Summary: President Xi Jinping met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing, agreeing to extend the Sino-Russian Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation. Xi emphasized the 30th anniversary of the China-Russia strategic partnership and called for deepened political trust and strategic coordination to promote a more just global governance system. Putin affirmed the unprecedented high level of Russia-China relations and their role as a stabilizing factor in international affairs, expressing willingness to strengthen multilateral cooperation and support China's hosting of the APEC summit. The two leaders exchanged views on major international and regional issues, including the Middle East. Following the talks, Xi and Putin signed a joint statement on strengthening comprehensive strategic coordination and witnessed the signing of 20 cooperation documents in various fields.
Summary: President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin met in Beijing on May 20th, marking Putin's 25th visit to China, underscoring the high level of China-Russia relations. Xi highlighted the 30th anniversary of the strategic partnership and the 25th anniversary of the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation, emphasizing adherence to principles of non-alignment and non-confrontation. Both leaders signed a joint statement to strengthen strategic coordination and deepen cooperation, including advocating for world multipolarity and a new type of international relations. Xi called for enhanced cooperation in politics, economics, and people-to-people exchanges, as well as strengthened international collaboration to reform global governance. Putin affirmed that Russia-China cooperation is not directed against any third party and is not affected by geopolitical changes.
Summary: President Xi Jinping and President Putin of Russia jointly attended the opening ceremony of the "China-Russia Year of Education" in Beijing, marking the 30th anniversary of the China-Russia strategic partnership. Xi emphasized that education serves as a vital bridge connecting hearts and fostering friendship between the two nations, and called for deepened cooperation in talent cultivation and civilizational exchange. Putin highlighted the importance of education in national development and expressed his country's desire to strengthen collaboration to promote mutual understanding among the younger generations. Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Wang Yi, He Lifeng, Zhang Guoqing, and Chen Yiqin were reported to be in attendance. There was no mention of the United States in this article.
Summary: President Xi Jinping and President Putin held a meeting in Beijing, where they affirmed the continued deepening of the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era. Xi emphasized the importance of their frequent interactions in fostering mutual respect, fairness, justice, and win-win cooperation, contributing stability to a turbulent world. Putin highlighted the fruitful nature of his visit, noting discussions on a wide range of issues and future cooperation directions. The leaders also exchanged views on the Ukraine crisis. Cai Qi and Wang Yi were reported to be in attendance.
Summary: President Xi Jinping and Russian President Putin jointly visited a photo exhibition titled "Inheriting the China-Russia Friendship from Generation to Generation and Establishing a Model of Major-Country Relations" in Beijing. The two leaders reminisced about moments of friendly exchanges and cooperation, emphasizing the strength and enduring nature of China-Russia friendship. They affirmed that the great cause of China-Russia friendship conforms to the general trend of history and the trend of the times, is unbreakable, and will surely go far, bravely move forward, and constantly write new and exciting chapters. Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, and Wang Yi were in attendance. The photo exhibition was co-hosted by Xinhua News Agency and Russian TASS.
Summary: At the invitation of Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a state visit to China on May 19-20, 2026, during which they held formal talks and attended the opening ceremony of the "China-Russia Year of Education." The two sides reaffirmed their commitment to the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation and vowed to deepen cooperation across various fields, including military, economic, cultural, and technological areas, and noted they would work together to counter interference in their internal affairs and the spread of disinformation. The joint statement condemned hegemony, unilateralism, and interference in other countries' internal affairs, and also criticized the U.S. missile defense program. They stressed the importance of upholding the UN's authority and the principles of international law while opposing unilateral sanctions and protectionism, and addressed the situation in Ukraine.
Summary: According to a joint statement by China and Russia, both nations advocate for an equal and orderly multipolar world and a new type of international relations, citing previous joint statements on the matter. They believe the international landscape is undergoing profound changes, with a rise in the influence of countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and the Caribbean, but also note increasing global complexities, including unilateral coercion and hegemonic practices. The statement emphasizes principles like open and inclusive cooperation, equal and indivisible security, democratization of international relations, and respect for the diversity of civilizations. Both countries reject the imposition of one nation's interests onto the world and oppose using human rights as a pretext for interference. They also state that no country or group of countries should control international affairs, dominate the fate of other countries, or monopolize development advantages.
Summary: During a meeting, China and Russia signed or announced a series of documents and agreements covering a wide range of areas. These included a joint statement on further strengthening their comprehensive strategic partnership and another on advocating for world multipolarization and a new type of international relations. Agreements spanned urban development, cross-border railway construction, nuclear fusion, trade, customs, quarantine, market supervision, intellectual property, peaceful use of nuclear energy, film co-production, party and government training, and media cooperation. Further collaboration was detailed in innovation, energy (specifically green certificates), expert forums, news exchange, media training, sports, education, science, and university partnerships. The documents signal deepening cooperation between the two countries across multiple sectors.
Summary: President Xi Jinping met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing, agreeing to extend the Sino-Russian Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation. Xi emphasized the 30th anniversary of the strategic partnership and the 25th anniversary of the treaty, highlighting deepened political trust and expanded cooperation across various sectors. Both leaders stressed the importance of multilateral coordination within the UN, SCO, and BRICS, advocating for a more just global governance system. Putin affirmed the strength of Russia-China relations and their role as a stabilizing factor in international affairs, also mentioning support for China hosting the APEC Summit. Both presidents exchanged opinions on international and regional issues, including the Middle East situation.
Summary: President Xi Jinping met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing, marking Putin's 25th visit to China, and highlighting the high level of China-Russia relations. The two leaders signed a joint statement on strengthening comprehensive strategic coordination and deepening good-neighborly friendship, along with other bilateral cooperation documents, and statements advocating world multipolarization. Xi emphasized the 30th anniversary of the China-Russia strategic partnership, underscoring the principles of "non-alliance, non-confrontation, and non-targeting of third parties." Both leaders committed to deepening cooperation across various fields and strengthening strategic coordination on the international stage, while Putin affirmed that cooperation between Russia and China is not directed against any third country and is not affected by geopolitical changes. Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Wang Yi, He Lifeng, Zhang Guoqing, and Chen Yiqin were also present.
Summary: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson announced that Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić will conduct a state visit to China from May 24-28, at the invitation of President Xi Jinping.
Summary: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson announced that Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Popșoi will make an official visit to China from May 21st to 25th. The visit is at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Summary: At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin conducted a state visit to China on May 19-20, 2026, where they held formal talks and jointly attended the opening ceremony of the "China-Russia Year of Education." The two countries agreed to extend the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation, reaffirming their commitment to mutual support on issues of sovereignty and development paths, while stating that their relationship is not directed against any third country. They pledged to deepen cooperation across various sectors, including military, economic, energy, technology, and cultural exchanges. Both parties voiced strong opposition to hegemony, unilateralism, and external interference in their internal affairs, especially that of the U.S., and emphasized the importance of upholding international law and the UN's central role, with Russia reiterating its support for the One China principle. The two countries also expressed concerns about U.S. military activities in various regions.
Summary: Premier Li Qiang met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing, emphasizing the stability of China-Russia relations amidst global instability, and highlighting the 30th anniversary of the strategic partnership and 25th anniversary of the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation. Li expressed China's desire to expand trade, deepen cooperation in energy, agriculture, and connectivity, and align the Belt and Road Initiative with the Eurasian Economic Union, as well as continue to push for fair international cooperation. Putin reciprocated, emphasizing deepened cooperation in trade, energy, agriculture, technology, and cultural exchanges through the "Year of Education". Wu Zhenglong was also present at the meeting.
Summary: Premier Li Qiang signed a State Council decree announcing the "Regulations on the Implementation of the Mineral Resources Law of the People's Republic of China," effective June 15, 2026. The regulations aim to ensure the effective implementation of the revised Mineral Resources Law, promote the rational development and utilization of mineral resources, strengthen mineral resources and ecological environment protection, promote high-quality development of the mining industry, and ensure mineral resource security. The regulations cover various aspects, including the mining rights system, exploration and mining procedures, ecological restoration in mining areas, and mineral resource reserves and emergency systems. The regulations also refine the supervision and management system, and increase penalties for violations involving strategic mineral resources. The document does not make reference to the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Politburo Member and Vice Premier Liu Guozhong recently inspected the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, emphasizing the importance of strengthening basic research in agriculture, health, and medicine to support national strategic goals. Liu stressed the need to address urgent national needs and long-term requirements by systematically reviewing major basic scientific issues in relevant fields. He also called for the integration of artificial intelligence with basic research, the building of independent research databases, and international cooperation in basic research. Liu highlighted the critical role of high-level talent in basic research, emphasizing the need to cultivate, attract, and utilize talent effectively.
Summary: Li Ganjie, Politburo member and head of the United Front Work Department, addressed a symposium on strengthening the development of non-Communist Party representatives. Li emphasized the strategic importance of this work, highlighting Xi Jinping's directives and a recent central document on selecting, cultivating, managing, and utilizing these individuals. He urged non-Communist Party figures to solidify their ideological foundation with Xi Jinping Thought and contribute to the "15th Five-Year Plan." Leaders from various democratic parties, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and representatives of personages without party affiliation also spoke at the meeting. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin paid a state visit to China from May 19th to 20th, 2026, where they held official talks and jointly attended the opening ceremony of the "China-Russia Year of Education." Premier Li Qiang also met with Putin. Both countries agreed to extend the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation. They pledged to deepen military cooperation through joint exercises and patrols, while also strengthening coordination in multilateral frameworks to address security risks. China and Russia criticized unilateral sanctions and protectionist measures in trade, while condemning external interference and military strikes against sovereign nations, an apparent allusion to U.S. foreign policy.
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Summary: A recent State Council Information Office press conference highlighted the work of five grassroots environmental representatives in China. He Shuangjiang, from Chongqing, discussed strategies for improving air quality, while Xie Hongsong, a manager at Shanxi Yaxin Group, emphasized the company's transition to green manufacturing. Hou Peng, from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, highlighted the use of remote sensing technology for ecological monitoring, including observing vegetation changes in the Yellow River basin and monitoring dust storms. Li Minxia discussed efforts to improve water quality in Taihu Lake, and Nima Duoji talked about developing ecological tourism in Tibet.
Summary: According to the article, Lai Ching-te is attempting to redefine "Taiwan independence" by framing the maintenance of cross-strait peace and stability as a strategic goal. This redefinition is seen as a reaction to the recent Xi-Biden meeting, where Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of properly handling the Taiwan issue for stable US-China relations. The article asserts that President Trump's post-meeting remarks indicated the U.S. does not support Taiwan independence, undermining Lai's reliance on the U.S. for support. Lai's administration is accused of manipulating narratives to deceive the Taiwanese public and international community while continuing to promote "Taiwan independence" and anti-China sentiments. The piece concludes that Taiwan independence is a dead end, and reunification is only a matter of time.
Summary: According to PRC Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Chen Binhua, Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te's "5.20" speech was full of lies, hostility, and confrontation, adhering to a "Taiwan independence" stance. Chen accused Lai of advocating "sovereign independence," exaggerating the "China threat," and attempting to seek independence through military means and external forces, thereby disrupting cross-strait peace. He reiterated that Taiwan is part of China and that "Taiwan independence" is incompatible with peace and stability, stating that the PRC will adhere to the "One China Principle" and the "1992 Consensus" to combat separatist activities. The United States is not directly mentioned, though the phrase "seeking independence through external forces" is an allusion to U.S. support for Taiwan.
Summary: At a press conference, State Council Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Zhu Fenglian addressed several issues regarding cross-strait relations. She welcomed the resumption of tourism to Kinmen and Matsu for Shanghai residents, criticized the ruling DPP's "Taiwan independence" stance and obstruction of cross-strait exchanges as running counter to the interests of the Taiwanese people, and asserted that reunification is inevitable. Zhu also stated the DPP was attempting to promote economic decoupling with the mainland. She accused the Lai administration of seeking independence through foreign support and military means. Zhu emphasized the need for peaceful resolution of cross-strait issues and condemned "external interference," reiterating the commitment to the "1992 Consensus" and opposition to "Taiwan independence."
Summary: The main bridge of the Bei River Grand Bridge on the Qinghua Expressway, a key project constructed by China Railway Bridge Engineering Group and China Communications Road & Bridge Construction, successfully closed on May 20th. This marks the full through-connection of the Qinghua Expressway's main line, laying the groundwork for its opening to traffic by the end of the year. The Qinghua Expressway, a key project in Guangdong's 14th Five-Year Plan, will serve as a major transportation artery for the integration of Guangzhou and Qingyuan. The 1440-meter-long Bei River Grand Bridge is a critical component of the 54-kilometer expressway. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The 2026 World College Student Supercomputer Competition (ASC26) concluded in Wuxi, Jiangsu, with Peking University and Tsinghua University winning first and second place, respectively. Twenty-five teams, selected from over 300 global university teams, competed in tasks including designing and installing supercomputer clusters under strict power constraints, running benchmarks, and simulating complex models. The competition, initiated by China, aims to promote international exchange and development of supercomputing talent and applications. The event, now in its thirteenth year, is one of the world's largest supercomputing competitions for university students.
Summary: The China Meteorological Administration has released a plan for developing an Earth system data platform from 2026-2035, aiming for global coverage, comprehensive data, advanced technology, and efficient circulation. The plan outlines a three-stage development goal, focusing on establishing the platform by 2027, achieving stable operation and application scenarios by 2030, and integrating the platform into China's digital development by 2035. Officials state the platform is necessary for modernizing meteorological capabilities and building new national competitive advantages. The initiative intends to support major national strategies and socio-economic development. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The "Clear Yellow River" tourism campaign for 2026 was launched on May 19th in Qinghai province, aiming to showcase the Yellow River's beauty and cultural significance. A caravan of drivers from the nine provinces and autonomous regions that the river runs through will travel from the river's source in Qinghai to its mouth in Shandong, passing through key ecological and cultural sites. Qinghai province also used the event to release its own "Clear Yellow River" tour route. The initiative, started in 2025, seeks to create integrated development for the Yellow River region, emphasizing ecological protection, cultural heritage, and economic benefits.
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Summary: At a press conference, Liaoning Province Governor Wang Xinwei outlined the province's priorities for the 15th Five-Year Plan, focusing on building a modern industrial system through technological innovation and improving the business environment. These priorities include upgrading traditional industries, fostering emerging sectors like new energy and materials, and developing future industries such as deep-sea exploration and hydrogen energy. Liaoning aims to become a strong province in marine economics, emphasizing port development and ecological protection. The province also plans to improve living standards by increasing employment, enhancing elderly and childcare services, and strengthening social security.
Summary: At a press conference, Qinghai Province Governor Luo Dongchuan stated that Qinghai is committed to ecological protection, aiming to become a model province in this area during the "15th Five-Year Plan." Qinghai will focus on improving people's livelihoods, including employment, healthcare, and housing. Executive Vice Governor Zhang Jingang highlighted Qinghai's efforts to build a high-quality computing and electricity coordinated development demonstration zone, leveraging its clean energy resources. This zone aims to efficiently meet the computing needs of eastern China, as well as Hong Kong and Macau. The province plans to develop standards for carbon emissions across the entire computing process.
Summary: Guizhou province relocated 1.92 million people from mountainous areas, the largest such relocation effort in China. To address the challenges of integrating these populations, communities are experimenting with different models for property management, including Party-led initiatives. The province focuses on skills training linked to available jobs, as seen in Longli County where relocated residents are receiving training for positions in local industrial parks. Guizhou is also working to improve public services by integrating resettlement areas into urban development plans, building schools and healthcare facilities, and ensuring access to utilities and transportation.
Summary: This article discusses Guizhou province's efforts in supporting relocated residents after poverty alleviation programs moved them from mountainous areas to urban centers. The focus is on ensuring successful integration through job training, community governance, and improved public services. Guizhou is implementing targeted measures to address challenges in resettlement areas, facilitate employment, and enhance public services. The goal is to ensure these relocated residents can thrive in their new homes and contribute to shared prosperity.
Summary: This article highlights Hefei's efforts to promote rural tourism through integrating agriculture, culture, and tourism, exemplified by the Baiting Library in the Dawei Township Motan Tourist Resort. The initiative aims to create attractive rural tourism destinations tailored to local conditions. The article does not mention any specific officials, US-China relations, or the United States.
Summary: China's postal service reports significant growth in the express delivery sector during the first four months of 2024, with a 5.1% increase in volume to 64.57 billion packages and a 6.6% rise in revenue to 497.93 billion yuan. April alone saw a 3.2% increase in express delivery volume, reaching 16.84 billion packages, and a 6.3% revenue increase to 128.91 billion yuan. Service quality has improved through new technologies and logistics, with customer satisfaction estimated at 84.7 in April. The central and western regions experienced more rapid growth compared to the eastern region.
Summary: This article discusses the deepening ties between China and Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, highlighting the historical roots and expanding scope of their cooperation. It emphasizes the role of local-level exchanges and economic cooperation platforms like the China-CEE Trade and Economic Cooperation Demonstration Zone in Ningbo. The upcoming 7th China-CEE Countries Local Leaders Meeting in Jinan aims to further promote practical cooperation in areas like digital economy and green energy. The article stresses that China-CEE cooperation is based on mutual benefit and seeks to foster common development, rejecting geopolitical bloc-building. It highlights the growing number of sister-city relationships, exemplified by the 2026 Shandong International Friendship City Cooperation and Exchange Week.
Summary: To commemorate the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations, China and Pakistan aim to build an even closer community with a shared future. The article highlights President Xi Jinping's meetings with Pakistani President Zardari and Prime Minister Sharif, resulting in a joint action plan, as well as Zardari's subsequent visit to Hunan and Hainan provinces. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is entering its "2.0 upgraded version," focusing on industry, agriculture, and mining, while constructing five "corridors." Both countries emphasize multilateral cooperation, particularly in maintaining peace and stability in the Middle East, and align as Global South nations upholding the UN-centered international order. The article states that Pakistan has been supportive of China’s global initiatives, and it emphasizes that China and Pakistan are acting to counter international instability and promote a shared future.
Summary: In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Pakistan and China, the Pakistani Ambassador to China emphasizes the enduring strength and strategic trust underpinning the bilateral relationship. The ambassador highlights historical cooperation, including the Karakoram Highway and Pakistan's support for China's UN seat. He notes the expansion of cooperation through the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and its upgraded "2.0" version, encompassing industrialization, digital economy, and green development. People-to-people exchanges, especially in education and joint research, are also cited as crucial for strengthening ties. The ambassador underscores the importance of South-South cooperation and mutual respect in the context of a complex global landscape.
Summary: At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, U.S. President Donald Trump made a state visit to China from May 13th to 15th, during which the two heads of state met in Beijing. Prior to the summit, U.S. and Chinese trade teams held consultations in Seoul, South Korea, resulting in positive consensus on trade and economic issues. A Commerce Ministry official detailed agreements reached on tariff arrangements, including a commitment from the U.S. to avoid raising tariffs above the level agreed upon in Kuala Lumpur. Both sides agreed in principle to discuss reciprocal tariff reductions on products worth $30 billion or more under the framework of the Trade Council and to expand agricultural trade. China also addressed U.S. concerns regarding rare earth and other key mineral supply chains and will import 200 Boeing aircraft.
Summary: On May 19th, China and Vietnam held a joint fish release event in Guangxi, releasing 270 million fish of seven different species into the Beibu Gulf (Gulf of Tonkin). The event was hosted by China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region People's Government. According to officials, the joint effort aims to replenish fishery resources, improve the marine environment, and promote sustainable fisheries, with tagged fish tracked up to hundreds of kilometers away in both Chinese and Vietnamese waters. Since 2017, China has released over 770 million aquatic seedlings into the Beibu Gulf through this cooperative program, enhancing biodiversity and fishermen's income. Both sides are working towards signing a "Cooperation Agreement on Sustainable Fisheries Development in the Beibu Gulf," which will deepen cooperation across the entire fisheries industrial chain.
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Summary: The article discusses Hainan's success in developing its marine economy by moving beyond traditional fishing and embracing innovative approaches tailored to local conditions. It highlights examples such as integrating nuclear power plant waste heat with white butterfly shellfish farming and establishing an undersea data center utilizing deep-sea cooling. Other regions like Shandong and Jiangsu are also mentioned for their unique strategies, including ecological aquaculture and utilizing LNG cold energy. The piece emphasizes the importance of sustainable development and technological innovation in maximizing the potential of marine resources. The article advocates for a shift away from simply extracting resources from the ocean towards a more harmonious and mutually beneficial relationship.
Summary: This article discusses the importance of developing unique, localized economies within China's counties, emphasizing that these regions are fundamental to national development. It highlights examples of counties leveraging their specific resources and advantages, such as mineral wealth or agricultural specialties, to create thriving industries. The piece stresses avoiding homogeneous development models and instead focusing on innovation, value-added production, and integration with the digital economy. The article advocates for tailored policies and careful planning to ensure sustainable and high-quality growth in these areas, avoiding pitfalls like abandoned projects and inefficient land use.
Summary: Several regions in China, including Liaoning, have experienced negative electricity prices due to the increasing integration of renewable energy sources. This phenomenon, resulting from supply-demand mismatches, highlights the need for a more mature market mechanism and flexible resources like energy storage. The article emphasizes that "negative electricity prices" reflect the need for a monitoring and intervention mechanism to maintain price flexibility as well as stability for its residents. Coordinated efforts are needed to promote the construction of a new energy system and a new power system to achieve a dynamic balance between supply and demand at a higher level. The article concludes by saying that a deeper understanding of market signals, deepening mechanism reform, and improving coping ability are the keys to better grasp the pace of transformation and run every stick of high-quality development.
Summary: The article discusses China's "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" proposal to develop the "under-forest economy" and expand the forestry and grass industry. It highlights the potential of under-forest planting, breeding, and landscape utilization. Currently, China has utilized over 600 million acres of forest land for under-forest economic activities, generating an annual output value exceeding 1.3 trillion yuan. This development is framed as a way to diversify food supply, cultivate new rural industries, and increase farmers' income.
Summary: The first article argues that agricultural modernization in Yunnan should focus on converting resource advantages, like ecological tea gardens, into industrial and economic value. This requires a shift from simply selling raw materials to building complete industrial chains, brands, and value. The second article discusses the importance of balancing new "first stores" with established older restaurants in urban development. These older restaurants provide a sense of familiarity, cultural belonging, and social connection, serving as carriers of memory and emotion, whereas "first stores" can bring a sense of vibrancy to the city. The author advocates for policies that support both to cultivate vibrant cities that are also tied to everyday life.
Summary: A recent court case in Hangzhou ruled that a company illegally dismissed an employee due to their job being replaceable by AI, highlighting growing concerns over AI's impact on employment in China. The court ordered the company to pay over 260,000 yuan in compensation, establishing that technological advancements are not a legitimate reason for employment adjustments. The article emphasizes the need for a comprehensive governance system to address the risks of AI development, including pre-emptive assessments and monitoring of AI deployment by companies. It suggests leveraging existing legal frameworks and establishing clear guidelines to protect workers' rights in the age of AI. The piece advocates for balancing efficiency with fairness, stressing the importance of protecting workers' rights amid technological advancements.
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Summary: Xi Jinping's discourses emphasize the importance of aligning achievements with the Party's mission, principles, and the needs of the people, advocating for selfless dedication to China's modernization. The article stresses that a correct view of achievement reflects the Party's nature, ideals, and its commitment to serving the people, and requires cadres to ground their work in reality and objective laws. It distinguishes the Chinese Communist Party's focus on long-term, overall interests from Western parties' pursuit of short-term gains, emphasizing the importance of sustainable and equitable development. Cadres are urged to prioritize the people's interests, implement the Party's strategic plans, and combat formalism and bureaucracy to ensure effective governance. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article details the development of Mengzi rice noodles from a local delicacy to a 4.5 billion yuan industry. Mengzi has standardized the production of rice noodles, soup, and even the chrysanthemums used as garnish. The city has also implemented a brand authorization system, with over 1,000 authorized stores, including eight overseas, ensuring consistent quality and taste. They utilize modern techniques such as cold chain logistics and central kitchens to preserve the local flavors while scaling up. The dish has become a symbol of the city's economic and cultural identity.
Summary: Chinese netizens are increasingly participating in exchanges of local specialties, driven by a desire to share regional culture and build connections. These exchanges, facilitated by e-commerce platforms, extend the traditional concepts of "reciprocity" and hometown sentiment into the digital age. Participants see themselves as "hometown promotion ambassadors," showcasing local products and culture through these exchanges. However, the article also cautions against potential commercialization and calls for platforms to implement trust and accountability measures to ensure the integrity of the practice. These exchanges are creating new avenues for cultural tourism and regional development.
Summary: Several articles detail regional developments. Tianjin launched a "Good Housing" design competition for new and renovated homes. Qinghai Province released construction standards for acute altitude sickness treatment centers. The 2026 Yangtze River Delta Green Sports Games were announced in Anhui and Zhejiang. Beijing launched a "Jingcai Recycling" mini-program for online recycling services. No mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations was found in the provided text.
Summary: The National AI Application Pilot Testing Base (Embodied Intelligence) was inaugurated in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, signaling a move to apply AI in real-world scenarios. The base aims to accelerate the transition of embodied intelligence from laboratories to practical applications, serving as a key component of China's "AI+" strategy. The facility showcases various applications of robots in sectors like catering, retail, and industrial tasks, aiming to promote the technology's real-world integration. The base seeks to foster collaboration with robotics companies and upstream/downstream industries to transform fragmented advantages into comprehensive industrial chain strengths. It will build a public technology service platform encompassing computing power, data, model services, and scenario verification to build a complete industrial ecology.
Summary: The article describes "Ili People's Milk Tea Meetings" (伊犁人的奶茶会), a unique grassroots consultation platform in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang. These meetings, centered around milk tea, facilitate policy discussions, gather public opinion, and address local problems in village courtyards. According to the Yining County Party Committee Organization Department, Yining County has been continuously adding "Ili People's Milk Tea Meetings" deliberation points, achieving full coverage of administrative villages and communities. So far this year, the county has carried out more than 800 deliberation activities and solved more than 1,000 difficulties and appeals of the masses.
Summary: "Jilin-1" satellites are being used to identify and monitor black and odorous water bodies in Changchun through a collaboration between the city's environmental protection department and Changguang Satellite Technology Co. The project combines satellite imagery with ground-based data collection for increased accuracy. The "Jilin-1" satellite project is providing remote sensing information services in various fields, including agriculture and forestry, to over 170 countries and regions. The satellite's remote sensing imagery is now available to the public, with data accessible for purchase through the "Jilin-1 Network" remote sensing store. There is no mention of the U.S. or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: A書道 and calligraphy event, "Ink Sparks, Love in Baiqiao," was held at the Baiqiao service area on the Baomao Expressway in Maoming, Guangdong. Over ten calligraphers and painters collaborated with service area staff on a 20-meter-long scroll. Calligraphers also created impromptu works and inscribed fans for travelers. A folk art rubbing project attracted families, while an exhibition of 50 works by famous calligraphers and painters will be displayed for two months both online and offline.
Summary: The city of Huangshi in Hubei province has integrated its Kangyang Center, a welfare facility for the elderly, into the surrounding community by removing the walls and encouraging residents to participate in local activities. This initiative, spearheaded by manager Hu Yuqian, aims to break traditional management bottlenecks in community elderly care. The local government of Xialu district has invested in transforming the original district welfare home and introducing social forces to operate it, providing more professional and scientific services for the elderly. Supported by the government's "15-minute elderly living service circle" plan, the project includes facilities such as an elderly university, rehabilitation center, and a "nostalgic" street catering to the elderly. The Kangyang Center officially began operations in 2024.
Summary: Thirty-one agricultural professionals from Zhejiang Province competed in the 2026 Zhejiang Agricultural Industry Vocational Skills Competition for agricultural product brokers at Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University. The competition, which includes theoretical and practical components, aims to identify and cultivate skilled agricultural product brokers to meet the growing demand for professionals in the province's agricultural sector. This year marks the first time the agricultural product broker competition has been included in Zhejiang's provincial vocational skills competition. The competition also appears on the national stage for the first time this year. 童李文, deputy director of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, stated that the market's demand for professional brokers is increasingly urgent.
Summary: Dong Yonggu village in Ningxia has revitalized itself by recruiting university students to aid in rural construction. Led by Party Secretary Zhang Jian, a team of eight post-2000s students are applying their diverse skills, from design to new media, to boost the village's primary goji berry industry and develop rural tourism. The team studied rural development in Zhejiang's Anji County. Their efforts have significantly increased the number of study tour groups to the village, boosting its economy. Zhang Jian emphasized the potential for young people in rural revitalization.
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Summary: The article reports on how several Chinese cities are leveraging sports events to stimulate local consumption and integrate sports with tourism and commerce. Jilin city combines ice hockey tournaments with local tourism, offering specialized travel routes. Shanghai integrates sporting event tickets with discounts at local businesses and attractions, while Chengdu focuses on cycling events to boost related industries and attract sports-related businesses. These cities are actively promoting sports-related consumption, with Chengdu officials highlighting the city's supportive environment for sports enterprises and its plans to host major international events. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of "scene innovation" (场景创新) in China, where real-world applications drive technological advancement and industrial upgrading. It highlights how providing practical scenarios for emerging technologies like AI and big data allows for testing, refinement, and ultimately, the creation of new productive forces. The author advocates for policy coordination, comprehensive support for application, and robust safety measures to foster a healthy and sustainable ecosystem for scene innovation. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China's Ministry of Finance reported that the national general public budget revenue for January-April increased by 3.5% year-on-year to 8.34 trillion yuan, with tax revenue rising by 3.9% to 6.81 trillion yuan, driven by growth in industrial services and foreign trade. Specifically, domestic VAT increased by 5.9%, and import VAT and consumption tax rose by 11.2%, while corporate income tax saw a decrease of 0.5%. National general public budget expenditure increased by 1.3% year-on-year to 9.48 trillion yuan, prioritizing areas like healthcare, social security, employment, and housing. The report did not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The provided article depicts farmers in Jiangxi province's Taihe county, Ji'an city, tending to winter melon crops. The farmers are shown building trellises to support the growing vines, aiming to increase production. The article emphasizes the effort to ensure a bountiful harvest. No mention is made of any official statements, accompanying personnel, the United States, or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The National Data Administration issued key work deployment guidelines for the development of the digital economy in 2026, outlining eight key tasks. These include deepening reforms in data factor market allocation, strengthening digital infrastructure, and empowering artificial intelligence with data. The plan also focuses on enhancing the core competitiveness of the digital economy, promoting the deep integration of the digital and real economies, and improving digital governance and service capabilities. It also seeks to deepen international cooperation in the digital economy and actively participate in the formulation of international rules and standards in the field of data. Finally, the guidelines emphasizes building a favorable development environment.
Summary: According to Shanghai Customs statistics, the Yangtze River Delta region's total imports and exports reached a record high of 6.14 trillion yuan in the first four months of 2026, a year-on-year increase of 15.9%, accounting for 37.8% of the country's total. Exports reached 3.83 trillion yuan, while imports totaled 2.31 trillion yuan, accounting for 41% and 33.5% of the national total, respectively. Trade with Belt and Road countries increased by 17.1%, while trade with RCEP member states grew by 27.9%. Trade with ASEAN countries also saw a significant increase of 23.7%. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Xinjiang is promoting the "疆品鲜递" (Xinjiang Fresh Delivery) brand to boost sales of agricultural products, starting with Hami melons from Turpan. The initiative, a collaboration between the Xinjiang postal authority and agricultural department, involves nine courier companies using livestreaming to connect farmers directly with consumers, ensuring quality and efficient delivery. Xinjiang postal authority head Deng Miao aims to ship 159 million agricultural products via courier services by 2025, generating over 20 billion RMB in sales. The initiative aims to upgrade from basic transportation to a comprehensive support system to ensure high-quality Xinjiang agricultural products are sold at better prices. The next product planned to be promoted under the "疆品鲜递" brand is the white apricot from Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture.
Summary: The Guangzhou Port Nansha Port Area Phase V project in Guangdong has commenced full construction, aiming for an annual capacity of 6.7 million TEUs. With a total investment of 14.447 billion yuan, the project includes four 200,000-ton container berths, 15 5,000-ton barge berths, and five work boat berths. Upon completion, Nansha Port Area's total container capacity will reach 35 million TEUs, creating a modern port cluster exceeding 17 kilometers in total coastline. The project is intended to integrate with existing container terminals for efficient operation. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The Supreme People's Procuratorate recently released six model cases highlighting efforts to protect the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises and promote a law-based business environment. These cases include instances of internal corruption where company executives accepted over 100 million yuan in bribes, and contract fraud involving "one item sold multiple times," impacting state-owned, private, and foreign enterprises alike. One case details a foreign company where 48 employees colluded to steal over 100 million yuan worth of products. The procuratorate has also been involved in cases where companies were wrongly penalized, offering legal supervision to assist them.
Summary: To mark the first anniversary of the Law on Promoting the Development of the Private Economy, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Supreme People's Court jointly released a first batch of model cases illustrating the law's implementation. The eight cases focus on alleviating difficulties for private enterprises, protecting their rights, promoting a fair business environment, and innovating dispute resolution mechanisms. Examples include customized solutions for financial disputes, protection of reputation against online defamation, and rectifying government arrears to private companies. One case involved resolving a dispute with a foreign company, protecting the rights of private enterprises "going global." The cases aim to provide guidance and legal interpretation.
Summary: The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) Data Special Zone Innovation Cooperation Center was launched in Guangzhou, led by China Unicom and 27 other entities. The center aims to transform pilot project achievements into province-wide industrial advantages by addressing challenges related to cross-border data flow within the GBA, focusing on manufacturing, healthcare, research, education, e-commerce, and data processing. It seeks to provide comprehensive services for cross-border data circulation, establishing a "general hub, general base, and general customer service" for the GBA. The center will facilitate collaboration in areas like cross-border manufacturing validation, cross-border medical insurance claims, and joint research in biomedicine and AI.
Summary: A recent press conference led by Hua Liebing of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) highlighted efforts to combat economic crimes, with 128,000 cases solved since 2025, recovering 37.5 billion yuan in losses. Twenty typical cases of economic crimes were publicized, including bid-rigging schemes. Zhou Yu of the Jiangsu Provincial Public Security Department discussed the increasing trends of financial crimes targeting private enterprises, internal corruption, and cross-regional operations. Various local police forces have launched initiatives like "Jing Wu Wei" and "Shu Jing An Qi" to protect businesses and foster closer relations between police and enterprises. The MPS urged business owners to strengthen legal awareness to prevent economic crimes.
Summary: The Communist Youth League's Handan branch in Hebei province, along with the city's Young Pioneers Work Committee and Congtai District Chunqiu Elementary School, jointly organized the "Children's Dream Building" Red Scarf charity market on May 19th. Students sold their used books, stationery, and toys to raise money for the Hebei Dream Building Youth Development Foundation. The funds will be dedicated to helping underprivileged children and supporting rural school construction projects. No officials are mentioned as accompanying this event. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
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Summary: The article highlights the "Hebei Fu Sao" (河北福嫂) domestic service brand in Hebei Province, focusing on elderly care services. The Hebei government has been working to improve the brand's influence, providing skills training and support for domestic workers like Zhang Jia, who provides elderly care in Beijing, earning the trust of her clients. The program provides various support systems, including psychological counseling and accommodation, to ensure the well-being of the workers. The Hebei government plans to further enhance the "Hebei Fu Sao" brand through specialized training and improved employment services to drive employment. The article mentions the brand's activity in Beijing and Tianjin, but makes no allusion to U.S. and U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A recent report by the China Consumers Association highlights a rise in consumer complaints related to skills training in the first quarter of 2026, with a 1.8% year-on-year increase. The report identifies issues such as deceptive marketing, problematic contracts, and difficulties in obtaining refunds across various training sectors, including digital skills, vocational qualifications, driving schools, and online financial management courses. These complaints often involve false advertising promising high returns, opaque pricing, and substandard training delivery, especially targeting vulnerable groups like students and the elderly. The average amount of money involved in these disputes exceeds 7,000 yuan, which is pre-paid. The report urges stronger regulatory oversight of the training industry, focusing on licensing, marketing, and consumer protection measures throughout the entire service process.
Summary: Beijing has announced a plan to train disabled individuals in new economy skills, aiming to boost their employment in fields like digital economy and platform economy. The "2026 Beijing Disabled Persons' New Industry Skills Improvement Activity Plan" will focus on digital remote work, e-commerce/new media operations, low-altitude intelligent applications, and cultural/intangible cultural heritage skills. The plan prioritizes training for groups facing employment difficulties, such as disabled college students and people with severe disabilities. The initiative aims to train at least 1,500 individuals and create a replicable model for skills development. The article does not discuss or allude to the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: On China's Student Nutrition Day (May 20th), a kindergarten in Hai'an City, Jiangsu Province, organized a "Healthy Nutrition, Grow with Me" themed event. The activity aimed to cultivate children's understanding of scientific diets and balanced nutrition from a young age, promoting healthy eating habits. The event involved children learning to properly combine ingredients. The report makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Zhejiang province has released a new "Service Guide for Psychological Counseling Rooms (Stations) in Primary and Secondary Schools" to standardize and improve mental health services. The guide clarifies the roles and responsibilities of these counseling centers, emphasizing their function in group and individual counseling, crisis prevention, and creating a positive psychological environment. It stresses confidentiality, development, and professionalism while stipulating that school-based counseling cannot replace medical diagnoses. By the end of 2020, Zhejiang had established standardized psychological counseling rooms in all its primary and secondary schools.
Summary: The second round of national centralized procurement for coronary stents concluded in Tianjin, with all 15 participating companies winning bids for 27 products. The procurement, which included both domestic and foreign companies like Medtronic and Abbott, aims to stabilize clinical use, ensure quality, and prevent anticompetitive practices. Participating medical institutions and the total quantity of stents procured have increased significantly since the initial procurement. The process is designed to create stable expectations for businesses, allowing them to win bids if their prices are reasonable, and also allow new products to be added in the future. Since the scheme's implementation in 2021, over 10 million centralized procurement stents have been used, benefiting approximately 7 million patients.
Summary: China's National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (NATCM) reported on two violations in the TCM field exposed by the CCTV "3.15" program, vowing zero tolerance and severe punishment for any actions harming public health under the guise of TCM. Regarding the Shenyang case of "private domain marketing of fake TCM experts targeting the elderly," authorities found no qualified medical personnel involved and transferred the case to the public security department, which has taken criminal compulsory measures against 30 suspects. In response to the Chengdu case of "integrative Chinese and Western medicine clinics illegally using exosomes," the local health department revoked the clinic's registration and issued warnings and fines to the clinic and a nurse involved in improper procedures.
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Summary: This document outlines the "Regulations on the Implementation of the Mineral Resources Law of the People's Republic of China," set to take effect on June 15, 2026. Premier Li Qiang authorized the regulations, which aim to promote the rational development and utilization of mineral resources, strengthen ecological and environmental protection, and ensure mineral resource security. The regulations emphasize the importance of strategic mineral resources and promote international cooperation in the mineral resources sector, while safeguarding the security and stability of the industrial and supply chains. They also include provisions for counter measures against any country that endangers China's mineral resources and related industry or supply chains. The regulations address foreign investment in mineral exploration and mining, stipulating compliance with the foreign investment negative list and security reviews when national security is potentially impacted.
Summary: Several members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) proposed recommendations for improving China's education, science and technology, and talent development system. Wang Zhigang suggested strengthening top-level design, promoting high-level self-reliance in science and technology, and reforming talent cultivation. Shang Yong advocated breaking down departmental barriers and reshaping incentive mechanisms to promote deeper integration. Qiao Jie emphasized deepening international cooperation in medicine and promoting collaboration between medical education and scientific research, and advocated for Chinese scientists to participate and initiate international projects. Some committee members also suggested building national innovation centers, cultivating practical AI talents, and expanding support for Hong Kong to attract international talent to contribute to China's science and technology.
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Summary: Chinese climber Zhao Yicheng broke his own world record in the men's speed climbing semi-final at the 2026 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Wujiang, finishing in 4.54 seconds. He competed against American climber Samuel Watson, ultimately winning the event and securing his first World Cup title, with Watson finishing third. Zhao previously broke Watson's world record in April at the Asian Beach Games. Zhao expressed excitement about competing with Watson, which he said pushed him to climb faster. Looking ahead, Zhao aims to compete for an Olympic gold medal.
Summary: Chinese U17 national team coach Fujishima Min emphasized teamwork after China defeated Australia 2-0 in the AFC U17 Asian Cup semi-final, securing a spot in the final for the first time in 22 years. China previously defeated Qatar to advance to the final eight, and Saudi Arabia to reach the semi-finals. China will face Japan, who won against Uzbekistan, in the final. China defeated Australia 2-0 in the semi-final. The article does not mention the United States.
Summary: The inaugural Asian Jumps Championships concluded in Chongqing, with China dominating the medal table, securing 5 gold, 4 silver, and 3 bronze medals across events like long jump, triple jump, high jump, and pole vault. Li Yi won gold in the women's triple jump with a jump of 14.16 meters, while Huang Yingying won gold in the women's long jump with a jump of 6.46 meters. Yao Jie and Niu Chunge secured gold in the men's and women's pole vault, respectively, and Zhou Rongjia won gold in the men's triple jump. The Asian Athletics Association Secretary-General Shugu stated that the event marks a step towards professionalism and internationalization for Asian athletics.
Summary: The 2026 National Sports Publicity and Culture Work Conference in Yantai emphasized aligning sports publicity with the goal of building a strong sporting nation, focusing on deepening governance in the sports sector for the 15th Five-Year Plan. The conference stressed solidifying mainstream ideology, promoting Party innovation, and coordinating event and daily publicity. It also highlighted the need to strengthen spiritual civilization, manage "fan circle" disorder, combat cyber violence, and safeguard the rights of sports workers. Popular mass sports events, such as soccer, basketball and marathons, are highlighted as drivers of consumption and social stability.
Summary: A physical education teacher in Tekes County, Xinjiang, is promoting Tai Chi among students. The teacher, Houziyati Si'er'an, initially found Tai Chi unappealing but later grew to appreciate its balance and philosophy. He now uses gamified teaching methods to engage students in learning the martial art, aiming to cultivate both physical and mental discipline. Houziyati notes that practicing and teaching Tai Chi has helped him develop patience and emotional control in his interactions with students. The article emphasizes the connection between Tai Chi and the unique Bagua city layout of Tekes, which contributes to the popularity of the martial art among locals.
Summary: A tug-of-war competition called "Beautiful Village Tug-of-War Game" was held in Fengtai District, Beijing, with 30 teams participating. The competition included professional, amateur, and rural groups, with an additional mixed-group friendly match. Participants expressed enjoyment in competing and connecting with teams from across the country. Alongside the competition, a "Beautiful Village Carnival" featured food markets, interactive games, and evening musical performances. The event aimed to promote rural revitalization through sports, culture, and tourism.
Summary: The new "Regulations on the Implementation of the Mineral Resources Law of the People's Republic of China," signed by Premier Li Qiang, will take effect on June 15, 2026. The regulations aim to promote the rational development and utilization of mineral resources, strengthen ecological and environmental protection, and ensure mineral resource security. The regulations cover various aspects of mineral resource management, including exploration, mining rights, ecological restoration, reserves, and emergency measures; they also emphasize promoting international cooperation in mineral resource investment, trade, and technology while safeguarding supply chain stability. Notably, the regulations include provisions for counter-measures against discriminatory trade practices that endanger China's mineral resource and related supply chain security. Foreign investment in mineral exploration and mining will be subject to security reviews if national security is potentially impacted.
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Summary: A popular exhibition of Italian Renaissance art at the China Art Museum, featuring works from masters like Leonardo da Vinci and Caravaggio, has drawn large crowds. The exhibition's popularity extends to its cultural and creative products (文创), with master-themed plush toys quickly selling out and becoming a social media trend. The success of the exhibition and its associated merchandise reflects a trend of cultural consumption upgrading, fueled by experiential and emotional consumerism. This trend sees exhibitions evolving beyond mere displays towards immersive experiences and IP integration, catering to a demand for art that integrates into daily life.
Summary: Yiwu and Shangyu, Zhejiang province are seeing transformations in their umbrella industries. Umbrella vendors in Yiwu are upgrading their products with creative designs and cultural elements to appeal to both domestic and international markets, including those in Belt and Road countries. Shangyu-based manufacturers are investing heavily in automation and R&D to improve product quality and expand into new markets like outdoor camping. Companies are also focusing on brand building and global expansion, including establishing overseas warehouses and participating in trade fairs. Emerging markets in Africa and South America are helping to balance seasonal demand and sustain year-round production.
Summary: During the weekend in Qingxu County, Taiyuan, a visitor from Beijing sampled aged Shanxi vinegar, praising its mellow and slightly sweet taste. Shanxi Lao Chen vinegar includes over 60 varieties and is exported to more than ten countries and regions. Qingxu, the origin of Shanxi vinegar with over 3000 years of history, features the Baoyuan Lao Vinegar Workshop Museum, showcasing ancient vinegar-making processes. Shanxi is promoting its vinegar culture through creative products and cultural tourism, with the vinegar industry having a yearly output of 75 billion yuan. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The Xi'an Public Security Bureau is implementing measures to optimize the business environment by enhancing police-enterprise cooperation. These measures include stationing officers in industrial parks to provide on-site services, establishing joint mediation committees to resolve business disputes, and creating "peaceful partnership" models involving communities and businesses. The police are focusing on proactive service, addressing issues like traffic congestion around markets and consumer disputes in the auto industry. These initiatives aim to improve public safety and satisfaction by resolving issues quickly and efficiently. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses the need for governance of AI "intelligent agents" due to their potential security risks, referencing an incident where an AI programming agent erased a company's data. To address these concerns, the Cyberspace Administration of China, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly issued the "Implementation Opinions on Standardizing the Application and Innovative Development of Intelligent Agents." The document emphasizes both promoting technological innovation and ensuring security through technical standards, risk prevention, and clearly defined responsibilities, aiming for a balance between development and security. The article also suggests exploring category and classification of the AI to regulate. It advocates for integrating technical and legal governance to manage intelligent agents effectively.
Summary: A recent Shanghai court case in Xuhui district involved a dispute over elevator access rights after a home sale. The buyer, Qian, sued the seller, Lu, after being denied an elevator access card despite the near-completion of the elevator installation before the property sale. Lu had attempted to reclaim the elevator fees and block Qian's access. The court ruled in favor of Qian, stating that elevator rights transfer with property ownership under China's Civil Code, and the original sale price likely included the elevator fees. The court also directed the local community organization to assist Qian in obtaining an elevator access card.
Summary: A dilapidated former Red Army headquarters in Dazhou, Sichuan Province, was restored following an administrative public interest lawsuit filed by the Xuanhan County People's Procuratorate. The procuratorate initiated the action after a stalled remediation effort, triggered by a procuratorial recommendation to protect the site, ran into disagreements between local government and functional departments over responsibility and funding. The lawsuit broke the impasse, leading to property rights clarification, resident relocation, and the allocation of funds for professional restoration. The Dazhou procuratorate is conducting a special supervision campaign on the protection of Red cultural relics and facilities. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The article discusses the importance of preserving the unique linguistic and cultural characteristics of small and rare Chinese opera genres, using the example of Wuyin Opera from Shandong province. It emphasizes the need to maintain local dialects and folk traditions in these operas, resisting the trend of homogenization with larger, more mainstream genres like Beijing Opera. The author highlights the potential dangers of losing the unique emotional expression embedded in local languages, which are essential to the authenticity of these regional art forms. The piece references the "Drama Revitalization Three-Year Action Plan (2026-2028)," which focuses on supporting the inheritance and development of endangered opera genres. The author notes the historical exchange between Wuyin Opera and Mei Lanfang, a master of Beijing Opera, to underscore the need to balance learning from larger genres with preserving the local opera's identity.
Summary: The author, a composer at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music, discusses the creative process behind the songs "Jade Plate" and "Ji Liang," both featuring children's voices. The author emphasizes the importance of creating music that resonates with children's diverse tastes and connects them to their cultural heritage, drawing inspiration from traditional imagery and contemporary achievements like China's space program. "Ji Liang" uses the mythical creature to connect the children with the idea of national achievements. The author founded "Hulu Children's Voices", supported by Yuan Longping, to create original children's music that fosters aesthetic appreciation and empowers children as expressers of their generation.
Summary: The A-minor a cappella group, Inner Mongolia's first, was founded in 2016 and consists of six Mongolian singers. They blend Mongolian folk elements like throat singing (khöömei) and long调 into their performances, reinterpreting classic and modern songs and creating original pieces. The group won first prize at an international competition in Russia for their original song "Happy Pasture" and has performed extensively, including concerts for farmers, herders, and border troops. The group has also performed in multiple cities across China. The band leader, Chaolumen, said that it is the band's mission to bring ethnic music to the world.
Summary: The article discusses the cross-genre fusion in arts, exemplified by Faye Wong's theme song for the TV series adaptation of the novel "Protagonist," which blends Qinqiang opera with pop music. It argues that successful cross-genre artistic creations require a unified core spirit to avoid disjointedness and achieve genuine integration. It also advocates for audiences to adopt an open-minded attitude towards cross-genre artworks, viewing them as a necessary path for contemporary art to survive, grow, and gain popularity. The article emphasizes that authentic and lasting art will always be rooted in its unique expression, but be open to incorporating new elements. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The producer/director of the animated series "ViVi Cat's Daily Life: Museum Edition" discusses the motivations and creative process behind the show, which aims to introduce children to Chinese history and culture through museum artifacts. Each episode focuses on a specific artifact and the historical figures associated with it, emphasizing storytelling over a comprehensive museum tour. The creators prioritized historical accuracy and accessibility for children, even at the expense of potentially popular topics. The goal is to spark children's curiosity about history and encourage them to engage with museum exhibits. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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On the morning of May 20, President Xi Jinping (习近平) of the People's Republic of China held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was in China for a state visit, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing (北京). The two heads of state unanimously agreed to extend the "Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation Between China and Russia."
The two heads of state held small-scale and large-scale talks successively.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that 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 "Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation Between China and Russia." The signing of the treaty established the institutional foundation for long-term good-neighborliness, friendship, and comprehensive strategic coordination in legal form, enabling a leapfrog development of China-Russia relations. The reason why China-Russia relations have reached today's height step by step is that both sides have continuously deepened political mutual trust and strategic coordination with the perseverance of 千磨万击还坚劲 (qiān mó wàn jī hái jiān jìng - "subjected to all kinds of setbacks, it is still firm and strong," describes unyielding spirit despite repeated setbacks), expanded cooperation in various fields with the spirit of "reaching a higher level," and defended international fairness and justice and promoted the building of a community with a shared future for mankind with the courage of 乱云飞渡仍从容 (luàn yún fēi dù réng cóng róng - "amidst the flying chaotic clouds, one remains calm and composed," to remain calm and composed in the face of a turbulent situation). Under the current international situation, as permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and major world powers, China and Russia should focus on the long-term strategic perspective, use higher-quality comprehensive strategic coordination to help their respective countries develop and revitalize, and promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that China and Russia adhere to developing a comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era based on equality, mutual respect, trustworthiness, mutual benefit, and win-win cooperation. Political mutual trust continues to deepen, and cooperation in economy and trade, investment, energy, science and technology, culture, and local areas continues to advance, and people-to-people connectivity is becoming more solid. China-Russia relations have entered a new stage of greater accomplishment and faster development. Unswervingly promoting the long-term, healthy, stable, and high-quality development of China-Russia relations is a strategic choice made by both sides based on the fundamental interests of the two countries and the general trend of world development. All departments of the two countries should fully implement the important consensus reached between me and President Putin (普京), fully seize historical opportunities, and promote the increasingly solid foundation of mutual trust between the two countries, the increasingly sufficient content of cooperation, and the increasingly broad road of friendship.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that the two sides should focus on the development and revitalization goals of the two countries, give full play to the comprehensive and complete characteristics of the China-Russia cooperation mechanism, strengthen the overall design of all-round cooperation, promote the upgrading of practical cooperation in economic and trade investment, energy resources, transportation, science and technology innovation, actively layout cooperation in cutting-edge fields, and create new growth engines with new quality productive forces; they should base themselves on continuing friendship from generation to generation, strengthen cultural exchange and cooperation in education, culture, film, tourism, sports, and other fields, and consolidate the social and public opinion foundation of friendship between the two countries; they should deepen multilateral cooperation, further strengthen coordination and cooperation in multilateral platforms such as the United Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, BRICS, and APEC, unswervingly safeguard the post-war international order and the authority of international law, unite the Global South, and lead the correct direction of the reform of the global governance system.
Putin (普京) said that with the joint efforts of both sides, Russia-China relations have reached an unprecedented high level. High-level exchanges are close, and political mutual trust is solid. Bilateral trade is growing steadily, energy supply and demand have achieved mutual benefit and win-win results, and cooperation in transportation, logistics, science and technology, and other fields is deepening. Cultural exchanges are in good momentum. After the successful holding of the "Russia-China Year of Culture," the "Russia-China Year of Education" will begin. Russia-China relations have withstood the test and become more solid over time, and have become a model of comprehensive strategic coordination. The Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation has laid a solid legal foundation for relations between the two countries and has more important practical significance in the current situation. Russia is willing to work with China to abide by the spirit of the treaty, strengthen strategic coordination and practical cooperation, and push relations between the two countries to a higher level. Russia-China cooperation is an important stabilizing factor in the turbulent international situation. Russia is willing to continue to strengthen multilateral cooperation with China, support China in hosting the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, jointly strengthen the status and influence of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, enhance the unity and cooperation of the BRICS mechanism, safeguard the authority of the United Nations, advocate for the diversity of civilizations, and promote a more just and reasonable international order.
The two heads of state exchanged views on major international and regional issues such as the Middle East situation.
The two heads of state listened to the reports from the two chairmen of the vice-premier-level cooperation committees under the framework of the China-Russia Prime Ministers' Regular Meeting Mechanism on the progress of cooperation in investment, energy, economy and trade, Northeast-Far East, and cultural fields. The foreign ministers of the two countries reported on the coordination and cooperation between China and Russia in international and regional affairs.
After the talks, the two heads of state signed and issued the "Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on Further Strengthening Comprehensive Strategic Coordination and Deepening Good-Neighborly Friendship and Cooperation," and witnessed the signing of 20 cooperation documents in the fields of economy and trade, education, and science and technology.
During the visit, the two sides issued the "Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on Advocating a Multipolar World and a New Type of International Relations," and reached 20 cooperation documents in other fields.
The two heads of state also jointly met with reporters.
Before the talks, Xi Jinping (习近平) held a welcoming ceremony for Putin (普京) at the East Gate Square of the Great Hall of the People.
When Putin (普京) arrived, the honor guard lined up to salute. The two heads of state ascended the reviewing stand, the military band played the national anthems of China and Russia, and 21 salute shots were fired in Tiananmen Square (天安门广场). Putin (普京), accompanied by Xi Jinping (习近平), reviewed the guard of honor of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and watched the march-past.
In the evening, Xi Jinping (习近平) held a welcome banquet for Putin (普京) in the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People.
Cai Qi (蔡奇), Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥), Wang Yi (王毅), He Lifeng (何立峰), Zhang Guoqing (张国清), Shen Yiqin (谌贻琴), and others participated in the above activities.
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On May 20, Beijing (北京) - (Reporter Hu Zexi (胡泽曦)) On the afternoon of May 20, President Xi Jinping (习近平) of the People's Republic of China met with Russian President Vladimir Putin (普京) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing (北京) and jointly met with reporters after the talks.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that this is President Putin's (普京) 25th visit to China (中国), which fully reflects the high level and special nature of China-Russia relations. Just now, I held in-depth, friendly, and fruitful talks with President Putin (普京) and conducted strategic communication on a series of major issues. We jointly signed a joint statement between the two countries on further strengthening comprehensive strategic coordination and deepening good-neighborly friendship and cooperation, and witnessed the achievement of a number of important bilateral cooperation documents. The two countries will also issue a joint statement on advocating world multipolarization and a new type of international relations.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that this year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the China-Russia strategic partnership of coordination. Over the past 30 years, China-Russia relations have weathered storms and kept pace with the times, and the positioning of the relationship has been continuously upgraded, reaching the highest historical level of a comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination in the new era, setting a model for a new type of major-country relations. This year also marks the 25th anniversary of the signing of the "China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation" (《中俄睦邻友好合作条约》). Over the years, the two countries have always adhered to the principles of "non-alliance, non-confrontation, and non-targeting of third parties" established by this treaty, adhered to equal treatment, mutual respect, trustworthiness, and win-win cooperation, made important contributions to safeguarding international fairness and justice, and promoting the construction of a new type of international relations, and become a key constant in the world's century of change.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that under the joint strategic guidance of President Putin (普京) and himself, China-Russia relations have embarked on a new starting point. The two sides should follow the trend of peace, development, cooperation, and win-win results, and promote higher-quality development of China-Russia relations.
First, consolidate higher-quality political mutual trust and firmly support each other's strategies. Political mutual trust is the most distinctive feature of China-Russia relations and the purpose and fundamental principle of the "China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation" (《中俄睦邻友好合作条约》). President Putin (普京) and I have jointly decided to continue to extend this treaty. The two sides should build on past achievements and open up new horizons, further firmly support each other on issues involving each other's core interests and major concerns, continue to strengthen strategic communication and exchanges at all levels, and continuously consolidate the foundation of political mutual trust between the two countries.
Second, empower higher-quality mutually beneficial cooperation and jointly promote the development and revitalization of each other. In recent years, cooperation between China (中国) and Russia (俄罗斯) in various fields has made great strides and achieved many positive results. Bilateral trade has exceeded US$200 billion for three consecutive years, and bilateral trade increased by nearly 20% in the first four months of this year. The two sides should seize the opportunity to deepen the alignment of China's (中国) "15th Five-Year Plan" with Russia's (俄罗斯) development strategy up to 2030, promote the quality and upgrading of mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields, and serve the development and revitalization of the two countries.
Third, promote higher-quality people-to-people connectivity and cultivate the foundation for generations of friendship between the two countries. With the high-level development of China-Russia relations, people-to-people exchanges between the two countries have become increasingly close, and the bonds of friendship have become stronger. President Putin (普京) and I have decided to hold the tenth national-level theme year between the two countries, the "China-Russia Year of Education," in the next two years. The two sides should take the "Year of Education" as an opportunity to continue to expand the scale of two-way study abroad, deepen exchanges and cooperation between universities and scientific research platforms, and achieve more visual results in the cultivation of outstanding talents and joint scientific research, so as to create more favorable conditions for the continuous development of China-Russia relations.
Fourth, carry out higher-quality international cooperation and reform and improve global governance. The world today is very unstable, unilateralism and hegemonism are deeply harmful, and the world is facing the danger of regressing to the law of the jungle. As permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, China (中国) and Russia (俄罗斯) must firmly fulfill their mission and responsibility as major countries, safeguard the authority of the United Nations and international fairness and justice, oppose all unilateral bullying and acts that reverse the course of history, and especially oppose all provocative acts that deny the achievements of World War II and **翻案招魂** (fān àn zhāo hún - "reverse the verdict and summon the soul," to rehabilitate the reputation of someone or something disgraced), for fascism and militarism, and jointly promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system.
Putin (普京) said that this visit coincides with the important moment of the 25th anniversary of the signing of the "Russia-China Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation" (《俄中睦邻友好合作条约》), which laid the foundation for the comprehensive development of relations between the two countries. At present, Russia-China relations are at an unprecedented high level, and the two countries have always adhered to the spirit of mutual respect, equality, mutual assistance, and mutual support to promote the continuous and in-depth development of bilateral cooperation. The development of Russia-China relations has a strong endogenous driving force, and cooperation between the two countries is not directed against third parties and is not affected by geopolitical changes. I had an in-depth exchange with President Xi Jinping (习近平) in a warm and friendly atmosphere on a wide range of important issues in bilateral relations and clarified the direction of future cooperation. The Russian side is full of confidence in the future of bilateral relations and will work with the Chinese side to deepen the partnership and good-neighborly friendship, strengthen people-to-people connectivity, and help each other's development and revitalization and the well-being of the people. Russia (俄国) and China (中国) will maintain close strategic coordination on the international stage, jointly safeguard the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, and jointly safeguard global security and stability.
Cai Qi (蔡奇), Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥), Wang Yi (王毅), He Lifeng (何立峰), Zhang Guoqing (张国清), Shen Yiqin (谌贻琴), and others attended.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing (北京) on May 20th (本报北京5月20日电) (Reporter Yang Qiaochu (杨翘楚)) On the afternoon of May 20th, President Xi Jinping (习近平), together with Russian President Vladimir Putin (普京), attended the opening ceremony of the "China-Russia Year of Education" at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing (北京人民大会堂).
The two heads of state entered the venue together amidst warm applause.
Xi Jinping (习近平) delivered a speech first. Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that 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." Launching the "China-Russia Year of Education" in such a year of special significance is a strategic plan made by President Putin (普京) and myself with a focus on the long-term development of China-Russia relations. Education is an important bridge connecting the hearts of the people and passing on friendship between countries, and it is a noble cause that benefits the present and benefits the future. For a long time, China-Russia educational cooperation has continued to deepen and has achieved remarkable results, enriching the connotation of the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era. Taking the "China-Russia Year of Education" as an opportunity, the two sides should further consolidate cooperation consensus, expand cooperation fields, and improve cooperation levels.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that if education prospers, the country prospers; if education is strong, the country is strong. China and Russia should deepen talent cultivation cooperation, jointly cultivate international top talent teams and national strategic scientific and technological forces, work together to overcome cutting-edge scientific problems, and help the innovative development of the two countries; they should practice the concept of mutual learning among civilizations, promote the inheritance of civilization and the exchange of educational governance experience, and jointly improve the level of work; they should continue the traditional friendship, further release the potential of educational cooperation, promote mutual understanding and affinity between the two peoples, and let young people enhance friendship through in-depth exchanges, and cultivate successors to the China-Russia friendship for generations to come. It is believed that with the joint efforts of both sides, the "China-Russia Year of Education" will surely achieve complete success.
Putin (普京) said that educational cooperation is an indispensable and important part of the comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination between the two countries, and the launch of the "Russia-China Year of Education" is a milestone. Both Russia and China attach importance to education, which is not only essential for personal development, but also the foundation of national economic and social development. The "Russia-China Year of Education" has rich content and a grand scale. The Russian side is willing to work with the Chinese side to strengthen educational cooperation, enhance mutual understanding among the younger generation, ensure that the cause of Russia-China friendship has successors, and promote greater development of Russia-China relations.
The two heads of state jointly unveiled the logo of the "China-Russia Year of Education."
Cai Qi (蔡奇), Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥), Wang Yi (王毅), He Lifeng (何立峰), Zhang Guoqing (张国清), Shen Yiqin (谌贻琴), and others participated.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 20th (Reporter Sun Yi) On the evening of May 20th, President Xi Jinping (习近平) of the People's Republic of China held a tea reception with Russian President Vladimir Putin (普京) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing (北京).
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that over the years, President Putin (普京) and I have maintained frequent exchanges, jointly leading the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era to continuously deepen and become more substantial, promoting good-neighborly friendship between the two countries to take deeper root in the hearts of the people, and creating a new paradigm of major-country relations featuring mutual respect, fairness and justice, and win-win cooperation, continuously injecting valuable stability into a world intertwined with turmoil and change. Today, President Putin (普京) and I have reached new important consensus on advancing the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination. 为者常成，行者常至 (wéi zhě cháng chéng, xíng zhě cháng zhì - "Those who act succeed, those who travel arrive," perseverance leads to success). I believe that with the unremitting efforts of both sides, China-Russia relations will surely continue the momentum of high-quality development, 竿头日进 (gān tóu rì jìn - "daily progress on a pole," to make constant progress) and reach new heights.
Putin (普京) said that this visit was pragmatic, efficient and fruitful. President Xi Jinping (习近平) and I jointly reviewed the development history of Russia-China relations, exchanged in-depth views on a wide range of topics, and clarified the direction of cooperation between the two countries in the next stage, which is conducive to ensuring that Russia-China relations always maintain a vigorous development momentum. The Russian side looks forward to continuing to maintain close communication with the Chinese side, strengthening strategic coordination, and making new contributions to world peace and prosperity with the certainty and stability of Russia-China relations.
The two heads of state also exchanged views on the Ukrainian crisis and other issues.
Cai Qi (蔡奇) and Wang Yi (王毅) participated.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 20th (Reporter Yang Yijun (杨依军)) On the evening of May 20th, President Xi Jinping (习近平) and Russian President Putin (普京) jointly visited the "Inheriting the Generations-Long Friendship Between China and Russia, Establishing a Model of Major-Country Relations" photo exhibition at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing (北京人民大会堂).
Xi Jinping (习近平) and Putin (普京) frequently stopped to observe carefully, listened to the explanations, and happily recalled the moments of friendly exchanges and cooperation between the two countries in recent years. The two heads of state pointed out that the great cause of China-Russia friendship conforms to the general trend of history and the trend of the times, is 牢不可破 (láo bù kě pò - "indestructible," unbreakable; firm) and will surely move steadily and far, 一往无前 (yī wǎng wú qián - "go forward courageously," advance dauntlessly) and continue to write new and brilliant chapters.
The photo exhibition was jointly hosted by Xinhua News Agency (新华社) and Russian TASS News Agency (俄罗斯塔斯社), vividly presenting the close exchanges between the two heads of state in the new era and fully demonstrating the solid steps taken in China-Russia good-neighborly and friendly cooperation.
Cai Qi (蔡奇), Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥), and Wang Yi (王毅) participated.
Return to TopAt the invitation of President Xi Jinping (习近平) of the People's Republic of China, President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation will pay a state visit to the People's Republic of China from May 19 to 20, 2026. The two heads of state will hold formal talks in Beijing (北京) and jointly attend the opening ceremony of the "China-Russia Year of Education" for 2026-2027. Premier Li Qiang (李强) of the State Council of the People's Republic of China will meet with Russian President Putin.
The People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as "the two sides") hereby declare as follows:
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This year marks the 30th anniversary of the two sides' declaration of their determination to develop a strategic partnership of equal trust oriented towards the 21st century, and the 25th anniversary of the signing of the "China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation."
The "China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation" inherits and promotes the long-standing tradition of exchanges between China and Russia, follows the universally recognized principles and norms of international law, and lays a long-term legal foundation for the development of contemporary China-Russia relations. It not only fully demonstrates the long-standing good-neighborly and friendly relations between the two peoples and their willingness to develop friendship for generations to come, but also embodies the common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy, and freedom for all mankind.
The basic principles of bilateral cooperation enshrined in the "China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation" have stood the test of time and remain of significant practical importance today. On the basis of mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual non-aggression, mutual non-interference in internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence, China and Russia support each other's right to independently choose social systems and development paths, and support each other in safeguarding historical and cultural identity and traditional values. The relationship between the two countries is characterized by non-alliance, non-confrontation, and non-targeting of third countries.
The model for the development of relations between the two countries established in the China-Russia Joint Statement of April 25, 1996, and the "China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation" of July 16, 2001, has become the cornerstone of the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era. With the unremitting efforts of both sides, this relationship has reached its highest historical level and continues to develop, demonstrating mature characteristics, possessing endogenous动力, and being unaffected by any external influences. Its stability and comprehensiveness fully meet the fundamental interests of the two countries and their peoples, conform to the respective overall national development tasks of China and Russia, and make important contributions to promoting a just world multipolarization and democratization of international relations.
The two sides agree to extend the "China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation" in accordance with Article 25 thereof, and will continue to adhere to the principles and spirit of the treaty and the "Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on the 20th Anniversary of the Signing of the China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation" issued on June 28, 2021, to promote the continued development of bilateral relations to a higher level and higher quality.
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The two sides will take head-of-state diplomacy as the guide, fully implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, continue to maintain close high-level exchanges, and ensure the efficient and smooth operation of exchange mechanisms between governments, legislative bodies, and parties.
The two sides will continue to consolidate the traditional friendship between the two militaries, enhance mutual trust in the military field, improve cooperation mechanisms, expand joint exercises and training and joint maritime and air patrols, strengthen coordination and cooperation within bilateral and multilateral frameworks, jointly address various risks and challenges, and jointly maintain global and regional security and stability.
The two sides will jointly combat activities such as smuggling of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors and weapons, cybercrime, transnational organized crime, economic crime, cross-border corruption, and illegal immigration, and strengthen cooperation in law enforcement capacity building.
The two sides will continue to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing through the exchange of financial intelligence, and maintain cooperation within the multilateral framework for anti-money laundering. Strengthen young people's awareness and prevention of the risks of money laundering and its upstream crimes, and safeguard the future security of the two countries.
The two sides are willing to deepen comprehensive exchanges and cooperation in the field of emergency management, strengthen cooperation in disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief, and carry out cooperation in safety production risk prevention and control.
The two sides emphasized that the memorial facilities for the martyrs who sacrificed in the other country during World War II should be protected, and will continue to cooperate on the protection and management of memorial facilities, jointly promote the search and excavation of the remains of martyrs and missing persons, commemorate and remember the heroes, and improve the relevant legal and regulatory foundations.
The two sides highly appreciate the high-quality development of economic and trade cooperation between the two countries in recent years, which has made positive contributions to improving the well-being of the two peoples. The two sides will continue to strengthen communication and exchanges on economic and trade policies, consolidate cooperation in key areas, explore new growth points, promote the upgrading of trade in goods and services, and firmly defend the right to independently develop bilateral economic and trade partnerships.
The two sides will vigorously develop cooperation in the fields of automobiles, ships, and civil aviation industries, improve the level of cooperation, adhere to the principle of inclusiveness, and consider their respective domestic laws and national development priorities, and continue to expand cooperation in digital economy, artificial intelligence and other information and communication technologies, cross-border e-commerce, mining of related minerals and other fields, jointly promote the implementation of key cooperation projects, and further release the potential of China-Russia cooperation.
The two sides support the implementation of projects in the chemical and metallurgical fields, and agree to actively promote cooperation in joint mineral development, green standards and other fields.
The two sides pointed out that the two countries carry out investment cooperation on the basis of equality and mutual benefit, help implement major investment cooperation projects, protect the legitimate rights and interests of investors, and ensure a fair investment environment. Investment cooperation between the two sides shows a positive trend, achieving high-level development and continuous advancement. The two sides are willing to continue to promote the improvement of the quality and efficiency of investment cooperation, support the work of the China-Russia Investment Cooperation Committee, and better leverage the role of the committee's secretariat in implementing various consensuses.
The two sides will fulfill the obligations stipulated in the "Agreement between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Russian Federation on the Promotion and Mutual Protection of Investments" signed on May 8, 2025, continue to optimize the business environment, improve the level of investment facilitation and protection, and ensure the safety and stability of industrial and supply chains.
The two sides pointed out that the "China-Russia Investment Cooperation Plan Outline" is of great significance. In order to improve the level of investment cooperation between the two countries, the two sides are willing to increase their support for investment cooperation in key areas listed in the plan.
The two sides highly appreciate the fruitful results achieved in China-Russia energy cooperation, and agree to continue to consolidate and develop a comprehensive energy partnership, support enterprises in deepening mutually beneficial cooperation in oil and gas, coal, civil nuclear energy, renewable energy including green electricity certificates, ensure the safe and stable operation of cross-border energy infrastructure, promote smooth energy transportation, promote dialogue between energy producing countries and energy consuming countries, jointly maintain the stability of the global energy market, and improve the level of energy security guarantee based on the principle of energy justice.
The two sides will continue to promote the construction projects of the Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant and the Xudabao Nuclear Power Plant, and ensure that they are completed and put into operation on time. On this basis, deepen cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy, gradually promote cooperation in the fields of thermonuclear fusion, fast reactors, and closed nuclear fuel cycle, and explore cooperation in the front end of the nuclear fuel cycle and joint construction of nuclear power projects through a "package" approach based on mutual benefit and win-win and balanced interests.
The two sides will continue to develop cooperation in the financial field, leverage the potential of the Financial Cooperation Sub-Committee of the China-Russia Prime Ministers' Regular Meeting Committee, the China-Russia Finance Ministers' Dialogue, and other relevant areas of cooperation mechanisms, maintain the progress made in local currency settlement, steadily promote pragmatic cooperation between China and Russia in the banking sector and in the capital market, better serve the healthy and stable development of the two countries' economies and capital markets, and deepen cooperation in customs, taxation and other fields.
The two sides will continue to promote the process of bilateral and multilateral financial cooperation, strengthen communication and coordination on macroeconomic policies, achieve sustainable economic development, and effectively respond to global economic challenges.
The two sides are willing to comprehensively strengthen customs cooperation, actively carry out exchanges and mutual learning in smart customs cooperation, continuously improve customs governance capabilities, continuously optimize regulatory services, deepen the "single window" interconnection cooperation, promote bilateral trade facilitation, and continue to actively cooperate on bilateral information exchange issues.
The two sides are willing to take multiple measures to ensure the smooth flow of China-Russia border ports, actively carry out smart port cooperation, continuously accelerate the modernization of port infrastructure, simultaneously improve the efficiency of two-way customs clearance at ports, and comprehensively improve the level of port interconnection. Accelerate the construction of the Heihe-Blagoveshchensk highway port for passenger and freight transport on Heixiazi Island (Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island) (黑瞎子岛).
The two sides are willing to continue to strengthen cooperation in the field of air transportation between the two countries, and encourage airlines of both sides to increase more passenger and cargo routes and flights in accordance with the air rights arrangements between the two countries and according to market demand.
The two sides reiterated that they will continue to work with North Korea on the Tumen River access to the sea issue in accordance with the spirit of Article 9 of the "Agreement between the People's Republic of China and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Eastern Section of the Sino-Soviet Border" of May 16, 1991; and in accordance with the spirit of the "Protocol between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Russian Federation on the Navigation of Chinese and Russian Vessels in the Waters around Heixiazi Island (Tarabarov Island and Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island)" of October 14, 2004, accelerate the bilateral negotiations on the draft agreement on navigation in the relevant waters.
The two sides are willing to strengthen the construction of China-Russia cross-border transportation infrastructure and improve the efficiency of cross-border passenger and freight transportation. Continue to organize and carry out cross-border cargo transportation using unmanned technology. The two sides emphasized the important role of cooperation in the transportation field, and exchanged experiences in the legal regulation of the use of unmanned technologies in air, land, and ship autonomous navigation.
The two sides will ensure the unobstructed operation of the China-Russia cross-border channel corridor, strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation in China-Europe freight trains, maintain stable freight rates, and continue to support the transit of railway, road, and sea cargo transportation through Russia to Europe. Continuously promote pragmatic cooperation in the construction and utilization fields aimed at increasing the volume of cargo transportation in the Arctic航道 and its overall development.
The two sides are willing to expand the volume of railway freight transportation between China and Russia for import and export and transit through third countries. The two sides will simultaneously strengthen the construction of railway border station infrastructure and rear channels, build a smooth, stable, sustainable and healthy railway logistics channel, and jointly ensure the safety and efficiency of cargo transportation.
The two sides are willing to deepen cooperation in the construction of cross-border toll highway bridges, such as the Heihe-Blagoveshchensk Highway Bridge. The two sides are willing to continue to develop the "Europe-Western China" international transportation corridor and promote the interconnection of highways between Russia, China, and Kazakhstan.
The two sides highly appreciate the prospects for further deepening the coordinated cooperation of the trilateral mechanism involving Mongolia and the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor, and will actively promote the implementation and cooperation of key joint construction projects under the framework of the corridor. The two sides agreed to provide assistance to Mongolia in joining the regional integration process, including the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
The two sides are willing to deepen cooperation in the agricultural and forestry fields, further strengthen investment cooperation in the agricultural field, accelerate the establishment of China-Russia agricultural cooperation experimental demonstration zones in the Russian Far East, and use them as pilot projects for the implementation of Russia's international advanced development zone policy.
Deepening cooperation in the agricultural field is in line with the economic interests of China and Russia and helps to improve the food security of the two countries. On the premise of ensuring safety and on the basis of risk assessment, the two sides will jointly strive to comprehensively expand the categories and quantities of meat products provided from disease-free areas in Russia to China, including beef and pork by-products, jointly promote the resumption of exports of qualified poultry meat enterprises products from Russia to China, and deepen two-way trade in pet food between China and Russia. The two sides look forward to providing richer animal and plant products from China to Russia, jointly promoting the export of qualified poultry meat enterprises products from China to Russia, and further expanding the number of Chinese aquatic product enterprises registered for export to Russia.
The two sides will further strengthen cooperation in the protection of wild animals such as Siberian tigers, Amur leopards, giant pandas, golden monkeys, and migratory birds, and strengthen exchanges of experience in the management of nature reserves.
The two sides agreed to continue to implement major national space programs that are in the common interests of China and Russia, and actively promote cooperation in various key areas of space, including the International Lunar Research Station, lunar and deep space exploration, and comprehensively improve the level and level of cooperation.
The two sides decided to continue to deepen mutually beneficial exchanges in the field of satellite navigation, actively promote the implementation of the "China-Russia Satellite Navigation Cooperation Roadmap for 2026 to 2030," ensure the complementarity of the Beidou Satellite Navigation System and the GLONASS Global Satellite Navigation System, and benefit users in various countries around the world.
The two sides are willing to continuously strengthen cooperation in the coordination and use of China-Russia radio frequencies and the coordination and use of satellite frequency orbit resources, and continuously deepen exchanges and cooperation between China and Russia in the fields of satellite Internet and the Internet of Things.
The two sides agreed to explore the establishment of a software cooperation mechanism to jointly enable the construction of digital infrastructure. Deepen cooperation and exchanges in the open source field, promote the industrialization and implementation of high-quality open source achievements in key industries, and achieve the common development of the open source field in the two countries.
The two sides agreed to strengthen close cooperation in the fields of environmental protection and water resources. Continue to deepen cooperation in cross-border water hydrological reporting and flood prevention, and ensure flood control safety in the border areas of the two countries. Continue to deepen pragmatic cooperation in the protection of cross-border water quality, maintain cooperation on emergency contact for sudden ecological and environmental events, promote the construction of a cross-border nature reserve network, protect biodiversity, strengthen cooperation in the field of waste management, and continue to promote nature protection cooperation under the framework of the G20, BRICS countries, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and Northeast Asia sub-regional environmental protection cooperation programs.
The two sides recognize the important role of standardization cooperation in promoting technological progress and trade facilitation between the two countries, and will further deepen standardization cooperation in key areas, including promoting mutual recognition of standards in the fields of automobiles, children's products, and organic products, and establish a long-term information exchange and cooperation mechanism in the field of conformity assessment.
The two sides agreed to continue to deepen exchanges and cooperation in intellectual property rights, provide better services to applicants and rights holders in both countries, and jointly create a good business and legal environment. Promote the exchange of experience and sharing of practices in intellectual property protection in the context of the development of the digital economy and artificial intelligence technology.
The two sides emphasized the importance of strengthening cooperation in the field of China-Russia anti-monopoly policy. Under the pragmatic cooperation mechanism in the field of law enforcement, the two sides effectively expose and stop violations of anti-monopoly laws with cross-border characteristics. The two sides are willing to promote the implementation of the intergovernmental agreement between the two countries on fair competition and anti-monopoly, and safeguard the interests of the people of the two countries.
The two sides are willing to deepen cooperation in the field of consumer rights protection and jointly take measures to ensure their due level, including in the fields of cross-border procurement services, e-commerce, and tourism services.
The two sides believe that measurement is an important foundation for ensuring international trade exchanges. Through the annual meetings of the China-Russia Measurement Cooperation Working Group, the two sides have achieved pragmatic cooperation results in measurement fields such as energy and medical health. The two sides are willing to continue to carry out experience exchanges and mutual visits of technical professionals in the measurement field, and agree to continue to carry out joint comparisons of national measurement unit benchmarks in areas of common concern. The two sides are willing to continue to deepen exchanges and cooperation in the field of measurement.
The two sides are willing to promote the deepening of cooperation in the field of housing and urban-rural construction, carry out joint research on "good houses" in cold regions, and strengthen mutual learning and mutual reference in related directions in professional fields such as "urban infrastructure lifeline safety projects," urban renewal, and the application of digital and artificial intelligence technologies in the construction industry.
The two sides attach great importance to and welcome the positive development of cooperation in the economic, trade, investment, and cultural fields between Northeast China and the Russian Far East, as well as between the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River in China and the Volga Federal District in Russia, and support the strengthening of exchanges and expansion of cooperation between local and border regions of the two countries. China welcomes Russia's policy promotion on international advanced development zones.
The two sides agreed to deepen pragmatic cooperation between China and the Eurasian Economic Union under the framework of the "Agreement on Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and the Eurasian Economic Union," and continuously promote the alignment of the "Belt and Road" initiative and the development plans of the Eurasian Economic Union in the fields of transportation, logistics, transportation, digitalization, e-commerce, policy coordination and elimination of trade barriers, food, and agricultural product trade. The two sides believe that this dialogue mechanism is crucial for promoting trade cooperation, which is conducive to deepening economic integration and interconnection between the Asia-Pacific and Eurasian regions, and promoting the common development of the "Belt and Road" initiative and the construction of the "Greater Eurasian Partnership." The two sides are willing to further upgrade and expand the institutional arrangements for economic and trade cooperation between China and the Eurasian Economic Union and its member states, and improve the level of trade liberalization and facilitation.
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The two sides adhere to cultural and civilizational diversity, support each other in protecting cultural and historical identity and traditional moral values, firmly safeguard cultural sovereignty, do not impose their own values and models on others, and do not engage in ideological confrontation.
The two sides uphold the diversity of cultures and civilizations, support each other in protecting cultural and historical identity and traditional moral values, firmly safeguard cultural sovereignty, refrain from imposing their own values and models on others, and avoid ideological confrontation.
The two sides believe that the role of UNESCO as a universal platform for intergovernmental cultural exchanges should be further strengthened to promote professional dialogue based on mutual respect, facilitate efficient communication among member states, and enhance unity.
The two sides agreed that people-to-people cooperation is an important foundation of public opinion and a spiritual bond in China-Russia bilateral relations. Through mutual education, cultural integration, and youth interaction, the two sides will deepen mutual recognition among the people and build a solid social foundation for political mutual trust and economic and trade cooperation.
The two sides fully affirmed the achievements of cooperation in the field of education and agreed to further promote the establishment of partnerships between Chinese and Russian educational institutions, jointly organize activities, and promote the exchange of experience and good practices between educators of the two countries.
The two sides will hold the "China-Russia Year of Education" with high quality, promote pragmatic cooperation in various fields, and deepen cultural exchanges. Further promote the establishment of partnerships between Chinese and Russian universities and research institutions, and promote the exchange of experience and practices in the field of education between the two countries. Continue to expand the scale of two-way study abroad, and strengthen the joint training of high-level talents in universities of the two countries. Continue to build the China-Russia Basic Science Research Institute well, and support the joint construction of the China-Russia Innovation Research Institute by universities of both sides. Support the construction of the China-Russia University Alliance, the China-Russia Middle School Alliance, and the China-Russia Vocational Education Alliance. Continue to promote the teaching of each other's national languages in their own countries, promote exchanges between Chinese and Russian students, carry out summer schools for Chinese and Russian students, exchanges in basic disciplines for Chinese and Russian primary and secondary school students, and other activities to enhance understanding and mutual trust among young students, strengthen communication and cooperation in the field of education within the multilateral framework, and jointly strengthen international influence in the field of education.
The two sides believe that deepening cooperation in scientific and technological innovation is of great strategic significance for the two countries to enhance their development momentum and international competitiveness. The two sides will further consolidate the foundation of cooperation in basic and applied sciences and cutting-edge technologies, and promote high-level cooperative research. Regularly carry out joint scientific research project selection and continuously improve the funding mechanism. Actively improve the level of mutual opening up of large scientific facilities and carry out collaborative research. Continue to strengthen scientific and technological exchanges and exchanges and joint training of young scientists. Deepen scientific and technological cooperation within the multilateral frameworks of BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, and the G20, and jointly enhance the potential of scientific and technological innovation to promote the economic and social development of the two countries.
The two sides highly appreciated the fruitful results achieved by the two countries in the fields of literary and artistic performances, museums, libraries, radio, film and television, and art education within the framework of the "China-Russia Year of Culture" in 2024-2025, and continued to expand the coverage of cooperation. Support the holding of the 14th "Russian Culture Festival" in China and the 17th "Chinese Culture Festival" in Russia, the 4th China-Russia Library Forum, and the 16th China-Russia Cultural Fair, and hold "Happy Chinese New Year" in Moscow and other Russian cities, and hold "Seeing off Winter Festival" in Beijing (北京) and other Chinese cities. Give full play to the platform role of the cultural centers mutually established by the two countries, and carry out pragmatic cooperation in the fields of exhibition performances, language teaching, cultural tourism promotion, and youth and local exchanges.
The two sides agreed to further deepen China-Russia film exchanges and cooperation. Within the framework of the Film Cooperation Sub-Committee of the China-Russia Committee on Humanitarian Cooperation, support the holding of film festivals in each other's countries every year, and make full use of platforms such as the Shanghai International Film Festival, the Beijing International Film Festival, the Silk Road International Film Festival and the Moscow International Film Festival, "Message to Man," and "Spirit of Fire" International Film Festival to strengthen film and personnel exchanges. The two sides will be committed to expanding the scale of film co-production, promoting the establishment and deepening of contacts between film institutions and personnel of the two countries, and continuing to implement the "Action Plan of the National Film Administration of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation on Co-production of Films before 2030" jointly approved by the National Film Administration of China and the Ministry of Culture of Russia.
