "Only by continuously promoting the development of the party and the country and benefiting the people with good performance can we practice the party's purpose and fulfill the party's historical mission." Looking back on history, our party has always combined the needs of the situation and tasks in different periods, focusing on realizing the overall, fundamental, and long-term interests of the people, and put forward specific requirements with the characteristics of the times on how to create performance, and always adhered to the correct view of performance to deal with a series of major relationships such as adhering to integrity and innovation, efficiency and fairness, and vitality and order. Since the founding of New China, whether it is the long-term layout to establish an independent and relatively complete industrial system and national economic system, laying an important strategic foundation for the development and progress of New China, or making the historic decision to shift the focus of the party and the country's work to economic construction and implement reform and opening up in light of the situation; whether it is expanding the national economic development plan into a national economic and social development plan starting from the "Sixth Five-Year Plan," or incorporating ecological civilization construction into the "five-in-one" overall layout at the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC); whether it is focusing on firmly grasping the initiative of our country's development and striving to achieve a high level of scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement, or aiming at unblocking the economic cycle and accelerating the construction of a unified national market... Our party has continuously achieved new major breakthroughs in various aspects of work with the increasingly mature view of performance. History fully shows that when the view of performance is "correct," the cause of the party and the people can be smoothly promoted; in which fields and regions the view of performance is properly placed, the effectiveness of reform, development, and stability will be more prominent. Solving the problem of the view of performance is a major event that must be grasped in order to comprehensively promote the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.

It has achieved another major theoretical breakthrough in coordinating the advancement of party building and the party's cause. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly pointed out that "economic and social development should establish a correct view of performance, and party building should also establish a correct view of performance," emphasizing that "to ensure the correct exercise and standardized operation of power, and to improve the party's ability to govern and lead, we must effectively ensure that wherever the cause of the party and the country expands, party building covers," deepening the understanding of the laws of communist governance, socialist construction, and so on. Marxist party building theory and state theory are an internally consistent and rigorous theoretical system. Achieving great undertakings with its own advancement and purity is the unremitting pursuit of the Marxist ruling party. Lenin proposed: "The vanguard should not be afraid to conduct self-education and self-transformation." Comrade Mao Zedong (毛泽东) pointed out: "It is a very arduous task to build our economically backward and culturally backward country into a prosperous, strong, and highly cultured country. The reason why we want to rectify the style of work" and emphasized: "We must constantly remove the wrong things from ourselves in order to better shoulder this task." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), in deepening the application of the "two combinations," has promoted major theoretical innovations on establishing and practicing a correct view of performance. From an epistemological point of view, it emphasizes that leading cadres must firmly establish a correct worldview, outlook on life, values, and view of power, view of performance, and view of career, so that their way of thinking and spiritual world can better adapt to the needs of career development. From a practical point of view, it is necessary to establish and practice a correct view of performance from the perspective of realizing the party's mission and tasks, and to run the establishment and practice of a correct view of performance through the entire practice of comprehensively and strictly governing the party and governing the country. From a value point of view, it unites the requirements of "strictness" and "practicality," requiring leading cadres to clearly understand what can be done, what cannot be done, for whom it is done, and how it should be done. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), with the broad vision of a Marxist politician, thinker, and strategist, has enabled our party to form a logically rigorous and systematic scientific system on the issue of the view of performance.

It consistently embodies the valuable ideas and concepts that General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has nurtured and practiced since his local practice. The issue of the view of performance is a major issue that General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has been deeply thinking about and diligently answering from his grassroots work to leading China. In Zhengding (正定), Hebei (河北), he withstood the pressure to reduce grain purchases, removed the label of "high-yield and poor county," and added real white steamed buns to the people's tables. In Ningde (宁德), Fujian (福建), he proposed to carry forward the spirit of "dripping water penetrates stone" and explore development paths in accordance with local conditions, laying a solid foundation for Ningde's development. In Zhejiang (浙江), he regarded green mountains and clear waters as important achievements and safeguarded the people's ecological well-being. In Shanghai (上海), he paid great attention to the main position of the people in urban development, promoted the improvement of people's living environment, and made urban development more warm by doing practical things one by one. In March 2011, in his important speech at the opening ceremony of the spring semester of the Central Party School (中央党校), Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) focused on making a profound exposition on "grasping implementation must firmly establish the party's purpose consciousness and correct view of performance," and put forward clear and specific requirements to leading cadres. Long-term exploration and thinking have gradually laid the foundation for Comrade Xi Jinping's (习近平) scientific and systematic understanding of the view of performance. This forms an organic whole with General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on establishing and practicing a correct view of performance since the new era, covering a series of new ideas, new viewpoints, and new conclusions on the major significance, scientific connotation, basic requirements, practical paths, important starting points, and fundamental guarantees of establishing and practicing a correct view of performance. It has enriched and expanded our party's understanding and grasp of the view of performance in both breadth and depth.

With a high political stance, it profoundly expounds the value position and principles to be followed in establishing and practicing a correct view of performance.

The view of performance starts with the word "performance," and political requirements are the first priority. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Only by standing at a political height can we understand the major policies and decisions of the Party Central Committee more thoroughly, and can we be more foresighted and proactive in our work." Establishing and practicing a correct view of performance requires us to continuously enhance our political judgment, political understanding, and political execution, and better share the worries of the party, do things for the country, and seek benefits for the people with a high degree of political consciousness.

Adhere to putting the party in the center of our hearts and implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee without compromise. Implementing the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee is closely related to the future and destiny of the party and the country, and closely related to the well-being of the people. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "At any time and under any circumstances, we must adhere to maintaining a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee, forming harmony in the chorus of the Party Central Committee's unified command, and we must never be out of tune or change the tone." The decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee are the basis and foundation for the entire party, the entire army, and the people of all ethnic groups across the country to unify their thoughts, unify their will, and unify their actions. The work of local areas and departments is the specific implementation of the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee. Only by grasping the implementation of the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and completing the party's various tasks can the comrades in local areas and departments realize the party's decision-making intentions, truly benefit the people, and promote development. In reality, some people shout slogans loudly when implementing the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, but act lightly, treating what they said as done and what they did as accomplished. These behaviors will make it difficult to implement the party's line, principles, and policies, disappoint the people's eager expectations, and erode the party's foundation of governance. These problems should be examined from a political perspective. On the road ahead, the more we climb slopes and overcome obstacles, and the more we bear heavy burdens and pressure, the more we must strictly enforce the party's political discipline and political rules, and resolutely respond to what the Party Central Committee advocates, resolutely implement what the Party Central Committee decides, and resolutely refrain from doing what the Party Central Committee prohibits.

Adhere to the principle that small truths should be subordinate to big truths, and make decisions and grasp work with the overall situation in mind. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The implementation of the party's political construction in the construction of the cadre team requires continuous improvement of the ability of leading cadres at all levels, especially senior cadres, to grasp the direction, grasp the general trend, and grasp the overall situation," emphasizing: "Do more big calculations and calculate big accounts, do less small calculations and calculate small accounts, and be good at integrating the work of regions and departments into the overall game of the party and the country's cause, so as to both add glory to one region and add color to the overall situation." General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) understanding of this issue has always been consistent. During his work in Shanghai (上海), he clearly pointed out that the future development of Shanghai (上海) must be placed on the strategic positioning of the central government on the development of Shanghai (上海), under the general trend of economic globalization, in the overall pattern of national development, and in the overall deployment of the country on the development of the Yangtze River Delta (长江三角洲) region to think and plan. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has required the entire party to place the people's happiness, food security, and other work in an important position, because they reflect the most important interests of the party and the country and embody the position that our party most needs to firmly safeguard. Taking food security as an example, although our country has had bumper harvests for years, the Party Central Committee has always maintained a strong determination in grasping food production and ensuring food security. This is not only based on the strategic consideration of coping with the uncertainty of the external environment and increasing the safety factor, but also based on a deep understanding of the law that it is easy for food production to fall and difficult to pull it up again. Only by breaking the mindset of their own "one-acre three-point land" can relevant regions and departments more consciously consider similar issues from the perspective of the overall situation and long-term perspective. Leading cadres should stand tall and look far, have the overall situation in mind, prevent being blinded by a leaf and not seeing Mount Tai (泰山), and should be in awe of history, culture, and ecology when making decisions and grasping work, and strive to do everything for the public, uphold justice, and seek the greater self.

Adhere to the people first and consciously create achievements for the people. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that "the people are the deepest foundation and greatest confidence for our party's governance," emphasizing "taking how many good and practical things have been done for the people as an important standard for testing performance," profoundly expounding the value orientation of establishing and practicing a correct view of performance. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), our party has adhered to the people-centered development thought. In economic construction, we have adhered to the close combination of investing in things and investing in people; in political construction, we have developed whole-process people's democracy; in cultural construction, we have promoted the unity of meeting the people's cultural needs and enhancing the people's spiritual strength; in social construction, we have strengthened inclusive, basic, and bottom-line livelihood security; in ecological civilization construction, we have regarded a good ecological environment as the fairest public product and the most inclusive people's livelihood and well-being; in party building, we have found the second answer to jumping out of the historical cycle of rise and fall, ensuring that the power given by the party and the people is always used to seek happiness for the people. People first has become the distinct background color running through the party's entire theory and practice in the new era. It is precisely because of adhering to the people first that we have built the world's largest education system, social security system, medical and health system, etc., and have also done many good and practical things that countries would not easily try out of cost-effectiveness considerations. For example, through continuous efforts, all townships and administrative villages with conditions across the country have been connected to hardened roads, which has greatly improved rural transportation conditions and achieved county-to-county gigabit, township-to-township 5G, and 100% broadband access to administrative villages, fundamentally solving the problem of communication difficulties in remote areas. These are all vivid manifestations of our party's governance for the people. We must take creating benefits for the people as the greatest achievement and strive to make the people's sense of gain more fulfilling, their sense of happiness more sustainable, and their sense of security more guaranteed.

With a pragmatic attitude, it scientifically answers the important content and evaluation criteria for establishing and practicing a correct view of performance.

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Communists are materialists, and pragmatism is an essential quality. We must seek truth from facts, be pragmatic, and work hard." To grasp development, promote reform, and create achievements, we must be pragmatic. The so-called "truth" means telling the truth, observing the truth, seeking true knowledge, truly studying problems, and studying real problems, so as to ensure that true achievements are made and true achievements are made with true work; the so-called "reality" means being down-to-earth, doing practical work, making practical moves, seeking practical results, adhering to everything from reality, and pursuing real and unadulterated growth. Only by deeply understanding and grasping the two words "truth" and "reality" can we better establish and practice a correct view of performance.

Strive to create achievements that reflect the requirements of high-quality development. Whether the view of performance is correct or not must be reflected in the quality of development. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), I have repeatedly emphasized the need to fully, accurately, and comprehensively implement the new development concept and focus on promoting high-quality development. This requirement must be implemented level by level. It is impossible to do this without a correct view of performance." High-quality development is an inherent requirement for getting rid of the past extensive development model and effectively changing the mode and adjusting the structure. It is also an inevitable choice to adhere to the overall planning of the two major situations and actively recognize changes, respond to changes, and seek changes. At present, the problem of unbalanced and insufficient development in our country is still prominent, and the evolution of the international situation is increasingly affecting domestic development. Only by fully, accurately, and comprehensively implementing the new development concept, accelerating the construction of a new development pattern, and developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions can we cope with the drastic changes in the external environment with the certainty of high-quality development and ensure that decisive progress is made in basically realizing socialist modernization. To achieve high-quality development, we must create new achievements with a new attitude, shift from pursuing "whether there is" to pursuing "whether it is good," strive to achieve effective improvement in quality and reasonable growth in quantity, and pay more attention to coordinating development and security. In actual work, there are still some problems of inadequate understanding and distorted implementation: some use the name of high quality to do low-quality things; some blindly invest and repeat construction in a rush, falling into "involutionary" competition, causing many unfinished projects and leaving heavy local debts, which seriously deviate from the correct view of performance. Only by adhering to adapting to local conditions and effectively handling the relationship between stability and progress, establishment and destruction, virtuality and reality, standards and fundamentals, and near and far can we better promote quality change, efficiency change, and power change, and achieve continuous development towards new and better.

Both visible and invisible achievements must be made. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that "performance is not only reflected in grasping development, but also in benefiting the people and ensuring stability; it is not only reflected in the visible achievements that take effect in the near term, but also in the invisible achievements that lay the foundation, increase momentum, and benefit the long term; it is not only reflected in solving current contradictions, but also in solving historical legacy problems," demonstrating the Chinese Communists' ideological realm of "I don't have to be successful" and the historical responsibility of "I must be successful." Visible achievements and invisible achievements are not opposed to each other, but are complementary to each other. The cause of the party and the country is constantly creating new situations in accumulating small victories into big victories. Since the new era, whether it is promoting the "ten-year fishing ban" in the Yangtze River (长江), adhering to jointly grasping major protection and not engaging in large-scale development, or continuing to work hard to prevent and resolve the risks of local government debt and strictly controlling the increase in local government debt; whether it is strengthening the strategic, forward-looking, and systematic layout of basic research, or cultivating and developing future industries in a gradient, all are increasing momentum and adding power for the sustainable development of the Chinese nation. Leading cadres should establish and practice a correct view of performance, not only do more major and good things that can take effect in the near future, but also be willing to do paving work and grasp unfinished things, with the tenacity of swallows building nests and old cows climbing slopes, and with the political sense of responsibility of "looking ahead and behind," to create real achievements.
Both overt and underlying achievements must be pursued. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that "achievements are reflected not only in grasping development, but also in benefiting people's livelihoods and ensuring stability; not only in immediate and effective overt achievements, but also in underlying achievements that lay the foundation, increase momentum, and benefit the long term; not only in resolving current contradictions, but also in resolving historical legacy issues," demonstrating the Chinese Communists' (中国共产党人) ideological realm of "achieving success without necessarily being me" and the historical responsibility of "achieving success must include me." Overt and underlying achievements are not opposed but complementary. The cause of the Party and the country is constantly creating new situations by accumulating small victories into great victories. Since the new era, whether it is promoting the "ten-year fishing ban" on the Yangtze River (长江), adhering to the principle of jointly grasping major protection and refraining from large-scale development, or continuously working hard to prevent and resolve local government debt risks and strictly controlling the increase in local government debt; whether it is strengthening the strategic, forward-looking, and systematic layout of basic research, or cultivating and developing future industries in a gradient manner, all are adding momentum and impetus to the sustainable development of the Chinese nation (中华民族). Leading cadres should establish and practice a correct view of achievements, not only doing more major and good things that can be effective in the near future, but also being willing to do groundwork and grasp unfinished things, with the tenacity of swallows building nests and old oxen climbing slopes, and with a political sense of responsibility of "looking ahead and behind," to create tangible achievements.

Adhere to handling affairs according to laws. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Plan undertakings and work based on reality, so that the ideas, policies, and plans put forward are in line with actual conditions, objective laws, and the spirit of science, and implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee with creative work." Handling affairs according to laws is not only a conscious adherence to the laws of operation of things, but also the only way to solve contradictions. Comrade Mao Zedong (毛泽东) said that Communists "rely on the truth of Marxism-Leninism to eat, rely on seeking truth from facts to eat, and rely on science to eat." Every successful breakthrough in the history of the Party has benefited from our mastery of the laws of the advancement of the cause in "crossing the river by feeling the stones." Respecting laws can achieve twice the result with half the effort. Conversely, if we go against the trend and 缘木求鱼 (yuán mù qiú yú - "climb a tree to catch fish," a futile approach), even if we have enthusiasm for doing things, we will be heading south by driving the chariot north. In the end, not only will we not achieve any achievements, but we will also bring a pile of problems. Since the new era, in the process of leading the fight against poverty, our Party has implemented "five batches" for different "roots of poverty" and established a five-year transition period to resolutely guard the bottom line of preventing large-scale return to poverty, which is a vivid embodiment of handling affairs according to laws; in order to achieve a dynamic balance of economic development at a high level, we have strengthened macro-control policies that combine counter-cyclical and cross-cyclical adjustments, which not only smooth out short-term fluctuations but also anchor medium and long-term development, which well reflects the scientific attitude of following economic laws and adhering to stability while making progress. Leading cadres should grasp the worldview and methodology of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想), adhere to and apply the positions, viewpoints, and methods that run through it, improve their ability to think strategically, historically, dialectically, systematically, innovatively, legally, and with a bottom-line mentality, and be good at grasping laws from complex contradictions and finding the "golden key" to solve problems.

Create practical achievements that can withstand the test of practice, the people, and history. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that "the people are the supreme adjudicators and final judges of our Party's work," emphasized "using practice to realize truth and test truth," and required the vast number of cadres to "pursue a good reputation among the people and a true evaluation after historical precipitation." Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. Whether achievements are real or virtual cannot be self-evaluated, but depends on whether they can withstand the test of practice. At the beginning of this century, Zhejiang (浙江) faced many problems such as a lack of resources and irrational economic structure. Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) was determined to promote a fundamental transformation of Zhejiang's (浙江) economic growth mode and vigorously promoted the construction of a province strong in science and technology and "Digital Zhejiang (数字浙江)." Today, the "Hangzhou Six Little Dragons (杭州六小龙)" enjoy a global reputation, thanks to their early insight, accurate planning, and quick action in those years. Since the new era, the Party Central Committee (党中央) has made resolutely winning the battle to defend the blue sky the top priority of ecological and environmental protection, persisting unremittingly and achieving long-term success. In 2025, the annual average concentration of PM2.5 in Beijing (北京) decreased by 69.8% compared with 2013. Leading cadres should regard the opinions of the masses as the best yardstick, constantly improve various policies and measures in practice, pay attention to examining the present with a long-term perspective, and strive to create practical achievements that can withstand the test of practice, the people, and history.

With comprehensive and systematic thinking, it incisively pointed out the internal driving force and key support for establishing and practicing a correct view of achievements.

In his important instructions on carrying out study and education on establishing and practicing a correct view of achievements throughout the Party, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized earnestly and solidly improving ideological understanding, rectifying outstanding problems, and establishing good systems and rules. How can a correct view of achievements be formed and adhered to? It is necessary to combine goal orientation and problem orientation, and also to link up and down, break and establish, and closely rely on an organizational system with strong execution, an educational system that gathers the soul, a regulatory system that treats both the symptoms and root causes, an effective and useful institutional system, and a responsibility system with clear requirements to achieve it.

Taking strong Party spirit as the guide for the view of achievements. Party spirit is the cornerstone for Party members and cadres to establish themselves, their careers, their words, and their virtues. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Establishing and practicing a correct view of achievements, the decisive role is played by Party spirit," and emphasized: "Party spirit is the greatest virtue." These important expositions recognize Party spirit from a new height and grasp the ideological foundation on which the view of achievements depends. For leading cadres to be strict and realistic, the most difficult and core thing is to correctly treat themselves. With a strong and solid Party spirit, they can straighten their own "door gods," prevent the view of achievements from being interfered with by temptations and desires, ensure that they always guard their hearts, and enable themselves to be filled with righteousness and take the initiative to do difficult but correct things. The fundamental yardstick for measuring the strength of Party spirit is the word "public and private." Only by correctly handling the relationship between public and private can we have a correct view of achievements, right and wrong, righteousness and profit, power, and career, and can we fundamentally avoid various phenomena of derailment, transgression, running, and leakage. Party spirit has always been specific rather than abstract. Telling the truth and doing practical things can best test and temper Party spirit. At the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (二十届中央纪委五次全会), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) put forward the important benchmark of "four haves" for leading cadres to establish and practice a correct view of achievements, providing a very important basis for us to align ourselves with the requirements of the Party Central Committee (党中央) and build a solid foundation of faith, replenish the calcium of the spirit, and stabilize the rudder of thought in a targeted manner. We must constantly establish and practice a correct view of achievements and maintain the political character of Communists by strengthening ideals and beliefs, forging loyalty to the Party, cultivating a people-centered sentiment, purifying moral character, and maintaining integrity.

Taking self-revolution as the correction of the view of achievements. Only by daring to face up to and solve problems can we better open up the work situation. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "A strong political party is forged in self-revolution." In response to the various deviations and dislocations of the view of achievements in actual work, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Solve whatever problems there are, solve as many problems as there are, and solve problems with whatever methods should be used." These important expositions reflect a high degree of strategic clarity and demonstrate our Party's historical consciousness of clearing the turbid and promoting the clear with a tenacious will. This study and education focuses on key issues such as new officials ignoring old accounts, eagerness for quick success and instant benefits, falsification, and blind and reckless actions to carry out rectification in a precise and pragmatic manner, which is highly targeted. All of this, once indulged and spread, will affect the Party's prestige and image and hinder the development of the Party's cause, and must be prevented and overcome through continuous self-purification, self-improvement, self-innovation, and self-enhancement. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (党的十八大), our Party has persistently corrected the "four winds" and made rectifying formalism and bureaucracy a key task, so that the vast number of cadres have further corrected their attitude towards achievements; we have continued to deepen political inspections, implement the inspection work policy of discovering problems, forming deterrence, promoting reform, and promoting development, and played a unique role in timely correcting various erroneous views of achievements; we have emphasized that the Party's self-revolution focuses on governing power, closely focusing on leading organs, leading cadres, especially the "top leaders," and leading cadres in key positions, and stabilizing the "steering wheel" for the view of achievements by regulating the operation of power. Only by unremittingly educating and guiding the vast number of cadres to correct the source in thought and correct mistakes in action can we constantly push the great cause forward.

Taking the establishment of rules and regulations as a strict benchmark for the view of achievements. The system plays a fundamental, overall, and long-term role in governing the Party and the country. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must form a clean and upright political ecology within the Party and create a good environment conducive to starting businesses by clarifying the direction, establishing rules, correcting the atmosphere, and strengthening immunity," and emphasized: "We must not only constantly improve the system and regulations, so that the system is dense but not complicated, effective and useful, but also focus on improving the enforcement of the system and enhancing rigid constraints." These important expositions point out the important guarantee for establishing and practicing a correct view of achievements. The new era is the period with the most fruitful institutional achievements, the most complete institutional system, and the strictest institutional enforcement in the history of the Party. On the one hand, our Party focuses on putting power in the cage of the system, listing a "negative list" and drawing a bottom line for the vast number of cadres to start businesses. For example, according to the provisions of the "Regulations on Disciplinary Sanctions of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党纪律处分条例)," behaviors such as "misplaced view of achievements, violating the new development concept, deviating from the requirements of high-quality development" and "passively avoiding and shirking responsibility for problems that existed before taking office and are within their scope of responsibilities" are included in the scope of constraints of political discipline and work discipline, effectively using the discipline ruler of governing the Party to correct some misplaced views of achievements; following the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee (中央八项规定), the "Several Provisions on Rectifying Formalism and Reducing the Burden on the Grassroots" was issued, providing an important guide for establishing and practicing a correct view of achievements. On the other hand, we have established a positive incentive for cadres to take responsibility and act, and focused on improving and using the performance appraisal and evaluation system as a command stick, forming a clear orientation to encourage cadres to seek truth from facts and be proactive by optimizing the setting of comprehensive indicators, conducting classified assessments for different groups, and implementing "three distinctions." The pace of institutional construction must keep up with the development of practice. We must further establish good systems and rules, effectively strengthen the incentive and restraint role of the system, and truly transform institutional advantages into governance effectiveness and into tangible achievements.

In-depth study and understanding will make the correct view of achievements deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and put into action, providing a solid guarantee for promoting Chinese-style modernization.

General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important exposition on establishing and practicing a correct view of achievements shines with the ideological brilliance of dialectical materialism and historical materialism, interprets the selfless heart of "I will have no self, and live up to the people," and demonstrates our Party's strong historical initiative to lead the development of the times. Studying and implementing General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important exposition on establishing and practicing a correct view of achievements will surely lead us to more deeply understand the decisive significance of the "two establishments" and more resolutely achieve the "two safeguards." We must adhere to the integration of learning, thinking, and application, and the unity of knowing, believing, and acting, and implement the general requirements of governing the Party for the public, benefiting the people, making scientific decisions, and doing practical work.

Inscribe the concept of governing the Party for the public in the heart. The Communist Party of China (中国共产党) has no special interests of its own other than the interests of the people. We must deeply realize that "for the public" is the gene inherent in our Party, which is essentially different from the party-building mechanism of Western political parties and their value orientation representing specific interest groups. We must learn from the past and know the future, fully transform and develop the people-oriented thinking in the excellent traditional Chinese culture, and not forget the profound lessons of those who died in peace and happiness in Chinese and foreign political history, and always keep in mind the nature and purpose of the Party. We must draw spiritual nourishment from the predecessors and advanced people, inherit and carry forward the noble style of the older generation of revolutionaries who were wholeheartedly for the public, upright, and spotless, and also learn from the role models of the times to better share the worries of the Party, fulfill our responsibilities for the country, and dedicate ourselves to the people. Public power is surnamed public and must be used for the public. Leading cadres must think clearly about where the power in their hands comes from and who it should be used for, establish the awareness that power is service and responsibility, and exercise power with awe and for the public.

Make the pace of benefiting the people firm and powerful. Taking the people's heart as the heart, sharing the same breath, destiny, and heart with the people is the original aspiration of the Party and also the constant heart of the Party. We must consciously follow the Party's mass line in the new era, adhere to and develop the "Fengqiao Experience (枫桥经验)" in the new era, implement the "four downs to the grassroots" system, observe the people's conditions, listen to the people's voices, follow the people's wishes, and solve the people's worries, like Jiao Yulu (焦裕禄) "go to the masses when the snow seals the door," like Liao Junbo (廖俊波) "go to the scene if you can, not to the meeting." Truly regard yourself as a member of the masses, regard the affairs of the masses as your own affairs, and always think together, stand together, and work together with the people. Promote the in-depth and solid implementation of the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (党的二十届四中全会), closely focus on increasing the well-being of the people by addressing the urgent needs and expectations of the masses, and implement the strategic deployments related to the vital interests of the masses, such as the health-first development strategy, the income increase plan for urban and rural residents, and the special action to boost consumption proposed in the "15th Five-Year Plan."