The two sides fully affirmed the achievements of cooperation between the two countries in the field of health, and expressed satisfaction with the China-Russia Disaster Medicine Tactical Special Exercise and the International Symposium on Disaster Medicine to be held in 2026. The two sides will continue to promote cooperation in the fields of disaster medicine, biosafety, prevention and control of infectious diseases and cross-border transmission, medical education, the China-Russia Medical University Alliance, medical science and innovation; oncology and nuclear medicine, ophthalmology, psychiatry, maternal and child health, digital health, traditional medicine, and drug and medical device safety.
The two sides will continue to strengthen close cooperation on international platforms in the field of health, jointly safeguard global public health security, and enhance the health and well-being of the people of the two countries. The two sides agreed to expand cooperation in the fields of biosafety, prevention and control of infectious diseases and cross-border transmission through disease control departments.
The two sides highly appreciated the positive results of exchanges between the two countries in the field of sports and looked forward to further strengthening sports exchanges and cooperation.
The two sides affirmed the positive results of the 4th China-Russia Winter Youth Games and the 10th China-Russia Summer Youth Games held in Russia. The two sides agreed to continue the tradition of holding the Winter and Summer Youth Games alternately in China and Russia, and determined that the 5th China-Russia Winter Youth Games and the 11th China-Russia Summer Youth Games will be held in China.
The two sides pointed out that it is necessary to further develop exchanges between the two countries in the most concerned national traditional sports, strengthen sports cooperation between regions, and agreed to use China-Russia sports venues to carry out joint training and sports competitions, including winter sports, and emphasized the need to further expand sports education and scientific research cooperation, positively evaluate the role of the China-Russia Sports University Alliance, and support sports education institutions of the two countries to establish contacts through jointly holding forums, conferences, and online courses.
The two sides plan to carry out cooperation in the field of anti-doping. The two sides advocate further promoting equal international sports cooperation and promoting the Olympic spirit and concept. The two sides agreed to continue to coordinate positions on sports cooperation within the framework of multilateral organizations such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, BRICS, UNESCO, and the Asia Cooperation Dialogue.
The two sides affirmed the effectiveness of the visa-free policy and its positive role in promoting economic and trade exchanges and cultural exchanges, and agreed to further simplify visa procedures and continuously improve the level of facilitation of personnel exchanges between the two countries.
The two sides agreed to further deepen cooperation in the field of youth policy, and carry out cooperation projects focusing on patriotic and ideological and moral education for children and youth, youth entrepreneurship, volunteer services, creative industries, and new media. Expand pragmatic exchanges between local youth affairs departments and non-profit organizations, and jointly lead the youth agenda and advocate youth action in multilateral mechanisms such as the United Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and BRICS.
The two sides are willing to coordinate and do a good job in information security for large-scale international events, promote reports on the political, economic, social, cultural, and bilateral relations development of the two countries, jointly respond to unfriendly behaviors by third parties that have a negative impact on media cooperation between the two countries, resist interference in internal affairs in the information field and the dissemination of false information that undermines cooperation between the two countries, and expand information dissemination channels between the two sides.
The two sides will deepen media exchanges and cooperation, jointly run the China-Russia Media Forum, promote mutual visits of mainstream media, strengthen joint training of talents, provide convenience for media personnel of the two countries to work in each other's countries, and carry out exchanges of experience in the field of digital diplomacy. Expand the practical application of new technologies in the media field and deepen pragmatic cooperation between local media of the two countries.
The two sides support exchanges and cooperation in joint production in the field of China-Russia online media, co-creation of content by online celebrities, training of online and new media talents, and holding large-scale online media forums.
The two sides will deepen cooperation in the field of publishing, actively carry out cooperation projects such as mutual translation and distribution of classic and modern works of the two countries, continue to participate in book fairs held in China and Russia, support the mutual holding of guest of honor activities, and will strengthen exchanges of experience and sharing of practices in copyright protection and application.
The two sides are willing to deepen cooperation in the field of archives between the two countries, exchange experience in archive work management, exchange duplicate copies of archives of interest to both sides, jointly compile and publish archive document compilations, and jointly hold historical archive exhibitions.
The two sides emphasized the importance of people-to-people diplomacy in China-Russia multi-field cooperation and positively evaluated the role of the China-Russia Friendship, Peace and Development Committee and the friendship associations of the two countries in close social ties between the two countries and enhancing mutual understanding between the people of the two countries.
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The two sides pointed out that the world today is intertwined with changes and chaos, geopolitical games are intensifying, and local conflicts and turmoil occur frequently. The global peace deficit, development deficit, security deficit, and governance deficit are increasing, and the management of international relations is lacking. The two sides reiterated their firm opposition to hegemonism and unilateralism, opposition to the world regressing to power politics, and firm maintenance of the authority of the United Nations and its core role in international affairs. The two sides firmly oppose the implementation of unilateral sanctions and secondary sanctions in trade, the discriminatory use of tariffs and other restrictive measures, and call on all parties to earnestly safeguard the multilateral trading system with the WTO as the core and maintain the stability and smooth flow of global industrial and supply chains.
The two sides pointed out that individual countries pursue hegemonism and adhere to neo-colonialist thinking, and their aggressive policies have led to more intense international competition and a continued rise in tensions in global affairs. These countries attempt to infringe on the sovereignty of other countries, curb the economic and technological development of other countries, and set obstacles to hindering the construction of a multi-polar world.
The two sides condemned any unilateral mandatory, punitive, and discriminatory protectionist measures taken by any country, group, or alliance of countries that violate international law, sovereign equality, and the principle of non-interference in internal affairs. The two sides called for the lifting of illegal unilateral coercive measures that undermine the purposes and principles of international law and the Charter of the United Nations, and reiterated that the two sides do not implement or support any sanctions that have not been approved by the UN Security Council and are inconsistent with international law.
The two sides pointed out that, in accordance with the principle of sovereign equality of states established by the Charter of the United Nations, all states must strictly comply with international obligations regarding the immunity of states and their property, including sovereign reserves. The two sides strongly condemned any illegal acts of freezing, seizing, misappropriating, or otherwise encroaching on the state property and assets of other countries, and stressed that the victim states have the right to take countermeasures in accordance with international law.
The two sides emphasized that the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind proposed by China and a series of global initiatives have important positive significance. The two sides will closely cooperate on the issue of maintaining international peace, stability, and security, and will fully support and promote each other's proposed initiatives in international occasions accordingly.
The two sides emphasized that the Global Security Initiative proposed by China is of great significance for reforming and improving global security governance. It is advocated that all countries fully, fully, and completely abide by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, adhere to respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries, and oppose acts that infringe on the fundamental interests of other countries, especially in the field of security. On the basis of equal and indivisible security, resolve differences and eliminate the root causes of conflict in a peaceful manner through dialogue and consultation, and improve global governance and international relations management.
The two sides resolutely condemned all external military coercion and acts aimed at undermining the unity and equal cooperation of the Eurasian continent. China highly appreciates the "Eurasian Security Architecture" initiative proposed by Russia to build equality and indivisibility, which aims to achieve long-term peace and stability in the region and create a development environment for countries in the region that is free from external interference. The two sides called on all countries to adhere to the principle of equal and indivisible global and regional security and build common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable security.
The two sides are willing to discuss cooperation around the Global Security Initiative and the Eurasian Security Architecture Initiative, promote exchanges and docking of security concepts, strengthen strategic cooperation in the field of security, jointly benefit the people of the region, and contribute to maintaining world peace and tranquility.
The Russian side attaches great importance to the Global Civilization Initiative and is willing to work with China to hold relevant commemorative activities in conjunction with the UN General Assembly's resolution on the "International Day of Dialogue among Civilizations," jointly promote exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, and promote people-to-people connectivity.
The two sides will continue to resolutely defend the correct view of the history of World War II, firmly safeguard the achievements of the victory of World War II recorded in the Charter of the United Nations and the charters and judgments of the Nuremberg and Tokyo International Military Tribunals, and resolutely oppose any attempts to deny, distort, and tamper with the history of World War II.
The two sides are willing to continue to strengthen cooperation to combat acts of glorifying Nazism, fascism, and militarism, as well as attempts to revive the above-mentioned non-constructive ideologies and deny the facts of genocide. The two sides pointed out that it is of great significance to carry out correct historical education, protect the memorial facilities of the people of the two countries and the martyrs who fought side by side and sacrificed during World War II, and oppose the desecration and damage of the above-mentioned memorial facilities. The two sides resolutely condemned the acts of exonerating those who colluded with Nazis, fascists, and militarists and committed war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The two sides emphasized that the authority of UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 is beyond question and challenge.
The Russian side reiterated its commitment to the one-China principle, recognizing that there is only one China in the world, Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory, and the government of the People's Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China. It firmly opposes any form of "Taiwan independence," emphasizes that interfering in the Taiwan issue, which is purely China's internal affair, is undermining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, and firmly supports the measures taken by the Chinese government to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity and achieve national reunification.
China firmly supports Russia in safeguarding national security, stability, development, and prosperity, firmly supports Russia in safeguarding sovereignty and territorial integrity, and opposes external forces interfering in Russia's internal affairs.
The two sides pointed out that launching military strikes against other countries, using negotiations as a pretext for preparation, killing leaders of sovereign countries, shaking their domestic political environment, inciting regime change, and forcibly abducting and trying heads of state seriously violate the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, seriously violate international law and the basic norms of international relations, and seriously undermine the foundation of the international order formed after World War II and the civilized foundation of exchanges between countries. The two sides resolutely oppose and strongly condemn this and point out that the main reason for the current instability in the Eurasian continent is external destructive interference.
The two sides reiterated that they will further strengthen cooperation and coordination through bilateral channels and using international and regional multilateral platforms such as the United Nations, BRICS, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, resolutely resist the spread of any extreme ideas that give rise to terrorism and extremism in the world today, jointly combat the "three forces," especially terrorist organizations listed by the UN Security Council and other terrorist and extremist organizations that threaten the national security of China and Russia, jointly prevent and respond to terrorists using emerging technologies to plan and implement terrorist activities, and jointly curb the behavior of supporting and using terrorist groups to achieve political purposes.
The two sides reiterated their support for the international arms control system with the United Nations as the core and support the role of the UN General Assembly's Disarmament and International Security Committee, the UN Disarmament Commission, and the Geneva Conference on Disarmament. The two sides will continue to conduct consultations and exchanges at all levels on arms control and non-proliferation issues.
The two sides reiterated their commitment to maintaining and strengthening global strategic balance and stability, and the evaluations and positions in the Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on Global Strategic Stability signed on May 8, 2025, remain relevant. The two sides affirmed the positive role of the Russia-U.S. New START Treaty in avoiding an arms race, reducing strategic risks, and maintaining strategic stability, and expressed regret that the United States adopted an irresponsible attitude after the treaty expired, resulting in the treaty not being retained in the form of voluntary self-restraint, and called on the United States to create the necessary conditions in a responsible manner, thereby promoting synergistic measures for strategic stability. China appreciates Russia's initiative that Russia and the United States should continue to abide by the core restrictions of the New START Treaty of April 8, 2010, which reflects Russia's commitment to maintaining predictability, restraint, and balance in this field. The Russian side respects China's position on the issue of "China-U.S.-Russia Trilateral Nuclear Arms Control Negotiations."
Both sides oppose all kinds of provocative actions and hostile behaviors by individual nuclear-weapon states against other nuclear-weapon states, as such behaviors undermine the fundamental interests of these countries in the security field and lead to increased strategic risks. Some nuclear-weapon states are obsessed with the supremacy of strength and seek absolute security military advantages, deploying military strategic infrastructure and other strategic offensive and strategic defensive weapons close to the front lines of other nuclear-weapon states, and expanding military alliances without restraint in violation of the principle of equality and indivisibility, increasing tensions between nuclear-weapon states. They called on other countries that signed the "Joint Statement of the Leaders of the Five Nuclear-Weapon States on Preventing Nuclear War and Avoiding Arms Races" issued on January 3, 2022, to strictly and fully comply with its provisions.
Both sides pointed out that the plans and actions of certain nuclear-weapon states and their allies to deploy land-based intermediate-range and short-range missiles outside their borders pose a threat to other nuclear-weapon states. It is concerning that the relevant missiles have short flight times and are suitable for high-precision large-scale strikes against important key facilities and targets within the territory of other nuclear-weapon states. At the same time, nuclear-weapon states and non-nuclear-weapon states within certain military alliances and groups implement strategies such as "active suppression of launch," "deep precision strike," "kill chain," and "counterattack capability," and implement preemptive and preventive missile strikes to behead and disarm the enemy. Similar behaviors are serious destabilizing factors and pose a strategic threat to the countries being attacked. Both sides strongly condemn such provocative behavior that undermines regional stability and global security and will jointly respond to it.
Both sides believe that the U.S. "Golden Dome" program aims to build a global, multi-layered, multi-domain missile defense system that is not subject to any restrictions, to resist threats from all missiles from any "evenly matched" opponent from the preparation before launch to all stages of flight, which causes significant damage to strategic stability. The program completely negates the indivisible connection between strategic offensive weapons and strategic defensive weapons, which is the core principle of maintaining strategic stability, greatly increases the risk of conflict in outer space, weaponizes outer space and makes it a place of armed confrontation, violates the purpose and objectives of the peaceful use of outer space in the "Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies" (i.e., the "Outer Space Treaty"), and makes the situation worse.
Both sides are committed to firmly maintaining the outer space law based on the "Outer Space Treaty" and are committed to strengthening international cooperation in outer space on the basis of equality and non-discrimination. Both sides oppose unilateralist positions targeting outer space activities and oppose the use of civilian and commercial spacecraft to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries and illegally intervene in armed conflicts in other countries.
Both sides oppose the placement of any weapons in outer space, the use or threat of force against outer space objects, or the use of force through outer space objects, oppose the attempts of individual countries to use outer space for armed confrontation, and oppose the implementation of policies aimed at seeking military hegemony and defining outer space as a "combat domain." Therefore, both sides pointed out that the U.S. "Golden Dome" missile defense system, which studies and implements space-based interception, has a serious negative impact on international security. Both sides emphasized that the program greatly increases the risk of armed conflict in outer space, encourages the placement of weapons in outer space and spreads armed conflict to outer space, promotes the use or threat of force against outer space objects, or the use of force through outer space objects, and deviates from the purpose and objectives of the peaceful use of outer space stipulated in the "Outer Space Treaty."
Both sides reiterated the necessity of launching international negotiations on a legally binding multilateral instrument as soon as possible on the basis of the Sino-Russian draft "Treaty on the Prevention of the Placement of Weapons in Outer Space, the Threat or Use of Force Against Outer Space Objects" and the consensus report adopted in 2024 by the United Nations Group of Governmental Experts established under Resolution 250 of the 77th UN General Assembly, to provide fundamental and reliable guarantees for preventing an arms race in outer space. Both sides agreed to promote the international initiative/political commitment of not being the first to deploy weapons in outer space on a global scale, thereby strengthening international security, ensuring the equal and indivisible security of all countries, and improving the predictability and sustainability of all countries in exploring and using outer space peacefully.
Both sides firmly maintain the international nuclear non-proliferation system based on the "Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons." Both sides firmly oppose any behavior by nuclear-weapon states and non-nuclear-weapon states that violates treaty obligations.
Both sides expressed high concern about Japan's long-term large-scale stockpiling of sensitive nuclear materials without credible civilian uses, and are vigilant about the unacceptable ambitions and extreme provocative behaviors of right-wing forces in the country, namely, promoting the revision of the "Three Non-Nuclear Principles," including turning to more destructive "extended deterrence" containing potential factors of "nuclear sharing" with allies, and jointly realized with allies, and even attempting to independently possess nuclear weapons. They urged the Japanese government to earnestly abide by international law obligations such as the "Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons."
Both sides expressed concern about the statements with pro-nuclear tendencies made by some nominally European non-nuclear countries, and called on the International Atomic Energy Agency to pay close attention and ensure due supervision of the nuclear materials and behaviors of such countries.
Both sides firmly called on the relevant nuclear-weapon states and their non-nuclear allies to abolish their inter-state destabilizing arrangements such as "nuclear sharing" and "extended deterrence" as soon as possible, take necessary measures in national and collective security policies, and not replicate new "nuclear sharing" and "extended deterrence" arrangements within their military alliances.
Both sides reiterated that the "Biological Weapons Convention" should be fully observed and continuously strengthened, including the institutionalization of the convention mechanism and the achievement of a legally binding protocol containing an effective verification mechanism. No country should engage in any biological military activities within or outside its borders that threaten the security of other countries and related regions.
Both sides reiterated their commitment to establishing a world free of chemical weapons, called on the states parties to the "Chemical Weapons Convention" to take all necessary measures to achieve the above goals, and at the same time promote the return of the work of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to a non-political technical track. Both sides urged Japan to faithfully fulfill its obligations and completely destroy the chemical weapons abandoned in China as soon as possible. The Chinese side supports the Russian side's candidacy for membership in the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
Both sides reiterated their compliance with the export control obligations stipulated in the "Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons," the "Biological Weapons Convention," and the "Chemical Weapons Convention," and opposed individual countries using relevant mechanisms for technological and economic suppression of other countries and the implementation of illegal unilateral restrictive measures for their own selfish interests.
Both sides are committed to promoting the implementation of UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/79/80 on "Promoting Peaceful Utilization of International Cooperation in the Field of International Security" adopted in December 2024.
Both sides will deepen high-level strategic coordination in the field of information security, further strengthen practical cooperation in emergency response in this field, and exchange experiences in the field of Internet policies and regulations. Both sides expressed concern about the threats facing the global information security field. Both sides emphasized that the United Nations plays a key role in addressing threats in cyberspace, supports information security dialogue and cooperation under the framework of the United Nations Global Cybersecurity Permanent Mechanism, adheres to the "Rules of Responsible State Behavior in Cyberspace," and formulates universally accepted and common international rules on new issues such as international information security, data security, and supply chain stability, maintains an open, secure, stable, accessible, peaceful, and interconnected information and communication technology environment, and respects and supports the principle of cyber sovereignty.
China and Russia noted that artificial intelligence technology is one of the main factors that significantly affects the speed and quality of economic and social changes, and are willing to promote the benevolent and inclusive development of artificial intelligence and oppose individual countries using artificial intelligence as a geopolitical tool to maintain their hegemonic position. Both sides support strengthening international cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence, releasing the dividends of intelligent development, and responding to potential risks and challenges related to artificial intelligence. The Russian side welcomes the Chinese side's initiative to establish the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization. Both sides reiterated that they will further cooperate on the military application of artificial intelligence technology within the bilateral and multilateral frameworks such as the Group of Governmental Experts on "Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems" of the "Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons."
Both sides are willing to use international organization platforms to coordinate positions on issues in the field of artificial intelligence science.
Both sides attach great importance to protecting the safety and legitimate rights and interests of the citizens, institutions, and projects of the two countries in each other's countries, and will strengthen the exchange of overseas and regional security information through mechanisms such as consultations on overseas citizen security affairs. When events that threaten life and health, such as turmoil, armed conflicts, and natural disasters, occur in third countries and regions, they will provide support and assistance to each other's countries in carrying out emergency protection and evacuation of overseas citizens.
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Both sides reiterated that the "Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on Further Strengthening Cooperation to Safeguard the Authority of International Law" signed on May 8, 2025, is of great significance, firmly maintain the international system with the United Nations as the core, the international order based on international law, and the basic norms of international relations based on the purposes and principles of the "UN Charter," strengthen strategic communication and coordination within the framework of the United Nations, safeguard common interests and international fairness and justice, and oppose any attempts to tamper with the results of World War II. The Russian side supports the Global Governance Initiative proposed by the Chinese side. Both sides are willing to coordinate actions on major global governance issues and jointly promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system.
Both sides emphasized that the UN Security Council bears the primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security, reiterated that the principle of prohibiting the use or threat of force stipulated in the "UN Charter" must be observed, and condemned unilateral military intervention not based on the right of individual or collective self-defense or authorized by the Security Council accordingly. They oppose and condemn any unilateral coercive measures that violate international law and are not authorized by the Security Council. Both sides attach great importance to the work of the "Group of Friends in Defense of the UN Charter" and will continue to actively participate in it.
The Russian side supports the Global Development Initiative proposed by the Chinese side and will continue to participate in the work of the "Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative." Both sides will continue to promote the international community to focus on development issues, increase development investment, deepen practical cooperation, and accelerate the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.
Both sides firmly support the multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organization as the core and based on rules, and jointly oppose unilateral sanctions and trade protectionist measures. Both sides are willing to continue to strengthen the cooperation and dialogue mechanism within the framework of the WTO, coordinate positions on global trade development issues, including through the BRICS consultation informal mechanism.
China and Russia will promote the implementation of the decisions made on the relevant outcomes of the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC14), promote consultations on unresolved issues of MC14, and promote the adoption of a package of reform measures such as the "Yaoundé Outcome Package." Both sides will firmly maintain the basic principles of the WTO such as most-favored-nation treatment, oppose unilateralism and trade protectionist measures, promote the WTO rules to keep pace with the times, better respond to the needs of the times, and promote the WTO to play a greater role in global economic governance.
Both sides are willing to deepen cooperation within the framework of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, and the New Development Bank, and continue to promote cooperation in the financial channels of the G20, BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and APEC.
Both sides pointed out that multilateral development banks play an important role in the global economy as independent financial institutions aimed at promoting the sustainable development of member states, and emphasized that it should be ensured that they are non-politicized, have equal shareholders, and have non-discriminatory access to resources, including in the construction projects of all member states. At the same time, ensure the sound operation of multilateral development banks and safeguard the common interests of all member states.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and China and Russia attach great importance to cooperation within the SCO framework. Both sides will continue to work with all member states to promote the SCO to play its strategic role in building a just multipolar world based on recognized international law, cultural and civilizational diversity, mutually beneficial and equal cooperation between countries, and centered on the United Nations. Both sides will promote the deepening of cooperation within the SCO framework to make it the foundation for establishing a secure, indivisible, and sustainable development space in Eurasia.
In this context, both sides are willing to actively and steadily promote the implementation of the SCO Development Strategy for the next 10 years, promote the comprehensive improvement of the SCO, including revising the organizational treaty legal basis and preparing the protocol on amending and supplementing the "SCO Charter," and establishing and improving the rules and regulations of the SCO Comprehensive Center for Responding to Security Threats and Challenges and its branches and anti-drug centers and starting work. Both sides pay close attention to strengthening cooperation in the fields of humanities, economy, and trade, and establishing a project funding matching mechanism. Both sides will continue to consult on the establishment of the SCO Development Bank.
China and Russia emphasized that the principle of openness is the cornerstone of the SCO and support the continuous admission of countries that recognize the purposes, tasks, and basic principles of the "SCO Charter" and recognize the "Shanghai Spirit" of mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality, consultation, respect for diverse civilizations, and seeking common development to join the SCO. They reiterated their willingness to cooperate with all relevant countries and international organizations, including within the "SCO+" framework.
Both sides are willing to cooperate with the defense departments, security councils, anti-drug agencies, and other relevant departments of other SCO member states. Both sides reiterated their willingness to improve cross-border infrastructure and electronic trade, carry out cooperation in the fields of scientific and technological innovation, service trade, digital trade, energy, digital economy, sustainable development industries, higher education, and vocational and technical education, strengthen multilateral cooperation within the SCO framework in developing innovative industries to increase the GDP of member states, ensuring employment for young people, and strengthening economic and cultural cooperation, and support the SCO to play a greater role in maintaining the multilateral trading system, ensuring the security and stability of global production and supply chains, and promoting the reform of the global economic governance system.
Both sides welcome further practical cooperation within the tripartite framework of the SCO, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, and the CIS to strengthen the ability to respond to cross-border challenges and security threats.
Both sides pointed out that the CIS plays an important role in ensuring the stability of the Eurasian region and the comprehensive development of multipolar cooperation. They support deepening its ties with the CIS, taking the opportunity of the SCO's observer status in the CIS obtained on October 10, 2025.
The Russian side fully supports the Chinese side's successful hosting of the 2026 APEC meeting. The Chinese side welcomes and supports the Russian side's bid to host the 2035 APEC meeting. Both sides will further strengthen communication and coordination within the APEC framework, comprehensively promote cooperation in the APEC "China Year," jointly build the Asia-Pacific community, and promote common prosperity. They will jointly promote the construction of an open world economy, help achieve sustainable and inclusive economic growth, promote the joint development of the "Belt and Road" initiative and the construction of the "Greater Eurasian Partnership," promote the Asia-Pacific regional economic integration process, promote the construction of the Asia-Pacific Free Trade Area, and promote practical cooperation in the fields of interconnection, digital economy, information and communication technology including artificial intelligence, transportation, energy, inclusive and sustainable economic development, etc., based on their respective development levels and legal systems.
The Russian side fully supports the Chinese side in successfully hosting the 2026 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting. The Chinese side welcomes and supports the Russian side's bid to host the 2035 APEC meeting. The two sides will further strengthen communication and coordination within the APEC framework, comprehensively promote cooperation during the "China Year" of APEC, jointly build an Asia-Pacific community, and promote common prosperity. They will jointly promote the construction of an open world economy, help achieve sustainable and inclusive economic growth, promote the joint development of the "Belt and Road" initiative and the construction of the "Greater Eurasian Partnership," advance the process of Asia-Pacific regional economic integration, promote the construction of the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP), and, based on their respective levels of development and legal systems, promote practical cooperation in areas such as connectivity, the digital economy, information and communication technologies including artificial intelligence, transportation, energy, and inclusive and sustainable economic development.
The two sides are willing to continue strengthening dialogue and collaboration within the BRICS framework to promote the high-quality development of "Greater BRICS Cooperation." The two sides are willing to support India's assumption of the BRICS chairmanship in 2026, consolidate the BRICS countries' joint efforts in the three main directions of political security, economic, trade, and financial affairs (based on the "Strategy for BRICS Economic Partnership"), and strengthen strategic partnership. The two sides are willing to work with other BRICS member states and partner countries to implement the consensus reached at previous BRICS Leaders' Meetings, enhance the organization's international influence, and promote close ties between BRICS countries and the vast number of developing countries by attracting more partner countries to participate in the "BRICS+" and BRICS outreach dialogue practical cooperation mechanisms. The Russian side supports the Chinese side's assumption of the BRICS chairmanship in 2027 and the preparations for the summit, and is willing to provide necessary assistance. It welcomes strengthened cooperation in areas such as maintaining the multilateral trading system and promoting WTO reform, sustainable development, rebuilding supply chains, carrying out special economic zone cooperation, promoting the digital economy, supporting the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and green transition. The Chinese side welcomes the Russian side's initiative to establish a grain (commodity) trading platform within the BRICS framework.
The two sides highly appreciate the constructive cooperation between China and Russia within the G20 framework and reaffirm their willingness to continue strengthening coordination and cooperation within the G20, the main forum for international economic cooperation, unite the countries of the Global South, and promote the establishment of an equal and orderly multipolar world and inclusive, non-discriminatory economic globalization, so that world markets, supply chains, and related mechanisms are more equal and open.
The two sides will jointly address global economic and financial challenges based on the basic principles of the G20's non-politicization, adherence to economic functions, membership composition, and consensus, taking into account the different development paths of countries and the right to choose development models according to their own characteristics, and promote the development of the international order in a more just direction. The two sides are committed to continuing to promote the reform of international economic and financial governance and assist in enhancing the representation and voice of developing countries.
The two sides reaffirm that the foreign criminal jurisdiction immunity of state officials is an important guarantee for the stable operation of international relations. Any act that violates the international law rules on the immunity of state officials is inconsistent with the principle of sovereign equality of states. The two sides emphasize that senior state officials such as heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers enjoy absolute personal immunity, and state officials representing the state or exercising state functions enjoy functional immunity when acting in their official capacity. It is unacceptable to take illegal actions such as arrest and trial against foreign state officials who enjoy immunity, such as heads of state, in violation of recognized rules of international law.
The two sides are willing to continue to work together to promote constructive dialogue and cooperation among all parties in the multilateral human rights field, advocate the common values of all mankind, oppose the politicization of human rights, double standards, and the use of human rights issues to interfere in other countries' internal affairs, and jointly promote the healthy development of all aspects of the international human rights agenda.
The two sides appreciate each other's efforts to promote international anti-corruption cooperation within multilateral frameworks such as the United Nations, the G20, BRICS, and APEC, and are willing to continue to firmly support the *United Nations Convention Against Corruption* in playing the main channel role in global anti-corruption governance, and promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global anti-corruption governance system. The Russian side is willing to actively support the relevant activities of the APEC Anti-Corruption Working Group hosted by the Chinese side in 2026. The two sides welcome the *Beijing Consensus on Strengthening Law Enforcement Cooperation and Rejecting Safe Havens for Corruption* and call on the international community to strengthen cooperation in the recovery and return of corrupt assets with a "zero tolerance" attitude towards corruption and refuse to be a safe haven for corruption.
The two sides welcome the adoption of the *United Nations Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes* by the United Nations General Assembly. As one of the first signatories to the convention, the two sides are willing to promote the early entry into force and effective implementation of the convention, actively participate in the formulation of additional protocols to the convention, expand the criminal scope of the convention, and strengthen international cooperation in combating cybercrime.
The two sides call for adhering to the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and believe that it is important to strengthen cooperation in addressing climate change and its impacts and achieving low-emission development. They reaffirm their commitment to the purposes and principles of the *United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change* and its *Paris Agreement*. The two sides highly appreciate each other's ambitious 2035 nationally determined contribution greenhouse gas emission reduction targets proposed for the implementation of the *Paris Agreement*.
The two sides welcome the holding of bilateral expert dialogues within the framework of the China-Russia Climate Change Liaison Group. They are willing to continue to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in addressing climate change and in the field of green and low-carbon development, including low-emission technologies, greenhouse gas emission monitoring, reporting and verification, cross-border carbon trading, and product carbon footprint assessment and accounting.
The two sides note with concern that some unilateral protectionist measures hinder global climate action and the cost of just energy transition, especially in developing countries, and firmly oppose any discriminatory unilateral measures under the pretext of addressing climate change, emphasizing that measures taken to address climate change should not constitute arbitrary or unreasonable means of discrimination or disguised restrictions on international trade.
The two sides will continue to carry out cooperation in the field of transportation, strengthen land connectivity, and coordinate efforts to build stable and efficient international transportation and logistics channels.
The two sides are concerned about the unilateral obstruction of international shipping by individual countries, multinational organizations, and their allies, and believe that this poses a threat to the integrity of the entire international supply chain and maritime trade. The two sides believe that cooperation in maritime infrastructure such as ports should follow market rules and commercial principles, avoid over-securitization and over-politicization, and jointly maintain an open and mutually trusting cooperation environment.
The two sides express deep concern about the confrontational policies adopted by individual countries and their allies and the related statements made, and urge them to stop interfering in other countries' internal affairs, undermining existing security architectures in various regions of the world, artificially drawing lines between countries, and advocating camp confrontation. The Chinese side noted the Russian side's concerns arising from the EU's enhanced defense construction.
The two sides pointed out that promoting NATO's entry into the Asia-Pacific region and creating an "Asia-Pacific version" of NATO based on mechanisms such as AUKUS is not in line with the task of consolidating regional peace and security. The two sides oppose attempts to undermine the ASEAN-centered regional cooperation architecture by actively building group alliances in the Asia-Pacific region.
The two sides emphasized that Japan's accelerated "re-militarization" seriously threatens regional peace and stability, and the international community and regional countries are highly vigilant about this. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Tokyo Trial. During the investigation conducted by the court, the scale of war crimes committed by Japanese militarists was found to be extremely large, and the cruelty and horror of their actions against civilians were unimaginable. They urged the Japanese government to learn from this lesson, based on its own inhumane history of aggression, recognize all the achievements of World War II, and resist "new militarism" and "re-militarization," because this once brought profound disasters to the people of all countries and Japan itself.
China and Russia highly appreciate the communication and coordination between the two sides on the Korean Peninsula issue. The two sides maintain that maintaining peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and promoting the political settlement process of the sub-regional issue are in the common interests of all countries in Northeast Asia and the international community. The two sides oppose the use of diplomatic isolation, economic sanctions, and military pressure to threaten the security of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), and urge relevant parties to stop escalating regional tensions, stimulating the arms race, and abusing political means, and take practical measures to eliminate the risk of war on the peninsula. Based on geopolitical realities, China and Russia support all relevant parties in resolving their respective concerns in a balanced manner through political and diplomatic means on the basis of respecting each other's sovereignty. China and Russia will continue to communicate and coordinate closely to play a constructive role in promoting the political settlement process of the peninsula issue, building a peninsula peace mechanism, and maintaining long-term peace and stability in Northeast Asia.
The two sides will continue to strengthen cooperation within the framework of the "Greater Tumen Initiative," deepen cooperation among member states of the "Greater Tumen Initiative" in trade and investment, transportation, energy, the digital economy, agriculture, tourism, and the environment, and promote cooperation in Northeast Asia.
The two sides will strengthen cooperation with ASEAN, support ASEAN's central position in the regional architecture, and strengthen communication and coordination within mechanisms such as the East Asia Summit, the ASEAN Regional Forum, and the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting Plus, jointly maintain regional peace and stability, and promote cooperative prosperity.
The Russian side supports China and ASEAN countries in jointly maintaining peace and stability in the South China Sea. The two sides believe that the South China Sea issue should be resolved by the directly concerned parties through negotiations and consultations, and firmly oppose the intervention of external forces in the South China Sea issue. The Russian side supports China and ASEAN countries in fully and effectively implementing the *Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea* and welcomes the early conclusion of the *Code of Conduct in the South China Sea*.
The two sides recognize the important role played by the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in maintaining regional security and combating international terrorism, illegal production and trafficking of drugs, organized crime, and illegal immigration, and other cross-border threats and challenges, and believe that the CSTO and China have the potential for cooperation in maintaining peace and security in the Eurasian region and jointly preventing external attempts to undermine regional stability.
The two sides believe that it is necessary to eliminate the root causes of the Ukraine crisis on the basis of fully, completely, and comprehensively adhering to the principles of the *Charter of the United Nations*, ensure the realization of common security, and build a lasting peace architecture. To this end, the two sides support all efforts conducive to striving for long-term sustainable peace and support continuing to seek solutions through dialogue and negotiation. The Russian side positively evaluates China's objective and impartial position on the Ukraine situation and welcomes China's willingness to play a constructive role in resolving the Ukraine crisis through political and diplomatic means.
The two sides will continue to be committed to maintaining stability and sustainable social and economic development in Central Asia.
The two sides noted that terrorism continues to pose a major threat to Afghanistan and the surrounding region, and even global security, and called on regional countries and the international community to strengthen bilateral and multilateral counter-terrorism cooperation with Afghanistan, support Afghanistan in taking comprehensive measures to eliminate terrorism as soon as possible, and ensure that Afghan territory is not used to harm neighboring countries and regional security.
The two sides are willing to strengthen coordination on Afghan affairs at the bilateral level and within multilateral mechanisms and support Afghanistan in achieving long-term peace and stability as soon as possible. The two sides attach great importance to and support the positive and constructive role played by regional platforms such as the Foreign Ministers' Meeting of Afghanistan's Neighboring Countries, the "Moscow Format" Consultations on Afghanistan, the China-Russia-Pakistan-Iran Quadripartite Mechanism, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in the political settlement of the Afghan issue.
The two sides unanimously believe that the military strikes by the United States (美国) and Israel (以色列) against Iran (伊朗) violate international law and the basic norms of international relations and seriously undermine the stability of the Middle East region. They emphasized that the parties to the conflict should return to the track of dialogue and negotiation as soon as possible to prevent the spread and spillover of the war. They called on the international community to uphold an objective and impartial position, promote the development of the situation in a direction of easing, and jointly defend the basic norms of international relations.
The two sides advocate achieving a lasting ceasefire in Gaza (加沙), believing that this will help maintain long-term stability in the situation and provide unhindered humanitarian access to all those in need. The two sides affirmed that the Palestinian (巴勒斯坦) issue should be resolved comprehensively, fairly, and lastingly on the basis of recognized international law and with the "two-state solution" as the center, and that an independent, prosperous, and territorially contiguous Palestinian state should be established to coexist peacefully and securely with Israel.
The two sides support Syria (叙利亚) in maintaining its national sovereignty, independence, unity, and territorial integrity, and believe that the Syrian transitional government should firmly oppose all forms of terrorism and extremism.
The two sides unanimously believe that Africa (非洲) in the 21st century has great development potential, and that achieving peace and stability and genuine independence and autonomy is the foundation for the development of African countries and the modernization of the African continent, which will help inject strong impetus into the world's development and modernization process. The two sides call on the international community to support African countries in implementing the goals of the African Union's *Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want* with practical actions and to solve African problems in an African way. The two sides oppose individual countries' abuse of coercive pressure in international economic and trade relations to interfere with and undermine normal economic and trade exchanges between African countries and other countries. The two sides are willing to continue to strengthen coordination and practical cooperation with African countries and major African integration organizations such as the African Union (非盟) to jointly maintain a constructive atmosphere for international cooperation with Africa.
The two sides reiterated their support for the status of the Zone of Peace and Cooperation of Latin America and the Caribbean (拉美和加勒比), support Latin American and Caribbean countries in independently choosing their development paths and partners, oppose any acts that violate the purposes and principles of the *Charter of the United Nations* and infringe upon the sovereignty and security of other countries, and oppose external forces interfering in the internal affairs of Latin American and Caribbean countries under any pretext.
The two sides expressed concern about the militarization of the high-latitude regions by the United States and its allies and affirmed that they will abide by the international law norms of the Arctic region and respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Arctic countries. The two sides stated that the Arctic should be protected as a region of peace, stability, and low military-political tension, and that constructive dialogue and mutually beneficial cooperation should be carried out in the Arctic region through multilateral mechanisms such as the Arctic Council.
President of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国) President of the Russian Federation (俄罗斯联邦)
Xi Jinping (习近平) V.V. Putin (弗·弗·普京)
May 20, 2026, in Beijing (北京)
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 20)
Return to TopBoth the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation possess long-standing historical civilizations, are founding members of the United Nations and permanent members of the Security Council, and are both important forces in the multipolar world, playing a constructive role in maintaining the global balance of power and improving the international relations system. Following the spirit of the "Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on World Multipolarization and the Establishment of a New International Order" of April 23, 1997, the "Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on the International Order of the 21st Century" of July 1, 2005, the "Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on the Current World Situation and Major International Issues" of July 4, 2017, and the "Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on International Relations in a New Era and Global Sustainable Development" of February 4, 2022, the two sides declare as follows:
I. Since the end of World War II, the international landscape and the balance of power have been evolving rapidly.
On the one hand, the wave of decolonization and the end of the Cold War have led to a significant increase in the number of sovereign states worldwide, making the international community more diverse and complex. The development level and international influence of countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and the Caribbean have surged. The number of regional and trans-regional organizations has proliferated, covering various fields such as international politics, security, economics, and cultural cooperation, and their role in global affairs continues to increase. Interconnection and interdependence worldwide have reached unprecedented levels in human history. The practice of certain countries wantonly manipulating international affairs, imposing their own interests on the world with colonial-era thinking, and restricting the development of other sovereign states has completely failed.
The international relations system of the 21st century is undergoing profound changes, gradually evolving towards multipolarity and a new type of international relations. Most countries, based on their own historical experience, have deeply recognized the arrival of a new era, oppose dividing the world into mutually antagonistic regions and camps, emphasize the need to build a more united international community, and respect each other's fundamental interests, treat each other as equals, and cooperate for mutual benefit.
On the other hand, the international situation is becoming increasingly complex, with unilateral coercion, hegemonism, camp confrontation, and neo-colonialism surging, international law and the basic norms of international relations are constantly being trampled upon, and many global governance institutions are finding it more difficult to coordinate actions between countries and mediate international disputes, making it difficult to operate effectively. World peace and development face new risks and challenges, and there is a danger of fragmentation of the international community and a return to the law of the jungle.
II. Both sides call on the international community to adhere to the following main principles to advocate for an equal and orderly world multipolarization and build a new type of international relations, including a more just and reasonable global governance system:
(1) Adhere to openness, inclusiveness, and mutually beneficial cooperation
The sovereignty, territorial integrity, and uniqueness of all countries should be respected, as well as the development paths and models independently chosen by each sovereign state. Efforts should be made to bridge divisions and eliminate transnational barriers in various fields. There is no one-size-fits-all development path in the world, and there are no superior countries or nations. In the face of a complex and volatile international situation, the natural differences between different countries should not become obstacles to the development of equal, mutually beneficial, and mutually respectful interstate relations. The democratization of international political relations and the construction of a more open world economy are in the fundamental interests of all countries. Unilateral means of solving common problems and any form of hegemonism and coercive policies are unacceptable.
(2) Adhere to equal and indivisible security
Against the backdrop of growing risks and challenges facing humanity, building a more united international community means that the security of one country cannot be at the expense of the security of another. All sovereign states have equal rights in safeguarding their own security. Reasonable security concerns of all countries should be valued, coordination on security issues should be strengthened, camp confrontation and **零和博弈** (líng hé bó yì - "zero-sum game," a situation in which one person's gain is equivalent to another's loss, so the net change in wealth or benefit is zero) should be resisted, the expansion of military alliances, hybrid warfare, and proxy wars should be opposed, and a balanced, effective, and sustainable new global and regional security architecture should be advocated. Disputes should be resolved peacefully through dialogue and consultation, and the root causes of conflicts should be eliminated. Sovereign states cannot be forced to abandon neutrality.
(3) Adhere to promoting the democratization of international relations and improving the global governance system
All countries and groups of countries are free to choose partners and international cooperation models. Hegemonism is unacceptable and should be resisted. No country or group of countries should control international affairs, dominate the fate of other countries, or monopolize development advantages. The global governance system should be continuously improved to create conditions for all countries to participate equally in the decision-making process and benefit jointly. Global governance, as an important tool for regulating the international relations system, should adhere to sovereign equality, abide by the rule of international law, practice multilateralism, advocate people-centeredness, and focus on action orientation. Adhering to multilateralism is the main way to solve complex global problems, and its role should be strengthened to prevent the authority of the United Nations from being weakened. The reform of the United Nations and other multilateral institutions should serve the interests of all mankind and continuously enhance the representation and voice of developing countries in the international system. The Charter of the United Nations is the basic norm of international relations and must be fully and completely observed. Universally accepted international laws cannot be replaced by rules formulated by a few countries. Major countries should earnestly assume their special responsibilities and missions, strengthen self-restraint, and not abuse their strength.
(4) Adhere to the diversity of world civilizations and values
All human civilizations are equal and have unique value, with no distinction between high and low, superior and inferior. The moral and spiritual system of any civilization should not be regarded as exclusive and superior to other civilizations. Countries should advocate a civilization concept that adheres to equality, mutual learning, and dialogue, enhance mutual respect, understanding, trust, and exchange between different nations and civilizations, promote mutual understanding and affinity among the people of all countries, and protect cultural and civilizational diversity. Resolutely oppose interference in other countries' internal affairs under the pretext of human rights, and politicize and instrumentalize human rights issues. Religion is an important carrier of human culture and plays a unique role in promoting people-to-people connectivity. Countries should create a good environment for religious dialogue and exchange.
III. The two sides will continue to form a common vision on building a multipolar world and a more just new type of international relations.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), May 20)
Return to TopI. Documents to be Signed and Published by the Two Heads of State
"Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on Further Strengthening Comprehensive Strategic Coordination and Deepening Good-Neighborly Friendship and Cooperation"
II. Documents Jointly Published by Both Sides
"Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on Advocating for World Multipolarity and a New Type of International Relations"
III. Cooperation Documents Signed in the Presence of the Two Heads of State
(I) "Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Russian Federation on Cooperation in the Field of Urban Development"
(II) "Agreement between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Russian Federation on the Joint Construction of the Second 1435 mm Gauge Track of the Manchuria (满洲里) - Zabaikalsk Cross-border Railway"
(III) "Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China and the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom of the Russian Federation on Scientific and Technological Cooperation in the Field of Controlled Nuclear Fusion"
(IV) "Joint Statement between the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation on Supporting Open Trade and Multilateralism"
(V) "Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation on Developing Sustainable Trade in Important Industrial Products"
(VI) "Memorandum of Understanding between the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China and the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation on Cooperation in Customs Cadre Education and Training"
(VII) "Protocol between the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China and the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision of the Russian Federation on Quarantine and Sanitary Requirements for the Export of Russian Compound Feed to China"
(VIII) "Memorandum of Understanding between the State Administration for Market Regulation of the People's Republic of China and the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (2026-2027)"
(IX) "Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between the China National Intellectual Property Administration and the Federal Service for Intellectual Property of the Russian Federation"
(X) "Memorandum of Understanding on Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom of the Russian Federation"
(XI) "Memorandum of Understanding between the China Atomic Energy Authority and the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom of the Russian Federation on Cooperation in Human Resources Development in the Field of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy"
(XII) "Memorandum of Understanding between the National Film Administration of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation on Cooperative Film Production"
(XIII) "Joint Activity Plan (2026-2027) between the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (National Academy of Governance) and the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration"
(XIV) "Cooperation Agreement between the People's Daily (人民日报社) of the People's Republic of China and the TASS News Agency of the Russian Federation"
(XV) "News Exchange and Cooperation Agreement between China Daily (中国日报社) of the People's Republic of China and the Russia Today Media Group of the Russian Federation"
(XVI) "Memorandum between Xinhua News Agency (新华通讯社) of the People's Republic of China and the TASS News Agency of the Russian Federation on Holding a Series of Activities to Celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Establishment of Cooperative Relations"
(XVII) "Agreement between China Media Group (中国中央广播电视总台) and the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company on Deepening Cooperation in Documentary and Special Report Production"
(XVIII) "Memorandum of Understanding between Tsinghua University (清华大学) and Saint Petersburg State University on Jointly Establishing the 'China-Russia Innovation Research Institute'"
(XIX) "Strategic Partnership Agreement between Peking University (北京大学) - Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology on Joint Talent Training and Scientific Research Cooperation"
(XX) "Agreement between Harbin Institute of Technology (哈尔滨工业大学) and Saint Petersburg State University on Jointly Building the China-Russia Institute of Excellence in Engineering Project"
IV. Documents that Both Sides Agreed to Announce On-Site
(I) "Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation on Cooperation in the Field of Innovation"
(II) "Memorandum of Understanding between the National Energy Administration of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation on Cooperation in the Field of Green Certificates"
(III) "Memorandum between Xinhua News Agency (新华通讯社) of the People's Republic of China and the Russia Today International Information Agency on Holding the 2026 Shanghai Cooperation Organization Expert Forum"
(IV) "News Exchange and Cooperation Agreement between Xinhua News Agency (新华通讯社) of the People's Republic of China and the Russia Today Media Group of the Russian Federation"
(V) "Memorandum between Xinhua News Agency (新华通讯社) of the People's Republic of China and Gazprom Media Holding on Cooperation in Training Talents in the Field of Professional and Vocational Education"
(VI) "Memorandum of Cooperation between China Media Group (中国中央广播电视总台) and the Ministry of Sport of the Russian Federation"
(VII) "Agreement between China Media Group (中国中央广播电视总台) and the National Media Group of Russia on Deepening Cooperation"
(VIII) "Memorandum of Cooperation between China Media Group (中国中央广播电视总台) and the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation"
(IX) "Agreement between China Media Group (中国中央广播电视总台) and Russian Mobile Telecommunications Media on Jointly Producing Programs within the Framework of the 'China-Russia Year of Education'"
(X) "Cooperation Agreement between China Media Group (中国中央广播电视总台) and the Roscongress Foundation"
(XI) "Roadmap for Joint Development of the China-Russia Basic Science Research Institute (2026-2030)"
(XII) "Memorandum of Understanding on Strategic Business Cooperation between Harbin Institute of Technology (哈尔滨工业大学) and Saint Petersburg State University"
(XIII) "Memorandum of Understanding between the People's Government of Shandong Province (山东省) and Shandong University (山东大学) of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan and Kazan Federal University of the Russian Federation"
(XIV) "Agreement between Beijing Foreign Studies University (北京外国语大学) and Peoples' Friendship University of Russia on Cooperation in the Field of Russian Language"
(XV) "Memorandum of Understanding between Beijing Foreign Studies University (北京外国语大学) and the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs of the Russian Federation on Cooperation in the Field of Education and Youth Policy"
(XVI) "Cooperation Agreement between Nankai University (南开大学) and Lomonosov Moscow State University"
(XVII) "Agreement on Scientific and Educational Cooperation between Sichuan University (四川大学) and Peoples' Friendship University of Russia"
(XVIII) "Cooperation Agreement between Sichuan University (四川大学) and Lomonosov Moscow State University"
(XIX) "Memorandum of Understanding between East China Normal University (华东师范大学) and the Russian Agency for Strategic Initiatives for Promotion of New Projects on Cooperation"
(XX) "Agreement on the Double Degree Master's Program between Fudan University (复旦大学) and the National Research University Higher School of Economics of Russia"
(Xinhua News Agency (新华社), Beijing (北京), May 20)
Return to TopOn May 20th, this newspaper reported from Beijing (北京) (Reporter Yang Qiaochu (杨翘楚)) that on the morning of May 20th, President Xi Jinping (习近平) of the People's Republic of China held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin (普京), who was in China for a state visit, at the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂) in Beijing (北京). The two heads of state unanimously agreed to extend the "Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation Between China and Russia."
The two heads of state first held small-scale talks, followed by large-scale talks.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that this year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the China-Russia strategic partnership and the 25th anniversary of the signing of the "Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation Between China and Russia." The signing of the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation between China and Russia established a legal foundation for long-term good-neighborliness, friendship, and comprehensive strategic coordination, enabling a leapfrog development of China-Russia relations. The fact that China-Russia relations have reached today's height step by step is because both sides have continuously deepened political mutual trust and strategic coordination with the perseverance of 千磨万击还坚劲 (qiān mó wàn jī hái jiān jìng - "subjected to all kinds of setbacks, still firm and strong," refers to unyielding spirit in the face of adversity), expanded cooperation in various fields with the spirit of "reaching a higher level" (更上一层楼), and defended international fairness and justice and promoted the building of a community with a shared future for mankind with the courage of 乱云飞渡仍从容 (luàn yún fēi dù réng cóng róng - "amidst flying clouds, still composed," to remain calm and unperturbed in the face of chaos). Under the current international situation, as permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and major world powers, China and Russia should focus on the long-term strategic perspective and use higher-quality comprehensive strategic coordination to help their respective countries develop and revitalize, and promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that China and Russia adhere to developing a comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era based on equality, mutual respect, trustworthiness, and win-win cooperation. Political mutual trust continues to deepen, and cooperation in economy and trade, investment, energy, science and technology, culture, and local areas continues to advance, and people-to-people connectivity is becoming more solid. China-Russia relations have entered a new stage of greater achievement and faster development. Firmly promoting the long-term, healthy, stable, and high-quality development of China-Russia relations is a strategic choice made by both sides in view of the fundamental interests of the two countries and the general trend of world development. All departments of the two countries should fully implement the important consensus reached between myself and President Putin (普京), fully grasp historical opportunities, and promote the consolidation of the foundation of mutual trust, the enrichment of cooperation, and the broadening of the road of friendship between the two countries.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that both sides should focus on the goals of development and revitalization of the two countries, give full play to the comprehensive and complete characteristics of the China-Russia cooperation mechanism, strengthen the overall design of all-round cooperation, promote the upgrading of practical cooperation in economy and trade, investment, energy resources, transportation, science and technology innovation, actively plan cooperation in cutting-edge fields, and create new engines of growth with new quality productive forces; should be based on continuing friendship from generation to generation, strengthen cultural exchange and cooperation in education, culture, film, tourism, sports, and other fields, and consolidate the social and public opinion foundation of friendship between the two countries; should deepen multilateral cooperation, further strengthen coordination and cooperation in multilateral platforms such as the United Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, BRICS, and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, unswervingly safeguard the post-war international order and the authority of international law, unite the Global South, and lead the correct direction of the reform of the global governance system.
Putin (普京) said that with the joint efforts of both sides, Russia-China relations have reached an unprecedented high level. High-level exchanges are close, and political mutual trust is solid. Bilateral trade is growing steadily, energy supply and demand have achieved mutual benefit and win-win results, and cooperation in transportation, logistics, science and technology, and other fields is deepening. Cultural exchanges are in good momentum. After the successful holding of the "Russia-China Year of Culture," the "Russia-China Year of Education" will begin. Russia-China relations have stood the test and become more solid over time, and have become a model of comprehensive strategic coordination. The Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation has laid a solid legal foundation for relations between the two countries and has more important practical significance in the current situation. The Russian side is willing to work with the Chinese side to abide by the spirit of the treaty, strengthen strategic coordination and practical cooperation, and promote relations between the two countries to a higher level. Russia-China cooperation is an important stabilizing factor in the turbulent international situation. The Russian side is willing to continue to strengthen multilateral cooperation with the Chinese side, support China in hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders' Informal Meeting, jointly strengthen the status and influence of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, enhance the unity and cooperation of the BRICS mechanism, safeguard the authority of the United Nations, advocate for the diversity of civilizations, and promote a more just and reasonable international order.
The two heads of state exchanged views on major international and regional issues such as the situation in the Middle East.
The two heads of state listened to the reports from the co-chairs of the vice-premier-level cooperation committees under the framework of the China-Russia Prime Ministers' Regular Meeting Mechanism on the progress of cooperation in investment, energy, economy and trade, Northeast-Far East, and cultural fields. The foreign ministers of the two countries reported on the coordination and cooperation between China and Russia in international and regional affairs.
After the talks, the two heads of state signed and issued the "Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on Further Strengthening Comprehensive Strategic Coordination and Deepening Good-Neighborly Friendship and Cooperation," and witnessed the signing of 20 cooperation documents in the fields of economy and trade, education, and science and technology.
During the visit, the two sides issued the "Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on Advocating World Multipolarity and a New Type of International Relations" and reached 20 cooperation documents in other fields.
The two heads of state also jointly met with reporters.
Before the talks, Xi Jinping (习近平) held a welcome ceremony for Putin (普京) at the East Gate Square of the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂).
When Putin (普京) arrived, the honor guard lined up to salute. The two heads of state ascended the reviewing stand, the military band played the national anthems of China and Russia, and 21 salute shots were fired at Tiananmen Square (天安门广场). Putin (普京), accompanied by Xi Jinping (习近平), reviewed the honor guard of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and watched the march-past.
In the evening, Xi Jinping (习近平) held a welcome banquet for Putin (普京) in the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂).
Cai Qi (蔡奇), Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥), Wang Yi (王毅), He Lifeng (何立峰), Zhang Guoqing (张国清), Shen Yiqin (谌贻琴), and others participated in the above activities.
Return to TopThis afternoon, President Xi Jinping (习近平) of the People's Republic of China met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing (北京) after their talks and jointly met with reporters.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that this is President Putin's twenty-fifth visit to China, fully demonstrating the high level and special nature of China-Russia relations. Just now, I held in-depth, friendly, and fruitful talks with President Putin, and conducted strategic communication on a series of major issues. We jointly signed a joint statement on further strengthening comprehensive strategic coordination and deepening good-neighborly friendship and cooperation between the two countries, and witnessed the achievement of a number of important bilateral cooperation documents. The two countries will also issue a joint statement on advocating world multipolarity and a new type of international relations.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that this year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the China-Russia strategic partnership. Over the past 30 years, China-Russia relations have weathered storms and kept pace with the times (栉风沐雨、与时俱进 - zhì fēng mù yǔ, yǔ shí jù jìn - "comb wind bathe rain, advance with the times," to withstand hardships and develop continuously), the positioning of the relationship has been continuously upgraded, reaching the highest historical level of a comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era, and setting a model for a new type of major-country relations. This year also marks the 25th anniversary of the signing of the "China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation." Over the years, the two countries have always adhered to the principles of "non-alliance, non-confrontation, and non-targeting of third parties" established by this treaty, adhered to equal treatment, mutual respect, trustworthiness, and win-win cooperation, made important contributions to safeguarding international fairness and justice, and promoting the construction of a new type of international relations, and become a key constant in the world's century of change.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that under the joint strategic guidance of President Putin and myself, China-Russia relations have embarked on a new starting point. The two sides should follow the trend of the times of peace, development, cooperation, and win-win results, and promote the higher-quality development of China-Russia relations.
First, consolidate higher-quality political mutual trust and firmly support each other's strategies. Political mutual trust is the most distinctive feature of China-Russia relations, and it is also the purpose and fundamental principle of the "China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation." President Putin and I have jointly decided to continue to extend this treaty. The two sides should build on past achievements and open up new horizons, further firmly support each other on issues involving each other's core interests and major concerns, continue to maintain close strategic communication and exchanges at all levels, and continuously consolidate the foundation of political mutual trust between the two countries.
Second, empower higher-quality mutually beneficial cooperation and jointly promote respective development and revitalization. In recent years, cooperation between China and Russia in various fields has made great strides and achieved many positive results. Bilateral trade has exceeded US$200 billion for three consecutive years, and bilateral trade increased by nearly 20% in the first four months of this year. The two sides should seize the opportunity to deepen the alignment of China's "15th Five-Year Plan" with Russia's development strategy up to 2030, promote the upgrading of mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields, and serve the respective development and revitalization of the two countries.
Third, promote higher-quality people-to-people connectivity and cultivate a solid foundation for the friendship between the two countries for generations to come. With the high-level development of China-Russia relations, people-to-people exchanges between the two countries have become increasingly close, and the bonds between the people have become closer. President Putin and I have decided to hold the tenth national theme year between the two countries – the "China-Russia Year of Education" – in the next two years. The two sides should take the "Year of Education" as an opportunity to continuously expand the scale of two-way study abroad, deepen exchanges and cooperation between universities and scientific research platforms, and achieve more visible results in the cultivation of outstanding talents and joint scientific research, so as to create more favorable conditions for the continuous development of China-Russia relations.
Fourth, carry out higher-quality international cooperation and reform and improve global governance. The world today is very unstable, unilateralism and hegemonism are deeply harmful, and the world is facing the danger of regressing to the law of the jungle. As permanent members of the UN Security Council, China and Russia should firmly fulfill their mission and responsibility as major countries, safeguard the authority of the United Nations and international fairness and justice, oppose all unilateral bullying and actions that turn back the wheel of history, and especially oppose all provocations that deny the achievements of World War II and "revive the souls" of fascism and militarism (翻案招魂 - fān àn zhāo hún - "overturn verdict summon soul," to rehabilitate the reputation of someone or something with a bad history), and jointly promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system.
Putin said that this visit coincides with the important moment of the 25th anniversary of the signing of the "Russia-China Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation," which laid the foundation for the comprehensive development of relations between the two countries. At present, Russia-China relations are at an unprecedented high level, and the two countries have always adhered to the spirit of mutual respect, equality, mutual assistance, and mutual support to promote the continuous and in-depth development of bilateral cooperation. The development of Russia-China relations has a strong endogenous driving force, and cooperation between the two countries is not directed against third parties, nor is it affected by geopolitical changes. I had in-depth exchanges with President Xi Jinping (习近平) in a warm and friendly atmosphere on a wide range of important issues in bilateral relations, and clarified the direction of future cooperation. The Russian side is full of confidence in the future of relations between the two countries and will work with the Chinese side to deepen partnership and good-neighborly friendship, strengthen people-to-people connectivity, and help each other's development and revitalization and the well-being of the people. Russia and China will maintain close strategic coordination on the international stage, jointly safeguard the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, and jointly safeguard global security and stability.
Cai Qi (蔡奇), Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥), Wang Yi (王毅), He Lifeng (何立峰), Zhang Guoqing (张国清), Shen Yiqin (谌贻琴), and others attended.
Return to TopBeijing, May 20 (Reporter Chu Jun) Foreign Ministry Spokesperson announced on May 20: At the invitation of President Xi Jinping (习近平), Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić (武契奇) will pay a state visit to China from May 24 to 28.
Return to TopThe People's Daily, Beijing, May 19th (Reporter Li Anqi (李安琪)) Foreign Ministry Spokesperson announced on the 19th: At the invitation of Wang Yi (王毅), Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Moldova, Nicu Popescu, will pay an official visit to China from May 21st to 25th.
Return to TopAt the invitation of President Xi Jinping (习近平) of the People's Republic of China, President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation will pay a state visit to the People's Republic of China from May 19 to 20, 2026. The two heads of state will hold formal talks in Beijing (北京) and jointly attend the opening ceremony of the "China-Russia Year of Education" for 2026-2027. Premier Li Qiang (李强) of the State Council of the People's Republic of China will meet with Russian President Putin.
The People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as "the two sides") hereby declare as follows:
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This year marks the 30th anniversary of the two sides' announcement of their determination to develop a strategic partnership of equal trust oriented towards the 21st century, and the 25th anniversary of the signing of the "China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation."
The "China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation" inherits and promotes the long-standing tradition of China-Russia exchanges, follows the generally recognized principles and norms of international law, and lays a long-term legal foundation for the development of contemporary China-Russia relations. It not only fully demonstrates the long-standing good-neighborly and friendly relations between the two peoples and their desire to develop friendship for generations to come, but also embodies the common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy, and freedom for all mankind.
The basic principles of bilateral cooperation enshrined in the "China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation" have stood the test of time and remain of great practical significance today. On the basis of mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual non-aggression, mutual non-interference in internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence, China and Russia support each other's right to independently choose social systems and development paths, and support each other in safeguarding historical and cultural identity and traditional values. The relationship between the two countries is characterized by non-alliance, non-confrontation, and non-targeting of third countries.
The model for the development of relations between the two countries established in the China-Russia Joint Statement of April 25, 1996, and the "China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation" of July 16, 2001, has become the cornerstone of the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era. With the unremitting efforts of both sides, this relationship has reached its highest historical level and continues to move forward, demonstrating mature characteristics, possessing endogenous动力, and being unaffected by any external influences. Its stability and comprehensiveness fully conform to the fundamental interests of both countries and their peoples, conform to the respective overall national development tasks of China and Russia, and also make important contributions to promoting a just world multi-polarization and the democratization of international relations.
The two sides agree to extend the "China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation" in accordance with Article 25 thereof, and will continue to adhere to the principles and spirit of the treaty and the "Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on the 20th Anniversary of the Signing of the China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation" issued on June 28, 2021, to promote the continued development of bilateral relations to a higher level and higher quality.
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The two sides will take head-of-state diplomacy as the guide, fully implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, continue to maintain close high-level exchanges, and ensure the efficient and smooth operation of exchanges between governments, legislative bodies, and parties.
The two sides will continue to consolidate the traditional friendship between the two militaries, enhance mutual trust in the military field, improve cooperation mechanisms, expand joint exercises and training and joint maritime and air patrols, strengthen coordination and cooperation within bilateral and multilateral frameworks, jointly address various risks and challenges, and jointly safeguard global and regional security and stability.
The two sides will jointly combat activities such as smuggling of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors and weapons, cybercrime, transnational organized crime, economic crime, cross-border corruption, and illegal immigration, and strengthen cooperation in law enforcement capacity building.
The two sides will continue to strengthen bilateral cooperation in combating money laundering and terrorist financing through the exchange of financial intelligence, and maintain cooperation within the multilateral framework for anti-money laundering. Strengthen the risk awareness and prevention awareness of money laundering and its upstream crimes among young people, and safeguard the future security of the two countries.
The two sides are willing to deepen comprehensive exchanges and cooperation in the field of emergency management, strengthen cooperation in disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief, and carry out cooperation in safety production risk prevention and control.
The two sides emphasize that the memorial facilities for the martyrs who sacrificed in the other country during World War II should be protected, and will continue to cooperate in the protection and management of memorial facilities, jointly promote the search for and excavation of the remains of martyrs and missing persons, commemorate and cherish the memory of heroes and martyrs, and improve the relevant legal and regulatory foundations.
The two sides highly appreciate the high-quality development of economic and trade cooperation between the two countries in recent years, which has made positive contributions to improving the well-being of the two peoples. The two sides will continue to strengthen communication and exchanges on economic and trade policies, consolidate cooperation in key areas, explore new growth points, promote the upgrading of trade in goods and services, and firmly defend the right to independently develop bilateral economic and trade partnerships.
The two sides will vigorously develop cooperation in the fields of automobiles, ships, and civil aviation industries, and improve the level of cooperation. In accordance with the principle of inclusiveness and taking into account their respective domestic laws and national development priorities, they will continue to expand cooperation in digital economy, artificial intelligence and other information and communication technologies, cross-border e-commerce, mining of related minerals, and jointly promote the implementation of key cooperation projects to further release the potential of China-Russia cooperation.
The two sides support the implementation of projects in the chemical and metallurgical fields, and agree to actively promote cooperation in joint mineral development, green standards, and other fields.
The two sides point out that investment cooperation between the two countries is carried out on the basis of equality and mutual benefit, which helps to implement major investment cooperation projects, protect the legitimate rights and interests of investors, and ensure a fair investment environment. Investment cooperation between the two sides shows a positive trend, achieving high-level development and continuous advancement. The two sides are willing to continue to promote the improvement of the quality and efficiency of investment cooperation, support the work of the China-Russia Investment Cooperation Committee, and better play the role of the committee's secretariat in implementing various consensus.
The two sides will fulfill the obligations stipulated in the "Agreement between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Russian Federation on the Promotion and Mutual Protection of Investments" signed on May 8, 2025, continuously optimize the business environment, improve the level of investment facilitation and protection, and ensure the safety and stability of the industrial chain and supply chain.
The two sides point out that the "China-Russia Investment Cooperation Plan Outline" is of great significance. In order to improve the level of investment cooperation between the two countries, the two sides are willing to increase their efforts to support investment cooperation in key areas listed in the plan.
The two sides highly appreciate the fruitful results achieved in China-Russia energy cooperation, and agree to continue to consolidate and develop a comprehensive energy partnership, support enterprises in deepening mutually beneficial cooperation in oil and gas, coal, civil nuclear energy, renewable energy including green electricity certificates, ensure the safe and stable operation of cross-border energy infrastructure, promote smooth energy transportation, promote the expansion of dialogue between energy producing countries and energy consuming countries, jointly maintain the stability of the global energy market, and improve the level of energy security guarantee based on the principle of energy justice.
The two sides will continue to promote the construction projects of the Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant (田湾核电站) and the Xudabao Nuclear Power Plant (徐大堡核电站), and ensure that the construction is completed and put into operation on time. On this basis, deepen cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy, gradually promote cooperation in the fields of thermonuclear fusion, fast reactors, and closed nuclear fuel cycle, and explore cooperation in the front end of the nuclear fuel cycle and the joint construction of nuclear power projects through a "package" approach based on mutual benefit and win-win and balanced interests.
The two sides will continue to develop cooperation in the financial field, give play to the potential of the Financial Cooperation Sub-committee of the China-Russia Prime Ministers' Regular Meeting Committee, the China-Russia Finance Ministers' Dialogue, and other relevant areas of cooperation mechanisms, maintain the progress made in local currency settlement, steadily promote pragmatic cooperation between China and Russia in the banking sector and in the capital market, better serve the healthy and stable development of the two countries' economies and capital markets, and deepen cooperation in customs, taxation, and other fields.
The two sides will continue to advance the process of bilateral and multilateral financial cooperation, strengthen communication and coordination on macroeconomic policies, achieve sustainable economic development, and effectively respond to global economic challenges.
The two sides are willing to comprehensively strengthen customs cooperation, actively carry out exchanges and mutual learning in smart customs cooperation, continuously improve customs governance capabilities, continuously optimize supervision and services; deepen the "single window" interconnection and interoperability cooperation, promote bilateral trade facilitation, and continue to actively cooperate on bilateral information exchange issues.
The two sides are willing to take multiple measures to ensure the smooth flow of China-Russia border ports, actively carry out smart port cooperation, continuously accelerate the modernization of port infrastructure, simultaneously improve the efficiency of two-way customs clearance at ports, and comprehensively improve the level of port interconnection and interoperability. Accelerate the construction of the Heihe-Blagoveshchensk (黑河—布拉戈维申斯克) highway port for passenger and freight transportation on Heixiazi Island (大乌苏里岛).
The two sides are willing to continue to strengthen cooperation in the field of air transportation between the two countries, and encourage airlines of both sides to increase more passenger and cargo routes and flights in accordance with the air rights arrangements between the two countries and according to market demand.
The two sides reiterate that they will continue to do a good job in the trilateral consultations on the Tumen River (图们江) access to the sea issue with North Korea in accordance with the spirit of Article 9 of the "Agreement between the People's Republic of China and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Eastern Section of the Sino-Soviet Border" of May 16, 1991; and in accordance with the spirit of the "Protocol between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Russian Federation on Navigation of Chinese and Russian Vessels in the Waters around Heixiazi Island (Tarabarov Island and Bolshoi Ussuriysky Island)" of October 14, 2004, speed up the bilateral negotiations on the draft agreement on navigation in the relevant waters.
The two sides are willing to strengthen the construction of China-Russia cross-border transportation infrastructure and improve the efficiency of cross-border passenger and freight transportation. Continue to organize and carry out cross-border cargo transportation using unmanned technology. The two sides emphasized the important role of cooperation in the field of transportation, and exchanged experiences in the legal regulation of the use of unmanned technology in air, land, and ship autonomous navigation.
The two sides will ensure the unobstructed operation of the China-Russia cross-border channel corridor, strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation in China-Europe freight trains, maintain stable freight rates, and continue to support China-Europe transit through Russia for railway, road, and sea cargo transportation. Continuously promote pragmatic cooperation in the field of construction and utilization aimed at increasing the volume of cargo transportation in the Arctic航道 and its overall development.
The two sides are willing to expand the volume of railway freight transportation between China and Russia for import and export and transit to third countries. The two sides will simultaneously strengthen the construction of railway border station infrastructure and rear channels, build a smooth, stable, sustainable, and healthy railway logistics channel, and jointly ensure the safety and efficiency of cargo transportation.
The two sides are willing to deepen cooperation in the field of cross-border toll highway bridge construction, such as the Heihe-Blagoveshchensk Highway Bridge (黑河—布拉戈维申斯克公路大桥). The two sides are willing to continue to develop the "Europe-Western China" international transportation corridor and promote the realization of road interconnection between Russia, China, and Kazakhstan.
The two sides highly appreciate the prospects for further deepening the coordinated cooperation of the trilateral mechanism involving Mongolia and the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor, and will actively promote the implementation and cooperation of key co-construction projects under the framework of the corridor. The two sides agree to provide assistance to Mongolia in joining the regional integration process, including the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
The two sides are willing to deepen cooperation in the agricultural and forestry fields, further strengthen investment cooperation in the agricultural field, and accelerate the establishment of China-Russia agricultural cooperation experimental demonstration zones in the Russian Far East as pilot projects for the implementation of Russia's international advanced development zone policy.
Deepening cooperation in the agricultural field is in line with the economic interests of China and Russia and helps to improve the food security of the two countries. On the premise of ensuring safety and on the basis of risk assessment, the two sides will jointly strive to comprehensively expand the categories and quantities of meat products provided from Russia's disease-free areas to China, including beef and pork by-products, and work together to promote the resumption of exports of qualified poultry companies' products from Russia to China, and deepen the two-way trade of pet food between China and Russia. The two sides look forward to providing richer animal and plant products from China to Russia, working together to promote the export of qualified poultry companies' products from China to Russia, and further expanding the number of registered Chinese aquatic product companies exporting to Russia.
The two sides will further strengthen cooperation in the protection of wild animals such as Siberian tigers, Amur leopards, giant pandas, golden monkeys, and migratory birds, and strengthen exchanges of experience in the management of nature reserves.
The two sides agreed to continue to implement major national space programs that are in line with the common interests of China and Russia, and actively promote cooperation in key areas of space, including the International Lunar Research Station and lunar and deep space exploration, to comprehensively improve the level and level of cooperation.
The two sides decided to continuously deepen mutually beneficial exchanges in the field of satellite navigation, actively promote the implementation of the "China-Russia Satellite Navigation Cooperation Roadmap for 2026 to 2030," ensure the complementarity of the Beidou Satellite Navigation System (北斗卫星导航系统) and the GLONASS Global Satellite Navigation System, and benefit users in various countries around the world.
The two sides are willing to continuously strengthen cooperation in the coordination and use of China-Russia radio frequencies and the coordination and use of satellite frequency and orbit resources, and continuously deepen China-Russia exchanges and cooperation in satellite Internet and the Internet of Things.
The two sides agreed to explore the establishment of a software cooperation mechanism to jointly enable the construction of digital infrastructure. Deepen cooperation and exchanges in the field of open source, promote the industrialization and implementation of high-quality open source results in key industries, and achieve the common development of the open source field in the two countries.
The two sides agreed to strengthen close cooperation in the fields of environmental protection and water resources. Continuously deepen cooperation in cross-border water hydrological reporting and flood prevention to ensure flood control safety in the border areas of the two countries. Continue to deepen pragmatic cooperation in the protection of cross-border water quality, maintain cooperation on emergency contact for sudden ecological and environmental events, promote the construction of a cross-border nature reserve network, protect biodiversity, strengthen cooperation in the field of waste management, and continue to promote nature protection cooperation under the framework of the G20, BRICS countries, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and the Northeast Asia sub-regional environmental protection cooperation program.
The two sides recognize the important role of standardization cooperation in promoting technological progress and trade facilitation between the two countries, and will further deepen standardization cooperation in key areas, including promoting mutual recognition of standards in automobiles, children's products, and organic products, and establish a long-term information exchange and cooperation mechanism in the field of conformity assessment.
The two sides agreed to continuously deepen exchanges and cooperation in intellectual property rights, provide better services to applicants and rights holders of the two countries, and jointly create a good business and legal environment. Promote the exchange of experience and practical sharing in intellectual property protection in the context of the development of the digital economy and artificial intelligence technology.
The two sides emphasized the importance of strengthening cooperation in the field of China-Russia anti-monopoly policy. Under the pragmatic cooperation mechanism in the field of law enforcement, the two sides effectively expose and stop violations of anti-monopoly laws with cross-border characteristics. The two sides are willing to promote the implementation of the intergovernmental agreement between the two countries on fair competition and anti-monopoly, and protect the interests of the two peoples.
The two sides are willing to deepen cooperation in the field of consumer rights protection, and jointly take measures to ensure their due level, including in the fields of cross-border procurement services, e-commerce, and tourism services.
The two sides believe that measurement is an important foundation for ensuring international trade exchanges. Through the annual meeting of the China-Russia Measurement Cooperation Working Group, the two sides have achieved pragmatic cooperation results in measurement fields such as energy and medical health. The two sides are willing to continue to carry out experience exchanges and mutual visits of technical professionals in the field of measurement, and agree to continue to carry out joint comparisons of national measurement unit benchmarks in areas of common concern. The two sides are willing to continue to deepen exchanges and cooperation in the field of measurement.
The two sides are willing to promote the deepening of cooperation in the field of housing and urban-rural construction, carry out joint research on "good houses" in cold regions, and strengthen mutual learning and exchange in professional fields such as "urban infrastructure lifeline safety projects," urban renewal, and the application of digital and artificial intelligence technologies in the construction industry.
The two sides attach great importance to and welcome the positive development of cooperation between Northeast China and the Russian Far East, as well as between the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River in China and the Volga Federal District in Russia, in the fields of economy and trade, investment, and culture, and support the strengthening of exchanges and expansion of cooperation between local and border regions of the two countries. The Chinese side welcomes the Russian side to conduct policy promotion on international advanced development zones.
The two sides agreed to deepen pragmatic cooperation between China and the Eurasian Economic Union under the framework of the "Agreement on Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and the Eurasian Economic Union," and continuously promote the alignment of the "Belt and Road" initiative and the Eurasian Economic Union development plan in the fields of transportation, logistics, transportation, digitalization, e-commerce, policy coordination and elimination of trade barriers, food, and agricultural product trade. The two sides believe that this dialogue mechanism is crucial for promoting trade cooperation, which is conducive to deepening economic integration and interconnection between the Asia-Pacific and Eurasia regions, and promoting the common development of the "Belt and Road" initiative and the construction of the "Greater Eurasian Partnership." The two sides are willing to further upgrade and expand the institutional arrangements for economic and trade cooperation between China and the Eurasian Economic Union and its member states, and improve the level of trade liberalization and facilitation.
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The two sides adhere to cultural and civilizational diversity, support each other in protecting cultural and historical identity and traditional moral values, firmly safeguard cultural sovereignty, do not impose their own values and models on others, and do not engage in ideological confrontation.
The two sides uphold the diversity of cultures and civilizations, support each other in protecting cultural and historical identity and traditional moral values, firmly safeguard cultural sovereignty, refrain from imposing their own values and models on others, and avoid ideological confrontation.
The two sides believe that the role of UNESCO as a universal platform for intergovernmental cultural exchanges should be further strengthened to promote professional dialogue based on mutual respect, facilitate efficient communication among member states, and enhance unity.
The two sides agreed that people-to-people cooperation is an important foundation of public opinion and a spiritual bond in China-Russia bilateral relations. Through educational exchanges, cultural integration, and youth interaction, the two sides will deepen mutual understanding among the people and build a solid social foundation for political mutual trust and economic and trade cooperation.
The two sides fully affirmed the achievements of cooperation in the field of education and agreed to further promote the establishment of partnerships between Chinese and Russian educational institutions, jointly organize activities, and promote the exchange of experience and good practices among educators from the two countries.
The two sides will hold the "China-Russia Year of Education" with high quality, promote practical cooperation in various fields, and deepen cultural exchanges. Further promote the establishment of partnerships between Chinese and Russian universities and research institutions, and promote the exchange of experience and practices in the field of education between the two countries. Continue to expand the scale of two-way study abroad, and strengthen the joint training of high-level talents in universities of the two countries. Continue to build the China-Russia Basic Science Research Institute and support the joint construction of the China-Russia Innovation Research Institute by universities of both sides. Support the construction of the China-Russia University Alliance, the China-Russia Middle School Alliance, and the China-Russia Vocational Education Alliance. Continue to promote the teaching of each other's national languages in their own countries, promote exchanges between Chinese and Russian students, carry out summer schools for Chinese and Russian students, exchanges in basic disciplines for Chinese and Russian primary and secondary school students, etc., enhance understanding and mutual trust among young students, strengthen communication and cooperation in the field of education within multilateral frameworks, and jointly strengthen international influence in the field of education.
The two sides believe that deepening cooperation in scientific and technological innovation is of great strategic significance for the two countries to enhance their development momentum and international competitiveness. The two sides will further consolidate the foundation of cooperation in basic and applied sciences and cutting-edge technologies, and promote high-level cooperative research. Regularly carry out the selection of joint research projects and continuously improve the funding mechanism. Actively improve the level of mutual opening up of large-scale scientific facilities and carry out collaborative research. Continue to strengthen scientific and technological exchanges and exchanges and joint training of young scientists. Deepen scientific and technological cooperation within the multilateral frameworks of BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, and the G20, and jointly enhance the potential of scientific and technological innovation to promote the economic and social development of the two countries.
The two sides highly appreciated the fruitful results achieved by the two countries in the fields of literary and artistic performances, museums, libraries, radio and television, and art education within the framework of the "China-Russia Year of Culture" in 2024-2025, and continued to expand the coverage of cooperation. Support the holding of the 14th "Russian Culture Festival" in China and the 17th "Chinese Culture Festival" in Russia, the 4th China-Russia Library Forum, and the 16th China-Russia Cultural Fair, hold "Happy Chinese New Year" in Moscow and other Russian cities, and hold "Seeing off Winter Festival" in Beijing (北京) and other Chinese cities. Give full play to the platform role of the cultural centers mutually established by the two countries, and carry out practical cooperation in exhibitions, performances, language teaching, cultural and tourism promotion, and youth and local exchanges.
The two sides agreed to further deepen China-Russia film exchanges and cooperation. Within the framework of the Film Cooperation Sub-Committee of the China-Russia Committee on Humanitarian Cooperation, support the holding of film festivals in each other's countries every year, and make full use of platforms such as the Shanghai International Film Festival, the Beijing International Film Festival, the Silk Road International Film Festival and the Moscow International Film Festival, "Message to Man," and "Spirit of Fire" International Film Festival to strengthen film and personnel exchanges. The two sides will be committed to expanding the scale of joint film production, promoting the establishment and deepening of contacts between film institutions and personnel of the two countries, and continuing to implement the "Action Plan of the National Film Administration of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation on Joint Film Shooting before 2030" jointly approved by the National Film Administration of China and the Ministry of Culture of Russia.
The two sides fully affirmed the achievements of cooperation between the two countries in the field of health, and expressed satisfaction with the China-Russia Disaster Medicine Tactical Special Exercise and the International Symposium on Disaster Medicine to be held in 2026. The two sides will continue to promote cooperation in the fields of disaster medicine, biosafety, prevention and control of infectious diseases and cross-border transmission, medical education, the China-Russia Medical University Alliance, medical science and innovation; oncology and nuclear medicine, ophthalmology, psychiatry, maternal and child health, digital health, traditional medicine, and the safety of medicines and medical devices.
The two sides will continue to strengthen close cooperation in international platforms in the field of health, jointly safeguard global public health security, and enhance the health and well-being of the people of the two countries. The two sides agreed to expand cooperation in the fields of biosafety, prevention and control of infectious diseases and cross-border transmission through disease control departments.
The two sides highly appreciated the positive results of exchanges between the two countries in the field of sports and looked forward to further strengthening sports exchanges and cooperation.
The two sides affirmed the positive results of the 4th China-Russia Winter Youth Games and the 10th China-Russia Summer Youth Games held in Russia. The two sides agreed to continue the tradition of holding winter and summer youth games in China and Russia in rotation, and determined that the 5th China-Russia Winter Youth Games and the 11th China-Russia Summer Youth Games will be held in China.
The two sides pointed out that it is necessary to further develop exchanges between the two countries in the most concerned traditional national sports, strengthen sports cooperation between regions, and agreed to use China-Russia sports venues to carry out joint training and sports competitions, including winter sports, and emphasized the need to further expand sports education and scientific research cooperation, positively evaluate the role of the China-Russia Sports University Alliance, and support sports education institutions of the two countries to establish contacts through jointly holding forums, conferences and online courses.
The two sides plan to cooperate in the field of anti-doping. The two sides advocate further promoting equal international sports cooperation and promoting the Olympic spirit and concept. The two sides agreed to continue to coordinate their positions on sports cooperation within the framework of multilateral organizations such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, BRICS, UNESCO, and the Asia Cooperation Dialogue.
The two sides affirmed the effectiveness of the visa-free policy and its positive role in promoting economic, trade and cultural exchanges, and agreed to further simplify visa procedures and continuously improve the level of facilitation of personnel exchanges between the two countries.
The two sides agreed to further deepen cooperation in the field of youth policy, and carry out cooperation projects focusing on patriotic and ideological and moral education for children and youth, youth entrepreneurship, volunteer services, creative industries, and new media. Expand practical exchanges between local youth affairs departments and non-profit organizations, and jointly lead the youth agenda and advocate youth action in multilateral mechanisms such as the United Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and BRICS.
The two sides are willing to coordinate and do a good job in information security for large-scale international events, promote reports on the development of political, economic, social, cultural and bilateral relations between the two countries, jointly respond to unfriendly behaviors by third parties that have a negative impact on media cooperation between the two countries, resist interference in internal affairs in the information field and the dissemination of false information that undermines cooperation between the two countries, and expand information dissemination channels between the two sides.
The two sides will deepen media exchanges and cooperation, jointly organize the China-Russia Media Forum, promote mutual visits between mainstream media, strengthen joint training of talents, provide convenience for media personnel from the two countries to work in each other's countries, and carry out exchanges of experience in the field of digital diplomacy. Expand the practical application of new technologies in the media field and deepen practical cooperation between local media in the two countries.
The two sides support exchanges and cooperation in joint production in the field of China-Russia online media, co-creation of content by online celebrities, training of online and new media talents, and holding large-scale online media forums.
The two sides will deepen cooperation in the field of publishing, actively carry out cooperation projects such as mutual translation and distribution of classic and modern works of the two countries, continue to participate in book fairs held in China and Russia, support the mutual holding of guest of honor activities, and will strengthen exchanges of experience and sharing of practices in copyright protection and application.
The two sides are willing to deepen cooperation in the field of archives between the two countries, exchange experience in archive work management, exchange duplicate copies of archives of interest to both sides, jointly compile and publish compilations of archival documents, and jointly hold historical archive exhibitions.
The two sides emphasized the importance of people-to-people diplomacy in China-Russia multi-field cooperation, and positively evaluated the role of the China-Russia Friendship, Peace and Development Committee and the friendship associations of the two countries in strengthening social ties between the two countries and enhancing mutual understanding between the people of the two countries.
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The two sides pointed out that the world today is intertwined with changes and chaos, geopolitical games are intensifying, and local conflicts and turbulence are frequent. The global peace deficit, development deficit, security deficit, and governance deficit are increasing, and the management of international relations is lacking. The two sides reiterated their firm opposition to hegemonism and unilateralism, opposition to the world regressing to power politics, and firm maintenance of the authority of the United Nations and its core role in international affairs. The two sides firmly oppose the implementation of unilateral sanctions and secondary sanctions in trade, the discriminatory use of tariffs and other restrictive measures, and call on all parties to earnestly safeguard the multilateral trading system with the WTO as the core and maintain the stability and smooth flow of global industrial and supply chains.
The two sides pointed out that individual countries pursue hegemonism and adhere to neo-colonialist thinking, and their aggressive policies have led to more intense international competition and a continued rise in tensions in global affairs. These countries attempt to infringe on the sovereignty of other countries, curb the economic and technological development of other countries, and set obstacles to hindering the construction of a multi-polar world.
The two sides condemned any unilateral coercive, punitive, and discriminatory protectionist measures taken by any country, group, or alliance of countries that violate international law, sovereign equality, and the principle of non-interference in internal affairs. The two sides called for the lifting of illegal unilateral coercive measures that undermine the purposes and principles of international law and the Charter of the United Nations, and reiterated that the two sides do not implement or support any sanctions that have not been approved by the UN Security Council and are inconsistent with international law.
The two sides pointed out that, in accordance with the principle of sovereign equality of states established by the Charter of the United Nations, all states must strictly abide by international obligations regarding the immunity of states and their property, including sovereign reserves. The two sides strongly condemned any illegal acts of freezing, seizing, misappropriating, or otherwise encroaching on the state property and assets of other countries, and emphasized that the victimized countries have the right to take countermeasures in accordance with international law.
The two sides emphasized that the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind proposed by China and a series of global initiatives have important and positive significance. The two sides will closely cooperate on the issue of maintaining international peace, stability and security, and will fully support and promote each other's initiatives in international occasions accordingly.
The two sides emphasized that the Global Security Initiative proposed by China is of great significance for reforming and improving global security governance. It is advocated that all countries fully, fully and completely abide by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, adhere to respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries, and oppose acts that infringe on the fundamental interests of other countries, especially in the field of security. On the basis of equal and indivisible security, differences should be resolved and the root causes of conflicts should be eliminated through dialogue and consultation in a peaceful manner, and global governance and the management of international relations should be improved.
The two sides resolutely condemned all external military coercion and acts aimed at undermining the unity and equal cooperation of the Eurasian continent. China highly appreciates the "Eurasian Security Architecture" initiative proposed by Russia to build equality and indivisibility, which aims to achieve long-term peace and stability in the region and create a development environment for countries in the region that is free from external interference. The two sides called on all countries to adhere to the principle of equal and indivisible global and regional security and build common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security.
The two sides are willing to discuss cooperation around the Global Security Initiative and the Eurasian Security Architecture Initiative, promote exchanges and alignment of security concepts, strengthen strategic cooperation in the field of security, jointly benefit the people of the region, and contribute to maintaining world peace and tranquility.
The Russian side attaches great importance to the Global Civilization Initiative and is willing to work with China to hold relevant commemorative activities in conjunction with the UN General Assembly's resolution on the "International Day of Dialogue among Civilizations," jointly promote exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, and promote people-to-people connectivity.
The two sides will continue to resolutely defend the correct view of the history of World War II, firmly maintain the achievements of the victory of World War II recorded in the Charter of the United Nations and the charters and judgments of the Nuremberg and Tokyo International Military Tribunals, and resolutely oppose any attempts to deny, distort and tamper with the history of World War II.
The two sides are willing to continue to strengthen cooperation to combat acts of glorifying Nazism, fascism and militarism, as well as attempts to revive the above-mentioned non-constructive ideologies and deny the facts of genocide. The two sides pointed out that it is of great significance to carry out correct historical education, protect the memorial facilities of the people of the two countries and the martyrs who fought side by side and sacrificed during World War II, and oppose the desecration and damage of the above-mentioned memorial facilities. The two sides resolutely condemned acts of exonerating those who colluded with Nazis, fascists and militarists and committed war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The two sides emphasized that the authority of UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 is beyond doubt and challenge.
The Russian side reiterated its adherence to the one-China principle, recognizing that there is only one China in the world, Taiwan (台湾) is an inalienable part of China's territory, and the government of the People's Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China. It firmly opposes any form of "Taiwan independence," emphasizes that interfering in the Taiwan issue, which is purely China's internal affair, is undermining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, and firmly supports the Chinese government's measures to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity and achieve national reunification.
China firmly supports Russia in safeguarding national security, stability, development and prosperity, firmly supports Russia in safeguarding sovereignty and territorial integrity, and opposes external forces interfering in Russia's internal affairs.
The two sides pointed out that launching military strikes against other countries, using negotiations as a pretext for preparation, killing leaders of sovereign countries, shaking their domestic political environment, inciting regime change, and forcibly abducting and trying heads of state seriously violate the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, seriously violate international law and the basic norms of international relations, and seriously undermine the foundation of the international order formed after World War II and the civilized foundation of exchanges between countries. The two sides resolutely oppose and strongly condemn this and point out that the main reason for the current instability in the Eurasian continent is external destructive interference.
The two sides reiterated that they will further strengthen cooperation and coordinate their positions through bilateral channels and international and regional multilateral platforms such as the United Nations, BRICS, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, resolutely resist the spread of any extreme ideas that give rise to terrorism and extremism in the world today, jointly combat the "three forces," especially terrorist organizations listed by the UN Security Council and other terrorist and extremist organizations that threaten the national security of China and Russia, jointly prevent and respond to terrorists using emerging technologies to plan and implement terrorist activities, and jointly curb acts of supporting and using terrorist groups to achieve political purposes.
The two sides reiterated their support for the international arms control system with the United Nations as the core, and support the role of the UN General Assembly's Disarmament and International Security Committee, the UN Disarmament Commission, and the Geneva Conference on Disarmament. The two sides will continue to conduct consultations and exchanges at all levels on arms control and non-proliferation issues.
The two sides reiterated their commitment to maintaining and strengthening global strategic balance and stability, and the evaluations and positions in the "Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on Global Strategic Stability" signed on May 8, 2025, are still of practical significance. The two sides affirmed the positive role of the Russia-US New START Treaty in avoiding an arms race, reducing strategic risks, and maintaining strategic stability, and expressed regret that the United States adopted an irresponsible attitude after the treaty expired, causing the treaty to fail to be retained in the form of voluntary self-restraint, and called on the United States to create the necessary conditions in a responsible manner, so as to promote the synergistic implementation of strategic stability. China appreciates Russia's initiative that Russia and the United States should continue to abide by the core restrictions of the New START Treaty of April 8, 2010, which reflects Russia's commitment to maintaining predictability, restraint and balance in this field. The Russian side respects China's position on the issue of "China-US-Russia Trilateral Nuclear Arms Control Negotiations."
Both sides oppose various provocative actions and hostile behaviors by individual nuclear-weapon states against other nuclear-weapon states, which undermine the fundamental interests of these countries in the security field and lead to increased strategic risks. Some nuclear-weapon states are obsessed with the supremacy of strength and seek absolute security and military advantages, deploying military strategic infrastructure and other strategic offensive and strategic defensive weapons close to the front lines of other nuclear-weapon states, and expanding military alliances without restraint in violation of the principle of equality and indivisibility, increasing tensions between nuclear-weapon states. They called on other countries that signed the "Joint Statement of the Leaders of the Five Nuclear-Weapon States on Preventing Nuclear War and Avoiding Arms Race" issued on January 3, 2022, to strictly and fully comply with its provisions.
Both sides pointed out that the plans and actions of certain nuclear-weapon states and their allies to deploy land-based intermediate-range and short-range missiles outside their borders pose a threat to other nuclear-weapon states. It is concerning that the relevant missiles have short flight times and are suitable for high-precision large-scale strikes against important key facilities and targets within the territory of other nuclear-weapon states. At the same time, nuclear-weapon states and non-nuclear-weapon states within certain military alliances and groups implement strategies such as "active suppression of launch," "deep precision strike," "kill chain," and "counterattack capability," implementing preemptive and preventive missile strikes to decapitate and disarm the enemy. Similar behaviors are serious destabilizing factors and pose a strategic threat to the countries being attacked. Both sides strongly condemn such provocative behavior that undermines regional stability and global security and will jointly respond to it.
Both sides believe that the U.S. "Golden Dome" program aims to build a global, multi-layered, multi-domain missile defense system that is not subject to any restrictions, resisting threats from all missiles of any "evenly matched" opponent from the preparation before launch to all stages of flight, causing significant damage to strategic stability. The program completely negates the indivisible link between strategic offensive weapons and strategic defensive weapons, which is the core principle of maintaining strategic stability, greatly increases the risk of conflict in outer space, weaponizes outer space and makes it a place of armed confrontation, violates the purpose and objectives of the peaceful use of outer space in the "Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies" (i.e., the "Outer Space Treaty"), and exacerbates the situation.
Both sides are committed to firmly safeguarding the outer space law based on the "Outer Space Treaty" and are committed to strengthening international cooperation in outer space on the basis of equality and non-discrimination. Both sides oppose unilateralist positions targeting outer space activities and oppose the use of civilian and commercial spacecraft to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries and illegally intervene in armed conflicts in other countries.
Both sides oppose the placement of any weapons in outer space, the use or threat of use of force against outer space objects, or the use of outer space objects to use force, oppose the attempts of individual countries to use outer space for armed confrontation, and oppose the implementation of policies aimed at seeking military hegemony and defining outer space as a "combat domain." Therefore, both sides pointed out that the U.S. "Golden Dome" missile defense system, which studies and implements space-based interception, has a serious negative impact on international security. Both sides emphasized that the program greatly increases the risk of armed conflict in outer space, encourages the placement of weapons in outer space and spreads armed conflict to outer space, promotes the use or threat of use of force against outer space objects, or the use of outer space objects to use force, deviating from the purpose and objectives of the peaceful use of outer space stipulated in the "Outer Space Treaty."
Both sides reiterated the need to launch international negotiations on a legally binding multilateral instrument as soon as possible on the basis of the Sino-Russian draft "Treaty on the Prevention of the Placement of Weapons in Outer Space, the Threat or Use of Force Against Outer Space Objects" and the consensus report adopted in 2024 by the United Nations Group of Governmental Experts established under Resolution 250 of the 77th UN General Assembly, providing a fundamental and reliable guarantee for preventing an arms race in outer space. Both sides agreed to promote the international initiative/political commitment of not being the first to deploy weapons in outer space on a global scale, thereby strengthening international security, ensuring the equal and indivisible security of all countries, and improving the predictability and sustainability of all countries' exploration and peaceful use of outer space.
Both sides firmly safeguard the international nuclear non-proliferation system based on the "Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons." Both sides firmly oppose any behavior that violates treaty obligations by any nuclear-weapon state or non-nuclear-weapon state.
Both sides expressed high concern about Japan's long-term large-scale stockpiling of sensitive nuclear materials without credible civilian uses, and are vigilant about the unacceptable ambitions and extreme provocative behavior of the country's right-wing forces, namely, promoting the revision of the "Three Non-Nuclear Principles," including turning to more destructive "extended deterrence" containing potential factors of "nuclear sharing" with allies and jointly realized with allies, and even attempting to independently possess nuclear weapons, urging the Japanese government to earnestly abide by international law obligations such as the "Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons."
Both sides expressed concern about the pro-nuclear statements made by some nominally European non-nuclear countries, and called on the International Atomic Energy Agency to pay close attention and ensure due supervision of the nuclear materials and behaviors of such countries.
Both sides firmly call on the relevant nuclear-weapon states and their non-nuclear allies to abolish their inter-state destabilizing arrangements such as "nuclear sharing" and "extended deterrence" as soon as possible, take necessary measures in national and collective security policies, and not replicate new "nuclear sharing" and "extended deterrence" arrangements within their military alliances.
Both sides reiterated that the "Biological Weapons Convention" should be fully complied with and continuously strengthened, including the institutionalization of the convention mechanism and the conclusion of a legally binding protocol containing an effective verification mechanism. No country should engage in any biological military activities within or outside its borders that threaten the security of other countries and related regions.
Both sides reiterated their commitment to establishing a world free of chemical weapons, called on the States Parties to the "Chemical Weapons Convention" to take all necessary measures to achieve the above goals, and at the same time promote the return of the work of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to a non-political technical track. Both sides urged Japan to faithfully fulfill its obligations and completely destroy the chemical weapons abandoned in China as soon as possible. China supports Russia's candidacy for membership in the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
Both sides reiterated their compliance with the export control obligations stipulated in the "Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons," the "Biological Weapons Convention," and the "Chemical Weapons Convention," and opposed individual countries using relevant mechanisms for technological and economic suppression of other countries and the implementation of illegal unilateral restrictive measures for their own selfish interests.
Both sides are committed to promoting the implementation of UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/79/80 on "Promoting Peaceful Utilization of International Cooperation in the Field of International Security" adopted in December 2024.
Both sides will deepen high-level strategic coordination in the field of information security, further strengthen practical cooperation in emergency response in this field, and exchange experiences in the field of Internet policies and regulations. Both sides expressed concern about the threats facing the global information security field. Both sides emphasized that the United Nations plays a key role in addressing threats in cyberspace, supports information security dialogue and cooperation under the framework of the United Nations Global Cybersecurity Permanent Mechanism, adheres to the "Rules of Responsible State Behavior in Cyberspace," formulates universally accepted and common international rules on new issues such as international information security, data security, and supply chain stability, maintains an open, secure, stable, accessible, peaceful, and interconnected information and communication technology environment, and respects and supports the principle of cyber sovereignty.
China and Russia noted that artificial intelligence technology is one of the main factors that significantly affect the speed and quality of economic and social changes, and are willing to promote the benevolent and inclusive development of artificial intelligence and oppose individual countries using artificial intelligence as a geopolitical tool to maintain their hegemonic status. Both sides support strengthening international cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence, releasing the dividends of intelligent development, and addressing potential risks and challenges related to artificial intelligence. Russia welcomes China's initiative to establish the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization. Both sides reiterated further cooperation on the military application of artificial intelligence technology within bilateral and multilateral frameworks such as the Group of Governmental Experts on "Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems" of the "Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons."
Both sides are willing to use international organization platforms to coordinate positions on issues in the field of artificial intelligence science.
Both sides attach great importance to protecting the safety and legitimate rights and interests of the citizens, institutions, and projects of the two countries in each other's countries, and will strengthen the exchange of information on overseas and regional security through mechanisms such as consultations on overseas citizen safety affairs. In the event of events that threaten life and health, such as turmoil, armed conflicts, and natural disasters in third countries and regions, support and assistance will be provided to each other's countries in carrying out emergency protection and evacuation of overseas citizens.
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Both sides reiterated that the "Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on Further Strengthening Cooperation in Safeguarding the Authority of International Law" signed on May 8, 2025, is of great significance, firmly safeguard the international system with the United Nations as the core, the international order based on international law, the basic norms of international relations based on the purposes and principles of the "UN Charter," strengthen strategic communication and coordination within the UN framework, safeguard common interests and international fairness and justice, and oppose any attempts to tamper with the results of World War II. Russia supports the Global Governance Initiative proposed by China. Both sides are willing to coordinate actions on major global governance issues and jointly promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system.
Both sides emphasized that the UN Security Council bears the primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security, reiterated that the principle of prohibiting the use or threat of force stipulated in the "UN Charter" must be observed, and accordingly condemned unilateral military interventions not based on the right of individual or collective self-defense or authorized by the Security Council. Oppose and condemn any unilateral coercive measures that violate international law and are not authorized by the Security Council. Both sides attach great importance to the work of the "Group of Friends in Defense of the UN Charter" and will continue to actively participate in it.
Russia supports the Global Development Initiative proposed by China and will continue to participate in the work of the "Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative." Both sides will continue to promote the international community to focus on development issues, increase development investment, deepen practical cooperation, and accelerate the implementation of the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.
Both sides firmly support the multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organization as the core and based on rules, and jointly oppose unilateral sanctions and trade protectionism measures. Both sides are willing to continue to strengthen the cooperation and dialogue mechanism within the WTO framework, coordinate positions on global trade development issues, including through the BRICS consultation informal mechanism.
China and Russia will promote the implementation of the decisions made on the relevant outcomes of the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC14), promote consultations on unresolved issues of MC14, and promote the adoption of a package of reform measures such as the "Yaoundé Outcome Package." Both sides will firmly safeguard the basic principles of the WTO such as most-favored-nation treatment, oppose unilateralism and trade protectionism measures, promote the WTO rules to keep pace with the times, better respond to the needs of the times, and promote the WTO to play a greater role in global economic governance.
Both sides are willing to deepen cooperation within the framework of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, and the New Development Bank, and continue to promote cooperation in the financial channels of the G20, BRICS, Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
Both sides pointed out that multilateral development banks play an important role in the global economy as independent financial institutions aimed at promoting the sustainable development of member states, and emphasized that it should be ensured that they are non-political, shareholders are equal, and resources are accessed in a non-discriminatory manner, including in the construction projects of all member states. At the same time, ensure the sound operation of multilateral development banks and safeguard the common interests of all member states.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and China and Russia attach great importance to coordination within the SCO framework. Both sides will continue to work with all member states to promote the SCO to play its strategic role in building a just multipolar world based on universally recognized international law, cultural and civilizational diversity, mutually beneficial and equal cooperation between countries, and centered on the United Nations. Both sides will promote the deepening of coordination within the SCO framework to make it the foundation for establishing a secure, indivisible, and sustainable development space in Eurasia.
In this context, both sides are willing to actively and steadily promote the implementation of the SCO Development Strategy for the next 10 years, promote the comprehensive improvement of the SCO, including revising the organizational treaty legal basis and preparing the protocol on amending and supplementing the "SCO Charter," and establishing and starting the work of the SCO Comprehensive Center for Responding to Security Threats and Challenges and its branches and drug control centers. Both sides pay close attention to strengthening cooperation in the fields of humanities, economy, and trade, and establishing a project funding matching mechanism. Both sides will continue to consult on the establishment of the SCO Development Bank.
China and Russia emphasized that the principle of openness is the cornerstone of the SCO and support the continuous reception of countries that recognize the purposes, tasks, and basic principles of the "SCO Charter" and recognize the "Shanghai Spirit" of mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality, consultation, respect for diverse civilizations, and seeking common development to join the SCO. Reiterate their willingness to cooperate with all relevant countries and international organizations, including within the "SCO+" framework.
Both sides are willing to cooperate with the defense departments, security councils, drug control agencies, and other relevant departments of other SCO member states. Both sides reiterated their willingness to improve cross-border infrastructure and e-commerce, carry out cooperation in the fields of scientific and technological innovation, service trade, digital trade, energy, digital economy, sustainable development industries, higher education, and vocational and technical education, strengthen multilateral cooperation within the SCO framework in developing innovative industries to increase the GDP of member states, ensuring youth employment, and close economic and cultural cooperation, and support the SCO to play a greater role in maintaining the multilateral trading system, ensuring the security and stability of the global industrial and supply chains, and promoting the reform of the global economic governance system.
Both sides welcome further practical cooperation within the trilateral framework of the SCO, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) to strengthen the ability to respond to cross-border challenges and security threats.
Both sides pointed out that the CIS plays an important role in ensuring the stability of the Eurasian region and the comprehensive development of multipolar cooperation. Support deepening its ties with the CIS, taking the SCO's observer status in the CIS obtained on October 10, 2025, as an opportunity.
Russia fully supports China's successful hosting of the 2026 APEC meeting. China welcomes and supports Russia's bid to host the 2035 APEC meeting. Both sides will further strengthen communication and coordination within the APEC framework, comprehensively promote cooperation in the APEC "China Year," jointly build the Asia-Pacific community, and promote common prosperity. Jointly promote the construction of an open world economy, help achieve sustainable and inclusive economic growth, promote the joint development of the "Belt and Road" initiative and the construction of the "Greater Eurasian Partnership," promote the Asia-Pacific regional economic integration process, promote the construction of the Asia-Pacific Free Trade Area, and promote practical cooperation in the fields of interconnection, digital economy, information and communication technology including artificial intelligence, transportation, energy, inclusive and sustainable economic development, etc., based on their respective development levels and legal systems.
The Russian side fully supports the Chinese side in successfully hosting the 2026 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting. The Chinese side welcomes and supports the Russian side's bid to host the 2035 APEC meeting. The two sides will further strengthen communication and coordination within the APEC framework, comprehensively promote cooperation during the "China Year" of APEC, jointly build an Asia-Pacific community, and promote common prosperity. They will jointly promote the construction of an open world economy, help achieve sustainable and inclusive economic growth, promote the joint development of the "Belt and Road" initiative and the construction of the "Greater Eurasian Partnership," advance the process of Asia-Pacific regional economic integration, promote the construction of the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP), and, based on their respective levels of development and legal systems, promote pragmatic cooperation in areas such as connectivity, the digital economy, information and communication technologies including artificial intelligence, transportation, energy, and inclusive and sustainable economic development.
The two sides are willing to continue strengthening dialogue and collaboration within the BRICS framework to promote the high-quality development of "Greater BRICS Cooperation." The two sides are willing to support India's assumption of the BRICS chairmanship in 2026, consolidate the BRICS countries' joint efforts in the three main directions of political security, economic, trade, and financial affairs (based on the "Strategy for BRICS Economic Partnership"), and strengthen strategic partnership. The two sides are willing to work with other BRICS member states and partner countries to implement the consensus reached at previous BRICS Leaders' Meetings, enhance the organization's international influence, and promote close ties between BRICS countries and the vast number of developing countries by attracting more partner countries to participate in the "BRICS+" and BRICS outreach dialogue pragmatic cooperation mechanisms. The Russian side supports the Chinese side's assumption of the BRICS chairmanship in 2027 and the preparations for the summit, and is willing to provide necessary assistance. It is pleased to see strengthened cooperation in areas such as maintaining the multilateral trading system and promoting WTO reform, sustainable development, rebuilding supply chains, carrying out special economic zone cooperation, promoting the digital economy, supporting the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, and green transition. The Chinese side welcomes the Russian side's initiative to establish a grain (commodity) trading platform within the BRICS framework.
The two sides highly appreciate the constructive cooperation between China and Russia within the G20 framework and reaffirm their willingness to continue strengthening coordination and cooperation within the G20, the main international economic cooperation forum, unite the Global South countries, and promote the establishment of an equal and orderly multipolar world and inclusive, non-discriminatory economic globalization, so that world markets, supply chains, and related mechanisms are more equal and open.
The two sides will jointly address global economic and financial challenges based on the basic principles of the G20's non-politicization, adherence to economic functions, membership composition, and consensus, taking into account the different development paths of countries and the right to choose development models according to their own characteristics, and promote the development of the international order in a more just direction. The two sides are committed to continuing to promote the reform of international economic and financial governance and help enhance the representation and voice of developing countries.
The two sides reaffirm that the foreign criminal jurisdiction immunity of state officials is an important guarantee for the stable operation of international relations. Any act that violates the international law rules on the immunity of state officials is not in accordance with the principle of sovereign equality of states. The two sides emphasize that senior state officials such as heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers enjoy absolute personal immunity, and state officials representing the state or exercising state functions enjoy functional immunity when acting in their official capacity. It is unacceptable to take illegal actions such as arrest and trial against foreign state officials who enjoy immunity, such as heads of state, in violation of recognized international law rules.
The two sides are willing to continue working together to promote constructive dialogue and cooperation among all parties in the multilateral human rights field, advocate the common values of all mankind, oppose the politicization of human rights, double standards, and the use of human rights issues to interfere in other countries' internal affairs, and jointly promote the healthy development of all aspects of the international human rights agenda.
The two sides appreciate each other's efforts to promote international anti-corruption cooperation within multilateral frameworks such as the United Nations, the G20, BRICS, and APEC, and are willing to continue to firmly support the *United Nations Convention against Corruption* in playing a leading role in global anti-corruption governance and promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global anti-corruption governance system. The Russian side is willing to actively support the Chinese side in hosting relevant activities of the APEC Anti-Corruption and Transparency Working Group in 2026. The two sides welcome the *Beijing Consensus on Strengthening Law Enforcement Cooperation and Rejecting Safe Havens for Corruption* and call on the international community to strengthen cooperation in the recovery and return of corrupt assets with a "zero tolerance" attitude towards corruption and refuse to be a safe haven for corruption.
The two sides welcome the adoption of the *United Nations Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communication Technologies for Criminal Purposes* by the United Nations General Assembly. As one of the first signatories to the convention, the two sides are willing to promote the early entry into force and effective implementation of the convention, actively participate in the formulation of additional protocols to the convention, expand the scope of criminal application of the convention, and strengthen international cooperation in combating cybercrime.
The two sides call for adhering to the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and believe that strengthening cooperation in addressing climate change and its impacts and achieving low-emission development is of great significance. They reaffirm their commitment to the purposes and principles of the *United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change* and its *Paris Agreement*. The two sides highly appreciate their respective ambitious 2035 nationally determined contribution greenhouse gas emission reduction targets proposed for the implementation of the *Paris Agreement*.
The two sides welcome the holding of bilateral expert dialogues within the framework of the China-Russia Climate Change Liaison Group. They are willing to continue to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in addressing climate change and green and low-carbon fields, including low-emission technologies, greenhouse gas emission monitoring, reporting and verification, cross-border carbon trading, and product carbon footprint assessment and accounting.
The two sides note with concern that some unilateral protectionist measures hinder the cost of global, especially developing countries' climate action and just energy transition, firmly oppose any discriminatory unilateral measures under the pretext of addressing climate change, and emphasize that measures taken to address climate change should not constitute arbitrary or unreasonable means of discrimination or disguised restrictions on international trade.
The two sides will continue to carry out cooperation in the field of transportation, strengthen land connectivity, and coordinate and promote the construction of stable and efficient international transportation and logistics channels.
The two sides are concerned about the unilateral obstruction of international shipping by individual countries, multinational organizations, and their allies, and believe that this poses a threat to the integrity of the entire international supply chain and maritime trade. The two sides believe that cooperation in maritime infrastructure such as ports should follow market rules and commercial principles, avoid pan-securitization and pan-politicization, and jointly maintain an open and mutually trusting cooperation environment.
The two sides express deep concern about the confrontational policies adopted by individual countries and their allies and the related statements made, and urge them to stop interfering in other countries' internal affairs, undermining existing security architectures in various regions of the world, artificially drawing lines between countries, and advocating camp confrontation. The Chinese side noted the Russian side's concerns caused by the EU's strengthening of defense construction.
The two sides pointed out that promoting NATO's entry into the Asia-Pacific region and creating an "Asia-Pacific version" of NATO based on mechanisms such as AUKUS does not conform to the task of consolidating regional peace and security. The two sides oppose attempts to undermine the ASEAN-centered regional cooperation architecture by actively building group alliances in the Asia-Pacific region.
The two sides emphasized that the current acceleration of Japan's "remilitarization" seriously threatens regional peace and stability, and the international community and regional countries are highly vigilant about this. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Tokyo Trial. During the investigation conducted by the court, it was found that the scale of war crimes committed by Japanese militarists was extremely large, and the cruelty and horror of their actions against civilians were unimaginable. The Japanese government should learn from this, based on its own inhumane history of aggression, recognize all the achievements of World War II, and resist "new militarism" and "remilitarization," because this once brought profound disasters to the people of all countries and Japan itself.
China and Russia highly appreciate the communication and cooperation between the two sides on the Korean Peninsula issue. The two sides maintain that maintaining peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and promoting the political settlement process of the sub-regional issue are in the common interests of all countries in Northeast Asia and the international community. The two sides oppose the use of diplomatic isolation, economic sanctions, and military pressure to threaten the security of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), and urge relevant parties to stop escalating regional tensions, stimulating the arms race, and abusing political means, and take practical measures to eliminate the risk of war on the peninsula. Based on geopolitical realities, China and Russia support all relevant parties in resolving their respective concerns in a balanced manner through political and diplomatic means on the basis of respecting each other's sovereignty. China and Russia will continue to communicate and cooperate closely to play a constructive role in promoting the political settlement process of the peninsula issue, building a peninsula peace mechanism, and maintaining long-term peace and stability in Northeast Asia.
The two sides will continue to strengthen cooperation within the framework of the "Greater Tumen Initiative," deepen cooperation among the member countries of the "Greater Tumen Initiative" in trade and investment, transportation, energy, the digital economy, agriculture, tourism, and the environment, and promote cooperation in Northeast Asia.
The two sides will strengthen cooperation with ASEAN, support ASEAN's central position in the regional architecture, and strengthen communication and cooperation within mechanisms such as the East Asia Summit, the ASEAN Regional Forum, and the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting Plus, jointly maintain regional peace and stability, and promote cooperative prosperity.
The Russian side supports China and ASEAN countries in jointly maintaining peace and stability in the South China Sea. The two sides believe that the South China Sea issue should be resolved by the directly concerned parties through negotiations and consultations, and firmly oppose the interference of external forces in the South China Sea issue. The Russian side supports China and ASEAN countries in fully and effectively implementing the *Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea* and welcomes the early conclusion of the *Code of Conduct in the South China Sea*.
The two sides recognize the important role played by the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in maintaining regional security and combating international terrorism, illegal production and trafficking of drugs, organized crime, and illegal immigration and other cross-border threats and challenges, and believe that the CSTO and China have cooperation potential in maintaining peace and security in the Eurasian region and jointly preventing external attempts to undermine regional stability.
The two sides believe that it is necessary to eliminate the root causes of the Ukraine crisis on the basis of full, complete, and comprehensive adherence to the principles of the *Charter of the United Nations*, ensure the realization of common security, and build a lasting peace architecture. To this end, the two sides support all efforts conducive to striving for long-term sustainable peace and support continuing to seek solutions through dialogue and negotiation. The Russian side positively evaluates China's objective and fair position on the Ukraine situation and welcomes China's willingness to play a constructive role in resolving the Ukraine crisis through political and diplomatic means.
The two sides will continue to be committed to maintaining stability and sustainable social and economic development in Central Asia.
The two sides noted that terrorism continues to pose a major threat to Afghanistan and the surrounding region and even global security, and called on regional countries and the international community to strengthen bilateral and multilateral counter-terrorism cooperation with Afghanistan, support Afghanistan in taking comprehensive measures to eliminate terrorism as soon as possible, and ensure that Afghan territory is not used to harm neighboring countries and regional security.
The two sides are willing to strengthen coordination on Afghan affairs at the bilateral level and within multilateral mechanisms and support Afghanistan in achieving long-term peace and stability as soon as possible. The two sides attach great importance to and support the positive and constructive role played by regional platforms such as the Foreign Ministers' Meeting of Afghanistan's Neighboring Countries, the "Moscow Format" Consultations on Afghanistan, the China-Russia-Pakistan-Iran Quadrilateral Mechanism, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the political settlement of the Afghan issue.
The two sides agreed that the military strikes by the United States (US) and Israel against Iran violate international law and the basic norms of international relations and seriously undermine the stability of the Middle East region. They emphasized that the parties to the conflict should return to the track of dialogue and negotiation as soon as possible to prevent the spread and spillover of the war. They called on the international community to uphold an objective and fair position, promote the development of the situation in a direction of easing, and jointly defend the basic norms of international relations.
The two sides advocate achieving a lasting ceasefire in Gaza, believing that this will help maintain long-term stability in the situation and provide unhindered humanitarian access to all those in need. The two sides affirmed that the Palestinian issue should be resolved comprehensively, fairly, and sustainably on the basis of recognized international law and centered on the "two-state solution," and that an independent, prosperous, and territorially integrated State of Palestine should be established to coexist peacefully and securely with Israel.
The two sides support Syria in maintaining its national sovereignty, independence, unity, and territorial integrity, and believe that the Syrian transitional government should firmly oppose all forms of terrorism and extremism.
The two sides agreed that Africa in the 21st century has great development potential, and that achieving peace and stability and genuine independence and autonomy is the foundation for the development of African countries and the modernization of the African continent, which will help inject strong impetus into the world's development and modernization process. The two sides called on the international community to support African countries in implementing the goals of the African Union's *Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want* with practical actions and to solve African problems in African ways. The two sides oppose individual countries' abuse of coercive pressure in international economic and trade relations to interfere with and undermine normal economic and trade exchanges between African countries and other countries. The two sides are willing to continue to strengthen coordination and pragmatic cooperation with African countries and major African integration organizations such as the African Union (AU) to jointly maintain a constructive atmosphere for international cooperation with Africa.
The two sides reaffirmed their support for the status of the Zone of Peace and Cooperation of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), support LAC countries in independently choosing their development paths and partners, oppose any acts that violate the purposes and principles of the *Charter of the United Nations* and infringe upon the sovereignty and security of other countries, and oppose external forces interfering in the internal affairs of LAC countries under any pretext.
The two sides expressed concern about the militarization of high-latitude regions by the US and its allies and affirmed that they will abide by the international law norms of the Arctic region and respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Arctic states. The two sides stated that the Arctic should be protected as a region of peace, stability, and low military-political tension, and that constructive dialogue and mutually beneficial cooperation should be carried out in the Arctic region through multilateral mechanisms such as the Arctic Council.
President of the People's Republic of China: Xi Jinping (习近平)
President of the Russian Federation: Vladimir Putin (弗·弗·普京)
May 20, 2026, in Beijing (北京)
(Xinhua News Agency (新华社), Beijing (北京), May 20)
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 20th (Reporter Dong Xue (董雪)) On the afternoon of May 20th, State Council Premier Li Qiang (李强) met with Russian President Vladimir Putin (普京), who was in China for a state visit, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing (北京人民大会堂).
Li Qiang (李强) stated that against the backdrop of increasing turbulence in the current international situation, China-Russia relations have always maintained stability and certainty. 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." This morning, President Xi Jinping (习近平) held a meeting with the President and made further plans and arrangements for the development of bilateral relations. China is willing to work with Russia to follow the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, consolidate political mutual trust, increase mutual support, continue to maintain focus, promote bilateral cooperation to a new level, and better benefit the people of both countries.
Li Qiang (李强) pointed out that China is willing to further expand the scale of trade with Russia, implement the upgraded version of the bilateral investment agreement, deepen cooperation in energy, agriculture, interconnectivity, green and low-carbon fields, strengthen the alignment of the "Belt and Road" initiative with the Eurasian Economic Union, ensure the safe, stable, and high-quality development of the China-Europe Railway Express, and achieve a higher level of mutually beneficial and win-win results. The two sides should host cultural activities such as the "China-Russia Year of Education" and deepen exchanges and cooperation in youth, culture, tourism, sports, and other fields, and continuously enhance mutual understanding and affinity between the people. China is willing to strengthen cooperation with Russia on multilateral platforms, actively implement global governance initiatives, and promote the international community to jointly defend fairness and justice.
Putin (普京) said that this year marks the 25th anniversary of the signing of the "Russia-China Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation." I had a fruitful meeting with President Xi Jinping (习近平) and reached important consensus on the development of bilateral relations and cooperation in the next stage. Russia is willing to maintain close high-level exchanges with China, give full play to the role of the regular prime ministers' meeting mechanism, and promote cooperation in trade, energy, agriculture, transportation and logistics, industry, digital economy, artificial intelligence, and scientific and technological innovation, and expand cultural exchanges in youth, tourism, and other fields, taking the "Russia-China Year of Education" as an opportunity. Russia is willing to strengthen cooperation with China within multilateral frameworks such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (上合组织) and BRICS (金砖国家), and jointly promote world peace, stability, and prosperity.
Wu Zhenglong (吴政隆) attended the meeting.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 20th (Xinhua) Premier of the State Council Li Qiang (李强) recently signed a State Council decree, announcing the "Regulations on the Implementation of the Mineral Resources Law of the People's Republic of China" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations"), which will come into effect on June 15, 2026.
The "Regulations" aim to ensure the effective implementation of the revised Mineral Resources Law, promote the rational development and utilization of mineral resources, strengthen mineral resources and ecological environmental protection, promote high-quality development of the mining industry, and ensure the safety of mineral resources. The "Regulations" consist of 8 chapters and 79 articles, mainly stipulating the following contents.
First, further improve the mineral rights system. Specific provisions are made for the establishment, transfer, renewal, and assignment of mineral rights.
Second, refine the relevant systems for mineral resource exploration and mining. It stipulates the establishment and improvement of a technical standard and specification system for basic geological surveys, clarifies the procedures for applying for exploration licenses and mining licenses, strengthens the guarantee of mining land use, promotes the comprehensive utilization of mineral resources, and clarifies the legal effect of mineral resource reserve reports.
Third, refine the relevant systems for ecological restoration of mining areas. It clarifies that the mining right holder is responsible for the ecological restoration of the mining area, details the content that should be clarified in the ecological restoration plan of the mining area, and stipulates the completion time limit and acceptance procedures for ecological restoration of the mining area.
Fourth, further improve the mineral resource reserve and emergency system. It clarifies the principles that should be followed in constructing a strategic mineral resource reserve system, further refines the relevant systems for strategic mineral resource product reserves, capacity reserves, and production area reserves, and improves emergency measures for mineral resources.
Fifth, further improve the supervision and management system. It refines the evaluation system for the level of development and utilization of mineral resources, implements filing and hierarchical and classified supervision for units engaged in mineral resource exploration, and clarifies the dispute resolution mechanism between mineral rights holders. Improve legal responsibilities and clarify that relevant illegal acts involving strategic mineral resources will be severely punished within the statutory range.
(The full text of the "Regulations" is on pages 14 and 17)
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 20th (Xinhua) Recently, Liu Guozhong (刘国中), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, visited the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (中国医学科学院) and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (中国农业科学院) to investigate basic research. He emphasized the need to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech at the symposium on strengthening basic research, establish and practice a correct view of performance, enhance the sense of urgency, responsibility, and mission, leverage the advantages of the new national system, and strengthen basic research in the fields of "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" and health with greater efforts and more practical measures. This would comprehensively enhance original innovation capabilities and scientific and technological levels, providing strong support for building a strong agricultural nation and a healthy China.
Liu Guozhong (刘国中) visited the headquarters of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (中国医学科学院) and the Institute of Basic Medical Sciences and the Institute of Experimental Animals, gaining an in-depth understanding of original innovation and key core technology breakthroughs. He also chaired a special meeting at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (中国农业科学院) to listen to opinions and suggestions from relevant departments, research institutes, and experts. He emphasized that scientific and technological work in the fields of "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" and health is closely related to the daily life and health of the people. It is necessary to adhere to the strategic guidance of "four orientations," proceed from the urgent needs and long-term demands of the country, systematically sort out major basic scientific issues in related fields, and accurately refine research directions. It is necessary to actively carry out organized basic research, strengthen the overall planning of scientific and technological forces, and strengthen collaborative efforts on major scientific and technological projects. It is necessary to implement the requirements of scientific and technological system reform, improve scientific research conditions, build a good scientific research ecology, and provide long-term stable investment guarantees and policy support for basic research. It is necessary to promote the deep integration of artificial intelligence and basic research, accelerate the construction of independent and controllable scientific research databases, and strengthen the layout and construction of major scientific and technological infrastructure. It is necessary to actively integrate into the global innovation network and expand international exchanges and cooperation in basic research.
Liu Guozhong (刘国中) emphasized that basic research ultimately relies on high-level talent. It is necessary to follow the laws of talent development, improve the mechanisms for talent cultivation, introduction, and use, and focus on discovering and cultivating high-level talent on the front lines of scientific research. It is necessary to adhere to task-driven, old-to-new approaches, and continuously cultivate a team of young talents throughout the entire chain, and continuously optimize the scientific research talent echelon. It is necessary to vigorously promote the spirit of scientists, strengthen the construction of scientific research integrity, and strictly manage and use scientific research funds. It is necessary to strengthen departmental linkage and central-local coordination, promptly promote the resolution of major issues in basic research, and form a joint working force.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on May 20th (Reporter Li Changyu (李昌禹)) A symposium on the construction of teams of central committees of various democratic parties, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and representatives of non-party individuals was held in Beijing on the 20th. Li Ganjie (李干杰), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, attended the meeting and delivered a speech.
Li Ganjie (李干杰) stated that strengthening the construction of a contingent of non-Party representatives is a strategic and fundamental project concerning China's basic political and economic systems. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has made a series of important expositions on strengthening the construction of a contingent of non-Party representatives. Recently, the CPC Central Committee issued relevant documents to systematically deploy the selection, training, management, and use of non-Party representatives in the new era, and to further improve the system of the Party's united front work.
Li Ganjie (李干杰) expressed his hope that the democratic parties, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and non-party individuals will unremittingly use Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to build the soul and continuously consolidate the common ideological and political foundation. Emphasize political standards and reflect political requirements, and run the leadership of the Communist Party of China through the entire process of cultivating and using non-Party representatives. Serve the central overall situation and focus on promoting the high-quality development of the "15th Five-Year Plan" and contribute ideas and efforts. Implement comprehensive and strict requirements, strengthen the pertinence and effectiveness of management and supervision, and promote the construction of the contingent of non-Party representatives to a new level.
Zheng Jianbang (郑建邦), Chairman of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, Ding Zhongli (丁仲礼), Chairman of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League, Sun Jusheng (孙菊生), Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the China National Democratic Construction Association, Zhu Yongxin (朱永新), Executive Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy, He Wei (何维), Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party, Jiang Zuojun (蒋作君), Chairman of the Central Committee of the China Zhi Gong Party, Wu Weihua (武维华), Chairman of the Central Committee of the Jiusan Society, Su Hui (苏辉), Chairman of the Central Committee of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League, Gao Yunlong (高云龙), Chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and Gao Hongjun (高鸿钧), representative of non-party individuals, made speeches. Relevant responsible comrades from the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee attended the meeting.
Return to TopAt the invitation of President Xi Jinping (习近平) of the People's Republic of China, President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation will pay a state visit to the People's Republic of China from May 19 to 20, 2026. The two heads of state will hold formal talks in Beijing (北京) and jointly attend the opening ceremony of the "China-Russia Year of Education" for 2026-2027. Premier Li Qiang (李强) of the State Council of the People's Republic of China will meet with Russian President Putin.
The People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as "the two sides") hereby declare as follows:
I.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the two sides' declaration of their determination to develop a strategic partnership of equal trust oriented towards the 21st century, and the 25th anniversary of the signing of the "China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation."
The "China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation" inherits and promotes the long-standing tradition of China-Russia exchanges, follows the universally recognized principles and norms of international law, and lays a long-term legal foundation for the development of contemporary China-Russia relations. It not only fully demonstrates the long-standing good-neighborly and friendly relations between the two peoples and their willingness to develop friendship for generations to come, but also embodies the common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy, and freedom for all mankind.
The basic principles of bilateral cooperation enshrined in the "China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation" have stood the test of time and remain of significant practical importance today. On the basis of mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual non-aggression, mutual non-interference in internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence, China and Russia support each other's right to independently choose social systems and development paths, and support each other in safeguarding historical and cultural identity and traditional values. The relationship between the two countries is characterized by non-alignment, non-confrontation, and non-targeting of third countries.
The model for the development of relations between the two countries established in the China-Russia Joint Statement of April 25, 1996, and the "China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation" of July 16, 2001, has become the cornerstone of the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era. With the unremitting efforts of both sides, this relationship has reached its highest historical level and continues to develop, demonstrating mature characteristics, possessing endogenous动力, and being unaffected by any external influences. Its stability and comprehensiveness fully conform to the fundamental interests of the two countries and their peoples, conform to the respective overall national development tasks of China and Russia, and also make important contributions to promoting a just world multi-polarization and democratization of international relations.
The two sides agree to extend the "China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation" in accordance with Article 25 thereof, and will continue to adhere to the principles and spirit of the treaty and the "Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on the 20th Anniversary of the Signing of the China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation" issued on June 28, 2021, to promote the continued development of bilateral relations to a higher level and higher quality.
II.
The two sides will take head-of-state diplomacy as the guide, fully implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, continue to maintain close high-level exchanges, and ensure the efficient and smooth operation of the exchange mechanisms between governments, legislative bodies, and parties.
The two sides will continue to consolidate the traditional friendship between the two militaries, enhance mutual trust in the military field, improve cooperation mechanisms, expand joint exercises and training and joint maritime and air patrols, strengthen coordination and cooperation within bilateral and multilateral frameworks, jointly address various risks and challenges, and jointly maintain global and regional security and stability.
The two sides will jointly combat activities such as smuggling of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors and weapons, cybercrime, transnational organized crime, economic crime, cross-border corruption, and illegal immigration, and strengthen cooperation in law enforcement capacity building.
The two sides will continue to strengthen bilateral cooperation in combating money laundering and terrorist financing through the exchange of financial intelligence, and maintain cooperation within the multilateral framework for anti-money laundering. Strengthen the risk awareness and prevention awareness of money laundering and its upstream crimes among young people, and safeguard the future security of the two countries.
The two sides are willing to deepen comprehensive exchanges and cooperation in the field of emergency management, strengthen cooperation in the field of disaster prevention, mitigation and relief, and carry out cooperation in the prevention and control of safety production risks.
The two sides emphasized that memorial facilities for martyrs who sacrificed in the other country during World War II should be protected, and will continue to cooperate on the protection and management of memorial facilities, jointly promote the search and excavation of the remains of martyrs and missing persons, commemorate and cherish the memory of heroes, and improve the relevant legal and regulatory foundations.
The two sides highly appreciate the high-quality development of economic and trade cooperation between the two countries in recent years, which has made positive contributions to improving the well-being of the two peoples. The two sides will continue to strengthen communication and exchanges on economic and trade policies, consolidate cooperation in key areas, explore new growth points, promote the upgrading of trade in goods and services, and firmly defend the right to independently develop bilateral economic and trade partnerships.
The two sides will vigorously develop cooperation in the fields of automobiles, ships, and civil aviation industries, improve the level of cooperation, adhere to the principle of inclusiveness, and consider their respective domestic laws and national development priorities, and continue to expand cooperation in digital economy, artificial intelligence and other information and communication technologies, cross-border e-commerce, mining of related minerals and other fields, jointly promote the implementation of key cooperation projects, and further release the potential of China-Russia cooperation.
The two sides support the implementation of projects in the chemical and metallurgical fields, and agree to actively promote cooperation in joint mineral development, green standards and other fields.
The two sides pointed out that the two countries carry out investment cooperation on the basis of equality and mutual benefit, help implement major investment cooperation projects, protect the legitimate rights and interests of investors, and ensure a fair investment environment. The investment cooperation between the two sides shows a positive trend, achieving high-level development and continuous advancement. The two sides are willing to continue to promote the quality and efficiency of investment cooperation, support the work of the China-Russia Investment Cooperation Committee, and better leverage the role of the committee's secretariat in implementing various consensuses.
The two sides will fulfill the obligations stipulated in the "Agreement between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Russian Federation on the Promotion and Mutual Protection of Investments" signed on May 8, 2025, continue to optimize the business environment, improve the level of investment facilitation and protection, and ensure the safety and stability of the industrial chain and supply chain.
The two sides pointed out that the "China-Russia Investment Cooperation Plan Outline" is of great significance. In order to improve the level of investment cooperation between the two countries, the two sides are willing to increase their efforts to support investment cooperation in key areas listed in the plan.
The two sides highly appreciate the fruitful results achieved in China-Russia energy cooperation, and agree to continue to consolidate and develop a comprehensive energy partnership, support enterprises in deepening mutually beneficial cooperation in oil and gas, coal, civil nuclear energy, renewable energy including green electricity certificates and other fields, ensure the safe and stable operation of cross-border energy infrastructure, promote smooth energy transportation, promote dialogue between energy producing countries and energy consuming countries, jointly maintain the stability of the global energy market, and improve the level of energy security guarantee based on the principle of energy justice.
The two sides will continue to promote the construction projects of the Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant (田湾核电站) and the Xudabao Nuclear Power Plant (徐大堡核电站), and ensure that the construction is completed and put into operation on time. On this basis, deepen cooperation in the field of peaceful use of nuclear energy, gradually promote cooperation in the fields of thermonuclear fusion, fast reactors, and closed nuclear fuel cycle, and explore cooperation in the front end of the nuclear fuel cycle and joint construction of nuclear power projects through a "package" approach based on mutual benefit and win-win results and balanced interests.
The two sides will continue to develop cooperation in the financial field between the two countries, give play to the potential of the Financial Cooperation Sub-Committee of the China-Russia Prime Ministers' Regular Meeting Committee, the China-Russia Finance Ministers' Dialogue and other relevant field cooperation mechanisms, maintain the progress made in local currency settlement, steadily promote pragmatic cooperation between China and Russia in the banking field and in the capital market, better serve the healthy and stable development of the two countries' economies and capital markets, and deepen cooperation in customs, taxation and other fields.
The two sides will continue to promote the process of bilateral and multilateral financial cooperation, strengthen communication and coordination on macroeconomic policies, achieve sustainable economic development, and effectively respond to global economic challenges.
The two sides are willing to comprehensively strengthen customs cooperation, actively carry out exchanges and mutual learning on smart customs cooperation, continuously improve customs governance capabilities, continuously optimize supervision and services; deepen the interconnection and interoperability cooperation of the "single window" to facilitate bilateral trade, and continue to actively cooperate on bilateral information exchange issues.
The two sides are willing to take multiple measures to ensure the smooth flow of China-Russia border ports, actively carry out smart port cooperation, continuously accelerate the modernization and transformation of port infrastructure, simultaneously improve the efficiency of two-way customs clearance at ports, and comprehensively improve the level of port interconnection and interoperability. Accelerate the construction of the Heihe-Blagoveshchensk (黑河—布拉戈维申斯克) highway port for passenger and freight transport on Heixiazi Island (大乌苏里岛).
The two sides are willing to continue to strengthen cooperation in the field of air transport between the two countries, and encourage airlines of both sides to increase more passenger and freight routes and flights in accordance with the air rights arrangements between the two countries and according to market demand.
The two sides reiterated that they will continue to do a good job in the trilateral consultation on the Tumen River (图们江) access to the sea issue with North Korea in accordance with the spirit of Article 9 of the "Agreement between the People's Republic of China and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Eastern Section of the Sino-Soviet Border" of May 16, 1991; in accordance with the "Protocol between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Russian Federation on the Navigation of Chinese and Russian Vessels in the Waters around the Heixiazi Island Area (Tarabarov Island and Bolshoi Ussuriysky Island Area)" of October 14, 2004, accelerate the bilateral negotiations on the draft agreement on navigation in the relevant waters.
The two sides are willing to strengthen the construction of China-Russia cross-border transportation infrastructure and improve the efficiency of cross-border passenger and freight transportation. Continue to organize and carry out cross-border cargo transportation using unmanned driving technology. The two sides emphasized the important role of cooperation in the transportation field, and exchanged experiences in the legal regulation of the use of unmanned technologies in air, land and ship autonomous navigation.
The two sides will ensure the unobstructed operation of the China-Russia cross-border channel corridor, strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation on China-Europe freight trains, maintain stable freight rates, and continue to support the transit of railway, road and sea cargo transportation through Russia between China and Europe. Continue to promote pragmatic cooperation in the field of construction and utilization aimed at increasing the volume of cargo transportation on the Arctic航道 and its overall development.
The two sides are willing to expand the volume of railway freight transportation between China and Russia for import and export and transit through third countries. The two sides will simultaneously strengthen the construction of railway border station infrastructure and rear channels, build a smooth, stable, sustainable and healthy railway logistics channel, and jointly ensure the safety and efficiency of cargo transportation.
The two sides are willing to deepen cooperation in the field of construction of cross-border toll highway bridges, such as the Heihe-Blagoveshchensk (黑河—布拉戈维申斯克) highway bridge. The two sides are willing to continue to develop the "Europe-Western China" international transportation corridor and promote the interconnection of highways between Russia, China and Kazakhstan.
The two sides highly appreciate the prospects for further deepening the coordinated cooperation of the trilateral mechanism involving Mongolia and the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor, and will actively promote the implementation and cooperation of key joint construction projects under the framework of the corridor. The two sides agreed to provide assistance to Mongolia in joining the regional integration process, including the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
The two sides are willing to deepen cooperation in the agricultural and forestry fields, further strengthen investment cooperation in the agricultural field, and accelerate the establishment of China-Russia agricultural cooperation pilot demonstration zones in the Russian Far East, as a pilot project for the implementation of Russia's international advanced development zone policy.
Deepening cooperation in the agricultural field is in line with the economic interests of China and Russia and helps to improve the food security of the two countries. On the premise of ensuring safety and on the basis of risk assessment, the two sides will jointly strive to comprehensively expand the categories and quantities of meat products provided from Russia's disease-free areas to China, including beef and pork by-products, and work together to promote the resumption of exports of qualified poultry companies' products from Russia to China, and deepen two-way trade in pet food between China and Russia. The two sides look forward to China providing Russia with a richer variety of animal and plant products, working together to promote the export of qualified poultry companies' products from China to Russia, and further expanding the number of Chinese aquatic product companies registered for export to Russia.
The two sides will further strengthen cooperation in the protection of wild animals such as Siberian tigers, Amur leopards, giant pandas, golden monkeys, and migratory birds, and strengthen exchanges of experience in the management of nature reserves.
The two sides agreed to continue to implement major national aerospace programs that are in line with the common interests of China and Russia, actively promote cooperation in key aerospace fields including the International Lunar Research Station, lunar and deep space exploration, and comprehensively improve the level and level of cooperation.
The two sides decided to continue to deepen mutually beneficial exchanges in the field of satellite navigation, actively promote the implementation of the "China-Russia Satellite Navigation Cooperation Roadmap for 2026 to 2030," ensure the complementarity of the Beidou Satellite Navigation System (北斗卫星导航系统) and the GLONASS Global Satellite Navigation System, and benefit users in all countries of the world.
The two sides are willing to continuously strengthen cooperation in the coordination and use of China-Russia radio frequencies and the coordination and use of satellite frequency orbit resources, and continuously deepen China-Russia exchanges and cooperation in satellite Internet and the Internet of Things.
The two sides agreed to explore the establishment of a software cooperation mechanism to jointly enable the construction of digital infrastructure. Deepen cooperation and exchanges in the open source field, promote the industrialization and implementation of high-quality open source achievements in key industries, and realize the common development of the open source field in the two countries.
The two sides agreed to strengthen close cooperation in the fields of environmental protection and water resources. Continue to deepen cooperation in cross-border water hydrology reporting and flood control to ensure flood control safety in the border areas of the two countries. Continue to deepen pragmatic cooperation in the protection of cross-border water quality, maintain cooperation on emergency contact for sudden ecological and environmental events, promote the construction of a cross-border nature reserve network, protect biodiversity, strengthen cooperation in the field of waste management, and continue to promote natural protection cooperation under the framework of the G20, BRICS countries, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and the Northeast Asian sub-regional environmental protection cooperation program.
The two sides recognize the important role of standardization cooperation in promoting technological progress and trade facilitation between the two countries, and will further deepen standardization cooperation in key areas, including promoting mutual recognition of standards in the fields of automobiles, children's products, and organic products, and establish a long-term information exchange and cooperation mechanism in the field of conformity assessment.
The two sides agreed to continue to deepen exchanges and cooperation in intellectual property rights, provide better services to applicants and rights holders in both countries, and jointly create a good business and legal environment. Promote the exchange of experience and sharing of practices in intellectual property protection in the context of the development of the digital economy and artificial intelligence technology.
The two sides emphasized the importance of strengthening cooperation in the field of China-Russia anti-monopoly policy. Under the pragmatic cooperation mechanism in the field of law enforcement, the two sides effectively expose and stop violations of anti-monopoly laws with cross-border characteristics. The two sides are willing to promote the implementation of the intergovernmental agreement between the two countries on fair competition and anti-monopoly, and safeguard the interests of the people of the two countries.
The two sides are willing to deepen cooperation in the field of consumer rights protection and jointly take measures to ensure their due level, including in the fields of cross-border procurement services, e-commerce and tourism services.
The two sides believe that metrology is an important foundation for ensuring international trade exchanges. Through the annual meeting of the China-Russia Metrology Cooperation Working Group, the two sides have achieved pragmatic cooperation results in metrology fields such as energy and medical health. The two sides are willing to continue to carry out exchanges of experience and mutual visits of technical professionals in the field of metrology, and agree to continue to carry out joint comparisons of national metrological unit benchmarks in areas of common concern to both sides. The two sides are willing to continue to deepen exchanges and cooperation in the field of metrology.
The two sides are willing to promote the deepening of cooperation in the field of housing and urban-rural construction, carry out joint research on "good houses" in cold regions, and strengthen mutual learning and exchange in professional fields such as "urban infrastructure lifeline safety projects," urban renewal, and the application of digital and artificial intelligence technologies in the construction industry.
The two sides attach great importance to and welcome the positive development of cooperation in the economic, trade, investment and cultural fields between Northeast China and the Russian Far East, as well as between the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River in China and the Volga Federal District in Russia, and support the strengthening of exchanges and expansion of cooperation between local and border areas of the two countries. China welcomes Russia's policy promotion of international advanced development zones.
The two sides agreed to deepen pragmatic cooperation between China and the Eurasian Economic Union within the framework of the "Agreement on Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and the Eurasian Economic Union," and continue to promote the alignment of the "Belt and Road" initiative and the Eurasian Economic Union development plan in the fields of transportation, logistics, transportation, digitalization, e-commerce, policy coordination and elimination of trade barriers, food, and agricultural product trade. The two sides believe that this dialogue mechanism is crucial to promoting trade cooperation, which is conducive to deepening economic integration and interconnection between the Asia-Pacific and Eurasian regions, and promoting the common development of the "Belt and Road" initiative and the construction of the "Greater Eurasian Partnership." The two sides are willing to further upgrade and expand the institutional arrangements for economic and trade cooperation between China and the Eurasian Economic Union and its member states, and improve the level of trade liberalization and facilitation.
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The two sides adhere to cultural and civilizational diversity, support each other in protecting cultural and historical identity and traditional moral values, firmly safeguard cultural sovereignty, do not impose their own values and models on others, and do not engage in ideological confrontation.
The two sides uphold the diversity of cultures and civilizations, support each other in protecting cultural and historical identity and traditional moral values, firmly safeguard cultural sovereignty, refrain from imposing their own values and models on others, and avoid ideological confrontation.
The two sides believe that the role of UNESCO as a universal platform for intergovernmental cultural exchanges should be further strengthened to promote professional dialogue based on mutual respect, facilitate efficient communication among member states, and enhance solidarity.
The two sides agreed that people-to-people cooperation is an important foundation of public opinion and a spiritual bond in China-Russia bilateral relations. Through educational exchanges, cultural integration, and youth interaction, the two sides will deepen the identity of the two peoples and consolidate the social foundation for political mutual trust and economic and trade cooperation.
The two sides fully affirmed the achievements of cooperation in the field of education and agreed to further promote the establishment of partnerships between Chinese and Russian educational institutions, jointly organize activities, and promote the exchange of experience and good practices between educators of the two countries.
The two sides will hold the "China-Russia Year of Education" with high quality, promote pragmatic cooperation in various fields, and deepen cultural exchanges. Further promote the establishment of partnerships between Chinese and Russian universities and research institutions, and promote the exchange of experience and practices in the field of education between the two countries. Continue to expand the scale of two-way study abroad, and strengthen the joint training of high-level talents in universities of the two countries. Continue to build the China-Russia Basic Science Research Institute and support the joint construction of the China-Russia Innovation Research Institute by universities of both sides. Support the construction of the China-Russia University Alliance, the China-Russia Middle School Alliance, and the China-Russia Vocational Education Alliance. Continue to promote the teaching of each other's national languages in their own countries, promote exchanges between Chinese and Russian students, carry out summer schools for Chinese and Russian students, exchanges in basic disciplines for Chinese and Russian primary and secondary school students, enhance understanding and mutual trust among young students, strengthen communication and cooperation in the field of education within the multilateral framework, and jointly strengthen international influence in the field of education.
The two sides believe that deepening cooperation in science and technology innovation is of great strategic significance for the two countries to enhance their development momentum and international competitiveness. The two sides will further consolidate the foundation of cooperation in basic and applied sciences and cutting-edge technologies, and promote high-level cooperative research. Regularly carry out joint scientific research project selection and continuously improve the funding mechanism. Actively improve the level of mutual opening up of large scientific facilities and carry out collaborative research. Continue to strengthen scientific and technological exchanges and exchanges and joint training of young scientists. Deepen scientific and technological cooperation within the multilateral frameworks of BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, and the G20, and jointly enhance the potential of scientific and technological innovation to promote the economic and social development of the two countries.
The two sides highly appreciated the fruitful results achieved by the two countries in the fields of literary and artistic performances, museums, libraries, radio and television, and art education within the framework of the "China-Russia Year of Culture" in 2024-2025, and continued to expand the coverage of cooperation. Support the holding of the 14th "Russian Culture Festival" in China and the 17th "Chinese Culture Festival" in Russia, the 4th China-Russia Library Forum, and the 16th China-Russia Cultural Fair, hold "Happy Chinese New Year" in Moscow and other Russian cities, and hold "Sending Winter Festival" in Beijing (北京) and other Chinese cities. Give full play to the platform role of the cultural centers mutually established by the two countries, and carry out pragmatic cooperation in the fields of exhibitions, performances, language teaching, cultural and tourism promotion, and youth and local exchanges.
The two sides agreed to further deepen China-Russia film exchanges and cooperation. Within the framework of the Film Cooperation Sub-Committee of the China-Russia Committee on Humanitarian Cooperation, support the holding of film festivals in each other's countries every year, and make full use of platforms such as the Shanghai International Film Festival, the Beijing International Film Festival, the Silk Road International Film Festival and the Moscow International Film Festival, "Message to Man," and "Spirit of Fire" International Film Festival to strengthen film and personnel exchanges. The two sides will be committed to expanding the scale of joint film production, promoting the establishment and deepening of contacts between film institutions and personnel of the two countries, and continuing to implement the "Action Plan of the National Film Administration of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation on Joint Film Shooting before 2030" jointly approved by the National Film Administration of China and the Ministry of Culture of Russia.
The two sides fully affirmed the achievements of cooperation between the two countries in the field of health, and expressed satisfaction with the China-Russia disaster medicine tactical special exercise and the international seminar on disaster medicine to be held in 2026. The two sides will continue to promote cooperation in the fields of disaster medicine, biosafety, prevention and control of infectious diseases and cross-border transmission, medical education, the China-Russia Medical University Alliance, medical science and innovation; oncology and nuclear medicine, ophthalmology, psychiatry, maternal and child health, digital health, traditional medicine, and the safety of drugs and medical devices.
The two sides will continue to strengthen close cooperation on international platforms in the field of health, jointly safeguard global public health security, and enhance the health and well-being of the people of the two countries. The two sides agreed to expand cooperation in the fields of biosafety, prevention and control of infectious diseases and cross-border transmission through disease control departments.
The two sides highly appreciated the positive results of exchanges between the two countries in the field of sports and looked forward to further strengthening sports exchanges and cooperation.
The two sides affirmed the positive results of the 4th China-Russia Winter Youth Games and the 10th China-Russia Summer Youth Games held in Russia. The two sides agreed to continue the tradition of holding winter and summer youth games in China and Russia in rotation, and determined that the 5th China-Russia Winter Youth Games and the 11th China-Russia Summer Youth Games will be held in China.
The two sides pointed out that it is necessary to further develop exchanges between the two countries in the most concerned national traditional sports, strengthen sports cooperation between regions, and agreed to use China-Russia sports venues to carry out joint training and sports competitions, including winter sports, and emphasized the need to further expand sports education and scientific research cooperation, positively evaluate the role of the China-Russia Sports University Alliance, and support sports education institutions of the two countries to establish contacts through jointly holding forums, conferences and online courses.
The two sides plan to cooperate in the field of anti-doping. The two sides advocate further promoting equal international sports cooperation and promoting the Olympic spirit and ideals. The two sides agreed to continue to coordinate positions on sports cooperation within the framework of multilateral organizations such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, BRICS, UNESCO, and the Asia Cooperation Dialogue.
The two sides affirmed the effectiveness of the visa-free policy and its positive role in promoting economic and trade exchanges and cultural exchanges, and agreed to further simplify visa procedures and continuously improve the level of facilitation of personnel exchanges between the two countries.
The two sides agreed to further deepen cooperation in the field of youth policy, and carry out cooperation projects focusing on patriotic and ideological and moral education for children and youth, youth entrepreneurship, volunteer services, creative industries, and new media. Expand pragmatic exchanges between local youth affairs departments and non-profit organizations, and jointly lead the youth agenda and advocate youth action in multilateral mechanisms such as the United Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and BRICS.
The two sides are willing to coordinate and do a good job in information security for large-scale international events, promote reports on the development of political, economic, social, cultural and bilateral relations between the two countries, jointly respond to unfriendly behaviors by third parties that have a negative impact on media cooperation between the two countries, resist interference in internal affairs in the information field and the dissemination of false information that undermines cooperation between the two countries, and expand information dissemination channels between the two sides.
The two sides will deepen media exchanges and cooperation, jointly run the China-Russia Media Forum, promote mutual visits of mainstream media, strengthen joint training of talents, provide convenience for media personnel of the two countries to work in each other's countries, and carry out exchanges of experience in the field of digital diplomacy. Expand the practical application of new technologies in the media field and deepen pragmatic cooperation between local media in the two countries.
The two sides support exchanges and cooperation in joint production in the field of China-Russia online media, co-creation of content by online celebrities, training of online and new media talents, and holding large-scale online media forums.
The two sides will deepen cooperation in the field of publishing, actively carry out cooperation projects such as mutual translation and distribution of classic and modern works of the two countries, continue to participate in book fairs held in China and Russia, support the mutual holding of guest of honor activities, and will strengthen exchanges of experience and practical sharing in copyright protection and application.
The two sides are willing to deepen cooperation in the field of archives between the two countries, exchange experience in archive work management, exchange duplicate copies of archives of interest to both sides, jointly compile and publish compilations of archival documents, and jointly hold historical archive exhibitions.
The two sides emphasized the importance of people-to-people diplomacy in China-Russia multi-field cooperation and positively evaluated the role of the China-Russia Friendship, Peace and Development Committee and the friendship associations of the two countries in strengthening social ties between the two countries and enhancing mutual understanding between the two peoples.
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The two sides pointed out that the world today is intertwined with changes and chaos, geopolitical games are intensifying, and local conflicts and turbulence are frequent. The global peace deficit, development deficit, security deficit, and governance deficit are increasing, and the management of international relations is lacking. The two sides reiterated their firm opposition to hegemonism and unilateralism, opposition to the world regressing to power politics, and firm maintenance of the authority of the United Nations and its core role in international affairs. The two sides firmly oppose the implementation of unilateral sanctions and secondary sanctions in trade, the discriminatory use of tariffs and other restrictive measures, and call on all parties to earnestly safeguard the multilateral trading system with the WTO as the core and maintain the stability and smooth flow of global industrial and supply chains.
The two sides pointed out that individual countries pursue hegemonism and adhere to neo-colonialist thinking, and their aggressive policies have led to more intense international competition and a continued rise in tensions in global affairs. These countries attempt to infringe upon the sovereignty of other countries, contain the economic and technological development of other countries, and create obstacles to hindering the construction of a multi-polar world.
The two sides condemn any unilateral coercive, punitive, and discriminatory protectionist measures taken by any country, group, or alliance of countries that violate international law, sovereign equality, and the principle of non-interference in internal affairs. The two sides call for the lifting of illegal unilateral coercive measures that undermine the purposes and principles of international law and the Charter of the United Nations, and reiterate that the two sides do not implement or support any sanctions that have not been approved by the UN Security Council and are inconsistent with international law.
The two sides pointed out that, in accordance with the principle of sovereign equality of states established by the Charter of the United Nations, all states must strictly abide by international obligations regarding the immunity of states and their property, including sovereign reserves. The two sides strongly condemn any illegal acts of freezing, seizing, misappropriating, or otherwise encroaching on the state property and assets of other countries, and emphasize that victim states have the right to take countermeasures in accordance with international law.
The two sides emphasized that the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind proposed by China and a series of global initiatives have important and positive significance. The two sides will closely cooperate on the issue of maintaining international peace, stability and security, and will fully support and promote each other's proposed initiatives in international occasions accordingly.
The two sides emphasized that the Global Security Initiative proposed by China is of great significance for reforming and improving global security governance. It is advocated that all countries comprehensively, fully and completely abide by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, adhere to respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries, and oppose acts that infringe upon the fundamental interests of other countries, especially in the field of security. On the basis of equal and indivisible security, differences should be resolved and the root causes of conflicts should be eliminated through dialogue and consultation in a peaceful manner, and global governance and the management of international relations should be improved.
The two sides resolutely condemn all external military coercion and acts aimed at undermining the unity and equal cooperation of the Eurasian continent. China highly appreciates the Russian proposal to build an equal and indivisible "Eurasian security architecture," which aims to achieve long-term peace and stability in the region and create a development environment for countries in the region free from external interference. The two sides call on all countries to adhere to the principle of equal and indivisible global and regional security and build common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security.
The two sides are willing to discuss cooperation around the Global Security Initiative and the Eurasian Security Architecture Initiative, promote exchanges and alignment of security concepts, strengthen strategic cooperation in the field of security, jointly benefit the people of the region, and contribute to maintaining world peace and tranquility.
The Russian side attaches great importance to the Global Civilization Initiative and is willing to work with the Chinese side to hold relevant commemorative activities in conjunction with the UN General Assembly's resolution on the "International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations," jointly promote exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, and promote people-to-people connectivity.
The two sides will continue to resolutely defend the correct view of the history of World War II, firmly safeguard the achievements of the victory of World War II recorded in the Charter of the United Nations and the charters and judgments of the Nuremberg and Tokyo International Military Tribunals, and resolutely oppose any attempts to deny, distort and tamper with the history of World War II.
The two sides are willing to continue to strengthen cooperation to combat the glorification of Nazism, fascism and militarism, as well as attempts to revive the above-mentioned non-constructive ideologies and deny the facts of genocide. The two sides pointed out that it is of great significance to carry out correct historical education, protect the memorial facilities of the people of the two countries and the martyrs who fought side by side and sacrificed during World War II, and oppose the desecration and damage of the above-mentioned memorial facilities. The two sides resolutely condemn the acts of exonerating those who colluded with Nazis, fascists and militarists and committed war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The two sides emphasized that the authority of UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 is beyond question and challenge.
The Russian side reiterated its adherence to the one-China principle, recognizing that there is only one China in the world, Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory, and the Government of the People's Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China. It firmly opposes any form of "Taiwan independence," emphasizes that interfering in the Taiwan issue, which is purely China's internal affair, is undermining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, and firmly supports the Chinese government's measures to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity and achieve national reunification.
The Chinese side firmly supports the Russian side in safeguarding national security, stability, development and prosperity, firmly supports the Russian side in safeguarding sovereignty and territorial integrity, and opposes external forces interfering in Russia's internal affairs.
The two sides pointed out that launching military strikes against other countries without authorization, using negotiations as a guise for preparation, killing leaders of sovereign countries, shaking their domestic political environment, inciting regime change, and forcibly abducting and trying heads of state seriously violate the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, seriously violate international law and the basic norms of international relations, and seriously undermine the foundation of the international order formed after World War II and the civilized foundation of exchanges between countries. The two sides firmly oppose and strongly condemn this and point out that the main reason for the current instability in the Eurasian continent is external destructive interference.
The two sides reiterated that they will further strengthen cooperation and coordinate positions through bilateral channels and using international and regional multilateral platforms such as the United Nations, BRICS, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, resolutely resist the spread of any extreme ideologies that give rise to terrorism and extremism in the world today, jointly combat the "three forces," especially terrorist organizations listed by the UN Security Council and other terrorist and extremist organizations that threaten the national security of China and Russia, jointly prevent and respond to terrorists using emerging technologies to plan and implement terrorist activities, and jointly curb acts of supporting and using terrorist groups to achieve political goals.
The two sides reiterated their support for the international arms control system with the United Nations as the core and support the role of the UN General Assembly's Disarmament and International Security Committee, the UN Disarmament Commission, and the Geneva Conference on Disarmament. The two sides will continue to conduct consultations and exchanges at all levels on arms control and non-proliferation issues.
The two sides reiterated their commitment to maintaining and strengthening global strategic balance and stability, and the evaluations and positions in the Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on Global Strategic Stability signed on May 8, 2025 remain relevant. The two sides affirmed the positive role of the Russia-US New START Treaty in avoiding an arms race, reducing strategic risks, and maintaining strategic stability, and expressed regret that the United States adopted an irresponsible attitude after the treaty expired, causing the treaty to fail to be retained in the form of voluntary self-restriction, and called on the United States to create the necessary conditions in a responsible manner, so as to promote the synergistic implementation of strategic stability. China appreciates Russia's initiative that Russia and the United States should continue to abide by the core restrictions of the New START Treaty of April 8, 2010, which reflects Russia's commitment to maintaining predictability, restraint and balance in this field. The Russian side respects China's position on the issue of "China-US-Russia trilateral nuclear arms control negotiations."
Both sides oppose any provocative actions and hostile behaviors by individual nuclear-weapon states against other nuclear-weapon states, as such behaviors undermine the fundamental interests of these countries in the field of security and lead to increased strategic risks. Some nuclear-weapon states are obsessed with the supremacy of strength and seek absolute security military advantages, deploying military strategic infrastructure and other strategic offensive and strategic defensive weapons close to the front lines of other nuclear-weapon states, and expanding military alliances without restraint in violation of the principle of equality and indivisibility, increasing tensions between nuclear-weapon states. They called on other countries that signed the "Joint Statement of the Leaders of the Five Nuclear-Weapon States on Preventing Nuclear War and Avoiding an Arms Race" issued on January 3, 2022, to strictly and fully comply with its provisions.
Both sides pointed out that the plans and actions of certain nuclear-weapon states and their allies to deploy land-based intermediate-range and short-range missiles outside their territories pose a threat to other nuclear-weapon states. It is concerning that the relevant missiles have short flight times and are suitable for high-precision, large-scale strikes against important key facilities and targets within the territories of other nuclear-weapon states. At the same time, nuclear-weapon states and non-nuclear-weapon states within certain military alliances and groups implement strategies such as "active suppression of launch," "deep precision strike," "kill chain," and "counterattack capability," and implement preemptive and preventive missile strikes to behead and disarm the enemy. Similar behaviors are serious destabilizing factors and pose a strategic threat to the countries being attacked. Both sides strongly condemn such provocative behaviors that undermine regional stability and global security and will jointly respond to them.
Both sides believe that the U.S. "Golden Dome" program aims to build a global, multi-layered, multi-domain missile defense system that is not subject to any restrictions, to resist threats from all missiles of any "evenly matched" opponent from the preparation before launch to all stages of flight, which causes significant damage to strategic stability. The program completely negates the indivisible connection between strategic offensive weapons and strategic defensive weapons, which is the core principle of maintaining strategic stability, greatly increases the risk of conflict in outer space, weaponizes outer space and makes it a place of armed confrontation, violates the purpose and objectives of the peaceful use of outer space in the "Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies" (i.e., the "Outer Space Treaty"), and exacerbates the situation.
Both sides are committed to firmly safeguarding the outer space law based on the "Outer Space Treaty" and are committed to strengthening international cooperation in outer space on the basis of equality and non-discrimination. Both sides oppose unilateralist positions targeting outer space activities and oppose the use of civilian and commercial spacecraft to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries and illegally intervene in armed conflicts in other countries.
Both sides oppose the placement of any weapons in outer space, the use or threat of force against outer space objects, or the use of force through outer space objects, oppose the attempts of individual countries to use outer space for armed confrontation, and oppose the implementation of policies aimed at seeking military hegemony and defining outer space as a "battlefield." Therefore, both sides pointed out that the U.S. "Golden Dome" missile defense system, which studies and implements space-based interception, has a serious negative impact on international security. Both sides emphasized that the program greatly increases the risk of armed conflict in outer space, encourages the placement of weapons in outer space and spreads armed conflict to outer space, promotes the use or threat of force against outer space objects, or the use of force through outer space objects, and deviates from the purpose and objectives of the peaceful use of outer space stipulated in the "Outer Space Treaty."
Both sides reiterated the necessity of launching international negotiations on a legally binding multilateral instrument as soon as possible on the basis of the Sino-Russian Draft Treaty on the Prevention of the Placement of Weapons in Outer Space and of the Threat or Use of Force against Outer Space Objects and the consensus report adopted in 2024 by the United Nations Group of Governmental Experts established under Resolution 250 of the 77th UN General Assembly, to provide a fundamental and reliable guarantee for preventing an arms race in outer space. Both sides agreed to promote the international initiative/political commitment of not being the first to deploy weapons in outer space on a global scale, thereby strengthening international security, ensuring the equal and indivisible security of all countries, and improving the predictability and sustainability of all countries' exploration and peaceful use of outer space.
Both sides firmly safeguard the international nuclear non-proliferation system based on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (《不扩散核武器条约》). Both sides firmly oppose any actions by any nuclear-weapon states and non-nuclear-weapon states that violate treaty obligations.
Both sides expressed high concern over Japan's long-term large-scale stockpiling of sensitive nuclear materials without credible civilian use, and are vigilant against the unacceptable ambitions and extreme provocative behaviors of the country's right-wing forces, namely, promoting the revision of the "Three Non-Nuclear Principles" (无核三原则), including turning to more destructive "extended deterrence" jointly implemented with allies that contains potential factors of "nuclear sharing" with allies, and even attempting to independently possess nuclear weapons, and urged the Japanese government to earnestly abide by international law obligations such as the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (《不扩散核武器条约》).
Both sides expressed concern over the pro-nuclear statements made by some nominally European non-nuclear countries, and called on the International Atomic Energy Agency (国际原子能机构) to pay close attention and ensure due supervision of the nuclear materials and activities of such countries.
Both sides firmly call on the relevant nuclear-weapon states and their non-nuclear allies to abolish their destabilizing arrangements such as inter-state "nuclear sharing" and "extended deterrence" as soon as possible, and take necessary measures in national and collective security policies to avoid replicating new "nuclear sharing" and "extended deterrence" arrangements within their military alliances.
Both sides reiterated that the Biological Weapons Convention (《禁止生物武器公约》) should be fully observed and continuously strengthened, including the mechanization of the convention and the conclusion of a legally binding protocol containing an effective verification mechanism. No country should engage in any biological military activities within or outside its territory that threaten the security of other countries and related regions.
Both sides reiterated their commitment to establishing a world free of chemical weapons, called on the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (《禁止化学武器公约》) to take all necessary measures to achieve the above goal, and at the same time promote the return of the work of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (禁止化学武器组织) to a non-political technical track. Both sides urged Japan to faithfully fulfill its obligations and destroy the chemical weapons abandoned in China in a comprehensive and thorough manner as soon as possible. The Chinese side supports Russia's candidacy for membership in the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (禁化武组织执理会).
Both sides reiterated their compliance with the export control obligations stipulated in the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (《不扩散核武器条约》), the Biological Weapons Convention (《禁止生物武器公约》), and the Chemical Weapons Convention (《禁止化学武器公约》), and opposed individual countries using relevant mechanisms for technological and economic suppression of other countries and the implementation of illegal unilateral restrictive measures for their own self-interest.
Both sides are committed to promoting the implementation of UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/79/80 on "Promoting Peaceful Utilization of International Cooperation in the Field of International Security" adopted in December 2024.
Both sides will deepen high-level strategic coordination in the field of information security, further strengthen practical cooperation in emergency response in this field, and exchange experiences in the field of Internet policies and regulations. Both sides expressed concern over the threats facing the global information security field. Both sides emphasized that the United Nations plays a key role in addressing threats in cyberspace, supports information security dialogue and cooperation under the framework of the United Nations Global Cybersecurity Permanent Mechanism, adheres to the "Rules of Responsible State Behavior in Cyberspace," and formulates universally accepted and common international rules on new issues such as international information security, data security, and supply chain stability, to maintain an open, secure, stable, accessible, peaceful, and interconnected information and communication technology environment, and respect and support the principle of cyber sovereignty.
China and Russia noted that artificial intelligence technology is one of the main factors that significantly affects the speed and quality of economic and social changes, and are willing to promote the benevolent and inclusive development of artificial intelligence and oppose individual countries using artificial intelligence as a geopolitical tool to maintain their hegemonic position. Both sides support strengthening international cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence, releasing the dividends of intelligent development, and responding to potential risks and challenges related to artificial intelligence. The Russian side welcomes China's initiative to establish the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization. Both sides reiterated their further cooperation on the military application of artificial intelligence technology within bilateral and multilateral frameworks such as the Group of Governmental Experts of the States Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (《特定常规武器公约》) on "Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems."
Both sides are willing to use international organization platforms to coordinate positions on issues in the field of artificial intelligence science.
Both sides attach great importance to protecting the safety and legitimate rights and interests of the citizens, institutions, and projects of the two countries in each other's countries, and will strengthen the exchange of information on overseas and regional security through mechanisms such as consultations on overseas citizen security affairs. When events such as unrest, armed conflicts, and natural disasters occur in third countries and regions that threaten life and health, support and assistance will be provided to each other's countries in carrying out emergency protection and evacuation of overseas citizens.
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Both sides reaffirmed that the "Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on Further Strengthening Cooperation to Safeguard the Authority of International Law" signed on May 8, 2025, is of great significance, firmly safeguard the international system with the United Nations as the core, the international order based on international law, and the basic norms of international relations based on the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations (《联合国宪章》), strengthen strategic communication and coordination within the framework of the United Nations, safeguard common interests and international fairness and justice, and oppose any attempts to tamper with the results of World War II. The Russian side supports the Global Governance Initiative proposed by the Chinese side. Both sides are willing to coordinate actions on major global governance issues and jointly promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system.
Both sides emphasized that the UN Security Council (联合国安理会) bears the primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security, and reiterated that the principle of prohibiting the use or threat of force under the Charter of the United Nations (《联合国宪章》) must be observed, and accordingly condemned unilateral military interventions not based on the right of individual or collective self-defense or authorized by the Security Council. They oppose and condemn any unilateral coercive measures that violate international law and are not authorized by the Security Council. Both sides attach great importance to the work of the "Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations" and will continue to actively participate in it.
The Russian side supports the Global Development Initiative proposed by the Chinese side and will continue to participate in the work of the "Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative." Both sides will continue to promote the international community to focus on development issues, increase development investment, deepen practical cooperation, and accelerate the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.
Both sides firmly support the multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organization (世界贸易组织) as the core and based on rules, and jointly oppose unilateral sanctions and trade protectionist measures. Both sides are willing to continue to strengthen the cooperation and dialogue mechanism within the framework of the WTO, coordinate positions on global trade development issues, including through the informal consultation mechanism of BRICS countries.
China and Russia will promote the implementation of the decisions made on the relevant outcomes of the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC14), promote consultations on unresolved issues of MC14, and promote the adoption of a package of reform measures such as the "Yaoundé Package." Both sides will firmly safeguard the basic principles of the WTO, such as most-favored-nation treatment, oppose unilateralism and trade protectionist measures, promote the WTO rules to keep pace with the times, better respond to the needs of the times, and promote the WTO to play a greater role in global economic governance.
Both sides are willing to deepen cooperation within the framework of the International Monetary Fund (国际货币基金组织), the World Bank Group (世界银行集团), the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (亚洲基础设施投资银行), and the New Development Bank (新开发银行), and continue to promote cooperation through the financial channels of the G20, BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (上海合作组织), and APEC.
Both sides pointed out that multilateral development banks play an important role in the global economy as independent financial institutions aimed at promoting the sustainable development of member states, and emphasized that it should be ensured that they are non-politicized, have equal shareholders, and have non-discriminatory access to resources, including in construction projects in all member states. At the same time, ensure the sound operation of multilateral development banks and safeguard the common interests of all member states.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (上海合作组织), and China and Russia attach great importance to cooperation within the SCO framework. Both sides will, together with all member states, continue to be committed to promoting the SCO to play its strategic role in building a just multipolar world based on recognized international law, cultural and civilizational diversity, mutually beneficial and equal cooperation between countries, and centered on the United Nations. Both sides will promote the deepening of cooperation within the SCO framework to make it the foundation for establishing a secure, indivisible, and sustainable development space in Eurasia.
In this context, both sides are willing to actively and steadily promote the implementation of the SCO Development Strategy for the next 10 years, promote the comprehensive improvement of the SCO, including revising the organizational treaty legal basis and preparing the protocol on amending and supplementing the Charter of the SCO (《上合组织宪章》), and establishing and improving the rules and regulations of the SCO Comprehensive Center for Responding to Security Threats and Challenges and its branches and drug control centers, and starting work. Both sides attach great importance to strengthening cooperation in the fields of culture, economy, and trade, and establishing a project funding matching mechanism. Both sides will continue to consult on the establishment of the SCO Development Bank.
China and Russia emphasized that the principle of openness is the cornerstone of the SCO and support the continuous admission of countries that recognize the purposes, tasks, and basic principles of the Charter of the SCO (《上合组织宪章》), and recognize the "Shanghai Spirit" (上海精神) of mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality, consultation, respect for diverse civilizations, and seeking common development to join the SCO. They reiterated their willingness to cooperate with all relevant countries and international organizations, including within the "SCO+" framework.
Both sides are willing to cooperate with the defense departments, security councils, drug control agencies, and other relevant departments of other SCO member states. Both sides reiterated their willingness to improve cross-border infrastructure, electronic trade, and carry out cooperation in the fields of scientific and technological innovation, service trade, digital trade, energy, digital economy, sustainable development industries, higher education, and vocational and technical education, strengthen multilateral cooperation within the SCO framework in developing innovative industries to increase the GDP of member states, ensuring youth employment, and strengthening economic and cultural cooperation, and support the SCO to play a greater role in maintaining the multilateral trading system, ensuring the security and stability of global production and supply chains, and promoting the reform of the global economic governance system.