Continuously improve the level of scientific decision-making. Without investigation, there is no right to speak, let alone the right to make decisions. During his work in Zhengding (正定), Hebei (河北), Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) rode a bicycle to the front line of the grassroots to visit the people's conditions. This good style of personally practicing has profound enlightenment for today's leaders at all levels to get down to the ground and understand the situation. We must adhere to asking for advice from the grassroots and asking for advice from the masses, use the methods of "exchange, comparison, and repetition," prevent and overcome departmentalism, enhance the consistency and effectiveness of macro policies, and strive to make pragmatic and effective policies with gold content. Scientific decision-making is inseparable from promoting democracy and pooling wisdom. We must conscientiously implement democratic centralism, strictly implement the rules of procedure for the decision-making of the leading group, improve the supervision mechanism for "major issues, important decisions, and important personnel appointments," minimize risks, improve efficiency, and ensure that decisions are scientific, legal, and democratic.

Achieve great achievements with the responsibility of doing practical work. One-point deployment, nine-point implementation. Without a spirit of hard work, even the most magnificent development goals cannot be achieved. When Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) worked in Fujian (福建), he advocated "handling things immediately and doing practical work," which is consistent with the inherent requirements of the Party Central Committee (党中央) with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) as the core emphasizing unswervingly grasping implementation, vigorously grasping implementation, seeking truth from facts and grasping implementation, and daring to act and be good at grasping implementation since the new era. Leading cadres must do a good job, do practical things, and handle difficult things properly for the benefit of the masses with the spirit of grasping iron with traces and stepping on stones with imprints. We must strengthen precise thinking, come up with embroidery skills, grasp the key "small things" and key links in place, and at the same time carry out work creatively in accordance with local conditions. The value of doing practical work lies in perseverance. Whether it is the control of desertification in Youyu (右玉), the construction of the Saihanba Forest Farm (塞罕坝林场), or the manned space program and the construction of Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区), all are inseparable from the strategic determination of "drawing a blueprint to the end." We must 咬定青山不放松 (yǎo dìng qīng shān bù fàng sōng - "bite the green hills and not relax," remain steadfast in one's goals), and turn the grand blueprint of Chinese-style modernization into a tangible and beautiful reality with the spirit of nailing nails.

(The author is the Executive Vice President (Vice President) of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (National Academy of Governance) (中央党校（国家行政学院）).)

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Regulations on the Procedures for the Formulation of Administrative Regulations

Decree of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
No. 838
The "Regulations on the Procedures for the Formulation of Administrative Regulations," revised and adopted at the 84th Executive Meeting of the State Council on April 24, 2026, are hereby promulgated and shall come into force on July 1, 2026.
Premier Li Qiang (李强)
May 15, 2026

Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 These Regulations are formulated in accordance with the Constitution, the Legislation Law, and the relevant provisions of the Organic Law of the State Council in order to standardize the procedures for formulating administrative regulations and ensure the quality of administrative regulations.
Article 2 These Regulations shall apply to the establishment of projects, drafting, review, decision-making, promulgation, and interpretation of administrative regulations.
Article 3 The formulation of administrative regulations shall adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and implement the Party's line, principles, policies, and decisions.
The formulation of administrative regulations shall comply with the provisions of the Constitution and laws, and follow the guiding ideology and principles established by the Legislation Law.
Article 4 The formulation of supporting administrative regulations for laws in the political field shall be promptly reported to the Party Central Committee in accordance with relevant regulations.
The formulation of important administrative regulations involving major systemic and policy adjustments in the economic, cultural, social, and ecological civilization fields shall promptly report the draft administrative regulations or major issues involved in the draft administrative regulations to the Party Central Committee in accordance with relevant regulations.
Article 5 The formulation of administrative regulations shall fully, accurately, and comprehensively implement the new development concept, coordinate development and security, focus on the synergy between legislation and reform, development, and stability, focus on safeguarding and promoting social fairness and justice, optimize the legal business environment, serve high-quality development and high-level opening up to the outside world, build a government under the rule of law, and promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity.
Article 6 The formulation of administrative regulations shall adhere to scientific legislation, democratic legislation, and legislation in accordance with the law, and enhance the systematicness, integrity, coordination, and timeliness of legislation.
Article 7 The formulation of administrative regulations shall adapt to the needs of reform, and guide, promote, standardize, and guarantee relevant reforms.
Article 8 For administrative regulations that are urgently needed for the overall work of the Party and the state, that the people urgently expect, that have a single scope of adjustment, and that do not have major disputes among relevant parties, a rapid response shall be made, working methods shall be optimized, and relevant legislative work shall be accelerated.
Article 9 Administrative regulations shall be concise but not cumbersome, logically rigorous, clear and specific in their provisions, accurate and concise in their language, and operable.

Chapter II Project Establishment
Article 10 The State Council shall prepare the legislative work plan for the year at the beginning of each year.
The legal affairs department of the State Council shall formulate the annual legislative work plan of the State Council in accordance with the overall work arrangements of the state, and submit it to the Party Central Committee and the State Council for approval before announcing it to the public.
Article 11 If the relevant departments of the State Council believe that it is necessary to formulate administrative regulations, they shall submit a project establishment request to the State Council before the State Council prepares the annual legislative work plan.
The relevant departments of the State Council shall implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and submit project establishment applications that are needed in practice and for which the legislative opportunity is ripe.
The legal affairs department of the State Council shall publicly solicit suggestions for administrative regulation formulation projects from the public.
Article 12 When the relevant departments of the State Council submit applications for the establishment of administrative regulation projects, they shall explain the Party's line, principles, policies, and decisions on which they are based, the necessity and feasibility of the legislative project, the main problems to be solved, the main systems to be established and the expected implementation effects, relevant risk assessments and prevention and response measures, and the work that has been carried out.
Article 13 When the legal affairs department of the State Council formulates the annual legislative work plan of the State Council, it shall combine the maturity and urgency of the legislative projects, highlight key areas, emerging areas, and foreign-related areas, take overall consideration, and strengthen evaluation and demonstration.
Administrative regulation projects included in the annual legislative work plan of the State Council shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Implementing the Party's line, principles, policies, and decisions, and adapting to the needs of reform, development, and stability;
(2) The relevant reform practice experience is basically mature, and the legislative opportunity is ripe;
(3) The problem to be solved falls within the scope of the State Council's powers and requires the State Council to formulate administrative regulations, matters authorized by the National People's Congress and its Standing Committee to the State Council to formulate administrative regulations, or matters for which it is necessary to formulate administrative regulations to implement the provisions of laws;
(4) For legislative projects to be included in the review to be completed in the current year, a draft administrative regulation for review (hereinafter referred to as the "draft for review") shall have been submitted to the State Council, and there shall be no major disputes among relevant parties regarding the main systems stipulated in the draft for review.
Article 14 The relevant departments of the State Council undertaking the drafting task shall strictly implement the legislative work plan, seize the time to work, and submit the draft for review to the State Council as required; before submitting it to the State Council, it shall be sent to the legal affairs department of the State Council for pre-assessment. The legal affairs department of the State Council shall put forward pre-assessment opinions. The drafting department shall carefully study and handle the opinions, and explain the study and handling of the pre-assessment opinions in the materials submitted to the State Council.
The legal affairs department of the State Council shall promptly track and understand the implementation of the annual legislative work plan of the State Council by the various departments of the State Council, strengthen organization and coordination and supervision and guidance, and coordinate the implementation of the legislative work plan.
The annual legislative work plan of the State Council may be adjusted in the course of implementation according to actual circumstances.
Article 15 If the documents drafted by the relevant departments of the State Council and submitted to the State Council for approval and issuance involve legislative projects, the opinions of the legal affairs department of the State Council shall be solicited.

Chapter III Drafting
Article 16 Administrative regulations shall be drafted by the State Council. The annual legislative work plan of the State Council shall determine that one or several departments of the State Council shall be specifically responsible for drafting administrative regulations, or it may determine that the legal affairs department of the State Council shall draft or organize the drafting.
Article 17 The drafting of administrative regulations shall comply with the provisions of Articles 3 to 7 of these Regulations, and shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Promoting the core socialist values and forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation;
(2) Reflecting the spirit of comprehensively deepening reform, scientifically regulating administrative behavior, and ensuring that the government performs its functions of economic regulation, market supervision, social management, public services, and ecological environmental protection;
(3) Complying with the principle of optimization, coordination, and efficiency, the same or similar functional provisions shall be undertaken by one administrative agency, and administrative management procedures shall be simplified;
(4) Effectively safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of citizens, legal persons, and other organizations, and stipulating their corresponding rights and ways to guarantee the realization of rights while stipulating the obligations they should perform;
(5) Reflecting the principle of unity of administrative organs' powers and responsibilities, and stipulating the conditions, procedures, and responsibilities they should bear while granting the relevant administrative organs the necessary powers;
(6) Adhering to problem orientation and following the laws of economic and social development.
Article 18 The drafting of administrative regulations shall adhere to and develop whole-process people's democracy, and expand the channels for the people to participate in legislation in an orderly manner. The drafting department shall conduct in-depth investigations and research through various means, summarize practical experience, and widely listen to the opinions of relevant organs, organizations, and citizens. When drafting administrative regulations closely related to the production and operation activities of business entities, the opinions of relevant enterprises and industry associations and chambers of commerce shall be listened to. Opinions can be listened to in various forms such as holding symposiums, seminars, and hearings.
When drafting administrative regulations, it is necessary to conduct demonstration and consultation on hot and difficult issues of general concern to the people and outstanding contradictions encountered in economic and social development, matters that reduce the rights of citizens, legal persons, and other organizations or increase their obligations, and major interest adjustment matters that have an important impact on the people.
When drafting administrative regulations, the drafting department shall publish the draft administrative regulations and their explanations to the public to solicit opinions; however, this does not apply to cases involving national security or emergency situations, etc., which are not published with the decision of the State Council. The time limit for soliciting opinions from the public is generally not less than 30 days.
When drafting administrative regulations with strong professionalism, the drafting department may absorb experts in related fields to participate in the drafting work, or entrust relevant experts, teaching and research units, and social organizations to draft them.
Article 19 When drafting administrative regulations, the drafting department shall fully consult with relevant departments on provisions involving the responsibilities of other departments or closely related to other departments, and obtain the consent of relevant departments such as institutional establishment, finance, and taxation if it involves the division of responsibilities of departments, administrative licenses, financial support, and tax preferential policies.
The drafting department shall strengthen the assessment of legislative timing, expected legislative implementation effects, etc., and maintain consistency with macroeconomic policy orientation, and focus on reducing the burden on the grassroots.
Article 20 When drafting administrative regulations, the drafting department shall propose solutions to major issues involving relevant management systems, policies, etc. that require decision-making by the State Council, and report them to the State Council for decision.
Article 21 The draft for review submitted to the State Council by the drafting department shall be signed and issued by the main person in charge of the drafting department.
When drafting administrative regulations, if several departments jointly draft them due to the need for joint responsibilities, they shall jointly draft them and jointly submit the draft for review after reaching a consensus. The draft for review jointly drafted by several departments shall be jointly signed and issued by the main persons in charge of the several departments.
Article 22 When the drafting department submits the draft for review to the State Council for review, it shall submit the explanation of the draft for review and relevant materials together. If the administrative regulations are amended, a comparison text before and after the amendment shall also be submitted.
The explanation of the draft for review shall include the following contents: the necessity and feasibility of the legislation, the main ideas, the main systems established; the situation of soliciting opinions from relevant organs, organizations, and citizens, the different opinions of all parties on the main issues of the draft for review and their coordination and handling; the situation of the proposed establishment, cancellation, or adjustment of administrative licenses and administrative coercive measures; risk assessment and prevention and response measures, etc.
The relevant materials mainly include: the Party's line, principles, policies, and decisions on which they are based; the actual situation and relevant data in the regulated field, the main problems existing in practice, the coordination and connection with relevant administrative regulations; the demonstration materials for the proposed establishment, cancellation, or adjustment of administrative licenses and administrative coercive measures; relevant evaluation reports; research reports, investigation reports, relevant legislative materials at home and abroad, etc.

Chapter IV Review
Article 23 The draft for review submitted to the State Council shall be reviewed by the legal affairs department of the State Council. The legal affairs department of the State Council shall improve the government legislative review system and improve the quality and efficiency of review.
The legal affairs department of the State Council shall mainly review the draft for review from the following aspects:
(1) Whether it strictly implements the Party's line, principles, policies, and decisions, whether it complies with the provisions of the Constitution and laws, and whether it follows the guiding ideology and principles established by the Legislation Law;
(2) Whether it complies with the requirements of Article 17 of these Regulations;
(3) Whether it is coordinated and connected with relevant administrative regulations;
(4) Whether it correctly handles the opinions of relevant organs, organizations, and citizens on the main issues of the draft for review;
(5) Other contents that need to be reviewed.
Article 24 If the draft for review has any of the following circumstances, the legal affairs department of the State Council may postpone or return it, and notify the drafting department in writing:
(1) The basic conditions for formulating administrative regulations are not yet mature or have undergone major changes;
(2) Relevant departments have major disputes over the main systems stipulated in the draft for review;
(3) The drafting department has not obtained the consent of relevant departments such as institutional establishment, finance, and taxation on the provisions involving the division of responsibilities of departments, administrative licenses, financial support, and tax preferential policies;
(4) Failure to publicly solicit opinions in accordance with the relevant provisions of these Regulations;
(5) The submission of the draft for review and other materials does not comply with the provisions of Articles 14, 20 to 22 of these Regulations.
Article 25 The legal affairs department of the State Council shall send the draft for review or the main issues involved in the draft for review to relevant departments of the State Council, local people's governments, relevant organizations, experts, and other parties to solicit opinions. Relevant departments of the State Council and local people's governments shall provide written feedback within the prescribed time limit, and affix the seal of the unit or the general office (office) of the unit. If the legal affairs department of the State Council believes that the draft for review involves constitutional issues, it shall solicit the opinions of the relevant working bodies of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.
The legal affairs department of the State Council may publish the draft for review or the revised draft and its explanation to the public to solicit opinions. The time limit for soliciting opinions from the public is generally not less than 30 days.
Article 26 The legal affairs department of the State Council shall conduct in-depth field investigations and research at the grassroots level on the main issues involved in the draft for review, and listen to the opinions of relevant organs, organizations, and citizens at the grassroots level.
Article 27 If the draft for review involves major interest adjustments, the legal affairs department of the State Council shall conduct demonstration and consultation, and widely listen to the opinions of relevant parties. Demonstration and consultation can take various forms such as symposiums, seminars, hearings, and commissioned research.
If the draft for review involves major interest adjustments or there are major differences of opinion, has a greater impact on the rights and obligations of citizens, legal persons, or other organizations, and is of general concern to the people, the legal affairs department of the State Council may hold a hearing to listen to the opinions of relevant organs, organizations, and citizens.
Article 28 If the relevant departments of the State Council have different opinions on the main systems, policies, management systems, and division of powers involved in the draft for review, the legal affairs department of the State Council shall coordinate and strive to reach a consensus. For important legislative matters with major disputes, the legal affairs department of the State Council may entrust relevant experts, teaching and research units, and social organizations to conduct evaluations.
If a consensus cannot be reached after full coordination, the legal affairs department of the State Council and the drafting department shall promptly report the main issues in dispute, the opinions of relevant departments, and the opinions of the legal affairs department of the State Council to the leaders of the State Council for coordination, or report them to the State Council for decision.
Article 29 The legal affairs department of the State Council shall carefully study the opinions of all parties, consult with the drafting department, and revise the draft for review to form a draft administrative regulation and an explanation of the draft.
Article 30 The main person in charge of the legal affairs department of the State Council shall propose a suggestion to submit the draft administrative regulation to the executive meeting of the State Council for deliberation; for draft supporting administrative regulations that have a single scope of adjustment, have consistent opinions from all parties, or are formulated in accordance with laws, the legal affairs department of the State Council may directly submit them to the State Council for approval by means of circulation and approval.

Chapter V Decision and Promulgation
Article 31 The draft administrative regulation shall be deliberated by the executive meeting of the State Council or approved by the State Council.
When the executive meeting of the State Council deliberates on the draft administrative regulation, the legal affairs department of the State Council or the drafting department shall make an explanation.
Article 32 The legal affairs department of the State Council shall revise the draft administrative regulation in accordance with the deliberation opinions of the State Council on the draft administrative regulation, form a revised draft, and submit it to the Premier for signing and issuing the State Council decree for implementation.
The State Council decree signed and promulgated for the administrative regulation shall state the date of implementation of the administrative regulation.
Article 33 After the administrative regulation is signed and promulgated, it shall be published in the State Council Gazette and the China Government Legal Information Network in a timely manner, as well as in newspapers distributed nationwide. The legal affairs department of the State Council shall compile and publish the official national version of the administrative regulation in a timely manner and include it in the national administrative regulation database.
The text of the administrative regulation published in the State Council Gazette shall be the standard text.
Article 34 The administrative regulation shall be implemented 30 days after the date of promulgation; however, if it involves national security, exchange rates, the determination of monetary policy, or if the failure to implement it immediately after promulgation will hinder the implementation of the administrative regulation, it may be implemented from the date of promulgation.
Article 35 The administrative regulation shall be reported to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for the record by the General Office of the State Council within 30 days after its promulgation.

Chapter VI Interpretation of Administrative Regulations
Article 36 Under any of the following circumstances, the State Council shall interpret the administrative regulations:
(1) The provisions of the administrative regulations need to be further clarified and specified;
(1) Where the provisions of administrative regulations need further clarification of specific meanings;
(2) Where new circumstances arise after the formulation of administrative regulations, requiring clarification of the basis for applying the administrative regulations.
The legal affairs department of the State Council (国务院) shall study and draft the draft interpretation of administrative regulations, and after reporting to the State Council (国务院) for approval, the State Council (国务院) shall promulgate it or authorize the relevant departments of the State Council (国务院) to promulgate it.
The interpretation of administrative regulations has the same effect as administrative regulations.
Article 37. The departments of the State Council (国务院) and the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government may submit requests for interpretation of administrative regulations to the State Council (国务院).
Article 38. For issues concerning the specific application of administrative regulations in administrative work, if the legal affairs departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government, as well as the legal affairs institutions of relevant departments of the State Council (国务院), request the legal affairs department of the State Council (国务院) to interpret them, the legal affairs department of the State Council (国务院) may study and respond; if major issues are involved, the legal affairs department of the State Council (国务院) shall put forward opinions and report them to the State Council (国务院) for approval before responding.
Chapter VII Supplementary Provisions
Article 39. The names of administrative regulations are generally referred to as "Regulations" (条例), but may also be referred to as "Provisions" (规定), "Measures" (办法), etc. Administrative regulations formulated by the State Council (国务院) based on the authorization of the National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会) and its Standing Committee (常务委员会) are referred to as "Provisional Regulations" (暂行条例) or "Provisional Provisions" (暂行规定).
The rules formulated by the departments of the State Council (国务院) and local people's governments shall not be called "Regulations" (条例).
Article 40. Administrative regulations may be divided into chapters, sections, articles, paragraphs, items, and sub-items as needed. The serial numbers of chapters, sections, and articles shall be expressed in Chinese numerals in sequence. Paragraphs shall not be numbered. The serial numbers of items shall be expressed in Chinese numerals in parentheses in sequence. The serial numbers of sub-items shall be expressed in Arabic numerals in sequence.
Article 41. Where administrative regulations explicitly require the formulation of specific supporting provisions for specialized matters, the relevant departments of the State Council (国务院) shall formulate the provisions within one year from the date of implementation of the administrative regulations; if the administrative regulations stipulate otherwise for the time limit for formulating specific supporting provisions, those provisions shall prevail. If the relevant departments of the State Council (国务院) fail to formulate specific supporting provisions within the time limit, they shall explain the situation to the State Council (国务院).
Article 42. The State Council (国务院) may, based on economic and social development and the need to comprehensively deepen reforms, decide to authorize the temporary adjustment or temporary suspension of the application of certain provisions of administrative regulations in specific matters in the fields of administrative management, etc., within a prescribed period and scope.
The relevant departments of the State Council (国务院) shall, together with the relevant local people's governments, promptly evaluate and demonstrate the temporary adjustment or temporary suspension of the application of administrative regulations. If the practice proves feasible and it is necessary to amend the relevant administrative regulations, it shall be handled in accordance with legislative procedures; if the practice proves that adjustment is not appropriate and it is necessary to restore the implementation of the relevant provisions of the administrative regulations, the relevant departments of the State Council (国务院) shall report to the State Council (国务院) for decision.
Article 43. The legal affairs department of the State Council (国务院) shall, based on the need to comprehensively deepen reforms, economic and social development, and the provisions of higher-level laws, report to the State Council (国务院) for approval and promptly organize the work of cleaning up administrative regulations. The relevant departments of the State Council (国务院) may, based on work needs, submit suggestions for cleaning up administrative regulations to the legal affairs department of the State Council (国务院).
Administrative regulations that do not adapt to the requirements of comprehensively deepening reforms and economic and social development, and do not comply with the provisions of higher-level laws, shall be amended or repealed in a timely manner.
Article 44. The legal affairs department of the State Council (国务院) or the relevant departments of the State Council (国务院) may organize post-legislative evaluation of relevant administrative regulations or relevant provisions in administrative regulations, and use the evaluation results as an important reference for amending or repealing relevant administrative regulations.
Article 45. The procedures for amending and repealing administrative regulations shall be governed by the relevant provisions of these Regulations.
If an administrative regulation is amended, the new text of the administrative regulation shall be promulgated.
If an administrative regulation is repealed, unless the repeal of the administrative regulation is stipulated by law or other administrative regulations, it shall be promulgated by the Premier signing an order of the State Council (国务院).
Article 46. The official foreign language translations and ethnic minority language texts of administrative regulations shall be examined and approved by the legal affairs department of the State Council (国务院).
Article 47. The drafting of draft laws submitted by the State Council (国务院) to the National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会) or the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会常务委员会) for deliberation shall be handled with reference to the relevant provisions of these Regulations.
Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions
Article 48. These Regulations shall come into force on July 1, 2026.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), May 19)

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Answering Questions from Reporters on the Revision of the Regulations on Procedures for the Formulation of Administrative Regulations

By: 本报记者 张 璁

On May 15, 2026, Premier of the State Council Li Qiang (李强) signed State Council Decree No. 838, promulgating the revised "Regulations on the Procedures for the Formulation of Administrative Regulations" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations"), which will come into effect on July 1, 2026. Recently, the person in charge of the Ministry of Justice answered questions from reporters on issues related to the "Regulations."

Q: What provisions does the "Regulations" make in improving the overall requirements for the formulation of administrative regulations?

A: This revision of the "Regulations" mainly improves the overall requirements for the formulation of administrative regulations in three aspects: First, it clarifies that the formulation of administrative regulations should adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party of China. Second, it improves the working principles, clarifying that the formulation of administrative regulations should fully and accurately implement the new development concept, coordinate development and security, pay attention to the coordination of legislation with reform, development, and stability, pay attention to ensuring and promoting social fairness and justice, optimize the rule of law business environment, serve high-quality development and high-level opening up to the outside world, and build a government under the rule of law; it should adhere to scientific legislation, democratic legislation, and legislation in accordance with the law, and enhance the systematicness, integrity, coordination, and timeliness of legislation. Third, summarizing the experience of urgently needed and先行 (xiān xíng - "acting in advance," to implement something ahead of others) legislation, it stipulates that administrative regulations that are urgently needed for the overall situation of the work of the Party and the state, are eagerly awaited by the people, have a single scope of adjustment, and have no major disputes among relevant parties should respond quickly, optimize working methods, and accelerate relevant legislative work.

Q: What provisions does the "Regulations" make in further strengthening legislative coordination?

A: In order to further strengthen legislative coordination, this revision of the "Regulations" mainly improves relevant systems in three aspects: First, it improves the requirements for applying for project establishment, clarifying that relevant departments of the State Council should implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and submit project establishment applications that are needed in practice and have mature legislative opportunities. Second, it strengthens the coordination of legislative plans, requiring the legal affairs department of the State Council to combine the maturity and urgency of legislative projects, highlight key areas, emerging areas, and foreign-related areas, and comprehensively consider drafting the State Council's annual legislative work plan. Third, it strengthens the implementation of legislative plans, requiring the drafting department to strictly implement the legislative work plan and implement the ex-ante evaluation mechanism; the legal affairs department of the State Council strengthens organization, coordination, supervision, and guidance, and comprehensively promotes the implementation of the legislative work plan.

Q: What provisions does the "Regulations" make in improving the system and mechanism for the formulation of administrative regulations?

A: This revision of the "Regulations" mainly improves the system and mechanism for the formulation of administrative regulations in the following aspects: First, it improves the drafting requirements, clarifying that drafting administrative regulations should adhere to a problem-oriented approach and follow the laws of economic and social development; it requires adhering to and developing whole-process people's democracy, expanding the channels for the people to participate in legislation in an orderly manner, and widely listening to the opinions of relevant organs, organizations, citizens, enterprises, and industry associations and chambers of commerce. Second, it strengthens evaluation and argumentation, clarifying that drafting administrative regulations should strengthen the evaluation of legislative opportunities, the expected implementation effect of legislation, etc., and maintain consistency with macro policy orientation, paying attention to reducing the burden on the grassroots; when the drafting department submits the draft for review, it should explain the risk assessment and prevention and response measures. Third, it strengthens the review of government legislation, stipulating that the legal affairs department of the State Council improves the government legislation review system and improves the quality and efficiency of review; if it believes that the draft for review involves constitutional issues, it should solicit the opinions of the relevant working bodies of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

Q: What improvements does the "Regulations" make in adapting to the needs of reform?

A: This revision of the "Regulations" focuses on legislation adapting to the needs of reform: First, it clarifies the work requirements, stipulating that the formulation of administrative regulations should guide, promote, standardize, and guarantee relevant reforms. Second, it improves the system for temporarily adjusting or temporarily suspending the application of administrative regulations, clarifying that if it is necessary to temporarily adjust or temporarily suspend the application of some provisions of administrative regulations due to the needs of reform and development, timely evaluation and argumentation should be carried out, and relevant provisions should be amended or restored according to the situation. Third, it improves the work procedures for cleaning up, clarifying that the legal affairs department of the State Council should, according to the needs of comprehensively deepening reform, economic and social development, and the provisions of higher-level laws, organize and carry out the work of cleaning up administrative regulations after reporting to the State Council for approval, and relevant departments of the State Council may put forward suggestions for cleaning up administrative regulations according to work needs.