Both sides welcome further practical cooperation within the trilateral framework of the SCO, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (集体安全条约组织), and the Commonwealth of Independent States (独联体) to strengthen the ability to respond to cross-border challenges and security threats.
Both sides pointed out that the Commonwealth of Independent States (独联体) plays an important role in ensuring the stability of the Eurasian region and the comprehensive development of multipolar cooperation. They support deepening its ties with the Commonwealth of Independent States (独联体), taking the opportunity of the SCO obtaining observer status in the Commonwealth of Independent States (独联体) on October 10, 2025.
The Russian side fully supports China's successful hosting of the APEC meeting in 2026. The Chinese side welcomes and supports the Russian side's bid to host the APEC meeting in 2035. Both sides will further strengthen communication and coordination within the APEC framework, comprehensively promote cooperation in the APEC "China Year," jointly build the Asia-Pacific community, and promote common prosperity. Jointly promote the construction of an open world economy, help achieve sustainable and inclusive economic growth, promote the joint development of the "Belt and Road" initiative (一带一路) and the construction of the "Greater Eurasian Partnership," promote the Asia-Pacific regional economic integration process, promote the construction of the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific, and promote practical cooperation in the fields of interconnection, digital economy, information and communication technology including artificial intelligence, transportation, energy, inclusive and sustainable economic development, etc., based on their respective development levels and legal systems.
Russia fully supports China's successful hosting of the 2026 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting. China welcomes and supports Russia's bid to host the 2035 APEC meeting. The two sides will further strengthen communication and coordination within the APEC framework, comprehensively promote cooperation during the "China Year" of APEC, jointly build an Asia-Pacific community, and promote common prosperity. They will jointly promote the construction of an open world economy, help achieve sustainable and inclusive economic growth, promote the joint development of the "Belt and Road" initiative and the construction of the "Greater Eurasian Partnership," advance the process of Asia-Pacific regional economic integration, promote the construction of the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific, and, based on their respective levels of development and legal systems, promote pragmatic cooperation in areas such as connectivity, the digital economy, information and communication technologies including artificial intelligence, transportation, energy, and inclusive and sustainable economic development.
The two sides are willing to continue strengthening dialogue and collaboration within the BRICS framework to promote the high-quality development of "Greater BRICS Cooperation." The two sides are willing to support India's assumption of the BRICS chairmanship in 2026, consolidate the BRICS countries' joint efforts in the three main directions of political security, economic, trade, and financial affairs (based on the "Strategy for BRICS Economic Partnership"), and strengthen strategic partnership. The two sides are willing to work with other BRICS member states and partner countries to implement the consensus reached at previous BRICS Leaders' Meetings, enhance the organization's international influence, and promote close ties between BRICS countries and the vast number of developing countries by attracting more partner countries to participate in the "BRICS+" and BRICS outreach dialogue pragmatic cooperation mechanisms. Russia supports China's assumption of the BRICS chairmanship in 2027 and the preparations for the summit, and is willing to provide necessary assistance. It is pleased to strengthen cooperation in areas such as maintaining the multilateral trading system and promoting WTO reform, sustainable development, rebuilding supply chains, carrying out special economic zone cooperation, promoting the digital economy, supporting the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, and green transformation. China welcomes Russia's initiative to establish a grain (commodity) trading platform within the BRICS framework.
The two sides highly appreciate the constructive cooperation between China and Russia within the G20 framework and reaffirm their willingness to continue strengthening coordination and cooperation within the G20, the main forum for international economic cooperation, unite the countries of the Global South, and promote the establishment of an equal and orderly multipolar world and inclusive, non-discriminatory economic globalization, so that world markets, supply chains, and related mechanisms are more equal and open.
The two sides will jointly address global economic and financial challenges based on the basic principles of the G20's non-politicization, adherence to economic authority, membership composition, and consensus, taking into account the different development paths of countries and the right to choose development models according to their own characteristics, and promote the development of the international order in a more just direction. The two sides are committed to continuing to promote the reform of international economic and financial governance and assisting in enhancing the representation and voice of developing countries.
The two sides reaffirmed that the foreign criminal jurisdiction immunity of state officials is an important guarantee for the stable operation of international relations. Any act that violates the international law rules on the immunity of state officials is inconsistent with the principle of sovereign equality of states. The two sides emphasized that senior state officials such as heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers enjoy absolute personal immunity, and state officials representing the state or exercising state functions enjoy functional immunity when acting in their official capacity. It is unacceptable to take illegal actions such as arrest and trial against foreign state officials who enjoy immunity, such as heads of state, in violation of recognized rules of international law.
The two sides are willing to continue working together to promote constructive dialogue and cooperation among all parties in the field of multilateral human rights, advocate the common values of all mankind, oppose the politicization of human rights, double standards, and the use of human rights issues to interfere in other countries' internal affairs, and jointly promote the healthy development of all aspects of the international human rights agenda.
The two sides appreciate each other's efforts to promote international anti-corruption cooperation within the multilateral frameworks of the United Nations, the G20, BRICS, and APEC, and are willing to continue to firmly support the *United Nations Convention against Corruption* in playing a leading role in global anti-corruption governance and promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global anti-corruption governance system. Russia is willing to actively support China in hosting relevant activities of the APEC Anti-Corruption Working Group in 2026. The two sides welcome the *Beijing Consensus on Strengthening Law Enforcement Cooperation and Denying Safe Havens for Corruption* and call on the international community to strengthen cooperation in the recovery and return of corrupt assets with a "zero tolerance" attitude toward corruption and refuse to be a safe haven for corruption.
The two sides welcome the adoption of the *United Nations Convention against Cybercrime* by the UN General Assembly. As one of the first signatories to the convention, the two sides are willing to promote the early entry into force and effective implementation of the convention, actively participate in the formulation of additional protocols to the convention, expand the scope of criminal application of the convention, and strengthen international cooperation in combating cybercrime.
The two sides call for adhering to the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and believe that strengthening cooperation in addressing climate change and its impacts and achieving low-emission development is of great significance. They reaffirm their commitment to the purposes and principles of the *United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change* and its *Paris Agreement*. The two sides highly appreciate their respective ambitious 2035 nationally determined contribution greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for the implementation of the *Paris Agreement*.
The two sides welcome the holding of bilateral expert dialogues within the framework of the China-Russia Climate Change Liaison Group. They are willing to continue to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in addressing climate change and in the field of green and low-carbon development, including low-emission technologies, greenhouse gas emission monitoring, reporting and verification, cross-border carbon trading, and product carbon footprint assessment and accounting.
The two sides noted with concern that some unilateral protectionist measures hinder global climate action and the cost of just energy transition, especially in developing countries, firmly oppose any discriminatory unilateral measures under the pretext of addressing climate change, and emphasize that measures taken to address climate change should not constitute arbitrary or unreasonable means of discrimination or disguised restrictions on international trade.
The two sides will continue to carry out cooperation in the field of transportation, strengthen land connectivity, and coordinate and promote the construction of stable and efficient international transportation and logistics channels.
The two sides are concerned about the unilateral obstruction of international shipping by individual countries, multinational organizations, and their allies, and believe that this poses a threat to the integrity of the entire international supply chain and maritime trade. The two sides believe that cooperation in maritime infrastructure such as ports should follow market rules and commercial principles, avoid pan-securitization and pan-politicization, and jointly maintain an open and mutually trusting cooperation environment.
The two sides expressed deep concern about the confrontational policies adopted by individual countries and their allies and the related statements made, and urged them to stop interfering in other countries' internal affairs, undermining existing security architectures in various regions of the world, artificially drawing lines between countries, and advocating camp confrontation. China noted Russia's concerns about the EU's enhanced defense construction.
The two sides pointed out that promoting NATO's entry into the Asia-Pacific region and creating an "Asia-Pacific version" of NATO based on mechanisms such as AUKUS do not conform to the task of consolidating regional peace and security. The two sides oppose attempts to undermine the ASEAN-centered regional cooperation architecture by actively building group alliances in the Asia-Pacific region.
The two sides emphasized that Japan's accelerated "remilitarization" seriously threatens regional peace and stability, and the international community and regional countries are highly vigilant about this. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Tokyo Trial. During the investigation conducted by the court, the scale of war crimes committed by Japanese militarists was found to be extremely large, and the cruelty and horror of their actions against civilians were unimaginable. They urged the Japanese government to learn from this lesson, based on its own inhumane history of aggression, recognize all the results of World War II, and resist "new militarism" and "remilitarization," because this once brought profound disasters to the people of all countries and Japan itself.
China and Russia highly appreciate the communication and cooperation between the two sides on the Korean Peninsula issue. The two sides maintain that maintaining peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and promoting the political settlement process of the sub-regional issue are in the common interests of all countries in Northeast Asia and the international community. The two sides oppose the use of diplomatic isolation, economic sanctions, and military pressure to threaten the security of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), and urge relevant parties to stop escalating regional tensions, stimulating the arms race, and abusing political means, and take practical measures to eliminate the risk of war on the peninsula. Based on geopolitical realities, China and Russia support all relevant parties in resolving their respective concerns in a balanced manner through political and diplomatic means on the basis of respecting each other's sovereignty. China and Russia will continue to communicate and cooperate closely to play a constructive role in promoting the political settlement of the peninsula issue, building a peninsula peace mechanism, and maintaining long-term peace and stability in Northeast Asia.
The two sides will continue to strengthen cooperation within the framework of the "Greater Tumen Initiative," deepen cooperation among the member states of the "Greater Tumen Initiative" in trade and investment, transportation, energy, the digital economy, agriculture, tourism, and the environment, and promote cooperation in Northeast Asia.
The two sides will strengthen cooperation with ASEAN, support ASEAN's central position in the regional architecture, and strengthen communication and cooperation within mechanisms such as the East Asia Summit, the ASEAN Regional Forum, and the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting Plus, jointly maintain regional peace and stability, and promote cooperative prosperity.
Russia supports China and ASEAN countries in jointly maintaining peace and stability in the South China Sea. The two sides believe that the South China Sea issue should be resolved by the directly concerned parties through negotiations and consultations, and firmly oppose the interference of external forces in the South China Sea issue. Russia supports China and ASEAN countries in fully and effectively implementing the *Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea* and welcomes the early conclusion of the *Code of Conduct in the South China Sea*.
The two sides recognize the important role played by the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in maintaining regional security and combating international terrorism, illegal drug production and trafficking, organized crime, and illegal immigration and other cross-border threats and challenges, and believe that the CSTO and China have the potential for cooperation in maintaining peace and security in the Eurasian region and jointly preventing external attempts to undermine regional stability.
The two sides believe that it is necessary to eliminate the root causes of the Ukraine crisis on the basis of full, complete, and comprehensive adherence to the principles of the *Charter of the United Nations*, ensure the realization of common security, and build a lasting peace architecture. To this end, the two sides support all efforts conducive to achieving long-term sustainable peace and support continuing to seek solutions through dialogue and negotiation. Russia positively evaluates China's objective and impartial position on the Ukraine situation and welcomes China's willingness to play a constructive role in resolving the Ukraine crisis through political and diplomatic means.
The two sides will continue to be committed to maintaining stability and sustainable social and economic development in Central Asia.
The two sides noted that terrorism continues to pose a major threat to Afghanistan and the surrounding region and even global security, and called on regional countries and the international community to strengthen bilateral and multilateral counter-terrorism cooperation with Afghanistan, support Afghanistan in taking comprehensive measures to eliminate terrorism as soon as possible, and ensure that Afghan territory is not used to harm neighboring countries and regional security.
The two sides are willing to strengthen coordination on Afghan affairs at the bilateral level and within multilateral mechanisms and support Afghanistan in achieving long-term peace and stability as soon as possible. The two sides attach great importance to and support the positive and constructive role played by regional platforms such as the Foreign Ministers' Meeting of Afghanistan's Neighboring Countries, the "Moscow Format" Consultations on Afghanistan, the China-Russia-Pakistan-Iran Quadrilateral Mechanism, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the political settlement of the Afghan issue.
The two sides agreed that the military strikes by the United States (美国) and Israel (以色列) against Iran (伊朗) violate international law and the basic norms of international relations and seriously undermine the stability of the Middle East (中东) region. They emphasized that the parties to the conflict should return to the track of dialogue and negotiation as soon as possible to prevent the spread and spillover of the war. They called on the international community to uphold an objective and impartial position, promote the development of the situation in a direction of easing, and jointly defend the basic norms of international relations.
The two sides advocate achieving a lasting ceasefire in Gaza (加沙), believing that this will help maintain long-term stability in the situation and provide unhindered humanitarian access to all those in need. The two sides affirmed that the Palestinian (巴勒斯坦) issue should be resolved comprehensively, justly, and permanently on the basis of recognized international law and with the "two-state solution" at its center, establishing an independent, prosperous, and territorially contiguous State of Palestine (巴勒斯坦国) that coexists peacefully and securely with Israel.
The two sides support Syria (叙利亚) in maintaining its national sovereignty, independence, unity, and territorial integrity, and believe that the Syrian transitional government should firmly oppose all forms of terrorism and extremism.
The two sides agreed that Africa (非洲) in the 21st century has great development potential, and that achieving peace and stability and true independence and autonomy is the foundation for the development of African countries and the modernization of the African continent, which will help inject strong impetus into the world's development and modernization process. The two sides called on the international community to support African countries in implementing the goals of the African Union's *Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want* with practical actions and to solve African problems in an African way. The two sides oppose individual countries' abuse of coercive pressure in international economic and trade relations and interference with and disruption of normal economic and trade exchanges between African countries and other countries. The two sides are willing to continue to strengthen coordination and pragmatic cooperation with African countries and major African integration organizations such as the African Union (非盟) to jointly maintain a constructive atmosphere for international cooperation with Africa.
The two sides reaffirmed their support for the status of the Zone of Peace and Cooperation of Latin America and the Caribbean (拉美和加勒比), support Latin American and Caribbean countries in independently choosing their development paths and partners, oppose any acts that violate the purposes and principles of the *Charter of the United Nations* and infringe upon the sovereignty and security of other countries, and oppose external forces interfering in the internal affairs of Latin American and Caribbean countries under any pretext.
The two sides expressed concern about the militarization of the high-latitude regions by the United States and its allies and affirmed that they will abide by the international law norms of the Arctic region and respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Arctic countries. The two sides stated that the Arctic should be protected as a region of peace, stability, and low military and political tension, and that constructive dialogue and mutually beneficial cooperation should be carried out in the Arctic region through multilateral mechanisms such as the Arctic Council.
President of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国主席) President of the Russian Federation (俄罗斯联邦总统)
Xi Jinping (习近平) V.V. Putin (弗·弗·普京)
May 20, 2026, in Beijing (北京)
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 20) (新华社北京5月20日电)
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Blue skies, white clouds, clear water, and green banks are the beautiful aspirations in everyone's heart, and they are inseparable from the day and night dedication and hard work of the vast number of environmental protection workers. On May 20th, the State Council Information Office (国务院新闻办) held a press conference for Chinese and foreign journalists on "Strivers on the New Journey," inviting five outstanding grassroots representatives in the field of ecology and environment to exchange ideas around "Adhering to Environmental Protection for the People and Jointly Painting a Beautiful China."
In the past two years, the number of days with excellent air quality in Fuling District (涪陵区), Chongqing (重庆) has continuously increased, and the concentration of PM2.5 has continued to decrease year-on-year.
"In 2023, the air quality in Fuling District (涪陵区) was still in a downward trend. I climbed high chimneys, visited many industrial enterprises, and ran through many construction sites. In this process, I constantly explored, discovered, and summarized the 'six ones' atmospheric governance strategy," said He Shuangjiang (何双江), head of the Atmospheric Environmental Protection Section of the Fuling District (涪陵区) Ecology and Environment Bureau. By tightening the "one chain" of responsibility, drawing a clear "one map" of operations, building a "one network" of supervision, playing a good "one game" of pollution control, establishing a "one account book" of problems, and compiling a good "one booklet" of emergency response, the thousands of strands of atmospheric governance strategies are twisted into one rope to achieve "precise emission reduction" of industrial sources, dust sources, mobile sources, and domestic sources.
The blue sky and white clouds have become more numerous. "When the weather is good, at the confluence of the two rivers, citizens and tourists scramble to check in and take pictures. The recognition of citizens and tourists is a strong driving force to support our work," said He Shuangjiang (何双江).
Transforming from "clumsy, large, black, and rough" to "green and intelligent manufacturing," Shanxi Yaxin Group (山西亚鑫集团) takes environmental protection as an entry point to find development space.
"The public's concern about environmental pollution and the limitations of extensive development on the competitiveness of enterprises and other multiple factors have led Yaxin Group (亚鑫集团) to determine to take the road of green development, and gradually upgrade from the previous single coal coking industry to a new type of enterprise covering energy and chemical industry, fine chemical industry, power batteries, resource recycling and other industries." As an enterprise manager and technology leader, Xie Hongsong (谢洪松), general manager of Shanxi Yaxin New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (山西亚鑫新能科技有限公司), uses practical actions to promote the green development of the coking industry.
Investing in green industries is investing in the future. "The funds invested in ultra-low emission transformation are costs in the short term, but in the long run, they can bring tangible and sustainable returns," said Xie Hongsong (谢洪松). In the past, they passively coped with environmental protection inspections, but now they actively improve environmental governance capabilities, and environmental protection management has become one of the core elements of enterprise operation. In 2024, Shanxi Yaxin Group (山西亚鑫集团) obtained carbon management system certification, and in 2026, it was recognized as a national-level green factory.
Ecological environment remote sensing plays an important role in ecological environment monitoring and even the entire ecological environment governance. "Remote sensing methods can achieve a certain degree of full spatial coverage, and carry out periodic and multi-element comprehensive observation, which can solve some 'invisible' problems of traditional monitoring methods," said Hou Peng (侯鹏), director of the Natural Ecology Remote Sensing Department of the Satellite Environment Application Center (卫星环境应用中心) of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (生态环境部).
"Using remote sensing methods to look at the vegetation distribution and vegetation coverage changes in the Yellow River Basin (黄河流域), we found that the Yellow River 'green line' extended from southeast to northwest by about 300 kilometers (at the largest point); monitoring each sandstorm process, we can clearly and accurately monitor the continuous path, continuous range, impact range, sand concentration, etc. of the sandstorm, so as to better ensure and serve the atmospheric environment governance. In addition, thermal infrared remote sensing observation of the ground can monitor environmental pollution caused by high-temperature waste gas or wastewater discharge, as well as the heat island effect that may occur in urban construction," said Hou Peng (侯鹏).
The promotion of new technologies has improved the effectiveness of ecological environment governance and made supervision and law enforcement more precise. "For example, my colleagues used remote sensing methods to conduct a comprehensive survey of sewage outlets in the main stream and major tributaries of the Yangtze River (长江), and found more than 60,000 sewage outlet stations, which is more than 30 times the data previously mastered, providing precise data support for the Yangtze River (长江) environmental governance." Hou Peng (侯鹏) said that the mutual coordination and deep integration of remote sensing methods and ground methods can better improve the digitalization and modernization level of ecological environment monitoring, and provide a solid guarantee for ecological environment protection and the construction of a beautiful China.
Taihu Lake (太湖) used to suffer from blue-green algae blooms, which were difficult to control. Now, the water quality of the lake has been stable at Class III for two consecutive years. "We adhere to the simultaneous management of water and shore, address both symptoms and root causes, reduce emissions and expand capacity, make efforts in both aspects, coordinate efficiency, and empower technology, so that the 'Pearl of Jiangnan' (江南明珠) can reappear its glory and provide a demonstration for lake governance in the country," said Li Minxia (李敏霞), deputy director of the Supervision and Management Division of the Taihu Basin (太湖流域) and East China Sea (东海海域) Ecological Environment Supervision and Administration Bureau (生态环境监督管理局) of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (生态环境部).
As the "sentinel" of the ecological environment of the basin, Li Minxia (李敏霞) and her colleagues stick to the front line, and regardless of the severe cold and heat, they regularly carry out water area inspections and hidden danger investigations in the rivers, lakes, ditches, fields, and factory stations in the basin to build a solid ecological safety defense line in the basin with strict supervision.
Since 2021, the Taihu Basin (太湖流域) and East China Sea (东海海域) Ecological Environment Supervision and Administration Bureau (生态环境监督管理局) of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (生态环境部) has carried out a special verification of the upper reaches of Taihu Lake (太湖) with the water system as a unit, focusing on investigating prominent water ecological environment problems that the masses strongly reflect. In the past 5 years, a total of 114 typical problems of various types have been discovered, prompting local governments to deepen governance from point to area, and effectively solve a number of urgent and difficult problems for the masses, such as black and odorous water bodies and direct discharge of sewage. "Ecological environment protection is a practical thing to benefit the people. Solving the ecological environment problems around the masses and improving the masses' sense of gain and happiness in the ecological environment is our original intention and mission of water management and protection," said Li Minxia (李敏霞).
Nyima Dorje (尼玛多吉) is the director of the Zhenba Village (真巴村) Village Committee of Linzhi Town (林芝镇), Bayi District (巴宜区), Linzhi City (林芝市), Tibet Autonomous Region (西藏自治区). Since serving as a member of the village leadership team in 2017, he has led the villagers to carry out human settlement environment improvement, develop ecological tourism, and transform ecological beauty into economic value.
"Now our village has clean and tidy roads, every household has access to cars and water, which is very beautiful," said Nyima Dorje (尼玛多吉). The village has also set up a "green bank," which does not store money, but environmental protection points. Villagers pick up garbage along the national highway, exchange garbage for points, and then exchange points for goods. Villagers with high points can also increase the credit line for agricultural bank loans, and everyone's enthusiasm for protecting the environment is constantly increasing.
**绿水青山就是金山银山** (lǜ shuǐ qīng shān jiù shì jīn shān yín shān - "green water and green mountains are gold and silver mountains," lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets). Relying on the naturally formed hundred acres of wild peach orchards, Zhenba Village (真巴村) has created the "Peach Blossom Village" brand and embarked on a path of ecological beauty, industrial prosperity, and people's wealth. "The 'Peach Blossom Festival' can bring more than 3 million yuan in revenue every year. Last year, the per capita disposable income of our village reached 44,300 yuan," said Nyima Dorje (尼玛多吉).
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On May 20th, Lai Ching-te (赖清德), in his speech, set "maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and preventing external forces from changing the status quo in the Taiwan Strait" as the so-called "national strategic goals," attempting to redefine "Taiwan independence" and whitewash his "independence" seeking route.
From frantically clamoring for "Taiwan independence" to covertly whitewashing "Taiwan independence," why is Lai Ching-te (赖清德) playing word games? Why has he suddenly become apprehensive? The recent China-U.S. summit in Beijing (北京) once again revealed the general trend of history and shattered the dream of "Taiwan independence." President Xi Jinping (习近平) clearly pointed out that "the Taiwan issue is the most important issue in China-U.S. relations. If handled well, the relations between the two countries can maintain overall stability. If not handled well, the two countries will collide or even conflict, pushing the entire China-U.S. relationship into a very dangerous situation," emphasizing that "the U.S. must be extremely cautious in handling the Taiwan issue." After his visit to China, President Trump stated in a media interview that he did not want to see anyone moving towards "independence" and did not want anyone to say "the U.S. supports us, so let's be independent." The U.S. has no intention of seeking war. This clear statement undoubtedly cut off the thoughts of "Taiwan independence" separatists.
The Lai Ching-te (赖清德) authorities are now in an awkward dilemma, and have begun to play tricks in their expressions, throwing out the so-called "defending the status quo of the 'Republic of China' (中华民国), there is no 'Taiwan independence' issue" sophistry, attempting to package "Taiwan independence" separatist acts as "defending the status quo," and shifting the responsibility for undermining peace in the Taiwan Strait to the mainland. While continuing to advocate "Taiwan independence" separatism and manipulate "anti-China resistance," they hypocritically claim to promote cross-strait dialogue and exchanges, attempting to deceive the people of Taiwan and deceive international public opinion. These habitual tricks have been seen through by more and more Taiwanese people, and their deceptive behavior and provocative actions will inevitably be resolutely opposed by compatriots on both sides of the strait and the international community, and are destined to fail.
All along, the Lai Ching-te (赖清德) authorities have tried to instill in the people of Taiwan the perception that the mainland "will not fight" and "dare not fight" because Taiwan has the U.S. as its "backer"; once a war breaks out in the Taiwan Strait, the U.S. can "provide protection." Now, the U.S. President has personally denied this possibility, directly puncturing the illusion and exposing the lie, which is tantamount to a resounding slap in the face. More importantly, this is a choice that must be made based on the overall situation of China-U.S. relations and the U.S.'s own interests. The historical and legal facts that Taiwan belongs to China are beyond doubt, and China's determination to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity is as solid as a rock. No matter who wants to intervene militarily in the Taiwan Strait, it is impossible to benefit, and will only bring fire to themselves. The U.S. is well aware of this. The false narrative of the Lai Ching-te (赖清德) authorities using "resisting China to protect Taiwan" and "co-defending Taiwan" to deceive the people and confuse people's minds has completely gone bankrupt.
In the two years since taking office, Lai Ching-te (赖清德) has been dreaming of "seeking independence by relying on external forces," spending a lot of resources on pleasing external forces and increasing military preparations. Handing over the semiconductor industry as a bargaining chip, purchasing military equipment on a large scale, and substantially increasing the defense budget... It can be described as a huge investment and no effort spared. Looking at the economic and social development of Taiwan, the "five shortages" of water, electricity, land, labor, and talent are intensifying; traditional industries and service industries such as agriculture, fisheries, and light industry continue to shrink, and small and medium-sized enterprises are struggling; nearly 70% of workers' wages are below the average level. Facts fully prove that "Taiwan independence" separatism cannot give Taiwan a future, but can only bring Taiwan a terrifying and tense social atmosphere, the shadow of war, and a declining livelihood.
"Taiwan independence" and peace in the Taiwan Strait are incompatible, and "Taiwan independence" is a dead end. If "Taiwan independence" separatists are obsessed with their own ways and act wilfully, they will inevitably run into a brick wall and be badly battered. In the magnificent picture of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, "Taiwan independence" has not the slightest possibility; in the firm belief of more than 1.4 billion Chinese people, the situation in which national sovereignty and territorial integrity are harmed will never be allowed to happen again; under the great background of China's prosperity and the accelerated evolution of the world's century-old changes, China's reunification is only a matter of time.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on May 20th (Reporter Zhang Shuo (张烁)) The State Council Taiwan Affairs Office Spokesperson Chen Binhua (陈斌华) stated on May 20th regarding the Taiwan region leader's "5.20" speech and responses to reporters' questions about cross-strait relations, that Lai Ching-te's (赖清德) speech today was full of lies and deception, hostility and confrontation, stubbornly adhering to the erroneous "Taiwan independence" stance, promoting the so-called fallacies of "sovereign independence" and "non-subordination," exaggerating the "mainland threat," escalating cross-strait confrontation, deliberately seeking "independence through military means" and "independence by relying on foreign forces," and undermining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, once again confirming that he is an out-and-out "saboteur of cross-strait peace" and "creator of the Taiwan Strait crisis." While continuing to advocate "Taiwan independence" separatism and manipulate "anti-China resistance," he hypocritically claims to promote cross-strait dialogue and exchange, attempting to deceive the Taiwan people and mislead international public opinion. These habitual tricks have been seen through by more and more Taiwan people, and his deceptive behavior and provocative actions will be resolutely opposed by compatriots on both sides of the strait and the international community, and are destined to fail.
Taiwan is China's Taiwan, and has never been a country, was not in the past, and will absolutely not be in the future. The Taiwan issue is a legacy issue of the Chinese civil war in the 1940s. No matter what form of election is held in the Taiwan region after 1949, or who is elected, it cannot change the status of Taiwan as a part of China, cannot sever the historical and legal connection between the two sides of the strait belonging to one China, and cannot break the iron law that the future of Taiwan can only be jointly decided by all Chinese people, including Taiwan compatriots. Defending national sovereignty and territorial integrity is the firm will of all Chinese sons and daughters, and we will never allow anyone or any force to pursue "Taiwan independence" separatist plots under any pretext.
"Taiwan independence" is absolutely incompatible with peace in the Taiwan Strait and is the main culprit in undermining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. We will adhere to the one-China principle and the "1992 Consensus" (九二共识), broadly unite Taiwan compatriots, resolutely crack down on "Taiwan independence" separatism, and safeguard peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. The tide of the motherland's eventual reunification, and inevitable reunification, is rolling forward and is 势不可挡 (shì bù kě dǎng - "momentum cannot be stopped," irresistible)!
Return to TopThe State Council Taiwan Affairs Office (国务院台办) held a regular press conference on May 20th in Beijing (北京), where spokesperson Zhu Fenglian (朱凤莲) stated in response to a question that they are pleased to see the positive response from Kinmen (金门) regarding the resumption of tourism to Kinmen (金门) and Matsu (马祖) for Shanghai (上海) residents. This fully demonstrates the ardent expectations of compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, especially the people of Kinmen (金门), for the normalization of cross-strait personnel exchanges and the normalization of exchanges and cooperation. We are willing to actively promote anything that is conducive to enhancing the well-being and exchanges between compatriots on both sides of the strait, and will take active measures to support and encourage non-governmental interactions and exchanges across the strait. The relevant parties in Taiwan (台湾) should comply with public opinion, face up to the calls of the tourism industry and the public on the island, lift unreasonable restrictions as soon as possible, and promote the resumption of normal cross-strait tourism exchanges.
Lai Ching-te (赖清德) has been in office for two full years, and the latest public opinion poll on the island shows that Taiwanese (台湾) people are more dissatisfied than satisfied with Lai Ching-te's (赖清德) administration, with 51% of the public lacking confidence in his future performance. In response to this, Zhu Fenglian (朱凤莲) stated that the relevant poll fully demonstrates that Lai Ching-te's (赖清德) actions over the past two years have run counter to the interests and well-being of the Taiwanese (台湾) people and are becoming increasingly unpopular. The Lai Ching-te (赖清德) authorities stubbornly adhere to the "Taiwan independence (台独)" stance, vigorously peddle separatist fallacies, painstakingly obstruct cross-strait exchanges and cooperation, and intensify the creation of "green terror (绿色恐怖)"; under the guise of so-called "democracy (民主)" and "peace (和平)," they concoct a false narrative of so-called "democracy confronting authoritarianism (民主对抗威权)," inciting cross-strait opposition and confrontation; for the sake of the interests of one party and oneself, they disregard the people's livelihood and well-being, ignore economic laws, and plot to "decouple (脱钩)" cross-strait economic and trade relations and "break (断链)" industrial chains; they abuse the judiciary to suppress and persecute political dissidents, and constantly manipulate and provoke political infighting; they disregard the people's suffering, squander public wealth, and fawn on external forces, vainly attempting to "seek independence through foreign support (倚外谋独)" and "seek independence through military force (以武谋独)." The various perverse actions of the Lai Ching-te (赖清德) authorities seriously violate the mainstream public opinion of Taiwanese (台湾) society for peace, development, exchange, and cooperation, seriously undermine peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, and lead Taiwan (台湾) to a dangerous situation of war, fully exposing their stubborn "Taiwan independence (台独)" nature, and fully confirming that they are an out-and-out "saboteur of cross-strait peace (两岸和平破坏者)," "creator of the Taiwan Strait crisis (台海危机制造者)," and "betrayer of Taiwanese public opinion (台湾民意背叛者)."
Zhu Fenglian (朱凤莲) pointed out that "Taiwan independence (台独)" is a dead end, and confrontation leads nowhere. The reunification of the motherland is a historical trend that no one or any force can stop. We will adhere to the One China principle and the "1992 Consensus (九二共识)," broadly unite with Taiwanese (台湾) compatriots, resolutely crack down on "Taiwan independence (台独)" separatist forces, oppose interference from external forces, promote the peaceful development of cross-strait relations, and advance the great cause of national reunification. We hope that the vast number of Taiwanese (台湾) compatriots will follow the historical trend, adhere to national righteousness, and work with us to safeguard peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, protect the common home of the Chinese nation, and jointly create a better future for national reunification and national rejuvenation.
Taiwanese (台) public opinion polls show that among the 20-29 year old youth group on the island, the proportion of those who tend to "Taiwan independence (台独)" has declined in recent years, and the proportion of those who support cross-strait reunification has continued to rise, showing a development trend in which the younger generation increasingly disapproves of "Taiwan independence (台独)" and is more inclined to support reunification. In response to this, Zhu Fenglian (朱凤莲) stated that since the Democratic Progressive Party (民进党) authorities came to power, they have vigorously peddled "Taiwan independence (台独)" separatist fallacies, painstakingly manipulated "de-Sinicization (去中国化)," obstructed cross-strait exchanges, created "information cocoons (信息茧房)," and vainly attempted to deceive and mislead the Taiwanese (台湾) people, especially the younger generation, creating historical memory confusion and national identity distortion. Their actions are contrary to history and facts, are becoming increasingly unpopular, and are doomed to failure.
Zhu Fenglian (朱凤莲) pointed out that youth are the hope of the country and the future of the nation. The future of cross-strait relations rests on the youth on both sides of the strait. More and more Taiwanese (台湾) compatriots, especially young friends, are actively participating in cross-strait exchanges, learning from each other, getting to know each other, and increasingly realizing that reunification is the general trend and the direction of the future. We welcome and support more young people from both sides of the strait to visit each other frequently, jointly enhance their ambition, backbone, and confidence in being Chinese, and jointly strive for national reunification and national rejuvenation.
A recent public opinion poll released by the Kuomintang (国民党) think tank showed that 80.3% of the people on the island believe that cross-strait issues should be resolved peacefully through consultation, and 65% of the people agree to establish a "chain of peace and prosperity (和平繁荣之链)" to replace regional confrontation. In response to this, Zhu Fenglian (朱凤莲) stated that peace, development, exchange, and cooperation are the mainstream public opinion in Taiwanese (台湾) society. The Democratic Progressive Party (民进党) authorities' seeking "independence (独)" and provoking, "seeking independence through foreign support (倚外谋独)," and inciting confrontation are completely against public opinion and unpopular. Compatriots on both sides of the strait are one family, and the affairs of both sides of the strait are family affairs of compatriots on both sides of the strait, which should be discussed and handled by family members. We are willing to conduct dialogue and consultation with all parties, all sectors, and all strata of people in Taiwan (台湾) on the development of cross-strait relations and the future of the nation on the common political basis of adhering to the "1992 Consensus (九二共识)" and opposing "Taiwan independence (台独)," jointly safeguard peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, jointly promote the peaceful development of cross-strait relations, and advance the process of peaceful reunification of the motherland.
Return to TopOn May 20, the main bridge of the Beijiang Extra Large Bridge (北江特大桥), a key control project of the Qinghua Expressway (清花高速) in Guangdong (广东) undertaken by China Railway Bridge Engineering Bureau (中铁大桥局) and China Communications Construction Road & Bridge Construction Co., Ltd. (中交路建), was successfully closed. So far, the main line of the Qinghua Expressway (清花高速) has been fully connected, laying the foundation for opening to traffic by the end of the year. The main bridge of the Beijiang Extra Large Bridge (北江特大桥) on the Qinghua Expressway (清花高速) is 1,440 meters long. As a key construction project of Guangdong Province's (广东省) "14th Five-Year Plan," the Qinghua Expressway (清花高速) starts at Taihe Town (太和镇), Qingxin District (清新区), Qingyuan City (清远市), and ends at Tanbu Town (炭步镇), Huadu District (花都区), Guangzhou City (广州市), with a total length of approximately 54 kilometers. After completion, it will become another major transportation artery for Guangqing integration.
The picture shows the Beijiang Extra Large Bridge (北江特大桥) taken on May 20.
Xinhua News Agency (新华社) reporter Deng Hua (邓华) photo
Beijing, May 20th (Reporter Gu Yekai (谷业凯)) The results of the 2026 World University Supercomputer Competition (ASC26) finals were announced on the 20th in Wuxi (无锡), Jiangsu (江苏). After five days of intense competition, the teams from Peking University (北京大学) and Tsinghua University (清华大学) won the championship and runner-up, respectively.
This year's competition attracted more than 300 university teams from around the world. After preliminary rounds, 25 teams advanced to the finals. During the finals, each participating team was required to design and install a small supercomputer cluster under a total power consumption constraint of 5000 watts, complete the operation and optimization of challenging competition problems such as international general benchmark tests, world models, gravitational wave numerical simulations, and quantum circuit simulations, and participate in a defense. In addition, the 25 teams were also divided into 5 groups through a draw to carry out a super team competition, collaborating across universities to tackle the Gordon Bell Prize-winning application model and jointly reproduce the digital twin earth.
The World University Supercomputer Competition is a competition initiated and organized by China (中国), with the support of relevant experts and institutions in Asia, Europe and the United States. It aims to promote the exchange and training of young supercomputing talents among countries and regions, and to improve the application level and research and development capabilities of supercomputing. The competition has been held for the thirteenth time and has attracted tens of thousands of college students from all over the world to participate, making it one of the world's largest supercomputing competitions for college students.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on May 20th (Reporter: Jiang Xuehong (蒋雪鸿)) - Recently, the China Meteorological Administration (中国气象局) issued the "Overall Work Plan for the Development and Construction of the Earth System Data Platform System (2026-2035)", anchoring the overall goal of "global coverage, complete elements, advanced technology, standardized norms, reliable quality, and efficient circulation," systematically deploying the construction tasks of the Earth System Data Platform System for the next ten years, and strengthening the support and guarantee for major national strategies and economic and social development.
The plan proposes a "three-step" development goal: By 2027, complete a comprehensive survey of Earth system data resources, initially build an Earth System Data Platform, and establish a data collaborative governance and sharing system. By 2030, the platform will operate smoothly, forming a number of application scenarios with demonstration effects. By 2035, Earth system data application scenarios will be deeply integrated into the construction of Digital China (数字中国). The plan focuses on consolidating the foundation, expanding applications, improving governance, and strengthening collaboration, and makes specific deployments in these aspects.
Relevant officials stated that building an Earth System Data Platform is an urgent need to promote the modernization of meteorological science and technology capabilities and build new national competitive advantages, and it is also a necessary requirement to promote the modernization of meteorological social services and empower all walks of life 千行百业 (qiān háng bǎi yè - "thousands of trades and hundreds of industries," all trades and professions).
Return to TopThis newspaper's Xining (西宁) May 20th dispatch (Reporter Jiang Meng (江萌)) The reporter learned from the Qinghai Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism (青海省文化和旅游厅) that on May 19th, the 2026 "Clear Yellow River" tourism series of activities was launched in Kanbula National Forest Park (坎布拉国家森林公园), Jianzha County (尖扎县), Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (黄南藏族自治州), Qinghai Province (青海省).
A self-driving motorcade composed of self-driving enthusiasts from the nine provinces and regions along the Yellow River neatly sounded their horns and officially set off from Kanbula National Forest Park (坎布拉国家森林公园). The motorcade will start from the source of the Yellow River in Qinghai (青海黄河源头) and travel eastward along the main stream of the Yellow River, passing through Gansu (甘肃), Ningxia (宁夏), Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), Shaanxi (陕西), Shanxi (山西), and Henan (河南), and finally arrive at the Yellow River estuary in Dongying (东营), Shandong (山东). The entire journey connects the iconic ecological landscapes and cultural relics of the Yellow River Basin, and through self-driving experiences, cultural visits, and scenery check-ins, it presents a panoramic view of the magnificent scenery and profound historical culture of the Yellow River from its source to its estuary.
Qinghai (青海) is an important birthplace of Yellow River culture. The turbulent Yellow River has nurtured a diverse and symbiotic ethnic culture, and forged a magnificent and majestic plateau landscape painting. At the event site, the Qinghai Province (青海省) "Clear Yellow River" tourism belt boutique route was released, connecting the source of the Yellow River (黄河源头), Kanbula Danxia (坎布拉丹霞), Guide Qingqing Yellow River (贵德清清黄河), Longyangxia Grand Canyon (龙羊峡大峡谷), and Hehuang Valley (河湟谷地) and other tourism resources.
According to reports, since 2025, Qinghai (青海) has been using the construction of the "Clear Yellow River" tourism belt as a support, systematically integrating ecological, cultural, and tourism resources along the Yellow River Basin, building an integrated development pattern of joint planning, joint construction of facilities, joint promotion of products, and shared markets, and striving to achieve a synergistic win-win situation of ecological protection, cultural inheritance, industrial efficiency, and improvement of people's livelihoods.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘成友 郝迎灿
On May 20th, the "15th Five-Year Plan" Liaoning Special Press Conference was held in Shenyang (沈阳). Wang Xinwei (王新伟), Deputy Secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee and Governor of Liaoning Province, stated that, to thoroughly implement the important instructions and requirements of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) regarding Liaoning's work, Liaoning is focusing on building a modern industrial system, comprehensively improving the effectiveness of scientific and technological innovation, creating the best business environment reputation province, expanding high-level opening up to the outside world, ensuring and improving people's livelihoods, and building a higher level of safe Liaoning. The province is striving to take the lead in making new breakthroughs in promoting the comprehensive revitalization of Northeast China in the new era and striving to write a Liaoning chapter of Chinese-style modernization.
Accelerating the Construction of a Modern Industrial System
Wang Xinwei (王新伟) stated that Liaoning has a complete range of industrial categories and a complete system. It is an important petrochemical, metallurgical, and equipment manufacturing base in China, and it has a number of strategic industries related to the national economic lifeline and national security. It has inherent advantages and a good foundation for building a modern industrial system.
Promoting the transformation and upgrading of industries. Liaoning adheres to the development direction of intelligence, greening, and integration, optimizes and upgrades traditional industries with "intelligent transformation and digital transformation," continuously extends to the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, moves towards the high end of the value chain, and climbs to the peak of technology and craftsmanship. Actively open up new fields and new tracks, cultivate and strengthen emerging pillar industries such as new energy and new materials, and accelerate the layout of future industries such as deep earth, deep sea, aerospace, hydrogen energy, and embodied intelligence. "In terms of financial empowerment, a 30 billion yuan provincial-level new quality productivity mother fund has been newly established to invest early, invest in small businesses, invest for the long term, and invest in hard technology," Wang Xinwei (王新伟) said.
Promoting the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation. Liaoning has abundant scientific and educational resources, with 114 universities, 6 research institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院) stationed in Liaoning, 12 national key laboratories, and 59 academicians of the two academies. Liaoning is deeply implementing the innovation-driven development strategy, promoting the development of education, science, technology, and talent in an integrated manner, strengthening basic research, and laying out the construction of important scientific and technological facilities. Improve the system and mechanism of scientific and technological innovation, build a full-chain system of "technological innovation - pilot conversion - industrial application," and comprehensively promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements in Liaoning into real productive forces and new quality productive forces, so as to generate the "maximum increment" of revitalization and development with the "key variable" of scientific and technological innovation.
Promoting a significant improvement in the business environment. Liaoning regards optimizing the business environment as the most important, most realistic, and most urgent strategic task, and strives to achieve "zero distance" policy implementation, strictly guard the "lifeline" of market fairness, run out of the "acceleration" of government services, build a "ballast stone" of the rule of law guarantee, and cultivate the "soft power" of respecting and valuing merchants.
"In 2025, the net inter-provincial inflow of permanent residents in the province will be 45,000, which objectively confirms that the outside world's expectations for Liaoning have been significantly improved," said Zhang Lilin (张立林), member of the Standing Committee of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee and Executive Vice Governor of Liaoning Province.
Accelerating the Construction of a Strong Marine Economy Province
Liaoning has more than 2,200 kilometers of mainland coastline, six major ports, and 280 10,000-ton berths. Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," Liaoning has adhered to the overall land-sea planning and the strategy of strengthening the sea, with leading domestic orders and completions for high-end ships and marine engineering equipment, and the largest national volume of sea-rail combined transportation.
"Facing the '15th Five-Year Plan,' we will accelerate the construction of a new pattern of marine economic development featuring 'one core leading, two wings advancing together, multiple regions linked, and land-sea coordinated'," Wang Xinwei (王新伟) said.
Optimize the port cluster and build a new pattern of land-sea linkage. Liaoning is focusing on building a "north grain south transport" transportation system, creating a new channel for "north alcohol south transport," and accelerating the intelligent and green transformation of ports. Deeply integrate into the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road," build a high-level Northeast sea-land corridor, increase the density of international routes, expand the scale of Arctic routes, develop the cruise yacht economy, and strengthen the specialized fleet. Explore the establishment of a new mechanism for paired development between port cities and inland cities, transform transportation channels into industrial hubs, and turn port advantages into development advantages.
Strengthen the marine industry and cultivate new drivers of marine economic growth. Strengthen high-end ships and marine engineering equipment, and build a yacht industry development base and a world-class ship marine engineering manufacturing base. Strengthen emerging marine industries, accelerate the construction of a ten-million-kilowatt-level offshore wind power base, promote the integrated development of "wind power + marine ranching," and proactively lay out new tracks such as deep-sea mining and marine aerospace. Enhance the energy level of marine service industries, and vigorously develop shipping services, blue finance, and marine cultural tourism industries.
Do a good job in blue ecology and create a new picture of harmony between man and the sea. Liaoning adheres to the priority of ecology and green development, strictly adheres to the bottom line that the retention rate of natural coastlines is not less than 35%, and implements 1,700 hectares of wetland ecological restoration. Build high-quality blue bays, beautiful beaches, and harmonious and beautiful islands. Deepen the coordinated governance of land and sea pollution, strengthen the control of rivers entering the sea and sewage outlets, and promote the governance of key coastal spaces such as beaches and marine bathing beaches. Develop the blue carbon economy, ecological aquaculture, and green shipping, and improve the ecological compensation mechanism.
Taking Improving People's Livelihood as the Fundamental Purpose of Comprehensive Revitalization and Development
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Liaoning's fiscal expenditure on people's livelihood accounted for 76.6%, and a number of key practical matters related to people's livelihood were handled every year, and solid results were achieved in people's livelihood work. "Facing the '15th Five-Year Plan,' we will invest more funds and resources in people and serve people's livelihood, so as to achieve the transformation from 'whether there is' to 'whether it is good'," Wang Xinwei (王新伟) said.
In terms of employment and income increase, make the people's "rice bowl" more stable. Implement the action of stabilizing jobs, expanding capacity, and improving quality, and tap about 1.2 million jobs every year; implement the large-scale training action of "skills illuminate the future," and train 500,000 people every year; optimize the "Come to Liaoning" service brand, and build more than 800 "comfortable employment" service stations; implement the income increase plan for urban and rural residents, and realize the synchronization of residents' income growth and economic growth.
In terms of "the elderly and the young," make the service system more practical. Improve the three-level elderly care service network at the county, township, and village levels, strengthen home-based elderly care services, and make up for the shortcomings of rural elderly care. Implement the childcare subsidy system and policies such as exemption from personal income tax to reduce the cost of childbirth, parenting, and education.
In terms of education and medical care, make public services better. Adhere to the priority development of education, steadily promote free preschool education, accelerate the high-quality and balanced development of compulsory education and urban-rural integration, and expand the supply of high-quality and characteristic ordinary high school degrees. Implement the health priority development strategy, build national children's medical centers and national tumor regional medical centers with high standards, promote the expansion and sinking of high-quality medical resources, and achieve full coverage of close-knit county medical communities and urban medical groups.
In terms of social security, make the people's livelihood bottom line warmer. Continue to weave a tighter and stronger social security safety net, and further improve the social security system for flexible employees, migrant workers, and new employment forms of workers. Continue to improve the hierarchical and classified social assistance system, improve the dynamic monitoring and early warning mechanism for low-income people, and ensure that it is "accurate, secure, and good."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 龚仕建 江 萌
On May 20th, the "15th Five-Year Plan" Qinghai Special Press Conference was held in Xining (西宁). Luo Dongchuan (罗东川), Deputy Secretary of the Qinghai Provincial Party Committee and Governor of Qinghai Province, stated that Qinghai keeps in mind the earnest entrustment of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), adheres to and strengthens the Party's comprehensive leadership, firmly establishes and practices the correct view of political achievements, understands gratitude, has feelings, values practical work, unswervingly acts as the guardian of the "Water Tower of China," and strives to make greater progress in promoting ecological protection and high-quality development on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and strives to write a Qinghai chapter of Chinese-style modernization.
Building a Highland of Ecological Civilization with Higher Standards
Qinghai is the only province in the country with three national parks under construction, and it is also the only province where the excellent water quality rate of national assessment sections of surface water has remained at 100% for five consecutive years, delivering approximately 80 billion cubic meters of headwater downstream each year.
"'The 15th Five-Year Plan' is a crucial period for Qinghai's ecological advantages to be transformed into development advantages," Luo Dongchuan (罗东川) said, adding that Qinghai is building a highland of ecological civilization with higher standards.
Making the ecological appearance of beautiful Qinghai even more attractive. Fully implement the Sanjiangyuan ("Three Rivers Source") "Water Tower of China" ecological protection support system, build the Sanjiangyuan National Park (三江源国家公园) with high quality, accelerate the establishment of Qilian Mountains (祁连山) and Qinghai Lake (青海湖) National Parks, and strive to create a model of natural protected areas with national representativeness and global influence. Complete the sixth phase of the "Three-North" Shelterbelt Project with high quality, and thoroughly fight the battles to defend blue skies, clear waters, and pure land.
Making the ecological value of beautiful Qinghai more apparent. Strengthen the "clean energy +" and green electricity advantages, build a national green computing and electricity coordinated development demonstration zone, accelerate the promotion of direct green electricity connections, create zero-carbon parks and zero-carbon factories in accordance with local conditions, and build a high-value pure green electricity industry chain. Expand channels for realizing the value of ecological products, promote ecological compensation for "protecting green for gold," ecological industries for "gathering green into gold," and carbon sink trading for "borrowing green to generate gold," so that the masses can live a good life while guarding the beautiful mountains and rivers.
Making the ecological governance of beautiful Qinghai even better. Comprehensively implement the Ecological Environment Code, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Ecological Protection Law, and the National Park Law, formulate a standard system for the construction of an ecological civilization highland, and improve the local ecological protection legal system, so that there are laws to abide by and rules to follow in protecting the ecology. Build a digital governance system for the national ecological security barrier on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and a big data center for the Earth system ecology on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and deepen the innovative application of "artificial intelligence +" in ecological protection.
"We will wholeheartedly protect the mountains, rivers, and living creatures of Qinghai, making green waters and green mountains a permanent advantage and pride of Qinghai," Luo Dongchuan (罗东川) said.
Making the Plateau People's Livelihood Report More Substantial and Warmer
In recent years, Qinghai has always regarded making people live a happy life as the top priority, with people's livelihood expenditures accounting for more than 76% of total fiscal expenditure.
During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, Qinghai will focus on the urgent needs and concerns of the masses, introduce more new measures to leverage "small openings" to drive "large livelihoods," do practical things to the hearts of the masses, and strive to make the plateau people's livelihood report more substantial and warmer.
Stabilizing the "rice bowl" and making employment more promising. Strengthen the employment-first orientation, drive employment through industry, better leverage the multiplier effect of entrepreneurship driving employment, and do a good job in stabilizing jobs, expanding capacity, providing skills training, and providing employment services. Cultivate and strengthen distinctive labor brands such as "Plateau Snow Mountain Guides" and "Mutual Aid Housekeeping," and promote more effective employment security and broader employment opportunities for key groups such as college graduates, migrant workers, and demobilized soldiers.
Implementing "universal benefits" and making the "elderly and young" more reliant. Make every effort to build a strong education province on the plateau, consolidate and expand the scale of off-site schooling at home and abroad, steadily expand the scope of free education, promote the distinctive and high-level development of universities in the province, and improve vocational education. Further improve the health literacy of the whole people, guide high-quality medical resources to sink to the grassroots level, and extend rehabilitation and nursing care to communities and families, focusing on tackling plateau diseases and chronic diseases. Build a diversified elderly care service system including institutional elderly care, community elderly care, and home elderly care, build community inclusive childcare facilities, and improve the infant and toddler care service system.
Securing the "bottom line" and making good days more secure. Deepen the high-quality participation in insurance action, steadily increase the basic pension for urban and rural residents, and improve the multi-level medical security system. Actively explore the construction of a new model for real estate development, increase the supply of affordable housing through multiple channels, and build safe, comfortable, green, and intelligent "good houses."
Luo Dongchuan (罗东川) said that Qinghai will continue to put in "embroidered effort" (绣花功夫 (xiù huā gōng fū - "embroidery skill," meticulous and detailed work)), properly handle the major and minor matters that the masses are concerned about, and turn the "people's livelihood list" into a "happiness account" for every household.
Building a High-Quality Demonstration Zone for Computing and Electricity Coordinated Development
Qinghai is the first pilot province for green computing and electricity coordination in the country. In recent years, Qinghai has been based on its resource, energy, and climate advantages, seized the national strategic opportunity of "East Data West Computing," and comprehensively promoted the construction of computing infrastructure and computing power networks.
Zhang Jingang (张锦刚), member of the Standing Committee of the Qinghai Provincial Party Committee and Executive Vice Governor of Qinghai Province, said that Qinghai strives to cultivate an industrial ecology led by operators, driven by leading enterprises, participated by the private economy, and empowered by data resources, and build a high-quality demonstration zone for computing and electricity coordinated development.
Continue to consolidate the scale advantage of clean energy supply. Further coordinate multiple elements such as energy, network, energy consumption, and application scenarios, fully promote the construction of large-scale new energy bases, deploy solar thermal industry on a large scale, and accelerate the construction of direct green electricity connections, intelligent microgrids, and new independent energy storage.
Scientifically layout diverse computing infrastructure such as general-purpose computing, intelligent computing, and supercomputing, and continue to expand high-quality computing resources. Build high-throughput, low-latency high-speed transmission channels, iteratively improve the province's integrated computing resource scheduling platform, and focus on increasing the access ratio and overall scheduling ratio of local computing power. Explore the establishment of carbon emission standards covering the entire process of computing power production, transmission, and use, and gradually improve the accounting of computing power carbon footprints and cross-regional mutual recognition system.
Efficiently undertake the computing power spillover demand from the central and eastern regions and even Hong Kong and Macao, rely on the national integrated computing power network to promote the efficient circulation and supply of local computing power throughout the country, and provide the majority of business entities with green computing power services that are stable in electricity prices, low in cost, and excellent in quality.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 苏 滨
At 9:00 AM, in the Pan Taoyuan Community Neighborhood Committee of Pan Tao Street, Wangmo County, Qianxinan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, a joint meeting was bustling. Resident representatives scored the property services one by one and offered opinions and suggestions. At 1:00 PM, in the Employment Guidance Center of Fenjin Community, Guanshan Street, Longli County, Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, a chef skills training session was underway, with more than 40 people about to take on new jobs. At 5:00 PM, in the Xingfu Community of Baiyanglin Street, Qixingguan District, Bijie City, laughter echoed from the after-school program, where volunteers organized games for the children.
During the poverty alleviation campaign, 1.92 million people in Guizhou Province moved out of the mountains, accounting for about 1/5 of the total relocated population in the country. Among them, 1.87 million people were resettled in centralized urbanization areas, making it the province with the largest relocation scale, the highest proportion of urbanization resettlement, and the most resettlement areas with more than 10,000 people.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposes to "improve the normalized assistance mechanism" and "focus on large and super-large resettlement areas to strengthen follow-up support for relocation."
From remote mountain villages to urban communities, from traditional farmers to industrial workers, the lives of relocated people have undergone tremendous changes. Around the goal of "stable settlement, employment, and gradual prosperity," how can we continue to do a good job in the "second half" of follow-up support for relocation? The reporter conducted an exploration in Guizhou.
Adapting to Local Conditions and Innovatively Carrying Out Property Management
In relocation communities, it is not difficult to establish a property management company, but it is not easy to maintain normal operation while providing good service.
"From changing light bulbs to delivering meals to the elderly, the demands of relocated people are diverse. The most troublesome thing is the property fee, as most people have not paid property fees before. Changing past habits is not something that can be achieved overnight, and there must be full understanding," said Liu Yong (刘勇), Deputy Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Pan Tao Street, frankly.
In 2019, 976 households from 16 townships in Wangmo County moved out of the mountains and into the Pan Taoyuan Community (蟠桃园社区) in the county seat. Among these new urban residents, nearly 90% were households lifted out of poverty, and more than 60% were Buyi people. At the beginning of the relocation, the new community tried property management.
"Initially, based on the principle of people's affairs being discussed and managed by the people, we guided the establishment of a homeowners' committee to serve ourselves," Liu Yong (刘勇) recalled. Property fees were charged at a rate of 0.5 yuan per square meter, and 6 people elected by the residents were responsible for property management.
Six people serving 4,596 people, due to inadequate service and unstable personnel, the property fee collection rate was less than 30%, and the property company could not maintain operation. In order to provide good service, the community Party branch took the lead in introducing a third-party property company through public bidding, which has been operating smoothly ever since.
"We built a Party building joint construction platform of 'Community Party Branch + Homeowners' Committee + Property Company,' giving play to the exemplary role of Party members, actively absorbing community residents to join the property company, and jointly promoting the market-oriented operation of community property," said Lin Fei (林飞), head of the Pan Taoyuan Community (蟠桃园社区) property company. Relocation communities have a wider service scope and lower property fees, which are shared by the government and the people, ensuring the normal operation of the company and highlighting the public welfare nature of property services.
After repeated exploration, many relocation communities have combined their actual situations and successively explored various models for establishing property companies. In the Yingshanhong Community (映山红社区) of Yongyang Street, Wengan County, Qiannan Prefecture, community cadres voluntarily serve as the general manager of the property company. In the Xingfu Community (幸福社区) of Baiyanglin Street, Qixingguan District, Bijie City, the community Party branch directly leads the property company. Some relocation communities have also adopted the "leading enterprise driving" model of "state-owned company + subsidiary." Relocation communities adopt methods such as payment by relocated people, revitalizing commercial assets, and investment by the collective economy to ensure the operation of property management.
"No matter which model is adopted, we must adhere to Party building leadership and fully coordinate the funds, assets, and resources of the county and relocation communities to form a property service system that is well-managed, intensively efficient, safe, and reliable," said Xu Min (徐敏), Deputy Director of the Guizhou Provincial Ecological Immigration Bureau.
As of now, 163 relocation communities in Guizhou have established physical property management companies, accounting for 73.42% of the 222 relocation communities with more than 3,000 people in the province, involving approximately 1.37 million relocated people, accounting for approximately 71% of the 1.92 million relocated population.
Determining Training Based on Positions to Achieve Higher Quality Employment
From 2,200 yuan to 2,700 yuan, and then to 4,000 yuan, the monthly salary has been rising continuously. What is the reason? Wei Qianbang (韦前帮), a relocated person in the Longli County High-tech Industrial Park, kept the reporter in suspense.
Wei Qianbang (韦前帮), 47, was originally a poor household in Gaoping Village, Guanshan Street, Longli County. In 2017, he benefited from the relocation policy and moved from the mountain valley into the Fenjin Community (奋进社区) of Guanshan Street. He can go to work in the industrial park less than 2 kilometers from his home. "Having a stable income and being able to take care of the elderly and children is good," he said.
In recent years, the park has developed modern industries such as ecological specialty food, equipment manufacturing, and new building materials. With industrial upgrading and an increase in new positions, Wei Qianbang (韦前帮)'s new opportunity has come.
"At the beginning, I didn't have much experience and went directly to the industrial park to do odd jobs, which did earn very little. Later, more and more factories were established, and the demand for workers also increased. The community began to determine training based on positions. As long as you sign up for training, you can basically achieve employment upon graduation," Wei Qianbang (韦前帮) said. He chose packaging technology training, and after graduation, he entered the production workshop of Guizhou Yongjisheng Packaging Co., Ltd. Later, through regular skills training conducted by the company, he gradually grew into a workshop backbone, and his salary also increased. "There are many learning opportunities here and a lot of room for development. I am no different from the industrial workers in the city," Wei Qianbang (韦前帮) said.
Factories stand in rows, and machines roar. As of now, more than 200 enterprises have settled in the Longli High-tech Industrial Park, including 81 industrial enterprises above designated size, which have cumulatively solved the employment of 3,100 relocated people.
"We innovatively promote the 'co-construction of two zones' between the resettlement area and the surrounding industrial park, which not only solves employment but also drives consumption, helping relocated people achieve high-quality employment at their doorstep and promoting the high-quality integration of industry and city," said Xiong Jie (熊杰), Deputy County Mayor of Longli County. With more and more enterprises settling in, the "employment supermarket" created by the resettlement area has expanded into an "employment market," and nearly 80% of the labor force has achieved employment and entrepreneurship nearby.
By clarifying the base, grasping employment, and developing industries, Guizhou is making every effort to improve the employment quality of relocated people. At the same time, it is increasing the development of new positions suitable for "4050" personnel, piloting the establishment of vocational training bases in resettlement sites with more than 10,000 people, and supporting industrial parks around large resettlement areas to promote the integrated development of industrial parks and resettlement areas. As of the end of last year, 772 employment and entrepreneurship service centers had been built in resettlement areas throughout the province, equipped with more than 1,300 employment assistance workshops. A total of 412,100 households and 962,100 people in relocated labor families throughout the province were employed, with an employment rate of 95.97%, achieving the goal of one person or more employed per household and dynamic clearing of zero-employment families, and the income of relocated people continued to increase.
Integrated Planning to Improve the Level of Public Services
"Next, number 36! Everyone, don't rush, line up, and do as the doctor instructs when your number is called." At the entrance of the Baiyanglin Street Community Health Service Center, medical staff from the First People's Hospital of Bijie City are organizing free physical examinations for residents over 65 years old.
Guizhou takes urbanization construction as an opportunity to accelerate the construction of basic public services in resettlement areas, formulate a basic public service standard system for relocation, and build and expand 669 supporting schools and 440 medical institutions to ensure that relocated people can attend school and seek medical treatment nearby. At the same time, a number of infrastructure facilities such as water, electricity, roads, gas, and communications, as well as public service facilities such as childcare and elderly care, have been built to create a "15-minute living circle" that is "livable, workable, travelable, learnable, and careable," further improving the level of public services.
"Moving to Baiyanglin Street is not only convenient for seeing a doctor, but also has free physical examinations every year," said Wang Guifu (王贵甫), an elderly man. The resettlement area is only more than 10 kilometers away from the city and district people's hospitals, and the community also has a supporting health center, making it easy to see a doctor.
As the largest single relocation resettlement site in Guizhou Province, in order to promote the integration of the resettlement area into new urbanization, Baiyanglin Street has built supporting schools, kindergartens, health centers, community health rooms, as well as day care centers for the elderly and children, cultural and entertainment venues, etc., so that nearly 30,000 relocated people can achieve childcare, medical care, and elderly care.
"We also promote the integrated planning, construction, and management of infrastructure between the resettlement area and the urban area, improve road facilities, and open bus routes, so that water supply, gas supply, heating pipe networks, garbage and sewage treatment facilities, and information communication networks extend to and cover the resettlement area," said Li Xie (李勰), Secretary of the Qixingguan District Party Committee. We will continue to do a good job in follow-up support for relocation, give priority to incorporating the resettlement area into the urban development plan, achieve "convenience for the people with the city," and achieve integrated development.
Return to TopBy: 张伟昊
Relocating people out of poverty is by no means a one-off move, but a continuous journey from settling down to finding employment, from integration to prosperity. Millions of people in Guizhou Province have moved out of the mountains and into towns, completing a spatial leap and a change of identity. Doing a good job in the "second half" of follow-up support tests the original intention and demonstrates responsibility.
From innovating property management and consolidating the foundation of community governance, to determining training based on job requirements and supporting the employment dreams of the masses, and then to integrated planning and improving the public service system, various parts of Guizhou (贵州) have focused on the practical matters of people's livelihoods that relocated people care about, implementing precise policies and 久久为功 (jiǔ jiǔ wéi gōng - "achieve success through persistent efforts," persistent effort is sure to produce results). The implementation of pragmatic measures has solved the governance problems of resettlement areas, opened up channels for employment and income increase, and made up for the shortcomings of public services, so that relocated people not only have a place to live, but also a way to enjoy their work and a way to integrate.
Moving out of the mountains opens up a wide world, and warm-hearted support brings lasting happiness. Ensuring that every relocated person can settle down in their new home and enjoy life is not only a vivid practice of consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation, but also a warm answer sheet centered on the people and promoting common prosperity.
Return to TopRecently, at the Boding Library in the Motan Tourist Resort of Dawei Town, Baohe District, Hefei City (合肥市), Anhui Province (安徽省), readers and tourists were reading and visiting. In recent years, Hefei (合肥) has adapted to local conditions, creating high-quality rural tourism routes and promoting the integrated development of agriculture, culture, and tourism.
Fang Hao (方 好), photographer (People's Vision).
Return to TopBeijing (北京), May 20th (Reported by Han Xin (韩鑫) of this newspaper) – According to the State Post Bureau (国家邮政局), from January to April this year, China's express delivery volume totaled 64.57 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 5.1%. Among them, the express delivery volume in April alone reached 16.84 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 3.2%.
Business revenue has steadily increased. In the first four months, the cumulative express delivery business revenue reached 497.93 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.6%. Among them, in April, the express delivery business revenue reached 128.91 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.3%.
Service quality and efficiency continue to improve. Since the beginning of this year, the industry has accelerated the application of new equipment and technologies, explored new scenarios and models, and promoted the continuous improvement of service quality—building a combined transportation system of "cold chain special lines + high-speed rail + aviation" to ensure that agricultural specialty products arrive in the morning after being sent in the evening, and the entire process is locked in freshness; exploring unmanned vehicle night delivery, and jointly optimizing luggage storage and delivery services with airports, stations and other places. In April, the public satisfaction with express delivery services is expected to be 84.7 points, and the 72-hour on-time delivery rate in key areas is expected to be 86.3%.
Regional development is more balanced. In the first four months, the proportions of express delivery business revenue in the eastern, central, and western regions were 73%, 16%, and 11% respectively, and the proportions of express delivery volume were 68.0%, 21.2%, and 10.8% respectively. Compared with the same period last year, the proportion of express delivery business revenue in the central region increased by 0.5 percentage points, and the proportion of express delivery volume increased by 1.8 percentage points; the proportion of express delivery business revenue in the western region increased by 0.5 percentage points, and the proportion of express delivery volume increased by 1.6 percentage points.
Return to TopBy: 合 晟
Mountains and seas are not far apart; a thousand miles link hearts. As the ancient Silk Road welcomes the camel bells and sails of a new era, the tree of friendship between China and Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) is becoming increasingly vibrant and flourishing, thanks to its deep roots of traditional friendship and the fruitful results of local exchanges.
The history of friendly local exchanges between China and CEEC is long and profound. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, CEEC took the lead in recognizing and establishing diplomatic relations with the new China. Faced with the enormous pressure brought about by the economic blockade and embargo imposed by Western countries on China, the Chinese and Polish governments jointly established the Chinese-Polish Joint Stock Shipping Company in 1951. Its initial headquarters were located in Tianjin (天津), and the Polish branch was located in Gdynia. This was the first Sino-foreign joint venture in the new China, which strongly supported the supply of materials needed to restore the national economy. In 1956, Vice Chairman Zhu De (朱德) led a delegation to visit Czechoslovakia, and the Czech side generously donated 670 sets of agricultural machinery equipment to the new China, which could cultivate 7,000 hectares of land. To commemorate this friendship, Premier Zhou Enlai (周恩来) named the area receiving this batch of equipment the "China-Czechoslovakia Friendship Farm." Over the past seventy years, this farm located on the saline-alkali land on the coast of the Bohai Sea in Hebei (河北) has been transformed into the China-Czech Industrial Park, becoming a vivid symbol of Hebei Province and even the whole country's opening-up and cooperation with CEEC.
The achievements of friendly local exchanges between China and CEEC are tangible and accessible. In 2021, President Xi Jinping (习近平) chaired the China-CEEC Leaders Summit in Beijing (北京) via video link, and clearly proposed to strengthen local economic and trade cooperation and continue to promote the construction of the China-CEEC Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Zone. Since the unveiling of the China-CEEC Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Zone in Ningbo (宁波), Zhejiang (浙江), the cumulative import and export volume has exceeded 330 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 17.2%. Platforms such as the China-CEEC Customs Information Center, the Green Channel for CEEC Commodities to China, and the CEEC Characteristic Commodity Permanent Exhibition Hall have been built successively, outlining a clear trajectory of win-win cooperation. Ningbo is striving to build itself into the "preferred destination" for CEEC commodity imports into China, promoting the mutual promotion of the China-CEEC Expo and the Demonstration Zone, and continuously injecting strong impetus into deepening economic and trade cooperation between the two sides.
China-CEEC cooperation was launched in 2012. It is a trans-regional pragmatic cooperation platform jointly initiated by China and CEEC with the desire to enhance bilateral cooperation and promote common development. The framework includes exchange and cooperation mechanisms such as the Local Leaders' Meeting, the Provincial Governors' Joint Association, the Mayors' Forum, and the Capital Mayors' Forum, which have broadened channels for both sides to enhance mutual understanding, promote people-to-people friendship, and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation. The 7th China-CEEC Local Leaders' Meeting is about to open in Jinan (济南). With the theme of "Working Together for a Shared Future," the meeting is not only a high-level dialogue, but also a fusion of hearts, witnessing the vivid extension of cooperation from macro-strategies to grassroots practices.
This is a "down-to-earth" connection. Translating top-level designs and strategic blueprints into vivid practices for local development is the most dynamic and promising component of the China-CEEC cooperation mechanism. From Czech crystal shining in the windows of Ningbo stores to Greek olive oil appearing on the dining tables of Chinese people; from Hebei Iron and Steel Group (河钢集团) helping a century-old Serbian steel plant regain its vitality to BYD (比亚迪) electric buses running through the streets of Budapest; from the Hungary-Serbia Railway (匈塞铁路) built by Chinese enterprises greatly improving regional connectivity to the Pelješac Bridge (佩列沙茨大桥) connecting the Croatian territory separated by the sea... These vivid scenes are the best footnotes to the fact that cooperation between the two sides benefits people's livelihoods. This local leaders' meeting has set up more than 20 series of activities focusing on provincial governors' dialogues, business negotiations, science, education and industry integration, and the import of CEEC agricultural and food products, with the aim of promoting this "down-to-earth" cooperation to a deeper and broader level, bringing tangible gains to the people of both sides.
This is a "heart-to-heart" exchange. Through the China-CEEC cooperation mechanism, more and more Chinese cities and CEEC cities are getting to know each other and forming friendships. At the 2025 China-CEEC Mayors' Forum, Hefei (合肥), Anhui (安徽) signed friendly cooperation projects with Novi Sad, Serbia; Yantai (烟台), Shandong (山东) signed with Laktasi, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Ningbo, Zhejiang signed with Rijeka, Croatia; and Xiangshan County (象山县), Zhejiang signed with Kiskunfélegyháza, Hungary. The number of sister cities between China and CEEC has expanded to 225 pairs, the public opinion foundation for friendly exchanges between the two sides is deepening, and common interests are becoming more extensive. The 2026 Shandong International Sister Cities Cooperation and Exchange Week will be held concurrently with the Local Leaders' Meeting. At that time, representatives from friendly provinces and cities from more than 40 countries and regions around the world will gather in Shandong (鲁) to carry out a friendly exchange event with two-way efforts.
This is a "common development" movement. Faced with the current complex and volatile international environment, closure and confrontation are not the way out, but openness and cooperation are the right path. Local cooperation between China and CEEC has always followed market rules and international practices, adhering to the principles of transparency, inclusiveness, and mutual benefit. It is not to create a geopolitical "small circle," but to build a "circle of friends" for common development. As a responsible major country, China firmly believes that common development is true development, and is willing to build China-CEEC cooperation into a platform for responding to risks and challenges and exploring development opportunities, providing stability and certainty for a turbulent world. At the Local Leaders' Meeting, all parties will share development experiences in areas such as the digital economy, green energy, smart cities, and modern agriculture, find new growth points for cooperation, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.
From the historical coordinates of friendship to the cooperation picture of the new era, local exchanges are the solid foundation, vivid link, and warm background of China-CEEC relations. China and CEEC will continue to write a new chapter in local cooperation, allowing local exchanges to empower the relations between the two sides to take root, grow towards the sun, and continuously deepen, solidify, and move forward steadily.
Return to TopBy: 姜再冬
This year, May 21st marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan. Over the past 75 years, China and Pakistan have weathered international vicissitudes together. The relationship has remained as solid as a rock and as stable as Mount Tai, forging an "ironclad" friendship that is "higher than the mountains, deeper than the sea, and sweeter than honey," setting a fine example of state-to-state relations. Standing at a new historical starting point, the two countries are working towards building an even closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future in the new era, promoting the all-weather strategic cooperative partnership to forge ahead.
Guided by head-of-state diplomacy, the foundation of friendly public opinion is consolidated. The traditional friendship between China and Pakistan was personally forged by the older generation of leaders and is a valuable asset of the two countries and their peoples. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations, high-level exchanges between the two sides have continued to be warm, strategic mutual trust has been unbreakable, and the integration of interests has deepened and become more practical. Since President Xi Jinping (习近平) made a historic state visit to Pakistan in 2015, the China-Pakistan all-weather strategic cooperative partnership has made considerable progress. In 2023, President Xi Jinping (习近平) respectively held talks and meetings with President Zardari (扎尔达里) and Prime Minister Sharif (夏巴兹总理) and reached important consensus. The two governments issued an action plan on building a closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future in the new era, promoting China-Pakistan relations to a new journey. Not long ago, Pakistani President Zardari (扎尔达里) visited Hunan Province and Hainan Province in China. Frequent high-level interactions provide political guidance and inject strong impetus into the development of China-Pakistan relations.
Supported by pragmatic cooperation, a benchmark for universal benefit and people's livelihood is created. As an important pilot project for jointly building the "Belt and Road," the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (中巴经济走廊) has achieved fruitful results in energy, infrastructure, and other fields, with over US$25.9 billion in direct investment and more than 260,000 jobs created, providing important support for Pakistan's economic and social development and shaping a model project for high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road." President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that the planning and layout of the corridor should take into account all regions of Pakistan, so that the fruits of development benefit all the people of Pakistan. As the construction of the corridor enters the "2.0 upgraded version," the two sides will focus on industry, agriculture, and mining as the three major priorities, and jointly build the "five major corridors" of growth, livelihood, innovation, green, and openness, so as to better release Pakistan's development potential and better share the development opportunities of Chinese-style modernization.
Enhanced by multilateral collaboration, the responsibility of the Global South is demonstrated. As all-weather strategic partners, China and Pakistan have always maintained close communication and cooperation on major hot issues. Since the conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran, President Xi Jinping (习近平) has put forward four proposals on maintaining and promoting peace and stability in the Middle East, which Prime Minister Sharif (夏巴兹总理) has actively echoed and highly appreciated. China and Pakistan actively promote peace and talks, and jointly issued a five-point initiative on restoring peace and stability in the Gulf and the Middle East. China and Pakistan are both countries of the Global South, and firmly safeguard the international system with the United Nations as the core and the international order based on international law. Pakistan has always been at the forefront in implementing the four major global initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平). The leading and exemplary effect of China-Pakistan cooperation has transcended the bilateral scope, injecting valuable stability into the turbulent international and regional situation.
At present, the world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century, China is implementing the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline, and Pakistan is promoting the "Take-off Pakistan" plan. The respective modernization construction of the two countries and cooperation in various fields have ushered in new nodes and important opportunities. We are willing to take the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations as an opportunity to earnestly implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, deepen high-level political mutual trust, high-level pragmatic cooperation, and high-level international collaboration, respond to the uncertainty of the international situation with the certainty of China-Pakistan relations, provide a strong demonstration for building a community with a shared future in the surrounding areas, and make greater contributions to building a community with a shared future for mankind.
(The author is the Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan)
Return to TopBy: 卡里尔·哈什米
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Pakistan and China. Over the past 75 years, Pakistan-China relations have withstood the test of international vicissitudes and maintained a vigorous vitality. An important reason is that the two countries have continuously consolidated and deepened strategic mutual trust in their long-term exchanges. After decades of trials and tribulations, Pakistan-China strategic mutual trust has become increasingly profound, and the all-weather strategic cooperative partnership has continued to reach new heights, becoming a vivid example of long-term friendly exchanges between countries.
Pakistan and China officially established diplomatic relations in 1951, when both countries were exploring development paths in the drastically changing post-war international landscape. The older generation of leaders of the two countries, based on a long-term perspective, carried out cooperation on the basis of mutual respect, sovereign equality, and sincere trust, laying a solid foundation for the development of bilateral relations. In the 1960s, the two countries jointly built the Karakoram Highway, which was officially opened to traffic in 1978. The highway is the only land passage between Pakistan and China, realizing the opening of traffic from Kashgar to Islamabad, turning the high mountain barrier into a cooperative thoroughfare. At the same time, Pakistan actively helped restore the legitimate seat of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations, demonstrating the common position of the two countries in adhering to sovereign equality and safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of developing countries.
Upholding deep strategic mutual trust, the connotation of Pakistan-China cooperation has continued to be enriched, and the fields of cooperation have continued to expand. The two sides have gradually formed an all-round and institutionalized cooperation pattern, covering many key areas such as interconnectivity and scientific and technological innovation. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (中巴经济走廊) jointly built by the two countries is an important platform for deepening cooperation in infrastructure, energy and other fields, and is also a vivid manifestation of Pakistan-China's deep strategic cooperation. At present, the two countries are working together to promote the "2.0 upgraded version" of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, focusing on deepening cooperation in industrialization, digital economy, green development, agricultural modernization, and climate change, continuously consolidating the foundation of cooperation, and boosting the development vitality and growth resilience of both sides.
Pakistan-China cultural exchanges are becoming increasingly close, building a solid foundation of popular support for bilateral friendship. During my visits to various parts of China, I truly felt the distinct characteristics of Pakistan-China relations in the new era, which are people-oriented, innovation-driven, and future-oriented, through various means such as inspecting renewable energy projects, exchanging views with Pakistan-China joint research teams, and connecting with Pakistani youth who are starting businesses in China. Educational cooperation is the core focus of cultural exchanges between the two countries. The Pakistan Embassy School (巴基斯坦使馆学校), established in the 1960s, has witnessed the enduring friendship between Pakistan and China. Cooperation between universities and joint scientific research between the two countries continues to deepen, covering many fields such as science and engineering, medicine, digital innovation, and agricultural technology, accurately adapting to local development needs. A large number of Pakistani researchers, engineers, medical staff, and young entrepreneurs who have come to China to study and pursue further education have become an important bridge connecting the two societies and passing on Pakistan-China friendship.
In the current international situation, which is intertwined with changes and chaos, Pakistan and China have always adhered to strategic determination and deepened long-term and pragmatic cooperation. China's concept of "harmony in diversity" (和而不同 (hé ér bù tóng - "harmony but not uniformity," seeking common ground while accepting differences)) confirms the core essence of good state-to-state relations: partners do not seek uniformity in their models, but seek mutual respect and common goals. Pakistan and China have different national conditions and complementary advantages, and have always worked together towards common development goals. The two sides rely on multilateral mechanisms such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (上海合作组织) to closely coordinate, deepen cooperation in areas such as digital governance and reform of the global governance system, and continuously build consensus on development and gather joint forces for cooperation. The practice of Pakistan-China cooperation fully proves that the vitality of South-South cooperation stems from mutual respect and mutual support among developing countries, from countries working together on the road to modernization, from building consensus in institutionalized dialogue, and from achieving win-win progress in coordinated development.
From infrastructure construction to cutting-edge scientific and technological innovation cooperation, Pakistan-China relations continue to improve in quality and upgrade, and constantly enrich the contemporary connotation of the all-weather strategic cooperative partnership. The more turbulent and transformative the world is, the more it can demonstrate the precious value of Pakistan-China strategic mutual trust and the more it can reflect the stable strength of bilateral relations. Standing at the new starting point of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, the people of the two countries will continue to work together with one heart and deepen cooperation, based on solid strategic mutual trust and with pragmatic and mutually beneficial cooperation as the starting point, to jointly write a new chapter in Pakistan-China friendly cooperation.
(The author is the Pakistani Ambassador to China)
Return to TopBeijing, May 20th (Reporter Luo Shanshan (罗珊珊)) At the invitation of President Xi Jinping (习近平), U.S. President Trump paid a state visit to China from May 13th to 15th. During the visit, the two heads of state met in Beijing (北京). From May 12th to 13th, the Chinese and American economic and trade teams held economic and trade consultations in South Korea to prepare for the meeting between the two heads of state in the economic and trade fields. The two sides conducted intensive consultations on the specific content of the results and reached positive consensus. The person in charge of the Department of American and Oceanian Affairs of the Ministry of Commerce interpreted the relevant preliminary economic and trade results.
1. Regarding Tariff Arrangements
Q: The Chinese and American sides have reached a consensus on relevant tariff arrangements. Can you provide more details?
A: Tariffs are one of the key issues in Sino-US economic and trade relations. Since 2025, China and the United States have conducted multiple rounds of consultations on tariffs to promote the cooling of the "tariff war." In February 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the tariffs imposed by the U.S. government under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) were illegal. Subsequently, the United States initiated two 301 investigations against many trading partners around the world and stated that it would replace the previous IEEPA tariffs with new 301 tariffs.
During this economic and trade consultation, the Chinese and American economic and trade teams conducted in-depth communication on tariff issues and made arrangements for relevant bilateral tariffs. It is hoped that the U.S. side will keep its promises, and that no matter what reason is used to impose or replace tariffs on China in the future, the U.S. tariff level on China should not exceed the level of the joint arrangement of the Kuala Lumpur (吉隆坡) economic and trade consultations, and further abolish relevant unilateral tariffs on China through subsequent consultations to create positive conditions for both sides to expand economic and trade cooperation.
At the same time, the two sides agreed in principle to discuss an equivalent scale product reciprocal tariff reduction framework arrangement under the Trade Council, with a scale of US$30 billion or more each, and it is expected that the most-favored-nation tariff rate or even lower will be applied to products of mutual concern agreed upon by both sides. The implementation of this arrangement will not only help stabilize and expand Sino-US bilateral trade, but also provide useful reference for global opening-up and cooperation. The economic and trade teams of both sides will maintain close communication, agree on specific arrangements and promote implementation as soon as possible.
2. Regarding the Trade Council and Investment Council
Q: The United States and China have reached a series of economic and trade achievements, including the agreement to establish a Trade Council and an Investment Council. Can you introduce the specific situation?
A: The essence of Sino-US economic and trade relations is mutual benefit and win-win results. In the face of differences and frictions, equal consultation is the only correct choice. After consultations, the Chinese and American sides agreed to establish an intergovernmental Trade Council and Investment Council. The economic and trade teams of both sides will maintain close communication and formulate specific arrangements for the structure, functions, and operation mode of the council as soon as possible.
After the establishment of the two councils, they will provide a platform for both sides to pragmatically discuss mutual concerns in the fields of trade and investment, which will help both sides exchange policies, expand cooperation, manage differences, and promote the transformation of Sino-US economic and trade consultations from "crisis response" to "institutionalized management," providing an effective mechanism guarantee for economic and trade cooperation between the two sides.
3. Regarding Expanding Trade in Agricultural Products
Q: Can you introduce the consensus reached between China and the United States on expanding two-way trade, especially trade in agricultural products?
A: Sino-US agricultural trade is an important part of bilateral economic and trade cooperation, and it is a win-win cooperation of complementary supply and demand. China is the most important agricultural product market in the world. Importing American agricultural products can make up for the structural supply and demand gap in the domestic market and enrich the dining tables of the people. China's huge consumer market also brings stable economic income to American farmers. At the same time, China's dairy products, aquatic products, vegetables, fruits and other special agricultural products also have great potential demand in the American market.
After consultations, the two sides reached a series of positive consensus on promoting the resolution of some non-tariff barriers and market access issues for agricultural products of both sides, and agreed in principle to include relevant products in the reciprocal tariff reduction framework arrangement. At the same time, they also set guiding goals for expanding two-way trade in agricultural products. It is expected that both sides will create favorable conditions for two-way agricultural trade by jointly reducing tariffs, reducing non-tariff barriers, and expanding market access, and promote the restoration and continuous expansion of trade cooperation in the field of agricultural products.
4. Regarding the Extension of the Joint Arrangement of the Kuala Lumpur (吉隆坡) Economic and Trade Consultations
Q: During this consultation, did the two sides discuss the extension of the joint arrangement of the Kuala Lumpur (吉隆坡) economic and trade consultations?
A: In October 2025, China and the United States reached a joint arrangement in Kuala Lumpur (吉隆坡) to resolve their respective economic and trade concerns, and suspended the implementation of some tariff and non-tariff measures until November 10, 2026, including the U.S. 24% reciprocal tariff and China's relevant countermeasures; the U.S. export control 50% transparency rule and China's relevant export control measures; the U.S. 301 investigation measures on China's maritime, logistics and shipbuilding industries and China's relevant countermeasures, etc.
The relevant arrangements are of great significance to the stability of Sino-US economic and trade relations, and promoting the extension of the relevant arrangements is in the common interests of both countries and meets the expectations of the international community. During this consultation, the Chinese and American sides reiterated that they will continue to implement the previous economic and trade consultation results. The economic and trade teams of both sides will maintain close communication and consultation to promote the extension of the joint arrangement of the Kuala Lumpur (吉隆坡) economic and trade consultations, so as to provide a more stable policy environment and market expectations for economic and trade cooperation between the two countries.
5. Regarding Rare Earth Export Controls
Q: The White House website mentioned that "China will address U.S. concerns about supply shortages of rare earths and other critical minerals (including yttrium, scandium, neodymium, and indium). China will also address U.S. concerns about prohibiting or restricting the sale of rare earth production processing equipment and technology." What is China's comment on this?
A: The Chinese and American economic and trade teams have fully communicated and exchanged views on relevant export control issues, and the two sides will jointly study and resolve each other's reasonable and legitimate concerns. The Chinese government implements export controls on rare earths and other key minerals in accordance with laws and regulations, and reviews compliant and civilian-use license applications. China is willing to work with the United States to create good conditions for promoting mutually beneficial cooperation between enterprises of the two countries and ensuring the safety and stability of the global industrial chain and supply chain.
6. Regarding Aircraft Trade
Q: U.S. President Trump claimed that China agreed to purchase 200 Boeing aircraft. Can you provide details?
A: Aviation is a key area for China and the United States to deepen mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation. According to the important consensus reached by the heads of state of China and the United States, China Aviation will introduce 200 Boeing aircraft in accordance with commercial principles based on its own aviation transportation development needs. At the same time, the U.S. side will provide China with sufficient engine and parts supply guarantees.
7. Regarding Market Access for Agricultural Products
Q: Recently, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce introduced that the Chinese and American sides have reached preliminary results in the economic and trade field, including that the two sides will solve or substantially promote the solution of some non-tariff barriers and market access issues for agricultural products. Can you introduce the specific situation?
A: Agricultural trade cooperation is an important part of Sino-US economic and trade relations. The industries in the agricultural field of the two countries are highly complementary and have broad cooperation space. After equal consultations, the two sides have achieved positive results in the agricultural field and reached a number of consensus on the issue of two-way market access for agricultural products. The relevant results take into account the concerns of both sides and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.
The U.S. side promised to solve or substantially promote the solution of some non-tariff barriers and market access issues for Chinese agricultural products, mainly including: First, it promised to lift the automatic detention measures implemented on Chinese dairy products and dairy-containing foods exported to the United States since 2008. The lifting of this measure will provide more convenient trade conditions for the export of relevant products to the United States; second, it agreed to accept the experimental export of Chinese medium-sized bonsai to the United States, and will start revising relevant regulations as soon as possible to promote the market access of Chinese medium-sized bonsai to the United States; third, it agreed to promote the lifting of the automatic detention measures for three types of aquatic products exported to the United States. In addition, the U.S. side also made positive commitments to recognize Shandong (山东) as a non-epidemic area for highly pathogenic avian influenza and to speed up the review of applications from relevant Chinese companies to remove them from the import alert red list.
In accordance with relevant laws and regulations, the Chinese side resumed the registration of qualified U.S. beef companies exporting to China, lifted the restrictions on highly pathogenic avian influenza epidemics in some qualified states in the United States, resumed the import of poultry products from relevant states in the United States, will speed up the review of the rectification materials of U.S. beef companies that have been suspended from exporting to China due to drug residue problems, and will conduct exchanges and communication with the U.S. on agricultural biotechnology of concern to the U.S. side.
China and the United States are important agricultural trade partners to each other. The achievement of the above-mentioned results not only solves the specific problems of concern to both sides, but also lays the foundation for deepening cooperation and creates a good atmosphere. Some commitments have been fulfilled as scheduled. In the next step, both sides should continue to adhere to equal dialogue and move towards each other, and continue to lengthen the cooperation list and shorten the problem list in the agricultural field. China is willing to work with the United States to give full play to their respective resource endowments and comparative advantages to create good conditions for deepening bilateral agricultural cooperation and promoting agricultural trade.
8. Regarding the Registration of U.S. Beef Companies
Q: Recently, the U.S. side stated that in the Sino-US Seoul (首尔) economic and trade consultations, the Chinese side has resolved the registration issue of U.S. beef companies exporting to China. Can you introduce the specific situation?
A: In the Sino-US Seoul (首尔) economic and trade consultations, the two sides conducted in-depth exchanges on the registration issue of relevant U.S. beef companies. Previously, considering the risk of cross-species transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza epidemics in the United States, in order to ensure the safety of beef imported from the United States, the General Administration of Customs of China temporarily suspended the approval of U.S. beef companies to register in China. Since then, the U.S. side has provided relevant technical information on epidemic control multiple times according to China's requirements. The Chinese side has conducted strict scientific evaluation of the information provided by the U.S. side in accordance with relevant Chinese laws and regulations and international animal health rules, and believes that the measures taken by the U.S. side meet China's requirements, and decided to resume the registration of relevant U.S. beef companies in China. At the same time, for some U.S. beef companies that have been suspended from importing due to excessive drug residues, the Chinese side has provided the U.S. side with a solution path including rectification work requirements, and will conduct risk assessment of the U.S. side's rectification situation based on scientific principles, and send a technical team to the United States to conduct on-site inspections. The Chinese side will determine the next work measures based on the assessment results.
China attaches importance to Sino-US agricultural trade cooperation, welcomes high-quality American agricultural products to enter the Chinese market, and will maintain close communication with the U.S. side under the Sino-US economic and trade consultation mechanism to promote the proper resolution of the respective concerns of China and the United States.
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Beilun River Estuary (北仑河口) in Dongxing Town (东兴镇), Dongxing City (东兴市), Fangchenggang (防城港) City, Guangxi (广西), the sea glistens. On the constructed release platform, a chute extends directly into the sea. Accompanied by cheers, fish fry swim along the chute into the depths of the Beibu Gulf (北部湾).
On May 19th, the 2026 China-Vietnam Beibu Gulf (北部湾) Fisheries Resources Joint Stocking Activity was held here. The event was hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China (中国农业农村部), the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection of Vietnam (越南农业与环境部), and the People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区人民政府). At the site, 270 million fry and parent fish of seven species, including yellowfin seabream and red seabream, were released.
Fangchenggang (防城港) City is located at the southwesternmost end of China's mainland coastline, bordering the Beibu Gulf (北部湾) to the south and separated from Vietnam by a river. As an important water area of common concern to China and Vietnam, the Beibu Gulf (北部湾) is an important support for the production and life of coastal fishermen. In recent years, affected by factors such as changes in the marine environment and fishing pressure, some fishery resources in the Beibu Gulf (北部湾) are facing the need for restoration and conservation. Experts say that carrying out fishery resources stocking is of positive significance for supplementing marine biological resources, improving the marine ecological environment, and promoting the sustainable development of fisheries.
"Joint stocking is not simply putting fish fry into the sea." Zhang Dianchang (张殿昌), Director of the South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences (中国水产科学研究院南海水产研究所), introduced that before stocking, scientific demonstration should be done well, the resource status of the stocking sea area should be investigated, the ecological suitability of the stocking species should be evaluated, the source and health status of the fry should be checked, and the stocking volume should be determined; during the stocking process, appropriate tides, water depths, and sea conditions should be selected to maximize the survival rate of the fry after entering the sea; after stocking, scientific researchers use molecular genetics, in vitro markers and other technologies to dynamically track the *Penaeus chinensis*, black seabream and other seedlings to scientifically assess the population supplementation effect.
A good source of seedlings directly affects the stocking effect. At the Guangxi Fuqun Marine Seed Breeding Co., Ltd. (广西富群海水种苗繁殖有限公司) breeding base, fresh fish fry swim in the pool. "We cooperate with relevant scientific research institutes to carry out 'two inspections a day' on seedlings, strengthen virus vector detection, and the survival rate of seedlings has increased from 50% to 80%." Su Zhongxing (苏中兴), general manager of the company, introduced that in addition to some of the fish fry released this time, four batches of 80,000 high-quality *Ophiocephalus argus* fry have been shipped to Vietnam since the beginning of the year.
Zhang Dianchang (张殿昌) said that judging from past recapture situations, fish with stocking marks are mainly distributed along the coast of the Beibu Gulf (北部湾). There are collection records in the three coastal cities of Guangxi (广西) and the coastal waters of Vietnam. The farthest recapture information was also collected near Hai Hau District (海后县), Nam Dinh Province (南定省) in Vietnam, hundreds of kilometers away from Dongxing (东兴), "indicating that these sparid fish have a certain ability to migrate across borders, and also indicating that stocking has a supplementary effect on fishery resources on both sides of China and Vietnam."
After years of implementation, China-Vietnam joint stocking has achieved positive results in ecological, economic and cooperative exchanges.
Long-term monitoring shows that the biodiversity index of the Beibu Gulf (北部湾) has been stably maintained above 3, and the ecological health level has gradually increased from "sub-healthy" to "good/healthy." The catch of key species in the Beibu Gulf (北部湾) has increased by 10% year-on-year, directly driving an increase of more than 20% in the income of fishermen along the bay. Focusing on resource conservation and jointly building an ecological barrier, Guangxi (广西) has cumulatively released nearly 9.2 billion marine biological seedlings of various types into the Beibu Gulf (北部湾) waters in recent years, and constructed and released approximately 490,000 cubic meters of artificial reefs.
Ecological benefits are being transformed into tangible benefits for fishermen. "When the weather is good and the tide is right, we can often see yellowfin seabream, black seabream, and red seabream." Ye Fengzheng (叶凤政), a fisherman from Zhushan Village (竹山村), Dongxing Town (东兴镇), Dongxing City (东兴市), said that with more fish in the sea, he feels more at ease when going out to sea.
The China-Vietnam Beibu Gulf (北部湾) Fisheries Resources Joint Stocking Activity has become a model for fishery cooperation among countries around the South China Sea.
It is understood that since the signing of the "Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Stocking and Conservation of Fishery Resources in the Beibu Gulf (北部湾)" by China and Vietnam in 2017, nine joint stocking activities have been successfully held, and the Chinese side has cumulatively released more than 770 million aquatic seedlings of various types into the Beibu Gulf (北部湾). Relevant cooperation results have been written into the China-Vietnam joint communiqués or joint statements for many times.
"In the spirit of friendly cooperation, mutual benefit and win-win results, and jointly protecting the marine ecological environment of the Beibu Gulf (北部湾), relevant departments of Vietnam and China will continue to strengthen pragmatic and efficient cooperation in the fields of agriculture and fisheries, and guide relevant units of both sides to jointly implement various cooperation projects, especially the annual fishery resources stocking project." Nguyen Thi Hong (阮氏红), Consul General of Vietnam in Nanning (南宁), said that this cooperation will further enhance the traditional friendship between the people of the two countries and make positive contributions to regional sustainable development and common prosperity.
The relevant person in charge of the Fisheries and Fisheries Administration of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部渔业渔政管理局) introduced that in the next step, the two sides will promote consultations and speed up the signing of the "Cooperation Agreement on Sustainable Development of Fisheries in the China-Vietnam Beibu Gulf (北部湾)", continue to cooperate in carrying out joint stocking activities, and at the same time, strengthen cooperation between the maritime law enforcement departments of the two countries to promote cooperation and modernization in the entire fishery industry chain. China will also carry out joint stocking activities with South Korea and Russia this year to further deepen cooperation and responsibly conserve fishery resources in surrounding waters.
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Pinpointing the coordinates for managing the ocean, based on the characteristics of the coastline, sea conditions, and ecological base, with precise layout, bold innovation, and intensive cultivation, the blue ocean will reward us with a more abundant future.
Standing on the breakwater of the Hainan Changjiang Nuclear Power Base (海南昌江核电基地) and looking into the distance, continuous aquaculture cages sway in the blue sea. Getting closer by boat, you can see palm-sized shellfish seedlings attached to them. Who would have thought that this sea area has now become a fertile breeding ground for the national second-class protected animal, the white butterfly shell, nurturing precious Australian white pearls.
The harmonious coexistence of a hardcore industrial fortress and rare and endangered marine life, how did this harmonious picture come true? The answer lies in reconstructing the new logic of human-sea coexistence in accordance with local conditions.
Nuclear power operation and maintenance cannot avoid the practical problem of industrial waste heat disposal. Sending electricity to surrounding parks loses temperature during the process, causing waste; discharging it into the sea after treatment, the high temperature is prone to causing seawater eutrophication, which not only damages the marine ecology but also hides potential safety hazards for the unit's operation. Problems will not disappear out of thin air. Only by daring to face contradictions and solving problems can we find new opportunities.
Choosing white butterfly shell farming is an accurate grasp of natural laws. Filter-feeding shellfish do not require artificial feeding, which can reduce the risk of seawater eutrophication and has extremely high ecological and industrial value. Previously, some companies pursued extreme water quality and went to Sansha (三沙), Hainan (海南) for trial farming, but due to the lack of algae and insufficient natural bait in the sea area, the shellfish seedlings grew slowly and the quality was low. The sea area around the Changjiang (昌江) Nuclear Power Base (核电基地), however, has a stable water temperature of around 25 degrees Celsius all year round, with clean water, gentle currents, and abundant plankton, which perfectly matches the harsh growth environment required by white butterfly shells. Promoting the matching of marine endowments and industrial needs is the idea to solve the problem and the key to breaking the problem.
Today, white butterfly shells have settled in the sea, and idle industrial by-products have been transformed into the competitiveness of characteristic industries, and a new pattern of diversified win-win is accelerating. The symbiotic story of the nuclear power base and the white butterfly shell profoundly confirms that whether resource endowment is a shortcoming or an advantage depends on the position and goal. Breaking out of existing thinking and daring to venture and try, every endowment can be transformed into a solid foundation for high-quality development.
Looking at the Qiongzhou (琼州) land, this "new way of eating" that jumps out of the traditional path has already blossomed everywhere. "Relying on the sea to eat the sea" is no longer limited to the old three things of fishing, shipping, and tourism, and the value boundary of marine resources is constantly being broadened.
For example, polishing the green background, Lingshui (陵水) Clear Water Bay (清水湾) is not only a popular coastal check-in destination, but also built the first commercial submarine data center in the country. Compared with traditional land-based computer rooms, it uses deep-sea low-temperature seawater for natural cooling, which significantly improves energy efficiency and provides solid support for the development of the digital industry in the Free Trade Port.
For example, doing a good job in sharing, Sanya (三亚) Nanshan Port (南山港) has transformed from the port with the smallest throughput in the province to one of the busiest scientific research mother ports in the world. Open resources to national scientific research institutes, universities, and scientific research fleets, and the number of scientific research service voyages will increase to more than 2,100 in 2025, achieving a leapfrog growth.
In the past three years, the growth rate of Hainan's (海南) marine economy has remained among the highest in the country, which contains a simple truth: marine development cannot simply copy templates. Only by basing on its own resource endowment and closely following the actual development, and exploring and innovating in accordance with local conditions, can we continuously breed new momentum and unlock new tracks.
Looking beyond Hainan (海南), this development logic of breaking the old and establishing the new and transforming and upgrading has become a common choice for coastal areas to cultivate new quality productive forces.
Rongcheng (荣成), Shandong (山东), bid farewell to the old road of high-density nearshore aquaculture and sought benefits from the three-dimensional marine space, creating an ecological pasture model of "upper-layer algae, middle-layer shellfish abalone, and bottom-layer fish reefs," which not only increased output value but also restored ecology.
Yancheng (盐城), Jiangsu (江苏), relies on the surplus cold energy from the LNG gasification of Binhai Port (滨海港) to build a graded energy storage supply system. The "cold charging treasure" empowers the cold chain storage, cold water aquaculture, freeze-drying processing and other industrial chains, allowing idle energy to realize value re-creation.
Always maintain the pursuit of higher quality and more sustainable development methods, technology empowerment, ecological priority, and local materials... one "key" opens up new spaces for value creation and unlocks new paths for developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions.
The vast sea frontiers have different endowments; the blue land has its own characteristics. The "relying on the sea to eat the sea" in the new era is not a one-way demand from the sea, but a harmonious coexistence with the ocean and the realization of sustainable development. Pinpointing the coordinates for managing the ocean, based on the characteristics of the coastline, sea conditions, and ecological base, with precise layout, bold innovation, and intensive cultivation, the blue ocean will reward us with a more abundant future.
(The author is a reporter from the Hainan (海南) branch of this newspaper)
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Luxi County (芦溪县), Jiangxi Province, where one can personally shape porcelain blanks during the day and fall asleep to the sounds of insects at night, continues to release its cultural tourism appeal; Wuwei City (无为市), Anhui Province, where the badminton industry is moving from "solo efforts" to "gathering into chains" and "going overseas as a group"; Zhenlai County (镇赉县), Jilin Province, where growing茭白 (jiāo bái, water bamboo) has become a "good way to treat the soil," transforming saline-alkali land into a "gold and silver beach"...
Small counties are surging with great vitality. The county economy connects urban and rural areas and is an important foundation and cell of the national economy and social development. Localities must implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions and develop the county economy in accordance with local conditions in order to continuously achieve greater development.
Growing taller lies in highlighting characteristics and making good use of advantages.
Ningcheng County (宁城县), Inner Mongolia, is rich in bentonite resources. In the past, bentonite was mostly sold as raw materials, with meager profits. The local area seized the development opportunity of the "pet economy" and built a cat litter industry chain around the "soil" specialty, with products sold to more than 100 countries and regions.
Transforming the "attributes" of resources and forming the "characteristics" of industries, industrial chains grow out of the mountains, rivers, forests, and fields, creating unique development advantages and a solid foundation. This is why the county's outstanding performance in the national market has a solid support.
Growing taller lies in grasping opportunities and taking advantage of the momentum.
Linqü County (临朐县), Shandong Province, unifies the acquisition, processing, and sales of persimmons, establishes e-commerce platforms and cold storage, and creates cultural IP (intellectual property), turning persimmon specialties into brands; Tang County (唐县), Hebei Province, gives sheep electronic "ID cards," allowing traceability of information throughout their life cycle, establishing market trust, and increasing brand value.
From railways and highways weaving into a dense network, to digital infrastructure spreading "expressways," and then to optimizing policies to clear "nerve endings"... Institutional traction and resource sinking pave the way for the "upward" passage of industries, and various resource elements unite to form a joint force for high-quality development.
Small counties have a great future. The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposes "developing county economies with distinctive characteristics." To make county development more vibrant and answer this mandatory question well, we must follow the laws and go with the trend.
Looking at potential, a thousand counties have a thousand faces, and there is still new space for each to show its strengths; looking at location, county towns are a key link in urban-rural integration, and there is no shortage of opportunities for coordinated development; looking at the market, counties and townships are the "gathering places" of hundreds of millions of residents, and new demands for people's livelihoods can still exert traction.
How to focus on promoting the renewal of county development?
The foundation of county development lies in its endowment, and its potential energy comes from its characteristics. To avoid 千县一面 (qiān xiàn yī miàn - "a thousand counties, one face," lacking individuality), it is necessary to abandon homogeneous competition and find differentiated tracks based on resource, industrial, and cultural advantages. It is appropriate to engage in agriculture if suitable for agriculture, industry if suitable for industry, and commerce if suitable for commerce. Grasping the methodology of adapting to local conditions and continuously polishing the "characteristic business card" can allow small counties to break into new tracks and win big markets.
Differentiated development depends not only on revitalizing existing assets, but also on exploring incremental assets and making real efforts in innovation. "One county, one product" cannot fall into low-level expansion. Extending to intensive processing, expanding to cultural tourism integration, and leveraging the digital economy, improving upstream and downstream support, and enhancing the added value and risk resistance of industries can only move towards "new" and achieve "quality" in the long run.
Improving quality requires a lot of "embroidery work." The idleness of characteristic towns, the unfinished agricultural assistance projects, the "non-grainification" of cultivated land, and the "land grabbing and empty operation" of parks all warn us that county development must avoid campaign-style advances and rushing into action. Retaining innovative seedlings and cultivating the foundation for development depend on scientifically planning the "growth coordinates" for the county economy and implementing differentiated support policies. Both pursuing trends and riding the wind without falling behind, and laying a solid foundation and preparing the groundwork, can ensure that the development trend continues to move upward.
From the swaying seedlings in the fields to the rich rural charm in the alleys, the growth state of the county is simple and enthusiastic. Starting with "county revitalization" to stimulate the effectiveness of "overall activation" will surely achieve a vibrant and beautiful scene.
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With the deepening of market-oriented reforms, electricity prices in some regions have begun to fluctuate with supply and demand. In the electricity spot market, "negative electricity prices" even appear at certain times. Since the beginning of this year, Liaoning (辽宁) has experienced "negative electricity prices" for many periods. Previously, electricity prices in Sichuan (四川), Shandong (山东), Zhejiang (浙江), Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) and other places had also fallen below zero.
What does this new price signal of "negative electricity price" mean? How should we view it? Overall, this is a product of the high-proportion, large-scale grid connection of new energy sources against the background of actively promoting market-oriented electricity reforms.
In terms of installed capacity and power generation, China's new energy is gradually shifting from "supplementary energy" to "main energy." However, wind power and photovoltaics do not have the peak-shaving function of traditional thermal power, and the demand-side response mechanism needs to be improved. Supply and demand mismatches are inevitable in some periods and regions. Therefore, a more mature market mechanism is needed to promote its effective consumption and guide supply and demand to achieve dynamic balance with more sensitive price signals.
For the electricity market, the full entry of new energy into the market will bring more complex regulation problems and more diverse market impacts. Peak shaving and valley filling, and balancing supply and demand are no longer limited to the combination of new energy and thermal power, and the coordination of off-season and peak season. New business forms such as energy storage and virtual power plants must also be included in the overall consideration.
When "negative electricity prices" appear in the market, power plants are not the only option to shut down and reduce power generation or make up for losses through environmental benefits. Energy storage power stations can "buy the dip" and charge, and virtual power plants can also absorb electricity at low prices and release it during peak hours, multiplying the benefits of system regulation.
In a new type of power system with multi-source complementarity, the short-term "negative electricity price" not only reflects the immediate changes in supply and demand, but also highlights the importance of accelerating the cultivation of flexible power resources. Promoting supporting mechanism reforms around this price signal can promote various entities to improve efficiency and enhance vitality in competition.
It should also be noted that electricity is related to the national economy and the people's livelihood, and affects the whole body. Its market-oriented reform must be steadily promoted under the premise of stability and order. While maintaining price flexibility, establishing a reasonable monitoring and intervention mechanism can take into account both market vitality and people's livelihood and stability, and achieve the dual goals of stable energy supply and efficient resource allocation.
For "negative electricity prices," market risks should be effectively prevented. Currently, regions that allow "negative electricity prices" not only set price floors, but also often have relatively mature energy storage industries, demand response, and inter-regional transactions, and have more means to cope with price fluctuations. At the same time, this price reform does not involve residential electricity consumption, and the trading volume of electricity spot market generally accounts for less than 10%. Power plants generally lock in most of their profits through medium and long-term contracts, which will not cause excessive operating pressure.
To better cope with this challenge, the goal is not to eliminate "negative electricity prices," but to jointly promote the construction of a new energy system and a new power system, and achieve a higher level of dynamic supply and demand balance with a more reasonable layout and smoother mechanisms. For example, in areas rich in wind and solar resources, efforts should be increased to develop supporting industries such as energy storage, and reasonable settlement policies should be introduced to ensure power generation revenue. Major energy consumption areas can enhance system regulation capabilities and improve resource allocation levels by expanding intra-day trading and industrial peak-shifting production.
Energy green transformation and electricity price reform are mutually reinforcing and mutually promoting supporting projects. In this structural change, "negative electricity price," as an indicator light of the system operating state, is a manifestation of the market's self-regulation through price signals. Only by understanding market signals, deepening mechanism reforms, and improving response levels can we better grasp the pace of transformation and run every stage of high-quality development well.
Return to TopForests are reservoirs, treasuries, granaries, and carbon sinks, holding enormous development potential. The "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要) proposes to "develop the under-forest economy and strengthen the forestry and grass industry." Under-forest planting, under-forest breeding, forest landscape utilization... As of now, the national under-forest economy utilizes over 600 million mu of forest land, with an annual output value of over 1.3 trillion yuan, providing strong support for building a diversified food supply system, cultivating new rural industrial models and formats, and broadening farmers' income channels.
This is precisely:
The mountains wear emerald attire,
Treasures are hidden here.
Deeply cultivate the under-forest industry,
Green prosperity flourishes together.
Yuan Zhiwen (沅芷文)
Return to TopA Tea Leaf, Two Advantages
Tan Yazhu (谭雅竹)
Agricultural modernization cannot only remain in grand concepts, but must ultimately be reflected in the changes of fields, mountains, industries, and farmers.
In recent years, Xishuangbanna (西双版纳), Yunnan (云南) has continued to promote the construction of ecological tea gardens. According to statistics, the comprehensive output value of the tea industry reached 51.6 billion yuan in 2025, and 1,431,700 mu of ecological tea garden construction projects have passed the state-level acceptance. These figures show that traditional agriculture is not inherently inefficient. The key lies in whether resource advantages can be transformed into industrial advantages, and ecological value into economic value.
Agricultural modernization is first and foremost a "quality revolution." Good tea grows in good mountains and rivers, and a good ecological environment is itself a competitive advantage. By protecting mountains, forests, soil, water sources, and biodiversity, the quality of agricultural products will have a foundation, the brand will have support, and the market will have trust.
Agricultural modernization is also a restructuring of the industrial chain. Selling only raw materials makes it easy to be suppressed at the bottom of the industrial chain; guarding only resources makes it difficult to form a sustainable value-added industrial ecology. The development of tea, coffee, flowers, nuts and other industries needs to break out of the logic of raw materials and enter the logic of industry, brand and value.
Making good use of resources and industrial advantages to make agriculture an important carrier connecting ecological protection, industrial upgrading, cultural inheritance, and increased farmers' income, such agricultural modernization is rooted in the land, and farmers can see, touch, and benefit from it.
(Excerpted and edited from "Yunnan Daily (云南日报)," originally titled "Agricultural Modernization from a Tea Leaf")
First Stores and Old Stores: A Balance of Fast and Slow
Yang Jiong (杨炯)
For some time, many first catering stores have opened intensively in various places. While supporting the first stores to gain popularity and traffic, attention should also be paid to the old catering stores that have been rooted in the city's streets and alleys for many years.
Daily diet is not only about food, but also about life, culture and even social relations. People seek spatial familiarity and cultural belonging through daily food consumption. Familiar dishes, tastes, bosses, and diners make the old store constitute our familiar "life" and our "familiarity" with life. Therefore, restaurants are never just places to eat, but also carriers of memory and emotion.
First stores and old stores are certainly not mutually exclusive. Today's popular first stores may settle into old stores over time. The old stores that have survived today may have been a well-reputed first store in the past. The first store is in the limelight, with policy support and traffic support, which is a vivid footnote to the city's upward growth. At the same time, I hope people will not forget the old restaurants, and the old restaurants should also continue to innovate and shine while adhering to quality.
First stores 乘风破浪 (chéng fēng pò làng - "riding the wind and waves," to have great ambition and forge ahead), popular and out of the circle, old stores have a long-lasting atmosphere and stable operation, coexistence of new and old, and a balance of fast and slow, so that a city can have both trendy vitality and human fireworks.
(Excerpted and edited from "Xiamen Daily (厦门日报)," originally titled "First Stores Should Be Popular, Old Stores Should Not Be Neglected")
Return to TopBy: 李铁林
【Keywords】AI Job Replacement
【Event】Mr. Zhou, a supervisor in a company, was demoted and had his salary reduced because his "work could be replaced by AI (Artificial Intelligence)," and was later dismissed. Recently, the Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court concluded the second instance of this case, ruling that the company's actions were illegal and ordering it to pay the employee compensation of more than 260,000 yuan. Previously, a graphic designer's position was replaced by AI, and the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court also made a similar ruling. Judicial practice clarifies that technological iteration does not constitute a legitimate reason for adjusting employment, providing a useful reference for the protection of labor rights in the AI era.
【Commentary】
"The first jobs to be replaced by AI have already appeared," "Master these skills to stay competitive in the AI era"... With the rapid development and popularization of artificial intelligence, especially intelligent agent technology, similar discussions can often be seen on social media.
Such workplace anxiety is not unfounded. A report released by the World Economic Forum predicts that AI will replace approximately 92 million existing jobs by 2030. In addition, some companies collect employees' work habits and "distill" them into standardized skills that can be executed by AI, which has also caused considerable controversy.
Behind the social attention, there are governance issues that need to be taken seriously. It is understandable for companies to use AI to reduce costs and increase efficiency from a business perspective. However, pursuing efficiency does not mean that the legal bottom line can be broken, and healthy development must balance efficiency and fairness. Fair justice is the last line of defense for maintaining social fairness and justice, and the rule of law should play its due role in this regard.
The judgment of the case not only sought justice for the workers but also clarified the value orientation for the whole society: employers cannot arbitrarily infringe on the rights and interests of workers in the name of technological transformation and must bear the corresponding social responsibility.
It should also be noted that there is still much to be done to address the potential risks of AI development. From the perspective of governance effectiveness, solving problems only at the end of the chain is not efficient. For workers, relying solely on ex post remedies is too costly to protect their rights. Grasping the window of opportunity when signs appear and starting to establish a full-chain governance system is a must-answer question.
In the field of the rule of law, China already has a relatively complete legal system such as the Labor Law and the Labor Contract Law. It may be useful to fully explore existing legal resources and incorporate new situations into the scope of regulation through judicial interpretations, especially clarifying the burden of proof in the context of new technologies, so as to urge employers to fulfill their obligations such as negotiating job adjustments and providing training for job transfers with legal red lines.
To prevent problems before they occur, it is necessary to explore a sound normalized regulatory mechanism. Earlier this year, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源社会保障部) stated that it would accelerate the establishment of an AI employment impact monitoring, early warning, and response system. At the National People's Congress (全国人大会) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (中国人民政治协商会议) (Two Sessions), some representatives also suggested implementing ex ante assessments and process monitoring of companies' large-scale deployment of AI to replace human labor, with reference to the institutional logic of environmental impact assessments. There is no lack of models that can be used for effective supervision; the key is how to make regulatory measures operable, "have teeth," and be able to deter.
For ordinary job seekers, how to embrace the AI era is also a must-answer question. On the one hand, it is important to see that the expansion of knowledge reserves and the improvement of abilities and qualities are not a temporary need but a lifelong requirement. Avoiding 刻舟求剑 (kè zhōu qiú jiàn - "carve boat seek sword," acting foolishly; trying to solve new problems with outdated methods) is the only way to keep pace with the times. On the other hand, it is also necessary to pay attention to one's own rights, especially being more vigilant about the collection of personal information and intellectual property.
At a deeper level, in any wave of technological revolution and industrial change, how to ensure that the dividends of development benefit more people is an issue that society needs to face, and the AI era is no exception. History has repeatedly shown us that allowing the dividends to be shared by the majority is not a natural result of technological development but is closely related to scientific institutional design.
With high-performance governance as an important guarantee, promoting technology for good and benefiting the people, we will certainly be able to ensure that the value of people is respected and their potential is fully released.
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Return to TopBy: 金民卿
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has delivered a series of important discourses on establishing and practicing a correct view of performance. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Leading cadres at all levels should proceed from the mission and tasks of the Party, establish and practice a correct view of performance, and see whether their thoughts and actions have deviated from the lofty ideal of communism and the common ideal of socialism with Chinese characteristics, whether they have deviated from the fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly, whether they have deviated from the Party's line, principles, policies, and major decisions and deployments of the Central Committee, and whether they have deviated from the national conditions and the actual situation of their respective regions and departments. With the spiritual realm of 'achieving success does not necessarily require me, but achieving success definitely requires me,' we should single-mindedly promote Chinese-style modernization," emphasizing: "The issue of the view of performance is a fundamental issue, concerning the Party's commitment to serving the public and governing for the people. A correct view of performance requires us to adhere to starting from reality and acting according to the laws, and through scientific decision-making and hard work, create achievements that can withstand the test of practice and history, truly benefit the people, and be recognized by the masses. An incorrect view of performance, on the other hand, starts from the interests of individuals or small groups, is impetuous, eager for quick success and instant benefits, engages in formalism and falsehood, and acts blindly and recklessly, creating 'image projects' and 'performance projects,' leaving behind burdens and hidden dangers, and causing strong dissatisfaction among the people." General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important discourses profoundly reveal the intrinsic connection between a correct view of performance and the Party's political nature and ideals and beliefs, political stance and fundamental purpose, ideological line and work style, governing goals and governing effectiveness, and political mission and central tasks. They profoundly clarify the contemporary value, core connotation, and judgment criteria of a correct view of performance, as well as the important significance of establishing and practicing a correct view of performance, providing fundamental guidance for carrying out study and education on establishing and practicing a correct view of performance.
The issue of the view of performance is directly related to the Party's political nature and ideals and beliefs.
The issue of the view of performance directly reflects the understanding and adherence of leading cadres to the Party's political nature, ideals and beliefs, goals of struggle, and original aspiration and mission. To establish and practice a correct view of performance, we must first profoundly answer the key question of who I am and what I want to do from the source of thought, clarify the position and role of leading cadres in starting a business, and promote the transformation of the Party's political nature from theory to practice and the transformation of the Party's ideals and beliefs from concepts to reality.
The Communist Party is an advanced political party with special political attributes. When leading the creation of Communist Party organizations, Marx (马克思) and Engels (恩格斯) made it clear that the proletarian party armed with Marxism (马克思主义) has the essence of being advanced and pure. The Communist Party is composed of advanced elements who master scientific theories in thought and are at the forefront of practice in action. It must always adhere to Marxist guidance and always fight at the forefront of the human liberation movement. As a Marxist party, the Communist Party of China clearly stipulated at the beginning of its establishment that it was the "vanguard" of the Chinese working class. The Party Constitution clearly stipulates that "The Communist Party of China is the vanguard of the Chinese working class, and at the same time the vanguard of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation." Our Party has always led the people of all ethnic groups across the country in unremittingly striving to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and has always strengthened Party building with the spirit of self-revolution to ensure its own advancement and purity.
Firmly adhering to the theoretical belief in Marxism and the ideals and beliefs of communism is the fundamental requirement for maintaining the Party's political attributes and the fundamental symbol for testing whether the Party maintains its essence and true colors. From the day of its founding, the Communist Party has been an advanced political organization with firm ideals and beliefs, dedicated to fighting for the liberation of all mankind and the realization of communism. From the day of its establishment, the Communist Party of China has regarded believing in Marxism and communism as the foundation for its existence, adhered to and continuously developed Marxism, and unremittingly strived to realize communism. From the very beginning, our Party did not abstractly adhere to ideals and beliefs, but concretized ideals and beliefs into a process of struggle, based on China's specific national conditions to seek happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation. For more than 100 years, generations of Chinese Communists have always remained true to their original aspirations and kept their mission firmly in mind, adhered to the Party's ideals and beliefs and spiritual pursuits, and become firm believers and loyal practitioners of lofty ideals and common ideals, achieving one brilliant victory after another.
A correct view of performance vividly embodies the Party's advanced nature, fully demonstrates firm Marxist beliefs and communist ideals and beliefs, and highlights the role positioning and responsibility of leading cadres. A correct view of performance puts forward clear requirements for the theoretical beliefs and ideals and beliefs of leading cadres. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Party cadres must firmly establish the lofty ideal of communism, sincerely believe in Marxism, and unswervingly strive for socialism with Chinese characteristics, and adhere to the Party's basic theory, basic line, basic program, basic experience, and basic requirements without wavering." A correct view of performance requires leading cadres to have an accurate positioning of the question of "who I am," to keep in mind that they are outstanding representatives of the vanguard, to more profoundly understand the Party's innovative theories in thought, and to more actively walk at the forefront of practice in action.
The decisive factor in establishing and practicing a correct view of performance is Party spirit. Under the new historical conditions, to establish and practice a correct view of performance, it is necessary to arm our minds with the latest achievements in the Sinicization of Marxism in the new era, and transform the Party's innovative theories into the development practice of comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization. In real life, some leading cadres have serious selfish and distracting thoughts, only wanting to be officials but not wanting to do things, only wanting to seize power but not wanting to take responsibility, only wanting to shine but not wanting to contribute, only valuing obvious achievements but not valuing potential achievements, only valuing appearance but not valuing actual results, and only looking at the faces of higher-level leaders but not looking at the needs of grassroots masses; or holding a negative mentality of "doing more is more wrong, doing less is less wrong, and doing nothing is not wrong," pushing tasks up and down, shirking responsibility when encountering difficulties, and shifting the main responsibility to the grassroots in the name of "transmitting pressure layer by layer," only enjoying treatment without taking responsibility; or losing the due requirements of advancement and the spirit of historical initiative. These practices are incompatible with the requirements of a correct view of performance and are manifestations of impure Party spirit.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "As long as we firmly establish ideals and beliefs, firmly establish the will to struggle, and firmly establish perseverance and tenacity, we can be seen in ordinary times, stand up at critical moments, and dare to sacrifice ourselves in times of crisis. Every Party member can make contributions to the Party and the people in the great cause of national rejuvenation!" Leading cadres must follow the important requirements of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), firmly establish theoretical beliefs and ideals and beliefs, correct the source and consolidate the foundation in thought, resolutely eliminate various erroneous understandings, thoroughly eliminate various selfish and distracting thoughts, always maintain the Party's advanced nature and purity, safeguard the essence and true colors, firmly establish and faithfully practice a correct view of performance, and transform the Party's political nature and ideals and beliefs into the great practice of promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the nation.
The issue of the view of performance is directly related to the Party's political stance and fundamental purpose.
A correct view of performance, in the final analysis, reflects the Party's political stance and fundamental purpose, determines the nature and direction of performance, and tests the actual effectiveness of performance. To establish and practice a correct view of performance, we must take the spirit of "I will have no self, and live up to the people," regard serving the people and creating benefits for the people as the most important performance, and regard how many good and practical things have been done for the people as an important criterion for testing performance.
The position and purpose of Chinese Communists are clear and thorough. When Marx (马克思) and Engels (恩格斯) founded the Communist Party, they made it clear that Communists should firmly stand on the position of the proletariat and the interests of the broadest masses of the people, take the liberation of all mankind as the goal of struggle, and Communists have no special interests of their own other than the overall interests of the proletariat and all mankind. Chinese Marxists made it clear early on that they would "transform China and the world," and were committed to seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation. Our Party has made it clear that its fundamental purpose is to serve the people wholeheartedly. In order to fully implement the people's position and fundamental purpose, leading cadres must firmly establish the Marxist mass viewpoint, practice the Party's mass line in the new era, adhere to the people-centered governance concept, and implement the people-centered development thought.
A correct view of performance is the inevitable requirement and concrete embodiment of the Party's political stance and fundamental purpose. To firmly adhere to the people's position and practice the fundamental purpose, we must follow the essential requirements of serving the public and governing for the people, and regard creating benefits for the people as the greatest performance. Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in "Zhejiang Xin Yu (之江新语)": "The fundamental purpose of establishing performance is to seek benefits for the people. If a cadre establishes performance to leave a name for himself, erect a monument for himself, or seek an official position for himself, such a cadre will not be able to seek truth from facts, will not be responsible to the masses, and will not be able to concentrate on implementation." Leading cadres must keep in mind that our Party has no special interests of its own other than the interests of the country, the nation, and the people, and never represents the interests of any special interest groups, powerful groups, or privileged classes; creating performance is never for seeking personal gain but for creating benefits for the people, which is also the fundamental purpose and fundamental guarantee of our Party's long-term governance.
The Party's political stance and fundamental purpose inherently stipulate the relationship between the Party and the people, that is, the relationship between service and being served. Comrade Mao Zedong (毛泽东) pointed out during the revolutionary war period: "All our working cadres, regardless of their position, are servants of the people, and everything we do is to serve the people." Comrade Deng Xiaoping (邓小平) pointed out at the Eighth National Congress of the Party: "The party of the working class does not regard the masses of the people as its own tools, but consciously recognizes that it is a tool of the masses of the people in a specific historical period to complete specific historical tasks." Entering the new era, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Party cadres are all public servants of the people, and they should naturally seek their political affairs in their positions, be both honest and diligent, both clean and capable," emphasizing: "Party cadres must be public servants of the people, be loyal to the people, take the people's worries as their own worries, take the people's hardships as their own hardships, and serve the people wholeheartedly." The essential positioning of public servants of the people fundamentally clarifies the value position, functional role, and style requirements of leading cadres. Leading cadres must always keep in mind that they are public servants serving the people and must never appear "role alienation"; at any time, they must stand firmly on the thorough people's position, adhere to the value orientation of creating performance for the people, keep in mind that their power is given by the Party and the people, and is used to do things for the Party and the people, and create performance that satisfies the people in the practice of serving the people.
To establish and practice a correct view of performance, Party cadres must never deviate from the Party's political stance and fundamental purpose. In real life, individual leading cadres, in order to gain so-called "political resources," open up so-called "relationship channels," and obtain so-called "personal performance," do not hesitate to make friends with political brokers, willingly become prisoners of political swindlers, are coerced by certain special interest groups, "open green lights" for specific groups in a way that harms the interests of the masses, and alienate the power given by the people and used to create benefits for the people into a tool for "creating benefits for themselves" and seeking profits for a few people. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Public servants are responsible to the people, which is justified. This relationship cannot be reversed. Any Party member or cadre has only the responsibility and obligation to serve the people, and no power to be an official and be a master." This profoundly inspires us that we must take the people's support, approval, happiness, and agreement as the fundamental criteria for measuring the success or failure of all work, and truly achieve being an official for one term and creating benefits for one party.
The issue of the view of performance is directly related to the Party's ideological line and work style.
The view of performance is something at the level of ideological concepts, but it is by no means just an abstract concept, and it must be reflected in concrete practice, clarifying what kind of ideological methods, practical paths, and work styles to adhere to. Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in "Zhejiang Xin Yu (之江新语)": "The fundamental way to establish performance is to combine the immediate interests and long-term interests of the masses of the people, respect objective laws, act according to objective laws, and work in a down-to-earth manner." To establish and practice a correct view of performance, we must comprehensively implement the ideological line of seeking truth from facts and the work style of being pragmatic and realistic, follow the objective laws of the development of things, adhere to starting from reality in everything, and adhere to creating performance for the people and creating performance through hard work.
Seeking truth from facts is the essence of Marxism, and starting from reality in everything is the fundamental principle of the Marxist world outlook. One important aspect that distinguishes materialism from idealism is that it advocates that we must start from the objectively existing reality and not from subjective wishes. During the Yan'an Rectification Movement (延安整风), Comrade Mao Zedong (毛泽东), in the process of liquidating subjectivist errors, creatively combined the fundamental principle of the Marxist world outlook of starting from reality in everything with the idea of seeking truth from facts in China's excellent traditional culture, emphasizing that we must adhere to the combination of theory and practice, discover the laws of the development of things from the objectively existing reality, formulate correct lines, principles, and policies, and establish the ideological line of starting from reality in everything, combining theory and practice, seeking truth from facts, and testing and developing truth in practice. In the historical process of long-term revolution, construction, and reform, our Party has continuously enriched and developed this ideological line, and implemented it in the practice of serving the people, forming a fine tradition and work style of being pragmatic and realistic and grasping implementation.
A correct view of performance prominently embodies and comprehensively implements the Party's ideological line. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "A correct view of performance requires us to adhere to starting from reality and acting according to the laws, and through scientific decision-making and hard work, create achievements that can withstand the test of practice and history, truly benefit the people, and be recognized by the masses." This important discourse profoundly clarifies the ideological premise and fundamental path for the transformation of a correct view of performance from "concept" to "effectiveness." Adhering to starting from reality means that leading cadres must base their thinking, handling affairs, and making decisions on objectively existing facts, and cannot rely on subjective assumptions and book dogmas that deviate from reality; they must base themselves on their own conditions and actual possibilities, and cannot act blindly and recklessly, let alone want everything and do everything for the sake of performance, regardless of reality. Acting according to the laws means that people are required to act on the basis of correctly understanding objective reality and deeply grasping the laws of the development of things, and follow the inherent, essential, inevitable, and stable connections within things, and cannot be subjective, willful, arbitrary, or reckless.
To establish and practice a correct view of performance, leading cadres must closely grasp the "general direction" in line with the overall development of the Party and the country, and accurately find the "starting point" in line with the specific realities of their respective regions, departments, and fields; they must adhere to scientific ideological methods and a strong problem awareness, conduct in-depth research and study in the front line, make and implement scientific decisions that create benefits for the people, solve the practical contradictions faced by the development of the times and the practical problems that the people are most concerned about, and create practical results that meet both national strategic requirements and local needs. In real life, some leading cadres are eager for quick success and instant benefits, use power arbitrarily, make decisions that are divorced from the masses and divorced from reality, put forward big slogans and set high targets unrealistically, blindly develop and repeatedly construct in a way that wastes money and manpower, and create false performance and "digital performance" by deceiving the upper and lower levels, causing major losses to the cause of the Party and the country, which must be resolutely corrected and rectified.
Establishing and practicing a correct view of performance requires leading cadres to grasp the "big direction" closely around the overall situation of the development of the Party and the country, and to accurately identify the "starting point" closely around the specific realities of their own regions, departments, and fields. They must adhere to scientific thinking methods and a strong awareness of problems, conduct in-depth investigations and research at the front lines, make and implement scientific decisions that benefit the people, solve the practical contradictions faced by the development of the times and the practical problems that the people are most concerned about, and create achievements that meet both national strategic requirements and local needs. In real life, some leading cadres are eager for quick success and instant benefits, and use their power arbitrarily, making decisions that are divorced from the masses and reality. They unrealistically raise big slogans and set high targets, blindly develop and repeatedly construct projects that waste money and manpower, and deceive superiors and subordinates by producing false achievements and "numerical achievements," causing significant losses to the cause of the Party and the country. This must be resolutely corrected and rectified.
A correct view of performance requires that benefiting the people must adhere to the concept of achieving performance through solid work, and promote a work style of seeking truth and being pragmatic, and doing practical work. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Cadres who dare to take responsibility and act are not only a political character, but also a duty of being in politics." "We must practice the standards of good cadres in the new era, not be politically numb and muddle-headed officials, not be lazy officials who are full all day long and have nothing to do, not be mediocre officials who shirk responsibility and are not enterprising, and not be corrupt officials who abuse their power for personal gain and degenerate." This requires leading cadres to earnestly speak the truth, do practical things, dare to act, be brave to take responsibility, keep their word, and act decisively. They should solve contradictions and difficulties through real work, create achievements through solid work, and allow the people to have a more fulfilling, secure, and sustainable sense of gain, happiness, and security in the process of solving urgent, difficult, and concerning problems. Subjectively making decisions by "patting one's head," formalistically engaging in "window dressing" for implementation, bureaucratically only "obeying superiors" and not "seeking truth," and utilitarianly pursuing the short-term effects of "quick success and instant benefits" are all serious deviations from the requirements of a correct view of performance. Leading cadres must be vigilant and correct these erroneous thoughts and behaviors, promote the spirit of nailing nails, actively act, do practical work, strive for practical results, and truly create tangible achievements for the broad masses of the people, and effectively transform the correct view of performance from a scientific concept into practical results that benefit the people.
The issue of the view of performance is directly related to the Party's governing goals and effectiveness.
The fundamental starting point and foothold of a correct view of performance is undoubtedly the interests of the people. In real life, the interests of the people are specific and realistic, and there are different levels of distinction. There are short-term, local, and superficial interests, as well as long-term, overall, and fundamental interests. Our Party applies the basic principles of dialectical materialism to the view of performance and the view of interests, adheres to the organic combination of long-term strategy and current needs, and the combination of goal orientation and problem orientation. What we seek for the people is not only immediate interests, but also long-term interests; not only local interests, but also overall interests; not only superficial interests, but also fundamental interests.
Behind the issue of performance is the governing logic of political parties of different natures, reflecting whether governing is to serve specific classes, certain social groups, or the vast majority of the people, and whether it is to create short-term performance and superficial performance or to achieve long-term interests and fundamental interests. In the governing logic of Western political parties, political parties only represent a part of social members, especially the special interests of certain capital groups, rather than the fundamental and universal interests of the vast majority of the people. Their governing practice revolves around the election cycle, with the aim of winning the support of some social members and maintaining the party interests under the dominance of capital. The pursuit of performance in this governing logic often focuses on the display of short-term visible performance that is recognized within the governing cycle. During the election process, they focus on certain prominent current issues to declare their governing plans, attempting to win the support of capital consortia and some voters by creating policy results with immediate effects. It is impossible to establish long-term goals that serve the public interest, formulate strategic plans and policy decisions with long-term effects, and often seek short-term performance at the expense of the overall and long-term interests of the people. In short, short-termism, superficiality, locality, and falsity are the obvious characteristics of the governing party's view of performance under the framework of Western party politics.
The governing logic of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) is fundamentally different from this. The most fundamental basis for our Party's governance lies in the sincere support and firm support of the vast majority of the people. Our Party's governing position was achieved by uniting and leading the vast majority of the people through long-term unremitting revolutionary struggles and overthrowing the rule of the reactionary classes. The reason why our Party can govern for a long time is because of the trust and support of the people, and because of the persistent promotion of the spirit of self-revolution and strict governance of the Party. The goal of our Party's governance is to gradually realize and consolidate the fundamental interests of the people in the process of continuously solving the partial and short-term interests of the people, so as to realize the people's yearning for a better life. The Party's governing goal determines that the Party's governing effectiveness is not evaluated by leading cadres themselves or some beneficiary groups, nor can it be simply measured by development data, and it does not lie in whether it is formally or massively sensational, but whether it truly responds to the people's real concerns, whether it truly promotes social development and progress, and whether it realizes the fundamental interests of the people. It is precisely based on this governing logic that our Party not only buries itself in hard work but also focuses on the long term, and not only is committed to solving current problems but also does not lose its direction of progress. It can not only solve the most urgent problems that need to be solved by formulating and implementing relevant policies and measures, but also gradually realize the fundamental interests of the people by formulating and implementing long-term development plans.
Establishing and practicing a correct view of performance requires leading cadres to not only calm down and do the current work in a down-to-earth manner, do things that warm people's hearts, stabilize people's hearts, and win people's hearts, and effectively solve the practical problems that the people are most concerned about and need to solve most urgently; but also adhere to profound historical thinking and grand strategic thinking, firmly grasp the political determination of "not being afraid of floating clouds blocking our view," grasp the fundamentals, grasp the key, base ourselves on the overall situation and systematically plan, seek long-term, overall, and fundamental interests for the people, and create achievements that can stand the test of practice, the people, and history, rather than being limited to short-term performance, image performance, and superficial performance in a certain time and place. In reality, some leading cadres "emphasize the beginning and neglect the end," "emphasize the short and neglect the long," "emphasize the obvious and neglect the hidden," "emphasize the easy and neglect the difficult," and "emphasize the local and neglect the overall," only care about "immediate matters" and not "matters after death," putting the pursuit of recent effects first, exhausting resources and overdrafting the future for immediate interests, and even creating a dilemma of "the achievements of the predecessors and the burden of the successors." This practice of replacing long-term interests with short-term interests and replacing overall interests with local interests seems to have created "bright achievements," but in fact it damages the fundamental interests of the people, is incompatible with the requirements of a correct view of performance, seriously affects the Party's governing effectiveness, and endangers the Party's governing foundation, and must be resolutely corrected.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must not only do practical things that the people can see, touch, and benefit from, but also do good things that lay the foundation for future generations, benefit the long term, do both visible and invisible work, not care about personal fame, and pursue the good reputation of the people and the true evaluation after historical precipitation." Leading cadres must follow the important requirements of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), take realizing, safeguarding, and developing the fundamental interests of the vast majority of the people as the ultimate foothold, fully and accurately implement the new development concept, accelerate the construction of a new development pattern, focus on promoting high-quality development, truly let the people get the greatest benefits, let the people's lives get substantial improvement, let the people's rights and interests get effective protection, and let the people's long-term interests get fundamental guarantee.
The issue of the view of performance is directly related to the Party's political mission and central task.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Leading cadres at all levels must establish and practice a correct view of performance from the perspective of realizing the Party's mission and tasks." This important exposition profoundly clarifies the inherent connection between a correct view of performance and the Party's political mission and central task. Leading cadres must keep in mind that implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee is a political responsibility and a major political task that must be fulfilled, and truly achieve dedication to the Party and working diligently day and night, and turn the grand blueprint drawn by the Party Central Committee into a beautiful reality with tangible achievements.
From the day of its establishment, the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) has shouldered the major political mission entrusted by history and the people with a high degree of historical consciousness and strong historical initiative, and united and led the people to unremittingly struggle to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. For more than 100 years, our Party has determined the central task, made scientific decisions, and formulated and implemented major strategic deployments based on the main contradictions and real situations of our society in different periods, and has continuously achieved major victories, laying a solid foundation for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Entering the new era, the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has ushered in unprecedented bright prospects. At the same time, the main contradictions of our society have also changed. The new changes in the main social contradictions have given rise to new missions and tasks. The 20th National Congress of the Party made it clear that from now on, the central task of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) is to unite and lead the people of all ethnic groups across the country to comprehensively build a strong socialist modern country and realize the second centenary goal, and comprehensively promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization. In order to complete this major political task, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) as the core has concentrated the wisdom of the entire Party and the entire society to formulate major strategic plans and make major decisions and deployments. The "14th Five-Year Plan" (十五五) proposal reviewed and approved by the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Party made top-level design and strategic planning for economic and social development in the next five years. The Fourth Session of the 14th National People's Congress approved the "14th Five-Year Plan" (十五五) Outline. Leading cadres must fully implement the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee with a more resolute attitude and more powerful measures.
A correct view of performance is a view of performance that can strengthen Party spirit principles, embody the Party's will, and implement the Party's decisions, and is a view of performance that can form a political consensus with the Party's line, principles, and policies, and achieve the same frequency resonance with the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee. This requires leading cadres to strengthen political loyalty, strengthen Party spirit awareness, keep in mind that their first identity is a Communist Party member and their first responsibility is to work for the Party, always be loyal to the Party's organization and the Party's cause, and at all times maintain a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) as the core in thought, politics, and action; they must have a strong sense of political responsibility, continuously improve their political judgment, political understanding, and political execution, always pay attention to what the Party Central Committee is concerned about and what it emphasizes, and deeply understand what is the most important interest of the Party and the country and what is the position that needs to be firmly maintained.
Establishing and practicing a correct view of performance requires leading cadres to transform the political consciousness of implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee into concrete actions with a sense of responsibility of "always being worried" and the spirit of actively taking responsibility and acting. This requires solving the outstanding contradictions and problems existing within the Party and removing the major obstacles to implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Formalism and bureaucracy are the great enemies of realizing the Party's mission and tasks in the new era and on the new journey, and are a stubborn disease within the Party." Formalism and bureaucracy disregard or ignore political responsibility, specifically manifested as some leading cadres not taking responsibility or acting in the face of the Party's work, being numb and lax in the face of real problems, procrastinating for a long time without resolution, turning a blind eye to contradictions and difficulties, or going around them, leading to the difficulty in implementing the Party's line, principles, and policies, and the failure of the people's eager expectations. For these stubborn diseases, leading cadres must examine them from the height of politics, eradicate them from the depths of their minds, and deeply criticize and thoroughly correct them with a correct view of performance.
Currently, the key for leading cadres to establish and practice a correct view of performance lies in fully, deeply, and accurately understanding and grasping the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Party, resolutely and forcefully implementing the series of major strategic deployments formulated by the Party Central Committee, and undertaking and completing the series of key tasks deployed in the "14th Five-Year Plan" (十五五) Outline with an active and promising attitude and a pragmatic and solid work style. Deeply understand that the "14th Five-Year Plan" (十五五) period is a crucial period for laying the foundation and fully exerting efforts to basically realize socialist modernization. We must maintain strategic focus, carefully plan tactics, and integrate adherence to the Party's overall leadership, adherence to the people-centered approach, adherence to high-quality development, adherence to comprehensively deepening reform, adherence to combining an effective market and a capable government, and adherence to coordinating development and security into all aspects, all fields, and all links to ensure that economic and social development always maintains the correct direction. Closely focus on implementing the new development concept, promoting high-quality development, and accelerating the construction of a new development pattern, fully implement a series of major strategic deployments such as building a modern industrial system and developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, connect the national overall plan with local plans and special plans, and in actual work, both reflect the unity and integrity requirements of the Party and the country's work, and adapt to local conditions, times, and circumstances according to the actual situation of the region and field, to ensure that the major tasks proposed in the "14th Five-Year Plan" (十五五) Outline are effectively implemented and lay a more solid foundation for basically realizing socialist modernization. This is a major issue of right and wrong with major political significance and direct practical significance, and it is also a direct standard for testing whether leading cadres' Party spirit principles are pure, whether their political awareness is strong, and whether their view of performance is correct.
The view of performance is a fundamental issue concerning the Party's commitment to serving the public and governing for the people. Leading cadres must deeply study and understand General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on establishing and practicing a correct view of performance, fully implement the general requirements of "serving the public for the Party, benefiting the people, making scientific decisions, and doing practical work," always adhere to achieving performance for the people and achieving performance through solid work, and effectively implement the correct view of performance in practice, and create new historical achievements with new great struggles.
(The author is the Deputy Director of the Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院))
Return to TopBy: 红河日报记者 任源源 朱 薇
In Yunnan (云南), if you want to find a landmark of delicious food, Mengzi Rice Noodles (蒙自过桥米线) are definitely on the list.
At 6 a.m., rice noodle restaurants in the streets and alleys of Mengzi City (蒙自市), Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture (红河哈尼族彝族自治州), Yunnan (云南) Province, open one after another. Elderly people going to the early market, young people going to work, and students going to school walk into their regular rice noodle shops. A large bowl is placed on the table, surrounded by a dozen small dishes, with a dazzling array of meat and vegetables, creating the momentum of a "feast." A bowl of broth, with thin slices of pork tenderloin, fresh chrysanthemum, wild mushrooms, ham, fresh shrimp, etc., paired with smooth rice noodles, the taste spreads layer by layer on the tip of the tongue. This bowl of Mengzi Rice Noodles (蒙自过桥米线), known as "golden soup and silver threads," is not only a meal but also a cultural symbol carrying history and warmth.
In 2014, the making technique of Mengzi Rice Noodles (蒙自过桥米线) was selected into the fourth batch of the national intangible cultural heritage representative project list. Upholding the ancient craftsmanship, this bowl of rice noodles has blazed a trail from street stoves to the world's dining tables.
In the past, relying on the hands of experienced masters, only a few hundred kilograms of rice noodles could be made a day, and the quality was unstable. Now, intelligent temperature control systems monitor the soaking water temperature, and numerical control grinders manage the fineness of the rice slurry. The flour yield per hundred kilograms of rice exceeds 92%, and the product qualification rate reaches 99.5%. After more than 10 processes such as soaking, grinding, fermenting, and pressing, fresh rice noodles can be delivered to more than 1,500 restaurants in and around Mengzi (蒙自).
The cluster development model has accelerated the development of the Mengzi (蒙自) rice noodle industry. In the past, rice noodle workshops that were scattered everywhere have formed two major production clusters in the east and west. In the western area, several rice noodle and rice roll production entities have formed a large-scale production base with a daily output of 150 tons, realizing the transformation from workshop-style processing to standardized production. In the eastern area, a local company has developed fresh-keeping rice noodles that can be stored at room temperature for 6 months and can be eaten after only a few minutes of brewing with boiling water, filling the market gap for pre-packaged fresh and wet rice noodle products in Mengzi (蒙自), and has also become a long-term supplier for many chain supermarkets.
This is just the rice noodles themselves. The soup is the soul of the Rice Noodles.
In Mengzi (蒙自), there is a particular way to make the soup: old hen and pork bones are simmered over low heat for more than 6 hours, resulting in a clear soup with a mellow and fresh taste. But how to transport the soup when going out? Li Fei (李飞), the person in charge of a local Rice Noodles restaurant, thought of a central kitchen and cold chain: the soup base is uniformly prepared in the central kitchen, flash-frozen to lock in freshness, and sent to the whole country in refrigerated trucks. Wherever the store opens, the soup follows, and it is thawed, heated, and served on the table on the same day, so that customers can taste the same flavor as the old store in Mengzi (蒙自).
The finishing touch of the Rice Noodles is those few petals of yellow chrysanthemum. Mengzi (蒙自) has a flower company specializing in planting "this fresh taste," following the path of "company + base + cooperative + farmer." The scale of chrysanthemum planting has expanded from a few acres to hundreds of acres, producing more than 6,000 chrysanthemums every day, not only ensuring local supply but also distributing them to all parts of the country, with an annual output value exceeding 3 million yuan, driving employment for more than 100 people locally.
With flowers, soup, and rice noodles, the people of Mengzi (蒙自) wondered: how to let more people eat this bowl of rice noodles?
Mengzi (蒙自) thought of the method of "brand authorization and promotion." Led by the Characteristic Industry Development Center, they set standards, conduct training, and manage the source - how to make the soup, how to match the ingredients, and how to arrange the bowl, there is a clear process for everything. Shops that obtain authorization have a unified logo on the door, so customers know what to expect at a glance. As of now, the number of authorized Mengzi Rice Noodles (蒙自过桥米线) stores has reached 1,052, of which 8 are opened overseas.
Today, in addition to maintaining the old taste, Mengzi Rice Noodles (蒙自过桥米线) has derived distinctive flavors such as chrysanthemum, lotus, chicken floss egg drop, and dendrobium in the local area, and has also innovated hundreds of varieties such as small pot, pot, and casserole. From the intelligent production of one kilogram of rice noodles to the standardized planting of one chrysanthemum, the cold chain transportation of one bowl of soup, and the global authorization of one brand - the people of Mengzi (蒙自) have turned a street snack into an industry with an annual output value of 4.5 billion yuan. 28 rice noodle production entities, more than 3,000 business entities, and more than 30,000 employees in the city... A single rice noodle string together the entire chain from the field to the table.
This bowl of rice noodles carries inheritance and the innovative spirit of the people of Mengzi (蒙自). This bowl of "golden soup and silver threads" is no longer just a delicacy, but also a cultural business card with warmth and resilience that Mengzi (蒙自) hands to the world.
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A netizen from Henan Province ran all over the farmers' markets and time-honored brands, purchasing more than 20 kinds of local specialties to send to Sichuan Province; subsequently, the local specialties sent by a netizen from Sichuan filled the living room of the Henan netizen's home. Ningxia Tan sheep "flew" to all parts of the country, in exchange for Jiangsu hairy crabs, Heilongjiang rice, Shaanxi kiwis... In recent years, stories of exchanging good things from hometowns have frequently appeared online. What exactly are people exchanging when they exchange local specialties?
In this interaction, express packages not only carry local flavors, but also carry sincere goodwill from afar. A Guangxi netizen believes that exchanging local specialties seems to be exchanging things, but it is actually exchanging hearts and stories. Along with the handwritten cards, tutorial videos, and "after-sales service"-style care that arrive with the packages, there is also an effort to spare no effort in promoting local customs.
Exchanging local specialties is also an extension of the Chinese people's local sentiments and the concept of "reciprocity" in the digital age. For those who are wandering outside, taste often carries deep homesickness, and a local specialty is a heartfelt letter from home. In the past, a handful of green vegetables and a few pieces of pastries between neighbors were never about commodity value, but a warm concern. Today, this human touch crosses thousands of mountains and rivers along the Internet cable, allowing strangers to form "Internet relatives" and giving homesickness a richer expression.
From food to intangible cultural heritage and cultural creations, from individuals to agricultural e-commerce and local cultural tourism, every participant in the exchange of local specialties can be a "hometown promotion officer." A netizen from Inner Mongolia received Shanxi auspicious beast steamed buns and exclaimed that they were "worthy of being works of art"; Jilin exchanged local characteristic cultural and tourism refrigerator magnets for refrigerator magnets brought by foreign tourists; a post-00s village worker in Hubei (湖北) and his "partner" helped rural development by exchanging local specialties... Each specialty is a vivid business card that condenses the local customs and culture, making people full of curiosity and yearning for the distance. From one exchange to a rush, the exchange of local specialties is forming a new way of thinking for cultural tourism development.
Of course, how to make the process of exchanging local specialties more credible and sustainable requires the joint care of all parties. Individuals should not forget to add a bit of rationality when participating enthusiastically; relevant platforms may wish to introduce a credit evaluation and guarantee system to provide a safety net for warmth; rules also need to be followed up in a timely manner to clarify the boundaries of rights and responsibilities and to protect trust. In addition, we should also be wary of warmth being alienated by marketing routines and protect the sincerity and enthusiasm of promoting our hometown.
May every exchange of local specialties be not only a journey of taste buds, but also an accumulation of trust and a connection of hearts.
Return to TopTianjin "Good Housing" Design Competition Held
Tianjin Daily Tianjin, May 20th (Reporter Chen Fan (陈璠)) The 2026 Tianjin (天津) "Good Housing" Design Competition was officially launched recently. The competition is open to design company employees and university students, with two directions: new commercial housing and existing housing renovation.
Participants should conduct in-depth research on the problems in current residential construction and use, and propose targeted solutions through refined design based on the needs and characteristics of self-selected customer groups, to create a livable, convenient, warm, and age-appropriate living environment.
Qinghai Issues Construction Standards for Acute High Altitude Sickness Treatment Centers
Qinghai Daily Xining, May 20th (Reporter Guo Liang (郭靓)) Qinghai Province (青海省) recently released the country's first construction standards for acute high altitude sickness treatment centers, which will provide a model for the prevention and treatment of acute high altitude sickness in plateau areas across the country. The standards establish a four-level ladder-style treatment network for acute high altitude sickness, from grassroots treatment stations to primary, secondary, and tertiary treatment centers, establishing a standardized treatment work system with hierarchical diagnosis and treatment, upper and lower linkage, rapid response, and efficient on-site handling.
2026 Yangtze River Delta Green Waters and Green Mountains Games Launched
Anhui Daily Hefei, May 20th (Reporter Li Danqing (李丹青)) The 2026 Yangtze River Delta (长三角) Green Waters and Green Mountains Games was officially launched recently.
The Games will be held in Huangshan City (黄山市), Anhui (安徽) and Huzhou City (湖州市), Zhejiang (浙江) from May to June, with the theme of "One River Connects Two Mountains, Green Future Together." Focusing on the two major series of "Green Waters" and "Green Mountains," the Games will create three major themes: "Mountain Cycling," "Water Paddling," and "Forest Running," with a total of 7 sub-events, covering various outdoor sports such as paddle boarding, dragon boating, hiking, health running, and mountain biking, and is expected to attract more than 10,000 athletes.
Beijing "Jingcai Recycling" Mini Program Launched
Beijing Daily Beijing, May 20th (Reporter Zhang Nan (张楠)) The "Jingcai Recycling" (京彩回收) mini program has recently been launched on WeChat and the "Jingtong" platform, providing Beijing (北京) citizens with a unified online appointment recycling service throughout the city.
The mini program can display nearby smart recycling machines based on the user's current location, and users can make online appointments for recyclable material delivery, bulky waste recycling, and construction waste removal.
The 9th Dabie Mountain College Student Micro-Film Festival Awards Ceremony Held in Xinyang, Henan
Henan Daily Xinyang, May 20th (Reporter Liu Hongbing (刘宏冰)) The awards ceremony for the 9th Dabie Mountain (大别山) College Student Micro-Film Festival was held recently at Xinyang Normal University (信阳师范大学).
This year's Micro-Film Festival has eight thematic units, including feature films, documentaries, and animated films, which cover the mainstream forms of film and television art and echo the unique regional cultural characteristics of the Dabie Mountains.
"Atlas of Key Protected Wild Plants in Shaanxi Province" Published and Distributed
Shaanxi Daily Xi'an, May 20th (Reporter Li Xinze (李欣泽)) The "Atlas of Key Protected Wild Plants in Shaanxi Province" (陕西省) , co-edited by Qinling National Botanical Garden (秦岭国家植物园) and Shaanxi Provincial Forestry Bureau (陕西省林业局), was recently published and distributed by Shaanxi Science and Technology Press.
The book includes 104 species and infraspecific taxa (5 species of lycophytes, 5 species and 2 varieties of gymnosperms, 81 species, 1 subspecies, and 10 varieties of angiosperms) belonging to 62 genera in 35 families of national key protected wild plants distributed in Shaanxi Province. It is both professional and popular, providing reference for professionals and meeting the reading needs of the majority of plant enthusiasts.
Return to TopBy: 新华社记者 朱 涵 魏玉坤
On May 16th, the National Pilot Test Base for Artificial Intelligence Applications (Embodied Intelligence) was inaugurated in Hangzhou (杭州市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), providing robots with a national-level vocational skills training ground.
Embodied intelligence is an important development direction for artificial intelligence to move from virtuality to reality, and is rapidly moving from the laboratory to a new stage of application scenarios. The pilot test base is an important component and carrier of the national "Artificial Intelligence+" strategic deployment.
Integrating into daily life to create a "model room" for future life and production—
"I'm here to serve you!" Walking into the exhibition hall of the National Pilot Test Base for Artificial Intelligence Applications, the robot "barista" delivered coffee to the dining table, prompting visitors to exclaim: "Science fiction has become reality!"
From catering services, unmanned supermarkets, competition performances, to power巡检, fruit picking, and underground operations... In more than 30 application-oriented vocational skill training scenarios, more than 130 "robot employees" perform their respective duties in an orderly manner. It is understood that the pilot test base has created a comprehensive display and application promotion platform integrating scenario experience, technology display, research and development cooperation, and industrial empowerment. It not only displays commercial application scenarios that have been developed and implemented, but also displays data collection and skill training processes, guiding embodied intelligence technology to further move from the laboratory to real-world social applications.
In-depth cooperation to create a complete industrial ecosystem—
China's advantages in robot technology and the industrial chain are mainly presented in a "point-like" manner. Some companies have shown obvious advantages in robot motion control and intelligent manipulator production and manufacturing.
Li Xingteng (李兴腾), Deputy General Manager of Hangzhou Embodied Intelligence Pilot Test Base Technology Co., Ltd. (杭州具身智能中试基地科技有限公司), the construction and operation party of the National Pilot Test Base for Artificial Intelligence Applications, said that the pilot test base hopes to build a platform to cooperate deeply with robot companies and upstream and downstream companies in the industrial chain, and further transform "point-like" advantages into industrial chain advantages. The pilot test base will be committed to building a public technology service platform with computing power保障, data opening, model services, and scenario verification as key elements, constructing a complete industrial ecosystem from computing power, chips to the main body, model research and development, and application scenario development, forming the ability to link the whole country and empower various upstream and downstream entities.
(According to Xinhua News Agency (新华社))
Return to TopBy: 新华社记者 胡虎虎摄影报道
In a small courtyard in Kalayagach Village (喀拉亚尕奇村), Kalayagach Township (喀拉亚尕奇乡), Yining County (伊宁县), Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture (伊犁哈萨克自治州), Xinjiang (新疆), several long tables and benches are arranged. Village and township cadres and villager representatives sit around, drinking milk tea and chatting casually. Everyone speaks freely, talking about village affairs. This scene is a vivid portrayal of the "Ili People's Milk Tea Meeting" in Kalayagach Village (喀拉亚尕奇村).
The "Ili People's Milk Tea Meeting" is a grassroots consultative platform unique to Ili (伊犁). Using milk tea, a local favorite, as a bond, it sets up consultative scenarios in farmers' courtyards to publicize policies, collect public opinion, and discuss common problems. The village regularly carries out deliberative activities, closely focusing on different monthly themes to enrich rural spiritual and cultural life. According to statistics from the Organization Department of the Yining County (伊宁县委组织部) Party Committee, Yining County (伊宁县) has continued to add "Ili People's Milk Tea Meeting" deliberation points, achieving full coverage of administrative villages and communities. Since the beginning of this year, more than 800 deliberation activities have been carried out throughout the county, resolving more than 1,000 difficulties and demands from the masses.
Return to TopBy: 吉林日报记者 徐慕旗
From an altitude of 500,000 meters, over a hundred "Jilin-1 (吉林一号)" satellites are transmitting massive amounts of remote sensing data back to Earth. After the data is converted into high-definition images, a portion of it is transferred to the computer of Xu Guigui (徐贵贵), a remote sensing application engineer. The computer monitor is covered with clear ground images. Xu Guigui (徐贵贵) points to a dark, irregular area and says, "This is very likely the black, malodorous water body we are looking for."
The Changchun (长春) City Ecology and Environment Department in Jilin (吉林) Province is cooperating with Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co., Ltd. (长光卫星技术股份有限公司) to carry out a large-scale investigation to find the locations of black, malodorous water bodies in the city. Based on years of monitoring experience from multiple projects, the "Jilin-1 (吉林一号)" data development team has incorporated ground methods such as sample collection and spectral measurements to build an integrated sky-ground monitoring model, with a reported accuracy rate of over 90%.
Relying on the steadily growing "Jilin-1 (吉林一号)" satellite project, massive amounts of remote sensing data are empowering the development of more and more industries. Currently, Chang Guang Satellite (长光卫星) has carried out more than 150 precise services in 14 fields such as agriculture, forestry, and electric power, and has provided high-quality remote sensing information services to more than 170 countries and regions. At the same time, the remote sensing images of the "Jilin-1 (吉林一号)" satellite have been opened to the public, and ordinary people can also easily obtain and explore its diverse value. Click on the "Jilin-1 Network (吉林一号网)" remote sensing mall, and the page displays the prices, parameters, and delivery standards of the full range of satellite remote sensing data. Submit a request, pay online, and in as little as 5 minutes, you can download 0.5-meter resolution remote sensing data.
Return to TopBy: 邱 茜 甘军亮 黎精华
Recently, the atrium of the Baiqiao Service Area (柏桥服务区) west district service building on the Baomao Expressway (包茂高速) in Maoming City (茂名市), Guangdong (广东) was filled with elegant charm. The "Ink Sparks, Love in Baiqiao" calligraphy and painting cultural event kicked off amidst the fragrance of lychees and ink. A nearly 20-meter-long scroll was slowly unfurled, and more than 10 famous calligraphers and painters joined hands with expressway service area staff to wield their brushes. After the long scroll creation concluded, the calligraphers also spontaneously created calligraphy works and inscribed fan paintings for passing tourists on the spot.
"I didn't expect the service area to have such a strong cultural atmosphere. Receiving a fan painting inscribed by a calligrapher on the spot is very memorable," said a tourist from Zhanjiang City (湛江市), Guangdong (广东).
The parent-child interaction area next to it was also very popular, with the intangible cultural heritage rubbing project attracting many families to participate. "Auspicious, joyful," and other words vividly appeared on bookmarks. The National Famous Calligraphers and Painters Miniature Exhibition, which opened simultaneously, featured 50 exquisite pieces displayed in the corridor of the service area's west district, presenting a cultural feast for tourists. The exhibition will continue for two months at the Baiqiao Service Area (柏桥服务区), adopting an "online + offline" linkage model throughout, to create an immersive and elegant experience of appreciating paintings and savoring ink for passing travelers.
Return to TopBy: 湖北日报记者 彭 磊
At the Kangyang Center in Xialu District (下陆区), Huangshi City (黄石市), Hubei Province (湖北省), Hu Yuqian (胡玉茜), a post-95s manager, demolished the courtyard walls three years ago, integrating the welfare home into the community. Now, more than 100 elderly people from the Kangyang Center stroll in the community and drink tea in the market's teahouses, gradually integrating into community life.
To break the management and operation bottlenecks of traditional community elderly care services, Xialu District (下陆区) sent people to Wuhan (武汉), Hubei Province (湖北省), Chengdu (成都), Sichuan Province (四川省), Suzhou (苏州), Jiangsu Province (江苏省), and other places to learn from their experiences. In Shengli Community (胜利社区), the government funded the renovation of the original district welfare home and introduced social forces to operate it, providing more professional and scientific services for the elderly.
Hu Yuqian's (胡玉茜) connection with the elderly care industry began in 2023. The first time she walked into the welfare home, Hu Yuqian (胡玉茜) was deeply touched. In this welfare home, elderly people in wheelchairs often spent their time bored. Hu Yuqian (胡玉茜) had a bold idea: to tear down the walls of the welfare home. This idea 不谋而合 (bù móu ér hé - "happen to coincide," to agree without prior consultation) with the Xialu District (下陆区) government's efforts to build a "15-minute elderly care service circle."
With the support of the government, the Kangyang Center project was listed as a key elderly care complex to be built in Xialu District (下陆区). Relying on Shengli Community (胜利社区), the local area improved the supporting service facilities around the Kangyang Center, such as the University for the Elderly, rehabilitation center, and skills training school. It also created a "retro-style street suitable for the elderly" - Shengli Lane (胜利巷), complete with teahouses, post offices, age-friendly product stores, and pharmacies. In 2024, the Xialu District (下陆区) Kangyang Center was built and put into operation.
Return to TopBy: 本报通讯员 吴忠民
"The fresh and sweet Tangqi Baisha loquat is almost sold out, place your orders now!" "This Anji white tea is fresh and sweet, tea lovers should not miss it!"...
Recently, 31 outstanding "new farmers" from 11 prefecture-level cities in Zhejiang gathered at Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University (浙江农林大学) to participate in the fierce competition of the agricultural product broker event of the 2026 Zhejiang Agricultural Industry Vocational Skills Competition. The average age of these contestants is 37.4 years old, they have been engaged in agricultural related work for nearly 10 years, and more than 70% of the contestants have a bachelor's degree or above.
This year, the agricultural product broker event was included in Zhejiang's provincial vocational skills competition for the first time. At the same time, this event made its debut on the stage of the National Agricultural Industry Vocational Skills Competition.
The final is divided into a theoretical examination and practical skills operation, in which the practical operation score accounts for as high as 80%. "The competition venue is equipped with various professional testing tools to help us accurately judge the quality of agricultural products from appearance, color, freshness, etc." Contestant Fu Kaili (傅凯莉) said that during the preparation period, in order to cope with the competition assessment, she took the initiative to delve into various agricultural product industry standards, which not only accumulated rich professional knowledge, but also substantially improved her practical skills and comprehensive judgment ability.
Tong Liwen (童李文), Deputy Director of the Rural Industry and Market Information Department of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (浙江省农业农村厅), introduced that with the increasingly rich supply of high-quality agricultural products in Zhejiang, the market's demand for professional brokers is becoming more and more urgent. "We hope to discover a group of comprehensive talents who understand the market, are good at management, and can promote through the competition, and create a professional agricultural product broker team." Tong Liwen (童李文) said.
Return to TopBy: 本报通讯员 朱凤玲
In Dongyonggu Village (东永固村), Miaotai Township (庙台乡), Huinong District (惠农区), Shizuishan City (石嘴山市), Ningxia (宁夏), the wolfberry trees are lush green, tourists gather in small groups, and the young members of study tour groups engage in lively discussions.
How did this century-old village gain such vitality? The villagers exclaim, "It's all thanks to those young people who came here."
To stimulate the development vitality of the ancient village, in 2023, Zhang Jian (张健), the Party Branch Secretary of Dongyonggu Village (东永固村), widely recruited college students to help with rural construction, with no restrictions on major or region, attracting "fresh blood" for rural development.
Guo Wendi (郭文迪), Ma Tiantian (马甜甜), Hui Siyi (惠思怡), and other eight post-00s college students came here one after another, rooted themselves in the countryside, like seeds, taking root in the fields of Dongyonggu Village (东永固村).
In order to explore new paths for rural development, in 2024, Zhang Jian (张健) led this youth team to Lujia Village (鲁家村) in Anji County (安吉县), Zhejiang (浙江) to learn about the experience of whole-village operation. After returning, the young people, based on the village's leading thousand-mu wolfberry industry, gave full play to their professional strengths and cooperated with each other. Du Guohong (杜国红), who majored in design, used local materials, such as straw, old wood, and wolfberry branches, to transform the ecological restaurant; Guo Wendi (郭文迪), who is good at new media technology, promoted rural scenery and characteristic industries through short videos and live broadcasts; Hui Siyi's (惠思怡) team focused on the research and development of study tour courses, polishing 45 sets of customized courses to meet the needs of different study tour teams.
Youth empowerment transforms the ancient village. In 2024, Dongyonggu Village (东永固村) received more than 1,000 study tour tourists, and in 2025, the number of study tour receptions exceeded 10,000, and it is expected to reach 30,000 this year.
"Rural revitalization provides a broad stage for young people. Here, there is no 大材小用 (dà cái xiǎo yòng - "using a large talent for a small job," a waste of talent), only great potential," said Zhang Jian (张健).
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By: 本报记者 刘以晴 沈文敏 李凯旋
Purchasing co-branded merchandise for events, enjoying exclusive discounts with tickets, experiencing sports-related cultural and tourism projects... Diverse and vibrant sports events are continuously stimulating consumption vitality. The "Opinions on Releasing the Potential of Sports Consumption and Further Promoting the High-Quality Development of the Sports Industry," issued by the General Office of the State Council, proposes to carry out joint business, tourism, culture, sports, and health activities, promoting integrated planning and implementation of competitions, exhibitions, festivals, and tourism to enrich industrial formats. Jilin City (吉林市) in Jilin Province (吉林省), Shanghai (上海), Chengdu (成都市) in Sichuan Province (四川省), and other places are using various sports events as a starting point to continuously boost consumption, promote industrial integration, and help upgrade urban consumption.
——Editor
Jilin City (吉林市), Jilin Province (吉林省)——
Enthusiasm for Watching Games Stimulates Cultural and Tourism Consumption
The whistle blows, the game begins! Stepping into the Jilin City (吉林市) Gymnasium in Jilin Province (吉林省), athletes can be seen skating on ice blades, passing the ball skillfully, and shooting into the net at the right moment. From the spectator stands, cheers rise and fall. This is the scene of the 2026 Jilin City (吉林市) "Rime Cup" Ice Hockey Super League (hereinafter referred to as "Ice Super"), where the Changyi District (昌邑区) team and the Chuanying District (船营区) team are competing for league points. This year's "Ice Super" is hosted by the Jilin City (吉林市) Sports Federation and attracts teams from 9 counties (cities, districts) to participate. The event runs throughout the year, with many ice hockey enthusiasts competing on the same field.
Outside the gymnasium is a distinctive market. Non-heritage handicrafts, agricultural products, and other items attract spectators and tourists to stop and browse. "Try the local specialties, it's really pleasant." Carrying freshly bought fried fish, Xia Guang (夏光), a tourist from Harbin (哈尔滨市), Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省), said. After watching the game, what else to do? Xia Guang (夏光) had already made plans. The day after the game, Xia Guang's (夏光) family came to Songhua Lake (松花湖) Dadong Square (大东广场) in Jilin City (吉林市), where the Songhua Lake (松花湖) Fish Feast was being held, with various types of fish being cooked on-site and a live fish sales area. After waiting in line for a while, Xia Guang (夏光) bought hot stewed fish and paired it with a bowl of rice. "After eating and drinking, we'll go hiking and enjoy the scenery. We can't just watch the game, we have to exercise ourselves."
Integrating sports events into cultural and tourism development, the Jilin City (吉林市) cultural and tourism department launched the "Follow Ice Hockey to Tour Jilin" tourism route, connecting ice hockey events with Songhua Lake (松花湖), the Jilin City (吉林市) Museum, and other attractions. "Recently, we have also launched more than 20 routes, including gourmet cultural tourism IP and pet-themed routes, incorporating the Jilin (吉林) Astronomical Museum and other attractions," said Li Jin (李金), director of the Market Promotion Department of the Jilin City (吉林市) Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau. "We hope to meet the tourism needs of different tourists through a variety of tourism experience routes."
"Recent tour groups include guests from the Northeast, as well as from Jiangsu (江苏), Anhui (安徽), and other places. Many tourists are very interested in the 'Ice Super' and hope to add watching the games to their itinerary. Some tourists even come specifically for the ice hockey games," said Li Jingxue (李晶雪), general manager of Jilin City (吉林市) Feiyang Travel Agency. Since the opening on February 13, the "Ice Super" has held many games, with a cumulative online and offline viewership of over 20 million. The popularity of the event has further promoted cultural and tourism development. During the "May Day" holiday, Jilin City (吉林市) received a cumulative total of 3,851,300 domestic tourists, an increase of 11.97% year-on-year; the total spending of domestic tourists was 3.275 billion yuan, an increase of 12.27% year-on-year. "In the next step, we will continue to deeply cultivate the 'Ice Super' and other event IPs, promote ice and snow sports from one season to all seasons, and achieve 'gathering people through events and revitalizing the city through events'," said Zhang Wei (张伟), deputy director of the Jilin City (吉林市) Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau.
Shanghai (上海)——
A Ticket Stub Connects Multiple Consumption Scenarios
In early May, a equestrian championship was staged in Shanghai's (上海) Pudong New Area (浦东新区). Inside the arena, fierce competition was exciting; outside the arena, the enthusiasm for consumption was equally high. "I originally just came to watch the equestrian competition, but I didn't expect that a ticket stub could unlock so many ways to play," said Yang Rujing (杨如静), a Shanghai (上海) citizen who came to watch the competition with her family. She accidentally discovered the ticket stub benefits launched by the event in conjunction with the Expo Cultural Park (世博文化公园) and other surrounding business districts, making the family's trip rich and affordable. "You can get discounts on shopping and coffee in the mall with the ticket stub, and children can also participate in equestrian-themed handicraft activities. After watching the game, you can visit the business district and the park, and the whole day is fully arranged."