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Photo Report

On May 19th, industrial robots were welding in the production workshop of a new energy technology company in Chifeng (赤峰市), Inner Mongolia (内蒙古). As a traditional industrial city, Chifeng (赤峰市) is actively cultivating new industries, using cross-border logistics and green manufacturing as engines to promote the transformation of its economic structure from reliance on traditional resources to diversified growth. It is gradually embarking on a new path of transformation and upgrading for inland cities by building bonded logistics platforms, cultivating new energy storage and heating industries, and integrating into the international supply chain, injecting new impetus into economic development.

Xinhua News Agency reporter Bei He (贝赫) photo.

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Editor in Charge for This Edition: Su Xianlong, Zhao Xiaoxi, Chi Jiarui

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Dingzhou Ancient City: A Treasure Trove Museum (Decoding County-Level Museums)

By: 本报记者 张腾扬

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How does a county-level museum with more than 50,000 cultural relics protect and utilize its rich cultural resources, connect the history of the ancient city, and inherit its long-standing cultural heritage?

The Dingzhou Museum (定州博物馆) in Hebei (河北) systematically displays the historical and cultural context of Dingzhou (定州) over more than 2,000 years through permanent exhibitions of its collections. It uses "technology + humanities" to ensure the daily protection, restoration, and transportation of cultural relics, and carefully looks forward to every "meeting" between the audience and the relics. It also carries out a variety of cultural and museum activities to expand the radius of cultural and museum services, allowing historical culture to better integrate into daily life.

East of the Taihang Mountains (太行山) and in the heart of North China. Dingzhou (定州), Hebei (河北), has a history of thousands of years. It was once the location of the Zhongshan Kingdom (中山国) during the Warring States period, the seat of the Zhongshan Kingdom (中山国) during the Han Dynasty, and the hometown of Ding ware (定窑) porcelain in the Northern Song Dynasty.

The Dingzhou Museum (定州博物馆) brings together the essence of the above-mentioned historical cultures. Although it is a county-level museum, it has more than 50,000 cultural relics, more than 150 (sets) of national first-class cultural relics, and 3 national treasure-level cultural relics.

Seen from a distance, the Dingzhou Museum's (定州博物馆) architectural shape is based on the Han Dynasty's high platform form, which is solemn and grand, complementing the adjacent Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda (开元寺塔), Dingzhou Gongyuan (定州贡院) and other ancient buildings. Walking into the hall is like opening a corridor to history. The museum has six permanent exhibitions – "Han Family Mausoleums" (汉家陵阙), "Northern Dynasties Buddha" (北朝佛陀), "A Thousand Years Away from the World" (尘外千年), "The Great White of the World" (天下大白), "Golden Emerald Pearls" (金翠明珠), and "Hometown Starry Sky" (故乡星空), which systematically display the historical and cultural context of Dingzhou (定州) over more than 2,000 years.

Here, history is not the text in textbooks, but tangible and knowable cultural relics. Pieces of bronzes, jade, statues, and gold wares travel through time and space, quietly waiting for the audience to explore their stories.

Rich historical relics tell the story of Dingzhou (定州)

How can a county-level museum become a "treasure house of cultural relics"? The answer lies in Dingzhou's (定州) long history.

Dingzhou (定州) was known as "Zhongshan" (中山) in ancient times, and was the location of the Zhongshan Kingdom (中山国) during the Warring States period, with rich historical relics. The "Han Family Mausoleums" (汉家陵阙) exhibition hall features Han Dynasty pottery figurines, jade, portrait bricks, bronzes and other cultural relics, vividly reproducing the social customs of the time. A set of gold wares unearthed from the tomb of Liu Chang (刘畅), King Mu of Zhongshan (中山穆王) in the Eastern Han Dynasty, uses techniques such as filigree inlay and gold grain welding, allowing the audience to get a glimpse of the superb level of gold ware production in the Han Dynasty.

Among the many jade wares, two treasures are particularly eye-catching: an Eastern Han Dynasty blue jade bi with dragon and chi patterns and nipple patterns, which is the largest jade bi with an outer frame found in archaeological discoveries in China so far; and an Eastern Han Dynasty openwork jade seat screen with fairy tales, which is made of 4 pieces of Xinjiang Hetian (新疆和田) openwork yellow jade pieces, with openwork figures and various auspicious birds and animals, lifelike.

Here, all kinds of statues also fascinate the audience. In ancient times, the Dingzhou (定州) area was rich in white stone. During the Northern Dynasties, Dingzhou (定州) formed a distinctive Dingzhou (定州) white stone statue system. The museum's collection of Northern Dynasties statues integrates relief, round carving, openwork and other techniques, and has extremely high artistic value.

In 1969, the underground palace of the Jingzhi Temple (静志寺) and Jingzhongyuan Temple (净众院) pagodas of the Northern Song Dynasty were discovered successively in Dingzhou (定州), and more than 700 cultural relics were unearthed, including Buddhist statues and coins of past dynasties. In the "A Thousand Years Away from the World" (尘外千年) exhibition hall, these cultural relics are quietly displayed, silently telling the passage of time. Among them, a light blue carved glass bottle looks different. Qi Zengling (齐增玲), curator of the Dingzhou Museum (定州博物馆), introduced: "This bottle is sodium-calcium glass imported from abroad and is a witness to Sino-foreign exchanges. The adjacent Northern Song Dynasty glazed grape string is made of domestic lead-barium glass."

Dingzhou (定州) is also the location of the famous Ding kiln (定窑) of the Song Dynasty. Ding kiln (定窑) is known for its "white as jade, thin as paper, and sound as chime stones." The decorative techniques cover carving, scribing, printing, openwork, and pressing edges. In the "The Great White of the World" (天下大白) exhibition hall, the Northern Song Dynasty Ding kiln (定窑) white glazed carved dragon head vase is surrounded by viewers. The vase was unearthed from the underground palace of the Jingzhongyuan Temple (净众院) pagoda. It is 60.9 cm high and has fine decorations. The whole body is carved with lotus petal patterns, bamboo knot patterns, and twining chrysanthemum patterns. The patterns are beautiful and the glaze is lustrous, showing the elegant style of the Song people.

Technology empowers cultural protection, looking forward to every "meeting"

Faced with such a rich and precious collection, how does the Dingzhou Museum (定州博物馆) do a good job in the protection of cultural relics? "This is a systematic project that requires the dual guarantee of technology and humanities," said Wang Lei (汪蕾), deputy curator of the museum.

The Dingzhou Museum (定州博物馆) implements 24-hour video surveillance and full coverage of personnel patrols inside and outside. "The display cabinets are equipped with security induction devices to cover each exhibit with an invisible 'Vajra cover'," Wang Lei (汪蕾) introduced that the cultural relic warehouse is surrounded by infrared alarms, seismic wave alarm devices, and fire protection systems.

"Bronzes are more susceptible to humidity, especially in summer, when humidity changes are relatively large," said Hu Shuying (胡姝颖), director of the exhibition department of the museum. Staff members are always paying attention to the temperature and humidity regulation of the exhibition hall.

There is also a particular emphasis on contact with cultural relics. Hu Shuying (胡姝颖) introduced that different materials have different requirements: "Generally, gloves are not worn when taking and placing porcelain, because the porcelain itself is smooth and round, and wearing gloves is more likely to slip or damage it; while metal cultural relics need to be worn with gloves to prevent moisture and sweat from causing corrosion."

The Dingzhou Museum (定州博物馆) often invites professional teams or experts to repair specific batches of cultural relics, which is a "fine job." Hu Shuying (胡姝颖) cited an example: "There is a gilded silver pagoda with inscriptions, and each of the 6 edges of the top of the pagoda is decorated with a treasure pearl. When the cultural relic was unearthed, there were very few treasure pearls left on it. During the restoration, it is necessary to first flip the mold according to the original treasure pearl, make the same treasure pearl, and then weld it on." According to incomplete statistics, since 2025, the Dingzhou Museum (定州博物馆) has repaired 96 cultural relics.

Cultural relics sometimes need to "travel" to other museums for exhibitions, which is also a test of the protection of cultural relics. After careful protection, cultural relics can cross distances and meet more audiences.

Before the cultural relics are dispatched, they must be "dressed" in a layer of acid-free paper, which can play a role in blocking the erosion of acidic gases to a certain extent, and then put into a capsule filled with anti-collision and shock-absorbing materials. The cultural relic capsules are placed flat in the cultural relic box, and the box is also filled with polymer foam boards and polymer sponges to fill the gaps as a buffer and shock-absorbing layer. The cultural relic box needs to be transported to the transport carriage by lifting equipment, and the truck is equipped with a stabilizer to reduce vibration and shaking during transportation.

Expand the radius of cultural and museum services and integrate into modern life

May 18th coincided with International Museum Day, and the Dingzhou Museum (定州博物馆) launched a special exhibition. Multi-museum linkage, the collections of the Yaozhou Kiln Museum (耀州窑博物馆) in Shaanxi (陕西) and the Tongchuan Museum (铜川博物馆) were exhibited, connecting the complete context of the Yaozhou kiln (耀州窑) from its creation, maturity, prosperity to inheritance and development, reflecting the ancient kiln firing technology and the charm of thousands of years of porcelain. In addition to visiting the exhibition, citizens and tourists also experienced rubbing on site and felt the charm of culture.

"Letting cultural relics face the audience is an important mission of the museum," said Qi Zengling (齐增玲). The Dingzhou Museum (定州博物馆) not only makes great efforts in the protection of cultural relics, but also is committed to bringing cultural relics to life and telling the historical and cultural stories behind them.

Offline, it meets the needs of the audience with rich exhibitions. In addition to permanent exhibitions, the museum's festival-themed activities such as "What Evening is Tonight · See This Dingbo" (今夕何夕·见此定博), and educational brands such as "Zhongshan Storytelling Conference" (中山故事会) and "Poetry Conference in the Museum" (博物馆里的诗词大会) are very popular. Activities such as "Walking into Dingbo and Falling in Love with Dingbo" (走进定博、爱上定博) research and practice and "Moving Museum Enters the Campus" (会动的博物馆进校园) connect schools and museums, allowing Chinese excellent traditional culture with local characteristics to permeate the campus.

Online, the Dingzhou Museum (定州博物馆) breaks through the limitations of time and space with online explanations and displays of cultural relics. On the mobile terminal, you can enter the digital museum by clicking on the "Dingzhou Museum" (定州博物馆) WeChat official account, which is convenient and intuitive. The "Three-Dimensional Cultural Relics" section comes into view. By sliding the screen, the details of cultural relics such as the gilded copper box with chiselled flowers and the Ding kiln (定窑) white glazed porcelain bottle with inscriptions are clearly visible. You can observe them in all directions and from multiple angles, and you can also learn about cultural relic knowledge and understand the stories behind them more vividly through video animations.

The application of artificial intelligence technology not only makes the display of cultural relics more vivid, but also makes the combination of museums and cultural tourism closer. Relying on artificial intelligence technology, cultural relics such as Eastern Han Dynasty pottery figurines can "talk" to the audience and send "blessings." In order to better integrate historical culture into people's daily lives, the Dingzhou Museum (定州博物馆) launches cultural relics with stories every season and festival, telling historical culture in detail.

A county-level museum connects history and the present, protects thousands of years of cultural heritage, integrates into modern life, and makes the ancient charm of the past move in the present and touch people's hearts.

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Bearing in mind the entrustment and carrying forward the tradition of serving the country, being grateful and striving to serve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

By: 谭铁牛 谈哲敏

On May 18, 2022, on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the founding of Nanjing University (南京大学), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) replied to a letter from young scholars who had returned to Nanjing University (南京大学) after studying abroad, encouraging them to "consciously pursue serving the country and the people, make new achievements in upholding moral education and promoting self-reliance in science and technology, and strive to set an example in strengthening cultural confidence and telling China's stories well." General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) reply is a great encouragement to all teachers, students, and staff of Nanjing University (南京大学), and also a great impetus to the school's efforts in running and governing the school. It has pointed out the direction for the school to take root in China and build a world-class university with Chinese characteristics, and provided a fundamental guideline.

Over the past four years, all teachers, students, and staff of Nanjing University (南京大学) have adhered to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as their guide, thoroughly studied and implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important reply, led high-quality development with high-quality Party building, vigorously promoted the glorious tradition of serving the country through study abroad, and taken the formulation and implementation of the "Striving Action" as the general starting point for implementing the spirit of the General Secretary's important reply. They have systematically integrated the requirements and earnest entrustment of the General Secretary's reply into all fields and aspects of building a world-class university with Chinese characteristics, and promoted new breakthroughs and new achievements in the high-quality development of the school.

Striving to "take the lead" in implementing moral education and cultivating top-notch talents. Adhering to systematic planning, bold exploration, and courageous innovation, we are accelerating the construction of a new system for cultivating top-notch innovative talents with outstanding leadership. We are implementing the new era's moral education project with high quality and continuously building a new pattern of "grand ideological and political" education. We are continuing to strengthen the construction of national key Marxist colleges. We have innovatively created student "one-stop" communities centered on classrooms, dormitories, laboratories, and restaurants, which have been selected as national demonstration student communities in universities. We have innovatively constructed a new "three-element, four-dimensional" talent cultivation system and continued to run undergraduate and graduate education well. Actively responding to national needs, we are promoting the construction of the National Academy of Excellence in Engineering and the special program for engineering master's and doctoral students, and accelerating the layout of talent cultivation in emerging fields and those urgently needed for major national strategies. We are comprehensively promoting artificial intelligence to empower education and teaching, taking the lead in creating a "1+X+Y" artificial intelligence general education curriculum system in universities across the country, and comprehensively implementing the "Graduate AI+ Innovation Ability Enhancement Action Plan." We have launched courses such as "The Light of Science" and "The Great Beauty of Chinese Characters," taking the lead in the country in deepening the synergy between science and technology education and humanities education. The total number of awards won for national-level teaching achievements in higher education ranks among the top in universities across the country, and the number of bases selected for the Ministry of Education's Basic Disciplines Top Student Training Program 2.0 ranks second in the country. We successfully hosted the 19th "Challenge Cup" competition and achieved the best results in history.

Striving to "dare to be the first" in focusing on the "four orientations" and promoting self-reliance in science and technology. We are systematically promoting organized scientific research, both actively serving national strategies and accurately connecting with national needs, and also focusing on the characteristics of the school and clarifying its own development main line. We are promoting the implementation of the "Artificial Intelligence Empowering Scientific Research (AI for Science) Plan" and the "789 Science and Technology Tackling Plan," and continuously optimizing the entire chain layout of "basic research - technological innovation - achievement transformation." We are vigorously promoting the construction of new engineering disciplines, building new engineering colleges such as Robotics and Automation, Advanced Manufacturing, and Biomedical Engineering, and continuously optimizing the disciplinary ecosystem of coordinated development of liberal arts, science, engineering, and medicine. We are leading the construction of six national key laboratories. Three achievements were selected as the "Top Ten Scientific Advances in China" in 2022 and 2024 respectively, and 69 high-level research achievements were published in the main journals of *Nature* and *Science*. The "Xihe (羲和) Hao" satellite, as China's first solar exploration satellite, has opened China's "space solar exploration era"; the "Xihe (羲和) II Hao" project has been successfully approved, continuing to write a new chapter in solar exploration. Graviton excitation was observed for the first time globally, opening up new perspectives for studying quantum gravity-related physics in condensed matter systems. We have continuously broken the world record for the photoelectric conversion efficiency of perovskite tandem solar cells 12 times, continuing to maintain China's international leading position in this field. We held the Conference on the Integrated Development of Scientific and Technological Innovation and Industrial Innovation, continuously deepened cooperation with national strategic scientific and technological forces such as national laboratories, high-level scientific research institutions, and leading technology enterprises, accelerated integration into the construction of the National University Regional Technology Transfer and Transformation Center (Jiangsu), and continuously improved the ability and level of serving national and regional economic and social development.

Striving to "be a pioneer" in adhering to integrity and innovation and strengthening cultural confidence. From a global perspective and national strategy, we have identified the focus points at a higher level and in a wider range, coordinated the development of liberal arts, accelerated the efforts of liberal arts in breakthroughs, leadership, and enhanced influence, and focused on building a philosophical and social science system with Chinese characteristics, world-class standards, and Nanjing University (南京大学) style. The Xi Jinping Economic Thought Research Institute was established, and the Nanjing University (南京大学) Collaborative Research Base of the Xi Jinping Cultural Thought Research Center was approved, producing a number of "good books in China" such as *A Summary of Chinese-style Modernization*. We are focusing on promoting the construction of an independent knowledge system, serving the "major affairs of the country" with high-level basic research, and many experts and scholars have been invited to make typical speeches at cultural construction-related symposiums. We are continuing to strengthen ethnic border research and the study of obscure and neglected disciplines, and have added four national-level liberal arts platforms and innovation teams such as the "Research Base for Forging a Strong Sense of Community for the Chinese Nation." The number of "Marxism Project" textbooks selected, the number of major projects approved by the National Social Science Fund, and the number of awards won by the Ministry of Education all rank among the top in the country. The archeological excavation of the "Anhui Langxi Mopanshan Site" jointly conducted by Nanjing University (南京大学) and the Anhui Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology was selected as one of the "Top Ten New Archeological Discoveries in China" in 2023. The results of the "Digital Atlas Integration Project of Ancient Chinese Cities" directly serve the fourth national cultural relics census. New breakthroughs have been made in the construction of new think tanks and interdisciplinary platforms represented by the Yangtze River Industrial Development Research Institute, and the ability to provide consulting services to the government has been continuously improved.

Striving to "set an example" in promoting open education and telling China's stories well. We are systematically planning the development strategy of open education, innovating international cooperation methods, comprehensively improving cooperation levels, creating landmark cooperation achievements, and focusing on solving the "choke point" problem. We are deeply implementing the Nanjing University (南京大学) "Global Strategic Partner Advancement Plan" and the "Internationalization Level Enhancement Action," continuously consolidating cooperation with first-class universities in Europe, the United States, Japan, and South Korea, innovating and expanding scientific and educational cooperation with countries jointly building the "Belt and Road," establishing the Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study in Hong Kong, and strengthening exchanges with Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan. We are solidly promoting the construction of Chinese-foreign cooperative education institutions and projects such as the Nanjing (南京) Helsinki Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences, and renewing the cooperation agreement with Johns Hopkins University in the United States to deepen the joint construction of the Hopkins-Nanjing Center. We are leading the establishment of the Jiangsu University International Communication Capacity Building Alliance, jointly building the "Research Base for Innovation in Foreign Discourse" with the China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration, and jointly building the "Study Center for Telling China's Stories Well" with the Western Returned Scholars Association, enhancing mutual understanding and spreading China's voice in deepening international exchanges and cooperation. We released the "Nanjing (南京) Initiative on High-Quality Development of Philosophical and Social Science Journals," vigorously promoted the overseas establishment of academic journal collections, and continuously translated and published the original achievements of Nanjing University (南京大学) scholars in outstanding philosophical and social science research. We are leading the establishment of the "Civilization Laboratory International Consortium," actively contributing Nanjing University (南京大学) wisdom to promoting civilization exchanges and mutual learning.

Bearing in mind the entrustment and advancing with gratitude. In the next step, all teachers, students, and staff of Nanjing University (南京大学) will thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important reply to young scholars who have returned to our school after studying abroad, adhere to serving the country and the people, and continue to work hard in strengthening Party building leadership, promoting scientific and educational service to the country, deepening reform and innovation, and expanding open education. We will focus on achieving breakthroughs in pattern, capabilities, resources, and contributions, and continuously enhance the school's ideological and political leadership, talent competitiveness, scientific and technological support, people's livelihood guarantee, social coordination, and international influence. We will strive to build an advancing Nanjing University (南京大学), an innovative Nanjing University (南京大学), a profound Nanjing University (南京大学), and an outstanding Nanjing University (南京大学) that the Party can rest assured of and the people are satisfied with, and make new and greater contributions to comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization!

(The authors are Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Secretary of the Party Committee of Nanjing University (南京大学), and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and President of Nanjing University (南京大学), respectively.)

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Equipping Machines with Thinking "Biological Brains" (Running for a Dream)

By: 本报记者 李家鼎

In a laboratory at the School of Medicine, Tianjin University (天津大学), a small car is moving slowly, pausing and turning from time to time, each time taking a different route to avoid obstacles.

"Is it controlled by a computer?" the reporter asked.

"Yes, and no," said Li Xiaohong (李晓红), a professor at Tianjin University (天津大学) and head of the brain-computer interface direction at the Haihe Laboratory of Brain-Computer Interaction and Human-Machine Fusion. A few meters away, a milky white, meatball-shaped object, only millimeters in diameter, was suspended in a petri dish inside a constant temperature incubator. "This is the 'biological brain' we cultivated. It is attached to the surface of the chip and connected to the robot through wires." Li Xiaohong (李晓红) said that with it, the collaborative intelligent interaction system has a prototype of a "biological computer."

Cultivating a "living" "biological brain" for machines, developed from stem cells, Li Xiaohong (李晓红) and her colleagues have been continuously trying this extremely "sci-fi" thing for many years, exploring a new intelligent path different from traditional silicon-based computing.

Li Xiaohong (李晓红) used to be a neurologist. In her many years of work, she personally witnessed brain-computer interface technology helping aphasia patients to convert brain thoughts into text through computers, restoring communication with others. "For many diseases, doctors have limited methods, but engineering methods bring hope." Li Xiaohong (李晓红) said that it was this clinical experience that gave her the idea of combining biological brains with machines.

In 2019, Li Xiaohong (李晓红) joined Tianjin University (天津大学). At that time, the university had a research foundation in the field of brain-computer interfaces, but it focused more on hardware and algorithms. "If I completely switch to an unfamiliar engineering field, where is my advantage?" After repeated discussions, combined with the overall deployment of the laboratory and the research of her team, Li Xiaohong's (李晓红) direction of tackling key problems gradually became clear: the stem cell technology she had been deeply involved in was the basis for cultivating brain organoids. Could she "plant" a structure similar to a human brain in a petri dish using stem cells, and then allow the structure to interact with machines through a brain-computer interface? "When the idea was first put forward, everyone thought it was both sci-fi and difficult," Li Xiaohong (李晓红) recalled.

Taking a different path means starting from scratch. From screening suitable human stem cells to precisely controlling the culture environment and inducing them to differentiate into brain organoids, every step is a new challenge. "We are not manufacturing a miniature brain, but cultivating a 'biological core' with a basic neural network that can generate and respond to electrical signals," said Li Xiaohong (李晓红).

What's even more difficult is "dialogue." How to let the "brain" "see" the world and "express" its intentions? The research team closely cooperated with Southern University of Science and Technology (南方科技大学) and other institutions to create an intelligent interaction system called "MetaBOC," forming a complete chain of "cultivation-recording-training-control." Associate Professor Shao Wenwei (邵文威), a member of the team, showed reporters that brain organoids are carefully placed on a chip covered with thousands of microelectrodes. The electrodes capture the weak electrical signals emitted by neurons in real time. On the screen, waves suddenly jump up, which are the "pulses" of neurons, the "bytes" produced by biological brain thinking.

"Radar is its 'eye'. After seeing an obstacle, the distance information is encoded into electrical signals to stimulate the brain organoids; the response signals generated after the brain organoids process it are then decoded into robot movement instructions." Li Xiaohong (李晓红) further explained, "This imitates the basic logic of our human body 'feeling-thinking-action'." Throughout the process, the researchers did not pre-set specific instructions, but guided it to learn to avoid obstacles through repeated training.

Experiments show that an untrained "biological core" can achieve a success rate of over 50% in avoiding obstacles within 5 to 10 minutes after receiving the obstacle avoidance task; after 4 days of continuous training, the success rate can be stabilized at over 80%.

Speaking of the future, Li Xiaohong (李晓红) is full of hope, but also admits that "**道阻且长** (dào zǔ qiě cháng - "the road is blocked and long," a long and difficult road ahead)." Currently, the size of brain organoids (approximately 100,000 neurons) and the electrode density of the chip are still far from being comparable to the human brain, which has approximately 100 billion neurons. "But if we can solve problems such as nutrient supply, allowing it to grow larger, and allowing electrodes to connect more neurons more precisely, it may be able to do more things." Li Xiaohong (李晓红) believes that the greatest charm of biological computing lies in its ultra-low power consumption and efficient learning potential, which is of great significance in extremely limited environments such as deep sea, deep space, or emergency rescue.

In the sterile incubator, the "biological brain" that carries the hope of computing is still growing quietly.

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China's Satellite Navigation Industry Output Value to Reach 629 Billion Yuan in 2025

This newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on May 19th (Reporter Gu Yekai (谷业凯)) On the 18th, the China Satellite Navigation and Positioning Association (中国卫星导航定位协会) released the "2026 China Beidou Spacetime Industry Development White Paper" in Beijing (北京). The white paper shows that in 2025, the output value of China's satellite navigation industry reached 629 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.24%; the total output value of the Beidou spacetime industry formed by integrating with other emerging fields exceeded 1.3 trillion yuan. At present, the total number of Beidou spacetime industry-related enterprises and institutions in China exceeds 30,000, with nearly 2 million employees.

In terms of industrial chain construction, China (中国) has built a complete Beidou spacetime industrial chain from chips, modules, antennas, and terminals to system integration and application services, and the level of independent control has continued to increase. In 2025, the total sales volume of domestic Beidou terminal products exceeded 410 million units/sets, of which the shipment volume of smart phones with Beidou positioning function was nearly 280 million units, and the sales volume of vehicle-mounted navigation terminals exceeded 24 million units. As of the end of 2025, including smart phones, the cumulative shipment volume of domestic Beidou-compatible chips and modules was close to 2.6 billion, and the total social ownership of various types of terminal products with Beidou function exceeded 2.2 billion units/sets. The comprehensive application penetration rate of Beidou terminal equipment in key industries is about 90%. In the mass consumption field, as of the end of 2025, about 98% of smart phones in China (中国) support Beidou positioning function; more than 100 million passenger cars have been deployed with vehicle-mounted equipment with Beidou positioning and navigation functions; and more than 10 million users use Beidou short message service.

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Professionalism achieves the peace of mind you desire.

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April 7, 2026

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Chase the light together, live a vibrant life.

By: 本报记者 吴 君

In the campus of Wuhan University of Technology (武汉理工大学), there is a special pair of doctoral student "buddies."

Huang Ying (黄莺), from Ningxia (宁夏), is 31 years old this year. She lost her sight at the age of two due to a high fever. She is the first visually impaired student in the country to enter a key university through the regular college entrance examination. She has won honors such as the 7th National Self-Improvement Model and the 2026 New Era Youth Pioneer Award. The other person is Huang Ying's (黄莺) roommate, Luan Chemeng (栾车萌), 34 years old, from Beijing (北京).