Mr. Zhang (张先生), an equestrian enthusiast who came all the way from Beijing (北京), was also impressed by Shanghai's (上海) "event + consumption" integration model. He said that he stayed in a designated partner hotel with his equestrian competition ticket stub and enjoyed a discount on the room rate. During the event, he also visited attractions such as the Bund (外滩) business district. "A ticket stub connects multiple consumption scenarios, which is convenient for the audience and provides more consumption choices." According to statistics, the 3-day event attracted a cumulative total of 23,000 on-site spectators, the event's box office revenue increased by 10% year-on-year, the sales of official souvenirs increased by 20% year-on-year, and the event's art gallery welcomed a cumulative total of 35,000 visitors.
"Sports events are not just simple competitive performances, but also an important engine for driving urban consumption and enhancing urban vitality," said the relevant person in charge of Jushi Sports (久事体育), the operator of the equestrian championship. By linking multiple consumption scenarios through ticket stubs, it not only enhances the audience's viewing experience, but also extends the consumption chain of sports events.
From April 18 to 19, the atmosphere inside and outside the Shanghai (上海) station of the 2026 China GT Championship was hot. One hour before the start of the race, a long queue formed at the ticket gate, and car fans holding ticket stubs entered the venue in an orderly manner. "This ticket stub is not just an admission ticket, it can be used throughout the whole process!" Mr. Gao (高先生), a car fan from Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江), said with a smile, holding his event ticket and sharing his viewing itinerary. He said that he enjoyed discounts on dining in the shopping malls around the venue with his ticket stub, and the cultural and creative shops in the venue also launched exclusive ticket stub discounts during the event. After watching the race, he could also redeem sightseeing benefits at related attractions in Jiading District (嘉定区), Shanghai (上海) with his ticket stub. "From transportation and catering to shopping and entertainment, a ticket stub connects all the links," said Mr. Gao (高先生). According to statistics, nearly 50,000 tickets for the Shanghai (上海) station of the 2026 China GT Championship were sold out 45 days in advance, and a cumulative total of more than 50,000 spectators entered the venue over the two days. The event's driving effect was significant, with hotel reservations in Jiading District (嘉定区) increasing by 200% year-on-year, and passenger flow in surrounding business districts increasing by 10%.
Chengdu (成都市), Sichuan Province (四川省)——
Sports Projects Drive Industrial Development
On the Tianfu Greenway (天府绿道) in Chengdu (成都), Sichuan (四川), agile cyclists whizzed past, becoming a unique landscape. On April 18, the 2026 China·Chengdu (成都) Tianfu Greenway (天府绿道) International Cycling Race kicked off, and the mass group's cycling and running biathlon and children's balance bike race also started simultaneously. There was also a special carnival that brought cyclists a happy experience integrating tourism, shopping, and entertainment. The "ecology + sports + consumption" triple play injected vitality into Chengdu's (成都) "City of Cycling and Running Sports" urban sports brand.
"Since cycling on the Tianfu Greenway (天府绿道) became 'popular', more and more people have come to check in, and the average daily sales of bicycles have increased by nearly 10 compared to the past," said the person in charge of marketing at a bicycle company in Chengdu (成都). Some styles of mountain bikes need to be reserved, and road bikes are also very popular. The endless stream of cycling activities has attracted citizens and tourists to join in, driving the hot sales of cycling equipment. The linkage between professional competition and mass participation has turned event traffic into development increments.
As one of the first national pilot cities to promote sports consumption and the event economy, Chengdu (成都) has continuously promoted sports consumption and deepened industrial integration in recent years. Since the beginning of this year, Chengdu (成都) has held about 30 international and national competitions. According to preliminary estimates, from January to April this year, the total scale of Chengdu's (成都) sports industry was about 47.81 billion yuan, an increase of about 9.6% year-on-year. Events are coming one after another, bringing real money benefits, not only enthusiastic tourists who "rush to a city", but also sports industries that "vote with their feet". Bamboo (Cizhu) frame bicycles that can withstand 300 kilograms of weight, drone football "A Tian (阿天) students" made of new impact-resistant materials, and various small, professional, and efficient fascia guns... A wide range of sports products are mostly produced by companies based in Chengdu (成都).
Daeou (Sichuan) Sporting Goods Co., Ltd. (大鹅（四川）体育用品有限公司), which mainly deals in badminton series products, is one of them. "The reason for choosing to settle in Chengdu (成都) is because of its good business environment, investment policies, and rich event activities," said the relevant person in charge of the company. In the future, they are confident to further build the brand and get more orders. The two-way rush of government and enterprises helps industrial landing, building circles, and strengthening chains. The Chengdu (成都市) Sports Bureau regularly carries out sports enterprise service work. As of the end of April this year, it has visited 420 key enterprises and coordinated and promoted the solution of 516 problems, and has designated every Wednesday as "Enterprise Service Reception Day" to carry out services in the form of seminars, salons, policy interpretation, and resource docking for a long time.
In 2025, the total scale of Chengdu's (成都) sports industry will exceed 150 billion yuan, an increase of about 11% year-on-year. Using events to attract investment and promote industry, Chengdu (成都) is about to host a number of major events such as the World DanceSport Games, the Chengdu (成都) ATP250 Open, the International Table Tennis Federation Mixed Team World Cup, and the Chengdu (成都) Marathon. "Taking this opportunity, we will continue to focus on enriching the supply of high-quality sports equipment products and services, and explore the development of new tracks such as the outdoor sports industry, the characteristic ice and snow industry, and the healthy e-sports industry," said the relevant person in charge of the Chengdu (成都市) Sports Bureau.
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Scenario innovation is building a virtuous ecosystem of "technology empowering scenarios, scenarios feeding back into technology, industry supporting scenarios, and scenarios driving industry," injecting strong momentum into cultivating new quality productive forces.
With the accelerated iteration of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data, how can new technologies be moved from "shelves" to "store shelves"? Building a mature and complete scenario innovation system and fully releasing the multiplier effect of scenario empowerment are key to solving this problem.
A scenario is an organic combination of technological possibilities and market demands. In the mountains of southwestern China are distributed world-class hydropower stations, long-distance power transmission lines, and transportation arteries. These major projects are located in areas prone to geological disasters. Traditional manual inspections are inefficient, ground sensors can only provide point-based monitoring, and optical satellites are easily constrained by rainy and foggy weather. On May 15, China launched its first dedicated energy engineering satellite, "Dian Jian Yi Hao" (电建一号), realizing all-weather, all-day, millimeter-level deformation monitoring, making the radar remote sensing technology in the laboratory a practical tool for accurately solving industrial pain points. Enterprises and users open up scenarios, and scenario demands drive technological innovation, forming a virtuous cycle of research and development, demonstration, and iteration.
A scenario is a touchstone for technology landing and a main battlefield for industrial upgrading. In the field of brain-computer interfaces, Tianjin Tiankai Jinnan Park (天津天开津南园) provides a real application environment for technology teams to overcome brainwave signal noise reduction technology. In the field of urban governance, Hefei (合肥), Anhui (安徽) opens up administrative buildings, old airports, and other scenarios to attract new technologies such as electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft and intelligent connected vehicles to land for testing. Scenario innovation is building a virtuous ecosystem of "technology empowering scenarios, scenarios feeding back into technology, industry supporting scenarios, and scenarios driving industry," injecting strong momentum into cultivating new quality productive forces.
Next, how to leverage the "magnetic field" effect of scenarios gathering innovative synergy?
It is necessary to strengthen policy coordination and use top-level design to guide the direction of scenario opening. Focusing on key areas such as the digital economy, artificial intelligence, and clean energy, clarify the overall requirements for scenario cultivation and opening, and build a clear path of "technological breakthrough - scenario verification - industrial application - system upgrade." Strengthen the coordinated efforts of scenario construction and innovation support policies such as the first (set) of equipment, the first batch of materials, and the first version of software.
It is necessary to deepen the implementation of practices and activate the effectiveness of scenario applications with full-factor support. Use scenarios to gather high-end talents, use science and technology innovation funds to empower project implementation, and use data elements to connect the entire chain of applications, promoting new technologies from pilot demonstrations to large-scale popularization. Deepen diversified cooperation, encourage central state-owned enterprises to take the lead in opening up their main business scenarios, attract small and medium-sized enterprises, scientific research institutions to participate, and build a multi-party collaborative, complementary scenario construction pattern.
It is necessary to adhere to the bottom line of safety and ensure the orderly development of scenarios through overall coordination. Establish and improve scenario safety assessment, risk prevention and control, and supervision mechanisms, strictly adhere to the bottom line of data security, operational security, and industry security, and ensure that new technologies and new business forms operate on compliant tracks. Strengthen the concept of systems, coordinate central and local collaboration, industry linkage, and regional sharing to avoid duplication of construction and waste of resources.
(The author is the Party Secretary and Chairman of China International Engineering Consulting Corporation (中国国际工程咨询有限公司))
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing (北京) on May 20th (Reporter Qu Zhehan (曲哲涵)) - The Ministry of Finance (财政部) announced on the 20th the fiscal revenue and expenditure situation for January-April. From January to April, the national general public budget revenue was 8.34 trillion yuan, an increase of 3.5% year-on-year, and the growth rate increased by 1.1 percentage points compared with the first quarter, consolidating the positive trend. The national general public budget expenditure progress was the fastest in the same period in nearly 5 years, and expenditures in key areas were well guaranteed.
From January to April, the national tax revenue was 6.81 trillion yuan, an increase of 3.9%, and the growth rate increased by 1.7 percentage points compared with the first quarter. By tax type, domestic value-added tax increased by 5.9%, and the growth rate has increased for three consecutive months, mainly driven by the continued growth of industrial services and the monthly recovery of ex-factory prices of industrial producers; the value-added tax and consumption tax on imported goods increased by 11.2%, mainly due to the rapid growth of foreign trade imports; the corporate income tax decreased by 0.5%, and the decline narrowed significantly by 5.1 percentage points compared with the first quarter, mainly driven by the recent rapid growth of corporate profits; the stamp tax on securities transactions increased by 74.8%, mainly due to the active stock market trading; the export tax rebates for goods, value-added tax and consumption tax were 954 billion yuan, an increase of 43 billion yuan year-on-year, an increase of 4.7%, which strongly supported the growth of foreign trade exports.
Fiscal departments at all levels conscientiously implement a more proactive fiscal policy, maintain the necessary fiscal expenditure, and reasonably accelerate the expenditure progress, and expenditures in key areas such as people's livelihood have been well guaranteed. From January to April, the national general public budget expenditure was 9.48 trillion yuan, an increase of 1.3% year-on-year; the expenditure scale was 31.6% of the initial budget. Among them, health expenditure increased by 11.4%, mainly due to the increase in the issuance of childcare subsidies and financial subsidies to basic medical insurance funds; social security and employment expenditure increased by 7.3%; housing security expenditure increased by 4.9%.
Return to TopOn May 19th, at the winter melon planting base of Shenlv Agriculture Co., Ltd. in Zhoutou Village (洲头村), Tangzhou Town (塘洲镇), Taihe County (泰和县), Ji'an City (吉安市), Jiangxi Province (江西省), farmers are building trellises for the winter melons to help the vines grow, contributing to a bumper harvest.
Deng Heping (邓和平) (photographer) (Image China (影像中国))
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on May 20th (Reporter: Wang Yunshan (王云杉)) - The National Data Administration (国家数据局) issued the "Key Points of Digital Economy Development Work in 2026," deploying key tasks for promoting the high-quality development of the digital economy in 2026, and proposing eight key tasks.
First, deepen the market-oriented allocation reform of data elements. Accelerate the establishment of a unified national data property rights registration system, issue registration guidelines, and promote local governments to accelerate the establishment and improvement of a pricing mechanism for authorized operation of public data. Second, consolidate the foundation of digital infrastructure. Accelerate the construction of a national integrated computing power network, promote the coordinated layout of data, networks, computing power, energy and other resources, steadily promote the construction of data infrastructure, and support the construction of demonstrative facilities in industries and fields. Third, strengthen data empowerment to promote the development of artificial intelligence. Implement six special actions: strengthening the foundation and expanding capacity, empowering applications, improving quality and increasing efficiency, management services, value release, and tackling labeling challenges. Fourth, enhance the core competitiveness of the digital economy. Cultivate innovation-leading, regional pillar-type, and regional characteristic digital industrial clusters according to local conditions, cultivate innovative digital economy enterprises, and build a "government + enterprise + innovation + investment" four-in-one professional selection and cultivation mechanism. Fifth, promote the deep integration of the real economy and the digital economy. Deeply promote the digital transformation action of the manufacturing industry and the implementation plan for the digital transformation of key industries, and enrich the supply of services such as data resource operation, data technology innovation, and data analysis applications. Sixth, enhance digital governance and service capabilities. Advance the legislative process of the Digital Economy Promotion Law, continuously promote data security management, and strengthen the identification and protection of important data and core data. Seventh, deepen international cooperation in the digital economy. Carry out multilateral and bilateral cooperation in the digital economy, and actively participate in the formulation of international rules and standards in the data field. Eighth, create a good development environment. Explore the construction of a central-local coordinated, scientific and standardized digital economy monitoring and evaluation system, and deepen the construction of the National Digital Economy Innovation and Development Pilot Zone.
Return to TopAccording to statistics from Shanghai Customs (上海海关): In the first four months of 2026, the total value of imports and exports in the Yangtze River Delta (长三角) region reached 6.14 trillion yuan, a record high for the same period in history, an increase of 15.9% year-on-year, accounting for 37.8% of the country's total imports and exports. Among them, exports amounted to 3.83 trillion yuan and imports amounted to 2.31 trillion yuan, accounting for 41% and 33.5% of the country's total exports and imports, respectively, an increase of 13.6% and 20.1% year-on-year.
In the first four months, the Yangtze River Delta (长三角) region's imports and exports to countries jointly building the "Belt and Road" totaled 3.09 trillion yuan, an increase of 17.1% year-on-year, accounting for 37.4% of the country's total imports and exports to countries jointly building the "Belt and Road" during the same period; imports and exports to other RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (《区域全面经济伙伴关系协定》)) member countries totaled 2.13 trillion yuan, an increase of 27.9% year-on-year, accounting for 41.2% of the country's total imports and exports to other RCEP member countries during the same period; imports and exports to ASEAN countries totaled 1.03 trillion yuan, an increase of 23.7% year-on-year, accounting for 37.6% of the country's total imports and exports to ASEAN countries during the same period.
Reported by Ouyang Jie (欧阳洁), Beijing (北京), May 20th, this newspaper.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李亚楠
On the morning of May 15th, Song Hongling (宋红岭), a Hami melon grower in Sanbao Township (三堡乡), Gaochang District (高昌区), Turpan City (吐鲁番市), Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区), delivered the freshly picked melons to the township's Hami melon automated sorting center early in the morning. Inside the center, professional sorting equipment automatically sorts the Hami melons according to sweetness and weight, and then the staff packages and boxes them, completing one package in 2 minutes.
Outside the sorting center, nine express delivery companies, including SF Express (顺丰), simultaneously launched live broadcasts with主播 teams to promote Turpan Hami melons. As customers placed orders in the live broadcast room, the Hami melons sent by Song Hongling (宋红岭) were labeled with the "Xinjiang Fresh Delivery" (疆品鲜递) logo and loaded for shipment.
As an express delivery brand jointly created by the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Postal Administration (新疆维吾尔自治区邮政管理局) and the Autonomous Region Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (自治区农业农村厅) and other departments to help farmers, what is different about "Xinjiang Fresh Delivery"? "The 'Xinjiang Fresh Delivery' brand concentrates the strength of nine express delivery companies to provide different services for the needs of different farmers and consumers." Zhang Boyao (张伯尧), Deputy Director of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Postal Administration (新疆维吾尔自治区邮政管理局), introduced, "'Xinjiang Fresh Delivery' will also strictly select distinctive and high-quality agricultural products from all over Xinjiang. It is not just a logistics channel, but also an exclusive 'quality ID card' for agricultural products, with more guaranteed product quality and after-sales service."
"In the past, if consumers received damaged melons and fruits, they needed to contact the e-commerce platform for processing themselves, but now they can directly contact the express delivery company." Zhang Jianjun (张建军), President of the Xinjiang Express Industry Association (新疆快递行业协会), introduced that express delivery companies will also give some inclination in distribution strength.
At the live broadcast site, the Turpan Branch (吐鲁番分公司) of Xinjiang SF Express Co., Ltd. (新疆顺丰速运有限公司) arranged for four主播 to conduct live broadcasts. "Four厢式货车 are parked nearby, and after they are full, they will be driven directly to Urumqi Tianshan International Airport (乌鲁木齐天山国际机场) to be sent to consumers all over the country on the company's cargo flights." Zhao Qingzhou (赵庆洲), the person in charge of the branch, introduced that it only takes 2 to 3 days for Hami melons to go from the field to the table. On May 15th, the "Xinjiang Fresh Delivery" express delivery to help farmers Turpan Hami melon live broadcast promotion event, accumulated online number of people 480,300 person-times, sales of Hami melon 36,400 pieces, a total weight of 148.49 tons, sales of 1,917,700 yuan.
Sanbao Township (三堡乡) is one of the important Hami melon planting areas in Turpan City (吐鲁番市). This year, the local area planted 28,000 mu of Hami melons, and the estimated output can reach 70,000 tons. "'Xinjiang Fresh Delivery' has opened up sales channels for us. Compared with large-scale orders from merchants, the income of melon farmers per mu can be increased by about 20%." said Subati Suleiman (苏巴提·苏来曼), Deputy Township Head of Sanbao Township (三堡乡).
Deng Miao (邓淼), Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Postal Administration (新疆维吾尔自治区邮政管理局), introduced that express delivery has become a key channel for the delivery of agricultural products in Xinjiang. In 2025, the entire region will deliver 159 million pieces of agricultural products through express delivery channels, driving sales of more than 20 billion yuan. The "Xinjiang Fresh Delivery" brand will promote the upgrading of express delivery services from a single transportation to full-chain empowerment, allowing more high-quality agricultural products from Xinjiang to reach a larger market.
The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Postal Administration (新疆维吾尔自治区邮政管理局) will cooperate with the Autonomous Region Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (自治区农业农村厅) and other departments to screen more high-quality Xinjiang characteristic high-quality agricultural products, and through the "Xinjiang Fresh Delivery" agricultural assistance brand, allow good things to be sold at good prices. It has been determined that the next agricultural product to join the "Xinjiang Fresh Delivery" brand is the Xiaobai apricot (小白杏) in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture (巴音郭楞蒙古自治州), and express delivery companies will conduct live broadcast activities simultaneously in June.
Return to TopGuangzhou, May 20th (People's Daily reporter Luo Aihua (罗艾桦) and Cheng Yuanzhou (程远州)) The Guangdong Guangzhou Port Nansha Port Area Phase V Project, a major national project, has fully commenced construction. The project is designed to have an annual container throughput capacity of 6.7 million TEUs. Upon completion, the container throughput capacity of Nansha Port Area (南沙港区) will reach 35 million TEUs. The total estimated investment of the Guangzhou Port Nansha Port Area (广州港南沙港区) Phase V Project is 14.447 billion yuan. It will construct four 200,000-ton container sea vessel berths, fifteen 5,000-ton container barge berths, and five working vessel berths. Upon completion, it will efficiently link and operate in coordination with the existing container terminals in Nansha Port Area (南沙港区), forming a modern terminal cluster with a total coastline of over 17 kilometers.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 倪 弋
From accepting bribes of over 100 million yuan from senior executives to contract fraud involving "selling one item multiple times" in bulk trade; from encountering "trumped-up" fines while defending rights across provinces to "insider theft" on the production lines of foreign-funded enterprises... One year after the implementation of the Law on Promoting the Development of the Private Economy, the Supreme People's Procuratorate recently released "Typical Cases of Fully发挥检察职能 (chōng fèn fā huī jiǎn chá zhí néng - "fully exert procuratorial functions," to fully utilize the functions of the procuratorate) and Protecting the Legitimate Rights and Interests of Enterprises Equally According to Law." These six typical cases demonstrate the determination of procuratorial organs to punish crimes infringing upon the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises in accordance with the law, to strengthen legal supervision of enterprise-related cases, to protect the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises equally in accordance with the law through high-quality and efficient performance of duties, and to continuously promote the construction of a rule-of-law business environment.
Punishing internal corruption of "collusion between inside and outside" and exposing enterprise-related fraud of "**明修栈道，暗度陈仓**" (míng xiū zhàn dào, àn dù chén cāng - "repair the plank road openly, but cross the Chencang secretly," to do one thing under the guise of another; to use a feint).
The amount involved reached more than 160 million yuan, and the latent crime lasted for 10 years... In an internal corruption case handled by the Shanghai procuratorial organs, Liu (刘某某), the former chief vice president of a real estate enterprise, and Zou (邹某某), the former vice president of the Shanghai branch, took advantage of their positions in project expansion, approval, and contract signing to accept bribes from partners. The criminal suspects attempted to escape punishment under the guise of "introducing consulting business," claiming that the relevant payments were legitimate consulting fees.
The procuratorial organs intervened in advance, guiding the investigation organs to penetrate the "commercial cloak" carefully packaged by the criminals, collecting testimonies from the heads of local project companies and documentary evidence of internal business processes of the enterprise, tracking the flow of funds, and confirming the fact that the so-called "consulting company" was a shell company. In the end, Liu (刘某某) and Zou (邹某某) submitted to the law. The procuratorial organs also insisted on "investigating bribery and bribe-taking together," prosecuting related bribe-givers and bribe-takers and units, and cutting off the deeply rooted chain of power-money transactions in the industry.
The procuratorial organs not only punish internal corruption of "collusion between inside and outside" in accordance with the law, but also expose enterprise-related fraud of "**明修栈道，暗度陈仓**" (míng xiū zhàn dào, àn dù chén cāng - "repair the plank road openly, but cross the Chencang secretly," to do one thing under the guise of another; to use a feint).
Since 2011, Chen (陈某) has controlled a number of trading companies in Shanghai (上海) to engage in spot trading of aluminum ingots. As the operating losses expanded, he embarked on the illegal road of "selling one item multiple times," using false delivery orders, warehousing orders, and other documents, and using the payment of about 15% of the margin as bait to defraud customers of payment. As of the incident, it caused actual losses of more than 6.8 billion yuan to 41 units, including state-owned enterprises, private enterprises, and foreign-funded enterprises.
Whether there is an illegal possession purpose of defrauding property in the process of signing and performing the contract is the key to distinguishing civil fraud from contract fraud in normal market operations, and it is also a difficult point in handling such cases. The Ningbo (宁波) procuratorial organs at both levels used professional financial audits and fund penetration to find that the perpetrator fabricated facts and concealed the truth by controlling the warehousing links and staggering the inventory time of the victimized enterprises. After that, the debt of Chen (陈某) and others soared from more than 49 million yuan to more than 2.2 billion yuan, and they were in a state of insolvency for a long time, and all the funds were used to make up for losses, high-risk investments, and personal squandering.
Based on this, it was determined that Chen (陈某) and others had the subjective purpose of illegal possession and no actual ability to perform the contract objectively, and it was determined in accordance with the law that they constituted the crime of contract fraud. The procuratorial organs also made every effort to recover stolen goods and reduce losses, coordinated with the investigation organs to investigate more than 5,000 fund accounts, froze more than 120 million yuan, and seized 90 sets of real estate, maximizing the recovery of losses to the victimized enterprises.
Strengthen the effectiveness of legal supervision involving enterprises, promptly help enterprises overcome difficulties, and protect and support the legitimate operation of enterprises.
The procuratorial organs fully perform their legal supervision functions, carry out case filing supervision and trial supervision with high quality and efficiency, and promptly help enterprises overcome difficulties.
Yang (杨某某), taking advantage of his position as the general manager of a Hong Kong-funded real estate company, embezzled 95.4 million yuan of funds from the Hong Kong-funded real estate company by fabricating commercial consulting agreements. During the trial of the case, the second-instance court changed the sentence to seven years of fixed-term imprisonment for the crime of misappropriation of funds. After the judgment took effect, the Beijing (北京) procuratorial organs keenly discovered the doubts and errors in the judgment in accepting the enterprise's appeal.
In order to restore the truth, the procuratorial organs collected supplementary evidence in accordance with the law, powerfully refuted Yang's (杨某某) sophistry that the illegal gains were "overseas stock dividends," and followed the line to discover clues of job-related crimes of relevant judicial staff in the second-instance retrial process. Finally, after the procuratorial organs filed a protest against the court, the court retrial revoked the original second-instance judgment and determined that Yang (杨某某) was guilty of the crime of embezzlement.
In September 2024, a construction company affiliated to a central enterprise successively received "Administrative Case Filing Notices for Collusion in Bidding" from the housing and construction bureaus in many places in Jiangxi (江西), facing fines of up to more than 1.68 million yuan. After a comprehensive self-examination, the company found that it had never participated in any bidding in the local area, and it was likely that someone had forged the company's digital certificate sub-lock for impersonation. The company then reported the case to the public security organs, but failed to file the case due to jurisdictional disputes and unclear evidence.
The company applied to the procuratorial organs for case filing supervision. The three-level procuratorial organs in Jiangxi Province (江西省) quickly linked up, exercised the right to investigate and verify in accordance with the law, and finally interrogated a person serving a sentence for other cases in prison, successfully locking the criminal chain of forging seals and handling fake digital certificates. Although the case did not meet the conditions for filing a case due to the fugitive principal, the supervision of the procuratorial organs did not stop there, and continued to exert efforts to transfer the verified evidence of "being impersonated in bidding" to the local housing and construction bureau and issue procuratorial suggestions. Finally, the housing and construction bureau adopted the suggestions of the procuratorial organs and made a "Decision Not to Impose Administrative Penalties," revoking the huge fines. This move not only cleared the company's grievances, but also provided protection and support for the company's legitimate operation in other places.
Extending the tentacles of case handling to help enterprise governance, striving to achieve the effect of "**办理一案、治理一片**" (bàn lǐ yī àn, zhì lǐ yī piàn - "handling one case, governing a whole area," addressing systemic issues through individual cases).
In recent years, the procuratorial organs have paid attention to extending the tentacles of case handling, moving from "handling cases on a case-by-case basis" to "enterprise governance" in depth, striving to achieve the effect of "**办理一案、治理一片**" (bàn lǐ yī àn, zhì lǐ yī piàn - "handling one case, governing a whole area," addressing systemic issues through individual cases).
In Zhuhai (珠海), Guangdong (广东), a wholly-owned subsidiary of a well-known Dutch foreign-funded enterprise once encountered an "insider" crisis. From 2016 to 2023, 48 employees of the enterprise colluded and colluded, using means such as falsely reporting and claiming, falsely scrapping, and even secretly stealing, to illegally possess and resell enterprise products worth more than 100 million yuan. The Jinwan District (金湾区) procuratorial organs in Zhuhai City (珠海市) comprehensively extracted electronic data from 90 involved electronic devices, penetrated and reviewed more than 300 fund accounts, and constructed a tight chain of evidence.
The procuratorial organs noted that the reason why this foreign enterprise harbored so many "ant thieves" was rooted in the improper selection and use of personnel in key positions and the unsound system of financial and material supervision. To this end, the procuratorial organs accurately issued procuratorial suggestions to the enterprise. The enterprise fully accepted the suggestions, and through improving eight systems such as material requisition, circulation, and inventory, the material loss rate decreased significantly from 30% to 3%.
In other industries, there are also many cases of procuratorial organs "**治病救人**" (zhì bìng jiù rén - "treat the illness and save the patient," to help someone correct their mistakes) . Since 2023, Zhang (张某某) has purchased more than 70 tower cranes from a crane machinery company through financial leasing. After failing to pay the payment as agreed and being remotely locked by the manufacturer, Zhang (张某某) contacted technicians to illegally unlock 21 tower cranes by cutting off the control line and installing illegal controllers, and continued to lease them for profit.
This case seems to be an ordinary contract dispute, but the Ningxiang City (宁乡市) procuratorial organs in Hunan Province (湖南省) keenly noticed the multiple hidden dangers behind it: this not only infringed on the property rights and interests of the enterprise, but also the illegal unlocking may lead to the operation of special equipment beyond the threshold and the paralysis of safety early warning, causing major public safety accidents. With the assistance of computer technology experts, the procuratorial organs accurately determined that the remote monitoring and control system carried by the involved tower crane belonged to the "computer information system" in the sense of criminal law.
In the end, Zhang (张某某) and others were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment in accordance with the law for the crime of destroying computer information systems. After the case was closed, the procuratorial organs also promoted the involved enterprise to optimize the remote control system and timely recovered more than 200 high-risk equipment, realizing the "triple protection" of property safety, information safety, and public safety.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on May 20th (Reporter Liu Zhiqiang (刘志强)) On May 20th, the Law on Promoting the Development of the Private Economy has been in effect for a full year. In order to showcase the work achievements of implementing this law and to fully leverage the exemplary role of typical cases in demonstrating and interpreting the law, the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) and the Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院) jointly released a collection of typical cases (first batch) for implementing the Law on Promoting the Development of the Private Economy. The eight typical cases have the following four characteristics:
First, providing relief and empowerment to precisely solve the development difficulties of private enterprises. People's courts, based on the pain points and difficulties in the development of the private economy, abandon the "**一判了之**" (yī pàn liǎo zhī - "one judgment and be done with it," a simplistic approach to resolving cases) approach and customize personalized relief plans in combination with the current business situation and industry development prospects of enterprises, helping enterprises to get rid of business crises and achieve sound development. The case of a bank suing a technology company, Sun Moumou (孙某某), and Fu Moumou (付某某) for a financial loan contract dispute, released this time, saw the people's court tailor a mediation plan of "installment repayment + tiered unsealing of accounts," promoting the formation of a good ecosystem of positive interaction and coordinated development between financial institutions and private enterprises. In the case of an electrical appliance company's enforcement turning into reorganization, the people's court successfully introduced strategic investment to revitalize high-quality assets through a combination of measures such as "suspending enforcement + pre-reorganization + government-court linkage + investment promotion," fully demonstrating the judiciary's protection of property rights, development support, and relief empowerment for private enterprises.
Second, protecting rights in accordance with the law and safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of private enterprises in all aspects. People's courts strictly practice the legislative spirit of the Law on Promoting the Development of the Private Economy, focusing on protecting the personal and property rights of private enterprises, cracking down on infringing acts and correcting inappropriate measures in accordance with the law, and building a solid legal barrier for the development of private enterprises. The case of an automobile company suing Weibo (微博) influencer Liu (刘) for network infringement liability dispute, released this time, saw the people's court accurately define the boundaries of public opinion supervision, punish malicious defamation and insult of enterprises in accordance with the law, and safeguard the reputation rights of private enterprises. In the case of a pharmaceutical company suing a district health commission and a third-party pharmaceutical company for a sales contract dispute, the people's court, through judicial means such as active inquiries and on-site investigations, verified and confirmed the authenticity of the delivery note copies in accordance with the law, and conducted judicial audits on this basis, successfully resolving the problem of government agencies' arrears to private enterprises. In the case of a real estate company suing a municipal people's government and a municipal natural resources and planning bureau for an administrative promise, the people's court applied the Law on Promoting the Development of the Private Economy, established the adjudication rules of "administrative promise review - inability to perform determination - compensation liability quantification," and ruled that the government pay the private enterprise more than 8 million yuan in compensation. In the case of a construction company suing a district people's government for an administrative agreement, the people's court, in combination with the actual circumstances of the case, reasonably compensated the private enterprise for its reliance interest losses in accordance with the law, and promoted the government's commitment to keeping its promises.
Third, standardizing and leading the way to promote the construction of a fair and honest business environment. People's courts clarify the boundaries of behavior through case adjudication, guide all types of business entities to operate in accordance with the law and compete fairly, and provide strong judicial guarantees for creating a stable, fair, transparent, and predictable rule of law business environment. The case of a software company and a technology company for a computer software development contract dispute, released this time, saw the people's court determine that the "back-to-back" clause was invalid in accordance with the law, regulate the improper behavior of large enterprises using their market dominance to transfer payment risks, and effectively alleviate the survival pressure of small and medium-sized software enterprises to recover funds.
Fourth, innovating and improving quality to build a diversified and efficient enterprise-related dispute resolution system. People's courts, based on the functions of judicial trial, innovate dispute resolution models, integrate dispute resolution resources, and create convenient, efficient, and low-cost enterprise-related dispute resolution paths, minimizing the impact of litigation on the operation of private enterprises. In the case of an import and export company and a foreign company and its investors for a sales contract dispute, released this time, the people's court, in conjunction with the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (贸促会), used the "commercial mediation + neutral evaluation + judicial confirmation" model to efficiently resolve foreign-related disputes, save enterprise litigation costs, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of private enterprises "**出海**" (chū hǎi - "going to sea," expanding overseas).
Return to TopThis newspaper's Guangzhou (广州) May 20th dispatch (Reporter Li Gang (李刚)): Recently, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Data Special Zone Innovation Cooperation Center Launch Conference was held in Guangzhou (广州) City, Guangdong (广东省) Province. At the conference, the "Data Special Zone Innovation Cooperation Center," led by China Unicom (中国联通) and jointly built by 27 entities including the National Data Development Research Institute, was officially launched. This marks the transformation of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area data special zone construction from pilot achievements to provincial industrial advantages.
The Greater Bay Area Data Special Zone is a "test field" for practicing national strategies and exploring cross-border data flow. The establishment of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Data Special Zone Innovation Cooperation Center has created a high-end platform for gathering resources, collaborative innovation, and open sharing.
The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Data Special Zone Innovation Cooperation Center is committed to solving the problems of enterprises being "afraid to cross, unable to cross, and unable to afford to cross," providing enterprises with full-process, full-chain, and all-round services for cross-border data circulation, and striving to build the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area's "general hub, general base, and general customer service" for cross-border data services.
The center will focus on six major application scenarios: cross-border manufacturing, cross-border medical care, cross-border scientific research, cross-border education, cross-border e-commerce, and incoming data processing, to promote data circulation in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and promote the integration of people's livelihoods, government affairs collaboration, and industrial integration in the three regions. In cross-border manufacturing, it will focus on multinational factories to promote collaborative verification of production, quality, and equipment. In cross-border medical care, it will promote the pilot implementation of "Hong Kong (香港) residents seeking medical treatment and cross-border claims settlement." In cross-border scientific research, it will pilot joint research in fields such as biomedicine and artificial intelligence. In cross-border education, it will explore pilot projects for cross-border secure verification and mutual recognition of educational data such as academic credits and grades. In cross-border e-commerce, it will pilot and explore more efficient "customs, foreign exchange, and taxation" to achieve "one order, multiple declarations." In terms of incoming data processing, it will realize a new path of "overseas data entering - domestic trusted processing - compliant output of results - full-process regulatory traceability."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 张天培
On May 20th, the Ministry of Public Security (公安部) held a special press conference to report on the measures and effectiveness of public security organs in combating and preventing economic crimes.
Hua Liebing (华列兵), Director of the Economic Crime Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security (公安部经济犯罪侦查局), introduced that since 2025, public security organs across the country have focused on preventing and resolving economic and financial risks, and severely cracked down on various prominent economic crimes in accordance with the law. As of the end of April this year, a total of 128,000 economic crime cases of various types have been solved, and economic losses of 37.5 billion yuan have been recovered.
At the press conference, 20 typical cases of public security organs cracking down on economic crimes since 2025 were announced, and the case of Feng Moumou (封某某) and others colluding in bidding in Jiangsu Province was one of them.
The Public Security Bureau of Lianyungang City (连云港市), Jiangsu Province, discovered that since May 2022, the criminal suspect Feng Moumou (封某某), in order to successfully win the bid for the high-standard farmland construction project in Donghai County (东海县), paid kickbacks to intermediaries, who contacted more than 10 companies with construction qualifications to bid on multiple sections of the above-mentioned farmland construction project in a full-scale, wide-net manner. In the end, the bidding company controlled by Feng Moumou (封某某) won the bid twice, involving an amount of 34 million yuan. Subsequently, Feng Moumou (封某某) instructed others to subcontract the winning project to a third party, from which he illegally profited. In August 2025, the Donghai County People's Court (东海县人民法院) in Jiangsu Province sentenced Feng Moumou (封某某) and others to fixed-term imprisonment and fines in accordance with the law for the crime of colluding in bidding.
What are the characteristics of illegal and criminal activities that infringe upon the legitimate interests of private enterprises, whether it is colluding in bidding or cases of embezzlement and contract fraud? Zhou Yu (周宇), Director of the Economic Crime Investigation Corps of the Public Security Department of Jiangsu Province (江苏省公安厅经济犯罪侦查总队), introduced that such crimes mainly present three new characteristics: First, crimes involving enterprises in the financial field are prominent. Illegal elements target the financing needs of small and medium-sized private enterprises, forming a criminal chain covering links such as "professional loan borrowers," "packaging intermediaries," and "collusion of evaluation institutions," showing the characteristics of groupization and industrialization. Second, internal job-related crimes are highly concealed. Key personnel in private enterprises use their powers in procurement, sales, finance, and other positions to commit crimes such as embezzlement, misappropriation of funds, and bribery by non-state employees. The criminal methods are concealed, and the duration is long. Third, cross-regional crime characteristics are obvious. Illegal elements use the characteristics of the cross-regional distribution of the supply chain to set up scams in multiple links such as raw material procurement, processing, logistics and transportation, and sales collection. The victimized enterprises may be distributed in different cities or even multiple provinces.
In order to better safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of private enterprises, public security organs in various places have, on the one hand, severely cracked down on relevant illegal and criminal activities, and on the other hand, in the practice of innovating and improving social governance, have successively created a series of enterprise protection and security brands such as the Beijing "Jing Wu Wei" (经吾卫) police-enterprise service station, the Tianjin "Enterprise Service Day" (企业服务日), the Shanghai "Blue Whale" (蓝鲸) enterprise protection workstation, the Zhejiang "11087·Qin Qing Zai Zhe Li" (11087·亲清在浙里), the Fujian "Qin Qing Ba Min" (亲清八闽), and the Sichuan "Shu Police An Qi" (蜀警安企). Relying on the police-enterprise contact service mechanism, they promptly respond to enterprise concerns and protect the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises in accordance with the law through methods such as visiting enterprises to inquire about needs and helping enterprises overcome difficulties, which are welcomed by enterprises.
"We adhere to precise service, focus on building a new type of police-enterprise relationship of 'no disturbance without incident, and response must be given when something happens,' improve the embedded police-enterprise liaison service mechanism, and provide integrated services in police-enterprise communication and liaison, consultation and demand handling, and major event consultation," Zhou Yu (周宇) said. Focusing on the pain points and blind spots that private enterprises are most concerned about, we provide customized legal publicity and "peaceful physical examinations" in the form of "enterprise ordering + public security receiving orders," and strive to change "post-event relief" to "pre-event prevention."
The police remind the majority of private entrepreneurs to enhance their awareness of the rule of law and risk prevention capabilities, improve internal management systems, standardize key links such as contract review, material procurement, and financial approval, strengthen internal integrity education, and squeeze the breeding ground for economic crimes from the source. The police warn illegal elements: Public security organs have always maintained a "zero tolerance" attitude towards economic crimes that infringe upon enterprises. Any criminal behavior that attempts to infringe upon the legitimate rights and interests of private enterprises will be severely punished by law.
(Hou Junyuan (侯竣元) participated in writing)
Return to TopOn May 19th, the Communist Youth League of Handan (邯郸) Municipal Committee of Hebei Province, together with the Municipal Working Committee for Young Pioneers and Chunguang Primary School in Congtai District (丛台区春光小学), jointly launched the "Children's Hearts Building Dreams" Red Scarf Public Welfare Market activity. The students sold their idle books, stationery, toys, and other items, and the proceeds will be donated to the Hebei Zhudmeng Youth Development Foundation (河北省筑梦青少年发展基金会), specifically for projects such as helping children in need and supporting the construction of rural schools. The picture shows the scene of the public welfare market.
Photo by Hao Qunying (郝群英) (Image China)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 马 晨
In the training classroom of Hebei Bailing Home Service Co., Ltd. (河北百灵家政服务有限公司) in Ningjin County (宁晋县), Hebei Province (河北省), the second phase of elderly care professional skills training this year was recently conducted. Lecturers meticulously explained the key points of service, and students carefully recorded and practiced diligently. Under the night sky in a residential area of Haidian District (海淀区), Beijing (北京市), Zhang Jia (张佳), an elderly caregiver from Shijiazhuang (石家庄市), Hebei Province (河北省), attentively cares for an elderly person... "Hebei Fusao" (河北福嫂) (Hebei Fortune Sisters) are actively working in domestic service positions in many places.
Hebei (河北) continues to enhance the influence of the "Hebei Fusao" (河北福嫂) labor service brand. Since 2022, Hebei Province (河北省) has included the "Hebei Fusao·Yanzhao Home Service" (河北福嫂·燕赵家政) work in the province's 20 livelihood projects for five consecutive years. In 2022, "Hebei Fusao" (河北福嫂) won the title of "National Most Distinctive Labor Service Brand Image Ambassador." By 2025, the number of "Hebei Fusao" (河北福嫂) employed in Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津) reached 153,000.
Professional Service Wins Trust
"Uncle and Auntie, it's getting late, let's get ready to rest!" At 9 p.m., in a resident's home in Haidian District (海淀区), Beijing (北京市), Zhang Jia (张佳) gently reminds the two elderly people to prepare for washing up.
The 97-year-old grandfather is engrossed in watching TV and is reluctant to get up. Zhang Jia (张佳) does not rush him, but squats beside the old man and asks, "Uncle, if you still want to watch, let's watch for another 10 minutes. I'll help Auntie wash up first, and then we can slowly tidy up later, no rush."
The grandmother is also 97 years old, with impaired vision and limited mobility. Zhang Jia (张佳) carefully supports the elderly woman, slowly moving step by step towards the bathroom, first helping the elderly woman hold the non-slip handrail, then squeezing toothpaste and handing over warm water, with patience and care throughout the process.
"Auntie walked more steadily today than yesterday, that's a great improvement!" "You brushed your teeth so clean, that's amazing!" During the care process, Zhang Jia's (张佳) encouragement never stops, making the elderly woman's face brighten.
In Zhang Jia's (张佳) view, professional elderly care is not simply "doing things for them." "The physical functions of elderly people decline, and even small things like washing up are good exercise opportunities." Zhang Jia (张佳) said that encouraging the elderly to do what they can helps delay the decline of physical functions and is also beneficial to their mental health.
Zhang Jia (张佳), 43 years old this year, joined the "Hebei Fusao" (河北福嫂) ranks in 2022 and became a professional elderly caregiver after systematic training. In the same year, after an online interview with the employer's children, she came to Beijing (北京) to start her domestic service career, which has lasted for more than 4 years, and now her monthly income is nearly 10,000 yuan.
With her attentive service and serious attitude, Zhang Jia (张佳) has won the trust and reliance of the two elderly people. The elderly often say, "Zhang Jia (张佳) takes such good care of us, cleans the house so well, and makes nutritious meals in different ways. With her here, we feel especially at ease."
Washing clothes, cooking, accompanying them for walks, attentive massages... The daily work is busy and trivial, but Zhang Jia (张佳) says, "Taking good care of the elderly every day makes life fulfilling and my heart at ease. 'Hebei Fusao' (河北福嫂) not only gave me a stable life, but also helped me find a career direction and realize my life value in the elderly care position."
Skills Training Builds a Foundation
Zhang Jia (张佳), who is now adept at elderly care, previously worked in a chain restaurant as a manager. In 2019, her mother was bedridden due to illness and completely unable to take care of herself. Zhang Jia (张佳) resigned from her job to take care of her mother until she passed away two years later.
"Caring for the elderly is not simply serving tea and water. During that time, I felt both overwhelmed and guilty," Zhang Jia (张佳) said. Because she had not received systematic professional training, she did not know nursing skills such as turning over and back tapping, nor did she know how to properly use simple rehabilitation aids, and she did not understand the psychological characteristics and emotional needs of the elderly. She always felt that her care for her mother was not meticulous enough and that she had not given her mother enough spiritual companionship and emotional comfort. This regret made her decide to switch to the elderly care industry.
At this time, Shijiazhuang (石家庄市) was promoting the "Women's Home Service Entering Communities (Villages)" (巾帼家政进社区（乡村）) benefit program, which included skills training, public welfare services, and other forms, and matched suitable positions for female domestic service personnel who had undergone professional training and obtained certificates. Zhang Jia (张佳) signed up for the "Hebei Fusao" (河北福嫂) elderly care special training.
In the elderly care training classroom of Shijiazhuang Mulin Family Service Co., Ltd. (石家庄沐瑾家庭服务有限公司), professional nursing beds, nebulizers, oxygen inhalation equipment, rehabilitation training equipment, electronic blood pressure monitors, and other teaching equipment are readily available.
As one of the implementing entities of the "Hebei Fusao" (河北福嫂) labor service brand, Shijiazhuang Mulin Family Service Co., Ltd. (石家庄沐瑾家庭服务有限公司) actively participates in the "Hebei Fusao·Yanzhao Home Service" (河北福嫂·燕赵家政) quality improvement and expansion project, promoting brand implementation through training, employment delivery, and rights protection. From theoretical explanations to real-life practice, the systematic and comprehensive training courses gave Zhang Jia (张佳) a new understanding of the elderly care industry. The instructors are all senior backbones who have been deeply involved in the industry for many years. They break down the principles in plain language, meticulously explain the standard specifications of each operation process, and provide one-on-one on-site demonstrations, accurately correcting students' movements.
Relying on a complete training system, Zhang Jia (张佳) systematically studied courses such as life care, basic medical care, rehabilitation physiotherapy, and psychological counseling for the elderly, and successfully obtained a professional elderly care certificate. "The training is in place, and the follow-up support is also considerate. After signing a labor contract and joining the company, there is also a special WeChat group to provide follow-up guidance. You can consult at any time about which skills need to be consolidated and how to solve problems encountered at work," she said.
"When I first entered the household, I was worried about cooking for the elderly, and I wasn't clear about their dietary needs at this age and physical condition," Zhang Jia (张佳) said. The company's lecturers are experienced and quickly proposed a solution for Zhang Jia (张佳): "It should be nutritious and easy to digest."
Zhang Jia (张佳) combined her professional knowledge and gradually explored and summarized a set of practical care skills in practice: keeping the elderly in a 30-degree side lying position when turning over can make them feel comfortable and effectively prevent pressure sores; when assisting the elderly in dressing, first gently move their arms to the front of their body, which is labor-saving and convenient, and can also avoid pulling and injuring the elderly; when measuring blood pressure, strictly control the tightness of the cuff, as excessive tightness can lead to inaccurate readings... In her opinion, doing elderly care work requires not only excellent professional skills, but also love, patience, and a sense of responsibility to protect the well-being of the elderly in their later years.
In recent years, Hebei Province (河北省) has continued to increase training support, taking standardization, specialization, and professionalization as the lead, accurately carrying out skills training and skills level evaluation, and comprehensively improving the professional quality of "Hebei Fusao" (河北福嫂) and other domestic service personnel. At the same time, "Hebei Fusao" (河北福嫂) related jobs are listed as urgently needed and in-demand jobs, and the training subsidy standard is increased by 10%. Since 2025, in response to the employment needs of the domestic service market, Hebei Province (河北省) has carried out pre-employment training, skills improvement training, and order-based training for 67,000 people in different categories.
Warm Care Warms Hearts
What makes "Hebei Fusao" (河北福嫂) feel at ease is also comprehensive protection.
"The company provides solid protection, and we feel very at ease working outside," Zhang Jia (张佳) introduced. Shijiazhuang Mulin Family Service Co., Ltd. (石家庄沐瑾家庭服务有限公司) pays the full amount of five insurances for its employees and also provides additional corporate employee accident insurance and employer liability insurance, giving everyone more confidence at work.
"We promote a standardized employee management model to solve the pain points and difficulties of the traditional domestic service industry from the root," said Jian Ying (简莹), deputy general manager of Shijiazhuang Mulin Family Service Co., Ltd. (石家庄沐瑾家庭服务有限公司). Traditional domestic service companies have problems such as scattered personnel, weak rights protection, and non-standardized management. Shijiazhuang Mulin Family Service Co., Ltd. (石家庄沐瑾家庭服务有限公司) selects and absorbs qualified domestic service personnel as formal employees, implements unified file management, systematic skills training, and strict job assessments, and fully protects the legitimate rights and interests of every domestic service employee.
Warm care is more than just guaranteeing rights. Wang Linxin (王临欣), 28, is a full-time psychological service consultant at Shijiazhuang Mulin Family Service Co., Ltd. (石家庄沐瑾家庭服务有限公司). Her daily work revolves around "Hebei Fusao" (河北福嫂) who work in other places, helping them to relieve emotions and solve problems.
"Many domestic service employees are often buried in housework all year round, their social circles are relatively simple, and their ability to regulate emotions is relatively weak," Wang Linxin (王临欣) introduced. Working in other places inevitably encounters grievances, and sometimes a client's tone is slightly heavy or there are disagreements in communication, which may affect emotions. To this end, she regularly conducts one-on-one heart-to-heart talks and regular emotional screening and guidance to resolve the knots in the hearts of "Hebei Fusao" (河北福嫂).
At the same time, in response to problems such as high living costs, housing pressure, and difficulty in settling down in other places, Hebei Province (河北省) has innovatively launched a new type of domestic service model for "non-live-in" nannies. As of now, 127 nearby accommodation service stations have been established in Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津), providing more than 1,900 beds.
Shijiazhuang Mulin Family Service Co., Ltd. (石家庄沐瑾家庭服务有限公司) has established a training and output base in Beijing (北京) to provide "Hebei Fusao" (河北福嫂) with free accommodation and professional incubation services during their waiting period. In addition to skills guidance, it also helps connect them with suitable employment positions and provides health checkups, safety education, and contract signing services, reducing the worries of domestic service employees who have "nowhere to settle before starting work and no stable residence while waiting for work."
This sense of security is making the "Hebei Fusao" (河北福嫂) team grow stronger and stronger. Everyone works with peace of mind and does it for a long time, and the roots of the brand are also taking deeper root. In recent years, women's federations at all levels in Hebei (河北) have worked together to train more than 500,000 "Hebei Fusao" (河北福嫂), cumulatively driving the employment of 230,000 women.
Liu Yanli (刘延丽) is from Wei County (威县), Hebei Province (河北省). She used to work in sales. Last year, she systematically studied childcare courses and completed the assessment at a skills training school in Wei County (威县). At the beginning of this year, she became a "Hebei Fusao" (河北福嫂). "My family also supports me very much. The monthly income is stable, which reduces the family burden, and some friends have also asked me for advice," Liu Yanli (刘延丽) said.
Zhang Yanrong (张艳荣) from Lincheng County (临城县), Hebei Province (河北省), used to be a housewife. A few years ago, she participated in a maternal and infant care training organized by the county and obtained a certificate, embarking on a new position. "I am now a senior infant caregiver with a monthly salary of 12,000 yuan, and I have more confidence in life," she said.
Based on the strategic opportunity of the coordinated development of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北), in recent years, Hebei Province (河北省) has continued to promote the "Hebei Fusao·Yanzhao Home Service" (河北福嫂·燕赵家政) quality improvement and expansion project, and has introduced relevant support measures focusing on encouraging intermediary agencies to export employment and laborers to work in Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津), continuously polishing the "Hebei Fusao" (河北福嫂) gold brand of domestic service labor, and continuously improving the brand's competitiveness and recognition in the Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津) domestic service market.
"Next, the Hebei Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security will deeply implement the 'Hebei Fusao' (河北福嫂) brand improvement action, adhere to the guidance of standardization, specialization, and professionalization, strengthen special training such as rehabilitation care for Alzheimer's disease, and make every effort to do a good job in employment services such as labor cooperation, career guidance, and rights protection, and actively drive employment," said Wang Licai (王利才), director of the Employment Promotion Department of the Hebei Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security (河北省人力资源和社会保障厅).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 齐志明
The China Consumers Association recently released the "Analysis of Complaints Accepted by National Consumer Associations in the First Quarter of 2026," which shows that in the first quarter, national consumer associations accepted a total of 470,100 consumer complaints, an increase of 1.8% year-on-year. Among the many complaints, consumer disputes in the field of skills training deserve attention.
With the increasing demand for occupational transformation and the development of the digital economy, various types of skills training have expanded rapidly, and new training models have emerged. Some operators use new concepts, new platforms, and new marketing methods to attract students, leading to an increase in problems such as inducing consumption, charging fees in violation of regulations, and insufficient performance.
Guo Yaozong (郭耀宗), Deputy Director of the Complaints Department of the China Consumers Association (中消协), introduced that the current consumer disputes in the field of skills training are characterized by diversified types, routine marketing, and financial risks. Complaints about training services are mainly concentrated in seven areas: digital skills, voice acting, professional qualifications, recruitment exams, academic qualifications improvement, driving schools, and online financial management, with an average amount involved in litigation exceeding 7,000 yuan, which has the characteristics of prepaid consumption.
In terms of digital skills training complaints, some operators seize the psychology of college students, unemployed people, those who want to increase their income through part-time jobs, and some elderly consumers who are eager to keep up with the development of the times and seek sideline monetization, using new concepts and new trends such as "short video marketing" for packaging and marketing to induce consumers to sign up. The main problems in related fields are: First, false advertising and exaggerated profit promises. Operators use statements such as "learn to take orders" and "easily earn over 10,000 yuan per month" in their promotions, or display so-called "success stories" and "high-income screenshots" to create marketing illusions. Second, the marketing model of "learn first, pay later" and "installment payment" exists to varying degrees in the complaints. Consumers only find out afterwards that the so-called "installment" is actually a consumer loan, which further exacerbates the complexity of the dispute. Third, the quality of courses and service performance are reduced. The actual course content is mostly basic software operation and fragmented information, which is of little practical use. Fourth, refunds are difficult to obtain. Consumers request a refund within a short period of time after signing up, and even before officially starting classes or actually using the course, they are still refused a refund by the operator on the grounds of "no refunds after the course has started" or "no refunds once registered," or charged a high penalty for breach of contract.
In terms of professional qualification training complaints, the content is mainly concentrated in professional qualification training services such as fire protection facility operators, registered safety engineers, and public nutritionists. Some operators induce registration and payment through exaggerated publicity, illegal promises, and delayed performance. First, false advertising and exaggerated promises are prominent. Training institutions use rhetoric such as "guaranteed pass," "refund if you don't pass," and "get a certificate quickly" to induce consumers to sign up. Second, failure to perform as agreed and delayed service are problems. After charging fees, merchants fail to arrange registration, training, exams, or other services at the agreed time. Third, refund disputes are concentrated, and the phenomenon of refusing refunds is common. Consumers report that after the institution fails to provide complete services, fails to achieve the agreed goals, or the consumer requests to terminate the service, they still refuse to refund on the grounds of "the course has started," "it has been activated," "there is a learning record," or "does not meet the refund conditions," or delay the refund, reduce the refund, or add unreasonable deduction conditions. Fourth, qualifications are questionable and operations are unlicensed. Consumers report that some institutions have not obtained relevant training qualifications and filing procedures in accordance with the law, or carry out training, agency, tutoring and other businesses in relevant names.
In terms of driving school training service complaints, some driving schools still have many problems in enrollment publicity, fee management, training arrangements, contract performance, and refund disposal, and related disputes have strong commonalities. First, refund disputes occur frequently. Consumers generally report that driving schools have unclear refund standards and excessive deduction items. When requesting a refund without a physical examination, without establishing a file, without scheduling an exam, or only participating in a small amount of training or completing only some subjects, the driving school makes a large deduction, and some even refuse a refund on the grounds of "internal regulations" or "industry practice." Second, the charging is not transparent, the items are not standardized, and the problem of random charging is more prominent. Third, the performance of training services is not in place. Consumers report that they cannot practice driving normally for a long time after signing up, the coach's arrangements are chaotic, the training frequency is low, it is difficult to make appointments, there are long queues, and the driving time cannot be guaranteed.
In terms of online financial management course complaints, some online financial management companies use live broadcast rooms, short video platforms, social platforms and other channels to attract consumers to sign up with free learning, low-price experience, and high-yield and high-return as bait, and induce consumers to pay thousands of yuan to purchase "courses." Among the related complaints, the proportion of elderly consumers is relatively high. First, the publicity promises are untrue, and the problem of misleading income is prominent. Some financial training institutions deliberately blur the line between providing course training and achieving investment income. Second, the fees are progressively increasing. Some merchants first attract consumers to pay with low-priced courses as "experience courses" and "entry courses" to lower the threshold for the first transaction, and then guide them to pay again on the grounds that they must upgrade to truly learn. Third, the course content is obscure and difficult to understand. Fourth, refund requests are concentrated.
Guo Yaozong (郭耀宗) analyzed that although the seven types of training service complaints belong to different business formats, they generally point to common problems such as front-end marketing distortion, unbalanced contract agreements, mid-term performance shrinkage, and subsequent refund obstruction. It is recommended that industry authorities further strengthen the sense of responsibility of "whoever approves is responsible for supervision, and whoever is in charge is responsible," shift the focus of governance forward to the source access and publicity and enrollment links, extend supervision measures to the entire process of performance, refunds, and after-sales disposal, and promote the formation of a governance system that connects pre-event standardization, mid-event supervision, and post-event accountability. Strengthen the protection of key groups such as the elderly and students.
This newspaper reported from Beijing on May 20th (Reporter Shi Fang (施芳)) The Beijing Disabled Persons' Social Security and Employment Service Center (北京市残疾人社会保障和就业服务中心) released the "2026 Beijing Disabled Persons' New Industry Vocational Skills Improvement Activity Plan" on the 20th, clarifying that with the digital economy and platform economy as the driving force, it will focus on four major areas: digital home-based employment, e-commerce new media operations, low-altitude intelligent applications, and cultural and creative intangible cultural heritage skills. Throughout the year, no less than 1,500 people will receive special training in new industry vocational skills to help disabled people find employment and increase their income.
According to the plan, the 2026 training will focus on groups such as disabled people with employment difficulties, low-income disabled people, disabled college students, and severely disabled people.
The training focuses on four major areas to accurately match the employment needs of disabled people. The digital home-based employment category focuses on courses such as AI (artificial intelligence) data labeling, AI copywriting, AI-assisted graphic layout, speech transcription and proofreading, and home-based remote customer service to help severely disabled people with limited mobility and difficulty traveling achieve home-based employment. The e-commerce new media operation category offers courses such as short video shooting and editing, self-media account operation, basic live streaming sales, and online store operation and management, and connects with e-commerce platform positions after graduation. The low-altitude intelligent application category focuses on cultivating skilled talents in the low-altitude economy field and connects with the needs of agriculture, cultural tourism, and security and other positions. The cultural and creative intangible cultural heritage skills category offers courses such as paper-cutting, embroidery, weaving, pottery, cultural and creative product design, intangible cultural heritage skills inheritance, and live streaming sales of cultural and creative products to promote the combination of skills inheritance and employment income increase.
Beijing (北京) will form a new industry teacher team of no less than 20 people, increase the proportion of new industry training year by year, and create a replicable, scalable, and sustainable disabled people's skills improvement training model.
Return to TopMay 20th is "Chinese Student Nutrition Day." The Baidian Town Central Kindergarten (白甸镇中心幼儿园) in Hai'an City (海安市), Jiangsu Province (江苏省) carried out the theme activity of "Healthy Nutrition Accompanying My Growth," guiding children to establish the concept of scientific diet and balanced nutrition from an early age, and develop healthy eating habits. The picture shows children learning to reasonably match ingredients.
Zhou Qiang (周强) photographed (Image China (影像中国)).
Return to TopThis newspaper's Hangzhou (杭州) May 20th dispatch (Reporter Jiang Nan (江南)) The "Zhejiang Province (浙江省) Primary and Secondary School Psychological Counseling Room (Station) Service Work Guidelines" was recently released. Primary and secondary school psychological counseling rooms (stations) are specialized venues for school mental health education teachers to carry out mental health work. By the end of 2020, primary and secondary schools in Zhejiang Province (浙江省) had completed the construction of standardized psychological counseling rooms (stations), of which 1,056 schools had established mental health education demonstration sites. The Zhejiang Province (浙江省) Primary and Secondary School Mental Health Education Guidance Center, based on research, has sorted out the problems existing in the current operation of school psychological counseling rooms (stations) and released work guidelines in a targeted manner.
The work guidelines aim to help schools clarify "what can be done," "what cannot be done," and "how to do it" in psychological counseling rooms (stations), and clearly propose that psychological counseling rooms (stations) should not only be places for carrying out group psychological counseling, but also undertake the functions of creating a good mental health environment, implementing individual psychological counseling, and strengthening crisis prevention and management; the work of psychological counseling rooms should follow the principles of confidentiality, development, and professionalism, and school psychological counseling cannot replace medical diagnosis. These regulations provide standardized and professional support for improving the operational efficiency of school psychological counseling rooms (stations) and promoting the mental health development of students.
Return to TopAccording to the National High-Value Medical Consumables Joint Procurement Office, the second round of follow-up procurement for the "National Organized Centralized Volume Procurement of Coronary Stents" opened for bidding in Tianjin (天津) on the 20th. A total of 30 products from 15 companies participated in the bidding, and all bidding companies were selected. 27 products were pre-selected, and mainstream products from domestic and foreign companies in clinical use were generally selected. Coronary stents are the first variety included in the national organized centralized volume procurement of high-value medical consumables. This follow-up procurement continues to adhere to the principles of "stabilizing clinical practice, ensuring quality, anti-involution, and preventing bid-rigging" to achieve win-win results.
The response to clinical needs is more adequate. A total of 4,468 medical institutions filled in the demand, an increase of 86% compared to the first centralized procurement of 2,408, and an increase of 23% compared to the previous round of follow-up procurement of 3,626. The annual procurement demand of medical institutions is about 2.73 million, an increase of 155% compared to the first centralized procurement of 1.07 million, and an increase of 47% compared to the previous round of 1.86 million, indicating that the centralized procurement selected products are increasingly recognized by clinical practice.
Patients have a wider range of choices. The original 14 selected stent products continue to be selected, including products from foreign companies such as Medtronic, Abbott, and Boston Scientific, as well as products from domestic companies such as Shanghai MicroPort (上海微创), Beijing Lepu (北京乐普), and Shandong Jiwei (山东吉威). Newly selected upgraded products have been added, giving clinicians and patients a wider range of choices.
Corporate expectations are more stable. This follow-up procurement focuses on stabilizing clinical practice, stabilizing supply, and stabilizing prices. The selected results are generated through inquiries, and corporate expectations are clearer. Bids can be selected if they reach a certain level, and different price levels correspond to different "volume" ratios, reflecting volume for price and volume-price linkage. At the same time, it is clear that during the procurement cycle, newly approved products can apply for supplementary selection according to the rules, giving companies a "reassurance."
Since the national organized centralized volume procurement of coronary stents was implemented in early 2021, a cumulative total of over 10 million centralized procurement selected stents have been used clinically, benefiting approximately 7 million patients.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on May 20th (Reporter Bai Jianfeng (白剑峰)) The National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (国家中医药管理局) recently reported two cases of illegal and irregular issues in the field of traditional Chinese medicine exposed by the CCTV "3·15" Gala. The relevant person in charge of the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (国家中医药管理局) stated that it will adhere to zero tolerance and take strong action against any behavior that harms the health and rights of the people under the banner of traditional Chinese medicine, investigate and deal with each case discovered, and never condone it; it will strictly pursue the responsibilities of the institutions and related responsible persons involved in accordance with the law, and resolutely implement punitive measures such as industry bans and revocation of practice qualifications.
Regarding the problem of "private domain marketing of fake traditional Chinese medicine experts preying on the elderly" in Shenyang (沈阳), Liaoning (辽宁), the local traditional Chinese medicine authorities immediately joined forces with market supervision, public security and other departments to carry out verification and disposal, and conducted a comprehensive verification of the medical practitioner qualifications of the personnel involved, and found that none of them had relevant qualifications as medical personnel. The Shenyang (沈阳) Municipal Market Supervision Department determined that the party's production of false propaganda videos was suspected of criminal offenses and formally transferred it to the public security department. The Shenyang (沈阳) Municipal Public Security Department quickly promoted evidence fixation and carried out the pursuit of the personnel involved. A total of 30 suspects were taken criminal compulsory measures in accordance with the law in the relevant cases of the two companies, and the follow-up disposal of the cases is still ongoing.
Regarding the problem of "integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine clinics illegally using exosomes" in Chengdu (成都), Sichuan (四川), the local health department immediately joined forces with market supervision, public security and other departments to form a joint investigation team to conduct on-site verification. The Tianfu New Area (天府新区) Education and Health Bureau (教育和卫生健康局) imposed administrative penalties of warning and fines on the clinic involved in accordance with the law; in view of the fact that the clinic did not meet the basic standards for clinics due to the lack of registered physicians and registered nurses, its clinic filing has been revoked in accordance with the law; in view of the fact that Dang (党某某), a nurse at the clinic, had applied "exosomes" and injected drugs intramuscularly for Tan (谭某), the legal representative, in the clinic, and failed to implement the verification system before performing relevant nursing operations, Dang (党某某) was given administrative penalties of warning, fine, and order to suspend practice for 5 months in accordance with the law.
Return to TopDecree of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
No. 839
The "Implementation Regulations of the Mineral Resources Law of the People's Republic of China" was adopted at the 85th Executive Meeting of the State Council on May 9, 2026, and is hereby promulgated and shall come into force on June 15, 2026.
Premier Li Qiang (李强)
May 15, 2026
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 These Regulations are formulated in accordance with the "Mineral Resources Law of the People's Republic of China" (hereinafter referred to as the Mineral Resources Law).
Article 2 The State shall promote the rational development and utilization of mineral resources, strengthen the protection of mineral resources and the ecological environment, promote high-quality development of the mining industry, and ensure the safety of mineral resources.
Article 3 The determination and adjustment of the mineral resources catalog shall be proposed by the competent natural resources department of the State Council in conjunction with the development and reform department of the State Council, and shall be promulgated after being submitted to and approved by the State Council.
The mineral resources catalog includes mineral resource types and classifications.
Article 4 The State shall increase investment in basic geological survey work, strengthen the construction of basic geological survey teams, encourage social forces to participate in basic geological surveys in accordance with the law and in an orderly manner, and improve the quality and efficiency of basic geological survey work.
Article 5 The State shall improve policies and measures in finance, finance, land, ecological environment, industry, import and export, etc., improve the overall coordination and connection system of the entire chain of strategic mineral resources exploration, production, supply, storage, and sales, increase support for the exploration, mining, processing, trade, and storage of strategic mineral resources, promote the optimization and upgrading of the strategic mineral resources industry, and improve the level of mineral resource security.
The determination and adjustment of the strategic mineral resources catalog shall be researched and proposed by the competent natural resources department of the State Council in conjunction with relevant departments of the State Council, and shall be implemented after being submitted to and approved by the State Council. The determination and adjustment of the strategic mineral resources catalog shall comprehensively consider the following factors and conduct assessments of relevant mineral resources:
(1) The degree of importance to national economic and social development and national security;
(2) The domestic resource endowment, degree of scarcity, and dependence on foreign countries;
(3) The resilience and security level of related industrial and supply chains;
(4) Other factors that need to be considered.
For specific strategic mineral resources determined by the State Council, protective mining measures such as planning control, total volume regulation, and limited mining entities shall be implemented in accordance with laws, administrative regulations, and relevant national regulations.
Article 6 Mineral resource-related plans prepared and approved in accordance with Article 9 of the Mineral Resources Law shall be published in accordance with the law. Activities such as geological surveys and mineral resource exploration, mining, protection, and ecological restoration of mining areas shall comply with mineral resource-related plans.
The competent natural resources departments of people's governments at or above the county level may, according to actual needs, in conjunction with relevant departments, prepare relevant plans for the exploration, mining, protection, and ecological restoration of mining areas of specific fields, specific regions, or specific mineral types, and relevant information shall be included in the territorial space planning implementation supervision information system.
Article 7 The State adheres to the principle of equality, mutual benefit, and win-win cooperation, and actively promotes international investment, trade, technology, and other cooperation in the field of mineral resources through various channels and methods to maintain the security and stability of the industrial and supply chains.
The development and utilization of overseas mineral resources shall safeguard national interests and social public interests, abide by China's laws and regulations and the relevant laws of the country or region where they are located, abide by contracts, respect local customs and cultural traditions, pay attention to ecological and environmental protection and safe production, strengthen safety risk prevention, and go through relevant procedures in accordance with regulations, and accept the management and supervision of relevant departments and foreign diplomatic missions of China in accordance with the law.
Chapter II Mining Rights
Article 8 Mining rights shall be granted through competitive methods such as bidding, auction, and listing; for strategic mineral resources with a high degree of scarcity and medium or above resource reserve scale, or for exploration blocks with special requirements for exploration and mining technology and ecological environmental protection, the right to prospect shall be granted preferentially through bidding.
Under any of the following circumstances, mining rights may be granted through agreement:
(1) In accordance with laws, administrative regulations, or regulations of the State Council, relevant mineral resources need to be explored and mined by specific entities;
(2) In order to ensure the safe production of mines or the rational setting of mining rights, it is necessary to continue to mine mineral resources in the deep or upper parts of the registered mining area or to further mine scattered mineral resources around it;
(3) The same mining right holder explores and mines mineral resources in the gap area between its registered adjacent exploration and mining areas where mining rights cannot be set up separately;
(4) Other circumstances prescribed by laws, administrative regulations, or the State Council.
In order to ensure national mineral resource security, if there is an urgent need to mine strategic mineral resources, with the consent of the State Council, the competent natural resources department of the people's government at or above the provincial level may directly grant mining rights.
Article 9 The competent natural resources departments of people's governments at or above the county level shall organize the granting of mining rights in accordance with the prescribed authority.
The following mineral resources shall be organized for the granting of mining rights by the competent natural resources department of the State Council or the competent natural resources department of the people's government of the province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government authorized by it:
(1) Strategic mineral resources;
(2) Mineral resources spanning provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government;
(3) Mineral resources in China's territorial waters and other sea areas under its jurisdiction.
The authority to grant mining rights for mineral resources other than those specified in the preceding paragraph shall be prescribed by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government.
The granting of prospecting rights and mining rights for the same mineral type shall be subject to the same level of management. If the granting of mining rights involves multiple mineral types, the granting authority shall be determined according to the main mineral type; if it is difficult to determine the main mineral type, it shall be determined according to the mineral type with the highest granting authority.
Article 10 The competent natural resources departments of people's governments at or above the county level shall, in accordance with mineral resource-related plans and the supply and demand situation of mineral resources, strengthen the overall arrangement of mining rights granting work, and arrange the granting in a timely manner for those that meet the granting conditions.
Before the granting of mining rights, the natural resources department granting mining rights (hereinafter referred to as the mining rights granting department) shall conduct verification to ensure that the exploration and mining areas to be granted meet the territorial space planning control requirements.
The granting of prospecting rights shall be based on blocks divided by latitude and longitude as the basic unit.
Except in circumstances that meet the regulations, the scope of newly established mining rights shall not overlap with the vertical projection range of existing mining rights, and no more than 2 mining rights shall be established for the same ore body that can be developed centrally.
Article 11 Units and individuals that provide the competent natural resources department of the people's government at or above the county level with the source of blocks that can be used to establish prospecting rights shall be given appropriate rewards or compensation in accordance with relevant national regulations; those who participate in the competitive granting of prospecting rights for the block shall have priority in obtaining prospecting rights under the same conditions.
Article 12 When granting mining rights through competitive methods, the mining rights granting department shall announce on its portal website, public resource trading platform, etc., in advance the basic information of the mining rights to be granted, the granting method, competition rules, deposit collection, risk warnings, conditions such as the technical capabilities of the transferee, and their rights and obligations. The announcement period shall not be less than 30 working days.
The competent natural resources department of the State Council, local people's governments at or above the county level, and their competent natural resources departments shall create and maintain a fair and orderly market competition environment to ensure that all types of entities participate in the competitive granting of mining rights equally in accordance with the law.
Article 13 When granting mining rights, the mining rights granting department shall sign a mining rights granting contract in written form with the transferee determined in accordance with the law.
After the mining rights granting contract is signed, if the mining rights do not meet the territorial space planning control requirements due to errors in the verification by the mining rights granting department, etc., and cannot be explored or mined, the transferee has the right to terminate the contract. After the contract is terminated, the mining rights granting department shall return the mining rights granting income; if the transferee suffers property losses, it shall be compensated in accordance with the law.
Article 14 The transferee of mining rights shall pay the mining rights granting income, mining rights occupation fees, and other relevant fees in full and on time in accordance with relevant national regulations and the granting contract. The specific measures for the collection of mining rights-related fees shall be formulated by the finance department of the State Council in conjunction with the competent natural resources department of the State Council and the tax department of the State Council, and shall be implemented after being submitted to and approved by the State Council.
Under any of the following circumstances, the mining rights granting income may be reduced or exempted:
(1) Exploration and mining of low-grade and difficult-to-beneficiate mineral resources;
(2) Significant results have been achieved in the comprehensive development and utilization of mineral resources;
(3) Organizing and implementing emergency mining of mineral resources in accordance with the law;
(4) Other circumstances prescribed by the State Council.
If the mining rights granting income is not paid in full and on time, liquidated damages shall be paid in accordance with relevant national regulations and the granting contract.
Article 15 The term of prospecting rights is 5 years, and the term may be extended upon expiration, with a maximum of 3 extensions, each with a term of 5 years. For petroleum, natural gas, and other strategic mineral resources determined by the competent natural resources department of the State Council, with the consent of the competent natural resources department of the State Council, the number of extensions may be increased according to the actual situation.
The term of mining rights shall be determined in combination with the mineral resource reserves and the scale of mine construction, with a maximum of 30 years. The specific measures for determining the term of mining rights shall be formulated by the competent natural resources department of the State Council. If there are still exploitable mineral resources within the registered mining area upon the expiration of the mining rights term, the term may be extended.
Before the expiration of the mining rights term, the original mining rights granting department may, in accordance with the law, recover the mining rights due to the need to ensure national mineral resource security and other public interests; if the mining rights are recovered, fair and reasonable compensation shall be given in accordance with the law.
Article 16 To apply for the extension of mining rights, the mining rights holder shall submit an application to the original mining rights granting department 6 months to 3 months before the expiration of the mining rights term. The original mining rights granting department shall make a decision on whether to approve the extension before the expiration of the mining rights term.
Article 17 When handling the extension of prospecting rights, the area of the exploration area shall be reduced in accordance with the proportion prescribed by the competent natural resources department of the State Council. However, exploration areas that have already proven mineral resources or meet the circumstances prescribed by the competent natural resources department of the State Council shall not be included in the calculation base for the reduced area.
If part of the exploration area of an established prospecting right cannot continue to be explored due to ecological and environmental protection, infrastructure construction, and other public interests, or due to force majeure such as natural disasters, the area to be reduced may be offset with relevant supporting documents in accordance with regulations.
Article 18 If the holder of prospecting rights applies to convert its prospecting rights into mining rights in accordance with Article 25 of the Mineral Resources Law, it shall submit an application to the original mining rights granting department within the term of the prospecting rights and submit materials such as the mineral resource reserve report (hereinafter referred to as the reserve report). The original mining rights granting department shall sign a mining rights granting contract with the holder of the prospecting rights to establish mining rights, except under any of the following circumstances:
(1) The proven mineral resources need to be mined by a specific entity other than the holder of the prospecting rights in accordance with relevant national regulations;
(2) The proven mineral resources have not reached the reserve scale or production capacity requirements prescribed by relevant industrial policies;
(3) The proven mineral resources cannot be converted into mining rights due to public interests or are no longer suitable for mining due to special circumstances such as force majeure;
(4) Other circumstances prescribed by laws and administrative regulations.
Article 19 Mining rights may be transferred in accordance with the law. However, under any of the following circumstances, mining rights shall not be transferred:
(1) Mining rights obtained through agreement granting have been held for less than 5 years;
(2) Mining rights have been sealed up in accordance with the law;
(3) The ownership of mining rights is unclear or there is a dispute;
(4) The mining rights granting contract stipulates that mining rights shall not be transferred;
(5) Other circumstances where transfer is prohibited by national regulations.
Mining rights directly granted by the competent natural resources department of the people's government at or above the provincial level in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 of Article 8 of these Regulations shall not be transferred without the consent of the natural resources department that originally granted the mining rights.
If the actual controller changes due to equity transfer, etc., the mining rights holder shall report to the original mining rights granting department.
Article 20 The transferee of mining rights shall have the technical capabilities and other conditions required of the transferee at the time of granting the mining rights.
Article 21 When transferring mining rights, the transferor and the transferee shall sign a mining rights transfer contract in written form, clarifying the rights and obligations of both parties. The mining rights transfer contract shall make clear provisions on matters related to the performance of the obligation to restore the ecology of the mining area.
The term of mining rights after the transfer shall be the remaining term of the mining rights.
Article 22 The establishment, modification, transfer, mortgage, and extinction of mining rights shall be registered in accordance with the law.
Article 23 The exploration of mineral resources funded by the State as mentioned in item 1 of Article 28 of the Mineral Resources Law refers to the exploration of mineral resources carried out by the central or local finance to ensure national mineral resource security. For the exploration of mineral resources funded by the State, geological exploration work shall be carried out with the project task book, and it is not necessary to obtain prospecting rights.
Mining right holders do not need to obtain prospecting rights for exploration activities required for mining activities within the registered mining area, and for exploration in the deep and upper parts of the registered mining area.
Article 24 Construction project construction units do not need to obtain mining rights for mining sand, stone, and clay that can only be used as ordinary building materials due to construction needs within the approved operation area and construction period. The disposal of mined sand, stone, and clay shall comply with the relevant regulations of the province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government where it is located, and shall not be disposed of by itself (except for construction project construction self-use).
The approved operation area mentioned in the preceding paragraph does not include the temporary land use area for construction project construction.
Chapter III Mineral Resource Exploration and Mining
Article 25 The competent natural resources department of the State Council shall, in conjunction with relevant departments of the State Council, establish and improve the technical standards and norms system for basic geological surveys.
Units engaged in basic geological survey work shall strictly implement relevant technical standards and norms and be responsible for the quality of the survey results. The competent natural resources departments of people's governments at or above the county level shall strengthen the supervision of the quality of basic geological survey results.
No unit or individual shall obstruct or hinder basic geological survey work carried out in accordance with the law.
Article 26 The competent natural resources departments of people's governments at or above the provincial level shall strengthen the management of the release of basic geological survey results and uniformly release basic geological survey result information within the prescribed authority; before the information is released, confidentiality review shall be conducted in accordance with the law, and result data involving state secrets, work secrets, and commercial secrets shall not be released.
Article 27 The competent natural resources departments of people's governments at or above the provincial level shall provide construction units with inquiry services on the distribution of mineral resources and the setting of mining rights within the area occupied by construction projects.
If a construction project does need to overlay mineral resources that have already been set up with mining rights, and directly affects the normal exploration and mining activities of the mining rights holder, the construction unit shall negotiate with the mining rights holder before the overlay and give the mining rights holder fair and reasonable compensation in accordance with the law. If it is necessary to handle the change registration or cancellation registration of mining rights in accordance with the law due to the overlay of mineral resources, the mining rights holder shall handle it in accordance with the law.
If a construction project does need to overlay strategic mineral resources, it shall be approved by the competent natural resources department of the State Council or the competent natural resources department of the people's government of the province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government authorized by it. If a construction project within the urban development boundary determined by the territorial space plan approved in accordance with the law does need to overlay strategic mineral resources, the relevant approval shall be simplified according to the actual situation.
If, after scientific evaluation, the construction project overlays mineral resources but does not directly affect normal exploration and mining activities, it may not be treated as overlaying mineral resources.
Following scientific assessment, if a construction project overlays mineral resources but does not directly affect normal exploration or mining activities, it may not be treated as an overlay of mineral resources.
Article 28 Before conducting mineral resource exploration or mining operations, mineral rights holders shall prepare exploration plans and mining plans separately, and submit them to the original mineral rights granting department for approval to obtain exploration licenses and mining licenses; exploration and mining operations shall not be carried out without obtaining the corresponding licenses.
The preparation of an exploration plan shall, based on the type and scope of exploration minerals, relevant exploration standards and technical specifications, and exploration work requirements such as green exploration, specify the exploration area, rationally select exploration work methods, and make arrangements for cleanup and restoration after the exploration activities are completed.
The preparation of a mining plan shall, based on the type and scope of mining minerals, resource occurrence conditions, mining technical specifications, and mining work requirements such as rational development and utilization of mineral resources and green mine construction, rationally select mining methods, mining sequences, and mining techniques, and make arrangements for space use and guarantee measures for comprehensive resource mining and utilization.
When comprehensively mining mineral resources, the types of minerals to be mined shall be reasonably determined and registered in combination with the reserve report and mining plan, based on the actual mining situation.
Article 29 When applying for an exploration license or mining license, the applicant shall submit an application, a mineral rights certificate, and corresponding exploration or mining plans and other materials to the original mineral rights granting department. The original mineral rights granting department shall make a decision on whether to approve the application within 15 working days from the date of acceptance. If approval is granted, an exploration license or mining license shall be issued; if approval is not granted, the applicant shall be notified in writing with reasons.
After accepting the application, the original mineral rights granting department may organize experts to review the exploration plan and mining plan, and issue review opinions within 10 working days. The time required for the review shall not be included in the license review period, and the expenses shall not be borne by the mineral rights holder.
The expiration date of the exploration license and mining license shall be consistent with the expiration date of the exploration right and mining right.
After issuing a mining license, the original mineral rights granting department shall promptly notify the relevant local people's government in the mining area to organize the implementation of the mining rights demarcation work.
Article 30 Mineral rights holders may apply for exploration licenses and mining licenses together when registering mineral rights.
In the event of a transfer of mineral rights, the transferee shall re-apply for an exploration license and a mining license.
Article 31 The specific management measures for exploration licenses and mining licenses shall be formulated by the competent natural resources department of the State Council.
Article 32 Mineral rights holders shall conduct exploration and mining operations in accordance with the approved exploration plan and mining plan.
If the main working methods of exploration change, the exploration rights holder shall adjust the exploration plan and submit it to the original mineral rights granting department for approval.
If there is a significant change in the mining method or a change in the main type of mineral being mined, the mining rights holder shall adjust the mining plan, submit it to the original mineral rights granting department for approval, and re-apply for a mining license.
Article 33 Before conducting mineral resource exploration and mining operations, mineral rights holders shall complete relevant procedures for project approval (filing), land and sea use, ecological environment, and work safety in accordance with the law; if military land is involved, it shall also be reported to and approved by a military unit at or above the regimental level in accordance with the relevant regulations of the Central Military Commission (中央军事委员会).
The feasibility study report and preliminary design of the mine development project (oil and gas field development plan) prepared by the mining rights holder shall be consistent with the mining plan.
Article 34 Within the scope of nature reserves, basic geological surveys, strategic mineral resource prospect surveys, and strategic mineral resource exploration and mining activities within the prescribed scope that meet control requirements may be carried out in accordance with the law. Specific management measures shall be formulated by the competent natural resources department and the forestry and grassland department of the State Council.
Article 35 The mineral land mentioned in the first paragraph of Article 34 of the Mineral Resources Law includes mineral resource exploration land and mineral resource mining land.
Mineral resource exploration land includes land used for exploration operations, as well as land used for building or constructing living quarters, work sheds, and transportation access roads to meet the needs of exploration operations.
Mineral resource mining land includes land used for mining operations such as mining mineral resources, as well as land used for stacking mined ore, waste rock, and tailings, and for constructing industrial plants, shaft and tunnel projects, tailings ponds, supporting concentrators, living service facilities, and transportation facilities to meet the needs of mining operations.
People's governments at or above the county level shall ensure the reasonable needs of mineral resource exploration and mining land in accordance with the law.
Article 36 Mineral rights holders may use state-owned land through allocation, grant, lease, or contribution in the form of valuation in accordance with the law, and may also obtain the right to use collective commercial construction land through grant or lease in accordance with the law.
The use of state-owned land and collective commercial construction land for mining mineral resources may be granted through agreement.
Article 37 Land may be temporarily used for mineral resource exploration in accordance with the provisions of land management laws and administrative regulations.
With respect to open-pit mining of strategic mineral resources that occupies land, if it is scientifically demonstrated that it is possible to mine and reclaim simultaneously, the mineral rights holder may temporarily use the land after reporting to and obtaining approval from the competent natural resources department of the people's government at or above the provincial level; if the use of forest land or grassland is involved, the relevant natural resources department shall solicit the opinions of the forestry and grassland department at the same level. Temporary land use shall be approved by zones and phases, and in principle, each phase shall not exceed five years. If the mineral rights holder fails to fulfill the obligations of land reclamation and other ecological restoration of the mining area as required, the relevant natural resources department shall not approve its new temporary land use.
Article 38 If exploitable oil, natural gas and other mineral resources are discovered during the exploration of oil, natural gas and other mineral resources, the exploration rights holder may carry out mining after completing the oil (gas) testing operation and submitting an exploration-mining integration plan to the original mineral rights granting department, and shall complete the filing procedures with the relevant energy authorities in accordance with the regulations.
If the exploration rights holder mines oil, natural gas and other mineral resources in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, it shall apply to the original mineral rights granting department to convert its exploration right into a mining right within the time limit prescribed by the competent natural resources department of the State Council, register the mining right in accordance with the law, and obtain a mining license.