In 2022, Huang Ying (黄莺) and Luan Chemeng (栾车萌) were admitted to the doctoral program in Management Science and Engineering at the School of Safety Science and Emergency Management of Wuhan University of Technology (武汉理工大学) at the same time, becoming classmates and roommates.

"A sincere way of getting along is more comfortable than any deliberate care."

Reporter: How did you two meet? What was your mindset when making friends at the time?

Luan Chemeng (栾车萌): In April 2022, before the doctoral student entrance examination, we met for the first time in the office of our future doctoral supervisor. This was also my first time being in close contact with a visually impaired person. At the time, I thought, the entrance examination is so difficult, and Huang Ying (黄莺) is blind, how does she study? How does she do research? It must be very difficult to pass the exam. Later, when I learned that she had been admitted, I admired her from the bottom of my heart. That's how we became classmates. Before the start of the semester, the counselor called me and asked if I would like to be Huang Ying's (黄莺) roommate. I agreed with a sense of "dedication."

Huang Ying (黄莺): I have always maintained a normal attitude. I have lived in boarding schools since elementary school, so I can do my own laundry, fold quilts, and clean. Although I can't see, I don't think I need special care. At that time, I kept thinking about how I should tell my new roommate Mengmeng (萌萌) that I can do many things myself. But the counselor repeatedly persuaded me, and I finally accepted her arrangement and gained this beautiful friendship.

Reporter: How did you get along from being strangers to being familiar with each other?

Luan Chemeng (栾车萌): At first, I was prepared to "take on everything," thinking that I would have to take her for walks and take care of her life. Who knew that on the first day I moved into the dormitory, she had already tidied up the room in advance, and the clothes were folded neatly, which was completely different from what I imagined. When we first started getting along, I was cautious, afraid of saying the wrong thing. Later, I gradually realized that what I could do was "provide help on demand." For example, if her cane fell, she would directly say, "Help me pick it up." Friendship is a flower that blooms on equality. In my heart, she is not special.

Huang Ying (黄莺): I don't think cautious friendships last long. I don't need that feeling of being taken care of all the time. I told Mengmeng (萌萌) that I can do anything except see, and she really took it to heart. For example, when we go to the cafeteria together, she will describe the types of food, but I do the ordering and carrying the plates myself. She also takes me boating, shopping, and even often asks me to bring her food from the cafeteria. This sincere way of getting along is more comfortable than any deliberate care.

Reporter: Do you feel any psychological burden when asking Huang Ying (黄莺) to bring you food?

Luan Chemeng (栾车萌): It's normal for roommates to bring each other food. I often bring her food too. And she is very familiar with the way to the cafeteria. The cafeteria staff take good care of her, so I'm very comfortable with it.

Reporter: For Huang Ying (黄莺), how do you find a comfortable boundary when interacting with others, so that you don't feel offended, and others don't have to worry about saying the wrong thing?

Huang Ying (黄莺): I think communication is very important. When I feel offended, I will directly express "I'm not comfortable" or "I don't want you to talk to me like that in the future." Sincere and authentic expression is the most comfortable way for me and my friends to get along.

Reporter: In life, do you actively ask others for help? Do you have a mentality of "not wanting to trouble others"?

Huang Ying (黄莺): I often ask passersby for help when traveling. My cane can help me avoid obstacles, and navigation can give me directions, but it may be difficult to find a specific store or gate. At first, every time I asked for help, I had to do a lot of mental preparation, but the positive feedback from everyone gave me a lot of confidence.

"Mutual understanding is also a kind of integration"

Reporter: In academic research and daily life, what are your respective strengths? How do you help each other and improve together?

Huang Ying (黄莺): I am more introverted and more careful. In daily study, I pay more attention to details and remind Mengmeng (萌萌) to grasp the rhythm and urge her to complete tasks in a timely manner. She is very enthusiastic and always infects me with her hearty laughter, taking me to try all kinds of experiences. I focus more on listening. If she is unhappy, I will listen to her carefully.

Luan Chemeng (栾车萌): I deeply appreciate this. When I am heartbroken or stressed, she can quietly listen to me from beginning to end. This feeling of being accompanied is very happy. Although she does not perceive colors through sight, her pursuit of beauty is no less than that of others. She had previously found a teacher to learn makeup, and when buying clothes, she would touch the fabric and choose styles and colors based on my descriptions. When applying lipstick, if her hand moved a little and it was applied crookedly, she would ask me to help adjust it. Her love for life deeply touched me.

Reporter: Now you have accumulated more than 2.6 million followers on social media platforms, and the total number of video views has reached 2.8 billion. What was the opportunity for you to become self-media creators?

Huang Ying (黄莺): In the process of my growth, many people have provided me with support and help. I hope to be able to show my real life through self-media, change everyone's understanding of visually impaired groups, and convey positive energy. At the same time, I also hope to pass on everyone's love and care for me to more people.

We often receive private messages, some expressing gratitude and some giving us suggestions. A netizen named "Xiao Jiu (小揪)" told us that she was under a lot of pressure when writing her master's thesis, but after watching our videos, she regained confidence and successfully completed her thesis. This kind of feedback makes us feel that doing self-media is particularly meaningful.

Reporter: Your self-media platform is also a window to showcase "inclusive education." In your opinion, how can we better promote the integrated development of people with disabilities?

Luan Chemeng (栾车萌): The friends who follow our self-media include both able-bodied people and people with disabilities. We want to use the camera to give able-bodied people a better understanding of the lives of visually impaired people, to understand that they are no different from able-bodied people, and that they can do many things themselves. At the same time, by sharing Huang Ying's (黄莺) daily life, we can encourage more people, especially people with disabilities, with her open-minded attitude. Some visually impaired children will regard Sister Huang Ying (黄莺) as a role model, determined to go to college and realize their life values. Short videos are a medium to enhance mutual understanding between able-bodied people and people with disabilities. Mutual understanding is also a kind of integration.

"As long as everyone supports each other, they can go further"

Reporter: What difficulties do visually impaired people face in life and study?

Huang Ying (黄莺): In terms of learning, the biggest difficulty is obtaining textbooks and literature. The process is relatively cumbersome. For example, for a paper textbook, it must first be scanned, proofread, and then generated into text, and then read with screen reading software. The whole process is very time-consuming. When attending classes with sighted students, often half a semester has passed, and I have not yet received my Braille textbook. I hope that publishers can directly provide accessible format textbooks or books in the future, which is more efficient than converting them ourselves.

Reporter: What specific expectations do you have for an accessible environment?

Huang Ying (黄莺): Many designers of accessible products have left me messages, hoping that I can participate in the evaluation of the products they develop. I will give suggestions from the perspective of users and demanders. For example, some manufacturers think that adding Braille to the product is enough, but I will tell them that I hope to add a raised QR code, so that we can obtain product information by scanning the code and realize "what you see is what you read." Because we need to know not only the product name, but also important product information such as ingredients and production date.

In recent years, there have been more and more accessible products, and everyone's concept of accessibility is constantly improving. I look forward to a more complete accessible environment in the future, such as some Braille and QR codes on doorplates, which will make our travel more convenient.

Luan Chemeng (栾车萌): I hope that more friends will actively remind others when they see cars parked on blind sidewalks; when they see visually impaired people crossing the road, they don't need to pay too much attention, but they can provide guidance when the other party needs it. This kind of help in the details is often particularly important.

Reporter: Huang Ying (黄莺) has participated in the development of independent living courses for visually impaired people. What are the contents of the courses? In what ways do they help the blind community better integrate into society?

Huang Ying (黄莺): I have successively participated in "Golden Cane" independent travel training, "Home of Light" mid-term blindness training classes, etc. The course content I participated in developing includes orientation and mobility, mobile phone and computer use, Braille learning, psychological counseling, and interpretation of relevant policies. On the one hand, we hope that more visually impaired partners can bravely step out of their homes, after all, stepping out is the first step to integrating into society. On the other hand, for the special group of people who become blind in the middle of their lives, their psychological pressure is generally greater. We hope to help them regain hope in life through training and tell them that a life without sight can be equally wonderful.

Reporter: What are your plans for the future?

Luan Chemeng (栾车萌): After a few years of getting along, we have become good friends who can talk about everything. Through Huang Ying (黄莺), I have come into contact with many people with disabilities, and their spiritual strength has touched me greatly. In the future, I want to work with Huang Ying (黄莺) to contribute to the cause of people with disabilities.

Huang Ying (黄莺): We are not only roommates, but also "comrades" fighting together. We make short videos together, call on more people to pay attention to barrier-free facilities, and promote the improvement of barrier-free environments. The road ahead is still long, but I believe that as long as everyone supports each other, they can go further. I also want to say to all visually impaired friends, don't let your vision limit your imagination, use your heart to perceive the world, and strive to live a colorful life.

Layout design: Zhang Fangman (张芳曼)

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Blooming from Love (People's Livelihood Perspective)

By: 程 晨

Equality is not pretending that differences do not exist, but rather neither belittling real difficulties nor allowing differences to become barriers.

On the night of the twelfth day of the tenth month in the sixth year of the Yuanfeng era of the Northern Song Dynasty, in Huangzhou (黄州), Su Shi (苏轼) happily got up and went to Chengtian Temple (承天寺) to find Zhang Huaimin (张怀民), who was also not asleep. More than 900 years later, the writer Yu Hua (余华) pushed his wheelchair-bound friend, the writer Shi Tiesheng (史铁生), under the basketball hoop to be a goalkeeper for a soccer game. He didn't think there was anything wrong with it, and Tiesheng didn't either. Starting in 2022, doctoral student Mengmeng (萌萌) asked her blind roommate Huang Ying (黄莺) to help her get meals. She didn't think there was anything wrong with it, and Huang Ying didn't either.

Su Shi and Huaimin, Yu Hua and Tiesheng, Huang Ying and Mengmeng – these three stories about friendship touched millions of netizens. They have the same moving core: the essence of friendship is a kind of boundary exemption. Don't disturb others late at night, don't trouble others, don't make fun of other people's difficulties – these rules between strangers are all broken in friendship. Breaking these boundaries is not because there is no sense of boundaries, but because friends grant each other small privileges to break through boundaries. This privilege is built on equality.

Mengmeng said, "Friendship is a flower that blooms on equality." Su Shi and Zhang Huaimin walked side by side under the moon. For them, equality was the tacit understanding of "I am here too." This is the purest form of friendship – two hearts appreciating each other.

So, when there is a difference between disability and health in friendship, can they reach the same state? Yu Hua and Tiesheng, Huang Ying and Mengmeng gave the answer: yes. When enjoying the joy of sports together, for Yu Hua and Tiesheng, equality is the unrestrainedness of despising disability. When helping each other in life and study, for Huang Ying and Mengmeng, equality is the warmth of moving forward together.

This kind of equality can just answer a question that many people often think about but always find difficult to answer: how to get along with people with disabilities? There is no special method; the answer is hidden in the simple origin of friendship.

True friendship has nothing to do with whether there is a disability; what is needed is mutual respect and understanding. Many people with disabilities are self-reliant and strive to create a better life and realize their life ideals through learning and work. If you are too cautious and "worship" them in a position of "needing to be protected," it is actually a kind of harm. People with disabilities need systemic social support, but this does not mean being kept out of everyday life.

The soil of equality makes "offense" possible and makes friendship more textured. "Offense" in friendship is not equal to rudeness, and even reveals some warmth. This "offense" is mutual; Mengmeng also jokes that she is Huang Ying's part-time "guide dog." Of course, equality is not pretending that differences do not exist, but rather neither belittling real difficulties nor allowing differences to become barriers. Huang Ying will ask Mengmeng to help pick up her cane, and Mengmeng will ask Huang Ying to help bring her meals. In frankness, emotions flow, and love goes and returns. This frankness is what is truly moving.

That night, Su Shi wrote: "What night is without moon? What place is without bamboo and cypress? But few idle people are like us two." Many times, what is missing in life is not the scenery, but a person who can walk side by side with you. For Huang Ying, what is rare is not the care of others, but a roommate who can feel at ease asking her to bring meals. Huang Ying said that Mengmeng "treats me as an equal, just like a healthy person." This is the most moving moonlight in friendship – no need to be deliberate, the clear light shines on its own. More than 900 years later, the moonlight of that night at Chengtian Temple still shines in the hearts of many people.

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Whitelist for medical insurance individual account payments to be released

This newspaper reported from Beijing on May 19th (Reporter: Sun Xiuyan (孙秀艳)) - The General Office of the National Healthcare Security Administration (国家医保局) and the General Office of the Ministry of Finance (财政部) recently issued the "Notice on Further Strengthening the Supervision and Management of the Use of Employee Basic Medical Insurance Personal Accounts in Designated Retail Pharmacies," clarifying that provincial medical insurance departments should, based on existing policies and in conjunction with local realities, further study and standardize the management of the scope of employee medical insurance personal account payments in consultation with finance and other departments. In principle, all provincial medical insurance departments should issue a unified provincial whitelist for employee medical insurance personal account payments at designated retail pharmacies by the end of September 2026. Items on the whitelist can be paid for using personal accounts at designated retail pharmacies; items not on the whitelist will not be paid for.

The employee basic medical insurance fund consists of a pooled fund and personal accounts, with personal accounts being an important component of the employee basic medical insurance fund. The notice points out that items included on the whitelist should be those that have been formally approved for registration or filed by drug regulatory authorities, can be sold in retail pharmacies, and are closely related to treatment, have strong medical attributes, and are appropriately priced drugs, medical devices, and medical consumables. In principle, drugs with approval numbers such as State Drug Standard H (Z, S), State Drug Standard H (Z, S) C, State Drug Standard H (Z, S) J, State Drug Standard C, traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces, etc., that can be sold in retail pharmacies; medical devices such as thermometers, blood pressure monitors, blood glucose meters, and rehabilitation aids; medical consumables such as medical masks, cotton swabs (balls), gauze bandages, adhesive bandages, and antipyretic patches; in vitro diagnostic reagents such as pathogen detection reagents and early pregnancy test strips; and devices and consumables used for long-term treatment such as disposable lancets, pen injectors and needles, iodine-containing caps, and ostomy care bags can be included in the whitelist. At the same time, it is clarified that payment for influenza vaccines administered at designated medical institutions is permitted.

Non-medical items such as health products, daily necessities, furniture and sanitary ware, and household appliances; toothpaste, toothbrushes, dental floss, facial masks and cosmetics, contact lenses, massage equipment, smart communication and timing devices, as well as devices and consumables mainly used for sports and fitness, health and wellness, and other life functions with low medical added value, must not be included in the whitelist.

The notice clarifies that it is necessary to resolutely prevent the inclusion of "Trojan horse products" that are only adapted for medical insurance payment, have no actual medical value, or have low actual medical value in the whitelist. When formulating the whitelist, all regions should fully listen to the opinions of industry authorities, designated retail pharmacies, and insured individuals, and adjust it according to the needs of the public and the dynamics of pharmaceutical technology development. The whitelist of employee medical insurance personal account payments at designated retail pharmacies and related requirements should be promptly included as matters for agreement management of designated retail pharmacies, and designated retail pharmacies are strictly prohibited from inducing insured individuals to use employee medical insurance personal accounts to purchase products outside the whitelist through methods such as inducing consumption and exaggerating publicity; designated retail pharmacies are strictly prohibited from implementing unfair and discriminatory pricing when medical insurance participants use personal accounts for payment, and from selling at prices higher than those for non-medical insurance patients.

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Intelligent Bionic Leg Helps Me Enjoy Sports

By: 本报记者 易舒冉

"Crossing the finish line on a bicycle, I've waited 30 years for this moment." Shen Defeng (沈德峰), a 44-year-old person with physical disabilities, gently patted his intelligent bionic leg, filled with excitement.

Shen Defeng participated in the recent Paralympic Future Technology Games held in Yuhang District (余杭区), Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang Province (浙江省). On the Tiaoxi Greenway (苕溪绿道), over 100 athletes with disabilities from 15 provinces including Zhejiang, Anhui (安徽), and Sichuan (四川), wore intelligent bionic legs to compete in bicycle races. This is the third consecutive time that Zhejiang Province has held the Paralympic Future Technology Games. This year's event includes 17 sub-events in four major categories: intelligent bionic leg bicycle racing, AI (Artificial Intelligence) glasses competitions, urban orienteering, and drone challenges, further expanding the integration of sports and technology for people with disabilities.

At the age of 14, a disease caused Shen Defeng to lose his left leg. He always felt envious watching others participate in sports activities. In 2024, Shen Defeng learned that there were mature intelligent bionic leg products on the market, integrating brain-computer interface technology and artificial intelligence algorithms. Compared to traditional prosthetics with fixed damping and a lack of flexibility, intelligent bionic legs can provide assistance in different modes.

Wearing the intelligent bionic leg, Shen Defeng's gait became more natural, and climbing stairs became easier. He began to try simple, low-intensity exercises and learned to ride a bicycle. "For me, finding balance on a bicycle is the most difficult thing, but as long as you try again and again, you can slowly succeed," Shen Defeng said. Cycling fills him with anticipation for the future and gives him more courage to experience a rich and colorful life.

"Sports scenarios can both test the performance of various high-tech assistive devices, promote continuous innovation by enterprises, and create better assistive device products. It can also encourage people with disabilities to go out, leave their homes and integrate into society," said Yang Jian (杨剑), head of the Sports Section of the Zhejiang Provincial Disability Culture and Sports Guidance Center (浙江省残疾人文化体育指导中心体育科).

Shen Defeng once had a wish: to ride alongside his family in the sunset glow. "Intelligent bionic legs help me enjoy sports. In the future, my family and I will often ride bicycles, see the beautiful scenery along the way, and enjoy the beauty of life," Shen Defeng said.

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National Preschool Education Awareness Month Launch Ceremony Held

This newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on May 19th (Reporter Yan Yiqiao (闫伊乔)) From May 20th to June 20th this year, it is the fifteenth National Preschool Education Promotion Month. The launching ceremony of the Promotion Month was held in Beijing (北京) on the 19th. This year's theme is "Jointly Safeguarding Childhood in the Digital Age."

This Promotion Month event will focus on the protection of children in the digital age, calling on the whole society to fully understand and respect the laws of physical and mental development of young children, and deeply recognize the potential risks of their premature and excessive exposure to digital products. It is important to attach great importance to the important value of young children's real life and games, create a warm growth environment that is close to nature and personal experience, promote young children's active exploration and learning, and prevent the replacement of family companionship, teacher-child interaction, and peer interaction with digital products, so that young children can spend a healthy and meaningful childhood in the digital age.

In recent years, the popularization and inclusive level of preschool education in China has been greatly improved. In 2025, the national gross enrollment rate for three-year preschool education reached 92.9%, and the national coverage rate of inclusive kindergartens reached 91.5%. During the Promotion Month, various regions will continue to carry out a series of thematic publicity activities, integrate professional resources and social forces from various parties, focus on the protection of the rights and interests of preschool children in the digital age, promote multi-party collaborative linkage, and build an all-round and three-dimensional protection barrier for children's growth.

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Promoting the flow of innovation factors and industrial collaboration.

By: 本报记者 崔 寅

Driving along the Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway, the Xintai Center on Dadu River Road becomes the "first stop" for many visitors from Jiangsu as they enter the main urban area of Shanghai. The Shanghai-Nanjing Collaborative Innovation Center located here has been gaining popularity recently.

An industrial innovation belt with the Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway as its axis connects Shanghai and Nanjing (南京), Wuxi (无锡), Changzhou (常州), Suzhou (苏州), Nantong (南通), Yangzhou (扬州), Zhenjiang (镇江), and Taizhou (泰州) in Jiangsu Province, making it one of the most dynamic economic corridors in China. At the end of 2025, the State Council approved the "Yangtze River Delta Territorial Space Plan (2023-2035)," which clearly stated that priority should be given to ensuring the spatial needs of the Shanghai-Nanjing Industrial Innovation Belt.

The regions along the line have small economic gaps, and there is a need for "strong-strong alliances" in high-end segmented industries. However, behind the active economic axis, there are different levels of cities, and there is a pain point of "urgent docking needs, but lack of effective platforms."

Standing at the geographical intersection of Shanghai's "West Parlor," facing the strategic opportunity of Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Center expanding to the Yangtze River Delta, Putuo District (普陀区) is shifting from passively accepting radiation to actively allocating resources.

Building a platform to allow resources to flow. Relying on the Shanghai-Nanjing Collaborative Innovation Center, Putuo District provides one-stop docking services. The online "Shanghai-Nanjing Collaborative Innovation Market" is open 24/7, with technology, projects, and talent supply and demand matched online, and 114 technology managers act as "technology matchmakers." The platform has cumulatively released 821 technology demand and achievement lists, reached a technology transaction volume of approximately 45 million yuan, and promoted the implementation of a number of industry-university-research cooperation projects.

Zhang Xiaowei (张晓伟), a "special commissioner" from Nantong (南通), Jiangsu Province, is the Deputy Director of the Science and Technology Bureau of Tongzhou District (通州区), Nantong. Shortly after being stationed at the Collaborative Innovation Center, he facilitated a cooperation. A Shanghai company's intelligent driving project urgently needed closed testing roads, but could not find a suitable site. Seeing that research and development was about to stall, Zhang Xiaowei connected the company with Tongzhou District, where the newly built industrial park roads were "transformed" into qualified test sites. The company saved tens of millions of yuan in infrastructure investment and accelerated research and development; Tongzhou District integrated its internal resources and made up for the shortcomings of the artificial intelligence industry. "Relying on the platform for one-click connection, both supply and demand sides achieved a win-win situation," Zhang Xiaowei said with emotion.

Strengthening the ecosystem to allow "chain owners" to drive clusters. Putuo District's Wuning Road (武宁路), which is more than two kilometers long, gathers thousands of innovation entities such as universities and research institutes. The Shanghai Robot Industry Technology Research Institute (上海机器人产业技术研究院) located here connects more than 60% of the upstream and downstream enterprises in the robot industry along the Shanghai-Nanjing line. Putuo District promotes "large institutes and large research institutions" to become the "chain owners" of the innovation chain, establishes industrial chain alliances, and has also launched the preparation of industrial maps this year, focusing on cutting-edge tracks such as embodied intelligence and the low-altitude economy, to facilitate cities and enterprises along the line to find resources and determine directions.

Lu Hai (陆海), Deputy Director of the Regional Collaborative Development Office of Putuo District, introduced that the local government is carefully cultivating and empowering start-up companies on the innovation belt through the "Seed Program." Qin Chuhan (秦楚汉), a young entrepreneur who returned from overseas, developed a container plant factory with energy consumption of 1/3 of the industry average and holds more than 20 patents, but was at a loss when he returned to China. "Thanks to the 'Seed Program,' which provided financial support, and last year helped us find a production base in Taicang (太仓), Jiangsu, so that the technology could be implemented," Qin Chuhan said.

Changing thinking in order to better integrate. Since last year, Putuo District has taken the initiative to serve, understand the situation, and find consensus. After several exchanges, everyone reached an agreement: docking needs are urgent, there is great potential for complementarity, and the superposition effect is promising. Cities around the periphery of the line are constantly taking the initiative to come to the door and request to join the innovation belt.

The atmosphere of openness and collaboration has reshaped the cognition of cadres. Wang Minyi (王敏怡), a stationed cadre from Zhangjiagang (张家港), Jiangsu, said with deep feeling: "Only after integrating into the innovation belt did I realize that breaking the county-level thinking and actively connecting with Shanghai's science and technology innovation resources can better upgrade the local industry track."

Based on the zero-kilometer gateway of the Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway, Putuo District takes the initiative and seizes opportunities. "Serving the construction of the Shanghai-Nanjing Industrial Innovation Belt, working together with cities along the line, promoting the efficient flow of innovation elements and deepening industrial collaboration, and jointly building the Shanghai-Nanjing Industrial Innovation Belt into a strong engine for empowering the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Delta and serving the construction of Chinese-style modernization," said Hu Guangjie (胡广杰), Secretary of the Putuo District Committee.

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Editor in charge of this edition: Tang Tianyi, Liu Mengdan, Liu Zihe

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Wenshan Notoginseng: Protecting the Ecological Foundation of Authentic Medicinal Materials (Beautiful China: Green Exploration in Local Specialties)

By: 本报记者 李茂颖

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In Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (文山壮族苗族自治州), Yunnan (云南) Province, the suitable natural environment has nurtured Wenshan Sanqi (文山三七), a product protected by national geographical indication. The local area has overcome continuous cropping obstacles, promoted green planting, and established standardized processes, upgrading the entire industrial chain of Wenshan Sanqi and driving up farmers' income.

In early summer, in the Sanqi fields of Pingba Town (平坝镇), Wenshan City (文山市), Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (文山壮族苗族自治州), Yunnan (云南) Province, grower Wang Tang (王堂) bends down, tending to the lush green stems and leaves in front of him. Not far away, many other growers are bending over to weed and carefully manage the Sanqi seedlings.

Wenshan Sanqi (文山三七) is a national geographical indication protected product. In Wenshan Prefecture (文山州), there is a natural environment suitable for Sanqi growth and a long history of planting. Once, Wenshan Sanqi (文山三七) faced problems such as continuous cropping obstacles and extensive planting. Driven by scientific research and ecological transformation, the Wenshan Sanqi (文山三七) industry is exploring a win-win situation for ecology and prosperity, and moving towards transformation and upgrading.

From "Changing Land After One Crop" to Replanting Old Land to Increase Yield

Why is Wenshan Prefecture (文山州) suitable for growing Sanqi? The geographical location at 23 degrees north latitude, the three-dimensional climate, and the red soil rich in trace elements provide a good foundation for planting high-quality Sanqi.

However, "Sanqi cannot be replanted," a saying that has been circulating among Sanqi growers for many years, reflects the long-term restriction of continuous cropping obstacles on the development of the Sanqi industry.

The so-called continuous cropping obstacle refers to the situation where the same piece of land is continuously planted with the same or same family of crops for multiple crops, and the subsequent crops show poor disease resistance, reduced yield, decreased quality, and even crop failure. During the growth of Sanqi, the roots secrete some autotoxic substances into the soil. At the same time, pathogenic bacteria, nematodes and other harmful organisms in the soil multiply, the soil microbial community is unbalanced, and the physical and chemical properties of the soil deteriorate, causing the subsequent planted Sanqi to be extremely vulnerable to pests and diseases, resulting in disease and even crop failure.

Wang Tang (王堂) is one of the earliest farmers to grow Sanqi in Pingba Town (平坝镇), with nearly 40 years of planting experience. "I didn't dare to plant on land that had grown Sanqi for many years." Wang Tang (王堂) recalled that in the early 1980s, relying on the land he contracted, he became a 10,000-yuan household in the village by growing Sanqi. But the good times did not last long, and the continuous cropping obstacle of Sanqi became an obstacle to further expanding the planting scale. "I tried to replant Sanqi in the old land. By the third year, the Sanqi was almost completely destroyed, and the land seemed to be exhausted," said Wang Tang (王堂).

Having to change land after one crop, many growers are caught in the same helplessness. "Under the traditional model, land that has grown Sanqi needs to be spaced about 20 years before it can be planted with Sanqi again. Many growers can only go out to find land to grow Sanqi," said Dai Zhongchen (戴忠辰), head of the Base Construction Section of the Wenshan Prefecture Sanqi and Traditional Chinese Medicine Industry Development Center (文山州三七和中医药产业发展中心).

Wang Tang (王堂) once went to other townships, counties and even cities to find new land. "At that time, growing Sanqi outside increased planting costs such as round-trip travel expenses and agricultural material transportation costs. If Sanqi production was reduced or prices fell, I might have to pay for it all year long." What made him most distressed was that those old lands that had once produced high-quality Sanqi were left barren, and he felt uncomfortable.

To be able to replant old land and grow Sanqi at home has been a long-term wish of growers like Wang Tang (王堂). In recent years, Wenshan Prefecture (文山州) has adopted a model of "government guidance + scientific research + enterprise promotion." With the strong support of the Yunnan Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (云南省农业农村厅) and the Yunnan Provincial Department of Science and Technology (云南省科学技术厅), Kunming University of Science and Technology (昆明理工大学) has joined forces with Yunnan Qidan Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (云南七丹药业股份有限公司) and other units to overcome major technical problems of continuous cropping obstacles and build an ecological planting system of "pathogen blocking - soil conditioning - microbial reconstruction - comprehensive prevention and control." Li Jianming (李建明), vice president of Qidan Pharmaceutical (七丹药业), introduced that the developed soil fumigant is applied to the soil in conjunction with intensive cultivation, and then covered with plastic film. After a certain period of time, the film is removed and ventilated. After 15 days, sowing is carried out. Bacteria, viruses, soil nematodes, etc. in the soil can be effectively killed.

"Now, not only can the old land be replanted, but the yield is also much higher than planting on new land," Wang Tang (王堂) said happily. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Wenshan Prefecture (文山州) promoted the replanting of Sanqi on more than 50,000 mu of old land.

From Disorderly Planting to Standardized Planting and Green Planting

While solving the continuous cropping obstacle, Wenshan Prefecture (文山州) is committed to solving the ecological problems left over from the extensive planting of Sanqi, promoting the transformation of Sanqi planting from disorderly planting to standardized planting and green planting, and protecting the ecological background of authentic medicinal materials.

In the early years, the scale of Sanqi planting was greatly affected by the fluctuation of Sanqi prices in the market, and the soil was also damaged due to disorderly planting. This also prompted the local area to bid farewell to the extensive mode and embark on a transformation path of parallel GAP (Good Agricultural Practices) standardized planting and under-forest Sanqi ecological planting.

The purpose of Traditional Chinese Medicine GAP is to comprehensively control various factors affecting the quality of Traditional Chinese Medicine, standardize the entire production process of medicinal materials from site selection, sowing, field management to harvesting, processing, and storage, and ultimately achieve the goal of "high-quality, stable, and controllable" medicinal materials.

"Standardized planting is completely different from the past decentralized planting. The base unifies and standardizes cultivation and unified green prevention and control, which not only protects the surrounding ecological environment, but also makes the Sanqi grown with uniform size and good quality, and naturally sells well." Ma Yuanshuai (马元帅), who works at the Yunnan Qidan Pharmaceutical (云南七丹药业) GAP base, said, "Our farmers also benefit from this. We only need to manage the fields on weekdays, and we can also get triple benefits of land rent, fixed wages, and seasonal rewards."

In recent years, Wenshan Prefecture (文山州) has promoted the coordinated development of small farmers, cooperatives, and planting enterprises through the joint construction of planting bases, and accelerated the transformation of traditional planting to green ecological planting. At present, the prefecture has built 15,000 mu of Sanqi GAP bases.

At the same time, relying on forest land resources, the local area has developed more than 8,000 mu of under-forest Sanqi planting, taking a differentiated path. "We follow the principle of nourishing medicine with forests, planting Sanqi under the forest, relying on mountain forest humus to provide nutrients, and using physical methods such as color board trapping, light trapping, and adjusting shade sheds to prevent and control pests and diseases, which not only protects the ecology, but also improves the quality," said Feng Jian (冯建), project manager of Yunnan Qidan Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (云南七丹药业股份有限公司) under-forest planting project.

Dai Zhongchen (戴忠辰) introduced that the current scale of Sanqi GAP bases and under-forest planting in Wenshan Prefecture (文山州) ranks among the top in Yunnan Province (云南省).

From "Trading with Soil" to Upgrading the Entire Industrial Chain

The new model of standardized planting and under-forest Sanqi ecological planting not only protects green mountains and clear waters, but also drives the upgrading of the entire Sanqi industry chain.

Since 2025, Wenshan Prefecture (文山州) has joined hands with local leading enterprises to start the construction of origin warehouses, realizing full-chain control of seeds and seedlings, order planting, standardized planting, open purchase and sale, primary processing at the origin, origin warehousing, and geographical indication empowerment, and promoting Sanqi to transform and upgrade from agricultural products to branded industrial raw materials.

In the digital origin warehouse in the key Sanqi producing area of Wenshan (文山), standardized processed Sanqi is neatly stacked in a constant temperature and humidity environment, and each product package is printed with an exclusive traceability QR code.

Scanning the QR code on the package with a mobile phone, the screen jumps to the traceability page, clearly showing detailed information such as the planting origin, plot location, planting time, field management records, and testing reports of this batch of Sanqi, intuitively showing the standardized process of Wenshan Sanqi (文山三七) from the field to the warehouse. The local area has also established a standardized processing center to automatically clean, trim, grade, and dry the purchased fresh Sanqi, so that Sanqi can enter the market with standardized specifications and grades, which not only reduces logistics losses, but also makes important indicators such as Sanqi saponin content more stable and controllable.

Walking into the Digital Yunyao (Wenshan) Trading Center (数智云药（文山）交易中心), the screen displays the categories, specifications, price trends, and transaction volume of Sanqi in real time. The deep integration of digital origin warehousing, standardized processing, and digital trading has enabled the Wenshan Sanqi (文山三七) industry to usher in a new stage of high-quality development.

"In the past, most of Wenshan Sanqi (文山三七) was traded with soil. Now we have built a new industrial ecology centered on origin warehouses, linked by digital trading platforms, and supported by standardized processing, which is reshaping the entire chain transformation from the field to the market," said Li Wei (李伟), head of the Digital Yunyao (Wenshan) Trading Center (数智云药（文山）交易中心). "By locking the location and area of the planting base through orders, growers and buyers negotiate and sign contracts in the hall every day, and can quickly pay through the online platform, making transactions convenient and transparent."

The dividends of industrial transformation and upgrading have given growers a real sense of gain. Relying on the Sanqi industry, Wenshan Prefecture (文山州) has built a diversified interest linkage mechanism. Since 2025, the entire Sanqi industry chain has driven more than 20,000 farmers and more than 200,000 temporary workers, with an average household income of more than 30,000 yuan.

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Central Ecological and Environmental Protection Inspection Group Publicly Reports Typical Cases

This newspaper reported from Beijing on May 19th (Reporter Kou Jiangze (寇江泽)). To leverage the warning effect and effectively promote problem rectification, the sixth batch of the third round of central ecological and environmental protection inspections on the 19th centrally announced the first batch of typical cases. Currently, seven inspection teams are conducting inspections in seven provinces (autonomous regions) of Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Guangdong, Guangxi, Tibet, and Xinjiang, as well as the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团). Each inspection team has verified a number of prominent ecological and environmental problems, and verified a number of acts of non-action, slow action, non-responsibility, non-confrontation, and even perfunctory response and fraud, and other formalism and bureaucracy problems.

The inspection found that Fushun and Yingkou cities in Liaoning Province illegally constructed steel projects and illegally added outdated production capacity, and the comprehensive treatment of air pollution in the carbon industry was not in place. Yingkou Jingye Medium Plate Company failed to implement the capacity replacement policy and illegally constructed a 120-ton converter directly for crude steel production, producing approximately 1.5 million tons of crude steel in 2025 alone. In November 2023 and September 2024, Fushun Special Steel Company successively built two 30-ton medium-frequency furnaces, and has illegally melted approximately 250,000 tons of scrap steel since they were put into operation. Fushun Wangyuan Carbon Company's calcination kiln did not build flue gas desulfurization facilities as required, and a large amount of yellow smoke generated during the calcination kiln production process was discharged without organization.

In some areas of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture (延边朝鲜族自治州), Jilin Province, illegal sand and stone mining, ineffective supervision of nature reserves, and non-strict and unrealistic afforestation and reforestation are prominent. In November 2021, the Wangqing County (汪清县) government illegally auctioned the sand and gravel mining rights in the reservoir area of the Jilin Mantianxing National Forest Park (吉林满天星国家森林公园). From December 2021 to July 2022, the winning enterprise illegally mined approximately 6 million cubic meters of sand and gravel, forming 14 storage yards that still exist today. From September 2022 to March 2026, Hunchun Zhuohong Concrete Company illegally excavated and processed construction sand and gravel within the ecological protection red line located in Mijiang Township (密江乡), Hunchun City (珲春市), occupying 104 mu of forest land. Hunchun City knew about the above situation in October 2024, but has not investigated and dealt with it. In some areas of Yanbian Prefecture, the quality of reforestation in artificial commercial forest logging areas is not high, and the forestry department's supervision and inspection are not in place.

The wetland area in Qiqihar City (齐齐哈尔市), Heilongjiang Province, has continued to decrease, the progress of governance and restoration projects has been slow, prominent problems such as illegal drainage of wetlands have occurred, and problems of illegal occupation of wetland reserves have occurred frequently. In 2025, the wetland area in Qiqihar City was 286,000 hectares, a decrease of 8,000 hectares compared to 2020, failing to meet the planning target requirements, of which more than 2,700 mu of wetland reduction was caused by man-made destruction. Relevant wetland management and restoration projects in Heilongjiang Zhalong National Nature Reserve (黑龙江扎龙国家级自然保护区), Taihu National Wetland Park (泰湖国家湿地公园), Long'anqiao National Wetland Park (龙安桥国家湿地公园), and Wuyuer River National Nature Reserve (乌裕尔河国家级自然保护区) had not been implemented by the end of 2025 as required by the Heilongjiang Province Wetland Protection "14th Five-Year Plan," and problems such as wetland degradation had not been effectively resolved. A large-scale breeding farm was illegally built in the core protected area of the Heilongjiang Zhalong National Nature Reserve. The management department of the protected area and the Ang'angxi District (昂昂溪区) Agriculture and Rural Affairs and other departments illegally identified the area where the breeding farm is located as a general control area.

In Yulin City (玉林市), Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区), many places illegally and irregularly mine, and the ecology has been severely damaged. A subsidiary of Xingye County (兴业县) Mineral Investment Group carried out barbaric mining and extensive operations in Yamu Mountain (鸭木大山), directly excavating the mountain and dumping waste rock and slag down the slope, causing serious damage to the original vegetation and mountain. Rong County (容县) implemented ecological restoration of abandoned mines in Yangcun Town (杨村镇), but in reality, only 100,000 cubic meters of granite needed to be stripped, but 260,000 cubic meters were estimated and illegally auctioned. The construction party, Rongxian Yuanli Building Materials Company, not only failed to eliminate the "one-sided wall" hidden danger of the original mining face, but continued to illegally mine, causing new and greater damage to the mountain's topography and landform. Multiple facility agriculture projects in Beiliu City (北流市) illegally occupied forests and were constructed extensively. The Tenglong Company breeding project implemented in the city only needed 20 mu of land according to relevant national regulations, but actually permitted as much as 283 mu of land, and the excavation height reached 157.5 meters.

The inspection team will further investigate and verify the relevant situation, and do a good job in the follow-up inspection work as required.

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Why is honey so colorful? (Telling you about nature)

By: 薛晓锋

The nectar source determines the basic tone of honey's color, and the honey-making process of bees can also produce rare colors.

May 20th is World Bee Day. Have you ever noticed the "sweetness" brewed by bees? Open different honey jars, some are as clear as water, some are like flowing golden amber, and some even have strands of dark black.

Coming from the same hive, why does honey have such a colorful appearance?

The main components of honey are glucose and fructose, both of which are transparent and colorless. The secret of its color is first hidden in the nectar source plants.

Compounds such as flavonoids, phenolic acids, carotenoids, and minerals naturally contained in plant nectar are natural "coloring agents." Taking locust honey as an example, it contains fewer coloring compounds such as phenolic acids and flavonoids, so the honey produced is often clear and transparent, appearing water-white. Buckwheat honey is different because of the high content of phenolic acids, flavonoids (such as rutin), and abundant minerals, so the honey produced has a deep color, presenting a dark amber color. Even flowers of the same nectar source plant, affected by various factors such as soil and climate, will produce subtle changes in the color tone of the honey produced.

The nectar source determines the basic tone of honey's color, and the honey-making process of bees can also produce rare colors.

In Cangyuan Va Autonomous County (沧源佤族自治县), Yunnan (云南), there is a plant called *Mitrephora glabra*, after bees collect nectar, they will brew dark brown honey. Behind this is a wonderful chemical reaction: the benzoquinone substance in the nectar "meets" with amino acids during the collection and brewing process of bees, generating new compounds, giving the honey a rare dark brown color.

The color of the brewed honey is not immutable. For example, a bottle of water-white locust honey may turn light amber after standing for half a year. This is not deterioration, but as time passes, the reducing sugar and amino acids in the honey undergo a chemical reaction to produce dark substances. High temperatures in summer will accelerate the discoloration of honey. Therefore, if you want to keep the original color of honey, it is best to store it in a cool place.

Some color changes are the result of physical effects. For example, linden honey, a specialty of Northeast China (东北), will precipitate crystals when the temperature decreases and the solubility of glucose decreases. The originally flowing light amber liquid turns into milky white solidified fat. But this is just a conversion of physical form, and the nutrients in the honey have not been lost.

The colorful colors of honey contain the mysteries of nature. It is a masterpiece brewed by bees and a treasure preserved over time.

(The author is a researcher at the Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (中国农业科学院蜜蜂研究所). This article was compiled and edited by Chang Qin (常钦), a reporter from this newspaper.)

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Multiple departments actively carry out flood prevention and disaster relief work.

This newspaper reported from Beijing on May 19th (Reporters Jiang Xuehong (蒋雪鸿), Deng Jianyang (邓剑洋), Liu Wenxin (刘温馨), Liu Zhiqiang (刘志强)) Meteorological monitoring shows that on May 19th during the day, heavy to torrential rain occurred in some areas of Hunan (湖南), Guangxi (广西), Guangdong (广东), and other places, with localized extremely heavy rain. The Central Meteorological Observatory predicts that from the night of May 19th to the 20th, a wide range of rainfall will continue in the south, with heavy rain or torrential rain in some areas of southern Guizhou (贵州), Jiangnan (江南), southern Jianghuai (江淮), and South China (华南), with localized extremely heavy rain, accompanied by severe convective weather such as thunderstorms, strong winds, and short-term heavy precipitation. From May 21st to 23rd, there will be a new round of large-scale rainfall in the central and eastern regions, with light to moderate rain in eastern Northwest China (西北地区), North China (华北), Huanghuai (黄淮), and Northeast China (东北地区), with localized heavy rain; moderate to heavy rain in southern Jianghan (江汉), Jianghuai (江淮), Jiangnan (江南), and northern South China (华南), with localized torrential rain or extremely heavy rain, accompanied by severe convective weather such as thunderstorms, strong winds, and short-term heavy precipitation.

At 18:00 on May 19th, the Central Meteorological Observatory continued to issue a yellow alert for heavy rain and a meteorological forecast for waterlogging risk; the Ministry of Water Resources (水利部) and the China Meteorological Administration (中国气象局) jointly issued a yellow meteorological warning for mountain torrent disasters.

Affected by continuous heavy rainfall, the main stream of the Xijiang (西江) River in the Pearl River Basin (珠江流域) and its tributaries, the Liujiang (柳江) and Guijiang (桂江) Rivers, the main stream of the Beijiang (北江) River, the upper reaches of the Yuanjiang (沅江) River in the Dongting Lake (洞庭湖) water system in the Yangtze River Basin (长江流域), the Raohe (饶河) River and Ganjiang (赣江) River in the Poyang Lake (鄱阳湖) water system will experience rising water levels. Small and medium-sized rivers in heavy rainfall areas such as the Fangcheng River (防城河) in Guangxi (广西), the Tuojiang (沱江) River, a tributary of the upper reaches of the Yuanjiang (沅江) River in Hunan (湖南), and the Changhu (长湖) Lake in the Neijing River (内荆河) River in Hubei (湖北) may experience floods exceeding the warning level.

On the morning of May 19th, the Ministry of Water Resources (水利部) held rolling consultations to assess the national rainfall and flood situation and arranged and deployed flood prevention work. According to the "Emergency Response Work Procedures for Flood and Drought Disaster Prevention of the Ministry of Water Resources (水利部水旱灾害防御应急响应工作规程)", the Ministry of Water Resources (水利部) launched a Level IV emergency response for flood prevention in seven provinces and regions, including Jiangxi (江西), Hubei (湖北), Hunan (湖南), Guangdong (广东), Guangxi (广西), Guizhou (贵州), and Hainan (海南) at 12:00 on May 19th. It requires local water resources departments and river basin management agencies to pay close attention to the development and changes in rainfall, water conditions, and flood conditions, strengthen monitoring, forecasting, and early warning, strengthen consultation and judgment and emergency duty, scientifically and accurately implement flood control scheduling of water projects, strengthen the safe flood passage of small and medium-sized reservoirs and projects under construction, focus on preventing flash floods and mountain torrent disasters that may be caused by short-duration heavy rainfall, promptly release early warning information and urge local organizations to evacuate and avoid risks, implement "call-response" measures for pre-disaster warnings, and make every effort to ensure the safety of people's lives and property.

On May 19th, the National Disaster Reduction Committee (国家防灾减灾救灾委员会) launched a national Level IV disaster relief emergency response in response to the recent severe flooding and geological disasters in Guizhou Province (贵州省), and dispatched a working group to the disaster area to conduct on-site inspections of the disaster situation, guide and assist local authorities in providing basic living security and other disaster relief work for the affected people. Currently, the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters (国家防总) continues to maintain a Level IV flood control emergency response for Hubei (湖北), Hunan (湖南), Guangxi (广西), and Guizhou (贵州). On the 19th, the General Office of the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters (国家防总办公室) and the Ministry of Emergency Management (应急管理部) continued to organize departments such as meteorology, water resources, and natural resources, as well as provinces such as Hubei (湖北), Hunan (湖南), Guangxi (广西), Chongqing (重庆), and Guizhou (贵州), to consult and assess the development trend of this round of heavy rainfall and deploy flood control and disaster relief work in key areas.

The National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) urgently arranged 30 million yuan of central budgetary investment to support Guizhou Province (贵州省) in its post-disaster emergency recovery from floods and geological disasters, focusing on the post-disaster emergency recovery and construction of damaged roads, water conservancy and other infrastructure, and public service facilities in the disaster area, to promote the restoration of normal production and living order as soon as possible.

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Shaanxi achieves full county-level coverage of groundwater monitoring.

This newspaper's Xi'an (西安) May 19th dispatch (Reporter Jia Fengfeng (贾丰丰)) - This reporter learned from the Shaanxi Provincial Groundwater Protection and Monitoring Center (陕西省地下水保护与监测中心) that since last year, Shaanxi (陕西) has been making every effort to improve the management level of its groundwater monitoring station network and accelerate the improvement of its groundwater monitoring and early warning capabilities. Groundwater monitoring has achieved full coverage in all counties and districts, and the supervision and operation and maintenance of the Shaanxi Province (陕西省) groundwater monitoring station network have achieved remarkable results.

Shaanxi (陕西) carried out two monitoring station network construction projects in over-extraction and over-load areas and blank counties, newly built 126 automatic monitoring stations in 10 cities, and the station network layout in over-extraction and over-load areas is more reasonable. Advanced technical equipment was introduced, and a provincial-level groundwater monitoring demonstration station was innovatively built. Five groundwater monitoring demonstration stations have been built in Xi'an (西安), Xianyang (咸阳), and Weinan (渭南), and a three-layer nested monitoring station at Xi'an University of Technology (西安理工大学) is about to be completed and put into use. In 2025, the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Water Resources (陕西省水利厅) approved the provincial-level groundwater monitoring station upgrading and construction project, with a total approved investment of 35 million yuan, and plans to complete the upgrading and construction of 233 provincial-level artificial groundwater monitoring stations during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period. This project will initially allocate 5 million yuan this year and take the lead in starting construction in some cities in Guanzhong (关中).

Shaanxi Province (陕西省) has basically formed a relatively complete groundwater monitoring operation and maintenance system, established a "daily statistics, weekly report, monthly report" station network operation and maintenance mechanism; accelerated the upgrading of monitoring equipment, realized full 4G coverage of automatic monitoring stations, and maintained the "double excellence" of data arrival rate and accuracy rate. At the same time, the monitoring data reporting presents an efficient and accurate trend. The daily average arrival rate and completeness rate of water level monitoring in Shaanxi (陕西) are stable above 99%; the daily monitoring, statistical analysis, and research and judgment early warning of national and provincial groundwater monitoring station networks are completed on schedule, the dynamic changes of groundwater levels are dynamically controlled, 12 monthly early warning reminders of groundwater levels in key areas are released, and 5 dynamic reports of water levels in provincial over-extraction and over-load areas are implemented, effectively exerting the "advanced early warning, early intervention" role of dynamic monitoring.

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Anhui Launches Survey of Wild Chinese Alligator Population Resources

This newspaper Hefei (合肥) May 19th (Reporter Tian Xianjin (田先进)) In order to systematically grasp the wild population resource status of the Chinese alligator and scientifically guide its wild protection work, Anhui (安徽) recently launched the 2026 Chinese alligator wild population resource survey.

The survey is jointly implemented by the Anhui Chinese Alligator National Nature Reserve Administration and Anhui Normal University (安徽师范大学). The survey scope involves Xuanzhou District (宣州区), Langxi County (郎溪县), Guangde City (广德市), Jing County (泾县) in Xuancheng City (宣城市), and Nanling County (南陵县) in Wuhu City (芜湖市), a total of 5 counties (cities, districts), focusing on a comprehensive investigation of areas where wild Chinese alligators are known or may exist.

The survey strictly follows the "Technical Regulations for Wild Surveys of Chinese Alligators" to systematically monitor indicators such as the population size, spatial distribution pattern, and habitat ecological environment quality of wild Chinese alligators.

Since 2021, Anhui (安徽) has carried out wild population resource surveys of Chinese alligators for 6 consecutive years, gradually building a continuous archive of wild population resources, providing solid data support for scientifically formulating protection and management plans, carrying out population dynamic monitoring, and promoting habitat ecological restoration. Previous survey results show that the wild population of Chinese alligators has steadily increased, the distribution range has significantly expanded, the population age structure has continued to optimize, and the habitat ecological environment quality has continued to improve.

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Oriental Storks Breed in Wetland

In recent years, the wetland ecological environment in Caofeidian District (曹妃甸区), Tangshan City (唐山市), Hebei Province (河北省) has continued to improve, becoming an important habitat for birds such as the Oriental White Stork, and the number and types of rare birds are increasing year by year.

Recently, the Oriental White Stork, a national first-class protected animal inhabiting the Caofeidian (曹妃甸) wetland, has entered the breeding season. Currently, more than 40 pairs of Oriental White Storks have built nests and are raising their young on the wetland iron towers.

The picture shows Oriental White Storks taking care of their chicks on an artificially built bird's nest in the Caofeidian (曹妃甸) wetland.

Xinhua News Agency (新华社) reporter Yang Shiyao (杨世尧) photo

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

Layout Design: Zhang Fangman (张芳曼)

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Chinese technology deeply empowers world-class events (On the Scene)

By: 本报记者 刘仲华

The 2026 World Cup is about to kick off in the US, Canada, and Mexico. This World Cup will feature 48 teams, setting a new record for the scale of the event. Industry insiders also see it as a watershed moment when AI (Artificial Intelligence) technology truly moves from the laboratory to the green field on a large scale. Some media outlets have dubbed it the first "AI World Cup." FIFA President Gianni Infantino (詹尼·因凡蒂诺) stated that FIFA is fully embracing digital technology and artificial intelligence to support participating teams and match officials, while providing fans around the world with amazing new experiences. Recently, reporters visited the FIFA headquarters in Zurich (苏黎世), Switzerland, to get a close look at the high-tech pulse beating here and witness how Chinese companies and technologies are deeply empowering this World Cup.

The Most AI-Driven Event in History

Zurich (苏黎世) has been the headquarters of FIFA since 1932. "FIFA has 211 national (regional) member associations, demonstrating the broad cohesion of football. This can be called the 'Home of World Football'," said Hani Taljieh (哈尼·塔尔吉赫), FIFA Public Relations Manager.

The FIFA headquarters has lush green grass and a beautiful environment, with many football fields of various sizes. The names of all member associations' countries (regions) are engraved on the ground stone bricks in turn. At the end of the stone path is a rectangular glass curtain wall building, which is the FIFA headquarters building put into use in 2007, including 3 floors above ground and 6 floors underground. Taljieh (塔尔吉赫) introduced: "The building design is very ingenious. Limited by the local building height limit, the designer dug 6 floors deep underground. The entire building is wrapped in a technologically advanced mesh structure, symbolizing the core element of football - the goal net."

Walking through the large and small offices and conference rooms, the reporter saw that the staff were busy preparing for the upcoming sports event. Long to-do lists were posted on the office walls, roadshow slides were playing in the conference rooms, and people were discussing various specific matters.