Article 39 The competent natural resources department of the State Council shall, in conjunction with the relevant departments of the State Council, improve green mine policies, standards and specifications, improve the green mine directory and implement dynamic management. Mineral rights holders shall strengthen the planning, construction, operation and management of green mines, and promote the green development of mining enterprises.
Article 40 The competent natural resources department of the State Council shall, in conjunction with the relevant departments of the State Council, organize the formulation of national standards for mineral resource mining recovery rate, beneficiation recovery rate, and comprehensive utilization rate.
Mining rights holders shall take effective measures in terms of technology, equipment, and management to ensure that the mineral resource mining recovery rate, beneficiation recovery rate, and comprehensive utilization rate meet the requirements of relevant national standards.
The state shall formulate and improve relevant incentive policies and measures to promote the improvement of mineral resource mining recovery rate, beneficiation recovery rate, and comprehensive utilization rate.
Article 41 The natural resources departments of people's governments at or above the county level shall, in conjunction with relevant departments, strengthen the promotion and application of advanced and applicable technologies, processes, and equipment for comprehensive mining and utilization of mineral resources, and encourage and guide mining rights holders to carry out technological and process upgrades and equipment updates, and promote the industrialization of comprehensive utilization of mineral resources.
Article 42 The state shall establish a mineral resource reserve management system, strengthen the investigation, verification, statistics, and evaluation of mineral resource reserves and their changes, and provide a basis for the preparation of mineral resource-related plans, the promotion of rational development and utilization of mineral resources, and the strengthening of mineral resource protection.
The state shall periodically organize mineral resource potential evaluations and surveys on the status quo of development and utilization, and strengthen the evaluation and management of mineral resource reserves and the value of mineral rights and related rights and interests.
Article 43 If a mineral rights holder discovers exploitable mineral resources through exploration work or discovers significant changes in mineral resource reserves during mining, it shall prepare a reserve report and submit it to the original mineral rights granting department. The reserve report shall include the spatial distribution, type, quantity, and quality of mineral resources, and the demonstration of industrial indicators of the ore deposit, and shall explain the technical performance of ore processing and beneficiation, mining technical conditions, and development economic significance.
The original mineral rights granting department shall review the reserve report submitted by the mineral rights holder, and may organize relevant units to conduct technical evaluation of the reserve report as needed for the review work. The reviewed reserve report may be used as the basis for mineral resource reserve statistics and supervision and management.
Mineral rights holders shall be responsible for the authenticity of the reserve report they submit, and shall not engage in fraudulent activities.
Article 44 Mining rights holders shall carry out mineral resource reserve monitoring in accordance with regulations, establish and improve mineral resource reserve ledgers, and periodically report changes in mineral resource reserves and development and utilization to the original mineral rights granting department.
Article 45 When a mine is closed, the mining rights holder shall submit the closed mine geological report to the natural resources department of the local people's government at or above the county level in accordance with relevant national regulations, and submit relevant geological data.
Chapter IV Ecological Restoration of Mining Areas
Article 46 The natural resources departments of local people's governments at or above the county level shall, in conjunction with relevant departments, conduct investigations and evaluations of ecological damage such as geological environment damage, land damage, and vegetation degradation caused by mineral resource mining within their administrative regions, and clarify the key areas, objectives, and tasks of ecological restoration in mining areas.
Article 47 The mining rights holder is responsible for the ecological restoration of the mining area. The mining rights holder shall coordinate the implementation of ecological restoration and pollution prevention and control in the mining area.
If the mining right is transferred, unless otherwise stipulated by the state or otherwise agreed in the mineral rights granting or transfer contract, the transferee shall fulfill the obligation of ecological restoration of the mining area. If the transferor engages in fraudulent activities in the ecological restoration matters of the mining area during the transfer of the mining right, its ecological restoration obligation shall not be exempted due to the transfer of the mining right.
Article 48 For abandoned mining areas with historical legacy, the natural resources department of the local people's government at or above the county level shall confirm the person responsible for the ecological restoration of the mining area; if the person responsible is missing or cannot be confirmed, the local people's government at or above the county level shall organize the ecological restoration of the mining area and coordinate pollution control.
The competent natural resources department of the State Council and other relevant departments may formulate special policies to support local people's governments in carrying out ecological restoration of abandoned mining areas with historical legacy. Local people's governments at or above the county level may expand the funding channels for ecological restoration of mining areas through various means in accordance with the law.
Article 49 The state shall improve policies and measures to encourage social capital to participate in the ecological restoration of mining areas in accordance with the law, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of social capital participating in the ecological restoration of mining areas.
The state shall give full play to the role of the market mechanism in the ecological restoration of mining areas, and promote the market-oriented development of ecological restoration of mining areas.
Article 50 Before mining mineral resources, the mining rights holder shall prepare an ecological restoration plan for the mining area in accordance with laws, regulations, and the provisions of the competent natural resources department of the State Council, as well as the mineral rights granting contract, and submit it to the original mineral rights granting department for approval along with the mining plan. The ecological restoration plan for the mining area shall specify the objectives and tasks of ecological restoration, engineering layout, technical measures, time sequence arrangements, budget estimates, guarantee measures, and other contents; if tailings ponds are involved, special measures for the restoration of tailings ponds shall also be specified.
When preparing an ecological restoration plan for a mining area, opinions shall be solicited in the relevant areas involved in the mining area in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 46 of the Mineral Resources Law, and opinions from relevant units and individuals shall be specifically listened to. The mining rights holder shall explain the solicitation of opinions and the special listening of opinions when submitting the ecological restoration plan for approval.
If the mining rights holder makes adjustments to the ecological restoration plan for the mining area, it shall report to the original mineral rights granting department for record in accordance with the provisions of the competent natural resources department of the State Council; if the mining plan is adjusted in accordance with the provisions of the third paragraph of Article 32 of these Regulations, the ecological restoration plan for the mining area shall be re-prepared and submitted to the original mineral rights granting department for approval along with the mining plan.
If an ecological restoration plan for a mining area has been prepared in accordance with regulations, a land reclamation plan shall no longer be prepared.
Article 51 If the ecological restoration of the mining area can be carried out simultaneously with mining or in zones and phases, the mining rights holder shall reasonably divide the restoration units and arrange the restoration sequence according to the mine mining design and process flow, mining progress, mining land area and type, work safety conditions, and land damage and ecological damage, and carry out ecological restoration in a timely manner; if ecological restoration cannot be carried out simultaneously with mining or in zones and phases, ecological restoration shall be completed within 2 years before or after the mine is closed, but the time limit for ecological restoration of mining areas for mining radioactive mineral resources may be determined according to actual needs.
Article 52 After completing ecological restoration in accordance with the ecological restoration plan for the mining area, the mining rights holder shall promptly apply to the natural resources department of the local people's government at or above the county level where the mining area is located for acceptance; if ecological restoration is completed in zones and phases, acceptance shall be applied for in zones and phases.
The natural resources department of the local people's government at or above the county level shall, in conjunction with relevant departments such as the ecological environment department, organize the acceptance of ecological restoration in the mining area. If the acceptance is qualified, a certificate of acceptance shall be issued to the mining rights holder; if the acceptance is unqualified, written rectification opinions shall be issued to the mining rights holder, and the mining rights holder shall re-apply for acceptance after completing the rectification.
Article 53 The ecological restoration costs of the mining area shall be extracted by the mining rights holder on an annual basis, and unless otherwise stipulated by law, the ecological restoration costs of the mining area shall not be sealed up, frozen, or allocated.
Chapter V Mineral Resource Reserves and Emergency Response
Article 54 The state shall, in accordance with the principles of government leadership, social co-construction, diversified complementarity, and efficient coordination, construct a strategic mineral resource reserve system combining product reserves, capacity reserves, and production area reserves, scientifically and rationally determine the reserve structure, scale, and layout, and dynamically adjust them, and give play to the strategic guarantee, macro-control, and emergency response functions of the reserves.
The state shall improve the strategic mineral resource reserve supervision system, accelerate the construction of reserve facilities, improve the professional level of reserve operation entities, strengthen reserve information construction, and continuously improve the comprehensive effectiveness of strategic mineral resource reserves. People's governments at or above the county level shall, as needed, incorporate strategic mineral resource reserves into relevant plans for national economic and social development and territorial space plans, and provide support in arranging the construction of major projects.
Article 55 The development and reform department of the State Council shall coordinate the national mineral product reserve work, periodically formulate reserve plans and total plans, and dynamically adjust the scale of reserve varieties; the grain and material reserve department of the State Council shall organize the implementation of the central government's mineral product reserve collection, rotation, and daily management; the energy department of the State Council shall be responsible for energy reserve-related work in accordance with its responsibilities. Local people's governments at or above the county level shall carry out mineral product reserves in accordance with relevant national regulations and in combination with local realities.
Relevant enterprises shall do a good job in mineral product reserves in accordance with relevant national regulations. The state shall improve policies and measures to support enterprises in carrying out mineral product reserves.
The strategic mineral resource product reserve management department and the reserve undertaking unit shall strengthen the asset management of strategic mineral products, and report the management of mineral product reserves in accordance with regulations.
Article 56 The specific measures for capacity reserves of energy strategic mineral resources shall be formulated by the energy department of the State Council in conjunction with the relevant departments of the State Council; the specific measures for capacity reserves of other strategic mineral resources shall be formulated by the industry and information technology department of the State Council in conjunction with the relevant departments of the State Council.
Mining rights holders who mine strategic mineral resources shall, in accordance with relevant national regulations, combine the mine's production capacity, external transportation conditions, work safety conditions, and other factors to prepare a capacity reserve construction plan, implement capacity reserve responsibilities, rationally plan production capacity, and ensure the need for emergency production increases.
Article 57 Strategic mineral resource origin reserves shall adhere to the principles of scientific assessment, rational layout, hierarchical management, and dynamic adjustment. In conjunction with relevant national plans for mineral resource development, utilization, and security, factors such as resource endowment, technological conditions for development and utilization, domestic and international supply and demand, and ecological location shall be considered to rationally determine the reserve scale and layout. Necessary supplementary exploration shall be conducted in the reserve areas to enhance emergency mining capabilities, organically linking with product reserves and capacity reserves to form a tiered supply capacity.
The competent department of natural resources under the State Council shall take the lead in organizing the national strategic mineral resource origin reserve work, researching and proposing opinions on the types, scale, and layout of origin reserves, organizing origin reserve baseline surveys, evaluation and argumentation, and reserve exploration, delineating strategic mineral resource reserve areas, and strengthening origin reserve monitoring and protection supervision. The competent departments of natural resources of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall assist in carrying out origin reserve-related work and organize protection and supervision work in accordance with their territorial management responsibilities. Enterprises are encouraged to actively participate in origin reserve work.
The term of strategic mineral resource origin reserves shall be consistent with relevant mineral resource plans, generally not less than 5 years. Upon expiration of the reserve term, the competent department of natural resources under the State Council shall, in conjunction with relevant departments of the State Council, organize evaluation and argumentation to determine whether to extend the reserve term and carry out origin reserve adjustments and mobilization as needed.
Strategic mineral resources included in origin reserves shall not be mined or overlaid without the approval of the competent department of natural resources under the State Council.
Article 58 The relevant departments of the State Council, such as the development and reform, industry and information technology, natural resources, grain and material reserves, and mine safety supervision departments, shall establish and improve a mineral resource supply security prediction and early warning system, strengthen the sharing and application of data and information related to mineral resource supply security, and conduct comprehensive monitoring, analysis, and evaluation of mineral product supply and demand changes, price fluctuations, and safety risk conditions, and promptly carry out prediction and early warning.
Article 59 The other necessary measures referred to in item 6 of the first paragraph of Article 55 of the Mineral Resources Law include, but are not limited to, directly organizing mineral resource mining, processing, transportation, and supply, requisitioning relevant mineral products, mineral product reserve facilities, and transportation vehicles, and organizing the implementation of mineral resource or mineral product supply in accordance with the supply security order.
Chapter VI Supervision and Management
Article 60 The competent departments of natural resources and other relevant departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall, in accordance with their respective duties, strengthen supervision and inspection of mineral resource exploration, mining, and mine ecological restoration activities, and investigate and deal with illegal acts in a timely manner in accordance with the law.
The competent departments of natural resources and other relevant departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall strengthen coordination and cooperation in supervision and inspection, implement joint inspections where joint inspections are possible, and encourage the use of non-on-site inspections and non-contact technical means to carry out supervision and inspection.
Article 61 The competent departments of natural resources and other relevant departments and their staff shall have a confidentiality obligation for state secrets, work secrets, commercial secrets, personal privacy, and personal information learned in the process of supervision and management.
The commercial secrets referred to in the preceding paragraph include, but are not limited to, mineral resource reserves and the exploration results, major discoveries, and core technical solutions of mineral rights holders. Commercial secrets shall not be disclosed to third parties, unless otherwise provided by law or with the written consent of the mineral rights holder.
Article 62 The competent department of natural resources under the State Council shall establish an evaluation index system for the level of mineral resource development and utilization in accordance with the principles of scientific rationality, reflecting differences, and being simple and easy to implement, and strengthen guidance on the application of evaluation indicators.
The competent departments of natural resources of the people's governments at or above the county level shall, in accordance with the evaluation indicators for the level of mineral resource development and utilization, strengthen the collection and analysis of mineral resource exploration and mining conditions within their administrative regions and conduct regular evaluations, and propose improvement measures in terms of economical and intensive development and utilization of mineral resources. Mining right holders and relevant mining enterprises shall cooperate with the evaluation work of the competent departments of natural resources and implement relevant improvement measures.
Article 63 The competent department of natural resources under the State Council shall promote the improvement of the informatization level of mineral resource supervision and management, carry out supervision and service through the national mineral resource supervision and management information system, and strengthen information sharing with relevant departments of the State Council.
Article 64 The competent department of natural resources under the State Council shall implement filing and hierarchical and classified supervision of mineral resource exploration units based on their scale, technical capabilities, talent equipment, and credit status, and guide the scaled development of the mineral resource exploration market and improve the level of specialization.
Article 65 When disputes arise between mineral rights holders over exploration and mining areas, the parties shall resolve them through consultation. If the parties fail to reach an agreement through consultation, the local people's government at or above the county level where the mineral resources are located shall handle the dispute in accordance with the legally verified exploration and mining areas; disputes over exploration and mining areas spanning administrative regions shall be handled by the common higher-level people's government.
Article 66 The national natural resource supervision agencies shall, in accordance with the authorization of the State Council, supervise the development, utilization, supervision, and management of mineral resources by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government.
When the national natural resource supervision agencies conduct supervision, they have the right to understand the relevant circumstances of the supervision matters from units and individuals related to the supervision matters, and the relevant units and individuals shall support and assist the work of the supervision agencies.
Chapter VII Legal Liability
Article 67 Those who obstruct or hinder the lawful conduct of basic geological survey work shall be ordered to correct by the competent department of natural resources of the people's government at or above the county level, and shall be given a warning or a notice of criticism; if they refuse to correct, the unit shall be fined not less than 20,000 yuan and not more than 100,000 yuan, and the individual shall be fined not less than 10,000 yuan and not more than 50,000 yuan.
Article 68 If a mineral rights holder fails to regularly submit reports on changes in mineral resource reserves and development and utilization, or fails to submit a mine closure geological report after mine closure, the competent department of natural resources of the people's government at or above the county level shall order correction and impose a fine of not less than 20,000 yuan and not more than 100,000 yuan; if the circumstances are serious, a fine of not less than 100,000 yuan and not more than 500,000 yuan shall be imposed.
Article 69 If the mineral resources involved in the illegal acts stipulated in Articles 63, 64, 66, 67, and 68 of the Mineral Resources Law belong to strategic mineral resources, a heavier penalty shall be imposed.
Article 70 If a mineral rights holder fails to pay the mineral rights occupation fee as required, the collecting agency may order a time limit for payment, and if the payment is not made within the time limit, a fine of not more than 3 times the mineral rights occupation fee payable may be imposed.
Article 71 If a construction project construction unit disposes of sand, stone, and clay excavated for construction needs on its own, the competent department of natural resources of the people's government at or above the county level shall order correction and impose a fine of not less than 3 times and not more than 5 times the market value of the mineral products disposed of on its own; if the market value of the mineral products disposed of on its own is less than 100,000 yuan, a fine of not less than 100,000 yuan and not more than 300,000 yuan shall be imposed.
Article 72 Mining strategic mineral resources included in origin reserves without approval shall be punished more severely in accordance with the provisions of Article 64 of the Mineral Resources Law.
Article 73 Anyone who violates the provisions of these Regulations and causes damage to the personal property of others or damage to the ecological environment shall bear civil liability in accordance with the law; if it constitutes a violation of public security administration, public security administration penalties shall be imposed in accordance with the law; if it constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated in accordance with the law.
Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions
Article 74 Foreign investment in the exploration and mining of mineral resources shall comply with the provisions of the negative list for foreign investment access.
Foreign investment in the exploration and mining of mineral resources that affects or may affect national security shall be subject to security review in accordance with relevant state regulations.
Article 75 The import and export of mineral resources and related goods, technologies, and services shall comply with the provisions of relevant foreign trade and import and export management laws and administrative regulations; if they are items subject to export control, they shall also comply with the provisions of export control laws and administrative regulations.
Article 76 If any country, region, or international organization takes or assists or supports the taking of discriminatory prohibitions, restrictions, or other similar measures that endanger the security of the mineral resources and related industrial chain and supply chain of the People's Republic of China, the relevant departments of the State Council may take necessary countermeasures based on the actual situation.
Article 77 If the state has other provisions on the exploration, mining, and protection of radioactive mineral resources such as uranium (thorium) ore, those provisions shall prevail.
Article 78 Exploration licenses and mining licenses legally issued before July 1, 2025 shall remain valid within their validity period.
Article 79 These Regulations shall come into force on June 15, 2026. The "Interim Measures for the Supervision and Management of Mineral Resources," the "Regulations on the Collection and Management of Mineral Resource Compensation Fees," the "Implementing Rules of the Mineral Resources Law of the People's Republic of China," the "Measures for the Registration and Management of Mineral Resource Exploration Blocks," the "Measures for the Registration and Management of Mineral Resource Mining," and the "Measures for the Management of the Transfer of Exploration Rights and Mining Rights" shall be repealed simultaneously.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), May 20)
Return to TopPerfecting Top-Level Design and Strengthening Systematic Deployment
Wang Zhigang (王志刚), Vice Chairman of the Committee for Education, Science, Health and Sports of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协教科卫体委员会)
The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (党的二十大) made a comprehensive deployment for the integrated advancement of education, science and technology, and talent development.
In order to hold this special consultative conference successfully, the Committee for Education, Science, Health and Sports of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协教科卫体委员会) organized in-depth research. The research team believes that the integrated advancement of education, science and technology, and talent development is not only an important component of achieving high-quality development and responding to strategic competition among major powers, but also an inevitable trend to adapt to technological and industrial changes and seize the initiative in future development. The research found that there are still problems such as structural mismatches between talent cultivation and the needs of science, technology, and industry, insufficient coordination in the evaluation of education, science, and technology talents, and the need to improve the coordination mechanism for integrated development. To this end, the following suggestions are made:
Strengthen the top-level design and systematic deployment of integrated development, clarify goals and tasks, and focus on promoting national scientific and technological innovation with education, science, and technology as a large platform, and coordinate policies, measures, resource allocation, evaluation and assessment, etc.; accelerate high-level self-reliance in science and technology, give full play to the advantages of the new national system, optimize the layout and organization of major national science and technology tasks, strengthen and make good use of national strategic scientific and technological forces, and promote organized scientific research and systematic talent cultivation; deepen the reform of talent cultivation models, focusing on the integration of science, education, industry, and education, improve the adjustment mechanism for the establishment of disciplines and majors, and establish a new model of virtuous interaction between independent innovation in science and technology and independent talent cultivation; build a national strategic talent force, highlight the optimization of talent structure and capacity building, accelerate the construction of leading science and technology talents and innovation teams, and strengthen the support for young science and technology talents.
Promoting the Deep Integration of Education, Science and Technology, and Talent with Systematic Thinking
Shang Yong (尚勇), Member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协常委)
At present, the integrated development of education, science and technology, and talent faces collaborative problems such as imbalances in evaluation incentives, resource allocation, supply and demand structure, and resource sharing. It is necessary to use systematic thinking to enable talents to smoothly penetrate the institutional barriers between industry, education, and scientific research, and give full play to their innovative potential in orderly flow and effective collaboration. Suggestions:
Break down departmental barriers and promote governance collaboration. At the national and provincial levels, establish leading institutions for the integrated development of education, science and technology, and talent to ensure goal alignment and unified steps; coordinate major projects and resource allocation, and guide resources to collaborative entities. Support local governments in establishing science, education, and industry integration innovation centers led by the government and operated as entities.
Reshape incentive guidance and drive subject collaboration. For universities and research institutions, incorporate collaborative contributions such as solving key industrial problems, the effectiveness of成果转化 (chéng guǒ zhuǎn huà - "achievement transformation," the process of converting research findings into practical applications), and the cultivation of urgently needed talents into discipline evaluation, performance distribution, and职称评定 (zhíchēng píngdìng - "professional title evaluation," evaluation for professional titles), and give significant weight. For enterprises, the actual performance of deep participation in talent cultivation and open research and development resources can be used as an important basis for the recognition of high-tech enterprises and the enjoyment of tax incentives. For talents, establish a mechanism to encourage the regular flow between industry, academia, and research.
Connect the cultivation chain and achieve supply and demand collaboration. Improve the "industry-technology-education" regular dialogue mechanism. Deeply practice research project-driven cultivation, on-site engineers, and other models.
Optimize the Collaborative Mechanism and Enhance the Overall Effectiveness of the National Innovation System
Li Meng (李萌), Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协委员)
At present, artificial intelligence is reshaping the global economic and social development landscape. To promote the integrated development of education, science and technology, and talent, we should optimize the collaborative mechanism from the height of enhancing the overall effectiveness of the national innovation system and establish a virtuous cycle. Suggestions:
Establish a task-promoting collaborative mechanism to create high-energy innovation consortia. Focusing on major national needs and overcoming "卡脖子" (qiǎ bó zi - "chokehold," bottleneck) technology needs, give full play to the important role of leading technology companies, integrate the national team in the fields of education and scientific research and the resources of science and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises in subdivided fields, and form a "education + technology + industry" interdisciplinary research team.
Unblock demand transmission channels and incorporate scientific and technological frontiers and industrial needs into curriculum setting and teaching reform considerations. Establish a regular demand transmission mechanism to promote the joint construction of future technology colleges by leading technology companies and universities; establish a dynamic discipline adjustment mechanism to shorten the cycle from the emergence of demand to the implementation of courses.
Increase the intensity of talent flow to make talent flow more smoothly between universities, research institutions, and enterprises. Reform the university evaluation system and incorporate technical research, achievement transformation, and industrial contributions into the assessment indicators.
Give full play to the role of scientific research platforms and teaching platforms to promote resource interconnection and sharing. Let students learn and grow on the front lines of scientific research, and at the same time encourage companies to open up data and scenarios, so that students can exercise their abilities in real environments.
Deepen International Opening-up and Cooperation to Promote Medical-Education Collaboration and Science-Education Collaboration
Qiao Jie (乔杰), Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协委员)
Medical education shoulders the important mission of cultivating high-level medical talents, disease diagnosis and treatment, and serving the people's life and health. At present, global medical competition is fierce, and China's ability to independently cultivate top medical talents is still insufficient, and the "卡脖子" (qiǎ bó zi - "chokehold," bottleneck) problem of key technologies still exists. To this end, the following suggestions are made:
Strengthen top-level design. Promote the transformation of the collaborative mechanism between science and technology and education departments into a talent cultivation community. Support Chinese scientists to initiate or participate in influential projects in international science and technology organizations, and expand international science and technology exchanges and cooperation in an organized manner.
Medical-education collaboration to create an international medical talent highland. Continuously introduce and cultivate high-level medical scientists and clinical medical scientists with international vision. Strengthen the connection between basic knowledge of medical education and clinical practice, and set up special projects to increase the cultivation of physician scientists. Build an international curriculum system and teaching standards, and broaden students' international exchange channels.
Science-education collaboration to produce world-class innovative results. Promote high-level international scientific and technological cooperation, build strong medical journals with international influence, and strengthen the construction of major medical scientific and technological infrastructure and data platforms. Strengthen interdisciplinary international exchanges, focus on the frontiers of brain-computer interfaces, innovative drug research and development, and cultivate compound medical talents.
Promote the Reform and Development of Universities with Demand Orientation
Dai Liyi (戴立益), Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协委员)
Universities undertake the important function of talent cultivation, and are also an important source of scientific and technological innovation and a talent pool for building a strong country. It is necessary to accelerate the adjustment of disciplines and majors and the transformation of talent cultivation models, and connect the discipline chain, talent chain, innovation chain, and industrial chain to make universities a core force serving national strategic needs. Suggestions:
In the adjustment of discipline and major settings, strengthen demand traction and strategic layout. Strengthen top-level design, promote the reform of universities by category, avoid homogeneous competition in the setting of disciplines and majors, and advocate characteristic and differentiated development. Facing strategic emerging industries and future industries, proactively lay out disciplines and majors such as future energy, quantum technology, embodied intelligence, and brain-computer interfaces. Through digital intelligence empowerment and interdisciplinary integration, optimize, transform, and upgrade existing disciplines and majors. Vigorously develop new engineering disciplines oriented to advanced manufacturing, and deliver more strategically urgently needed talents to related fields. Expand the scale of postgraduate training to meet the urgent needs of society for high-level applied talents.
In the transformation of talent cultivation models, deepen the integration of science and education and the integration of industry and education. Change the cultivation plan with a single professional attribute, and advocate interdisciplinary talent cultivation through dual bachelor's degrees and other methods, so that students can grow in a compound knowledge and ability structure. Change the single curriculum teaching mode and advocate project-based learning. Promote the artificial intelligence transformation and upgrading of disciplines, majors, curriculum content, teaching methods, and evaluation methods. Build a demand-oriented cultivation paradigm, allowing students to temper their abilities on the front lines of scientific research and industry.
Solidly Promote the Construction of a Science and Technology Innovation Center with National Influence
Meng Hui (孟晖), Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协委员)
In recent years, Wuhan (武汉) has boldly explored and pioneered the deep integration of the innovation chain, industrial chain, capital chain, and talent chain, and strived to transform the advantages of science, education, and talent into innovative development advantages, but it still faces problems such as insufficient openness of application scenarios and unsound collaborative mechanisms for science, education, and talent. Suggestions:
Lay out the innovation chain around the industrial chain. Establish a demand-oriented research and development mechanism, encourage leading enterprises to release technology demand lists, and jointly establish innovation consortia with universities and research institutes to carry out order-based research and development. Increase efforts to lay out pilot test and concept verification platforms, and at the same time establish a cross-regional facility resource opening and sharing mechanism. Coordinate the construction of a number of national-level application scenario demonstration platforms, centrally open a number of leading and iconic application scenarios, and actively cultivate key industrial chains and strategic emerging industries.
Empower the innovation chain and industrial chain with the capital chain. Optimize the assessment and incentive mechanism of state-owned capital funds, and build a performance evaluation system that supports "investing early, investing small, and investing long-term." Deepen the innovation of bank credit service models and unblock cross-departmental data barriers.
Drive the integration of the "four chains" with the talent chain. Cultivate talents in a classified and hierarchical manner with systematic thinking, and create an environment suitable for talent growth and achievement emergence. Deepen the special training of engineering master's and doctoral students, and promote enterprises to deeply participate in curriculum design, post-training, and skill certification. Deepen the reform of talent evaluation and incentives, and establish an evaluation system with innovation value, industrial transformation, enterprise effectiveness, and tackling contribution as the core. Vigorously cultivate technology managers.
Improve the efficiency of factor allocation. Establish a benefit coupling mechanism for innovation entities. Build a national unified big data service platform for scientific and technological innovation elements, intelligently match and accurately connect, and reduce innovation transaction costs. Accelerate the cultivation of high-level scientific and technological service industries. Cultivate a number of professional, large-scale, and international scientific and technological service institutions, improve the scientific and technological service standard system and industry norms, and improve the efficiency of achievement transformation.
Build a World-Class New Type of Research University
Shi Yigong (施一公), Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协委员)
Reform and innovation are the distinct symbols of a new type of research university, and it is necessary to maintain the original intention and be determined to reform and forge ahead. To this end, the following suggestions are made:
Replace scaled indicators with leading indicators. Deeply promote classified reform, take the new round of "Double First-Class" construction as an opportunity, set up different tracks, and focus on evaluating the academic leadership, the ability to solve major scientific problems, etc. of new types of research universities, encourage striving to be single champions, and promote the blooming of universities.
Shape extraordinary advantages with unconventional measures. Break through existing policies, take new types of research universities as special zones for the reform of the education, science and technology, and talent system and mechanism, give more pilot tasks, explore the model of cultivating national-level innovation platforms before recognition, give full play to the advantages of light equipment, form a precise and rapid response mechanism, and seize the opportunity to change the scientific research paradigm and cultivation model.
Improve diversified guarantees with systematic thinking. Relying on the new national system, improve the multi-party collaborative investment mechanism; encourage local governments to increase investment, and give certain preferential support in terms of donation matching; guide social forces to actively participate, and mobilize all parties to provide a backing for long-term development.
Leverage Hong Kong's Strengths to Help Education, Science and Technology, and Talent Development
Teng Jinguang (滕锦光), Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协委员)
Hong Kong (香港) has unique advantages in finance, education, and international professional services. Actively connecting with the national strategic deployment for the integrated advancement of education, science and technology, and talent development, and realizing the resonance between Hong Kong and national development, is a topic that all sectors of Hong Kong must answer well in the new era. Suggestions:
Accelerate the construction of the Northern Metropolis (北部都会区) to empower education, science and technology development. Carry out systematic top-level design and coordinated and reasonable layout for the University Town (大学城) and various educational land in the Northern Metropolis (北部都会区) to support the long-term layout and sustainable development of universities.
Hong Kong (香港), Shenzhen (深圳), Guangzhou (广州), and Dongguan (东莞) jointly establish the Greater Bay Area Joint Research and Development Fund (大湾区联合研发基金) to focus on supporting basic research and core technology breakthroughs; implement a single project and single team funding model to amplify cross-border collaboration advantages and improve overall research and development effectiveness.
Gather international high-end talents to help the country achieve self-reliance in science and technology. Hong Kong (香港) has international talent introduction advantages and can establish a Mainland-Hong Kong Joint Special Project for the National Key Research and Development Program (国家重点研发计划), establish a regular collaborative tackling model; form a joint expert committee in the two places to implement full-cycle standardized management of projects. Establish a cross-border university-enterprise joint appointment mechanism.
Promote the Innovative Development of Biomedicine
Xiao Ran (肖苒), Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协委员)
At present, the digital wave with artificial intelligence and big data as the core is reshaping the biomedical innovation paradigm. We should promote the deep integration of the education chain, talent chain, innovation chain, and industrial chain to build a solid foundation for biomedical innovation talents.
Accelerate the construction of an open, collaborative, and globally intelligent medical education system. Promote the sharing of university resources and collaborative talent cultivation, establish a flexible academic system, credit accumulation and mutual recognition system, support cross-school course selection, enterprise practice, and modular micro-major learning, and make learning paths more diverse and flexible. Promote high-level Sino-foreign joint training and cross-border credit mutual recognition to create a talent cultivation pattern with depth, resilience, and global vision.
Build a cross-integrated, independent, and excellent biomedical discipline system. Consolidate the support of basic disciplines such as mathematics, physics, and chemistry, break through the boundaries of medicine, pharmacy, engineering, and information science, and build emerging interdisciplinary discipline ecosystems such as AI+pharmaceutical, medical-engineering cross, and synthetic biology. Update courses in a timely manner to ensure that teaching content is always in sync with industrial upgrading.
Implement a research-use-integrated, excellent teacher-strong teaching talent cultivation model. Taking practice as the guidance, promote undergraduates to enter research groups early, master students to take root in the clinical front line, and doctoral students to go deep into the industrial site, and strengthen practical training through project connection. Open up the institutional channel for industrial mentors to participate in talent cultivation and increase the weight of teaching performance in职称评聘 (zhíchēng píngdìng - "professional title evaluation," evaluation for professional titles).
Create a fair, inclusive, and vibrant talent development ecosystem. Improve the scientific and technological resource allocation mechanism and establish academic credit files for scientific researchers. Establish special funds to support universities, research institutes, and enterprises to jointly build interdisciplinary discipline projects, industry-education integration platforms, and youth talent projects. Improve the long-term mechanism for two-way talent flow.
Give Full Play to the Talent Gathering and Cultivation Function of Transferred Scientific Research Institutes
Zhao Xiaochen (赵晓晨), Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协委员)
Central enterprise transferred scientific research institutes give play to the characteristics of industry common technology tackling and scientific and technological achievement transformation, and have unique advantages in engineering and technical talent cultivation. In order to give full play to the important role of transferred institutes in the integrated advancement of education, science and technology, and talent, the following suggestions are made:
Strengthen support and guarantee, and cultivate strategic compound leading talents. Establish a long-term stable support special project for common technology talents in the National Natural Science Foundation of China (国家自然科学基金), and create strategic leading talents in major tasks. Expand the scope of the pilot project for the empowerment of职务科技成果 (zhíwù kējì chéngguǒ - "job-related scientific and technological achievements," scientific and technological achievements made during employment) and the separate listing of achievement assets to stimulate the innovation and achievement transformation动力 (dònglì - "driving force," motivation) of scientific researchers.
Grasp the improvement of literacy and reserve artificial intelligence and digital talents. Guide transferred institutes to jointly build an "artificial intelligence + industry" talent cultivation system with universities. Relying on transferred institutes to build industry scientific research data platforms, cultivate data managers who understand scientific research and scientific research management talents who understand digitalization. Support transferred institutes to cooperate with artificial intelligence enterprises and cultivate scientific research talents who understand the application of artificial intelligence in project practice.
Break the institutional barriers and unblock the cultivation of engineering master's and doctoral students. Improve the engineering master's and doctoral student cultivation mechanism of transferred institutes, promote universities and transferred institutes to jointly formulate cultivation plans that meet industrial needs, and explore a degree thesis evaluation system that meets the characteristics of engineering practice.
Seize New Opportunities for the Development of Intelligent Body Technology
Zhou Hongyi (周鸿祎), Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协委员)
AI technology is rapidly developing from large models to intelligent bodies. This year, intelligent bodies have been implemented and effective in massive application scenarios, becoming a specific solution for the implementation of the "artificial intelligence +" action. Intelligent bodies bring huge opportunities and also face some real challenges. First, the supply of AI talents is insufficient, and AI application talents who can deeply understand and develop industry intelligent bodies are particularly scarce. Second, the safety of intelligent bodies faces huge challenges. To this end, the following suggestions are made:
Industry-education integration to cultivate practical talents. Education connects with the forefront of science and technology and the front line of industry, customizes personalized cultivation paths for students, realizes individualized teaching, and popularizes intelligent body general education to accelerate the cultivation of new talents who can develop industry intelligent bodies. Improve the talent evaluation system and incorporate the results of solving industrial problems into the indicators for teacher and student assessment and enterprise talent evaluation.
Industry-education integration to cultivate practical talents. Education should connect with cutting-edge technology and industrial frontlines, customizing personalized training paths for students to achieve individualized teaching and cater to diverse needs, popularize general knowledge education on intelligent entities, and accelerate the cultivation of new talents capable of developing industry-specific intelligent entities. Improve the talent evaluation system, incorporating the results of solving industrial problems into the assessment indicators for teachers and students, as well as the talent evaluation of enterprises.
Industry-university-research collaboration. Incorporate research on intelligent entity security technology into the "15th Five-Year Plan" key research projects to attract the gathering of innovative elements. Support enterprises with both "security + AI" capabilities to lead, jointly with universities, research institutions, etc., to form an AI security tackling consortium, break through security technology bottlenecks, achieve independent and controllable technology, and effectively prevent and deal with intelligent entity security threats.
Leveraging New R&D Institutions to Facilitate Integrated Pharmaceutical Research and Production
Ji Xunming (吉训明), Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (中国工程院)
New R&D institutions have unique advantages in promoting deep integration of research and production and serving people's health. It is recommended to strengthen the system and mechanism with greater efforts, so that new R&D institutions can truly become the driving engine for the integrated development of education, science and technology, and talent, providing a solid support for the construction of a Healthy China.
Reform funding management and strengthen stable support and contract system. The stable funding of new R&D institutions should be matched with the tasks undertaken, and implement the "total contract, negative list" management, and independently coordinate the use; establish a "whitelist" system for scientific research funding audits, and simplify audits for institutions with good reputation.
Decentralize personnel autonomy and build a full-cycle talent development system. For high-level talents undertaking major tasks, allow breakthroughs in the total salary limit and adopt diversified distribution forms such as annual salary system; take innovation ability and actual contribution as the core evaluation criteria for the promotion of scientific researchers, and further decentralize the authority of professional title evaluation under the premise of compliance.
Optimize scientific research conditions and administrative processes. Establish a negative list for equipment procurement, and equipment outside the list is allowed to be purchased independently under the premise of compliance; establish a sound management system for the procurement of scientific research equipment and consumables; improve the quality of experimental space use through multiple channels such as transforming existing space.
Strengthen collaboration and transformation mechanisms. Support new R&D institutions to jointly establish innovation consortia with universities, hospitals, and enterprises, and create demonstration zones for the integrated development of education, science, technology, and talent through joint funds, joint training, and joint lectures.
Strengthen the Construction of a Team of Strategic Scientists
Pan Jianwei (潘建伟), Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协委员)
The construction of a team of strategic scientists is an important task to promote high-level self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology and build a strong country in science and technology. Around the age of 40 is the golden age for scientific researchers' innovation. In order to fully release the innovation potential of talents in this age group, systematic measures need to be taken to form a joint force from discovery, training to environmental protection, and promote more outstanding talents to grow into strategic scientists.
Focus on discovering and cultivating "seed talents" with the potential of strategic scientists from major tasks. Listen to the opinions of first-class scientists at the forefront of scientific research on talent policies, attach importance to the recommendation of outstanding young talents, build a diversified evaluation system, and select young talents with good theoretical literacy, strong hands-on ability, and a commitment to scientific research who dare to accept challenges. At the same time, strengthen practical training and major task traction, so that outstanding talents can take the lead in the front-line work of tackling "chokehold" technologies and building national laboratories, forming a selection standard that discovers from major scientific and technological tasks and grows in scientific and technological innovation practices.
Provide a good growth environment for high-level innovative talents. A good growth environment includes both scientific research conditions and living security and academic atmosphere. Reduce the distraction of outstanding talents in striving for basic conditions through continuous and stable support for scientific research conditions and more flexible talent policies. Encourage emancipating the mind and bold exploration, and create a tolerant scientific research atmosphere.
Pay attention to and focus on supporting the construction of innovative teams. High-level innovative talents can accelerate knowledge accumulation, stimulate innovative sparks, and rapidly improve the overall scientific research level in excellent team collaboration, so as to better realize the accumulation of advantages and common growth.
Attach importance to high-quality international exchanges. Further encourage outstanding scientists to actively carry out international exchanges, conduct in-depth interactions with the world's top scholars, and gradually build a more stable and mutually trusting global scientific and technological cooperation network.
Strengthen Talent Cultivation in Strategically Important Areas
Tan Tieniu (谭铁牛), Member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协常委)
Talent is the primary resource. Only by vigorously strengthening talent cultivation in strategically important areas can we firmly grasp the initiative of development from the source and provide solid talent support for building a strong country and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. To this end, the following suggestions are made:
Focus on strengthening the overall planning of talent cultivation in strategically important areas. Pay more attention to quality improvement and structural optimization, and achieve the organic unity of short-term emergency and long-term layout. Adhere to the combination of points and areas, and implement policies according to different categories. We must focus on the most prominent areas of current "chokeholds" and concentrate on tackling key problems, and also look forward to the commanding heights of future technology and make forward-looking arrangements to avoid " **一哄而上** (yī hōng ér shàng - "swarm up," a situation where everyone rushes to do the same thing without proper planning or consideration)" setting up homogeneous majors, resulting in waste of resources and structural surplus.
Focus on strengthening the comprehensive empowerment of talent cultivation in strategically important areas. Vigorously expand students' academic horizons and innovative thinking. Break down traditional disciplinary barriers and vigorously promote interdisciplinary training. Actively integrate into the global innovation network and encourage students to actively participate in international scientific and technological cooperation and high-level academic exchanges. Establish and improve a joint training mechanism between universities, research institutes and leading enterprises, and promote "order-based" training and project-based, practical training. At the same time, strengthen the integration of industry and education, and build a number of national-level industry-education integration innovation platforms to enable students to increase their talents in real problems and real scenarios.
Focus on strengthening the introduction and cultivation of leading talents and young talents in strategically important areas. Support high-level research universities and "double first-class" disciplines to expand the scale of undergraduate, master's and doctoral training in strategically important areas, and consolidate the foundation of the talent echelon. Encourage the synergy of industry, academia and research to build a strong and excellent teaching staff in strategically important areas. Increase efforts to introduce top talents and outstanding young talents from overseas in strategically important areas to the world.
Implement a Differentiated Medical Talent Training Model
Wang Jun (王俊), Member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协常委)
Medical and health talents are the core force for promoting the construction of a Healthy China. Facing the health needs of the people's entire life cycle, there are still some prominent contradictions in the medical and health talent training system. Suggestions:
Solve the "can't keep" problem of grassroots talents. Expand the training scale of rural order-oriented free medical students and the enrollment scale of standardized training for general practice resident physicians, and increase the coverage of the "University Student Village Doctor" special program. Establish a talent retention mechanism with "treatment + future" dual guarantees, and open up channels for career development for grassroots doctors.
Strengthen the functional positioning of secondary hospitals. Through a combination of medical insurance payment reform, medical policy adjustments, and performance appraisal indicator design, guide secondary hospitals to focus on providing rehabilitation treatment, hospice care, medical-養結合 (yī yǎng jié hé - "medical care and elderly care combination," combining medical services with elderly care services) and other services under the premise of continuing to do a good job in the diagnosis and treatment of common diseases, chronic diseases, and emergency first aid, and develop in a differentiated manner with tertiary hospitals.
Connect the training of clinical experts and clinical scientists. Combine the functional positioning and talent needs of ordinary tertiary hospitals, tertiary A hospitals, and large tertiary A hospitals affiliated to universities to formulate a differentiated assessment indicator system. Guide ordinary tertiary hospitals to strengthen diagnosis and treatment norms, technical operations, and medical service capabilities; university-affiliated hospitals and national medical centers should not only complete the treatment of difficult and critical illnesses, but also carry out clinical talent training and high-level innovative research. Establish a "physician-scientist" special training program and career development path to cultivate compound talents with both clinical diagnosis and treatment skills and scientific research capabilities.
Consolidate the Foundation of Innovation with Science Popularization and Cultivate Top-notch Talents
Xu Yanhao (徐延豪), Member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协常委)
In recent years, local authorities and relevant units have actively explored ways to connect the education chain of primary and secondary schools and universities, enrich science popularization carriers, and strengthen resource supply. The following three suggestions are put forward to accelerate the cultivation of top-notch innovative talents for the future:
Improve the system and mechanism, strengthen the science popularization responsibilities of multiple entities, and promote the popularization of cutting-edge technology to benefit education. Further strengthen the ability of primary and secondary schools, universities, research institutes, and high-tech enterprises to supply science popularization resources, and promote the institutionalization and normalization of high-quality resources such as national key laboratories, major science and technology infrastructure, and cutting-edge innovation platforms to open and share with young people. Encourage high-tech enterprises to carry out immersive scientific practice and innovation enlightenment for young people.
Strengthen the construction of a professional teaching staff and expand scientific and technological volunteer services. Gather scientists, researchers, engineers, university teachers and students, and other forces to form a high-level scientific and technological volunteer service team, focusing on giving full play to the important role of young university teachers and doctoral students in serving the scientific and technological innovation and growth of young people. Promote front-line experts to approach young people and guide young people to improve their scientific literacy in scientific guidance. Improve incentive and guarantee policies.
Deepen school-district collaboration, enrich scientific and technological innovation practice scenarios, and strengthen regional balance and practical empowerment. Support middle schools to use spring and autumn breaks, short holidays, and other periods to regularly organize students to enter university laboratories, research institutes, and science popularization venues to carry out exploratory learning. Strengthen precise support and promote the sinking of high-quality scientific and technological innovation practice resources to the grassroots and extending to underdeveloped areas.
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A Memorable Scene
On May 10th, at the 2026 IFSC Climbing World Cup (Wujiang Station), the Chinese young athlete Zhao Yicheng (赵一程) broke his own world record set 12 days prior with a time of 4.54 seconds in the men's speed climbing semi-final.
Words of Encouragement
As long as you keep the most fervent light in your heart, it can illuminate the way forward.
——Zhao Yicheng (赵一程)
"Beep, beep, tick!" As the three-second countdown ended, Zhao Yicheng (赵一程) grabbed the holds, kicked off the wall, and quickly swept past. In the blink of an eye, he reached the finish line. 4.54 seconds, a new world record was born!
"Witnessed what it means to walk on flat ground."
"This isn't climbing, it's practically flying over walls."
Applause thundered, and the audience was amazed.
On May 10th, at the Fenhu Cultural and Sports Center in Wujiang (吴江) District, Suzhou (苏州市), Jiangsu Province (江苏省), in the men's speed climbing semi-final of the 2026 IFSC Climbing World Cup (Wujiang Station), Zhao Yicheng (赵一程) faced off against American star Samuel Watson. The two leaped and darted on the wall, neither giving way. In the end, Zhao Yicheng's (赵一程) movements were smooth, breaking the world record for the event.
"At that moment, I didn't have winning or losing in my mind. What I was thinking was, I was especially excited to climb with Watson," Zhao Yicheng (赵一程) said. That excitement made him feel that he could definitely climb faster. When he achieved his wish and was the first to hit the timing board at the finish line, he knew he had done it. He defeated Watson and also defeated himself, who had broken the world record 12 days earlier.
Without time to spare, the final followed immediately. That night, the lights were bright, and the wall was towering. Zhao Yicheng (赵一程) and his teammate Long Jianguo (龙见国) "met at the summit." Zhao Yicheng (赵一程) did not relax because he had broken the world record, but continued to perform steadily, hitting the board first with a time of 4.61 seconds, taking the first World Cup title of his career. Long Jianguo (龙见国) won the silver medal, and Watson won the bronze medal.
After the competition, Zhao Yicheng (赵一程) said: "I don't have the idea that I must win, only the belief that I can run at the fastest speed."
Watson commented that Zhao Yicheng (赵一程) is the most talented speed climber he has ever seen.
Watson had set a world record of 4.64 seconds and was once an unattainable "ceiling" in Zhao Yicheng's (赵一程) eyes. On April 28th, at the 6th Asian Beach Games men's speed climbing preliminary round held in Sanya (三亚市), Hainan Province (海南省), Zhao Yicheng (赵一程) performed excellently, breaking Watson's world record with a time of 4.58 seconds.
4.58 seconds, a world record; 12 days later, 4.54 seconds, another world record. The person who broke the record was the same person, a 17-year-old Chinese boy. How did he do it?
Zhao Yicheng (赵一程) was born in Suzhou (苏州市), Jiangsu Province (江苏省) in 2009. At the age of 5, he often went to the climbing gym with his friends and gradually fell in love with the sport and showed talent. At the age of 9, Zhao Yicheng (赵一程) participated in the 4th National Youth Climbing Championships, winning first place in the U9 men's difficulty competition, first place in the speed competition, and third place in the bouldering competition. "This was a great encouragement to him, and his confidence also increased. From then on, he loved climbing even more," said Zhao Yicheng's (赵一程) mother, Cheng Cheng (程程).
As his competition results got better and better, Zhao Yicheng (赵一程) faced a choice: should he continue to be an ordinary student, or should he spend more time on training and strive to become a professional athlete? After thinking about it, he chose the latter: "I like the feeling on the wall."
With the support of his parents, 14-year-old Zhao Yicheng (赵一程) came to the Shanghai Climbing Team (上海攀岩队) to receive professional training, specializing in speed climbing. In just about a year, he won the men's speed climbing championship at the 31st National Climbing Championships, climbing out of excellent results within 5 seconds twice, and became one of the world's top speed climbers.
He was invincible in many competitions, but the 15th National Games (全国运动会) held in November 2025 still put a lot of pressure on Zhao Yicheng (赵一程). In the men's speed climbing final, he did it all in one go, without stopping, and won the championship with a time of 4.86 seconds, "very difficult."
Year after year of training and competition, Zhao Yicheng (赵一程) often has some minor injuries, such as scraping his knees and bleeding, but he always says "it's okay" and "it's alright" in front of his parents. The coach told him to "be sure to protect himself" and hoped that he would "continue this state healthily."
"Climbing requires not only physical exertion, but also active thinking. If you don't think actively, you may not be able to reach the top in any sport," Zhao Yicheng (赵一程) said. He often simulates the speed climbing track in his mind, and when he can't sleep, he watches other people's climbing videos and studies their movements.
"He loves climbing, and we have always supported him. To get to where he is today, a strong desire to win and drive are very important." Talking about her son's growth process, Cheng Cheng (程程) is full of love, "After winning the championship, my son hung the gold medal around my neck and said: 'You are the champion!' At that moment, I was especially happy."
Since speed climbing was established as a separate event at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, competition in the event has become increasingly fierce. The 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games will for the first time set speed climbing, difficulty climbing, and bouldering as separate events, and more and more athletes are beginning to focus on their strengths. Talking about future goals, Zhao Yicheng (赵一程) aims for the Olympic championship.
"As long as you keep the most fervent light in your heart, it can illuminate the way forward," said the light-chasing teenager.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 陈晨曦 刘硕阳
"Football is always a team sport. Whether attacking or defending, it requires the participation of every player on the team." Just as Chinese team head coach Ueshima Bin (浮嶋敏) said, with the team's concerted efforts, the Chinese team has once again stepped onto the final stage of the U17 Asian Cup after 22 years. At dawn on May 20th, Beijing (北京) time, in the semi-final of the 2026 AFC U17 Asian Cup held in Saudi Arabia (沙特阿拉伯), the Chinese team defeated the Australian team 2-0, entering the final again after winning the championship in 2004.
In the first two rounds of the group stage, the Chinese team lost to the Indonesian team and the Japanese team successively. In the last round of the group stage, the Chinese team defeated the Qatar team 2-0, narrowly catching the last train to the top eight, and also obtained the qualification to participate in this year's U17 World Cup. In the quarter-finals, after the Chinese team defeated the host Saudi Arabian team 3-1, they met the Australian team, who had eliminated the Vietnamese team, in the semi-finals.
"This was a very difficult game, especially in the first half, we needed to withstand the pressure when the ball possession rate was at a disadvantage," said Ueshima Bin (浮嶋敏). Although the Australian team's ball possession rate exceeded 60%, the number of opportunities created by the Chinese team was more than their opponents. After a goalless first half, the Chinese team broke the deadlock in the forty-ninth minute. After Zhou Yinuo (周雨诺) intercepted the ball in the frontcourt, Shuai Weihao (帅惟浩) broke into the penalty area at high speed and pushed a long shot into the far corner. In the stoppage time of the second half, Xie Jin (谢晋), who came on as a substitute, scored with a low shot in the penalty area, securing the victory for the Chinese team.
In the other semi-final, the Japanese team eliminated the Uzbekistan team through penalty kicks to advance to the final. At 1:00 am Beijing (北京) time on the 23rd, the final of this tournament will be held at the King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah (吉达), where the Chinese team will face the Japanese team.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Chongqing (重庆) on May 20th (Reporter Liu Shuoyang (刘硕阳)) The first Asian Jumps Championships concluded on the evening of the 19th at the Changshou District (长寿区) Sports Center in Chongqing (重庆). The competition included a total of 8 events for men and women: long jump, triple jump, high jump, and pole vault. After two days of intense competition, the Chinese team ultimately topped the medal table with 5 gold, 4 silver, and 3 bronze medals.
In the women's triple jump competition held on the evening of the 19th, Chinese athlete Li Yi (李艺) refreshed her personal best with a jump of 14.00 meters on her first attempt, and further improved her score to 14.16 meters on her fourth attempt, winning the championship. Her teammate Huang Yingying (黄滢滢) won the silver medal. In the past two years, Li Yi's (李艺) upward momentum has been obvious. She won the silver medal at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima and the championship at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, and represented the Chinese team at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.
In the women's long jump competition held on the evening of the 18th, Huang Yingying (黄滢滢) took the lead with a jump of 6.28 meters on her second attempt. After being overtaken by her teammate Li Zhishuang (李智双), who jumped first, with a score of 6.32 meters on her fourth attempt, Huang Yingying (黄滢滢) immediately regained the top spot with 6.44 meters, and secured the championship with a score of 6.46 meters on her sixth attempt. Li Zhishuang (李智双) and Zhang Jiayi (张嘉怡) won the silver and bronze medals respectively. "I hope to continuously improve my condition and strive to qualify for the Nagoya Asian Games," said Huang Yingying (黄滢滢).
In other events, Chinese athletes Yao Jie (姚捷) and Niu Chunge (牛春格) won gold medals in the men's and women's pole vault with scores of 5.60 meters and 4.60 meters respectively, and Zhou Rongjia (周荣嘉) won the men's triple jump with 16.90 meters. The Asian Jumps Championships is a competition jointly founded by the Chinese Athletics Association and the Asian Athletics Association, attracting many top athletes to participate. Asian Athletics Association Secretary-General Shugu (舒古) said that the holding of this competition marks Asian athletics moving towards professionalization and internationalization.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Yantai on May 20th (Li Ziyue (李子悦)): On the 19th, the 2026 National Sports Publicity and Culture Work Conference was held in Yantai (烟台), Shandong (山东).
The conference emphasized the need to accurately focus on the goal of building a strong sports nation, closely adhere to the theme of deepening governance in the sports field, and strive to write a new chapter in the "15th Five-Year Plan" for sports publicity and culture work. It is necessary to consolidate and strengthen mainstream ideology and public opinion, promote the Party's innovative theories, coordinate and manage both event publicity and daily publicity, improve the news release mechanism, make good use of new technologies and applications, and explore the creation of high-quality sports works; strengthen the cultivation of spiritual civilization, expand and strengthen the "Ode to the Chinese Sports Spirit" cultural brand, and improve the governance mechanism of sportsmanship on the field; prevent and resolve major risks and challenges, deepen the governance of the "fan circle" chaos in the sports field, strengthen the rectification of cyber violence in the sports field, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of sports workers in accordance with the law; safeguard and make good use of the publicity and cultural front, adhere to the equal emphasis on soul-casting and shaping, and promote sports culture to enter the public and integrate into life.
In recent years, mass sports events such as football, basketball, and marathons have become increasingly popular, becoming a new engine for driving consumption and an important driving force for promoting stable social development. In 2025, Shandong (山东) Province held 3,014 events with a scale of more than 500 people, generating direct economic benefits of 11.213 billion yuan.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 尚嵘峥
"Stand with feet apart, arms forward, knees bent, palms pressing down..." On the playground of the No. 1 Middle School in Tekes County (特克斯县), Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture (伊犁哈萨克自治州), Xinjiang (新疆), physical education teacher Haoziyati Sier'en (豪孜亚提·斯尔阿恩) (pictured, photo by Molider Yierken (莫丽德尔·叶尔肯)) leads students in practicing the 24-style simplified Taijiquan, starting from the opening posture.
Tekes County (特克斯县) is famous for its Bagua City (八卦城). This county, designed according to the "Later Heaven Sequence" of the Eight Trigrams (八卦) in the *Book of Changes* (*周易*), was built in the 1930s. Looking down on the county, the local area uses the Taiji Platform (太极台) as the center, extending outward with 8 main streets about 1.2 kilometers long, named after the Eight Trigrams (八卦) directions. The main streets are connected by 4 ring roads, forming an urban pattern of "one ring with 8 streets, two rings with 16 streets, and three rings with 32 streets." The association between Taiji and the Bagua City (八卦城) has gradually made practicing Taiji a popular fitness method for local residents. Since 2017, the local area has actively promoted Taijiquan, and the harmonious and balanced movements can be seen everywhere in residential areas, parks, squares, and school playgrounds.
Haoziyati (豪孜亚提) is a native of Tekes (特克斯). When he was in high school, he learned Taijiquan in physical education class. "At that time, I felt that only old people practiced such slow movements. Playing Taijiquan was not as fun as playing football or basketball," he said.
In college, Haoziyati (豪孜亚提), majoring in track and field, came into contact with this sport again because the school offered a required Taijiquan course. From basic theory and the philosophical ideas contained in Taijiquan to the details of movements such as stances, steps, and gestures, as he studied more deeply, Haoziyati's (豪孜亚提) attitude towards this sport gradually changed, and he also felt the unique charm of Taijiquan's combination of internal and external cultivation, and its balance of strength and softness.
After graduating from college, Haoziyati (豪孜亚提) returned to his hometown and became a physical education teacher. In the process of teaching, he saw the shadow of himself when he first came into contact with Taijiquan in his students. "Some children are naughty and active and can't calm down and enter the rhythm of Taijiquan at all, and some find it boring and even have resistance," he said. He was very worried, how can he get the children to practice Taijiquan well? Combining the interests of students in this age group, he designed a Taijiquan challenge game.
"The children stand in a row, from the first student to the last student, practicing Taiji movements in a relay style, one move per person, without interruption. If they all pass the level, they will be rewarded with free activity time." Through gamified teaching and positive encouragement, the classroom became interesting and fun, and the students gradually grasped the knack of Taijiquan when practicing.
As he practiced more deeply, the gentleness and agility of Taiji gradually affected Haoziyati's (豪孜亚提) character. "When I was a head teacher before, I used to get angry easily when I encountered naughty students, but teaching Taijiquan and practicing Taijiquan taught me to calm down and calm my breath. Now I can better control my emotions and think calmly when things happen," Haoziyati (豪孜亚提) said, "Being a person is like practicing Taiji, you must stand firm and calm down, find balance in each other's interactions, and learn to unite in mutual tolerance."
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on May 20th (Reporter Pan Junqiang (潘俊强)) The 2026 China Beautiful Village Tug-of-War Competition (Beijing (北京)·Fengtai Station (丰台站)) and the "Fengyi Futai (丰宜福台)" Tug-of-War Competition to Help Rural Revitalization was successfully held recently in Wangzuo Town (王佐镇), Fengtai District (丰台区), Beijing (北京), with 30 teams participating.
The competition set up three major groups: professional group, amateur group, and village group, covering professional athletes, grassroots people, and village representatives. In the final stage of the competition, the organizing committee innovatively held a mixed-team friendship competition. The champion and runner-up teams of the professional group exchanged team members to form teams for exchanges, learning skills and enhancing feelings in a relaxed atmosphere, so that the arena was not only full of passionate competition, but also warm friendship. "Tug-of-war is a sport full of strength and skill, and it also exercises the body in muscle stretching. It is very pleasant to compete with teams from all over the country." Yu Shuqin (于淑芹), a 56-year-old participant representative from the Cao'an Village (草庵村) tug-of-war team in Shanghai (上海), said excitedly after winning the first game.
Outside the arena, cultural and sports activities were integrated, and it was full of vitality. During the event, the "Beautiful Village Carnival" was launched simultaneously. The rural food market, arm wrestling, Chuiwan, Cuju, Pitch-pot and other interactive experience areas were very lively, attracting citizens to participate in an immersive way; the night rural music concert was wonderful, and tourists watched the games and visited the market during the day, and enjoyed music and tasted food at night, fully feeling the vitality and charm of the countryside.
Return to TopDecree of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
No. 839
The "Implementation Regulations of the Mineral Resources Law of the People's Republic of China" was adopted at the 85th Executive Meeting of the State Council on May 9, 2026, and is hereby promulgated and shall come into force on June 15, 2026.
Premier Li Qiang (李强)
May 15, 2026
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 These Regulations are formulated in accordance with the "Mineral Resources Law of the People's Republic of China" (hereinafter referred to as the Mineral Resources Law).
Article 2 The State promotes the rational development and utilization of mineral resources, strengthens the protection of mineral resources and the ecological environment, promotes high-quality development of the mining industry, and ensures the safety of mineral resources.
Article 3 The determination and adjustment of the mineral resources catalog shall be proposed by the natural resources authorities of the State Council in conjunction with the development and reform departments of the State Council, and shall be promulgated after being submitted to the State Council for approval.
The mineral resources catalog includes mineral resource types and classifications.
Article 4 The State shall increase investment in basic geological survey work, strengthen the construction of basic geological survey teams, encourage social forces to participate in basic geological surveys in accordance with the law and in an orderly manner, and improve the quality and efficiency of basic geological survey work.
Article 5 The State shall improve policies and measures in finance, finance, land, ecological environment, industry, import and export, etc., improve the overall coordination and connection system of the entire chain of strategic mineral resource exploration, production, supply, storage, and sales, increase support for the exploration, mining, processing, trade, and storage of strategic mineral resources, promote the optimization and upgrading of the strategic mineral resource industry, and improve the level of mineral resource security.
The determination and adjustment of the strategic mineral resources catalog shall be researched and proposed by the natural resources authorities of the State Council in conjunction with relevant departments of the State Council, and shall be implemented after being submitted to the State Council for approval. The determination and adjustment of the strategic mineral resources catalog shall comprehensively consider the following factors and conduct assessments of relevant mineral resources:
(1) The degree of importance to national economic and social development and national security;
(2) Domestic resource endowment, degree of shortage, and dependence on foreign countries;
(3) The resilience and security level of related industrial chains and supply chains;
(4) Other factors that need to be considered.
For specific strategic mineral resources determined by the State Council, protective mining measures such as planning control, total volume regulation, and limited mining entities shall be implemented in accordance with laws, administrative regulations, and relevant national regulations.
Article 6 Relevant mineral resource plans prepared and approved in accordance with Article 9 of the Mineral Resources Law shall be published in accordance with the law. Activities such as geological surveys and mineral resource exploration, mining, protection, and ecological restoration of mining areas shall comply with relevant mineral resource plans.
The natural resources authorities of the people's governments at or above the county level may, in conjunction with relevant departments, formulate relevant plans for the exploration, mining, protection, and ecological restoration of mining areas for specific fields, specific regions, or specific mineral types according to actual needs, and relevant information shall be included in the territorial space planning implementation supervision information system.
Article 7 The State adheres to the principles of equality, mutual benefit, and win-win cooperation, and actively promotes international investment, trade, technology, and other cooperation in the field of mineral resources through various channels and methods to maintain the security and stability of the industrial chain and supply chain.
The development and utilization of overseas mineral resources shall safeguard national interests and social public interests, comply with China's laws and regulations and the relevant laws of the country or region where they are located, abide by contracts, respect local customs and cultural traditions, pay attention to ecological environmental protection and safe production, strengthen safety risk prevention, and go through relevant procedures in accordance with regulations, and accept the management and supervision of relevant departments and foreign diplomatic missions of China in accordance with the law.
Chapter II Mining Rights
Article 8 Mining rights shall be granted through competitive methods such as bidding, auction, and listing; for strategic mineral resources that are in high demand and have medium or above resource reserves, or for exploration blocks with special requirements for exploration and mining technology and ecological environmental protection, the exploration rights shall be granted through bidding first.
Under any of the following circumstances, mining rights may be granted through agreement:
(1) In accordance with laws, administrative regulations, or the provisions of the State Council, relevant mineral resources need to be explored and mined by specific entities;
(2) In order to ensure the safe production of mines or the rational setting of mining rights, it is necessary to continue to mine mineral resources in the deep or upper part of the registered mining area or to further mine scattered mineral resources around it;
(3) The same mining right holder explores and mines mineral resources in the gap area between its registered adjacent exploration and mining areas where mining rights cannot be set up separately;
(4) Other circumstances prescribed by laws, administrative regulations, or the State Council.
In order to ensure the safety of national mineral resources, if there is an urgent need to mine strategic mineral resources, with the consent of the State Council, the natural resources authorities of the people's governments at or above the provincial level may directly grant mining rights.
Article 9 The natural resources authorities of the people's governments at or above the county level shall organize the grant of mining rights in accordance with the prescribed authority.
The following mineral resources shall be organized for mining rights grant by the natural resources authorities of the State Council or the natural resources authorities of the provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government authorized by them:
(1) Strategic mineral resources;
(2) Mineral resources spanning provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government;
(3) Mineral resources in China's territorial waters and other sea areas under its jurisdiction.
The authority to grant mining rights for mineral resources other than those specified in the preceding paragraph shall be prescribed by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government.
The grant of exploration rights and mining rights for the same mineral type shall be subject to management at the same level. If the grant of mining rights involves multiple mineral types, the grant authority shall be determined according to the main mineral type; if it is difficult to determine the main mineral type, it shall be determined according to the mineral type with the highest grant authority.
Article 10 The natural resources authorities of the people's governments at or above the county level shall, in accordance with relevant mineral resource plans and the supply and demand situation of mineral resources, strengthen the overall arrangement of mining rights grant work, and arrange the grant in a timely manner for those that meet the grant conditions.
Before the grant of mining rights, the natural resources authorities granting mining rights (hereinafter referred to as the mining rights granting authorities) shall conduct verification to ensure that the proposed exploration and mining areas meet the territorial space planning control requirements.
The grant of exploration rights shall be based on blocks divided by latitude and longitude as the basic unit.
Except in circumstances that comply with regulations, the scope of newly established mining rights shall not overlap with the vertical projection scope of existing mining rights, and no more than two mining rights shall be established for the same ore body that can be developed centrally.
Article 11 Units and individuals that provide sources of blocks for which exploration rights can be established to the natural resources authorities of the people's governments at or above the county level shall be given appropriate rewards or compensation in accordance with relevant national regulations; those who participate in the competitive grant of exploration rights for the block shall have priority in obtaining the exploration rights under the same conditions.
Article 12 When mining rights are granted through competitive methods, the mining rights granting authorities shall announce the basic information of the mining rights to be granted, the grant method, competition rules, deposit collection, risk warnings, conditions such as the technical capabilities of the transferee, and their rights and obligations on their portal website, public resource trading platform, etc. in advance. The announcement period shall not be less than 30 working days.
The natural resources authorities of the State Council, the local people's governments at or above the county level, and their natural resources authorities shall create and maintain a fair and orderly market competition environment to ensure that all types of entities participate in the competitive grant of mining rights equally in accordance with the law.
Article 13 When mining rights are granted, the mining rights granting authorities shall sign a mining rights grant contract in writing with the transferee determined in accordance with the law.
After the mining rights grant contract is signed, if the mining rights do not meet the territorial space planning control requirements due to errors in the verification by the mining rights granting authorities, etc., and cannot be explored or mined, the transferee has the right to terminate the contract. After the contract is terminated, the mining rights granting authorities shall return the mining rights grant revenue; if the transferee suffers property losses, it shall be compensated in accordance with the law.
Article 14 The mining rights transferee shall pay the mining rights grant revenue, mining rights occupation fees, and other related fees in full and on time in accordance with relevant national regulations and the provisions of the grant contract. The specific measures for the collection of mining rights related fees shall be formulated by the finance department of the State Council in conjunction with the natural resources authorities of the State Council and the taxation authorities of the State Council, and shall be implemented after being submitted to the State Council for approval.
Under any of the following circumstances, the mining rights grant revenue may be reduced or exempted:
(1) Exploration and mining of low-grade and difficult-to-dress mineral resources;
(2) Significant results have been achieved in the comprehensive development and utilization of mineral resources;
(3) Organizing and implementing emergency mining of mineral resources in accordance with the law;
(4) Other circumstances prescribed by the State Council.
If the mining rights grant revenue is not paid in full and on time, liquidated damages shall be paid in accordance with relevant national regulations and the provisions of the grant contract.
Article 15 The term of exploration rights is 5 years, and the term can be extended upon expiration, with a maximum of 3 extensions, and each term is 5 years. For petroleum, natural gas, and other strategic mineral resources determined by the natural resources authorities of the State Council, with the consent of the natural resources authorities of the State Council, the number of extensions may be increased according to the actual situation.
The term of mining rights shall be determined in combination with the mineral resource reserves and the scale of mine construction, and shall not exceed 30 years. The specific measures for determining the term of mining rights shall be formulated by the natural resources authorities of the State Council. If there are still mineral resources that can be mined within the registered mining area upon the expiration of the mining rights term, the term can be extended.
Before the expiration of the mining rights term, if it is necessary to recover the mining rights in accordance with the law for the needs of safeguarding national mineral resource security and other public interests, the original mining rights granting authorities may recover the mining rights in accordance with the law; if the mining rights are recovered, fair and reasonable compensation shall be given in accordance with the law.
Article 16 To apply for the extension of mining rights, the mining rights holder shall submit an application to the original mining rights granting authorities 6 months to 3 months before the expiration of the mining rights term. The original mining rights granting authorities shall make a decision on whether to approve the extension before the expiration of the mining rights term.
Article 17 When handling the extension of exploration rights, the exploration area shall be reduced in accordance with the proportion prescribed by the natural resources authorities of the State Council. However, exploration areas that have already proven mineral resources or meet the circumstances prescribed by the natural resources authorities of the State Council shall not be included in the calculation base for the reduction area.
If part of the exploration area of an established exploration right cannot continue to be explored due to ecological environmental protection, infrastructure construction, and other public interests, or due to force majeure such as natural disasters, the area to be reduced may be offset with relevant supporting documents in accordance with regulations.
Article 18 If the exploration rights holder applies to convert its exploration rights into mining rights in accordance with Article 25 of the Mineral Resources Law, it shall submit an application to the original mining rights granting authorities within the exploration rights term and submit materials such as the mineral resource reserve report (hereinafter referred to as the reserve report). The original mining rights granting authorities shall sign a mining rights grant contract with the exploration rights holder and establish mining rights, except under any of the following circumstances:
(1) The proven mineral resources need to be mined by a specific entity other than the exploration rights holder in accordance with relevant national regulations;
(2) The proven mineral resources have not reached the reserve scale or production capacity requirements prescribed by relevant industrial policies;
(3) The proven mineral resources cannot be converted into mining rights due to public interest needs, or the mining conditions are no longer available due to special circumstances such as force majeure;
(4) Other circumstances prescribed by laws and administrative regulations.
Article 19 Mining rights can be transferred in accordance with the law. However, under any of the following circumstances, mining rights shall not be transferred:
(1) The mining rights are obtained through agreement grant and have been held for less than 5 years;
(2) The mining rights have been sealed up in accordance with the law;
(3) The ownership of the mining rights is unclear or there is a dispute;
(4) The mining rights grant contract stipulates that the mining rights shall not be transferred;
(5) Other circumstances where transfer is not allowed as stipulated by the State.
Mining rights directly granted by the natural resources authorities of the people's governments at or above the provincial level in accordance with the provisions of the third paragraph of Article 8 of these Regulations shall not be transferred without the consent of the natural resources authorities that originally granted the mining rights.
If the actual controller changes due to equity transfer, etc., the mining rights holder shall report to the original mining rights granting authorities.
Article 20 The transferee of mining rights shall have the technical capabilities and other conditions required of the transferee when the mining rights were granted.
Article 21 When mining rights are transferred, the transferor and the transferee shall sign a mining rights transfer contract in writing, clarifying the rights and obligations of both parties. The mining rights transfer contract shall make clear provisions on matters related to the performance of ecological restoration obligations in the mining area.
The term of the mining rights after the transfer shall be the remaining term of the mining rights.
Article 22 The establishment, change, transfer, mortgage, and extinction of mining rights shall be registered in accordance with the law.
Article 23 The mineral resource exploration funded by the State as mentioned in item (1) of Article 28 of the Mineral Resources Law refers to the mineral resource exploration carried out by the central or local finance to ensure the safety of national mineral resources. For mineral resource exploration funded by the State, geological exploration work shall be carried out with the project task book, and no exploration rights are required.
Mining rights holders do not need to obtain exploration rights for exploration activities required for mining activities within the registered mining area, and for exploration in the deep or upper part of the registered mining area.
Article 24 Construction project construction units do not need to obtain mining rights for excavating sand, stone, and clay that can only be used as ordinary building materials due to construction needs within the approved operation area and construction period. The disposal of excavated sand, stone, and clay shall comply with the relevant regulations of the province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government where it is located, and shall not be disposed of by itself (except for construction project construction self-use).
The approved operation area mentioned in the preceding paragraph does not include the temporary land use area for construction project construction.
Chapter III Mineral Resource Exploration and Mining
Article 25 The natural resources authorities of the State Council shall, in conjunction with relevant departments of the State Council, establish and improve the technical standards and specifications system for basic geological surveys.
Units engaged in basic geological survey work shall strictly implement relevant technical standards and specifications and be responsible for the quality of the survey results. The natural resources authorities of the people's governments at or above the county level shall strengthen the supervision of the quality of basic geological survey results.
No unit or individual shall obstruct or hinder basic geological survey work carried out in accordance with the law.
Article 26 The natural resources authorities of the people's governments at or above the provincial level shall strengthen the management of the release of basic geological survey results and uniformly release basic geological survey result information within the prescribed authority; before the information is released, confidentiality review shall be conducted in accordance with the law, and result data involving state secrets, work secrets, and commercial secrets shall not be released.
Article 27 The natural resources authorities of the people's governments at or above the provincial level shall provide construction units with inquiry services on the distribution of mineral resources and the establishment of mining rights within the area occupied by construction projects.
If a construction project does need to overlay mineral resources for which mining rights have been established, and directly affects the normal exploration and mining activities of the mining rights holder, the construction unit shall negotiate with the mining rights holder before the overlay and give the mining rights holder fair and reasonable compensation in accordance with the law. If it is necessary to handle the change registration or cancellation registration of mining rights in accordance with the law due to the overlay of mineral resources, the mining rights holder shall handle it in accordance with the law.
If a construction project does need to overlay strategic mineral resources, it shall be approved by the natural resources authorities of the State Council or the natural resources authorities of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government authorized by them. If a construction project within the urban development boundary determined by the territorial space plan approved in accordance with the law does need to overlay strategic mineral resources, the relevant approval shall be simplified according to the actual situation.
If, after scientific evaluation, the construction project overlays mineral resources but does not directly affect normal exploration and mining activities, it may not be treated as overlaying mineral resources.
Following scientific assessment, if a construction project overlays mineral resources but does not directly affect normal exploration or mining activities, it may not be treated as an overlay of mineral resources.
Article 28: Before conducting mineral resource exploration or mining operations, mineral rights holders shall prepare exploration plans and mining plans separately, and submit them to the original mineral rights granting department for approval to obtain exploration licenses and mining licenses. No exploration or mining operations shall be carried out without obtaining the corresponding licenses.
The preparation of an exploration plan shall, according to the type and scope of exploration minerals, relevant exploration standards and technical specifications, and exploration work requirements such as green exploration, clarify the exploration area, reasonably select exploration methods, and make arrangements for cleaning and restoration after the exploration activities are completed.
The preparation of a mining plan shall, according to the type and scope of mining minerals, resource occurrence conditions, mining technical specifications, and mining work requirements such as rational development and utilization of mineral resources and green mine construction, reasonably select mining methods, mining sequences, and mining methods, and make arrangements for space use and guarantee measures for comprehensive resource mining and utilization.
When comprehensively mining mineral resources, the mining species to be mined shall be reasonably determined and registered in combination with the reserve report and mining plan, and based on the actual mining situation.
Article 29: When applying for an exploration license or mining license, the applicant shall submit an application, a mineral rights certificate, and corresponding exploration or mining plans and other materials to the original mineral rights granting department. The original mineral rights granting department shall make a decision on whether to approve it within 15 working days from the date of accepting the application. If approval is granted, an exploration license or mining license shall be issued; if approval is not granted, the applicant shall be notified in writing with reasons.
After accepting the application, the original mineral rights granting department may organize experts to review the exploration plan and mining plan, and issue review opinions within 10 working days. The time required for the review shall not be included in the license review period, and the expenses shall not be borne by the mineral rights holder.
The expiration date of the exploration license and mining license shall be consistent with the expiration date of the exploration right and mining right.
After the original mineral rights granting department issues a mining license, it shall promptly notify the relevant local people's government in the mining area to organize the implementation of the mining rights survey work.
Article 30: Mineral rights holders may apply for exploration licenses and mining licenses at the same time when handling mineral rights registration.
If mineral rights are transferred, the transferee shall re-apply for an exploration license and a mining license.
Article 31: Specific management measures for exploration licenses and mining licenses shall be formulated by the competent natural resources department of the State Council.
Article 32: Mineral rights holders shall conduct exploration and mining operations in accordance with the approved exploration plan and mining plan.
If the main exploration method changes, the exploration rights holder shall adjust the exploration plan and submit it to the original mineral rights granting department for approval.
If the mining method changes significantly or the main mining species changes, the mining rights holder shall adjust the mining plan, submit it to the original mineral rights granting department for approval, and re-issue a mining license.
Article 33: Before conducting mineral resource exploration and mining operations, mineral rights holders shall handle relevant procedures for project approval (filing), land use, marine use, ecological environment, and work safety in accordance with the law; if military land is involved, it shall also be reported to and approved by a military unit at or above the regimental level in accordance with the relevant regulations of the Central Military Commission (中央军事委员会).
When preparing feasibility study reports for mine development projects and preliminary mine designs (oil and gas field development plans), mining rights holders shall coordinate with the mining plan.
Article 34: Within the scope of nature reserves, basic geological surveys, strategic mineral resource prospect surveys, and strategic mineral resource exploration and mining activities within the prescribed scope that meet the control requirements can be carried out in accordance with the law. Specific management measures shall be formulated by the competent natural resources department of the State Council and the forestry and grassland competent department.
Article 35: The mineral land referred to in the first paragraph of Article 34 of the Mineral Resources Law includes mineral resource exploration land and mineral resource mining land.
Mineral resource exploration land includes land used for exploration operations, as well as land used for building or constructing living quarters, work sheds, and transportation access roads to meet the needs of exploration operations.
Mineral resource mining land includes land used for mining operations such as mining mineral resources, as well as land used for stacking mined ore, waste rock, and waste residue, and for building industrial plants, shaft and tunnel projects, tailings ponds, supporting concentrators, living service facilities, and transportation facilities to meet the needs of mining operations.
People's governments at or above the county level shall ensure the reasonable needs of mineral resource exploration and mining land in accordance with the law.
Article 36: Mineral rights holders may use state-owned land through allocation, transfer, lease, or contribution in the form of capital contribution in accordance with the law, and may also obtain the right to use collective commercial construction land through transfer or lease in accordance with the law.
The transfer of state-owned land and collective commercial construction land for mining mineral resources can be done through agreement.
Article 37: Land may be temporarily used for mineral resource exploration in accordance with the provisions of land management laws and administrative regulations.
With respect to open-pit mining of strategic mineral resources that occupies land, if it is scientifically demonstrated that it is possible to reclaim land while mining, the mineral rights holder may temporarily use the land after reporting to and obtaining approval from the competent natural resources department of the people's government at or above the provincial level; if the use of forest land or grassland is involved, the relevant natural resources department shall solicit the opinions of the forestry and grassland competent department at the same level. Temporary use of land shall be approved by zones and phases, and in principle, each phase shall not exceed five years. If the mineral rights holder fails to fulfill the obligations of land reclamation and other ecological restoration obligations in the mining area as required, the relevant natural resources department shall not approve its new temporary land use.
Article 38: If exploitable oil, natural gas, and other mineral resources are discovered during the exploration of mineral resources such as oil and natural gas, the exploration rights holder may conduct mining after completing the oil (gas) testing operation and submitting an exploration-mining integration plan to the original mineral rights granting department, and shall complete the filing procedures with the relevant energy competent department in accordance with the regulations.
If the exploration rights holder mines mineral resources such as oil and natural gas in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, it shall apply to the original mineral rights granting department to convert its exploration right into a mining right within the time limit prescribed by the competent natural resources department of the State Council, handle mining rights registration in accordance with the law, and obtain a mining license.
Article 39: The competent natural resources department of the State Council shall, in conjunction with the relevant departments of the State Council, improve green mine policies, standards, and specifications, improve the green mine directory, and implement dynamic management. Mineral rights holders shall strengthen the planning, construction, operation, and management of green mines, and promote the green development of mining enterprises.
Article 40: The competent natural resources department of the State Council shall, in conjunction with the relevant departments of the State Council, organize the formulation of national standards related to mineral resource mining recovery rate, mineral processing recovery rate, and comprehensive utilization rate.
Mining rights holders shall take effective measures in terms of technology, equipment, and management to ensure that the mineral resource mining recovery rate, mineral processing recovery rate, and comprehensive utilization rate meet the requirements of relevant national standards.
The state shall formulate and improve relevant incentive policies and measures to promote the improvement of mineral resource mining recovery rate, mineral processing recovery rate, and comprehensive utilization rate.
Article 41: The competent natural resources department of the people's government at or above the county level shall, in conjunction with relevant departments, strengthen the promotion and application of advanced and applicable technologies, processes, and equipment for comprehensive mineral resource mining and utilization, encourage and guide mining rights holders to carry out technology and process upgrades and equipment updates, and promote the industrialization of comprehensive mineral resource utilization.
Article 42: The state shall establish a mineral resource reserve management system, strengthen the investigation, verification, statistics, and evaluation of mineral resource reserves and their changes, and provide a basis for the preparation of mineral resource-related plans, the promotion of rational development and utilization of mineral resources, and the strengthening of mineral resource protection.
The state shall periodically organize mineral resource potential evaluation and current development and utilization status surveys, and strengthen the evaluation and management of mineral resource reserves and mineral rights value and related rights and interests.
Article 43: If a mineral rights holder discovers exploitable mineral resources through exploration work or discovers significant changes in mineral resource reserves during mining, it shall prepare a reserve report and submit it to the original mineral rights granting department. The reserve report shall include the spatial distribution, type, quantity, and quality of mineral resources, and the demonstration of industrial indicators of mineral deposits, and shall explain the technical performance of ore processing and beneficiation, mining technical conditions, and development economic significance.
The original mineral rights granting department shall review the reserve report submitted by the mineral rights holder, and may organize relevant units to conduct technical evaluation of the reserve report as needed for the review work. The reviewed reserve report may be used as the basis for mineral resource reserve statistics and supervision and management.
The mineral rights holder shall be responsible for the authenticity of the reserve report it submits and shall not engage in fraud.
Article 44: Mining rights holders shall conduct mineral resource reserve monitoring in accordance with regulations, establish and improve mineral resource reserve ledgers, and periodically report changes in mineral resource reserves and development and utilization to the original mineral rights granting department.
Article 45: When a mine is closed, the mining rights holder shall submit the closed mine geological report to the competent natural resources department of the local people's government at or above the county level in accordance with relevant national regulations, and submit relevant geological data.
Chapter IV: Ecological Restoration of Mining Areas
Article 46: The competent natural resources department of the local people's government at or above the county level shall, in conjunction with relevant departments, conduct investigation and evaluation of ecological damage such as geological environment damage, land damage, and vegetation degradation caused by mineral resource mining within its administrative region, and clarify the key areas, objectives, and tasks of ecological restoration in mining areas.
Article 47: The mining rights holder is responsible for the ecological restoration of the mining area. The mining rights holder shall coordinate the implementation of ecological restoration and pollution prevention and control in the mining area.
If mining rights are transferred, unless otherwise stipulated by the state or otherwise agreed in the mineral rights granting or transfer contract, the transferee shall fulfill the ecological restoration obligations of the mining area. If the transferor engages in fraud in the ecological restoration matters of the mining area during the transfer of mining rights, its ecological restoration obligations shall not be exempted due to the transfer of mining rights.
Article 48: For abandoned mining areas with historical legacy, the competent natural resources department of the local people's government at or above the county level shall confirm the responsible person for ecological restoration of the mining area; if the responsible person is lost or cannot be confirmed, the local people's government at or above the county level shall organize the ecological restoration of the mining area and coordinate pollution control.
The competent natural resources department of the State Council and other relevant departments may formulate special policies to support local people's governments in carrying out ecological restoration of abandoned mining areas with historical legacy. Local people's governments at or above the county level may expand the funding channels for ecological restoration of mining areas through various means in accordance with the law.
Article 49: The state shall improve policies and measures to encourage social capital to participate in the ecological restoration of mining areas in accordance with the law, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of social capital participating in the ecological restoration of mining areas.
The state shall give full play to the role of the market mechanism in the ecological restoration of mining areas, and promote the market-oriented development of ecological restoration of mining areas.
Article 50: Before mining mineral resources, the mining rights holder shall prepare an ecological restoration plan for the mining area in accordance with laws, regulations, and the provisions of the competent natural resources department of the State Council, as well as the mineral rights granting contract, and submit it to the original mineral rights granting department for approval along with the mining plan. The ecological restoration plan for the mining area shall clarify the objectives and tasks of ecological restoration, engineering layout, technical measures, time arrangement, cost estimates, guarantee measures, and other contents; if tailings ponds are involved, it shall also clarify the special measures for tailings pond restoration.
When preparing the ecological restoration plan for the mining area, opinions shall be solicited in the relevant areas involved in the mining area in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 46 of the Mineral Resources Law, and opinions from relevant units and individuals shall be specifically listened to. The mining rights holder shall explain the situation of soliciting opinions through public announcement and specifically listening to opinions when submitting the ecological restoration plan for the mining area for approval.