The sixth floor underground is FIFA's warehouse. When the elevator door opened, the first thing that caught the eye was hundreds of thousands of Lenovo laptops on metal shelves, as well as routers, network cards, and other electronic accessories. On the mobile workstation platform, rows of deployed laptops were in the system loading or monitoring interface. "Colleagues in Miami (迈阿密), USA, urgently need 400 computers, and we must complete the installation and configuration within 3 days," said Alexander Metzler (亚历山大·梅茨拉夫), head of FIFA's digital product project, pointing to the computers on the table. They will soon cross 16 cities in the Americas and become the "nerve endings" commanding 104 games. Precise hardware and a rigorous technical team will build the "digital skeleton" of the World Cup.

In the conference room on the third floor underground, a World Cup AI technology press conference was being held. Relevant FIFA technology leaders introduced that the football AI super-intelligence that will be used in the US, Canada, and Mexico World Cup is a generative AI knowledge assistant designed to provide training support for participating teams. It is based on millions of data points from each past game to help coaches, players, and analysts conduct game analysis, tactical deduction, and personalized decision-making. Relevant FIFA global football development leaders stated that FIFA has signed contracts with multiple companies to allow AI to deeply intervene in this year's games. AI no longer only analyzes games, but also begins to participate in judging games, explaining games, and reshaping games. The globally renowned artificial intelligence industry media "AI News" reported that "the 2026 World Cup will be the most AI-driven event in history."

Chinese Enterprises' Display Technology and AI Solutions Help Improve the Level of Event Organization

In the lobby on the first floor of FIFA headquarters, Hisense LED displays of different sizes are arranged in a scattered and orderly manner, and the slogan "Technology Enriches Life" on the background board is particularly eye-catching. A press conference being held here announced that Hisense has officially become the official VAR (Video Assistant Referee) display technology partner for the 2026 World Cup. Hisense RGB-Mini LED TVs will be fully installed in the 2026 World Cup video referee center. Relying on ultra-high color gamut and color accuracy, this technology can clearly restore every detail of the game scene and help referees achieve accurate judgments.

"Hisense's technology proves how leading innovation can directly affect the experience of players, referees, and teams," said Nick Brown (尼克·布朗), FIFA Commercial Partnership Director, in his speech, adding that this technology sets an innovation benchmark for the industry. Romi Gai (罗米·盖伊), FIFA Chief Commercial Officer, bluntly stated that this technology will also achieve a "major leap in the way football is watched."

If display technology is the "eyes," then the AI architecture is the "brain" that supports the event. The white paper "The First AI World Cup: The Victory of Scenarios" released by the cutting-edge technology research institution "Unfinished Research" believes that the core change in this year's World Cup is that AI has begun to be embedded in the structure of event operations, including how AI is used in scenarios such as judgment disputes, traffic surges, and multilingual communication. The white paper stated that in this sports event, Chinese companies represented by Lenovo Group are building a solid "technology base." As FIFA's official technology partner, Lenovo's hybrid AI architecture and scenario operation capabilities are embedded in the core processes of the event. The AI equipment, services, and solutions provided by Lenovo will cover core processes such as event operation, judgment support, and viewing experience. "This marks the transition of Chinese technology from a participant to a structural supporter of large-scale global public scenarios. This is not a single point product output, but a global verification of system capabilities," the white paper said.

Metzler (梅茨拉夫) introduced: "During the World Cup, FIFA will concentrate 10,000 Lenovo computers and more than 200 engineers, scattered in all 16 venues, to provide logistical support for the event." In addition to hardware support, the AI solutions provided by Lenovo also include "AI-driven digital twins." On the eve of the World Cup, Lenovo demonstrated digital twin technology to the media in Zurich (苏黎世). The reporter entered a 3D scanning cabin that resembled a large dressing room, and it only took one minute to complete the collection of full-body human data. Then an exclusive 3D digital twin would be generated - making people feel as if they were in a science fiction movie scene.

Santiago Manso (圣地亚哥·曼索), Director of Sports and Entertainment Business at Lenovo Group, introduced that 28 3D scanning cabins will be deployed during the World Cup to create 3D digital twins for all participants. The collected data will be integrated and entered into FIFA's database. These virtual twins can reproduce game scenes in the form of 3D animation, and will achieve centimeter-level or even millimeter-level accuracy in offside judgment and key judgment links. Infantino (因凡蒂诺) said: "In FIFA's exploration of new horizons, Chinese companies have always been at the forefront. The upcoming 2026 World Cup, the cooperation between Lenovo and FIFA will generate some amazing artificial intelligence technology innovations, which will be used to improve the level of refereeing technology and game analysis capabilities, and create unprecedented fan interaction experiences."

An Important Force in Promoting the Popularization and Progress of Global Sports

The 2026 World Cup is not only a football feast, but also an important stage for Chinese companies to deeply participate in top global sports events and demonstrate their technological strength and brand confidence. In recent years, leveraging top international sports events such as the World Cup, European Cup, and Olympic Games to quickly establish global awareness has become an important path for more and more Chinese companies to achieve global breakthroughs. From "Made in China" to "Created in China," from "product going overseas" to "brand going overseas," Chinese companies are gradually entering the technical core layer of international sports events, winning the recognition of event organizers, industry institutions, and global audiences.

Guy-Laurent Epstein (盖伊—劳伦特), UEFA Marketing Director, said that Chinese companies are no longer just commercial sponsors who buy billboards, but directly bring the most cutting-edge technological innovations into UEFA's event system. "Chinese companies' hard-core strength in green travel and advanced display technology perfectly fits our vision of creating a modern and sustainable event." Reuters and other foreign media reported that the role of Chinese companies in top international sports events has undergone a major change, from peripheral commodity suppliers in the past to key forces providing core technological infrastructure.

Chinese companies' understanding of sports business is also constantly deepening. They not only use sports marketing to achieve brand communication and business expansion, but also use their own technical capabilities to promote event organization, green transformation, intelligent broadcasting, and viewing experience upgrades. As Chinese companies become more and more deeply involved in top international events such as the World Cup and the Olympic Games, more "Chinese technology" and "Chinese solutions" may appear on the international sports stage in the future, becoming an important force in promoting the popularization and progress of global sports.

(Reported from Zurich (苏黎世), Switzerland by this newspaper, intern Zhao Hongsheng (赵宏笙) also contributed to this article)

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"Hoping for the opportunity to return to China"

By: 本报记者 李志伟

"Hello, Mr. 'Sikes'," if you can see this video, I would especially like to invite you back to China to see the green forest you donated $5,000 to plant back then." Recently, the story of Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍), a "National Model in Combating Desertification" who is rooted in the Mu Us Desert (毛乌素沙地) to control desertification and afforestation, searching for the American "Sikes" has attracted attention. On May 18th, local time, the reporter contacted "Sikes," who is in the United States, and conducted a telephone interview.

"Sikes"'s real name is Ronald Sakolsky (罗纳德·萨科尔斯基) (see picture, provided by the interviewee). Currently, he is retired. Previously, he was a social history teacher at a high school in Plum Borough near Pittsburgh (匹茨堡) in Pennsylvania (宾夕法尼亚州).

According to Sakolsky's recollection, in 1999, he was selected for the US-China Teacher Exchange Program and was to work and live in China for a year. He specifically chose to teach in Luoyang (洛阳) because "Luoyang is not far from ancient cities like Beijing (北京) and Xi'an (西安)," and he wanted to see the Terracotta Army (兵马俑) and experience Chinese life. During his time in China, he taught English speaking and listening courses in high school.

His experience in China left him with unforgettable memories. He traveled to Beijing (北京), Xi'an (西安), Nanjing (南京), Suzhou (苏州), Shaoshan (韶山), Hohhot (呼和浩特), and many rural areas. "This experience was especially precious," Sakolsky said. "I met many kind and enthusiastic people, and I also learned to cherish the happiness in ordinary life."

Sakolsky said that at that time, he would watch English news programs every day. When he accidentally saw a short film about Yin Yuzhen's (殷玉珍) deeds, he was moved to tears and decided to lend a helping hand. "I was deeply touched and eager to do my part to help these respectable ordinary people." So, Sakolsky sent emails to many organizations in the United States, hoping to raise funds. Eventually, an organization in Boston (波士顿) was willing to contribute $5,000 to support Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍) and her husband in controlling desertification and afforestation. He said that after completing all the formalities, the relevant Chinese authorities contacted Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍), and the donation was successfully delivered to her. "She is truly a remarkable woman."

When he learned that the saplings Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍) planted in the Mu Us Desert (毛乌素沙地) with this donation are now a lush green forest, Sakolsky was very happy. He said, "This is exactly what I originally intended to do when I raised the donation. I never thought this matter could have such a big impact."

"I did all this to give back to this beautiful country that treated me kindly and accepted me. It was the experience in China that made me a better person," Sakolsky said. "All the credit belongs to Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍) and her husband. They are the real heroes."

After teaching in China for a year, Sakolsky returned to the United States in 2000 and worked at the school until he retired in 2020.

Sakolsky has never forgotten his experience in China and the matter of raising donations to plant trees. When many of his students and former Chinese colleagues contacted him via text message and email to inform him that Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍) and netizens were looking for him, Sakolsky said with emotion, "I experienced a few magical days. It was truly a miracle."

"The Chinese people's sincere love for their motherland is admirable." Sakolsky praised the Chinese people for having a deep sense of patriotism. At that time, ordinary people like Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍), "even with meager incomes, still paid out of their own pockets to plant trees and control desertification. This spirit is touching."

"I look forward to having the opportunity to return to China." Sakolsky said, "Seeing the dense forest grown from those small saplings is a wish I have always had." Sakolsky said that in 2004, when he returned to Luoyang (洛阳), he received a life-size replica of a Terracotta Army (兵马俑) statue. He took the statue back to the United States and placed it in his classroom to tell his students about Chinese culture and history. Today, the statue is still treasured in his home.

Although China and the United States are far apart, the friendly exchanges between the two peoples have a long history. "When I visited Hohhot (呼和浩特) in 2000, I had the honor of giving a speech to students in a school auditorium. At that time, I said that we live on the same earth and should live in harmony and be as close as a family. More than 20 years have passed, and this sentence still applies today," Sakolsky said.

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"Lin Jia No. 7 Salon" Focuses on "Zero Tariffs Promoting China-Africa Solidarity and Progress"

People's Daily, Beijing, May 19th (Reporter Li Yan (李琰)) The "No. 7 Linjia Salon" briefing session, hosted by the China Public Diplomacy Association, was held in Beijing (北京) on the 19th. Liu Yuxi (刘豫锡), Ambassador for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Affairs of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (中国外交部), and Chen Yusong (陈雨松), Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization Department of the Ministry of Commerce (商务部), interpreted the profound impact of the zero-tariff policy on China-Africa economic and trade cooperation.

Liu Yuxi (刘豫锡) pointed out that China's comprehensive implementation of the zero-tariff policy for the 53 African countries that have established diplomatic relations with China is a concrete manifestation of China's practice of the principles of sincerity, real results, amity and good faith towards Africa and the correct approach to justice and shared interests.

Chen Yusong (陈雨松) stated that China and Africa will continue to explore the potential for cooperation in areas such as trade in services, digital trade, green industries, and sustainable development, enhance the independent development capabilities of African countries, and lay a solid foundation for building a new era of an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future.

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Confronting Historical Responsibility is the Only Way to Truly Overcome the Shadow of War (Global Perspective)

By: 徐 馨

In April of this year, the German weekly newspaper *Die Zeit* launched a function to query family Nazi history, relying on the Nazi Party member database of the U.S. National Archives. Once the function was launched, the number of visits soared instantly, and the server was once overloaded. This national historical review allowed countless German people to face the dark past of their ancestors and face up to the sins and scars in the history of their nation. Germany took the initiative to uncover the "fig leaf" of family history, without evasion, whitewashing, or shirking responsibility. This spirit of self-reflection makes Japan, which is also a defeated country in World War II, even more glaring in its perfunctory and hypocritical attitude towards history.

Examining the attitude of countries towards history, Germany and Japan present a world of difference. In December of last year, Germany announced the construction of a new memorial in Berlin (柏林) dedicated to commemorating the Polish victims under Nazi tyranny, and at the same time returned a batch of precious Polish medieval documents looted during World War II. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (默茨) bluntly stated that remembering history, facing the past, is endless. This is a sincere apology from a perpetrator country to the victims of history, and even more so a firm commitment to historical justice.

On the other hand, Japan has always speculated repeatedly on historical issues, deliberately whitewashing, and even vigorously summoning the soul of militarism. In April of this year, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) offered sacrifices and ritual fees to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社) for two consecutive days. This shrine enshrines 14 Class A war criminals with blood on their hands in World War II, such as Hideki Tojo (东条英机) and Iwane Matsui (松井石根). Throughout her political career, Takaichi Sanae (高市早苗) has almost never been absent from worshiping ghosts on the anniversary of Japan's defeat and surrender, repeatedly "justifying" the perpetrators of the war, and continuously stinging the emotional bottom line of the victimized people.

The gap between the two countries is even clearer in the accountability for historical crimes. Since the Nuremberg Trials, Germany's liquidation of Nazi crimes has never stopped, without being restricted by the statute of limitations and without any exceptions. Even former concentration camp guards over a hundred years old and file recorders in their nineties will still be held accountable and brought to justice as long as they are involved in crimes, and the historical bottom line will be maintained with zero tolerance.

Japan has always condoned and shielded war criminals, never holding them accountable. Tadahiko Ishikawa (石川太刀雄丸) and Hideo Futaki (二木秀雄), members of Unit 731 who participated in human experiments and live dissections, completely escaped international justice trials. Not only were they not punished in any way, but they were transformed into academic authorities and industry executives. Former war criminals were packaged as social celebrities, and the cruel crimes of aggression were quietly concealed.

The inheritance and shaping of historical memory further highlights the differences in the patterns of the two countries. Germany has incorporated Nazi history into the national education system, always reviewing the war disaster from the perspective of the perpetrator. More than 10,000 "stumbling block" copper bricks on the streets of Berlin (柏林) and the war ruins that remain to this day inscribe the names and suffering of the victims in the urban fabric, allowing historical warnings to be passed down from generation to generation.

Japan has long systematically tampered with historical memory, blurring the essence of aggression through textbook revisions, rewriting the "War of Aggression against China" as the "Sino-Japanese War," and downplaying the "Nanjing Massacre" as the "Nanjing Incident," openly denying key historical facts such as the forced recruitment of "comfort women" and forced laborers. Mines, docks, and factories stained with the blood and tears of victimized countries have been packaged as industrial heritage and successfully applied for World Heritage status, and landmarks of aggression built with looted stone have been beautified as "peace towers," completely reversing black and white and misleading national cognition.

German society generally believes that if you don't face the past, the past will eventually come back. Germany has proven with decades of continuous self-reflection that facing historical crimes is the only way to shed historical baggage and win international respect. On the other hand, Japan is systematically whitewashing its crimes of aggression and eliminating war memories, while accelerating constitutional amendments and military expansion, breaking through the constraints of the pacifist system. The contradictory actions hide non-negligible security risks.

History is not a dusty pile of old papers, but a bright mirror illuminating the way forward. Awe of history and reflection on guilt, history is the alarm bell guarding peace. Only by sincerely admitting mistakes and adhering to the right path of history can we truly bid farewell to the shadow of war and safeguard lasting peace.

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Japan should deeply reflect on its historical culpability and take concrete actions to completely break with militarism.

This newspaper reported from Beijing on May 19th (Reporter Li Anqi (李安琪)) Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) stated on the 19th that distorting history and concealing crimes will not bring forgiveness and trust. The Japanese side should deeply reflect on its historical guilt, thoroughly sever ties with militarism through practical actions, and truly embark on a path of peace.

At the regular press conference that day, a reporter asked: As defeated countries in World War II, Japan and Germany have taken drastically different approaches and achieved different results in implementing trial results, reflecting on historical guilt, and conducting national education. Recently, Germany launched a Nazi history query tool, which has received millions of visits, once again sparking discussions about reflecting on Nazi crimes. However, within Japan, voices denying the Tokyo Trials and even attempting to overturn the verdict are rampant. Some Japanese citizens lament that they may be the last generation to remember the Tokyo Trials. What is China's view on this?

Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) stated that in the face of just trials, some countries have sincerely reflected, publicly apologized, comprehensively liquidated fascism, widely carried out anti-Nazi education, and formed a legal system that strictly prohibits Nazi propaganda and severely punishes the denial of historical guilt, thus winning the respect of the world. However, the Japanese government has tried its best to evade and downplay the "Murayama Statement (村山谈话)" and "Kono Statement (河野谈话)," which express remorse and apologies for colonial aggression, condoning right-wing forces to openly glorify war crimes, attempting to challenge the conclusions of the Tokyo Trials, and trying to overturn the verdict on the history of aggression.

Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) said that for more than 80 years since its defeat, Japan has not thoroughly liquidated the remaining poison of militarism, but instead enshrines World War II war criminals who launched wars of aggression at the Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社), a de facto "war criminal shrine," which multiple prime ministers and political figures visit or offer sacrifices and ritual fees. Japan has also failed to comprehensively and objectively reflect the history of aggression in textbooks and establish a guiding principle of never waging war again, but instead creates a so-called "victim" persona and promotes an erroneous view of World War II history. These erroneous words and deeds are challenging the achievements of World War II victory and the post-war international order.

"Distorting history and concealing crimes will not bring forgiveness and trust. The Japanese side should deeply reflect on its historical guilt, thoroughly sever ties with militarism through practical actions, and truly embark on a path of peace," he said.

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Ten thousand people rally in Japan against Takasaki city government's undermining of the pacifist constitution.

According to Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, May 19th (Reporters Chen Ze'an (陈泽安) and Li Linxin (李林欣)) -- In response to the constitutional amendment attempts and a series of military expansion movements by the Japanese government of Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗), Japanese citizens held a rally in front of the National Diet Building (国会議事堂) in Tokyo on the evening of the 19th, protesting the Takaichi government's destruction of the pacifist constitution.

According to the organizers, approximately 10,000 people participated in the rally. At the scene, protesters held signs with slogans such as "Stop constitutional amendment and military expansion" and "Do not destroy Article 9 of the Constitution," and chanted slogans such as "Stop deploying missiles" and "Takaichi resign," strongly protesting the Takaichi government's attempt to amend the constitution and destroy the pacifist constitution.

Protester Yuki Hoshino (星野由纪) told Xinhua News Agency that people do not want constitutional amendments, and Takaichi and others are promoting constitutional amendments without authorization. "So many people have gathered here (to protest), hoping (the government) will change its mind."

Ryosuke Tanji (丹治亮介), who participated in the rally, told reporters: "War must never be allowed to happen. Japan has done very bad things, and many Japanese people may have gradually forgotten. But the more I understand, the more I feel that such things must never be allowed to happen again."

Hiroshi Onishi (大西广), Professor Emeritus at Keio University (庆应义塾大学), told reporters at the rally that the Japanese government's recent military expansion movements violate the pacifist ideals of the Japanese Constitution and must be stopped.

According to Japanese media reports on the 18th, the Liberal Democratic Party (自民党), the ruling party of Japan, has formed a draft proposal on revising the "Three Security Documents," proposing to strengthen the air defense system and continuous combat capabilities, as well as to equip long-range missiles and submarines equipped with next-generation power systems as soon as possible, in order to strengthen "attack capabilities against enemy bases."

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The humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues to worsen.

By: 本报记者 黄培昭

In recent days, Israel has launched a new round of attacks on the Gaza Strip. According to reports, on May 15, the seventy-eighth Palestinian "Nakba Day," Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades military leader, Izzedine al-Qassam (伊兹丁·哈达德), was killed in an Israeli airstrike. The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation quoted a senior Israeli security official as saying that Israel believes the airstrike was "successful." Since the ceasefire agreement took effect last October, Israel has continued to bomb Gaza from time to time, claiming that the targeted targets "pose a threat" to the Israeli army. According to The Times of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (内塔尼亚胡) said on the 17th that Israel has been expanding its control over the Gaza Strip and now controls 60% of the area.

According to a briefing from the Gaza health authorities on May 16, multiple attacks in the past 48 hours have resulted in 13 deaths and 57 injuries. Since the ceasefire agreement took effect last October, the cumulative number of deaths in the Gaza Strip has reached 870 and the number of injuries 2,543. Since the outbreak of the 2023 conflict, the cumulative number of deaths in Gaza has risen to 72,757 and the number of injuries to 172,645. Currently, the entire survival system of Gaza is facing systemic collapse. The latest briefing from the United Nations shows that more than 80% of Gaza's population has been displaced by the war, and more than one million refugees are crammed into temporary settlements lacking water, electricity and sanitation facilities, and the risk of outbreaks of infectious diseases such as cholera and diarrhea continues to rise. Medical conditions are deteriorating, and currently only a small number of field hospitals of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Rafah are struggling to support them.

In January of this year, the Gaza ceasefire agreement was announced to have entered its second phase, but Israel is still frequently launching attacks, expanding military construction, and restricting the access of humanitarian supplies. According to UN data, in the first 11 days of May, only half of the aid trucks from Egypt to Gaza were able to unload at Israeli-controlled crossing points, and the shortage of urgently needed supplies such as food, antibiotics and trauma medicines has expanded to 60%. According to multiple Israeli media reports, the Israeli Navy once again intercepted a "Global Resilience Flotilla" trying to sail to the Gaza Strip on the 18th. The flotilla set sail from southern Turkey last week, attempting to break Israel's naval blockade of the Gaza Strip and deliver humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza. At present, the continuing war has completely destroyed Gaza's agricultural production system, the shortage rate of agricultural inputs such as seeds and fertilizers is close to 90%, and nearly 90% of the local population faces food insecurity.

Faced with the fact that the terms of the Gaza ceasefire agreement have hardly been substantially implemented, the international community calls on all parties concerned, especially Israel, to fully comply with the ceasefire agreement and achieve a comprehensive and lasting ceasefire in Gaza. Many parties urge Israel to fulfill its obligations under international humanitarian law, lift restrictions on the entry of supplies, support humanitarian agencies in carrying out assistance, and build a basic survival safety net for the people of Gaza.

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This edition's editors: Zou Zhipeng, Zhang Huizhong, Chu Jun

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Yili: Being Present is Wonderful, Symbiosis Towards the Future

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May 20, 2026

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Why China's Global Trust Continues to Rise (Authoritative Forum)

In recent years, numerous international public opinion polls have shown a significant rise in global trust in China. In the minds of many countries' citizens, China is a "trustworthy country" and a "reliable partner."

The rise in trust is not the result of a single day's effort but stems from sustained strategic focus, clear development plans, and outstanding execution capabilities. China, with the tenacity of "one generation after another working hard," has achieved a myriad of impressive achievements in its modernization drive; it is firmly committed to the path of peaceful development, adheres to the common values of all humanity, and provides the world with valuable stability and certainty. The continuously accumulating trust is a testament to China's practical actions in responding to the questions of the world and the questions of the times.

Shen Guilong (沈桂龙), Director of the Institute for World China Studies at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (上海社会科学院)
Hassan Ragab (哈桑·拉杰卜), Dean of the Faculty of Languages at Suez Canal University (苏伊士运河大学) in Egypt, Egyptian Dean of the Confucius Institute, and Sinologist
Veronica Saraswati (维罗妮卡·萨拉斯瓦蒂), Director of the Indonesian Global Development Research Center
Julio Ceballos (胡里奥·塞瓦略斯), Spanish business consultant and writer

Strategic Focus –
A Major Country with Prudent Actions, Consistent Policies, and Trustworthiness

Shen Guilong: Throughout history, Chinese governance wisdom has always contained historical thinking that transcends short-term interests and plans for the long-term future, adhering to the concept of "being prepared for anything, otherwise it will fail," practicing the strategy of "thinking before acting," and inheriting the long-term spirit of "planting trees for future generations to enjoy the shade." The international community's trust in China stems from China's strategic stability. The Communist Party of China (中国共产党), shouldering its historical mission, adheres to a people-centered approach, promotes the construction of Chinese-style modernization in accordance with the steps of the Five-Year Plan, and provides the most scarce certainty and stability for a turbulent world. This reliable image of consistent words and deeds and fulfilling promises over a long period has consolidated the cornerstone of the world's trust in China.

Julio Ceballos: When talking about trust in China, one can start with a crucial concept: predictability. Compared to some countries where policy directions fluctuate sharply with election cycles, China's development demonstrates a rare degree of predictability, maintaining a clear pace of progress for decades. China's stability does not mean no change; on the contrary, China has undergone profound and grand transformations in the past few decades. The key to stability lies in the fact that these changes are incorporated into a clear and long-term planning framework.

Each Five-Year Plan points the direction and establishes priorities for China's development, effectively reducing impromptu decision-making. At the domestic governance level, this strategic focus translates into strong synergistic effectiveness: various ministries, local governments, and large operating entities operate efficiently under a unified strategic framework, ensuring efficient coordination of resources and policy implementation results. This does not mean that all decisions are the optimal solution, but it can guarantee overall consistency. At the level of foreign cooperation, this certainty sends a clear signal to the international community: China will not redefine its structural goals in the short term. China provides strategic certainty to the international community, allowing governments and multilateral institutions to assess China's policy direction based on stable expectations, thereby steadily adjusting their relations with China.

I am not advocating simply copying the Chinese model, but I suggest that everyone think about what price will be paid in terms of trust in the long run if we indulge in short-term logic.

Veronica Saraswati: In the eyes of other countries in the Global South, China is a major country with prudent actions, consistent policies, and trustworthiness. In China, long-term thinking is reflected in all aspects, from national strategies to local plans, from university research layouts to corporate investment decisions. Making long-term plans for the future has become a common consensus.

The comprehensive strength of modern China is the result of continuous promotion of long-term planning and continuous accumulation of institutional dividends. Since the launch of the first Five-Year Plan in 1953, China has completed fourteen Five-Year Plans, the most distinctive feature of which is strategic focus across generations. Each Five-Year Plan provides clear action guidelines, promotes the formation of broad social consensus, and enables efficient and orderly resource allocation.

In foreign policy, China has always maintained a strong strategic focus. Facing round after round of global challenges, China continues to play the role of a stabilizer, adhering to not withdrawing, not breaking promises, and not losing credibility, demonstrating the responsibility of a major country. Against the backdrop of increasing global turbulence, China's stability allows other countries to form stable expectations for cooperation with China and coordinate their own development plans with China's medium- and long-term strategies. The "Belt and Road" Initiative (一带一路) is a very important cooperation platform.

Commitment to Action –
Once a Commitment is Made, it will be Continuously Promoted and Sustained

Julio Ceballos: In international relations, trust rarely comes from words but is accumulated in the process of continuously fulfilling promises. Over the past few decades, a significant feature of China as a national actor has been its continuous fulfillment of promises. For other countries in the Global South, trusting China means believing in an achievable tomorrow, and investing in China means investing in a promising future amidst risks and challenges. Despite different voices, the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" cooperation has produced verifiable practical results – roads, ports, and power grid construction... Each cooperation project has effectively enhanced the industrial capabilities of many countries and brought benefits to the people of the co-construction countries. These have enhanced the trust of cooperating countries in China.

On global issues such as addressing climate change, narrowing the development gap, and promoting technological innovation, China has transformed from a rule-taker to an active builder. China's investment in renewable energy and its role in the global green supply chain provide the international community with realistic and feasible solutions. Although these solutions are not perfect, they are scalable.

Hassan Ragab: By observing China's cooperation practices with other countries in the Global South, especially the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" cooperation, it can be clearly seen that the trust of various countries in China is continuously deepening. This trust is built on the foundation of China fulfilling its promises, solidly completing cooperation projects, and bringing tangible results to cooperating countries.

The projects implemented under the framework of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" are characterized by long execution cycles, large investment scales, and high integration. It is particularly important to adhere to commitments and continuously implement them. As each project is implemented, the confidence of partners gradually upgrades from recognition of a single project to trust in China – viewing China as a model committed to promoting win-win cooperation among countries in the Global South.

Taking Egypt as an example, from the rise of the central business district in the new administrative capital to the realization of the blueprint for New Alamein City, Chinese companies have demonstrated outstanding technical standards and project management capabilities. Through these projects, Egyptian society has truly felt that China is reliable, proactive, and has strong execution capabilities.

Veronica Saraswati: Consistency between words and deeds is a distinct characteristic of the Communist Party of China's governance. Since the reform and opening up, from promoting industrialization and achieving large-scale poverty reduction to accelerating technological innovation, each major strategic deployment in China has been accompanied by the establishment of strict execution, evaluation, and accountability mechanisms, making the fulfillment of promises a political responsibility that must be fulfilled. It is under the influence of this system that China has formed a rigorous, pragmatic, and unified governance style.

Whether in domestic development or foreign cooperation, the long-term goals announced by China are regarded as serious policy signals rather than expedient measures. International partners generally feel that once China makes a commitment, it will continuously promote it and 久久为功 (jiǔ jiǔ wéi gōng - "achieve success through persistent effort," persistent effort leads to success). This is why even when the international situation is complex and volatile, many countries are still willing to regard China as a trustworthy partner.

Shen Guilong: Chinese-style modernization has demonstrated irrefutable persuasiveness on the international stage with its brilliant achievements. The world not only pays attention to this but also eagerly expects to share the dividends of development with China. "Providing new opportunities for world development with new achievements in Chinese-style modernization" – this is not only China's slogan but also China's action. Today, this action has become a cooperation project that has taken root: the Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (蒙内铁路) in Kenya activates regional economic vitality, the Eastern Industry Zone (东方工业园) in Ethiopia creates a large number of jobs, and green technology helps people in Pakistan achieve "photovoltaic poverty alleviation"... In the vast world of high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road," China vigorously promotes advanced technology and carries out sincere cooperation without any political conditions attached. These measures vividly interpret the powerful spillover effect and driving role of Chinese-style modernization, allowing the world to see a China that keeps its word, is credible, lovable, and respectable.

Global Responsibility –
Expanding Space for Developing Countries to Explore Their Own Paths to Modernization

Hassan Ragab: Adhering to the concept of "giving a man a fish is not as good as teaching him how to fish," China attaches great importance to helping partner countries improve their independent development capabilities in promoting cooperation with other countries in the Global South. This empowering cooperation greatly enhances the confidence of various countries in China as a long-term trustworthy partner.

Many cooperation projects between China and Egypt are accompanied by the implementation of detailed vocational and skills training programs to enhance the technology and experience of local talents, ensuring that the results of cooperation are deeply rooted and continue to prosper in local society. The reason why Chinese language education can be steadily incorporated into Egypt's basic and higher education systems is precisely due to consultation and respect. The continuous support of the Chinese side for teacher training and local talent development has enabled Chinese language education projects to achieve truly sustainable and localized development in Egypt.

For other countries in the Global South, the value of the Chinese experience lies not in displaying a replicable "success template" but in providing a development path with extremely valuable reference – on the basis of respecting their own national conditions, countries can achieve long-term development through independent exploration, scientific planning, and pragmatic execution.

Veronica Saraswati: Through its own successful exploration, China has sent a clear signal to other countries in the Global South: development is by no means a zero-sum game, and backwardness is not an immutable fate. As long as they adhere to long-term planning, maintain policy stability, and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, developing countries are fully capable of shaping the future and winning a more equal position in the global landscape.

China adheres to the principle of equality and mutual benefit in carrying out foreign cooperation, develops partnerships with the goal of empowering and enhancing efficiency and capacity building, and is committed to helping cooperating countries consolidate their development foundations, enhance their endogenous driving forces, and independently grasp development opportunities. By building infrastructure to promote connectivity and by optimizing industrial systems through industrial cooperation... China's foreign cooperation fully considers the needs of various countries, assists the vast number of developing countries in breaking through the structural bottlenecks that restrict their integration into the global economic system, and enhances their position in the global value chain.

At the global governance level, China adheres to multilateralism, advocates the construction of a just and equal international order, supports developing countries in playing a greater role in international rule-making and global agenda setting, opposes measuring the development paths of countries at different stages of development with a single standard, and China advocates expanding space for developing countries to explore their own paths to modernization.

Shen Guilong: China has proposed four major global initiatives, providing global public goods from the four dimensions of development, security, civilization, and governance, responding to the urgent needs of the times. On the one hand, China continues to release signals of policy coherence and predictability, injecting stability into a turbulent world; on the other hand, facing frequent challenges, China firmly assumes the role of a "ballast stone" in promoting global economic recovery, building political mutual trust, and stabilizing the geopolitical situation. While successfully embarking on a path of modernization that suits its own national conditions, China actively provides public goods to the international community, continuously exports stability, and provides valuable opportunities for the vast number of developing countries to explore paths to modernization.

Julio Ceballos: Trusting China is by no means copying the Chinese model but treating China as an indispensable and rationally reliable partner. At the same time, trust is not unlimited capital, and China needs to adhere to openness and transparency and accept external observation. In the current era when zero-sum game thinking prevails, China deepens its long-term partnerships with other countries in the Global South by providing global public goods.

The international community is full of expectations for China: hoping that China, as a responsible, far-sighted, and predictable international actor, will maintain stable execution and an open cooperative attitude. China encourages countries in the Global South to actively participate in the shaping of new rules. For countries in the Global South, this means jointly overcoming risks and challenges and working together to create a better future; for Western countries, this means being more flexible and inclusive and earnestly fulfilling existing commitments in a spirit of unity.

(Reporters Qu Pei (屈佩), Cui Yin (崔寅), Yan Huan (颜欢), Cao Shiyun (曹师韵), and Shen Xiaoxiao (沈小晓) of this newspaper interviewed and compiled)

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Reflections on Seeing Industry in a Museum

By: 李心萍

What kind of chemical reaction occurs when industry enters life?

Wandering through a museum, one can witness a century of changes in the glass industry. Stepping into the Qinhuangdao Glass Museum (秦皇岛市玻璃博物馆), over a thousand glass exhibits in various shapes and forms outline the rising curve of the glass industry's "new" content.

Visiting an exhibition allows one to appreciate the technological charm of the information industry. Coming to the Electronic Science and Technology Museum, participating in a research project, from the telegraph to the Beidou system (北斗系统), science unveils its mysterious veil, and principles become clear and tangible.

From "industrial heritage" to "cultural exhibits," recently, various regions have been utilizing industrial heritage and old factory resources to build industrial museums, create industrial cultural industry parks, and unlock new industrial tourism scenarios and gameplay.

The rise of industrial museums allows people to view industry from a different perspective, making industrial culture tangible and accessible. This is of considerable significance for China, which is in a critical period of building a manufacturing powerhouse.

Touching history makes one more determined to move forward.

Visiting industrial museums, each exhibit records the development history of Chinese manufacturing, a history of struggle from lagging behind to catching up and leading. When the development of each industry transforms from a set of data into individual items, people will better appreciate the road choice of "developing industry and manufacturing through our own strength," and will be more determined in the direction of "China cannot lack manufacturing at any time."

During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, China's economy still needs to "maintain a reasonable proportion of manufacturing." However, engaging in real industry is arduous. Especially industrial innovation, like trekking on a rugged mountain road, requires crossing jagged rocks, experiencing hypoxia, and wearing out iron shoes. Such trekking is often long and lonely, testing determination, patience, and perseverance. Only by building consensus and making firm choices, allowing more people to be willing to devote themselves to real industry and adhere to real industry, can we continue to consolidate and strengthen the foundation of the real economy.

Combining rigidity and flexibility can better enhance competitiveness.

Currently, China has become the world's largest manufacturing country, but the problem of being large but not strong is still prominent, such as insufficient innovation, lack of deep focus, and insufficient precision. To break through these bottlenecks, both the rigid promotion of technological development and the flexible support of cultural power are needed.

For example, the reason why German manufacturing has become synonymous with quality is inseparable from the engineer culture of German society; the reason why Japanese manufacturing is so popular is also due to the whole society's respect for craftsmanship, which is the power of industrial culture.

In the exploration and practice of promoting industrialization, China has nurtured typical industrial cultures such as Daqing (大庆), "Two Bombs, One Satellite" (两弹一星), and manned spaceflight, forming spiritual characteristics such as self-reliance, hard work, and selfless dedication, and has also left a large number of material wealth carrying industrial culture. Making good use of these material wealth and giving play to the power of industrial culture, and constantly building social consensus and value orientation of winning by quality, can promote the transformation and upgrading of China's industry, improving quality and efficiency.

Sowing seeds accumulates more forward momentum.

When children in industrial museums personally shake the handle to "revive" a thousand-ton hydraulic press; put on uniforms and become nuclear power operators in front of simulated consoles; wear VR (virtual reality) glasses and experience welding technology with simulated welding guns, the "ignition" of industrial interest is quietly completed. Once interest is activated by cultural scenes, it has the opportunity to be transformed into career choices, reserving talents for a manufacturing powerhouse.

Building a manufacturing powerhouse ultimately depends on talent. Taking industrial museums as a second classroom and carrying out various forms of research activities not only helps to increase knowledge and relax the body and mind, but also helps to stimulate imagination, catalyze innovative thinking, and is more conducive to China's continued strengthening of talent advantages and releasing talent dividends.

China's industrial cultural resources are rich in categories and diverse in forms. Let us use industrial museums as a fulcrum to leverage the large market of industrial tourism, and use industrial culture to nurture the construction of a manufacturing powerhouse.

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"Gateway to the Sea" Moves to the "Doorstep" (Industrial Economy Perspective: Promoting High-Quality Development of Productive Service Industries)

By: 本报记者 韩 鑫

How fast can a 200,000-ton mega-vessel complete the entire process from entering the Bohai Sea, loading and unloading nearly 10,000 TEUs, to leaving the berth and heading out to sea?

The answer is approximately 57 hours.

Relying on the "Efficiency in Bohai (在渤效率)" service brand, the overall operating time for container ships visiting Tianjin Port (天津港) to enter and exit the Bohai Sea is reduced by approximately 10%. The new service speed significantly enhances the port's attractiveness, translating into tangible port throughput. Data shows that in the first quarter of this year, Tianjin Port (天津港) completed a container throughput with a year-on-year increase of 9.5%, achieving a "good start."

What is "Efficiency in Bohai (在渤效率)"? How did this service brand come about? Recently, reporters went to Tianjin Port (天津港) for on-site interviews to explore new models of port and shipping services.

Nearly 10 hours shorter than before, ships enter and exit Bohai Bay in less time and with higher efficiency.

On the coast of the Bohai Sea, the sea breeze is gentle.

Berth 36 of the Beijiang Port Area (北疆港区) of Tianjin Port (天津港) is undergoing an intelligent loading and unloading operation:

Four remote-controlled bridge cranes drop their "grips" from dozens of meters in the air. The huge containers, like "dolls," are accurately grabbed and steadily placed on the waiting container trucks. The whole process is completed in one go.

At 7 p.m., dusk falls. After nearly 28 hours of relay operation, the "COSCO Oceania" vessel, carrying over 9,700 TEUs of cargo, left the berth on time and entered the Yellow Sea via the main channel, anchorage, and the dividing line between the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea.

Thanks to the "Efficiency in Bohai (在渤效率)" service brand, the total time this container ship spent in the Bohai Sea, from entering the Bohai Sea, entering the port for loading and unloading, to leaving the port to the dividing line between the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea, was 56.9 hours, nearly 10 hours shorter than the traditional model.

What is "Efficiency in Bohai (在渤效率)"?

"The 'Bohai (渤)' in 'Efficiency in Bohai (在渤效率)' refers to Bohai Bay," said Zhang Jiang (张茳), Deputy General Manager of the Business Department of Tianjin Port Co., Ltd. (天津港股份有限公司). "In the past, when ports talked about efficiency, they only focused on 'how many more boxes the bridge crane can lift' or 'how many fewer hours the berth is used.' Now we are focusing on systematic improvement. By strengthening port and shipping coordination and extending the service radius, we are moving the 'sea exit' to the 'doorstep,' greatly reducing the time for ships to enter and exit Bohai Bay."

Service "updates" help shipping companies reduce costs and increase efficiency.

Taking the "COSCO Oceania" vessel as an example, when it enters the dividing line between the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea 140 nautical miles away, the port begins to track the ship's trajectory and reverse-schedule the berth window. After the ship enters the anchorage, the pilot is already waiting at the agreed point to ensure that they board the ship and enter the port as soon as possible. After berthing, the remote-controlled shore bridge cooperates with the container truck to start efficient loading and unloading, realizing "berthing upon arrival and operation upon berthing"...

"Time is cost!" said Zhang Dongming (张冬明), Deputy General Manager of Tianjin COSCO Shipping Container Transportation Co., Ltd. (天津中远海运集装箱运输有限公司). "A complete set of customized service solutions greatly reduces the turnaround time of ships. Especially for our European and American long-distance trunk line ships, 'Efficiency in Bohai (在渤效率)' ranks firmly in the first echelon of the industry."

Brand "renewal" reshapes the port's competitive advantage.

From "berth (泊)" to "Bohai (渤)," a one-word difference makes a significant change:

Walking into the Tianjin Port (天津港) Dispatch and Command Center, on the system page, the "Bohai Time Axis" of key ships is accurately counted - from entering the dividing line between the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea, the standards for navigation, berthing, loading and unloading, and departure are clear, with one policy for each ship and everything in an orderly manner.

Since the "Efficiency in Bohai (在渤效率)" brand was officially released in August last year, a total of 217 container ships have temporarily called at Tianjin Port (天津港), adding more than 300,000 TEUs of container throughput, covering 44 shipping companies.

Close collaboration between multiple entities and interlocking of multiple processes enable rapid connection between the forefront of the inland hinterland and the global maritime network.

In less than a year since its release, how has this port and shipping service brand become so popular?

--Driven by demand, turning disadvantages into advantages.

Looking at the map, Tianjin Port (天津港) is located at the deepest point of the western end of Bohai Bay, which objectively leads to longer voyages for international container trunk line ships, relatively high operating costs, and insufficient willingness to call at the port. However, from another perspective, this is precisely the "forefront" connecting the economic hinterland of North China and Northwest China, closer to the inland market and shorter in land transportation distance, resulting in lower comprehensive logistics costs.

"'Efficiency in Bohai (在渤效率)' was originally intended to capitalize on strengths and avoid weaknesses," Zhang Jiang (张茳) explained. "By shortening the time to enter and exit Bohai Bay, we can enable rapid connection between the forefront of the inland hinterland and the global maritime network, so that strong freight demand can be better connected to international routes and global commodities can reach the northern market faster."

A change of thinking broadens the horizon. In 2024, the "Efficiency in Bohai (在渤效率)" brand service pilot operation was launched. Tianjin Port (天津港) selected 10 long-distance trunk lines at 4 container terminals and customized service plans for 6 key shipping companies. In one year, the average "Bohai time" of 6,000-8,000 TEU-class ships was reduced by 10.3% compared to the target value, and the operating efficiency of many routes ranked among the top in the world, effectively helping to reduce costs and increase efficiency in the logistics chain.

Having tasted the sweetness, in 2025, "Efficiency in Bohai (在渤效率)" will be fully rolled out from the pilot program, and the scope of brand services will be greatly expanded. Not only will all 5 container terminals in the port be included in the service system, but also all key routes for domestic and foreign trade, and long- and short-distance routes will be fully covered, supporting Tianjin Port's (天津港) direct call rate of key routes to exceed 99%, and the volume of branch lines in the Bohai Rim will remain the first in Bohai Bay.

--Relying on collaborative efforts to overcome difficulties and turn potential into kinetic energy.

A closer look at the "Efficiency in Bohai (在渤效率)" service model reveals that the port customizes service plans for different ship types, the shipping company adjusts the berthing plan according to the port's operating rhythm, and the port units use intelligent systems to share inspection information in advance... Close collaboration between multiple entities and interlocking of multiple processes have led to an overall leap in efficiency.

"Efficiency is not 'squeezed' out, but 'combined' out," Zhang Jiang (张茳) introduced. Under this service model, the port, together with port units such as customs, maritime affairs, and border inspection, implements precise control measures such as "direct pick-up at the ship's side" and "direct loading upon arrival at the port," promoting efficient collaboration and linkage between port departments, and turning efficiency improvement from a port "solo" into a port and shipping "chorus."

For example, through the VTS (Vessel Traffic Management System) joint duty mechanism, Tianjin Port Group (天津港集团) and Tianjin Maritime Safety Administration (天津海事局) have established a channel control and early warning mechanism. Last year, the duration of channel control caused by fishing vessels obstructing navigation decreased by 35% year-on-year. Tianjin Customs (天津海关) and Tianjin Border Inspection (天津边检) proactively connect with port and shipping agencies to grasp customs clearance needs in advance, customize customs clearance plans, and reduce customs clearance time by nearly 40%.

In August last year, the "Ruiyang Tianjin" vessel encountered heavy rain during operation. Tianjin Port Container Co. (天津港集装箱公司) played the collaborative role of "port + terminal + shipping company" and quickly came up with a rain operation plan to ensure "zero delay" connection in all links. In the end, it took only 8.8 hours to efficiently complete the loading and unloading tasks of the vessel, shortening the average berthing time by 23.6% compared to the past.

"We are jointly preparing for the Waterborne Transportation Intelligent Management Center with Tianjin Port Group (天津港集团)," said Bi Xuejun (毕学军), Executive Deputy Director of the Vessel Traffic Management Center of Tianjin Maritime Safety Administration (天津海事局). At present, more than 20,000 ships enter and exit Tianjin Port (天津港) every year. The dense flow of ships and the trend of larger ships are increasing the pressure on the channel. By breaking down data blockages and building a collaborative platform, the port channel capacity can be maximized while ensuring water safety, further improving the efficiency of ships entering and leaving the port.

Taking "Efficiency in Bohai (在渤效率)" as a breakthrough, the port's berthing efficiency has been further improved, and the port and shipping service level has been comprehensively improved.

Starting from demand and breaking through the situation through collaboration, the incubation of the "Efficiency in Bohai (在渤效率)" service brand, in the short term, is to improve operating efficiency; in the long term, it is to enhance competitive strength.

"The recently issued 'Opinions on Promoting the Expansion and Quality Improvement of the Service Industry' proposes to enhance the comprehensive competitiveness of modern logistics." The relevant person in charge of Tianjin Port Group (天津港集团) said, "'Efficiency in Bohai (在渤效率)' is, in the final analysis, to make customers more worry-free and more beneficial. It is not only an 'efficiency business card' of Tianjin Port (天津港), but also a 'port solution' for transforming to the high end of the value chain."

Today, the role of the service brand is gradually emerging:

On the one hand, "Efficiency in Bohai (在渤效率)" is forcing the re-improvement of berthing efficiency.

"After several rounds of digital and intelligent upgrades, considering production safety and operating costs, the port's loading and unloading efficiency has approached its limit," Zhang Jiang (张茳) admitted frankly. "'Efficiency in Bohai (在渤效率)' turns one-way service into collaborative efforts, further expanding the space for efficiency improvement.

Opening the Tianjin Port (天津港) Intelligent Dispatch System, the "Efficiency in Bohai (在渤效率)" query module generates hundreds of data items every month. Through artificial intelligence analysis of ship trajectories, the accuracy rate of ship arrival time reaches 95%, leaving room for subsequent port operation resource allocation and process optimization.

In March of this year, with the smooth departure of the "Mediterranean Flavia" vessel, Tianjin Port Pacific International Container Terminal Co. (天津港太平洋国际集装箱码头公司) completed the loading and unloading operation of the vessel with a berthing efficiency of 249.1 natural boxes per hour, setting a new record for the highest efficiency of Mediterranean European routes in global ports. The "Bohai time" was also shortened by 9 hours, further expanding the influence of the service brand.

"After the establishment of 'Efficiency in Bohai (在渤效率),' port and shipping services need to be pre-positioned from the port to the dividing line between the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea 140 nautical miles away, which requires more refined management capabilities," Zhang Jiang (张茳) introduced. At present, the speed standards for near-sea routes have been clarified, the loading and unloading operation processes for domestic trade routes have been refined, and the port has formed a five-stage closed-loop management for container ships entering and exiting the Bohai Sea.

On the other hand, "Efficiency in Bohai (在渤效率)" is also restructuring port and shipping relations.

Since 2024, multiple departments of Tianjin Port (天津港) have jointly visited the headquarters of major shipping companies such as COSCO Shipping and Maersk, and worked with major shipping companies to create "Efficiency in Bohai (在渤效率)" standards, promote the continuous improvement of "Efficiency in Bohai (在渤效率)," and further improve the on-time rate of liner services.

"By working with shipping companies to expand the route network layout, enrich port and shipping cooperation scenarios, and extend port and shipping cooperation fields, the port and shipping service level has been comprehensively improved," said the relevant person in charge of Tianjin Port Group (天津港集团). In the "Xinhua·Baltic International Shipping Center Development Index Report (2025)," Tianjin's (天津) comprehensive strength ranking of international shipping centers jumped to 18th in the world, continuing to improve compared to last year.

Taking "Efficiency in Bohai (在渤效率)" as a breakthrough, Tianjin Port (天津港) is continuing to build an important strategic fulcrum in northern China connecting domestic and international dual circulation:

Looking inward, the addition of domestic trade routes makes the efficiency of the "two ports and one voyage" and "three ports and one voyage" fast channels between Tianjin Port (天津港) and ports such as Shanghai Port (上海港), Guangzhou Port (广州港), and Xiamen Port (厦门港) more stable, the cargo turnover time is continuously shortened, and the smooth flow of goods between the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) region and the South China market is realized.

Looking outward, the efficient operation of multiple long-distance trunk lines makes Tianjin Port (天津港) a preferred hub for goods from countries jointly building the "Belt and Road (一带一路)." In the first quarter of this year, according to Tianjin Customs (天津海关) statistics, the value of exported mechanical and electrical products from Tianjin Port (天津口岸) was 109.3 billion yuan, an increase of 4.9% year-on-year. Among them, the value of exported electronic components was 6.3 billion yuan, an increase of 49.3% year-on-year.

From "berthing efficiency" to "Efficiency in Bohai (在渤效率)," with the vigorous growth of service brands and the efficient allocation of resource elements, Tianjin Port (天津港), a century-old port, is standing at the forefront of reform and opening up and opening up new development space in the dual circulation pattern.

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The Inclusive and Open Huai Merchant Culture (Economic Geography Musings)

By: 范更生

Huai'an (淮安), Jiangsu (江苏) Province, located in the lower reaches of the Huai River (淮河), is a city that prospered due to the Grand Canal. During the Spring and Autumn Period, King Fuchai of Wu (吴王夫差) dug the Hangou Canal (邗沟) to connect the Yangtze (江) and Huai Rivers (淮) in order to attack Qi (齐). The end of the Hangou Canal (邗沟) to the north became a settlement, forming the embryonic form of the city of Huai'an (淮安).

The increasingly prosperous commercial activities due to water and land transportation also nurtured Huai merchants. During the Ming (明) and Qing (清) dynasties, the Governor-General of Grain Transport (总督漕运部院), in charge of national grain transport, was stationed in Huai'an (淮安). As the national hub of grain transport, Huai'an (淮安) became a vital transportation hub for ships from the south and horses from the north, presenting a commercial prosperity where "the market does not rest at night."

The development of Huai merchants has always been dependent on the Grand Canal. The Grand Canal's natural characteristics of embracing all rivers, openness, and fluidity have deeply permeated the development genes of Huai'an's (淮安) commercial culture. The main body of Huai merchants are guest merchants who came from all directions through the Grand Canal. They came to Huai'an (淮安) to do business and settle down due to various opportunities, and after generations of integration with the locals, they jointly multiplied and thrived, giving the Huai merchant group a distinct cultural characteristic of "inclusiveness and openness."

The inclusiveness and openness of Huai merchant culture not only benefited from the integration of guest and local merchant groups facilitated by the special regional environment, but also from the unique humanistic environment and civilized soil rooted in Huai'an (淮安). As early as the Neolithic Age six to seven thousand years ago, the Qingliangang Culture (青莲岗文化) of Huai'an (淮安) was the dawn of civilization in the Jianghuai (江淮) River Basin. The exchange of goods between hunting and farming tribes gave rise to the budding of inclusive and open ideas. During the Xia (夏), Shang (商), and Zhou (周) dynasties, the ancestors created a splendid culture comparable to the Central Plains civilization. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, the Wu (吴) and Chu (楚) cultures merged in the Huai area, and the tolerant and open humanistic environment made it a commercial paradise for merchants from all directions.