If the mining rights holder makes adjustments to the ecological restoration plan for the mining area, it shall report to the original mineral rights granting department for record in accordance with the provisions of the competent natural resources department of the State Council; if the mining plan is adjusted in accordance with the provisions of the third paragraph of Article 32 of these Regulations, the ecological restoration plan for the mining area shall be re-prepared and submitted to the original mineral rights granting department for approval along with the mining plan.
If an ecological restoration plan for the mining area has been prepared in accordance with regulations, a land reclamation plan shall no longer be prepared.
Article 51: If the ecological restoration of the mining area can be carried out while mining, or can be restored by zones and phases, the mining rights holder shall reasonably divide the restoration units and arrange the restoration sequence according to the mine mining design and process flow, mining progress, mining land scope and type, work safety conditions, and land damage and ecological damage, and carry out ecological restoration in a timely manner; if ecological restoration cannot be carried out while mining, or cannot be restored by zones and phases, the ecological restoration shall be completed within 2 years before or after the mine is closed, but the time limit for ecological restoration of mining areas that mine radioactive mineral resources can be determined according to actual needs.
Article 52: After the mining rights holder completes the ecological restoration in accordance with the ecological restoration plan for the mining area, it shall promptly apply to the competent natural resources department of the local people's government at or above the county level where the mining area is located for acceptance; if the ecological restoration is completed by zones and phases, it shall apply for acceptance by zones and phases.
The competent natural resources department of the local people's government at or above the county level shall, in conjunction with relevant departments such as the ecological environment competent department, organize the acceptance of ecological restoration in the mining area. If the acceptance is qualified, a certificate of acceptance qualification shall be issued to the mining rights holder; if the acceptance is not qualified, written rectification opinions shall be issued to the mining rights holder, and the mining rights holder shall re-apply for acceptance after completing the rectification.
Article 53: The ecological restoration costs of the mining area shall be withdrawn by the mining rights holder on an annual basis, and unless otherwise stipulated by law, the ecological restoration costs of the mining area shall not be sealed up, frozen, or transferred.
Chapter V: Mineral Resource Reserves and Emergency Response
Article 54: The state shall, in accordance with the principles of government leadership, social co-construction, diversified complementarity, and efficient collaboration, build a strategic mineral resource reserve system that combines product reserves, capacity reserves, and producing area reserves, scientifically and rationally determine the reserve structure, scale, and layout, and dynamically adjust it, so as to give play to the functions of reserves such as strategic security, macro-control, and response to urgent needs.
The state shall improve the regulatory system for strategic mineral resource reserves, accelerate the construction of reserve facilities, improve the professional level of reserve operation entities, strengthen reserve information construction, and continuously improve the comprehensive effectiveness of strategic mineral resource reserves. People's governments at or above the county level shall, as needed, incorporate strategic mineral resource reserves into relevant national economic and social development plans and territorial space plans, and provide support in arranging the construction of major projects.
Article 55: The development and reform department of the State Council shall coordinate the national mineral product reserve work, periodically formulate reserve plans and total plans, and dynamically adjust the scale of reserve varieties; the grain and material reserve department of the State Council shall organize the implementation of the central government's mineral product reserve collection, storage, rotation, and daily management; the energy competent department of the State Council shall be responsible for energy reserve-related work in accordance with its responsibilities. Local people's governments at or above the county level shall carry out mineral product reserves in combination with local realities in accordance with relevant national regulations.
Relevant enterprises shall do a good job in mineral product reserves in accordance with relevant national regulations. The state shall improve policies and measures to support enterprises in carrying out mineral product reserves.
The strategic mineral resource product reserve management department and the storage unit shall strengthen the asset management of strategic mineral products, and report the management of mineral product reserves in accordance with regulations.
Article 56: The specific measures for capacity reserves of energy strategic mineral resources shall be formulated by the energy competent department of the State Council in conjunction with the relevant departments of the State Council; the specific measures for capacity reserves of other strategic mineral resources shall be formulated by the industrial and information technology competent department of the State Council in conjunction with the relevant departments of the State Council.
Mining rights holders who mine strategic mineral resources shall, in accordance with relevant national regulations, combine the mine's production capacity, external transportation conditions, work safety conditions, and other factors to prepare a capacity reserve construction plan, implement capacity reserve responsibilities, rationally plan production capacity, and ensure the need for emergency production increase.
Mining right holders who exploit strategic mineral resources shall, in accordance with relevant state regulations and in consideration of mine production capacity, external transportation conditions, and safe production status, formulate capacity reserve construction plans, implement capacity reserve responsibilities, rationally plan production capacity, and ensure the need for emergency production increases.
Article 57 Strategic mineral resource origin reserves shall adhere to the principles of scientific assessment, rational layout, hierarchical management, and dynamic adjustment. Combining national mineral resource development, utilization, and security guarantee-related plans, factors such as resource endowment, development and utilization technology conditions, domestic and international supply and demand, and ecological location shall be considered to rationally determine reserve scale and layout. Necessary supplementary exploration shall be conducted in reserve areas to enhance emergency mining capabilities, organically connecting with product reserves and capacity reserves to form a tiered supply capacity.
The competent department of natural resources under the State Council shall take the lead in organizing national strategic mineral resource origin reserve work, research and propose opinions on origin reserve mineral types, scale, and layout, organize origin reserve baseline surveys, evaluation and argumentation, and reserve exploration, delineate strategic mineral resource reserve areas, and strengthen origin reserve monitoring and protection supervision. The natural resource departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall assist in carrying out origin reserve-related work and organize protection supervision work in accordance with their territorial management responsibilities. Enterprises are encouraged to actively participate in origin reserve work.
The term of strategic mineral resource origin reserves shall be aligned with mineral resource-related plans, generally not less than 5 years. Upon expiration of the reserve term, the competent department of natural resources under the State Council shall, in conjunction with relevant departments of the State Council, organize evaluation and argumentation to determine whether to extend the reserve term and carry out origin reserve adjustments and mobilization as needed.
Strategic mineral resources included in origin reserves shall not be exploited or overlaid without the approval of the competent department of natural resources under the State Council.
Article 58 The relevant departments of the State Council, such as the development and reform, industry and information technology, natural resources, grain and material reserves, and mine safety supervision departments, shall establish and improve a mineral resource supply security prediction and early warning system, strengthen the sharing and application of data and information related to mineral resource supply security, and conduct comprehensive monitoring, analysis, and evaluation of mineral product supply and demand changes, price fluctuations, and safety risk status, and promptly carry out prediction and early warning.
Article 59 The other necessary measures referred to in item 6 of the first paragraph of Article 55 of the Mineral Resources Law include, but are not limited to, directly organizing the mining, processing, transportation, and supply of mineral resources, requisitioning relevant mineral products, mineral product reserve facilities, and transportation vehicles, and organizing the implementation of mineral resource or mineral product supply in accordance with the supply guarantee sequence.
Chapter VI Supervision and Management
Article 60 The natural resource departments and other relevant departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall, in accordance with their respective responsibilities, strengthen supervision and inspection of mineral resource exploration, exploitation, and mine ecological restoration activities, and investigate and deal with illegal acts in a timely manner in accordance with the law.
The natural resource departments and other relevant departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall strengthen coordination and cooperation in supervision and inspection, implement joint inspections where joint inspections are possible, and encourage the use of non-on-site inspections and non-contact technical means to carry out supervision and inspection.
Article 61 Natural resource departments and other relevant departments and their staff shall be legally obligated to maintain the confidentiality of state secrets, work secrets, commercial secrets, personal privacy, and personal information learned in the process of supervision and management.
The commercial secrets referred to in the preceding paragraph include, but are not limited to, mineral resource reserves and the exploration results, major discoveries, and core technical solutions of mineral rights holders. Commercial secrets shall not be disclosed to third parties, unless otherwise provided by law or with the written consent of the mineral rights holder.
Article 62 The competent department of natural resources under the State Council shall establish a mineral resource development and utilization level evaluation index system in accordance with the principles of being scientific and reasonable, reflecting differences, and being simple and easy to implement, and shall strengthen guidance on the application of evaluation indicators.
The natural resource departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall, in accordance with the mineral resource development and utilization level evaluation indicators, strengthen the collection and analysis of mineral resource exploration and exploitation within their administrative regions and conduct regular evaluations, and propose improvement measures in areas such as economical and intensive development and utilization of mineral resources. Mining right holders and relevant mining enterprises shall cooperate with the evaluation work of the natural resource departments and implement relevant improvement measures.
Article 63 The competent department of natural resources under the State Council shall promote the improvement of the level of informationization in mineral resource supervision and management, carry out supervision and service through the national mineral resource supervision and management information system, and strengthen information sharing with relevant departments of the State Council.
Article 64 The competent department of natural resources under the State Council shall implement record-filing and hierarchical and classified supervision of units engaged in mineral resource exploration based on their scale, technical capabilities, talent equipment, and credit status, guide the scaled development of the mineral resource exploration market, and improve the level of specialization.
Article 65 When disputes arise between mineral rights holders over exploration and exploitation areas, the parties shall resolve them through negotiation. If the parties fail to reach an agreement through negotiation, the local people's government at or above the county level where the mineral resources are located shall handle the matter in accordance with the legally verified exploration and exploitation areas; disputes over exploration and exploitation areas spanning administrative regions shall be handled by the common higher-level people's government.
Article 66 The National Natural Resources Supervision Agency shall, with the authorization of the State Council, supervise the development, utilization, supervision, and management of mineral resources by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government.
When the National Natural Resources Supervision Agency conducts supervision, it shall have the right to understand the relevant circumstances of the supervision matters from units and individuals related to the supervision matters, and the relevant units and individuals shall support and assist the work of the supervision agency.
Chapter VII Legal Liability
Article 67 Those who obstruct or hinder the lawful conduct of basic geological survey work shall be ordered to correct by the natural resource department of the people's government at or above the county level, and shall be given a warning or a notice of criticism; if they refuse to correct, the unit shall be fined not less than 20,000 yuan and not more than 100,000 yuan, and the individual shall be fined not less than 10,000 yuan and not more than 50,000 yuan.
Article 68 If a mineral rights holder fails to regularly submit reports on changes in mineral resource reserves and development and utilization, or fails to submit a mine closure geological report after the mine is closed, the natural resource department of the people's government at or above the county level shall order correction and impose a fine of not less than 20,000 yuan and not more than 100,000 yuan; if the circumstances are serious, a fine of not less than 100,000 yuan and not more than 500,000 yuan shall be imposed.
Article 69 If the mineral resources involved in the illegal acts stipulated in Articles 63, 64, 66, 67, and 68 of the Mineral Resources Law are strategic mineral resources, a heavier penalty shall be imposed.
Article 70 If a mineral rights holder fails to pay the mineral rights occupation fee as required, the collecting authority may order payment within a time limit, and if the payment is not made within the time limit, a fine of not more than 3 times the mineral rights occupation fee payable may be imposed.
Article 71 If a construction project construction unit disposes of sand, stone, and clay excavated for construction needs on its own, the natural resource department of the people's government at or above the county level shall order correction and impose a fine of not less than 3 times and not more than 5 times the market value of the mineral products disposed of on its own; if the market value of the mineral products disposed of on its own is less than 100,000 yuan, a fine of not less than 100,000 yuan and not more than 300,000 yuan shall be imposed.
Article 72 Exploiting strategic mineral resources included in origin reserves without approval shall be punished more severely in accordance with the provisions of Article 64 of the Mineral Resources Law.
Article 73 If a violation of the provisions of these Regulations causes damage to the personal or property of others or damage to the ecological environment, civil liability shall be borne in accordance with the law; if it constitutes a violation of public security administration, a public security administration penalty shall be imposed in accordance with the law; if it constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated in accordance with the law.
Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions
Article 74 Foreign investment in the exploration and exploitation of mineral resources shall comply with the provisions of the negative list for foreign investment access.
If foreign investment in the exploration and exploitation of mineral resources affects or may affect national security, a security review shall be conducted in accordance with relevant national regulations.
Article 75 The import and export of mineral resources and related goods, technologies, and services shall comply with the provisions of relevant foreign trade and import and export management laws and administrative regulations; if they are items subject to export control, they shall also comply with the provisions of export control laws and administrative regulations.
Article 76 If any country, region, or international organization takes or assists or supports the taking of discriminatory prohibitions, restrictions, or other similar measures that endanger the security of the mineral resources and related industrial chain and supply chain of the People's Republic of China, the relevant departments of the State Council may take necessary countermeasures based on the actual situation.
Article 77 If the state has other regulations on the exploration, exploitation, and protection of radioactive mineral resources such as uranium (thorium) ore, those regulations shall prevail.
Article 78 Exploration licenses and mining licenses legally issued before July 1, 2025 shall continue to be valid within their validity period.
Article 79 These Regulations shall come into force on June 15, 2026. The "Interim Measures for the Supervision and Management of Mineral Resources," the "Regulations on the Collection and Management of Mineral Resource Compensation Fees," the "Implementing Rules of the Mineral Resources Law of the People's Republic of China," the "Administrative Measures for the Registration and Management of Mineral Resource Exploration Blocks," the "Administrative Measures for the Registration and Management of Mineral Resource Exploitation," and the "Administrative Measures for the Transfer of Exploration Rights and Mining Rights" shall be repealed simultaneously.
(Xinhua News Agency (新华社) Beijing (北京), May 20)
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During this period, the "Homage to the Masters: From Leonardo da Vinci to Caravaggio - Exhibition of Masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance" was held at the National Art Museum of China (中国美术馆), attracting visitors from all over with 36 classic works by master artists. I also visited the exhibition during the "May Day" holiday this year, and finally entered the exhibition hall after queuing for nearly an hour. The exhibition hall was crowded, with every exquisite painting surrounded by viewers. People stopped to examine and carefully appreciate the texture and folds of the clothing in the paintings, quietly savoring the artistic charm that has been deposited over hundreds of years.
Not only was the enthusiasm for viewing the exhibition high, but the cultural and creative product store inside the museum was also bustling with people. In just a few days after the opening, many cultural and creative products were sold out, especially the master plush toys, which were even harder to find. From a popular offline phenomenon to a rising online trend, the museum's cultural and creative product store has launched a limited sales model, with each person limited to one item. Many netizens have posted photos of the cultural and creative dolls they purchased in front of the exhibition hall on the platform, instantly attracting a large number of netizens to leave messages and inquire, and the out-of-circle effect continues to heat up.
A small cultural and creative doll became popular because of a major art exhibition; elegant classical paintings became more topical and spreadable because of the cute cultural and creative dolls, moving from the exhibition hall into more people's daily lives. The combination of enthusiasm for viewing exhibitions and cultural and creative products reflects the trend of upgrading cultural consumption, and also shows the internal logic and market potential of emotional consumption.
From the demand side, viewing exhibitions has become a daily consumption method for the public. From overseas classic art exhibitions to local cultural relic exhibitions, from historical theme exhibitions to contemporary art exhibitions, all kinds of creative, novel, and interactive high-quality exhibitions are blooming everywhere, and popular venues are fully booked. More and more people are walking into art museums and museums, immersing themselves in touching the historical context and feeling the charm of art. In the Italian Renaissance masterpiece exhibition, people marveled at the superb level of classical painting art and also experienced the spiritual resonance that transcends time and space; in another recent popular exhibition, "Li Jingxun (李静训) and Her Era," viewers carefully savored the ultimate aesthetics and exquisite craftsmanship of ancient China, re-exploring a distant history, and the exhibited moth hairpin cultural and creative products also quickly became a hit. From immersive viewing to experiencing cultural and creative consumption, consumers appreciate the ingenuity of art, feel the inheritance of civilization, and also continue the aesthetic experience through cultural and creative products, allowing art to truly integrate into daily life and permeate life.
From the supply side, cultural industries such as exhibitions are accelerating the transformation from a single content display to a new business model of deep integration of "content + experience + IP." In the field of online games, in addition to game development, original stories with the same theme have been derived, which not only expands the boundaries of game narration, but also spawns a cross-media content co-creation ecological space; in the trendy toy industry, trendy toy companies are no longer satisfied with simply replicating traditional images, but are creating a series of comic stories, animated short films, and experience spaces around the original IP, giving the trendy toy image a wider range of dissemination.
The cultural industry chain is a diversified and integrated creative value chain, covering content creation, scene creation, digital interaction, cultural and creative development and other fields. The key to activating industrial potential lies in taking market demand as the traction, using high-quality new supply to accurately match existing consumption needs, and actively creating and leading new consumption trends.
Immersive experience cultural scenic spots, traveling to a city for an exhibition, crossing thousands of miles for a concert... At present, the experience economy is becoming a new growth point for consumption, presenting broad prospects for new consumption, and also reshaping the consumption supply form and industry development model. By optimizing the supply structure with demand orientation, accurately grasping consumer psychology and consumption upgrade trends, and creating distinctive, diverse and personalized consumption scenarios and products, consumption will move towards the new and be more dynamic.
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In Zhang Jiying's (张吉英) shop on the 5th floor of Zone 2, Yiwu International Trade City (义乌国际商贸城), a dazzling array of umbrellas catches the eye: ultra-light carbon fiber umbrellas weighing only 78 grams, trendy cultural and creative umbrellas printed with patterns of the Forbidden City's (故宫) red walls, Middle Eastern-style fan umbrellas that spray mist... "We launch an average of 10 new models every month, and the store can sell more than 7,000 umbrellas every day." As Zhang Jiying (张吉英) introduces her products, the three mobile phones in her pocket ring non-stop, carrying consultation messages from customers in more than 100 countries and regions around the world, keeping her 应接不暇 (yìng jiē bù xiá - "too busy to attend to all," overwhelmed by the continuous stream of people or things).
The scene shifts to Shangyu District (上虞区) in Shaoxing City (绍兴市). In the production workshop of Zhejiang Youyi Fino Umbrella Co., Ltd. (浙江友谊菲诺伞业有限公司), automated production lines are running at high speed, completing umbrella rib forming, canopy sewing, and automatic assembly in one go. "We have come a long way in over 30 years, from a manual workshop to a modern factory, from OEM production to creating our own brand," sighed Lu Miaofen (吕苗芬), the company's chairman. In 2025, the company's sales exceeded 400 million yuan, and it expanded its umbrella business to the camping sector.
Taking Shangyu District (上虞区), known for its umbrellas, as an example, in 2025, its umbrella industry scale exceeded 15 billion yuan, an increase of nearly 8% compared to the previous year. How can a small umbrella continue to innovate and sell to the world? To this end, the reporter conducted on-the-ground research in Zhejiang (浙江).
Product Innovation: Breaking the Mold with Creativity, Making Umbrellas Unique and High-Quality
Don't be fooled by Zhang Jiying's (张吉英) current success; when she first came to Yiwu (义乌), business was not as easy as it is now.
"More than 20 years ago, my stall was only one meter wide, and I sold basic umbrellas without any brand, 10 yuan each, with very little profit," Zhang Jiying's (张吉英) thoughts returned to 1997.
At that time, she brought the umbrella-making skills passed down from her father from Shangyu (上虞) to Yiwu (义乌) to make a living, staying at her stall every day, attracting customers by shouting and selling. "At that time, everyone was competing on price. If you sold for 10 yuan, I would sell for 9 yuan, and in the end, everyone was hurt."
As market changes continued to upgrade consumer demand, Zhang Jiying (张吉英) gradually realized that simply relying on low-price strategies would not work. "In the end, it's the customers' focus that has changed." She explained the reason, from simply wanting to avoid rain to more and more customers starting to pay attention to fabrics, materials, and then to pursuing colors, designs, etc. Zhang Jiying (张吉英) keenly realized: "It's time to transform. We can't just do OEM wholesale; we need to create our own original brand."
In 2003, Zhang Jiying (张吉英) founded Zhejiang Xingbao Umbrella Co., Ltd. (浙江星宝伞业有限公司), and began to build her own brand. She also hired a design company to create a complete set of promotional image advertisements. In 2010, she successively registered the "Real Star" brand in more than 100 countries and regions around the world, meaning "the real star among umbrellas."
Now, walking into her store, the most eye-catching thing is the new product display area on the wall: a fan umbrella suitable for the Middle Eastern market, with a built-in spray device that can spray fine mist at the touch of a button, with a significant cooling effect. As soon as 3,000 units were shipped, customers placed reorders; an ultra-light carbon fiber folding umbrella, lighter than an ordinary mobile phone, with a black glue coating on the canopy to effectively block ultraviolet rays; with an average annual export of 5 million umbrellas, high-end custom umbrellas sell for up to 2,000 yuan in the European market.
"Now we are competing on design, quality, and service." Picking up a cultural and creative umbrella, Zhang Jiying's (张吉英) fingertips stroked the delicate fabric. "The pattern of this umbrella is a collaboration with professional designers, incorporating Jiangnan (江南) ink painting elements. It sells very well as soon as it is launched, and the average order price is several times higher than in the early years, with the highest selling for more than 300 yuan each."
Zhang Jiying's (张吉英) transformation is a microcosm of the iterative upgrade of the Yiwu (义乌) umbrella market. Today, in Yiwu International Trade City (义乌国际商贸城), more than half of the umbrella operators launch new products every month, and traditional stalls have been upgraded to brand experience stores and cultural and creative zones. The inefficient and low-quality competition methods of the past have been eliminated, and a virtuous competitive atmosphere is becoming increasingly strong.
Turning the camera to Shangyu (上虞) again, Lei Penglin (雷鹏琳), the founder of Shaoxing Feilian Technology Co., Ltd. (绍兴飞恋科技有限公司), is a "web celebrity." He became popular on short video platforms for displaying the quality of umbrellas in the form of mime and developing creative umbrellas based on suggestions from netizens. He is affectionately known as the "most obedient boss on the entire network," opening up new sales channels for traditional umbrellas.
"We rely on the Yiwu (义乌) market offline to radiate across the country, and we have an online layout of cross-border e-commerce and live streaming. The sales volume from live streaming channels alone exceeds 2 million yuan per month," Lei Penglin (雷鹏琳) said with a smile. Not only that, but he also set up a "fan wish board" to transform the creative needs of netizens into design inspiration. In three and a half years, he launched thousands of new products, including a reflective laser umbrella that sold 10,000 units on the day it was launched and 80,000 units in half a month.
Production Quality Improvement: Building Quality with Ingenuity, Making Intelligent Manufacturing More Efficient and Higher Quality
Walking into the production workshop of Youyi Fino (友谊菲诺), the umbrella ribs that used to take half an hour to bend manually can now be completed by machines in just one minute, with higher precision and a stronger structure; intelligent fabric spreading machines neatly cut meters of fabric into neat pieces of umbrella cloth; automatic packaging machines and automatic assembly lines turn umbrellas into transportable goods.
"These automated equipment are independently developed by us, with an average cost of nearly 10 million yuan per unit. Currently, the company's automation rate has exceeded 30%," Lu Miaofen (吕苗芬) said proudly. High investment brings high returns. Since the launch of automated equipment in 2021, the benefits have increased by more than 60% in that year.
Today, Youyi Fino (友谊菲诺) invests 20% of its profits in technological transformation every year, accelerating the coverage of automated equipment, and developing new appearances and new functions. At the same time, it carries out close cooperation with universities and research institutions to solve production technical problems such as the difficulty of automated adaptation in the umbrella canopy sewing process, truly realizing the leap from "OEM production" to "independent brand creation."
In Shangyu (上虞), there are many companies like Youyi Fino (友谊菲诺), and Shaoxing Shangyu Campers Outdoor Products Co., Ltd. (绍兴上虞野营者户外用品有限公司) is one of the best. Walking into the company's exhibition hall in Xietang Town (谢塘镇), a dazzling array of outdoor products comes into view—tents, backpacks, sleeping pads, cookware. Behind these seemingly ordinary equipment are multiple patented technologies such as lightweight materials and wind and rain resistant structures.
"In the beginning, we only did umbrella industry support, and after many years of operation, the competition became increasingly fierce, and the company's development fell into a bottleneck." Pan Mingwei (潘明伟), the founder of the company, began to reflect on the future direction. After visiting the leading umbrella companies in the district, he suddenly realized: "An umbrella can sell for hundreds or even thousands of yuan, not because of the fabric, but because of the product's technical highlights, unique design, and brand premium."
No sooner said than done, Pan Mingwei (潘明伟) "bet" the experience he had accumulated in making umbrellas for more than ten years on a new track—tents, and he wanted to make tents that could "stand up." He grafted the folding structure of umbrellas onto tent supports and repeatedly tested it hundreds of times, inventing an automatic expansion support for tents. On the night the sample was made, he repeatedly opened and closed it in the workshop. The moment it locked steadily with a "click," his heart was full of excitement.
Pan Mingwei (潘明伟) named the outdoor brand "Adventurer," and the product quickly opened up the market as soon as it was launched. After tasting the sweetness, he spent even more "ruthlessly," running to big cities such as Beijing (北京) and Shanghai (上海) to hire professional design teams at high salaries to create trademarks and product appearances for the company; after the tents gained a foothold in the market, he cooperated with universities such as Donghua University (东华大学) and Xi'an University of Technology (西安工业大学) to work hard on material lightweighting and intelligent design; the overseas camping market started early, so he sent young employees to overseas factories to learn on the job and connect with international perspectives. In 2024 and 2025 alone, the company's related investment has been close to 50 million yuan.
At present, the company has registered thousands of trademarks and patents in 10 countries and regions around the world. It not only sells well in the domestic outdoor market, but also sees its overseas sales increase year by year. "Last year, exports were more than 500 million yuan, and this year it is expected to exceed 650 million yuan," Pan Mingwei (潘明伟) said proudly.
Spreading Charm Overseas: Using Brands as Bridges, Going Abroad to Distant Places
Carrying three mobile phones with her, Zhang Jiying (张吉英) is sometimes so busy that she doesn't even have time to reply to messages. "China (中国) is moving towards the world, and the world is also eager to understand China (中国)." In her opinion, an umbrella is not only a daily necessity, but also a medium for cultural exchange, so in recent years, she has paid more attention to the display of Chinese (中国) culture in umbrella design.
Jiangnan (江南) style, Dunhuang (敦煌) culture... These Chinese (中国) elements have become the design themes of her umbrellas. Last year, she mainly promoted a cultural umbrella that combined the development and changes of the Yiwu (义乌) market, the "Yiwu-Xinjiang-Europe" (义新欧) China-Europe freight train, and other elements, and also used English and Arabic to introduce it. "As soon as the umbrella was launched, it was especially welcomed by merchants from countries along the 'Belt and Road' (一带一路)," Zhang Jiying (张吉英) said.
In September 2023, the "Yiwu China Commodities City" (义乌中国小商品城) brand overseas plan was officially launched, creating the "Yiwu China Commodities City" (义乌中国小商品城) brand system globally through five major models: overseas branch markets, overseas warehouses, overseas exhibition halls, overseas stations, and overseas exhibitions; in 2025, the "Yiwu Selection" (义乌) Yiwu (义乌) brand overseas collection store emerged and has been established in 12 countries on five continents around the world.
Zhang Jiying's (张吉英) umbrellas are in the brand collection store. "With all kinds of goods placed together, people who didn't want to buy them might be willing to buy them after seeing and trying them." The fact is also true. Last year, she went to South Korea (韩国) with the brand overseas plan activities. Not long after returning to China (中国), a South Korean (韩国) merchant came to her with an order and purchased 1 million yuan worth of umbrellas.
In recent years, the country has encouraged the integration of domestic and foreign trade, and Zhang Jiying (张吉英) feels that she has once again "stepped on the right spot." "In the past, we only did wholesale, but now we have also opened a retail area, stocking more than 50 kinds of umbrellas to meet the needs of different customers." She said that with the layout of the domestic market, the share of domestic trade has been increasing year by year, and currently accounts for about 30%. "Many customers come here especially, and the store has become a check-in point. When they see the novelly designed umbrellas, they all want to buy a few to take back."
Not long ago, a group of umbrella companies from Shangyu District (上虞区) returned fully loaded from the Canton Fair (广交会). Lu Xuejing (陆雪晶), a member of the Party Group and full-time vice president of the Council for the Promotion of International Trade of the Shangyu District (上虞区) Bureau of Commerce, received them specially and convened a symposium.
"This time, we mainly focused on three key points: 'stabilizing Europe and the United States and expanding emerging markets' in the market, focusing on Africa (非洲) and South America (南美洲), and adjusting products according to regional needs; 'promoting new and superior products and eliminating homogeneity' in the exhibits, only allowing 'famous, superior, new, and special' products to participate in the exhibition," said the representative of the umbrella company.
Facts have proved that this strategy has been quite effective. For example, the South American (南美洲) market, with its long coastline and strong demand for vacations, has become a new growth point for umbrella companies. Zhejiang Hengyang Umbrella Co., Ltd. (浙江恒洋伞业有限公司), for example, has achieved a cumulative sales of 30 million yuan this year; in the African (非洲) market, Shaoxing Yige Leisure Products Co., Ltd. (绍兴宜格休闲用品有限公司) has launched a series of outdoor umbrellas with a higher cost performance in a targeted manner. The quality is close to that of patio umbrellas, but the price is only slightly higher than that of beach umbrellas. It finalized an order of 2 million yuan at the Canton Fair (广交会) and gained several potential customers.
"What is gratifying is that these emerging markets have effectively filled the gap in the traditional off-season," Lu Xuejing (陆雪晶) said. Previously, the peak seasons for procurement in Europe (欧美), the Middle East (中东), and Southeast Asia (东南亚) were concentrated from September to May of the following year. Due to the special geographical location of Africa (非洲) and South America (南美洲), the market procurement cycle happens to be complementary, allowing the district's umbrella companies to release their annual production capacity evenly, effectively alleviating the unevenness of "half a year busy and half a year idle."
In Lu Xuejing's (陆雪晶) view, this is a vivid embodiment of the innovation and global layout capabilities of the Chinese (中国) umbrella industry. "In the future, only by deeply cultivating research and development, strengthening cultural and creative empowerment, and optimizing market layout can the umbrella industry leap from 'manufacturing' to 'quality manufacturing' and let a small umbrella go to the big outdoors."
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It was a weekend, and in the aged vinegar tasting area of Baoyuan Aged Vinegar Workshop in Qingxu County, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, Zhang Nan (张楠) from Beijing (北京) held a tasting cup and tasted 5-year and 10-year aged vinegar successively. She said in surprise, "I didn't expect the 10-year aged vinegar to be not so sour, and the aftertaste is a bit sweet, with a mellow taste." After that, she and her family also tasted vinegar products such as aged vinegar ice cream and vinegar drinks.
Shanxi aged vinegar not only has different degrees and vintages, but also different categories. "We have formed six major series of more than 60 varieties, including aged vinegar, health vinegar, and flavored vinegar, which are sold to more than a dozen countries and regions," introduced Zhao Jianqiang (赵建强), deputy general manager of Shanxi Shuita Vinegar Industry Co., Ltd. (山西水塔醋业股份有限公司).
On the dining table of Shanxi people, there is always a bottle of aged vinegar. Eating noodles must be accompanied by vinegar, stir-fried dishes must be added with vinegar, and even eating eggs is customary to dip in vinegar. Every New Year, the old Taiyuan (太原) people will carry vinegar buckets and line up to buy bulk vinegar, and the queue can be dozens of meters long. Shanxi astronaut Jing Haipeng (景海鹏) even brought the aged vinegar from his hometown into space when performing the Shenzhou-11 (神舟十一号) mission. According to statistics, the annual per capita vinegar consumption in Shanxi Province exceeds 15 kilograms, ranking first in the country.
Shanxi aged vinegar is one of the four famous vinegars in China, and its production has a history of more than 3,000 years. As the birthplace of Shanxi aged vinegar, Qingxu (清徐) has a long history of vinegar brewing. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Qingxu vinegar brewing industry developed to its peak, with vinegar workshops standing in great numbers, and Baoyuan Workshop (宝源坊) was one of them.
Walking into the Baoyuan Aged Vinegar Workshop Museum (宝源老醋坊博物馆), the green brick and gray tiles, and ancient wood carvings, fully demonstrate the simple and elegant charm. The Baoyuan Aged Vinegar Workshop Museum was rebuilt by Shanxi Shuita Vinegar Industry Co., Ltd. on the site of the Ming Dynasty Baoyuan Workshop, completely restoring the ancient vinegar brewing scene from production technology, vinegar brewing utensils to craftsman costumes.
Stepping into the exhibition hall, there is a large character "醯" on the opposite wall. Zhao Jianqiang introduced that in ancient times, vinegar was called "醯", the person who brewed vinegar was called "醯人", and the koji used for vinegar fermentation was called "老醯". The character "醯" and the "西" in Shanxi (山西) have the same pronunciation, so Shanxi people are called "老醯儿".
In the Qingxu Aged Vinegar Brewing Technique Display Area, the raw material room, grinding room, steaming room, wine koji room, vinegar koji room, smoking room, and leaching room are arranged in order. The real aged vinegar processing technology must go through five processes of "steaming, fermenting, smoking, leaching, and aging" and more than 400 days of brewing. Qingxu Aged Vinegar Brewing Technique was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage, and Shanxi Shuita Vinegar Industry Co., Ltd. is the protection unit.
In the vinegar history exhibition hall, inside the glass cover, the black glazed vinegar vat of the Yuan Dynasty, the dragon-patterned vinegar vat of the Ming Dynasty, and the kiln-transformed vinegar vat of the Qing Dynasty are arranged in order. These vinegar vats are important containers for fermentation and aging in the traditional vinegar brewing process. "During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, Qingxu people used vats and urns to brew vinegar in liquid fermentation. During the Northern Wei Dynasty, the vinegar brewing technique was changed from liquid fermentation to solid fermentation," Zhao Jianqiang introduced.
Baoyuan Aged Vinegar Workshop has been successively rated as "Shanxi Province Qingxu Aged Vinegar Brewing Technology Museum" and "National 4A-level Tourist Attraction", receiving more than 400,000 tourists every year, becoming an important place for tourists to immerse themselves in the Shanxi vinegar culture experience. In major scenic spots in Shanxi, vinegar-themed cultural and creative products are also very popular among tourists.
In the Jinli Cultural and Creative Store (晋礼文创店) on Zhonglou Street (钟楼街) in Taiyuan City, there are many cultural and creative products based on ancient vinegar vats. Among them, the vinegar vat refrigerator magnet completely replicates the traditional vinegar jar, with a round and full jar body, matched with bright yellow rope knots and tassels, bringing its own festive feeling; the aged vinegar quicksand refrigerator magnet integrates real aged vinegar into the design. Shaking it gently, the aroma of vinegar will overflow. This ingenious design has attracted many bloggers to share it online.
In the Yuncheng Museum (运城博物馆), the "dumplings dipped in vinegar" plush doll is particularly eye-catching. The "dumplings" are chubby, and the "vinegar jar" can be flipped open. The "soft and cute" appearance makes people love it. The "dumplings dipped in vinegar" cultural and creative products have spawned different types of products such as plush dolls, coin purses, and messenger bags, and have been popular since their debut at the 7th Shanxi Cultural Expo.
"Vinegar" themed cultural and creative products are constantly being updated. During the Spring Festival this year, the "Fuguang Jin Ying" (福光晋影) vinegar dish became a popular product. This vinegar dish is made of Yangquan Pinding white porcelain, and eight Shanxi landmark ancient buildings such as the Yingxian Wooden Pagoda (应县木塔) and the Hanging Temple (悬空寺) are carved on the dish heart respectively. When the aged vinegar is slowly poured into the dish, the ancient building patterns are clearly displayed. "The popularity completely exceeded expectations, and the supply exceeded demand. Later, it could only be changed to pre-sale," sighed Ma Yuedong (马跃东), the designer of the vinegar dish and the representative inheritor of the Shanxi provincial intangible cultural heritage black pottery firing technique.
Qingxu County, as the core production area of the Shanxi vinegar industry, has an annual vinegar production of approximately 880,000 tons in 2025, and the annual output value of the industrial chain reaches 7.5 billion yuan. Aged vinegar has not only become a wealth-generating industry in Shanxi, but also a cultural symbol. From the inheritance of ancient brewing techniques to the cultural and creative circle, Shanxi continues to explore the cultural connotation of vinegar, so that the traditional vinegar culture can be innovated and shine.
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At 5 a.m., the ancient city of Xi'an (西安) gradually awakens. The Xinbeicheng Agricultural and Sideline Products Wholesale Market (新北城农副产品批发市场), located in the Weiyang District (未央区), is bustling with activity.
At the entrance, trucks loaded with fresh fruits and vegetables enter and exit in an orderly manner. Vendors are busy at their stalls. Not far away, police officers from the Hancheng Police Station (汉城派出所) of the Weiyang Branch (未央分局) of the Xi'an Public Security Bureau (西安市公安局) are jointly patrolling with market security personnel.
The red and blue police lights accompany the market's busyness, also safeguarding this "atmosphere of daily life." In recent years, Xi'an police have been exploring measures such as joint police-enterprise service, joint prevention and control, and joint problem-solving to serve enterprises, protect development, and help continuously optimize the business environment of the ancient city.
Entering the Market
Protecting the People's Livelihood "Atmosphere of Daily Life"
The Xinbeicheng Agricultural and Sideline Products Wholesale Market (新北城农副产品批发市场) is the largest agricultural and sideline products trading market in Xi'an, covering an area of more than 30,000 square meters, with more than 800 merchants and an average daily traffic of more than 20,000 people. Every day, more than 1,500 tons of vegetables, fruits, non-staple foods, etc., flow from here to thousands of households throughout the city.
Protecting the "shopping basket" is the top priority for the police station to work with the wholesale market to carry out proactive police services.
"With dense flows of people and goods, safety is the lifeline of business," said Hui Hao (惠昊), a police officer from the Hancheng Police Station (汉城派出所). In addition to patrol duty and emergency response, various safety trainings are also important. Every Wednesday afternoon, the vacant space in the market will be transformed into a "practical training classroom" - police officers will demonstrate the offensive and defensive coordination of anti-riot equipment on site; explain the operating procedures of fire extinguishers and carry out practical exercises...
While maintaining safety, they also resolve disputes. The types of conflicts and disputes in the market are complex, involve a wide range of issues, and are highly specialized. The Hancheng Police Station (汉城派出所) has taken the lead in forming a "Harmony Mediation Team"; it has jointly formed a "Shopping Basket Team" with market supervision, taxation and other departments to provide legal solutions to merchants' problems. In 2025, the market's conflict and dispute resolution rate reached 92%, and property infringement police reports decreased by 16.4% year-on-year.
Also located in the north of Xi'an, the Xinfeng Agricultural and Sideline Products Comprehensive Market (欣丰农副产品综合市场) in Baqiao District (灞桥区) once suffered from congestion.
Due to the early construction of the market and the small number of planned parking spaces, the vehicles of merchants delivering goods and customers shopping were frequent, and the dilemma of "one space hard to find" became increasingly prominent.
"In one week, there were 2 minor collision accidents around the market due to parking problems, and 3 disputes between neighbors, merchants and car owners," said Wang Ni (王妮), deputy director of the Baqiao Police Station (灞桥派出所), during a visit. Many merchants and residents complained.
A campaign to tackle the "parking difficulty" was launched. Wang Ni (王妮) led community police officers and traffic police to form a joint working group to conduct on-site surveys during peak hours in the morning and evening and during market opening and closing; they counted the number of vehicles owned by businesses one by one, investigated available space on each road section; and communicated in depth with the market management to understand the actual needs of merchants for delivery and customers for parking.
"Can the vacant land on the east side of the market be organized into a temporary parking lot?" "Can the unloading area inside the market be optimized to meet parking needs during off-peak hours?"
At the symposium, police, market management, business leaders, community members, and resident representatives sat together to brainstorm ideas. Soon, they came up with a set of "combination punches": re-planning roads, marking temporary parking spaces, optimizing parking flow, adding unloading berths...
Soon after, the market was free of the chaos of the past. "Now parking is no longer a hassle," said Zhang Mei (张梅), a merchant, with a smile. "It's also convenient for customers to buy vegetables, and business is better than before."
Building a "bridge of hearts" to protect the "atmosphere of daily life." In 2025, Xi'an public security organs have cumulatively resolved more than 41,000 urgent and difficult issues for enterprises and the public, and the public's sense of gain, happiness, and security has been significantly improved.
Stationed in the Park
Moving Police Services Forward to Protect Production
At the foot of the Qinling Mountains (秦岭), the Caotang Science and Technology Industrial Park (草堂科技产业园) in Xi'an High-tech Zone (西安高新区) is bustling with traffic and people. Various types of enterprises are densely located within the jurisdiction of the Caotang Police Station (草堂派出所). How can governance forces "sink" to the side of enterprises?
"Divide into 12 police grid units. Each grid is equipped with a full-time police officer as a police-enterprise liaison officer," said Xing Tao (行涛), director of the Caotang Police Station (草堂派出所). These "safety stewards" regularly go deep into enterprises, extending the "tentacles" of police affairs to the end of governance.
In the Caotang Plant of BYD Automobile Co., Ltd. (比亚迪汽车有限公司草堂厂区), there are tens of thousands of employees. The police service window is directly "moved" into the plant area - the Caotang Police Station (草堂派出所) has set up a "Warm Heart Police Reception Room", with 2 full-time police officers and 3 auxiliary police officers stationed to work, so that enterprise employees can enjoy police services without leaving the park.
Walking into the "Warm Heart Police Reception Room", in the convenience service area, drinking fountains, medicine boxes and other daily necessities are neatly arranged; in the law publicity area, anti-fraud and anti-drug knowledge display boards are eye-catching; in the business handling area, police officers are guiding an enterprise employee to fill out a residence permit application; in the conflict mediation area, problems such as salary disputes are resolved one by one...
"'Warm Heart Police Reception Room' integrates public security prevention and control, conflict mediation, and convenience assistance, and moves the service 'window' to the 'doorstep' of enterprises," said police officer Li Ying (李颖). As of now, the "Warm Heart Police Reception Room" has received more than 5,000 enterprise employees, provided emergency assistance to 983 people, handled more than 200 various types of businesses, and mediated more than 50 conflicts and disputes.
In the eastern suburbs of Xi'an, the jurisdiction of the Xiwang Police Station (席王派出所) includes large commercial complexes, logistics hubs, leading enterprises, etc. The "one enterprise, one police, one enterprise, one policy" mechanism established by the police station is also promoting the forward movement of police affairs - backbone police officers are like "peace outposts", "embedded" in key enterprises in the jurisdiction, and customize services to solve problems.
As one of the commercial landmarks in the jurisdiction, Huayang City Shopping Center (华阳城购物中心) radiates to hundreds of thousands of people in the surrounding area, and the business district is densely populated. In response to the complex reality of public security factors, police officer Yang Tao (杨涛) has his own way - he took the lead in forming a "Peace Escort Team", composed of more than 20 people including shopping mall security personnel, merchant representatives, and property personnel. "We can't fight alone, we have to twist into a rope and work together."
A while ago, a shopping customer had a friction with a merchant. During the patrol, members of the "Peace Escort Team" discovered the situation and immediately activated the linkage mechanism. Yang Tao (杨涛) quickly arrived at the scene.
Stabilizing emotions, clarifying facts, and reasoning, Yang Tao's (杨涛) patient mediation resolved the dispute in the bud, and the order of the business district returned to normal. From discovering the situation to resolving the dispute, it took less than 20 minutes.
"The public security of the business district is not a 'one-man show' for the police, but a 'chorus' for everyone," Yang Tao (杨涛) introduced. After the establishment of the "Peace Escort Team", theft police reports in the business district have been reduced by 35%.
For police officer Liu Peng (刘鹏), who is stationed at the Best Logistics Park (贝斯特物流园), "customizing a physical examination form" for the safety of park enterprises is an effective measure -
As the throughput of goods in the park increases, some enterprises have "safety discounts" such as stacking goods too high and blocking fire exits in order to catch up with the progress.
"The safety of the logistics park cannot tolerate any paralysis," Liu Peng (刘鹏) introduced. The "customized physical examination form" covers 12 major items and 32 minor items, including fire facilities, cargo stacking, electricity safety, personnel registration, and vehicle parking. One enterprise, one policy, promotes the investigation of safety hazards from "extensive" to "refined".
As of now, Xi'an has built 459 enterprise police offices (joint police-enterprise co-governance offices), expanded and upgraded 15 enterprise "Warm Heart Police Reception Rooms", promoted the forward movement of police affairs to embed in the development chain, and consolidated the foundation for joint construction and co-governance.
Integrating Resources
Linking Various Parties to Aggregate Strength
Prosperous business districts, bank outlets, supermarket retail stores... Coming to Xi'an High-tech Zone (西安高新区), more than 3,000 enterprises and institutions in the jurisdiction of the Keji Road Police Station (科技路派出所) are scattered. Within a 7.52 square kilometer area, the permanent population exceeds 270,000, and the daily floating population can reach 500,000.
The automobile sales industry here is widely distributed and has a long history of development. For many years, it has been one of the most active areas in the city's automobile consumption index.
However, with the rapid upgrading and iteration of models, the rapid changes in preferential policies, and the frequent interaction between the supply and consumption ends, the enthusiasm of consumption is inevitably mixed with "bumps" - the police report data of the Keji Road Police Station (科技路派出所) shows that in less than 3 months, there have been 9 cases involving automobile consumption disputes.
How to make efforts to properly resolve disputes and optimize the business environment?
In June last year, a car 4S store had a dispute with a customer due to loan processing and deposit refund issues. After receiving the police report, police officer Wang Bin (王斌) invited a bank credit specialist to the scene. During the mediation, Wang Bin (王斌) explained the law and reasoned, and the credit specialist promoted mutual understanding between the customer and the 4S store through popular interpretation. Finally, the two parties reached an agreement.
This mediation gave rise to an innovative measure by the Keji Road Police Station (科技路派出所) - jointly establishing an "Automobile Industry Dispute Mediation Committee" with 7 4S stores in the jurisdiction.
"In response to pain points such as consumer disputes and damage to merchant reputation, the police station took the lead in establishing this committee," Wang Bin (王斌) introduced. The police station invited law firms, insurance companies, and banking financial institutions in the jurisdiction to conduct joint discussions on thorny issues such as insurance claims, goodwill protection, and price change disputes.
"This move broke the barriers between public security, justice, finance, insurance, and enterprises." In Wang Bin's (王斌) view, "face-to-face communication has brought multi-perspective thinking and inspiration."
In the field of automobile sales, price fluctuations and credit issues are two factors that easily trigger conflicts. How to jump out of individual cases and avoid similar problems?
"We have also formulated the 'Automobile Sales Contract Guidelines', which requires clearly marking clauses such as 'price fluctuation instructions'," Wang Bin (王斌) said.
Not just in the field of automobile sales. Not long ago, in a community in the jurisdiction, the automatic lifting pole of the parking lot scratched the owner's car paint. How to determine responsibility made the property company and the owner argue endlessly. After the police intervened, they coordinated with the resident lawyer to explain the law and reason, and linked with the 4S store to launch maintenance discounts, and properly resolved the dispute in a short time.
"We have also created the 'Police-Enterprise Linkage Work Specification', which clarifies the three-level response mechanism: general disputes are handled by the industry mediation committee; cross-industry problems activate the police-enterprise joint meeting; major events activate multi-department coordinated disposal," introduced Meng Kun (孟坤), director of the Keji Road Police Station (科技路派出所).
In response to the characteristics of enterprises in business districts such as the Bell and Drum Tower (钟鼓楼) in Xi'an Lianhu Public Security (西安莲湖公安), it integrates community, chamber of commerce, cultural tourism and other resources to launch the "Peace Partner" model to resolve disputes and investigate hidden dangers; Xi'an Xianyang Public Security (西咸公安) established the "Enterprise-related Case Reporting and Acceptance Center", drawing backbone forces from the legal system, criminal investigation, economic investigation, and environmental food and drug brigade to station, and the acceptance time for enterprise-related cases was reduced by 40%...
What enterprises expect is what the police must do. Xi'an police ask enterprises for their needs, optimize services, and gather joint governance efforts.
In recent years, Xi'an public security organs have invited enterprises to make comments and suggestions through the "Entering the Police Camp, Building Practical Words, and Discussing Handling" activities; through the "Linking All Sectors of Society, Visiting Thousands of Households, and Solving Urgent Difficulties and Worries" activities, leading cadres have entered enterprises to solve difficulties for enterprises.
"We must continue to adhere to the demand of enterprises as the guidance, from 'enterprises come to the door' to 'services are delivered to the door', and constantly promote the forward movement of services, help the continuous optimization of the business environment, and fully serve and guarantee the high-quality development of the economy and society," said the relevant person in charge of the Xi'an Public Security Bureau (西安市公安局).
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Promote the deep integration of technology governance and legal governance to enhance the scientific nature and effectiveness of governance.
Not long ago, the OpenClaw open-source intelligent agent framework, nicknamed "Lobster," sparked a download craze. Ordinary developers could deploy intelligent agents with complex task execution capabilities with just a few lines of code. For a time, intelligent agents became a social hotspot.
Intelligent agents are intelligent systems with autonomous perception, memory, decision-making, interaction, and execution capabilities, and are an important form of AI (Artificial Intelligence) products and services. They can independently complete a series of tasks such as generating plans and scheduling equipment, realizing the leap from "speaking tools" to "acting subjects."
However, technological leaps are always accompanied by the prominence of risks. Intelligent agents need to directly operate equipment and call various resources. Once this high-permission design goes wrong, the consequences are more serious than the current AI applications answering questions incorrectly. Intelligent agents are also vulnerable to attacks by hacker organizations. In the application of frameworks such as OpenClaw, serious security risks such as intelligent agents launching cyberattacks under the guidance of malicious instructions have been exposed. This year, an AI programming intelligent agent of a certain foreign company bypassed all environmental isolation rules and cleared all production data and backup files of the company within 9 seconds while performing routine tasks.
Faced with the accelerating wave of intelligent agents, we must accelerate the pace of governance and embark on a path of intelligent agent governance with Chinese characteristics in the dialectical unity of development and security. Recently, the Cyberspace Administration of China (国家网信办), the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委), and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) jointly issued the "Implementation Opinions on Standardized Application and Innovative Development of Intelligent Agents" (《智能体规范应用与创新发展实施意见》, hereinafter referred to as the "Implementation Opinions"), which clarified that the development of intelligent agents should adhere to the basic principles of safety and controllability, standardized order, innovation-driven, and application-led, and proposed four specific measures.
On the one hand, the "Implementation Opinions" emphasize consolidating the technical foundation, improving the standard system, building an open and shared intelligent agent ecosystem, and enhancing industrial innovation vitality. On the other hand, the "Implementation Opinions" require guarding the bottom line of safety, such as clarifying product guidelines, preventing security risks, improving the governance system, and strengthening industry self-discipline. It should be said that the "Implementation Opinions" have established rules and drawn red lines for the rapidly developing intelligent agent technology. However, the development of intelligent agent technology is too rapid, and the standardization of many issues is not a one-time solution. For example, how humans and AI collaborate, how boundaries are drawn, and how responsibilities are defined. Therefore, the governance of intelligent agents still needs to be targeted at problems, implement precise policies, and continuously innovate and improve the relevant laws and regulations system.
It is necessary to further achieve a balance between precise policy implementation and inclusive innovation. Intelligent agent applications have a wide range of scenarios and huge differences in risk levels. A "**一刀切**" (yī dāo qiē - "one knife cut," a one-size-fits-all) regulatory model may stifle innovation vitality and cannot effectively prevent security risks in high-risk areas. Future legislation can explore the principle of classified and graded supervision. At the same time, it is necessary to clarify the full-chain responsibility system of "whoever develops is responsible, whoever operates is responsible, and whoever uses is responsible," establish an intelligent agent damage compensation system, and clarify the principles of attribution and compensation standards when autonomous behavior causes damage.
Promote the deep integration of technology governance and legal governance to enhance the scientific nature and effectiveness of governance. The governance of intelligent agents is both a technical issue and a legal issue, and the governance idea of "managing technology with technology" can be explored. Legislation should encourage and support the research and development of security technologies, promote the application of technologies such as rule embedding and behavior fences in the governance of intelligent agents, and technically restrict the behavioral boundaries of intelligent agents. At the same time, it is necessary to accelerate the formulation of national and industry standards in basic general, key technologies, and safety management to provide solid technical support for the implementation of laws.
Development and security are the two wings of a body and the two wheels of driving. We must seize historical opportunities, vigorously promote technological innovation and application of intelligent agents, and inject new impetus into economic and social development; at the same time, we must enhance risk awareness, accelerate the improvement of the legal system, build a solid security defense line, and allow AI to better serve national development and people's well-being.
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Installing elevators is an important measure to improve the livability of old residential areas and can effectively solve the travel problems of "suspended elderly." However, because it involves multiple stakeholders, this policy is prone to disputes during implementation. A recent case disclosed by the Xuhui District People's Court (徐汇区人民法院) in Shanghai (上海) is a dispute caused by the ownership of rights and interests related to the installation of elevators.
Qian (钱某) bought Lu's (陆某) house. Before signing the sales contract, when Qian (钱某) conducted an on-site inspection, the elevator installation project in the building where the house was located was nearing completion. Lu (陆某) claimed that he had paid all the apportioned expenses and repeatedly and intentionally emphasized that the elevator could be used with peace of mind after it was installed, which was very convenient.
More than a year after buying the house, the community residents' self-government organization activated the elevator cards. However, Qian (钱某) did not expect that his application for an elevator card would be rejected. After learning from various sources, Qian (钱某) learned that Lu (陆某) had previously taken the initiative to contact the neighborhood committee, property management, and elevator installation unit, and still clearly stated as the owner that he did not need an elevator card, and proposed to return the previously paid apportioned expenses for installing the elevator.
Due to Lu's (陆某) malicious obstruction, Qian (钱某) was unable to obtain the elevator card he deserved, which seriously affected his daily life, so he went to court to file a lawsuit.
"Request to confirm that the relevant rights to the installed elevator in the building where the house is located belong to the plaintiff, and the defendant cooperates with the plaintiff to complete the elevator card application procedures." Qian (钱某) was very angry and made relevant demands.
The original owner paid the elevator installation fee. After the house is sold, who should the rights and interests of the installed elevator belong to?
The Civil Code stipulates that when an owner transfers a residential or commercial property in a building, the rights to shared ownership and joint management enjoyed by the owner are transferred together.
"Although the elevator can be regarded as an independent object, the installed elevator attached to the building is combined with the house, and cannot be separated without damage or alteration. The two form an accession in civil law principles, and the elevator is jointly owned by all owners in the building." The Xuhui District People's Court (徐汇区人民法院) believes that the rights and interests of the installed elevator are transferred with the transfer of ownership of the house.
During the trial of the case, Lu (陆某) proposed that Qian (钱某) should return the full amount of the apportioned expenses for installing the elevator that he had paid. Is such a claim reasonable?
"In this case, the consideration for the installation of the elevator was not clearly agreed upon in the house sales contract. When the parties cannot reach a supplementary agreement, it should be determined according to other relevant terms or trading practices under the contract." The judge in charge of the case introduced that Lu (陆某) stated before the sale of the house that he had fully paid the apportioned funds for installing the elevator. When the plaintiff conducted an on-site inspection before buying the house, the elevator fence had already been built, giving the buyer reason to believe that the house had the convenience of elevator facilities, and thus was willing to pay a higher consideration for the house. From the perspective of daily life experience and trading practices, if the seller does not clearly inform that the elevator needs to be paid separately or there are other considerations to be paid, the buyer has a reasonable basis for believing that the house sales price already includes the consideration for installing the elevator.
In addition, Lu's (陆某) claim to the plaintiff for additional elevator installation fees was made nearly two years after the completion of the house transaction, which is obviously inconsistent with the general reasonable period for exercising the right to claim payment in large transactions.
Based on this, the court found that it was more highly probable that the real estate transfer price of the house in question actually included the consideration for the rights and interests of the installed elevator, and ruled to confirm that Qian (钱某) enjoyed the shared rights to the installed elevator.
The Xuhui District People's Court (徐汇区人民法院) clarified that the residents' self-government organization should give full play to its positive guiding effect and provide necessary assistance to Qian (钱某) in using the elevator. It should not refuse the plaintiff's request to apply for an elevator card on the grounds that there is a dispute between the new and old owners. Qian (钱某), as the new owner of the house in question, does not need the cooperation of the original owner as a prerequisite to obtain the convenience of using the installed elevator.
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In early summer, sunlight streams through newly renovated wooden lattice windows, spilling into a rustic courtyard in Xuanhan County (宣汉县), Dazhou (达州) City, Sichuan Province (四川省). This courtyard, a municipal-level cultural relic protection unit, was once the site of a command post of a Red Army (红军) unit. Today, it is lush with greenery, its roof beams are sturdy, and its walls are clean. The photos and objects in the display cases clearly trace the historical context. More than 20 middle school students sit together, quietly listening to the guide recount the story that took place here more than 90 years ago.
However, a few years ago, the scene was quite different. In early 2024, several elderly Communist Party members from Xuanhan County (宣汉县) hurried to the procuratorate, holding a stack of photos, their voices anxious: "Comrade Procurators, please take a look, if this continues, the cultural relics will be gone!" The photos showed a weathered wooden structure. The walls had cracks as wide as palms, and the roof tiles were incomplete.
Wang Gang (王刚), a procurator from the "Bashan Red · Yigong Li" (巴山红·益公理) public interest litigation team of the Dazhou (达州) Municipal People's Procuratorate, and his colleagues quickly arrived at the scene. They saw that the main beam was visibly tilted, and the earthen walls were cracked. Rainwater dripped from the roof, leaving patches of mold on the ground. Electrical wires were tangled like spider webs, and piles of firewood and debris were evident, showing signs of domestic fire use. This was not only a dilapidated house but also at risk of being reduced **付之一炬** (fù zhī yī jù - "consigned to the flames," to be completely destroyed by fire) at any time due to a fire.
On-site investigation, drone evidence collection, consulting historical records, and interviewing informed people... The procurators quickly secured evidence and issued a procuratorial recommendation to the competent functional department in accordance with the law, requiring coordinated performance of duties and immediate initiation of rescue protection.
However, after the procuratorial recommendation was issued, the rectification was once in a stalemate. The competent functional department believed that unclear property rights and the failure to relocate residents prevented professional repairs from starting, and the primary responsibility lay with the local government. The local town government felt that cultural relic protection was the statutory duty of the competent functional department, and the local town government was "**无能为力**" (wú néng wéi lì - "unable to do anything," powerless) in applying for special funds and formulating repair plans. Multiple communications were fruitless, and time continued to pass.
"Public interest litigation cannot stop at mere paperwork. When national interests and social public interests continue to be damaged, litigation is a necessary and rigid means of supervision." After multiple unsuccessful coordinations, the Xuanhan County (宣汉县) People's Procuratorate filed an administrative public interest lawsuit in accordance with the law.
"Protecting Red cultural relics is a statutory duty and a historical responsibility. Property disputes cannot become a 'shield' for current dereliction of duty; overlapping responsibilities require even more proactive responsibility. What we are protecting is not just a building, but the irreplaceable Red resources of this land!" the procurator told the head of the competent functional department.
A legal document sounded the alarm of the rule of law and pressed the "accelerator button" for rectification. During the litigation, the procurator's work did not stop. They gathered all parties together again, choosing the dilapidated courtyard wall of the old site as the location. "Please look at this crack and listen to the voices of the people. We are not discussing the division of responsibilities, but how to jointly preserve this Red memory," Wang Gang (王刚) said. Under the pressure of legal supervision and emotional resonance, the stalemate was finally broken: the local town government took the initiative to take the lead, established a special team, and patiently and meticulously carried out property rights sorting and resident relocation mobilization; the county cultural and tourism department immediately commissioned a professional institution to formulate a repair plan and apply for special protection funds.
Soon after, the construction team entered the site. Support, dismantling, replacement of decayed wood, re-waterproofing, installation of fire protection and security systems... The repair work was fully launched.
Dazhou (达州) City is located in the Sichuan-Shaanxi Revolutionary Base Area (川陕革命根据地), with many Red sites and cultural relics remaining. "Protecting Red cultural relics requires not only handling a case well and repairing a site, but also governing an area and protecting a lineage." Lai Quan Hong (赖权宏), Procurator-General of the Dazhou (达州) Municipal People's Procuratorate, introduced that since the end of 2024, the Dazhou (达州) procuratorial system has carried out special supervision of public interest litigation for the protection of Red cultural relics and martyr memorial facilities. As of now, the special supervision has promoted the rectification of more than 20 types of problems, coordinated the acquisition of more than 3.2 million yuan in protection funds, and created a number of vivid Party history learning and education classrooms.
(Yu Pu (于蒲) and Fu Chengjia (付成家) participated in the writing)
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Not long ago, the 2nd Chinese Opera Rare Genre Excellent Repertoire Exhibition was held in Boxing County, Shandong Province, with 36 genres taking turns performing. This was the first time since I started researching drama that I had listened to so many rare genres so intensively. In particular, the Wuyin Opera and Donglu Bangzi, because they originated from my hometown of Zhangqiu (章丘), Shandong, made me feel especially close. The local accent and tune, with the smell of earth, seemed to bring me back to the scene of listening to operas in the village square as a child.
Zhangqiu (章丘) has had a rich opera heritage since ancient times. During the Jiajing (嘉靖) period of the Ming Dynasty, Li Kaixian (李开先) from Zhangqiu (章丘) wrote the legend "The Precious Sword" ("宝剑记"), and the excerpt "Night Flight" ("夜奔") became a Kunqu Opera excerpt that has been performed continuously. During the Guangxu (光绪) period of the Qing Dynasty, "Zhou Guzi Opera" began to become popular in Qingye Village (青野村) at the foot of the Qi Great Wall (齐长城) in Zhangqiu (章丘). Later, it was innovated by Zhao Guoqing (赵国清) and the Jin Cheng Zhang (靳成章) and Jin Cheng Hua (靳成花) brothers, who were local artists, making it more attractive. In the 1920s, Deng Hongshan (邓洪山), a Bangzi Opera artist who also performed in Jinan (济南), immediately became a disciple after watching the performance of the Jin brothers, and then changed to singing "Zhou Guzi Opera". In 1935, Ma Yanxiang (马彦祥), a teacher at Qilu University (齐鲁大学), introduced Deng Hongshan (邓洪山) to the Shanghai EMI Records (上海百代唱片公司) to make records, and it was then that it was officially named "Wuyin Opera".
This Deng Hongshan (邓洪山) is the artist "Fresh Cherry" ("鲜樱桃") (stage name) who has the reputation of "Wuyin Taidou". The second girl he played in the representative Wuyin Opera "Wang Xiao Drives the Cart" ("王小赶脚") is a household name in Zhangqiu (章丘). In this play, "Fresh Cherry's" ("鲜樱桃") actions such as "holding the baggage", "riding the donkey" and "counting money" are the three best of his performance, and "fluttering eyebrows", "sending eyes" and "flying crows" have been sought after and imitated by later Wuyin Opera artists, becoming a model for the performance of female characters in the play. Mr. Mei Lanfang (梅兰芳) once praised "Fresh Cherry's" ("鲜樱桃") performing arts and joked that if he were in Beijing (北京), there would be "Five Famous Dan". In Zhangqiu (章丘) and Zibo (淄博), where Wuyin Opera is popular, there has always been a rural joke that "if you sell your pants and jacket, you still have to see Fresh Cherry" ("鲜樱桃"), which shows the charm of "Fresh Cherry" ("鲜樱桃") and Wuyin Opera.
Most Chinese opera genres are performed in local dialects and have a strong folk oral literature color, and Wuyin Opera is no exception. Wuyin Opera uses a large number of central Shandong dialects, which are kind and vivid. People often use the word "Gen" to describe the "straightforward and stubborn" nature of the central Shandong dialect. Wuyin Opera, which originated in Zhangqiu (章丘), not only carries the natural genes of this local dialect in its vocal music and recitations, but also makes it "full of Gen flavor" by using many local slang words in its lyrics. There are many such lyrics in "Wang Xiao Drives the Cart" ("王小赶脚"), such as "I got sick in my mother-in-law's house, listless for seven or eight days" - "listless" means listless; "The sky is hot and the ground is soft" - "soft" means "loose"; and so on. These dialects and slang words in the lyrics not only contain ancient words and phrases from the Song and Yuan Dynasties, but also integrate many linguistic elements of ancient ethnic minorities, making this Wuyin Opera simple and straightforward, "full of Gen flavor", and also carries cultural information of ancient languages to a certain extent.
Dialect is an important identifier of a genre. If virtualization, freehand brushwork and stylization are common abstract features, then dialect becomes the individual identifier that distinguishes each genre from other brother genres. For most audiences, the vocal music and recitations of a genre determined by dialect are more recognizable than abstract rules such as virtualization and freehand brushwork, and are naturally regarded as the most obvious standard for confirming a genre.
Today, most of the 348 genres in the country have been included in the national, provincial, municipal and county-level directories. The "Three-Year Action Plan for the Revitalization of Drama (2026-2028)" also mentions: focusing on endangered opera genres and supporting the inheritance and development of 121 "World's First Troupe" genres and 106 genres without state-owned troupes. In this context, emphasizing the dialect color of the genre to highlight the unique personality of opera art as a traditional intangible cultural heritage is a general trend. Dialect is everyone's subconscious "mother tongue", and the cultural genes carried by this "mother tongue" are related to the overall creation of opera, thus affecting the overall ecology of opera genres.
Small genres need to maintain purity and authenticity, without losing their roots, following the trend, or blindly "cosmetic surgery", and must grasp regionality.
In the past, the trend of Beijing Opera vocalization and Mandarin recitation was common in the inheritance and development of many small and rare genres. Of course, opera art is rich and diverse, and each genre has a different time of origin and environment, which determines that the stage stylized structure of the genre's roles, lines of business, singing, recitation, performance, and fighting has obvious or hidden, strong or weak distinctions. If the stylized structure is stable and obvious, the genre will change relatively slowly, which is prominently manifested in some large genres with a long history and profound cultural accumulation, such as Beijing Opera, Kunqu Opera and Bangzi Opera; if the stylized structure is relatively loose, the genre will generally show more obvious flexibility and adaptability to the times. Therefore, from this perspective, the tendency of small genres to become "large genres" is certainly not worth encouraging, but it has its own internal logic - small genres mostly originate from folk storytelling or two-person and three-person operas, and the singing tunes are not rich. When they grow into mature opera genres, they will inevitably learn from large genres in terms of musical vocalization and recitation processing.
It is inevitable for small and rare genres to learn from large genres, but it must be noted that they must not only use large genres to enrich their vocal music, but also maintain the personality of small genres, adhere to dialect and adhere to the genre itself. In the 2nd Rare Genre Exhibition, we clearly felt that the "Ou" sound of traditional Wuyin Opera has gradually faded, which may also be a regrettable "innovation" of small genres learning from large genres. Dialect is closely related to regional culture, local people's psychological experience and emotional expression. When it is reflected in a certain genre, it will subtly affect the emotional expression of this genre. All opera forms that have been produced in history, whether named after vocal music or genre, were initially typical local operas, and must have been accompanied by the unique emotional expression of this region. These unique emotional expressions, which are full of regional characteristics, will also be influenced and shaped by the local language. Different language styles will inevitably affect people's emotional experience and ways of understanding and expressing the world.
Small genres must not lose their characteristics, but also adhere to folk characteristics. Opera, especially these small and rare genres, expresses folk emotions, expresses folk imagination, and expresses folk wisdom. As the "Three-Year Action Plan for the Revitalization of Drama (2026-2028)" says, respect the laws of creation, write what you want to write, and perform what you are good at. The "three best" of Wuyin Opera are precisely the life states that the old artists excavated from the folk, and refined into artistic states on the stage. Our understanding of folk characteristics should not be too narrow, and we cannot simply equate it with a certain type of subject matter. Today, the new mass literature and art under the Internet conditions and the changes in opera dissemination methods brought about by converged media are all concentrated manifestations of folk characteristics.
In 1957, "Fresh Cherry" Deng Hongshan ("鲜樱桃" 邓洪山) wrote to Mei Lanfang (梅兰芳) to introduce the development of the Shandong Wuyin Opera Troupe and express his hope that the troupe would report its performance in Beijing (北京). At the end of the letter, Deng Hongshan (邓洪山) asked Mei Lanfang (梅兰芳): "Do you think it is possible for us to realize this 'one day'?" Time flies, nearly 70 years have passed since Deng Hongshan (邓洪山) sent the inquiry to Mr. Mei (梅先生). As the only professional Wuyin Opera troupe in China, the Zibo Wuyin Opera Theatre (淄博市五音戏剧院) has long realized its wish to perform in Beijing (北京), but the inheritance and development of Wuyin Opera still has a long way to go.
(The author is a professor at the Chinese Academy of Traditional Opera (中国戏曲学院) and an editor of "Opera Art" ("戏曲艺术"))
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The acceptance and resonance of the songs "Jade Plate" (玉盘) and "Ji Liang" (吉量) by everyone is something I could never have imagined a few years ago. "Jade Plate" (玉盘) is sung purely by children's voices, and in "Ji Liang" (吉量), led by singer Zhou Shen (周深), children's voices still undertake an important task—to create a sense of newness, innocence, and unadorned power.
In the past, children's songs focused more on the "children's world" imagined by adults, and the style was often the "children's song style" that adults were accustomed to. But today's children, especially those in school and adolescence, have more diverse needs in terms of musical styles and themes, and they are also more eager to participate in the real world. As a music creator, how to make children become expressers of the new era and transmitters of a beautiful spirit is something I have been exploring.
Creation itself is about "expression" and "transmission." When we try to express something moving, these things will be transmitted because of our expression. From expression to transmission, there is also a key link: the audience must believe what the creator has written—that the things in the work are really happening, and that the emotions in the work are accessible to the audience.
In "Jade Plate" (玉盘), the moon carries various images and emotions. From the question in "Heavenly Questions" (天问), "Where do the sun and moon belong? How are the stars arranged?" to the childlike reverie in "Ancient Langyue Song" (古朗月行), "When I was young, I didn't know the moon and called it a white jade plate," to the five-star red flag flying in space—for thousands of years, our yearning for the moon and the universe has always been hidden in the blood of the nation. And children's ignorant desire to explore human affairs and extraterrestrial affairs is the most authentic embodiment of this national quest. The perspective of children gave me an important reference when writing the lyrics and music, and the children's sincere and direct way of singing also fully interpreted the connotation of the work. The use of ancient poems and ethnic musical instruments in the song are familiar expressions; those sighs about worldly affairs all come from people's real experiences; and the myths sung by children have become within reach because of China's (中国) current aerospace achievements. The audience can immediately receive the complex emotions in the song—the spirit of exploration passed down in one continuous line is awakened, the common path we came from makes us feel mixed emotions, and the realistic feat of "directly driving to the ninth heaven" makes us excited.
"Ji Liang" (吉量), on the other hand, is about stepping on the earth with children and feeling the pragmatic foundation of the nation. When creating "Ji Liang" (吉量), I selected the image of the divine horse in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" (山海经) with "a white body and red mane, and eyes like gold," and gave it a journey of growth, trying to complete the narrative extension from "looking up" to "measuring." The divine horse becomes a spiritual partner to accompany children's growth, the journey of Ji Liang (吉量) becomes everyone's journey, and every listener can resonate with this image in ancient books. Ji Liang (吉量) is actually a bridge: allowing us to go to places that were once out of reach and accomplish things that were once out of reach. On the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala (总台春晚), when children from 56 ethnic groups appeared one after another, jumping and skipping, and when shared emotions flowed between each other, the meaning of this bridge was further confirmed.
In recent years, everyone has often talked about "aesthetic education." What is "aesthetic education"? It is the ability to cultivate the ability to recognize, feel, and express beauty. To do this, we first need to provide children with more choices of "beauty," and not just songs made by adults based on past experience and floating imagination—this ignores both the changes in contemporary aesthetics and the fact that children actually have a very strong ability to accept. They can imagine the light in Li Bai's (李白) eyes when he looked up at the moon, and they can also convey the sincerity in the hearts of young people rushing to distant places.
In order to create ideal children's music, I founded the Hulu Tong Sheng (葫芦童声) original music label. Like a guide in the dark, Hulu Tong Sheng's (葫芦童声) first song received the support of Academician Yuan Longping (袁隆平), and we had his only original song with lyrics, "I Have a Dream" (我有一个梦), later renamed "Seed" (种子). This has also become the seed of dreams that has allowed us to stick to the path of creation in the next 10 years, and this seed has successively grown many songs, including "Jade Plate" (玉盘) and "Ji Liang" (吉量).
Borrowing "Jade Plate" (玉盘) to ask, borrowing "Ji Liang" (吉量) to travel, and borrowing children's songs to convey the sound of the nation. Creating for children is never a trivial matter, but a relay race about "expression" and "transmission."
(The author is a teacher in the Composition Department of the Sichuan Conservatory of Music (四川音乐学院).)
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"Father's grassland, ai ya o, mother's river..." In the Inner Mongolia Art Theatre (内蒙古艺术剧院) Concert Hall, the lights dimmed, the noise subsided, and the six members of the A-minor Vocal Ensemble stood quietly, using pure a cappella vocals to unfold an auditory feast, slowly revealing the affectionate prelude to "Father's Grassland Mother's River." The low voices were as steady as the echoes of the grassland, the middle voices as gentle as the murmuring river, and the high voices as clear and distant as the long调 (cháng diào - "long tune," a type of Mongolian folk song). The unintentional integration of Khoomei's (呼麦) low chanting, the interweaving and echoing of vocal layers, vividly interprets the breadth and tenderness in the song.
The A-minor Vocal Ensemble was born in the spring of 2016 and is the first a cappella singing group in Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), with all members being Mongolian singers. "The name of the group comes from Italian musical terminology. A is the international standard pitch, which is the artistic benchmark we pursue; minor means minor key, just like the gentle minor keys flowing in Mongolian folk songs. The combination of the two is our pursuit—to make the national become the world's," explained Chaolumen (朝鲁门), the group leader, composer, arranger, and tenor singer. "Unlike traditional a cappella choirs that require dozens or hundreds of people, focus on classical bel canto, and have a fixed four-part harmony, modern a cappella groups only need a few people and mostly perform in a popular style. Each member must flexibly switch vocal parts, which tests not only singing skills but also mutual understanding."
This connection with a cappella began in 2015. At that time, Chaolumen (朝鲁门), as a member of the Mongolian Youth Choir of the Inner Mongolia Art Theatre (内蒙古艺术剧院蒙古族青年合唱团), accidentally heard a foreign a cappella group perform while performing in Macau (澳门). "At that time, I was full of curiosity. How could the voices of a few people support such a full melody? So I looked for like-minded partners in the choir to explore and learn together, and finally made up my mind to form an a cappella group belonging to Inner Mongolia (内蒙古)." At that time, there were very few a cappella scores in China. Chaolumen (朝鲁门) and the members studied foreign scores and polished them paragraph by paragraph. No one in the team was proficient in vocal percussion, so Batu (巴图), the baritone, started from scratch and practiced repeatedly. A cappella requires a high degree of harmony and rhythm, and they unlocked new possibilities through repeated polishing.
In 2018, at an international pop and jazz vocal competition held in Russia (俄罗斯), the A-minor Vocal Ensemble's original song "Joyful Pasture" (欢歌牧场) amazed the audience. "I have heard many a cappella performances, but your use of Mongolian musical elements and the integration of Khoomei (呼麦) is a very creative attempt, it's so wonderful!" The judge's praise was a great affirmation for them. In the end, they won the first prize in the competition, and this honor injected strong motivation into everyone's artistic path.
They have re-sculpted classic Mongolian folk songs such as "Uyun Sandan" (乌云山丹), "Ode" (赞歌), and "Four-Year-Old Sea Colt" (四岁的海骝马) with modern arrangement techniques, incorporating ethnic elements such as Khoomei (呼麦) and long调 (cháng diào - "long tune," a type of Mongolian folk song); they have also tried to adapt modern grassland songs such as "Hulunbuir Grassland" (呼伦贝尔大草原) and "Moni Mountain" (莫尼山) into a cappella versions, which have both ethnic charm and modern atmosphere; at the same time, they have also launched original works such as "Joyful Pasture" (欢歌牧场) and "Fate" (缘分), making the integration of Mongolian music and a cappella more natural and profound... They have achieved continuous success: the Second National Ethnic Minority Excellent Works Award, the "13th National Vocal Music Exhibition" Exhibition Award, and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区) Seventh Chamber Music Competition Gold Award...
In recent years, the figures of the six members can often be seen on various stages. Last year alone, the orchestra performed more than 30 special performances. From March to April this year, the orchestra has completed 18 tour performances in more than a dozen cities in Beijing (北京), Shandong (山东), Fujian (福建) and other places. As singers of the Inner Mongolia Art Theatre (内蒙古艺术剧院), the most common thing they do is to bring joy to farmers and herdsmen and border defense companies, and provide guidance to grassroots Ulan Muqir (乌兰牧骑). "We have gone to perform in border banners, counties, and districts such as Xilingol (锡林郭勒) and Hulunbuir (呼伦贝尔). Farmers and herdsmen have never been exposed to a cappella, but when Khoomei (呼麦) and long调 (cháng diào - "long tune," a type of Mongolian folk song) sound, they feel very familiar, and that curiosity and love is the biggest motivation for us to move forward," said Chaolumen (朝鲁门).
This year is the tenth anniversary of the orchestra's establishment. Ten years of **风雨兼程** (fēng yǔ jiān chéng - "braving wind and rain," to go through thick and thin) and adhering to the original intention, from ignorant exploration to becoming a unique school, from the grassland to the world, they have used pure human voices to build a bridge for communication between national music and world art.
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Recently, the TV series of the same name adapted from the Mao Dun Literature Prize-winning work "The Protagonist" has been a hit, and the theme song of the same name sung by Faye Wong (王菲) has attracted attention. The production of the song integrates traditional Qin腔 opera and pop music, invites a symphony orchestra to perform the accompaniment, and features recitations by professional Qin腔 opera painted-face actors. Faye Wong (王菲) uses Shaanxi dialect and attempts to intersperse vocalizations with opera elements to perform the song, which is refreshing. Some listeners were very moved after listening, believing that "they felt the protagonist's ups and downs in the era from the song, adhering to their original intentions, and finally experiencing the life journey of becoming a leading role," while others said that they were "not used to Faye Wong (王菲) singing Northwest folk songs."
In fact, some listeners' "unaccustomed" comes from the habitual appreciation of a singer's singing style. Broadening our horizons, good literary and artistic works are exploring new spaces of expression in the hesitation between tolerance and absorption, "adaptation" and "non-adaptation." In recent years, the changes in traditional drama and opera have been the most representative. They no longer blindly adhere to old-fashioned singing styles, are not limited to outdated narratives and rigid stages, but try to adopt narrative methods and technical means that are more in line with the times to pursue newer expressions and wider recognition. For example, "The Legend of the White Snake: Affection" combines digital ink animation and uses film as a carrier to bring the Cantonese Opera "The Legend of the White Snake" to the screen. Ink painting and opera have a high degree of aesthetic consistency.
From this point of view, the cross-border integration of art, in order to achieve the effect of "1+1>2", must truly achieve the inherent connection of "temperament." Different art forms, performance styles, and technical means can only be integrated on a relatively unified spiritual core and on an absolutely distinct theme expression to avoid "pulling," exert force in the same direction, and truly achieve a vibrant integration. This integration is a transformation based on the body and reshaping and upgrading.
Cross-border integration is essentially an innovation, which is valuable in that it uses its respective advantages and characteristics to collide with each other and bring people a brand-new artistic experience. The theme song of the TV series "The Protagonist" does not adhere to the traditional opera program of Qin腔 opera, nor does it allow pop music elements to run through it, but organically combines the two. The singer Faye Wong (王菲) did not overemphasize her personal iconic ethereal timbre, but boldly integrated into the role in the play, using singing to interpret the character's tenacious growth step by step, progressively, showing a brand-new artistic image, and bringing a brand-new listening experience to the audience. As a theme song, it can make the audience associate with the characters in the play and make people perceive the theme of the story, which is a successful attempt to move people's hearts.
When facing cross-border integrated art works, audiences may wish to have a more open mind to view "new things." Developing in integration is the inevitable choice for the survival, growth, and breaking of circles of contemporary literature and art. It permeates various literary and artistic works such as music, film and television, literature, and stage art, and constitutes the distinct background color of literature and art in the new era.
Just like the lyrics of "The Protagonist," "Like dew, like electricity, like the moon in the river/Shining on me/It's my appearance," the cross-border integration of art that truly has value and lasting vitality must be based on its unique artistic language, absorb various high-quality elements for my use, and the final presentation is natural. It is "me," but not "like me," it is extraordinarily changeable, yet so harmonious. 浑然天成 (hún rán tiān chéng - "natural and complete," describes something formed naturally, without artificial effort).
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In this era swept by fast pace and information overload, we seem accustomed to being ready to sprint at any moment. A cat named Weiwei (薇薇) slowly ambles along... Since the animated series "Weiwei Cat's Daily Life" was launched five years ago, the screen has been filled with barrages of comments and garbled messages from children. These fragmented feedbacks reveal their naive affection for Weiwei Cat. Many parents and young people have also sent private messages, saying that watching an episode can bring a knowing smile when they are under a lot of pressure. These feedbacks warm us and also make us feel apprehensive—what more meaningful things can a cat that is loved by so many people do besides continuing to make everyone happy?
The opportunity came from a visit to a museum exhibition. Museums all over the country hold too many silent treasures. How can we truly bring them into the hearts of children? Could we let the already familiar and trusted Weiwei Cat take young viewers into the textures of porcelain and the brushstrokes of ancient paintings? Even if only one child is willing to spend one more minute in the museum after watching "Weiwei Cat's Daily Life: Museum Edition," and thus learns about the people and stories behind that silent national treasure, our efforts will not have been in vain.
"Weiwei Cat's Daily Life: Museum Edition" was broadcast on this year's International Museum Day. Each episode is about 3 minutes long, with 20 episodes in total, and took nearly 3 years to produce. We abandoned the "large and comprehensive" "museum tour" approach and turned to the "small and beautiful" "character narrative." Each episode focuses on a question: Who stands behind this cultural relic? What did they experience? What interesting stories will happen after meeting Weiwei Cat? When selecting cultural relics, we chose not only based on the value or fame of the relics themselves, but also on whether the relics could open up a story. We chose the Duhu Talisman to tell the suspense of "dispatching troops and generals"—when the two halves of the talisman are joined together, an army of thousands of horses is about to set out. We chose Nie Er's (聂耳) violin to tell the story of a young man who, in the face of national crisis, used a violin to create "March of the Volunteers" (义勇军进行曲).
Then there are the "historical big names" standing behind the cultural relics. Children may not recognize a certain bronze zun, but they know Li Bai (李白); they may not have seen a certain beauty painting, but they have heard of Tang Bohu (唐伯虎) flirting with Qiu Xiang (秋香). Entering unfamiliar cultural relics from familiar names, a sense of familiarity and intimacy rushes towards you. So we chose Li Bai's "Shangyangtai Post" (上阳台帖), the Grape and Flower Bird Pattern Silver Incense Pouch related to Yang Guifei (杨贵妃), and the Biyong Inkstone related to Bai Juyi (白居易)—each cultural relic is an entrance.
Finally, we chose the diversification of cultural relic forms. We don't want children to form the stereotype that "cultural relics are all bronze tripods and cold artifacts." Therefore, the 20 cultural relics include the tiger talisman of golden horses and iron horses, as well as the incense pouch for daily use; the swords of emperors and generals, as well as the poems of literati and scholars; the important instruments for worshiping heaven and earth, as well as the bamboo slips recording military tactics... We want to tell everyone: the lives of the ancients, like ours, had a sense of everyday life.
Of course, not every idea can make it to the end in the creative process. We once planned an episode on the "Zhuge Repeating Crossbow." Although many people know that it was invented by Zhuge Liang (诸葛亮), we decided to abandon it after repeated discussions. Because the complexity of this cultural relic, to explain it clearly in 3 minutes, might become a "function manual," and we had to overturn this topic in the end. After the script for the "Tongyang Lady Jade Mountain" from the Qianlong (乾隆) period was written, we found that no matter how the picture was designed, it could not compare to the beauty of the cultural relic itself, so we had to give up. Similar situations have happened many times. Every decision is difficult, but we have a consensus: we would rather give up a "high-traffic" story than to maintain the bottom line of "letting children understand, respecting history, and being rigorous with knowledge."
People who make animation often cannot see the immediate "effect." Although AI (artificial intelligence) solves a lot of immediacy, animated films still cannot know the "benefits" on the same day like selling fast-moving consumer goods, and even cannot determine what the audience remembers after watching the work. But we still choose to do it, and choose a difficult path—to tell those silent cultural relics, to chase those distant stories, and to present them in a cute way, because there are too many good things on this land we love, hidden in museums, waiting to be seen, heard, and understood. They are not cold artifacts, they are the memory of a nation, the "fingerprints" left by our ancestors in time.
We dare not say what "Weiwei Cat's Daily Life: Museum Edition" will bring, but if a child, after watching this series, is willing to stop in front of a cultural relic when they next enter a museum, and a thought pops up in their mind—"I saw this cultural relic in Weiwei Cat's story." "What would Weiwei Cat say if she met this ancient person?" Then our bridge will be built.
Cultural communication for children does not need to be 轰轰烈烈 (hōng hōng liè liè - "vigorous and dramatic," grand and spectacular). It is like water, slowly flowing, slowly seeping, and one day it will nourish a curious seed. This is our luck as creators, and it is also our reason to continue.
(The author is the producer and director of "Weiwei Cat's Daily Life: Museum Edition")
This edition's email: ysbjs@peopledaily.cn
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