The degree of openness of Huai merchants reached a higher level during the Sui (隋), Tang (唐), and Song (宋) dynasties. With the completion of the Grand Canal in the Sui Dynasty, the exchange of personnel and materials between the north and the south increased dramatically. Huai'an (淮安), located at the intersection of the Grand Canal and the Huai River (淮河), became the gateway for personnel from countries such as Korea and Japan to enter China. A large number of foreign merchants came to Huai'an (淮安) to trade and settle down. Chuzhou (楚州) (now Huai'an (淮安))'s "Silla Village (新罗坊)" became a nationally renowned navigation trade information hub and personnel and material distribution center at that time. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Chuzhou (楚州) was listed as one of the top ten important prefectures (紧州) (meaning important) in the country.

Since the Southern Song Dynasty, the Yellow River's (黄河) diversion into the Huai River (淮) has led to the gradual impoverishment of the originally rich land of fish and rice. The city of Huai'an (淮安) lacked the support of a good economic hinterland and could only rely on the Grand Canal's grain transport to maintain its "isolated island" prosperity. The local people had weak economic strength and had to rely on guest merchants from along the Grand Canal to maintain their livelihoods, and then seek mutual benefit and win-win results. During the Ming (明) and Qing (清) dynasties, Huai'an (淮安) became the five major centers for national grain transport management, river management, grain boat manufacturing, grain transfer, and grain salt tax collection. Wealthy guest merchants flocked to the city, and there were numerous guild halls and luxurious residences. A large number of guest merchants became registered residents of Huai'an (淮安), and the comprehensive strength and group quality of Huai merchants continued to improve, and development entered its peak period.

The prosperity of Huai merchants not only drove urban economic development, making the Shanyang Medical School (山阳医派) and Huaiyang Cuisine (淮扬菜) famous all over the world, but also promoted the prosperity of local culture and education. Hexia Town (河下镇), outside the prefectural city, as a key point for grain and salt transport, although a small place, produced dozens of Jinshi (进士) (successful candidates in the highest imperial examinations) in the Ming (明) and Qing (清) dynasties, with Zhuangyuan (状元) (top scholar), Bangyan (榜眼) (second-highest scholar), and Tanhua (探花) (third-highest scholar) all present. Hexia (河下) also gave birth to Wu Cheng'en (吴承恩), the author of *Journey to the West* (*西游记*). The ability of Huai merchants to absorb all kinds of cultures has been greatly enhanced, and they also have a broader and more open mind.

Since modern times, a large number of Huai'an (淮安) people have gone out of their homes to explore the world. Many people have inherited the inclusive and open cultural traditions of Huai merchants, actively adapting to and integrating into the diverse cultural backgrounds of various places, thereby achieving success in their careers. Entering the new era, the vast number of Huai merchants are building on past achievements and striving for progress, and are striving to write a new chapter in the glorious history of Huai merchants.

(The author is the chairman of the Huai'an (淮安) Municipal Committee of the Jiusan Society (九三学社), and this report was compiled by Bai Guangdi (白光迪), a reporter from this newspaper)

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Where Steel Blooms

By: 蒋 巍

One of the tremendous social changes brought about by new technologies is stillness.

The stillness of blue skies and white clouds, the stillness of green hills and clear waters, the stillness of towering buildings, the stillness of the digital economy, and the stillness left behind by high-speed trains speeding past... Stillness is, in fact, a "poetic dwelling" where humans and nature live in harmony, a crystallization of the human spirit and civilizational progress, like a drop of dew swaying on the tip of grass in the morning, or a ray of moonlight kissing a child's bed in the night.

However, stillness is often accompanied by continuous memories, and one can even hear the echo of 于无声处听惊雷 (yú wú shēng chù tīng jīng léi - "hearing thunder in silence," a sudden turn of events; unexpected revelation). When I returned to my hometown, Harbin (哈尔滨), and once again walked into some of the large state-owned enterprises and old factory sites such as "Three Great Engines" (三大动力) and "Hafei" (哈飞), an unprecedented excitement suddenly surged in my heart, and that was stillness. In the stillness, there is vitality, tremendous changes between the past and present, and a myriad of scenes, connecting the past and the brand-new present, as if everything is before my eyes. The voices and smiles of history are still there, the old burlap door curtain with the large red characters "No Idlers Allowed" is still there, and the honor roll of old model workers and old craftsmen hanging in the hall is still there. Once, those crisscrossing cableways in the air, the overhead cranes, and the rows of work clothes cabinets standing against the wall were all frozen, fixed together with the sweat and youthful shouts of that time. Looking at the old wall newspapers covered with pledges of determination, it seems that the passion is still there, the sweat is still there, and the master is still there! As a reporter at that time, I often came to the "Three Great Engines" (三大动力) for interviews and was deeply moved by many great craftsmen and heroic models. I remembered the workers' brothers' sweaty faces and calloused hands. If a apprentice failed to complete the task in time, they would angrily kick the apprentice and even shout "Get out, you brat!" But every New Year's, the old master would always call the apprentice to his home, and his wife would bring the steaming Northeast "Four Great Stews" (四大炖) to the kang table—at that time, everything was supplied by ration coupons—and of course, there would be bright and shiny cold noodles and scallions dipped in soybean paste. It was not uncommon for the master to introduce a shy girl from next door to the apprentice.

In the past, the steel men of the old industrial base left proud smiles and oil-stained figures in the workshops with the roar of machines and the sound of whistles, and on the railway lines leading to all parts of the country. They wiped the new equipment and new workpieces sent to distant places until they were snow-white and gleaming. I once saw an old worker sanding a new machine part nearly two meters high due to an urgent task, and his pair of thread gloves were dripping with blood. When this huge machine was started, the worker smiled and pointed it out to me: although the machine roared, a coin standing on it did not move at all, as stable as Mount Tai, and this was the craftsmanship of the old craftsmen!

Today, with the arrival of the new era, new technologies, and new life, Harbin's (哈尔滨) "Three Great Engines" (三大动力) has undergone large-scale upgrading and transformation. Some old factories have become grand memorial halls, and many of the "first" items that were once decorated with red ribbons have become precious exhibits and have been sent to national museums. In front of the magnificent factory gate, what surges in is no longer a tide of bicycles, but a square of private cars. The young people entering and leaving the factory area no longer carry heavy tool bags on their shoulders, but fashionable computer bags. Many high-tech enterprises, skyscrapers, and green homes have sprung up like forests. With a flick of their slender fingers, girls can command thousands of troops and horses on the keyboard; with a young man's "OK," "Made in China" (中国制造) and "Created in China" (中国创造) products on the assembly line surge to all parts of the world. The "Power Township" (动力之乡), which once only had the color of steel, seems to have become a dazzling "Industrial Garden" overnight, with hotels, shopping malls, supermarkets, restaurants, flower shops, and internet cafes everything. Strolling in this new steel world, white clouds and skylights shine brightly, cranes and steel parts dance together in the air, and soaring welding sparks and thousands of lights compete to bloom, all of which are landscapes of modernization, digitalization, and robots!

Indeed, with the vigorous rise of the digital economy, some old enterprises of the "Three Great Engines" (三大动力) have rusted, old technologies have been abandoned, and those workshops, pipelines, overhead cranes, and steel frames are old and outdated. However, I was excited to find that the owners here still cherish them and respect them immensely, and all the rust marks treasure the glory of the years. Walking into the old factory site, the glass windows that already have cracks, the workshop roads that reveal the cement floor, and the crisscrossing oil pipelines are still the original appearance and color of decades ago. Especially after passing a row of empty blue toolboxes, remembering the old master solemnly handing the key to the apprentice who took over, leaving behind sincere words of advice, my eyes could not help but moisten. Language cannot land here, everything is the echo of steel, condensing, shining, and remembering the glory and dreams, blood and sweat, and loyalty of the "Three Great Engines" (三大动力)!

Yes, who can forget their fiery youth and heroic years? Therefore, the owners here carefully preserve their own hard work, and even the rust marks left by several generations. After many years, an ancient and fresh miracle has appeared: a bronze wall and iron wall-like worker sculpture has been built in the square in front of the gate, a small bridge and flowing water where old workers often come to reminisce winds through the factory area, and photos of old model workers who struggled here in the past hang on the old workshops and old machines. It seems that steel is their blooming youth, pipelines are their rushing passion, and electric sparks are their shining wisdom, all of which connect the past, present, and future.

Entering the new era of rapid change, new projects and new factories from home and abroad have taken root in the "Three Great Engines" (三大动力), and the digital economy, ice and snow economy, bioeconomy, and green economy are holding up new scientific highlands. The people of Northeast China still have their unchanging fiery character: they are born with the hard bones to dare to think and dare to do, and they will never look back on the truth they have identified; they only want to succeed in doing things but do not care about failure, and where they fall, they will get up and do it again. Today's Harbin (哈尔滨), steel is still flowing, welding guns are still roaring, and the great craftsmen and the younger generation are making every effort to forge ahead in the new era with great momentum. Some people say "Harbin (哈尔滨) is lonely," no, they are not lonely, let alone silent! Their solid and determined march is still continuing, and their constantly launched "Made in China" (中国制造) and "Created in China" (中国创造) products are still going to the whole country and the world. They are still the "Three Great Engines" (三大动力) of contemporary China who dare to forge ahead, and they will still create their own glory!

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Talking About "Highlights" (Jin Tai Random Thoughts)

By: 许 锋

During my student days, I fell in love with photography. Back then, I used black and white film, developing and printing the photos myself. In the darkroom, under the dim red light, images slowly emerged in the developing solution. First the outlines, then the details, and a photograph was "born" in this way.

Looking at the negatives in the darkroom, the bright areas were bright, and the dark areas were dark. But after being printed into photos, everything was reversed: the bright areas became dark, and the dark areas became bright. Areas that were neither bright nor dark became gray.

Black and white photography, in the end, is a world of black, white, and gray.

An excellent black and white photograph cannot lack highlights. It could be a look in the eyes, a beam of light, or a reflective water surface. With highlights, the entire photo has a soul; without highlights, the photo is either dark, hazy, or pale, making it uninspiring. The reason may be that there were no highlights to begin with, or you didn't capture the highlights, or you eliminated the highlights in the darkroom.

Everyone likes highlights.

Every April, in Shichuan Town (什川镇), Gaolan County (皋兰县), 20 kilometers north of Lanzhou (兰州), tens of thousands of acres of ancient pear orchards are covered with white pear blossoms overnight, creating a picturesque scene where the sea of flowers complements the rushing Yellow River (黄河). Such scenery is common in the south, but in the northwest, every touch of green is hard-earned, and every flower is precious. The pear orchards of Shichuan (什川) were not built in a day—since the Jiajing (嘉靖) period of the Ming Dynasty (明代), local people have been planting pear trees here. Over hundreds of years, generations of relay protection have formed today's "world's first ancient pear orchard" with 9,423 ancient pear trees over a century old. Taking flowers as the medium and pears as the vein, fruit farmers pollinate pear blossoms on "Tianbash" (天把式) cloud ladders, children conduct research in the sea of flowers, and tourists flock to farmhouses... A season of flower seas drives the continuous warming of the entire cultural tourism market. This is a real highlight because it has roots, veins, and the precipitation of time. This is a real achievement, not written on paper or hung on the lips, but achieved by generations of people working together.

Football can also produce highlights.

More than 20 years ago, I wrote an article "Alley Football" (《小巷足球》). At that time, in many cities, you could often see such scenes: alleys with bluestone roads, potholes, and even moss hanging on the stone walls on both sides in summer. Naughty children hugged footballs and frolicked recklessly. The ball would not deviate from the "track" but would playfully play with the children. I wrote in the article: "Alleys, like time, sculpt the children in the alleys, and many children's dreams start with a football." Children's happiness is simple. When they cheer, they are not celebrating victory, but simply celebrating "playing a game of football." This kind of happiness is not mixed with any utilitarianism and does not require any reason. This is what football originally looked like.

In 2025, the "Suchao" (苏超) became a highlight of Jiangsu (江苏). This year, the "Yuechao" (粤超) may also become a highlight of Guangdong (广东). All participating teams in the "Yuechao" (粤超) are directly named after cities, and participating players must have local household registration or student status. This means that the players fighting on the field may be the fans' neighbors, folks, classmates, and friends. Everyone "comes for the city and fights for the city"—this slogan and goal instantly tied football, people, and the city's sense of honor together.

Some highlights are inherent. Some highlights are hidden in the "deep mountains." Some are not eye-catching at first, but if you are good at discovering and summarizing, they become highlights.

However, in reality, there are also some "highlights," such as "highlights" "manufactured" to cope with inspections, to report to superiors, and for their own political achievements, with data falsification, material accumulation, face-saving projects, and waste of money... Such "highlights" cannot stand scrutiny at all. Unveiling the surface packaging not only fails to become a "highlight" but is evidence of fraud.

Brightness and darkness are actually inseparable. If a person only thinks about "producing highlights" but is unwilling to work hard in the "dark," such as being unwilling to sit on the sidelines, unwilling to tackle tough problems, and unwilling to do things that lay the foundation and benefit the long term, then his highlights are destined to be as short-lived as a rainbow after the rain or a flash in the pan.

Therefore, there is no shortcut to the generation and continuation of all highlights, only hard work. As the saying goes, "Achievements are all made through hard work, and only real work can produce real achievements and real results."

Real achievements are true highlights. True highlights can shine into the hearts of the people.

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Old Wei (Encounters)

By: 朱宜尧

Walking in the park in the evening, I saw people playing badminton in the poplar forest of Xilin Park (西林公园). I went over to watch for a while, and a man asked if I could play. I said I wasn't very good, but I had played a few times when my son was learning badminton. He didn't stand on ceremony and handed me the racket. And so, I was on the court.
　　This man is Lao Wei (老魏).
　　After getting to know him, I learned that Lao Wei (老魏) is 63 years old. He makes sesame cakes in his shop during the day and plays badminton in the park at night. The people who play ball all affectionately call him "Little Bee (小蜜蜂)."
　　At first, I was very puzzled, but slowly, I understood why he was called "Little Bee (小蜜蜂)."
　　Lao Wei's (老魏) home is in Zhan Nan Community (站南小区), which is not close to the park. He rides his bike there every day, carrying a bulging black bag. I tried to lift it, but almost threw out my back. This black bag weighed dozens of pounds. Inside the bag were several "iron lumps": the net support and base. If the court was flooded, moving to the cement court would come in handy. I played ball for a few months, and we only changed courts once, but Lao Wei (老魏) carried this bag every day.
　　Lao Wei (老魏) has nine rackets, none of which are "decent." The strings are thicker nylon cords, which Lao Wei (老魏) strings himself. Looking at the side of the racket, you can see that it is a bit messy. There is also a pair of rackets made of iron, and you can imagine the weight. If it's training, I like it. After swinging it, using another racket is definitely easy and pleasant. But if you're playing a game, your arms can't take it. These "handmade rackets" of Lao Wei's (老魏) are specially prepared for people who didn't bring their own rackets to play.
　　I suddenly admired this Lao Wei (老魏). He puts his heart into preparing rackets so that more people can play ball, and he diligently carries the "iron lumps." No wonder they say he is a "Little Bee (小蜜蜂)."
　　Later, I learned that Lao Wei (老魏) even built this court himself. He cleaned the stones off the ground himself, and then leveled it little by little with sand. He carried the sand in bags on his bicycle, sprinkled some water, and when you stepped on it, it felt like stepping on a sand carpet. Lao Wei (老魏) also repairs balls. He takes the balls we don't want and takes the intact feathers off to make a good ball. There is also a special ball that has been in good condition for more than a year. That is a "black-boned chicken ball (乌鸡球)," made of black feathers, which is a bit "tricky" to play with, and Lao Wei (老魏) made it himself. The ball players say that Lao Wei (老魏) can fix anything, he is a capable person, from rackets to stringing to badminton, he is good at everything.
　　Many people come to play ball, the oldest is 78 years old, and the youngest is in their teens. The park is close to the high school, and many parents pick up their children, so they watch from the sidelines when they have nothing to do. As they watch, they also come on the court. First, they use Lao Wei's (老魏) racket, and once they get hooked, they buy their own racket. Several people are like this, exercising and picking up their children at the same time. As for me, my son learned badminton when he was young, but after he went to middle school, he studied too hard, and the racket was put away and never used again. It's a bargain for me. At 7:30 in the evening, my wife and I appear on the court on time, playing intermittently until 9:00 in the evening. When it's time to leave, Lao Wei (老魏) takes down the net by himself. I helped him a few times, but he always rushed to do it, saying, "Just come often!" This Lao Wei (老魏) makes us really embarrassed.
　　We can come because he is warm-hearted and loves to organize things. He arranges for ball players to come on and off the court, and if no one is playing, he substitutes. When there are enough people, he stands on the side and comments. Forward, backward, right, left, hit the backcourt, and after pointing out the mistakes, he doesn't forget to encourage, good shot! Good shot! Actually, it's not a good shot, but Lao Wei's (老魏) encouragement still makes us feel good, and we feel like we've been injected with chicken blood on the court.
　　Lao Wei (老魏) is so diligent and enthusiastic, what is he after? I haven't asked. But I guess that our figures on the court, striving to be the first, are perhaps a kind of praise for him.

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Under the Banyan Tree

By: 田文宪

I don't know when "Under the Banyan Tree" appeared. It is located in the northeast corner of Chang'an Square (长安广场), Chang'an Town (长安镇), Dongguan City (东莞市), looking like a fashionable glass coffee shop. Only when you get closer do you realize it is a reading room, with "Under the Banyan Tree Cultural Space" written on the door.

Under the Banyan Tree is a glass box, nestled under a large banyan tree, embracing the tree's trunk. Walking inside, you discover it's a glass sleeve. The outside is enclosed by 16 large panes of glass, forming a polygonal space, while the inside is enclosed by 16 smaller panes of glass around the banyan tree's trunk. The area between the glass sleeves is the true cultural space. Adjacent to the inner sleeve, three wooden bookshelves stand, filled with books. Around the outer sleeve, a circle of seats and coffee tables are arranged for reading and relaxation.

The dense shade of the large banyan tree, with its spreading branches and leaves, is like a giant umbrella, sheltering the glass box under its wings. The glass curtain wall reflects the surrounding scenery, making it look like a unique installation landscape.

I walk here almost every day to rest and read. On weekends, I sometimes bring my computer and stay for the whole day.

Here, I met an older cleaning lady. She enjoys browsing the latest magazines. This is also where her whole family gathers. After school, her children run here, doing their homework while waiting for their parents to get off work. They wait until their father, who works as a security guard, gets off work at 7 p.m. before returning to their urban village together.

Often, people handle work here, job seekers endure the waiting time with books, and some even spend the night, falling asleep on the coffee table with a book.

Shi (史) is also a regular at Under the Banyan Tree. He works in Songshan Lake (松山湖), Dongguan (东莞), and lives in Songgang (松岗), Shenzhen (深圳), requiring him to travel along National Highway 107 (107国道). Passing through Chang'an (长安), he likes to stop by, treating it as his gas station and charging pile.

Chang'an (长安) is Shi's (史) lucky place. In 1995, he came to Guangdong (广东) from Jiangxi (江西) seeking employment, wandering around Shenzhen (深圳) for two months. Later, he moved to Chang'an Town (长安镇), Dongguan City (东莞市), and became an apprentice in a mold factory. After settling down, he discovered that Chang'an (长安) had a different learning atmosphere. His mentor, upon their first meeting, encouraged him to study on his own and obtain a self-study diploma. Later, he switched jobs to Shenzhen (深圳) and became a technical engineer at a mobile phone factory. When he left Chang'an (长安) that year, Chang'an Square (长安广场) had just been completed, and the spherical device on the square rotated, giving him a feeling of 风生水起 (fēng shēng shuǐ qǐ - "wind rises, water follows," a meteoric rise; things going smoothly) and rebirth.

I also don't know when Under the Banyan Tree quietly closed. However, on the south side of Chang'an Square (长安广场), another 24-hour reading room has appeared. The central platform has two floors, and the two wings are single-story buildings, resembling a soaring eagle. It is located at the entrance of the Chang'an Library (长安图书馆). Pushing open the door, you see rows of wooden bookshelves, mostly filled with new books, and the fragrance of books wafts towards you. By the window are coffee tables and sofas, and you can also sit on the wooden stairs. There is also a children's area. Readers can scan a code to borrow books and pass the time reading.

The lights at night shine from the roots of the banyan tree to the treetops, reflecting a warm, yellowish glow. Through openings and closings, the fragrance of books has ultimately been passed down.

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Oil painting "South Bank of Songhua River" by Han Jingsheng (韩景生), collection of the National Art Museum of China (中国美术馆).

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A Chronicle of the Three Rivers Bridge in the Ancient Town

By: 吴少东

Sanhe Town (三河镇)

　　Is a miracle
　　Neither war nor flood could erase
　　Two thousand five hundred years of prosperity
　　Three rivers converging here
　　Flow in every dawn and dusk

　　Still sparkling and vibrant ancient town
　　The bluestone slabs, so smooth they tickle the soles of your feet
　　Straighten all the winding streets and lanes, leading to
　　The riverside, the bridge slows down the Sanhe River (三河水)
　　Attaching the aging and newborn shadows
　　To boatmen, rice merchants, and tea merchants
　　The stone arch券 solidified with egg white and glutinous rice

　　Like a stamped seal with a receipt mark pressed on the river
　　I walk across every bridge and see
　　The sky in the water slowly receding towards the whitewashed walls
　　People traveling far away bathed in the glow of sunset
　　Some return wearing the moonlight, some
　　Stand on the other end of the bridge, never to be seen again
　　The bridge is like a blood vessel connecting the wanderer's heart

　　The foundation stone records every rise and fall of the tide
　　Looking out from the seventh floor of Wangyue Pavilion (望月阁)
　　The Xiaonan River (小南河) is like a Huadan (花旦) in the Wan (皖) region, flinging open
　　Water sleeves, holding Fengle (丰乐) and Hangbu (杭埠)
　　All the archways tighten into a circle
　　Like the patterns on Tang suits, all the bridges
　　Are like a Chinese knot, buttoning up the ink paintings on both banks

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The Doorbell of Summer

By: 彭 程

In late spring, I returned once again to the small town beyond the Great Wall, waiting for the grand debut of summer.

Because of the higher altitude, the seasonal changes here, although arriving later than in the metropolis 100 kilometers away on the plain, compensate for the delayed phenology with a majestic momentum. From late April, thousands of crabapple trees along both sides of the main road in the residential area bloom profusely, sparkling brightly, as if sunlight is shining on a field of snow. Driving slowly past, it feels like entering the scene of a grand welcoming ceremony. Upon arriving at my residence, I am greeted by another kind of impact, this time from the sense of smell. The residential area is densely planted with lilacs, with one plant on each side of the entrance to each building unit, guarding it like sentries. It is the peak blooming season, and the flowers are clustered together in bunches, the fragrance like a surging wave, making me feel dizzy as if drunk.

The returning me sees a series of returns, which are the thousands of expressions belonging to nature. What I see from the window at this moment is one of the most magnificent – the gloomy and heavy clouds of winter have been briskly swept away by the giant hand of the wind, the clear sky is limpid and blue, and a few wandering white clouds are thin and clean, light and ethereal like a dream.

Spring has already turned and left, and at this time the green is gradually fattening, while the red has not thinned, and the flowers on the earth are still abundant and exuberant. My residence is located on the ground floor of a building, with a small courtyard, but the scenery in front of me is already satisfying to the eye – the kerria japonica next to the winding flagstone path, with its round, golden-yellow double-petaled flowers adorning the shrub, looks particularly beautiful with its oval leaves. To the left of the courtyard gate, a European snowball viburnum has bloomed with hundreds of full flower balls, with a faint greenness seeping out of the white, giving it a jade-like luster. On a small patch of ground to the right of the gate, the red flowers of a dozen tulips, like tall goblets, are raised uniformly towards the sky.

At this time of year, the growth of many plants is like a silent competition, secretly vying with each other in silence. A row of irises at the base of the outer wall of the wooden fence in the small courtyard has a purple arrow protruding from between the long, narrow sword-shaped leaves, which is a flower bud waiting to bloom. Next to it is a patch of artemisia capillaris seedlings, clinging tightly to the ground, slender and weak, but do not underestimate it, in a month or two, it will grow into a gray-green jungle more than a meter high, dense and lush. Last summer, a stray cat mother with several kittens came to the door every day to wait for food, and after eating and drinking their fill, they would crawl into the grass to play and sleep, allowing me to experience a fairy-tale atmosphere for more than two months.

After tidying up, I walked out of the room and onto the residential area's walking loop, which I had been away from for half a year. Twice a day, morning and evening, 3,000 steps each time, was my daily routine when I lived here in the past. I re-entered the familiar emptiness and tranquility. The sun was bright, and the warm wind caressed my face. Many trees are arranged unevenly along both sides of the road, with one or two lilacs every so often, and the fragrance of flowers surges in waves, sometimes rich and sometimes light, like the alternation of sunlight and cloud shadows.

I had surgery not long ago, and my steps are no longer as light as they used to be, which often makes me feel frustrated. But at this moment, this feeling suddenly weakened, replaced by a genuine sense of elation. Is it the vigorous vitality of all things competing to grow that makes me realize that I am part of a larger existence? Is it the new branches growing on the chopped branches of that Sophora japonica (国槐) tree that tell me about the principles of trauma and rebirth? I let my thoughts 信马由缰 (xìn mǎ yóu jiāng - "let the horse run freely," to let one's thoughts wander freely; to let things take their own course).

Walking slowly, my eyes cast casually, taking in all kinds of fragmentary impressions. Passing an apricot tree, the flower receptacles where the fine and numerous flowers once bloomed have produced green apricots the size of fingertips. At the base of the tree is a circle of emerald green daylilies, and between the light and elegant leaves, a branch of scarlet flowers will soon be raised high. A row of curved weigela is budding, and the carmine-red flowers will bloom for several months... The scenery in front of me is just the prelude to the next lush season of plants, like the overture to a grand concert.

I stopped at the corner of a building. Here is a gnarled wisteria, the gray-white vines have not yet grown leaves, but are already covered with large, solid flower buds. In just a few days, the tightly held petals will bloom into purple flowers, and when you get close, you will smell a faint fragrance. Wisteria flowers are very much like a string of small bells, and I remember once, after staring at them for a long time, a synesthetic effect occurred in my consciousness, and I seemed to hear a crisp and melodious tinkling sound in my ears.

If you wish, you can imagine it as the doorbell of the season. The door to summer has been opened, and I have crossed that vaguely defined threshold, entering its vast courtyard, entering its vastness, luxuriance, and unrestrainedness.

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